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SHACC Honors Bruce Brown, ‘The Endless Summer’ SC SURF/ PAGE 27

VOLUME 9, ISSUE 18

A Philanthropic Life Ruth DeNault recognized by city for more than six decades of service work SC LIVING/PAGE 25

Ruth DeNault’s more than 60 years in San Clemente have been spent doing philanthropic work, in addition to raising a family and running her family’s business.

The city honored DeNault earlier this month by selecting her to be the newest honoree added to the Wall of Recognition. Photo: Jim Shilander

City Exploring Options for Homeless Shelter Zoning EYE ON SC/PAGE 9

San Clemente Baseball Coach Dave Gellatly Gets Milestone Win SPORTS/PAGE 33

Special South County Real Estate Guide Inside PAGE 13

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LOCAL NEWS & IN-DEPTH REPORTING San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

The management of such fuel, both in temporary cooling pools and the permanent dry-cask storage on-site, has been a major point of contention since the plant closed in June 2013. The San Clemente City Council has asked the utility to move fuel away from the plant as soon as a repository is found. Opponents of the plant said the current spent fuel pools could be targets for terrorism or vulnerable to earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Per Peterson, a University of California professor who served on President Barack Obama’s commission on America’s Nuclear Future, will make a presentation at the event, as will representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a dry-cask manufacturer and radioactive material storage experts.

The utility has also announced the creation of a new emergency plan to reflect the de-fueling of the plant. Edison said in a news release the plan means the site could no longer have emergency-related operations beyond the site. The NRC cited Edison in March for a low-level violation regarding its emergency response staffing after the plant was shutdown. The plan brings SCE into compliance.

Southern California Edison’s community engagement panel will meet in San Juan Capistrano Tuesday to discuss spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Photo: Andrea Swayne

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Five things San Clemente should know this week Concerns over the future of spent nuclear fuel housed onsite at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be heard Tuesday at the Southern California Edison’s Community Engagement Panel’s workshop in San Juan Capistrano.

San Clemente has requested that the utility move any fuel off-site as soon as a national repository can be found.

Talega CFD Will Go Before CUSD Board Again THE LATEST: Residents of Talega went before the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees again April 23 to ask the board to reduce their tax levy based on a 2006 refinancing. It appears they will be coming back once more.

At the recommendation of district staff, the board voted unanimously to continue to collect 125 percent of the annual installments on the development’s Mello-Roos bond, with the provision that it would vote, on an annual basis, to return excess funds to taxpayers.

Residents had asked that the board develop a way to eliminate so-called “pay-asyou-go” elements in the bond, which they said had resulted in tens of millions in additional taxes being sent to the district from the development that had not been previously returned to taxpayers. The money had been held in district coffers or used for maintenance and building projSan Clemente Times May 1-7, 2014

ects outside the scope of the CFD. A motion by Trustee Ellen Addonizio to end pay-as-you-go was defeated, 4-2, after board members expressed concern such a move could have major consequences for other Mello-Roos districts and potentially put the district in legal jeopardy with its bondholders.

As he had previously, Trustee John Alpay, the board’s president, recused himself from the vote and discussion due to his ownership of property in the Talega development.

WHAT’S NEXT: The next vote to return funds from the Mello-Roos will likely come in August.—Jim Shilander

Edison’s Community Panel to Meet in San Juan THE LATEST: Southern California Edison’s community engagement panel will meet Tuesday, May 6 to discuss its management of spent nuclear fuel at the

WHAT’S NEXT: The panel will be held at 6 p.m. at the San Juan Capistrano Community Center, located at 25925 Camino del Avion.

FIND OUT MORE: See www.songscommunity.com.

CUSD Returns to Full 180-day Calendar THE LATEST: Capistrano Unified School District students will have their first 180day school year in several years beginning this September after the CUSD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the calendar for the 2014-2015 school calendar last month.

Increases in funding from the state have allowed the district to restore the full calendar after having to cut school days during the recession.

WHAT’S NEXT: The school year will begin for all students Thursday, Sept. 4 and includes a weeklong break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Winter break will begin Monday, Dec. 22 and last through Jan. 5, 2015. Spring break will follow Easter, which falls on Sunday, April 4.

The last day of school for students will be Friday, June 15.—JS

CUSD School Lottery May be Reviewed THE LATEST: Residents of Ladera Ranch Page 3

told the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees April 23 that their children, who had been expecting to go to San Juan Hills High School, had been directed elsewhere in the district despite having priority on slots for the school.

Parents said the development, which is zoned to send approximately 75 percent of its students to San Juan Hills and 25 percent to Tesoro High School, has one middle school, leading to the development of friendships among students.

Since community facilities district funds from Ladera were partially used to help fund the construction of San Juan Hills, even students in the Tesoro zone are supposed to be given priority over those from other parts of the district.

Parents said approximately 56 students had been sent to Tesoro despite the priority listing and that others, with lower school-of-choice priority—including students from San Clemente and Dana Point—had been given spots at the school. One woman said her son had already visited the campus, signed up for classes and clubs and began training for the school’s football team.

WHAT’S NEXT: A review of the lottery process will be agendized for May, district officials said.—JS

Toll Roads to Cease Cash Collection THE LATEST: The Transportation Corridor Agencies will no longer collect cash toll payments on its 51-mile toll road network, effective Wednesday, May 14 at 12:01 a.m.

In January, the TCA introduced new electronic toll-collection methods that do away with cash-payment stations along state routes 73, 133, 241 and 261. FasTrak users will still be able to use their transponders, but new ExpressAccount license-plate imaging will collect tolls electronically as drivers pass through.

“We’re seeing the end of an area, but the toll roads are definitely riding the wave of change,” said San Joaquin Hills TCA chairman Rush Hill in a statement.

“With our new nonstop system, gone will be the need to stop at toll plazas and fumble around for exact change.”

WHAT’S NEXT: The TCA will be offering new FasTrak and ExpressAccount customers a free week of driving on the toll roads, using the promotional code “FREETOLL.” The offer ends May 11.

For more information, visit www.thetollroads.com. – Brian Park Have a story idea or topic you would like to read about? Send your suggestions to editorial@sanclementetimes.com. www.sanclementetimes.com

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Community Meetings

NEWS BITES COMPILED BY JIM SHILANDER

LDS Church Participates in Statewide Service Day Members of San Clemente’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated in the church’s statewide day of service Saturday. In San Clemente, that meant more than 100 people of all ages putting in new plants at both Parque Del Mar and Linda Lane Park. Although the city’s Earth Day events were canceled at Parque Del Mar due to high winds, members of the church proceeded as planned.

Annual Dance for a Cause is Friday, May 9 Six charities are joining together for Dancing for a Cause’s fourth annual event at Casino San Clemente on Friday, May 9.

The event is the only joint-charity fundraising event of its kind in the area. It begins with a 6 p.m. social hour, followed by dinner catered by Iva Lee’s Restaurant.

The evening also includes silent and live auctions.

Admission is $125 per person and tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Proceeds from the event go to the participating charities.

This semi-formal dress ballroom dancing competition event is modeled after TV’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Celebrity judges include San Clemente Mayor Tim Brown, Michael Kaupp, owner of Stanford Court Antiques and past president of the Downtown Business Association and dance instructor Katya MarshukovaGross.

