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In Focus: Vintage Postcard

10 Team Note 12 Notables: Reunions 16 Gary Sinise Foundation 24 Coronado's Colorful Owners 28 Crown City History 32 Camp Wamp's High Hopes 42 Nado Vanity Plates 44 Spaces: Fresh & Fab for Summer 46 Island Girl's Barrio Beer Crawl 52 Fired Up for Barbecue 54 Barbecue Recipes 58 June in the Garden 62 Low Tide Ride & Stride

OOPS! The ferry commuter story in our May issue referenced the classic skit “Who’s on First,” citing Laurel and Hardy, but, of course, it should have been credited to Abbott and Costello.

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On the Front Cover: Gary Sinise in concert at the Hotel del Coronado. Photo courtesy of Gary Sinise Foundation On the Back Cover: West Coast Iron Works, circa 1969.

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Coronado High School Graduation 2018

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e are turning the corner toward another Coronado summer. “May Gray” lived up to its name, but it is a part of what makes our coastal climate perfect.

With the kids out of school and summer visitors arriving, our little town will be bustling from the beach to the bay. It’s part of what makes our Crown City a very special place.

This month, we share three stories about giving back with the Wampler Foundation, Gary Sinise Foundation and Rotary Club of Coronado’s Low Tide Ride and Stride. We also look at Coronado’s numerous owners in the 1800s. And in honor of dads everywhere, we share a delicious barbecue recipe.

From our team of Coronado High School graduates, classes of ’77, ’89 and ’98,

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congratulations to CHS Class of 2019! You’re on to greater things, and life is yours to grab.

It’s an exciting time with so many possibilities.

Best wishes as you go forth in the world. And congratulations to CHS Class of 1969, who will be part of the graduation ceremony celebrating their 50 year reunion. We’ve included information about upcoming CHS reunions, including the much-anticipated AllClass Reunion at Coronado Golf Course’s new Feast & Fareway restaurant. Classic Coronado traditions!

Get ready for a sizzling Coronado summer!

Your Crown City Magazine Team, Amy Slack, Heather Canton, Leslie Crawford and Amy Stirnkorb

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Sentimental Journeys Dust off those yearbooks and get ready to stroll down memory lane. It’s Coronado High School reunion time.

CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL ALL CLASS REUNION Feast & Fareway Restaurant, Coronado Golf Club Wednesday, July 3 $15 cover charge.

Purchase tickets at Feastandfarewaycoronado.com.

Buy before July 2 and get a free drink ticket.

6:30 p.m.: Doors open for ticket sales and wrist bands 8 p.m. to midnight: Music

by West Coast Iron Works For more information, check Facebook pages

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West Coast Iron Works — The band, Coronado High School grads, has switched up a few band members over 50 years but the band is back for CHS All-Class Reunion again this year!

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CLASS REUNIONS: • Class of ’59 Patsy Flynn patsyflynn@aol.com

•Class of ’69 Mary Sue Andersen Coronadoca1@aol.com

• Class of ’79 Kevin O’Beirne, Teresa Sheil Christenson, Sue McAbee Keeney coronadohigh1979@gmail.com Chsreunion79.weebly.com Facebook: CHS Class of ‘79 – 40 Year Reunion

Class of ’89 Courtney Harold chs89mightyfine.com ccharold@gmail.com • Class of ’99 • Class of ’09 Not available at presstime

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Gary Sinise and Lt. Dan Band return to raise funds for the military and first responders

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Tuned In Father’s Day Concert and BBQ

Hotel Del Coronado June 16; beach opens at 11 a.m., skydiving show and concert, 5-7 p.m. $75 general admission; $35 military and veterans; $500 VIP, includes reception, meet and greet. hoteldel.com or (619) 435-6611

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or the fifth year in a row, Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will be rocking the beach at the Hotel Del Coronado on Father’s Day — all for a rocking good cause.

Sinise, who is best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Lt. Dan in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, will be playing to raise funds for his Gary Sinise Foundation, an organization he founded in 2011 to honor and support defenders, veterans and first responders and their families.

electric bass, and Jeff Vezain, vocalist and acoustic guitarist for the Lt. Dan Band, entertain the crowd at The Del to raise funds for the Gary Sinise Foundation (logo at top).

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GARY SINISE FOUNDATION

Gary Sinise, 64, is best known for playing Lt. Dan in the award-winning movie Forrest Gump. He has acted in theater, film and television.

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Serving meals to deployed service members and honoring WWII veterans are among the Gary Sinise Foundation's programs.

The annual event was sparked by Sinise’s frequent visits to San Diego (he also plays annually for veterans at Naval Medical Center San Diego) and his love for the Hotel Del. “It goes back to when my kids were young, and we started taking them on trips to the Hotel Del. It was a great getaway. We tried to go every year,” said Sinise, who is married to actress Moira Harris.

