June 8, 2023

San Marcos Vista Carlsbad

by lyle e davis

When I was but a young lad, about a hundred years ago, my dad was a route salesman/driver for Omar Bakery in Omaha, Nebraska.

On his route lived a hermit. There was a dirt footpath from way back in the woods out to the roadway . . . and there was an ordinary metal pail. Inside was a note ordering how many loaves of bread the her-

mit wanted and the exact amount of money necessary to pay.

Dad showed me the pathway and the pail once; I never had a desire to go find the hermit or his cave. I was an adventuresome kid but this was too spooky for me. I don’t remember whether dad ever met or talked to the hermit. It’s been quite a few years and the memory dims.

Hermits have been with us down

through time . . . way back to biblical times, perhaps even earlier than that.

This year there was a more modern version of the hermit and the story emerged in an issue of Gentleman’s Quarterly, in a feature article written by Michael Finkel.

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into

homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legend—or maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

The Pine Tree summer camp, where a few dozen cabins spread along the shoreline of North Pond in central Maine, was prime hunting grounds for our hermit. With an expert twist of a screwdriver,

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he popped open a door of the dining hall and slipped inside, scanning the pantry shelves with his penlight.

A sharp game warden, Sergeant Terry Hughes, decided enough was enough, It was time to catch the hermit burglar. Using modern day technology he had newly installed in the Pine Tree kitchen, hidden behind the ice machine, was a military-grade motion detector. The device remained silent in the kitchen but sounded an alarm in the home of Sergeant Hughes, who lived a mile away.

The alarm tripped. He raced to the camp in his pickup truck and sprinted to the rear of the dining hall. And there he was. The person stealing food appeared entirely too clean, his face freshly shaved. He wore eyeglasses and a wool ski hat. Was this really the North Pond Hermit, a man who’d tormented the surrounding community for years—decades—yet the police still hadn’t learned his name?

Hughes used his cell phone, quietly, and asked the Maine State Police to alert trooper Diane Perkins-Vance, who had also been hunting the hermit.

It was one thirty in the morning on April 4, 2013. Perkins-Vance soon arrived, and the burglar was placed, handcuffed, in a plastic chair. The officers asked his

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name. He refused to answer. His skin was strangely pale; his glasses, with chunky plastic frames, were extremely outdated. But he wore a nice Columbia jacket, new Lands’ End blue jeans, and sturdy boots. The officers searched him, and no identification was located.

When Perkins-Vance asked why he didn’t want to answer any questions, he said he was ashamed. He gradually opened up.

Michael Finkel: His name, he revealed, was Christopher Thomas Knight. Born on December 7, 1965. He said he had no address, no vehicle, did not file a tax return, and did not receive mail. He said he lived in the woods.

“For how long?” wondered Perkins-Vance.

Knight said he was 20 years old when he entered the forest, not long out of high school. He was now 47, a middle-aged man.

Knight stated that over all those years he slept only in a tent. He never lit a fire, for fear that smoke would give his camp away. He moved strictly at night. He said he didn’t know if his parents were alive or dead. He’d not made one phone call or driven in a car or spent any money.

He confessed that he’d committed approximately forty robberies a year while in the woods—a total of more than a thousand break-

ins. But never when anyone was home. He said he stole only food and kitchenware and propane tanks and reading material and a few other items. Knight admitted that everything he possessed in the world, he’d stolen, including the clothes he was wearing, right down to his underwear. The only exception was his eyeglasses.

Perkins-Vance called dispatch and learned that Knight had no criminal record. He said he grew up in a nearby community, and his senior picture was soon located in the 1984 Lawrence High School yearbook. He was wearing the same eyeglasses.

For close to three decades, Knight said, he had not seen a doctor or taken any medicine. He mentioned that he had never once been sick. You had to have contact with other humans, he claimed, in order to get sick.

Christopher Knight was arrested, charged with burglary and theft, and transported to the Kennebec County jail in Augusta, the state capital. For the first time in nearly 10,000 days, he slept indoors.

News of the capture stunned the citizens of North Pond. For decades, they’d felt haunted by… something. It was hard to say what. At first, in the late 1980s, there were strange occurrences. Flashlights were missing their batteries. Steaks disappeared from the fridge. New propane tanks on the grill had been replaced by old ones.

Incidents mounted, and the phantom morphed into legend. Eventually he was given a name: the North Pond Hermit.

Michael Finkel: Knight’s arrest, rather than eliminating disbelief, only enhanced it. The truth was stranger than the myth. One man had actually lived in the woods of Maine for twenty-seven years, in an unheated nylon tent. Winters in Maine are long and intensely cold: a wet, windy cold, the worst kind of cold. A week of winter camping is an impressive achievement. An entire season is practically unheard of.

Reporters across Maine, and soon enough across the nation and the world, attempted to contact him. What did he wish to tell us? What secrets had he uncovered? How had he survived? He stayed resolutely silent. Even after his arrest, the North Pond Hermit remained a complete mystery.

Michael Finkel decided to write him a letter. he wrote it by hand, pen on paper, and sent it from his home in Montana to the Kennebec County jail. He mentioned he was a journalist seeking explanations for his baffling life. A week later, a white envelope arrived in his mailbox. The return address, printed in blue ink in wobbly-looking block letters,

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He decided that there was nothing for him to do but to break up with Lorraine and date the new girl. He planned several times to tell Lorraine but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

One day as they were walking along the river bank, Lorraine slipped and fell in to the river. The current carried her off and she drowned.

The guy stopped for a moment by the river and then ran off smiling and singing...”I can see Clearly now Lorraine is gone...”

A Sad Lover’s StoryWith a Happy Ending

There was a guy and he had a girlfriend called Lorraine. She was very pretty and he liked her a lot.

One day he went to work to find that a new girl had started working there. Her name was Clearly, and she was absolutely gorgeous.

He began to like her and after a while it became obvious that she was interested in him too. But, he was a loyal man and he wouldn’t get involved with Clearly while he was still going out with Lorraine.

English: The Way She is Spoke

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.

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 muf-

fins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. 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

This week, a compendium of wit, wisdom and neat stuff you can tell at parties. Enjoy!

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read “Chris Knight.” It was a brief note—three paragraphs; 272 words. Still, it contained some of the first statements Knight had shared with anyone in the world.

Michael Finkel: More correspondence would slowly ensue. He was suffering in jail; the noise and the filth tore at his senses. “You asked how I sleep. Little and uneasy. I am nearly always tired and nervous.” In his next letter, he added, in his staccato, almost song-lyric style, that he deserved to be imprisoned. “I stole. I was a thief. I repeatedly stole over many years. I knew it was wrong. Knew it was wrong, felt guilty about it every time, yet continued to do it.”

He wrote little about his time in the woods, but what he did reveal was harrowing. Some years, he made it clear, he barely survived the winter.

He returned to the theme of sanity in a following letter. “When I came out of the woods they applied the label hermit to me. Strange idea to me. I had never thought of myself as a hermit. Then I got worried. For I knew with the label hermit comes the idea of crazy. See the ugly little joke.”

Even worse, he feared his time in jail would only prove correct those who doubted his sanity. “I suspect,” he wrote, “more damage has been done to my sanity in jail, in months; than years, decades, in the woods.”

Three weeks after his final letter, Finkel flew to Maine.

A reluctant Knight came into the visitor center.

After a very awkward silence, in which it became clear that Knight had not wanted a visitor and that Finkel was not welcome, he finally began to talk:

“Some people want me to be this warm and fuzzy person. All filled with friendly hermit wisdom. Just spouting off fortune-cookie lines from my hermit home.”

Everything he said seemed candid and blunt, unfiltered by the safety net of social niceties. “I’m not sorry about being rude if it gets to the point quicker,” he told Finkel.

Finkel learned that before he slept in the woods for a quarter century straight, Chris never once spent a night in a tent. He was raised

in the community of Albion, a forty-five-minute drive east of his camp; he has four older brothers and one younger sister. His father, who died in 2001, worked in a creamery. His mother, now in her eighties, still lives in the same house where Chris grew up, a modest two-story colonial on a wooded fifty-acre plot.

The family is extremely private and did not speak with Finkel.

Chris insisted that he had a fine childhood. “No complaints,” he said. “I had good parents.” He shared vivid stories of moose hunting with his father. “A couple of hunting trips I slept in the back of the pickup, but never alone and never in a tent.” After he’d disappeared, his family apparently didn’t report him missing to the police, though they may have hired a private detective. No one uncovered a clue. Two of Chris’s brothers, Joel and Tim, visited him in jail. “I didn’t recognize them,” Chris admitted.