This year’s dancers are: Sarah Entezari representing Kiwanis; LaVerne Friedmann representing Laura’s House; Rae Shirer representing Rotary International District 5320; Tracy Stay of San Clemente Aboli-

TUESDAY, MAY 6

City Council Meeting 5:30 p.m. Budget presentation at 5:30 p.m. followed by regular meeting at 6 p.m. City Council Chambers, 100 Avenida Presidio. www.san-clemente.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

Layla Lloyd plants new greenery at Linda Lane Park Saturday. Photo: Jim Shilander

THURSDAY, MAY 8

tionists; Steven Swartz of San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club; and Cpt. Donna Anderson for Words of Comfort, Hope and Promise. Each will be partnered with professional dance instructors from Southcoast Dancesport Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio. The studio provides a series of professional dance lessons for each of the competitors to help them prepare for the competition.

For information on tickets, call 949.374.3316.

Girl Scout Troop Builds Shelves for Gilchrist House Shelter Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 1536 recently designed, built and stocked two floor-to-ceiling bookshelves for the Family Assistant Ministries’ Gilchrist House Transitional Shelter as part of their Silver Award project, “Operation Bookshelf.”

The girls also collected enough books to fill the shelves from top to bottom for the mothers and children who live at GH while working towards self-sufficiency.

Coastal Advisory Commission Meeting 7 p.m. San Clemente Community Center, Ole Hanson Community Room.

150 E. Avenida Magdalena. www.sanclemente.org.

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DANA POINT Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 1536 designed and stocked bookshelves for Family Assistance Ministries’ Gilchrist House Transition Center. Courtesy photo

SCHS Class of 2004 Plans Reunion The San Clemente High School Class of 2004 will host its 10-year reunion Friday, Nov. 28, from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in the Wedgewood Banquet Center at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course. Early Bird tickets are $55. More information can be found at www.facebook.com/schs04.

Blood Drive Saturday at Hospital A blood drive will be held Saturday at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center-San Clemente, 654 Camino De Los Mares. The drive will be held in hospital’s infusion center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and all blood will be used for patients in need right at the hospital. Donors will receive a free movie ticket.

Appointments are necessary. Call 949.452.3159 or email ccarranza@memorialcare.org to set up an appointment.

Sandy Jacobson and professional partner Ryan Cutcher won last year’s Dancing for a Cause charity dance fundraiser, winning an additional $1,000 for Jacobson’s charity, Laura’s House. Photo: Jim Shilander

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Planning Commission Meeting 6 p.m., City Council Chambers, 100 Avenida Presidio. www.san-clemente.org.

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Dana Point’s planned trolley and shuttle system will not roll down streets this summer, as previously projected, after state authorities called for additional services, including a water taxi at the Dana Point Harbor, and uncertainties surrounding funding requirements loomed. The city will now ask the Orange County Transportation Authority, which awarded Dana Point $2.45 million over seven years for the summertime transportation system, for additional time to work out the project’s details, said Brad Fowler, the city’s public works and engineering director. Dana Point is among five cities set to receive funds through OCTA’s Project V grant. Locally, funds will support a seven-year program bringing a Pacific Coast Highway summer shuttle from area resorts through downtown, a shuttle from Dana Hills High School to the Harbor and special event shuttles throughout the year.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Two incumbents and one longtime city commissioner will vie for three seats on the San Juan Capistrano City Council in the November 4 election. Councilman Larry Kramer announced last friday he intends to run for re-election. Councilman John Taylor also said in an email that he will be running this fall. Jan Siegel, a 13-year member of the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission and noted volunteer, also publicly announced she will be running for City Council during a Coffee Chat earlier this month. Councilman Derek Reeve said in an email that he hasn’t made a decision to run. www.sanclementetimes.com

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SC Sheriff’s Blotter COMPILED BY CATHERINE MANSO

All information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website. The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided. An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD website.

Monday, April 28 PATROL CHECK Avenida Estacion/Calle Deschecha (2:49 p.m.) A caller reported a “funky smell” and a large swarm of bees at the end of the pedestrian beach trail.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCE East Avenida Pico/Avenida Vista Hermosa (2:46 p.m.) A woman in a black floral print skirt and a tan jacket was seen walking in front of cars, screaming, hitting herself and bleeding from her lip.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLE Avenida La Pata, 200 Block (11:35 a.m.) Two men inside a parked red BMW were seen smoking drugs in the parking lot in front of the baseball diamond.

WELFARE CHECK East Avenida Pico/Avenida La Pata (8:54 a.m.) A caller informed officials of a man in a black vehicle, stopped at a light and slumped over.

Sunday, April 27 DRUNK IN PUBLIC El Camino Real, 2300 Block (7:50 p.m.) A drunken man wearing a white shirt and tan pants stumbled, fell and started speaking to bushes.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCE West Avenida Valencia/El Camino Real (7:16 p.m.) Authorities received notice of a man in a gray sweatshirt, carrying a guitar and looking into residential windows.

TRESPASSING El Camino Real, 2400 Block (4:05 p.m.) A drunken, shirtless man walked into a hotel room and refused to leave. The man was not a registered guest.

PETTY THEFT REPORT Camino De Estrella, 500 Block (2:41 p.m.) A pack of cigarettes was stolen by two juveniles with skateboards.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLE Paso De Cristobal, 300 Block (2:28 p.m.) Three cars, filled with juveniles, were smoking drugs in the parking lot at the end of the cul-de-sac.

DISTURBANCE El Berro, 800 Block (1:33 p.m.) A man reported three juveniles climbing “the microwave tower” behind his home.

ficials about her landlord changing the locks on the property. She was in the process of moving out but claimed she had five more days.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCE Calle Vista Del Sol/Camino La Pedriza (1:26 a.m.) A caller told sheriff’s deputies four people dressed in black were running through intersections and hiding in bushes.

FRAUD REPORT Canada, 100 Block (2:52 p.m.) A resident informed authorities of a phone scam after receiving suspicious phone calls for three days. The caller would request a “finder’s type fee” for winning a lottery.

Saturday, April 26 DISTURBANCE El Camino Real, 200 Block (10:55 p.m.) A fight started outside of the bar between a security guard and pedestrian.

DISTURBANCE Camino Vera Cruz/Riachuelo (7:07 p.m.) A patrol check was requested at a Forster Ranch park for juveniles igniting bottle rockets.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCE Avenida Vista Montana, 200 Block (5:12 p.m.)

The driver of a white Hyundai sedan stopped and urinated on the sidewalk. He was described as being in his mid-30s, with black hair and wearing a white shirt and black jeans.

KEEP THE PEACE Paseo Del Rey, 0 Block (4:37 p.m.) A woman complained to of-

DRUNK IN PUBLIC El Camino Real, 1800 Block (12:10 a.m.) Dispatch received notice of a man sleeping by a door.

Friday, April 25 PROPERTY FOR DESTRUCTION Calle Puente, 700 Block (10:56 a.m.) Authorities were alerted when a blue bag containing 500 hypodermic needles was found in an alley.

DISTURBANCE Avenida Del Mar, 200 Block (10:11 a.m.) A caller reported an “offensive” protest taking place in front of the post office.

9-1-1 HANGUP Camino Celeste, 0 Block (12:04 a.m.) A man called requesting police assistance. During the call, another person could be heard in the background saying “Hang up,” just before the line disconnected.

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A Place for the Unseen

Some homeless people can create camp sites that go largely undetected by the public for long periods, Bull said, while others might move their space each day, or spend a couple of nights on the beach in warmer weather before moving on.

City grapples with zoning for homeless shelter

Camp sites set up in open space areas in Rancho San Clemente have residents concerned about the potential for a homeless shelter in the area. Photo: Vonne Barnes

BY JIM SHILANDER, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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o city likes dealing with its homelessness issues. But San Clemente is now being forced to.

