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LAJOLLAVILLAGENEWS.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2015
University City women embrace Mother’s Day in the best sense By SANDY LIPPE The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. (William Ross Wallace) When Debby Knight and Jemma Samala adopted University City as home in back-to-back years (1998 and 1999 respectively), they evolved into moms on a mission. Never did either woman set out to blaze their respective trails, but
they jumped in with both feet where they saw a need. On this Mother's Day nearly 20 years later, UC residents should thank these two for sharing their talent, time and treasure in making UC more than a neighborhood, the theme on UC street banners. Knight, a transplant
SEE MOMS >> PG. 7
Board term limits urged at parks and beaches parley By DAVE SCHWAB A researcher plays David to a seagoing Goliath at Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The Birch, which operates with no state or city support, received a $6 million endowment last year in the interest of the aquarium’s plans for programming. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
World-class science, community support Birch Aquarium By TERRI STANLEY Imagine you are walking into a 12-foot cube with reflective mirrors on all sides and a music score begins, transporting you underwater, where you are surrounded by light radiating off the tiny organ-
isms, and you can imagine what it looks and feels like to be a deep-sea diver who weaves in and out of its radiance. At Birch Aquarium at Scripps in San Diego, part of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and UCSD, this cube will soon exist. The installation is called the
Infiniti Cube and is being created by a Scripps scientist who studies bioluminescence, a renowned London artist in residence at Scripps and a New York musi-
SEE BIRCH >> PG. 6
A routine discussion about bylaws at La Jolla Parks and Beaches, Inc.'s April meeting turned into a full-blown debate over term limits. During a discussion of old business, audience members Jeff and Cynthia Chasen took issue with the park board's previous position of requiring only new board members, moving
forward, to be subject to term limits. Citing a “lack of turnover” on the board, Jeff Chasen noted, “The people that live in this community, we're moving toward term limits. "Every time we come here, there's no result,” claimed Chasen, suggesting younger board members might provide
SEE PARKS >> PG. 4