“My brothers supposed I was dead,” said Chris, “but never expressed this to my mom. They always wanted to give her hope. Maybe he’s in Texas, they’d say. Or he’s in the Rocky Mountains.” Chris did not allow his mother to visit. “Look at me, I’m in my prison clothes. That’s not how I was raised. I couldn’t face her.”

He said he had excellent grades in high school, though no friends, and graduated early. Like two of his brothers, he enrolled in a nine-month electronics course at Sylvania Technical School in Waltham, Massachusetts. Then, still in Waltham, he took a job installing home and vehicle alarm systems; valuable knowledge to have once he started stealing.

“I had a backpack and minimal stuff. I had no plans. I had no map. I didn’t know where I was going. I just walked away.”

It was late summer of 1986. He’d camp in one spot for a week or so, then hike south, following the natural geology of Maine, with its long, glacier-carved valleys.

“I lost track of where I was,” he said. “I didn’t care.” For a while, he tried foraging for food. He ate roadkill partridges. Then he began taking corn and potatoes from people’s gardens.

“But I wanted more than vegetables,” he said. “It took a while to overcome my scruples. I was always scared when stealing. Always.” He insists he never encountered anyone during a robbery; he made sure there was no

El Camino Quilt Guild Meeting

June 13 • 9:30am

El Corazon Senior Center 3302 Senior Center Dr., Oceanside

El Camino Quilt Guild meets at 9:30am on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Dr. Oceanside 92056. Guest fee $10.

Our June speaker is Candy Grisham https://icandyfiberart.com/. Her talk is “Dresden Reimagined.” She will share her journey with the Dresden block into the Modern quilt world, art quilts and publishing. Our June 14 workshop is “Modern Dresden”. Each variation looks unique with endless possibilities and all astonishingly easy to sew. Open to members and non-members https://www.elcaminoquilters.com/images/dresden_quilt_blocks_reimagined.pdf

For more information visit elcaminoquilters.com or email info@elcaminoquilters.com.

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Flag Retirement Ceremony

June 14 • 6:30pm

Walnut Grove Park, San Marcos

The Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos will hold it’s 21st Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony.

Flags who have proudly flown over North County homes and businesses will be given a proper and dignified retirement. The Kiwanis Club will lead the event with assistance from Cub Scout Pack 662 of San Marcos, the Rancho Buena Vista Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and firefighters from the San Marcos Fire Department.

The public is invited to this free event, and everyone is welcome to dedicate a flag they wish to retire in honor of a loved one, veteran, or first responder. This is an audience participation event that includes readings and songs honoring our country’s flag. Please bring a lawn chair for seating at the park.

If you are unable to attend the event but have a flag that should be retired, you can drop your flag off at Allen Brothers Mortuary at either the San Marcos Chapel at 435 N. Twin Oaks Valley Road

in San Marcos or the Vista Chapel at 1315 S. Santa Fe Avenue in Vista.

For more information, email sanmarcoskiwanis@cox.net.

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Carlsbad Charitable Foundation Grants Celebration

June 15 • 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Full Swing Golf

1905 Aston Ave., #100, Carlsbad

Join Carlsbad Charitable Foundation (CCF) for our annual Grants Celebration as we award 20232024 nonprofit grantees serving our community.

Mingle with CCF members, colleagues and neighbors as we help spread the spirit of philanthropy and learn more about making a positive impact in Carlsbad. Appetizers, wine, and beer will be served.

The event is complimentary but please RSVP at www.SDFoundation.org/CCFEvent

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Wake Up With Wildlife

When to Intervene

June 17 • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Virtual Event

Have you ever come across wildlife and wonder, does this animal need my help? Not all animals that we intake at Project Wildlife truly need to come in. This virtual lecture, presented by Wildlife Outreach Specialist, Heather Schneider, is intended to give you the tools you need to judge whether or not to intervene when finding wildlife. It will cover subjects ranging from baby birds and bunnies to adult opossums and bats. Knowing that it is sometimes necessary to intervene, this presentation will also cover some basic techniques to keep you and the animal safe when you need to bring them to Project Wildlife.

This talk is virtual and takes place live on Zoom. You will receive the link in your confirmation.

County Opens Cool Zone Program

With summer just around the corner, the County of San Diego opened its annual Cool Zones program Thursday to give people free, safe, air-conditioned sanctuaries to escape extreme heat.

The County created the Cool Zone Program two decades ago to give older adults, people with disabilities and those with health concerns that could be complicated by the effects of extreme heat.

The program will run from June 1 through Oct. 31; sites include the County’s 33 branch libraries, community centers and other locations across the county.

A complete list of Cool Zone sites, their hours and locations is located online. The site includes a map feature where people can type in their address to find locations near them. People can also call 2-1-1 to find a location, or, if they cannot get to a Cool Zone, ask for help with free transportation.

Extreme heat can be especially dangerous for older adults and children, and everyone is recommended to shelter in cool locations when the temperatures get too hot. Working or exercising outside on a hot day or staying in a hot space too long can cause heat-related illnesses, from cramps, to exhaustion and heat-

stroke—a condition when the body can no longer control its temperature.

Signs of heatstroke or exhaustion include having an extremely high body temperature—103 degrees or higher—dizziness, nausea, confusion and headache. Anyone suffering these symptoms should call 9-1-1 and be cooled off immediately.

In addition to providing Cool Zone locations, the County, working with San Diego Gas & Electric, provide free electric fans to older or disabled San Diegans living on limited incomes.

To be eligible for the fan program, county residents must be 60 years old or older, or disabled, living on limited income, must not have access to an air-conditioned space at their home or apartment building and unable to travel to a Cool Zone site.

To learn more about the Cool Zone fan program or to request a fan, call 2-1-1 or 1 or visit www. coolzones.org to complete a fan eligibility survey.

The Cool Zone program is operated by the County Health and Human Services Agency. For more information about the Cool Zones program as well as tips to stay cool at home, visit www. coolzones.org.

had a successful Men’s Clothing Store in Escondido, was always active in the community and greatly admired by family and friends . . . not just locally, but world wide.

In France, they even named a school after him . . . the French loved Jack Port!

Jack was born in 1922 and passed away peacefully at his Ocean Hills home in Oceanside on March 16, 2021, at the age of 98.

Jack grew up in Escondido, the youngest son of Charlie and Rena Port.

OMG!! Last Thursday June 1st I was in line doing shopping at San Marcos when I noticed a commotion with the fellow shoppers in front of me as they recognized your wonderful writer Friedrick Gomez dropping off copies of The Paper!! I got to talk with him as he told me you and him were delivering The Paper as you were temporarily without delivery drivers! For such a scholarly writer of cover stories he is so down to earth and playful and so full of boyish energy! We took turns talking to him inside the store and we all fell in love with him! Outside I wanted to talk further but noticed another gentleman talking with you, Mr. Davis, in your car and just decided to not further intrude! Friedrick told me you both had further deliveries at libraries, etc. and I just wondered: Do you normally have this level of excitement and people follow-

ing him out to your car?! Mr. Lyle E. Davis, as publisher and owner of The Paper, I now fully understand and realize why Friedrick has such a powerful fan base as read in past Letters to the Editor! He seems so innocent and playful and full of energy! My wife and teenaged son and daughter (both students at CSUSM) are HUGE fans and were angry that they weren’t there!

~ From Terry Galloway of North San Diego County.

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I read the article written by Friedrich Gomez with the title “Elderly Abuse & Neglect” in your May 4, 2023 issue. This caught my attention because I have worked extensively with elderly and their family members as well as those in skilled nursing (and other) facilities as a licensed mental health provider and mandated reporteras well as years of experience with those at the end of their lives. This is an issue near and dear to me.

While I agree that there is neglect (and unfortunately even physical and verbal abuse) in some facilities, in my experience, there are many more facilities that are caring and who treat their patients

orary Citizen. In 2009 the French government bestowed Jack with its highest order of merit, the Legion of Honor.

In 2018 schoolchildren in the town of Saint-Pois voted to name their school the Jack Port School, in honor of all American soldiers who liberated their town. Jack said it was the greatest honor of his life. Jack was preceded in death by his wife Elaine, and his son Alan.

Got a phone call recently from long time friend and retired businessman, George Weir.

He asked if The Paper would be willing to help promote addtional recognition for the late Jack Port, a long time resident of both Escondido and Oceanside., and a bona fide hero of WWII.

I told George we’d be happy to help bring additional recognition for Jack.

I knew Jack Port quite well. He

Although not himself observant, he remained proud of his Jewish heritage. He was a graduate of Escondido High School and attended UCLA for 2 years before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1943 during World War II.