Wednesday May 7, the city Planning Commission will hear from residents and debate where to allow a homeless shelter to be set up. State law mandates the city must decide “where” and not “if.”

California passed Senate Bill 2 in 2007. Beginning in 2008, the law required cities to designate an area where emergency shelters and transitional housing could be built or created, once a city developed an approved housing element in its city planning documents. San Clemente’s housing element was adopted in 2011, putting it “on the clock” to amend its zoning, since such shelters are currently not allowed anywhere in the city.

Planning staff has largely been concerned with creating the city’s General Plan, however. With the plan’s adoption earlier the year, the city must designate a zone, or zones, where a shelter is allowed.

Denise Obrero, the city’s housing director, said the most important thing for residents to know is that while a shelter might be allowed, the city doesn’t actually have to build one.

“Once we designate an area, then a homeless services provider, a nonprofit or a faithbased group can come into that area or site and go through the city’s permitting process by right,” Obrero said. That would streamline the process for a nonprofit or any other provider to create a facility.

Obrero said state officials deemed the designation necessary since many cities had not made attempts to open their zoning restrictions due to the contentiousness of the issue.

WHO ARE THE HOMELESS? Orange County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Joe Bull serves as the police department’s homeless liaison. Many of the city’s approximately 65-person, year-round homeless population know him well.

Bull says the city’s homeless population is not static. North Beach, especially, provides a point of stop, with a train station, bus stops and other transit points.

“It’s definitely seasonal. The warmer weather brings them out,” Bull said. “But it also generates more calls for us because it’s not only them enjoying the beach city. There are other visitors who call us to report them for panhandling or alcohol in public and the things that go with it.”

There is also a steady call volume related to the long-term homeless in the city, Bull said.

Some transients make their stays here permanent while others move on with regularity. The 65-person count typically represents a group that has been in the city for a longer period of time. That number also includes those who might have camps just outside of the city limits, such as at San Clemente State Park or Doheny State Beach.

Bull said approximately 90 percent of the city’s chronic homeless have chemicaldependency and alcohol-related issues. Some also have addictions that appear to be coupled with mental-health problems.

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RESIDENTS CONCERNS The city has targeted a number of potential shelter sites, which, according to the law, must be close to both public transportation and a job center, but also removed from city schools, residential areas and parks. The latter restrictions essentially eliminate most of the city from consideration, Obrero said.

The city plans to present six different sites Wednesday. Sites include the location of the former Kmart on Camino de Estrella, a city-owned utility yard on Avenida Pico near North Beach, a pair of sites in the Rancho San Clemente Business Park and a site behind Denny’s on Avenida Pico.

Also among the possibilities is an area along a canyon on Avenida Pico, between Calle Frontera and Vera Cruz—a sevenacre site owned by the Rancho San Clemente Business Park Association. However, changing the zoning of the area would require a city-wide vote, since it would involve altering the designation from open space.

“Residents have asked us why we haven’t considered the El Camino (Real) corridor, running through the middle of town,” Obrero said. “Clearly, that area is surrounded by residential—the entire corridor. Even though it’s along the bus line and near job centers, it wouldn’t be a suitable space.”

Obrero said the city initially considered the business park as a whole because it housed Family Assistance Ministries and three large churches. It is also close to public transit. However, residents and businesses have banded together to oppose the proposal.

“It’s a challenge,” Obrero said. “I moved from the Bay Area, and in the Bay Area, you see homeless, you interact with homeless, it’s a day-to-day occurrence. In south county, and in San Clemente, there’s not a lot of conversation about homeless needs, even though we all see homeless downtown. There’s not a lot of dialogue, and I think people are uncomfortable with the topic and about what to do.”

Vonne Barnes, president of the board of directors of the Rancho San Clemente Homeowners Association, says the large swaths of open space found there already attract the homeless, who set up campsites. This is a danger, she said, since there is often a fire risk, both to residents and to the homeless themselves.

“The homeless we encounter often have chronic alcohol, drug and mental health issues,” Barnes said. “You don’t want to mix those things with making fire, just like you don’t want to mix those things with driving a car.”

Barnes said the city needs to do a census of the homeless in the area in order to assess their needs, to be sure that

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any facility would be used. She was also concerned that sex offenders could get around reporting guidelines by becoming transient homeless.

Barnes noted similarities in topography to Glendora, which was ravaged by a 1,700-acre fire in January that began as a campfire and grew out of control.

“It only takes one instance,” she said.

“Even a mistake and a little bit of wind …”

Jeffrey Scott, executive director of homeless advocacy organization iHOPE, said the group is not prepared to immediately open a shelter.

“We’re just working to keep this alive, to make sure the option is on the table,” Scott said. “We’re not even near the stage where anyone would step in.”

Scott said he feared too many people were “fast-forwarding” the process to a point where a shelter was in place and causing problems.

Residents near the Kmart site, both from San Clemente and Dana Point, have also expressed concerns about the potential loss of property values if a shelter was allowed in the area, as well as close proximity to residences.

But to meet state requirements, the city can also designate the number of beds that churches can provide. In Dana Point, for example, churches are restricted to 10 beds. Obrero notes several San Clemente churches are close to 15,000 square feet and potentially could accommodate more people. The commission could also be flexible and use different standards for different zones, since some churches are closer to residential areas. The commission can also develop a maximum number of beds or tie the number of beds to square footage.

“To put a cap on those churches, it will be an interesting conversation for the Planning Commission to sit through,” Obrero said. “We will not propose anything at this point. It will be up to the Planning Commission.” SC

What the Neighbors Do DANA POINT • Shelters are restricted to community facility zones.

• Churches are capped at 10 beds and a shelter in the CFZ to 20.

• Shelters must have central cooking and dining rooms, recreation rooms, a counseling center and laundry facilities.

• Organized outdoor activities must end at 10 p.m.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO • Shelters restricted to public and institutional zones.

• Shelters or churches are limited to one bed per 25 square feet.

• Shelter must have an on-site manager during operation, a strategic plan for handling community concerns, forbid loitering of shelter residents and implement a security plan.

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VIEWS, OPINIONS AND INSIGHTS

GUEST OPINION: City Council Corner by Mayor Pro Tem Chris Hamm

Neighborhood Pride a Big Part of San Clemente There are a number of easy ways to beautify the area

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an Clemente residents have a lot pride for their town. Deeper than that is a level of pride for the neighborhood you reside in.

San Clemente has many unique neighborhoods, from the newest neighborhood of Talega, to one of the oldest, “Southwest” San Clemente. Wherever you live, you want the best for you and your neighbors.

A place that has struggled over the years to maintain its identity is North Beach. Normally, when people speak of North Beach, they are referring to the parking lot, the Beach Club and the Miramar Theater. North Beach is not just the three places listed above; it starts at Kaylani Coffee and extends south to Linda Lane Park. It is the residents that make North Beach a great place to live.

North Beach is one of the most densely populated areas in town, with varying residential properties. Over the years, our neighborhood has been neglected. Many residents, property owners and businesses have already started investing in our community. Let’s follow their lead and continue to make North Beach better.

Here are some of the issues that residents can address to make the North Beach residential area a better place: • Curbside bulky items (furniture, TV’s, mattresses) • Deferred maintenance of buildings • Inoperable vehicles/abandoned vehicles (not registered/running) • Overgrown vegetation • Graffiti • Garage conversions If you need to have bulky items removed please call CR&R at 877.728.0446.

With your monthly service you get four large pickups per year with four items per pickup.

Property maintenance has been an ongoing issue in our neighborhood. Fortunately, we have a very dedicated code compliance department. If you wish to file a complaint go to www.san-clemente. org or call 949. 366.4705.

