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LJTODAY.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 22
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
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Gallery event fuels donations for seal By DAVE SCHWAB cam
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World music and dance fest at Scripps Park to celebrate nonprofit milestone By MARIKO LAMB ively musical scores, vibrant dance performances, colorful traditional costumes and multicultural fare will converge in La Jolla from exotic locales around the globe for a free festival to fete the Center for World Music’s 50th anniversary. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 11, master performing musicians, dancers and teachers will entertain guests with live performances, host interactive demonstrations and present festival goers with a deeper understanding and appreciation of dynamic performing arts traditions from around the world at Ellen Browning Scripps Park. “The Center for World Music believed that the best way to celebrate its 50 years of fostering awareness and understanding of the world’s performing arts traditions would be to present different traditions from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe every 15 to 30 minutes in Scripps Park during a daylong festival that would be free to the public,” said John Gabriel, executive director of the Center for World Music.
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ON THE SIDE OF GREEN Former county supervisor Pam Slater-Price praised Mayor Bob Filner for his contributions toward the seal cam and protecting the marine mammals. DAVE SCHWAB
OLD WORLD MOVES Encinitas resident Shalini Patnaik is a professional Odissi dancer (a classical dance from Orissa, India). Patnaik has been studying Odissi with the Center for World Music since she was a child. COURTESY PHOTO
Summer brings more beachgoers, more injuries, more vigilance for lifeguards
By ETHAN ORENSTEIN
As the weather and water warm, people come from all over to visit the beach. The increase in beachgoers puts lifeguards on high alert for all types of medical emergencies. San Diego Lifeguard Services sergeant and union spokesperson Ed Harris said San Diego life-
guards are good at spotting emergencies and capable of treating all types of medical situations, but the massive crowds make it harder during the hot summer months. “The more crowded it is, the more challenging it becomes for us to spot people in distress,”
Harris said. “As it gets more and more crowded, more things happen. So when you talk about medical aid especially, everything that happens to humans happens on the beach.” Many emergencies have SEE INJURIES >> PG. 22
SUMMER’S DANGERS More visitors means more stingray stings, but lifeguards also contend with cardiac arrests, seizures and strokes. Here, lifeguards haul in an unconscious swimmer at Sunset Cliffs. COURTESY PHOTO BY LIFEGUARD MARINE SAFETY LIEUTENANT DOMINIC LERMA
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Seal proponents were in a celebratory mood at an April 25 fundraiser benefiting a seal cam at Children’s Pool, during which San Diego mayor Bob Filner was honored for endorsing the cam and other actions he’s taken to enhance marinemammal protection. More than 100 people attended the fundraiser held at Images of Nature art gallery featuring Thomas Mangelsen’s wildlife photography at 7916 Girard Ave. “Tom couldn’t be here but he donated a couple of (photographic) images,” said gallery manager Kathy Hatch, noting the gallery “serves nonprofits.” “We’d be glad to host the other side,” Hatch said. For years, the seal rookery at Casa Beach has been a lightning rod of contention between seal advocates and pro-beachaccess proponents who’ve dueled over which species should control the pocket beach. Seal advocates argue the rookery is an environmental treasure, deserving complete protection that should ultimately be turned into a wildlife refuge. Beach-access propo-
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