December 8, 2022

December 08, 2022

Volume 52 - No. 50

By Cecil JOdds N Ends

When reviewing and reminiscing about our stays in Italy, our mind leaps unerringly to the day Santa died.

This whole episode happened in a village in Umbria, which is perched comfortably in the shade – not the shadow, the shade – of its more renowned neighbor, Tuscany.

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through such hillside towns as Assisi, Gubbio, Orvieto, Perugia, Spello and Todi, all within an hour from this medieval castle-cum-village named Panicale plunked atop a hill midway between Rome and Florence – each a couple of hours away.

Umbria wraps around most of Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake on the peninsula, on the edge of the Pisa-Florence-Sienna triangle. Hills quilted with chestnut, oak, olive and grape roll away from its shores and juggle dozens of villages.

Panicale is also called the Balcony of Lake Trasimeno because of its panoramic view of the lake.

It also offers a peek into both medieval and modern living. Piazza Umberto I is the town’s living room built around is 550-year-old fountain.

Newlyweds have wedding photos taken here. Locals begin and end their days here over espresso and wine. They stop gossiping only to stand up for crucifix-led funeral

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processions chanting the Pater Noster (Our Father) on their way down from the massive 1,000-yearold Umbrian gothic Church of St. Michael the Archangel that dominates the town.

Most of their city shopping is in the Tuscan town of Arezzo, about an hour north. Sometimes they shop in the capital and commercial hub of Umbria, Perugia, just 30 minutes away.

On a hillside within viewing distance from Perugia is Assisi, the

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birthplace of St. Francis, the founder of the religious order that established the string of 21 missions forming the backbone of California.

His remains are housed in the basilica named after him, as are those of St. Clair entombed in the church named after her at the opposite end of town. Both churches are decorated with heart-stirring frescoes, which are everywhere — inside and outside buildings in every community throughout the region.

A small church in Panicale (the town once had seven) houses a famous fresco – The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. It was painted in 1505

by Piero di Cristoforo Vanucci, known as Il Perugino, whose most famous pupil was Raphael.

There’s a bit of local history story attached to this painting.

On each side of this landmark Renaissance work are two small groups of faceless bystanders watching Roman soldiers fire arrows into the martyr’s body. To make a fresco, the painter puts in the colors while the plaster is still wet. The people in these groups were the patrons of the painting and Il Perugino found out they weren’t going to finish paying him, so he painted their faces after the plaster dried -- and eventually fell off.

That’s why they have no faces now.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle How Children Perceive their Grandparents

1. I was in the bathroom, putting on my makeup, under the watchful eyes of my young granddaughter, as I'd done many times before. After I applied my lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper goodbye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper goodbye ...

2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 72. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"

3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience

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Il Perugino was summoned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481 to paint a portion of the Sistine Chapel. His “Charge to Peter” is still on view in the Vatican.

This artistic bent has filtered down to artisans. It’s evident everywhere but you can see it clearly just an hour away in Deruta, the ceramic capital of central Italy. Its shops offer baked and glazed clay in all shapes, sizes, designs and colors.

Gubbio, tucked into Umbria’s northeastern corner at the foot of the Apennines, gives you a look at what medieval life looked like. People still live in 1,000-year-old houses and work in 1,000-year-old workshops. And they attend outdoor productions at a 2,000-year-old 15,000seat open-air Roman theater.

You can drive to the towns peppered around here, of course, but trains are best for taking you into the heart of Italy’s major cities.

Taking to the road is not the nightmare some would lead you to believe. Motorists tend to tailgate but all you have to do is get out of the way. There are many roadside pull-over areas to let drivers get by.

They’ll even give you a beep-beep “thank you” as they pass.

Rather than drive, we walked four kilometers (about 2 1/2 miles) to the neighboring village of Paciano for lunch. And that’s another of what fun things to experience besides the grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" 4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard.

We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"

5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?"

I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?''

"You're both old," he replied.

6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story.

"What's it about?" he asked.

"I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."

7. I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was.

She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I con-

heart and history of Italy– the cuisine.

The food merits a story in itself — local pastas, regional salamis, veal, gelato, wild boar, roast rabbit, truffles, guinea fowl, fresh produce and salads, piquant olive oil, wine without additives, the list is endless.

A Yorkshire resident who visits Umbria regularly, said it all: “You just can’t find bad food here.”

An added fillip was the Roman festival just down the road from town.

“Why not drop around on Sunday,” suggested Riccardo. “We’ll have a few artichokes.”

The retired Alitalia pilot was our landlord when we arrived in Panicale. He and his wife, Mariolina, were friends when we left.

They opted out of big-city living in Rome several years ago and occupied our spacious apartment while they built a picture-book home in a hill-clinging olive grove just below the town’s centuries-old walls.

“I bought this apartment because when I look out that (living room) window, that’s Umbria,” he said.

The Umbria you see is the reddishyellow brick-and-rock front of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel leaning on a restaurant by an archway that frames the main piazza with its bars, hair salons, statinued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I really think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!"

8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects.

Still, a few fireflies followed us in.

Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."

9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure."

"Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised "Mine says I'm 4 to 6."

10. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today."

The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool.

"That's interesting." she said. "How do you make babies?"

"It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."

11. Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher.

The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant."

The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what

tionery and gift shops, and small groups of standing and sitting locals sorting out the various problems of the day.

We knew we were in for something special as we approached the lane sloping into Riccardo’s farmyard. It was like breaking into an opera.

About three dozen people wearing the full array of bright yellows, reds, greens – pick a color – were milling about chittering, chattering, and chanting in that Italian singsong manner from which arias emerge. The accompaniment was provided by Riccardo’s tractor as it hauled dead grape vines and olive branches to a pile resembling a titanic tumbleweed.

“You don’t work, you don’t eat,” was Mariolina’s mandate.

Our immediate chore was to gather mint leaves off the plant stems and chop the stocks off the artichokes – shopping-cart-sized mounds of them. Then the mint leaves were minced with garlic and olive oil.

The artichokes are given a good slam on the ground to soften them so their hearts can be opened up and stuffed with the mint-garlic-oil mixture.

Through all this, you had to balance wine with oil-soaked bread, cheese, fresh fava beans, and more wine

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pregnant means?" she asked.

"Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child."

12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past.

Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog's duties.

"They use him to keep crowds back," said one child.

"No," said another. "He's just for good luck."

A third child brought the argument to a close. “They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."

13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and whenever we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport."

14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him!

