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Hooch for pooch

The master plan update for Mission Trails Regional Park calls for lots of trail rehabilitation in the Fortuna Mountains (pictured). (Photo by Brian Miller)

Mission Gorge cidery raises money for canine charity. Page 12

Mission Trails clears hurdle toward expansion JEFF CLEMETSON | Mission Times Courier

MISSION TRAILS

‘California Tapestry’

Art exhibit features the flora and fauna of Mission Trails. Page 15

NEWS

Mission Trails Regional Park, already considered to be one of the crown jewels of parks in San Diego, is poised to become an even bigger and brighter gem for outdoor enthusiasts.

On May 21, San Diego City Council voted unanimously to approve a master plan update (MPU) for Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) that maps out how the park will expand acreage, improve infrastructure, provide

more outdoor activities, improve trails, and better protect habitat and natural resources.

“Mission Trails is a special place for me, just as it is for thousands of other San Diegans,” said Councilmember Scott Sherman in a statement after the vote. “The area was my playground as a child even before it became an official park, instilling a deep appreciation for the outdoors that I still carry today. I thank the City Council for approving this update so we can continue investing in this natural treasure.”

The most significant change in the MTRP master plan update — it’s first since 1985 — is the addition of new acreage in the East Elliott and Sycamore West sections of the park. The update will increase the size of MTRP from 5,380 acres to approximately 9,780 acres with the potential to acquire additional property in the future — mostly from a planned annexation of the Sycamore Landfill property. Other areas of park expansion would be from private landowners in East Elliott.

Fireworks a go despite funding shortfall

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Organizers say next year’s event is in doubt unless more money raised soon JEFF CLEMETSON | Mission Times Courier

A look inside San Diego Unified’s push to serve healthier foods. Page 21

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Since the July Fourth fireworks display and music festival at Lake Murray was brought back in 2017 after a six-year hiatus, thousands of residents of the Navajo neighborhoods, La Mesa and visitors from all over San Diego County have enjoyed the event and its high-quality family fun and entertainment. This year’s festival promises to deliver much of the same. However, organizers are worried about a lack of money raised to seed next year’s event and are calling on the community SEE FIREWORKS, Page 3

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Volunteer organizers for the Lake Murray Fireworks and MusicFest fundraise at La Mesa’s Flag Day Parade on June 1. (Photo courtesy Tracy Dahlkamp)

As of now, there are no legal trails in East Elliott. Current trails are utility access roads and user-created trails that cross public and private land and are not formally designed or planned and have no legal access. The MPU contains recommendations that provide guidance for the longterm development of a trail network within East Elliott area that can be implemented as lands are brought into public ownership or SEE PLAN UPDATE, Page 22

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to step up and donate what they can to ensure the local celebration of our nation’s birthday continues into the future.

According to the Lake Murray Fi rework s a nd MusicFest GoFundMe page, the group has raised $60,000 of its $85,000 goal, with much of those funds coming from sponsors such as title sponsor Stormberg Orthodontics.

Despite the $25,000 shortfall, the show will go on.

“Right now it’s happening,” said Rob Hotz, a volunteer organizer of the fireworks festival. “We have enough to pull this year off. We have dipped into the majority of our savings from previous years in order to do that.”

What that means is that there will be no seed money for next year’s event. Seed money is required for the necessary permits and fees, and for the vendors that need deposits several months in advance to provide fencing, portable restrooms, the concert stage and even the firework display itself.

“They need the money well before the core of our fundraising effort for that year, so dipping into our savings this year as much as we have does put a damper on what we could pull off next year, or if we can pull it off next year or not,” Hotz said.

The fundraising strategy for the fireworks event is two tiered — get corporate sponsorships and also raise money from residents who attend the event through the group’s GoFundMe page and a door-to-door campaign where residents are left an envelope to send in checks.

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Lake Murray Fireworks and MusicFest schedule: 11 a.m.–noon: TBA 12:30– 2 p.m.: Frankie T & The Triple Bee (blues) 2:30–4 p.m.: Big Time Operator (18-piece big band) 4:30– 6 p.m. (Bam Bam (Elvis/ British/rockabilly) 6:30–9 p.m.: Republic of Music 9 p.m.: “The Star-Spangled Banner” and fireworks display

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A view of the 2018 Lake Murray Fireworks crowd. Festival organizers are hoping people attending this year will donate to ensure the event continues in 2020. (Photo by Brett Alan, brettalanphotography.com)

“Both have been down this year for one reason or another,” Hotz said, but added that sponsorships have picked up in the last couple weeks. “On the resident side, it’s hard to raise money too early from the community because they are not thinking about the Fourth of July in January.”

This year, the door-to-door fundraising only received donations from a few hundred families out of many thousands of envelopes that were delivered to homes.

“There’s more than 300 families that go to the fireworks every year so we have a huge population that is not donating and they come to the fireworks. I don’t know why that is,” Hotz said. “To me, that’s a giant frustration. If everyone who went to the fireworks just donated a couple bucks, we’d be there.”

Festival organizers always have a booth at the event with a jar to collect donations and typically raise around $6,000 during the festival, Hotz said, but it is not something he and the other volunteers prefer to do.

“All of us as a committee have made a very concerted effort to say when the Fourth of July event is here, we’re here to enjoy the Fourth of July,” Hotz said. “I don’t want to pound people over the head and beg for money on the Fourth of July, that’s not what the day is about.”

Festival organizers prefer that people who plan on attending the festival make a donation in advance at the GoFundMe page or by sending in a check in the envelopes they received on their doorstep. The suggested donation

is $50 per household but anything people can give is appreciated, Hotz said. To donate, go to bit.ly/2Ufr4MR. For more information about the event, visit lakemurrayfireworks.org.

In addition to funding for the July 4 event, the festival organizers are also in need of volunteers on July 5 to help make sure the park and surrounding neighborhoods are clean. The cleanup begins at 8 a.m. and will finish around noon. Coffee, water and donuts are provided and it is an excellent chance for students to get community service hours logged. People interested in volunteering can sign up at signup. com/go/MEEFODa. The Lake Murray Fireworks and MusicFest runs 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the Fourth of July. Food vendors participating in this year’s event include: Corbin’s Q, Dang Brother Pizza, Windmill Farms, Primo’s Mexican, Finest City Kettlecorn, Doggos Gus and Rita’s Italian Ice. A variety of children’s activities will be held throughout the day including a scavenger hunt.

The festival draws a rotating crowd of more than 3,000 people, while the 9 p.m. fireworks show can be seen by an estimated 100,000 people throughout La Mesa and San Diego’s Navajo neighborhoods of Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, and San Carlos. The music stage is located at Lake Murray Community Park, 7001 Murray Park Drive, in San Carlos.

—Reach Jeff Clemetson at jeff@ sdnews.com.■

According to research by J.D. Power, the city of San Diego ranks second to last in customer satisfaction for city water utilities in the Western region.

According to a report released on May 8, San Diego scored only 679 points out of a possible 1,000 for customer satisfaction. Only San Jose Water Company scored lower with 676 points. The San Gabriel Valley Water Company scored highest with a score of 749.

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LOCAL RESTAURANTS LEND A ‘DAY OF GIVING’

San Diego Humane Society’s (SDHS) fourth annual Day of Giving, one of SDHS’s largest fundraising events, will be held on Thursday, June 27.

Thanks to $150,000 in matching gifts, all donations made for Day of Giving up to that amount will be doubled. SDHS’s three campuses will host kids’ activities and animal encounters throughout the day, offer free microchips and waive adoption fees for all animals.

Also, local businesses are showing their support by donating a percentage of sales.

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NEWS Stakeholders discuss SDSU West May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

By DAVE SCHWAB | Mission Times Courier

Stakeholders weighed in on SDSU’s proposed redevelopment plan for Mission Valley’s Qualcomm site at a May 23 dialogue sponsored by Citizens Coordinate For Century 3 (C-3).

The initial plan envisions housing, offices, retail, parks and a new stadium.

The Balboa Park breakfast meeting featured three guest speakers: Rachel Gregg, SDSU director of government & community relations; Mission Valley Community Planning Group chair Jonathon Frankel; and NewSchool of Architecture professor Mike Stepner.

SDSU Mission Valley site redevelopment plan proposed uses Research & Innovation hub: 1.6 million square feet; 5,000 underground parking spaces Parks & open space: 89 total acres Housing: 4,600 units on 15 blocks Retail: 95,000 square feet Hotels: 250-room conference hotel, 150-room select service hotel Stadium: 35,000 multi-use capacity Tailgating: Shared community park with 1,000 game-day parking spaces

The SDSU West proposal won out over a competing proposal, SoccerCity, in last November’s general election. Voters nixed, by a 69.6% margin, the SoccerCity proposal, while favoring the SDSU West plan by a 54% majority.

The speakers all gave brief presentations before a small-group workshop session.

Cary Lowe, board member for C-3, which is dedicated to preserving the region’s built and natural environment, in introducing Gregg noted she would discuss “the relationship of the university as a whole to the surrounding community.”

“We’re very excited about this project and the outreach with different stakeholders: This is your backyard,” enthused Gregg. “The university is totally interested in developing this project to its highest and best use. We really want folks to understand what our initial plan is, give them the tools they need to be part of the [planning] process and have a voice.”

“Obviously, this is very important to us as community members living across the street from the stadium site,” said Frankel of MVPG, which is completing its community plan update. “It’s really exciting for the future.”

“How do we create a walkable, livable, transit-friendly space in Mission Valley?” asked Frankel.

Characterizing the stadium’s existing trolley station as “one

of the most underutilized in the entire network,” Frankel added, “This is a great opportunity to implement the vision of our [new] community plan and really make it a model for urban design and sustainable development, as we look ahead to the next 20, 30 years in Mission Valley.”

Stepner, a former city planner, gave a brief history of Mission Valley, noting it started out as a dairy and agricultural center.

“Somewhere along the line we lost that vision,” he said.

The architect described Mission Valley’s subsequent development as “a fragmented and uninspiring image, an uncompleted jigsaw puzzle near impossible to walk.”

Added Stepner, “With a strong vision, this can be not just another development in the valley. This needs to be done with the highest possible architectural and landscape standards to rebuild Mission Valley. We want Mission Valley to be the model for how we do things better.”

The room then broke into small groups to discuss access and mobility, open and public spaces and design principles and concepts for integrating the Qualcomm site into Mission Valley.

One small group included: Mark Carpenter, principal planner of KTUA planning and landscape architectural services firm; Jeff Marston, past president of The California State University Alumni

An artist rendering of the river park hike and bike trail proposed for the future SDSU West campus. (Courtesy SDSU)

Council; Cary Lowe of C-3; Eduard Schmiege, longtime Tierrasanta resident; and Denise Friedman of Pacific Beach Town Council.

“There’s talk about connecting this site to the city as a whole,” said group leader Lowe. “Any thoughts about the need to improve connectivity?”

“It’s not always easy doing public transportation if you’re older or disabled,” answered Friedman.

“Not everybody is a millennial.”

“There’s not been a lot of thought put into what else you could do to direct traffic,” noted Schmiege.

“That’s difficult,” replied Lowe.

“Friars Road runs for miles. It’s like a mini freeway.”

Lowe noted another redevelopment challenge is creating a river park through the project site that he said, “Can’t be seen and really doesn’t connect to the river in some way.”

“That is checking the box for open space and adding

recreational amenities,” agreed KTUA architect Carpenter who asked, “But is that a proper balance between public versus programming space?”

“I would rather park farther away and walk,” said Marston about proposed underground parking. “What is being looked at is the role of public transit in this.

The hope is there’s enough people out there who would take transit so the 4,000 to 5,000 dedicated parking spaces for a particular event is enough.”

Concerning design, Friedman said, “I like tying it in with the architectural style that exists on [the SDSU] campus and making that connection. It looks like this is very dense with buildings, and not much green space and ways to get around. It doesn’t look pedestrian-friendly.”

Lowe discussed the redevelopment project’s timetable.

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“First the university has to acquire the property; they’re in negotiations now,” he said. “They hope to have the environmental impact report certified and the deal done by the end of the year.”

Anticipating litigation, which Lowe said will like take “at least a few months to resolve,” he added the plan is to demolish the old stadium and start on the new one “by early next year.”

“Then you have the river park, which has to be in within two years after they break ground on the stadium,” added Lowe. “Then you’ve got the housing. Those [units] would be phased in with demand.”

Following the C-3 breakfast dialogue, both Marston

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The Day of Giving event has a goal of raising $500,000 for SDHS programs and shelters.

