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Same spit, different day Children's Pool debate reignites as pupping season ban takes effect

By DAVE SCHWAB La Jolla’s Children’s Pool is closed for the next five months during the harbor seals’ annual pupping sea-

IN KEEPING WITH TRADITION Christmas as we know it, of course, has its roots in the Middle East – so what more appropriate an event than the La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival to invite the visitors pictured above? The red bells add a nice touch to an enormous event that attracted 40,000 to La Jolla's Girard Avenue and beyond and featured children's groups, marching bands, floats and a dollop of family-oriented fun. For a final look at this year's parade, see page 6.

PHOTO BY SHARON HINCKLEY

A local harbor seal likely wonders what the fuss is about, but he's an unwitting target of a flap about access to the Children's Pool.

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son there, but this year is different: Public access to the beach is being denied.

Predictably, the closure has rekindled the long-simmering debate over shared use at the pool, created 83 years ago by La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps as a safe children’s wading area. The pool sits off a spit of land at 850 Coast Blvd.

Some contend it is the public’s constitutional right to unlimited beach access. Others insist keeping humans off the beach during the marine mammals’ pupping season is the only sure way to protect them.

Opponents of the new seasonal ban at the Children's Pool in La Jolla gathered recently to hold a candlelight vigil.

Ryan Sweeney, president of San Diego Free Divers, organized the small protest, during which about a dozen people sat outside the barri-

SEE POOL >> PG. 18

Stanch the stench, merchants are told amid new truck-scavenging flap By DAVE SCHWAB There’s a foul smell in the Village of La Jolla.

Only this time, the cause is not traceable to marine animals at the Cove but to humans on land.

A new and vexing problem has emerged with yellow trash trucks, some carrying Mexican license plates. Their as-yet-unidentified owners are apparently recyclers who scavenge in the Village then park for extended periods in near-

by residential neighborhoods.

“This situation has been going on for some time now — years. I'm just not sure how many,” said Ed Witt, a Mission Valley car dealer who lives on Park Row off Prospect Street. “They’ve parked these trucks right in front of my walk, yes, my home, smelly and dripping on the street.”

Some of Witt’s neighbors agreed the situation is a mess — literally

By DAVE SCHWAB

— and that something needs to be done about it immediately. A group of them appealed to La Jolla Village Merchants Association recently in the hopes of educating the community about the new Village smell issue.

Association president CA Marengo checked out the neighbors’ story and verified that their SEE TRUCKS >> PG. 19

The bed of an aging truck is filled with debris as it's parked in a Village neighborhood.

Recyclers reportedly scavenge the garbage before parking for extended periods in residential areas.

PHOTO BY DAVE SCHWAB

Hard-won solution?

After 25 years' wrangling over the church-state foundations surrounding the Mount Soledad Cross, a resolution involving a land sale may be at hand. See page 5.

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TUESDAY · DECEMBER 23, 2014 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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Shores group hears plan to change permitting for religious institutions

By DAVE SCHWAB At its December meeting, La Jolla Shores Association got an update from community planner Joe LaCava explaining a proposed change in the city’s Land Development Code that would require a conditional user permit to site a religious institution in zones within La Jolla Shores Planned District.

LaCava noted that regulations requiring special permitting to site religious institutions in neighborhoods like the Shores somehow got “swept away” in the most recent City Land Development Code update.

He said there were three proposed options the association could take in dealing with siting religious facilities in the PDO: require a conditional use permit for any religious facility or large assembly, prohibit them in singlefamily zones altogether or follow citywide regulations prohibiting them in single-family, multi-family or commercial zones.

“Any assembly of more than 300 persons would require conditional use and coastal development permits,” LaCava said, adding the situation has been complicated by lawsuits won by

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religious organizations in the courts challenging denial of their requests to be cited on grounds that they would be too big.

Asked if new proposed regulations to put permitting limitations would apply to existing religious facilities, LaCava said they wouldn’t, as those facilities would be grandfathered in. He added that would apply to Hillel’s ongoing proposal to site a Jewish student center adjacent to a Shores singlefamily neighborhood, noting “that project is already in the pipeline.”

Board member Janie Emerson said the issue of requiring permitting for religious institutions “ought to be a voting item on our January agenda."

“I want it on our website so we

can get the community’s input,” said group chair Tim Lucas, adding, “You don’t represent the community unless you get the community’s input. That’s really important.”

LaCava added there's time to consider options on how and where to allow religious facilities, as the City Land Development Code is not likely to be reconsidered by City Planning Commission until February of 2015.

In other matters: • An permitting application by Verizon for a new wireless communication facility at Allen Field for two antennas concealed inside two 30-foot-tall light standards has been delayed for consideration by the association until its Jan. 14 meeting. The proposal previously has drawn significant opposition.

Neighbors and parents have expressed concern about the proposed cell site’s proximity to Torrey Pines Elementary School and the perceived potential for students to be adversely affected by cell tower transmissions.

• Lifeguard Rich Stropky noted that UCSD is doing a study on people who’ve received ray stings at La Jolla Shores, a beach that has

been referred to as the “sting ray capital of the world.” Stropky said the study began in late summer to assess the effects on people treated with first aid for sting-ray venom.

Asked whether the city would consider putting up new signage urging beachgoers to do the “sting ray shuffle” to avoid ray stings, Stropky replied, “There’s a concern about oversignage.”

• Justin Garver, La Jolla’s rep for District 1 City Council member Sherri Lightner, noted that Lightner was elected as the new Council president for 2015.

• Association chair Tim Lucas noted the Shores is looking into ideas to beautify Laureate Park on Avenida de la Playa. “We’re thinking of planting some jacarandas or other trees,” he said. Planner Janie Emerson suggested the neighborhood host a contest to collect ideas on park improvements. The late architect Dale Naegle had previously suggested building monuments in the park honoring UCSD nobel laureates.

Shores resident Bob Whitney noted Naegle’s suggestion ultimately didn’t fly “because the proposed monuments looked like tombstones.”

Coast Guard Tests Unmanned Helicopter

Looking for a way to increase the surveillance range of its cutter, the U.S. Coast Guard tested an unmanned helicopter off Point Mugu in Ventura County. The MQ8B Fire Scout, built by Northrop Grumman in San Diego, took off for a test flight from the USCGC Bertholf with the helicopter being controlled by Navy pilots and Coast Guard personnel from a Fire Scout control station on the ship during a demonstration Dec. 5.

The demonstration will help the Coast Guard determine the capabilities of the Fire Scout for its uses, Lt. Cmdr. Dan Broadhurst said.

"The MQ-8B Fire Scout is the Navy's combat-proven unmanned helicopter, and can provide the same persistent maritime surveillance capabilities for the Coast Guard," Northrop Grumman's spokesman George Vardoulakis said. "I'm confident that we'll demonstrate increased NSC effectiveness while lowering the Coast Guard's operational costs."

A Fire Scout was recently deployed with a Navy littoral combat ship in San Diego.

-- Times of San Diego

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TUESDAY · DECEMBER 23, 2014 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

Church leader, parade organizers among standouts at town council meeting

By DAVE SCHWAB La Jolla Town Council heard from the leader of a historic community church, gave kudos to organizers of the annual holiday parade, honored a longtime restaurateur and announced the State of La Jolla address to be delivered at the group’s next meeting in January.

Those were some of the highlights of the council's Dec. 11 meeting.

Rev. Chuck Norris, pastor of Prince Chapel by the Sea, noted the church, at 7517 Cuvier St., has served the community since 1943.