The couple have three now-grown children.

“When the opportunity came to do a concert on the beach and raise money for the foundation, it was perfect,” he said.

The daylong event, which includes the concert and a skydiving show, will raise a minimum of $50,000 for the foundation, said Sara Harper, a spokesperson for the hotel.

“It’s like a big beach party during the day before the concert,” she said. “A lot of vets are invited as Gary’s guests.”

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to hang out,” Sinise said.

The 13-member band – which goes by the motto “Honor. Gratitude. Rock & Roll” — plays everything from rock ’n’ roll classics to Motown, soul and country, covering songs from Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Journey, as well pop tunes from Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.

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bass guitar since he was a kid, said the band has a repertoire of more than 80 songs. Band members have input for the song lineup, but Sinise has the final say.

“It’s really very patriotic,” Harper said. “He believes in supporting our veterans. It’s reflective of Americana.”

Sinise has been a long-time supporter of the military, visiting USOs across the globe. In 2003, he asked the organization if he could bring a band on the next tour, and in February 2004, Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band headed for Korea and Singapore. Since then, he has played 462 concerts in support of the military.

In 2010, Sinise and the band played a concert to help raise funds for a specially adapted home for U.S. Army Specialist Brendan Marrocco, the first quadruple amputee of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He launched his foundation a year later, continuing home-building efforts for the severely wounded across the country, including several homes in San Diego. The

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The Father's Day Concert and BBQ at the Hotel Del includes a skydiving show. Participants are welcome.

in Germany and Korea. Veterans are also offered a free dinner and dress rehearsal performance at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, which Sinise cofounded with fellow actors Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry in 1974.

Since ending his television stint on Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, which aired for two seasons in 2016 and 2017, Sinise has been focusing mainly on the foundation, “trying to make a difference,” he said.

His dedication has earned him a number of awards, most recently the USO Patriot Award. His list of accolades includes the Kennedy Center Award for the Human Spirit, the Presidential Citizens Medal and the American Spirit Award from the National WWII Museum.

Sinise has also written a memoir, Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service, which was released Feb. 12 and is a New York Times bestseller. The deeply personal book

R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment) program, which also modifies homes, is one of the foundation’s four programs.

Those homes are also available for first responders injured in the line of duty. The foundation also has a program for first responders that funds training, emergency relief and equipment.

The Relief & Resiliency program focuses on families with events such as the Snowball Express. The program offers a five-day respite for children of the fallen and their surviving parent or guardian in December, which is often a difficult time of year. This year, the families will gather at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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chronicles his journey from early years in Chicago to his passion for supporting defenders and how playing Lt. Dan changed his life.

His plans for the foundation is to expand the mentoring program and support mental health efforts. And he’ll keep playing music for a good cause.

His first performance at the Hotel Del five years ago was scheduled to coincide with Flag Day. “We intended it to be a Flag Day event,” Harper said. “But Flag Day and Father’s Day almost always seem to line up.”

Thrill-seekers can become part of this year’s show by participating in the skydiving event in a tandem dive with a member of Skydiving Innovations.

“I look forward to it every year,” Sinise said of the event. “I bring my family down. It’s a fun way to enjoy the day and celebrate our veterans and fathers.”

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THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY; WIKIMEDIA COMMONS; SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY COLLECTION

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS HELP PAINT PICTURES OF ISLAND’S DREAMERS AND SCHEMERS

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he historical list of Coronado’s owners seems like a cast of characters from a Dickens novel. Bezer Simmons, Archibald Peachy and William Aspinwall are among the seemingly random list of names without local historical resonance. Yet their backstories are as colorful as any fictional characters and are part of the birth of the state of California.

Several historic documents are on loan to the Coronado Public Library from the collection of paper antiquities dealer Ralph Bowman of The Paper Gallery. The documents that are part of this archive provide a window in which to view the beginning of Coronado in the 19th century.

Coronado didn’t have an English name in the mid 1800s. It was just called The Island or The Peninsula of San Diego. Before the big dreamers came, there wasn’t much commercial value to Coronado. Its waters were too shallow for shipping, and there were rancheros that were bigger. Coronado had been the Isla de San Diego, part of the rancho belonging to the last Mexican governor of California, Pío de Jesús Pico.

Henry D. Fitch, a former ship captain and San Diego’s mayor, urged Pío Pico to give The Island to his new son-in-law Pedro Carrillo as a wedding present in 1846. Carrillo quickly sold the island to Bezer Simmons, a whaling ship captain from Maine, for $1,000 in silver.