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36,000 LATE PROPERTY TAX BILLS FACE MORE PENALTIES

San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister began sending 36,489 notices on May 29 to property owners who did not pay all their 20182019 property taxes. The notices warn owners that they face more penalties if the bills are not paid by June 30.

“On July 1, any unpaid bill will go into default and will receive another 1.5% penalty each month,” said McAllister.

“That penalty amounts to 18% per year. I want to save people this hefty fine and encourage them to pay their bills as soon as possible.”

Property taxes are due in two installments — the first in December and the second in April. Each late installment has already incurred a 10% penalty, plus a $10 fee if the second installment was late.

The total of late taxes due is $109 million. The Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office (TTC) mailed 3,000 more late notices this year compared to last, when $87 million in property taxes was due before the June 30 default deadline.

So far, the TTC has collected 99.2% of first installments and 97.5% of second installments.

a nd Sch m iege gave thei r impressions.

“There weren't any real surprises for me,” said Marston. “People had a bunch of ideas …These included the bridge over the river, bike path down from Normal Heights and adequate parking. …

There was also a little grumbling about keeping the stadium and rebuilding it, which actually messes up the whole site plan. That train has left the station. … It was also disappointing to hear that the meetings in council districts, sponsored by council members, are not being well attended.”

“I inspected certain parts of the site [SW and SE corners] and also the south bank,” said Schmiege.

“The noise from [Interstate] 8 traffic is extremely high …This section of the freeway is in need of sound protection walls. …

Construction of building, homes, “For that past two years, we had a collection rate of 99.2%, which means most San Diegans take the responsibility to pay their taxes seriously,” McAllister said. “We want to give the small percentage of those who haven’t paid one more chance.”

Property owners can pay their bills immediately online at sdttc.com, where free e-check is the fastest and easiest way to pay. Begin your online payment well before the June 30 midnight deadline to make sure the payment is on time.

Threat of increased penalties is not the only incentive for people to pay

offices, stadiums and mobility planning are co-dependent like chicken and egg. We really need to learn, and practice, a holistic and sustainable approach to our precious infrastructure-advancement projects. The plan as presented by SDSU and Mission Valley planning representatives, even at this early state, is meager and lacks bare necessities.”

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is planning a potential 2020 ballot measure that could impact the SDSU West Plan.

Contemplated is a new purple line, a 23-mile trolley extension from South Bay to Kearny Mesa through the 805 and 15 interstates, that could have one or more trolley stops at the Qualcomm site.

—Reach Dave Schwab at reporter@sdnews.com.■

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OPINION

May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

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Months later: Our imperative to resurge following anti-Semitic terrorist attack

ALL PEOPLES CHURCH

By DAVID G. WANG

Just half a week after the domestic terrorist attack at Chabad of Poway, I received a text from my brother. As a first-year student at Columbia University engulfed in final exams, I found his “how are you?” particularly refreshing.

Diverting momentarily from our banter on family and classes, with the synagogue shooting lingering on my mind, I tacked on “And how is San Diego?” to the end of our messages. Buried beneath my brother’s anxieties about Advanced Placement exams and high-school course selection were four words — his reply — that made me scoff: “San Diego is reeling.”

My laughter about a subject so somber surprised and stung me. Yet, upon further introspection, I realize that the spontaneous, scornful sounds that had slithered from my throat were not unfounded. In a Columbia dining hall just a few nights prior, I had watched as “hundreds” filled Valle Verde Park for a candlelight vigil. In San Diego County — a city of 3 million “strong” — would you not expect more to show up to memorialize its fallen, especially on a Sunday evening?

What had been my scorn became my sorrow. Despite murder and blatant anti-Semitism, my community’s outrage was tired and short-lived. Despite an inundation of “this can’t keep happening” posts on my Facebook feed, my neighbors’ activism rarely surpassed a like. Despite all-caps, sans serif headlines that plastered the CNN homepage for a few hours of April 27, sweeping action against anti-Semitism and domestic terror by my reeling community had not, has not, and will seemingly never come.

A tremendous disparity exists between how we Americans respond to foreign and domestic terrorism. For the former, our nation has spent nearly 1 trillion dollars in Afghanistan — the longest-running war in its history. For the latter, domestic mass shootings and bubbling extremism receive thoughts, prayers, and failed demonstrations alone.

One explanation for this gap is what Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein calls the “Goldstein Effect.” Sunstein postulates that an identifiable perpetrator is essential to fueling outrage and spawning tangible democratic change.

While our hands pinned radical Islamic terrorism on Osama Bin Laden, to whom do our fingers point for domestic terror and anti-Semitism? No one. For this reason, these evils are especially foul. They are poisons without a distinct scent; they fly undetected until hatred becomes bullets and blood. As San Diego has proven, it takes just two weeks for us to lose their scent trail again; our inability to identify a perpetrator for the root causes of the Chabad attack is a consequential shortcoming for our city’s response.

Given this challenge, what then are we supposed to do?

Another culprit for our inaction is the lack of solutions we hear.

While the media swarms to cover Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for student debt relief or Donald Trump’s for a coal-powered energy revolution, no one widely covers resolutions to anti-Semitism or domestic terror.

When Fox News’ debates on these topics stream and scream through our screens, we further become conditioned to these debates’ fundamental premise: that anti-Semitism and domestic terror may be debated, that their threat may

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not be real. According to the canonical psychological work of Amos Tversky and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, any information made more available to us more rapidly grafts into our conscious. Therefore, these skewed messages about anti-Semitism and domestic terror distort our perception of the synagogue attack and sedate our urgency.

When texting my brother Wednesday, I probed further, “Is SD actually reeling?” He responded, “No. Honestly not really.”

While languor summarizes our present, action and activism must define our future.

In his op-ed in the New York Times, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway resurges in pride and resolve to never fear his Jewish identity and faith again.

San Diego, it is our turn to surge forth too. Although I write to call us out for our lukewarm reaction to a domestic, anti-Semitic terror attack in our home, I doubly call us in to rupture our idleness.

While there is no easily identifiable perpetrator to blame for anti-Semitism and domestic terror, let us seize responsibility to fight back anyway. While many of us have no Jewish blood, let us comfort our Jewish neighbors who lost theirs. While many of us possess no Judaic faith, let us invite others to fortify the memory of this tragedy, inspire outrage against anti-Semitism, and pursue change even if we cannot completely fathom it.

Only then, will our “this can’t keep happening” become a victorious affirmation that it won’t.

I live on Marne Avenue. I oppose this project.

In my opinion, your article is lacking in many respects. An affinity for the church is the reason ColRich pulled out — this is nonsensical. You then quote the representative saying if the church isn’t built, homes will be built.

By whom? I asked at the first meeting about the budget. The preacher said $13 million. Why wasn’t this mentioned in your piece?

I hear the Navajo Board precluded any further inquiry regarding the budget. This same board/council voted against ColRich, but the city unanimously reversed based on the supposed need for housing.

The plans to date don’t show a parking garage.

Why? Now homeowners on Marne will face a parking lot. Nothing to see here.

The gym and classrooms obviously won’t be restricted to use on Sundays. Yet the traffic study allegedly being done is restricted to weekends. No one has approved a traffic light or another entrance. Given the traffic that already exists and the topography, adding a light or intersection will likely lead to serious accidents.

For 65 years this parcel has been a gulch. There is good reason for that.

The builders and planners knew what they were doing.

—Larry Dawson, Del Cerro.

—David G. Wang is a San Diego native and first-year student at Columbia University in the city of New York.■

First, let me say that I am no critic and really not qualified to judge someone else's writing. I just wanted to say I read the article that you wrote on the All Peoples Church, and in my opinion you did an excellent job, thank you.

—Joe Ney, Del Cerro.

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San Diego school districts should consider building teacher housing

By MARK POWELL

[This guest editorial first appeared on the Voice of San Diego website on May 30. Visit bit.ly/2IcP6D0.]

California is experiencing a teacher shortage — even though the enrollment in teacher credentialing programs is rising, the numbers just aren’t high enough. Many California teachers have already departed to less-expensive states where housing costs are more in line with salaries, which has exacerbated our teacher shortage.

In San Diego, a school teacher needs to make $130,986 a year in order to afford a median-priced single-family home. With the average public school teacher salary at $61,113, purchasing a home is unlikely. San Diego is one of the most expensive cities to live in, with rents among the highest in the state. The only option for most new teachers is to rent — an expense that can eat up over 50 percent of a teacher’s pay, and that’s not including utilities. To make ends meet, many teachers

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often take on second and even third jobs. To avoid paying high rents, many teachers spend hours each day commuting long distances to work from areas where rents are less expensive.

District-owned affordable housing projects aren’t a new idea — they have been built in Los Angeles, Santa Clara and San Mateo over the last 20 years.

But the idea is new for San Diego, where recent state laws make building employee housing easier for school districts.

California’s Teacher Housing Act of 2016 allows school districts to provide affordable housing specifically for district employees and their families. The previous law required that homes or apartments be open to anyone who meets the low-income requirement if they used state and federal low-income housing funds or tax credits. But another law [6] passed in 2017 exempts school districts from some of the usual requirements related to the sale or lease of property if it will be used for employee housing. Districts no longer have to convene an advisory committee when they want to sell, lease or rent surplus property.

The bill also exempts the district from property tax on the complex.

Building affordable housing can help take off some of the financial pressure for new teachers, allowing them to focus on teaching kids, not paying the rent.

As school districts in San Diego County struggle to pay salaries that keep pace with the high cost of living, many are turning to incentives such as signing bonuses to attract and retain new teachers. Affordable housing projects for teachers are one more incentive. Building more housing will also help address San Diego’s rental crisis by increasing the housing inventory. Non-teaching district employees who are usually paid less than teachers also need affordable housing, so they would be included in the teacher affordable-housing program.

District-owned affordable housing projects can be built using several different funding sources, including general obligation bonds that are issued by school districts and community colleges, to finance the construction of facilities. Other funding mechanisms include subsidies from the city, loans, low-income housing

tax credits and federal and state grants. The school district that is providing the property does not need to sell the land and can opt for a no-cost, long-term lease.

Having teachers live in the neighborhoods they work in benefits students and parents, because most teachers want the opportunity to connect with the community and families they teach. District-owned affordable housing programs can help make that happen and help create stability in our schools, which is vital, especially in low-income areas, where it is needed the most.

There is no arguing that San Diego has a housing problem, and most agree that there is no individual method to tackle the housing crisis. We will most likely need a multifaceted approach to increase the number and affordability of homes. Due to the complexity of the problem, innovative solutions such as district-owned affordable housing projects need to be given serious consideration, because San Diego is still behind in building housing, which is keeping rents and home prices too high, especially for teachers.

—Mark Powell is a San Diego Association of Realtors board director and San Diego County Board of Education trustee. He’s also an adjunct professor at National University.■

reporting. For my non-instructional 30-minute responsibility during the school day, I am assigned supervision in the cafeteria during lunchtime.

I think the food redistribution program is an important and valuable service, however, what the article does not address is the amount of food that is wasted once the students leave the serving line.

On a daily basis, I witness pounds and pounds of uneaten food being thrown away.

My understanding is that under federal law, students who are on free or reduced lunch must take complete servings of every food group and cannot leave the student serving line until they do so. What I see happening is too much of this food being immediately thrown away in the garbage cans inside the cafeteria.

I don’t know the legalities, but it must not be lawful for that food to be saved once it’s landed on a tray and left the serving area. So while I applaud the efforts to recover unused or unserved food from the cafeteria kitchen, it’s still just a fraction of what could be redistributed under more relaxed federal or state requirements that saves unused food before it is thrown away.

—Ken Hughes.■

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POLITICS Big Blue Wave Independence Day Celebration May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

By TINA RYNBERG AND JEFF BENESCH

On Wednesday, July 3rd, La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club will usher in our Independence Day Celebration with a gala barbeque at Harry Griffen Park in La Mesa. Co-sponsored by the San Diego County Democratic Party, this year’s picnic promises to be the best ever.

All members and guests are invited to convene at the amphitheater at 5 p.m. for three hours

of fun, barbeque hot dogs, music, snacks, beverages, desserts, and our traditional pie-baking contest. Bring a lawn chair, blanket or just sit on the grass in this wonderful park located right behind Grossmont High School, at 9550 Milden St., La Mesa, 91942. While we’ll supply the dogs, chips, desserts and drinks, feel free to bring a picnic dish to share, and your own cooler should you wish.

