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Scott & Quinn has three offices, in Mission Hills at 1111 Fort Stockton Drive, in Normal Heights at 30th and Adams Avenue, and in South Park at 2973 Beech Street. The company also features Scott & Quinn Property Management. Founded in 1982, Scott & Quinn is the oldest full service real estate firm in Mission Hills and is still locally owned and operated. Jim has been a homeowner in Mission Hills since 1976. Jim’s past Market Reports dating from 1997 are on the company web site at www.sqre.com.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman was a very great actor. He was also a heroin addict.

February 2 of this year Mr. Hoffman was found dead on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005, died with a heroin syringe in his left arm.

The New York medical examiner’s office ruled his death was caused by an “acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiaz-epines and amphetamine.”

Until the moment of his tragic death, the drug epidemic in America was off the front pages, did not lead the national news, was not part of any ongoing conversation, save in law enforcement circles, where the danger is both understood and its exponential growth, feared.

Before Mr. Hoffman’s destructive act, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin became the first governor to limit a State of the State address to one subject, that one subject – heroin.

The governor’s decision to focus on one issue was driven by the knowledge that heroin addiction in Vermont had grown 770 percent in one year!

However, national media paid little attention to the governor’s speech, save for PBS’s News Hour, where the governor was interviewed by Judy Woodruff, who seemed, surprisingly, dubious of

court summonses; a 12-step bible; and a Hawaiian lei, bloodstained, that her daughter used as a tourniquet for shooting heroin into her veins.”

The Washington Post, to its very great credit, continues, weeks after Mr. Hoffman’s death, publishing stories about deaths from drug overdoses, most of which are stories about teenagers and heroin’s lethal powers.

The peril to teenagers is particularly acute, since there exists with young people a code of silence about drug usage among peers; a code so corrupting in its moral obtuseness that parents are the last to know – and often by then it’s too late.

I had a conversation recently with an East Coast friend. He and his wife are greatly accomplished, as are their children.

Their grandchildren are just into their teen years, which gives my friend great pause. He told me he is “terrified” what might happen, given peer group pressure to conform – and the pressure to consume alcohol and experiment with drugs.

But the problem is even more acute post high school.

Friday and Saturday nights on most college campuses have become for school administrators the two most worrisome nights of the week, when alcohol and drug usage is rampant.

the governor’s claim, that America has a drug epidemic.

It took Mr. Hoffman’s shocking death to move the story from inside the nation’s newspapers to page one; from local television to network news.

Like most reasonably well informed citizens I was aware drug addiction is a problem, but until personally confronted by it, I was ignorant of how pervasive it has become.

Over breakfast with our district attorney, Bonnie Dumanis, my understanding of the crisis was greatly expanded. Obviously, the district attorney knows the number of arrests, prosecutions, and incarcerations resulting from drug addiction, but she also see the human side, the lives lost and families destroyed.

I asked the district attorney if she gives speeches about the drug problem. Of course, she said, many, “but since it doesn’t fit easily into sound bites, media largely ignores my warnings.”

From that breakfast I determined, as president of The City Club of San Diego and The Denver Forum, that both organizations would focus programs on drug addiction, beginning here with Ms. Dumanis and Police Chief Bill Lansdowne; followed in Denver with U.S. Attorney John Walsh and District Attorney Mitch Morrissey.

The City Club’s program was held in concert with La Jolla Country Day School, with whom we have an ongoing

partnership, believing it is essential to have young people involved in civic life. In Denver 16 students from East High School were invited as guests of The Forum to hear Mr. Walsh and Mr. Morrissey.

What we learned in both cities was alarming, especially the rise of heroin usage, which has spread its life destroying powers coast to coast and border to border; that heroin reaches into every segment and strata of American society.

But it took Mr. Hoffman’s death for national media to awaken to heroin’s insidious reach, as within days of his passing both The New York Times and Washington Post published stories about heroin overdose deaths in small town USA; where everyone may know your name but not your addiction.

The Times story wasn’t about someone famous, but a beautiful young woman of 21, Alysa Ivy, found dead on the floor of a cheap motel in her small northern Wisconsin town of Hudson; having died, like Phillip Hoffman, from a heroin overdose.

Her mother, Karen Hale, The Times said, shocked by her daughter’s death, “is not ready to dismantle Ms. Ivy’s bedroom, where an uncapped red lipstick sits on the dresser and a teddy bear on the duvet. The jumble of belongings both comforts and unsettles her — colorful bras, bangle bracelets and childhood artwork;

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Dear ART & FLOWER LOVERS!I wanted to share with you that I will be performing a LIVE still life floral

demonstration from a real life bouquet at my Gallery to celebrate the Mission Hills 2014 Garden Walk. The gallery will be open to the public for viewing pleasure and the benefit of passers-by on the morning of this event to see the colors of flowers as

only a Tetrachromat can!

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an important foundation in our community of Mission Hills and the City of San Diego.

Kate Sessions, who was instrumental in “horticulturally” beautifying San Diego, started Mission Hills Nursery. The Antonicelli family became the next owners, followed by the Palafox family.

For those of us who know the Palafox family I am sure we share the same feelings. They are an important part of our community and our extended family. They are more than business owners; they are the ones who’ve helped to bring greenery to our holidays, family celebrations, and our property. It’s almost impossible to define all that they have done to contribute to our lives and our homes, our properties.

Due to the fact that the month of May includes a tribute to moth-ers, it seemed ap-propriate to use this issue as an op-portunity to share some motherly advice. I feel so

blessed that I had a mother who was a kind, loving and generous person. She raised us with the belief that we need to be actively involved in our family and our community family. She was com-mitted to spreading goodwill. She was also a great gardener.

In this issue, you will see that the front cover includes a photo of Toni and Fausto Palafox. They are the owners of Mission Hills Nursery, which has been in existence for over 82 years. It is

I can’t fathom Mission Hills without them.

Today I feel serious concern for the Palafox family because their future as owners of the Mission Hills Nursery is in question. That’s because of the property that it sits on.

If you read Barb Strona’s article on page 9, you will learn more about this dilemma.

I want to do everything possible to save this business, the legacy created by Kate Sessions and the nursery that Toni and Fausto have made so much a part of our community. I encourage all of you to get involved, to participate in saving Mission Hills Nursery.

As my mother said, “We need to look out for each other, and when we do, good things happen.”

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The New York Times Book Review publishes thought-ful and intelligent reviews of newly published books and newly released paperbacks. The Re-

view also includes five pages of best-seller lists: print hardback, trade and mass-market paperback, and com-bined print/e-book rankings all bro-ken down into fiction and nonfiction, plus a separate advice/how-to/miscel-laneous section, and children’s books.

I wonder how many of today’s bestselling books will be remembered 50 years from now. In 1944, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” topped the fiction list for a time—an enduring classic. But who remembers “Earth and High Heaven by Gwethayn Graham, which hit number one in 1945? After James Michener’s “Hawaii” in 1960, “The Last of the Just” by Andre Schwarz-Bart ranked highest at some point in 1961. Conversely, we can point to novels that never made the lists that have gone down in history.

Weekly rankings are published in dozens of U.S. periodicals. In a time of shrinking newspapers, they wouldn’t run them if they didn’t think that’s what people want, that we are social animals, marching to the beat of each other’s drums. Where books are concerned, we read what other people read, often

I always find that the classes and lectures I attend at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCSD teach me something I did not know before.

Recently I attended a lecture about Bankers Hill given by Dan Soderberg, a San Diego native who has a wealth of knowledge about America’s Finest City. Since I live on the “hill” I wanted to learn more about the history. First I learned that the area‘s boundaries are considered to be Date to Upas going south to north and Balboa Park on Sixth to Hwy 5 and Little Italy going east to west. The name Bankers Hill was attached to this area when it was first developed in the 1890s. It was a place that appealed to affluent residents who liked the hillside setting and the views it afforded.

Although the canyons were barren then, the residents relied on the sumptuous gardens they planted, many of them laid out by Kate Sessions, the visionary who is responsible for Balboa Park’s trees and plants which she gathered from all over the world. As Bankers Hill became the place to live it attracted designs by some of the most respected and talented architects of the time. Beautiful large

Between the Lines:Best Sellers

A Walk on The Hill

by Alice Lowe

by Ilene Hubbs

friends and family and trusted sources, but also the nameless multitudes whose cha-chings at the cash register (or clicks to buy online) add up to a place on the bestseller lists.

Rankings by sales may do more than simply reflect consumer choices, however; the lists in turn influence book-buying behavior, and a book’s appearance on the bestseller list has an independent effect on its sales. It’s a bestseller because people buy it; people buy it because it’s a bestseller.

I asked a number of people, all of them readers and a few writers—by no means a random sample—about their preferences and how they decide what to read. I sent them recent New York Times bestseller lists—hardback and paperback—and asked how many of the 36 books listed they’ve read. Several, like me, had read a few, mostly after they were in paperback; a few hadn’t read any at all.

For the most part they look at the bestseller lists more out of interest than as a guide. A book on the list may grab their attention, but that’s usually because they’ve heard about it or read a review. Their choices are guided mostly by word of mouth, by familiarity with an author, and by reviews in publications or from sources they trust, like the New York Times, NPR, Warwick’s.

homes were designed in many styles, notably Victorian, Craftsman, Revival and Emerging Modern. Architects played into the beauty of the area by designing homes that were equally striking.

One of the most famous was Irving Gill, an architect whose work is on a par with Frank Lloyd Wright. In fact, I learned that the very building I live in is on the site of Gill’s own home, which sadly, was demolished long ago. Even though this is sad for San Diego, it is selfishly not so sad for me. I get the benefit of facing Balboa Park and claiming it as my front yard. However, this was not always the desirable direction to face. Back then the park was more of a huge lot dotted with scrub. Many of the homes were built facing south to take in the city from a once unobstructed view to downtown.

A whimsical addition to Banker Hill’s charm is the alphabetical listing of tree inspired street names. This is great when figuring how far something is, I just count the streets by naming the trees and it works every time. I know it‘s seven blocks to one of my favorite restaurants. I just count from L to M to N to O to P to Q to R…easy!

