AREA 51
& OTHER WORLDS
By Friedrich Gomez
In 1955, the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and defence contractor Lockheed Martin, chose an ultra-remote site in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada, about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, to begin testing and developing the newest, most advanced aircraft in the world, which continues to this day in 2024.
AREA 51.
Long regarded as one of America’s most mysterious top secret locations,
Area 51 has spawned more conspiracy theories than any other place on Earth in regards to strange UFO activity and alien life forms rumoured to have been recovered from extraterrestrial crash sites – piquing the interest of all Americans.
It is a highly classified facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range, officially called Homey Airport or Groom Lake, but more commonly known by its colourful sobriquet, “Dreamland” or by its most popular colloquial tag of “Area 51.”
AREA 51 EMPLOYEES TRAVEL TO-AND-FROM WORK ON
“MYSTERIOUS UNMARKED AIRCRAFT.”
For decades, Area 51 didn’t even appear on any public map, and the U.S. government didn’t even admit it existed.
Unknown to virtually everyone today is that Area 51 is so secret that employees travel to-and-from the highly classified U. S. Air Force facility at Groom Lake -- onboard special, mysterious aircraft.
Area 51 employees use two unmarked planes to fly in-and-out of a (restricted) terminal at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid
International Airport (formerly McCarran International Airport). These highly-classified, unmarked, U. S. government aircraft are officially operated by the U.S Department of the Air Force and act as an employee shuttle to-and-from Dreamland.
The two mysterious Area 51 “employee aircraft” have special code names, “Janet” and “Janet Airlines,” and they are permitted to fly through the highly restricted airspace known as R-4808N, which is above Area 51.
No other civilian, or unauthorised U.S. military aircraft are permitted
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overhead. If any unauthorised aircraft should mistakenly wander near this Area 51 “no fly zone” – they are immediately contacted via emergency radio frequency and advised to change heading. Area 51 may even “scramble” armed military airborne interceptors to escort the aircraft elsewhere – where it may be grounded and inspected. Steep fines and permanent loss of license to fly may be invoked.
Even large signs are posted miles around the perimeter of Area 51 warning all unauthorised vehicles that non-compliant intruders may suffer fatal consequences, such as with the following admonishment:
“WARNING. Restricted Area. It is unlawful to enter this area without permission of the Installation Commander. Use of deadly force authorized.”
PUBLIC SUSPICION OF AREA 51 HARBOURING ALIEN SPACECRAFT & TECHNOLOGY.
Area 51 has begat a variety of Star Trek arsenal which includes various futuristic aircraft, such as the top secret “Bird of Prey” stealth aircraft by Phantom Works. The aircraft’s name is in reference to the Klingon “Bird of Prey” which has a cloaking device which renders the warship invisible from the Star Trek television series.
All of which adds further public
Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle
This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!
Last year I joined a support group for antisocial people.
We haven’t met yet.
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A girl who weighed many an oz. Used language I dare not pronoz. When a fellow unkind Pulled her chair out behind To see (so he said) if she’d boz.
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The days of good grammar has went.
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suspicions that these quantum-leap advancements in cutting-age aerial phenomena are all based on “reverse engineering” from space alien technology retrieved from alleged extraterrestrial crash sites.
The suspected retrieval of alien technology from the so-called flying saucer crash site near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 is a very muddled and conflicting story. Nevertheless, the late U.S.
Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso, who was President Eisenhower’s most trusted science advisor, and member of the National Security Council in the 1950s – it was Corso who was assigned to Research and Development at the Pentagon.
Shortly before his death at age 83, Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso, ostensibly, wished to clear his conscience by confirming in his personal memoirs that there was, in truth, a UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, and that he was involved in “reverse engineering” whereby alien technology was “decoded” for U.S. industry, at large. Corso admits the U. S. government’s shocking role in the Roswell incident: what was found; the coverup; and how they used alien artifacts to change the course of twentiethcentury history.
In his memoir which he wanted published in book form for posterity, Lt. Colonel Corso, in part, also stated:
“Artifacts harvested from the spacecraft led to today’s integrated circuit
Wife crashed the car again today.
She told the police officer the man she collided with was on his cell phone and drinking beer.
The officer told her he can do anything he likes in his own living room.
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The best form of birth control after 50? Nudity.
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A woman’s work is never done . . . because they don’t get up early enough.
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When you think about it, God is the greatest inventor of all. He took a rib and made it into a loudspeaker.
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Earl and Bubba were quietly sitting in a boat fishing, chewing tobacco and drinking beer when suddenly Bubba says, “Think I’m gonna divorce the wife - she ain’t spoke to me in over 2 months.”
chips, fiber optics, lasers, and stealth technology.”
Today, stealth technology plays a key role in military warplanes.
According to Corso and others, “reverse engineering” from retrieved alien technology was a widespread practise across America’s most secret military installations – and Groom Lake aka Area 51 certainly would play a paramount role.
Area 51 would, indeed, produce history’s first stealth aircraft, designed to evade enemy detection and thereby making it, virtually, “invisible” to radar and other electronic sensors, reminiscent of the fictitious space aliens: the Klingons and their “Bird of Prey” from television’s wildlypopular Star Trek series.
The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, a single seat, twin-engine jet fighter-bomber was the first operational stealth aircraft which took to the skies in 1981. And the first “operational unit” became capable in 1983.
The F-117’s design was based on the concept of reducing its radar cross section to roughly that of a bird.
On the world stage, all nations across the planet were shocked, viz. Communist China and Russia, at America’s futuristic breakthrough in stealth technology.
And seemed to come to fruition. And Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso would die in peace with a clear conscience on 16 July 1998, a year and one
Earl spits overboard, takes a long, slow sip of beer and says, “Better think it over...women like that are hard to find.” •••
Texas Police Respect
I get irritated when people come down on our police officers, saying that they don’t care about or respect others. Well, here is a story that clearly shows not all cops are in that category.
This story involves the police department in the small hill country town of Fredericksburg, TX who reported finding a man’s body last Saturday, in the early evening, in the Pedernales River near the state highway-87 bridge. The dead man’s name would not be released until his family had been notified.
month after his “tell all” book was published, titled “The Day After Roswell,” in which he confesses how he was complicit in the shameful U.S. government “cover-up” and admits how he spearheaded the U.S. Army’s “reverse-engineering” project that –to reiterate -- led to integrated circuit chips, fiber optics, lasers and . . . stealth technology.
(“The Day After Roswell,” book by Philip Corso, First Edition 1997.)
Other, newer stealth aircraft evolved, giving the U.S. Air Force effective military fighter/bombers that could, possibly, attack high-value targets without being detected by enemy radar.
This was a “game-changer” which allowed stealth aircraft to penetrate deeper into enemy airspace without being intercepted.
For security reasons, the U.S. government officially denied any knowledge of their stealth aircraft. The F-117 was, in fact, a “black project” (i. e. its existence denied by all military and government officials).
Even after the aircraft first flew in 1981 and after it achieved full operational capability in 1983, it was still kept under the strictest of secrecy for years.
When it entered military service in May of 1984 during President Rea-
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The victim apparently drowned due to excessive beer consumption while visiting “someone” in Kerrville. He was wearing black fishnet stockings, 4 inch spiked heels, a red garter belt, a pink G-string, purple lipstick, dazzle dust on his eyelids, 2 1/2 inch false eyelashes and a Biden T-shirt.
The police removed the Bidena Tshirt to spare his family any unnecessary embarrassment.
See there, Texas Police do care ....
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Difficulty of English
Fun and games with the English language. Homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.
You think English is easy? This took a lot of work to put together!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
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Chuckles
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gan’s administration, the “stealth aircraft programme” was still kept secret for years to come.
Even after its entry into military service, the F-117 was not (publicly) acknowledged until 10 November 1988 during which the U.S. public was first, officially (informed) of the programme’s existence.
The following year, the F-117 stealth fighter was first used (in combat) on 19 December 1989 during “Operation Just Cause” in Panama.
Even though the public was made aware of its existence since 1988, the F-117 Nighthawk did not make its first formal (physical public appearance) until 1990.
By this time, the aircraft had already been secretly operational for seven years.
It has since been retired (and used for training purposes only) with the advent of a newer generation of advanced stealth aircraft, such as the F-22 Raptor, to give but one example.
DECLASSIFIED “TOP SECRET” FILES REVEAL PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS CONCERNED OVER UFOs.
In a recently declassified memorandum dated 12 November 1963 and stamped “TOP SECRET,” President John F. Kennedy sent a message to the Central Intelligence Agency under the subject:
“Classification Review of All UFO Intelligence Files Affecting National Security.”