Like so many in his generation, World War II was a defining moment in Jack’s life. After enlistment he was assigned to the Army’s 4th Division, 12th Regiment, and participated in some of the most intense battles of the war. Landing on the D-Day beaches of Normandy, he was on the front lines through

France, Belgium and Germany.

For his service, Jack was recognized with numerous decorations, including a Purple Heart and five Bronze Stars.

In the 1980s Jack began to make regular trips back to France to visit the places where he had fought in the war. Returning each year for annual commemorations, he was warmly welcomed by French citizens grateful for his role in the liberation of France. Three towns in Normandy made him an Hon-

The Paper will remember Jack Port in greater detail next week when we reprint the cover story that dealt with Jack’s participation on D-Day and throughout the WWII campaign in Europe.

We guarantee it will make for interesting reading.

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Saw a NY Times article that discussed service or the lack therof impacting the financial health of restaurants.

The patience that customers have extended to restaurants over the

Man

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car in the driveway, no sign of anyone inside. “It was usually 1 or 2 A.M. I’d go in, hit the cabinets, the refrigerator. In and out. My heart rate was soaring. It was not a comfortable act. I took no pleasure in it, none at all, and I wanted it over as quickly as possible.” A single mistake, he understood, and the outside world would snatch him back.

He roamed about for two years before he discovered the campsite he would call home. He knew at once it was ideal. “Then,” he said, “I settled in.”

“Never once did I sleep inside,” he said. He never used a shower. Or a toilet.

Michael Finkel: I trusted him. I sensed, in fact, that Chris was practically incapable of lying. I wasn’t alone in this thought. Diane Perkins-Vance, the state trooper present at his arrest, told me that much of her job consisted of sorting through lies people fed her. With Chris, however, she had no doubts. “Unequivocally,” she said, “I believe him.”

The Belgrade Lakes area, where Knight lived, is cow-and-horse rural, nothing like the vast North Woods of Maine, wild and unpeopled. Knight’s camp was located on private property, just a few hundred feet from the nearest cabin, in an area crisscrossed by dirt roads.

When I saw Knight’s woods my-

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well and with dignity. Cost is not always the determinant of the quality of care provided.

You seem to connect neglect in facilities with neglect by family members- a connection that while does occur at times- does not immediately seem related. Most often they are not related. My main issue with the article is to point out that, in my experience, those elderly who have been (what you describe as) “abandoned” have often created the situation they find themselves in. The circumstances could be alcoholism, substance abuse, child abuse or neglect, unstable living environment, emotional and/or verbal abuse or a variety of other reasons. ELDER NEGLECT/”ABANDONMENT” DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A REASON. You describe elders as who “Once were the quintessential and respected stalwarts who responsibly and proudly reared

self, I understood how he could remain there unnoticed. The tangle of hemlock and maple and elm is very dense.

Chris had carved from the chaos a bedroom-sized clearing completely invisible from a few steps away, situated on a slight rise that allowed enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes away, but not so much as to cause severe windchill in winter. It was surrounded by a natural Stonehenge of boulders; overhead, tree branches linked to form a trellis-like canopy that masked his site from the air. This is why Chris’s skin was so pale— he’d lived in perpetual shade.

He slept in a simple camping tent, which he kept covered by several layers of brown tarps. Camouflage, he felt, was essential; he didn’t want to risk anything shiny catching someone’s eye, so he spray-painted, in forestry colors, his garbage bins and his coolers and his cooking pot. He even painted his clothespins green.

He stole toilet paper and hand sanitizer for his bathroom spot. He took laundry detergent and shampoo for his wash area. There was no fire pit, as he’d insisted. He cooked on a Coleman twoburner stove that he connected to propane tanks. He stole a tremendous number of tanks, pillaging gas grills along the thirty-mile circumference of the pond. He never returned them. He buried the tanks—possibly hundreds of them—in his dump at the camp’s edge.

He stole deodorant, disposable

families, protecting and nurturing their loved ones in adulthood”. In my experience, those who face the end of their lives alone, generally, unless a military or work-related move/separation (where family can STILL be in touch and provide financial or other support), or death, have often alienated their family members. What I have experienced in my work is parents who were cruel or not available to their children due to whatever means (as mentioned above) substance use/abuse, lack of skill or even care- leaving their children at risk of various dangers/hazards or predators even selling them or abusing them in all ways. Hardly the “stalwarts” you described.

While I can see where your article would move the hearts of many, I am here to tell you that there are many other sides to this story- much different than the story you tell. My advice to the elderly is to be a good parent to your children at all stages of their lives (it’s never too late) - be the

razors, flashlights, snow boots, spices, mousetraps, spray paint, and electrical tape. He took pillows off beds.

He stole radios and earphones and hid an antenna up in trees. For a while, he listened to a lot of conservative talk radio. Later he got hooked on classical music— Tchaikovsky and Brahms, yes; Bach, no. “Bach is too pristine,” he said. The majority of his free time was spent reading or observing the forest. “Don’t mistake me for some bird-watching PBS type,” he warned, but then proceeded to poetically describe the crunch of dry leaves underfoot (“walking on corn flakes”) and the rumble of an ice crack propagating across the pond (“like a bowling ball rolling down an alley”).

He stole hundreds of books over the years; his preference was military history—he named William Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich as his favorite book—but he took whatever was available.

Following his arrest, the court of public opinion was deeply divided. The man who wanted to live his life as invisibly as possible had become one of the most famous people in Maine. You could not walk into a bar in the Augusta area without stumbling into a debate about what should be done with Christopher Knight.

Some said that he must immediately be released from jail. Stealing cheese and bacon are not serious crimes. The man was ap-

best parent you can be with what you have. It does not require financial means to ensure a child feels loved and supported by you. If needed, take one of the various parenting classes available (even free in many communities), read to your children, support them with your words and deeds. Get treatment, if/when needed, make amends with your adult children for wrongs committed, apologize (sincerely) and maintain connection throughout their lives- don’t assume if you have a life-long damaged relationship with your children, they will automatically be there for you at the end of your life. You need to put in the work. Seek the help of a mental health provider if you need support in reconnecting with loved ones who you have lost connection with. There are many senior service organizations and centers who can refer you.

I will end by pointing out the last story you shared- of a woman (Mrs. Begum) whose children

parently never violent. He didn’t carry a weapon. He’s an introvert, not a criminal. He clearly has no desire to be a part of our world. Let’s open a Kickstarter, get him enough cash for a few years’ worth of groceries, and allow him to go back to the woods. Some people were willing to let him live on their land, rent-free. Others countered that it wasn’t the physical items he robbed that made his crimes so disturbing— he stole hundreds of people’s peace of mind. Their sense of security. How were they supposed to know Knight wasn’t armed and dangerous? Even a single breakin can be punishable by a ten-year sentence. If Knight really wanted to live in the woods, he should’ve done so on public lands, hunting and fishing for food. He’s nothing but a lazy man and a thief times a thousand. Lock him up in the state penitentiary.

On October 28, 2013, Chris appeared in Kennebec County Superior Court and pleaded guilty to thirteen counts of burglary and theft. He was sentenced to seven months in jail—he’d already served all but a week of this, waiting for his case to be resolved. The sentence was far more lenient than it could have been, though even the prosecutor said a long prison term seemed cruel in this case. Chris was ordered to meet with a judge every Monday, and avoid alcohol, and either find a job or go to school. If he violated these terms, he could

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witnessed her being physically and emotionally abused- and exposed to abuse on a consistent basis- likely being abused themselves by the perpetrator (although that is not confirmed). In the article, you mention they were frightened and would run to her. Being exposed to domestic violence of a parent is one of the most damaging things a child can be exposed to- and leads to those children being potential perpetrators- another area I have extensive experience in. Just to emphasize that there are more sides to the story than were pointed out in your article and things I ask you and your readers to consider before jumping to the conclusion that “good” parents are being abused, neglected, or abandoned by “bad” adult children. Most of my experience is in the area of Adults Abused as Children, and again, I point out that there is a lot more to this issue that you wrote about.

Advancing Important Legislation

This year, the “House of Origin Deadline” was June 2nd, the final day for bills to pass the house in which they were first introduced. Any bills that failed to pass by the deadline have died.

Legislation that made it through included AB 1741, which I introduced to help solve the shortage of clinical laboratory personnel that has impacted test processing for patients here locally and throughout California. The bill passed without opposition and expands the duties that unlicensed personnel who meet specified education/training criteria can perform under direct supervision of licensed personnel. Another health-related bill, SB 90, which I co-authored with Senator Weiner, caps co-pays for insulin at $35 for a 30 day supply. SB 90 passed the Senate unanimously. Another bipartisan bill, AB 1399, coauthored with Assemblymembers Friedman and Lowenthal, expands the ability of veterinarians to provide animal care via telehealth, when appropriate.