Simmons had visited Coronado, as had many whalers. They used the shallow “Whaler’s Bight” to careen their ships so they could repair and clean the hulls during low tide. While Coronado didn’t seem to have many prospects, its location at the entry to the Bay of San Diego made it of potential interest to the U.S. Army as a fort. Simmons thought he could sell Coronado to the government. But the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, and with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded Alta California to the United States.

That same year, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Creek. Those two events would change things quickly for California. On Sept. 9, 1850

Top to bottom: Pío Pico Captain Henry D. Fitch Elisha S. Babcock

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California joined the union as the 31st state.

Simmons became involved in Sacramento land speculation, and his firm ultimately became bankrupt.

He sold his ownership of Coronado Island to Frederick Billings and Archibald Peachy, named on an 1850 deed, to pay his debts shortly before he died. Billings and Peachy were the principal law partners in HBP in San Francisco, along with Henry Halleck. Billings was also Simmons’ brother-in-law.

Despite his nerdy name, Peachy was a tall, good-looking Southern aristocrat, who was fond of dueling whenever his name was impugned, a habit he started in college.

Their law firm specialized in the tricky but booming business of establishing legal land ownership claims during the transition from Mexican to American laws. Their other specialty was settling suits in mining claims. Both Billings and Peachy had represented John Sutter (of Sutter’s Creek gold discovery) in different mining claim suits. The partners also bought the biggest commercial building in San Francisco, the Montgomery Block, where they hired George Granniss to manage the rentals. Granniss also appears as a part-owner of Coronado.

By 1869, William Aspinwall was also a part owner of Coronado. His illustrious career included setting up the construction of the Panama Railroad and becoming an owner in the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which began delivering the U.S. mail from East Coast to the West in 1848.

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from Billings and Peachy to various partners. But the transaction that Coronado history sources mention the most is the 1885 sale, where Elisha Babcock, Hampton Story and Jacob Greundike (soon to leave the partnership) buy all of Coronado for $110,000.

By then, Peachy had served in the California Assembly and in the California Senate. Billings went on to become president of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the town of Billings, Montana, was named in his honor.

Elisha Babcock was also a railroad man, and he and Story had big plans to build a resort hotel, the Hotel del Coronado. They also wanted to develop most of the rest of Coronado into housing and business lots.

The name of Coronado was decided upon by Babcock and Story and came from the Coronado Islands (Los Cuatro Coronados) off the coast of northern Baja California.

The name was modified in various promotional documents as Coronado Beach, considered a more picturesque name in helping sell lots. John D. Spreckels would soon buy out the interests of the Coronado Beach Company, but it was Elisha Babcock that had the vision for what Coronado would become.

Much has changed in the world, and especially in Coronado, since these documents were written. It is amazing that these fragile papers survive at all. Included in this rare and unique collection, which is for sale, are various drafts that notaries (historically notaries served as title lawyers) used in preparing the legal documents to transfer ownership of Coronado in parts or as a whole.

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partners and owners of Coronado.

But rather than just a list of names, when we look below the surface, we see people leading adventurous lives, accomplishing amazing deeds in California and American history and crossing paths to bring their unique talents and contributions to Coronado.

Christian Esquevin is the former director of library services for the Coronado Public Library

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Early documents record ownership of Coronado, while a late 19th century map draws out plans for the island.

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Crown City History I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H H O T E L D E L C O R O N A D O & C O R O N A D O H I S T O R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N

William L. Kneedler: U.S. Army Major and Cherished Physician

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The city’s first twins were born to R.M. Whitney, editor at the San Diego Union. Twin girls arrived on a Saturday morning at 1110 Isabella Ave. Dr. Kneedler, the officiating doctor, said they were the first twins out of 840 babies he had delivered.

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illiam L. Kneedler, a native of Pennsylvania, had an illustrious career in the military and as a Coronado doctor. Born in Philadelphia on Jan. 9, 1856, he attended the University of Pennsylvania and earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1879. He served as a surgeon in the U.S. Army for more than two decades, beginning in 1883 as assistant surgeon and climbing the ranks to major brigade surgeon.

During the Spanish-American War in 1898, Kneedler was the executive officer of the hospital ship Missouri. For several years, he filled the role as President William H. Taft’s personal physician,

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An election was held deciding whether Coronado should be a separate governing community from San Diego. With a majority of voters in Coronado and San Diego voting yes, Coronado was officially incorporated and governed by a board of trustees until 1926 when government transitioned to a city council and appointed mayor.

June 3, 1890

President Bill Clinton arrived on Air Force One at North Island and rode a motorcade to the Hotel del Coronado to spend the night. During his stay, he took a morning jog on the beach with Navy SEALS, visited with well-wishers and fit in a quick round of golf at the North Island Sea’N Air Golf Course.