15. My Grandparents are funny, when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.

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It was at this point that Mariolina explained these artichoke afternoons are a traditional Roman ritual because the plant originates in the region south of Italy’s capital.

The giant pile of shrubbery was burned and the ashes raked into a flat lava-like bed of coals.

Then we had to tuck our artichoke into the coals to cook. You only get to eat the one you cooked.

Again, the operatic metaphor arose as each person displayed a distinctive dance pirouetting around the blistering mound. It takes about 45 minutes for the artichokes to cook in this manner, which gave everyone time to sample more wine with the sausages and pork barbecued on a fire fed with larger chunks of trimmed olive wood.

Then flowed the desserts, all of them home-made.

And that’s when Riccardo reminded us that the lake below still soaks the remains of Roman soldiers massacred by Hannibal more than 2,000 years ago.

The Battle of Trasimene is largely ignored by modern-day Italians because it was where the Carthaginian general ambushed several thousand – the number ranges from 15,000 to 50,000 – Romans and corralled them into Lake Trasimeno, drowning most of them.

There’s a broad plain off the northwestern shore of the lake where the Roman’s camped as they tailed Hannibal, who looked like he was heading into the jaws of another Roman troupe marching from Rimini in the east. Instead, and what made this battle important in military history, the Punic general surveyed the field he chose to use to his advantage rather than using the history honored practice of challenging the enemy and then rushing at it with all your might.

He stretched his army – this number varies, too, but it was about 12,000, which included a contingent of Celts who eventually killed the Roman leader — over a half dozen kilometers of high ground ringing the northern edge of the lake and watched silently while the Romans tromped along the shoreline right into their trap.

Archeologists are still picking human bones out of the lake. An interesting historical sidelight for such a little spot, but there are several such episodes from this region where Tuscany and Umbria bump into each other that date back to the Etruscans.

For example, Panicale was the first community in central Italy to be given official status because it was never – not ever — defeated by any attackers. It was too high, too well fortified and too self-sufficient with its own animals within the

walls and its own big bubble of water. This castle became an important stopover for popes and nobles traveling between Rome and Florence.

And we were there the day Santa died.

‘Twas the day before Christmas.

We got to the butcher that morning to pick up our gallantine for Christmas Eve and lasagna for Christmas dinner. Gallantine is a tradition here. A chicken is deboned and stuffed with everything from prosciutto to pistachios and hard-boiled eggs to eggplant, then pressed and cooked, sliced and eaten cold.

And we got chores done while we were out -- cash from the bank ATM, started the car to make sure the battery wasn’t dead, and checked our last-minute grocery list — as a humid sirocco-like wind swooped in and made the town almost summery. My brother, Lou, dropped by for a grappa and headed home for a shower. He and wife, Jean, travelled from Toronto to spend Christmas with Beverly and me in our semi-adopted homeaway-from home.

Riccardo dropped by about midday and said he’d skip coming by at night because he wouldn’t be able to find a parking space because of midnight Mass at the church.

Then he told us. “Bobbie died,” he said

Bobbie was ambushed by a deadly heart attack on his early-morning walk with his dog. He had been looking forward to playing Santa: “A true Santa Claus from the North,” he told me several days earlier.

He had been a technical-magazine editor in Sweden before chucking it and moving to Panicale, where he augmented whatever pension and other funds he had by managing rental properties, organizing travel tours, and dabbling in real estate.

He was proud of the fact that he was the first non-native offered the role. He even let his beard grow to match his thick head of white hair.

I skidded down to the piazza to scout out the facts. Lou was right behind me. We ran into Simone’s wife, who owns the osteria opened in the apartment Bev and I rented on our first trip. She told us “Babbo Natale e morta.” (Father Christmas is dead ). I asked if they found an alternate. She nodded her head: “Qualqu’ uno” (Somebody).

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still warm and humid but it started to drizzle on the couple of dozen kids and their parents scattered around the fountain. So they trooped into a below-street-level club room across the alley from the osteria. The substitute Santa and his jingling bells were greeted about 4:20 by applauding parents and wide-eyed youngsters. Everyone got something. Even the adults received a little package of candy that was handed out by the children.

But no one seemed to miss Bobbie.

(A few days later, a hearse squeezed up through the steep archway gaining entrance to the church and a clutch of mourners followed the casket through the doors for Mass.

When the service ended and the remains rolled back into the vehicle, no one followed but everyone applauded Bobbie’s passing as the long car slipped down into the piazza and out the Umberto 1 gate.)

I asked if her osteria’s Christmas Eve dinner (30 euros per person) was full. She shook her head “no,” and explained they didn’t start planning/advertising early enough. I said they’ll start earlier next year.

She nodded, “Si.”

Then she added that the alternate Santa was due to land in the piazza at 3:30 p.m. We returned to the apartment and sipped a few until it was time to check the piazza. It was

The Author, Cecil Scaglione

Hybrid Escondido Writers Group with Special Guest Mark Carlson Tuesday, December 6, 2022 • 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Library Board Room • Adults

Writers of all genres are invited to read their work and receive group critiques in a friendly and comfortable environment. Meet guest author Mark Carlson on December 6!

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Odds N Ends

Speaking of food and cookery, and I just was, I suffered some discomfiture when I saw a photo on Facebook of some Banana-Nut Bread that Jeri Kaufman had prepared for hubby, Jerry Kaufman, and world class physical therapist.

It happens that I LOVE Banana-nut Bread. I also can bake a pretty mean Banana-nut bread myself.

Nothing better than a cold glass of milk, two or three, or four or five, slices of banana-nut bread, slathered with healthy doses of butter.

However, I am on a diet and would be unable to eat and enjoy banananut bread until I complete my diet.

Thus far, I have lost 30 lbs. I only have about 15lbs to go.

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Former Escondido police Chief Ed Varso will receive 18 percent pay increase when he takes back ld job

an salary among police chiefs in the county, according to Escondido city officials.

Varso will assume his new role Dec. 27.

The city hired Varso again after a nationwide search for his replacement. The city contracted with a recruitment firm to conduct the process and will pay the firm $14,000 for its services and expenses, according to the city.

According to the job listing, the application process closed Oct. 2.

Varso notified Menifee of his planned departure Nov. 17, according to Menifee city officials.

According to the Union Tribuine and city officials Former will return next month to lead the department again, and will receive an 18 percent pay increase, city officials said Tuesday.

Varso will be paid a base salary of $250,000, up from $212,000 when he left in late June to lead the Menifee Police Department in Riverside County.