Take a stroll to find the walking bridges in the area. The Quince Street Bridge goes over Maple Canyon

So what are they reading? I asked my respondents to name a book they’d read recently; most replied with two or three. The resulting list is evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction, with leanings toward history and historical fiction, memoir and biography. Novels include “Transatlantic” by Colum McCann and another by McCann, “Let the Great World Spin,” “Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri, “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd, “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss, “The Signature of All Things” by Elizabeth Gilbert (accompanied by a robust defense of Gilbert’s controversial “Eat, Pray, Love”). Nonfiction selections were “Unbroken” by Laura Hilldebrand, “Thank You for Your Service” by David Finkel, “The End of Your Life Book Club” by Will Schwabe, “On Writing” by Stephen King, among others.

Several of these books have appeared on bestseller lists, but this wasn’t why they were chosen; it appears that it’s the opposite effect—they are influencing the lists rather than the other way around. It would appear that while we may be social animals, our reading habits are eclectic. We’ll jump on the bandwagon if it’s going our way; otherwise we may start our own.

linking those residents to 4th street. This was important, as the streetcar in those days ran directly down 4th which gave easy access to downtown where many residents worked. Another interesting walking bridge is the Spruce Street Bridge at Spruce and Brant, designed in 1912 by Edwin Capps who also served as San Diego’s mayor. Capps’ bridge, which is 70 feet above the canyon, helped open up Bankers Hill to development.

A walking tour of Bankers Hill is a great way to see the homes and hear about the famous men who designed them. One of the homes designed by Gill is the Marston House on Upas, a little way into Balboa Park. The Marston House is now a historical landmark open to the public. To see the neighborhood on foot, The San Diego History Center has created a very inclusive tour you can go on alone. The tour route and accompanying descriptions are on their site at www.sandiegohistory.org.

San Diego has many different neighborhoods, each unique in its own way. From the Gaslamp to Oceanside, from the Pacific Ocean to the desert, our city has much history to savor. Begin in Bankers Hill to get a sense of history and perspective and to see what has changed as the city moved from then to now.

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Dez is a 12-year old, domestic long hair, tortoiseshell who loves to be petted, talked to and entertained by human friends. She has a feisty and spirited personality that is hard to ignore. She has the spunk and energy of a young kitten. She would do best with a cat-savvy family with children that are a bit older and respectful. Cherie will require a little extra care since she’s a diabetic.

Dez’s adoption fee of $25 includes her spay, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, a gift from Hill’s Science Diet, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and limited veterinary medical coverage from VCA Hospitals up to $250!

Dez is currently available for adoption at the Airport Road/North Campus of the San Diego Humane Society, located at 572 Airport Road in Oceanside. For information, call 760.757.4357 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

Cherie is a four-year old, American pit bull/terrier mix who loves to play with toys and be a lovable goofball. She will make a simply fantastic exercise buddy—being active keeps her happy and less anxious.

She is a bit picky with canine friends, yet, she has the ability to learn tricks and commands, like “sit” and “down.” She is a favorite at the San Diego Humane Society. One of the volunteers has already paid her adoption fee.

Cherie’s adoption fee of $0 includes spay/neuter, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, a certificate for a free veterinary exam, and a license if residing in Oceanside or Vista.

Cherie is currently located at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, located at 5500 Gaines Street. For more information, call 619.299.7012 or visit www.sdhumane.org.

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San Diego H umane Society’s

Photo Fundraiser

Rescued Horse Helps to Promote “Help a Horse Day” Starved horse returns to Animal Services to encourage proper horse care

Is your pet photogenic? Does he/she possess the flair to become an icon of adorability? Then your chance to make your pet a star is here! The San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is seeking photos of extraordinary pets of all breeds, shapes and sizes for inclusion in its 2015 calendar. The animal welfare organization’s annual “Photo Fundraiser” offers pets a chance to be featured in the calendar while also supporting animals in need.

Submissions to the photo fundraiser are being accepted now through August 31, and all submissions are guaranteed inclusion in the calendar. Contributors can also have friends and family vote for their pet’s

In recognition of “Help a Horse Day,” the Department of Animal Services welcomed back to the County Animal Shelter in Bonita a horse that it rescued from the brink of starvation in 2008. Simone, who now lives at the nonprofit Horses of Tir Na Nog’s horse sanctuary in East County, reunited with the staff that saved her.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) launched Help a Horse Day to raise awareness regarding animal welfare and the plight of at-risk horses, and Horses of Tir Na Nog initiated the event at the County shelter.

On June 22, 2008, an agent with U.S. Cus-toms and Border Pro-tection made a heart-breaking find. Inside an East County corral was a starving, 12-year-old horse and its dead foal. Animal control officers immediately rescued the horse, transporting her to the County’s animal care facility in Bonita for intensive care. Named Simone by Animal Ser-vices staff, she had lost hair in part of her mane, and she staggered due to weakness. At the Bo-

Does your pet have the charm to be the top photo contender? Photo courtesy of Julie Warren.

Simone has regained her confidence and health thanks for the Department of Animal Services

and Tir Na Nog’s horse sanctuary

photo at www.sdhumane.org for a chance to win special prizes. The San Diego Humane Society will also select its favorite pet images to be featured as full page month spreads in the 2015 calendar.

Photos can be submitted online or by mail and require a minimum donation of $25 per photograph; all donations will be utilized to support the vital programs and services of the San Diego Humane Society. Your $25 donation automatically gets you a free copy of the 2015 calendar.

For complete rules and regulations for participating or to submit your pet’s photographs in the 2015 Photo Fundraiser, visit www.sdhumane.org/calendar.

nita shelter, Simone began to gain weight, and an equine veterinarian noticed her expression changed from one of fear and pain to contentment.

Once nursed back to health, Horses of Tir Na Nog adopted her. Simone was the first of about 30 equines Animal Services has transferred to the group, which operates the oldest equine sanc-tuary in the county. As a result of an Animal Services investigation, Sim-one’s owner, Derek Boyd of Campo, was convicted of one misdemeanor count of animal neglect.



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we get older, we stop running for some reason…… because that’s not what adults do? Running is a fantastic exercise that is excellent for your health and your hormones, while strength training can give you the most return for the time/effort invested.

The best approach is that you perform most strength training exercises standing up whenever possible. Even if you aren’t directly working the core, you still have to stabilize the trunk and mid-section muscles when you are in an upright position. It also is important to keep moving during your everyday life outside of your designated gym time. If all you do is go to the gym an hour per day and the rest of the time you’re sitting in the car, at work or on the couch, you’re not going to be happy with your results. In addition to consistently working out regularly, daily non-exercise physical activity such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking your car in the spot furthest away from the door and taking regular recess breaks from your desk to walk or stretch, will help combat your middle-age spread and sedentary adult-life tendencies.

Eat Good FoodWhile fad diets that target the abs

and mid-section may seem like the best choice when you’re trying to reduce your spare tire, feeding your belly without fueling your bulge actually can be a lot simpler than following a strict eating plan. The best foods nutritionally for your belly and your total body are ones that have a mother or come from the earth. When choosing foods that are good for busting your bulge, you may see better results following these guidelines:

As you approach the 40—50 age groups it can be an exciting time of change, opportunity, prosperity and positive personal growth. But, at the same time, life can get complicated and busy as your family grows, you find less time for you, finding yourself getting more involved in, well, everything. Before you know it, the growth that becomes the most present in your life is the spare tire that wraps around your mid-section.

Most commonly known as the middle-age spread, this unwelcome feature to your physique is a compilation of the choices you make throughout your life in regard to the food you eat, your daily activity levels and the quality of sleep you log each night. All three of these critical factors to living a healthy lifestyle are tightly intertwined so when even one is lacking, it creates a spiraling snowball effect that can leave you feeling tired and out of energy, as well as in an unhealthy situation with additional weight in your mid-section. To successfully fight the battle of the bulge, you have to arm yourself with an active lifestyle that extends past the gym, make good whole food choices, and reserve enough time in your busy schedule for a restful night’s sleep.

Stand Up for a Healthy BellyWhen you’re a child all you want to

be is an adult, and then when you’re finally an adult all you do is reminisce about the good old days of your childhood. To tackle your mid-section spread, it can be beneficial to pull from the past and revert back to your childhood days of running, playing and moving throughout your day.

The fountain of youth is strength training and running, right? But, as

• 90 percent of what you eat should be good food – it comes naturally from the earth (fruits, vegetables, etc.) and it has a mother (meats, eggs, fish, etc.).

• Everything that comes in a package or a container shouldn’t be a part of your diet.

• Stay away from foods without expiration dates or with a long shelf life.

• Shop around the perimeter of the store where most fresh, preservative-free foods exist.

• Everything that comes from the middle of the store should be eaten sparingly.

• Shop more frequently, buy more locally and shop seasonally, when possible.

Collect Your ZsJust like you have to make deposits

into your bank account regularly to be financially vibrant, it is just as important to deposit regular hours of sleep each night into your body’s wellness account to maintain the balance of your energy, hormones and internal clock. When you sleep poorly, you typically don’t eat well and then you don’t have enough energy to work out or move more throughout your day. Skimping on your sleep can start a negative chain reaction that leads to enlarged mid-sections, increased mental and physical stress, and unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Getting enough sleep, eating the right foods and exercising all feed the mind, body and hormone system in a positive way. But, lack of these things does the opposite.

Whether you consciously or unconsciously make the choice to

Putting a Stop to Middle-Age Spreadby Blake Beckcom

disregard eating well, sleeping well and exercising regularly, the bottom line is that all areas in your life – your career, family, mental and physical health – will feel the repercussions when you put these essential ingredients to living a healthy lifestyle on the backburner. If you don’t put in the time to take care of yourself properly and don’t make your health a priority, then it will ultimately be impossible to stop the middle-age spread from expanding your waistline and negatively impacting your overall health. It all comes down to the personal choices you make every day and over long periods of time that add up to this middle—age spread.

Lifestyle

Here are some of these sentences and words: “I am who I am,” is a signal of “I don´t want to discuss this, or look at this.” “Take it or leave it.” This leaves the other person no choice and shuts them out.

“I don´t know,” to a question about the persons inner motives, opinions or other personal angles puts an instant stop to any closeness. The message is “go no further, I warn you,” as well as “I don´t want to deal with it,” and “I don´t care to discuss this.”