Prior to that, the African Methodist Episcopal church’s congregation, predominantly domestic servants at that time, had worshipped out of La Jolla Union Mission, which was founded by seven members in 1921.

“Some of the founding members of that church’s descendants worship at Prince Chapel today,” said Norris, adding the church in its 93-year existence has served “families that have their roots in La Jolla.”

Today, Norris said, Prince

Chapel is multi-ethnic, with a broad spectrum of about 40 to 50 regular members, some of whom he said “I’ve only seen once or twice,” and another 50 or so other members whom, Norris joked, “I’ve never seen.”

“Our church holds about 100 people,” Norris said, adding that the congregation’s objective is to “build a church that’s safe enough for anyone to worship in.”

Norris said Prince Chapel has three major ministries, one of which works with The Rachel Center, a homeless shelter in downtown San Diego.

He added that the church also pays very special attention to youthful members of mixed-race lineage.

“It’s a little confusing, and a little more difficult than we realize, for those children to fit in,” Norris said. He pointed out that times have changed, adding that “the melting pot in this country” has become a “salad bowl.”

“We all need to just be ourselves, be respectful and appreciative and celebrate one another,” said Norris.

He concluded his speech by inviting La Jollans to worship ser-

vices.

In other action: • Alfonso Fierro, owner of Alfonso’s Mexican restaurant, at 1251 Prospect St. for the past 32 years, was commended by the council for being a cornerstone of the Village merchant community.

Dec. 11, 2014 was also proclaimed to be Alfonso Fierro day in La Jolla.

• LJTC chair Steve Haskins said the group’s next meeting on Thursday, Jan. 8, will be special, as the council will have a brief business meeting at 5 p.m. This event will be followed by a State of La Jolla 2015 address to be delivered by community leaders at 6 p.m.

“We’ll have a powerpoint or multimedia presentation as part of that, which will take about an hour,” Haskins said.

• Ann Kerr Bache was lauded by the group for another year of shepherding the annual La Jolla Christmas Parade to another successful conclusion.

Board member Cindy Greatrex was also recognized by the group for being a “tireless volunteer” for the annual event.

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Potential land sale to memorial group could mean end to Soledad cross flap By an 89-11 vote, the U.S. Senate Dec. 12 passed a defense bill containing a provision from 52nd District Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. that authorizes sale of the land containing the Mount Soledad Veterans memorial with its 43-foothigh cross to Mount Soledad Memorial Association, Inc., a private group that maintains the site.

It’s the latest wrinkle in a 25-year constitutional battle over whether the landmark cross, built to honor Korean War vets and designated in the 1980s as a memorial at 6905 La Jolla Scenic Drive South, violates the separation of church and state.

The House also passed the bill, so now it goes to President Obama for his signature.

“This is a significant development in the decades-long fight against efforts to dismantle the memorial,” said Hunter. “The assumption remains that legal challenges will continue, but at least now, this one

veterans memorial, which is an important piece of the San Diego community, can no longer be perceived as a government endorsement of religion.”

However, it's unclear whether Hunter's legislation will end the litigation, as federal courts have consistently ruled that the cross is an unconstitutional effort by the government to endorse a religion. One judge even went so far as to order the cross's removal.

Before the federal government took possession of the land in 2006, the city of San Diego tried to sell it to the same private group on two occasions, but neither attempt passed muster in the courts because the judges found that the sales process aided a sectarian purpose, in violation of the California Constitution.

Attorney James McElroy represents Steve Trunk, an atheist and Vietnam Veteran who sued the fed-

eral government to get the cross removed. Trunk replaced the former plaintiff, Vietnam combat vet Philip Paulson, who originally challenged the constitutionality of the cross claiming it didn’t represent all veterans, some of whom are not Christian. Paulson died in 2006 of cancer.

McElroy said he’s ready to continue discussions to settle the case.

But he added whether the lawsuit continues will depend upon negotiations between the federal government and the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial Association now maintaining the memorial.

“I'm not saying a settlement can happen, but it's at least something worth talking about,” McElroy said adding the government's failure to sell the land at a reasonable value, or to give up full control of the memorial and cross, would be signals that the government is still violating the Constitution.

De Anza Cove settlement ends 35-year legal dispute with City A 35-year legal dispute between the city and tenants of the De Anza Cove mobile-home park has been resolved, with tenants agreeing to voluntarily move out of the park within a year in return for relocation compensation averaging $77,000 per household — $22 million total.

Peter Zamoyski of the law firm Tatro & Zamoyski, representing De Anza mobile-home park residents, commented on the settlement.

“It was a fair settlement,” Zamoyski said. “Was it as much as we had hoped for? No. But overall, it’s enough to get them (residents) off to a new home and a new place to live and was done in a manner that the court deemed completely fair and reasonable.”

Zamoyski noted many De Anza residents are seniors, pointing out that many left the park already prior to the final settlement.

“It was very important to be able to fund those relocating, giving certainty, and finality, to a lot of these folks in their golden years,” Zamoyski said.

In October, the De Anza Cove Homeowners Association voted to accept the City of San Diego’s terms for settling the case. City Council has approved the settlement. Both sides agreed to the terms of a Superior Court judgment on the amount and terms upon which the City should compensate the tenants.

The City’s obligation to compensate the tenants had been established in 2005, and for the nine years since, the principal dispute centered on the amount the City was required to pay. The legal dispute, which began with a City Attorney’s opinion in 1978, spanned 19 City

Councils and eight mayors.

With the close of this chapter, the property can return to recreational, commercial and educational uses, as intended by state law, said City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.

“Mission Bay was never intended to be a mobile-home park,” Goldsmith said. “It is an active and accessible public park -- the world’s largest water park – and a place for recreation and tourism, for paddle-boarding and picnics. This settlement fairly compensates the tenants who will be displaced, but most importantly, it returns to San Diego 76 waterfront acres we never should have lost.”

In addition to compensating the tenants, the City will pay attorney fees equal to one-third of the total amount paid.

Tenant compensation will be determined by a combination of factors. In cases where the coach can be physically relocated, the tenant will receive an allowance based on the coach’s size plus $1,660 to defray additional costs. Where it is not feasible to relocate the coach, the tenant will receive a $1,660 moving allowance plus the rent differential for the first four years. Tenants who do not own their coach will receive a $1,660 moving allowance plus an amount equal to two months’ rent for a comparably sized apartment.

The property beneath the mobile homes was originally owned by the State of California, which in 1945 granted it to the City of San Diego as a “tidelands trust” to be used solely for educational, commercial and recreational purposes, to include parks, playgrounds and facilities.

Residential uses were not permitted by the terms of the grant.

When the City granted a 50-year

ground lease to a master tenant in 1953, that tenant agreed to use the property exclusively for “a tourist and trailer park,” language that contemplated camper-trailers, not permanent housing. However, De Anza Park soon evolved into a mobilehome park with long-term residents.

In 1978, the City Attorney’s Office issued a legal opinion stating that De Anza Park “may be in violation of the tidelands trust [of 1945]” because of its residential users. In 1980, the State Lands Commission agreed that “residential use of these lands is not a public use,” setting the stage for eviction.

The tenants were given a reprieve in 1981 when the state Legislature, in an action that required City concurrence, allowed them to continue living on Mission Bay until the 50year ground lease expired in 2003.

On August 27, 1982, the tenants were notified of an eviction date of Nov. 23, 2003.

Nonetheless, the residents did not leave. Instead, they sued, winning a court injunction to prevent the City from enforcing the 1982 eviction notice. Although the City argued that it was not required to compensate the tenants for relocation, the court’s ruling in 2005 was to the contrary. This year, the court set forth the amount and terms of payment.

