THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW!
History’s Most Unexpected Success Stories!
By Friedrich Gomez
Even before it first aired for a nationwide viewing audience over 76 years ago today -- on 20 June 1948 -- virtually every expert and every authority in entertainment thought it was the craziest, dumbest, most ridiculous idea ever conceived.
And every single one staked their reputation and name, in predicting the show to be another “Hindenburg disaster!”
It seemed no one bothered to tell Ed Sullivan that vaudeville was dead.
Long buried and given last rites by the juggernaut that is television. Neither did anyone tell Mr. Sullivan that he was totally unfit to be anything close to a television master of ceremonies. He was god-awful. The personification of two-left feet in a walking marathon during an earthquake.
Or so everyone thought.
The so-called experts sized him up as a failure before he even went on the air. And the great ones, the golden ones, the ones who placed the master-of-ceremonies bar ex-
ceedingly high with their own inimitable skills and talents in front of the television lens – even they could not have predicted any remnant of success for him.
Legendary television host and unrivaled master of ceremonies, Art Linkletter (1912–2010), was one of them. Of Ed Sullivan, Linkletter said: “He was one of the strangest personalities that you can ever imagine in the history of the business! He had no business being on the air – at all!”
So, how could the immortal Lin-
kletter, from Moose Jaw, Canada, host of America’s favourite radio and television show “House Party,” which ran 25 successful years, and CBS’ radio and television’s “People Are Funny” for 19 years, have been so wrong? After all, Linkletter and others were the undisputed masters of their craft, the teachers and measuring rods of excellence which all aspiring M.Cs were required to emulate.
Unlike Linkletter, American actress and singer, Florence Henderson (1934-2016), best known for her role on ABC’s “The Brady Bunch”
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(1969-1974), got closer to answering the Sullivan riddle.
Where Art Linkletter left-off in his summation regarding Ed Sullivan not having any semblance of talent as a TV host, Henderson continued after Linkletter’s conclusion, to uncharted waters, and she nailed it: “We can all kinda laugh at Ed. Because half the time he couldn’t remember your name. Or he couldn’t remember someone’s last name. But, I think the audience loved that. The fact that he was himself.”
The general public can be fickle, and their likes and dislikes are often as difficult to chart as a butterfly’s erratic flight. And that is exactly what happened with The Ed Sullivan Show. The very curse of short-comings that Sullivan was said to have, only served to further endear him to the vast viewing audience.
That he appeared physically awkward, clumsy in speech, and genuinely confused on the air, only catapulted him further into the arms of an adoring public. A fickle formula which does not apply to everyone.
The mighty TIME Magazine was even confused. In 1955 the weekly New York magazine said that Sullivan closely resembled a cigar-store Indian, a stone-face with a personality to match.
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“He moves like a sleepwalker; his smile is that of a man sucking a lemon. His speech is frequently lost in a thicket of syntax.”
But, in all fairness, the magazine finally relinquished itself to the unlikely, but insurmountable, truth: “Yet, instead of frightening children, Ed Sullivan charms the whole family.”
Television had never before – or since -- seen anything like Ed Sullivan. In fact, there was nothing to compare him with. His only reference was himself. Sullivan’s physical posture, and overly-stiff mannerism on camera led many viewers to even suspect that he suffered from Bell’s Palsy (a neurological disorder that causes temporary facial paralysis)!
In 1967, twenty years into his undisputed television success, there lingered this daunting question from New York’s most enduring, powerful weekly publication. TIME Magazine still wanted to know: “What exactly is Ed Sullivan’s talent?”
Funny thing is, Sullivan knew he was god-awful before the television cameras. When he introduced famed American actress, Tallulah Bankhead to the live studio audience, he accidentally rearranged the spelling of her name in his introduction: “Oh come on! Let’s hear it for Ballulah Tankhead!”
Such moments of embarrassment kept the Sullivan viewing audience
I’m so classy, my mind’s eye wears a monocle.
On Bud’s Gun Shop Forums the question came up: What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself?
My personal favorite defense gun has always been a Beretta Jetfire in .22 short. Over all the years I’ve been hiking I never leave without it in my pocket. Of course we all know too the first rule when hiking in the wilderness is to use the “Buddy System”. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with this it means you NEVER hike alone, you bring a friend or companion, even an in-law, that way if something happens there is someone to go get help.
I remember one time hiking with my brother-in-law on Raspberry Island near Kodiak . Out of nowhere came this huge brown bear and man was she mad. We must have been near one of her cubs.
Anyway, if I had not had my little Jetfire I’d sure not be here today. Just one shot to my brother-in-law’s knee cap and I was able to escape
in stitches, not to mention, loyal fans who were often treated to the unpredictable.
Celebrities soon found it was ‘good fortune’ and momentous publicity to be accidentally lampooned by Sullivan who, inadvertently, jumpstarted many a sagging career simply by mispronouncing their names on national television! Ed Sullivan, himself, was amused by his own faux pas on camera, and went so far as to poke fun at himself.
Born Edward Vincent Sullivan in 1901 to Irish-American parents, even his birthplace was uncommon for his ethnicity. He first entered the world in Harlem, New York City. Shortly after, he would grow up in Port Chester, New York.
Though Harlem was originally a Dutch village (named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands) and was formed back in 1658, its ethnic landscape soon changed. AfricanAmerican residents began to settle in large numbers in Harlem as early as 1905, when Sullivan was only four. By the 1920s, Harlem had already morphed into a major African-American residential and business hub which peaked in the 1950s.
Even after becoming a successful reporter and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News, Sullivan often revisited Harlem.
His Harlem roots would never depart him.
by just walking at a brisk pace.
That’s one of the best pistols in my safe.
You know you’re an aging radio DJ when:
You were first hired by a GM who actually worked in radio before becoming GM.
You got off on the sound of “dead air” on the competitor’s station.
Sales guys wore Old Spice to cover the smell of liquor.
You were playing Elvis’ number one hits when he was alive.
Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the manufacturer.
You worked for only ONE station, and you could name the guy who owned it.
You remember when normal people listened to AM radio, and only “hippies” listened to FM.
He would forever appreciate African-American talent. And he showed it, openly. Sullivan biographer, Gerald Nachman, writes of the times: “Most TV variety shows welcomed ‘acceptable’ black superstars like Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey and Sammy Davis, Jr.”
However, Sullivan went the extra mile.
Nachman notes the exception with Ed Sullivan: “But in the 1950s, long before it was fashionable, Sullivan was presenting the much more obscure black entertainers he had enjoyed in Harlem on his uptown rounds – legends like Peg Leg Bates, Pigmeat Markham and Tim Moore . . . strangers to white America.”
With Sullivan, talent came first. Racial background was never a prohibitive factor. His pioneering spirit brought the likes of Bo Diddley, the Platters, Fats Domino, and Jackie Wilson, early on. Before it became fashionable to do so. Motown singing sensation, the Supremes, would appear 17 times on his show. As critic, John Leonard, wrote, “There wasn’t an important black artist who didn’t appear on Ed’s show.”
Sullivan was full of unpredictable surprises. Even today, many are
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Radio stations used to have enough on-air talent to field a softball team every summer.
You’re at least 10 years older than the last two GM’s who fired you.
You used to smoke in a radio station and nobody cared.
Engineers always had the worst body odor, not because they worked too hard, but because they just didn’t shower that often.
You can name at least 2 receptionists that you nailed who now have grandchildren.
You know the difference between good reel-to-reel tape and cheap reel-to-reel tape.
Religious radio stations were locally owned, run by an old Protestant minister and his wife, never had more than 20 listeners at any given time, and still made money.
You have a white wax pencil, a razor blade, and a spool of 3M splicing tape in your desk drawer - just in case.
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surprised, even shocked, to learn about certain segments of his life. For example, with his stiff, awkward body movements, it stuns many to find out that he was once a former boxer! Fact often surpasses fiction.
Although Ed Sullivan had a healthy sense of humour and enjoyed –even encouraged – celebrities to make fun of him on his own television show, this was not always the case. His self-deprecating humour only came about after he was an established star. As a younger man, climbing the ladder of show-business success, Sullivan had a notoriously short fuse for those who critiqued him, negatively. Back in 1948 when he was a new up-andcoming TV host of his own variety show, Toast of the Town, (which later became The Ed Sullivan Show), Ed was not yet firmly established and, therefore, still thin-skinned. Critics carpet-bombed him as host of his new television show with bad reviews and he was far from being amused. When Harriet Van Horne said: “He got where he is not by having a personality, but by having no personality,” Ed wrote back to Van Horne in his shortest reply on record:
“Dear Miss Van Horne: You bitch. Sincerely, Ed Sullivan.”
At times, Ed Sullivan would change his mind and over-rule himself. Initially, during his reign on The Ed Sullivan Show, he wished to stay clear of the hip-swiveling, naughty boy of rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley, stating that he would never book him on his show. However, when the gyrating Memphis phenomenon became too big of a sensation to ignore, Sullivan caved.
He signed the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in 1956 for three appearances! The exposure would explode on TV sets across America, skyrocketing The Ed Sullivan Show through the rafters.
But, there would be a heavy price to pay.