Graffiti is one of the worst blights on our community. Once it is reported to our graffiti hotline it will be responded to within 24 hours—most of the time. Keep this number in your phone and report it immediately, 949.361.8385 or email graffititaskforce@san-clemente.org.

Here are some of the programs and people that are helping to make North Beach better: Sidewalk Improvements Over the past 10 years, several new sidewalks have been created to make better and safer streets.

Ole Hanson Beach Club Much needed Revitalization of the club is in the design stage with a completion date of September 2015.

El Camino Gateway A complete redesign of PCH from Camino Capistrano to Avenida Pico will incorporate walking paths, bike lanes and traffic lanes.

Completion is expected in late 2015.

Business Liaison Program Educates local businesses about redevelopment incentives such as fee waivers for Cultural Heritage permits (remodels) and murals, decreased parking requirements and incentives for outdoor dining. For more information, contact the North Beach Business Liaison, Amber Gregg at 949.361.6196.

Façade Enhancement Grant This grant program is $999 and available to business owners for external building improvements. The funds can be used on a number of improvements, including paint, signage and landscaping. For more information, contact Amber Gregg.

District Identification A great way to create identification is to create banners for the district to place on light poles.

The City Council has approved $6,000.

The NBCA is currently reviewing artist submittals for banner designs. The North Beach Community Association is a newly formed group of concerned residents that want to see North Beach become a premiere community. For more information, log onto their Facebook page.

CDBG Neighborhood Housing Pride Federal funding is available for housing grants for single family and multi-family properties. The grant amounts are up to $20,000 for health and safety repairs to low income property owners. The loan is forgiven after four years. Please contact Denise Obrero.

It won’t happen overnight, but together we can make North Beach an even better place to live. Community pride takes cooperation; no one person can accomplish this alone. Join me and the countless others who are dedicated to keeping San Clemente great.

Chris Hamm is San Clemente’s mayor pro tem. He was elected to City Council in 2012. SC PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, the SC Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the SC Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@sanclementetimes.com

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Letters to the Editor CUSD NEEDS TO ACT NEIGHBORLY ON VERDE PARK TREES BOB SZPILA, San Clemente

We’ve been told that Eucalyptus trees are not dangerous due to falling branches or fire. Last weekend, during the storm, a large branch that has fallen across the school path in Verde Park. This path is on school property. Last year, John Alpay, president of the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees wrote about the trees in the San Clemente Times (“San Clemente’s Good Neighbor,” Sept. 26).

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two campuses, Capistrano Unified built a connecting pathway on the edge of Verde Park. The vast majority of school district land in Verde Park remains open to the public with the tall eucalyptus trees now providing shade to not only park visitors, but to the students walking between the high school campuses as well ... these eucalyptus trees in Verde Park will continue to stand as testament to the Capistrano Unified School District acting as a good neighbor.”

Keeping trees near a walkway that are hazardous to pedestrians is not “acting as a good neighbor.”

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Accounting & Distribution Manager > Tricia Zines

CONTRIBUTORS Megan Bianco, Victor Carno, Kevin Dahlgren, Catherine Manso, Shelley Murphy, Dana Schnell, Tim Trent

San Clemente Times, Vol. 9, Issue 18. The SC Times (www. sanclementetimes.com ) is published weekly by Picket Fence Media, publishers of the DP Times (www.danapointtimes. com) and The Capistrano Dispatch (www.thecapistranodispatch.com). Copyright: No articles, illustrations, photographs or other editorial matter or advertisements herein may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. The publisher assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts, art, photos or negatives. Copyright 2014. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA.

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YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNER

The List

What’s going on in and around town this week COMPILED BY STAFF

Thursday | 01 WE DID IT FOR YOU! 7 p.m. Musical theatre event chronicling women’s journey through history. Presented by the American Association of University Women San ClementeCapistrano Bay Branch. Tickets $15.

San Clemente Presbyterian Church, 119 Avenida De La Estrella. 949.498.8154. www.aauw-sccb.com.

SUNSET NETWORKING MIXER 5:30 p.m. SC Chamber of Commerce event hosted hosted by San Clemente Villas by the Sea. Themed mixer “Cinco de Mayo.” Those attending wearing Cinco de Mayo-style apparel will be judged for best outfit, winner receives a gift from the host. Tickets are $10 for members and $20 for prospective members. 660 Camino de los Mares, San Clemente, 949.492.1131, www.scchamber.com.

Friday | 02 SC CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT 11 a.m. Tournament highlights include shotgun start, scramble, yellow ball, putting contest, $5,000 hole-in-one, longest drive, closest-to-the-pin, straightest drive, raffle prizes and more. Individual player fee is $150, foursome $600. Bella Collina Towne & Golf Club, 200 Avenida La Pata, San Clemente. 949.492.1131, www.scchamber.com.

EDITOR’S PICK Art students from San Clemente schools get a night to shine at Casa Romantica Friday.

Photo: Jim Shilander

ARTISTS OF TOMORROW 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens will host the 11th annual student art exhibition. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

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today at Antoine’s Cafe every Saturday.

218 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.492.1763, www.antoinescafe.com.

MERCEDES MOORE 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at Iva Lee’s.

555 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949.361.2855, www.ivalees.com.

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CLIFFHANGER 8 p.m. Performance at the Cabrillo Playhouse. Tickets $20, $15 for students.

202 Avenida Cabrillo, San Clemente, 949.492.0465, www.cabrilloplayhouse.org.

Saturday | 03 CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA Noon-6 p.m. The 24th annual event includes live entertainment, food and a children’s arena with game booths, ponies, a giant slide and more. Max Berg Plaza Park, 1100 Calle Puente, San Clemente, 949.361.8264, www.san-clemente.org.

KIDS FREE CERAMICS FUN DAY 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Artists ages 5-15 are invited to enjoy a free day to work on a creative art project and preview upcoming Summer Art Camps and Teen Clay Workshops. Call for a reservation. Jennifer Joyce Ceramic Arts, 131 Avenida Navarro, San Clemente, 949.940.8113, www.sandysartstudio.com, www.jenniferjoyce.com.

CAPO ARTS FESTIVAL 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Student works in art, drama, dance and music from schools across Capistrano Unified School District will be showcased at the first annual Capo Arts Festival at Aliso Niguel High School, 28000 Wolverine Way, Aliso Viejo, 949.636.7214. www.cucptsa.org.

THE VILLAGE ART FAIRE 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Shop and stroll along Avenida Del Mar, in the heart of historic downtown San Clemente on the first Sunday of every month, where close to 70 artisans sell hand-crafted art and crafts.

Explore a variety of exceptional work including fine art, photography, ceramics, woodwork, botanicals, knits, jewelry, leather goods, metal work, organic textiles, natural body products, fused and blown glass and much more. 949.395.7008, www.villagesanclemente.org.

RANCHO DAYS FIESTA 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Explore what life was like in mid-19th century California through music, dance, crafts, food and reenactment performances at Heritage Hill Historical Park. Food and refreshments available for purchase. $4 for adults, $3 for children. 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, 949.923.2230, www.ocparks.com/ heritagehill.

Tuesday | 06 STEMULATING SCIENCE 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens presents fun and educational programs for kids 5-12, Tuesdays through June 3. Activities focus on science, technology, engineering and math.

Admission $5. Call to register. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

CHORAL SOCIETY: BY REQUEST 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. San Clemente Choral Society Concert will feature music members have always wanted to perform in a choral setting. The wide variety of tunes include folk songs, spirituals, ballads, Broadway hits and pop music. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door, $15 for adults and $5 for children 5 to 12 years. St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Methodist Church, 2001 Calle Frontera San Clemente, 949.496.7456, www.sccs-arts.org.