Tenants have 12 months to vacate the park. Future uses of the property will be decided by City Council. The City, however, is bound by the terms of the trust and may only use the property for educational, commercial and recreational purposes, to include parks, playgrounds and facilities.

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TUESDAY · DECEMBER 23, 2014 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS

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LJHS soccer goalie's knee is as strong as her family roots Roanoke Island in North Carolina has a mysterious history amid its “lost colony” of settlers from England, before the Pilgrims of Mayflower fame, who were never heard from again. But La Jolla High School’s Helen Lee, whose family vacations in the area yearly, is a survivor and is being heard from.

The friendly, smiling starting goalie for the Vikings’ soccer team doesn’t joke about disappearing like Sir Walter Raleigh’s contingent. But she is known to make cracks about her surgically repaired left knee — “My right knee is the weak one now,” she says after rehabilitation has strengthened the left one — and other things about herself. She says she got her humor from her older brother Coleman.

Her humor and positive outlook helped her get through eight months' sidelining from the sports she relishes so much. She tore her left ACL shooting in a club lacrosse game in November of 2013 and missed winter basketball, spring lacrosse and fall volleyball until returning last month in her debut role in varsity goal. She hadn’t played keeper since she was 12 years old, but the Vikings needed her.

Voila.

“Having not been able to play

competitive sports like this for eight months has made me so humble,” says the 16-year-old junior. “I am so incredibly lucky every time I am able to step on a field and play a sport I love with coaches I respect and a team I love.”

Lee is affable, easy to approach — and that positive outlook. Any team is lucky to have her bright presence. She’s surely not perfect, but she does contribute to team strength just with her look on the bright side. She likes being out there on the field or court.

She brings a lot more than positivity. Her background in sports and her facile mind help her grow in knowing the inner game of each sport. In her favorite sport, lacrosse, she breaks down for a layman a simple draw-and-dump: “You want to get the ball around the 12-meter (line). You drive to the middle of two defenders to draw them to you. You dump the ball off to the girl (teammate) who isn’t defended (due to the doubleteam).”

A rule change effective in 2015 will allow defenders but not attackmen to go into the crease (the attacking zone marked by a circle around the goal), an obvious advantage for the defense. Helen, who as an attacking midfielder plays both offense and defense,

likes the new rule for her defensive role, not on the other side of the ball. She has played for a club lacrosse team when not playing for the school team. She hopes to play either for a college team after she graduates from high school or for an adult club team.

The Outer Banks, a long string of islands in North Carolina where the Lee family has vacationed every summer for the past 14 years, allows Helen to go at full tilt in study and sports during the school year then rest and recreate during a glorious two weeks of downtime. “It’s really relaxing,” she says. “You go to the beach, read books. We know the guy who owns the local bookstore/coffee place. The area is big for lighthouses, so we visit those.

“It’s go-go-go during the school year,” the multi-sport student-athlete says. “This is a chance to reconnect as a family.”

Her parents are Craig and Alison. Her siblings are Sadie, a La Jolla High freshman who just played field hockey in the fall and who also plays lacrosse, and Coleman, who played lacrosse at La Jolla High and who now plays at the University of Richmond in Virginia. “[The Outer Banks vacation] allows me, especially, to go all-out

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during the year, knowing I’m going to have a break and refocus,” Lee says.

In academics, she is moving ahead well. “My favorite classes right now are my AP U.S. History class and my AP Psychology class.

They both are very interesting to me. I’m interested in health and studying anything about the human body, whether it’s mentally or physically. Career-wise, there are just too many” options ahead to focus on one at this point.

Interestingly, Lee occupies her mind while in goal when the ball is downfield by running potential plays through her mind. “I come up with different scenarios in my head of what I think they might do,” she says. “Who their strongest players are. Whether they’re more likely to attack from the side or down the middle. I just try to be as prepared as possible for any situation when the ball gets close.”

Regarding interests outside sports, she says, “I love to spend time with my friends and family. I love to cook and bake and find new restaurants around La Jolla.”

In the bigger realm of life, Lee expresses a strong view about the right place of technology in our daily lives. “I’d love to see my generation not become the techies —

The soccer ball is a shadow of its former self as La Jolla High's Helen Lee defends her goal.

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not become obsessed with technology,” she says. “I like technology.

It can do so much. But I don’t want to be the generation that uses technology and loses their roots.

“Roots — really, my family. Every night you eat with your family.

You’re not on your phone. Outer Banks (vacations), supporting what my brother is doing. It always comes back to family.”

Hey, you! You started it; now cut it out!

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The signs aren’t always overt.

People aren’t biting each other’s heads off or glaring sullenly across the conference table (that’s home, not work!). Instead, it feels like everyone is just… coasting. Rather than digging for solutions, they make a cursory effort and then lay the problem at your feet. They’re not cage-rattlers and idea-sharers; they’re yes-men and passive compliers. And if you could be the proverbial fly on the wall instead of the boss in the hall, you suspect you’d hear far more bitching and blaming than the faked enthusiasm you usually hear.

That’s bad mood in workplace parlance. And Michael Houlihan says your apathetic clock-punchers are the creations of a culture that’s set up to squelch their inner entrepreneur.

Houlihan, author of The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People (Footnotes Press, 2014, co-written by Bonnie Harvey), said, “I think that’s a brilliant way to put it. And, of course, it’s culture that creates that belief—and it’s leaders who create the culture.”

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The book’s tack echoes the methods by which the authors ran Barefoot Wine—making sure its leadership practices, compensation structure, and processes were set up in a way that kept employees fully engaged, empowered and, yes, entrepreneurial.

Of course, before you can shift a bad mood, you need to know you have one. Here are a couple red flags to look for: Everyone plays the blame game.

As soon as a ball is dropped, the finger-pointing and blame-dodging begins: “It was her responsibility, not mine!”; “Don’t look at me—I wasn’t told about that policy change!”; “He was supposed to email me the update, but I never received it!” You know how this goes. And odds are it isn’t happening because your employees are vengeful, spiteful jerks—it’s happening because employees are afraid of what the consequences will be for whoever is left holding the bag.

“When a technical error is made,” Houlihan said, “realize that making an example of the culprit isn’t necessarily the best way to go.

Instead of blaming, aim your focus on figuring out what went wrong and how you can prevent that error from occurring again.”

Information is treated like a commodity instead of freely shared.

Some companies use information as a type of currency—the right

Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan in their element.

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juicy piece of info can buy you lunch, help get you a promotion, bring kudos your way or be traded for other valuable information. And then some information is downright suppressed because it may threaten some supervisor’s concept of job security. Added up, that’s a recipe for disillusionment and mistrust amongst your workforce.

“Instead of a ‘need-to-know’ policy,” Harvey said, “at Barefoot we

advocated a ‘know-the-need’ approach. Your people are full of intelligence, ideas and passion— you just have to unlock those things! So do whatever you can to engage your entire team and keep the information free-flowing. Of course, you may be tempted to keep bad news and problems to yourself.

Don’t. Be honest about the challenges your company is facing and ask the entire staff for solutions.

You’ll probably get them!”

Strategic partners don’t want to work with your company. If vendors, suppliers, bankers and other third parties consistently fail to renew their contracts, your company’s mood may need a major adjustment. That’s because employees who aren’t invested in your company’s future are much more likely to treat these partners with a lack of respect, to withhold information and tell white lies and to be slow to respond.

“Fortunately, it often takes only one leader (that’s you!) to break this pattern by setting a better example,” Houlihan promised. “Show your employees the difference it makes when you treat partners in a way that honors the relationship. For instance, treat salespeople with respect instead of dismissing them.