There was a tremendous backlash to rock ‘n’ roll, with some segments of 1950s America denouncing it as the “music of the devil,” and equating it “with corrupting the youth of America!” After Elvis Presley’s second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, mobs of people in various cities demonstrated and burned effigies of Elvis Presley! These angry crowds denounced the so-called “King of Rock and Roll” as a devil incarnate. An evil role model that was leading American youth into decay and corruption.
The ensuing controversy motivated CBS censors to demand that Elvis Presley be filmed only from the waist-up during his upcoming third and final performance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
On the evening of 6 January 1957, Elvis gyrated and shook and vibrated with excitement as he sang his heart out to a screaming assemblage of wild, rabid fans who saw it all. However, the television-viewing audience that night, missed half the show – literally. Home-viewers only saw 50% of the excitement, with CBS cameras airing “Elvis the Pelvis” at times, only from the waist up!
When Elvis was finished, Ed Sullivan would add closure and defend the 22-year-olde Memphis rock star against his vicious detractors. Ed had come to know Elvis on a personal level, and felt compelled to make amends for his friend. In front of a massive television viewing audience across America, he voiced: “I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real decent, fine boy, and wherever you go, Elvis, we want to say we’ve never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we’ve had with you.”
Sullivan was not making a selfserving gesture to further ingratiate himself to America’s youth.
He was in deadly earnest.
While it is true that he was a television pioneer, he was also not the ‘formula success story.’ He gave a new face to television by giving it an olde one called vaudeville. Sullivan went to the gravesite of vaudeville and dared resurrect the age-olde craft by serving up -- and giving renewed life -- to acts like plate spinning, contortionists, acrobats, magicians, comics, animal acts, ventriloquists, and the like. In so doing, Sullivan – along with his dull, driftwood dry persona -- was the most unlikely of television success stories. His saving grace was that he never listened to the so-called expert naysayers and predictors-of-doom. Quite the contrary, he became a superstar ringmaster of sorts, bringing international acts and cosmopolitan stars to homespun Americana.
“The person who left the biggest mark on TV variety had absolutely no visible talent. Perhaps the most improbable star in television history!” (“Pioneers of Television,” PBS video, 2008.) Singer, TV host, and actor, Pat Boone would quip, “He had a peculiar – you might call it a genius – but there was a radar kinda thing and he knew what the audience wanted to see and hear. And he brought it to them.”
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El Camino Quilters guild meeting November 12 • 9:30am
El Camino Quilters Guild will meet at 9:30 am on Tuesday November 12th at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Dr. in Oceanside 92056. Guest fee: $10.
Our November guest speaker is Swan Sheridan www.swanamity. com. Her lecture is entitled “Color Theory Applied: Fabric Collecting and Usage”.
Her workshop, “Popped Color” will be November 13th at Quilt in a Day quilt shop in San Marcos. Workshop fee: $55.
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El Camino Quilters is a non-profit group. We donate hundreds of quilts and other handmade items to a variety of groups including Rady Children’s Hospital, Senior centers, hospitals, police and military groups.
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Writers Workshop November 16th Vista Library
Aspiring and seasoned writers, join author Matt Coyle on Saturday, November 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm for an in-person workshop titled Chapter One: Beginnings. We’ll discuss strategies for hooking your readers early and introducing your protagonist in a compelling way. Please be prepared to write in class.
Matt Coyle brings a wealth of experience as the author of the bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. He knew he wanted to write mysteries when he was thirteen and his father gave him The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler. Matt’s books have won the Anthony, Shamus, Lefty, Authors on the Air Book of the Year, and the San Diego Book Awards. He was named the 2021 Mystery Writer of the Year by the San Diego Writers Festival.
Writers’ Workshops are free, and registration is required as space is limited. Register by calling 760643-5100, press 3, or online: sdcl. org/vista.
Community Education series
Join us on the 3rd Monday of each month (10:00am to noon)
November 18 – Possibly Cybersecurity
Presented by Hospice of the North Coast and the Senior Service Council of Escondido
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Currently seeking reception volunteers to join our team. Can you spare 3 hours a week? Since 1972, SSCE has provided various services, support groups, tech tutoring and healthcare counseling for seniors in our community. Skills: Reception Desk customer service plus some computer experience, appointment scheduling, emails & website searches is great!
Bilingual volunteers encouraged to apply. Please stop by for more info and an application. Senior Service Council Escondido, 728 N Broadway Escondido, CA 92025, (760) 480-0611, http://www.escondidosenior-services.org
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Chess at Park avenue Community Center Home of Escondido Senior Center 210 Park Avenue, Escondido 760-839-4688
Chess players of all skill levels are welcome every Wednesday in the shuffleboard building from Noon –3 p.m. Friendly games with large boards and pieces provided. Follow the signs or ask at the front desk for directions.
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san diego County schools adopting drug Prevention and anti-overdose Programs
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan joined law enforcement leaders, school officials and the California National Guard to announce the release of a new report outlining recommendations for drug prevention education and anti-overdose efforts in schools.
Nearly two dozen schools across San Diego County are already adopting and implementing recommendations from the working group that produced the report which includes five drug abuse prevention and three drug overdose prevention programs.
School-based Interventions for Substance Use and Overdose Prevention lays a foundation for programs in a school setting that can deter or delay the onset of substance use, slow or stop the progression of use and development of substance use disorders and minimize the adverse impact of substance use on students, their families and community, and the economy.
“The San Diego County Office of Education has long been a proponent of substance abuse prevention education that incorporates life skills, healthy behaviors, and overall wellness because it’s the right thing for kids,” said Dr. Gloria E. Ciriza, County Superintendent of Schools. “We are fortunate
Man About Town
That’s how you consume Pho.
Pho (pronounced Fa, as in do, re, me, fa . . ) is the Vietnamese Noodle Soup with chicken, beef, or pork. I prefer chicken as I’ve learned Vietnamese beef tends to be tough and stringy.
Problem is . . . there’s no way to consume pho and appear dignified
to have strong partnerships with county leaders, law enforcement agencies, and community-based organizations that bring researchvalidated programs to support our region’s children in staying healthy and safe.”
Fatal overdoses involving fentanyl have surged in recent years in the United States and research shows that deaths among children have increased significantly, mirroring trends among adults. Fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than morphine, is now present in nearly all illegal substances used by teens. Older adolescent fentanyl poisonings are primarily the result of counterfeit pills containing a lethal dose of fentanyl.
Decades of research has shown that much can be achieved through primary prevention interventions delivered during childhood and adolescence to reduce an individual’s later risk for drug use disorders. Prevention efforts must be initiated in early adolescence and should be targeted towards preventing the use of common substances that are legal for adults but remain illegal for adolescents such as alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana. These substances are often referred to as gateway drugs and may lead to the use of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or opioids that may also contain fentanyl.
and a regular cosmopolitan.
You pretty much have to slurp it . . as in spaghetti.
That’s why I seldom take clients . . . or other important guests, out for lunch at a Pho restaurant.
SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) has been such a patient, good girl over the weekend that I decided to treat her to lunch. I took her to Pho Ca Dao, a Pho restaurant in Escondido at 609 N. Escondido Blvd (760) 975.3912.
During the two years I spent in S. Vietnam as a civilian war correspondent I never once heard of Pho. It was only after returning to the States that I learned it had become a popular Vietnamese food for Americans. I absolutely love Pho! Problem is, it has a lot of great noodles in a lovely chicken broth . . . along with Thailand’s delicious and fragrant basil and lots of fresh bean sprouts . . . and all those noodles are almost solid carbohydrates, which converts to sugar, which makes those of us with diabetes have instant high blood sugar; in my case, that makes me
Based on the data and research reviewed, two specific goals were identified:
• Prevent initiation or escalation of substance use in youth 18 and under through evidence-based substance use prevention curricula in schools.
• Prevent overdoses in youth 18 and under using the best available evidence.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr. Editor:
As a friend of yours and the Paper, you have asked me to respond to the letters regarding Friedrich’s article, “Is There An Afterlife?” I am happy to do that as a believer in the Freedom Of The Press.
very drowsy . . so right after writing this . . it will be nap time.
I ordered Chicken Pho $12.75 . . Mary had a pulled pork Banh Mi sandwich, $10.25 - I had a diet Coke . .Mary had ice water.
Pho Ca Dao is a lovely restaurant, spotlessly clean, great decor, modern up to date, state of the art amenities. One thing I don’t understand. They have robots deliver the food to the table.
Why?
The server/wait staff have to unload the plates from the robot to your table . . .and I much prefer a server with whom I can chat . . or if female, flirt with. Really hard to flirt with a robot. They are not nearly as warm and friendly as a real, live, female server.
The food is outstanding, very generous servings . . .and our server, Brian, was very pleasant and helpful. After our meal he even helped Mary to the car (both Mary and I are in our late middle earlies and sometimes have to walk rather gingerly to and from our car).
My comments will be brief, not as a defense for my response, but as an explanation. I complimented Friedrich for writing about an ageold question,” Is There Life After Death?” I ask the same question in my query as to my wife’s recent death. Who really knows? We can be presumptuous in answering out of our own needs or just leave it out there as a mystery. My attempt was to provide a non-judgemental answer from the Bible, as many have found helpful in their journey with death. It was not to judge those who accept or reject it, including Friedrich.