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PARTY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN 6 p.m.-8 p.m. San Clemente mom and author Pamela Peery hosts party to celebrate the publication of her childbirth book POP: 50 Amazing Secrets to a Successful Labor & Delivery or C-Section. Live music, gourmet cupcakes, free mini-makeover, free raffle tickets for prizes and book signing. Free. Milk & Honey Baby at the OC MIX, 3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, www.babyalmosthome.com.

At the Movies: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Mesmerizes

LUSCIOUS LAVENDER 1 p.m. Join the San Clemente Garden Club for its monthly meeting. Kathleen Kraisinger, an active University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, will provide information on how to grow, harvest and use this aromatic herb. Attendees are encouraged to get in the spirit and wear something lavender colored, as well. Refreshments will be served. St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Methodist Church, 2001 Calle Frontera, San Clemente, www.sanclementegardenclub.com.

LEWIS LUSTMAN 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The San Clemente guitarist/ singer plays hits from the ’20s through Page 12

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Tom Hiddleston as Adam and Tilda Swinton as Eve in Only Lovers Left Alive. Photo: Sandro Kopp, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

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n an era when the oversaturated vampire genre has been run into the ground—thanks to Twilight, “True Blood” and “The Vampire Diaries,” to name a few—one of film’s most acclaimed independent filmmakers provides his own take on the now-stock character. Writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, Only Lovers Left Alive reunites him with character actress Tilda Swinton and introduces Marvel favorite Tom Hiddleston in another dark role to add to his portfolio.

In 2012 Detroit, a vampire musician named Adam (Hiddleston) has been feeling depressed and uninspired with his music and his life. When his longtime lover and fellow vampire Eve (Swinton) visits from Tangiers, their romance is revived. The reunion is rudely interrupted by Eve’s younger sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska), who crashes at Adam’s apartment and tries to seduce his human assistant Ian (Anton Yelchin).

John Hurt and Jeffrey Wright co-star.

Best known for his episodic tales of ordinary people in such films as Night on Earth (1991) and Coffee & Cigarettes (2003), Jarmusch takes one of the most popular supernatural creatures and provides a new take, minus action and gore. Only Lovers Left Alive has some intriguing actors playing interesting characters who just happen to survive on blood and spend time pondering how much the world will continue to change around them. For fans worried Jarmusch is slumming it with this one; he’s actually done the opposite and will likely gain a broader audience in the process.

—Megan Bianco www.sanclementetimes.com

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PROFILES OF OUR COMMUNITY

Ruth DeNault, who currently serves as president of the board of Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens, has spent the last 60 years doing service work in and outside of San Clemente. Photo: Jim Shilander

A Life of Service Honored

Ruth DeNault is named to city Wall of Recognition

BY JIM SHILANDER, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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uth DeNault has been philanthropically involved in San Clemente for more than 60 years. And while she has been celebrated and honored for her work before, the city has now added DeNault’s name to the list of its most wellregarded citizens.

Earlier this month, the San Clemente City Council approved making DeNault the 32nd name on the city’s Wall of Recognition at the San Clemente Community Center. The plaque there reads as follows: “This Wall of Recognition is dedicated to those individuals who, through their contributions and selfless efforts, have made the City of San Clemente, our community, a better place to live, work and play. These individuals have been selected by their fellow citizens as individuals who have gone the extra mile for their community.”

Ruth DeNault has been going that extra mile for decades.

She has served on the board of Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens since it was made into a nonprofit by the city in the early 2000s and, along with Guy Varriano, is considered one of the remaining founders of the not-for-profit organization.

Arriving with her husband Jim in 1953, DeNault soon became involved in the San Clemente Junior Woman’s Club. She said the group, which remains active in San Clemente Times May 1-7, 2014

a number of causes throughout the city, provided her a way to be active in the community and an outlet to meet people.

“They were very active and I made some wonderful friends who are still my friends today,” DeNault said of the Woman’s Club. “It was a great way to get to know the community.”

Soon thereafter, DeNault became involved at the school level and in the extracurricular activities of her four sons, serving as a den mother to their Cub Scout troops and on the PTA. She was active at her church and at vacation bible school. She was the first woman to serve as president of San Clemente Little League and founded the senior league for older boys.

“It was a great community and it still is,” DeNault said.

When the city began investigating whether the Casa could be converted into a cultural center, officials contacted DeNault. It was her they turned to about whether such a center was viable and whether it would be able to sustain itself with an annual fundraiser.

Since DeNault had experience with other organizations that managed to sustain themselves in a similar way, she told those looking into the idea that it was a possibility. She served on a committee that then sought out prominent citizens to

There’s so many “wonderful opportunities to

serve children and families and they just keep popping up. I have more time now, more even than before.

—Ruth DeNault

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serve as the inaugural board of trustees.

Unfortunately, DeNault said, it was difficult finding what was thought to be an ideal group because of the Casa’s status as a startup. That led her, and several others involved in the initial process, including Varriano, to take the lead.

“Not everyone is enthusiastic about a startup,” DeNault said. “Even though it was a recession when we started, we knew we had no option but to go forward.”

Varriano said he was “elated” when he heard about the honor being bestowed upon DeNault.

“She deserves it,” he said. “She’s been a part of the city for over 60 years and made many contributions to many nonprofits. It was very well earned.”

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Council when the city purchased the Casa building and converted it into a cultural center. He said DeNault’s status as a wellknown resident with philanthropic connections made her inclusion a no-brainer.

“Ruth has been a dedicated, loyal and hard-working member of the board since its inception,” Eggleston said.

DeNault’s efforts extend beyond San Clemente as well. She is on the board at Concordia University in Irvine, the school where she completed her bachelors degree and a masters following the death of her husband. She also serves on the board of the University of Jamestown in North Dakota, her husband’s alma mater, and was on the board of the now defunct Museum of Architecture in San Juan Capistrano, the Arts and Music Conservatory in Santa Ana and as the president of the Orange County branch of the Archeological Institute of America.

At one point in time, DeNault served on a total of seven different boards at once.

DeNault said her goal as a board member for each organization is to improve them.

“Everywhere that I’m involved, I feel like we’re preserving, protecting and moving forward with quality,” she said.

“There’s so many wonderful opportunities to serve children and families and they just keep popping up. I have more time now, more even than before.”

DeNault has seen her family’s hardware business, and the city itself, grow in a way she might not have thought possible. But it has, in many ways stayed the same.

“It means a great deal because I came here when the town was only 3,500 people and we’ve watched it grow, we’ve watched it change,” she said of the honor. “It’s been a wonderful place to raise my family.

Three of my children live in San Clemente, one in San Juan. Their friends are here, my friends are here. We’re very much involved and love our community. And it means a great deal to have all of those years mentioned and honored. I know some others who have been honored and I think very highly of them.”

Casa Executive Director Berenika Schmitz said DeNault’s efforts have been a model for her.

“Ruth is one of the most inspirational people I’ve met,” Schmitz said. “I see her as a role model and an amazing woman.”

Schmitz said the biggest lesson she’s learned from DeNault is to be passionate about the things that are important to her.

In DeNault’s case, those include the arts, archeology and architecture.

“She has dedicated her life to her true passions,” Schmitz said. “It is non-stop for her, which is what is so admirable to me.

She has not stopped and it’s genuine. It’s very selfless.”

