Honey: sweet, sweet honey

By Jill Alexander

Whether you enjoy your honey whipped or the regular way – gooey and sweet – you’re in luck.

Aliza Stanton and her family produce Aliza’s Honey which can be found on Thursdays at the Scripps Ranch Farmers Market.

They are also beekeepers who began the business in 2008 by doing live bee removal, and the business progressed from there.

Mission Statement: Through the bee removal business, they have been able to safely relocate bee colonies from homes and businesses to their main apiary as well as other locations around San Diego County.

Their website states: “Our mission is to allow the bees we rescue to pollinate our city’s beautiful local flora and support local agriculture. The products that we sell here are a byproduct of these rescued bees from around San Diego County.”

The difference: What makes this honey different from

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those in the local grocery store is simple: “Our honey is truly local. Our hives are located throughout San Diego, while most local honey that is sold in San Diego comes from places like Valley Center. Which to my thinking isn’t very local. … and we never filter or pasteurize, as our honey comes directly from the hive. It’s raw and unfiltered,” Aliza Stanton said.

Besides offering honey products at farmer’s markets in the county, there is also an online shop where you can order items at alizashoney.com.

Sought after: Stanton believes these honey products are sought after because “people who appreciate and love natural products, care about sustainability and want local, pure, raw, unfiltered honey.”

She hears what customers are saying about the products, which makes her smile.

“The most common comment we hear when customers try our honey and whipped honey is ‘Oh my gosh, that’s good,’” she said.

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While the honey product line doesn’t offer different flavors of honey, there are various flavors of whipped honey.

“We make four varieties of whipped honey, and you have to try it,” she said. “We’re working on adding new flavors. We also produce hand cream, lotion, bars, soap and candles that are all natural and handmade.”

Future endeavors: As for the future of Aliza’s Honey, Stanton said it’s to continue “sharing our products with our friends and neighbors.”

Aliza’s Honey products range in price from $8 to $25.

Visit Aliza Stanton at Aliza’s Honey booth at the Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market, held from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at 10045 Carroll Canyon Road.

By Jill Alexander

You don’t have to go to New York to get a feel for the Big Apple.

Simply head over to Scripps Ranch Theatre to enjoy a performance of Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” at the Legler Benbough Theatre on the campus of Alliant International University, and step back in time.

If you’re unfamiliar, “Lost In Yonkers” was written by Simon, who is considered one of America’s great comic playwrights. The play is set in Yonkers in 1942.

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“the Shakespeare of his time,” and possibly the “most successful playwright in history.” ious at times for two hours. In a sense, it’s a relief that you can go through something difficult and come out better for it,” Ritz said.

“It’s a great comedy and there is a lot to discover with these characters. In his heyday, Neil Simon was terrific and prolific, and this play won a Pulitzer in 1991,” said director Jacquelyn Ritz.

“I think we can all identify with someone along the way, and it’s a nostalgic journey since it is in World War II in 1942 and power-packed with all sorts of stuff,” Ritz said. “It’s two young boys who are left without a mother, and the people trying to care for them in different ways. Some are quite ridiculous while others are quite beautiful. Eventually, the boys grow up throughout this and try to figure out how to become human beings.”

Bella is 35 years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. As the play opens, ne’er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady’s doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman.

The boys are left to contend with Grandma, Bella, and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play deceptively hides real honest life affirmation between jokes, and shows why Simon has been called

It’s “a beautiful play and tells in-depth stories with great wit, great charm, hilarity and heart, and it’s really about the human experience,” she added.

Ritz said everyone is welcome and should attend, “because you will find yourself watching a family of three generations go through ups, downs, struggles and triumphs. It’s a family that functions with dysfunctions, working together, learning, growing and challenging each other.”

“There’s real love at the core and is a beautiful journey. You’ll pop on to be lost in something really wonderful and charming and hilar-

The talented cast includes Kenny Boardier as Eddie, Katee Drysdale as Bella, Jill Drexler as Grandma Kurnitz, Eddy Lukovic as Louie, Melanie Mino as Gert, and J.P. Wishchuk as Arty.

Scripps Ranch Theatre performances are at the Legler Benbough Theatre on the campus of Alliant International University, 9783 Avenue of Nations.