President Kennedy’s memo raised grave concerns over UFO activity which could endanger world peace by being mistakenly identified as incoming nuclear ICBMs, for both the Soviet Union and the United States.
Kennedy’s memo proposed a mutual programme of recognition of UFOs between both countries and ends his memorandum with: “This will help mission directors in their defensive responsibilities.”
Sadly, before Kennedy’s UFO programme could be initiated, he would be assassinated 10 days after submitting the above CIA memo.
HIGH PROFILE U.S. OFFICIALS: BREAKING THEIR SILENCE ON UFOs.
In more recent years, other highranking people have broken their silence on the erstwhile taboo subject of UFOs and extraterrestrial life forms and alien spacecraft.
1. In 1971, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Capt. Edgar D. Mitchell said:
“We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from?”
2. In a letter to the United Nations, in 1978, Mercury 7 Astronaut, Col. Gordon Cooper stated:
“I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets and are obviously more advanced than we are . . .”
3. In a declassified memorandum written on 10 July 1947, and released under the Freedom of Information Act, FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, expressed a complaint that the U.S. Army denied the FBI access to crashed UFOs. In part, J. Edgar Hoover states:
“We must insist upon full access to disks recovered. In the case of the Army, they grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination.”
4. And former USSR leader, Mikhail Gorbachev was quoted as saying:
“The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously.”
(Translated from Soviet Youth Magazine, 4 May 1990.)
5. U.S. President Richard Nixon was more blunt:
“I’m not at liberty to discuss the government’s knowledge of extraterrestrial UFOs at this time. I am still, personally, being briefed on the subject.”
It has been postulated that if the United States government does, indeed, have physical information of UFO vehicles and their occupants, this information would exist at the very highest possible level of security, even more so than our nuclear or atomic weaponry.
On 20 November 2003, between 9:00 and 9:20 a.m., radar from the FAA and NORAD detected unknown radar targets referred to as UFOs within restricted airspace above the White House during which President George W. Bush and First Family were ordered to evacuate to an underground bunker below the White House.
NORAD scrambled two U.S. fighter aircraft to engage but the UFOs “shot-off” at an astonishing and unbelievable supersonic speed. Fox News, Reuters, and CNN all covered the story.
U.S. CONGRESS HEARS TESTIMONY ON UFOs.
A year ago, on Wednesday 26 July
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LIFE at MiraCosta College
1831 Mission Ave., Oceanside In The Board Room Trailer T200
A Lifelong Learning Group
Meetings will be held in person at the MiraCosta College, Oceanside Campus, at 1:00 pm in Classroom 5313 in the Kinesiology Building 5300 (park in Lot 5A, next to the new gymnasium) and online by Zoom.
Aug 9 1:00 The Lavanderia at Mission San Luis Rey Helena Hazelton, Museum Dir. Mission San Luis Rey Discover. Embrace. Connect. Let’s explore these bywords as we learn about the archaeological reconstruction of the fabled Lavanderia at Oceanside’s Favorite Mission San Luis Rey.
Aug 9 2:30 Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) Rob Howard Key Accounts/ Program Manager
Clean Energy Alliance is the new default power provider bringing residents and businesses clean power at competitive rates. Mr. Howard will present an overview of CCAs, Clean Energy Alliance, and how CEA works to help member cities reach their climate action goals through increased renewable energy.
Aug 16 1:00 Comic-Con Museum Dr. Emily Schindler Director of Comic-Con Museum
Comic-Con Museum, Balboa Park’s newest addition, offers fans a chance to see a world-class collection by day and join an exciting community by night. Visitors can experience exhibitions, programs and events featuring comics and popular art drawn from across the Comic-Con universe.
Aug 16 2:30 San Diego Storytellers Marilyn McPhie
Be delighted, captivated and entertained by Marilyn McPhie, the President of the San Diego Storytellers.
Aug 23 1:00 Ranked Choice Voting Marcela Miranda-Caballero League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters supports changing how we vote in local and state elections to Ranked Choice Voting. Why? Simply because it is a fairer way of representing the preferences of a majority of
the voters in that jurisdiction.
Aug 23 2:30 Marian Brashears Gill, The Enigmatic Woman Behind The Man Kristi Hawthorne Oceanside Historical Society Kristi returns with a wonderfully researched account of the only wife of famed architect Irving Gill. Marian led a scandalous, mysterious and rich life before marrying Gill. You will enjoy this!
AUGUST 30 – NO SESSION –LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
To join a Zoom meeting, LIFE must have your email address in order for you to receive the invite link. Meetings will start at 12: 45 pm (you can join 15 minutes earlier) and the speaker will start at 1:00 pm.
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El Camino Quilters Guild Meeting August 13 • 9:30am
El Camino Quilters Guild will meet at 9:30 am on Tuesday August 13 at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Dr., Oceanside 92056. Guest fee: $10.
Our guest speaker is Colleen Granger (www.sewlittletimequilting.com). Her lecture is entitled “A Bodacious Trunk Show”.
Her workshop, “Fantabulous!” will be August 14 at Quilt in a Day quilt shop in San Marcos. Workshop fee: $55.
For more information elcaminoquilters.com or email info@elcaminoquilters.com.
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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Community Education Series
Join us for 4 sessions on the 3rd Monday of each month (10:00am to noon)
August 19 - Caregiver Burnout & Dementia
Now’s the Time to Make Your Pet a Star
Your favorite pet photo can save animal lives.
San Diego Humane Society’s 32nd annual Photo Fundraiser comes at a crucial moment as its shelter locations face unprecedented overcrowding. With 1,950 animals in its care, now is an important time to raise at least $125,000 for shelter animals in need — all while making your own pet a star in the organization’s 2025 pet calendar.
It is easy to participate. Submit your favorite pet photo at sdhumane. org/photocontest www.gogophotocontest.com/sdhumane2025 and encourage everyone you know to vote for your pet’s picture through
August 31st. Prizes include having your pet featured on a full month spread of San Diego Humane Society’s calendar, a two-night stay at Loews Coronado Bay Resort, tickets to the organization’s 38th annual Fur Ball, and other special gifts. All entries with five votes or more are guaranteed inclusion in the calendar or on the collage pages.
The Photo Fundraiser supports San Diego Humane Society’s lifesaving services, including animal sheltering and adoptions, investigations of animal cruelty and neglect, veterinary care, and the rescue and re-
Escondido City Council Seats Open
Candidates for the Escondido City Council, District 3 include incumbernt Christian Garcia vs. Christine Spencer.
For District 4, Judy Fitzgerald vs. Steven Holden.
In addition, for City Treasurer there is only one candidate thus far, the incumbent, Doug Schultz.
Candidates for Palomar Health include Division 2, Terry Corrales, Division 4, Laura Barry and Division 6, Jeff Griffith.
The election will be held November 5, 2024.
that a fellow cast member, a girlfriend of hers, who lives in Carlsbad, a coastal city near us, is in similar straits.
The story is published and I find the young lady I have written about is upset because I referred to her “girlfriend.” Apparently someone teased her about her “girlfriend” and wondered if she preferred girls to boys.
Her upset, in turn, hurts and upsets me.
habilitation of wildlife through its Project Wildlife program.
With campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, Ramona and San Diego, San Diego Humane Society provides animal services for 13 cities within San Diego County. The organization not only cares for more than 40,000 companion and wild animals in its communities annually, but also share the expertise they have gained through their innovative programs with shelters nationwide so they can save more lives in their communities.
For more information how to participate in the 2025 Photo Fundraiser, visit sdhumane.org/photocontest.
“Are you dating currently?”
“No, not really.”
“Do you have any girlfriends?” (A somewhat startled look. She looks at Evelyn and back at me. I sense I’ve innocently stumbled into a tripwire).
“You know,” I sez, “gals you go shopping with, gals you hang with?”
“Oh, no, not really,” she sez.
Man About Town Letters to the Editor
This happened back in 2010 . . .
I’m guess I’m behind the times.
Act I, Scene I: I write a glowing review about the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, California. It focuses on a local gal who is part of the cast. Within the story I mention that while she has been doing this for years she will temporarily withdraw from the cast due to the high cost of gas and the 150 mile daily round-trip required, the related cost of $800-$1000 she incurred, the fact that she is a volunteer and neither paid nor reimbursed expenses. I also mention
There was absolutely no sexual connotation to the use of the word “girlfriend.” None. It was simple statement of fact, as I understood it to have been related to me by both the young lady in question as well as her parents. I felt shocked; like I had been slapped in the face. The story praised both the production as well as the young lady. I had researched the story heavily, spent hours preparing it. An ingrate, I thought. I felt betrayed by the gal.
