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The Bishop’s School community is grieving over the recent passing of accompanist, Jared Jacobsen. Known by students as “Mr. J,” Jacobsen worked closely with the school’s choir department playing piano, and also coached and helped teach students during class periods, rehearsals and concerts. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, Jacobsen was driving to have dinner with friends when his car collided with a Waste Management truck in Geneva, Ohio. He died instantly.
“He was my colleague and my friend,” said Louise Carmon, former choral music director at Bishop’s, who worked with Mr. J from 1997 to her retirement in 2015. “He was such a kind, gentle, and sensitive human being.” In addition to accompanying the Bishop’s choir, Mr. J was also a colleague, a mentor, and a friend to many in the community. He was the San Diego Civic Organist from 1978 to 1985, and he served on the Spreckels Organ Society’s board of trustees at the time of his passing; he was the First Luther-
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an Church’s music director; and every summer, he went home to Chautauqua, N.Y. to be Chautauqua Institute’s organist, director of choirs, and worship coordinator. “He was a world-class pianist,” said Carmon. “He traveled all over the world and concertized. You think he wouldn’t feel fulfilled being the so-called accompanist at our little school, but Bishop’s was a family for him. He loved his work there, he loved the students, and he loved supporting them.” SEE MR. J PG. 2
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A La Jolla cardiologist identified his former neighbor in court Aug. 23 as the man who beat him repeatedly in his garage, tied his hands, and attempted to steal his car after trying to strangle him. Dr. Hassan Kafri, 48, testified over two hours in the preliminary hearing of Robert “Trey” Whitaker, 57, who was ordered to stand trial on six counts including torture, assault with a deadly weapon, and two kidnapping charges. The kidnapping charges allege that Whitaker tried to kidnap Kafri for robbery and for purposes of extortion. He is also charged with burglary, and attempted to dissuade a witness by stealing two phones from Kafri. The incident took place June 12 in Kafri’s garage around 9:14 a.m., when Whitaker lived next door to him on Mar Avenue in La Jolla. Whitaker remains in jail without bail. Whitaker, a construction contractor, lived with the doctor’s neighbor, Doris Lew, next door to Kafri for the last six years. Kafri has offices in San Diego, Chula Vista, and La Mesa and worked at three hospitals before the incident. He suffered a broken wrist, a broken nose, dental injuries and other fractures in the incident with his neighbor. Kafri testified he had a plumbing dispute with Whitaker in July 2018, in which sewage from Whitaker’s residence flowed into Kafri’s bathrooms. Kafri said he had SEE CARDIOLOGIST PG. 2