December 12, 2024

December 12, 2024

Volume 54 - No. 50

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Our First Superhero

By Friedrich Gomez That’s a mighty tall statement to make about a real human being. After all, superheroes are only fictional, and only live on the silver screen, and in comic books, and within the imagination of every young person growing up.

The concept of Superheroes has long permeated our collective consciousness.

From Tarzan the Apeman (debut in 1912) to Buck Rogers (debut 1929) to the Lone Ranger (debut 1933) to Superman (debut 1938), to Dick

Tracy, Flash Gordon, and Batman to James Bond . . . American superheroes are known in most every culture on Earth.

influential American of his era and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.”

But they are largely fictional.

IRONICALLY, FOREIGN COUNTRIES WERE FIRST TO SEE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS “AMERICA’S FIRST SUPERHERO.

MANY SCHOLARS CLAIM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO BE AMERICA’S FIRST TRUE SUPERHERO. Many of the world’s most august historians, such as the world-acclaimed author and professor, Walter Isaacson, said Benjamin Franklin was: “The most accomplished American of his age and the most

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In many foreign countries today that teach World History (as all developed nations do), Benjamin Franklin has been popularly viewed as a genuine “American of almost mythical proportions.”

And not without merit.

Gifted Chinese author and respected writer, Joshua Tan, openly refers to him (both in the original Chinese and American translation) and evaluates: “Benjamin Franklin as another American Superhero.”

This is not an isolated viewpoint.

Other foreign countries have closed ranks in agreeing with this “colourful but apt” assessment.

From Europe to Asia to Latin America, and in various languages, and exotic alphabets, Benjamin Franklin has been cited exactly as such: a

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Superhero from page 1 real American superhero.

Incredibly, even in the Far Eastern Hindu writings from such notable historical observational writers, such as Kachyap Vyas, he records in Sanskrit (translated here): “Such exploits from Benjamin Franklin were no less than from a Superhero.”

Benjamin Franklin, Superhero, now belongs to the world.

UNRIVALLED RACONTEUR & TRUE SAGE. He was an unrivalled raconteur, and highly-accomplished humourist who could make us laugh and reflect on life at the same time: “Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.”

And he gave us universal truths that were impossible to ignore because of the ingenious and unforgettable style of grammatical expression (known as “antithetical phraseology”) to which he added his own: “There was never a good war or a bad peace.” This phrase has been widely borrowed today, in 2024 by the media and from protestors.

As an author and publisher of his own newspaper called the Penn-

Give Us This Day Our Daily Chuckle

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

Psychiatrist vs. Bartender Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had a fear of someone under my bed at night. So I went to a shrink and told him: “I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.”

“Just put yourself in my hands for one year” said the shrink. “Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears.”

sylvania Gazette, Benjamin Franklin became a wordsmith who knew how to fashion words and phrases to make his messages irresistible and unforgettable, such as his timeless, classic aphorism: “When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.”

His true life story is unlike any other.

With less than three years of formal education, this small fragile child would emerge as an almost mythical figure with the stride of a giant, accomplishing Herculean feats and towering achievements that make biographers, even today, still weak behind the knees.

TO ALL AMERICANS: MEN, WOMEN & EVEN CHILDREN – HE WAS, AND IS, GREATLY TREASURED What made Benjamin Franklin a popular figure within the hearts of Americans, then and now, was his unpretentious down-to-earth kinship and connection with everyday people.

Such remarks made school children laugh uncontrollably – then and now -- with some rolling on the school room carpet – and because of that indelible humour, the wisdom behind the laughter stayed on . . . in their young lives and into adulthood.

Franklin parted company from other Founding Fathers when he easily became more popular in children’s books in schools across America.

While school children became restless, normally dozed off, fought back boring yawns, or their minds wandered-off when teachers spoke of early American icons, Benjamin Franklin would make them laugh out loud with his unique lessons of truth, life, and learning, which their young mind could relate to: “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”

Unlike Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and others of his day, Benjamin Franklin was less intimating. While his contemporaries could be overly-pompous, intellectually distant, and even temperamental and explosively violent (Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel), Benjamin Franklin re-

Or his special ways of explaining to children the reality of how people can, impolitely, overstay their welcome: “Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.”

Six months later the doctor met me on the street. “Why didn’t you come to see me about those fears you were having?” he asked.

judge, the judge asked her what she had stolen from the store. The lady defiantly replied, “Just a stupid can of peaches, you old fool.”

The judge then asked why she had done it.

“Well, eighty bucks a visit, three times a week for a year, is $12,480.00.”

“A bartender cured me for $10.00.

I was so happy to have saved all that money, so I went and bought me a new pickup truck.”

“Is that so?” With a bit of an attitude he said, “And how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?”

“He told me to cut the legs off the bed. Ain’t nobody under there now.”

It’s always better to get a second opinion. *** Senior Shoplifter

“Eighty dollars per visit,” replied the doctor.

A cranky older woman, in her senior years, was arrested for shoplifting at a grocery store.She gave everyone a hard time, from the store manager to the security guard, to the arresting officer who took her away. She complained and criticized everyone throughout the process.

“I’ll sleep on it,” I said.

When she appeared before the

“How much do you charge?”

mained playful, fun to be around, and when he preached wisdom or scholasticism, he clothed it in humour and fun imagery: “Better slip with foot, than with tongue.”

Children roared with uncontrollable laughter as rich imagery washed over them, and their young

She replied, “I was hungry and forgot to bring any cash to the store.”

sponge-like minds learned of everyday life and the truths that went along with it.

HE WAS MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. Today, Benjamin Franklin (17061790), is well-known for being many things including: scientist, inventor, America’s first Ambassador to France, political philosopher, postmaster, newspaper publisher, author, meteorologist, Founding Father, and has even earned the affectionate historical sobriquet as “The First American.”

He amassed colonial America’s largest private library, founded the American Philosophical Society (the country’s first scientific society) and maintained the first science library, first museum, and first patent office. More than 90 members of this society went on to win Nobel Prizes!

THERE IS STILL MUCH ABOUT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHICH WE DO NOT KNOW. And yet, for all that is taught of him in schools and universities across the length and breadth of these United States and around the globe, there are still mountains Superhero continued on page 3 know they were Catholic.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?

They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.

The judge asked how many peaches were in the can. She replied in a nasty tone, “Nine! But why do you care about that?” The judge answered patiently, “Well, ma’am, because I’m going to give you nine days in jail--one day for each peach.” As the judge was about to drop the gavel, the lady’s long suffering husband raised his hand slowly and asked if he could speak.

The judge said, “Yes sir, what do you have to add?”

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

The husband said meekly, “Your Honor, she also stole two cans of peas.”

One nice thing about egotists: They don’t talk about other people.

*** Idle Thoughts of a Retired Person A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.

I had amnesia once -- or twice.

Protons have mass? I didn’t even

Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

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Superhero from page 2 of fact that remain hidden; fertile glens and valleys which remain pristine, untraveled, unseen, and unknown.

The concept of a superhero is that they possess abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and who typically use his or her powers to actually help the world become a better and safer place.

Any superhero’s resume requires them to be proactive in actually saving the lives of men, women, and children.

And even rescuing them from burning buildings.

Amazingly, he did all of that.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HELPED FOUND THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES. As a real-life super hero, Benjamin Franklin was dedicated to saving lives. In the 1750s, as urban populations in the New World began to rise, Franklin’s relentless work helped to found the first hospital in what would become the United States. Pennsylvania Hospital still exists and operates today in Philadelphia.

It was the nation’s first hospital in 1751 and co-founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin: “To care for the sick, poor, and insane, who were wandering the streets of Philadelphia.”

With Franklin’s political status, clout, and wide acclaim, he was the indispensable power to enact such a project. He realised his dream along with Dr. Thomas Bond to “Save the lives of men, women, and children” – and even the homeless at the time who were often considered indigent and mentally unbalanced due to their plight (which is a persistent ailment among today’s homeless population in 2024).

