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Volume 5 Issue 2 • January 2022
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CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN
VALENTINE’S DAY You can slay Valentine’s Day
Rady Children’s Hospital – Scripps Ranch Auxiliary Unit is in its 50th year and sets a major fundraiser for June
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By Ashley Shah
R LEISURE
Video highlights local singer PAGE 11
SCHOOLS
Mustang Theatre plays are back PAGE 13
SPORTS
Roller hockey winning team PAGE 18
ady Children’s Hospital, a non-profit organization, has been serving children in San Diego County for almost 70 years. The hospital, in order to keep serving the community, has auxiliary units that help with funding and furthering the hospital’s mission. In San Diego county, there are 22 units that range all the way from Point Loma to Scripps Ranch. “The unit in Scripps Ranch was started in 1972. Back then, there were only about 12 members. They would do activities in the neighborhood to help out the hospital. Now, the unit has expanded so much,” said Yvette Gilman, chair of the Scripps Ranch Unit. Currently, the local unit has 32 active members and 27 supporting members. This April will mark the 50th anniversary of the Scripps Ranch unit. “For our 40th anniversary, we had a dinner where all members, past and current, were invited. We were able to
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hear some of the older members speak about how the unit was back in their time,” Gilman said. “We are hoping to have something very similar to that for our 50th anni-
versary celebration.” The unit meets once a month from September to June to discuss what the hospital needs, and ways to help with funding.
From setbacks to setting the stage By Ashley Shah
S HOMES
Brandy Modic is the event coordinator for Chip’n FORE, a Rady Children’s Hospital – Scripps Ranch Auxiliary Unit fundraiser set for June to benefit the hospital’s Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. (photo courtesy of Rady Children’s Hospital – Scripps Ranch Auxiliary Unit)
Each year, the unit holds an out-unit event to fundraise for a center in the hospital. “The center we are honoring this year is the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. We chose this center because two of our local children … are being treated at that center,” said Brandy Modic, chair of the event. The all outdoor event centers around a theme of golf and includes dining, drinks, listening to speakers, auctions and more. The event this year, Chip’n FORE, was originally scheduled for Feb. 12. However, due to the rise in COVID recently, the event was rescheduled to June 4. “Even though the event was rescheduled, we are still hoping everyone comes out. We are still supporting a great cause and giving back to a center that has helped our local kids so much,” Modic said. The unit hopes to raise $50,000 for the Peckham Center. “We really want to be able See CHAMPIONS, Page 4
cripps Ranch Theatre (SRT) was set to present “Heisenberg,” a full, in-person play performance for the first time in almost two years – originally scheduled to begin Jan. 14. However, due to flooding at the theater just a couple of days before opening night, the production has been postponed. “It looks like we might be able to get in next weekend, or at least the following,” said SRT spokesperson Susan Clausen. The exact dates and final decision to reschedule “Heisenberg” had not been determined at press time. When SRT
reschedules the play, it’s possible it will run for three weeks as originally planned, Clausen said. Despite the unexpected setback, the theatre’s other productions might not be affected. “I’m not sure if we’ll need to bump the rest of the season to new dates if we are able to get in next weekend, or the following,” Clausen said. This longtime Scripps Ranch institution survived the COVID shutdown and was set to resume performances of a new season when the flood occurred this month in its performance space at See SR THEATRE, Page 4
DeNae Steele and Charlie Riendeau star in the Scripps Ranch Theatre production of “Heisenberg.” (photo by Rich Soublet)
NEWS, Pages 2-4 • VALENTINE’S DAY, Pages 5-8 • LIFE, Pages 9-10 • LEISURE, Pages 11-12 • SCHOOLS, Pages 13-14 • SPORTS, Pages 15-18 • HOMES, Pages 19-20