Never have a ‘that’s just another salesperson’ attitude. Take their calls. Hear them out. When you

treat third parties as valuable allies who can significantly influence your bottom line—or help you survive!—they often will. And that’s good for the morale of everyone involved.”

“Mood matters,” concludes Harvey. “Cultivating a good mood in your organization is the key to unleashing a transformative entrepreneurial spirit in your people.”

From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, Houlihan and Harvey overcame obstacles and created new markets and strategic alliances for their Barefoot Wine brand while pioneering worthy cause marketing and performance-based compensation.

Since selling the brand to E&J Gallo, they've consulted with Fortune 500s and other companies, helping them establish and strengthen entrepreneurial company cultures through seminars, webinars, and onsite training, and they travel the world speaking to corporations, conferences, symposiums and universities. They are regular media guests and contributors to international publications and professional journals and regularly appear on Bloomberg and FOX News Radio Network’s Workplace Culture Experts.

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An open message from the La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival Foundation We are happy to report that another wonderful Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival was enjoyed by the Village of La Jolla and its neighbors. The weather was ideal, and spirits were bright. This was a record-breaking year for participation, with more than 100 entries, 3,500 participants and more than 80 percent repeat entrants. We are grateful to our parade chairs, Bill Kellogg and Jack McGrory, for supporting the foundation and helping raise the funds to make the 57th annual event a reality - and we also thank our dedicated parade committee, without whom none of this would be possible. Please check the parade program on our website, ljparade.com, for more info.

Under sunny skies, more than 30,000 came out to enjoy a wonderful day, which started with the exciting Antique Aircraft Flyover and was filled with bands, canine and equestrian units, beauty queens, schools, fire engines, floats, marching bands and VIPs. The La Jolla High School Marching Band joined us this year with great fanfare. It was a treat for all to see the outstanding participation of many SDUSD and other bands and to honor our marshals – Las Patronas as Grand, Phyllis Minnick as Civic, former SDUSD Superintendent Tom Goodman as Education,Greg McKee as Innovation, Doug Fitzgerald as Sports and Steve Kappes and the Military Outreach Tennis Team as Military. As always, Santa arrived in the Old Black Goose courtesy of the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.

Our Holiday Festival, at the Recreation Center, extended the theme of education, including not only music and entertainment but also educational displays, from among others the Venter Institute, Birch Aquarium of Scripps Institute of Oceanography and La Jolla High School. Festival coordinator Gail Forbes did her usual outstanding job of bringing an afternoon of joy to the children.

Many thanks to George and Pancho Dewhurst for donating many staff hours and equipment in trimming and lighting the Christmas Community Tree at the rec center, featuring new holiday décor designed by Laura Mc Donald of Eloquence Design and handcrafted

by Dave Irwin of Sunrise Rotary. Generous donations by Sunrise Rotary and CEO Doug Fitzgerald’s recreation center board made this possible.

In 2013, we raised more than $9,000 to support local schools, and we fully expect to exceed that number when this year’s expenses are met. As always, we rely upon and are very thankful to the residents and businesses that support the La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival Foundation and enable us to grow each year.

With Warm Wishes for a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year.

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Newly opened Scripps facility supports advanced orthopedic care On Nov. 13, Scripps Health celebrated the grand opening of the Donald P. and Darlene V. Shiley Musculoskeletal Center at Scripps Clinic, made possible in part by a $5 million gift from Darlene Shiley to support advanced orthopedic care and research at Scripps Clinic.

“Darlene Shiley and her late husband, Donald, have been instrumental to the expansion of programs and services at Scripps Health, and we are grateful for their continued generosity and support of research and patient care,” said Chris Van Gorder, president and chief executive officer of Scripps Health. “Their dedication to serving the health care needs of our community will allow us to offer exceptional care to an even greater number of patients.”

The center, on the first floor of the Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines Anderson Outpatient Pavilion at 11025 North Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla, features diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation services and routine and follow-up appointments. Patients will be offered centralized imaging services in orthopedic specialties including sports medicine, podiatry, hand and wrist surgery, spine surgery, total joint replacement and foot and ankle reconstruction.

“When I learned about the exceptional work that was being done in research and with patient care at Scripps Clinic,” Darlene Shiley said, “I decided to offer my support to help enhance the scope of services available to patients. I think for the scores of people with musculoskele-

tal issues, this is the place to be for world-class care in San Diego.”

Musculoskeletal services account for more than 100,000 annual patient visits at Scripps Clinic and more than half of all surgeries performed at Scripps Green Hospital.

The need for orthopedic services will only grow in the coming years as the population ages and more people seek ways to maintain a mobile lifestyle.

Dating back to 1980, the Shileys’ gifts to Scripps total more than $15 million, supporting programs and services related to heart care, orthopedics, neurology and clinical research. One of the earliest donations from Darlene Shiley established the Donald P. Shiley Visiting Lectureship and served as a Christmas gift for her husband. Donald

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The Shiley musculoskeletal center at Scripps Clinic is an anchor venue for the more than 100,000 annual orthopedic-patient visits to Scripps Health. COURTESY PHOTO

Shiley was the founder and retired chairman of a pioneering biomedical firm that significantly advanced development and use of state-ofthe-art medical devices in cardiovascular surgery, including the Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve. Donald Shiley died in 2010 at age 90.

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps,

Scripps Health is a San Diego nonprofit integrated health system.

Scripps treats 500,000 patients annually and employs 2,600 at its five acute-care hospital campuses, hospice and home health care services and an ambulatory care network of physician offices and 25 outpatient centers and clinics.

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The champagne – and jewelry – sparkled at this holiday party Fashion Files

Diana Cavagnaro

Gretchen and Britt Hackman, from Nubry, should have been accompanied by an armed guard, such was the value of their jewelry.

CJ Charles Jewelry hosted an annual VIP holiday party on Dec. 11. This upscale jewelry store treated its clients to a night to remember. The guests entered on a red carpet and were handed a glass of Cartier champagne, and Vahid Moradi, owner of this family-owned store, greeted the clients as they arrived. Pamplemousse Grill catered the evening with a fabulous sushi bar on one side of the showroom and another station set up with jumbo shrimp, crab and oysters.

Britt and Gretchen Hackmann, from Nubry, were a huge hit, modeling jewelry

for the guests. Britt modeled a stunning 54-carat Riviera necklace, a diamond lace bracelet and a glittering flower ring; the fare's total worth is $1,626,785. Gretchen modeled a stunning white/yellow diamond Riviera necklace, yellow and white diamond earrings and a pink/yellow diamond bracelet. The ensemble was topped off with a fancy yellow diamond ring; the fare is worth $952,000.

CJ Charles has been established in La Jolla for the last 28 years. In addition to its upscale jewelry, CJ Charles carries a section with impressive estate jewelry. It also carries a collection of fine Swiss watches such as Breitling, Cartier and Vacheron Constatin. Next door is the Panerai Boutique, also operated by CJ Charles. Watch specialist Gerhard Klein was on hand to greet the guests. CJ Charles donated 5 percent of its holiday sales from Nov. 28 to Dec. 8 to UCSD's Moores Cancer Center.

For a look at this “exceeding the extraordinary” jewelry, visit 1135 Prospect St.

UPCOMING EVENTS FRIDAY, JAN. 30: IN-STYLE BOLLYWOOD ~THE SPICE OF LIFE: The 24th annual fashion show and luncheon at the University Club atop Symphony Towers will be hosted by the Iris Auxiliary, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Mistress of ceremonies will be Sandra Maas, of KUSI-TV, and will feature haute couture fashions by Lizz Russell. Proceeds will benefit San Diego Center for Children. For more information, call (619) 563-1249.

