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SCHOOL continued from page 1 ing upgrades at Torrey Pines High to a complete rebuild of Earl Warren Middle School, scheduled to be complete in 2016. The first major Prop AA project, Canyon Crest Academy’s new track and athletic field, was completed in September. To replace Noah as superintendent, the district appointed Rick Schmitt in May. A rash of computer lab robberies plagued many Del Mar Union and Solana Beach District schools over the summer and the districts stepped up security measures. Solana Beach also got started on the construction of its new school, Solana Ranch, extended its kindergarten day in the district’s Global Education program for next year, promoted Julie Norby from principal at Solana Santa Fe to its director of instructional services, and
changed the grade configurations at Carmel Creek and Solana Highlands to transitional kindergarten through third grade and Solana Pacific to grades 4-6 starting in fall 2014. Del Mar Union School District started work on drafting its new facilities master plan, came up with more than $2.5 million in cuts to deal with a budget deficit, including increasing class sizes, and hired two new district cabinet members: Jason Romero as the new assistant superintendent of human resources and Dinah Brown as the new coordinator of curriculum and instruction. DMUSD also honored the memory of 16-year trustee Janet Lamborghini, “a champion for children,” who passed away on May 5 at the age of 73. All districts prepped for the Common Core State Standards, which must be implemented next fall.
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WATCH continued from page 1 that we’ve never seen before and everyone will be very, very good,” Olive said, The Falcons have two senior starters and the rest are underclassman. You can’t miss the team’s sole freshman player — Jake Gilliam tops out at 6’8”. Brandon Cyrus, a Cana-
REVIEW continued from page 2 Trail opens The Del Mar Horsepark portion of the San Dieguito River Park’s Coast to Crest Trail opened on Jan. 12, 2013, completing a twoand-a-half-mile stretch of trail that begins at Jimmy Durante Boulevard. The new half-mile of trail is just one part of the planned 55-mile Coast to Crest trail from Del Mar to Julian and is open to walkers, bikers and equestrians. “We’ve been working on it for a while and we were finally able to make the connection between the lagoon trail and this portion,” said Dante Lee, a San Dieguito River Park ranger. “It’s a fantastic view of the river and when the tide comes in you can see a lot of birds and ducks. This is one of the most interesting views of the river that you get on this side.” Mile markers are installed at every half mile and there are benches to catch your breath. A good portion of the trail is on a fun boardwalk and on your way you can see everything from horses to lagoon life to golfers hitting on the range. The trail even has an app! It can be downloaded at sdrpmobile.org and provides information on wildlife and plants, as well as trail maps. CV Library: The next chapter The Carmel Valley Library celebrated its 20th anniversary in July with a fresh coat of exterior paint, made possible by donations to the Friends of the Carmel Valley Library from Del Mar Highlands Town Center and San Diego City Council President pro-tem Sherri Lightner, who contributed $26,000 from her Community Projects, Programs and Services budget. The black streaks are now gone from the library, which is considered one of the best, most-loved libraries in San Diego. In 2012, the library’s circulation was 394,083, one of the highest circulations in the city other than the central library downtown. “The fact that it is so well used is really a testament to what a great asset it is to the community,” said Marion Moss Hubbard, the
dian import and only a sophomore, is attracting a lot of attention from coaches in college programs across the country. The Falcons have developed a bit of their own Lob City, often with junior Dominic Hovasse tossing the lofty pass and Brandon slamming it home — Olive said the boys developed this bit of trickery on their own time and have gotten a city library system’s senior public information officer. “The city is really proud of that branch, it is one of our shining branches.” Gonzales Canyon Neighborhood Park In the early part of the year, Pacific Highlands Ranch residents set to work designing their long-awaited, much-delayed, fullyfunded-since-2008 park. With only 5 acres off Pacific Highlands Ranch Parkway to use, the design committee looked not to waste space on a parking lot and focus on more park. The plan includes a large community gathering space, designed as a bosque with picnic tables under a cluster of trees, a secondary shaded picnic table area, 10,000 square feet of tot lot space for both younger and older children, a comfort station, a sloped, grassy amphitheatre space, a half basketball court and maximized playing field space. A walking loop about a quarter mile long links to both the promenade and the urban amenity trail that surrounds the park. Beth Fischer, Pardee Homes division president, said they are committed to delivering the park by December of 2014. What’s new? Kaiser Permanente opened its modern new medical offices on Carmel Creek Road, nearly eight years after purchasing the land. The 50,000-squarefoot, two-story facility houses 20 primary care offices and 10 specialty care services, including cardiology, dermatology, radiology and neurology, with a full pharmacy, diagnostic lab on site, as well as Kaiser’s first comprehensive Women’s Center in Southern California. Whole Foods Market opened in the renovated Flower Hill Promenade, as well as the hotly anticipated restaurants Sea and Smoke and Cucina Enoteca. IHOP’s lease expired at Del Mar Highlands Town Center and it was replaced by Snooze AM Eatery in July, long lines forming in the mornings for one of its big breakfasts. In July, Burlap re-opened as Searsucker, and Which Wich Superior Sandwiches and Unleashed by Petco opened up shop. City Kids Beach Kids left the Highlands after 20 years as its lease was not
