The Coast News, May 28, 2010

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THISWEEK You’ve driven by Caldwell’s Antiques, but chances are you’ve seen owner and artist Fred Caldwell’s works all over town without even knowing it B10

By Wehtahnah Tucker

By Bianca Kaplanek

SOLANA BEACH — When a group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Skyline School were shown pictures of their pen pals at Kaun Klong Primary School in Cambodia, they immediately noticed two anomalies. Their oversees peers were wearing flip-flops, a dress-code violation at Skyline, and there was no equipment on the school playground. They were told the Cambodian children use a stuffed sock to play soccer. So the students in Jackie Durward’s fifth- and sixthgrade global education class, HOOP-LA FOR MOOLA Sixth-grader Shannon Swindell participates in a Hula-Hoop contest to raise along with Shannon funds for her school’s pen pals in Cambodia. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek Applegate’s fifth-graders, decided to change that. Within weeks, the 50 or so students organized an Olympathon fundraiser. They assigned a committee, made fliers, planned activities and asked family members, friends and neighbors to sponsor them as they competed in a variety of games such as jump rope, basketball, Hula-Hoop and Frisbee. “We felt we are so lucky,” JUMPING FOR A CAUSE Fifth-grader Jeffery Earle gets some air as classmates Corie Fletcher, left, and

‘A VERY ENJOYABLE 40 YEARS’ As Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis steps down, he reflects on his fourdecade-long tenure B3 leading the city

SPEAKING UP The “Cardiff Kook” will finally be complete with a poem by the late Bob A3 Nanninga

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Encinitas loses city manager

Students raise funds for pen pals in Cambodia

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Skyler McFarlane swing for him at the jump rope station. Photo by Bianca Kaplanek

Runway renovations to last through summer

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By Alyx Sariol

CARLSBAD — Carlsbad’s McClellanPalomar Airport is well on its way to becoming a state-ofthe-art facility as construction crews work to resurface the outdated runway. “We’re really looking forward to Palomar Airport becoming a jewel in the aviation community,” said Michael Drake from the county’s Department of Public Works. Following recent work to the airport’s terminal and restaurant, the first of five scheduled construction phases to update the runway began May 9. Despite a late start due to weather delays, crews finished early and the

airport early,” Drake said. “However, we will close it again at the prescheduled time — that’s going to stay consistent.” Construction is expected to continue through July with a one week off, one week on schedule. The final phase, from July 11 to Aug. 27, will take place solely at night to prevent further delays to the airport’s commercial customers. “They’re going to be striping the runway, and some sort of grinding,” he PAVING THE RUNWAY Construction crews are scheduled to work said. “They’ll open it again in on repaving the McClellan-Palomar Airport’s runway every other week the morning.” over the summer. Courtesy photo When the county was airport reopened ahead of Aviation Administration) first looking at sprucing up schedule. conducts its inspection and TURN TO RUNWAY ON A19 “If the FFA (Federal signs off on it, we’ll open the

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ENCINITAS — City Manager Phil Cotton is retiring. In an e-mail that came as a surprise to many, the city’s top manager informed the mayor and City Council on May 24 that July 6 will be his last day. “On the seventh I’m one of those old retired guys,” Cotton said. The 61-year-old has spent a dozen years working for the city in different capacities. “I’ve moved around the building for over a decade,” he said. He began his tenure in 1998 as a Parks and Beach superintendent, then in the Parks and Recreation department. Cotton eventually worked his way to the director of Public Works post. He was hired as the city manager in October 2006. After just six months on the job, City Manager Phil Cotton received a 20 percent raise in his base salary despite objections from some council members and residents. City Council narrowly approved the pay raise in a 32 vote. Councilwomen Maggie Houlihan and Teresa Barth opposed the motion to accept a subcommittee’s recommendation to increase the city manager’s base salary by $33,723 — from $165,000 to $198,723. Cotton said the timing of his resignation was calculated. “I’ve been thinking about it (resigning) lately but I wanted to focus on the second year of our budget,” he said. “That’s why I gave them the resignation when I did.” Despite high performance praise, City Council did not approve a proposal for an 11 percent raise for Cotton this year. An increase of the proposed $21,859 in base salary would have brought Cotton’s total compensation to $242,640. Mayor Dan Dalager gave Cotton high marks in his job performance. “I’ve been around for every city manager and I’ve got to say that Phil’s the best one this city’s ever had,” he said. “He’s kept us on a zero-based budget,

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