SUNDAY FEB. 8: WINTER BRIDAL BAZAAR, with three fashion shows presented throughout the day at the San Diego Convention Center. For more information, call (760) 334-5500.

Gerhard Kline and Vahid Moradi, officials from Vachern Constatin, attended the CJ Charles holiday party. PHOTOS BY DIANA CAVAGNARO

— Diana Cavagnaro, a nationally recognized hat designer and milliner, has been operating a fashion business for 30 years, the last 20 years in downtown San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. She has been teaching in the fashion department at San Diego Mesa College for 20 years.

2014: a music and theater year in retrospect

By CHARLENE BALDRIDGE Exclusive of highly touted turkeys, it’s a fact that created critters were among the most impressive things seen on San Diego stages in 2014.

Most jaw-dropping of all were the multitude of puppets created by designer Michael McKeon for Cygnet Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol.” McKeon, who calls himself “a maker of things,” created and made the puppets and then trained the actors to use them! He recently became “stagecraft technician” at Grossmont College, where he will design several productions each year and also do some teaching. The fully staged “A Christmas Carol,” with a tightened adaptation by artistic director Sean Murray and a fine score by Billy Thompson, was the best of the holiday fare.

Additional critters, including mice and raptors, also had their day in MOXIE Theatre’s splendid production of “Enron.” Elaine Smith and costume designer Jennifer Brawn Gittings created these critters. Cygnet and MOXIE presented impressive ensemble work in these shows, and lead-role standouts included Tom Stephenson as Scrooge and Max Macke as the corrupt Enron CEO. Macke is a co-founder of the late, lamented Poor Players, which was resurrected this year as New

Fortune Theatre Company by actor-director Richard Baird. New Fortune presented an excellent “Henry V” at ion theatre with Baird in the title role. Let’s hope for more from them.

The Old Globe/USD MFA actors presented an excellent “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” at the White Theatre in November. My favorite Globe productions were “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which was to have been staged here by Globe associate artist Nicky Martin, who got a Tony nomination for the Broadway production. Sadly, Martin died before Globe rehearsals began, but those who knew him recognized his sensibility hovering over the work.

The other outstanding Globe production was “Time and the Conways,” just the kind of complicated, old-fashioned work that delights this theatergoer, who expected joy to proceed from La Jolla Playhouse’s “Ether Dome” and “Orphan of Zhao” as well.

Alas, they proved Thanksgiving birds.

There is much for which to give thanks, however. Big kudos to the Playhouse and San Diego Rep for one of the year’s most exciting and unexpected delights, Herbert Siguenza’s “El Henry,” which played outdoors at Maker’s Corner in East Village and featured some of my favorite Southern California Chicanos, including John Padilla and Luis Valdez’s sons Kinan and

Lakin. So much machismo was unleashed that it’s a good thing it played outdoors. All this and lowriders, too. Sam Woodhouse directed.

Other bests include San Diego Musical Theatre’s “Next to Normal”; San Diego Rep’s “Pianist of Willesden Lane” and “Honky”; New Village Arts’ “To Kill a Mockingbird”; North Coast Rep’s “Mandate Memories”; and Intrepid Shakespeare’s “I Hate Hamlet.”

Then there were the extended musicals, Lamb’s Players Theatre’s “Les Misérables,” featuring a magnificent performance by Brandon Joel Maier as Jean Valjean, and the highly touted U.S. premiere of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” made glorious musically by San Diego’s vocal group, Sacra / Profana. Even if the Playhouse/Disney Theatricals show goes to Broadway, because of the high quality of the choir used here, Broadway may not see the like of the Playhouse production.

Let us not forget ion theatre’s brave production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Passion,” which featured the unforgettable performance of Sandy Campbell as Fosca. From the smallest to the largest, all the aforementioned musicals were notable for fine ensemble work.

Thanks For the survival of San Diego Opera, their production of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” at the Civic Theatre and, at the Balboa Theatre,

Ebenezer Scrooge (Tom Stephenson, seated) tries to make sense of Jacob Marley (David McBean) in Cygnet Theatre Company's “A Christmas Carol,” playing through Dec. 28 at The Old Town Theatre.

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joint fundraising recitals by tenor Stephen Costello and his wife, soprano Ailyn Pérez, and Stephanie Blythe and Craig Terry in “We’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith”; For the second annual San Diego Fringe Festival, which experienced phenomenal growth over the inaugural 2013 version (among the new works by San Diego playwrights, my favorites were Eddie Yaroch’s “Nightingale” and Tim West’s “Olivia Bolivia”).

Speaking of San Diego playwrights, Circle Circle dot dot’s holiday productions “Naughty” and “Nice” gave eight of them a chance to shine; For the continuing presence of music director Steven Schick and

choral director David Chase at La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, which presented a memorable performance of Beethoven’s ninth in December; For Mainly Mozart’s selection of Michael Francis as music director of Mainly Mozart Festival; For the two years that remain to hear San Diego Symphony under the baton of departing music director Jahja Ling. If his longedfor performances of Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” don’t come about, it will be a crying shame.

Here’s to the health of all artistic directors, designers, actors, playwrights and musicians everywhere. May 2015 be a magnificent year!

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There are lots of reasons to see Cygnet Theatre's 'Christmas Carol' – but...

By MARTIN JONES WESTLIN The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come was a terrific touch in Cygnet Theatre Company’s last A Christmas Carol, mounted in 2005 — the hulking, spindly, raven demon stood on little ceremony as Ebenezer Scrooge was shown the interdictory manner of his dispatch. I’m reminded of those moments when I think of this season’s installment, which features an equally spectral messenger; and several different turns, like a puppet Tiny Tim and two female alms-takers, indicate that the first Carol had by no means cornered the market on creativity.

Where this Carol lets down is in director Sean Murray’s adaptation. That said, please know that the show features all sorts of reasons to see it, like the cast’s decent sense of ensemble, Melinda Gilb’s thoroughness as the funny turkey boy and a totally riotous turn by Maggie Carney as Mrs. Dilbur, Scrooge’s crotchety Cockney ‘ousekeepah. But there are only so many ways to adapt this script until it turns into something else, chiefly because the public is so desperately familiar with the story in the first place. The gaps in continuity are plainly felt in this fair mount, especially amid the inex-

plicable absence of an absolutely indispensable character.

The storyline bears repeating only because I have the space: Tight-fisted, wheedling Scrooge, who for years has punked Victorian London with his miserly ways and casehardened business acumen, is visited by three spirits assigned to seek his ownership of past misdeeds and, ultimately, his redemption. The better gets best as he morphs into an ambassador of Yuletide goodwill and mutual love, having digested the spirits’ lessons in humanity and acting accordingly. “ … [I]t was always said of him,” concluded the story’s author Charles Dickens of his character, “that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.”

And in case you’ve been out of the room since the book’s 1843 publication: Tiny Tim, God bless us every one, dodged a serious bullet.

But there’s subtext and then there’s subtext, and it’s largely missing from Tom Stephenson’s Scrooge for several reasons — chief among them the mysterious disappearance of nephew Fred.

Fred is a magnificent source of inspiration for Scrooge’s brooding character, a fount of good cheer against Scrooge’s caliginous soul,

primarily because he’s family! Without kin like Fred, the possibilities for Scrooge’s redemption dim indeed, making his epiphany all the less likely. So too do they fade without the saga of Eb’s unfortunate sister Fan and the understory behind his fiscal deceptions on his way to a ripe old age, both plainly absent here.