Fast Forward to Act II, Scene I: Evelyn and I are having lunch with a former client and good friend, a dazzingly beautiful blonde gal. I happen to think of the Festival of the Arts, a showcase closely related to the Pageant of the Masters. I remember I have a number of VIP passes that are good through August. I ask our lunch companion...
“Well, I have some VIP passes to the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach. I hate to see them go to waste and I thought you and a companion might want to be our guest. Perhaps you and your daughter could use them?”
That, in essence was the conversation.
In the olden days, back when Roy Rogers was King of the Cowboys, when Fleers BubbleGum was cool, and when Flash Gordon ruled outer space, it was perfectly common to talk about a woman and her ‘girlfriends.’ Quite often Evelyn will go to parties and other functions with her ‘girlfriends.’ Usually, sorority sisters . . . but girlfriends nonetheless. It is not an uncommon reference. (Much less common is a reference to “boyfriends” in referring
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to “pals” or “buddies” of guys).
But the times . . . well, they be a’changin’ . . . and the meaning of words apparently have changed. A happy and “gay group” means quite a different thing than it did 30 years ago. Apparently a “girlfriend” can now mean something totally different than the original intent. I predict the use of the word “girlfriend” is likely to fall out of favor in common conversation and will be generally restricted to conversations dealing with hot, steamy sex.
I shall have to learn to use the term “girlfriend” judiciously.
It’s a sign of the times.
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It is August. That means that college football is almost here. And that other football stuff as well . . . what do they call it? Pro ball? College football is better. “There is No Place Like Nebraska, dear old Nebraska U . . .” and so on. Go Big Red!
About a week ago I was channel surfing and stumbled across a movie, “30 Seconds Over Tokyo,”
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2023 the U.S. Congress Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing on UFOs was televised as a gesture of “transparency.”
The highly anticipated event was open to the public; people waited for hours to secure a spot at the Congressional hearing.
Under sworn testimony before the U. S. Congress, Ryan Graves (executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace) and retired Air Force Major David Grusch, and retired U.S. Navy Commander David Fravor, were all sworn-in, and answered direct Congressional questions on what they knew about the UFO phenomena.
Ryan Graves has since founded Americans for Safe Aerospace, a group that supports aviators who have reported UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomenon). He stated that the objects that are reportedly being seen by military and commercial pilots “are performing maneuvers that are unexplainable due to our current understanding of our technology and our capabilities as a country.”
He added: “If everyone could see the sensor and video data I witnessed, our national conversation would change.”
Retired Navy commander David
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starring Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, and Phyllis Thaxter (the love interest).
I cringed as I watched this 1944 film - not so much at the movie but at the dialogue.
“Did people really talk like that?” I wondered? The dialogue was . . . sappy.
Using the movie dialogue as a guide I prepared the following scenario:
INTERIOR, EVELYN MADISON MANSION:
lyle: “Well, Evelyn, this is it. I’ve got my orders, bags are packed, my plane is ready and I’m on my way to help defeat the Evil Empire.”
evelyn: (touching lyle tenderly on the shoulder) “Oh, Johnny, please come back safe and sound! I simply could not live without you!”
lyle: (placing hand tenderly on evelyn’s hand) “Well, Evelyn . . . we have to make our sacrifices to defeat the evil enemy. I hope to return
Fravor described the time he flew his fighter jet close to a UFO – only to watch it suddenly acclerate and vanish like gunshot.
WITNESS TESTIFIES OF ALIEN BODIES’ SPACECRAFT THAT WERE SECRETLY RETRIEVED FROM CRASH SITES.
The most anticipated remarks, however, came from a former militaryintelligence officer named David Grusch, who went public with his account that elicited gasps from the public who were present, along with members of Congress.
Knowing full-well that he was under oath and that his testimony must be true, by the letter of the law, Grusch told the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security that the American government has spent decades secretly recovering mysterious vehicles that have crashed on the ground, and has determined the material to be of “non-human” origin. He also testified that the U.S. government also attempted to reverse engineer some of the technology from alien spacecraft. And that the government is doing all of this clandestinely, without proper supervision by Congress, Grusch testified.
Much of the discussion centered on improving accountability for reporting UFOs or UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomenon).
There were also calls to remove the
. . . and I will return. You simply have to believe in me! And you have to believe in our nation . . . and the thousands of men and women who lay their life on the line every day! I am but one of many, Evelyn (and, by the way, my name is lyle, not Johnny).”
evelyn: “Oh, sorry, Johnny . . . I mean lyle . . . we’ve lost so many good men and pilots in this crazy war. When’s it all gonna end, Jo. . .lyle?”
lyle: “It will end when good overcomes evil - when tyranny is replaced with honesty and integrity. When the bad guys are eliminated and only good will prevail. See ya when I get back, kid.” (lyle hugs
stigma for aviators who report UAP sightings and to ensure oversight of government programmes that investigate them.
Retired Maj. David Grusch, who went from being part of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force to becoming a whistleblower, told the House Oversight Committee that he had been denied access to some government UFO programmess but that he knows the “exact locations” of UAPs in U.S possession.
“That was the assessment of people with direct knowledge on the (UAP) programme I talked to, that are currently still on the programme,” Grusch added.
While he refrained from sharing any further information in the public hearing, Grusch offered to disclose details behind closed doors.
Grusch said he hasn’t personally seen any alien vehicles or alien bodies, and that his opinions are based on the accounts of over 40 witnesses he interviewed over four years in his role with the UAP task force.
“My testimony is based on information I have been given by individuals with a longstanding track record of legitimacy and service to this country -- many of whom also shared compelling evidence in the form of photography, official documentation, and classified oral testimony,” Grusch said, adding that the trove of
evelyn, evelyn hugs johnny/lyle . . . they part: lyle enters a waiting car and is off to the airport.
EXTERIOR: Airport . . . C-47 troop carrier taxis down runway, gains speed, lifts off into the air . . .fades into the distant sky.
Did people really talk like that? Do they today? Not in this house.
Side note: I was heartbroken to learn that Van Johnson, the AllAmerican Boy, the always handsome freckle-faced redheaded, blue-eyed hero . . . was a hopeless “Queen” who reveled in dressing in women’s clothes and playing the role of a proper lady. This was common knowledge within the
evidence has been intentionally kept secret from Congress.
Readers of The Paper can watch this Congressional hearing at:
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY&t=2550s
SAN DIEGO’S 2004 UFO INCIDENT RAISES GRAVE CONCERN OVER U.S. SECURITY & PUBLIC SAFETY.
Although famed astrophysicist, Neil de Grasse Tyson, does not yet subscribe to inter-planetary visitors, his admonition on what occurred off San Diego’s coastline was clearly one of concern:
“It’s a flying object and we don’t know what it is. I would hope somebody’s checking it out. I would hope there is a programme of our defence department to make sure they do not pose a threat.”
Neil de Grasse Tyson’s viewpoint pertained to a Pentagon’s leaked classified UFO file and video which showed an eerie UFO encounter off the coast of San Diego that would grab international headlines.
Almost 20 years ago today, something mysterious would happen 90
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Hollywood community but I didn’t learn about his (or Jeff Chandler’s) strange lifestyle until about 10 years ago. Destroyed the image I always had of him. He was one of my favorite actors. Johnson died in December 2008, aged 92.
To celebrate his 100th birthday, James “Jim” Harralson will celebrate ‘by leaning back in his comfortable barber chair and enjoy a haircut at the hands of Barber Ben Llanez at his barber shop located at 230 E. Broadway, Vista. A bit of celebration will ensue . . time: 11am, on August 8. 2024.
Happy Birthday, Jim!
5th District Supervisor Jim Desmond
Cleaning Up The Governor’s Mess Back In Session
The July summer recess is over –we re-convened on August 5th. All bills that passed the Senate before the recess will now be reviewed and approved (or not) by the Assembly, and all Assembly bills have been forwarded to the Senate for final consideration.
During the July recess, the Governor signed about 80 bills that had already made it to his desk. Over 1,500 bills are still pending, so it’s likely the Governor will receive hundreds more by the time we adjourn. Any legislation with a significant financial impact on the state budget must pass each house’s Appropriations Committee, and that’s most bills. These committees hear more bills than any others -- the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees are likely to hear about 700 bills each in August. Passing Appropriations can be a high hurdle, and Appropriations is last step before a final floor vote in each house.