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The Coronado Beach Company grew a lot of agriculture on North Island before aviation moved in. It was reported on this date that potatoes were plentiful and a surplus was sent to market in San Francisco.

June 15, 1890

June 20, 1986

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the Old Ferry Landing, a $6.5 million commercial-retail project on the bayside waterfront, which had been mostly vacant lots.

June 22, 1915

Ordinance No. 357 was passed prohibiting any person older than 12 from wearing a bathing suit on public streets.

Punishment for the misdemeanor was a maximum fine of $25 or 10 days in jail, or both.

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accompanying him on travels to Japan, China and the Philippines. He also served as post surgeon at West Point and Fort Rosecrans.

In 1902, Kneedler came to Coronado. Following his military retirement in 1906, he began his civilian medical practice at his home.

Kneedler played a vital role in the Coronado community, serving as one of only two doctors for a population of about 3,000 people. In The Coronado Story, J. Harold Peterson writes, “We [the Peterson family] lived at 810 Adella, and Dr. Kneedler was our family physician. I can recall calling him at midnight to attend our daughter when she had the croup!”

Kneedler commissioned San Diego architect William Sterling Hebbard to build his home at 1007 Ocean Blvd. in 1902. When a massive ocean storm nearly washed away the street in 1905, Kneedler decided to move his home inland.

The house was rolled via logs and horsepower to its current location at 1000 Adella Ave. It was named a historical landmark by the Coronado Historical Association in 1978 and a designated historic resource by the city of Coronado in 2012.

Fittingly, the current homeowners, Jill and Bernard Esrock, were awarded the 2015 GEM Award by the Coronado Historical Association for their efforts to restore this home to its original charm. Coming full circle, the Esrocks discovered a large medical chest tucked away in the attic containing Kneedler’s precious medical books from the turn of the 20th century.

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First Mid-Air Refueling Two army planes refueled in midair for the first time while over Rockwell Field. The de Havilland DH-4B tanker dangled a hose for the DH-4B receiver to grab. In the tanker, 1st Lt. Frank W. Seifert held the hose in the rear cockpit while the pilot, 1st Lt. Virgile Hine, was in the front. Capt. Lowell H. Smith flew the receiver and 1st Lt. John P. Richter handled the hose.

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The San Diego Union reported that a chicken ranch had been started by the Hotel del Coronado near the hotel’s dormitory.

Five hundred fowl were housed with the expectation that there will be “enough eggs to keep all the hotel guests good-natured.”

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The last Coronado-San Diego Bay Bridge toll was collected from David Lisl of El Cajon. This ended 33 years of tolls, collected since the bridge opened on Aug. 3, 1969.

Hotel Del’s First Wedding — June 9, 1887

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otel del Coronado’s first wedding was officiated before the hotel officially opened in February 1888. May Barnes married Harold Scott on The Del’s beachside pavilion. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scott were both children of building supervisors at the hotel. The bride wore a white Victorian wedding dress and was serenaded by “the lively music of two violins” during the ceremony. According to the Coronado Mercury newspaper, the couple said their vows beneath a “beautiful arch of evergreens in the company of “nearly every man, woman and child on Coronado Beach.”

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Stephen Wampler, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, climbed Yosemite's El Capitan in 2010 to help

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tephen Wampler has lived with cerebral palsy his entire life. But it hasn’t stopped him from doing anything he has set his sights on — including climbing El Capitan, the 3,000-foot-high monolith in Yosemite National Park. By pulling himself up inches at a time over the course of six days and five nights doing approximately 20,000 pullups to the top, Steve proved that physical disabilities are merely bumps in the road, not road blocks.

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“I really don’t have a lot of control in my right arm. I knew I had the strength, but I needed the coordination,” said Steve, who uses a wheelchair. It took 18 months of planning and training to prepare.

His epic climb nine years ago was a message to kids with physical disabilities: don’t let bodily limitations get in the way of your dreams.

It was also a way to call attention to the Stephen J. Wampler Foundation and Camp Wamp, a summer camp for kids with physical disabilities in the Sierras, which is the focus of the foundation.

The idea for the foundation and the camp started in 2001. “Out of the blue, he said, ‘I hate my job,” said Elizabeth Wampler, his wife and partner in the foundation.

Steve, a graduate of UC Davis, was working as an environmental engineer. “I wanted out,” he said.

For years, Steve, now 50, had talked about a summer camp he attended in the Sierras that had changed his life. He decided he wanted to give other children that experience.

The foundation was launched in 2002, and two years later, in 2004, Camp Wamp greeted its first campers — on the same land where Steve first camped as a 9-year-old.