By saving, nurturing, and salvaging such human lives, he was a genuine hero far unsurpassed by any standards of his era by any political figure.

During the founding of Philadelphia’s first hospital, Philadelphia was the fastest growing city in the 13 colonies – which caused our super hero another concern: How to feed a steadily-increasing population of human beings and to prevent widespread hunger and starvation?

HIS NEXT CRUSADE: FEEDING A NATION OF HUNGRY PEOPLE BY AVERTING DISASTER!

Our great American superhero set about his next quest for humankind: Now, he found that the American population growth was, at the time, the fastest growth rate on Earth. Emphasizing that population growth depended on food supplies, Franklin emphasized the abundance of food that would be needed in the near future and the necessity of supporting and expanding farmlands in America.

This was a crucial plan and a requisite for feeding the American people, lest we have a shortage of food and a nation of starving people faced with an inadequate food supply, which is exactly what has happened in many other nations globally.

By planning for the future in farmlands, Franklin – once again – averted disaster which the new science of demography warned him about: a cataclysmic future of a starving people in the American colonies!

Franklin had calculated that America’s population was doubling every twenty years and would surpass that of England in a century!

A notion few people at the time believed possible.

PHILADELPHIA’S FIRST POLICE FORCE & VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. As any superhero is supposed to do, such as the mythical Batman, Iron Man, and Superman, who are committed to enforcing law and order against evil men and criminals, as well as saving human lives (and pets) from burning buildings – so also did Benjamin Franklin do exactly that!

As such, Benjamin Franklin brought such ideologies from today’s fictional characters into reality, over two-and-a-half centuries ago!

In Philadelphia he campaigned ruthlessly and nonstop to help launch the city’s first-ever police force, as well as the first volunteer fire department, as well as the first fire insurance firm to assist individuals and companies with such inferno losses.

The Union Fire Company was one of the first organised firefighting groups (in the world) and the firstever in Philadelphia, which was established by Franklin in 1736.

Once again, using his political hegemony, clout and pressure, he brought about what would normally be out of reach of mainstream citizenry to try to enact on their own. Franklin succeeded in bringSuperhero continued on page 5

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The Good LIFE at MiraCosta College Oceanside Campus

sing in a chorus that sings 4-Part, Close-Harmony Songs with beautiful ringing chords?

A Lifelong Learning Group

If you answer “Yes!”, come visit the Music Men at a Tuesday evening rehearsal and try Barbershop Style singing. We always welcome visitors to sing with us.

Meetings will be held in person at the MiraCosta College, Oceanside Campus, at 1:00 pm in Classroom 5313 in the Kinesiology Building 5300 (park in Lot 5A, next to the new gymnasium) and by the Internet Application ZOOM. Dec 13 1:00 Oceanside Water Conservation Victoria McClellan & Elisa Marrone, City of Oceanside Our presenters will discuss pressing environmental issues that impact our community and beyond, with a focus on water conservation, water pollution prevention and zero waste initiatives. They will also explore the valuable work of the Green Oceanside team and how you can get involved to make a positive difference.

Dec 13 2:30 Golden Coast Mead Frank Golbeck, Founder By purchasing mead and building the mead market, mead drinkers are helping to increase biodiversity, increase soil health, sequester carbon, sequester groundwater and support beekeepers.

Mead is the only alcohol that doesn’t require you to rip up nature to produce the sugar source at the base of the alcohol.

Dec 20 – January 3 – NO SESSIONS – WINTER BREAK – We will resume on January 10, 2025.

To join a Zoom meeting, LIFE must have your email address in order for you to receive the invite link. Meetings will start at 12:45 pm (you can join 15 minutes earlier) and the speaker will start at 1:00 pm.

Email: life.miracosta@gmail.com *** Music Men Chorus Looking For Guys Who Love To Sing A Cappella Do you like “a cappella” singing?

(No Accompaniment). Want to

We sing a variety of song styles romantic ballads, patriotic songs, pop tunes, songs from movies and musicals, gospel/inspirational songs, and Holiday music - at public events and private venues in North County.

The Music Men rehearse most Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:30 p.m. at San Marcos Lutheran Church, 3419 Grand Avenue, San Marcos 92078, in Luther Hall.

Contact Joe Pascucci at (760) 8453593 or joevalp@cox.net. Or check our website, musicmenchorus.org. *** Chess at Park Avenue Community Center Home of Escondido Senior Center 210 Park Avenue, Escondido 760-839-4688 Chess players of all skill levels are welcome every Wednesday in the shuffleboard building from Noon – 3 p.m. Friendly games with large boards and pieces provided. Follow the signs or ask at the front desk for directions. *** Cardiff Farmers Market Every Saturday • 10am - 2pm Cardiff 101 Mainstreet Association is hosting a weekly Farmers Market every Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

Located at MiraCosta College San Elijo Campus, the new farmers market is a Certified California Farmers Market, featuring locally sourced produce sold by local farmers. The Cardiff Farmers Market will also have an array of related food products and prepared food vendors, along with a curated group of makers and craft vendors.

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I’m a newcomer of your “Letters to the Editor” but this week’s cover story on Hollywood’s iconic Marilyn Monroe is causing quite a “buzz” not only here but also in L.A. where the cover story more closely resonates, regionally. Your gifted staff writer Friedrich Gomez also has a unique style of writing and expression which “powers up” any subject he tackles. And the publisher and editor of this publication, in the name of Lyle E. Davis, certainly should be acknowledged, as his founding of The Paper is quite significant in a number of ways, not the least of which he has accomplished this literary legacy -- single-handedly.

His cover stories often go viral on the internet, a bald fact which, by itself, objectively places The Paper on a unique level of accomplish-

Some popular radio “talk shows” in L.A. and the Bay Area have had animated “on air” discussions on cover stories in The Paper that pertained to our particular California lifestyle and culture, such as “Hollywood Movie Stars That Served in WWII” and also “California’s Road Rage Worst In America” which included the public to call in and debate as to why this is happening.

We don’t read the various “village newspapers” in your region, but, The Paper is not a newspaper but more a weekly magazine which contains full-length cover stories that cannot be read elsewhere and are often impossible to ignore, especially when written by Friedrich Gomez. For example, Friedrich Gomez’s cover story “Reagan’s Unknown Secret Visit Which Panicked the Secret Service” was unknown to even the big league newspapers (try Googling it). His “inside” information was based on his personal relationship to key figures which are contained within the storyline.

We don’t read the “village news-

I remember in, I guess, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade, at Benson West Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska, here was this cute little girl, Nina Hill.

She was “little Miss Perfect.” Hair always perfectly in place, clothes always just right, shoes always polished, always had a nice smile, very pleasant, everyone liked her.

“Well,” I thought, “we can’t have that.”

papers” in your region, except for Lyle Davis’ publication, The Paper.

Friedrich Gomez’s “Area 51” and “Childhood Dementia on the Rise” were shocking, unique exposures truly groundbreaking!

Thank you, also, Mr. Lyle E. Davis for your patriotic service to our country as a U. S. military veteran which makes me proud to be an American and to support you and your advertisers. You are a true American. “America, the Home of Free -- Because of the Brave.”

Jennifer Townsend, family & Friends, San Diego County & Los Angeles.

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The world today is getting more and more strange and more and more frightening.

I remember not only taking no particular pleasure in making her cry but feeling bad I had done so.

Today, if a dispute breaks out in a schoolyard there is a chance that someone will go home and return with a knife or a gun - or recruit a gang to settle the score. Back in “the good old days” a dispute may have wound up with a fist fight, a bloody nose or so . . . and it was over.

Don’t remember if I apologized then but I have apologized to her several times since and I think she has forgiven me. We went on to attend high school together and communicate to this day, largely via Facebook.

Today, there are those who think I’m a pretty nice guy. And, I suppose, on balance, I probably am.

But it wasn’t always that way.

At one time, I was a mean little kid. A sometimes bully. But, along the way, I learned. Slowly, but I learned.

Around the same grade level, we had a really handsome kid move into our neighborhood. I remember he was so handsome he reminded me of John Derek, the movie actor. To this day he is movie star handsome. His name was, and is, George Hofmann.