In 2021, fentanyl overdoses caused 5,722 deaths in California. Fortunately, two bills I co-authored dealing with this deadly scourge passed before the deadline. AB 33 (Bains) sets up a Fentanyl Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force consisting of representatives

from law enforcement, the health sector and government to develop fentanyl policy recommendations for the state. AB 474 (Rodriguez) creates a Threat Assessment Center to prioritize cooperation with state and local efforts to disrupt and dismantle criminal networks that traffic in opioids. Both bills passed without opposition.

Given our region’s vulnerability to wildfires, drought and diminishing groundwater resources, I supported AB 1567 (Garcia and others), which, if approved by voters, will finance projects involving wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, sustainable ground water, dam safety and tribal water infrastructure projects. This bipartisan bill also passed without any opposing votes.

Contentious issues in Sacramento generate headlines, but that doesn’t keep legislators on both sides of the aisle from coming together to pass legislation that benefits all Californians.

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. Las Posas Pool, 1387 W. Borden Road and Woodland Park Pool, 671 Woodland Parkway. Various activities will be available to participants during the World’s Largest Swim Lesson including:

• Sponsored local food

• San Marcos Fire Department: CPR Demo

• Complimentary swim lesson level evaluations

• Coloring booth

• Water safety activity stations

• Free open rec swim

5th District Supervisor Jim Desmond

The Road to Socialism

We continue to hear politicians tout buzzwords like equality and equity, as a way to lift people out of poverty. Blame the rich to help the poor, and you’ll continue to get re-elected. Yet, as we’ve seen throughout history countries that have prioritized this socialistic point of view have crushed the middle class, creating large chasms between the rich and poor.

The word socialism is thrown around flippantly in today’s society, yet two proposals, one from the State of California and another from the Federal Government, show that we are on the slippery slope moving from a meritocracy toward a socialist society.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, California utility companies are in the process of rolling out a new fixed-rate bill proposal. The basics of the proposal are: the more income you make, the more you pay for the flat rate. Then there will be reduced usage charges, subsidized for all households by the flat rate.

Here’s the breakdown of pricing for San Diegans:

• Household income $28,000 –$69,000 would pay $34/month.

• Household income from $69,000 – $180,000 would pay $73/month.

• Household income above $180,000 would pay $128/ month.

All these fees are tacked on before using a single kilowatt hour, meaning median-income San Diegans will pay $876 a year in electricity rates, regardless of whether they use any electricity. Also, San Diegans will still get charged these monthly rates if they installed residential solar. These fixed rate charges have nothing to do with actual energy use (or savings). They are based on household income and everyone will pay them. This will discourage energy savings and increase electricity use in a time where supply is not meeting demand, and people’s health and safety are at risk through summer blackouts.

Two days later, the Federal Government announced a new federal rule forcing homeowners that have earned good credit and can (many times barely) afford a home to pay higher mortgage rates and fees to subsidize people with riskier credit ratings who are also in the market to buy houses.

Mortgage industry specialists say homebuyers with credit scores of 680 or higher will pay, for example, about $40 per month more on a home loan of $400,000. Homebuyers who make down payments of 15% to 20% will get socked with the most significant fees.

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by Christopher Elliott

Joe Eckre has tickets to see Alan Parsons, but the artist has postponed the event. Can Eckre get a refund?

As the days get warmer, it is that time of the year to cool off in the San Marcos pools. To prepare, have you brushed up on your water safety knowledge yet?

I love the summertime in San Marcos and I want to encourage everyone to join the World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday, June 22 starting at noon at

Become a water safety expert by visiting the water safety stations. There will be great opportunities to enhance your knowledge! More importantly, learn how you can save someone’s life by attending the CPR demo.

For more information, visit the Parks and Recreation special events at www.san-marcos.net.

Q: I purchased a ticket to see Alan Parsons Live Project at Libbey Bowl in Ojai, Calif., in 2021. Just before the event, Ticketmaster notified me that the concert had been postponed but that my ticket was still good.

I waited patiently but after 18 months and no news from Ticketmaster about a new date for the show, I finally checked the artist’s website and found out that all shows except for one -- not mine -- had been canceled.

Ticketmaster is saying that I can’t get a refund for my ticket. In an online chat, a representative said, “After reviewing your order, I see that you purchased your tickets after the event had already been rescheduled. Therefore, the event organizer is not allowing refunds.”

My Ticketmaster account still reads that my tickets are still good and the date is “to be announced” -- but the artist’s website says otherwise. Can you help me get a refund?

~ Joe Eckre,

Canyon Country, Calif.

By Tom Morrow

For television viewers the name “Danny Thomas” appears onscreen at least once daily. The name appears during a St. Jude’s Cancer Hospital for Children commercial in a plea for donations. You’ll see his name on the side of the hospital building as “Danny Thomas, Founder.” For those under age 50, you probably won’t know his name, but during the middle years of the 20th century he was one of the most popular movie, radio, and television performers of his day. Many of us grew up enjoying his comic and music entertainment on radio, TV, and in films.

Danny Thomas, born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; Jan. 6, 1912, in Dearfield, Michigan, started out as an actor, singer, nightclub comedian, later a producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in the popular and long-running The Danny Thomas Show, both on radio and television . In addition to guest

Historically Speaking Who Was Danny Thomas?

roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of the time, his legacy includes a lifelong dedication to fundraising for charity. Most notably, he was the founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, a leading center in pediatric medicine with a focus on cancer. St. Jude now has affiliate hospitals in eight other American cities.

In 1932, Thomas began performing on radio in Detroit at WMBC under his anglicized birth name. After he moved to Chicago in 1940, Thomas did not want his friends and family to know he had gone back into working clubs where the salary was better, so he came up with the pseudonym “Danny Thomas” (after two of his brothers).

Thomas first reached mass audiences on network radio in the 1940s playing shifty brother-in-law Amos in The Bickersons, starring Don Ameche and Frances Langford. Thomas also portrayed himself as a scatter-brained Lothario on that show. His other network radio work included a stint on Fanny Brice’s The Baby Snooks Show. In the early 1950s he made several appearances on the popular NBC radio variety program, The Big Show, hosted by Hollywood actress Tallulah Bankhead.

Already a successful entertainer,

Thomas began his film career in 1947, playing opposite child actress Margaret O’Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947) and Big City (1948). He then starred in the long-running television sitcom “Make Room for Daddy,” from 1953 to 1964. He was the father of three children, Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas, and Tony Thomas. His daughter, Marlo, starred in her own comedy production, “That Girl,” during the 60s.

Thomas also had his own radio program, The Danny Thomas Show. The 30-minute weekly variety show was on ABC from 1942 to 1943 and on CBS from 1947 to 1948. After his two 1940s films,

Travel Troubleshooter

by Christopher Elliott

When IcelandAir changes Patricia Boyle’s flights from Baltimore to Washington Dulles, she asks for a refund from her tour operator, IcelandAir Holidays. Why isn’t it responding?

Q: I recently booked a vacation package online through IcelandAir Holidays. Two months later, I received a text message that my airport had been changed from Baltimore/ Washington International Airport to Dulles International Airport.

I realized that traveling to Dulles, would be inconvenient because it is a two-hour drive from my home in Baltimore. BWI is only 25 minutes away. Using a cab or car service would incur extra expenses, so I wanted to discuss options with IcelandAir Holidays.

Much to my consternation, I could not find a contact phone number, email, or live chat to assist. The

website instructions led me to a customer support form. I completed the customer support form and requested a refund. I received an autoreply.

No one from IcelandAir Holidays has responded. I have not received a refund to my credit card. The lack of response from IcelandAir Holidays is frustrating and unacceptable. Can you help me get my $2,972 back?

~ Patricia Boyle, Baltimore

A: IcelandAir Holidays should have responded to you and helped you figure out what to do. But a refund? I’m not sure about that.

IcelandAir Holidays’ terms and conditions address itinerary changes. It says if the company makes “a major change” to your travel arrangements, it will give you the choice of accepting the new itinerary or canceling and receiving a full refund.

However, “This doesn’t apply for minor changes.”

So I guess the question is: Was this a major change?

I say it is. It’s a 56-mile drive from BWI to Dulles, but getting there in Washington’s infamous traffic can take a while. If you planned to take cab to the airport, it would cost a lot more than getting to BWI. IcelandAir Holidays should have offered to cover the cost difference -- that is, if it had responded.