Bills awaiting final Senate approval include one of mine, AB 1819, which authorizes counties to create special infrastructure financing districts in high or very high fire hazard severity zones, much like capital improvement districts that are allowed under current law. These district
would fund wildfire mitigation apparatus and infrastructure including new heavy equipment to clear vegetation, create firebreaks, and harden utility infrastructure against wildfires. In August, I’m also looking forward to final Assembly approval for SB 1074, which I co-authored with Senator Brian Jones. The bill, which makes public safety a priority for placement of Sexually Violent Predators, is one of the bills now pending in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and affects our East County district significantly.
All legislative business in the current session must be concluded by August 31st, the date we finally adjourn. New legislation cannot be introduced until after the 2025-2026 session begins on December 2nd, and no legislation can be held over for next session. Any bill that doesn’t receive final approval by the time we adjourn has died. August will be a busy month in Sacramento.
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.
How do I get Holland
David Aronstein needs his medical records from Holland America. Without them, he can’t file an insurance claim for the treatment he received on a cruise. What’s the holdup?
Q: I was on a one-week cruise from Seattle to Alaska on the Holland America MS Westerdam last year.
I came down with Covid two days before the cruise ended. I received excellent care from the medical team on board.
When I got home, I saw that I had been charged $750 for the Paxlovid treatment I received. I contacted my insurance company and a representative said I needed to submit my medical records from the cruise.
Holland America told me that I needed to fill out a release form and send it to mrecordsrequests@carnival.com, which I did. I have sent it multiple times and never gotten a response. Therefore, I can’t collect the
$750 from my insurance company.
Can you help me get my medical records from Holland America?
~ David Aronstein, Jamaica Plain, MA
Last week, Governor Newsom issued an executive order directing local cities and municipalities to clean up homeless encampments. While we can all agree with the words, this sudden directive feels like an attempt to deflect responsibility. For years, we have been working diligently to tackle homelessness in our community, but state laws and the Governor’s policies have often tied our hands, preventing us from taking effective action when individuals refuse services.
Now, without providing any additional funding, resources, or facilities, the Governor expects us to resolve the problem he had a major part in creating. It’s hypocritical to demand local governments clean up these encampments without acknowledging the role the state’s decisions—such as releasing individuals from jails and state hospitals—have played in exacerbating the issue. It’s disingenuous to lay blame at the feet of local authorities when we’ve been constrained by state policies and left without the necessary tools to manage the crisis.
It’s time for the Governor to take responsibility for the consequences of his policies. If he’s serious about addressing homelessness, he must
by Christopher Elliott
A: I’m sorry your cruise ended with you confined to quarters with Covid. That’s no fun. But I’m happy to hear the Holland America crew took care of you. That care should have extended to your followup, when you asked for your medical records.
But wait a minute. Holland America should have provided you with medical records at the time of your treatment -- and if not then, when you paid for the medical service.
Your case is an important reminder to collect all medical records im-
mediately after you’ve seen a doctor on board. You’ll need them to file an insurance claim. Insurance companies have to see your medical records and a bill in writing if you have any hope of getting refunded. I’ve seen too many travel insurance claims that went nowhere because of insufficient records. Don’t let that happen to you (but don’t worry, you’re in good hands with my advocacy team).
It appears all record requests are handled through Holland America’s parent company, Carnival. Carnival also has a page on its site that allows you to submit questions after your cruise, although it’s unclear if that applies to Hol-
provide the resources and support local governments need to do the job effectively. Empty orders and blame-shifting are not solutions. Our community deserves real, actionable support, not finger-pointing from Sacramento.
Thank you for your continued support as we advocate for meaningful change and hold our leaders accountable. We will continue fighting for the resources and policies needed to address this crisis.
San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond, 1600 Pacific Highway, #335, San Diego, CA 92101, United States http:// www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/
land America customers. It looks like you also tried to call Holland America. Calling would be less helpful; you were right to keep everything in writing.
I think you were more than patient with Holland America. You waited 10 months before contacting my advocacy team and me, which is about 9 months longer than I would have waited. You could have enlisted the help of your travel advisor to get the documents. If that didn’t work, you could have also reached out to one of the Holland America executives I list on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org.
I contacted Holland America on your behalf. Within a few hours, it sent the records you had requested.
Christopher Elliott is the founder of Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers solve their problems. Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help by contacting him on his site.
Travel Troubleshooter
Illustration by Dustin Elliott
By Tom Morrow
The national personification of the United States federal government was the creation of a U.S. Army recruiting poster during World War I. James Montgomery Flagg’s 1917 poster was based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster of three years earlier. It would go on to be used to recruit American soldiers for both World War I and World War II. Flagg used a modified version of his own face for “Uncle Sam,” and Army veteran Walter Botts provided the pose.
Using the same initials as our national symbol “Uncle Sam” is a common national personification of the federal government or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, “Uncle Sam” has been a popular symbol of the U.S. government in American culture and a manifestation of patriotic emotion.
According to legend, the character first
Historically Speaking
Uncle Sam, the Patriotic American Icon
came into use during the War of 1812 and may have been named for Samuel Wilson, an American meat packer who lived in Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as “Uncle Sam.” The actual origin is obscure. The first reference to “Uncle Sam” in formal literature outside from newspapers was in the 1816 allegorical book “The Adventures of Uncle Sam.”
While the figure of “Uncle Sam” specifically represents the government, the female figure of “Columbia” represents the United States as a nation. The earliest known personification of the United States was as a woman named Columbia, who first appeared in 1738, and sometimes was associated with another female personification, “Lady Liberty.”
“Uncle Sam” finally appeared after the War of 1812. “Columbia” appeared with either “Brother Jonathan” or “Uncle Sam,” but her use declined as a national person in favor of “Liberty,” and she was effectively abandoned once she became the mascot of Hollywood’s Columbia Pictures in the 1920s.
The precise origin of the “Uncle Sam” character is unclear, but a popular legend is that the name “Uncle Sam” was
derived from Wilson, who supplied meat rations for American soldiers during the War of 1812. There was a requirement at the time for contractors to stamp their name and where the rations came from onto the food they were sending. Wilson’s packages were labeled “E.A.-U.S.” When someone asked what those initials stood for, a co-worker jokingly said, “Elbert Anderson (the contractor) and ‘Uncle Sam,’” referring to Wilson, though the U.S. actually stood for “United States.”
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Doubts have been raised as to the authenticity of this story, as the claim did not appear in print until 1842. Additionally, the earliest known mention definitely referring to the metaphorical “Uncle Sam” is from 1810, predating Wilson’s contract with the government. A clockmaker in an 1849 comedic novel explains “... we call...the American public ‘Uncle Sam,’ as you call the British ‘John Bull.”
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What happened to my $3,157 flight credit? And how do I use it?
Vicky Cordes is trying to use a $3,157 airline ticket credit from the pandemic. But her travel advisor, wholesaler and airline are all pointing fingers at each other. Who’s got her money?
Q: I’m trying to use a $3,157 credit for a Virgin Atlantic flight canceled during the pandemic. But I’m not sure who has the money.
I booked the flight through a travel agency called GBV Travel Services, and the payment went through Expedia.
I’ve tried everything. Just last month, I logged 40 hours on the phone trying to get this resolved. I’ve been transferred from one department to another, but there’s no resolution in sight.
Each party claims the tickets are owned by the other and must be rebooked on their site. But here’s the problem: I have until the end of the year before the credits expire. So the clock is ticking. Can you help?
~ Vicky Cordes, Miromar Lakes, FL
A: Your case is easy -- and hard. Very hard.
The easy part is who is responsible. You worked with a travel advisor, who is ultimately on the hook for your ticket and your flight credit.
The hard part? Getting everyone on the same page and finding your $3,157 airline ticket credit. And I have to warn you, this one is messy.
It looks like GBV Travel Services is a travel agency that sells annual memberships. It appears you could not reach GBV Travel Services because you had not paid it $199 to renew your membership fee.
By the way, I’m deeply skeptical of any company that offers discounts on travel in exchange for a membership fee. I’ve just seen too many scams involving expensive memberships in exchange for discounts. (Most legitimate travel advisors charge a consulting fee for booking a trip, but do not sell memberships.)
My advocacy team tracked down someone at GBV and asked about your credits. It was not easy, and this took some insider knowledge and tenacity, but my colleague Dwayne Coward alerted GBV to the issue.
GBV contacted you and said your $3,157 was alive and well and that you could contact the company to use it.
Your case raises an interesting question: Can a business simply claim your ticket credit if you don’t pay your membership fees? I don’t think that’s right. But it looks as if some travel advisors believe otherwise.
In the future, I would look for a professional travel advisor through the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). I also have a free guide on how to find a travel advisor on my website, Elliott.org.
And one more piece of advice: I would use your ticket credit as soon as possible.
