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LAJOLLAVILLAGENEWS.COM | VOLUME 18, NUMBER 15
IN MEMORIAM
The stench at La Jolla Cove – the gift that keeps on giving.
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Getting there Merchants vote for plan to fund Cove waste clean-up By DAVE SCHWAB
SO OTHERS MAY LIVE Memorial Day is especially bittersweet in San Diego amid the city's military presence and its longstanding traditions of homage to those who have sacrificed their lives for their country. La Jolla's Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial (above), which will hold its annual memorial ceremony on Monday, May 25, has chosen Marine 1st Lt. Nathan Krissoff (inset), a counterintelligence officer deployed to Iraq on Sept. 6, 2006, as this year's honoree. Krissoff was killed Dec. 9, 2006, following a patrol outside Fallujah. A plaque will be dedicated in Krossoff''s honor at 2 p.m. Krissoff’s parents, Bill and Christine Krissoff of Rancho Santa Fe, will speak at the ceremony. The Mt. Soledad memorial is located at 6905 La Jolla Scenic Drive. Additional information on the facility can be found at soledadmemorial.com. PHOTO BY DON BALCH, INSET COURTESY SOLEDAD MEMORIAL
Amid the drought, artificial turf concept holds water This is the first in a series of articles on energy sustainability and what homeowners can do in response to the continuing drought. With rainfall levels diminishing and water rates increasing, San Diegans are searching for ways to save water, energy and money in these continuing times of drought. Which is leading more than just a
By DAVE SCHWAB
few to consider turning in their water-guzzling, high-maintenance grass lawns for synthetic turf. It’s a trade-off, with pluses and minuses to keeping natural lawns, as opposed to trading them in for an artificial surface with a large upfront cost that pays off on the back end
SEE TURF >> PG. 8
Synthetic grass has its drawbacks, but sales are growing 10 to 15 percent a year nationwide. COURTESY PHOTO
There's more where this came from The news doesn't take time off between our hardcopy publication dates. Please visit our website at sdnews.com (click on La Jolla Village News) for the latest developments, every day, on life in the Village.
In May, La Jolla Village Merchants Association voted unanimously to endorse an attempt to use $400,000 in already-collected coastal access and parking funds to pay for a bird and marine mammal waste clean-up at La Jolla Cove. The merchants group also advocated requiring groups hosting
community special events to provide extra trash cans to help with clean-up efforts. Association president CA Marengo said the vexing problem of stench at the Cove caused by waste build-up continues. He noted the association has recently met with
SEE STINK >> PG. 8
Scripps Health response team to head home from Nepal After spending the last two and a half weeks caring for earthquake victims in remote villages in Nepal, members of the medical response team from La Jolla-based Scripps Health are resting in Katmandu and preparing for the long trip home to San Diego. The five team members have been working under the auspices of the International Medical Corps as part of two medical groups that included physicians and medical responders from other health systems and organizations. The first
Scripps group – corporate vice president Tim Collins, (corporate vice president, operations and research), assistant vice president and registered nurse Debra McQuillen and chief nursing executive Jan Zachry – are already in Katmandu. The second group – senior director of disaster and registered nurse Patty Skoglund and senior director of clinical services Steve Miller – were to follow.
SEE NEPAL >> PG. 5
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