Friedrich is a dear friend, and I would never write anything to suggest otherwise, especially in judgment. We share a common belief, which is comforting in our grief.
Pastor Huls
To submit a letter to the editor, please email thepaper@ cox.net. Please be respectful, limit your letter to a maximum of 300 words and include your full name, e-mail address, town, and a valid phone number where you can be reached. Letters will not be published anonymously. Letters are subject to editing. Please no hand written letters.
I will definitely return to Pho Ca Dao . . . very much worth your support and you will come away with a full belly and a contented smile.
Given my story above about eating Pho, the Vietnamese Noodle Soup, good friend and long time member of he Escondido Hidden Valley Kiwanis Club, and a retired CPA, Kevin Camperel, emailed me an amusing, and very timely piece that may be helpful to you as you expand your cuisine searches and feasts. We will, as part of this study, also study “slurping.
The essay, with only a few edits, comes from Louisa, a writer for Eating Around Italy,com:
Every culture has their own way of enjoying and eating pasta but who’s to say that there is a wrong or right way? Italy is, of course! Italians eat pasta as if it’s a sacred moment so let’s take a closer look at how best to eat this famous food in Italy!
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But even a powerful, well-established national icon such as Ed Sullivan often walked on thin ice.
On some issues, he would not back down. These moments comprise a most riveting side to a stubborn Sullivan, perhaps a throwback to his great Irish roots, where he knew not compromise, even at the expense of losing his own show.
Advertisers and sponsors are the lifeblood of any show, and they foot the bill. Sullivan would soon meet his ultimate challenge in a door-die standoff. In one pivotal situation, he continued to ignore and defy pressure to avoid interacting with black performers whenever they appeared on his show. Sullivan’s refusal to comply incensed the show’s sponsors to finally ante-up their demand that Ed completely keep all African-American entertainers from appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show. Period.
According to brilliant biographer, Jerry Bowles, “Sullivan had to fend off his hard-won sponsor, Ford’s Lincoln dealers, after kissing Pearl Bailey on the cheek and daring to shake Nat King Cole’s hand.”
These were the advertisers which underwrote the show’s existence, yet their supreme powers were met eyeball-to-eyeball with Ed Sullivan. In a classic stare-down, it was
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If you are coming to Italy and wondering if you will get clobbered on the head for cutting your pasta with a knife and fork the short answer is no, you won’t BUT there are consequences!
Living in Italy since 2012 has given me first hand knowledge and experience in terms of Italian eating etiquette, do’s and don’t and when and when not when it comes to Italian food.
While it’s not ‘illegal’ to cut your pasta in Italy, let’s take a look at what will happen if you decide to do so while visiting.
Is It Illegal To Cut Pasta In Italy?
Italians take their pasta eating etiquette to a whole new level and while you won’t be thrown in jail for cutting your pasta in Italy, you can be sure you are going to get the stink eye or at least an eye roll. Note that this doesn’t apply to cutting large pasta like ravioli!
No one is going to kick you out of their restaurant but they aren’t going to facilitate your unapproved
the network sponsors who blinked first.
On one occasion, Sullivan dismantled the sponsors’ ultimatum in a most shocking episode that stunned the television industry from the ground up. According to author, Jerry Bowles, “Sullivan once had a Ford executive (physically) thrown out of the theatre when he suggested that Sullivan stop booking so many black acts.”
In another scenario, Ed Sullivan reached the end of his rope. Bowles captured that explosive moment for posterity: “And a dealer in Cleveland told him, ‘We realise that you got to have niggers on your show. But do you have to put your arm around Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson at the end of his dance?’”
According to Bowles, “Sullivan had to be physically restrained from beating the man to a pulp.”
In a final rebellious act of tweaking the noses of his sponsors, Sullivan would later raise money to help pay for Robinson’s funeral.
Through all the years, the great show host retained his mantle of eccentricity. His odd behaviour and antics were well-known by the phalanx of celebrities and entertainers who appeared on his legendary show. Comedian, Phyllis Diller, was ultra-shocked at one of her encounters with the celebrated impresario. Sullivan often wanted performers to audition at 8 a.m. in
pasta requests such as a spoon, knife (unless you are eating with kids), extra bread, or cheese on seafood pasta.
So, how do Italians eat their pasta then? There is really only one way: with a fork. No knife. No spoon.
Italians eat pasta with just a fork and perhaps a crust of bread for mopping up the pasta sauce left on your plate at the end.
Italians will either twirl their spaghetti or long pasta such as tagliatelle or pappardelle or they will just fork a couple pieces of pasta onto
his apartment.
And they did. Comedian Diller recalls one such bizarre experience. “Ed comes out of his bedroom in his bath robe, at first barefoot, then with slippers, with his dog – a black poodle – and while I’m doing what I thought was a very funny routine, his dog is nibbling on my toes and I’m going nuts! I can’t concentrate! It was a disaster!” Diller would never forget the surreal episode, “And Ed, it’s his first cup of coffee and he’s coughing, and groaning, and clearing the phlegm from his throat!”
That Ed Sullivan had a quick temper and a long memory that held fast to grudges was a well-known fact. As Ed once relented, “I’m a pop-off. I flare up, then I go around apologising.”
But, Ed was more than just a popoff. He could be the insidious gremlin that could sabotage an act on his own show. And he did. More than once.
In 1958 Buddy Holly and the Crickets were booked for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The conservative Sullivan thought Holly’s hit song, “Oh, Boy!” to be too raucous and over-the-top for his audience. Ed’s suggestion to sing a substitute song was rejected outright by the Lubbock, Texas, rock star. An annoyed Sullivan retaliated by cutting Holly’s scheduled song numbers from two to only one. Then, Ed Sullivan
their fork and eat it. That’s it.
You will never see an Italian twirling their pasta with a spoon and fork. They will simply pull out a couple strands of pasta and gently twirl it on the side of their plate. Avoid stabbing your fork into the middle of your pasta mound and trying to twirl – it just won’t work!
Italians Don’t Slurp Their Pasta
Italians will never slurp dangling spaghetti from a fork. As a tourist, I suggest you don’t do this either if you are at a restaurant in Italy. It’s simply poor eating etiquette.
mispronounced Buddy Holly’s name on the air -- this time, on purpose -- during the introduction. A little known fact that has come to light is an added piece of hidden drama behind the scenes at the time -- a grudgeful Ed secretly saw to it that Buddy Holly’s guitar amplifier was turned off!
That Ed Sullivan was capable of such mischievous and revengeful acts only added to his lore and legend. Such episodes neither detracted nor diminished his popularity with the public. If anything, such notoriety kept him a hot topic of discussion around the water coolers.
Another celebrated incident happened with popular Jewish standup comedian, Jackie Mason. It happened when The Ed Sullivan Show was interrupted due to President Lyndon Johnson’s speech to the nation in October of 1964. Sullivan had to curtail Jackie Mason’s comedy turn to only two minutes. The offstage distraction of Ed continually holding two fingers to remind Mason of his two-minute time limit only served to distract the live studio audience (Sullivan was onstage but off camera). The audience distraction caused most of the comic’s jokes to go ‘south,’ into the tank. A flustered and angered Mason finally said out loud on the air, “I’m getting fingers here!” and
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Italians love Parmigiano cheese on their pasta EXCEPT for a couple of dishes such as with fresh seafood. If you have ordered some fresh seafood pasta on the coast, don’t bother asking for cheese, you just won’t get it!
Italians won’t eat bread or garlic bread with their pasta. At most, they will use a crust of bread to mop up the sauce left on their plate. Bread is typically served with appetizers and main courses. This may also have something to do with why Italians manage to stay fit and eat so much pasta at the same time!
5th District Supervisor Jim Desmond say No to men in Women’s sports serving Constituents
A legislator’s duties in Sacramento include introducing and voting on legislation and state budgets that impact the lives of millions. Though this gets the most attention, another major responsibility involves assisting constituents who need help dealing with the state’s massive, and at times, very inefficient bureaucracy. That responsibility falls to the District Office (DO).
I’m very proud that over the past 12 years my DO handled over 20,000 cases that have been submitted to us by constituents. These involve problems with multiple state agencies including the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), unemployment and disability claims at the Employment Development Department (EDD), firearms and background checks with the Department of Justice (DOJ), help with Medi-Cal and health insurance and issues/problems with hundreds of other state agencies and departments.
Problems with EDD during the pandemic stand out. Beginning in March of 2020, EDD collapsed under the weight of thousands of people being laid off, virtually simultaneously. Getting through to EDD by phone was impossible. Out of necessity, EDD claimants
turned to District Offices all over California, which became virtual EDD extensions. During this period, my DO handled over 3,000 EDD cases – on top of all the other cases that come before us. We frequently processed over 30 EDD cases each day, up from only seven during all of 2019. Due to the unprecedented number of new cases, along with claimant identity issues, computer glitches and fraudsters gaming the system, it could take EDD weeks and even months to process -- and pay -many of their stressed and desperate claimants. At times each of my DO staff had over 50 open EDD cases – we had to hire additional, temporary staff to handle the deluge.