Menifee city officials said his base salary was $224,000. He is only the second police chief in Menifee, a city that created its own Police Department in 2020.

The salary Varso accepted to return will be 2.7 percent above the medi-

Escondido’s consultants had screened the pool of applicants. At some point the city engaged in conversations with Varso, who was not among the applicants — which all but ended the search for a new chief. Applicants were not interviewed, according to the city.

Varso, who rose through the ranks before his promotion to chief in 2020, said in a statement that he looked forward to reconnecting with the Escondido Police

"Sure, be happy to," I said, "put him on."

"Hi, is this Batman."

"Why, yes it is citizen. Are you a law abiding citizen?"

A Good Laugh:

Department, other city employees and community members to “ensure public safety.”

“Returning to Escondido is more than just reclaiming an old job, I feel like I am returning home,” Varso said in a statement.

Varso started his law enforcement career as a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in 1997. The Escondido Police Department hired him as a police officer in 2001.

As chief, Varso drew attention when he knelt with Black Lives Matter supporters a little more than a week after Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd in 2020.

The Escondido Police Department includes about 220 employees, including 160 sworn personnel. Its budget totals $54 million.

“Chief Varso left the City on very good terms and continued to be involved in the process of the selection of his successor,” the city said in a statement. “During those conversations with the City Manager, the topic of his returning to the position came up and was explored.”

"Why, yes, yes it is," I answered.

"Could you talk to my son? We saw your picture in The Paper and he's been bugging me saying I should call the phone number you listed and see if he could talk to Batman."

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"Um, yeah."

"And do you promise to always make you mum proud and do the right thing? And to love your country and to always follow the law."

A couple weeks ago I designed an ad with a headline that read "An Urgent "Um, yeah."

Plea from Batman!" along with a photo of Batman. It was an ad urging peo- "Okay, citizen, what's your name?" ple to subscribe to The Paper.

"Bobby. Robert, but everyone calls me Bobby."

Last Friday I got a call from a woman. I answered and she said, "Is "Well Citizen Bobby, I'm honored to have this Batman?" a chance to meet you, even if only by phone.

I have to run now as a crimefighter's work is never done. Remember, be a good boy and follow the law! Batman out."

"Okay. Thanks."

I love it when a plan works.

••••• I’m a soft touch for stories that tug at the heartstrings. When I read or hear of such a story, I like to share it.

Her’s one that touched me and I think will likely touch you as well:

A Critique

We absolutely loved your "Amusing But True Thanksgiving Day Facts" cover story (11/24/22 issue) by Friedrich Gomez. We honestly could not stop laughing!

But at the same time, it was fascinating on how other cultures celebrate Thanksgiving in various ways! Everyone I spoke with said it made their day with hilarious anecdotes that even had our managers in the breakroom, literally, in tears laughing so hard! On the other hand, your "Last Flight" cover story (11/17/22 issue) was a complete and utter dismal flop.

And that's not just my opinion. The main pathos of an aging man was "sadly lost" with too much heavyhanded details on the PV-1, PV-2, forward bay, "field modifications,"

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this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat The Runt awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, A farmer had some puppies he need- doing its best to catch up... ed to sell.

"I want that one," the little boy said, He painted a sign advertising the 4 pointing to the runt. pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was The farmer knelt down at the boy's driving the last nail into the post, he side and said, "Son, you don't want that felt a tug on his overalls. He looked puppy. He will never be able to run and down into the eyes of a little boy.. play with you like these other dogs would."

"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your Puppies."

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed trousers. the sweat off the back of his neck, "These puppies come from fine parents and In doing so he revealed a steel brace cost a good deal of money." running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made The boy dropped his head for a shoe. moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of Looking back up at the farmer, he change and held it up to the farmer. said, "You see sir, I don't run too well "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to myself, and he will need someone who undertake a look?" stands."

"Sure," said the farmer. And with that With tears in his eyes, the farmer he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he reached down and picked up the little called. runt puppy. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four "How much?" asked the little boy.. little balls of fur.

"No charge.” answered the farmer, The little boy pressed his face against "There's no charge for love." the chain link fence. His eyes danced ••••• with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.

Slowly another little ball appeared,

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Dribs N Drabs

Recently, while having coffee at Charlie’s Restuarant in Escondido, we got to talking about the several different, and interesting, characters Escondido has seen.

Probably the most colorful was a gal named “Crazy Ruth.” Ruth was a tall, strong woman, given to carrying around a jug of wine, often becoming inebriated in public, challenging traffic, arguing with people, and causing a great deal of discomfort for those around her.

Police were often called and when they responded they responded with at least two squad cars, not one. Police knew Ruth all too well and one police unit was seldom sufficient to take her into custody. Ruth was not in the habit of going quietly into the night. She had spent time in Las Colinas Women’s Detention facility on several occasions.

Ruth, it was often said, was often a woman of easy virtue and was not above soliciting a few dollars in return for amorous activities. One imagines her clientele were not of the highest social strata, but more likely transients or other gents down on their luck.

I met Ruth on more than one occasion. One day, while working in the concession building at Dixon Lake, Ruth came by to buy a soda. I made a bad mistake. Ruth was wearing a right pretty yellow dress and my mistake was complimenting her on her pretty dress.

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Ruth would walk up La Honda Drive to the lake . . . and then, later, walk back down. A family friend made the mistake one day of offering Ruth a ride down the hill. She told me she could not get the smell out of her car for several weeks.

I was told later by several good friends on the Escondido Police Department that Ruth had apparently changed her ways . . . had begun to take care of herself, comb her hair, pay more attention to personal hygiene, dressed in nice clothes and, most importantly, had given up Demon Rum. She was seen several times in area restaurants and she had behaved herself.

I wish her well and hope that she continues in a healthy lifestyle. The young cops now serving Escondido mostly did not know Crazy Ruth. All the old time cops have pretty much retired . . . but they all have great stories about “Crazy Ruth,” several of which can’t be reported here.

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Homelessness: Real Solutions Needed

By Assemblymember Marie Waldron

California has 30% of the nation’s homeless and over half of its unsheltered homeless. $17 billion has been thrown at the problem, yet homeless numbers continue to grow. Between 2019 and 2022, the homeless population increased by over 22,000. We have become a national embarrassment.

