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ISA Adaptive Surf Competition in La Jolla adds women’s division
Man ordered to pay for ramming parking enforcement scooter BY NEAL PUTNAM A driver who has finished his 90-day jail term for ramming a parking enforcement officer's scooter in La Jolla has been ordered to pay $1,856 in damages to the owner of a parked car that the officer crashed into. Peter Alex Dreier, 42, of Hillcrest, remains on terms of three years probation with an order to perform 10 days of public service works. San Diego Superior Court Judge Maureen Hallahan also allowed Dreier permission to use medical marijuana as a pain reliever and muscle relaxant for a physical ailment, according to
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Scripps Health to undergo expansion BY BLAKE BUNCH
ever, there weren’t any ‘surf legs,’ so I had to rig one up and some of my surfer friends took me out.” While her background, developed balance and board knowledge helped push her for-
Due to changing health care trends, Scripps Health recently unveiled a master plan that marks its largest expansion in the healthcare system’s 125-year history. That project will entail major renovations at five Scripps hospital campuses throughout the county. Major amenities will include flexible space designs, so that the most advanced equipment and devices can be more easily incorporated into necessary areas of use. Much like the renovation of the Jacobs Medical Center, upgrading rooms with state-of-theart technology and efficiency remain
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Dani Burt lost her right leg above the knee in a motorcycle accident, but since has learned how to surf - progressing to capture the 2016 WSA adaptive surfing championship. She will look for another title at this weekend’s adaptive surf competition. PHOTO BY PAT WEBER
BY BLAKE BUNCH New Jersey native Dani Burt grew up skateboarding and bodyboarding, but always found a primal need to be in the ocean. Prior to her losing her right leg (above her knee) in a motorcycle accident, however, she had never been surfing. Now Burt, a doctor of physical
therapy at Scripps Memorial Hospital, has been named the 2016 WSA US champion in adaptive surfing. Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 3, she will be competing in the Stance Adaptive World Surfing Championship at La Jolla Shores. Presented by Vissla and the City of San Diego, this is the
first year that Burt will be able to surf in a women’s-only division. “I was in Hawaii about 10 or 11 years ago for the Duke’s Festival. This was after the accident, after watching a lot of the competitions, I knew I had to get back in the water,” said Burt. “Around this time, how-