But that’s why we’re here. My staff and I have always taken our responsibility to help constituents very seriously. Going forward, rest assured that this will not change when the new legislative session begins December 2nd.
Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R- Valley Center, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the cities of Poway, Santee, portions of the City of San Diego, and most of rural eastern and northern San Diego County.
I want to bring an important situation to your attention. San Diego State University’s Women’s Volleyball team is scheduled to play against San Jose State on November 9.
San Jose State’s team includes a male athlete, leading several teams to boycott matches due to concerns about fairness and safety. Despite this, our local university, SDSU, is set to compete with them on November 9.
In collaboration with Riley Gaines and Payton McNabb, I’ve sent a letter to SDSU’s Women’s Volleyball team, urging them to reconsider participating in this match. For those unfamiliar, Riley and Payton are prominent advocates for women’s sports.
Riley gained national attention after speaking out about tying with UPenn’s Lia Thomas, a male swimmer, at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
Payton’s advocacy is deeply personal; she sustained severe injuries, including a traumatic blow to the head that left her with lasting physical and mental effects, impaired vision, and partial paralysis on her right side. This injury occurred after a volleyball spike by a
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male athlete on an opposing team.
This call to action is rooted in fairness and common sense. As an SDSU alum, I’m committed to standing up for women’s sports. Below is the letter we have shared with the SDSU Women’s Volleyball team…
Allowing males to compete in women’s sports is wrong. It jeopardizes physical safety and strips away the merit of fair competition.
We are reaching out as advocates for fairness and safety in women’s sports and as individuals who deeply admire the dedication and spirit you bring to SDSU Women’s Volleyball.
I, an SDSU alum and San Diego County Supervisor, along with Riley Gaines, a 12-time All-American swimmer and Independent Women’s Forum Ambassador, Payton McNabb, feel a deep responsibility to address a critical issue impacting you and future generations of female athletes.
San Jose State’s Women’s Volleyball team has a male on its roster.
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Where’s the safest place to put your passport?
The best place to put your passport is definitely not the seatback pocket on an overnight flight from Orlando to Paris. Which is exactly where my young son left his.
He’d been so insistent on carrying his own passport, and I thought, “Why not? It’ll teach him to be responsible.”
But my timing was off. My son, then 11, left his passport on the Air France flight. And of course, once my family had disembarked, they would not let us back on the plane.
How would we get through customs?
More than 300,000 American passports are lost or stolen every year, according to the U.S. State Department.
“The safety of your passport is paramount,” says Raymond Yorke,
a spokesman for Redpoint Resolutions, a travel insurance company.
That’s because you can’t cross a border without a passport. The best place for an important document like a passport would be in a
vault in your home, but that would defeat the purpose of a passport. It has to go with you and it has to stay safe. But how?
What To do With Your Passport When You Travel
Here are a few tricks for keeping your passport safe.
Never put your passport in your back pocket.
“That’s one of the worst places for it,” says Jeremy Murchland, president of Seven Corners Travel Insurance. He says many Americans feel they have to carry their passport with them at all times, but it puts them at greater risk of being pickpocketed. Murchland recommends that you leave your passport in your hotel safe.
When you carry your passport on your person, hide it.
There are also times when you have to carry it. So then what?
“My luggage has a hidden zipper pocket built into the lining,” says Adam St. John, CEO of Sitata. “I
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By Tom Morrow
Few journalists have ever witnessed world history more closely than Edward R. Murrow and William L. Shirer. Together, they reported the horrors of World War II, before, during and after.
Murrow first gained prominence prior to World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS radio. Shirer was the first of the so called “Murrow’s Boys,” a team of CBS broadcast journalists who provided news coverage during World War II and many years afterward.
From 1937 until the end of 1940 Shirer covered the rise of Nazi Germany for CBS. He later wrote a successful 1941 memoir about those years, Berlin Diary. Today it is a must-read for students of World War II’s history.
At first, CBS prohibited correspon-
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store valuables like my passport and spare cash in there.” Other popular places to store a passport include a money belt and the inner pockets of a backpack.
There’s a third way.
You may need to show your passport if you’re shopping and want to get a VAT refund. But you can still leave your passport in the hotel safe, says Julie Ann Hargett, a luxury travel advisor. “Just take a picture of your passport,” she says. Often, showing a picture of the document is enough. And if it isn’t, Hargett says you bring the passport, keep it in a safe place like a money belt, but make a copy of the passport and leave it in the safe. Having a picture makes it easier to get a replacement if your passport is lost or stolen.
What if your passport is lost or stolen while you’re abroad?
If you have an American passport, you’ll have to appear in person at the nearest embassy or consulate to apply for a replacement passport. Most of the passports issued by the
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dents from reporting first hand. That ended in March 1938 when Shirer was in Vienna. After weeks of mounting pressure by Nazi Germany on the Austrian government, German troops controlled Austrian state radio prohibiting Shirer’s broadcasts. Shirer flew to London where he broadcast the first uncensored eyewitness account of the Austrian annexation. The next day, CBS’s New York headquarters asked Shirer and Murrow to produce a European roundup, a 30-minute broadcast featuring live reporting. “The CBS World News Roundup” is still on the air each morning and evening, broadcasting’s oldest network news series.
State Department are valid for 10 years for adults and five for minors. But if it’s an emergency passport, it may only be valid for one year. I also have some advanced strategies for handling your passport in my complete guide to passports on my advocacy website, Elliott.org.
Passport safety strategies You Need To Know
Sometimes when you check into a hotel while you’re abroad, the property will ask to make a copy of it. Be discreet. Don’t leave it unattended anywhere, like on a table when you’re in a café. “It’ll get stolen from right under your nose in less than a blink of your eye,” says Sangeeta Sadarangani, CEO of Crossing Travel. Instead, be discreet and always have eyes on your passport when it’s out in the open.
If you store your passport in the hotel safe, don’t forget it when you leave. How do you do that?
Betsy Ball, a partner at Euro Travel Coach, always puts one of her shoes in the safe. “That way, when you are packing up, you’ll notice that one shoe is missing,” she says. “That will prompt you to get your shoe, and your passport and valu-
Murrow became a popular nightly radio voice broadcasting from a rooftop in London as the city was being bombed by Nazi aircraft. The dramatic sounds of bombs bursting in the background during Murrow’s broadcasts brought the “Battle of Britain” to America.
As the CBS World News segment grew Murrow’s original “Boys” team became familiar to the American audience. The team included:
Eric Sevareid covered the 1940 fall of France and the London Blitz, later covering the war’s progress in Great Britain, Italy, and Germany.
Larry LeSueur covered the Battle of Britain “Blitz,” the Eastern Front, and key battles in France.
ables, out of the safe and pack them up with your other belongings before moving on in your travels.”
If your passport is lost or stolen, if you have the right insurance policy, it will reimburse the cost of replacing it. David Weisselberger, an attorney from Miami, says he’ll never forget the terrifying experience of having his passport stolen while traveling abroad.
“I assumed my travel insurance policy would cover the charges,” he says. “But I was surprised to learn that it only refunded a portion of the expenses. The policy’s fine print said that it only covered theft from a hotel safe, not from a personal bag.”
He says he’ll always review his travel insurance policy to ensure it covers a lost or stolen passport in all circumstances.
Did we ever get into France?
So what happened to my son’s passport? Well, after collecting our wits, we asked a gate agent for help. She arranged to search the plane, which was being cleaned. And sure enough, the passport was exactly where my son had left it.
Charles Collingwood covered the North African campaign, and the liberation of France.
Richard C. Hottelet covered Allied progress in Great Britain, France, and Germany.
Howard K. Smith covered Germany and later reported from Switzerland and France.
Winston Burdett covered Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Italy.
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We made it through customs without any trouble.
But that was a close one. Also, an important lesson. My son has since traveled all over the world, and now he always knows where his passport is. He hasn’t even misplaced it -- not once.
A missing passport may be just a blip on the radar of life’s misadventures. But as we stood in the terminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport looking at a possible forced repatriation, I couldn’t help but smile at the irony. We’d crossed the ocean only to get stuck between our gate and French customs. Fortunately, we made it to France, my son emerged a wiser traveler, and I learned that sometimes, the best parenting moments come gift-wrapped in near-disaster packaging.
Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist. He founded Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps solve consumer problems. He publishes Elliott Confidential, a travel newsletter, and the Elliott Report, a news site about customer service. If you need help with a consumer problem, you can email him at chris@elliott.org.
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should you use ai to plan your next trip?
How do you use artificial intelligence for your next trip? Maybe it’s more like, how don’t you?
A survey by Adobe finds more than half of Americans (53 percent) have turned to AI for help with travel. The top applications in travel include comparison shopping (93 percent), discovering the working hours for hotel services and restaurants (90 percent), and finding nearby parking, restaurants, and pharmacies (90 percent).
The poll doesn’t say how well AI performed, including errors, hallucinations or simply misunderstanding the prompt.
And the truth is, AI isn’t quite ready for prime time. It’s often not up to date, it’s imprecise, and the major AIs can’t book a trip for you yet. But an AI can offer general recommendations, whittle down a lot of data into something you can use -- and it’s lightning fast.