DeNault’s legacy moves forward with her children who are involved with the Boys & Girls Clubs, as well as the San Clemente Educational Foundation. SC www.sanclementetimes.com

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Old World Charm

Rose Society’s garden tour steps into artists’ European influenced gardens

BY ANDREA PAPAGIANIS, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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aria del Carmen Calvo steps into her canvas. Nestled along the Capistrano Beach bluffs, Calvo’s rich garden “rooms” provide an escape from the outside world, where the inside meets the out, creating a space straight from one of the artist’s oil paintings.

Walking the grounds Calvo stops to smell the roses. “It’s my sanctuary,” Calvo says in the heavy Spanish accent she carries even after 50 years in California.

She moves through the garden, passing through a line of olive trees—a simple, gravel path shrouded by tall, neatly trimmed topiaries. It’s one of the many ways her European heritage, and artistic style, shines through the rose-lined pathways and tall hedges.

Calvo and her husband, Walter Henry, have been building their home for 30 years.

They started with a clean slate. All but one tree was removed when they moved into their Camino Capistrano-located home.

Since, Calvo has cultivated an outdoor living space where tranquility reigns.

Roses billow from their branches, heavy and wide, encompassing cement walkways Calvo lay with intricate glass and tile designs. Fountains echo the gentle trickling of water. Around each corner, Calvo’s artistic sleight of hand peeks through with personal

For 11 years, Bill and Sandra Jensen have welcomed guests to their San Clemente bed and breakfast, Garden Cottage at the Green, to take respite among their well-kept, European-inspired gardens.

Photo: Andrea Papagianis

touches straight from an artist’s eye.

“It’s a happy place,” Calvo said. “It is a place for everyone to enjoy.”

On Saturday, May 10, Calvo and Henry will open their home for all as the Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain hosts its annual south Orange County garden tour.

Attendees of this year’s event, coined the “Elegant and Enchanting Garden Tour,” will have the chance to tour five home gardens highlighting floral displays, environmentally sound garden practices and garden architecture.

Looking from the second-story balcony of Bill and Sandra Jensen’s garden cottage, which sits behind their main house, an elaborately woven garden takes form.

Knotted together, various short hedges weave in and out of one another, replicating a technique from European gardeners of old. Throughout the couple’s San Clemente one-room bed and breakfast, which acts as a backdrop to weddings and weekend getaways, views from above provide a clearer vision of the techniques Bill acquired from his decade living in Europe.

The perimeter of the Jensen’s home is lined with well-manicured hedges, tall shade trees and colorful vines that pop against deep green hues. Sprinkled in the mix are scentimental roses of reds and pinks that are swirled with creamy-white stripes, and espalier fruit trees, presented in the two-dimensional trained form from the Middle Ages.

“I tried to have things that you would not see in everybody’s garden,” Bill Jensen said. “When someone looks at the espalier apple tree and says ‘Where can I get one of those,’ I say ‘Well you can’t get one of those, you have to grow it.’

Visitors can learn more about Calvo’s and Jensen’s gardens and techniques during the Rose Society’s tour. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 the day of. Sales support the society’s horticulture and plant science related scholarships for college and university students. Visit www. rosesrosesroses.org for tickets. SC

Sudoku

BY MYLES MELLOR

Last week’s solution:

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium San Clemente Times May 1-7, 2014

See today’s solution in next week’s issue.

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Past the Pain

San Clemente woman writes book on giving birth

The band Hempstring Orchestra entertains the crowd at the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest.

Hundreds Come Out for Brewfest

Pamela Peery began working on her book POP after she found her preparations for her first child had largely gone out the window when she went to the hospital to give birth. Photo: Jim Shilander

BY JIM SHILANDER, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

P

amela Peery thought she was prepared.

Peery had done everything a mother was supposed to do to prepare for giving birth to her first child, a daughter, in 2002. She read all the books she was supposed to. She took childbirth classes and asked “a million questions” of her OB/GYN. Peery, an attorney and law professor, thought she had everything down.

Then she went into labor, and, she said, all her homework had done nothing for her.

“All my preparations, I could have thrown out the window,” Peery said.

Her first stage of labor lasted 30 hours.

She was sent home twice for “false labor,” before she said she wasn’t going anywhere.

“I felt so alone, like I was the only one to have ever gone through this, that I didn’t know how dramatic childbirth would be,” Peery said. “It felt like I was on a deserted island.”

While joyful over the birth of her daughter, Peery said the feelings she had continued to gnaw at her. So she went on one of the Internet message boards she’d frequented and asked women for stories of their own labor. More than 80 women re-

sponded. Peery, a San Clemente resident and now the mother of two, has compiled those and other stories into a book, POP: 50 Amazing Secrets to a Successful Labor & Delivery or C-Section.

Peery said she’d found that most of the books covering childbirth were either “overly medical and scary,” going into too much detail, or essentially advocacy books for natural childbirth. She wanted to create something that was neither an advocacy book nor medical text, though she did have a pair of OB/GYNs review it.

“It’s fun and it’s easy to read,” Peery said. “You can either look for a couple of tips or read it cover-to-cover in two hours.

It’s short, light and fun.”

While there are fun anecdotes about what women have gone through, the book also includes tips on things like what to bring to the hospital and what to do after the birth. From her own experience, Peery said she advises women to simply move into a curled position to allow doctors to administer an epidural as quickly and as easily as possible.

“These are the little things your doctor didn’t tell you and your mom probably forgot to,” she said. SC

Event celebrates emerging craft brew industry STORY AND PHOTOS BY JIM SHILANDER, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

B Austin Cathey and Brendan Slattery show off their traditional German lederhosen they brought out for the event.

(L to R) Nic Cordato, Tom Cordato, and Johnny Johur, are partners in San Clemente’s newest brewery, Artifex Brewing. The brewery is located on Calle Amanecer.

rewers and brew fans turned out by the hundreds for the San Clemente Micro-Brew Fest Saturday.

The event celebrates the emerging craft brew industry, which includes three breweries in San Clemente.

Home brewers Rob Carlson and Corey Taylor said the event was an important way to improve the city’s beer palate and celebrate some of the city’s emerging businesses.

“People know there’s breweries in north San Diego County and north Orange County, but they know less about south county,” Carlson said. “It’s a cross between a wine tasting and a beer tasting.”

“People discover there’s more than just Coors Light,” Taylor said. “There’s a lot of unique flavor going on in the high level brewing market.” SC

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ASAP Appliance Service

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ART GALLERIES

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BOOKS

Village Books

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IMAGES/Creative Solutions

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HAIR SALONS

Kreative Hair Design

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HEATING

Oasis Heating & Air

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HOME DÉCOR

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LANDSCAPING

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AMMCOR

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MORTGAGES

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MOTORCYLE PARTS & SERVICE

SC Rider Supply

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PHARMACIES

Sea View Pharmacy

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Bill Metzger Plumbing

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ROOFING CONTRACTORS

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SC SPORTS & OUTDOORS San Clemente

STORIES, SCORES, SCHEDULES AND MORE

Triton Report

BY STEVE BREAZEALE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

For in-game updates, news and more for all the San Clemente spring sports programs, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCsports.

Tritons Lacrosse Clinches League Title A 13-4 road victory over El Toro in a South Coast League matchup on April 29 secured the league title for the San Clemente boys lacrosse team.

The Tritons (13-4, 7-0) scored seven unanswered goals in the second quarter to push their lead to 8-1 at halftime. The Tritons lead was never threatened in the second half.

Jack Renard (two goals, four assists), Austin Lickley (three goals, one assist), Peyton Garrett (two goals, one assist), Austin Streeter (two goals, one assist) and Nick Lemus (one goal, two assists) led the way for San Clemente on offense.

