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jean gillette

Change comes for my garbage

Iam having to retrain and be retrained. I hate learning curves.

Several local cities are changing up who picks up the trash and each pickup company has differing rules. I believe we have had the same trash removal company for the 30 years I have lived here.

I worked like a dog to follow all the changing guidelines as recycling got serious. I have repeatedly and verbally beaten my family over the head with what may go in the recycle bag and what must go in the trash.

Even with the helpful flyer posted, which spells it all out clearly, they still struggle.

And now things are changing again.

All this shouldn’t be a big deal, and we get shiny, clean trash cans, but it all requires a different approach.

We are now required to put all dirty paper and food scraps with yard waste instead of landfill. I truly do not think my family will ever get this right. As always, I get to be the heavy, reminding and reminding them all.

It requires that we stop and think hard, every time we start to toss something in the “trash.” For me, this easily and completely derails whatever task was at hand. And indoor trash now requires two separate containers in every room.

I may just roll the trash cans indoors. That’s such a classy look.

Meanwhile, as summer approaches, we are cleaning up the backyard. We have enough branches and leaves to fill the Grand Canyon, never mind adding all the used facial tissues our allergies produce, bamboo plates and food bits.

I had just gotten a third bin to help move out the bags and bags of backyard detritus. The new guys only gave me two. Things are piling up.

I want to put shrieking alarms on all household trash cans to remind my family to think about what is being thrown where. I’m also stocking up on rubber gloves for sorting through all the trash every week. It’s going to be a sticky, noisy summer.

Jean Gillette is a freelance writer who wants to mention that change is bad and a little exhausting. Contact her at jean@coastnewsgroup.com.

CARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION GALA

Carlsbad Educational Foundation Board Member Jackie Mazur, third from right, with friends Megan Cullen, Jaleh Lawlor, Jenn Goldstein, Lana Boyle and Taryn Hanskamp, put on their sparkles for the first-annual gala to benefit Carlsbad Unified School District. The gala, held May 21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, was hosted by Carlsbad Educational Foundation with Super Diamond, a Neil Diamond Tribute. Attendees raised more than $300,000, and all proceeds help fund educational programs and resources for Carlsbad public school students. Courtesy photo

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HOME FOR HOMELESS

American Society of Interior Designers is partnering with Humble Design to design and furnish a home for a family emerging from homelessness and is asking for the public’s help. Items can be dropped off at Black Whale Home, 1092 N. El Camino Real, Suite C, Encinitas, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday through July 10. For a description of what ASID is seeking, visit humbledesign.org/sandiego.

POWER SAVER AWARDS

MainStreet Oceanside offers a new program called Power Saver Rewards. After you sign up, you get rewarded to use less energy during an issued Flex Alert. Join Power Saver Rewards and remember that each of us has a role to play in preventing power outages. Go to PowerSaverRewards.org for more.

STAR STUDENTS

• John Carlson of San Marcos was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at San Jose State University. • Phoebe Harris of Encinitas was named to Bradley University’s dean's list for the spring 2022 semester. Harris is majoring in Communication Journalism.

• Samuel Barney-Gibbs of Carlsbad, Carver Glomb of Encinitas and Heidi Shen of Carmel Valley were named to the dean’s list in spring 2022 at Lehigh University. • Lee University congratulates Eliza Engle of Carlsbad on earning dean’s list honors during the spring 2022 semester. • Cora Wailana Johnson-Woessner, of Encinitas was named to the spring 2022 dean’s list at Central Methodist University. • Grace Laliotis of Carmel Valley made the president’s list at Shenandoah University for the spring 2022 semester. • Rachel Medina, of Carlsbad was recently named to the Castleton University dean’s list for the spring semester of the 202122 academic year. • Nursing major Kayla Rhoads of Oceanside has been named to the dean’s list for spring 2022 at Saint Francis University.

GREAT GRADS

• University of Vermont graduates from Carlsbad include Catherine Vanderpool with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education – English and Ashley Brien with a Doctor of Philosophy in Interprofessional Health Sciences. • Melissa Thomas of Solana Beach graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the College of Charleston.