When a company gives you the cold shoulder, you have options. You can usually call, reach out on social media or contact one of its executives. I publish the names, numbers and email addresses of IcelandAir’s customer service managers on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org. A polite email to one of them might have fixed this.

Whether you have a case or not,

Thomas appeared with Betty Grable in the musical Call Me Mister (1951). He portrayed songwriter Gus Kahn opposite Doris Day in the 1951 film biography I’ll See You in My Dreams. In 1952, he starred in The Jazz Singer opposite the popular vocalist Peggy Lee. It was a remake of the 1927 Al Jolson original.

Thomas enjoyed a successful 11year television run (1953–1964) on Make Room for Daddy. A devout Roman Catholic, Thomas was named a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher by Pope Paul VI in recognition of his services to the church and the community. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan presented Thomas with a Congressional Gold Medal honoring him for his work with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Thomas was one of the original owners of the Miami Dolphins football club, but he sold his share soon after the purchase. He was an avid golfer, claimed a 10 golf handicap, and competed with Sam Snead in a charity event. Two PGA Tour tournaments bore his name. He also was the first non-Jewish member of the Hillcrest Coun-

there’s no excuse for ignoring you. I contacted IcelandAir on your behalf to find out if your change was major or minor.

“We are sorry to hear this was so complicated for Mrs. Boyle,” an IcelandAir representative told me. “I’m not sure how this slipped through the cracks, but I have been advised she has now been contacted and given a full refund. We have also notified Icelandair Holidays and our website team to hopefully prevent similar complications for other customers.”

That’s my favorite kind of resolution -- a refund and a fix.

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.

© 2023 Christopher Elliott.

Danny Thomas

Airline Seat Selection Fees Should Be Banned Until Then, Here’s How To Avoid Them

Airline seat selection fees are one of the most hated surcharges in the travel industry -- and they should be illegal.

It costs an airline nothing to reserve your seat. Yet passengers shell out anywhere from $25 to more than $100 for a confirmed seat assignment or to sit next to their friends and family.

If the Fair Fees Act proposed by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey passes, then seat selection fees would fly away. The law prohibits airlines from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs it incurs.

But airlines really went too far when they began charging families with young children for seat assignments, sometimes even suggesting parents could be separated from their kids if they didn’t pay. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to create a new regulation to allow families to sit together on flights.

“Airlines can’t just treat a child like a piece of baggage,” President Biden said in a recent press conference announcing airline policy changes.

But these proposals will not help you this summer. And even if they did, they would exclude some passengers, including travelers with older kids who might still need to sit near an adult, passengers with special needs, honeymooning couples, BFFs, and … the list goes on. How do they avoid paying more for adjacent seats? And are there any new ways of avoiding seat selection fees?

What Is An Airline Seat Selection Fee

A seat selection fee allows you to reserve a seat in your class of service. Each airline ticket comes with a confirmed seat, but if you want to choose your seat location, most domestic airlines will charge an additional fee.

These extras are not new. Airlines started to experiment with seat selection fees in 2008, and they caught on a decade later. What is new is that the fees are rising, sometimes increasing the cost of a ticket by hundreds of dollars. Last year, U.S. airlines collected $4.2 billion in seat assignment fees.

How Do You Avoid A Seat Selection Fee

If you’re traveling with a group, the best way to avoid a seat se-

lection fee is to book your seats at the same time. If the airline is assigning seats for you, it typically seats people under the same record locator number together. With added government pressure on the airlines, it’s unlikely they will intentionally separate a family -- and if they accidentally do, they will find a way of undoing it.

Seat selection fees are a mind game. If you’re booking your flights online, you’ll face popups and screens that try to convince you that you need to pay more to upgrade your travel experience. Just say “no.” Within 24 hours of your departure, the airline will assign you a seat. Pro tip: If you want to avoid paying for a seat assignment, arrive at the airport early. That way, you’ll have the pick of the unassigned seats.

New Strategies For Sitting Together On A Flight

There are some lesser-known travel hacks that will let you find a seat together.

Find two seats together

ExpertFlyer, a subscription service for frequent fliers, has a service called Seat Alerts with an “Any Two Seats Together” option that monitors airline seat maps and can tell you if two seats together become available.

“If you need more seats, you can also create a seat alert for specific seats around the seats you already have assigned in case one of them opens up,” says Chris Lopinto, founder of ExpertFlyer. Then you can claim both seats, but you may have to pay extra.

Be last to board

Here’s another tip I’ve heard from several travelers, but it only works if the flight isn’t full and you don’t have a lot of carry-on luggage. First, find out if it’s a full flight by looking at the seat map online or asking a gate agent. Then wait until the last person has boarded and look for two empty seats in your class of service.

Ask another passenger to switch

Asking a passenger to swap seats so your traveling companion can sit next to you can be problematic because many passengers have paid extra for their seats. Kate Zuckerman, CEO of Thrive Family Travel, which provides travel coaching services for families, says there’s a right way to trade seats.

“Try to offer them something of value, such as a coveted aisle placement instead of a mediocre middle seat, or a seat closer to the front of the plane,” she says.

Other travelers have offered gifts, snacks, or even cash. Zuckerman says she usually finds someone who will volunteer to give up their seat. And she pays it forward. When she travels solo, she’s always the first to trade seats with someone who wants to sit next to a friend or family member.

Should you ask a gate agent for a better seat?

Asking a gate agent for a seat next to your sweetheart may be a waste of time. Karen Villano, a gate agent for a major airline, says airlines always pressure the airport staff to collect money in exchange for a better seat, even if it’s just a window seat or emergency exit row in economy class.

“If I change your seat to a paid seat without collecting money, the company is alerted,” she says. “It goes on my permanent record of not complying with company policy.”

Villano says airlines will waive their collect-money-at-all-costs rule for any family with a young child. But anyone else will have to pay for a better seat. The real opportunities to switch come after you’ve boarded the flight.

Do You Really Have To Sit Together

Airlines have been cashing in on passengers’ desire to sit together for years. But before you try to beg a gate agent for a seat next to your companion or bribe a fellow passenger to swap seats, ask yourself: Do we really need to sit together?

If the answer is yes, chances are the crew will find a way to make it happen. A single mom with twins. Grandpa, who has dementia, flying with a caretaker. As eager as airlines are to collect more seat fees from you, they will not allow passengers like this to be separated.

For the rest of us, the answer might be “no.” If you’re on vacation, you’ll spend a lot of time together once you arrive. If you’re traveling with your spouse, you might need the break. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a little alone time to enjoy your flight.

The Days Of Charging Seat Selection Fees Are Numbered

Airline seat selection fees represent everything that is wrong with the airline industry. Airlines took away your ability to reserve a seat next to a family member or loved one and then started charging you extra for it. It costs airlines nothing to reserve a seat, but now they’re making billions a year from it.

When passengers try to book seats together this summer, they’ll see seat assignment fees for what they are -- pure airline greed. And now, finally, the government is going to put an end to these unconscionable surcharges.

Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist. He founded Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps solve consumer problems. He publishes Elliott Confidential, a travel newsletter, and the Elliott Report, a news site about customer service. If you need help with a consumer problem, you can email him at chris@elliott.org.

Illustration by Christopher Elliott

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This virtual event is free or a $5 suggested donation is appreciated.

You can buy tickets at: https://secure.sdhumane.org/site/Ticketing?

view=Tickets&id=138547

Dos Valles Garden Club Plant Sale

June 17 • 8am to Noon 28933 Cole Grade Rd. • Valley Center at Martin Gang Ranch

All proceeds support scholarships for local students. To learn more about the Dos Valles Garden club, visit dosvallesgardenclub.com

Summer Soirée Concert

June 17 • 3:15 p.m.

Rancho Santa Fe Community Center 5927 La Sendita

Pacific Coast Harmony will present “Happy Together,” a concert of modern four-part acapella harmony music on Saturday June 17, 2023, at 3:15 p.m. at the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center, 5967 La Sendita, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.

The music spans the Great American Songbook, Broadway theater and film, popular songs, and be-

yond. In addition to the chorus, there will be several quartet appearances, featuring “The Summertimers Harmony Band,” 2022 Barbershop Harmony Society Far Western District champs.

The concert will follow a reception from 2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. with beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction.

Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased by emailing Tickets@PacificCoastHarmony.org or by calling (619) HARMONY /427-6669.

Pacific Coast Harmony is an a cappella ensemble based in La Jolla, California, under the direction of Bonnie McKibben, an award-winning director, quartet champion, and recording artist.

PCH is proud to be a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

For more information, visit PacificCoastharmony.org or call (619) 427-6669.