Christopher Elliott is the founder of Elliott Advocacy (https://elliottadvocacy.org), a nonprofit organization that helps consumers solve their problems. Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help by contacting him at https://elliottadvocacy.org/help/ © 2024 Christopher Elliott.
Lady Columbia
James Montgomery Flagg’s ‘Uncle Sam’ recruiting poster
Illustration by Dustin Elliott
Traveling somewhere? Here’s how not to be a pickpocket victim.
On a recent trip to Paris, John Smaistrla was just a bump away from becoming a pickpocket victim.
“I was in the back car of the Métro Line 3, which was rocking pretty good at each turn,” he remembers.
That’s when Smaistrla, a civil engineer from Houston, noticed another passenger bumping up against him. He didn’t think anything of it until he got off the train and noticed that the zippers in his pants pocket were halfway down.
The thief had just missed his wallet.
Petty crimes like pickpocketing are a growing problem for travelers.
The U.S. embassy in Paris reports that about 2,000 Americans report their passports stolen every year, many as the result of pickpockets operating in areas frequented by tourists.
“Pickpockets assume that tourists carry lots of cash and that they are sufficiently preoccupied with their unfamiliar surroundings to be vulnerable,” the embassy notes on its site.
“Tourists are easy targets for scammers, pickpockets and thieves,” explains Harding Bush, associate director of security operations at Global Rescue, a provider of risk management services. And, although there are no reliable statistics on crime against tourists, there’s plenty of anecdotal evi-
dence that the problem is getting worse.
A recent Global Rescue survey found that travelers use a variety of techniques to protect their valuables. Men favored splitting their cards, IDs and cash to prevent losing everything, while a majority of
women favored a crossbody purse or bag. Men also generally preferred using zippered pockets.
The Secret To Pickpocket Prevention: Zippered Pockets
How did Smaistrla evade the Paris pickpocket? He was wearing a pair of shorts made especially for travelers by a company called Clothing Arts. They feature triple secure pockets, with zippers and buttons.
“The thief was only able to get past the first two levels of security,” he says.
That’s not to say pickpockets can’t get into your zippered pockets. William Muller, a restaurant manager from Miami, says several sharply dressed thieves swiped his wallet from his raincoat on a train in Madrid.
“I don’t know how they were able to extract my wallet from the zippered pocket,” he says. “But they are most excellent pickpockets.”
Since then, he’s also found more robust zippered and buttoned pants
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Illustration by Aren Elliott
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and jackets that make stealing his valuables almost impossible. But it was a hard lesson learned -- a simple zipper isn’t enough of a deterrent.
Why is pickpocketing a problem now?
Why does everyone want to get inside your pocket? Part of the reason is that you’re making it so easy. I lived in Europe this summer and watched tourists crowding into the popular places. I couldn’t believe that people were putting their wallets into their back pockets -- or as my security expert Kevin Coffey calls it, their “sucker pocket” -- where any halfway-able pocketpicker can lift it.
But that’s not the only problem. “Many criminals now target phones instead of wallets,” says Chris Pierson, CEO of BlackCloak, a digital executive protection company that protects high-net-worth individuals. “In most cases, the criminals will target someone after watching them enter their passcode on the phone, so they can access the device.”
His advice: Always shield your hands when you type in your pass-
code. Better yet, use biometric sign-ins instead. But remember: They want your phone.
How to avoid pickpockets and stay safe on your next trip.
Before I go any further, a warning: There’s no way to ensure 100 percent security when you’re traveling. But there are prudent steps you can take now to get close to it.
Do Your Homework
Read up on the sites you plan to visit and the type of scams to watch for, says John Gobbels, chief operating officer of Medjet. “Some of them are quite elaborate,” he adds. The best pickpockets wait for the right moment to strike -- a crowded bus, a monument where everyone is likely to be distracted, or a place where tourists are drinking alcohol. “Watch your alcohol intake,” warns Gobbels.
Lock It Down
Patricia Hernandez, an independent travel agent and an expert travel advisor with TeachMe.To, just heard from one of her clients who had his wallet swiped on the Paris Metro. She’s doubled down on recommending robust antitheft gear such as cross-body purses, money belts and pickpocket-proof
bags. “Also,” she says, “be aware of your surroundings.”
Avoid Places Pickpockets Go
Pickpockets thrive in crowded spaces where tourists go. And their favorite maneuver is distraction, like bumping into someone or spilling coffee. “Distraction crime is a leading reason travelers are losing time and money abroad,” says Carrie Pasquarello, CEO of Global Secure Resources, a travel security firm. “Proper preparation and knowledge can mitigate potential risks.” And by proper preparation, she means avoiding the places where all the pickpockets go and staying away from the crowds where they ply their dark trade.
The best pickpocket advice: Become Invisible To The Criminals
But perhaps the best way to avoid being a victim of petty theft is to not look like a victim. Don’t walk around town looking clueless, staring at the attractions and speaking loudly in English, which makes you an easy mark.
“Try to dress in a way that does not make you stand out as a tourist,” says Katalin Parti, a cybercrime expert at Virginia Tech. “Avoid flashy jewelry, expensive accessories, and clothes that are too different from the local style.”
That’s one of the most difficult
things for visitors to do, especially when they’re abroad. Leave the comfortable but blingy sneakers at home. Keep the flashy, logoed sweatshirt and the MAGA cap (if you have one) in the closet, and try to blend in with everyone else.
I avoid bright colors -- actually, my entire wardrobe is black -- and I have a few pairs of Clothing Arts pants. I never keep valuables in my back pocket, but if I do, there’s a button, a zipper and an extra pocket that the pickpocket has to get through. But mostly, I stay away from the touristy areas.
Every purse-snatching, ever pickpocketing, begins with a victim being sized up. Maybe they’re talking American English loudly with their companions. Maybe they’re wearing baggy jeans or carrying a big camera. If you want to protect yourself, get rid of all that.
In other words, stop looking like such a tourist.
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 reach him here or email him at chris@ elliott.org.
The Pastor Says Procrastination
There are many things I should do. I should answer the stack of letters I have on my desk. I should get more intensive exercise such as swimming, walking, and posture sitting and standing. I should give more time to meditation. I should read more inspiring books and watch less TV. I should be more involved with others. I should be more charitable to worthy causes. I should be more disciplined in my emotions and attitudes. I should spend more time writing these articles for the PAPER. The list goes on and on with the shoulds, such as praying more, eating better, and keeping better records. So why don’t I? I don’t because I procrastinate. I find it easier to not do these things, at least for right now. Instead, I postpone them, believing I can wait until tomorrow or a more favorable time.
The truth is, however, there might not be another time. I think of everything I could have said or done for my wife and children, but now, those opportunities have passed. How often did I avoid saying “I love you or thank you” or listening to someone who needed a piece of my time? There is always another time, or we are too busy. The question is, do time and opportunity wait for us? Perhaps, in some cases, they do. The sad part is that we miss so many important things because we procrastinate.
Not planning for the future with a definite schedule of saving and investing is irresponsible. To delay or ignore one’s obligation with plans for arrangements in one’s death is to deny the reality of death. To avoid the responsibility of asset distribution with a will or trust is to burden the survivors. To leave unfinished compliments and gestures of love for those closest to us is to shortchange a relationship, especially a wife, husband, or children.
Spiritually, procrastination is the worst thing one can do. I often hear that one can get serious with God later when deciding to follow that path, whether it be an act of repentance or accepting Christ. So many wait until the opportunity is available. It is better to act NOW than to WAIT. In my own life, I have found it foolish to put it off if the door of opportunity is open. Procrastination is as big a sin as any other of our many sins. Often, we fail to see it that way. So don’t delay, but please act today.
Pastor Huls
If you struggle with procrastination or other aspects of your life, remember you’re not alone. Call 760-7466611 for guidance and support on your journey.
Eggs is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society. She’s a 2-year-old, 33-pound, female, Hound mix.
Eggs was surrendered to a crowded, local shelter. She was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through Friends of County Animal Shelters (FOCAS.) Eggs is sunny side up and eager to find her new home.
The $145 adoption fee for Eggs includes medical exam, spay, up to date vaccinations, registered microchip, and a one-year license if her new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society. Visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas or log on to www.SDpets.org.
Open 11 to 4, Thursday through Monday, and by appointment Wednesday.
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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San Diego 5480 Gaines Street
Pet of the Week
Meet Johnny, a sweet dog with nothing but happiness ahead for him! Johnny is so sweet, that he had a dog-safe cookie replica made for him! The only better treat he can think of is a home to call his own. This special pup deserves a lot of love and support and hopes to find people who will let him settle into his new family at a slow pace. While he can be shy in new situations, he’s grown confident around his shelter caregivers with time and reassurance. With continued patience and guidance, he’ll continue to flourish into a confident and sociable companion, bringing joy and warmth to the lives of those fortunate enough to know him. Johnny (905168) is available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Dr. August 2-4, adoption fees are just $10 for all adult dogs, 7 months and older! If you have questions about the adoption process, you can visit sdhumane.org/adopt or call 619-299-7012.