The camp is designed to challenge and empower kids with physical limitations — and let them have fun in nature.

“It’s transformative. Absolutely life altering,” Elizabeth said. “He knew. That’s why he did it.”

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Each camper has a personal counselor for the duration of the camp to assist when needed.

rustic. Kids, ranging in age from 10 to 18, sleep on cots under the stars, many of them on their own for the first time. “It’s definitely a challenge,” she said. “And it’s not for everyone.”

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But for most kids from across the country it’s a chance to feel equal and free, doing what campers do: swimming, fishing, crafts, kayaking and taking wilderness challenges. Each camper — known as a

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Wamper — has their own personal counselor, but the idea is to have the kids realize they can do more than they think they can.

“They get the hint they can do whatever they want. It’s that big,” Elizabeth said.

The foundation will cover the cost of the camp, so no child who wants to go is left out. The cost for one child for a week is $3,500.

That was part of the reason for the El Capitan climb. A film crew was hired to capture the ascent for a documentary to help get the foundation noticed. The film took a year to complete, and when Elizabeth saw it, she hated it. “It was just a rock-climbing film,” she said.

So she started over herself, editing the 212 hours of raw footage.

With the help of film editor Jacques Spitzer, she inserted personal vignettes to tell Steve’s story. Then she had a team of 12-year-old boys watch it. Whenever they started fidgeting, she knew that part was boring and needed work. The final 77-minute movie, “Wampler’s Ascent,” was submitted to 55 film festivals. It won 35 awards.

“It exceeded all expectations with corporate sponsorship and media attention,” she said. The couple has traveled the country telling their story at film festivals, with speaking engagements and through TED Talks and TEDx. In 2015, they needed to find a different camp site as the owners of the land wanted to move. A couple from Arizona who admired the Wamplers’ mission offered to buy land, but finding the right spot wasn’t easy.

For many campers, the week in the Sierras is their first experience away from home – and their first experience eating s'mores.

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A lake and an elevation high enough to keep things cool in summer were among Steve’s 12 criteria.

“I looked for land for two years,” Steve said. Then he got a call for the perfect property – 129 acres and a 9-acre lake about an hour away from Lake Tahoe. The only problem. It was $2.5 million, three times as much as the donors offered to pay. The landowners agreed to go down to $2 million and the couple from Arizona agreed to the deal.

“It’s unbelievable,” Elizabeth said.

Last year, Camp Wamp opened at its new location near Soda Springs, which was a girl scout camp for many years. Although there are cabins on the property, the campers, 20 per session, were still sleeping in their cots outside.

Steve wouldn’t have it any other way.

“It couldn’t have been any better,” he said of the new location.

This summer, the Wamplers will only have three one-week camps because this year’s deep snow is lingering.

And the couple hopes “Wampler’s Ascent” will continue to lift up the foundation. By next month, they will find out if any of the streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu, will pick up the film.

“Our movie is the little engine that could. It keeps on giving,” Elizabeth said.

“I just thought about the climb and making the movie,” Steve said. “I didn’t think how far it would take us. It changed the entire direction of our life.”

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LOCAL LICENSING A license plate can provide a quick snapshot of the car’s owner.

Coronado is full of cars with license plates from other states and even other countries. Some are passing through on a visit, others are military residents stationed here. In Coronado, many personal plates reflect local pride. Others hint at what the owners do for a living.

Some are whimsical. And even some out-of-town plates declare allegiance to Coronado. What have you seen around town?

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s your backyard looking a little drab? Now is the time for a refresh. Whether you have a good-sized backyard or a small patio, creating a space you love to enjoy is easy. Living in Coronado, we treat outdoor spaces with as much care as we do indoors; they are extensions of our homes and centers of gatherings and entertaining all summer long. Here are a few tips to take your yard from drab to fab for that family barbecue or impromptu cocktail party. ❦ CLEANING: Create a clean slate. Give your hardscape a good sweeping and powerwashing to clear away winter’s grime and cobwebs. Wash windows and screens. Replace, restain or reseal worn decking. Touch up paint where needed.

Dust and wipe down all patio furnishings. ❦ GARDENING: Spruce up your yard. Trim back overgrowth and remove all dead plants and weeds from your pots, planters and planting beds. Add some fresh blooms to fill in sparse-looking spaces. Succulents are beautiful and require very little water and tender loving care. They are our go-to plants when decorating outdoor areas. ❦ REARRANGING: Tired of the same old look? Rearranging and reorganizing your space can make a world of difference.

Decide on a new focal point, change up the seating arrangement so guests will linger over conversation and cocktails. ❦ REPLACING: Determine if your existing furniture needs to be repaired or recovered, or perhaps it is time to go shopping.