It happened that our routes to

What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?

I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.

The cost of living hasn’t affected its popularity.

How can “groups”?

there

be

self-help

Is there another word for synonym?

Where do forest rangers go to get away from it all?

The speed of time is one-second per second.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

Is Marx’s tomb a communist plot?

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.

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school ran parallel and I decided I’d better show him who the boss of the neighborhood was. So I picked a fight with him.

said something like, “hey! Watch it!” And, as far as I was concerned, and Douglas was concerned, that was it. It was over.

He proceeded to knock the stuffing out of me.

I decided then and there that it was probably a pretty good idea to become friends with George and so we did.

But, no . . . our classmates wanted to see some action so several of them approached me and said, “hey, Douglas Duncan wants to fight you after school!” At the same time others were approaching Douglas and saying, “Hey! Lyle Davis wants to fight you after school.”

down the field and I tackled him head-on. I saw stars. I was woozy.

I was hurting. Tackling him was really, really hard.

In fact, neither of us were particularly anxious to fight one another but we duly showed up at Krug Park after school for the bout of the century.

Man school one day I pushed He really was a strong sonofagun. down in a snow drift.

About Town Soher after We’d play sandlot football and I remember him running full bore And she cried. I had made her cry.

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It was only several years later that his mom told me on that particular play I had really hurt George when I tackled him. But he never let on he was hurt. He just got up and walked back to the huddle to prepare the next play.

A few years later we moved from Benson West, the elementary school, to Monroe Jr. High - a middle school in today’s parlance.

There was this one kid, Douglas Duncan; kinda chubby, not very popular, and he wore bib overalls.

I don’t remember the exact incident but I think he bumped into me in the cafeteria line and I may have

As we circled each other, looking for an opening, me and Douglas Duncan, the chubby kid who wore bib overalls, I remember thinking “I’m wiry; I’m tough; I’m fast. I’ll out-fox him; dive for his feet, pull them out from under him, throw him down on the ground, give him a punch or two . . . and this stupid fight will be over.”

Ever the man of action, I dived for his feet.

And Douglas Duncan and his bib Man About Town continued on page 5

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ing “justice” and “law and order,” with his police forces and with his fire departments . . . which actually rescued and saved men, women, and children (and pets) from unspeakable, fiery deaths.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN – TORNADO CHASER! Yes you read that correctly!

One afternoon, Franklin and his son, William, along with companions, were on their way to visit friends in Maryland when, suddenly, they spied a whirlwind tornado headed in their direction!

With everybody panicking and set to flee the scene (as is the rational thing to do), Benjamin Franklin chose to chase the tornado on horseback! His intentions were of a scientific mind, i.e. to better understand the meteorological pheMan About Town from page 4 overalls pushed me down, then fell on top of me and pinned me to the ground. He just held me down.

He didn’t hit me or anything. The spectators got bored with such pantywaist maneuvers and began to head home. As did Douglas Duncan. And me as well.

I was beginning to learn fighting wasn’t the quickest way to the top of the world.

Still later, there was this paper boy named Toady Vaughn. Nice lookin’ kid, minding his own business, delivering papers in our neighborhood. But I, Mr. Tough Guy, always needled him, picked on him, teased him about his name.

Then one day, Toady put down his Omaha World Herald paper bag, put up his fists . . . and proceeded to knock the tar out of me. I don’t think I got one punch in. Someone, probably his dad, had given him boxing lessons so he could defend himself. His dad taught him well.

I never bothered Toady Vaughn again. I was still learning.

Later, while attending Benson High School, I got into a rather good fistfight with a guy named Darryl Johnson. It was in the gym locker room. Don’t remember what the fight was about but remember I got a couple of really good licks in before it was broken up and Art Harris, the diminuitive gym instructor (all 4’10” of him) sent us to see John “Pinky” Aronson, the vice principal.

nomenon first-hand and up close!

entire world uses today!).

As was recorded: “The twister was spinning incredibly fast! And Franklin attacked it and attempted to keep pace as the twister just rolled into a forest, with Franklin beside the way! As the twister began to suck up debris, branches and leaves Franklin decided he’d seen enough!”

Ever the quipster, weather was a topic that always fascinated him, and he gave us the famous quote, “Some are weatherwise; some are otherwise.”

From such encounters, he was one of the first to observe that North American storms tend to move from west to east, and he predicted that a storm’s course could be plotted. In addition, his meteorological process and insight inspired Franklin to publish the first scientific charts of the North Atlantic’s Gulf Stream which we use today in 2024, such as with transatlantic ship crossings among other things.

Like today’s comic book and motion picture American superhero “Aquaman” (member of the Justice League) who is able to swim at supersonic speeds, Benjamin Franklin was the earliest version of Aquaman when he invented swim fins – when he was just 11-yearsolde!

Throughout his life, he studied various aspects of meteorology (such as with tornadoes and hurricanes) and proposed models to describe the progression of storm systems across North America (which the

Pinky was a pretty good administrator and vice-principal. He determined that Darryl and I would expend all of our excess energy, not by fighting, but by polishing every single door knob at Benson High School. After school. We were each given a can of Brasso and some rags and sent on our way. Darryl and I got to know each other fairly well, polishing door knobs.

Pinky Aronson had done his job.

Taught us a lesson and exerted discipline at the same time.

Was sad to learn that John Aronson developed Alzheimer’s late in life and has since died. We teased him a lot and called him “Pinky” but he was a pretty decent chap.

Apparently by now I had learned my lesson as I don’t recall any other fistfights (until I was about 68 years old). I had taken Evelyn to the San Diego Zoo for Valentine’s Day. A dispute arose over a parking space and a kid, about 30 years my junior, and with hair colored pur-

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS AMERICA’S ORIGINAL “AQUAMAN.”

Swim fins are regarded as being his earliest inventions. And are used by various divers, and swimmers on various oceanographic studies and other aquatic scientific projects around the world, today.

man, Franklin wanted to be able to be empowered to swim even faster than is normally and humanly possible! So as a mere child of only 11-years-young, he created two oval pieces of wood that, when grasped in the hands, provided extra thrust through the water. These early models and concepts would morph into swim fins, which the world now uses today!

SUPERHERO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COULD EVEN CONTROL LIGHTNING TO SAVE ENTIRE VILLAGES & COUNTLESS HUMANS! For colonial Americans, the threat of massive urban fires was very real, no thanks to the unpredictable and then-mysterious meteorological phenomenon known as lightning.

It was a devastating and terrifying threat!

A lifelong avid swimmer and advocate of the sport, as with Aqua-

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ple, blond, orange, blue, suggested I do something to myself that was not only physically possible but I was not in a romantic mood at that moment. I walked over after he made the suggestion and landed a good right cross to his face and a left hook to his tummy - at which time he grabbed both my arms and pinned me against a car. “I don’t want to fight you!” he said. “Fine,” I thought, “then don’t suggest I do things to myself I’m physically not capable of doing.”

lesson about fighting. (a) Remove your glasses for safekeeping, and (b) be nice, don’t fight, and (c) if you must fight, do it with someone your own age, perhaps at a retirement home, and finally, (d) figure out how it is possible to do something to yourself, when suggested, that appears to be impossible physically, particularly if you’re not in a romantic mood. Oh, and one more.

Don’t go getting into fistfights when you’re 68 years old.

Another older gent broke up the dispute and sent us on our way.

Thus endeth today’s lesson on fist fighting and the lack of need for such physical activity.

About 15 minutes later, just beginning our tour of the zoo I noticed my glasses were missing. We went back to the parking lot, found the area of the altercation and, sure enough, there they were . . . on the pavement. Smashed to bits. Some car had run over them. A $250 pair of glasses. That had been an expensive fight.

Having said that, our form of settling disputes then, even when they turn out comical, is far superior to those employed today . . . involving knives, guns, or gang warfare.

Now, for sure, I had learned my

I fool a lot of people.