Online profile: https://www.sdhumane.org/adopt/available-pets/animal-single.html?petId=905168 Thank you for supporting our adoptable pets! With a record number of dogs in our care, your support is so meaningful.
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The day my mom went “round the bend” It was a Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1951 but I remember it like yesterday. Dad was reading the paper in the living room and mom had just returned from shopping. My brother and I put away groceries while mom unpacked the eight place setting of “unbreakable” Melmac dinnerware she had purchased at Vigran’s General Merchandise Emporium in downtown Richmond, Indiana. The sales clerk had provided a convincing demonstration of “Melmacs” indestructibility by hurling a dinner plate to the floor with great vigor. To the wide eyed amazement of the gathered gaggle of Hoosier housewives, the plate bounced twice and came to rest unscathed. That was enough for mom. With three highly destructive growing kids at home, mom immediately bought the complete set.
I like dogs. I like cats, too, but I’m allergic to cats, so I prefer dogs.
Join dog lovers across the country this month to celebrate National Dog Month including National Dog Day on the 26th.
Dogs are the #1 most-commonlyowned pets on the planet. One report said that there are more cats than dogs in America, but since cat owners are more likely to have
At home Mom carefully separated and laid out the entire set on the dining room table then stood back to admire her triumph. She then called to dad in the living room. When dad walked in mom bowed and with a flourish stepped aside to reveal the sparkling new dishware. We all watched dad as the smile of approval slowly spread across his face. The, without a word, Mom picked up one of the large dinner plates. Holding it in both hands, she showed for all to see that this was simply an ordinary dish picked randomly from the set. Then she slowly raised the dish above her head, smiled at dad, then dashed it to the floor. It shattered in a thousand pieces. We all stood silently looking at the shattered remnants on the floor for several seconds. Only Mom knew that this was not the anticipated out come. Then Dad slowly raised his eyes to look at Mom who was still staring at the floor. Dad then quietly and calmly said, “honey, you’ve gone round the bend”. Dad then turned back to his paper and the living room.
We boys grew to adulthood with the now seven place settings of Melmac. It was used for everyday dishware as well as Sunday dinner too. We never broke another piece and the dish breaking incident became part of family lore.
The sit down Sunday dinner once was a widely observed tradition in America and much of the Western World. It was prepared, presented and served by the women of the household. It was a “time to shine” for the women who reigned supreme as managers of household affairs. The “Sunday best’ often included legacy recipes and heirloom
silver, china and tableware. Preparing, serving and cleaning up after Sunday dinner was an important all day job eagerly and willingly accepted by these household managers. Their skilled efforts earned them heartfelt appreciation and gratitude from happy well served family and guests. It was a different time in America.
In the 20th century women moved into the work force. Household management and child rearing was increasingly shared or hired out Traditional extended family events like Sunday family dinners gave way to less labor intensive activities. The “Sunday” dishes and silver gathered dust in the china cabinet. As older generations died off, their heirlooms were often sold at auctions. Nome and I were raised in the American Midwest “auction belt”. On weekends there were
always several household auctions. We even bought our first two homes at public auctions. Between 1965 and 1980 we lived in Indiana, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. We often attended local auctions on the weekends buying collectibles, mostly dishware. The vast majority of our “collectibles” have been cluttering our closets and gathering dust for years. No more.
We’ve opened up a 1000 square foot area in The Computer Factory to start de-cluttering our home.
We’ve given this effort the working title of “Hoosier Heirlooms”. We’ll be stocked and ready to rock and roll by the time the paper comes out on Thursday August 8th allowing you to be among the first to see these great bargains. If the idea takes off, perhaps we can expand it to include your household clutter too!
Staying Connected to the WWW
In the 21st century, Internet connectivity has become essential to modern living. It is the most complete source of contemporary entertainment, news, communication, information and learning. It is also the only centralized entry point to the entirety of human history, religion and knowledge. Access devices and applications are in constant evolution but in the present, these three access devices provide what you need to stay conveniently connected 7/24.
The comfortable PC workstation ( tower, notebook, All-in-one, micro) is perfect for home. Voice activated Digital Assistants compliment the home or office workstation. Your Android or Apple smart phone completes the picture.
We’ve been here on San Marcos Blvd. building repairing and upgrading Windows PCs since 1995 and we’ve seen it all and frankly, PCs are more reliable, simpler and cheaper than ever. We’ll be happy to take a look at your PC and advise you as to what you need to stay in the game.
are more homes with at least one dog.
Scientific studies prove that, when we spend time with dogs, they make us happier, less stressed, and more optimistic. This is the basis of our Pet Assisted Therapy program at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. We take trained Therapy dogs to schools, libraries, assisted living facilities, veterans’ centers, mental health centers, and more. We spend an hour or two meeting and greeting people. By the time we pack up the pups to leave, the people we visited feel better. The word that comes to mind is “peaceful.”
There are so many reasons why people want to spend time with dogs. Whether your dog crawls un-
der the blankets with you at night, plays in the hose while you wash the car, or alerts you to something unusual, dogs improve our lives.
Dogs make our lives more fun. They’re good for us, and we’re good for dogs. We make their lives better, too.
One of the reports I read about National Dog Month summed it up by saying, “Life without dogs is a life missing something special, and that’s worth celebrating.”
A while back I saw a woman really enjoying her stroll with her dog. Her shirt very simply said, “Therapy Dog.”
I asked her, “Can I meet your dog?”
She said, “Yes. Please introduce yourself by letting him sniff your hand.”
He sniffed me, then he sat down and leaned against me.
I asked her which Pet Therapy program they worked with.
She replied, “We’re not with a program. He’s freelance.”
Maybe this is the month for you to find out if your dog could be a therapy dog. Contact Rancho Coastal Humane Society or a shelter near you.
If your dog is freelance, that’s okay, too.
multiple cats, there
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miles off the coast of San Diego that would be kept top secret by the U.S. government for 13 long years – before it was leaked to The New York Times in December of 2017 (13 years after the incident).
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED BACK THEN THAT MADE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP IT TOP SECRET?
Along with famed astrophysicist, Neil de Grass Tyson, San Diegans demanded to know: “What the hell really happened back then that made the government decide to keep the whole ordeal top secret? And how safe are we from any potential airborne threat?”
Had the security leak never occurred, the incident would still be top secret and San Diegans – and the world -- would never know what actually happened on that fateful day.
On Sunday 14 November 2004, U.S. Navy pilot, Commander David Fravor, a veteran flier for 18 years, along with another pilot, Lt. Commander Jim Slaight, were airborne during a training exercise off the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Nimitz, when things suddenly changed from their simulated war games.
They were sent to encounter a UFO 90 miles off the coast of San Diego.
An Operations officer onboard the San Diego-based USS Princeton, a deadly Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that was part of the “carrier strike force” of the U.S.S Nimitz, hailed Fravor on his F/A-18 Super Hornet radio asking: “Are you carrying any weapons?”
Both pilots answered in the negative – they were not carrying any weapons for possible hostile engagement. Fravor’s radio reply was: “Only two CATM-9s.” (The CATM-9s that Fravor referred to are only dummy missiles which cannot be fired since the two pilots were only on a training exercise.)
The question from the guided-missile cruiser was followed by a directive for both pilots to approach the UFO.
The cruiser’s orders were in Navy vernacular: “Well, we’ve got a realworld vector for you,” after which both pilots were instructed to make their approach to a “merge plot” –which is the vicinity of the UFO.
For two weeks, the USS Princeton had been secretly tracking various UFO activities off Catalina Island, 88 miles north of San Diego. The San Diego warship is ferociously armed and battle-tested with formidable naval guns, anti-air, and anti-submarine missiles, along with
surface-to-surface launch capability, and a phalanx of other unknown, classified firepower.
As such, the Princeton was concerned over any possible hostile aircraft activity, including any UFO activity over its home-port of San Diego, which she is diligently trained to protect at all costs.
According to the Princeton’s secret surveillance, the UFOs popped onto their radar scans at 80,000 feet, then one suddenly dive-bombed towards San Diego’s ocean waters, finally stopping and hovering above the water at approximately 20,000 feet.
At all times, the UFO was “lockedon” by the Princeton’s radar. “Lockon” is just one previous step to unleashing any lethal firepower. It is tantamount to cocking a loaded pistol or rifle.
