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MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 25, NO. 7
FEB. 18, 2011
‘Green’ plan gets lukewarm response
THISWEEK
ART OF SURFING
By Wehtahnah Tucker
ENCINITAS — The Environmental Advisory Commission was both praised and chastised as its chairwoman, Elizabeth Taylor, presented the group’s environmental action plan to the City Council on Feb. 16. In the works for three years, the comprehensive document outlined more than 100 recommendations that the city could implement to increase environmental sustainability. “This has gone through many reiterations,” Taylor told the council. In fact, the action plan is a culmination of input from city staff, public workshops and council members. Several of the recommendations
A local man combines his love of the waves with his B1 passion for art
A FAMILY FIGHT Siblings with muscular dystrophy beat the odds and continue to fight against the disease A7
IT TAKES A VILLAGE While the police work to keep the streets safe, ordinary citizens do their part to help fight A3 petty crime
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RECYLCED ART Leucadia artist Rodney “Rodrigo” McCoubrey has led dozens of recycled art projects such as the one at San Diego Botanic Garden, which will be on display through out the year. Photo by Wehtahnah Tucker
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Recycled art comes to the garden By Wehtahnah Tucker
ENCINITAS — The San Diego Botanic Garden is never short on flowers and butterflies. But the newly created recycled sculptures of garden staples add a new dimension to the pristine setting. The creation of the latest piece of art was made with the help of the community and led by recycle artist
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Encinitas library,” he said. “It’s pretty incredible what you can make out of junk.” McCoubrey said his love of texture and arts and crafts in addition to a desire to find a way to redefine garbage led him into the world of recycled art. “I saw things getting thrown away and thought this would be a cool way to reinvent them and give them a longer shelf life,” he said.
Ex-Marine convicted of first-degree murder
Children and their parents gathered around the painted plywood base shape of a butterfly that spanned approximately 42 inches by 42 inches, eager to decorate its wings with various bottle tops. “I like the shampoo tops because they flip open,” Sydney Platt, 6, said. The first-grade Poway resident
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almost empty and only a handful of surfers were in the water. Weekdays after 8:30 a.m., the lot was nearly full until 4:30 p.m., even when weather and surf conditions were poor. Plenty of spaces were available almost daily after 5:30 p.m., according to the staff report. After meeting with a traffic engineer, staff concluded that putting a time limit on
VISTA — A former Camp Pendleton Marine was convicted of first-degree murder on Feb. 10 for beating and stabbing to death an Oceanside auto shop business owner because the 23year-old man hadn’t completed restoration work on the defendant’s car in a timely manner. The jury found former Lance Cpl. Raphael Ramey, 21, also guilty of the special circumstance of the murder being intentional and involving the infliction of torture. The victim, Charles Evan Williams, was stabbed more than 50 times. Deputy District
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Council OKs limited parking in distillery lot By Bianca Kaplanek
SOLANA BEACH — In response to complaints from residents and business owners, City Council agreed at the Feb. 9 meeting to move forward with plans to limit parking to four hours in the cityowned distillery lot on South Sierra Avenue across from Fletcher Cove Park. When Solana Beach was planning the development of Fletcher Cove, the California Coastal Commission required the city to provide 74 parking
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Rodney “Rodrigo” McCoubrey. The Leucadia fixture best known for his recycled fish sculptures has worked with thousands of residents throughout the county to create art from garbage. “The community is part of many of my creations,” McCoubrey said. “There is a large piece on permanent loan from EDCO at the
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spaces for general use by park- and beachgoers.The city bought the distillery lot primarily for that purpose and it remains its largest public parking area. Shortly after the park was completed in 2007, city staff began receiving complaints from park and beach visitors, business owners and residents that there was insufficient parking in the lot. Staff monitored the lot mornings and afternoons for a total of 13 days in May, June
and January and concluded most of the 82 spaces were used by employees of nearby businesses. According to a staff report, the lot is relatively empty before 8 a.m. and gradually fills by 8:30 a.m. On a few occasions, staff observed drivers parking in the lot and walking to nearby restaurants and businesses before the establishments were open. Staff also noted that when the lot was full in the early morning, the park was
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