And, the employment of that philosophy is how/why so many people seem to think I’m a really nice guy today.

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5th District Supervisor

Jim Desmond

California Deserves Better Governor Newsom’s latest actions reveal a concerning pattern: focusing on political grandstanding rather than tackling the real challenges Californians face daily.

In a special session, the Governor is pushing measures to “Trumpproof” California, including a proposal from Senator Scott Wiener to allocate $25 million for attorney fees to defend individuals facing deportation. This is in addition to the $5 million in local tax dollars that San Diego County allocates annually to support illegal immigrants in deportation cases. These funds could and should be prioritized for addressing the needs of hardworking Americans struggling to get by.

This is happening while California grapples with some of the most significant challenges in the nation.

Our state has the highest homeless population, the most expensive housing costs, the harshest environment for small businesses, and the steepest gas prices in the country.

Families, seniors, and businesses are leaving because they can no longer afford to live here, and trust in government is steadily eroding.

Despite these pressing issues, the

Governor has chosen to spend taxpayer dollars on politically motivated lawsuits instead of focusing on solutions to improve the lives of everyday Californians. Our state is already billions of dollars in debt, yet he is determined to pour even more of our hard-earned money into legal fees to protect illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the United States. These funds could be better used to address homelessness, lower the cost of living, improve our schools, secure our borders and make the lives of Californians better.

Californians deserve to live in communities where they feel safe, resources are used responsibly, and families can thrive without being burdened by endless political maneuvering. We need leadership that focuses on reducing the cost of living, restoring trust in government, and prioritizing the needs of the people—not leadership that plays national politics and disregards our real struggles.

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

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GETTING OLDER

It’s not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor’s office.

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

“Is it true,” she wanted to know, “that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?”

*** Men Jokes One day my housework-challenged Husband decided to wash his sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, ‘What setting do I use on the washing machine?’

‘It depends,’ I replied. ‘What does it say on your shirt?’

He yelled back, ‘Denver Broncos!’

And they say blondes are dumb... ***

“Yes, I’m afraid so,” the doctor told her.

There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, “I’m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked NO REFILLS” . *** An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia, he asked to speak to his son.

Dear Lord,

“Yes, Dad, what is it?”

I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; and Patience for his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I’ll beat him to death.

“Don’t be nervous, son; do your best, and just remember, if it doesn’t go well, if something happens to me, your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife....”

***

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Q: Why do little boys whine?

A: They are practising to be men.

Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Travel Troubleshooter

by Christopher Elliott

My Airbnb is in a high-crime neighborhood. Can I get my money back?

Robert Harris ends up with an Airbnb in a high-crime neighborhood after his first rental falls through. Does he have to accept it, or can he get a refund?

cancels, it will help you find “a similar place.” But that was not a similar place.

But here’s where things went sideways. An Airbnb representative offered to accommodate you and you accepted the new rental.

You could have researched the neighborhood and crime statistics before you said yes -- not afterward.

Q: I had a long-term Airbnb booked in Washington, D.C. But my host canceled. Airbnb helped me rebook another location with a slight discount.

I was just checking the new area out a few days ago when I realized that it is in a really dangerous area, with super-bad murder and auto theft rates, as well as news articles mentioning my street by name.

I brought all this up with Airbnb support staff and got the response that Airbnb doesn’t really care about the locality, just the place.

There have been multiple murders on my street, and I can’t park at the place. I have to park down the street, so the locality is important as I have to walk through it each day.

Illustration by Dustin Elliott I feel unsafe and I really want to get a refund. I don’t think it’s fair that Airbnb offers a place like this.

I also don’t think Airbnb should have sent me to this listing after my first rental fell through. Can you help me?

~ Robert Harris, Harrisonburg, Va. A: Airbnb shouldn’t have stuck you with a rental in a high-crime neighborhood. According to its published policy, if your host

Some Airbnb apartments won’t disclose the address until after you’ve rented. That’s fine. I think if you’d said something soon after you decided on the new place, Airbnb would have been able to help. Some Airbnbs have a generous cancellation policy, which would have allowed you to cancel your rental and receive a full refund.

I also agree with you: Airbnb should not rent a home in an unAirbnb continued on page 7

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Historically Speaking

Presidential Notes & Quotes

By Tom Morrow After the British surrender at Yorktown in October 1781, George Washington invited General Charles Cornwalis and his officers to dinner.

President Calvin Coolidge

Young Abe Lincoln

President Dwight Eisenhour

“The Unted States!” toasted French commander Rochambeau.

The British ambassador then rose to give a toast.

“The King of France” toasted Washington.

“To George the Third, who, like the sun at noonday, spreads his light and illuminates the world.”

“You have seen the soldiers on both sides. Which do you like best?”

“The King,” toasted Cornwallis, to which Washington added “Of England! Confine him there and I’ll drink him a full bumper.”

Benjamin Franklin, as American minister to France, attended a diplomatic dinner in Paris shortly after the Yorktown victory. The French foreign minister opened the evening by toasting the King of France with champagne.

“His Majesty, King Louis the Sixteenth, who like the moon, fills the earth with a soft, benevolent glow.”

Airbnb from page 6 safe neighborhood. And if people were being murdered on your street, I would say that’s a red flag.

I reviewed the paper trail between you and Airbnb. It’s difficult to read your interaction. You repeatedly state that you feel unsafe and that you would like a refund. An Airbnb “ambassador” -- that’s the word they use for a customer service agent -- then repeats what you said and then dismisses your complaint.

You furnished Airbnb with ample evidence that the rental was in a dangerous neighborhood. I can’t believe it insisted on keeping your reservation. (Technically, it said you could get a partial refund and that it was up to your host, but still.)

Then the aging Ben Franklin rose and exclaimed “I cannot give you the sun nor the moon, but I give you George Washington, general of the armies of the Unted States, who, like Joshua of old, commanded both the sun and the moon to stand still, and both obeyed.”

Some time after the Revolution. Washington was staying at a Boston inn where British General Howe had lodged during the Revolutionary War. Reportedly Washington got into a conversation with a little girl there.

An appeal to one of the Airbnb executives might have helped. I publish the names, numbers and email addresses of the Airbnb customer service managers on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott. org.

I love the way this case was resolved. You finally reached Airbnb by phone and talked them into a partial refund. I also contacted Airbnb on your behalf, and it upped the offer to a full refund of the $1,500 you had spent on the apartment.

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. © 2024 Christopher Elliott.

The little girl said she liked the redcoats best.

Washington laughed and said, “Yes, my dear, the redcoats do look the best, but it takes the ragged boys to do the fighting.”

In February 1860, a group of society ladies visited the White House of bachelor President James Buchanan. They were there to pay their respects.

“Mr. Buchanan,” said one of the ladies, “We have looked all through the house. It is elegant and well-kept, but we noticed one deficiency.”

“And what is that?” the president asked.

“That you have no lady of the house.”

“That, madam,” replied Buchanan, “is my misfortune, not my fault.”

During the Blak Hawk Indian War of 1832, Abraham Lincoln was captain of a militia company, but completely unfamiliar with military procures, he made many blunders. One day, marching with a front of more than 20 across a field, Lincoln wanted to pass through a gate into the next field.

“I could not for the life of me remember proper word of command for getting my company endwise,” he recalled years later. “Finally, Historically Speaking continued on page 14

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Attention, passengers: Bratty kids aren’t the problem. Bad parents are.

What happens when bad parents take their kids on a plane? Maybe you get the bizarre incidents I saw in a Scandinavian airport a few weeks ago.

often difficult and stressful, and as a father of three myself, I know that firsthand.

When you see a parent outnumbered and frazzled at the airport, they usually deserve your empathy and support.

There was one toddler sprawled across the terminal floor while Mom tried to politely negotiate with him to return to his stroller. There was a young child sternly lecturing two adults -- probably his parents -- as they listened deferentially. And, of course, the screaming infant in the back of economy class in SAS, and no one tried to do a thing about it.

The experience made me wonder: Are bad children a problem in travel? Or are bad parents?