When should you use ai to plan a trip?
But there are also instances when AI can be a helpful tool. For example:
If You Need A Travel Recommendation
“For people who would like to decide and shortlist where they want to travel, AI is useful,” says Sangeeta Sadarangani, CEO of Crossing, a multinational travel agency headquartered in London. “I see AI as the raw material for creating a trip.” But for the finesse, the elegance, and the deep personalization, a human being is still the best travel support. That’s because no two clients are the same and this is where your personal travel advisor can curate a better itinerary for you. An AI just can’t know you that well -- at least, not yet.
If You Need To Analyze Lots Of Data
“Travelers are drowning in data,” says Bob Bacheler, managing director of Flying Angels, a medical transport service. “AI can analyze vast amounts of this data to understand a traveler’s preferences and history, offering highly personalized travel recommendations.” So if you want to sift through megabytes of information and find something useful, like a restaurant recommendation or activity, AI may be able to help. It’s especially useful when you also tell the AI your likes and dislikes.
If You’re In A Hurry AI can suggest local activities and
popular destinations in a few seconds in many different languages, generating rapid results that humans can’t. AI can also handle some customer-service functions at hotels in just a fraction of the time a person would, according to Tim Hentschel, CEO of HotelPlanner.com. “Humans lack the speed and precision needed for such rapid analysis,” he says.
“Overall, discovery is one of the best opportunities for AI in travel,” says Shiyi Pickrell, Expedia’s senior vice president of data and AI.
Expedia’s research suggests travelers view 141 pages of travel content in the 45 days before booking a trip, she says.
“That’s a lot of time spent just on planning and something that generative AI can simplify,” she says.
So AI can be useful, as long as you know when to use it.
Here’s When You should Not use ai To Plan Travel
There are times when you’ll want to avoid using most AIs. For example:
When You Need The Latest Information
Many AIs don’t have the latest information. “That makes using AI to plan a vacation extremely risky,” says Brandon Foster, owner of Magic Lamp Vacations, a travel agency that specializes in theme park vacations. “An AI might be
into booking travel with an AI. You could end up with a ticket you never ordered. (AIs like Skyscanner’s Savvy Search and Gemini from Google use AI but still don’t handle reservations.)
Generally, AI still has some gaping holes when it comes to functionality, according to experts.
“I still don’t think we’re at the point when AI can be trusted to do much in the way of booking trips or making travel-related arrangements,” says Emily DeJeu, who teaches business management communication at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. “People are better at that because human agents, like travel agents, understand they are accountable for getting things right, and that accountability creates trust.”
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able to provide general recommendations such as ‘What do I do if my flight is canceled?’ But it will never be able to replace a human who does have the latest information.”
Pro tip: There is no substitute for conducting your own research, which includes contacting the business directly. Don’t rely solely on an AI.
When You Need Insider Information About A Place
“You’re unlikely to find local favorites and hidden gems,” says Peggy Cleveland, author of “100 Things To Do In Tacoma Before You Die.”
And she should know; she specialized in finding both. She’s queried ChatGPT many times to get insider information on Tacoma and sees frequent responses that would lead the average visitor to make a wrong decision about a restaurant or attraction. A well-written article researched by a human would have been more useful.
If You Want To Book An Airline Ticket Or Hotel Room
None of the major AIs can find an airfare or hotel rate and book it for you yet, says John Maly, a lawyer and an expert witness on AI. “So right now, humans are better at this task than AIs, but that’s largely because the AIs are denied direct access to the flight databases.” This will probably change soon, but experts say you should be careful before jumping
I’ve had a tortured relationship with AI since the first version of ChatGPT flickered to life. I love the speed and depth of knowledge of artificial intelligence. For example, it generated a full itinerary when I planned my recent reporting trip to the Caribbean, which was mostly reliable.
And there’s that word -- “mostly.” AI has recommended destinations that were closed, supplied me with inaccurate information about opening hours, and sent me to closed attractions. I can’t fully trust it -yet.
But others can. Katharine Nohr, an attorney from Honolulu, used ChatGPT to schedule a recent trip to Japan for a friend.
“I used AI to create a detailed itinerary, list of top attractions to see, and common travel phrases in Japanese,” she says.
Nohr says the itinerary was reliable and that she’s used AI to plan other trips, including a summer trip to the Olympics.
Working with an AI is like asking your know-it-all-friend to plan your next trip. It’s helpful, but you might want to check the facts.
Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist. He founded Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps solve consumer problems. He publishes Elliott Confidential, a travel newsletter, and the Elliott Report, a news site about customer service. If you need help with a consumer problem, you can email him at chris@elliott.org.
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Humane Society Offers Many resources for Pet families
Unexpected life events like housing instability, hospitalization or other emergencies can make caring for a pet feel impossible. Many owners are faced with the heartbreaking decision to give up their beloved companion during times of hardship, but this isn’t the only option.
The San Diego Humane Society provides resources and support for families looking for short-term care options, including pet boarding, guides for temporary care agreements and pet-friendly housing resources. Additionally, our Safety Net Foster Program offers foster care for pets while their families are experiencing hardship or instability. This gives community members time to get back on their feet and then reunite with their pets.
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Community Veterinary Program
Our Community Veterinary Program helps pet owners keep their beloved companions healthy and happy by providing low-cost preventive and basic sick care. Our San Diego Campus clinic services are now available by appointment only, Tuesday through Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Appointments can be made by calling 858216-3908 during business hours. We also offer mobile clinic services, bringing veterinary services directly into the communities that need them most. The Community Veterinary Program does not provide emergency or urgent care services.
Community Pet Pantry
We’re always here to support pet families when they need a helping hand. Our Community Pet Pantry is open to provide free pet food and other supplies as available. You can visit our campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside and San Diego to access this service, no appointment needed. You can also find our Pantry at neighborhood distribution locations across San Diego County: Spay/Neuter Vouchers
Spaying and neutering helps your pets stay healthy and prevents overpopulation in our community. San Diego Humane Society offers a limited number of spay/neuter
Resources
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The Pastor says . . . Time for fun
It was my privilege to attend a dinner recently in a retirement home. As I observed the attendees, I saw that many seemed to enjoy wearing costumes for the Halloween Gala. It was good to hear laughter and watch many join in clapping and foot stomping to the music of their generation. It also made me ask what it takes to have fun. When do we lose that magic moment of fun? A dear friend who is now deceased used to ask the question when we were together, “Are we having fun yet?” I have thought long and hard about that question. Does age make a difference, a good meal, a Comedy, or a certain person in our life? What is fun, and what makes it possible to have it?
I have been in the religious world all my life. We never laughed in a church service. Usually, the minister was dressed in black and always had a somber tone of judgment if we did a bad thing, which was most of the time. Sunday, especially, was never a good time to have fun. That carried over into the week. Now that I am older, I am forced to carry that cloak with me, which leads me to ask, Is there a time for fun, and how do we have it without judgment? I ask you, readers, When was the last time you had a good laugh with fun?
I have noticed that some casino billboard advertisements use the word ‘funner’ to appeal to customers. Is it because the world sees our society dull, uninteresting, unfunny, unenjoyable, and even unassuming? I think so when I read the news and listen to the politicians and even church messengers. There is much gloom and doom regarding world events, even in the religious world. There is little left for non-cynical, non-judgemental, and non-fearful living.
Is this the way our Creator, and yes, even Jesus, wants us to be? The Paper, at least as an alternative, gives us a section on humor. Often, that section is the first thing people turn to when a new edition is issued. Thank you, Lyle, for some humor and fun.
The Bible is not without a reference to having joy and fun. In Proverbs (17:22) it says, “A joyful heart is good medicine.” In Ecclesiastes (5:18) it says, “This is what I have sewn to be good and fitting; to eat, to drink, and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him, for this is his reward.”
Too much seriousness weighs us down. The story of the lost sheep is told in the parable of the Good Shepherd. When the lost sheep are found, heaven’s angels have fun rejoicing. If having fun for the good things of God was good enough for the angels, isn’t having fun good enough for us?
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Pet Parade
Svetlana is a 3-year-old, 7-1/2pound, female, Domestic Long Hair cat with a Blue Tabby coat.
She was picked up as a stray and taken to a crowded shelter. When nobody came to claim her, she was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through Friends of County Animal Shelters (FOCAS.)
For more, call 760-746-6611
San Diego Humane Society is supporting families and their pets who need a little extra help.
Through the Community Pet Pantry, anyone can visit our campuses to pick up a bag of dog or cat food, and other supplies, as available.
No appointment is needed for this service. Hours are Tuesday-Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
El Cajon 373 N. Marshall Ave.
Escondido 3500 Burnet Drive
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sabastian
When she arrived at Rancho Coastal Humane Society and her crate was opened, she walked right out to greet the animal care providers. She sat on their laps, “making biscuits” and purring. She’s social and squishy. Svetlana likes playing with wand toys.
The $100 adoption fee for Svetlana includes medical exam, spay, up to date vaccinations, and registered microchip. For more information visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas, call 760753-6413, or log on to www.SDpets.org. The kennels and cattery are open 11 to 4 Thursday through Monday, and by appointment on Wednesday.
