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Enlightening La Jolla Since 1913 Vol.99 Issue 9 March 3,2011
COOL CHAMPS
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Dana Irwin and Beth Penny show off the new banner made to help get the message out about the fundraising campaign for La Jolla High School. KATHY DAY
■ La Jolla Library
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■ High schoolers
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LJHS backers aim to ‘Conquer the Cuts’ BY KATHY DAY Staff Writer Expressing a firm belief that students shouldn’t have to feel the impacts of budget cuts, the La Jolla High School Foundation has launched a drive to raise $200,000 to “maintain the status quo.” Called “Conquer the Cuts,” the campaign formally began on Wednesday and is being headed up by foundation board members Beth Penny and Dana Irwin. The name, they said, does not symbolize that the school and students “are victims, but that they are conquerors.” Acknowledging that the students are in a generation that will continue to see reductions in spending
The Bishop’s School girls water polo team celebrates the 10-6 victory over La Jolla High with members of the boys team. Story on A16 RICK LEBEAU
Muirlands’ Mighty T.Rex is history
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Farmers market plan draws residents’ ire BY DAVE SCHWAB Staff Writer Bird Rock residents packed the La Jolla Rec Center on Thursday, sharing concerns about the prospects of inadequate parking, traffic disruption and children’s safety if a farmers market is approved in their neighborhood. They let members of La Jolla’s Traffic & Transportation board know how they felt if the market is allowed on Friday evenings in front of La Jolla Methodist Church. Following an hour-long discussion by those for and against the idea, the board directed event promoters to return with a more complete survey of residents’ opinions and concerns. The market has been proposed as a way to raise money for Bird Rock Elementary and Muirlands Middle schools.
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BY DAVE SCHWAB Staff Writer Muirlands T.Rex is extinct — for now. The fate of the mighty 14-foot-high T.Rex that for two years had prowled the estate at 1401 Muirlands Drive has been decided. “I’m afraid the T.Rex was recycled in an environmentally sensitive manner: mainly chain saws and the thing was hauled off to the dump,” said the anonymous owner of the much-beloved, metalsculpture dinosaur which has become a local landmark in its La Jolla neighborhood. “The gods did not seem to like our yard ornament.” After the terrible lizard was crushed by a eucalyptus tree a couple of months ago onto a fence during a storm, a decision had to be made on whether it should be repaired or recycled back into the fossil record. Though he opted for the latter, the owner of the late T.Rex said his decision to ter-
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The T.Rex in The Muirlands, shown before it got crushed, is gone for now but maybe not for good. COURTESY minate the noble beast may not be final. “There could be a replacement — but not imminent,” he said, adding he’s not real popular right now with his 8year-old daughter who, along with many others in the community, had become attached to the prehistoric beast. “I’m starting to feel guilty,” the owner admitted. “I may owe the kids another dinosaur.” Should he ever decide to resurrect his prehistoric yard
display, the owner said he would likely opt for a different, more juvenile meat-eating dinosaur. “I’m thinking more of a velociraptor mode,” he said. “A neighbor suggested a theme, rather than just one large animal.” After the T.Rex was downed, neighbors expressed their feeling for it leaving cards, flowers and stuffed animals near it on the fence in a makeshift shrine.
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