San Clemente will have a chance to finish league play undefeated on May 1 when they travel to play Mission Viejo in the final game of their regular season.

Tritons Track and Field at OC Championships The San Clemente boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Orange

County Championships at Mission Viejo High School on April 25.

The Tritons throwing team made a strong statement at the county-wide event, highlighted by a one-two finish in the boys discus. Senior Kelsey Benoit took first place with a throw of 185-01 and teammate Rocky Fenton’s second-place throw measured 180-10. Benoit also took second in the shot put (60-02) and was one of only two competitors to clear the 60-foot mark.

Arik Nesbit finished sixth in the long jump and third in the triple jump.

The Tritons finished in fi fth place with 29 total points.

Senior Melissa Eisele had a strong showing, placing third in the 1600-meter run and second in the 3200. The Tritons distance runners packed together in the 1600, as Kelsey Carroll and Gracie Georgi finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in the event.

Jessica Erickson came in fourth in the 400 and Madison Chronister finished fi fth in the discus.

The Tritons finished sixth overall with 29 points.

Both teams will compete in the South Coast League prelims on May 6.

Tritons Baseball Falls to San Juan Hills The potent San Clemente baseball offense was slowed to a crawl in the second game of a two-game series against San Juan Hills on April 26, resulting in a 1-0 loss.

The Tritons bats had produced 27 runs in their previous three contests but were blanked by Stallions senior starting pitcher Ryan Linehan, who held San

Clemente to four hits over 4 1/3 innings.

San Juan Hills senior Jacob Duhey knocked in what turned out to be the winning run in the second inning.

The loss put San Clemente (19-6, 5-3) one game behind second-place Aliso Niguel in the Sea View League standings.

Following a nonleague double header against Tesoro at Saddleback College on April 30, the Tritons will have their hands full down the home stretch. San Clemente will play two games against first-place Dana Hills on May 7 and May 9 before finishing out their season with two games against Aliso Niguel.

Spring Football Gearing Up The San Clemente football program is preparing for another spring season and offseason practice is set to being on May 12 at Thalassa Stadium.

There have been some storylines progressing since the last time the Tritons took the field in November, ending their season with a 2-8 overall record and an 0-4 run through South Coast League play.

Sam Darnold is more than just an exciting quarterback to watch in the area. The 6-foot-5-inch dynamo is also a hot college recruiting prospect.

Darnold was offered a scholarship

by Utah last season and picked up a second official offer from the University of Nevada, Reno on March 1. Last week, Darnold met with and threw for representatives from Arizona, Fresno State, Penn State and Tennessee. Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and UC Berkeley were set to meet with him on April 30, according to head coach Jaime Ortiz.

Darnold’s progression and health will be at the forefront of his senior campaign.

His junior season was cut short by a

San Clemente wide receiver Charlie Mestaz was invited to play in the 2014 USA Football U.S. National Development Games. Courtesy photo

fractured foot in a game against rival Dana Hills just three games into the season.

Darnold, an accomplished basketball player, broke his hand playing on the hardwood months later but has fully recovered, according to Ortiz.

Wide receiver Charlie Mestaz was invited to join USA Football’s U.S. National Development Team and will compete in the organization’s 2014 U.S. National Development Games from July 7-12.

USA Football is recognized by the NCAA and NFL as the sport’s national development governing body and is in the process of putting together youth teams, ranging from U14-U18 age divisions, to compete on the international stage.

Mestaz earned a spot at the games by excelling during a USA Football regional development camp, which was the first stage of the tryouts.

Mestaz will travel to Occidental College in Los Angeles to receive instruction from current college coaches and former NFL coaches and players over the five-day span. After participating in 7-on-7 passing league tournaments and scrimmages, players will be selected to play in games at the end of the week. SC

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SOFTBALL The San Clemente girls softball team, Poison Ivy, finished their 10U season on a high note, by claiming the league championship at Richard T. Steed Memorial Park on April 25.

Poison Ivy won the postseason tournament after finishing first in league play with an 11-1 overall record.

The San Clemente Girls Softball Poison Ivy team includes: Izzy LaMothe, Riley Brown, Anna Bjorklund, Tessa Campbell, Gianna Kidwiler, Haley Brown, Sophia Cifuentes, Ehva Cifuentes, Kaitlin Martin and Nicole Whitaker. The team is coached

by Jeff Kidwiler and David Bjorklund.

BASKETBALL The Aztecs basketball team, competing in the Boys & Girls Club of the South Coast Area’s girls basketball league, finished their season with a perfect 10-0 record. The team played in the club’s 10-11 age division and defeated the Lady Bulldogs 52-38 in the championship game. The Aztec’s Kennedy Hogan and Elizabeth Quinlan were named league co-MVPs. The Aztec team includes: Jillian Greene, Hogan, Mercedes Perez, Madilynn Marx, Grace Pelkey, Quinlan and Aiden Flynn. The team is coached by Jerry Quinlan. SC

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The San Clemente Girls Softball 10U Poison Ivy won their division’s league championship on April 25.

Photo: Omar Nazif

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Gellatly Earns 300th Career Win

BY STEVE BREAZEALE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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an Clemente baseball head coach Dave Gellatly tried to downplay the moment after his team claimed a 6-0 Sea View League victory on the road against San Juan Hills on April 23. The win put the Tritons back into the league title hunt but it was also the veteran coach’s 300th career win at San Clemente High School.

His players would not let him brush the moment aside.

Gellatly signaled for his team to rally around him for a post-game meeting, but several players carrying a cooler full of ice water greeted him instead. He tried to outrun his players but they eventually dumped the water on him to celebrate the victory.

Gellatly graduated from San Clemente High School and has been the head baseball coach for 20 years. He now teaches in one of the classrooms that he used to learn in as a student. He has seen hundreds of players come and go, rolling with the wins and the losses. But to have this milestone come during this particular

San Clemente baseball head coach Dave Gellatly, center, earned his 300th career win in a 6-0 Tritons win over San Juan Hills on April 23. Photo: Kevin Dahlgren

year allowed Gellatly to emotionally reflect on the past.

Earlier this year, the San Clemente athletics program suffered the loss of two former student-athletes. The first was Nick Pasquale, a standout football player who

died on September 8 after being struck by a car on his way home. Pasquale’s older brother, A.J. Pasquale, played for Gellatly on the baseball team. One month later, Chris Spatz, a former three-year varsity letterman with the Tritons, committed suicide.

Gellatly saw the community, the athletic program and especially his baseball team, rally together during a tumultuous period.

“It’s all about family. I’m a little bit emotional. We’ve had a couple of tragedies in our athletic program. Nick Pasquale, his older brother A.J. played for me and I’ve been friends with the family for 30 years,” Gellatly said. “That’s what makes it special at San Clemente, we kind of don’t leave.

It’s one town, one school. I hate to say, out of two tragedies, I think it’s really brought us all as a community and a school and a baseball program closer together.”

When asked what sticks out most during his two-decade long tenure at the school, Gellatly kept returning to the family aspect he has helped create. When searching for examples all it takes is a look at the Tritons bench, where pitching coach Brock Meastas sits. Meastas graduated from San Clemente High School in 2008 and returned to become part of Gellatly’s staff five years later.

Next year, Gellatly will be joined at the school by his daughter, Jillian, as she begins her freshman year.

The Tritons are in the midst of a race for the Sea View League title and a berth in the CIF-SS Division 2 Championships.