“You .... never,” “... always,” “... constantly,” “... forever”.... are superlatives or extremes. Life is hardly ever this extreme and one sided. It is often used to stress a point. At the same time, it is so grossly exaggerated that the recipient often feels put down, unheard, pushed away and misjudged.

“It has always been that way,” is not a good reason to allow something to continue. People and situations change continuously. Not acknowledging the possibility of change is pushing the other away. Not

Almost certainly you have heard someone you love utter the above exclamation in frustration, maybe it was even you. We all have lines to hold prying people at bay. This is

human. We don´t always have the peace of mind at that very moment to open up to be vulnerable, and to learn from a situation at hand by analyzing it and moving forward to a better and stronger place.

Communication is a big part of every close relationship. It works best when the communicators are open, willing, loving and not engaged in defensiveness, even when triggered by a subject or comment. That is the ideal. Sometimes, however, we are not our ideal selves; we get taken by surprise or are focused on something else. There are sentences that set an abrupt end to any meaningful conversation and give the clear signal that we are not interested in continuing the conversation at that moment.

wanting to deal with a situation, being afraid of change and unrealistic, as well as unaccepting about its certain occurrence is the message.

Now, any of these mentioned words and phrases may have a right place in some conversations. Unfortunately, they are overused and as often mis-used as above mentioned communication-stoppers.

Watch out for those phrases in the next few weeks and you will start to understand signals much better from your communication partners. When faced with a defensive line, it is good to acknowledge that it is okay if the other does not want to talk about this right now. But if it is an important agenda for you, ask when would be a good time to talk, and make it clear that you are willing to have him or her choose

“I Am Who I Am!” & Other Communication-Stoppersby Mrs. Freud

the time, but that you are firm on that it must happen sometime soon.

How can we react when a loved one gives us one of these “sudden-end statements”? Tune into the sentiment behind the words. Is your partner trying to be hurtful or just not good at dealing with a certain subject? Maybe he or she is simply stressed? Try rephrasing it until your partner can give you an answer that makes you feel connected. If you only get defensiveness, I suggest apologizing for prying and asking what you can do to make him or her feel better. A meaningful conversation has to have the right ambience and timing to be successful. Get more thought-provoking inputs by “liking” my Facebook page on www.Facebook.com/StarrCoaching.



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Pension in the title, these plans really function more like IRAs. When an employer adopts a SEP, they set up an IRA (a SEP-IRA) and agree to make a contribution to each employee’s SEP-IRA (including the owner’s) based on a percentage of their compensation. Employers can place some restrictions on who can participate, but they are relatively minimal as these plans are designed for maximum participation and easy administration. Contribution limits are also fairly high, up to $52,000 in 2014 but are made entirely from employer contributions; employees cannot contribute directly by salary reductions.

The biggest downside for employers is that there is generally very little flexibility in allocating contributions to the accounts. Thus an owner putting 10 percent into the plan for him or herself would also typically have to contribute 10 percent or each employee. On the positive side, these plans may be set up and funded after year-end (but must be funded before the tax return is filed).

Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) Plans. Unlike a SEP-IRA, a SIMPLE IRA plan is a salary reduction plan, although employer contributions are also required.

Many of the requests we get from business owners around this (tax preparation) time of year relate to lowering the tax bill or saving for retirement. Many

contribute to retirement plans steadily throughout the year, but several business owners also make last minute contributions to their plans as they figure out their tax liability and hit that ‘maximize contribution’ button in Turbo Tax. By choosing the right plan type for your business, you may be able to do a better job saving for retirement and possibly improve your cost structure as well.

Generally speaking, small business owners have three types of plans available to them: SEP, SIMPLE and Qualified Plans. SEP and SIMPLE plans are based on, and act very much like, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). A Qualified Plan is much more complex and can be more costly, but may also allow a business owner to save more for retirement than the other plan types and can allow much greater flexibility in terms of plan terms and contributions.

Simplified Employee Pensions (SEP) Plans. Despite the use of the word

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Salary deferral contribution limits are generally capped at $12,000 and employers are required to make matching contributions of between one-to-three percent of salary. Thus the total amount that can be put away by a business owner under a SIMPLE plan is often less than with a SEP plan, but there is more flexibility to work with multiple employees. The biggest downside for employers is the mandatory employee contributions and the employee participant limit; SIMPLE IRAs cannot be used by companies with more than 100 employees.

Qualified Retirement Plans. The plans we normally think of as retirement plans – 401ks and pensions – fall into this general category. A Defined Contribution plan, including 401k plans, is a plan in which the employer promises to put a certain amount into an account for the employee up front, but employees are not promised a specific result. A Defined Benefit (pension) plan is one in which the employer promises to pay the employee a certain amount later on, and is responsible for contributing to the plan and investing to fund the promised benefit. 401k plans have become popular with employers because they are generally cheaper to

administer and the employer is relieved of the risk of poor investment results.

Qualified plans are more complex to administer, and most businesses will need to hire a Pension Administrator to assist them in the design and management of the plans. The advantage is significantly more flexibility in allocating retirement plan contributions. With defined benefit plans, employers can also generally make much larger contributions to their plans because of the need to fund large benefit payments over many years. There are minimum funding requirements which can be onerous for some employers.

Employers have lots of plan types to choose from, and a Certified Financial PlannerTM professional can help you choose the plan that meets your needs and your specific circumstances.

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George Mitrovich is a San Diego civic leader. He may be reached at, [email protected].

This column is prepared by Rick Brooks, CFA, CFP®, with the assistance of the Financial Planning Association. Rick is Vice President for Investment Management with Blankinship & Foster, LLC, a wealth advisory firm specializing in comprehensive financial planning and investment management. Rick can be reached at 858.755.5166, or by email at [email protected]. Rick and his family live in Mission Hills.

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But among college and university’s leaders, only the president of Dartmouth has had the courage to speak out; perhaps driven by Dartmouth’s student applications having declined by 14 percent, part of which he believes is attributable to what occurs at the onset of the weekend, and the effect it has had on the reputation of this famous Ivy League school.

But while the drug epidemic continues to grow, continues to ensnare young lives, the nation’s attention to the problem is in no wise commiserate with its dangers.

Save Peter Shumlin. Save Bonnie Dumanis. Save John Walsh. Save Mitch Morrissey.

And save Massachusetts Governor Derval Patrick, who declared a “public health emergency”, as deaths from heroin overdoses in the Commonwealth have reached an appalling level since the first of the year.

But while the governor’s action is new, the problem elsewhere isn’t.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 there were 38,329 overdose deaths in the United States, a number greater than those who died in traffic accidents.

The two governors, Shumlin and Patrick, get it, but most governors are silent, as are most mayors and county executives, but the most deafening silence is from the White House, where President Obama has said nothing.

Mark this down, and someone please tell President Obama, America’s gravest threat comes, not from terrorists, but from the drug and heroin epidemic that is killing our youth and destroying our families, and unless openly confronted will impact this nation in ways beyond the imaginings of any terrorists group.

If you think I’m being overly dramatic about the nature of this problem, I would respectfully suggest you are inadequately informed about the opiates danger – and you need to be informed.

Going forward, the question must be asked: What kind of a nation will we become if our future “leaders” are mostly from a drug culture that thinks

recreational drugs are okay; that being “bombed” on Friday and Saturday nights, is okay; that because everyone is doing it, I can do it?

What we know is many people are ignorant of the drug epidemic, while others who know are indifferent; until that is, it comes into their families, at which point everything changes.

Finally, if you are a parent, hold your children close. Know their friends and their friends’ parents. Assume nothing. Let me repeat that – assume nothing.

Trust me on this. I know.



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Over the last decade, due in part to the rise of Real Estate syndication portals, a greater volume of accessible information, and easily obtainable digital mobile technology, we have become bombarded with and seemingly expected to demonstrate an aggressive interest and focus on data when it comes to our home buying or selling experience. Many Real Estate practitioners have embraced the idea that presenting our customers with as many statistics, pie charts, and graphs as possible is of the upmost value and the best way to justify our commissions.

While most buyers and sellers appreciate the presentation of data, simply dropping a list of comps in front of a client is worthless. As seasoned agents, our value is not in the ability to print out numbers on a snazzy spread sheet, but instead our willingness to spend time with our clients to use our unique insight to analyze and interpret the data before us that adds value to their experience and our partnership.

That being said, recently we are witnessing a dramatic concept shift in the “why” people buy homes. Rather than the synthetic, soulless, data-driven experiences that have dominated much of real estate over the past five years, buyers and sellers seem to be remembering the real reasons they desire the American Dream. A home is a place to create memories—backyard barbecues, helpful neighbors, pets, family dinners, neighborhood strolls, gardening, babies, teen sleepovers, sprinklers on a summer afternoon, restoration plans, walking to your favorite restaurant or the Farmer’s Market… We have always thought about homeownership this way—through the personal and emotional lens of nostalgia and cherished reminiscences.

Data has value, but data is nothing without insight, and the real value is in memories. It’s not about Walk Scores—it’s about whom you walked with, whom you held hands with on that walk. It’s not about where the nearest deli is—it’s about the friendly face that always smiles and says hello when you pop in for milk. And it’s not about the endless regurgitation of recent home sales—it’s about the friends you grew up with moving away, and the exciting uncertainty of new neighbors. These are the things that bring long lasting worth and value to our lives.

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The Patio on Goldfinch

S o o n t o b e O p e n f o r B us i n es s

The gentrification of great neighbor-hoods and the establishment of amaz-ing new restaurant concepts within them has spawned the expansion of the The Patio on Lamont Street in Pacific Beach. The second location, The Patio on Goldfinch, will offer the same highly acclaimed dining experi-ence and service when it opens in the majestic and historic community of Mission Hills early this summer.

“While I was searching more than a dozen great neighborhoods within our city to develop and open our second Patio restaurant, I soon realized I had everything I ever wanted in a great location right here in my own backyard,” said Gina Champion-Cain, owner and proprietor of The Patio brand of restaurants. “I have lived in Mission Hills with my husband, Steve, for more than 25 years and realized the most wonderful place for our newest location, quite obviously, is within walking distance from my residence. How could I ever find a more charming, historic and beautiful environment than my own residential community of Mission Hills?” said Champion-Cain.

