La JoLLa Light
Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913
Vol. 99 Issue 45 • November 10, 2011
INSIDE
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Saluting our VetS
■ Scenes from Homecoming 2011 A20, B8
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Mural, mural on the wall The fifth of the Murals of La Jolla series now adorns the rear wall of the Hotel Parisi, next to the parking lot on Herschel Avenue. Artist Ryan McGinness’s work, called “53 Women, 2011,” is part of the artist’s Women Series. More on B1.
What red sign? If you drove down La Jolla Boulevard this week, you might be wondering where the huge red arrow went that was stirring conversations last week. It’s gone, replaced by a seascape on the side of the building. More on A14.
■ Country Day captures another title A21
Neighbors irked by plan Retired veterans Master Sgt. Bob Philips, Master Gunnery Sgt. Len Maffioli and Lt. Col. Tony Anthony identify the black-granite plaque honoring a friend and fellow veteran, James C. ‘Gunner’ Carrol, a WWII and Vietnam veteran, at the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial on Nov. 5. Dolwain Green
■ Four La Jollans are Women of Dedication B3
Corrections ■ An A1 story on La Jolla’s school foundations incorrectly overstated the amount that the La Jolla Elementary School foundation, Friends of La Jolla Elementary, needs to raise this year. The group’s goal is $400,000, and that figure includes money earned by the weekly La Jolla Open Aire Market. We apologize. ■ With the help of reader Pat Boyl, we learned the identity of the LJHS football player pictured on Page A13 last week. It was Richard ‘Mike’ Denson during the season of 1956.
United by service
Military marriages are part of the Mount Soledad memorial story By DAVe SChWAB daves@lajollalight.com mong the more than 3,000 black granite plaques adorning Mount Soledad’s memorial walls are a number of love stories immortalized in stone. They join the names of presidents, Hollywood stars, Medal of Honor recipients, generals and admirals, and hometown heroes. “I’ve done close to 150 couple-type plaques,” said Joanie Miyashiro-Brennan, executive director of the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Association, who works with donors personalizing
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Sgt. Arnold Mitchell, Sr. and Lt. Marguerite Mitchell, parents of former City Councilman Bill Mitchell, met during the war. memorials. “There are some cute stories of how they met.” One of those belongs to Sgt. Arnold Robert Mitchell Sr. and Lt. Marguerite Marie Dunn Mitchell, the parents of Bill
Mitchell, a La Jolla resident who represented District 1 on the City Council. Mitchell’s parents — he a
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La Jolla Community Planning Association trustees sent a proposal to build a 21,592-squarefoot new home and adjacent guest quarters in La Jolla Farms back to a subcommittee for another look. To find out what happened at Tuesday’s meeting go to www.lajollalight.com.
La Jollans recall their village during WWII By JAMeS L. LAMBeRT The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, signaled a period of change for everyone in America. It also would alter the face of our small beach community of La Jolla forever. Doug McKellar, a young radio station news broadAn armored vehicle makes caster and future its way down Girard La Jollan, rememAvenue during a military bers that day in parade in 1943. Courtesy of December well. GranD Colonial Hotel Working for radio station KGU in Honolulu on that fateful December morning, McKellar, according to his younger brother Jim, was one of the first radio See WWII, A5
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