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June CBAD Happy Hour

June 21 • 5 - 7 pm New Village Arts in Carlsbad Village

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Eat, drink, and connect at our monthly CBAD Happy Hour. Our next one is coming up on Wednesday, June 21 at the beautifully renovated New Village Arts Theater in Carlsbad Village. Sign up today and feel free to share this event with a friend. register at https:// web.carlsbad.org/atlas/events/ cbadhappy%20hour%20%20%20 %20new%20village%20arts%20 theatre-3255/register ***

Worlds Largest Swim Lesson

and the shopkeepers who once worked on Grand and Broadway. The past will come alive through the photographs of the bank buildings, storefronts, and telephone company that once graced this historic intersection

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Escondido Library 1/2 Price Sale

Friends Bookshop

June 23 & 24

All items in the store 50% OFF marked price (25¢ minimum) Only cash payment accepted.

If you’re searching for a heartfelt gift to give this Father’s Day, symbolically adopting an iconic species is the perfect choice for dads and loved ones who care deeply about wildlife. This unique gift supports conservation efforts around the globe, from saving critically endangered rhinos on the savanna to protecting gorilla habitats in the African forest.

Your gift inspires hope worldwide and helps create a better future for wildlife. Our adoption packages that come with a plush animal of your choosing will be a cuddly reminder of the impact a gift from the heart can have.

Protect Jaguars

Your gift enables the use of novel technologies to study the ecology of jaguars in the Amazon, so we can use the findings to help the species thrive.

Save Endangered Rhinos

You can help implement and ad-

vance innovative new genetic rescue strategies to ensure a future for this species.

Secure a future for African penguins

Your gift supports increased learnings about penguins’ travel and activity at sea, resulting in knowledge that will help conserve the future for this species.

Don’t wait to find a gift that fathers everywhere will treasure—order by June 10 to have your gift delivered in time for Father’s Day.

By supporting San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, you’re helping to build a world where all life thrives. And with you as our ally, we can make a true difference for wildlife and protect their future for generations to come.

To adopt visit sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org

Pet Parade

Momentum

Momentum is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He’s a 1-year-old, 9-pound, male, Domestic Short Hair cat with a Black and White coat.

He was a stray who was taken to a crowded shelter in Riverside County. Nobody claimed him. Momentum was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through FOCAS (Friends of County Animal Shelters.) He’s a relaxed and social cat who could live in almost any home.

The $100 adoption fee for Momentum includes medical exam, neuter, 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.

June 22 • 10am to 2pm Las Posas Pool 1387 W. Borden Road Woodland Park Pool 671 Woodland Parkway

Be a part of the Worlds Largest Swim Lesson! These free events are for you and your family to come together to swim, and learn about water safety!

• Sponsored Local Food

• San Marcos Fire Department: CPR demo

• Complimentary Swim Lesson Level Evaluations

• Coloring Booth

• Water Safety Activity Stations

• Free Open Rec Swim ***

A Historic Look of Escondido

June 22 • 6:00–7:00 pm Escondido Library Turrentine Room

Learn about the history of Escondido’s Commercial District—the interesting history of the buildings

All events generously sponsored by the Friends of the Escondido Public Library

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Blood Drive Hosted by Valley Center Chamber

June 28 • 11am to 4pm

Armstrong Feed 28520 S. Cole Grade Road Valley Center

The Chamber is happy to host another blood drive as we head into summer. Click on the link below to sign up today. The Blood Mobile will be parking at Armstrong Feed & Supply. Chamber member Swag Bags will be given to all who stop by and say Hi.

All donors will receive a Padres Summer Blood Drive t-shirt.

While supplies last and sizes subject to availability.

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Community Pet Pantry

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

The Computer Factory

845 W. San Marcos Blvd. 760-744-4315

thecomputerfactory.net

That total includes all types of Internet scams, including multimillion dollar swindles involving corporations and government organizations. Our customers are small business and home PC users. The losses among these folks were much smaller, but the loss can be devastating for an individual or small business. “Phishing” is the most prevalent scam method used to victimize these users. The FBI defines “phishing” as “the use of unsolicited email, text messages, and telephone calls purportedly from a legitimate company requesting personal, financial, and/or login credentials”. While “phishing” exploits target all demographics, the most vulnerable targets are folks over sixty. Why us? Seniors are prime targets for two major reasons. We have money and we are soft targets (suckers).

Internet Scams Cost Americans 10.3 Billion Dollars in 2022 (FBI) Part I of III

Many seniors benefit from of a lifetime of investing and saving. We have retirement incomes and often substantial equity in property. As a group, seniors have more disposable income than any other age demographic. Today’s seniors came of age in the 20th century. This was a very different place. Before the arrival of “broad band” Internet, financial transactions were mostly local with face to face contact and a handshake. We trusted the businesses people we dealt with. Whether it was the bank, auto dealership, insurance company, realtor, contractor or an investment firm, Relationships were local and personal. Business people had a vested interest in maintaining a public reputation for honesty and square dealing. Business folks were trustworthy because dishonesty would destroy their public reputation and credibility. We could rely on the integrity of the business folks we dealt with; they were a part of our community.

Fast forward to today. Financial transactions are often no longer face to face with local businesses. Banking, credit card and financial transaction of all kinds are conducted electronically with little or no direct human interaction. For younger generations, the impersonal Internet is the natural way to do business. They are skeptical of any unsolicited personal contact through electronic media. For many seniors, the opposite is true. Seniors may accept the convenience of Internet based electronic transactions, but we have a tenden-

cy to regard as genuine the information we get from direct personal contact, even by phone or through the Internet. This is our “Achilles Heel” and a major reason we (seniors) are the major target for “phishing” scams.

There is another factor associated with aging that makes seniors attractive marks for scammers. Falling victim to a scam is embarrassing and may be considered a sign of cognitive decline. As a consequence, seniors and particularly those over 70 are reluctant to report being victimized. This results in under-reporting criminal activity involving seniors. The fact that seniors tend not to report being scammed makes them even more attractive targets. In 2021 the aver-

age Internet fraud loss per incident was under $500 for folks under 60, over $600 for Americans between 60 and 79 and $1500 per incident for seniors over the age of 80. There is a direct correlation between age and vulnerability to Internet scams. You can argue that this vulnerability is a result of having grown up in a kinder gentler world and or you can lay it at the feet of advancing senility. It doesn’t make much difference, the result is the same.

Seniors, falling victim to Internet fraud risk losing more than money. They may risk their independence and the freedom to manage their financial affairs. In the next two columns we will discuss this very real problem. We are all going to be seniors some day,

She’s Abandoning Her Babies!

Their mommy had them under my tool shed. Then she abandoned them!”

During Kitten Season your Rancho Coastal Humane Society and other shelters nationwide get calls from frantic people saying, “A mommy cat abandoned her babies under my bushes / behind my garage / in my laundry basket!” (Anywhere someone finds a kitten without its mommy, they assume it’s been abandoned.)

Or someone will rush into the shelter carrying a box holding what look like mice. “They’re kittens!

Chill out. Mommy cats were having babies long before we could find false information about it on the internet. Most of the time, cats have it under control. When they don’t, Mother Nature is there to lend a helping paw.

If you don’t remember anything else about this Critter Corner, please remember this:

Cats know what they’re doing. Leave them alone unless YOU know what YOU’RE doing!

The best solution to unwanted or abandoned kittens is to have your adult pets spayed or neutered. End of problem. Period!

If it’s too late for that, and you find what appear to be abandoned kittens, don’t be in too much of a hurry to rescue babies who do not need to be rescued.

A pregnant cat will find a place where she feels safe to give birth. Someplace where she can see anything approaching and where nothing can sneak up behind her while she’s in

her most vulnerable situation.

After the kittens are born, it’s time to move them to a safer place. Mommies pick up the babies by the nape of the next, where God gave them extra thick skin. Then they move them one at a time.

THIS is where humans get in the way. Mommy is moving her kittens and people assume that she abandoned those that she hasn’t moved, yet.

If you think you see abandoned kittens, leave them alone. Go back in an hour. If they’re okay or you notice fewer or more babies than before, go away then check again in another hour or two.

Let Mommy cat and Mother Nature do their jobs.

John Van Zante’s Critter Corner

Chuckles from page 2 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?

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.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. PS. - Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’ ?

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this ..

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is ‘UP.’

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning.

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.

In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.......it is time to shut UP!

Hermit from page 5

be sent to prison for seven years.

Chris said he’d be returning home, to live with his mother. His beard was unruly—”my crazy hermit beard,” he called it. He was alarmingly skinny; he itched all over. We still didn’t make much eye contact.