Like the Pacific Beach location, The Patio on Goldfinch’s interiors will once again highlight the use of re-purposed woods, will have abundant light throughout with windows and skylights, a massive bar area providing over 20 seats, three high definition TVs, and of course, a dog-friendly patio area.

The Patio on Goldfinch, which is just under 4,000 square feet, will fea-ture a large exhibition kitchen, com-plete with state-of-the-art ovens and ranges, all custom designed for The Patio. Executive Chef John Medall, whose culinary brilliance launched and sustained The Patio on Lamont Street in Pacific Beach, and who will move to The Patio on Goldfinch as its premier executive chef, refers to the new kitchen as his “dream kitchen.”

According to Medall, “The new Patio will feature a special chef’s table, located adjacent to the kitchen, which we are calling the ‘best seats in the house’ and allow our guests to enjoy the overall unique environment and ambiance of the restaurant. We are opening The Patio on Goldfinch at 8 a.m. daily to

The Patio on Goldfinch will have abundant light throughout with windows and skylights and a massive bar area providing over 20 seats.

exclusively serve our neighborhood residents during the week who are dropping their children off at school and want a relaxing and special place to come and enjoy freshly baked croissants, scones, and muffins, with their favorite coffee creations. Our early morning variety of displayed pastries will be a special way for our neighborhood customers to start the day, provide a place for business people to have breakfast meetings and most importantly, to give the neighborhood vitality, energy and activity at the start of each day,” said Medall.

The Patio on Goldfinch will serve breakfast, lunch, happy hour bites and dinner daily, incorporating many of the same popular small and shared plate items already featured at The Patio on Lamont Street. Chef Medall stresses, however, “The Patio on Goldfinch will be creating a wide variety of new fish dishes, heretofore never before offered at The Patio, including a plethora of innovative daily fresh fish specials, and of course a diverse variety of delicious and creative vegetarian and vegan offerings.”

The Patio on Goldfinch will feature the extraordinary greenery the Lamont Street location is known for. Champion-Cain believes the two new “living green walls,” will be the largest in the city. An additional 40 seats will be added to the Mission Hills location, with restaurant amenities and features not ordinarily found locally. Champion-Cain added, “We have built San Diego’s first restaurant aging room for cheese, offering our guests an expansive variety of cheese they may select to enjoy with selected wine or draft beer. Cheese classes, which will educate our local patrons on the cheese aging process, are also in the works,” shared Champion-Cain.

According to Champion-Cain, The Patio on Goldfinch’s bar will be de-

buting 12 new craft beers, wine on draft, a variety of house-made fla-vored soft drinks, and one of the most innovative cappuccino and espresso machines available. It will feature on-staff experts in wine, tequila and beer

to assist customers with selections as well as arrange for private tastings or special events.

Valet parking will be provided for a nominal fee.



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Mission Hills Nursery: Will It Survive?

Lit & Libations Adventure with Acclaimed Author Amy Hatvany

by Barb StronaThere may be a day in

the near future when our Mission Hills Nursery is no longer a landmark on the corner of Palmetto and Fort Stockton Drive. Old time Mission Hills residents remember Mis-

sion Hills Nursery when the Antonicelli family owned and ran it. Giuseppe An-tonicelli bought it from Kate Sessions in 1922. In 1989 when his son Frank decided to sell the family business, he found the perfect buyers in Fausto and Toni Palafox, people who would contin-ue the warm, family feeling and perpet-uate the tradition of the fine neighbor-hood nursery founded by Kate Sessions.

As time went on, the Mission Hills Nursery continued to grow in importance to the community. The Palafox family was largely responsible for the birth of the Mission Hills Garden Club and its annual Garden Walk. (This year’s Walk takes place Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.) The Garden Club and the Walk have added a great deal to the community by encouraging people to create and maintain gardens, by educating the community in safe and healthy ways to care for our environment and plants, and by giving generously to various projects to improve community life from library donations to scholarships and school gardens.

At 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 8, Mission Hills Books & Collectibles, located at 4054 Goldfinch St., San Diego 92103 is holding a Lit & Libations Adventure with acclaimed author, Amy Hatvany.

Enjoy an engaging book discussion, Q&A, and book signing with a fabulous author, share a glass of wine and light appetizers with fellow reading enthusiasts, socialize, network with other readers and authors, and see how books can indeed connect people and communities.

Joining at the event will be a representative from Life Sharing, a non-profit organization committed to the life-saving and life-enhancing efforts of transplantation. Learn more about organ and tissue donation.

Amy Hatvany is author of “Best Kept Secret,” “Outside the Lines” (a Target book club pick in 2012 and a Costco Pennie’s Pick in 2013), “The Language of Sisters,” and “Heart Like Mine.” Her latest novel, “Safe With Me,” is the stirring portrait of two

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Last July Toni and Fausto thought their dream of owning both the business and site was coming through. After years of saving, working, and actively supporting the community, they opened escrow on the purchase of the site. The Palafoxes were working on their loan when the bank revealed that the site used to be a gas station and that there were gas tanks stored underneath the portion at the eastern half of the site. As they spent money on reports and gathered more information, the issue of the gas tanks loomed large.

The Saturday before Easter, Toni learned that someone had posted on Facebook that the Mission Hills Nursery was in escrow. Then a realtor friend told her that the property had been listed for sale and put into the Multiple Listing Service on April 13; it was advertised as “…5.9 residential city lots. . .Opportunity for redevelopment.” By the Monday after Easter, the listing was marked “Pending.”

Now the Palafox family has no idea whether the nursery has been sold without their knowledge or whether they are in fact still going to be able to buy it. What agony to be in limbo after following in the footsteps of Kate Sessions and the Antonicellis nurturing a thriving nursery and local landmark.

How can we save a local landmark and asset to Mission Hills? We are in danger of losing not just the 82 year

old history beginning with Kate Sessions and the Antonicelli family to the third owners: the Palafox family; but we would lose the convenience of being able to walk to the nursery with a wagon, pick up our goods and walk home, of knowing that the plants are not sprayed with poisons or toxins, of being able to get unusual items, being treated like family -- the positive aspects of small town atmosphere.

How can this dilemma be solved? Will we lose our nursery and the Palafox family? We can’t lose this landmark, and we can’t lose the people who have contributed so much to Mission Hills. I am not an expert in these matters, but I believe without the nursery and the Palafoxes at its helm, the community of Mission Hills would suffer a great loss. Let’s find a way to save the nursery by keeping it in the Palafox family. We need to act now.

You’re invited to share your interest and support for this effort, to save Mission Hills Nursery, by

contacting us at the Presidio Sentinel: [email protected].

May 28’s meeting will feature Master Gardener Meredith French’s power point presentation of Bugs in the Bush, beneficial insects in our gardens at 4070 Jackdaw from 6 to 8 p.m.

China Tallabasa enjoys working among plants at Mission Hills Nursery.

Amy Halvany is author of “Safe With Me,” the featured book for Lit & Libations.

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moms linked by tragedy and a successful or-gan donation, and who rescue each other in more ways than one.

Admission is $15 per person (includes glass of wine). To learn more and make reservations, visit www.adventuresbythebook.com or call 619.300.2532.



St. Vincent’s Holds

1st Annual Orson Alvarez G o l f T o u r n a m e n t

Warren-Walker Middle School

Qualifies for National Competition

Parker Girls Soccer Receives Honor f r o m M a x P r e p s a n d A r m y N a t i o n a l G u a r d

St. Vincent de Paul School is hosting the 1st Annual Orson Alvarez Golf Tournament on Friday, May 16, 2014 at Bonita Golf Course. Check-in for golfers is at 12 noon and tee off at 1:00 p.m. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the school’s athletic programs.

Orson Alvarez was a dedicated St. Vincent’s parent. His daughter Ashlee previously graduated from the school and his daughter Julia is currently in sixth grade. Orson loved sports at St. Vincent’s and enjoyed watching his daughters play, coaching sports himself, and helping fundraise for the sports program. Orson believed that athletics teach students about teamwork, pride, discipline, and the love of the game. He truly exemplified these qualities in the way he lived his life. After fighting hard in his battle against cancer he

The Francis Parker School girls’ soccer team was recently honored by MaxPreps and the United States Army National Guard as one of the top girls’ soccer teams in the country.

The Lancers received a trophy and a banner signifying them as one of only 10 recipients of this award out of the more than 10,000 high school girls’ soccer teams in the United States.

Parker capped off its 26-1-2 season with a thrilling 3-2 victory

On April 27th, Warren-Walker Middle School sent two teams to participate in the San Diego Regional SeaPerch Qualifying Tournament. SeaPerch is an underwater robotics program where WWMS students, under the guidance of Mr. Pashkow, designed and built ROV robots that would

Coaches Henry Amigable and Orson Alvarez (L-R) are pictured with the St. Vincent’s Junior Varsity Volleyball Team.

Team Piper earns 2nd Place Overall.

Francis Parker soccer team is honored with trophy.

finally succumbed to the disease earlier this year.

The St. Vincent’s Orson Alvarez Golf Tournament is named in honor of Orson so that his spirit and love of sports would live on for many years to come. He would want everyone to come out and play golf but most of all have lots of fun while raising much needed funds for the school.

Tournament entry fee is $85 which includes green fee, bag lunch, and drinks & appetizers at Awards Banquet. Family and friends are invited to attend the Awards Banquet for $20 per person which includes taco bar dinner and drinks. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information about the tournament, visit www.svscatholic.org or call 619.296.2222.

over Marymount High School (Los Angeles) to earn the program’s first-ever CIF SoCal Regional Championship. The Lancers’ lone loss came in the CIF San Diego Section Division 2 semifinals. Their two ties came against Cathedral Catholic (CIF Division II SoCal Regional Champions) and The Bishop’s School. For the year, Parker netted 117 goals while allowing only 18.

be required to complete a variety of underwater tasks.

At the end of the day, the two Warren-Walker teams took 2nd and 3rd place in the overall com-petition, each earning an invitation to the National SeaPerch Competi-tion on May 17 at the University of Southern Mississippi.