I’ll have the correct answer in a moment. But first, let’s push the rewind button. Earlier this year, I pointed out that the problem of free-range children at the airport had taken a turn for the worse.

And this summer, we had plenty of naughty children who traveled besides the ones I met in Europe.

They include a boy who stubbornly

Illustration by Dustin Elliott refused to buckle his seatbelt and caused a one-hour delay on a flight from Santa Marta, Colombia, to Bogota, and a toddler who cried so much on a flight in China that strangers locked her in the toilet to “educate” her.

You can’t help but wonder where the parents are in all this.

There’s A Simple Solution To This Problem Well, it turns out there are ways of telling if parents are the problem -and of fixing it. At least that’s what parenting experts tell me.

But before I go on, a quick disclaimer: Flying with young kids is

But not always. Let’s get back to that Nordic airport.

Call me old-fashioned, but this dad has an easy solution to the misbehaving kids. You scoop your little snowflake off the terminal floor and strap him back into his stroller, where he can resume his tantrum -- and you can get to your gate on time. The lecturing kid? That’s funny, but I always thought it was the parents who got to do the talking.

And the infant having a meltdown?

Maybe the Chinese have the right idea. I’m kidding. Give the kid a toy or something to eat. I mean, you can’t eat and scream at the same time, right?

Are you a bad parent when you travel?

Brats continued on page 9

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Brats from page 8

If you’re a parent who is planning to fly somewhere with young children soon, here are a few questions that will help you determine if you require some remedial parenting help.

Are you clearly communicating your expectations?

“Setting clear expectations about behavior can help mitigate issues before they arise,” says Carla Bevins, who teaches business management communication at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. In other words, if you’re not modeling appropriate behavior to your kids, then how can they ever know how to behave? By the way, the same thing goes for passengers seated next to a child having a hissy fit. Bevins says effective communication means using body language, tone, and words that express patience and understanding. “A smile, a knowing nod, or simply making space for a parent struggling with bags and a stroller are small but powerful gestures that show empathy and solidarity,” she adds.

Are you letting your kids cross the line?

“Should parents let their child ride a luggage carousel? Run around the airport unattended or race through the airplane?,” asks Jason Seacat, professor of psychology at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass. “No.” Some lines shouldn’t be crossed. Seacat is quick to add that parenting can be stressful and that other passengers should be understanding when a parent gets distracted and allows a toddler to cross a line by accident. But if a parent doesn’t care if the line gets crossed -- well, that’s a no-no.

Are you getting unsolicited parenting advice?

That might be a red flag, says Karlee Vincent, author of “Pump or Bust,” a book to help traveling moms return to work after parental leave. “You know pretty quickly if you become the problem as a parent when other travelers start inserting their opinions without trying to help,” she adds. She recalls a flight with her daughters, ages 6 and 10, when they started fighting at a security screening area over a tray with someone else’s stuff in it. In the scuffle, the tray went flying off the conveyor belt and onto the ground. She felt as if everyone in line wanted to give her advice Brats continued on page 14

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The Pastor Says . . . The Unexpected Recently, a friend and I stopped to eat lunch in a local restaurant that featured “soul” food. After enjoying the food and a light discussion about the religious service we attended, it was time to pay the bill. Much to our surprise, our waitress informed us that the bill was paid for by a couple to whom I had wished a Thanksgiving greeting. It was a totally unexpected, generous blessing.

Whenever the unexpected happens, it can be positive or negative. For my friend and me, it was a positive, unpredictable experience. I thought about this regarding the recent election when Joe Biden was installed as our President four years ago. Who would have thought, after the Capital intrusion and all that followed with Donald Trump, that Donald Trump would be making plans today to occupy the White House for the next four years?

It is an unexpected event, a happy one for some and a sad one for others.

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Each of us experiences the unexpected; for some, it is sickness or an accident. For others, it could be a broken water pipe while on vacation. It could be having a winning lottery ticket ushering in unbelievable wealth. Every day is filled with events of the unexpected. Even inflation is expected, but the amount is unexpected. The same is true of the stock market. While we know it rises and falls, it is the amount; in either case, that is the unexpected. Even getting older follows this scenario. The unexpected would be how soon we get gray hair and need glasses or hearing aids. It is always nice, however, when the unexpected favors us, such as having my lunch bill paid by an unknown person. Of course, it could have been initiated by my wishing a total stranger couple with a Thanksgiving wish. For the couple, it could have been totally unexpected.

Perhaps the most unexpected events occurred two thousand years ago with the birth of Jesus, the Christ.

The world had suffered the ravages of sin. The Jews, especially, were hopeful and anticipating a savior with a mixture of both the physical and spiritual. They had suffered exile, the Roman occupation, heavy taxation, and religious division and now expect the promise of God’s rescue and blessings. When and how would the Messiah come? There were many ideas and convictions, plus the waiting expectations. Expectations were high.

Then the unexpected happens; a baby is conceived miraculously in the womb of a young, impoverished woman; Angels and supernatural dreams occur to and with people unexpectedly telling about a child to be born who is Christ the Lord.

Pastor There is a taxation census by the authorities forcing a man and his continued on page 14

Pet Parade

Butterhorn Butterhorn is the pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. She’s a 2-year-old, 37-pound, female, Bulldog mix.

Butterhorn was a stray before being transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through FOCAS – Friends of County Animal Shelters. She’s playful and very friendly.

The $145 adoption fee for Butterhorn includes medical exam, spay, up to date vaccinations, registered microchip, and a one-year license if her new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society. Adopt by December 17 during Bissell Pet Foundation Empty the Shelters and her adoption fee is only $50.

Visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas or log on to www.

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San Diego Humane Society is supporting families and their pets who need a little extra help.

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Fowl are known to have very distinct and amusing personalities, and anyone who’s spent time with them knows how entertaining it is to sit and watch the dynamics between them. Margaret would love to find a cozy place to dust bathe in the morning sun and explore his domain with both human and hen companions. If you’re ready to add this handsome rooster to your flock, Margaret (932291) is available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Dr. If you have questions about the adoption process, you can visit sdhumane.org/ adopt or call 619-299-7012. Dec. 6-8, adoption fees are just $5 for all fowl, including chickens, ducks and roosters!

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DIs developed their knowledge base and logic patterns without continuous instantaneous access to the entirety of human knowledge.

Today DNs and most DIs both use the Internet extensively in conducting their respective business, private and social lives. There are significant differences in the way DNs and DI use the Internet in their private and social activities but that’s a subject for another day.

Today our interest centers around the “Internet” usage patterns of the DIs and their non-occupational use of the “Internet”.

DN (digital native) is the name for those who grew to adulthood with access to the modern “Internet”.

Our definition for the DI age group consists of those born before 1985 (40 years and older), approximately 50% of living Americans. Over 95% of people in this age group are “Internet” users. DI Internet usage patterns run the entire gamut from those who use the “Internet” only for the occasional email or time and weather info all the way to super- geeky users who enthusiastically adopt every new “Internet based” information and communication technology that comes down the pike.

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John Van Zante’s Critter Corner

When The Night Isn’t Silent and There’s No Peace For You or Your Pet never takes a break.”

only saves the animal victims of domestic violence, but it also gives human victims the opportunity to change the lives of their children by breaking the chain of violence. ASP makes that possible.

Why are pet owners and other victims less likely to report domestic violence in December?

Every December I struggle with whether to write about this. In the end, the need to tell this story wins.

Several years ago, the Director of Rancho Coastal Humane Society’s Animal Safehouse Program (ASP) told me, “We don’t get as many calls from domestic violence victims during December.” I was shocked.

I thought that the stress of the holiday season would bring even more domestic violence.

She explained, “I didn’t say there’s less domestic violence, only that it gets reported less often during the holiday season. Domestic violence

They want everything to seem normal. They decorate the house, buy presents, and go to parties. But the violence continues.

Since ASP began in 1997, clients have told us they thought everything would get better if they could survive until the new year.

They didn’t want to spoil the season for their families, so, they stayed.