He wished he could return to his camp—”I miss the woods”—but he knew by the rules of his release that this was impossible. “Sitting here in jail, I don’t like what I see in the society I’m about to enter. I don’t think I’m going to fit in. It’s too loud. Too colorful. The lack of aesthetics. The crudeness. The inanities. The trivia.”

I told him I agreed with much of his assessment. But, I wondered, what about your world? What insights did you glean from your time alone? I had been trying to ask him these questions every visit, but now I pushed the point harder.

“What I miss most,” he eventually continued, “is somewhere between quiet and solitude. What I miss most is stillness.” He said he’d watched for years as a shelf mushroom grew on the trunk of a Douglas fir in his camp. I’d noticed the mushroom when I visited—it was enormous—and he asked me with evident concern if anyone had knocked it down. I assured him it was still there. In the height of summer, he said, he’d sometimes sneak down to the lake at night. “I’d stretch out in the water, float on my back, and look at the stars.”

He was never happy in his youth— not in high school, not with a job, not being around other people. Then he discovered his camp in the woods. “I found a place where I was content,” he said. His own perfect spot. The only place in the world he felt at peace.

That was all he had to tell me. He’d grown weary of my visits. Please,: he begged, “leave me alone; we are not friends. I don’t want to be your friend,: he said, “I don’t want to be anyone’s friend. I’m not going to miss you at all,” he added.

“Good-bye, Chris,” I said.

A guard had appeared to escort him away, but there was time for Chris to express a last thought. He did not. He hung up the phone. No wave; no nod. He stood, turned his back on me, and walked out of the visitors’ booth and down a corridor of the jail.

Man About Town from page 4

last few years is wearing thin, especially as menu prices climb and experienced workers are harder to find. A plaintive cry is rising from America’s dining rooms: Can we get some service around here?

Eating out cost 8.6% more in April than it did a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At places that add service charges to supplement wages, the sticker shock is even worse.

Leann Emmert and Katrina Elder, who work in the film industry, used to spend weekends checking out the newest Los Angeles restaurants. But now that having a couple of drinks and sharing an entree and an appetizer can easily cost $200 with no guarantee of good service, that’s changed. The couple has been largely sticking to a neighborhood restaurant with consistently good

food and that everybody-knowsyour-name feeling.

“I do not want to spend my money at a place that can’t figure out how to make people feel cared for,” Emmert said.

Will Guidara, a New York restaurateur who in 2022 published “Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect,” said the value proposition of eating out has changed. “Great food in the absence of hospitality is not a great value,” he said.

But how to teach true hospitality to a new generation of workers who may not even know how to fold a napkin?

Fortunately, service does not seem to be a major problem at North San Diego eateries. We are blessed with a number of restaurants with excellent food and service.

Cats Rescued from Hoarding Case Available for Adoption

San Diego Humane Society at 175% Capacity as it enters Adopt a Shelter Cat Month

June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, and this year it is more important than ever for San Diego Humane Society to get the word out about adopting a feline friend! With a total of 1,310 cats in care, the organization is at 175% capacity for cats. One of the many reasons the organization is so full includes a recent case where 58 cats were rescued and brought to the shelter from a home in City Heights.

The cats were found living in deplorable conditions inside a house in the 2,300 block of Modesto St. They were rescued by San Diego Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement on May 5, 2023 after a neighbor reached out for help. San Diego Humane Society’s Humane Officers and medical team immediately transported the cats to its campuses in El Cajon, Oceanside and San Diego for triage and care.

In addition to basic spay/neuter surgeries, vaccines and other wellness treatments, several cats needed advanced medical care, including eye removals, treatment for upper respiratory infection and dental surgery.

“This is the perfect example of see something, say something,” said Lt. Regina Price with San Diego Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement. “The owner had been hospitalized for several weeks, and the assigned caretaker was not able to visit the property. A very sad result of miscommunication.”

Anyone who needs help caring for their pets can contact San Diego Humane Society for assistance. For more information, visit sdhumane.org. If you suspect animal cruelty or neglect in your neighborhood, please report it to San Diego Humane Society by calling 619-299-7012 (press 1 to report animal abuse).

Staff have named the rescued cats after famous authors — such as Dr. Seuss, Ernest Hemingway and Jane Austen — as well as hockey teams. At least 36 cats from the rescue are still available for adoption. Organization-wide, San Diego Humane Society has 149 cats looking for new homes.

San Diego Humane Society is open for walk-in adoptions Tuesday – Sunday, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at its campuses in Escondido, El Cajon, Oceanside and San Diego. Visit sdhumane.org/adopt to view animals available for adoption.

Oodles

from page 10

To schedule an appointment call 619-400-8251 or visit sandiegobloodbank.org/donate.

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Beginning Genealogy Workshop

June 29 • 6:30 –7:30 p.m.

Escondido Library

Pioneer Room

Discover tips and tricks to learn more about your family history with free Library tools like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch. Beth McIntyre, Pioneer Room volunteer and genealogy researcher of more than 30 years will get you started with a free four-generation chart and other helpful materials.

Want to get ahead? Write down any information you find from items in your home, like family Bibles, birth certificates, and photo albums. Registration is required to use a computer for this event. register at https://library.escondido. org/register.aspx

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A Walking Tour of Escondido

Thursday, June 29, 2023

11:00 am–12:30 pm

Escondido Library

Pioneer Room Room

A leisurely paced walking tour of the heart of Escondido’s Commercial District. Learn about the history of the buildings and storefronts and the stories of the shopkeepers who once worked at this historic intersection. ***

Escondido Chamber

Installation and Awards Dinner

June 30 • 5pm to 9pm

California Center of the Arts 340 N. Escondido Blvd. • Escondido

Join the Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce in honoring business excellence in Escondido at our

HELP WANTED

112th Annual Installation & Awards Dinner. We will be celebrating our new Board of Directors & Ambassadors. Let’s have a roaring good time with food, drinks, and festive entertainment! The dress code for the evening is flapper dresses and jazz suits, and the theme this year is...a drum roll, please...The Greater Gatsby Gala! For more information visit greaterescondido.org

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Summer Movies In The Park

Summer Movies in the Park is the largest free and family-friendly outdoor movie series in San Diego County, with dozens of hosting sites and over a hundred screenings. It launched in 2007 as a ‘take back our parks’ initiative – in sync with the County’s Live Well vision to sustain safe, healthy and thriving communities.

Shows run May through October, in neighborhoods from the beach to the desert, and everything in between. Each movie event gives residents a reason to visit their local parks after dark, deterring inappropriate loitering and park use, and bringing additional safety and security to residents’ favorite locales.

Events begin as early as 6 p.m., though actual movie start times are 15 minutes after sunset. Before the movie, many locations provide additional entertainment like arts and crafts, games, costume contests, music, dancing and food trucks.

Movies, dates and locations are subject to change. For more information, visit summermoviesinthepark.com.

Socialism from page 6

The theory behind both of these proposals is “redistributing wealth.” It may sound great in theory, but in reality, it punishes those trying to get ahead. These proposals are not in line with the American spirit. The American Dream is based on the idea that anyone can work hard and make a better life for themselves. The introduction of socialist policies such as these takes that away.

It begs the question, where will this stop? Will grocery prices be based on your tax return? Will the price of gas depend on how much you make?

None of this should be a surprise, as a poll last year showed fiftyone percent of young Americans said they had a favorable view of socialism. Handouts and entitlement are the way many politicians are elected and reelected, and the hard work and bootstrap ethic that created America is no longer their expectation.

A concerted effort is happening in this country to crush hardworking and middle-class Americans. Whether it’s charging people more for their electricity based on their income or making homeowners pay more if they have better credit, hardworking Americans are being punished. The new utility and mortgage proposals are the latest examples. These proposals incentivize mediocrity and conformity by punishing those who work hard to get ahead. These socialist policies are destroying the American spirit of opportunity and working hard. It’s time for all Americans to wake up and reject this nonsense.

San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond, 1600 Pacific Highway, #335, San Diego, CA 92101, United States http:// www.supervisorjimdesmond. com/

Problem Solved from page 6

A: Ticketmaster should refund your tickets. In fact, it should refund all tickets to this show. Parsons suffered a “serious” spinal issue last year, and his doctors ordered him to cancel the upcoming tour and undergo surgery, according to his website. As I write this, it isn’t clear when Parsons might return to California to resume the tour. But it isn’t fair to make you wait.

Ticketmaster’s chat transcript referred to the terms of your ticket. The reseller offered you a refund, which you turned down. But it looks like that effectively reset the terms of your ticket, allowing the event organizer to keep your money until it decided to reschedule the concert.