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This event is open to all residents of Mission Hills as well as surrounding communities. Admission is, of course, Free. We plan to fill up, as the venue holds approximately 60 people.

This “Meet & Greet” will allow all Residents & Business

Owners to learn more about “The Patio Brand” as a whole,

as well as inform the community about the restaurant’s operations.

Monday, May 12th, from 6–8p.m. at the Cinema Under the Stars Theater,

4040 Goldfinch Steet (next to TOP’S Hair Salon).

“ThePat io ” on Goldf inch“ThePat io ”

Will be holding a Community Outreach Event!

2014 Coronado Historic Home Tour “ T h e E n c hant e d Is l an d ”

The Coronado Historical Associa-tion’s (CHA) annual Coronado His-toric Home Tour will again be held on Mother’s Day—this year on Sun-day, May 11, from 11 am to 4 pm. Six different examples of architecture around the Enchanted Island will be featured, from the classic lines of an historic English Tudor style, to a 1950s Coastal Cottage and the hid-den treasures of a traditional Medi-terranean courtyard home.

All six homes retain their historic charm and original architectural “bones,” but most have been meticulously remodeled, expanded or restored in some fashion.

One of the featured homes on the tour this year is a 2014 GEM Award finalist for its remarkable renovation. A Coronado landmark, built in 1915

This home retains its historic charm and original architectural “bones.”

and known historically as the Sher-man Mansion, this stunning 5,000+ sq.-ft. home on a 28,000 sq.-ft. cor-ner lot has just undergone a full in-terior remodel and expansion.

While admiring the varied architectural and design features of these lovely homes, participants will learn more about the colorful history of Coronado. And the purchase of annual Home Tour tickets helps CHA preserve more of that history to share with present and future generations.

Tickets may be purchased at the Coronado Visitor Center (operated by CHA), 1100 Orange Avenue, Coronado, or on-line at www.coronadohistory.org. For further information or to purchase tickets by phone, call 619.435.7242.

Join San Diego Floral Association for its annual home tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 17, for a delightful day of gardens, history and discovery in University Heights.

San Diego Floral Associa-tion’s annual “garden tour with a difference” ventures to University Heights where 125 years as a distinctive San Diego neighborhood is being commemorated. Anchored by a charming business dis-trict along Park Boulevard and Adams Avenue, the neighbor-hood is full of carefully tended historic homes representing every architectural style of the past century. Eight homes will be featured from early crafts-men and Spanish to a mag-nificent round Kellogg design on a cul de sac with sweeping views of Mission Valley.

On the day of the tour, Old Trolley Barn Park on Adams Avenue will fea-ture a garden market place of arti-sans and garden vendors. Tickets and maps will be available at the

Canyon Rims and Valley Views: Gardens of University Heights S an D i e go F l o ra l A s s o c i at i o n ’ s A n n u a l H ist o r i c G ar d e n To u r

Adams Avenue is full of carefully tended historic homes representing every architectural

style of the past century.

park. Tickets are available online at sdfloral.org. For information, call 619.232.5762.



Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo celebrates 31 years and will begin on Friday, May 2 with food and drink specials and continue on with the festivities on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Old Town Celebrates Cinco de Mayo de 2014

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Mariachis provide music that highlights the history of the celebration.

Casa Guadalajara Folkloric Dancers perform for Fiesta Cinco de Mayo.

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This Fiesta will feature three stages with live en-tertainment, bands, tra-ditional ballet folklori-co dancers, equestrian shows, a mercado with over 100 retail and food booths, two cantina beer gardens, a soccer (futból) competition and the Low-rider Lane, transforming the streets into the largest Cinco de Mayo celebra-tion north of the border.

There won’t be any time for a siesta at the 31st Annual Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo with so many activities to explore in Historic Old Town. Latin fever is spreading like wildfire and you won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to be sur-rounded by the history and culture of Mexico. For information call 619.291.4903 or visit www.CincodeMayoOldTown.com.



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The 16th annual Mission Hills Garden Walk, Beyond the Gate is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday May 10. This popular event is a 2.5 mile walking tour that starts at the Mission Hills Nursery and follows a leisurely path through Mission Hills. This year there are 10 beautiful and varied gardens for your enjoyment. There will also be artists painting and

Beyond the Gate 16 th Annual Mission Hi l ls Garden Walk

Ten properties are included in this year’s Mission Hills Garden Walk.

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musicians performing throughout the walk.

Advance tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Mission Hills Nursery, Walter Andersen Nursery or online, through Paypal, at www.missionhillsgardenclub.org. Tickets can also be purchased for $30 at Mission Hills Nursery on the day of the walk. Children 12 and under are free, no pets please.



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D iversionary TheatreJCompany Youth Theatre

Sara Nina Hayon is Yazmin Ortiz in “Water by the Spoonful.”

Michael Parrott and Scott Nickley star in “Thrill Me.”

Photos courtesy of Daren Scott.

Photo courtesy of Aaron Huniu/Aaron Huniu Photography

“Water by the Spoonful,” by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and directed by Edward Torres, run through May 11 at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center

Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Water by the Spoonful” is about Elliot Ortiz who is back in the States after serving in Iraq and starting a new life. At the same time, four strangers in an internet chat room seek support to face demons of their own, and soon the real world and the virtual one start to

“Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story,” with book, music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff, stars Michael Parrott & Scott Nickley and runs through May 25 at Diversionary Theatre, located at 4545 Park Boulevard San Diego, CA 92116.

Two wealthy college kids and a contract signed in blood. One obsessed with crime, the other with sex. “Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story” is based on the shockingly true tale of the infamous couple Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb set in 1924 Chicago. The dangerous and titillating musical production draws on Leopold’s 1958 parole hearing as the framework to dramatize the series of events that led two wealthy law students to be forever remembered as “the thrill killers.”

Tickets are available at www.diversionary.org, or by calling 619.220.0097.

The JCompany Youth Theatre presents its final show of the season, “Disney’s Tarzan” from Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 18 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla.

“Disney’s Tarzan” is directed by Joey Landwehr, with music and lyrics by Phil Collins. Hannah Houts (Jane) and Joshua Shtein (Tarzan)

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intersect in unexpected ways.The cast includes Robert Eli

(Fountainhead aka John), Sarah Nina Hayon (Yazmin Ortiz), Rey Lucas (Elliot Ortiz), M. Keala Milles, Jr. (Ghost, Professor Aman, Policeman), Ruibo Qian (Orangutan), Keith Randolph Smith (Chutes&Ladders), and Marilyn Torres (Odessa Ortiz aka Haikumom).

The Old Globe is located in San Diego’s Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. For information, call 619. 23.GLOBE [234.5623].

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Beth Malone stars as Annie Oakley.

San Diego Musical Theatre presents Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun” from Saturday, May 9 through Sunday, May 25 at the North Park Theatre, located at 2891 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92104

John Todd is director/Choreographer, Don Le Master is music director and

San Diego REP hosts the 21st annual Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival from May 20 to June 18, 2014. Headlining the festival is a special one night only performance of selections from upcoming world premiere “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin.” Along with a full slate of performances at San Diego and North County venues, the festival is rich in culture, talent and Jewish soul. The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival is curated, organized and directed by Todd Salovey, associate artistic director, San Diego REP.

Festival performances are staged at various venues throughout

Tom Wilkinson (Lord Mansfield) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Dido Elizabeth Belle)

star in “Belle.”

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the cast includes Beth Malone as Annie Oakley and Steve Blanchard as Frank Butler.

For more information and tickets call the San Diego Musical Theatre Administrative Office at 858.560.5740.

San Diego County including San Diego REPertory Theatre, Encinitas Library and the AVO Playhouse. Highlights include “The Dybukk (for Hannah and Sam’s wedding),” a new adaptation of the classic and timeless play featuring award-winning actor Ron Campbell, the 13th annual Klezmer Summit featuring My Yidishe Mambo, and a performance by violinist Asi Matathias with pianist Victor Stanislavsky to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

For tickets and information, visit www.sdrep.org or call 619.544.1000.

sidelines wondering if she will ever find love. After meeting an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on changing society, he and Belle help shape Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

“Belle” opens May 16 at Landmark’s La Jolla Village Cinemas is 103 minutes long and Rated PG-13. For information and times, call 619.819.0236, or visit www.landmarkTheat res .com. Film times and dates are subject to change.

“Belle” is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode). Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet her status prevents her from the traditions of noble social standing.

While her cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) chases suitors for marriage, Belle is left on the



We Eat. We Drink. But—Can We Read?by Laura Walcher

by Dr. Richard Sauerheber

Recently, Jose Cruz, the S. D. Council on Literacy’s (SDCOL) CEO was named Civic Leader of the Year at the Latino Awards program presented by U-T San Diego. This honor highlighted Cruz’s efforts to raise literacy rates in the region and reduce unemployment, homelessness, healthcare costs, and crime, among other social woes.

On Wednesday, May 14, Mr. Cruz will preside over SDCOL’s fifth annual “Eat. Drink. Read A Culinary Event for Literacy” as part of the continuing effort to enhance quality of life for all…through “100% literacy via 100 percent community engagement.”

We spoke to Mr. Cruz in 2010. It’s time once again:

LW: Jose, your passion for this work is evident. JC: Every day presents opportunities to show

that illiteracy is a national problem—directly connected to problems we seem to be forever addressing. Crime, unemployment, homelessness, spousal and drug abuse are simply symptoms. They are illiteracy in disguise. When we seriously deal with society’s root problems spawned by illiteracy, we will see a decrease in the challenges that have plagued us for decades.

LW: “Eat. Drink. Read.”—support for a good cause! What’s new this 5th year? Changes—and/or achievements—of note?

JC: In 1985, we supported five literacy programs, and the problem of adult illiteracy was virtually unrecognized. Today we support 26 affiliated programs that annually serve about 170,000 residents, with help from 6,000 volunteers—and greater literacy awareness. More people know where to go for help. And, importantly, they know that they are not alone in needing help.

I am excited about our Region That Reads effort: our mayors and county supervisors are endorsing our work and expressing their commitment to supporting literacy. They will take a leadership role that will result in more resources and bring us closer to our vision of literacy for all.