A new umbrella, outdoor rug and outdoor pillows can quickly transform a space. Don’t forget lighting. A set of old-fashioned Edison lights strung over an outdoor dining table will set the mood for those warm summer nights. Solar-powered garden lights are an eco friendly way to add more light to your yard.

❦ PROTECTING: We always recommend investing in patio furniture covers. Covering pieces when not in use preserves the life of the furniture, makes your space party-ready in minutes and saves clean-up time. Just remove the covers and voila!

Karyn Frazier and Jessica Nicolls are the owners of interior design firm Bungalow 56.

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Fired Up for Barbecue T he smell of meat cooking is primal. It excites the senses and immediately transports me to a comfort zone. The scent of wood burning and meats slowly roasting immediately takes me to the finished product: barbecue, a tender, moist meat protected by a crunchy, smoky, salty “bark.”

My love of barbecue comes from my family. My grandfather left Mississippi at age 17 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy.

The Navy sent him from coast to coast and many places in between.

He was a Southerner making his home wherever the Navy sent him.

My father grew up in that mobile Southern household until he left to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. And the cycle repeated itself. My father and I never lived in Mississippi but our food and our values were rooted in the South. I grew up in Coronado eating Southern food such as grits, greens, biscuits and cornbread.

As Southerners, barbecue was something we always sought out no matter where we were: barbecued pork in Hawaii, barbecued beef in Texas, barbacoa in San Diego and all the variations of Southern barbecue from time spent in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi.

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Barbecue — such as these baby back ribs — is cooked with indirect heat for approximately six hours.

We have all been to what people call a barbecue, however those events usually consist of people grilling outdoors. Grilling isn’t barbecue. Grilling consists of cooking smaller cuts of meat over high heat for a short time. Barbecue is the result of cooking large cuts of meat with indirect heat at low temperatures for long periods of time.

Barbecue takes lots of time and a fair degree of knowledge — how long to cook a piece of meat, what to cook it with, what to put on it, how much smoke is enough. The

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word barbecue represents love and commitment. Seldom in this day and age does anyone spend five to 10 hours preparing a meal, but that’s what a pit master does. And if you’re lucky, you’ll be treated to what lovers of the craft call “ends and pieces.” This is the trim that includes the crunchy bark and parts of the tender meat itself.

There are not a lot of ends and pieces, so getting some is a treat usually reserved for those doing the work of making the barbecue.

My two favorite experiences eating barbecue took place only

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miles from each other in the Mississippi Delta. My grandfather grew up in the small Delta town of Indianola and on my first visit there in the mid-70s I had my first pulled pork sandwich. The bread was a soft hamburger bun and the pulled pork was soaked in a sweet tangy barbecue sauce served with nothing more than a couple of pickle chips. It was there that I added the term barbecue to my vocabulary.

Years later, my entire family had descended on Greenville, a town up the road from Indianola, to lay my grandfather to rest.

Barbecue was on my short list of things to do while I was in the Delta. A quick conversation with the woman at the front desk of our hotel landed the group of us at a small rundown joint on the other side of the tracks. The one-man show was closing down as we entered, but he kindly decided to serve us. He turned on the jukebox and directed us to a cooler full of cold soda and beer. We ate, played pool, drank cold beer for what seemed like hours. More than the food, I remember the owner’s kindness, the comfort of being with family and the flavors that had always meant home to me.

Clyde Van Arsdall IV is executive chef and general manager of the Neiman Marcus Café.

BONE UP ON BARBECUE Some juicy books to read: • Serious Barbecue by Adam Perry Lang • Charred and Scruffed by Adam Perry Lang • BBQ 25 by Adam Perry Lang • Seven Fires by Francis Mallman • South’s Best Butts by Matt Moore • Pitmaster by Andy Husbands and Chris Hart

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Dad’s Ribs SERVES 6 TO 8

Prep and refrigeration time: 8 to 24 hours Smoking time: 6 hours 3-4 racks baby back ribs Coarse salt, to taste Fresh ground black pepper, to taste Cumin, to taste Dad’s barbecue sauce, 4 cups 1. MEAT PREPARATION: Place racks of ribs bone side up and run a knife lengthwise across the bones cutting through the silverskin, a visible white and silvery connective tissue. This will keep the ribs from curling during cooking.

Season the ribs liberally with salt, fresh ground pepper and cumin, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate eight to 24 hours.

2. WOOD PREPARATION: Soak a bucket of hardwood pieces in water for several hours prior to smoking meat. I prefer cherry and oak, but other varieties such as mesquite are great, too.