There’s no admission charge for The Big Blue Wave Independence Day Celebration that will feature great candidates and public servants from all over San Diego County. We

may have a surprise guest or two as the lead up to the election year heats up. California’s primary election is early next year and we should have a big say in which candidates will further our progressive ideals on all levels of government, including president. No matter what, we must all work together to end the disaster that is a Trump administration bent on undoing decades of diplomacy abroad and compassion here at home.

Our planet’s future depends on a new governing regime in Washington not beholden to fossil fuels, corporate welfare and special interest lobbyists.

Proposition 13 protections under assault

By PAT BOERNER

Susan Shelly, vice president of communication for the Howard Jarvis Tax Association, gave an eye-opening talk at the May meeting of the Republican Women of California-Navajo Canyon. Shelly reminded us how important it is to fight to retain the benefits of Proposition 13, which imposes limits on how

much our property taxes can be increased.

Before Proposition 13, taxes were based on the assessed market value of your home and taxes were 2.67% of this amount each year. After it passed, taxes were figured on a base of 1% of the purchase price and yearly increases were limited to 2% regardless of any changes in the market value. As an example, a home currently valued at $500,000 without the protection of Proposition 13 would currently be taxed $13,400 per year.

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Housing in San Diego is already expensive, and the loss of Proposition 13 would make the dream of home ownership impossible for many people.

Of course, rents would also be affected. This is not just hypothetical rhetoric — there will be a measure on the 2020 ballot that will cut off all California businesses from Proposition 13 protections. That means all businesses! Any place you shop will be hit by higher taxes, and these costs will be passed on to the consumer. Some businesses will chose to just leave California.

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The attack on Proposition 13 will come in two parts. First, Sacramento will try to eliminate its protections for businesses with a ballot initiative in 2020.

If successful, they will attack Proposition 13’s protections for homeowners in a subsequent election. The best way to protect Proposition 13 for homeowners is to defeat the attack on businesses in the upcoming 2020 election. Be educated and be aware of who is trying to push for its repeal.

As exciting and informative as our May meeting was, we feel sure that the June meeting featuring Carl DeMaio will be equally stimulating and

—Tina Rynberg is president and Jeff Benesch is vice president of programming for the La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club.■

Carl DeMaio will be the guest speaker at the next Republican Women of California-Navajo Canyon meeting.

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OBITUARY: William A. Redelings March 14, 1922–April 2, 2019

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Our large and active club represents the communities of San Carlos, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, La Mesa, College Area, Santee, Mt. Helix, Casa de Oro and Spring Valley and other

close-by areas. We normally meet the first Wednesday of each month at the spacious La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive, just north of University Avenue in La Mesa.

Please join us as a guest or become a member, with our modest annual dues starting at $30.

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William A. Redelings (“Bill”), March 14, 1922–April 2, 2019, age 97. The fourth child of Dr. Leslie H. Redelings and Mrs. Gertrude A. Redelings, Bill was born and raised in San Diego. He graduated from Grant Elementary School in 1934, from Roosevelt Junior High School in 1937, from San Diego High School in 1940, and began studies at San Diego State College. In the summer of 1941 he received a pilot’s license from the Civilian Pilot Training Program in Chula Vista. That fall he studied at UC Berkeley. After the US entered WWII in Dec 1941, the draft age dropped, so he returned to San Diego and enlisted as a pilot; due to a pilot backlog he was not called up until July 1943.

He trained two years as a US Navy pilot, but the war ended before he was shipped overseas from Corpus Christi. After his discharge from active duty, he returned to San Diego State, continuing as an officer until 1956 in the Naval Reserves. He majored in zoology, and took his degree in 1947. In his senior year he took an accounting class, and continued taking accounting classes after his graduation. He became a CPA in 1951. After a short time working as a general accountant, beginning in 1955 he worked for 30 years for San Diego Federal Savings and Loan (and successor banks), including as Controller, Internal Audit Director, and as a Senior Vice President. He eventually became a Certified Internal Auditor, and served as Vice President of the Institute of Internal Auditors in San Diego.

It was at San Diego State College that he met Margaret “Mardie”; their wedding was at All Saints Episcopal Church. They were married from 1948 until her death in 2001. He later met Joan; their wedding was at St. Dunstan’s. They were married from 2005 until her death in 2016. He was a 50-year member of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, where he had been a vestry member, and later a leader in “Faith Alive” and Cursillo, and children’s church. He was an avid camper with his family, and a Boy Scout Leader for many years. In recent years his social activities were seriously limited by increasing deafness.

Survivors include his children Robert (and wife Susan), Christine (and husband Terry Luitjens), Barbara (and husband Gary Escalante), David (and wife Cherie), and Kathleen (and husband Rick Preibisius), 14 grandchildren and 21 greatgrandchildren, and Joan’s 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at St. Dunstan’s (6556 Park Ridge Blvd.) on June 8, 2019 at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to St. Dunstan’s Memorial Fund, or to the charity of your choice.

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afternoon daily news and political show on News Radio 600 AM KOGO, DeMaio is up to the minute on all the hot political issues.

He serves as chair of Reform California, which campaigns against tax increases and advocates for multiple government reforms, including the repeal of the gas tax.

This is a meeting you don’t want to miss!

We welcome fellow Republicans to join us June 11 to hear Carl DeMaio’s presentation at the Brigantine Restaurant in La Mesa.

Check-in begins at 10:30 a.m. for the 11 a.m. meeting. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance. Cost is $25 and a full course lunch is served. Cash and checks are accepted, but no credit cards. These luncheons sell out quickly, so be sure to RSVP early to RSVPrwcnc@gmail.com. If you don’t receive a confirmation, please call or text Marjie at 619-990-2791.

For more information on our activities and to learn of future events, please visit our website RWCNavajo-Canyon.org and visit us on Facebook at Republican Women of California.

Navajo Nights, a special summer evening get together is being planned for July. It will be a chance to visit friends, enjoy appetizers, hear a Republican speaker and be part of a relaxing happy hour. As we don’t have our regular lunch meeting in July and August, this is a perfect opportunity to meet our members and learn more about Republican Women of California-Navajo Canyon. Plans are being finalized now, so please check our website for an update on the date, time, place and details. —Pat Boerner writes on behalf of Republican Women of California-Navajo Canyon.â–

May 10 – June 13, 2019 POLITICS Mission Times Courier Congress must codify Roe v. Wade into law

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By REP. SUSAN DAVIS Women’s health care is under assault like we’ve never seen before.

States around the country are racing to enact bans on abortion, which will do nothing more than put women’s lives at risk.

So far, eight states have enacted bans. Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio have been described as passing bills that fall short of an outright ban. These so-called heartbeat bills prohibit abortions after six to eight weeks.

Since most women don’t realize they are pregnant until around 15 or 16 weeks, the laws in these states are outright bans.

The most extreme laws are coming out of Missouri and Alabama, where there are punitive measures included with their bans.

Alabama would jail a doctor for performing the procedure for 99 years. Missouri would subject women who seek an abortion to prison for up to five years. This law is not about preserving life, it’s about punishing women.

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It’s also difficult to believe these laws are about protecting life when many states with restrictive abortion laws also have some of the highest rates of infant mortality.

Where’s the legislation to bring down these rates?

The supporters of these bills are clear in their objective: to repeal Roe v. Wade.

It’s time to settle this issue once and for all.

Congress must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the Roe v. Wade decision into law. I joined in introducing this legislation in May. The WPHA is straightforward. It simply prohibits states from imposing the limits and restrictions being put on women.

Existing restrictions in some states require women to drive miles to visit a clinic, incurring travel expenses and having to miss work.

No one is pro-abortion. It’s an incredibly difficult decision for a woman to make.

If abortion opponents want to really reduce the number of abortions, I invite them to join us in making child care more affordable.

Seventy-five percent of women seeking an abortion are economically disadvantaged.

Financial constraints are regularly cited in a decision to end a pregnancy. We need to help working families afford child care.

The Child Care for Working Families Act would do just that by creating a federal/ state partnership to provide high-quality, affordable child care from birth to the age of 13.

It would more than double the number of children eligible for child care assistance.

The Child Care for Working Families Act would also have a positive economic impact, creating 770,000 new child care jobs.

This new workforce of child caregivers will allow 1.6 million parents, primarily mothers, to go back to work. It would also lift 1 million families out of poverty.

Another way we can help hardworking Americans with family-related costs is to pass the FAMILY Act. Taking time off work to care for a sick child or loved one can create an economic hardship. It’s time we provide paid leave for families who find themselves in this unfortunate situation.

These are proven policies that help bring down abortion rates.

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Bans don’t end abortions, they just make them less safe, putting women’s lives at risk.

A recent study by the Guttmacher Institute found that countries with the most restrictive abortion laws have the highest rates of abortions.

Some states are recognizing this and moving in the opposite direction. In Nevada, where women are a majority of the state’s legislature, legislation has been passed to reduce restrictions.

Nevada is ending requirements mandating doctors to explain the emotional and physical implications of having an abortion. Nevada is also ending the more ridiculous provision requiring doctors to inquire about a woman’s marital status.

Illinois is also looking to reduce restrictions.

Congress needs to follow the lead of states like our own state of California as well as Nevada that understand a decision to get an abortion is best left to a woman and her doctor.

Let’s pass the Women’s Health Protection Act now. —Rep. Susan Davis represents central San Diego, including the communities of Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro and La Mesa.â–

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By DIANNE JACOB Wildfire worries: San Diego County is stepping up its fire preparedness ground game.

Following up on proposals I announced in my State of the County address earlier this year, the Board of Supervisors recently OK’d several initiatives to better protect people and property in our most fire-prone areas.

The improvements include doubling the number of annual property safety inspections, from 10,000 to 20,000, and the creation of a grant program to encourage homeowners to install ember-resistant vents and other fire-resistant materials.

Deadly fires last year across California, and the tragic destruction of places like Paradise,

remind us that disaster could strike here again any time. The county has invested more than $500 million since 2003 on fire protection improvements.

Go to readysandiego.org and see how you can better safeguard your family during a disaster.

Our beautiful backcountry: Thanks to a recently approved land purchase, the county is expanding the scenic Ramona Grasslands by 123 acres.

The acquisition means the preserve now spans more than 3,600 acres — bigger than Del Mar and Solana Beach combined.

Thanks to the community and county staff, the preserve is turning into a real treasure and it’s a perfect spot for families to enjoy the great outdoors.

P ubl ic sa fet y f i rst: Community leaders, first-responders, wildfire evacuees and others recently joined me next

to state Route 67 to call out SANDAG's executive director for his plan to shelve badly needed safety improvements on the highway and other arteries across the county.

As many of you know, the fall 2007 wildfire season was a nightmare. A half-million people were ordered to evacuate their communities and had to use escape routes like SR-67.

SANDAG promised voters it would improve these major roads, these lifelines, not leave them high and dry. Public safety must always come first.

—Dianne Jacob is chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and represents District 2. For more District 2 news, visit diannejacob. com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter. For assistance with a county issue, call 619-531-5522 or email dianne.jacob@sdcounty.ca.gov.■

By PATRICIA MOONEY

Both of my parents, and San Carlos Area Council (SCAC) President Mark Schulze’s dad served their country in the Army (WW2 and Korean War). But they would be the first to explain how there are more ways than one to serve your country. You can do it by volunteering within your community.

San Carlos is a wonderful community and opportunities abound here. Mission Trails Regional Park is always seeking volunteers, and so is the San Carlos Branch Library. The Second Sunday Concert series folks would love for someone to help them with their social media. SCAC welcomes thoughtful, curious people who care

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about San Carlos to join us at our monthly meetings on the first Wednesday evening of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the San Carlos library. It’s free!

A shout-out to our new secretary, Ariel Voss, who is the perfect example of how one person can make a difference as a volunteer.

We’re happy to have you, Ariel.

Community, city and state representatives attended our June SCAC meeting. Police Liaison John Steffen reported on crime in San Carlos — nothing violent over the last month, but people are still leaving valuables in their unlocked cars when hiking at Mission Trails. These are crimes of opportunity. Lock your cars and keep your valuables out of sight.

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FEATURE From fighting fires to fermenting cider May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

Navajo cidery is a one-woman operation for a canine cause

By FRANK SABATINI JR. | Mission Times Courier

The flavor choices posted above a long row of taps flaunting custom-made wooden handles give the impression you’ve walked into an ice-cream parlor.