We’re doing good work—but more help is needed. We are thankful to U-T San Diego, the Dr. Seuss Foundation, Petco, U.S. Bank, the David C. Copley Foundation, The Shiley Foundation, Bill Lynch, Kaiser Permanente, Ashford University, Petco, the Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation, J.Walcher Communications, and more, for their support.

Rather than through journalism, it turns out I am doing it, instead, through books.

LW: How you work with the literacy programs? JC: They are our primary ‘customers.’ We

coordinate services for them, maximizing resources, raise literacy awareness, direct referrals, provide training for staff, engage with public officials, generate resources, and more. We never feel like we’re doing enough. Together, we strive to break cycles of illiteracy and replace these with cycles of success. It’s do—able.

A few years ago, the economy took a bit hit and hurt all of us. Things now look up, and we are convening our partners to help coordinate Health Literacy San Diego with Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP), our effort to address the communication breakdowns between patients and the healthcare system. These are expensive and heartbreaking; they occur when patients’ weak literacy abilities, languages, and cultures meet the literature, language, and culture of the healthcare system.

LW: What is the continuing challenge? JC: It’s showing the connection between illiteracy

and our social woes. As a society, we are too much about providing food, clothing, and shelter, yet not enough about giving people the tools they need to generate these things on their own. Twenty percent of U.S. adults read prose at the lowest level. The path to healthier families, communities, businesses, and to youth success continues to be literacy. We know this.

LW: Where do the schools fit in? JC: Schools are vital. However, the truth is, we

are winning and losing the battle in the home. The parent is the child’s first and most important teacher; the home is the child’s first and most important school. If given the choice, I would choose a functional home over a good school any time. Our teachers care deeply…every day they make a world of difference to our children. But, ask them! Teachers will be the first to say that they need our help.

LW: How has the web/social marketing, etc., impacted the state of literacy?

JC: Social marketing provides an important, low-cost vehicle for our messages, in a way that helps us find and secure our support base. We need to be where the people are.

LW: How do people who struggle with reading find you?

JC: Word of mouth is still the primary way. Relationships are still worth gold. Recently, documentarian Mark Albertazzi, with funding from the United Way of San Diego County, Price Family Charitable Foundation, Sycuan, and the San Diego Foundation, produced Voices & Faces: Literacy in San Diego.

Everyone should see it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLjniRfnbVk Hearing, seeing the testimonials of those who struggled with reading as children, we get a greater grasp of what takes place. Truly, illiteracy is a lonely, sad, angry, embarrassing existence for too many adults; they want help, but they don’t want to be discovered. Yet adults can and do learn to read; when that happens, the transformation in their lives is dramatic and inspiring.

LW: What do volunteers do? JC: They tutor adults and children, and read to

children. We say, ‘change two lives: yours and someone else’s.’ You never know how great an impact you’ll have on a person, his or her family, and generations to come. In homes where children are failing, we find that there are no books, no one reading to the kids, limited language interaction, and not enough of the kind of role modeling—the key to youth success in school. Tutors are a big part of what makes the literacy world turn. (Call us! 1.888.850.READ (7323) or visit www.literacysandiego.org).

LW: If you could invite three writers to “Eat. Drink. Read,” who would they be?

JC: Hmmm… I’d pick five: Twain, Dickens, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. All would wonder why our cause was not higher up on our social radar and all would know and comment upon the importance of our work. Not only that, they might even find their books have inspired our Chefs’ creative dishes.

LW: Last words? JC: 100 percent literacy through 100 per-

cent community engagement. Mission Federal Credit Union, Stellar HealthCare, SharpHealth Care, Bob Alden, the S.D. Press Club, and more, are just the short list of do-nors—so appreciated!

“Yet, it still takes a village. Get your $60 ticket to “Eat. Drink. Read. A Culinary Event for Literacy,” www.eatdrinkread.com.

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It’s been brought to our attention that it might be a good time to remind our neighbors that being a dog owner comes with responsibilities. We need to keep our dogs on leashes and train them to act in a manner that is considered “good dog behavior.”

In South and North Mission Hills we’re hearing of pet owners who don’t know that dogs must be on leashes, or kept in yards. Lose dogs can be considered a threat to the community and fines may be administered.

If you have any questions about rules and regulations as a pet owner, we encourage you to contact the County of San Diego Animal Control Services at 619.767.2675; 24-hour emergency services at 619.236.2341; and www.sddac.com.

A recent news report stated that the city of Dallas, Texas will halt its water fluoridation program that has been ongoing for 50 years. Dallas water quality reports were examined over a seven year period of time to observe any trends in fluoride and lead concentrations in public drinking water. The source of Dallas water is the Trinity River. Fluorosilicic acid used in water fluoridation is known to contain a significant amount of lead contamination and in Tacoma, WA lead water levels plummeted when fluorosilicic acid was halted and raised again when the infusions returned. The study in Dallas confirms this observation.

The FDA ruled that fluoride is not a mineral nutrient and its addition into water is an uncontrolled use of an unapproved drug. The Water Pollution Control Act conceived by President John F. Kennedy has the stated mission to maintain the natural chemistry of U.S. water supplies. This was modified in the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow for the addition of only chemicals required to sanitize water. Fluoride infusions into water supplies to be consumed by the general public violate Federal water law designed to protect public water supplies.

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healing hot spot that it once was, when the railroad brought international visitors to “take the waters.”

Cook was attracted to the amazing, peaceful energy of Jacumba when she spent camping vacations there. She finally made it her permanent home a few years ago. She saw much potential in the place that was rapidly becoming a ghost town. And, she decided to make it her quest to invigorate the community, support a business incubator atmosphere and recruit others to her vision of Jacumba as our own local version of Sedona or Ojai: a place full of fine art, great local cuisine, music festivals, nature hikes and wonderful shops with distinctive regional products.

Cook envisions sitting on the patio at the newly refurbished Jacumba Hot Springs spa, enjoying a local brew of Jacumba pilsner while eating fresh Jacumba goat cheese with native herbs. When you see what has already been accomplished at the Spa and with the sculpture installations, you can believe that the rest of her dream will follow. It will be a full spiritual, intellectual, and physical well-being center; it will be a place where it is fun and refreshing to visit; a destination for vacations, retreats, conferences and events.

Cook became an herbalist through her job. She became quickly disenchanted with being the professional sales representative for pharmaceutical companies and found the herbal products industry a better fit for her integrity. As a successful sales person, she was able to represent companies that could teach her about quality raw materials, rigorous production processes and ethical representation of product benefits. Some of her favorite nutritional supplements are astaxanthin, spirolina and medicinal mushrooms, all of which she still takes

What possibly could have inspired Danielle Cook to volunteer as the event coordinator for the “Healing Waters & Arts Festival” that is taking place in Jacumba Hot Springs this month? It has been a more than a yearlong labor of love, not to mention inspiration, cooperation, frustration and jubilation. She has been the driving force behind

the creation of a grand series of Centennial Celebrations that spotlight the rich local history of a small “once and future” famous center for health and healing, culture, music, and cinematic backdrop.

As a retired herbalist and sales representative, you’d think that Cook had earned the right to relax in her garden. Instead, she is signing up holistic vendors, artists, craftspeople, musicians and food trucks of all kinds; she is scheduling activities, demonstrations, presentations and talks about everything from local historic homes, how the Native Americans came to Jacumba for the sacred healing hot springs, to a screening of the Hollywood blockbuster movie filmed in Jacumba in the 1920s called “Beggers of Life,” a silent movie with Wallace Beery and Louise Brooks.

Where does Cook get the energy? She says that it is from the documented energy vortexes that surround her Jacumba home, just an hour’s drive East of San Diego. It must be so, since the community involvement meetings she holds garner a high percentage of other local residents who are equally energized. Of course, some of their enthusiasm may also be due to Cook’s ability to inspire. Her neighbors join her in the revitalization movement to rebuild this small mountain town back into the cultural and

and continues to recommend to others. Manifesting the “Healing Waters & Arts Festival” is her way of giving back to the community.

Come see the renaissance and the magical transformation for yourself. Come out to Jacumba Hot Springs on May 24th, bring friends and family to spend the day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Attendance is free. Take Highway 8 East to the Jacumba exit. You will find food, tunes, arts, crafts, and insight into our local history. And you will help Cook to fulfill her mission of energizing you with relaxation. Find more information at www.JacumbaHotSpringsCentennial.org or contact [email protected] See you there! My vendor booth will promote Healthier Living workshops.

The problem is with the pronoun “the.”

It tricks our mind into thinking there is “the” way to live and off we go in search of it.

We read all sorts of self help books, we follow gurus, we un-do what our parents did, we take some of their ways back, we experiment with different ways of living life.

Along the search, we’re struggling with various mental paths.

This being one among many:Guidance: Give up all

desires and find peace.Guidance: Have a strong

desire and reach your goals.:And this:Believe in God and he will

provide all things to you.If not me, who?As we step among various

beliefs, trying some on for size and fits, leaving others in the dust (belief left in the dust: Women are nurses, teachers or secretaries…..),

eventually we find what ‘the way’ means to us.

The way is how we “do our day.”

Try to plan it all? Good luck.But in amongst what Life

is going to send us no matter what, we get to design a day.

For me? Rising before too many humans are up and about.

The quietness before the sun’s arrival.

A touch and hello to my love.

An early walk with a friend.Ease on into it.This day.“This is it, this is your Life,

this is my Life, Here it is.”And, you?

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At Correia Middle School, Ina Soliz started an after school choir, which currently has 25 students. Soliz teaches guitar at Correia, but is accredited to teach choral music, and has past choral directing experience at other San Diego Schools. Recent Point Loma Nazarene University graduate Kirsten Shelter was recently hired to teach choir at Dana Middle School.

“All of this takes money,” said De Rosier. “Through a grant, private donations, and the help of the Correia Association, I’ve been able to provide stipends to Ina and Kirsten. We’ll need more funding to keep this going next year.”

The Point Loma High School Cluster is well known for its award-winning instrumental music ensembles, but for the past few years, choral music lost its voice in Point Loma secondary schools. May 14 will be a celebration of singing when Dana Middle School, Correia Middle School, and Point Loma High School choirs come together for the First Annual Point Loma Cluster Choral Concert at Dana Middle School. The concert is at 6:30 p.m. at Dana Middle School, 1775 Chatsworth Blvd.