Performances run May 19, to June 11: Fridays/Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m.

Preview performance: Friday, May 19; Opening Night: Saturday, May 20; Matinee: June 10 at 2 p.m. No show on June 4.

Buy tickets at scrippsranchtheatre.org.

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He is also the one who gets the bands for us, and he never has a band that doesn’t want to come back,” Fiorina said. “They love the reception they get in Hoyt Park. The concert is a lot of fun for everyone. There isn’t a bad seat in the park.”

“We have such a wonderful audience each year and we just love playing for everyone at the park. It’s our favorite concert of the year,” Boyd said. “We’re going to mix it up this year like we always do and keep it fun with a few songs that everyone in the audience can relate too.”

Jimmy’s Buffet tribute band takes center stage to start the season off with a Caribbean flair on June 11.

The Heroes will perform on July 9. They are a crowd favorite and always draw a capacity audience for their top 40-dance music.

On Aug. 13, Stone Soul, an eight-piece band from Los Angeles, will play Motown favorites with a big

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Continued from Page 1 dition for this competition. Winning student musicians will have an authentic touring experience, including traveling on a tour bus, participating in tour publicity, and starring in nightly performances at famous venues and festivals during a 10-day tour.

“To make it through each round, they must perform two songs. One song is a song that the School of Rock chooses, and then they bring their song that they perform. In the second and third rounds, they’re given some parameters. They must perform one classic rock song, and they’re given a list of artists to choose from, like Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin or The Beatles. They also bring in their song that they’re going to audition with,” Peterson said.

“They’re also put through the wringer on music theory knowledge, like knowing how to play a 12-bar blue or a minor third pentatonic,” he said. “They’ll throw some tough music theory questions at the kids and score band beat. them based on how well they answered those questions.”

The Verge, a dance and show band playing classic rock, will close out the summer season on Sept. 10.

The traditional Holiday Concert with Santa & Friends is scheduled for Dec. 10, 56:30 p.m. at Jerabek Park.

To ensure that everyone enjoys the summer concerts, visitors are asked to not bring high-back chairs; keep kids safe by not letting them climb the steep hill that runs along the side of the park; and to keep pets at home.

The six San Diego teenagers that made it to the third and final round are drummers Jameson PowellEspiritu, 17, and Ronin Cianciosi, 14; guitarists Melanie Peterson, 16, and Liad Shaphir, 16; and vocalists Tiffany Enering, 17, and Jamie Fusaro-Mobley, 16.

“There’s a lot of enthusiasm, and there’s a lot of kids who wish they would’ve auditioned now that they see these six,” Peterson said. “We’re lucky, and we have a lot of talented kids at our school and the parents who support them. They’re just living their dream, so it’s nice.”

These six musicians are the first from the Scripps Ranch location to make it this far. Even though the last round’s final decision has yet to be made, the six students are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to even get this far into the competition representing San Diego.

“I’ve only been here for a year. So, being considered on the same level as some of these talented kids has been exciting. It’s been surreal for me because I’ve always wanted to try singing,” vocalist Enering said. “It would mean the world because I’ve wanted to be part of The School Rock for as long as I can remember, and I’ve always known about AllStars. I have had it in the back of my mind as a dream and a goal. Now being this close to it and wanting it so badly is hard to believe. To get that would just be, it sounds cliche, but it would be a dream come true.”

The free summer concerts begin at 6 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. at Hoyt Park.

Scripps Ranch Symphony in the Park wishes to thank concert hosts: Greg Winsniew financial planner, Collins Family Jewelers, San Diego Castle Realty, Anderson Heating & Air, Barron Real Estate Group, and Filippi’s Pizza Scripps Ranch.

For additional information regarding the concert or if you would like to support the program with a donation visit: symphonyinthepark.org.

Guitarist Shaphir shares the same emotions and has always hoped to be able to be a part of the AllStar tour.

“I’ve been working on the guitar for a long time, and if I could receive this opportunity, it would mean a lot to me, and it’d be a huge step forward in my career. It would be a super-duper accomplishment, and I’ve always wanted to go on a tour. We’ve done a little tour with the house band here, but it’s not like on the level of AllStars,” Shaphir said.

For more information, visit schoolofrock.com/locations/ scrippsranch.