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So what can be done? Last session, my caucus introduced a comprehensive bill package with real Homelessness Solutions. The package included 15 significant pieces of legislation designed to deal with the root causes of homelessness, including substance use disorders, mental illness, affordable housing. If passed, barriers blocking treatment for those incapable of seeking help would be addressed, the behavioral health workforce would expand, barriers preventing new emergency shelters and supportive housing would be removed, and charitable organizations providing shelter services for the homeless would be encouraged. The legislation also supported efforts to clean up encampments, to improve homeless outreach, and expanded programs for inmates at risk of homelessness after release.

Unfortunately, majority opposition blocked most of this legislative package.

lishing the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program allowing courts to order persons suffering from severe psychotic disorders to participate in treatment plans created by the person, his/her supporters, or county behavioral health agencies, was signed into law. And recently, Governor Newsom announced $47 million in new funding for California’s tribal nations to support efforts to end homelessness in their communities. Locally, the San Pasqual and Pala Bands of Mission Indians were included in the 16 tribal nations receiving funds.

Those are positive, but small steps.

Despite current efforts, homelessness is getting worse. There are proven solutions, but providing housing without treating underlying symptoms such as substance abuse and mental illness hasn’t succeeded – it can’t and won’t. A comprehensive strategy is needed. We tried last session, and I look forward to trying again when we go back to work in 2023.

Assemblymember Marie Waldron, RValley 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.

On the positive side, legislation estab-

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A: Chase should have processed your claim quickly, as promised.

Instead, it took its time, dragging it on for months.

I have never been a fan of credit cards that try to hook you with all kinds of bells and whistles, but when a card like Chase Sapphire Reserve makes a promise to you, it should keep it. In your case, you received a call from a representative months ago assuring you that a check for $15,194 was in the mail -- only to discover another email from its claims processor asking for more documentation.

It isn't unusual for a travel insurance company to dot every "i" and cross every "t" when you have a large claim. It is unusual to have the claim drag on for this long. I reviewed the paper trail between you and Chase. It appears you quickly sent everything the company asked.

So why the delay? All travel insurance companies experienced delays this summer because of a surge in claims related to COVID in addition to airline delays and cancellations. It's possible that your claim got stuck in that pile.

There's a way to get unstuck. You can send a brief, polite email to the claims department. If that doesn't work, you can appeal to one of the company executives. I list the names, numbers and email addresses of the Chase executives on my consumer advocacy site. I also have tips on how to file an insurance claim in my free guide to travel insurance.

I contacted Chase on your behalf.

A representative called you and said your claim had already been approved and that the check was on its way. This time, you got your money. "I was ready to give

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up," you said. "I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your help."

That's what I do. I'm happy to help.

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2022

Historically Speaking

by Tom Morrow

Christopher Elliott's latest book is “How To Be The World’s Smartest Traveler” (National Geographic).

Get help by contacting him at http://www.elliott.org/help

© 2022 Christopher Elliott.

Problem Solved!

Q: I recently took a seven-minute ride on a Lyft in New York City.

Shortly afterward, I received a text and email that there was damage to the car and my credit card would be charged $80.

Lyft refused to provide any evidence of any damage caused by me and only sent a form letter in response to my questions. I repeatedly asked for additional information or any evidence of damage.

The ride took only a few minutes, and I didn't do anything except just sit in the back of the car. Lyft stated in the chat that they provided pictures. But they didn't send any pictures. They refused to provide any additional information about the damage or even a phone contact to discuss this. I would like these charges and the claim to be reversed. Can you help me? -Svetlana Milina, Brooklyn, N.Y.

A: Lyft should not charge you a dime unless it can prove you damaged the car. Lyft requires its drivers to send at least three photos of the damage when they file a claim. And the company should have shared those pictures with you.

Lyft also requires its drivers to describe what happened, and it needed to share that with you, too.

I asked you to share the paper trail of correspondence between you and Lyft, and it shows that Lyft just kept repeating that the claim was valid. That's not good enough.

Lyft should have offered some way to appeal this damage claim, but it didn't. Instead, it sent a series of maddening responses.

Here's a typical one: "Svetlana, per our terms of service, we charge a damage fee to help drivers repair and clean affected areas of their vehicle, once drivers provide evidence," one of them read.

"We re-opened your case and after extensive review of the information provided by both you and the driver, no adjustments will be made to this claim."

Don't worry, I publish the names, numbers and email addresses of Lyft's executives on my consumer advocacy website. A brief, polite email to one of them might have helped. I also have a free wers/how-to-fix-your-own-con-

Problem Solved Cont. on Page 9

When The Clouds Were Just Right

The first television program I saw was in 1951 when I was around 12 years old. I grew up in southeast region of Iowa where buying a TV set was a gamble at best. The nearest station was in Omaha (190 miles) and Kansas City, about the same distance.

It was a far enough distance to guarantee a snowy picture and on a good night an image would show through. Sound usually was better than whatever picture came through, but not always. If the clouds were just right we’d get a clear picture. Atmospherics played a big role in how far a VHS television signal (75 to 80 miles) would carry.

With UHF, only about 25 miles … any farther was a roll of the dice.

The first full program I experienced was a 15-minute “Perry Como Show” over WOW-TV in Omaha. We were some 60 miles from the Nebraska city … the state’s only station. Iowa didn’t have any stations. (BTW, it was WOW where future TV star Johnny Carson’s first job was a staff announcer).

Unlike radio at the time, TV newscasts were relegated to no more than two 15 minutes a day The first TV news I saw was in 1952 over Omaha’s KMTV. No live news reader, just a camera set up in front of a teletype machine on which viewers read reports as they were ticked out.

TV could have been available for home consumption as early as 1939.

Demonstration units were on display at the 1939 World’s Fair, but World War II put the new medium on hold until 1946. RCA (Radio Corporation of America) began building TV sets and telecasting equipment. NBC (National Broadcasting Company) was TV’s first big network. From 1947-48, NBC was entertainment central. The network’s biggest star was comedian Milton Berle, host of the “Texaco Star Theater” which was so popular thousands of viewers bought TV sets. NBC dubbed Berle “Mr. Television.”

Viewers called him “Uncle Milty.” The network later gave him a yearly $1 million contract for life ... a business decision network execs would later regret.

By 1956, Berle’s weekly comedy hour was off the air but for years “Uncle Milty” continued drawing his giant contract.

In station availability those of us living in hinterland America were at least two years behind the East and West coasts.

In the fifties the price of TV sets averaged about $600-plus. Screen size grew from 8” to 12” up to 17,” and by 1955 the standard was 21inches. That dimension became the most popular size until the 21st century when present-day flat screen home TVs dominate and have grown to 80 inches and more.