By the time both Navy pilots merged close to one UFO, it was now hovering just 50-feet above the water, as if studying something below the ocean’s surface. With the ocean waters churning beneath the UFO object, Fravor got a clear view: “Getting a great, clear look at it, now. It’s about 40’ long.”
Then Fravor’s voice crackled over the radio transmission with excitement: “Look at that thing! It’s rotating!!”
The UFO propulsion confused both pilots. As Fravor stated, it just didn’t seem possible, at least by any known earthly standards, for such an airborne craft to maneuver and hover the way it did.
Fravor explained:
“It’s not possible with technology today. It has no exhaust, vapor trail, or (discernable) internal propulsion. In less than 2 seconds, it was gone! You’re talking 50 miles of clear visibility and this thing just disappeared in seconds!”
When both pilots returned to the aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz, he replied to his fellow pilots: “I have no idea what I saw. It had no plumes, wings or rotors and outran our F-18s.”
That was back in 2004 and the U.S. Naval Intelligence classified it as: “Tic Tac UFO.”
The highly classified documents and UFO video were, somehow, leaked to The New York Times which broke the story that went global.
U.S. Navy Commander pilot, David Fravor, has been more open on his mysterious UFO encounter off San Diego’s coastline. When Fravor was later asked on network TV how fast he calculated the UFO’s airborne speed to have been, the veteran military flier answered: “Well, way beyond supersonic! Like a bullet out of a gun!”
Under further questions from his TV interview Favor clarified as a trained jet pilot: “No human physiology could’ve survived the ‘G-force’ of that speed.”
Looking back on it, 20 years after the incident, retired Commander David Fravor is now more certain of what he saw that sunny San Diego day:
“Something not from this Earth. The technology that we faced was far superior than anything that we had. I’m not a UFO fanatic, but what we saw with our eyes – well, we have noting close to it. It was incredible technology!”
SUMMATION. UFOs are a global phenomena. Every country on Earth has experienced them.
The British, the French, the Russians, Chinese, all developed world governments have their own UFO research programmes. And most have their versions of America’s Area 51.
Following last year’s historic Congressional hearing surrounding the U.S. government’s knowledge of UAPs, new reports provide insight into how other countries are handling UAP incidents.
The Russian military and their government are not only researching UAPs but also encountering them, according to a letter by investigative journalist George Knapp which was entered into the Congressional record.
“Russia’s program is likely the biggest investigation ever undertaken. Thousands of case files were accumulated. Nearly all of the witnesses who were interviewed were military personnel. Many of the incidents described to me by the program’s director Col. Boris Sokolov were alarming,” Knapp said in his report to the U.S. Congressional hearing.
SPECIAL THANKS. Once again, I wish to thank our vast readership for your wonderful and eclectic cover story ideas; please keep your story suggestions coming! One sure-fire way to entertain and bring pleasure to our readers is to listen to what they are most interested in. The Paper is your forum. Your voice. Your publication. I wish to briefly acknowledge my fans in Colorado! God love you. And may God bless my fellow Americans everywhere, each and every one.
Historically Speaking from page 7
By the 1850s, the names Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam were being used nearly interchangeably, to the point that images of what had previously been called “Brother Jonathan” were being called “Uncle Sam.” Similarly, the appearance of both personifications varied wildly. For example, one depiction of “Uncle Sam” in 1860 showed him looking like Benjamin Franklin, while a contemporaneous depiction of Brother Jonathan looks more like the modern version of “Uncle Sam,” though without a goatee.
Uncle Sam did not get a standard appearance, even with the effective abandonment of Brother Jonathan near the end of the American Civil War, until the well-known recruitment image of “Uncle Sam” was first created by Flagg during World War I. It is this image more than any other that has influenced the modern appearance of “Uncle Sam,” an elderly white man with white hair and a goatee, wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, a blue tail coat, and red-and-whitestriped trousers.
Flagg’s depiction of “Uncle Sam” was shown publicly for the first time, according to some, on the cover of the magazine “Leslie’s Weekly” on July 6, 1916, with the caption “What Are You Doing for Preparedness?” More than four million copies of this image were printed between 1917 and 1918. Flagg’s image also was used extensively during World War II, during which America was code named “Samland” by the German intelligence agency Abwehr. The term was central in the song “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” which was featured in 1942, in the musical film “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” starring James Cagney.
There are two memorials to “Uncle Sam,” both of which commemorate the life of Samuel Wilson: the Uncle Sam Memorial Statue in Arlington, Massachusetts, his birthplace; and a memorial near his long-term residence in Riverfront Park of Troy, New York. Wilson’s boyhood home can still be visited in Mason, New Hampshire. Samuel Wilson died on July 31, 1854, aged 87, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York.
In 1989, “Uncle Sam Day” became official. A Congressional joint resolution designated Sept. 13, 1989, as “Uncle Sam Day,” the birthday of Samuel Wilson. In 2015, the family history company “My Heritage” researched Uncle Sam’s family tree and claims to have tracked down his living relatives.
So, for history’s sake, we can blame it all on “Uncle Sam” Wilson.
Friedrich Gomez
SERVICE DIRECTORY
Chuckles from page 2
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let’s face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are animal organs.
MIGHTY MOJO
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
If you have a bunch of odds and
ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
The Paper
Ever since I can remember I’ve had the burning desire to discover new places, new adventures. Because of this, I set out to discover a new country . . . and I was successful. I even ventured inland a great many miles where I discovered a place I called Minnesota. “This,” I thought, “would be a great place for Scandinavians.” So I headed back to Norway to recruit settlers. While I was gone, some clown named Columbus claimed he discovered America. Life ain’t fair. Except life also give us The Paper. I read it whenever and wherever I go exploring and only buy from those who advertise in The Paper It’s a Viking thing. Your friend Eric the Red
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
Lastly - Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’?
Oodles from page 3
September 16 - Navigating Medicare and MediCal (Medicaid)
October 21 - Grief and Loss
November 18 - New Topic Introduction
Presented by Hospice of the North Coast and the Senior Service Council of Escondido
Free to attend at 728 North Broadway, Escondido – Oak Room. Please register for each session by phone 760-480-0611 or at https:// bit.ly/3xr4MQG
Senior Service Council Escondido 728 N Broadway Escondido (760) 480-0611 http://www.escondido-senior-services.org
Volunteers Needed
Senior Service Council Escondido
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, (760) 480-0611 http://www.escondido-senior-services.org
Grief Support Group
Senior Service Council Escondido August 8 & 22 • 1pm to 2pm
Find comfort, validation and the knowledge that you are not alone in healing from loss.
Senior Service Council Escondido 728 N Broadway - Oak Room Escondido, CA 92025 (760) 480-0611
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Beta Sigma Phi Celebrate Beginning Day August 22 • 10:30am
The Hidden Valley Vista City Council of Beta Sigma Phi International will be celebrating a Beginning Day “Cheers to HVVC” on August 22, 2024, starting10:30 am at J & M Family Restaurant 1215 East Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA.
Menu Choices: Menu Choices: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 bacon strips; or 1 ½ slices French toast, 2 bacon strips; or 2 scrambled eggs, toast, & fruit. Includes Tea, Coffee and water. Cost - $15.00
All HVVC Chapter members of Beta Sigma Phi – active, inactive, on leave, transferees and their guests are invited to make a reservation by calling Suzie at 760-8893552 by August 15, 2024.
Beta Sigma Phi is a social, cultural and philanthropic International Sorority, headquartered in Kansa City, Missouri, with chapters throughout the world. If you are interested in belonging to a special organization and make many new friends, call Sue at 858-484-8752.
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Weekday Wellness & Fun for Seniors
11am - Noon McClellan Senior Center
Calling all seniors! Looking for a way to add some excitement to your weekdays? Look no further! From 11 am until noon, join us at the McClellan Senior Center for a variety of engaging activities designed just for you!
• Unleash your creativity in our lively art class on Mondays.
• Test your luck and socialize with friends in a thrilling game of bingo on Tuesdays.
• Enjoy some friendly competition with games and cards on Wednesdays.
• Keep your mind sharp with trivia and brain games on Thursdays.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to connect, have fun, and make new memories with fellow seniors. Mark your calendars and join us for a fulfilling and enjoyable time at McClellan Senior Center! For more information, call 760.643.5288.
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Cardiff Farmers Market Every Saturday • 10am - 2pm
Cardiff 101 Mainstreet Association is hosting a weekly Farmers Market every Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
Located at MiraCosta College San Elijo Campus, the new farmers market is a Certified California Farmers Market, featuring locally sourced produce sold by local farmers. The Cardiff Farmers Market will also have an array of related food products and prepared food vendors, along with a curated group of makers and craft vendors.