Their focus, and the focus of their coach, will be on a two-game series with firstplace Dana Hills starting May 7. But for a few brief moments following the milestone win on April 23, an impressive career was recognized and took center stage. SC

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RESULTS NSSA Open, Event No. 10, April 26-27, San Onofre State Park, Upper Trestles MEN: 1. Nic Hdez, Santa Cruz 15.00; 2. Jake Marshall, Encinitas 14.27; 3. Thelen Worrell, Malibu 11.56; 4. Griffin Colapinto, San Clemente 11.24. JUNIORS: 1. Griffin Colapinto, San Clemente 15.60; 2. Jake Marshall, Encinitas 11.34; 3. Nick Marshall, Encinitas 8.73; 4. Micky Clarke, Ventura 7.07. BOYS: 1. Noah Hill, Malibu 16.54; 2. Nick Marshall, Encinitas; 3. Zach McCormick, Del Mar 13.90; 4. Kade Matson, San Clemente 8.00. MINI GROMS: 1.

Jett Schilling, San Clemente 15.07; 2. Levi Slawson, Encinitas 12.93; 3. Taj Lindblad, San Clemente 11.10; 4. Connor Marshall, Encinitas 9.00. WOMEN: 1. Kylie Loveland, Carlsbad 14.50; 2. Steffi Kerson, Thousand Oaks 10.60; 3. Juli Hernandez, Costa Mesa 9.60; 4. Avalon Johnson, Carlsbad 8.17. GIRLS: 1. Tiare Thompson, La Jolla 13.50; 2.

Alyssa Spencer, Carlsbad 8.54; 3. Samantha Sibley, San Clemente 8.40; 4. Alexxa Elseewi, San Clemente 7.66.

PERFORMERS OF THE EVENT: Nic Hdez, Noah Hill, Griffin Colapinto, Jake Marshall, Nick Marshall.

Bruce Brown, filmmaker of the iconic surf documentary The Endless Summer will be honored by the Surfing Heritage & Culture Center at a May 3 event celebrating the movie’s 50th anniversary and the presentation of SHACC’s first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Photo: Courtesy of Bruce Brown Films, LLC

Five Decades of Endless Summers SHACC honors Bruce Brown and celebrates golden anniversary of ‘The Endless Summer’

BY ANDREA SWAYNE, SAN CLEMENTE TIMES

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hen filmmaker Bruce Brown set out with Robert August and Mike Hynson to document their surf travels on film, the idea of chasing the summer season around the world in search of waves became the title for the 1964 documentary that would follow. It also became an aspirational and enduring representation of the adventurous surfing lifestyle—living the dream—for generations.

The San Clemente-based Surfing Heritage & Culture Center will host a tribute event celebrating Brown and the 50th anniversary of his film The Endless Summer on Saturday, May 3 in Huntington Beach at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort.

The Endless Summer was Brown’s sixth surf film. He began showing it to small audiences in 1964 with live narration. With his narration and music by the Sandals added, Brown and promotions manager R. Paul Allen booked the movie on a successful tour, selling out theaters across the country. It was picked up for worldwide distribution in 1966.

The event will bring together Brown, August and Hynson, along with Allen, Sandals band members, Bob Bagley, a former business manager at Bruce Brown Films and John Van Hamersveld, the artist who designed the iconic movie poster.

SHACC will be presenting Brown with its first ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

Other luminaries from surf and film expected to attend include Greg Noll, Peter “PT” Townend, Fred Hemmings, Greg MacGillivray, Randy Rarick, Joey Cabell, Jericho Poppler, Lance Carson and Renny Yater. Endless Summer II (1994) stars Pat O’Connell and Robert “Wingnut” Weaver San Clemente Times May 1-7, 2014

will also be in attendance and Wingnut will serve as one of the event emcees.

“There will be over 80 pieces of memorabilia and personal effects on display, such as Bruce’s movie cameras, tape recorder and projector, original sketches, photos, Robert August’s passport, matching trunks and jacket, foreign movie posters and more,” said Barry Haun, curator and creative director for SHACC. “Many of the items have never been seen in public.”

Along with the tribute, the opportunity to mingle among surf legends and the memorabilia exhibit, the evening will also include a sit-down dinner, live and silent auctions.

Boyd Scofield, SHACC media and sponsor committee member, said the event promises to be the biggest surfing culture event of the year.

“Bruce Brown’s milestone documentary is one of the most viewed surf films of all time, spanning generations of fans and enthusiasts,” Scofield said. “I saw the original film and met Bruce in 1964 at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, before it hit the big screen and Bruce was still narrating every line in person. I am looking forward to showing him the original program he signed for me back then. To have all of these people in one room 50 years later is a once in a lifetime event.”

Tickets are $200 for SHACC members and $250 for non-members and are available online. Tickets to the VIP pre-party and for tables of 12 are also available.

Proceeds from the event will benefit SHACC and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, both nonprofit organizations.

For more information or to buy tickets call 949.388.0313 ext. 0 or visit www.surfingheritage.org. SC

UPCOMING EVENTS May 10-11: WSA West Coast Championships, San Onofre State Park, Church Beach May 15-18: NSSA West Coast Championships, Huntington Beach, Pier May 31June 1: Surfing America Prime, Event No. 6, Oceanside, Harbor North Jetty (New date)

SURF FORECAST Water Temperature: 60-62 degrees F Water Visibility and Conditions: 6-10’ poor+ Immediate: Fun south groundswell continues along with modest northwest wind and groundswell mix. Surf in the knee-chest high (2-3’+) zone prevails at better exposures, as top combo and summer focal points see plus sets around favorable tides to shoulder high+ (4’+). Conditions remain most favorable in the morning with light to locally moderate offshore flow before an onshore afternoon sea-breeze develops. Size holds for Friday. Morning conditions remain favorable, with morning winds lighter overall.

Longer Range Outlook: Modest south groundswell continues through the weekend, as some mid-period new northwest swell joins in. Size is steady in the knee-chest high (2-3’+) range at good breaks, with larger peaks for standout combo spots. Winds and conditions look semi-problematic with light southerly winds in the mornings. Check out Surfline.com for all the details!

Malia Ward. Photo: Andrea Swayne

GROM OF THE WEEK

Malia Ward

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aves in the 6-foot-plus range and barreling drew surfers like a magnet to Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point last Sunday. Among the local talent in the lineup was 16-year-old San Clemente local Malia Ward. We checked in with her to see what she’s been up to lately.

Stoked as ever, the dream of a professional surf career is still on her radar and she’s ready to turn up her intensity to make it a reality. “I need more good results under my belt and am ready to get more serious with contests, training with coaches and just working really hard to get to where I want to be,” Malia said.

That means entering more pro juniors, some QS events and WSA and NSSA contests for practice in between. “I also want to keep traveling, surfing new waves and getting more experience.” she said, “None

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of this would be possible without my mom encouraging me and helping me chase my dreams. It’s a real blessing to have her in my life.”

Recent travels have taken her to Florida and Barbados and she has plans this summer to surf in Mexico and Bali, Indonesia.

Malia is finishing up her sophomore year online through Connections Academy where she is an ‘A’ and ‘B’ student. “I want to continue online classes in college while chasing the pro tour,” she said. “I definitely want to get a degree so I will know how to run my future empire.”

Board: Lost Surfboards Sub Driver, Mayhem, Matt Biolos, 5’8” x 18.88” x 2.25” Sponsors: Mayhem, OAM, Blenders Eyewear, Surfergirl Sun Care, Cyber Wetsuits, North Beach Nutrition, KD Custom Jewelry Fave break: Lowers, Trestles Hobbies: Shooting and editing videos Surf stoke: “That feeling of exhilaration you get when you take the drop.”

—Andrea Swayne www.sanclementetimes.com