By the mid-fifties, nearly every major city in all states had at least one station. The NBC network was followed

by CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System). The ABC (American Broadcasting Company), was on the air by 1951-52. The DuMont and Westinghouse networks were smaller operations. By 1965 color TV was easily available.

Popular TV programming us kids included “The Lone Ranger,” “Howdy Doody” and “Captain Video.” Boxing, wrestling, and professional football on Sunday offered popular sports programming. From radio a crossover such as the weekly “Your Hit Parade,” was highly popular.

Daytime programming included radiostyle “soap operas,” along with early game shows such as “The Price is Right.” Still, many stations didn’t go on the air until 4 p.m., when the test pattern was popular fare for us kids, who rushed home to marvel at the magic of television. Imagine, a picture floating in the air and into our homes … for free!

Early newscasters included John Cameron Swayze on NBC, Douglas Edwards on CBS, and later Howard K. Smith moved from CBS to the fledging ABC. Special social expose news programs such as Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now,” and more sophisticated programs such as “Omnibus,” were offered. From the early fifties TV’s most popular comedy program was “I Love Lucy” starring Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz. To this day, it’s still being offered in syndication. TV’s most popular news program is CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which started in 1968, hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner.

The longest-running program is NBC’s “Tonight Show.” The program’s concept began in 1951, as “Broadway Open House” hosted first by Morey Amsterdam and later Jerry Lester. In 1954 it was revised as “The Tonight Show” starring comedian/songwriter Steve Allen. In 1957, Allen stepped aside for Jack Paar’s more cerebral guest discussions. In 1962, the show’s most popular host, comedian Johnny Carson, began a 30-year run. When Carson retired in 1992, comedian Jay Leno took over until 2014. To this day the show continues with comedian Jimmy Fallon as its host.

Television is a necessary part of our daily lives. The number of homes without a TV set is negligible. The “Boob Tube” is as commonplace to us as turning on a water faucet. Cable and satellite TV ensures nearly every set world-wide can receive a crystal-clear picture. The clouds no longer figure into the equation.

So, as newsman Murrow always signed off, “Good night and good luck!”

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Everyone I asked online found it "cumbersome" to read. If your readership input is of any value, then you may also wish to move on from "There's Gold In Them Thar Hills" (10/27/22) which initially sounded promising but wasn't, and also the dead driftwood prose of 'The Day They Hung Chipita" (10/13/22).

The Paper is better than that.

Caroline Douglas North San Diego County

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Caroline Douglas San Diego County

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It turns out your driver had sent Lyft photos of muddy footprints in a car. Your seven-minute ride had taken place on a sunny day. I contacted Lyft on your behalf. "Our customer team reached out to Svetlana and handled the matter and provided a refund," a representative told me.

Lyft refunded your money and told you it would treat the claim by your driver as fraudulent.

Christopher Elliott is the chief advocacy officer for Elliott Advocacy.

Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help with any consumer problem by contacting him at http://www.elliott.org/help

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How to avoid getting banned on Airbnb

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requesting a reservation,” said Bidnychenko, a freelance artist from Lviv. “I tried contacting Airbnb support via Twitter. After a couple of hours, I received their standard ‘we are blocking you’ email.”

What went wrong? Bidnychenko had a phone number with a Russian country code. And at the start of the war, Airbnb had suspended operations in Russia and had announced that people in Russia would no longer be able to make new reservations anywhere in the world. I asked Airbnb about his suspension, and it lifted his ban.

But sometimes, the reasons for getting banned by Airbnb are a mystery. They were for Tamara Martin, a nurse from Bucyrus, Kan., who received an unexpected email from Airbnb saying it had suspended her account.

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year, Airbnb suspended more than 6,600 people from its platform for attempting to violate its party policy. Airbnb won’t disclose the number of bans for reasons beyond parties.

Why Airbnb bans a guest

I asked Airbnb how to ensure you don’t get banned.

Removals from the platform most commonly result from violations of its community policies and standards, says Airbnb spokeswoman Ruthie Wabula. “We take this type of action only when necessary to protect our community,” she said.

Airbnb’s community policies are a long read, so here they are in a nutshell: Being disrespectful of the community, mistreating the rental, tampering with security devices or accessing personal property other than your own are all grounds for account termination. There are issues on the technical side that can get you banned, too.

“Often for less serious issues that still represent violations of our policies, our team will issue warnings as After I asked Airbnb about her sus- well as guidance and education on pension, it reinstated her account. how to better comply with the given But it wouldn’t tell me why she policy moving forward,” Wabula had been removed in the first says. “If the user continues to violate the policy despite the warnings, place, “due to privacy reasons.” then the issue may escalate to furAirbnb is the largest vacation ther action, including possible rental platform in the world, with 6 account removal.” million active listings and, in 2019, 54 million active bookers. Last There are other reasons Airbnb might terminate a guest’s account.

These include being convicted of a crime.

Airbnb says that removal depends on the severity of the crime. “Lesser crimes,” such as disorderly conduct or marijuana possession, “are not removable offenses.” Other crimes, such as burglary, fraud and property damage, may result in further review or removal. Cases such as murder, terrorism, rape or child molestation could result in permanent removal.

The system isn’t always flawless. In September, a Pennsylvania councilperson at-large was banned for a possession and DUI charge from nine years ago. She was later reinstated after her tweet went viral.

Airbnb contracts Inflection as one of the companies it uses to conduct background checks of users. If it finds issues, the service could disable your account. These background checks are typically done 10 days before check-in for guests and when a host creates a listing. (This is only in the United States and India.)

In 2019, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky pledged to verify all listings on Airbnb and has spoken about verifying all users on the platform in recent interviews about listing his own home.

Problem Solved Cont. on Page 10

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The Pastor Says...

Pastor Richard Huls (Retired)

Editor’s Note: Recently, we received yet another note from a contented reader.

He was in between trips but asked that we relay his thoughts and feelings to you, our reader.

He, too, has been a long time reader and claims the reason is because it makes him a more rounded person. He collects jokes from the Chuckles Column and is a hit at the parties he attends, usually after conquering a village or town . . .

No wonder he is so bold!

First, I discovered America.

Then, I discovered 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 gives 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. lÉâÜ yÜ|xÇw? XÜ|~ à{x exwA

Problem Solved Cont. from Page 9 Airbnb will also go a step further and freeze the accounts of users associated with someone who has a criminal record. People convicted of a crime could get around a ban by asking a friend or relative to make a reservation on their behalf.