They suffered. They got hurt again.

The calls don’t start pouring in on New Year’s Day. They trickle in later in January. Victims put their lives on hold for a month. Now they’re facing a new year of abuse.

The Animal Safehouse Program is

Clients are never charged for the services of ASP. We’re able to do this thanks to your generous donations.

a safety net for their pets, allowing them to escape.

Why don’t domestic violence victims just leave? One reason is that domestic violence shelters are not equipped to care for pets. Animals left behind become the new victims. So, they sacrifice themselves, to keep their pets safe.

The Animal Safehouse Program not

Maybe it’s you. Maybe it’s a friend, a relative, a coworker, or a neighbor who needs our help.

We ALL know a victim of domestic violence.

Find out how the Animal Safehouse Program can help. Call 760-7536476, visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas, or log on to www.sdpets.org.

Do it now. Don’t wait until it’s too late.

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Superhero from page 5

tric scientist, known as Benjamin Franklin.

As archival records show, lightning could – and did – without warning, cause entire villages to erupt in deadly fires, until Franklin introduced the lightning rod, a simple device that directed the electrically-charged lightning to the ground and, thus, prevented many fires as a result of his heroic intervention!

It happened in Boston, Massachusetts in 1746 and, once more, the mystical genius was on another heroic quest of which no mere mortal understood. Ben Franklin was fascinated by storms, especially electrical storms! Among his heroic credentials, one could add “lightning chaser” to his already long list of heroic – but eccentric – titles, along with tornado chaser.

HE DANGEROUSLY CHASED AFTER THUNDER & LIGHTNING ELECTRICAL STORMS ON HORSEBACK! How could you imagine a more unbelievable sight than a man frantically riding a fast steed, chasing after a lightning storm?! Many women thought it heroic and chivalrous as when knights of olde chased away villains; while men thought of him as senseless and foolish in the face-off against one of nature’s most powerful, mysterious, and deadly manifestations!

Of what possible purpose and value does this madman hope to accomplish? So thought many who saw him.

However, some villagers had become accustomed to witnessing such surreal and paradoxical behaviour from the greatly eccen-

He networked with other scientists who were also studying electrical experiments. And he quickly turned his own home into a little laboratory, using machines made out of items he found around the house. During one experiment, he accidentally shocked himself, electrically! In a rare archival letter he described this new and unusual phenomena now contained in his own home and the sensation of electrical shock: “It was a universal blow throughout my whole body from head to foot, which seemed within as well as without; after which the first thing I took notice of was a violent quick shaking of my body.”

Franklin continued to have a feeling of numbness in his arms and the back of his neck that gradually wore off.

By 1750, he wanted to prove that lightning was, indeed, electricity!

Villagers, town folk, and rural residents, women and children, all heard him speak as if he were completely mad and deranged. Franklin began talking about how he was thinking and planning to protect men, women, and children, as well as entire villages, towns, churches, buildings, hospitals, and schools from deadly lightning fires!

Once more, he sounded as a madman!

He spoke and described a mysterious iron rod about 8 or 10 feet long that was sharpened to a point at the end. His following comments seemed far from being comprehensible to people back then, 270 years ago!

His notes seemed as from a mystical conjurer, a wizard, and not of this world. As he wrote: “The electrical fire would, I think, be drawn out of a cloud silently, before it could come near enough to strike.”

In June of 1752, Franklin was in Philadelphia, hoping that he could fly a kite high and closer to the storm clouds. His mind figured that a metal key attached to the kite could possibly attract an elec-

trical charge. He then decided to tie the kite string to an insulating silk ribbon for the knuckles of his hand. After all, he remembered his shocking experience (literally) at his home, and he wished no further part of it.

His 21-year-olde son, William, was the only witness to the event.

In 1752, he more clearly envisioned the world’s first lightning rod. A sharply pointed lightning rod he called a “rod conductor” or “lightning attractor.” It would prove to be what world historians would call: “A groundbreaking exploration of electricity.”

In short time, his dream had come true: He could control lightning!

Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rods would soon be found protecting many buildings, churches, schools, farm houses, and homes.

Like glorious symbols of raised flags of triumph, Benjamin Franklin’s great lightning rod was constructed on the dome of the State House in Maryland. It would be the largest of all “Franklin Lightning Rods” ever attached to a public or Superhero continued on page 13

How to Have a Happy And Sustainable Holiday Season

By Gig Conaughton, County of San Diego Communications Office The gift-giving season is always fun!

But with all the wrapping paper, packages and new stuff, it can be hard on sustainability—that is, finding ways to give and still protect natural resources for years to come.

The County of San Diego wants you to know there are lots of ways to do it.

You can give “experiences” instead of things. And you can shop close to home to prevent carbon emissions created by driving all over the county.

Sustainability is very important to us, and we know it is to you too.

So, here’s a longer list of ideas to have a happy, giving, sustainable holiday season.

Gifts: Give Experiences Instead of Things: One thing you can do to cut down on the accumulation of stuff we give and get that we may never use is to give gifts of “experiences” rather than items that

will eventually be tossed out. For example, give someone tickets to a show, free lessons in something they’d enjoy, or a gift card to a local restaurant! For a list of experiences, you can go to WasteFreeSD’s “resources” page, do a word search for “experiences” and click on their “Gift Ideas— Experiences Instead of Things” webpage.

Donations: Another thing you can give, or receive, instead of more physical stuff is to ask family and friends to donate to something you’re into. Like an animal rescue or a pet cause! Many animal organizations allow you to “sponsor” or “adopt” an animal virtually to rescue it and ensure it is loved and cared for.

to create planting “pots” for seedlings!

Shop Local: Shopping locally, especially at businesses that feature sustainable and handcrafted gifts, can cut back on a lot of the carbon emissions that your car will put into the atmosphere by driving all over the county—or by having items shipped from faraway places.

Shop Online, Give Yourself Time: If you do find yourself shopping online to have gifts shipped, plan ahead and order early so items can be shipped by ground—truck, trains and ships—rather than having to be rush-shipped by air, which leaves a much larger carbon footprint.

Like the Kitchen? Bake a Gift! Everyone loves food at the holidays.

And you don’t need to be a worldrenowned chef to put a smile on someone’s face. You know, banana bread is really easy to make.

Cookies, cakes, quick breads— you can do it!

Look for Gifts Without a Lot of Packaging: Items like candles, soaps, coffee mugs, water bottles, cooking utensils, oils and sauces attractive enough to be given with just a homemade bow or come in containers that can be reused again and again.

Green Thumbs? If you have any friends or family who like to garden or grow their own herbs, you can re-use portions of the empty cardboard tubes from paper towels

Give Gift Certificates to Zero Waste stores: There’s a movement in retail to create “zero-waste” stores—retailers that sell mostly in bulk or using compostable pack-

aging, to customers carrying their own reusable containers.

Ditch the Fancy Wrapping Paper: There are a lot of ways you can wrap holiday gifts without getting the fancy paper wrapping. In fact, a lot of fancy paper wrapping can’t be recycled. Here are some alternatives. If you’re into crafts, you can sew your own bags to wrap gifts in, then reuse them every year! Not into sewing? You can use fabric scraps to wrap gifts.

And remember to reuse ribbons and bags again in the future.

Another option is to use holiday decorative kitchen towels: Tie them up with a ribbon. They’re reusable and who doesn’t want a new kitchen towel?

Recycled Wrapping Paper: If you do use wrapping paper, choose wrapping paper that is made from recycled materials and can be recycled again.

Holiday Cards Go Digital: Instead of buying and sending paper cards, send ecards, or post on social media like Insta-

Sustainable continued on page 14

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It was built in accordance with Benjamin Franklin’s own recommendations -- and only once in over two-and-half centuries, has lightning struck the building!

Pointed lightning rods found their respective places on State Houses, Presidential palaces, and cathedrals, well, everywhere around the planet!

Once more, villages full of men, women, and children were now safer.

Benjamin Franklin was the first to label aspects of electricity as “positive and negative” respectively, and he was the first to discover the principle of “conservation charge.”