The dialogue for its own sake muddies the waters as well. “I seem to have been restored to consciousness,” Eb says after his visit with the Ghost of Christmas Past, as if we can’t see that. “I seem to recall” that the sound of chains, like partner Jacob Marley’s, are endemic in older houses; so what if he does? “Is this my future?” he wails as he stumbles on his final resting place (after politely informing us he’s clearing the snow from his tombstone). Of course this is his future, as it is all our futures, no matter the depth and breadth of our hearts. Did Scrooge actually think that death was beneath him, especially amid the news years before of Marley’s demise? Somehow, I doubt it.

Bob Cratchit’s and Fezziwig’s (both Patrick McBride) underwritten passages. Marley’s (David McBean) lack of reference at show’s end (Marley’s the one who started the whole ball rolling; does-

n’t he get at least an honorable mention?). Multiple narrators, motivated to their positions by who knows what. On and on go the fits and starts, countered nonetheless by cool tech twists (like three Ghosts of the Past), original Foley sound effects and Billy Thompson’s reflective original compositions, which enfold Murray’s lyrics without so much as a sneeze.

But much of this presentation sits on Andrew Hull’s comfortable scene design like a lump of coal.

You expect, and indeed experience, many of the production values for

which Cygnet is known here — but too often, they’re wrapped in Cellophane, strewn with miscalculations and errors of omission.

Again: Please do see the piece for all its many virtues, and remain hopeful that, with many revisions, it’ll be back next year.

This review is based on the opening night performance of Dec. 6. A Christmas Carol runs through Dec. 28 at The Old Town Theatre, 4040 Twiggs St. in Old Town (oddly enough). $37-$59. cygnettheatre.com, 619-3371525.

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FRI, Dec. 26

SAT, Jan. 10

TUES, Jan. 13

• Classic rock live concert, 9 p.m., Beaumont’s Eatery, 5662 La Jolla Blvd., free. Fish and the Seaweeds will perform. 21 and up. beaumontseatery.com.

• Shaun Briley, La Jolla Riford Branch head librarian, will speak on the book business from all sides. visit lajollalibrary.org/home0.aspx.

• Steven Ybarra performs live, noon-2 p.m., Palm Plaza area of Westfield University Towne Centre, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, free. westfield.com/utc.

• Amanda Farber art exhibit, workshop concert, noon, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. Farber works with images derived from many sources: imaginary forms, personal memories, photographs, textile patterns, vintage illustrations and advertisements.

Her paintings are loaded with high contrasts and rhyming negative spaces. Her work has been exhibited widely, including most recently at MCASD, Quint Contemporary Art, the Protea Gallery and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. Farber currently teaches at Design Institute of San Diego.

SUN, Dec. 28

SUN, Jan. 11

SAT, Dec. 27

• UTC Ice Sports Center, classes 11:30 a.m.-noon and 12:30-1 p.m. and ice skating all day, Westfield UTC shopping center, 4545 La Jolla Village Drive. westfield.com/utc.

WED, Jan. 7 • La Jolla Village Merchants Association BID meeting, 8:30-10 a.m., The Cuvier Club, 7776 Eads Ave., email info@lajollabythesea.com.

THURS, Jan. 8 • La Jolla Town Council, 5-7 p.m., State of La Jolla address given by community civic leaders. ljtc.org.

FRI, Jan. 9

WED, Jan. 14 • San Diego Cloud9 Speed Dating for single professionals in their 30s and 40s, 7 p.m., La Jolla Brewing Company, 7536 Fay Ave. $35 general admission. lajollabeer.com.

THURS, Jan. 15

• San Diego New Music, soundON Festival of Modern Music, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall St. Cutting-edge world premieres by Mark Menzies, Christopher Adler and festival favorite Juan Campoverde Q, with works by Sidney Marquez Boquiren and New York composer Eric Wubbels. We will also celebrate our modern masters with Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter and San Diego’s Chinary Ung. ljathenaeum.org/.

• The Gillispie School Open House, 9-10:30 a.m., 7380 Girard Ave, The Gillispie School invites all prospective families to attend its open house tour of the campus, which has grown to include a new sports field, an art atelier, a sustainable garden and a new science bungalow.

The event will also include an in-depth overview of the school's innovative educational programs, a community panel and a Q&A session with the head of school. RSVP to admissions lead Brittany Wiczek at bwiczek@gillispie.org or (858) 459-3773 ext. 135. gillispie.org.

MON, Jan. 12

FRI, Jan. 16

• Hospital tour of maternity and mother-baby unit, 6-7 p.m., Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Women’s Lobby, 2nd Floor, 9888 Genesee Ave. Learn where to enter the hospital, special services that are available to you and your family during your stay and how to streamline your admission. You’ll also get answers to your questions about delivering your baby at Scripps. scripps.org.

• Dances of Love, Laughter and Loss, 8-10 p.m., Mandell Weiss Forum, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. Jean Isaacs' San Diego Dance Theater will start the new year by returning to the Mandell Weiss Theatre on the UCSD campus for three days of dance. $15-$50. lajollaplayhouse.org.

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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. It was October, 1939—I was 12 years old. My parents, my brother and I were sitting in the basement of our Paris apartment building with gas masks on. We did this every night as the sirens screeched and German planes flew overhead threatening to gas us. We had been told that mustard gas was odorless and invisible. My 6-yearold brother keeps taking his mask off—it is difficult to breathe through it, and he cannot do it for long. My mother worries he might die if we are unknowingly gassed.

After several weeks of this nightmare, my father said that even though the French would win the war — after all, we had the Maginot Line, with the canons at the border facing Germany — we should leave.

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ings, knowing we would be back shortly, and we were lucky to get on board the last boat out of Genoa in Italy. This saved our lives.

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We were counted going in and out of the dining room and going in and out of the bathroom. We slept in a large room with a hundred cots on black-and-white tile floors.

When I visited Ellis Island 60 years later, I recognized the tiles.

After a few mind-numbing days of anxiety, we were brought in front of three judges. I was wearing my best smocked, silk dress and white knee socks. I had red hair in long curls and a large ribbon on top of my head. We were asked questions that were translated to us. Whenever I was asked something, I curtsied and said, “Oui, monsieur.” When we were allowed to stay in America, I was convinced it was because of my

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Living in New York was difficult.

We did not know anyone, and we were staying in a small hotel room with a kitchenette. My mother had never cooked, having always had staff, first as a child in Moscow, then later as a married woman in Paris. I was in the eighth grade and my brother was in the second at Dalton School. He cried every morning, not wanting to go; the kids made fun of him because — like many French boys — he had a bobby pin in his hair.

I was teased because I couldn’t speak English. My family did not adjust to the strange city, so, after a couple of months, my father decided to go back to France even though the war was still raging.

(He was sure that we were winning.) My mother suggested we visit California before returning.

My aunt and uncle joined us in Los Angeles, and we all decided to rent a house together for a couple of months before returning to

Paris. But when France fell in the spring of 1940, we had nowhere to go home to.

At Beverly Hills High School, I was the only foreign girl that spring, and I was made fun of because of my strange accent and clothes. My mother was clueless about how American teenagers dressed. I was not allowed to go out to parties nor wear lipstick. I secretly bought lip gloss and put a lot of it on.

In the fall of 1944, I attended Scripps College — a women’s college with 200 students, only a couple of hours away from our home. My mother drove me to Clairemont; it was to be my first time apart from my family, and, sitting in my new dorm room, we both cried for a very long time.

