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www.SDNEWS.com Volume 17, Number 27
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
The great egg hunt
AT THE
EDGE OF THE
WORLD One La Jollan’s story of the ascent of one of the most challenging traverses in the Sierra, Page 4
To help usher in spring and hone those egg-hunting skills, head over to the La Jolla Recreation Center this weekend for some spring break activities. Catch a spring-themed movie and refreshments on Thursday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon and then get your basket ready for Egg Hunt Day on Saturday, April 7. Egg Hunt Day activities include crafts and a meet-andgreet with Peter Rabbit, in addition to age-specific egg hunts every half hour between 10 a.m. an noon. For $3, participants can take part in all activities and will receive a goodie bag. For more information, call (858) 552-1658. The La Jolla Recreation Center is located at 615 Prospect St.
For a list of Easter events, see Page 10
La Jollans envision the fate of beloved post office BY MARIKO LAMB | VILLAGE NEWS Seldom has a community rallied around a single cause more passionately than La Jollans have to save their Wall Street post office. “Let our post office occupy Wall Street,” was the clever maxim of the “Re-imagine our La Jolla post office” meeting on March 29. Previous Save the La Jolla Post Office Task Force meetings have focused predominantly on preservation strategies, including designating the 1140 Wall St. building as historic, purchasing the building through an endowment and re-leasing space back to the U.S. Postal Service, and working with a buyer to preserve the building.
Participants at this month’s community forum were challenged to envision alternative options for how La Jolla’s post office could best be preserved and utilized to benefit the community should its postal services relocate, as proposed by the USPS in January. A panel of community experts in architecture, historic preservation, community planning and the arts headed the discussion at the meeting. Each presented a variety of options for the post office’s adaptive reuse and preservation of the buildSEE POST OFFICE, Page 5
To get involved...
"Let our post office occupy Wall Street," was the overarching sentiment at the "Re-Imagining Our La Jolla Post Office" meeting on March 29. MARIKO LAMB | Village News
• Attend the task force’s next regular meeting on April 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the La Jolla Historical Society’s Balmer Annex, located at 780 Prospect St. • Donate to the La Jolla Historical Society’s Preservation Fund or volunteer for the Save the La Jolla Post Office Task Force. For more information, visit www.lajollahistory.org, call (858) 459-5335, or stop by the historical society’s Wisteria Cottage, located at 780 Prospect St. • Sign the new petition, which will be sent to the USPS, by visiting the La Jolla Historical Society’s Wisteria Cottage, located at 780 Prospect St. • Address relocation concerns to the United States Postal Service by writing to Diana K. Alvarado, vice president, Facilities, Pacific Facilities Service Office, 395 Oyster Point Blvd., Ste. 225, South San Francisco, CA 94080-0300. For more information, email savelajollapostoffice@gmail.com.
Missed the Concours d’Elegance last weekend? See some photos of some of what the show had to offer, like this French Citroën. Turn to Page 10 for more views of rare and unique cars.
Troubles not over for Invisible Children? Local jeweler accuses nonprofit of lifting her design BY MARIKO LAMB | VILLAGE NEWS The far-reaching San Diego-based nonprofit Invisible Children has given rise to activists and critics alike. Although founders of the organization have been raising awareness for their cause since 2004, interest in Invisible Children’s advocacy efforts exploded with the release of its documentary film “Kony 2012,” which was launched online March 5 and went
The bracelets designed by Corine Grant feature a silver medallion stamped with a message tied with wax string and come packaged on a maple wood card. Courtesy photo
viral in a matter of days. The film, directed by Jason Russell, aims to raise awareness of atrocities allegedly carried out by international war criminal Joseph Kony and his Ugandan guerilla group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Along with an onslaught of popularity came criticism about the nonprofit’s handling of finances and its strategy to end the LRA threat in central Africa. Its
SEE BRACELETS, Page 6
PAUL HANSEN | Village News