Jannick Vielleuse, a physical therapist from Westford, Vt., contacted me for help in the spring after getting banned by Airbnb. She had always followed the rules and had consistently received high reviews from her hosts. It turns out that a friend of her husband had been convicted for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, and because Vielleuse and her husband’s friend had logged into an account from the same IP address, Airbnb connected them. When I asked Airbnb about her account termination, it reinstated her account.

But how does Airbnb decide who is too close? In emails to people who have been banned, Airbnb said it bases its banning on factors such as location and email address; Airbnb wouldn’t comment on how it does this exactly. If Airbnb believes you’re affiliated with someone who is banned, it can also remove you.

And the company offers no details beyond that.

“In keeping with our Privacy Policy, we are unable to disclose

any information about the account, location, or listing that triggered this action,” it tells users whose accounts are disabled.

How to undo an Airbnb ban

Is there a way to appeal a ban?

Airbnb says usually.

“Users who are removed from the platform can typically respond to the removal email and request an appeal,” Wabula says. “Appeal reviews vary in time depending on the seriousness of the issue and the complexity of the case.”

That’s true up to a point. Many users have reported that appeals to Airbnb just end up with another quick denial, with no reason given.

That’s frustrating to users who spend time preparing a case that they believe proves their innocence and indicates that they would be responsible guests.

And if the answer is still no? Well, there are plenty of other ways to rent a house for your next vacation.

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Confidential, a travel newsletter, and the Elliott Report, a

news site about customer service. If you need help with a con-

his consumer advocacy site or email him at chris@elliott.org. This story originally appeared in the Washington Post.

sumer problem, you can reach him through

THE TRUTHS OF CHRISTMAS

There are many claims and stories about Christmas. The question is, which are true and false. Can and do we know the difference? If so, how? I list a few for your consideration:

Santa Clause is a real person who lives at the North Pole and distributes presents to children on Christmas Eve. Jesus was born on December 25th. There were wise men, who followed a star that led them to the place and time of His birth. There were three persons in the group. Santa used nine reindeer to pull his sleigh. Jesus was born illegitimately with an unknown father. There were supernatural and other worldly beings that sang songs for the shepherds, watching their sheep in the middle of the night, who left the sheep while they went to a stable to worship the newly born child in Bethlehem.

Santa wore red and white clothes and sang Merry Christmas on Christmas Eve. Mary, the mother of Jesus, had only one child and

Pet Parade

Could you use a special somebunny to brighten your days? Look no further than Sangria! Adorable rabbit (and parttime cloud) Sangria is just 12 weeks old, and was born in the shelter along with his 6 siblings! Sangria is a happy-go-lucky bunny who loves to play with his siblings and would do well with another furiend at home. If you'd like to adopt this wonderful young rabbit, visit the Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Drive! If you have questions about the adoption process, you can visit sdhumane.org/adopt.

Sangria’s online profile: https://www.sdhumane.org/adopt/avail a b l e - p e t s / a n i m a l single.html?petId=835517

was married to Joseph, Everyone was happy because of Jesus’ birth, We give gifts out of respect to Santa because there are too many people for him to do it. Jesus was born into this world to grow up and be declared the Son of God. Jesus pre-existed before his birth in some other form. We have these statements, most have been made in some time frame, out of humor or as fact.

We are constantly confronted with claims of the truth, whether the vaccinations for Covid lead to heart attacks or protection. Our social media often is just a liar’s chest of information. Do we take FOX news as the truth or that of NBC? Almost daily, we are told that our Government with the Democrats deceive and mislead us and that the Republicans can be trusted. It all depends which side of the fence one is on to believe what is being said. The fact is that whoever, anyone with authority, whether a politician, economist, religious leader, or maybe even your neighbor or relative says anything, it has to be questioned and researched. It goes back to an old maxim my dad taught me, “Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear.” I hate to think that this is the kind of world I live in.

But there is one claim I make for Christmas. The babe in the manger named Jesus said, while he was here on earth, “I am the truth, the way and the life.” Can we believe him? hat is our choice.

Pet Parade

Etain is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

She’s a 7-1/2-year-old, 13-pound, female, Domestic Medium Hair cat with a Brown Tabby coat.

Etain was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society in 2019 through FOCAS (Friends of County Animal Shelters.) She’s been in foster care for three years.

Now she’s ready for her forever home.

The $75 adoption fee for Etain includes medical exam, spay, up to date vaccinations, and registered microchip.

For more information or to sponsor a pet visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza Street in Encinitas, call 760-753-6413, or log on to www.SDpets.org.

Open 11 to 4, Friday through Monday, and by appointment Wednesday and Thursday.

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A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.

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teacher about this critical aspect in our success in the War of Independence from England and the teachers didn't know what the hell they were talking about! After they read copies of your two part series, they simply smiled and said "Do you mind if we keep our copy?

This is really good. And well documented!" Thank you again, Mr. Davis. And please thank your wonderful writer Friedrich Gomez for writing these two cover stories! --

Maria Elena Contreras family and friends, Oceanside and Vista, Calif.

San Marcos • Mayor Rebecca Jones This holiday season shop San Marcos As the holiday season continues, remember to find your special gifts in San Marcos this year. When making local purchases, you are fostering the local economy, saving yourself time, and supporting your neighbors. Most importantly, local shopping strengthens our community network. Always keep San Marcos in mind during this holiday shopping season. There is nothing better than local gifting to your friends and family this year.

There are a variety of shopping centers readily available for the community to find the perfect gift for everyone on your shopping list. Consider the great options in Creekside Marketplace, Nordahl Center, Grand Plaza and Old California Restaurant Row, and peruse their huge range of gift-worthy items. The season of gift gifting is made all the sweeter when it also supports San Marcos.

To easily find what you need locally to make it a memorable season of gift-giving, visit the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce website at www.sanmarcoschamber.com.

Only the Best and the Brightest Read The Paper

To read or not to read: that is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles.

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect

The Paper Owned and Operated by a Veteran! 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!”

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“I learned how to write by reading The Paper!”

People tell me I’m a great writer.

I suppose that’s true.

Whatever it is that I am, I owe to The Paper. My friends and I never miss an edition. We absolutely love the Chuckles Column.

And the Cover Stories? Listen, I avidly devour each week’s cover story. What great research! Listen . . . you wanna write like me?

Read The Paper! It’s free!