Once scoffed at, and once look upon as a foolish madman on ridiculous horseback . . . now suddenly changed . . . to a valiant, and courageous soul, who risked his own life so that towns, cities, villages, homes, churches, and men, women, and children could be safe.

FRANKLIN EVEN WORE A COSTUME, LIKE A REAL SUPER HERO & HELPED OUR COUNTRY SURVIVE WITH FRANCE AS AN ALLY!

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While on his own American soil, Franklin was the consummate urbanite. He dressed impeccably well, but this would soon change as he would – yet again – embark on another secret journey along with another ultra-secret plan!

This time he was sent to Paris as America’s first-ever U.S. Ambassador to France.

When he was sent to Paris to advocate for the fledgling United States at the French court which was crucial for our very existence as a free country today, he boldly decided to appear in full frontier-style costume, complete with fur hat, all iconic of the rugged American frontier mentality – which he knew that the French courtiers believed their American counterparts wore.

The French fell in love with the eccentric and colourful Benjamin Franklin!

He was funny. Unpretentious, yet intellectually fascinating and unpredictably colourful! Plus, he was fluent in the French language!

In the French language, he was able to construct emotionallyfilled statements (with insight of the French mindset), which did not suffer the sterility of having to be translated. His use of French words and phrases with philosophical French insight, stirred them emotionally, and deeply in responding to Benjamin Franklin’s plea for

French assistance. His use of diplomatic demagoguery – in the native French tongue – was powerfully seductive!

Sitting in early American colonial costume and speaking beautiful fluent French, the French court felt a close emotional and psychological kinship to the man in front of them, asking for their help.

Benjamin Franklin’s costume, fur hat, and mysterious powers of persuasion succeeded in securing France’s military help as well as a formal alliance, without which America might not have won the Revolutionary War! As one historian wrote: “In large part, because of Franklin’s charm, the French ultimately supported the American cause, leading to an eventual victory for the United States in the Revolutionary War.”

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death, on 50-cent pieces, the $100 bill, warships, schools, universities, city buildings, and in the names of many towns and counties across the length and breath of these United States.

THE MOST BELOVED IN THE MINDS OF MANY AMERICANS. He initially owned and dealt in slaves, but, by the late 1750s, he began arguing against slavery (a dangerous stance) and became an abolitionist and actually promoted education and the integration of Blacks into American Society, which was a most dangerous and almost unheard of concept of the times. As with all humans he was not perfect, no one is. But his title of Superhero came from abroad, even before his own birth nation.

That speaks volumes.

He had also helped negotiate the peace with Britain.

As one French student of World History stated: “He was America’s first Superhero. I can only hope that Americans fully realise and appreciate this truth.”

His life and legacy of scientific, humanitarian, and political achievements are all unmatched by any of his contemporaries, to the point where his status today has revealed him to be honoured more than two centuries after his

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as we came near the gate I shouted, “This company is dismissed for two minutes, when it will fall in again on the other side of the gate.”

while the TSA agents watched her disapprovingly, with their arms crossed. “Traveling with your kids isn’t for the faint of heart,” she adds. No, it isn’t.

gram and Facebook to send holiday greetings to friends and family.

Young Abe Lincoln attended his first ball in Springfield, Illinois because he wanted to meet Mary Todd.

Yep, Sometimes Parents Are The Problem

young wife to take a long journey to a little village in fulfillment of an ancient promise. Only a few were a part of this drama, which would affect all humanity in due time. It was the most unexpected event in human history. Simple shepherds are amazed when the heavens are ablaze with angels singing songs about a savior who is born and has a manger for a crib. There is a mother who is pondering her newborn child as the shepherds arrive to worship him.

“Miss Todd,” he said, “I should like to dance with you in the worst way,” Lincoln said on first meeting her.

After the dance Mary told a friend, “He certainly did!”

On the fatal night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln did not want to go to the theatre. He had seen the play, “Our American Cousin,” once before and wasn’t anxious to see it again. Lincoln tried to get out of going, but Mary Todd had her heart set on going.

“It had been advertised that we will be there,” Lincoln told White House Guard Col. William H. Crook. “I cannot disappoint the people, otherwise I wouldn’t go.”

As he left, Lincoln said, “Goodbye, Crook.”

That puzzled the colonel because ordinarily Lincoln said “Goodnight.”

General Ulysis S. Grant was so tone deaf he had difficulty keeping in step when his company at West Point marched to music.

Once, when he was president, Grant had to attend a concert. Afterward someone asked Grant if he enjoyed the music.

“How could I? I know only two tunes, One of them is ‘Yankee Doodle,’ the other isn’t.”

President Calvin Coolidge was noted for his brevity. A famous architect of the day visiting the White House admired the chief executive building’s architectural beauty at great length. After listening to the architect for some time, Coolidge said: “Suits me.”

James Hagerty, President Dwight D. Eisenhour’s press secretary, recalled an occasion in 1954, when Ike wanted an announcement done a certain way. Hagerty told the president, “If I go to that press conference and say what you want me to say, I would catch hell.” With that Ike smiled, got up and walked around his desk behind the press secretary, patted Hagerty on the back and said, “My boy, better you than me.”

Here’s my takeaway from all this: When kids misbehave on a plane, maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to blame them. Maybe we should be holding their parents accountable.

If only we could agree on what constitutes appropriate parenting. Thomas Plante, a psychology professor at Santa Clara University, says we live in a world where there’s a wide variety of approaches, including the ones I witnessed in Scandinavia.

“Some parents are completely handsoff and not that concerned when kids misbehave while traveling,” he says.

“Others are very attentive and perhaps even controlling. It is easy to get very frustrated and angry with parents when their parenting style doesn’t match your own.”

Still, it’s a debate worth having, even if some of my readers don’t want to have it. When Eileen Gunn, who edits the family travel website FamiliesGo!, heard I was working on a story about bad parenting and travel, I got a scolding.

“I’m dismayed and disappointed,” she told me in an email. “Articles like the one that you seem to be working on help make it easier for people to think kids and parents are fair game. Parents and grandparents trying to travel with kids have it hard enough without a major syndicated columnist shaming them.”

I’m not so sure about that. As a parent myself, I can tell you that no article would have stopped me from booking a flight with my young -- and not always so well-behaved -- kids. I suspect that’s true for her, too. And for you.

So whether you’re a permissive parent or a strict parent, do the rest of your passengers a favor when you get to the airport during the holidays: Please mind your kids.

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.

Is all this what people expected?

Was there not to be a sensational display of God’s power relieving the people, especially the Jews, of injustice by others and freedom of all the ills known to humankind?

It would take two thousand years to grasp God’s unexpected ways of bringing about salvation with hope, joy, peace, forgiveness, and eternal life. For the Gentiles, God’s way was foolishness, and for the Jews, it was a stumbling block, as the Apostle Paul stated. For us, it is the power and wisdom of God. When experiencing the unexpected, it is best not to look for it. It is best just to let it happen. Someone might come and buy your lunch.

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Inviting Friends Over for Food?

Plan ahead, shop smart and serve just enough to make everyone happy without wasting food. Of course, figuring out how much food to make can be difficult.

However, SaveTheFood.com has a “Guest-imator” that can help you calculate just how much food you need to prepare, based on how many people you’re serving and how much they typically eat, even during holiday feasts.

Invite Your Guests to BOYRFCs (Bring Your Own Reusable Food Container): Yeah, that abbreviation is unlikely to catch on. However, asking guests bring their own reusable “to go” containers is an idea that should catch on.

That way if there are leftovers, it’s easy as pie for your guests to bring some home! No waste and no onetime-only food containers.

Remember to Compost: And don’t forget to compost leftovers if you do have them. If you don’t have your own compost pile or bin, you can place any remaining food scraps and organic waste into your curbside green bin! (Note: If you have your own compost bin at home, don’t compost meats and bones; they can attract pests.)

Ornaments: A lot of us are familiar with stringing popcorn and cranberry garlands to hang on the Christmas tree, but there are other alternatives as well. For example, you can cut slices of oranges, let them dry out and hang them from your tree!