knack for it. In addition, 6’5” senior forward Sam Worman is attracting the attention of college recruits — “he does a little bit of everything for us,” Olive said. In more than 17 years of coaching at Torrey Pines, Olive has had a lot of special players come through and this team is no different. “I love them,” Olive said of his team. “They’re
renewed. A heartwarming homecoming The Cathedral Catholic community rallied for the family of basketball coach Will Cunningham. Several members of his family were severely injured in a head-on collision caused by a drunk driver on March 17. The drunk driver was killed and Cunningham’s wife, Alisa, and three of his children — Taylor, Jayden and Logan — sustained major injuries. Taylor, 17, suffered the worst injuries, including a fractured pelvis, broken right hip, broken wrists and a brain injury that left her in a coma for 17 days. She spent 75 days in the hospital and, in September, her classmates voted her homecoming queen. The homecoming king beside her also beat incredible odds — king Ronan Nelson broke his neck and incurred spinal cord injuries in a rugby game in 2012. Teenage hero Trevor Brown didn’t think or hesitate, he just acted when he saw a stranger have a cardiac episode and stopped breathing at Del Mar Highlands Town Center on April 10. The 17-year-old Cathedral Catholic High senior performed CPR until paramedics arrived and said it just seemed “obvious” to spring into lifesaving measures. “It didn’t seem heroic to me, a situation just presented itself to me and I had to go help,” Trevor said. “It’s not hard to help people when you know what to do.” Performing CPR was something that Trevor had just been trained to do a little over two weeks before at an Athletes Saving Athletes program at his school. He had even taken part in a CPR demonstration video. Athletes Saving Athletes was created by Advocates for Injured Athletes, an organization co-founded by Beth Mallon and her son Tommy after Tommy suffered a life-threatening neck fracture in 2009 while playing lacrosse at Santa Fe Christian School. “I just started sobbing when I heard, absolutely sobbing,” Mallon said of Trevor’s actions. “It’s coming up on the four-year anniversary of Tommy’s accident and to have the program actually bring a direct result, to know one of the athletes was able to recognize the situation and step up and intervene, that’s
good kids and they get along well together, follow directions, they’re coachable and I enjoy being around them.” Students have taken to calling the Torrey Pines gym “The Olive Garden” as a tribute to the longtime coach and Coach Olive just has to laugh at how it’s catching on. “That’s wonderful,” he said. the whole purpose of the program. It shows it works.” CV planning board rejects Via de la Valle widening plan In September, the planning board took a stand against the proposed Via de la Valle widening in light of new concerns from Del Mar Horsepark users and business adjacent to the road that would be negatively impacted. The plan, about 10 long years in the making, is to widen Via de la Valle from two to four lanes from San Andres to El Camino Real, keeping it as narrow as possible through the sensitive riverpark area. The board has long questioned why the widening is necessary as the road doesn’t go anywhere to the east, stopping after the El Camino Real interchange and continuing as two lanes into Rancho Santa Fe. According to the city, the widening is needed to accommodate future traffic volumes and to address current problems as the volume is double than what it was built for. Coming attractions By February, construction is set to begin on Pacific Highlands Ranch Village Center, future home of Trader Joe’s. Coast Income Properties, developer of the Carmel Valley Road mixed use project, received a unanimous vote of approval at the planning commission in December and hopes to open stores in the first quarter of 2015. Dan Curran, vice president of Coast Income, said they are not prepared to announce any new lease signings beyond Trader Joe’s but hope to be able to soon. “We have interest from a lot of exciting tenants and want to make sure we get the tenant mix just right,” Curran said. “We are really excited about the project and can’t wait to see it become a reality.” Construction continues on Solana Ranch School in Pacific Highlands Ranch, which is set to open in fall 2014 for the Solana Beach School District. The San Dieguito Union High School District should start construction on its Pacific Highlands Ranch middle school in mid2014. The first 500-seat classroom building is expected to open in fall 2015.