Scruffy Sabastian is connoisseur of quiet moments and refined relaxation. This distinguished oneyear-old pup appreciates a slow pace and enjoys taking his time getting to know new people. While he may not be the life of the party, Sabastian excels at being the perfect companion for those who value patience and respect his need for personal time. Sabastian would likely prefer a serene household without the constant activity of small children, as he’s more of a “sip tea and ponder life” kind of guy. He has no interest in rushing through introductions and would much rather build trust and a meaningful connection on his own terms. Once he’s decided you’re worthy of his company, you’ll have a loyal friend who excels at the finer things in life, like lounging and stopping to sniff the roses. If you’re searching for a dashing, low-key canine companion, he might just be the one! Sebastian (928451) is available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Dr. If you have questions about the adoption process, you can visit sdhumane.org/adopt or call 619299-7012.
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The Computer factory
845 W. san marcos blvd. 760-744-4315 thecomputerfactory.net
Recently we discovered that our adult children were appalled at the thought that Nome and I might eventually exit the planet leaving a big mess for them to sort through. Before settling down here in San Marcos thirty years ago, we moved fourteen times, bought and sold six houses in five states and two countries. Our oldest son brags that it took twelve different school systems to get him through high school. In those early years we were regulars at home and farm auctions all over the Midwest, South Florida and Southern Ontario. As members of professional, social and political organizations over the years we also enjoyed dozens of gift exchanges. Today we have a three bedroom home, three thousand foot store and a couple of storage units. The debris from our lives is scattered throughout these locations.
A middle-aged couple was walking across our parking lot at Rancho Coastal Humane Society after adopting one of our oldest dogs. They stopped every few feet so their new dog could sniff the bushes. I walked over to congratulate them.
The husband said, “We came to adopt a puppy. Then we remembered how much work they are. It’s been 12 years since we had a puppy. We forgot how much we forgot.”
The wife added, “We just sent the last kid off to college. The house is too empty. We need to fill the gap,
To alleviate the kid’s anxiety, we are opening “Granny’s Attic”. This one thousand square foot area here in our store is devoted to getting rid of the things that we’ve accumulated over the last sixty years. Going through our “things” was an emotional trip for Nome and I. There were, vintage china sets bought at auctions and stored untouched for fifty years, Decades old boxed gifts from exchanges and raffles. Many things of unknown origin, kept and stored for unknown reasons over the years. Some were easy to let go, others a bit harder and some we just had to keep. As we navigate the “the final quarter” of our lives there is satisfaction in knowing that the “treasures” we preserved through a lifetime will be passed along to be used and enjoyed. Below is a partial list of things in “Grannies Attic”.
4 for $1 grab bag table: Stuffed animals, vases, wine glasses, insulated “go cups”, CDs, manuals and ash trays.
$1 Table: CDs & DVDs: Hundreds of Spanish & English music, games. puzzles, movies etc.
$5 tables: Fanny packs, cushions, umbrellas, mice, tote bags, HDMI cables, stereo cables, speakers, USB 4 port hubs.
miscellaneous tables: Vernonware 42 pc “Brown Eyed Susan” dinnerware set, 50 pc Royal China “Bucks County”dinnerware set,
Gem China 53 pc “red Rose Pattern” dinnerware set, (2) 4 place “Button and Daisy” luncheon sets from Indiana Glass, six place crystal luncheon set, (200) hard drive (refrigerator) magnets, (19) “Rudi’s Hidden Acres” beer steins from the long gone Del Mar “Rudi’s Hidden Acres Tavern” and dozens of “blast from the past” items.
Silent auction shelf: Papa Smurf, Lenox Holiday Nouveau platter, Godinger Brandon Pattern urn, Franklin Mint “Lord of the Ice “ polar bear on crystal iceberg.
misc shelves: four to 10 pc wine goblet sets, paired wine glass sets, stuffed animals, speakers, speaker/ sub woofer sets, (150) assorted
printer cartridges, 100+ books and a hundred years of National Geographics.
“Granny’s Attic” inventory is on the rise as we discover more items in our home, store and storage units. As long as we have “stuff” we’ll keep “Granny’s” going during our normal business hours. We know that a lot of our customers are also at the stage in life were they start wondering what going to happen to their “stuff” when their gone. If “Granny’s” works for us, it could work for others too. Maybe a “Granny’s Attic consignment shop” will be our next great adventure as PCs slowly fade away. Stay tuned and we’ll let you know how it goes.
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but we don’t want to start raising babies again. This senior dog is perfect for us.”
This happens a lot. People want to relive the puppy or kitten experience. Unlike many breeders or pet stores whose goal is to make profit, the goal of shelters and rescues is to make a match. Kittens and puppies aren’t right for everyone.
There are lots of advantages to adopting a senior pet:
• You know what you’re getting.
• Training is usually easier.
• Seniors are super loving.
• Unlike kittens or puppies, it’s not a 24-7 job to adopt a senior pet.
• Senior pets usually settle into their new homes more quickly.
• Fewer messes.
• You’re still making a lifetime
commitment, but it isn’t going to be as long as a kitten or puppy.
• You can match a senior with your activity level.
• When you adopt a senior pet… you’re a hero!
• Every day with a senior pet
brings you a new blessing.
At Rancho Coastal Humane Society and many other shelters and rescues, adoption fees for senior dogs and cats (seven or more) are lower. Lots of people prefer to adopt more mature dogs and cats. They seem to understand that they’ve just been saved.
A longtime RCHS supporter says, “It’s an honor to earn the love of an older dog or cat.”
When you decide to bring a new pet into your home and your heart, please consider adopting a gently used, recycled, senior pet. They have so much to give.
Look into their soulful eyes and ask, “Do you want to come home with me?”
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vouchers each month for dogs, cats and rabbits that can be redeemed at local participating veterinary clinics. There are no eligibility requirements to apply. Visit our website and follow the instructions to apply. If no vouchers are available, please check back as new vouchers are released at the beginning of each month.
Rehome Your Pet
Unexpected life changes can happen to anyone. If you are unable to keep your pet, we provide resources and tools you can use to find them a new home without taking them to a shelter. Our online rehoming platforms help owners place their pets directly with a new family. Adopters also get the benefit of learning about the animal from the people who know them best! With Home To Home (all species) or Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet (cats and dogs only), you can easily connect with potential adopters in your community and choose the one who best fits your animal’s unique personality and needs.
End-of-Life Services and Pet Loss Support
Saying goodbye to a cherished pet can be emotional and overwhelming. We’re here to support you through this difficult time with humane end-of-life euthanasia services, after care and support resources. We offer compassionate euthanasia services at a reduced cost and help guide owners through the options for after care when it’s time to let a pet go. We also recommend pet loss support resources to help navigate the mourning and healing process, no matter what stage of loss you are experiencing.
for more information visit sdhumane.org
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then made his own frantic gesture to Sullivan saying, “Here’s a finger to you!” at the end of his routine. Videotapes of the incident are unclear if Jackie Mason truly gave an obscene gesture to Ed. Studio audience members seem divided on the issue, as well. Mason, himself, denied giving such an obscene retaliation at all. Only a wild open-hand gesture with fingers extended.
Regardless, Sullivan was not amused. Jackie Mason was banned from The Ed Sullivan Show.
In September of 1965, Sullivan recanted and had Mason back on a surprise grand reunion telecast.
Nevertheless, the damage had already been done by negative publicity which haunted the struggling comedian. Mason’s comedic career suffered intensely after that on-air debacle. The comic’s career income was decimated by 50 percent! Only until Jackie Mason resurrected his career on Broadway, in 1986, was his popularity back in full swing.
As all good things must come to an end, so it was with The Ed Sullivan Show. Its success could not go on forever. Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in American broadcast history to that time. Prominent television critic, David Hinckley, said it best: “It was, by almost any measure, the last great TV show. It’s one of our fondest, dearest pop culture memories.”
Sullivan’s awkward gait and forgetfulness on stage became his legendary trademark. He both enjoyed poking fun at such shortcomings and encouraged others to join in, most notably impressionists like Rich Little, John Byner, Frank Gorshin, and especially, Will Jordan. Jordan was Sullivan’s unabashed favourite as he not only sounded like Ed, but he bore a startling resemblance as well!
That Ed Sullivan’s clumsy mistakes and forgetfulness on stage were moments of gleeful remembrance that further endeared him to his audience, something strange and ugly lurked in the shadows in his later years. Something wicked, and unforgiving, was waiting, patiently, to pounce upon him.
In his later years, it was no longer humourous shtick that Ed would forget or mispronounce someone’s name. He soon forgot familiar faces, as well. But, this time, he was trying hard not to falter. It would
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Desmond from page 6
Five women’s teams have already chosen not to compete against San Jose State. We urge you to consider the impact of your participation.
This is not just about one match or one season. This decision is about standing up for the integrity of women’s sports and the right of women to fairly compete. Allowing males to compete in women’s sports sets a dangerous precedent that could roll back decades of hard-won progress for women’s equality in athletics.