On any given day, visitors might encounter selections such as chocolate-coconut, caramel-apple, butter-pecan and mango. There’s also the flagship “Cinville,” which ties together the essences of cinnamon and vanilla in what turns out to be hard ciders made from the juice of apples.

Poochie’s Hooch Urban Cidery at 7559 Mission Gorge Road is the brainchild of Mary Paulson, a retired firefighter who holds

A bottle program allows customers to take home the signature “Cinville” cider.

a special place in her heart for one of the dogs she fostered from Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue Group in Mission Valley.

Now deceased, the dog’s name was Poochie. She serves as the mascot for the cidery, which Paulson opened on New Year’s Eve weekend after committing to donate 20 percent of ongoing sales to the dog-rescue organization.

The spacious structure encompasses a five-tank production facility as well as a tasting room replete with a copper-top bar, two seating areas and a front patio.

“I designed everything entirely myself,” said Paulson, adding that she even built the tables, chairs, bar stools and tap system without the support of contractors.

Most impressive is how she gradually mastered the skill of cider making after buying a basic do-it-at-home kit from Bed Bath & Beyond.

“I was looking for an activity after being in physical therapy for 11 months because of health issues.

So I used the kit to make a gallon of cider — and it turned out terrible,” she recalls. “I’m not a quitter, so I was determined to get it right.”

Paulson then proc eeded to buy 10-gallon jugs and turned her kitchen into a “laboratory,” as she described.

“I began figuring out the apples, the sugar, the yeast and all of that

while getting my flavors down. And I haven’t stopped making it since.”

A batch of cider takes Paulson one month to produce. It’s a process that generally begins with juice extracted from Washington state apples (Paulson doesn’t reveal whether she juices the apples herself) before proceeding to creating a yeast starter, sterilizing the equipment, brewing the juice to kill bacteria, and finally monitoring it through fermentation.

In flavoring the ciders she uses “all natural” ingredients — particularly dried spices and various woods — which have led to a portfolio of ciders spanning 56 flavors that rotate through the tasting room on a sporadic basis. They range in alcohol from 7.09 to 7.35%.

Paulson is a fan of keeping the sugar levels low. Her ciders contain only 8 grams of sugar per 16 ounces compared to many commercial versions that give consumers twice as much or more. As a result, her ciders carry slightly sour finishes that most customers quickly acclimate to.

Such was the case before she started the business, when she threw “happy hooch hours” in her home backyard in University Heights for close friends. The hosted gatherings were held every other month over the course of two years.

“It was my way of being part of society after retirement. I had fun

Owner and cider maker Mary Paulson regularly tests new flavors.

with it. And everyone would give me ideas as we tasted and compared the ciders,” she recalls.

At the tasting room, the ciders are sold in $12 flights, which give visitors four 5-ounce glasses of any available flavor. They can also be enjoyed in half and full pints, for $4 and $6 respectively.

As of this month, Paulson began bottling the Cinville cider in pint-size quantities. They sell for $6 apiece through a program that requires buyers to return the empty bottles, whether or not they want to swap them out for subsequent full bottles for the same price. When new flavors are eventually bottled, customers will be alerted through email.

The dog-friendly establishment isn’t licensed to prepare and sell food, but visitors can tote in snacks and meals from anywhere.

And as a show of generosity to her customers, Paulson offers “cold pizza night” every Thursday. The pizzas are delivered at 5:30 p.m.

from various pizzerias around town. They start out hot and remain up for grabs without any reheats until the cidery closes at 9 p.m. There’s no charge, although donations are accepted.

Paulson says women of all legal ages comprise about 70 percent of her customer base.

“They sometimes drag in their boyfriends and husbands after they’ve joined them at the breweries. But for anyone, it’s very difficult to come in here and say you don’t like at least one of the ciders,” she added, citing an array of other flavors such as spicy ginger, chocolate-peanut butter, coconut-pineapple and apple-bacon. The flavors come and go based on demand.

Paulson also emphasizes that she isn’t in business to compete with the nearly nine other cider makers sprinkled throughout San Diego County.

“I did my 26 years with the Federal Fire Department of San Diego and retired at age of 50 as my birthday gift. I’m here today to raise money for the dogs and because I enjoy figuring out how to create different cider flavors.”

Poochie’s Hooch Urban Cidery is located at 7559 Mission Gorge Road. For more information, call 619-414-4495 or visit poochieshoochcidery.com.

—Frank Sabatini Jr. is the author of ‘Secret San Diego’ (ECW Press) and began his local writing career more than two decades ago as a staffer for the former San Diego Tribune.

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MISSION TRAILS / SPORTS Discover Botta’s pocket gopher Observation of the month: Mining bee May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

By GEORGE VARGA

While hiking in Oak Canyon, I detected some motion on the ground. By the time I focused on the area, there was nothing moving. Then suddenly, a fleeting fur ball appeared but quickly retreated down the hole from which it had emerged. I remained as quiet as possible, reaching for my camera, and hoped for a photo opportunity. The little critter obliged. I successfully captured numerous images of it. For quite a while I observed what turned out to be a Botta’s pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae).

The species name and common name honors Paul-Emile Botta, a naturalist and archeologist who collected mammals in California during the 1820s and 1830s.

The range of T. bottae goes from California east to Texas and from Utah and southern Colorado into Mexico. Their large cheek pouches are the source of the word “pocket” in their common name. The animal fills the external fur-lined cheek pouches with food and carries it into storage chambers in its underground burrow system.

Botta’s pocket gopher is an herbivore eating roots, stems, and bulbs of plants. It can eat without leaving the safety of its burrow.

It simply pulls its food into the tunnel through the roof, to be consumed on the spot or taken

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A Botta’s pocket gopher at Mission Trails Park. (Photo by George Varga)

to a food storage chamber. Botta’s pocket gopher seldom appears above ground in the daytime because hawks, herons, and egrets would be delighted to feast on one. At night, coyotes and great horned owls are also a threat to survival. Day or night, snakes, such as the aptly named gopher snake, will crawl into the Botta’s tunnel and eat both adults and the young.

When burrowing or moving soil, Botta’s pocket gopher uses its powerful front feet to move through and push away soil. It also uses its large front incisors to break up soil. The teeth continuously grow to accommodate the

wear and tear on them. A single gopher can, in a year’s time, dig a burrow system consisting of up to 200 yards and displacing over two tons of soil.

Although gophers are considered as pests in urban and agricultural areas because of their burrowing activity, gophers are important in nature because they make the soil richer. They push minerals from the deeper part of their burrows toward the surface and the burrowing in general helps to aerate the soil.

—George Varga is a Mission Trails Regional Park trail guide.■

It’s the little things in life. Did you know that San Diego County is a biodiversity hot spot for our small pollinator friends? There are now around 700 native bee species that have been recorded here.

That is an impressive number.

Among these are mining bees in the genus Andrena, ranging in size from 8 millimeters to just about the size of a honey bee as seen in the observation at bit.ly/314Jt2p.

Even though mining bees are fairly common, they often go unnoticed due to their smaller size and darker bodies. Like most native bees, they are mostly solitary, nesting in ground burrows.

Females will section off cells underground and deposit an egg on a pollen/nectar ball in each chamber. When the egg hatches, the larva will consume its meal and pupate for the rest of the winter, then emerge as an adult in the spring. The new adult will feed, find a mate, and repeat the process to ensure future generations.

As with other ground dwellers, mining bees are sensitive to soil disturbances, making urban areas and heavily tended gardens poor habitat. Places like Mission Trails Regional Park are great safe zones for them.

But another less popular threat might be looming for the future of our incredibly diverse native bee population. A new study by Keng-Lou James Hung and his

Mining bees are one of the many pollinators found at Mission Trails Park. (Photo by Stephanie Root)

colleagues from UCSD’s Division of Biological Sciences has found that local blooms are overwhelmed by the non-native European honey bee (Apis mellifera). On average in San Diego County, honey bees are a stunning 75% of all pollinators observed and, in some instances, that number surges to 90%.

This might be cause for concern as honey bees are very efficient about collecting pollen and hence removing a large amount of food and harvest for our native pollinators. To learn more about this new study, visit bit.ly/2WHE0zh.

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7 through Nov. 16.

CSC is expecting more than 1,100 soccer players and 100 teams for the recreational fall season. Every team needs a coach to conduct the once-a-week practice and to coach the 11 Saturday games. There is a $50 registration discount for one player on a team when the parent, guardian or another qualified adult volunteers to SEE CRUSADERS, Page 15

Coach Melissa Mercado and her four champions, with their medals and plaque for winning the Crusaders Soccer Club’s June 2 Girls 2008 3v3 division tournament. (Courtesy CSC)

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By JENNIFER MORRISEY

On view at the Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) Visitor and Interpretive Center June 22 through Aug. 3 is an exhibition by artist and illustrator Lesley Goren whose lively and colorful images of plants and flowers are a self-described “love note” to the native vegetation of Southern California.

The works in “California Tapestry” include cheerful drawings of Scarlet Monkey Flowers (Mimulus cardinales), Shooting Stars (Primula clevelandii), and Yellow Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus luteus) that serve as beautiful reminders of the importance of nature and place.

Goren sees her subject matter as a way to bring attention to preservation and conservation. She studies and sketches important, unique aspects of native plants like the colors of chaparral through the seasons, or how plants appear as they recover from wildfires.

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The opening reception for Goren’s solo exhibition and first showing in San Diego County will take place at the MTRP Visitor Center on June 23 from 2-4 p.m.

Artwork featured in the exhibition will be available for sale throughout the show’s run, and a portion of the funds will support the park through the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.

To commemorate her exhibition at the MTRP Visitor Center, Goren has created two new custom greeting card designs for Mission Trails Regional Park, highlighting the leaves and

flowers of Mission Trails. The cards will be available for purchase in the Visitor Center’s Gift Shop beginning in late June.

The Art Program at the MTRP Visitor Center is organized by the MTRP Foundation and a portion of all artwork sales benefits the park.

For more information and a list of this year’s exhibitions, visit mtrp. org/art. The Visitor Center is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and admission is free.

MTRP CALL FOR ARTISTS DEADLINE JUNE 30 The Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation is accepting applications through June 30 for 2020 exhibitions at the MTRP Visitor and Interpretive Center. Artists can submit diverse artistic interpretations of the natural world in a range of media including paint, clay, photography, pastel, fiber, colored pencil, mixed media, and more.

Art exhibitions showcase one artist or groups, and are staged for a period of six weeks. Artists can also host an opening reception for members of the public. Artworks include wall-hung, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional pieces. More information and an application form can be found at mtrp.org.

—Jennifer Morrissey is executive director of the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.■

coach the team. Coaches are always needed to ensure every child has an opportunity to play. Visit crusaderssoccer. org for more information and to register your child for the CSC fall recreation division season.

Coach clinics: Rene Miramontes, the CSC director of coaching, has scheduled two free clinics for recreational division coaches in August.

“We want to give all our volunteer recreational coaches as much help as we can so they may continue to provide quality coaching and so the players continue to love the game,” he said. Rick Flores, the manager of recreational soccer for Cal South, along with Coach Miramontes, will be conducting the first clinic on Aug. 10 on the fields at Pershing Middle School. The second clinic will be in the classroom on Aug. 24.

Recreational Division Soccer Camp: Boys and girls born between 2006 and 2010 are invited to attend the Crusaders Soccer Club’s three-day soccer camp for recreational division players July 30-Aug. 1. The camp will be held at the artificial turf fields at Pershing Middle School from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. each day. The camp will be conducted by professional soccer coaches affiliated with the CSC’s competitive division. The cost is $150. More information and registration at crusaderssoccer.org.

Player clinics for CSC recreational players: Coach Miramontes is scheduling free Friday clinics for registered CSC players in July and August. Details at crusaderssoccer.org.

CSC Compet it ive Division: In addition to the recreational division, the CSC has a very successful competitive division. All the professional coaches of the CSC’s Academy and Premier teams are finalizing their team rosters for the 2019-2020 soccer season. Nearly 400 skilled

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soccer players will be participating at the competitive level.

Go to the CSC website for more information on the competitive division.

Rebranding Crusaders Soccer: CSC would like to thank David Reyes, president of the Carousel Agency, and Heath Ivie, a highly skilled software engineer, for their donation of time and expertise to design and implement the CSC rebranding as the club closes in on their 50th anniversary in 2021.

In addition to the new logo and color scheme, Reyes and Ivie have created an outstanding website and developed a new social media platform. As part of the rebranding of the CSC, the crimson and grey uniform shirts introduced this spring as home and away jerseys will be continued for the fall season as well.