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; But give me my Paper and I shall read . . . for ‘tis timely . . .and I shall flee to where the mind doth travel and rest. That quiet rest that seeks us all.

Tis a goodly Paper, that I read it often and I learn to write.

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hundreds of millions of “PCs” sold each year. The “The PC age is over”. To understand this seeming contradiction, we need to step back to the day’s before “PCs” and the Internet.

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The PC age is over?? Part I of II

“We have entered the Post PC age.” Steve Jobs said it in May of 2010. Others point to computer pioneer IBM’s sale of its PC business to Lenovo in May of 2005 as the first sign of the PC age’s impending demise. Yet 2022 PC sales will top 300 million, down only 20% from PCs sales best year ever in 2011 and the 2022 worldwide total of over 2 billion PCs in use is the highest number ever. How can it be that the PC age is over?

Well it’s true. Even though there are billions of “PCs” still in use and

John Van Zante’s Critter Corner

In the 1960s and 70s mainframe computers became commonplace in medium and large scale business operations. “DTs” (dumb terminals) like Weiss terminals served as workstations that allowed employees to input data to be processed by the company’s mainframe computer. Reports would be printed (printouts), stored (mass storage), transmitted (telex, fax) and viewed locally (Weiss terminal screen). As PCs came into common use in the 1980s, PC “workstations” replaced they DTs “dumb terminals” as nodes on the business LANs (Local Area Networks). The term “distributive processing” was coined to describe the hybrid nature of the PC workstation. PCs had both the I/O (input/output) functionality of the DT plus some of the computing and storage capabilities of the mainframe. Large and medium sized businesses used PC “workstations” primarily as nodes on their LANs, efficiently combining the processing, and storage capabilities of the mainframe with the capabilities of the PC workstation (smart terminal). Home and small business users didn’t have the luxury of using the centralized services of a mainframe so their “stand-alone” PC workstations needed to include processing, storage, printers, communication devises and any other peripherals required to run the busiMany people who struggle financially still have pets. Five to ten percent of homeless people have pets. In San Diego, it’s even more.

If you can barely feed yourself, why would you spend what little money you have on a dog or cat?

Studies show that pet owners are more active and usually have lower blood pressure. Some doctors even prescribe pets for lonely patients.

Why do we have pets?

After 23 years in animal shelters, I still get surprises. From the woman who wanted to surrender her two Labrador Retrievers because “They don’t match the new furniture,” to the man who sent $25.49 to Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

We called to ask about the unusual amount. He said, “I’m on a pension. That’s how much I had left.

If there’s anything left next month, I’ll send it to you.”

He reminded me of the Bible story about the widow’s mites. The lepton, later called the mite, was the least valuable Roman coin in Judea at the time. The widow put two of them (worth a few cents today) in the temple treasury.

Wealthy people gave more, but their money came from their surplus. The widow gave all she had.

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ness or home applications.

As the Internet grew in size and importance through the late 1990s and early years of the 21st,century, it became evident to PC visionaries like Steve Jobs and others that the Internet had the capability to offer all the features and applications used in stand-alone PCs. High speed Internet servers would handle complex calculations faster and more efficiently than any standalone PC. PCs would eventually no longer need to be “personal computers”, instead they would be “Internet terminals.”

Tablets and smart phones are already “dumb terminals” meaning that they are essentially I/O devices on the Internet and have no significant “stand-alone” capabilities. PCs do have “stand-alone” capabilities but these are sparsely employed by the majority of today’s PC users.

While some home and small busi-

ness users still use “stand alone” tax, accounting, MS Office programs and other applications, they do so out of habit rather than necessity. Nearly all these applications are readily available on the Internet.

To sum it all up, nearly any PC manufactured in the past decade is easily capable of handling commonly used “stand alone” applications in addition to today’s fastest Internet speeds. Since nearly all applications are available using the Internet’s high speed supercomputers and servers to process and download, we no longer really need our PCs to compute and store. We need them only to be able to input and receive data. All other functions from processing through storage are available on the Internet “The PC age is indeed over” The “Internet age” is upon us. What all this means to you and to The Computer Factory is next week’s topic.

Only the Bold, the Best, and the Brightest, read The Paper

Editor’s Note: Recently, we received yet another note from a contented reader.

He was in between trips but asked that we relay his thoughts and feelings to you, our reader.

One case showed a widowed, 72year-old man who wasn’t eating enough to stay healthy. His cat died a month before his wife did.

He didn’t have the energy to get a new cat, so his son got a cat for him. The man started eating again.

Once he was feeling better, he got out and made new friends.

He, too, has been a long time reader and claims the reason is because it makes him a more rounded person. He collects jokes from the Chuckles Column and is a hit at the parties he attends, usually after conquering a village or town . . .

Pets take away the age barrier. It doesn’t matter how young or old you are. If I have a dog and you have a dog, we have common ground.

Pets serve as an alarm clock in the morning and for our lives. They remind us to get up and get going even when we don’t feel like it.

They remind us to take care of ourselves because, if we’re not there to take care of ourselves, we can’t be there to take care of them.

No wonder he is so bold!

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Then, I discovered 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024555 The name of the business: Syrvanna Health & Wellness, located at 1210 Calle Fantasia, San Marcos, Ca. 92069 Registrant Information: Carolina Valdez 1210 Calle Fantasia San Marcos, Ca. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business n/a /s/ Carolina Fantasia Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 11/08/2022 11/17, 11/24, 12/01 & 12/08/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024454 The name of the business: Honest Reliable True Construction, located at 1518 Grandon Ave., San Marcos, Ca. 92078 Registrant Information: Jose J. Hernandez Felix 1518 Grandon Ave. San Marcos, Ca. 92078 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business 2/28/22/s/ Jose Hernandez Felix Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego, on 11/07/2022 11/17, 11/24, 12/01 & 12/08/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

37-2022-00045302-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner

Adrineh Keshishian filed a petition with this court

for a decree changing names as follows:

name Adrneh Adrineh Aris.

persons

Keshishian

to

proposed

Present name,

THE COURT ORDERS that all

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:

December 27, 2022, 8:30 am, Dept. N-25

The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista,

Ca. 92081, North County Regional Center. 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 November 10, 2022.

NO

HEARING WILL OCCUR

DATE - SEE ATTACHMENT.

/s/ James E. Simmons, Jr.

Judge of the Superior Court

11/17, 11/24, 12/01 and 12/08/2022

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I think if lions got over their fear of chairs, the circus would be a lot more fun to watch.