Young girls dream of competing at your level. By choosing not to compete in this match, you are sending a powerful message that women’s sports should remain a place where women compete. You are standing up for the countless young girls who look up to you, hoping that they, too, will have the opportunity to succeed in a fair and safe environment.
Your season has been extraordinary; we know how much you’ve accomplished. We understand this is not an easy decision, but we believe it is the right one and want you to know there are many standing with you.
JIM DESMOND
Fifth District Supervisor San Diego State University Alum
RILEY GAINES
12x All-American Swimmer University of Kentucky
PAYTON M C N ABB
Independent Women’s Advocate for Women’s Sports and Rights
Historically Speaking from page 7
Wire service reporter Walter Cronkite was invited to be one of “the Boys.” At first, he accepted the CBS offer, but when he informed the United Press he was leaving, Cronkite’s boss countered with a raise. He stayed at UP, which angered Murrow creating a riff that lasted for years.
Several “Boys” were assigned to accompany Allied forces on D-Day. Hottelet rode along in a bomber over Utah Beach during the initial phase of the invasion. Collingwood covered Utah Beach, as did Larry LeSueur from a separate landing craft. They had difficulty finding working mobile transmitters and no correspondents of any network were able to report live from Normandy until over a week after the initial landings.
During the War, the group maintained close ties with Murrow but not necessarily each other. They had significant autonomy in filing
reports, and while they had been influential in developing the field of radio news broadcasting, later they were reluctant to make the transition to television. The “Murrow Boys” liked far more working in radio than in television. They resented the process of lights, cameras, makeup, and other aspects of TV broadcasting. By the 1950s their dominating presence in the field had begun to decline. Hottelet had the longest career at CBS, joining in 1944 and reported news until 1985.
A legendary dispute between Shirer and Murrow started in 1947 when the maker of shaving soap withdrew sponsorship from Shirer’s Sunday news show. Murrow, who was then vice president for public affairs, and CBS head William S. Paley, did not seek another sponsor. CBS stopped producing the show within a month. CBS always maintained Shirer resigned, but Shirer said he was essentially forced out.
The friendship between Shirer and Murrow never recovered. Shirer’s daughter, Inga, once described how Murrow, who was suffering from terminal lung cancer, tried to heal the breach by inviting Shirer and his wife to his farm in 1964. Murrow tried to discuss the breach, but Shirer steered the conversation away. They never had another opportunity to speak before Murrow’s death in 1965. Shirer’s daughter reported that shortly before her father’s death in 1993, he continued to rebuff attempts to learn the source of the breach that occurred some 45 years earlier. Shirer died Dec. 26, 1993, age 89.
The world history reported by Murrow and his ‘Boys’ has never been equaled in journalism, nor is it likely to every be repeated. The only “fake news” broadcast during those dark days of war came from Germany and Japan. Hollywood did produce quite a lot of propaganda films, but nothing by way of outlandish untruths.
Walter Cronkite
MIGHTY MOJO
Sullivan from page 12
now become a real life-and-death struggle.
Something mysterious was slowly seizing hold of him. His celebrity of forgetfulness on stage and mispronouncing names would be tragically different, now. This was no longer a game to toy with.
Slowly, with advancing olde age, Ed Sullivan would experience the tragic embrace of increasing dementia.
It would eventually be disclosed that Ed Sullivan had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease toward the end of his life.
In a 1990 press conference, Paul McCartney, recalled a meeting with Ed Sullivan in the 1970s. It was a strange encounter. McCartney kept trying to remind Ed that he was one of the Beatles.
But, sadly, the elderly Irishman had no clue as to who the man was standing before him. Nor did he seem to recall any such group known as The Beatles. Sullivan, in the grip of Alzheimer’s, could only smile at McCartney’s persistent efforts to jog his memory. He knew not McCartney, nor did he recall the Beatles, the very group he showcased ‘live’ to the New World for the very first time.
It was the saddest reunion between the two inexorable forces who changed the world they both lived in.
Despite Paul McCartney’s heartwrenching urgings, the great Ed Sullivan – who once vocalized the greatest introductions in the history of entertainment – fell silent. He could not remember Paul McCartney, whom he once hugged as a son.
Still smiling and nodding, Ed merely shook Paul’s hand. And then he slowly turned. And left. In early September of 1974, X-rays revealed that Sullivan had advanced esophageal cancer.
Doctors gave him very little time to live. Due to his dementia and increasing forgetfulness, the family decided to keep the deadly cancer diagnosis from him. Considering his Alzheimer’s condition, it was the most merciful and practical decision. Five weeks later, on 13 October 1974, at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital, Ed Sullivan made his exit from this world, at age 73.
By all accounts, Ed Sullivan was never supposed to be any measure of success at what he did.
For pundits of his era, in the place of talent, they saw only a barren wasteland. Even in his prime, they said he was decrepit in speech, moved zombie-like, and
stumbled over simple words in the worst of ways. He just didn’t fit the mold, and the experts misjudged him time and again, never truly seeing his cloaked power and love-affair with the American people.
Analysts impugned him without mercy, signaling his early demise. It never came.
His mistakes made people laugh out loud, and only elevated him in popularity. Once, when talking to Connie Francis on stage he asked, “Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?” And when The Rolling Stones’ manager requested a contract for the English rock group to make a second appearance on his show, Ed replied, “Before even discussing the possibility of a contract, I would like to learn from you, whether your young men have reformed in the matter of dress and shampoo?”
Sometimes in human history, the common people see things that the wise are blind to. Despite such mishaps, a nation of 50-million viewers each week watched The Ed Sullivan Show, not only for the variety acts – but, because Sullivan had become an endeared member of their families. A most welcomed guest, every Sunday evening.
He was no phony, no Hollywood pretty boy illusion – he was America’s ‘average Joe’ – mistakes and all -- which they all could strong-
ly identify and connect with on a grassroots level.
And they did. He became, arguably, the most beloved variety show M.C. in the annals of broadcasting history.
According to the experts of his era – he never should have happened.
A little Irish boy, born in Harlem, New York, and who only stood 5’ 7” in his adult years, grew up to become a veritable giant in the fiercest combat arena of all: entertainment.
Comedian Alan King said, “Ed does nothing, but he does it better than anyone else in television.”
Alan King almost had it right. But, if you call charming countless millions of people ‘nothing’ – then yes, Sullivan did, indeed, do it better than anyone else.
Friedrich Gomez
Chuckles from page 2
To make a long story short: The End. ••••
The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never be sure they’re genuine.
~ Abraham Lincoln
I once belonged to a church, which I soon left. Reason? The finance committee refused to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knew how to play one.
Mule Trading
Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Starkville Daily in Starkville, MS. and bought a mule for $100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the mule the next day.
The next morning the farmer drove up and said, “Sorry, fellows, I have some bad news, the mule died last night.”
Curtis & Leroy replied, “Well, then just give us our money back.”
The farmer said, “Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.”
They said, “OK then, just bring us the dead mule.”
The farmer asked, “What in the world ya’ll gonna do with a dead mule?”
Curtis said, “We gonna raffle him off.”
The farmer said, “You can’t raffle off a dead mule!”
Leroy said, “We shore can! Heck, we don’t hafta tell nobody he’s dead!”
A couple of weeks later, the farmer ran into Curtis & Leroy at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store and asked.
“What’d you fellers ever do with that dead mule?”
They said, “We raffled him off like we said we wuz gonna do.”
Leroy said, “Shucks, we sold 500 tickets fer two dollars apiece and made a profit of $998.”
The farmer said, “My Lord, didn’t anyone complain?”
Curtis said, “Well, the feller who won got upset. So we gave him his two dollars back.”
Curtis and Leroy now work for the government.
Practical uses for Household ingredients
Exerpt from The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Lemon juice, baking soda, salt, and vinegar are kitchen staples. Did you know that there are other uses for these common ingredients? Keep these items stocked to help with housekeeping and to reduce your need for multiple costly cleaners.
Lemon
• Freshen the air in your house by simmering a pot of sliced lemons and water on the stovetop.
• Dry out a poison ivy rash by applying lemon juice for about 15 minutes before rinsing off with cool water. Repeat as necessary.
• Lighten hair color by rinsing with a mixture of 1 part lemon juice and 2 parts water.
Baking Soda
• To soothe an insect bite/sting, apply a paste of baking soda and water.
• Remove gas and oil odors from clothing by allowing it to sit in a trash bag with baking soda for at least 24 hours prior to washing.
• Remove coffee stains from mugs and tomato sauce stains from plastic containers by wiping them with a damp sponge dipped in baking soda paste.
Salt
• Kill weeds in driveway cracks and between bricks and stones by pouring boiling salted water over them.
• To relieve a sore throat, gargle with warm saltwater (1/4 teaspoon salt to 1 cup water).
• Rub a paste of salt and olive oil over watermarks on wood with a sponge until removed.
Vinegar
• To loosen a bumper sticker, cover it for up to 5 minutes with a paper towel saturated in white vinegar. Slowly peel the sticker off and remove any bumper residue with a clean cloth wet with white vinegar.
• Apply white vinegar to disinfect wooden cutting boards.
• To deter ants, spray a solution of equal parts white vinegar and water on kitchen surfaces.