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Tai Chi for Arthritis & Fall Prevention
Aging & Independence Services
The Paper
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lyle e davis
US Army, Entertainment Director 1957-1959 Brooke Army Hospital • Fort Sam Houston, Texas
“The state of Texas was never invaded while I was on duty at Fort Sam. You could look it up!”
War Correspondent South Vietnam - 1967-68 Assimilated Grade/Rank Lt. Colonel, MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam)
will be offering free Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention (TCAFP) classes in-person. These evidencebased falls prevention programs have shown to improve movement, balance, strength, and flexibility; offer relaxation; and decrease pain and falls. Both programs are appropriate for adults with or without arthritis, rheumatic diseases, or related musculoskeletal conditions. Older adults at a higher risk of falling are strongly encouraged to attend.
Carlsbad City Library
1775 Dove Ln Carlsbad at the WiFi Garden–outdoor class Wednesdays and Fridays 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Pine Avenue Community Center 3901 Harding St. Carlsbad Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30 am – 9:30 am
To register, visit https://ca-carlsbad. civicrec.com/CA/carlsbad-ca/catalog and enter code #20510. For questions or more information, email HealthierLiving.HHSA@sdcounty. ca.gov or call (858) 495-5500.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Henry William Sintay III Case No. 24PE001839C 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 James Edward Winston deceased. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Byron Winston 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 Byron Winston 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: 9/4, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm
Dept: 502
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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. the time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 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: Byron Winston
7301 Winter Valley Ct. Riverdale, GA 30274
770-875-4644
DOP: 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
STATEMENT 2024-9011531
The name of the business: San Juan Dental, located at 1955 Cherrywood St., Vista, CA 92081. Registrant, Leoni Dental Corporation, 1955 Cherrywood St., Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A
/s/ Rachel Leoni, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/31/2024
7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 2024-9014235
The name of the business: In Ingredients, located at 440 Stevens Ave., Ste 200-#1087, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Registrant, Potentia health, Inc., 200 Spectrum Center Dr., Ste 2100, Irvine, CA 92618. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 1/1/2024
/s/ Jade Beutler, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/10/2024
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 2024-9012979
The name of the business: Roush
Real Estate, Cap Inc., Cap RE, Cap Real Estate, located at 325 Kentfield Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Commercial Appraisal Profesionals Inc., 325 Kentfield Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 7/1/2019
/s/ Eric Roush, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 6/20/2024
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 2024-9012204
The name of the business: Higgs Luxury Real Estate, Higgs Real Estate, located at 2131 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, Marlina Higgs, 1224 Weaver Street, San Diego, CA 92114. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/10/2024
/s/ Marlina Higgs with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 6/10/2024
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 2024-9013230
The name of the business: Oceanic Woodworking, located at 603 Seagaze Dr., #121, Oceanside, CA 92054. Registrant, Steven Michael McKellar, 603 Seagaze Dr., #121, Oceanside, CA 92054. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/28/2024
/s/ Steven Michael McKellar with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 6/25/2024
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
STATEMENT 2024-9014490
The name of the business: Ludicrous Detailers, located at 142 Martin St., Oceanside, CA 92058. Registrant, Octavio Alexander Vences, 142 Martin St., Oceanside, CA 92058. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 7/15/2024
/s/ Vences, Octavio A. with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/15/2024
7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
37-2024-00030187-CU-PT-NC
TO ALL INTERESTED PER-
SONS: Petitioner Lily Nevaeh Morton filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Lily Nevaeh Morton to
proposed name Lily Nevaeh Pirc. 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: August 16, 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 Dr., 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 June 28, 2024 /s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT 2024-9011931
The name of the business: Pacific Exterior Care, located at 1053 Naomi Drive, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Pacific Exterior Care, 1053 Naomi Drive, Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Shawn Fejerang, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 6/6/2024 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015045
The name of the business: TCL Massage, located at 446 W. Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Xiumei Gao, 26439 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA 92026. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 7/23/2024 /s/ Jeiu Mei Gao with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/23/2024 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2024
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: 2024-9015289
Planetflip, located at 9402 La Jolla Farms Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. The Fictitious Business Name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 5/3/2022 and assigned file no. 2022-9010294.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IS BEING ABANDONED BY: Expressoft, 9402 La Jolla Farms Road, La Jola, CA 92037. This business is conducted by a Corporation. 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/Ronald Kagan, CEO This statement was filed with the San Diego Recorder/County clerk on 7/25/2024. 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2024
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE
LEGALS
OF Cheryl Jean Carner
Case No. 37-2023-00049840-PRPW-CTL
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 Cheryl Jean Carner.
A Petition for Probate has been filed by Joshua Hoffman 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 Joshua Hoffman 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: August 29, 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. the time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 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. Attorney for petitioner: K. Maxell Nuyen 500 La Terraza Boulevard, Suite 150 Escondido, CA 92025 (619) 273-3397
DOP: 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015046
The name of the business: Garrett Insurance Group, Garrett Insurance Team, located at 2730 E. Evans Rd., Unit 8, San Diego, CA 92106. Registrant, Wendy Garrett Rosenthal, 2730 Evans Rd., Unit 8, San Diego, CA 92106. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 7/23/2024 /s/ Wendy Garrett Rosenthal with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/23/2024 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015467
The name of the business: Encinitas Therapy, located at 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas, CA 92024. Registrant, Shannon Kathleen Gilbride, P.O. Box 217, Cardiff, CA 92007. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 1/15/2015 /s/ Shannon Gilbride with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/29/2024 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9014453
The name of the business: Executive Medical Inc., located at 1582 W. San Marcos Blvd., #100, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Executive Medical Inc., 1582 W. San Marcos Blvd., #100, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 9/1/2023 /s/ Michael Woo-Ming, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/15/2024
8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015865
The name of the business: GMC3, located at 655 Avenida Cordoba, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Gerald James Harwin, 655 Avenida Cordoba, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 1/20/2000
/s/ Gerald J. Harwin with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/2/2024
8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9014614
The name of the business: Aria Nail Lounge, located at 1810 University Dr., Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Ellie Girl Investment Inc., 4227 Old Grove Rd., Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 7/15/2024
/s/ Hoi Tran, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/172024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015036
The name of the business: Light Within, located at 550 Echo Lane, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Shahpar Mossavar Rahmani, 550 Echo Lane, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 7/23/2024
/s/ Shahpar Mossavar Rahmani with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/23/2024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9014877
The name of the business: DK’s Bumper Repair, located at 6419 Tobria Terrace 106, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, Jaime Garcia, 856 Dolphin Dr., Perris, CA 92571. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 8/5/2014 /s/ Jaime Garcia with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/19/2024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015714
The name of the business: Elite Luxe Consultant, located at 960 Bolex Way, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Luis Rodriguez, 960 Bolex Way, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Luis Rodriguez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Record-
er of San Diego on 8/1/2024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015478
The name of the business: Que Tortas, located at 828 N. Santa Fe Ave., St C., Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Marsay Inc., 1745 Idaho Terrace, Escondido, CA 92027. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 9/15/2017 /s/ Martin Hernandez, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/29/2024
8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015420
The name of the business: Deer Springs Gardens, located at 705 Mimosa Ave., Vista, CA 92079. Registrant, Michele Gay Huggins, PO Box 459, San Marcos, CA 92079. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 6/1/1997 /s/ Michele Gay Huggins with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/29/2024
8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015491
The name of the business: Kings Care Assisted Living, LLC, located at 247 Presley Place, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Kings Care Assisted Living, LLC, 247 Presley Place, Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: 4/4/2018 /s/ Mark Yerko, Manager with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/30/2024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9015660
The name of the business: the Sanch Shack Collectables, located at 1216 Anza Ave., Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, Joseph Sanchez, 1216 Anza Ave., Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Joseph Sanchez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 7/31/2024 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME 37-2024-00027813-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Tiffany McLaurin AKA Tiffany A. McLaurin, AKA Tiffany Annette McLaurin filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Tiffany McLaurin AKA Tiffany A. McLaurin AKA Tiffany Annette McLaurin to Proposed name Tiffany Annette Manos. 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: 9/12, 2024, 8:30 am, in Dept. 61
No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment
The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101. 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 July 29, 2024 /s/ John S. Meyer, Judge of the Superior Court 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Henry William Sintay III Case No. 37-2023-00050108PR-PW-CTL 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 Henry William Sintay III. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Jerrold Sintay 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 Jerrold Sintay 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: 9/12, 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. the time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 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.
Attorney for petitioner:
Law Office of Will M. Smith
139 East Third Avenue, Suite 101
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 520-1916
DOP: 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2024