3. SMOKER PREPARATION: Smoking requires indirect heat. To get started, light a pile of charcoal briquets in the fire box. Once the charcoal turns white and stops smoking, grab pieces of hardwood out of the bucket, shake off excess water and carefully place on the charcoal. Keep a few pieces of wood continually smoldering on the fire for the first three to four hours. In my experience, a little wood goes a long way.

4. SMOKING THE RIBS: Wad a paper towel and, using tongs, dip the paper in cooking oil and thoroughly coat cooking grates.

This helps prevent meat from sticking. Then place the ribs spaced out on the rack at the far end of the smoking chamber, opposite the fire box. The smoke needs to be able to circulate between the ribs. Close the door to the smoker and monitor the heat in the chamber. The ideal temperature is between 250 and 300 degrees. After the first three hours, remove the ribs, wrap in foil and place foil packet back into the smoking chamber.

Close the lid and continue to cook for another

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three hours. Ribs are fully cooked once the meat is fork tender and registers 145 degrees on a meat thermometer.

5. TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT? To eat your ribs now, add more charcoal to your smoker, or if using a gas grill, preheat on medium high for 15 minutes. Brush ribs with Dad’s barbecue sauce (or your favorite bottled sauce) and place them on the rack of your smoker or grill and cook for about 10 minutes. This step heats the ribs through while caramelizing the sauce. Place remaining sauce in a saucepan and keep warm on medium heat.

6. TO SERVE: Cut each rack into two rib sections and serve a half rack per person or chop into individual ribs. Serve with extra sauce on the side.

Or cool and place in sealed container and store refrigerated for up to one week. Enjoy!

Dad’s Barbecue Sauce MAKES ABOUT 4 CUPS

1 (36-ounce) bottle ketchup 1¼ cups apple cider vinegar 4 tablespoons Claude’s brand Barbeque Brisket Marinade Sauce (available on Amazon. com or at Iowa Meat Farms in San Diego) 7 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce ¾ cup water ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced Combine all ingredients in a large stockpot and cook over low heat for 30 to 40 minutes until all ingredients are melded together.

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une is a great time to plant tomatoes. The days are longer and the weather is warming, so plants can get a good start in preparation for hotter weather.

There are thousands of varieties of tomatoes, but it’s important to plant tomatoes suited to our climate on the coast. Plant tags yield a lot of information including days until harvest. Local nurseries can help and typically only stock what grows well in our area. The coast has fewer hot days than inland areas, so choosing a plant with less days until harvest will be a key to success.

Determinate tomato varieties have a limited growth pattern, typically staying bushier, which is good for container gardening. They usually produce all their fruit at one time.

Indeterminate tomatoes will continue growing and producing fruit until killed by frost. They can grow to be huge plants. I’ve had a few take over my yard in the past. (Cherry tomatoes are a good example of an indeterminate tomato variety.)

Tomatoes need full sun and love being next to a south-facing wall for heat reflection. Stake them for support when you plant. People who have a south-facing stucco wall have great success with year-round producing plants.

Tomatoes don’t need as much water as you think, but they do need to be watered deeply and consistently. The droopiness of the plant is a good indicator whether it’s time to water. If your plant is wilting in the morning or late afternoon, it needs water. Don’t

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judge it by midday droop. I typically water once a week after the plant is established, deep-watering in the morning so it can dry off the rest of the day. Watering consistently is even more important as the fruit matures. Overwatering leads to the fruit splitting, so your tomatoes will be tastier if they aren’t overwatered. |

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Tomatoes are easy to grow, but there can be problems. One giant horn worm, which is the caterpillar of a sphinx moth, can eat an entire tomato plant in one day! These guys are hard to spot, blending in with the plant until they are monsters, getting as round and long as your index finger. To get and keep the upper hand use Bacillus

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As we roll into summer, the garden is starting to look lush and strong. Good things are happening out there! ✿ Garden Prep June gardening is all about preparing for higher temperatures in the coming months. Keep adding to your mulch throughout the summer to conserve water, keep roots cool and weeds under control. Pile mulch two to six inches deep under shrubs, trees, vines, flower and vegetable beds, remembering not to lay mulch against the trunks of trees and shrubs to prevent rot. ✿ Planting It’s time to plant tropicals like hibiscus, plumeria and bougainvillea. Separate and repot older cymbidium orchids if they are crowding their pots. In the new pot, surround the original root ball with coarse organic material that drains well. ✿ Watering Water early in the morning to reduce evaporation. Irrigating less often but more deeply promotes stronger root growth.

Overwatering weakens plants, making them more susceptible to damage when the weather starts getting hot. Water citrus and avocado trees deeply every two or three weeks and mulch to maintain uniformly cool temperatures.