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LEGALS
NoTiCE of PETiTioN To admiNisTEr EsTaTE OF James Edward Winston Case No. 24PE002155C SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA. 92101
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of Mary A. Rohling deceased. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Jeffrey Johnson in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA. 92101 Central Courthouse. The Petition for probate requests that Jeffrey Johnson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:
Date: 12/5, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm
Dept: 503
Address of court: Same as noted above. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Petitioner: Jeffrey Johnson 5612 Cometa Court NE Alburquerque, NM 87111 505-269-8626
DOP: 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2024
sTaTEmENT of WiTHdraWaL from ParTNErsHiP oPEraTiNg
uNdEr fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE: 2024-9019501
Santa Fe Liquor, located at 590 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024. The Fictitious Business Name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 4/20/2022 and assigned file no. 20229009241.
The following partner has withdrawn, David Yaldo, 1987 Corona Vista, El Cajon, CA 92019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.
(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000).
/s/David Yaldo, Partner
This statement was filed with the San Diego Recorder/County clerk on 9/26/2024.
10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020155
The name of the business: Maximum Property Management, Maximum Real Estate Services, located at 18301 Collier Ave. B, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530. Registrant, Maximum Mortgage Real Estate Inc, 603 Seagaze Dr. #525, Oceanside, CA 92054. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 12/10/2014
/s/ Michael Sisco, CFO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/7/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019473
The name of the business: Source Artistic Restoration & Redesign, located at 2305 Bliss Circle, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant, Source Contracting LLC, 2305 Bliss Circle, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: N/A /s/ Garrett Staab, manager with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/26/2024 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019908
The name of the business: GS Schaffer Insurance Solutions, located at 6870 Tradewinds Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, Schaffer Enterprises, 6870 Tradewinds Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92011. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 7/6/2015 /s/ Glen Schaffer, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/2/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019907
The name of the business: Professional Services Group Consulting, located at 6870 Tradewinds Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, Schaffer Enterprises, 6870 Tradewinds Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92011. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 7/6/2015
/s/ Glen Schaffer, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/2/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019944
The name of the business: Toshib Selling Toys and Collectibles, located at 7579 Delgado Pl, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Registrant, James Toshitaro Bell, 7579 Delgado Pl., Carlsbad, CA 92009. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/1/2023
/s/ James T. Bell with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/3/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020005
The name of the business: Goodbody Publishing, Goodbody Works, located at 1737 La Plaza Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Marissa Brooke Goodbody, 10685-B Hazelhurst Dr., #38660, Houston, TX 77043. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/3/2024
/s/ Marissa B. Goodbody with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/3/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020506
The name of the business: Stuff Of Legend, located at 4203 Lewis Street, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant, Christian Cachero Causing, 4203 Lewis Street, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Christian Causing with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/10/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019954
The name of the business: KCM Collectibles, located at 614 Monica Circle, Oceanside, CA 92057. Registrant, Benjamin Ibarra, 614 Monica Circle, Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/6/2024 /s/ Benjamin Ibarra with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/3/2024
10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9018221
The name of the business: Deer Springs Ranch, located at 1115 Deer Springs Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Eliodoro Landaverde, 1850 N. Twin Oaks Valley Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/1/2024
/s/ Eliodoro Landaverde with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/6/2024 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019232
The name of the business: AWC Commercial Window Coverings, AWC Drapery Sales & Service, located at 110 Equestrian Ct., San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Nina Elaine Santell, 110 Equestrian Ct., San Marcos, CA 92069, Ryan Macedo, 110 Equestrian Ct., San marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by a General Partnership. First day of business: 9/1/2024
/s/ Nina Elaine Santell with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/23/2024 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019845
The name of the business: Bakery Fuentes, located at 1551 W. Mission Rd., #G, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Diana Laura Fuentes Garcia, 1551 W. Mission Rd., #G, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/2/2024 /s/ Diana Laura Fuentes Garcia with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/2/2024 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
NoTiCE of PETiTioN To admiNisTEr EsTaTE of mary a rohling Case No. 24PE002155C SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA. 92101 To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi-
LEGALS
tors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of Mary A. Rohling deceased. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Jeffrey Johnson in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA. 92101 Central Courthouse. The Petition for probate requests that Jeffrey Johnson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:
Date: 11-21-2024
Time: 1:45 pm Dept: 503 Address of court: Same as noted above.
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Petitioner:
Jeffrey Johnson 5612 Cometa Court NE Albuquerque, NM 87111
505-269-8626
DOP: 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020572
The name of the business: North San Diego Headshots & Portraits, located at 249 S. Indiana Ave., Suite 203, Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, David Howell Flatt, 249 S. Indiana Ave., Suite 203, Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 1/9/2024 /s/ David Flatt with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/11/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020674
The name of the business: world
Class Massage, located at 150 East Broadway, Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, Esther Annabell Sabedra, 2258 Gird Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A
/s/ Esther A. Sabedra with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/14/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020784
The name of the business: Lavande Spa, located at 838 Nordahl Rd., Suite 175, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Trimbody SM A Medical Corporation, 838 Nordahl Road, Suite 175, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 9/6/2024
/s/ Brian Levine, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/16/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020804
The name of the business: Gamael Roblero, located at 3903 Ocean View Blvd., San Diego, CA 92113. Registrant, Arlette Roblero, 3903 Ocean View Blvd., San Diego, CA 92113. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/10/2024
/s/ Arlette Roblero with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/16/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020803
The name of the business: Kingdomz Barber, located at 3903 Oceans View Blvd., San Diego, CA 92113. Registrant, Cristian Candelario Mendez, 3903 Ocean View Blvd., San Diego, CA 92113. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 2/9/2014 /s/ Cristian Mendez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/16/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020797
The name of the business: Morningstar Realty, located at 246 El Valle Opulento, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Morningstar Brokerage Inc., PO Box 2256, Vista, CA 92085-2256. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 5/1/2008
/s/ Peter J. Lusby with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/16/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019956
The name of the business: Ocean Floor Covering, located at 1803 Jamaica Way, Vista, CA 92081. Registrant, Jeffrey Bryan King, 1803 Jamaica Way, Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/3/2024
/s/ Jeff King with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/3/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020766
The name of the business: Precision Peak Roofing, located at 633 Ascot Dr., Apt 176, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Savione Adonis Greer, 979 Woosland Pkwy, Ste 101151, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/11/2024 /s/ Savione Adonis Greer with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/15/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9019706
The name of the business: Archibald Plumbing, located at 817 Palo Alto Court, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, GHA Services Inc., PO Box 1956, San Marcos, CA 92079. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 11/17/1986 /s/ Carol L. Archibald, CFO with
Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/30/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020771
The name of the business: Annam Pho & Sandwiches LLC, located at 3809 Plaza Dr., #115, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant, Annam Pho & Sandwiches LLC, 3809 Plaza Dr., #115, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: 8/23/2019
/s/ Thao Nguyen, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/16/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9020344
The name of the business: Macabee Farms, located at 6806 Caminito Sueno, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Registrant, Jennifer Barger, 6806 Caminito Sueno, Carlsbad, CA 92009. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Jennifer Barger with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/8/2024
10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
fiCTiTious busiNEss NamE
sTaTEmENT 2024-9021059
The name of the business: Sunorganic Farm, located at 411 S. Las Posas Road, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, David Wayne Carr, 411 S. Las Posas Road, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 9/30/2001 /s/ David Wayne Carr with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/21/2024 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
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sTaTEmENT 2024-9021187
The name of the business: Angels Auto Glass & Tint, located at 751 W. San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Milan George Ziro, 751 W. San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/22/2024
/s/ Milan G. Ziro with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/22/2024 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/2024
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sTaTEmENT 2024-9019969
The name of the business: Depthav, located at 1231 San Julian Place, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Gregory Scott Kluthe, 1231 San Julian Place, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A
/s/ Gregory Scott Kluthe with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/03/2024
10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/2024
ordEr To sHoW CausE for CHaNgE of NamE 24Cu018309N TO ALL INTERESTED PER-
SONS: Petitioner Jesse D. Gomez Rodriguez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Jesse D. Gomez Rodriguez, Jose D. Gomez Rodriguez, Jose De Jesus Gomez Rodriguez to Proposed name Jesse Gomez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING:
Date: December 6, 2024, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25
No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated October 21, 2024 /s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/2024
ordEr To sHoW CausE for CHaNgE of NamE 24Cu017314N TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Hilda Adelia Aparicio filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Hilda Adelia Aparicio to Proposed name Hilda Edelia Aparicio. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING:
Date: December 6, 2024, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25 No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated October 16, 2024 /s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2024
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sTaTEmENT 2024-9021576
The name of the business: TLC 4 Schools, located at 3133 Salina Rd., Carlsbad, CA 92010. Registrant, Randie Allen Hersey, 3133 Salina Rd., Carlsbad, CA 92010. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 9/25/2013
/s/ Randie Allen Hersey with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/29/2024
11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2024
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sTaTEmENT 2024-9021831
The name of the business: Chris’ Music Therapy, located at 852 San Pablo Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Pillar Christopher Louis, 852 San Pablo Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 10/8/2024
/s/ Christopher Louis Pillar with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/31/2024
11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2024