Kerri De Rosier, past band booster president at Point Loma High School (PLHS), told James Sepulvado, Instrumental Music Director at PLHS, that she’d come back after her daughter graduated if she could start a choir program there. And she did – with the help of her best friend and fellow singer, Pamila Whitney and a few enthusiastic students. They started an after school choir last October through word of mouth, school announcements and lots of flyers. “I was in choir at Madison High School in the late 70s and early 80s,” said De Rosier. “Point Loma High School routinely trounced us in festivals and competitions. They were the best in the city. It was sad to me that there was no choir there.”

They had help from a trio of former PLHS Madrigal Alums – Mark Niederman (‘67), Anne Colt (‘67), and Kathy Lazzaro (‘66) – who spent last summer digging through filing cabinets bursting with choral music in a cluttered bathroom (of all places) in the 400 building. They found over 1200 pieces of music and organized them into a huge database that can be searched by title, composer, genre – you name it. The music is stored in eleven filing cabinets under the Music Center. De Rosier is selling off part of the library to raise funds for the high school program.

One of De Rosier’s goals is to have choir as an elective at all three schools. “With choir as a regular class period, you can do so much more,” said De Rosier. With the support of principals Hans Becker at PLHS, Jonathan McCabe at Correia, and Scott Irwin at Dana, she’s getting closer: for the 2014-2015 school year, choir is an elective at Correia, with funding from the school; choir is an elective at Dana, which will be funded through grants and fundraising; choir will continue to be an after-school club at PLHS.

To learn more about this effort, visit www.correiamusic.com/choir.html.

Students rehearse for the May 14 concert.

The Tinkersmith Trio is scheduled to perform at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10 at Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton Drive. The trio includes Jeff Smith,

guitar, vocals; Sally Tinker, vocals; and Ira Moskowitz, drums.

First AnnualPoint Loma Cluster Choral Concert

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The success formula works! D.Z. Akin’s has a large following of devoted customers who delight in the casual ambiance, the speed of the service, and the consistency of good, tasty dishes. The menu is quite large, so there’s always something that will satisfy and breakfast is served all day. Who isn’t happy when ordering a lox and whitefish platter that comes with large bagels, cream cheese, sliced tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and Greek olives?

Now, the business is managed by Debi and Zvika’s son, Elan, who left a promising career in television production in order to take over the family business. It is a family business, so you know that everything will be done right.

The recipes come from a number of sources. Some are old family recipes, some are “old world” dishes, some were created in-house. The ingredients are always fresh (they sell so quickly that delivery trucks are always replenishing) and of highest quality. Meats are from the Midwest and nitrate free. Turkey is low sodium.

“Today’s customer has become very health conscious and we’ve oriented ourselves to providing good healthful cuisine,” Elan said proudly. And loyal customers know what to expect. That’s why they come back.

Who doesn’t love a bargain? Check out the breakfast and early bird specials for pricing that will not only satisfy one’s appetite but one’s wallet as well.

D.Z. Akin’s Restaurant & Deli is located in the Alvarado area, just down the road from SDSU and conveniently off Highway 8. Parking is free. Prices are moderate. Portions are memorable. Reservations are not taken. Be sure to check out the fabulous bakery and takeout offerings. The pastry tastes as good as it looks. The meats and fish taste as good at home.

D.Z. Akin’s is located at 6930 Alvarado Road, San Diego 92120. Call 619.265.0218 for information and directions.

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E n j o y M o t h e r s D a y W i t h U s !

the year, racks of loaves of breads run along the back wall next to challeh, braided sacramental breads used on Sabbath and Jewish holidays. Boxes of matzo, halavah and other packaged goods divide the arc of displays.

It started off as a family affair. Debi Akins (the “D” of the restaurant’s name) operated the front of the house, sitting on a high stool like a queen to survey her servers helping diners. At the same time, her husband Zvika the “Z” of the restaurant’s name) worked the back of the house, making sure that all the dishes the left the small kitchen met their high standards of quality and appearance. Debi’s father, wearing lots of gold chains and a golden smile, roamed the restaurant, greeting guests and welcoming friends.

The word delicatessen comes from German and means delicacies. There are many types

of deli: German, Pol-ish and others. D.Z. Akin’s is a Jewish deli and serves such deli-cacies as kugel, kishke and kreplach. If you’ve never tried this cuisine, you’re in for a treat.

The restaurant ad-heres to a simple suc-cess formula – give customers lots of de-licious food. Prices may a a bit higher at the margins but cus-tomers always leave satisfied and never hungry. I can order a dinner entrée, eat my fill and still have enough left over for breakfast and may-be lunch (I love cold leftover dinner food for breakfast).

Customers were lined up three deep at the takeout counter at D.Z. Akin’s, waiting to pick up fish, chicken, brisket, matzo and other goodies essential for the upcoming Passover holiday, but no bread. Bread is not part of the Seder celebration.

In the adjacent dining room, diners were biting into delicious mile-high pastrami sandwiches, overflowing salad bowls, chicken soup with matzo balls, mouthwatering entrees, and extraordinary desserts. Even with the advent of Passover, the bakery was pumping out huge bagels, full seeded rye breads and other wonderful products.

There are only a few “delis” in San Diego county, particularly ones that serve that kind of menu available at D.Z. Akin’s. This restaurant, located in the College area, is perhaps the oldest deli and certainly one of the best.

Founded in 1980 in a small store in a strip shopping center, D.Z. Akin’s is about to celebrate 34 years of service to the community. The small shop has expanded over the years, absorbing adjacent stores to the point that it now occupies the entire building. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, operates a successful catering business and has a small gift shop on the premises selling specialty items that are appropriate for holidays like Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year and Passover, the holiday of redemption. Throughout

DELI-cious D.Z. Akin’sby David Rottenberg

Sandwiches are fully stacked with delicious and healthy ingredients.

Delicatessens provide a social setting, as depicted in this piece of art.

Dessert is a specialty at D.Z. Akin’s.



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Thru May 4n San Diego area Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurants are joining

forces for a 5-day fundraiser to benefit the Ninth District PTA. A total of 24 area Jersey Mike’s locations will participate in the fundraiser by giving away some of their most popular sandwiches in exchange for a donation.

Thru May 5 every Mondayn The San Diego State University invites you to enjoy the World

Music Series which spins the globe each week, expanding your knowledge of the world’s people through their music. All performances are in Smith Recital Hall on the SDSU Campus and are open to public. Tickets are $15, general admission and $12, students, seniors (60+) and groups of 10 or more. For information, visit www.musicdance.sdsu.edu.

Thru May 11n Young Scientist Session 7: Big Blue Ocean takes advantage

of our coastal world to go Under the Sea, become Marine Biologists, plunder A Pirate’s Life and enjoy a Beach Day. Preschoolers age 3-5 (and a parent) explore the scientific wonders of the world through experimentation, investigation and scientific questioning. Four 4-week sessions run monthly. Limited to eight students per class, Thursday, Friday Saturday or Sunday morning, 9—10:30 a.m. Members $75, non-members $85. See more at www.rhfleet.org/events/young-scientists.

May 14 thru June 8n Young Scientist session 8: Tinkering Lab challenges kids’

imaginations as they make Simple Machines, think hard for Invention Day, hammer and saw in Woodshop, and explore aerodynamics in Float and Fly. Preschoolers age 3-5 (and a parent) explore the scientific wonders of the world through experimentation, investigation and scientific questioning. Four 4-week sessions run monthly. Limited to eight students per class, Thursday, Friday Saturday or Sunday morning, 9—10:30 a.m. Members $75, non-members $85. See more at www.rhfleet.org/events/young-scientists

Thru May 19n The third annual Kickin’ It Challenge, a two-day soccer

tournament that brings San Diego’s youth soccer teams together to help find the battle against breast cancer, is now open for registration and closes on May 19. The tournament will be held on June 21 and 22 at Frances Ryan Park in Escondido. Register at www.kickinitchallenge.com.

Thru Mayn theNAT, San Diego Natural History Museum, at 1788 El

Prado, San Diego, invites you to join the Summer Camp where you will learn about science, fun, and friendship. Discover dinosaurs, set sail with pirates, and explore nature’s wonders. Now offered, are half-day camps for pre-K and kindergarten, a full-day schedule for grades 1-5, and grades 6-8. Please call 619.255.0210 or 877.946.7797, or register in-person at the Museum.

May 1n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host Jazz

pianist/composer J. Lee & her quintet featuring Bob Boss, guitar; Bob Magnusson, bass; James Romeo, woodwinds; N. Scott Robinson,percussion; & special guest K.S. Resmi, vocals at 7 p.m. Cost is $15, $10 students.

May 1 Thru 11n The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts is

staging three dynamic shows in a two-week period at the Lyceum Theatre at 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego; tickets are $10.00. The first one is “Suds, the Rocking 60’s Musical Soap Opera,” written by Steve Gunderson and Melinda Gilb, directed by Javier Velasco. A tribute to Frank Sinatra follows: The Pop Music Concert. The two-week run closes with “inMotion 2014” the spring dance concert featuring the legendary dance master Donald McKayle’s “The Rainbow Suite.” For information, visit www.sandi.net/scpa.

May 2n Join San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and The San

Diego LGBT Multicultural Literary Foundation as they Proudly Present: A Night With Nava at the Debra Hoffman Room at the San Diego Foundation at 2508 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 200, San Diego, 6 to 8 p.m. Famed novelist Michael Nova has just released his first book in 14 years, “The City of Palaces.” All attendees will receive a copy of Mr. Nava’s new novel along with complimentary hors d’oeuvres, hosted bar, and a reading by Nava followed by a meet and greets session with the author. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased online at www.mylgbtfoundation.org/events or by phone at 619.291.3383.

n The 20th Annual Taste of the Triangle 2014—“Honor the Past, Celebrate the Present, Build the Future”—will be an evening of fun, food and fundraising for University City public schools, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at USCD Faculty Club, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. Enjoy food from over 20 restaurants, over 100 silent auction baskets, dancing and over 4 hours of live entertainment. All event proceeds go to UC public schools. For information, visit [email protected].