Citrus roots are shallow and grow beyond the tree’s dripline, so make the basin area large. ✿ Fertilizer Well-nourished plants are better protected against insects and diseases and can withstand

thuringiensis aka Bt, available at nurseries as your best defense against these legendary caterpillars.

Blossom end rot is another problem to watch for. It strikes the fruit of tomatoes, eggplant and peppers. The end or bottom of the fruit sinks in, turns dark brown or black and gets really tough. But all is not lost. Calcium deficiency is the cause, so you can preempt the problem by amending the soil with a shot of calcium. Some forms are bone meal and egg shells. Keep

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Wear rubber gloves, otherwise the smell will linger on your hands. Also, beware if you have a dog. Mine goes nuts when I fertilize with fish emulsion, resulting in holes dug to China and dirt everywhere, not to mention a smelly dog! ✿ Pest & Disease Control You may see black sooty mold on your citrus caused by aphids. A good jet blast from the hose will help a lot. Spray every couple of days to keep the problem under control. Watch for powdery mildew on roses. While damper weather creates an environment for the mildew, the first line of defense is to spray with a blast of water in the morning to wash off existing spores. ✿ Pruning Thin the fruit evenly on each side to lessen strain on the tree, especially a young one. The general rule is to space fruit 5 to 6 inches apart.

Citrus trees bear fruit produced on new wood, so prune entire branches (thinning) rather than shortening them (heading back). To redirect branches, trim them to a leaf pointing in the direction you want new growth to go. ✿ Miscellaneous Pick early and often to increase your yield.

Veggies left on too long signal the plant to slow down production, especially beans, cucumbers, eggplants, squashes and tomatoes.

Enjoy your bounty whether it’s fruit, veggies or flowers. Fresh cut flowers and homegrown produce are so satisfying!

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A FEW FUN FACTS: In the United States, more tomatoes are consumed than any other single fruit or vegetable. Technically the tomato is considered a fruit. Tomatoes are packed with vitamins A and C, plus calcium and potassium.

Cooked tomatoes are actually better for you than raw ones, because cooking releases more beneficial chemicals. But, there is nothing better than popping a ripe, warm cherry tomato straight from the garden into your mouth.

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Hit the Beach LOW TIDE RIDE AND STRIDE RAISES FUNDS FOR WOUNDED VETERANS

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there’s nothing usual about the Coronado Rotary Club’s Low Tide Ride and Stride.

For the 22nd year, the race will give bikers, runners and walkers of all ages a chance to traverse a pristine, five-mile stretch of beach that

eceiving the San Diego Military Advisory Council’s Achievement award and the Armed Services YMCA Admiral St. George award might not be something usually associated with a family fun beach race, but then

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is not usually open to the public.

However, the real story behind the event is what it has done for our local wounded veterans.

Founded in 1997 by Coronado Rotarian Bob Krantz, the Low Tide Ride & Stride was conceived

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to build on something unique to Coronado with hopes of generating proceeds to help local charities. With the Rotary Club’s close ties to Camp Surf in Imperial Beach and the Navy, the idea of a bike, run and walk along the beach was born. The first few years were light on participants and more of a social ride than a race, but the tradition took hold.

For the past 21 years, the 8.2-mile beach course started at Camp Surf in Imperial Beach.

This year, in hopes of attracting more participants, the race start has been moved to Silver Strand State Beach in front of the Coronado Cays to shorten the route.

“By shortening the distance, we hope to be able to attract more participants and especially more kids,” event co-chair Robin MacCartee said. “This is a fun race, and we want to see if the 8.2 miles was hindering some from attending. The new five-mile course should be achievable by all and get this race some additional traction to add to the incredible beauty of the course.”

The race takes place on the lowest tide of the month so the beach will have hard-packed sand that is both easy on the knees and firm enough to support even the thinnest bike tires.

(Bikes can receive a free rinse and chain lube after the race.)

Participants will be chip timed.

While the overall winners will be presented, everyone gets a finishing medal.

Over the years, Low Tide Ride and Stride has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially through generous donations from the community

LOW TIDE RIDE & STRIDE 8 a.m., June 22 Registration: $45, adults; $25, 17 and under or 75 and over lowtideride.com or (619) 312-7465

and dedicated sponsors. The event supports a number of charities that serve wounded warriors and their dependents that have ties to San Diego County, including Warrior Foundation at Freedom Station (warriorfoundation.org),

Workshops for Warriors (wfw.org), Armed Services YMCA (asymca. org), Navy Gold Star Families (navygoldstar.com) San Diego Fisher House (sandiegofisherhouse. org) and Navy Seal Foundation (navysealfoundation.org).

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West Coast Iron Works began as a Coronado High School rock band in 1967 and is now one of the longest-running bands in the region.

Just like that, 1969 was 50 years ago. — Anonymous