This is all possible because of the sponsorship by Soccer Loco, the leading soccer equipment store in San Diego (soccerloco.com). John Lococo, the president of Soccer Loco, suggested the home and away jersey use the two new primary colors for the CSC and contributed to the purchase of the new uniforms. Soccer Loco is continuing as the main sponsor for the recreational and the competitive divisions programs of CSC. Soccer Loco is also contributing the practice T-shirts for our recreational and competitive divisions.

3v3 tournament: On Sunday, June 2, the Crusaders Soccer Club hosted its annual 3v3 tournament. The two large artificial fields at Pershing Middle School were turned into 18 fields. Each of the 120 participating teams from throughout San Diego County could have three to five players per team with three players on the field at any one time. The first game began at 8 a.m. and the last game was at 4:15 p.m. The Crusaders Soccer Club won three of the divisions: Boys and Girls 2012, and Boys 2005.

—Jay Wilson is a volunteer organizer for the Crusader Soccer Club.■

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By FRANK SABATINI JR. | Mission Times Courier

I could have only dreamed of self-serve ice-cream machines, arcade games and play areas stocked with toys at the restaurants my parents dragged me to as a child. Unless the meal was Del’s Hideout 5351 Adobe Falls Road (Del Cerro) 619-255-8175, cohnrestaurants.com/delshideout Prices: Appetizers and salads, $7.95 to $15.95; mac ‘n’ cheese options, $9.95 to $21.95; sandwiches and burgers, $11.95 to $14.95; barbecue and rotisserie plates, $12.95 to $25.95

spaghetti with meatballs or burgers and french fries resembling those at McDonald’s, dining out bored this fidgety soul to death.

Del’s Hideout is the Cohn Restaurant Group’s latest venture that happens to cater well to kids. It’s set in a 5,400-squarefoot industrial structure that previously housed The Junk House sports bar. Though not quite as rollicking and colorful as Cohn’s Corvette Diner, tykes nonetheless feel right at home here because of the above-mentioned amenities.

A friend and I arrived for lunch during a large preschool graduation party that seemed in stark contrast to Del’s central bar and the liquor cages that sit behind it. Sports games were airing on

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While adults potentially sip on mules and Manhattans over smoked brisket and other Southern-style fare, their kids can graze on grilled cheese sandwiches and apple slices in between rounds of Pac-Man and Ninja Turtles. Del’s Hideout aspires to be a lot of things for a lot of people, and the concept at this early stage so far appears to be working.

Customers queue up to the front counter, often in lines that snake outside to the front parking lot. An impressive beer list hangs over the cash register, showing off more than 35 choices of craft brews.

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The playful adult amenity is a GPS-driven system also referred to as “butler bells.” It’s basically a wireless device with buttons that you press for summoning a server whenever you want to order additional food and drinks. The call buttons come in handy provided you can keep little Junior’s fingers off of them. I actually wouldn’t mind seeing them used in more restaurants, as it spares you from flagging down servers with awkward stares and hand gestures.

Our original order from the counter was a Mother Earth Cali Creamin’ on nitro (handed to us on the spot), a pimento cheese board, and Baja chicken salad.

The food arrived to our table in less than 10 minutes. We relied afterwards on the nifty call buttons to encroach on bigger, meatier selections.

The spreadable pimento cheese was a tasty blast to the past, a party appetizer lifted straight out of a Betty Crocker cookbook from the ’70s. The generous scoop of cheese came with crackers, raw veggies and a couple of fried green

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The salad was a colorful mound of fresh romaine, roasted corn, black beans, finely shredded jack-cheddar cheese and brightred tortilla strips. The medley supported plump, crispy chicken tenders offering Southern-fried goodness. I suspect buttermilk is in the batter.

Among the dish- GPS-supported service buttons are at every table. es that followed was a well-conceived yellowtail fish Pork ribs smoked onsite were sandwich with roasted tomatoes, very good. The meat fell away red onions, chimichurri sauce and from the bones cleanly, arugula on a fresh Kaiser roll. But and the dry rub was it was salty in spots. So was a juicy understated, so as to rotisserie half-chicken and a side- not interfere with kick of collard greens. Disclaimer: the partly tangy, I’m a lightweight when it comes to pa rtly sweet sodium while my friend who isn’t, barbecue sauce wasn’t as fazed. set on the The plate’s second side dish, tables. creamed corn, was pleasant and Our sides richer than most — better than for the ribs what I’ve had in certain high-end w e r e basteakhouses. con-laced potato salad and coleslaw.

Neither were overly riddled with mayo dressing (yay!) and both were as pleasing as any you’d encounter at all-American picnics.

The Southern culinary bent is evident throughout the menu with things like deviled eggs (sold in the half-dozen), various mac ‘n’ cheese

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A half-chicken from the rotisserie (Photos by Frank Sabatini Jr.)

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There’s also multi-grain bowls with catch-of-the-day fish, plus chicken Caesar salad, a prime rib “dip” and specialty burgers including a vegan Impossible Burger.

The only dessert in the house is complimentary dairy-free soft-serve ice cream that you dispense into mini cones from a walk-up machine. We got our fix right after the rugrats cleared the place, lapping up the vanilla peaks with our own kid-like gusto in the precious quietude that suddenly prevailed.

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Patrick Henry High School News

By ELIZABETH GILLINGHAM Cong rat u lat ions to Zoe Chandler who was named PHHS’s Student of the Month for May at the Kiwanis breakfast meeting.

Zoe came with her mom and dad, Stacy and Gabe Chandler, and her brother Grant to the breakfast where she was given a certificate and a gift card in recognition of her achievements at Henry. Principal Listy Gillingham presented Zoe as one of her personal favorite graduates given Zoe’s longstanding commitment to the school.

Zoe has been an active supporter of the PHHS’s wrestling team as both of her parents are coaches. She was seen at every match where she managed the team by providing extra assistance to the athletes, taking pictures,

and helping in any way possible.

She took the leadership skills she learned through this commitment and bumped it up a notch by becoming a peer mediator for two years assisting students in crisis while helping them solve conflicts before they got out of hand.

Zoe is also the PHHS yearbook editor. She earned this role after enrolling in yearbook as a sophomore and then continued to Student of the Month Zoe Chandler (Photos courtesy help create three PHHS) yearbooks for the students at Henry. Yearbook advi- weren’t for the commitment, dedisor Rachel Samuelsz reported that cation and hard work provided by we would not have a yearbook if it Zoe Chandler.

PHHS cuts ribbon on new building May 6 was the official opening of the new two-story building at PHHS! In coordination with the SDUSD’s communication department and the contractor Chuck Gossage, president of PVW Construction, an official ceremony was held to celebrate the grand opening and use of the new facilities in phase two of modernizing PHHS. The event started off with the PHHS NJROTC color guard team presenting the colors while senior Iris Rogel sang the national anthem. Principal Listy Gillingham welcomed everyone and gave a quick overview of the importance of the new facility for the students and staff at Henry.

SDUSD’s Board President Sharon Whitehurst-Payne spoke next and shared how having bond measures supported by the voters has had a direct impact on the campus transforming it into a college-like setting. She thanked the hard work of the team which included Chief of Facilities Lee Dulgeroff, project manager Julio Ramos, construction manager Carl Schneider, assistant construction project manager Lisa Sikorski, inspector Greg Schwartz,

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Gillingham, Sharon Whitehurst Payne, Chris Stagner, Lee Dulgeroff, James Bucknam, Lisa Sikorski and twin ribbon-holders Destiny and Gabriella Dedmon.

and James Bucknam, Chuck Gossage and Steve Yetta of PVW. Dulgeroff spoke and highlighted the different components of the project which include: • 24 new classrooms and two ROP (regional occupation program classes), providing a community pre-school for Henry students to learn how to be teachers.

• Two f iltered hydration stations.

• Three newly-remodeled engineering classrooms, which includes a civil engineering and design lab, a fabrication lab and graphic arts instructional space.

Track and swim news Patrick Henry had a successful Western League finals on May 31.

The Patriots will go in strong to CIF on June 8 with Western League champion in the 100-meter, George Oke, coming in ranked No. 1 for Division 1 along with teammate Steven Guillory-Smith ranked sixth.

Donovan Jennings comes in ranked third in the long jump in Division I and fourth in San Diego.

Jennings was able to do this feat without having a facility to train on during the season!

Amazing freshman Daniella Smith comes in ranked eighth in Division I in the 100-meter and freshman Shayla Harris is ranked 11th in the 400.

Henry also had an exciting finish to our swim and dive season. Our athletes did great at CIF

• Remodel of the main office with a state-of-the-art glass entrance, PHHS logo, and a new staff lounge area.

• Solar energy panels will be coming next.

ASB President Christopher Stagner provided a few comments in terms of the student’s perspective of the campus and what it means to attend school in the new facility with the many upgrades.

PHHS hopes to offer a 50th celebration of the first graduating class next spring with an open house and other student performances.

Stay tuned for more updates! finals. Our para swimmer Grace Lockwood advanced to state finals for her 50 and 100 freestyle. Here are all of our results from our CIF swim team finals: • Ingrid Maclean placed 13th for her 100 backstroke.

• Reyna Winter placed 16th for her 500 freestyle.

• Boys medley relay with Sean Quirk, Kevin Harry, Ethan Ackland and Ian Balcazar placed 15th.

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O u r p a ra s w i m me r s all earned medals. Grace Lockwood placed first in her 50 and 100 freestyles with her personal best times; Antonio Boleware placed third for his 50 freestyle; Alberto Castaneda placed fourth for his 50 freestyle; and Jayden Orta placed fifth for this 50 freestyle.

Recycling champions Over the past few years, Keep California Beautiful has co-sponsored a K-12 Recycling Challenge Competition for schools during the month of February. All of the schools in the district are entered and their trash and recycling uses are compared. There are several categories in the competition and Patrick Henry High School won first place for Total Materials Recycled and first place for Total Mixed Recyclables! As a result, PHHS was awarded $2,000 for winning both categories. This effort helped push San Diego Unified School District to win first place in the District Total Pounds category, beating out LAUSD!

EDUCATION Music students travel the country Several alumni and current students of the Instrumental Music Program will be traveling the country this summer as part of Drum Corps International’s (DCI) Tour.

After an extensive audition process with their chosen drum corps, accepted students will be practicing and performing with the world’s best of the marching arts at various venues coast to coast from June through August, culminating at the DCI World Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana in front of a crowd of over 25,000.

“I’m extremely excited for the hardworking and dedicated

musicians and color guard members that are participating from our program which represent the top 1% of all young adults in the activity,” said PHHS Director Matt Kalal. “It’s unique to have so many students participating at the highest level from one school in our district.”

Participating in World Class Corps are Armando Cano (alumni) and Nathan Anthony with Pacific Crest, Jennifer Voogd with the Mandarins, and Matthew Voogd (alumni) with the Blue Knights. Participating with Gold, an Open Class Corps, are Ian Lovewell, John Lagunas, and

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Sydney Eun. Previous participating students have included Ashlynn Willis, Nico Coto, and alumni Cris Cerna, Jacob Goucher, and Ryan Morrison.

The 2019 DCI Tour (l to r) Sydney Eun, Nathan Anthony, Samantha will feature more Bothwell, Armando Cano, and Jennifer Voogd than 70 drum corps (Photos courtesy PHHS) a nd S ou nd Sp or t teams participating in more Buena Vista High School in than 100 different competitive Vista, CA. events in 35 states. You can see For more information on the our students perform with their Instrumental Music Program at respective drum corps at 5 p.m. Henry, go to spiritof76boosters. on Friday, June 28, at Rancho com and DCI at dci.org.

PHHS students win Union-Tribune Community Law Day contest Journalism Scholar Three PHHS freshman — Alexis Kovacevic, Cassie Pataky and Naomi Susuki — won the City Heights Law Day essay contest last month. The theme was the First Amendment and they wrote about the history of banned books in schools. San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez awarded the students with a certificate and a $200

(l to r) Alexi, Cassie, and

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check for each of the students.

PHHS junior Kellen Foster is one of six students countywide selected to participate in the San Diego Union-Tribune's 2019 Community Journalism Scholars program.

The students were selected based on their academic achievement, writing ability, recommendations and interviews.

They will be paired with mentors from the Union-Tribune's newsroom for five weeks this summer to learn about journalism and leadership, and their works will be published online by the newspaper. The students will be paid, and one of the six students will win a $5,000 scholarship.