Craft Ornaments: You can also make your own craft ornaments from paper, pinecones, seashells and other items.

Recycle the tree and wreaths: If you’re using a real tree and natural wreaths, remember to recycle them instead of tossing them out where they can end up in landfills to decompose and generate climate-changing methane.

Recycled trees and wreaths can be turned into mulch to improve soils at parks, farms, home gardens and landscapes. Check with your waste hauler to find out if they offer curbside pickup. Or go to the County’s recycling and hazardous waste database, WastefreeSD. org, to find Christmas tree drop-off sites near you. It’s easy.

So, remember, sustainability is a gift for the earth, your children and their children. And have a happy sustainable holiday season!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9021000 The name of the business: New Line Mobile Detail, located at 225 W. Los Angeles Dr., #13, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Christina Garduno, 225 W. Los Angeles Dr. #13, Vista, CA 92083 and Saul Garduno, 225 W. Los Angeles Dr. #13, Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business: 10/18/2024 /s/ Saul Garduno with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/18/2024 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9021356 The name of the business: Milestone Moments by Em, located at 1464 Golden Sunset Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Emmylou Soriano, 1464 Golden Sunset Dr., San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Emmylou Soriano with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/23/2024 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME 24CU021664N TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Heather Marie Miller filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Heather Marie Miller to Proposed name Heather Marie Seaward. 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: January 10, 2025, 8:30 am, in Dept. N-25 No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment The address of the court is: 1212 Sandra Circle, Vista, CA. 92083. A copy of the Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated November 12, 2024 /s/ Hon. Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9021988 The name of the business: Furry Friends Waste Removal, located at 1220 Granite Road, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Oscar Gonzalez, 1220 Granite Road, San Marcos, CA 92069 Ayla Mendez Randall, 1220 Granite Road, San Marcos, CA 92069.

This business is operated by a General Partnership. First day of business: N/A /s/ Oscar Gonzalez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/4/2024 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022224 The name of the business: Aprios Custom Mfg, located at 1333 Keystone Way, Vista,. CA 92081.

Registrant, DPI Holdings, Inc.,

1333 Keystone Way, Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 6/28/2024 /s/ Alex Danzberger, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/6/2024 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: 2024-9020129 Senior Care Directory, Lead Orchid, located at 15108 Lincoln Loop, San Diego, CA 92127.

The Fictitious Business Name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 2/6/2020 and assigned file no. 2020903383.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IS BEING ABANDONED BY: JD3 Websites, LLC, 15108 Lincoln Loop, San Diego, CA 92127. This business is conducted by a L.A .Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000). /s/James Delapa III, Managing Member This statement was filed with the San Diego Recorder/County clerk on 10/7/2024.

11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9021577 The name of the business: Oceanside Pharmacy, located at 3601 Vista Way Ste 103, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant, Anjaneya RX, 3601 Vista Way Ste 103, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 2/4/2013 /s/ Tarun Shyam Wadhwa, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/29/2024 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9020985 The name of the business: All Things Hospice, located at 330 Rancheros Drive, Suite 208C, San Marcos, CA 92069-2909.

Registrant, Alternative Hospice Care, 330 Rancheros Drive, Suite 208C, San Marcos, CA 92069.

This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 9/23/2024 /s/ Raychell Jones, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/18/2024 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022410 The name of the business: Collisions Plus, located at 240 N. Andreasen, Escondido, CA 92029.

Registrant, Fleet Collision Specialist, 240 N. Andreasen, Escondido, CA 92029. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Thomas McMurdo, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/8/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023011 The name of the business: Hormone Upgrade & Wellness Center, located at 7529 Draper Ave., Suite D, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Registrant, Deborah Wainwright NP Nursing Corp., 7529 Draper Ave., Suite D, La Jolla, CA 92037. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 10/24/2024 /s/ Deborah Wainwright, CEO

with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/19/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022778 The name of the business: New Rainbow Spa, located at 470 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Jianlan Shu, 470 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., San Marcos, CA 92078.

This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 11/15/2024 /s/ Jianlan Shu with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/15/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022410 The name of the business: Collisions Plus, located at 240 N. Andreasen, Escondido, CA 92029.

Registrant, Fleet Collision Specialist, 240 N. Andreasen, Escondido, CA 92029. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Thomas McMurdo, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/8/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023192 The name of the business: Lucky Foot Massage, located at 754 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Linying Wang, 754 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., San Marcos, CA 92078.

This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Linying Wang with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/21/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023331 The name of the business: Anew Plan Designs, located at 635 Camino Magnifico, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Amy Micheal Lauffer, 635 Camino Magnifico, San Marcos, CA 92069.

This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 9/14/2024 /s/ Amy Micheal Lauffer with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/22/2024 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023304 The name of the business: Welcome Back Foundation, located at 762 E. Mission Rd., Fallbrook, CA 92028. Registrant, Welcome Back Foundation, PO Box 502, Fallbrook, CA 92028. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 1/2/2020 /s/ Dawn Williams, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/22/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022793 The name of the business: Vital Vibes, located at 5139 Weymouth Way, Oceanside, CA 92057. Registrant, Steven Sanders, 5139 Weymouth Way, Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Steven Sanders with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/15/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023091 The name of the business: RV World Storage San Marcos, located at 1101 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, CA 92078.

Registrant, Episodic Ventures

LLC, 1101 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: 9/9/2010 /s/ Eugenia Lipets, Managing Member with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/20/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023109 The name of the business: Celestial Sea Thoroughbreds, located at 38987 Highway 79, Warner Springs, CA 92086. Registrant, Richard Eugene Cornwell, PO Box 418, Warner Springs, CA 92086, Gail Tammy Cornwell, PO Box 418, Warner Springs, CA 92086. This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business: 11/25/2019 /s/ Richard Cornwell with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 11/20/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023028 The name of the business: Anyplace Realty, located at 940 Melaleuca #G, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, Jeffrey William Talani, 940 Melaleuca #G, Carlsbad, CA 92011. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: 11/19/2024 /s/ Jeffrey William Talani with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/19/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023338 The name of the business: Gunk and Junk, Junk and Gunk, located at 4850 Concho Cir, Oceanside,

CA 92057. Registrant, Gunk and Junk LLC, 4850 Concho Cir, Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: N/A /s/ Isaac C. Dailey Jr., CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/22/2024 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023942 The name of the business: Steep & Sourdough, located at 750 Pebble Beach Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Daniel Allen Paris, 750 Pebble Beach Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069.

This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: N/A /s/ Daniel Allen Paris with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 12/4/2024 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024, 1/2/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9024067 The name of the business: Weekend Savvy Travel, Cork & Cruise, located at 10395 Tioga Lake Drive, Escondido, CA 92029.

Registrant, Weekend Savvy LLC, 10395 Tioga Lake Drive, Escondido, CA 92029. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: 11/15/2024 /s/ Mary Ann Erdos, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 12/6/2024 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024, 1/2/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9022718

The name of the business: Acman Quality HVAC, located at 695 Cortez Ave., Vista, CA 92084.

Registrant, Guadalupe R. Alfaro Zurita, 695 Cortez Ave., Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 11/14/2024 /s/ Guadalupe R. Alfaro Zurita with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/14/2024 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024, 1/2/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9023630 The name of the business: Burns Ministries, located at 6840 Urubu Street, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Registrant, Open Heavens Church, 235 Mar Vista, Vista, CA 92083.

This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Pamela Burns, CFO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 11/27/2024 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024, 1/2/2025 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2024-9021586 The name of the business: West Land Coffee Roasters, located at 3243 Roberta Lane, Oceanside, CA 92054. Registrant, Martin Michael O’Dea, 7258 Ponto Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92011, Daniel Vincent Jacobs, 3243 Roberta Lane, Oceanside, CA 92054. This business is operated by a General Partnership. First day of business: 10/28/2024 /s/ Martin Michael O’Dea with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 10/29/2024 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2024, 1/2/2025

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