I was one of three foreign girls there, and it took a few months before I felt like I belonged. I majored in philosophy with a minor in psychology and finished college in three years by going to

summer school at UCLA and Berkeley. I loved college and the world that it opened up for me.

At 21, I was again standing nervously before three judges, this time for my citizenship test. Since I had just finished a course in American history and government, I aced all the questions and was granted citizenship.

Even though I still have emotional ties to my upbringing — I cry when I hear the Russian songs my father taught me, and I tear up at French poetry — my heart and mind are American. This is my intentional country and culture, not just an accident of birth.

America not only saved my life and those of my family, it gave me opportunities to grow and become a person I would not been otherwise.

— Natasha Josefowitz taught the first course in the U.S. on women in management and is the author of 20 books. She lives at the White Sands in La Jolla.

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People often wonder who I am and what I do. In brief, I engage with clients who want to create a new way of living because of a transition or a sudden revelation that life is short and we must live it to our fullest lest we end it regretting what we missed.

The avocation of learning ideas, mastering tools for change, intuition and a hefty dose of caring for others has blossomed into The Retirement Concierge. I help people shift their lives into their best-imagined result. Like eating an elephant the proverbial bite at a time, I assist my clients in transforming themselves, a step at a time. I hear, teach, encourage and champion my clients as they never have been before.

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At 19, and as a Rotary Club exchange student, I left home for an East African country called Territoire Francais des Afars et Issas (now known as Republic of Djibouti). No one in my entire town ever heard of such a place.

It was exactly opposite California on the globe. While there, I fell madly in love with a colonial African, third-generation of Greek descent. I spoke nothing but French for four years and returned to the U.S. with a strong French accent when speaking my native English!

Back in the U.S., I served as a fee-based financial advisor with American Express for 25 years, delving into tax planning, investment planning and estate planning as well as charitable gift planning. I learned how to help my clients get what they want by really hearing them, looking at

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At times, I think that I have learned how not to “fix” people, even though I see clearly the results of their current path. I mull over situations and issues and work at finding what I call “revelation questions.” These questions catch a person in the heart and often cause a shift into a better world than they ever thought possible.

True Stories Sue and Sal, 70-year-old sisters, could not wait to inherit from their mother. She was 89, not in good health and mentally losing it. The sisters kept getting mom to write them checks, not realizing they were actually committing elder abuse. I had to have a stern talk with both of them, explaining that their mom’s funds were for her benefit as long as she lived, even if she used up her entire nest egg. Then I had to have a talk with the mom, and I taught her to say to anyone who asked for money or for her to buy something: “That sounds like a good idea. Give me something in writing, and I will review it with my financial advisor. We will get back to you.” This one memo-

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Melinda, 33, was stuck in a dead-end job, going to school studying chemistry, waffling around, overweight, with no selfconfidence. After many conversations, and because she worked for me, she saw what was possible in her life because she saw me changing my own life. I asked her what she really wanted in hers She quit school, slimmed down to her fittest body size, took over management of a local restaurant, fell in love and lives happy. She let go of other people’s expectations of her and followed her heart.

Bob, 63, was happily married but unhappy with his grown children living at home and not contributing work or money. His mother, smoking like a chimney and polluting the house, was living with them to save money. I asked him what benefit there was to living in a toxic environment.

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Antonia, 83, was befriended at the Ocean Beach Peoples Coop a year ago. She had no children, and her friends were mostly gone. We struck up a conversation, shared stories and became friends for life. She is a very interesting person, famous on Rodeo Drive for her fabulous store of estate jewelry and antiques, renowned for appraisal of special stones. She met many famous actors and directors in the '60s and lived a movie-star life. Fastforward through changes in life and fortune: She now lives a simple life and takes good care of her health, enjoys music and books and offers melodious laughter that engages all who hear it.

Although The Retirement Concierge is my brainchild, I cannot know and do everything myself. I have trusted resources and a topnotch team. I consider myself a resource librarian for life matters, a private teacher for personal goals, a professional daughter or a sounding board for your great ideas. Sometimes, we get into situations and feel stuck.

If that is you, The Retirement Concierge is here to help!

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Flowers of the holy night make your day During the holiday season in Mexico, a story is told about a poor young girl who was embarrassed and sad that she could only bring a bouquet of simple weeds to church for her Christmas offering. Her young brother tried to comfort her, saying, “Even the most humble gift, if given in love, will be acceptable in His eyes.” It is told that when the girl placed her offering on the church alter Christmas eve night, the humble bouquet burst into a brilliant display of beautiful red flowers. In Mexico, the poinsettia plant is known as flores de noche buena – flowers of the holy night.

A native of Mexico, the poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) was cultivated and used by the Aztecs for dyes and as a medicinal plant to bring down fevers. The plant was introduced to the United States by our first ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, in 1825; since its introduction, it has become an American holiday tradition. The beautiful red petals of the poinsettia are not the plant's flower but its leaves. The plant's flower, or cyathia, is the small yellow and green berry-like center portion of the plant.

In the 1980s, I had the privilege of meeting local horticulturist Milton Sessions, nephew

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of locally renowned horticulturist Kate Sessions. I enjoyed my conversations with Milton, especially his stories about “Aunt Kate.”

One story he told was about the Sessions family’s poinsettia business in the 1920s and how they sold poinsettias as cut flowers, not potted plants. This puzzled me, because every time I’ve placed a broken poinsettia branch in water, it would wither and die. Milton explained that the family had large cauldrons of boiling water, in which they would dip the cut branches of the poinsettias. By doing this, the plant's white, milky sap becomes cauterized and will allow the branches to live in water for about a week without wilting – it definitely works! Every holiday season when I bring home a poinsettia plant, I fondly remember Milton, who passed away in the early ''90s.

Poinsettias are the number one selling potted plant sold in the United States, with approximately 70 million sold each year.

When selecting your poinsettia plant, choose a plant that has green foliage to its soil line.

Plants with a more “naked” bottom may tend to be older or overly exposed to elements, and that will shorten their lifespans. Besides traditional red, you can choose poinsettias in white, pink, peach and yellow, and there always seem to be new hybrids that are marbled and speckled with different colors.

Here are a few dos and don’ts on poinsettia care I learned from the experts at Paul Ecke’s

poinsettias many years ago, now under new ownership: Do place your plant in indirect sunlight for at least 6 hours per day; Do provide room temperatures between 68 and 70 degrees; Do water your plant when the soil feels dry to the touch; Do fertilize after the blooming season with a balanced fertilizer; Don’t place plants near cold drafts or excessive heat (fireplaces, heat ducts); Don’t expose plants to temperatures below 50 degrees; Don’t overwater your plant or allow it to sit in a pot of standing water; Don’t expose your plant to chilling winds; Don’t fertilize your plant when it is in bloom.

— Linda Marrone is a Realtor with Coldwell Banker. Stories about her historic La Jolla garden have been published in local and national magazines.

Let's all enjoy daily commutes to school and work by foot or bike Many of you know me from traveling throughout the community by bike; my name is Nicole Burgess, and I am passionate about bikes and being outdoors in this beautiful city.

I am an advocate for our youth and for active transportation, and I'm hopeful that more people will be inspired to hop on a bike or take a walk and enjoy their community by actively commuting to their destinations. I am excited to be able to represent District 2 for the City’s newly formed Bicycle Advisory Committee, and appreciate all the support. Along with other great active transportation leaders throughout our city, we look forward to supporting San Diego in its

quest to become a world-class biking city.