When your concert is canceled, it’s always best to take a refund. You can always buy a new concert ticket later. But if you take the credit and allow the organizer to keep your money, you may have to wait a while, and a refund may be impossible.

A brief, polite email to a Ticketmaster executive might have helped move things along. I publish the names, numbers and emails of the Ticketmaster customer service executives on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org. I also publish a free guide on how to get a refund from Ticketmaster.

Your case is a reminder to always read your ticket’s terms and check any fine print when you accept a change. It looks as if you had agreed to give the event organizer an indefinite loan with no obligation to repay you. You would have been forced to choose an alternate Alan Parsons concert or lose the money. Ah, the games people play.

I contacted Ticketmaster on your behalf, and it refunded the $71 you had spent on your ticket.

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/

© 2023 Christopher Elliott.

Coins

Historically Speaking

from page 7

try Club in Los Angeles. In 1990, Danny Thomas was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame

Early in his career Thomas made a vow: If he found success, he would open a shrine dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. After becoming a successful actor in the early 1950s, his wife joined him and began traveling the U.S. to help raise funds to build St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He fervently believed “no child should die in the dawn of life.” With help from close friends and business associates, in 1962, Thomas founded the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Since its inception, St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the world, continuing the mission of finding cures and saving children. Patients and their parents are never charged for the hospital’s treatment and services.

St. Jude’s has grown to include eight affiliate hospitals across the U.S. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or-

ganization with annual expenses, as of 2018, of more than $1.4 billion funded by nearly $1.5 billion in donations. Further, the World Health Organization has named St. Jude’s as its first “Collaborating Center for Childhood Cancer” to help an estimated increase in survival rates on rare pediatric cancer from 20 percent to as much as 60 percent by 2030.

In 1991, Bishop Samuel Stritch of Toledo confirmed Thomas in the Catholic Church. Stritch was a lifelong spiritual consultant friend to Thomas, who would later advise him to locate the children’s hospital in Memphis

Thomas died after a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills on Feb. 6, 1991. Two days previously he had celebrated St. Jude Hospital’s 29th anniversary and filmed a commercial, which aired posthumously. He is interred in a mausoleum on the Memphis grounds of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital alongside his wife, Rose.

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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 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

37-2023-00018321-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: Petitioner Charles Stephen Wells filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Charles Stephen Wells to Proposed name Charles Steven Wells. 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:

6/16/2023, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25

The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. No hearing will occur on the above date: see attachment. 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 January 30, 2023

/s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9008946

The name of the business: Joey Grace Productions, located at 2100 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 21416, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant

Information: Orliebethe Guysayko Lacangan, 2293 Eastbrook Road, Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 4/1/2023

/s/ Orliebethe Guysayko Lacangan with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 4/24/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9009087

The name of the business: Snips & Snuggles Pet Grooming, located at 4151 Avenida De La Plata, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant

Information: Jessica Bobadilla, 1505 Spring Creek Ln., Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: N/A

/s/ Jessica Bobadilla with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 4/25/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9009113

The name of the business: AirCare

Int’l Ground Transport, located at 2105 Camino Vida Roble, Suite A, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant

Information: Sottek Trippe

Enterprise, LLC, 2105 Camino Vida Roble, Suite A, Carlsbad, CA 92011. This business is operated by a limited liability company.

First day of business: 5/1/2008

/s/ Cory Graham Sottek, Managing Member with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 4/25/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9008977

The name of the business: Socalsigned, located at 11005 Logan Way, San Diego, CA 92129. Registrant Information:

Dewanda Trish Sheppard, 11005 Logan Way, San Diego, CA 92129. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business:

N/A

/s/ Dewanda Trish Sheppard with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 4/24/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9009856

The name of the business: The Garage 86 Automotive Excellence, located at 2364 Auto Park Way, Escondido, CA 92029. Registrant Information: Johnny Duong, 30171 Emerald Ln, Hemet, CA 92543. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: N/A

/s/ Johnny Duong with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 4/25/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9009685

The name of the business: Unique Indian Arts & Crafts, The Indian Store, Southwest Indian Arts & Crafts, located at 1950 Hacienda Drive, Vista, CA 92081. Registrant Information: Larry Benson, 1620 Glasgow Lane, Escondido, CA 92027. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 10/15/1985

/s/ Larry Benson with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/2/2023

5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/1/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9010512

The name of the business: K&K

Sewer Inspectors, located at 676 Tukmal Dr., Oceanside, CA 92058. Registrant Information: Brian A. Samoska, 676 Tukmal Dr., Oceanside, CA 92058. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business:

N/A

/s/ Brian A. Samoska with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/12/2023

5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9010438

The name of the business: Tirocchi

Construction, located at 5147 Morro Hills Pl., Fallbrook, CA 92028. Registrant Information: Richard A. Tirocchi, 5147 Morro Hills Pl., Fallbrook, CA 92028. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business:

5/11/2023

/s/ Richard Tirocchi with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/11/2023 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT 2023-9010562

The name of the business: The Junk Remover, located at 4850 Concho Cir., Oceanside, CA 92057. Registrant Information: Isaac charles Dailey Jr., 4850 Concho Cir., Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: N/A

/s/ Isaac Charles Dailey Jr. with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/12/2023 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9010417

The name of the business: Painting

To The Max, located at 743 Mason Road, Vista, CA 92084. Registrant

Information: Michael Alexander Xanthakis, 743 Mason Road, Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 10/21/1982

/s/ Michael Alexander Xanthakis with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/11/2023 5/18, 5/25, 6/1, 6/8/2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME 37-2023-00020036-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: Petitioner Erin Carr and Chris Carr filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Courtney Carr to Proposed name Paige Courtney Carr. 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: 6/30/2023, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25

The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated May 11, 2023

/s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011296

The name of the business: Kearny Mesa Commercial Kitchen Rental, located at 8360 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, #112, San Diego, CA 92111-1321. Registrant Information: Eric Gallerstein, 4169 Hamilton Street, San Diego, CA 92104 and Jacob Bertlett, 657 Brightwood Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910. This business is operated by a general partnership.

First day of business: 2/2/2023

/s/ Eric Gallerstein with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/23/2023 5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/25/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011295

The name of the business: RAD Burger & Fluster Cluck Hot Chicken, located at 8360 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, #112, San Diego, CA 92111-1321. Registrant Information: Mastiff Sausage Company, Inc., 8360 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, /3112, San Diego, CA 92111-1321. This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business: 2/17/2016

/s/ Eric Gallerstein, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/23/2023 5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/25/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011294

The name of the business: Mastiff Kitchen, the Pig’s Gig BBQ, Mastiff Kitchen, located at 3038 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92104. Registrant Information: Tugboat Sausage Company, Inc., 657 Brightwood Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910. This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business: 2/22/2023

/s/ Jacob Bartlett, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/23/2023 5/25,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011276

The name of the business: Strong Arm Consulting, located at 202

Hawthorne Cir, Vista, CA 92083.

Registrant Information: Sean Linden Ploesch, 202 Hawthorne Cir, Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 3/14/2023

/s/ sean Linden Ploesch with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/23/2023

5/25, 6/1, 6/8, 6/25/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011731

The name of the business: Jasmine Thai Massage And Spa, located at 261 Flores Ln., Vista, CA 92083.

Registrant Information: Jarawi Norkhuntod, 261 Flores Ln., Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 5/18/2023

/s/ Jarawi Norkhuntod with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/30/2023

6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011436

The name of the business: Spices Of Himalaya Indian Cuisine, located at 15731 Bernardo Heights Pky, #103, San Diego, CA 92128.

Registrant Information: Spices Of Himalaya Corporation, 372 Broadway, Chula vista, CA 91910. This business is operated by a corporation. First day of business: 5/25/2023

/s/ Dhavalkvmar Jani, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/25/2023

6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

STATEMENT 2023-9011408

The name of the business: EB Medical Planning, located at 3738 Via Del Rancho, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant Information: Erika Dickerson Browning, 3738 Via Del Rancho, Oceanside, CA

92056. This business is operated by an individual. First day of business: 5/14/2023

/s/ Erika Dickerson Browning with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 5/24/2023

6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

37-2023-00022822-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: Petitioner Eva Heimana Alo filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Eva Heimana alo to Proposed name Eva Heimana Cabacungan-Alo. 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: 7/21/2023, 8:30 am, in Dept.

25 The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose, Vista, CA. 92081. No hearing will occur on above date see attachment.

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 May 31, 2023

/s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2023

747-7119