Kellen reported that during the summer he will attend classes on becoming a journalist which will include shadowing one who will likely end up being his mentor. He will have to write five different stories and create some video stories as well. He demonstrated a strong commitment to program and will give a full report about it once he completes it.

Congratulations to Kellen for furthering his education this summer with such a great program!

—Elizabeth Gillingham is principal of Patrick Henry High School.■

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EDUCATION Mortarboards with a special touch May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

By DELLA ELLIOTT

Commencement is a day of celebration, but for some, the pomp and circumstance is more than they can afford.

For the past 15 years, longtime Grossmont College staffer Juliette

Harrington has quietly paid for the caps and gowns of dozens of graduates who might otherwise not been able to participate in commencement. This year, Harrington, a Health Services specialist, wanted to help more students and thanks to a $500

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grant from student government and a vendor who provided a sizable discount, 105 students received caps they can treasure as keepsakes and six will be provided loaned gowns, all for free, for the ceremony taking place at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Grossmont College Main Quad.

Among the cap recipients are students unable to take part in the time-honored processional because of job and personal commitments.

“About half of all graduates are unable to attend commencement for a variety of reasons and they are so grateful and appreciative to receive a cap they can keep as a reminder that they’ve accomplished something to be proud of,” said Harrington, who added

Shor Masori at his Grossmont College (left) and Grossmont Middle High School (right) graduation ceremonies. (Photos courtesy Don Harrison)

San Carlos resident Shor Masor i g raduated f rom Grossmont College with an Associate Arts degree on June 5 — one day before he received his high school diploma from Grossmont Middle High School.

Masori, like all Grossmont Middle High students took a mix of college and high school classes his junior and senior year and also had high enough Advanced

Placement test scores to earn him the credits he needed to pull off the unusual stunt of receiving a college degree before getting a high school diploma, albeit by one day. He graduated both schools with honors. In the fall, the high achiever will take his talents to UC Berkeley where he plans on studying — fittingly — for a double major in psychology and political science.

A decorated motorboard

that last year, her musician husband pitched in to help a handful of graduates of the music program.

Including the expense of graduation announcements, student pay about $60 for regalia.

“We are proud of Juliette Harrington, a specialist with Grossmont all our students,” College Health Services, second from left, with Grossmont College graduates Carlos Harrington said. soon-to-be Espinoza, Mario Bojorquez and Angelica Rodriguez “This is a special Valdez. (Photos courtesy GCCCD) thing for them.”

To personalize the mortar- enough to step up so that financboards and to make them that es aren’t such a burden students much more meaningful as me- can’t attend their own graduamentos, Harrington stocked up on tion,” he said. “Commencement is glitter and craft adornments and, a way to showcase the hard work with the help of a team of volun- that you have done as a graduate. teers, set up a space during finals What Juliette has done helps stuweek that doubled as a decoration dents so they don’t have to worry and relaxation station. about how to pay for their caps Students with Associated and gowns.”

Students of Grossmont College The publicity-shy Harrington (ASGC), as well as student workers would as soon remain anonyin Health Services, pitched in with mous for her efforts, but she hopes decorating the caps, and were that by talking about her labor of joined by other students eager to love, others would be inspired to give their own caps some sparkle. pitch in next year when she goes “It was a fun and happy way for more grant dollars and also to end the semester,” Harrington kicks off a donation drive for comsaid, noting that so many stu- mencement gowns. dents took part that it gave rise “I hope to inspire others by to a cap-decorating competition. example,” said Harrington, Prizes were awarded and winning who graduated from Grossmont entries shared via social media.

College a generation ago and ASGC member Carlos Espinoza cherishes the memory of her own is one of the students receiving a commencement. cap and gown.

She credits math instructor “It is an honor knowing there Irene Palacios for helping to find are resources and people who care students who would benefit from getting a cap and gown.

Palacios said many students do not take part in the ceremony because of the extra fees.

“I was one of those students and I regret not walking,” she said. “I convinced the students to not let this stop them and that we could help.”

One student who has already put her graduation cap to use is Janelle Silvas, who wore hers at the college’s LatinX graduation and transfer ceremony held last week. While she is not participating in Wednesday’s commencement because she is transferring to San Diego State University in the fall without an associate degree, she is grateful that she had her cap and was able to take part in the LatinX ceremony celebrating her academic progress.

“Juliette wanted to make sure transfer students felt included in the celebration of completing community college,” Silvas said.

“Her and Irene’s efforts to create a memorable and accessible graduation ceremony is something that should be recognized. Juliette radiates compassion for others and her impact on Grossmont College is remarkable. I am proud to attend a college where faculty and staff care deeply for students and our personal success. Our success is inherently theirs and rightfully so.”

—Della Elliott is marketing and communications director for the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District.■

NEWS sdnews.com Changing the face of cafeteria cuisine [Editor’s note: Part two of a two-part series on school lunch programs. To read part one, “Program fights food insecurity with SDUSD unused lunches” from Volume 25, Issue 5, visit bit.ly/2HmFnK3] When you think of a school cafeteria, do extra-sloppy Joes and mystery meat come to mind? If so, you can stop cringing and start salivating, because San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services (SDUFNS) is changing the face of cafeteria cuisine.

They have incorporated the regulations of the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act, from the

San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services Manager of Production and Acquisition Fred Espinosa explains the production kitchen at Pershing Middle School. (Photo by Joyell Nevins)

Michelle Obama Let’s Move! campaign, and added specific programs of their own to produce healthy, fresh, and local meals. With menu options like St. Louis-style ribs, Baja fish tacos, mango berry salad, fresh salad bars, and build-your-own mac ‘n’ cheese, this district is upping their menu game.

FARM TO SCHOOL

You may have heard of farm to table, but that’s only for gourmet restaurants, right? Wrong.

According to SDUFNS Director Gary Petill, San Diego County has the highest number of collective organic farms in the country.

Those farms are huge suppliers of the more than 350 salad bars throughout the school district.

Even when not from the county directly, SDUFNS endeavors to source its ingredients from California growers.

“We want to do California food for California kids,” noted “Chef Bob” Brody, SDUFNS program specialist.

The salad bars offer a rainbow of dark green, red orange, starchy vegetable, seasonal fruit, and legumes every day. Each Wednesday, the bars feature a seasonal produce option from farms specifically within this region.

Placed on the plexiglass are “Your Famers” trading cards, explaining where the produce comes from.

The cards display a picture of the farmer(s) themselves on the

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front, and interesting facts on the back, such as the farm’s size, tractors, and animals. Featured farms include Sage Mountain, Suzie’s Farm, Stehly Farms Organic, Sahu Subtropical, and Sunrise Farms.

GARDEN TO CAFÉ

Some of the produce gets even closer than that — from schools’ own gardens. For the spaces that have been certified to allow it, student-grown produce is harvested and served in their cafeteria. During the last three months alone, the Garden to Café Schools harvested 598 pounds of produce to be used for their respective salad bars.

“The day the salad bar was stocked with the student-grown vegetables, you should have seen the kids’ plates,” exclaimed SDUFNS Superintendent Cindy Marten. “This is personalized and local seed to harvest.”

Other ways students get involved are through nutrition education in the classrooms, virtual farm field trips, and the student recipe contest. For last year’s contest, 120 students throughout the district submitted plant-based recipes to be incorporated into the grab-and-go menu. The winner was “Ava’s Avocado Salad,” a California-style concoction featuring, you guessed it, avocados.

For the 2019-2020 school year, staff are testing vegan recipes from the contest as well.

The cafeteria staff at Pershing Middle School (Courtesy of San Diego Unified Food & Nutrition Services)

The focus on local food extends beyond the salad bar. Bread comes from Guilano’s Bakery in Carson, the same bakery Five Guys uses, and dairy products are purchased from Hollandia Dairy in San Jacinto. A majority of the antibiotic, free-range chicken comes from Mary’s in Sanger. On Thursdays, cafeterias sponsor “California Thursdays,” where students can build a meal completely out of foods sourced from the state.

PAY THE PIPER

How can SDUFNS afford this? In consumer grocery stores, organic produce and free-range meats are often significantly more expensive than the less healthy items. Plus, SDUFNS is budgeted under $5 a meal. But there are a couple of factors that help reduce the school’s cost.

First, there is no middleman.

SDUFNS works directly with the farmers when they can. They also

purchase in bulk, sometimes ordering the farmer’s entire stock of an item. Just as places like Costco and Sam’s Club offers reduced prices for large amounts, so SDUFNS is able to get lower rates when they purchase enough food to cover their 150,000 meals a day.

SDUFNS also saves money through its Love Food Not Waste program, ordering only enough of the items needed and not having to throw away excess food.

Sauces such as dressings and salsas are often made in-house, reducing costs and preservatives.

The homemade honey mustard is often referred to by the students as the “awesome sauce,” and their ranch is yogurt-based rather than buttermilk-based. Next year, the cafeterias plan to roll out avocado ranch as well.

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are permitted for private development. It is anticipated that trail linkages within the area may eventually provide a connection to trails within the county’s Gooden Ranch Sycamore Canyon Preserve and the West Sycamore area of MTRP. As the park adds acreage, there will be more rangers added to the staff to patrol and service it, said Dorothy Leanord, chair of the Mission Trails Regional Park Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC), a group that worked closely on developing the MPU. The MPU lays out recommendations throughout the park for planning, management, funding, facilities, habitat/species conservation and recreation. Once the updated plan is ready to be implemented, park staff and the MTRP CAC will work together to prioritize what specific projects are worked on first.

“I anticipate at future CAC meetings asking for input from the public regarding their priorities,” Leanord said.

Some of the general planning recommendations in the MPU include designing neighborhood or community parks on the perimeter of MTRP to be compatible in design and look and incorporating trail linkages and recreation into developments adjacent to the park; removing the extension of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and the addition of Jackson Drive

within the park boundaries as part of next Tierrasanta community plan update; coordinating with cities and SANDAG to determine the feasibility of locating a bus stop at one or more locations in park; and supporting implementation of the River Park Master Plan within the park.

Management recommendations include developing a fire response plan; conducting paleontological monitoring; and working with tribal councils, educational institutions, etc. to develop strategies for protecting the park and developing park programs.

The funding recommendations direct the park to pursue grants to fund projects in the MPU. Recommendations for facilities are to keep signs and buildings consistent in design.

The habitat/species recommendations provide guidance on fencing in the park, monitoring of plants and animals, dealing with invasive species and specific plans to protect various endangered or sensitive species.

The recreation recommendations set standards on how trails should look and where and how they should be built.

In addition to the planned improvements to the new sections of the park — East Elliott and Sycamore West — the MPU also lays out specific recommendation for the other sections of the park.

For Lake Murray, the MPU includes a plan for the Mission Trails Golf Course property in the case that running the golf course is no

longer viable for the city. If that were to happen, the plan calls for the city-owned turf sections of the golf course between Jackson Drive and Navajo Road to be used for active and passive recreation, family and group picnicking and to build meandering trails and a linear open play area that connects Lake Murray to Cowles Mountain.

Also, the city-owned land southwest of Jackson Drive and north of the lake would be turned into a tree-canopied area for picnicking and small group day use.

Another area slated for improvements in Lake Murray is the undeveloped area south of the ballfields between Del Cerro Bay and Cowles Bay, which would be developed with a group picnic area with small shade structures, tables and benches.

The Lake Murray plan also calls for building a new trail connection from Del Cerro to the western shoreline of Lake Murray utilizing an existing utility access road and creating an improved trail connection to Sunset Park in La Mesa.

For MTRP’s most popular hiking area, Cowles Mountain, the MPU recommends designing and building an off-street gravel parking area at the Barker Way entrance and another in the area just north of Golfcrest Drive off Mission Gorge Road adjacent to the San Diego County Water Authority pipeline access portal to provide northerly access to the Pyles Peak trail and a potential rock climbing area.

The MPU also proposes relocating parking at the south end of Mesa

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Road and revegetating the existing parking area while keeping the existing trailhead kiosk and gate.

Proposed changes to the Cowles Mountain trails include building a more formal trailhead entrance; restoring trails and closing off user-created paths; and constructing a new trail connection from the Padre Dam water tank to Big Rock to create a portion of a large loop on the east side of Pyles Peak and north of Cowles Mountain.

For the Mission Gorge area of the park, the MPU recommends MTRP consider acquiring the 200-plus acres of land owned by the city of San Diego’s Public Utility District on Kwaay Paay as dedicated parkland.