The Dana Bike Train is on course for its sixth year of success. This year, we are seeing a large increase of fifth and sixth graders taking charge and enjoying their commute to school by bike or foot. It’s fun and easy to find friends in the neighborhood who also enjoy walking or riding to school. Meanwhile, studies show that students benefit and do better in school if they have some form of physical activity prior to learning, and adults do better at work if they get a little morning fitness to begin their day.

There are many students that walk and roll to Correia and Point

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San Diego, and every reasonable commute can and should be enjoyed by bike. You'll feel great and ready to go when you reach your destination while protecting and enjoying the outdoors. The benefits to all are so rewarding.

Here are a list of bike trains and walking school busses on the Peninsula, which I welcome all to join.

Bike Trains to Dana Middle: Ocean Beach Elementary at 7:45 a.m.; Long Branch and Guizot at 8:10 a.m.; Park Point Loma at 8:10 a.m.; Thursday Club at 8:20 a.m.

Walking School Bus to Dana Middle: Point Loma Hervey Library at 8:30 a.m.; Midblock Coronado between Catalina and Chatsworth

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Loma schools as well. Don’t be fooled; it is actually very cool to bike and walk to school.

Being fit, feeling energized and protecting our environment should be a cool thing. Imagine if the students on the Peninsula commuted by bike or foot; there would be much less vehicular traffic to worry about, and we would be surrounded by energized and smiling students engaging and enjoying their community.

There is also the benefit of more time for parents, more independent children, less money on car expenses and stronger and healthier children; athletes will only benefit with the extra cross-fit training with an active commute. This is beautiful

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For those of you who choose the vehicle as your means of transportation, I hope you will find patience and respect for the growing number of young cyclists among the Peninsula and throughout San Diego. We ask all to please share the road wisely and avoid idling when picking up students.

If you’re ready to make the switch to an active lifestyle and looking for some support, feel free to contact me at nicole23@ cox.net. You may also send me any comments, recommendations or suggestions for District 2, and I will do my best to address your concerns at the monthly City Bicycle Advisory Committee meetings.

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caded entrance to the beach holding candles and RIP signs.

“The Children's Pool beach is the one and only beach on our coastline that was built specifically for the use of children and our community. Seals, they're great to have here; we love swimming with them. I have no problems sharing this beach, as has been done throughout history, and the closure is just unnecessary," said Sweeney.

“This beach closure illegally excludes the rightful users of Children’s Pool; San Diego’s children, their families, swimmers, divers and fishermen,” said Ken Hunrichs, spokesman for Friends of the Children’s Pool, a pro-beach access group. “The City’s action puts all ocean users at greater risk as the safest ocean beach in San Diego is closed and the very people for whom it was built are directed to use less safe beaches.”

On Oct. 10, Friends of the Children's Pool filed a lawsuit in Superior Court challenging the recent action of the City of San Diego and the California Coastal Commission to seasonally ban human access to the beach at Children's Pool in La Jolla. The case will be heard in Orange County sometime after the first of the year.

The City of San Diego has a different take on the issue.

“This seasonal closure is intended to provide special protection to the harbor seal population during the vulnerable pupping season and to address public safety concerns,” the city said in a release, noting that the California Coastal Commission granted its request for the seasonal closure Aug. 14.

The city said the beach area that is off limits to the public includes sand at the base of the

coastal bluffs/slopes, the rocks, the breakwater and the lower staircase.

“The Children’s Pool seawall will remain accessible, as will the walkway on top of the bluff on the east side of the pool,” the City said, though adding, “Due to a construction of the La Jolla Lifeguard Station adjacent to the site, public access may be limited at times.”

Per the City’s permit from the coastal commission, signs have been placed at the site to alert the public to the closure. Failure to heed the signs is a violation of the City’s municipal code and is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000. Harassing, disturbing or flushing the seals also violates federal and local laws.

Further complicating matters at the pool is an ongoing petition drive by a disabled-rights group, RAMP (Restore Access to Many People), which wants to “restore the historical grandfather of all disability ramps” at Children’s Pool.

Hunrichs concurred with disabled-access advocates that much needs to be done to restore the access ramp down to the sandy beach at Children's Pool. Built sometime in the mid1940s that access ramp over the years has fallen prey to neglect and disrepair and is presently unusable.

The ramp was open and unrestricted for many years, but at some time, perhaps during the construction of the recently demolished lifeguard tower in the 1960s, gates — not closed or locked — across the ramp and seawall stairway were installed. Ramp access has subsequently been closed with a locked gate.

An ongoing debate continues between City officials and some citizens over whether the Children’s Pool access ramp is for “emergency vehicles only.”

Some contend the ramp is intended to provide public access in the La Jolla Community Plan.

Point Loma man named SEAL unit head Point Loma resident William Fenick, former director of public affairs and corporate communication for the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, has been named executive director of the SEALNaval Special Warfare Family Foundation.

The nonprofit foundation raises awareness and funds for special programs in direct support of Naval Special Warfare families on a local, national and global scale.

In his new role, Fenick will be responsible for the execution of the foundation's fundraising, fiscal management and program execution, all designed to enhance the naval special operators' ability to train, deploy and balance their unique family needs.

"Bill brings the right level of energy, intellect and passion to our family foundation team,” foundation president John Moninger said. “His years of active duty service in combination with his working knowledge of the naval special warfare command add great value and will assist us

in moving our family foundation forward.

The naval special warfare community will be better for his efforts and energy, and I'm honored and pleased he joined our great team.”

Fenick has more than 25 years’ experience advising Navy leadership and military staffs, with a focus on strategic communication, messaging, issues management and teamwork. He has served as director of public affairs and corporate communication for the Naval Special Warfare Command since 2010, and it was there he led a corporate communication and engagement strategy to manage the increased public, legislative, media and stakeholder interests related to all aspects of Naval Special Warfare.

The SEAL-Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation supports individual and family readiness through programs that assist the naval special warfare community. For more information or to make a donation, visit sealnswff.org.

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“The recycler of reference is basically going onto the properties of the different businesses and taking their bottles without them knowing,” Marengo said. "The worst part of the restaurant owners’ not knowing what’s going on is this specific truck takes the bottles out to the front of the respective business, where he parks his truck in the valet and loading zones then starts to throw the glass in the truck with broken glass falling or shattering on the street for the next car to avoid.

“The liquid remnants of the bottles are now leaking on to the pavement for the walking tourist to experience as they walk our streets,” Marengo continued. “All of this is in front of the business he is taking the bottles from, so it leaves a pungent aroma as you proceed toward the restaurant you might wish to visit. Obviously, it is very bad for business.”

Witt said he and other neighbors have tried the “carrot,” writing “nice” notes, some in Spanish, in envelopes and putting them on the windshields of offending trucks asking them kindly to move, which has not solved the problem.

Witt said the recycling trucks are

older F-150 types, stained and dilapidated looking, with open beds in back piled high with bags of bottles that “reek and leak.”

One such truck, Witt said, parked in front of his home on Thanksgiving eve and was “right there when I woke up the next morning.

“Sadly, we’re in a 72-hour parking area,” Witt said. “A lot of people that work in the Village park there all day. The trucks will just park in front of one house for a couple of days, then move to the next street.

It’s disruptive to the neighborhood, not only visually but for health reasons.”

Marengo said he took video footage of the offending trucks, which he intends to share with business owners “to educate them on how we should find a method to control the collection of bottles and allow the proper disposal or recycling process to happen in a secure and clean manner. We hope to discourage the pilfering of bottles from the businesses and better control the situation for all of us to enjoy a cleaner, safer La Jolla. We don’t need to challenge our merchants and residents more with additional sources of smell and noise disturbances.”

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