As much as I love it, I must be honest. Corned beef hash is basically Alpo for people.

Avoid reader confusion about whether Africa is a country or a continent by never writing about it.

My fake plants all died because I did not pretend to water them.

Whoever decided that chocolate fountains are only for special occasions is no friend of mine.

I find your lack of manners adorable and my tone of voice sarcastic.

It's really hard to say some things with a straight face. For instance, "honey, I'm having a stroke."

Christmas shopping can be so frustrating. Why don't they sell frankincense at the same stores they sell the myrrh?

••••• Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives. She writes a letter to her Granddaughter: Dear Granddaughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, fol-

lowed by a thunderous prayer meeting.. So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

The guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!' 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!' What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon, Love, Grandma

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CITY OF ESCONDIDO NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS

Trunk Sewer Replacement Project PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the City Clerk, on behalf and as authorized by the City of Escondido, will accept sealed bids for this Trunk Sewer Replacement Project (“Project”). A sealed bid must be clearly marked with the name of the Project and time-stamped at the City Clerk’s Office, 201 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor, Escondido, CA 92025, by 2 p.m. on the 12th day of January, 2023, to be considered timely. Bidder assumes the risk that mailed bids will be promptly delivered to the City Clerk and timestamped prior to the deadline.

A mailed bid shall be double wrapped with an external shipping envelope that contains the separately sealed bid documents. The shipping envelope will be opened upon receipt. The shipping envelope of a mailed bid should be addressed as follows: City Clerk Attn: SEALED BID – Trunk Sewer Replacement Project 201 N. Broadway Escondido, CA 92025-2798

All sealed bid documents must be enclosed in a separate envelope and clearly marked, using Times New Roman size 18 font, as follows: SEALED BID Trunk Sewer Replacement Project OPEN ON JANUARY 12, 2023 The City reserves the right to reject any bid that does not follow the exact procedures provided in this Notice.

Project Description:

The work generally consists of: replacing, upsizing and realigning approximately 5,000 linear feet of existing 24-inch, 27-inch and 39-inch diameter trunk sewer main via open trench construction with 30-inch and 36-inch diameter trunk sewer main; constructing approximately 200 linear feet of 48-inch diameter casing with a 36-inch diameter sewer carrier pipe via trenchless construction; constructing approximately 1,200 linear feet of 8-inch diameter sewer main; constructing ap roximately 100 linear feet of 24-inch diameter sewer main; and all other associated work, including but not limited to: bypassing sewer flows during construction; constructing new sewer manholes; rehabilitating and relining existing sewer manholes; abandoning existing sewer; and reconnecting sewer laterals.

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I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.

I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing.

Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024351 The name of the business: Ramona Mainstage, located at 826 Main St., Ramona, CA. 92065 Registrant Informatn: Development Premium LLC 626 Main St. Ramona, CA 920675 This business is operated by an Limited Liability Company First day of business: 8/01/2003 /s/ Orrin C. Day Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/03/2022.

11/24, 12/01, 12/08 & 12/15/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024877 The name of the business: Reliance OnPoint, located at 2182 S. El Camiino Real #206, Oceanside, Ca. 92081 Registrant Information: Jessica Reid 105l0 La Tortuga Dr., #52 Vista, CA. 92081 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business: 1/02/2012 /s/ Jessica Reid Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/14/2022.

12/01, 12/08 & 11/24, 12/15/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024919 The name of the business: Mexico Viejo Mexican Food, located at 226 Main St., Vista, CA. 92084 Registrant Information: R&V Mexican Food Inc. 226 Main St. Vista, CA. 92084 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business: 11/14/22 Jose de Jesus /s/ Dominguez, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/14/2022.

12/08, 12/15, 12/22 & 12/29/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024700 The name of the business: Pest Conner Management, located at 990 Park Center Dr. #C, Vista, Ca. 92081 Registrant Information: Stafford Environmental Services, Inc. 990 Park Center Dr. #C Vista, Ca. 92081 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business: 11/09/2022 /s/ Jessica Reid Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San on 11/09 Diego /2022.

12/01, 12/08 & 11/24, 12/15/2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9025718 The name of the business: Oxfresh Carpet bn Cleaning, located at 663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. #638, San Marcos, Ca. 92078 Registrant Information: Be Different LLC 663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., #638 San Marcos, CA 92078 This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company First day of business: n/a /s/ Dawn Gast, CEO Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego 12/01, 12/08, 12/15 & 12/22/2022

THE BEFORE SPECIDATE FIED. Do not come the on court to specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent this have must attacchment served the with along Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signand parent, ing service of proof must be filed with the Court.

ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JCFORM #NC120)

Due to the COV ID19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the facilities court’s unsafe, and pusuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Orde is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing.

One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the rquirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

STATEMENT OF FICTITIOUS ABANDONMENT OF USE BUSINESS NAME OF STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 2022-9024920 NAME The name of the business: Viejo Mexican Mexico #2022 - 9024887 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Food, located at 815

Free Press Promotions located at Birmingham Drive, 785 Settlers Ca., San Marcos, Ca Cardiff by the Sea, 92007 92069 The Fictitious Business Name Registrant Information:

referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 7/19/2021 and assigneed file no.

2021-9015469.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IS BEING ABANDONED BY: Free Press Promotions, LLC 785 SettlersCt. San Marcos, Ca. 92069

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

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/Peter Jalajas, CEO This statement was filed with the San Diego Recorder/County ‘ clerk as indicated by the stamp above.

12/08, 12/15, 12/22 & 12/29/22

R&V Mexican Food Inc. 815 Birmingham Drive, Cardiff by the Sea, Ca. 92007 This business is operated by a corporation.

First day of business: 9/18/2020 Jose de Jesus /s/ Dominguez, President Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/14/2022.

12/08, 12/15, 12/22 &12/29/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9024555 The name of the business: Syrvana Health Wellness, located at 1110 Fantasia, San Marcos, CA. 92069 Registrant Informatn: Carllina Valdez 1210 Calle Fantasia San Marcos, Ca. 92069 This business is operated by an individual.

First day of business: n/a. /s/ Carolna Valdez Filed with Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr., County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/08/2022.

11/17/ 11/24/12/01 and 12/08/2022

Bahai A Way of Life

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Baha’is have been described as a kind, gentle people. Would you like to know more? Call anyone listed here from your city/neighborhood.

Be a guest of Bahai’s! Learn more about what we believe.

Visit one of our meetings. Call a Baha’i in your city for more information!

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays)

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