A major re-naturalization effort is also recommended where the park would coordinate with adjacent landowners to restore the perimeter around Kumeyaay Lake and redirect the San Diego River back to its former course to reduce sedimentation and spread of invasive species.

Facility and recreation upgrades for Mission Gorge include installing EV charging stations at the Visitor Center; operating Kumeyaay Lake as an overnight campground; expanding the bike skills area; constructing a parking lot on the eastern side of Father Junipero Serra Trail between Mission Gorge Road and Visitor Center; building a permanent restroom at the Old Mission Dam staging area; and constructing a Deerfield Canyon Nature Park in the 2 acres next to the bike skills area with picnic tables, fitness course and children’s play area.

The MPU also recommends building a path along the river in accordance with the San Diego River Park Master Plan and constructing a suspension or truss bridge for pedestrians and bikes to cross the river.

The Fortuna area of the park has the most recommendations in

Original boundaries and expansion areas of Mission Trails Regional Park (Courtesy City of San Diego)

the MPU, almost all of which are to either assess new trails or close and restore existing ones.

“The trails in the Fortuna area were not created as recreational trails but for use by the military and other agencies with easements in the area,” explained Leanord on why the Fortuna area is in need of so much restoration work.

Now that the MPU has been passed by City Council, the final hurdle before any of the recommendations can be implemented is a vote by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, although a date has not yet been set.

“We are looking forward to support from the County Board of Supervisors and setting priorities so we can get started on some much-needed trail improvements,” Leanord said.

To view the MTRP master plan update, visit bit.ly/2MEGgDR. —Reach Jeff Clemetson at jeff@ sdnews.com.■

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May 10 – June 13, 2019 LIBRARY / COMMUNITY Mission Times Courier 23 sdnews.com Battle of the Books and more library news Del Cerro Action Council news

By DAVID EGE

Battle of the Books is back at the San Carlos Branch Library!

What happens when your favorite fiction and nonfiction series face off against one another? Can Winnie the Pooh hold his own against the “Eyewitness” books?

Are the Berenstain Bears any match for the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers? You decide!

Here’s how it works: Through a series of votes, we will narrow the list of 16 fiction and nonfiction nominees to one grand champion. Visit the library throughout the summer to check out these popular titles. Then vote for your favorites!

Photography display: Local photographer Brian Miller’s work will be on display in the Winer Family Community Room and Art Gallery from June 3 through July 3. A San Diego native, Miller studied advanced and commercial photography at Southwestern College. He continued to pursue his passion by photographing local labor rallies and events, and his work has been published throughout the community for over 20 years. Please join us on June 15 from noon-2 p.m. for the artist reception. Refreshments will be served. An example of Miller’s photography can be seen on this issue’s cover story about the Mission Trails Regional Park master plan update on page 1.

A visit from Dan McAllister: The San Diego County TreasurerTax Collector has many new and exciting topics to share with you!

On June 21 from 2-3 p.m., Dan McAllister will discuss a variety of topics, including San Diego's current economic outlook, updates on the housing market, property taxes and more.

Local author: We are pleased to welcome back Jill G. Hall to discuss her new book, “The Silver Shoes,” on June 28 from 2-3 p.m.

By JAY WILSON

Local Author Jill G. Hall will discuss her latest book “The Silver Shoes” on June 28. (jillghall.com)

Hall’s second novel continues following Anne McFarland as she purchases a pair of rhinestone shoes in an antique shop that spark her imagination and lead her on a quest to learn more about the shoes’ original owner.

Paws to Read: Read aloud to certified therapy dogs in this brand-new program! Studies show that children can improve their confidence and reading skills by reading aloud to animals. Dogs make the perfect nonjudgmental audience. This program meets from 11 a.m-noon on the first and third Mondays from June 17 through Aug. 19. Ages 5 and up.

Summer reading: Our summer reading program is in full swing! Here’s what’s happening this month: On June 19, watch Joe Gandelman the Ventriloquist bring to life fun characters and a positive reading message. On June 26, Zovargo Animal Show will be bringing a variety of furry, feathered, and scaly friends for you to meet. On July 3, kids can act out a story time favorite with Literature Comes to Life: “Dog Breath.” And on July 10, prepare to be dazzled and mystified by Amazing Dana the Magician. Each program starts at 2:30 p.m. and lasts about 45 minutes.

Dates to Remember: • June 19, 4-5:30 p.m.: San Carlos Friends of the Library monthly meeting.

• July 3: CANCELED—San Carlos Area Council Meeting.

• J u l y 4 : C L O S E D — Independence Day • July 5, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Used Book Pre-Sale. Friends of the Library only.

• July 6, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: SCFOL Monthly Used Book Sale.

Open to the public.

• July 9: CANCELED—Youth Chess • July 11, 12:30-2 p.m.: Library Book Club, “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman —David Ege is branch manager of the San Carlos Branch Library.■

SDSU Director of Government and Community Relations Rachel Gregg reported that earlier this spring, SDSU President Angela de la Torre toured the Adobe Falls site with Scott Sherman.

SDSU is now negotiating with the city of San Diego to purchase the Mission Valley stadium site.

A draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be out this summer. There should be a 45-day review process to allow for the public to respond to the EIR. SDSU wants community engagement and will hold town-hall meetings to explain their plans.

Del Cerro Action Council chair Mark Rawlins reported that the La Jolla Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) lawsuit hasn’t been completely resolved yet, but the city has decided to move forward in processing communities’ requests to establish MADs. The proposed Del MAD, supported by Friends of Del Cerro (FODC), is one of those projects that is in the cue to be worked. Based on information shared, it looks like FODC will be able to continue the process where it left off in 2017; more to follow in the coming months.

Council member Scott Sherman’s representative,

Roarke Shanley, said the City Council approved a new ordinance that folks cannot sleep in their cars in residential areas.

There is a safe sleeping zone by the Mission Valley Fire Station.

Councilmember Scott Sherman has approved two donations from the city’s Arts & Culture Funds — $5,000 for the Lake Murray Fireworks to cover stage and lighting, and $5,000 to the Allied Gardens/Grantville First Friday Concerts.

Shanely has been working with SDGE to complete the median planting on Del Cerro Boulevard that was torn out when the natural gas line work was done about two years ago.

This project was to be completed in May. You may reach Shanely in Councilmember Sherman’s office at RShanley@sandiego.gov or call him at 619-236-6677.

Pastor Robert Herber of All Peoples Church — which has proposed to build a new church building on the land behind the Chevron down to Interstate 8 and east of College Avenue — has stated the congregation is 900-1,000 adults, with 70% less than 40 years old. They plan on two Sunday services SEE DCAC, Page 27

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The big Friends of the Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library Booksale is happening June 15, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Gently used books for the whole family; come early for the best selections. All proceeds from the sale will directly fund children and adult programming at the library.

June is a Pride Month and our display will be featuring books and works by prominent LGBT authors and supporters, with some books featuring LBGT characters. LGBTrelated films will be available for check out as well. Please come and see our curated selections.

Every year, Stand Down helps thousands of veterans, but they cannot do it on their own. This is where you come in — the need this

year is skivvies or underwear for men, women, and children. Please drop new unworn skivvies at the circulation desk to a staff member.

Summer Reading Program is back! This annual program began on June 1 and ends on Aug. 31 at all San Diego Public Libraries. Our library will have fun and interactive programs every Monday at 2:30 p.m. featuring some of the best performances out there.

SPECIAL EVENTS • June 17 – Hullabaloo per-

forms kid-folk music • June 24 – Cupcake decorating, registration is required, sign up online —Kevin Tran is library assistant III at the Allied Gardens/Benjamin Branch Library.■

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COMMUNITY Allied Gardens Grantville Community Council news May 10 – June 13, 2019 Mission Times Courier

By SHAIN HAUG

Our Saturday, May 18, the “Spring Spruce Up” of our award-winning Zion Avenue trees was quite a success. We were led by Vince Mikulanis, of Davey Resource Group and the District 7 representative of the San Diego Community Forestry Advisory Board, as well as our own Sophia Frost. The work crew was not quite what we hoped it would be, but they got the work done.

Mikulanis, Frost and her family, Jessica Read from our Allied Gardens/Grantville Community Council (AGGCC) board, and David Peterson with his family weeded, mulched, watered,

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Assembly member Shirley Weber’s Police-Use-Of-Force Bill AB 392 will move to a critical floor vote after law enforcement removed opposition. Assembly member Brian Maienschein has introduced two new bills: AB 845, which requires the California Medical Board to make available continuing medical education training for obstetric providers; and AB 565, which will broaden eligibility for debt relief for psychiatric students.

Special guest speaker, Roberto Garcia, gave a presentation about

like to participate in the ongoing care of the award-winning Zion Avenue trees. Please check our website at aggccouncil.org to learn more about proper care of your trees and how to request that trees be planted on your street.

The May 28 AGGCC town hall meeting was more than a success. The 50 folks in attendance learned just how valuable the new San Diego Gas & Electric electricity pricing system can be.

Looking ahead to our next town hall meetings at the Benjamin Library (Zion Avenue and Glenroy Street) at 6:30 p.m.: Tuesday, July 23 – The San Diego Humane Society. As successor to the San Diego County

Animal Control, the Humane Society took over animal control in the city. A representative of the society will discuss their services and how to contact them for assistance.

T uesday, S ept . 24 – Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program.

The May 16 meeting with Superior Ready Mix was unremarkable. Neither I nor anyone else in attendance had heard of any complaints about the quarry or cement/asphalt operations. I plan to review the Air Pollution Control Board reports of the most recent inspections and will report anything of interest next month.

Efforts toward the off-leash dog park continue. We are putting

the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census.

One good reason for everyone living in the U.S. to stand up and be counted is that the census number dictates how much money is allocated to cities and states by the government. When people don’t fill out the census form, that translates to a loss of public funds to help finance infrastructure, etc.

All information gathered by the census is completely confidential.

And for anyone seeking employment, the Census Bureau will soon be hiring.

Representatives from the fire department have not been able to join us at any meetings over the last several months due to

lack of manpower for community outreach. But now that fire season is upon us, homeowners and renters, too, should make sure they have managed the brush around their homes, and that attics are safe from potential embers. Embers can fly unhindered for up to six miles and enter into attics or nearby flammable trees and brush and set fire to an entire neighborhood.

Stay safe.

Allied Garden, kicked off its Summer Concert Series on June 7 with Classic Buzz. The opening-night concert was a thrill for all attendees. How can you beat a free concert a few miles from

your home, featuring free hot dogs courtesy of Ideal Plumbing?

President Schulze and I attended the Padres game at Petco Park on June 2 against the Marlins, which was delayed for half an hour due to swarming bees. The game had been approaching critical status with the Padres unable to fend off several home runs. And then came the extermination of the bees via a generous dousing of poison. The sounds of the deadly spray were amplified by a microphone on which the bees had settled.

Scientists have been warning that bee populations are on the decline and that the situation is

The volunteer Arbor Day work crew (Courtesy AGGCC)

together a substantial group of folks to work the project. We have begun to break into the city bureaucracy (it took us a couple of SEE AGGCC, Page 27

critical. There is a direct line to be drawn from pollinating bees to our food source. The Padres can and must do better. Next time, get a beekeeper to remove the bees and not a bee exterminator.

We are on hiatus during July due to the holiday. The next SCAC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 7. Council member and mayoral candidate Barbara Bry will be our speaker.

—Patricia Mooney is vice president of the San Carlos Area Council.

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pruned, and fertilized the trees in preparation of the coming year.

They divided into two work groups, focusing on weeding between 51st Street and Winona Avenue and between Delbarton and Cartwright streets. Mikulanis did structural and artistic pruning along the entire corridor and provided the mulch that we stretched to most of the trees. In addition to the light pruning of the new Zion Avenue trees, he pruned some of the more established trees along Zion, they look so much better! Thank you to nearby residents who offered the use of green bins, garden tools and extension cords.

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Community and Arts & Entertainment Calendar ONGOING EVENTS Local Playwrights Showcase Through June 16 Lamplighters Community Theatre presents four short plays by three playwrights: “Bride on the Rocks” and “An Honest Arrangement”

by David Wiener; “Oh, Susannah!” by Janet S. Tiger; and “Dead Play” by Tom Steward. Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m., Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. at Lamplighters Community Theatre, 5915 Severin Drive, La Mesa. $15 tickets available at lamplighterslamesa.com.■

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of Grace Covenant Christian Church. 12:45 p.m. at College Avenue Center, 6299 Capri Drive. Free. Visit jfssd.org.