SUPPORT NEW HAVEN

New Haven Youth and Family Services, 1126 North Melrose Drive, Vista, has introduced its 2022 Restoring Hope Giving Campaign to fundraise in July and will feature an Online Auction and opportunities to donate to specific programs that benefit youth in Southern California. More information about New Haven programs can be found at newhavenyfs.org

GOLF CHAMP

Hot temperatures and hot scores were the order of the day at the Toyota Tour Cup Corey Pavin Invitational at Desert Willow Golf Course in Palm Desert, as Mia Clausen, of Carlsbad, completed a two-shot comeback to earn her first TTC win.

NEW BUSINESSES

New Cardiff 101 members include Mooski Snacks, refrigerated overnight oat bars dipped in dark chocolate that is vegan and gluten free and Category 6 LED with iconic signs for locals and visitors.

4S GRANTS

The 4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation gave grants June 6 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego ($5,000), Reading Legacies ($5,000), Giving Network ($4,000) and Poway Unified School District Running Clubs ($1,500).

RIBBON CUTTINGS

The Rancho Vista will celebrate its ribbon-cutting with an open house 3 to 6 p.m. June 30 at 537 S. Santa Fe Ave., Vista. Other ribbon-cuttings in June included Kiwanis Club of Sunrise Vista June 8 at 170 Eucalyptus Ave.; PWT Chemicals June 14 at 1048 La Mirada Court and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services - MarLyn Meckel June 15 at 170 Eucalyptus Ave.

SUMMER PET FOSTERS

San Diego Humane Society is teaming up with national nonprofits to put the focus on the fun in fostering pets during the busy summer season. Visit sdhumane.org.

PENGUIN GETS NAME

The Birch Aquarium’s Little Blue Penguin has a name. Meet Azulito. Azulito means “little blue” in Spanish and the name reveal took place in the aquarium’s Giant Kelp Forest as divers unfurled a banner underwater.

NEW BOARD MEMBER

The Vista Irrigation District board of directors approved the appointment of Peter Kuchinsky as the new representative for Division 3. Division 3 encompasses central and northeast Vista and unincorporated areas of the county of San Diego. He fills the seat that became vacant with the death of Paul Dorey. Kuchinsky’s appointment as a director will last until the November 2022 election.

NEW AUTHOR

Kent State University Press has released Vista resident Amber Lehning’s new book, “The Map of Wilderland: Ecocritical Reflections on Tolkien’s Myth of Wilderness.” More information at amber@wanderingmythologist.com

READ, IMAGINE, CREATE

Middle School students at The Rhoades School in Encinitas recently received multiple awards at the annual Read, Imagine, Create competition presented by Write Out Loud San Diego. In the Visual Arts category, Emma Lamourex earned second place, and students Summer Grant and Judah Presley received special recognition. In the Literary Arts category, Taylor Haase, Alexander Kefalopoulos, Thea Rowland, Emma Yang and Emma Zinser were given special recognition.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Carlsbad Educational Foundation awarded scholarships to seniors from Sage Creek and Carlsbad High Schools, who best demonstrated how an education in the public schools paved the way for them to further their education at a leading university or college. Winners included Josephine Dominguez (CHS) $15,000, Judith Campbell Educational & Community Foundation; Christian Dorsey- McQueen (SCHS) $10,000; Judith Campbell Educational & Community Foundation; Connor Lynaugh (CHS) $5,000; and $2,500 each to Faith Klein (SCHS), Megan Corona (CHS); Riley Knudsen (CHS); Shyam Rahim (SCHS); Luca Stapleton (SCHS); Capri Suarez (SCHS) and Zenji Yafuso (SCHS).

Pet of the Week

Daisy is pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. She’s a 3-year-old, 50-pound, female, Pointer mix.

Daisy was transferred from a sanctuary in Sonora through the FOCAS (Friends of County Animal Shelters) program in September 2020. She was adopted right away. Now she’s been returned.

Daisy likes dogs. She likes to run and chase and play fetch. The $145 adoption fee includes medical exam, spay, up-to-date vaccinations, registered microchip, and a one-year license if her new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Department of Animal Services.

For information about adoption or to become a virtual foster, stop by Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas, call (760) 753-6413, or visit SDpets.org.