Wednesday, June 19

act to grace the new Heritage Event Center stage at Sycuan Casino Resort, 5469 Casino Way, El Cajon. Tickets for the 7 or 9:30 p.m. shows cost $39$79, available at sycuan.com.

Sunday, June 23

Saturday, June 29

Dive-In Movie Nights: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ The Salvation Army Kroc Center presents a family-friendly evening of swimming and cinema.

7 p.m. at the Kroc Center pool, 6845 University Ave., San Diego. $5 at door, free for members. Visit sd.kroccenter.org.

Sundays at Six Concerts: San Diego Concert Band La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation hosts a free concert featuring the music of the San Diego Concert Band. 6-7 p.m. at Harry Griffen Park, 9550 Milden St. Visit lamesaparks.org.

Thursday, June 20 Sundays at Six Concerts: Trails and Rails La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation hosts a free concert featuring country music band Trails and Rails. 6-7 p.m. at Harry Griffen Park, 9550 Milden St. Visit lamesaparks.org.

Tuesday, June 18

‘The Importance of Civil Rights’ College Avenue Center hosts a presentation on civil rights featuring activists Gloria Brown and Deborah Williams. Brown was a leader in the civil rights movement during the late 1960s, where she organized marches and demonstrations against unfair education, employment, and housing inequities. She was present at the March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic “I Have A Dream” speech. Williams is a graduate of Northwestern University with a master’s degree of divinity and currently serves as the senior associate pastor

Hotel? This is only one of many fascinating facts that Jeanette will cover. Other topics include: The history of Father’s Day, why Flag Day is on June 14, Custer’s last stand, and the birthdays of Anne Frank and Marilyn Monroe. 12:45 p.m. at College Avenue Center, 6299 Capri Drive.

Free. Visit jfssd.org.

Red Shoe Day fundraiser Volunteers are needed from across the county for Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego’s largest volunteer-driven fundraiser to collect generous cash donations from morning commuters from 6:30-9:30 a.m. at more than 200 major intersections throughout San Diego County. Visit RedShoeDaySD.com to register as a volunteer or create a personal fundraising page to help support Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Ron White Blue Collar Comedy Tour alumnus Ron White will be the first

‘Stars of Tomorrow Shining Today’ Six gifted San Diego area high school musicians, appearing in concert, will vie for scholarship honors in a new program to be featured annually as part of La Mesa’s popular Valerie Victor Concert Series. The featured finalists are Derek Savage, West Hills High – guitar; Lydia Schmidt, Carlsbad High – soprano; Mikel Ibaibarriaga, St. Augustine High – baritone; Jacob Francisco, Montgomery High – baritone saxophone; Andrew Hendrix, Steel Canyon High – alto saxophone; and Kartik Sundaram, Canyon Crest High – tenor. Show begins at 2 p.m. at The Table: United Church of Christ of La Mesa, 5940 Kelton Ave., La Mesa.

Free-will offerings are added to the students’ scholarships. Visit tableucc.com.

Artist reception On view at the Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) Visitor and Interpretive Center June 22 through Aug. 3, is an exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist and illustrator Lesley Goren, whose lively and colorful images of plants and flowers are a self-described “love note” to the native vegetation of Southern California. To commemorate her exhibition at the MTRP Visitor Center, Goren has created two new custom greeting card designs for Mission Trails Regional Park to be sold in the Visitor Center’s gift shop beginning in June. The designs highlight the leaves and flowers of Mission Trails. The opening reception for Goren’s solo exhibition and first showing in San Diego County will take place at the MTRP Visitor Center, 1 Father Junipero Serra Trail, on June 23 from 2-4 p.m. Artwork featured in the exhibition will be available for sale, and a portion of the funds will support the park through the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.

Monday, June 24

The Flipside Burners Grossmont Center’s free summer concert series kicks off with the rockabilly music of The Flipside Burners. 5 p.m. at Grossmont Center, 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa.

Thursday, July 4

Lake Murray Fireworks and MusicFest

Friday, July 5

The History Lady Presents Jeanette Way, “The History Lady,” has an array of wonderful stories, pictures, and artifacts that will help us to better understand history. Did you know that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor met at the Del Coronado

AG First Fridays: Full Strength Funk AG First Fridays is a free concert series in Allied Gardens Community Park on the first Friday each month from 6-8 p.m., June-October. Full Strength Funk is an 11-piece funk band whose playlist spans the decades from the classic funk tunes of the '70s to the dance hits of today.■

RECURRING EVENTS Mondays Movies Visit the College Avenue Center on Mondays at 1 p.m. for an afternoon movie! Free for members, $2 for non-members. 6299 Capri Drive. Visit jfssd.org.

Tuesdays Food Truck Tuesday Civita Park plays host to a weekly food truck event.

5:30-8:30 p.m. 7960 Civita Blvd., San Diego. Visit curbsidebites.com for a list of participating trucks.

Fridays La Mesa Farmers Market La Mesa’s farmers market offers fresh local produce, florals, pastries, live music, and arts and crafts each Friday. 3-7 p.m. along La Mesa Boulevard. Free. Visit lamesavillageassociation.org.

Saturdays Hike Cowles Mountain Looking for an adventure?

Come join Saturday morning hikes at Cowles Mountain.

Group photos will be taken at the summit and water will be provided. Meet at the Cowles Mountain Staging Area (located on the corner of Golfcrest Drive and Navajo Road) at the trailhead south of the comfort station. 5:30 a.m. Free. Register at bit.ly/2VC7xtF. Shop Local Market Last Saturday of the month at Grossmont Center, participating shops set up tables outside and offer markdowns and new product showcases. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa.

Sundays Traveling Stories Visit Grossmont Center each Sunday for an interactive story time for kids. Kids visit the StoryTent, pick out a book that interests them, and then read it out loud to a volunteer.

The volunteer asks engaging questions that help the child build reading comprehension and critical thinking skills all while earning book bucks to trade for cool prizes. Free.

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kitchen has input into what their particular kids eat in what the district office refers to as “boots on the ground.” School cafeteria staff have the ability to slightly morph their menus to cater to their students’ interests.

“We are trying to decentralize the process,” SDUFNS Manager of Production and Acquisition Fred Espinosa explains. “When we give our people choice, they get more engaged.”

Another way students and staff are given choice is through the “build your own” bars. Cafeterias can choose from five different menu options – ramen, sandwich, nacho, burger, and macaroni and cheese. The students are able to customize their entrees in separate kiosks from the straight buffet or grab-and-go line.

“Build your own bars were started with the thought in mind that the kids want and like things done their way,” SDUFNS Supervisor Jennifer Ferback noted. “Being able to decide what toppings they want to use gives them a little bit of ownership and control over their lunch.”

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All of these programs would be harder to pull off if the production kitchens weren’t stocked with the proper equipment.

When Espinosa came on board, he brought with him decades of restaurant experience.

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and on Tuesdays, they have training classes for about 65 people.

There will be a gymnasium for basketball.

Marcella Escobar, land consultant for the church on the project, said plans have been submitted to the city. City staff will now review the proposal and release their initial “Cycles Report” later this summer. The plan is for the two-story, 900-seat church to be located on the southern side of the site, closest to the freeway, with the parking structure tucked into the hillside. The northern part directly behind the Chevon will be surface parking.

There will be 374 parking spaces in total. The church is trying not to obstruct views and will try not to shine lights into houses. There

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weeks just to find out who to deal with) and we now recognize what a long-term project this will be. If you value a nearby legal offleash park, you can join the effort by contacting us at aggccshain@ yahoo.com.

Jessica Read has been an outstanding member of our board

NEWS / COMMUNITY / PUZZLES He and his team made sure products were from high-quality brands such as Heinz ketchup (the only ketchup worth having, he assures) and Del Monte canned vegetables. He also helped production kitchens acquire restaurant-level equipment like industrial blenders, industrial mandolines, and Rational self-cleaning ovens.

The oven cooks with steam and heat rather than dry heat only.

It can also be programmed to do overnight roasting, and is furnished with a computer probe to ensure meats are cooked properly.

“Our number one priority is food safety,” Espinosa said.

SDUFNS cafeterias also use the YumYummi app, which breaks down individual menus and allows parents to pay ahead of time.

Parents and students can also leave feedback and comments about foods they like or didn’t like.

GLOBAL ACCOLADES

The district has been getting recognition from local, national, and global entities for its efforts. Feeding San Diego CEO Vince Hall, who partners with SDUFNS for Love Food Not Waste, called the district the “mothership” for undergoing so many health and food initiatives simultaneously.

Japan’s assistant secretary of the interior came with a governmental group to tour the cafeteria operations. They are looking to incorporate many of SDUFNS’s initiatives in their own public education facilities.

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SDUFNS isn’t resting yet. They continue to seek ways to feed kids throughout the year in the most healthy and cost-efficient method possible.

“We are nourishing minds and bodies,” Marten declared. “We want to do it well, and we want to do it right.”

Production kitchens, such as the one at Pershing Middle School, are available for kitchen tours by appointment. To set up a tour, view all school menus and resources, or learn more about the “Summer Fun Café,” visit sandiegounified.org/food or follow @sdfarmtoschool on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

—Freelance writer Joyell Nevins can be reached at joyellc@gmail. com. You can also follow her blog Small World, Big God at swbgblog. wordpress.com.■

will be 12 classrooms and office space.

The church has already begun meeting with community members living directly adjacent to the site of the new church. At the first meeting, Escobar agreed to have the architect review the plans to see if the pad for the church could be lowered a few more feet. Part of this decision rests with CalTrans as they own property south of the church.

Most of the church traffic doesn’t operate during peak times.

The church is working to mitigate ingress and egress issues. Part of their plan is to have an additional entrance about halfway between the freeway and Del Cerro Boulevard. It would be toward the southern end of the existing median and could allow access from both north and southbound traffic on College Avenue. If approved, it would most likely include a traffic signal and operate only on

Sunday mornings during their church services.

The project is estimated to cost around $13 million.

There will be an environmental review where the public can comment before the plan is voted on by the City Council. The City Council has previously approved a housing development for the site, which remains approved if the church does not go through.

The community contact person is Kristen Byrne at kristen@byrne-comm.com or 619-208-2499.

Information is available online at thelightproject.org.

Don’t forget to make a donation for the July Fourth Fireworks & MusicFest at Lake Murray, visit lakemurrayfireworks.org.

The next DCAC meeting is July 25 at 7 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El.

of directors. But she is moving to Idaho and we will lose the benefit of her advice, counsel, and extraordinary energy. We are thankful for the time she was with us.

We are pleased to welcome Kim Morris to the board. Kim is a STEAM educator with the San Ysidro School District and brings us technical skills that we need to move the AGGCC into the 21st century. For the time being, she

will work remotely in the limited capacity of management of the website.

The board of directors meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Benjamin Library. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 2. The public is welcome.

—Jay Wilson is secretary of the Del Cerro Action Council.■

—Shain Haug is the president of the AGGCC. Reach him at aggccshain@yahoo.com.■

Call Heather @ 951.296.7794

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ACROSS 1 Ancient Rome had one 7 Engagement rings tend to have them 13 Not the leader 14 Decorated 16 Morning 17 The Garden State 19 __, myself and I 20 Gets up 22 Type of meal 23 Cavalry sword

25 Proclaims 26 Historic places 28 They go into space 29 Hostelry 30 Peter’s last name 31 Necessary for syrup 33 Kids’ channel 34 Take upon oneself 36 A bog 38 Small cavities in a gland 40 Grand Theft Auto vehicle

41 More vigorous 43 Supply to excess 44 Pie _ __ mode 45 Dash 47 You sometimes pardon it 48 Catch doing something wrong 51 A constellation’s second star 53 Famed French painter of dancers 55 Engines do it

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DOWN 1 Resembling apes 2 Famed TV host Sullivan 3 Rare Hawaiian geese 4 Convicted traitor 5 Make into leather 6 Urge to do something 7 Small town in Spain 8 They promote products 9 Small Eurasian deer 10 Ancient people 11 The Volunteer State

12 Academic term 13 Natives of Alberta, Canada 15 Cause to become insane 18 Feed 21 Crime organization 24 Acrobatic feats 26 Car mechanics group 27 Mustachioed actor Elliott 30 Inquired 32 S. Korean industrial city

35 Member of the cuckoo family 37 Test for high schoolers 38 Some nights are these 39 Helps you stay organized 42 Cool!

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