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host Dos de Mayo Latin Jazz. Start off the Cinco de Mayo weekend with a jazz celebration of music & culture from Mexico & Latin America featuring vocalist Allison Adams Tucker; Irving Flores, piano; Ignacio Arango, bass/guitar; Fernando Gomez, drums; & Alejandro Carballo, trombone at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.

n Gap Intelligence hosts “Drives For Rides” Golf Tournament to benefit Emilio Nares Foundation at Riverwalk Golf Club, 1150 Fashion Valley Road, San Diego at 1 p.m. Proceeds to help fund programs and services for low-income or underprivileged families who have a child battling cancer in San Diego and Orange County. For reservations, sponsorship opportunities, and more information, please visit www.kennedy-golf.com/gap-intelligence-golf-tournament/, or call 619.574.1100.

May 3n City Partners with Artists to Host the ninth annual “Paint-

Out” at the Water Conservation Garden at the campus of Cuyamaca College at 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, at 9 a.m.—12:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Garden’s gazebo during the Spring Garden Festival. Accomplished artist Chuck McPherson will guide participants with a painting demonstration to introduce techniques that can be used in their interpretation of the water-wise garden, just bring your own materials and your own keen eye. For information, visit www.thegarden.org or call 619.660.0614.

n Future Pointers K-8 Track and Field Meet, 9 a.m., Pt. Loma High School, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd., athletes will compete for their school teams with their school PE Teachers serving as head coach. It will be a fun fill day and all proceeds support Protect Our Pointers. Contact: Eleanor Snyder [email protected] for more information.

n Silver Gate Elementary Foundation Silent Auction and Fiesta at 6 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, 1442 Quivira Road. Help the community raise funds for this Point Loma School. Purchase tickets: www.sandi.net/silvergate

n Teen Job Fair, 10 a.m.—1 p.m., at Roberts Family Branch, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, 2230 E Jewell St. Come meet local businesses that are hiring teens, organizations offering volunteer opportunities and local colleges. Contact: 619.247.3598 for more information.

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host The Reka Parker/Paul Seaforth to pay tribute to Chet Baker featuring Reka Parker, piano; Paul Seaforth, trumpet and vocals; Jeff Blanco bass; and Bob Daniels, drums at 8 p.m. Cost is $15; $10 students.

May 4n Robin Henkel & Billy Watson—Brunch with blues music at

Humphrey’s Backstage from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2241 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego. Call 619.224.3411 for information. Tickets are $43.50.

n Miracle Babies will be hosting their 6th annual 5k at Embarcadero Marina Park South at 1 Marina Park Way, San Diego from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration will begin at 7 a.m., the timed 5K run starts at 8 a.m. and a family friendly 5K walk at 9 a.m. The fee for walkers is $15 for adults and free for children under 12. Runners fee is $20 for adults and $10 for children under 12. For information, visit www.miraclebabies5k.com . You may register on line or the day of the event.

n San Diego Zoo will host its 4th annual Safari Park Half Marathon and 10K Run at Westfield North County Mall, 272 East Via Rancho Parkway, Escondido, to benefit cheetah care at the Safari Park as well as San Diego Zoo Global’s Wildlife Conservancy. At 5 a.m. Packet Pickup opens with the run beginning at 6:15 a.m. Runners will have the chance to race thorough the scenic San Pasqual Valley and through behind-the-scenes area inside the Safari Park with views of exotic animals such as giraffes, rhinos, antelope and cheetahs. Course closes at finish line inside Safari Park at 9:30 a.m., awards ceremony at Finish Line Festival. For information and registration, visit www.safariparkhalf.com.

n Muirlands Rocks celebration, 4—7 p.m., Muirlands Middle School, 1056 Nautilus St. Support the school’s foundation and community by attending this festival, which includes music by student performers, games, food and fun. Contact Heather Ryan at [email protected] for information.

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego presents NYC bassist Michael Feinberg and his new Humblebrag CD with jazz pianist Joshua White; Phil Dizak, trumpet; and Dan Schnelle, drums at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15, $10 students.

n Fabulous Craft & Wearable Art! The Spring Talmadge Art Show is coming to NTC Central Promenade at Liberty Station Bldg. 177 at Corky McMillin Events Center, 2875 Dewey Rd. & Truxton Rd., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Do all of your spring and summer shopping at the show.

n Kids Gear for Baseball invites little league players, coaches and fans to bring their used baseball gear, especially gloves and baseballs, to the Annual Collection Drive at Petco Park, 100 Park Blvd, San Diego, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids Gear for baseball will receive the “Baseball Tomorrow Fund” equipment grant for $5000 from Major League Baseball’s “Baseball For Tomorrow Fund.”

May 5n Parents of Newly Identified Gifted Children Orientation takes

place at 6:30 p.m., Ballard Parent Center, 2375 Congress St. Parents are invited to hear what it means to have a gifted child—from parents of gifted students and from gifted students. Contact: Rhonda K. Zawadski, 619.725.7284.

May 5 & 6n Reuben H Fleet Science Center at 1875 El Prado, San Diego

invites you to the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peaks (active April 19—26). The Eta Azuariids are a strong shower when viewed from the southern tropics. These are swift meteors that produce a high percentage of persistent trains but few fireballs. For information, visit www.rhfleet.org.

May 6n Plug and Play San Diego will hold its third startup pitch

competition from 1 to 5 p.m. at Co-Merge facility, 330 A. St., San Diego. Local startup entrepreneurs will compete for the opportunity to receive an immediate $25,000 in funding and a slot in the Plug and Play Startup Camp program starting in June 2014 in Silicon Valley.

n The San Diego Foundation will be hosting an online networking and giving event for 24 hours (midnight to 11:59 p.m. PST). Your support is needed this year more than ever to help us close the current San Diego Diplomacy Council’s $32,600 funding gap for this fiscal year caused by government shutdown, sequestration and other program cutbacks.

May 8n theNat, San Diego National History Museum, at 1788 El

Prado, San Diego, would like all budding naturalists to enjoy an imaginative journey into nature through dynamic readings and visits to exhibition. Nature & Me Storytime every second Thursday of the month at 10:15 a.m. Open to all ages with a parent or guardian (recommended for ages 1-5). Free with Museum admission. For information, call 877.946.7797 (M-F) or visit www.sdnat.org/familyprograms.

n Adventures by the Book together with Mission Hills Books & Collectibles is pleased to present another Lit & Libations Adventure with acclaimed author Amy Hatvany at 6:30 p.m. at 4054 Goldfinch St. Cost is $15 per person (includes glass of wine). Enjoy an engaging book discussion, Q&A, and book signing with a fabulous author (the “Lit”), share a glass of wine and light appetizers with fellow reading enthusiasts (the “Libations”). Her latest novel, “Safe with Me,” is the stirring portrait of two moms linked by tragedy and a successful organ donation, and who rescue each other in more ways than one.

n Spinoff Goes Hollywood, San Diego’s premier live and silent auction event, will be held at the Hyatt Regency located at 3777 La Jolla Village Drive. Cocktail reception and silent auction begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner and live auction. Proceeds from the 23rd annual event will benefit patient support services at Scripps Cancer Center. Tickets to attend are $200 per person. To purchase tickets visit www.scripps.org/Spinoff or call 858.678.6349.

May 9 thru 18n J*Company Youth Theatre proudly presents Tarzan which tells

the story of an infant boy orphaned on the shores of West Africa. Taken in and raised by a tribe of gorillas, the young boy strives for acceptance by his ape father while grappling with his uniqueness. This presentation is at the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre located at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. For ticket and times visit www.tickets.lfjcc.org.

May 10n Join animal lovers and their furry companions for the San

Diego Humane Society and SPCA’s 20th annual Walk for Animals. Enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast, vendor village, and fun-filled doggie activities at NTC Park in Liberty Station, 2455 Cushing Road, San Diego from 7 a.m. to noon. Proceeds benefit the animals and programs of the San Diego Humane Society. For information, visit www.sdhumane.org/walk or contact Jennifer Plunkett at 619.243.3439 ext. 223.

n The County of San Diego is opening a new civic treasure—The Waterfront Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway. The 11-acre park encircles downtown’s historic County Adm. Center and overlooks the Star of India and San Diego Bay. The daylong festivities will include a grand opening ceremony when the fountain 830-foot-long will be turned on, free live music,

dance performances and a classic car show. Kids can enjoy face painting, crafts and more. Visitors can shop at a farmers market, dine at a food truck pavilion, and sip beer and wine from local brewers in a sectioned-off garden.

n Enjoy a conversation with Bill McClelland, vice president of International Human Resources at Qualcomm, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the San Diego Foundation, Deborah Hoffman Community Room, at 2508 Historic Decatur Rd., Ste, 200. This discussion will focus on the ways in which multi-natural corporations address large scale business issues, manage individual employee interactions, and promote company culture and diplomacy, while respecting local customs. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers. Register at www.SanDiegoDiplomacy.org.

n The 16th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk Beyond the Gate is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This popular event is a 2.5 mile walking tour that starts at the Mission Hills Nursery and follows a leisurely path through Mission Hills. This year there are 11 beautiful and varied gardens. There will also be artists painting and musicians performing for your enjoyment. Tickets are $25 per sale and $30 day of the event.

May 10 & 11n The Art Glass Guild, located in historic Spanish Village

Art Center, Balboa Park, 1770 Village Place, San Diego, is holding the largest art glass show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children and adults can participate in hands on mosaic projects. This show/sale will highlight various demonstrations including flame working and glass cutting. For information, visit: www.artglassguild.com.

May 11n Mission Valley Sunset Rotary is hosting its 2nd Annual

Mother’s Day 5k on Mother’s Day at San Diego Rescue Mission at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay before brunch and church. Sign up today by visiting www.SDMothers5K.com.

May 12n The Patio on Goldfinch will be holding a community

outreach event from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cinema Under the Stars Theater, 4040 Goldfinch St. This “meet and greet” will allow all residents and business owners to learn more about the Patio Brand as a whole, as well as inform the community about the restaurant’s operations. This event is open to all residents of Mission Hills as well as surrounding communities. Admission is free.

n Concetta Antico, of The Salon of Art Gallery, located at 1920 Stockton Drive, Ste A, San Diego, will provide information on selling and marketing your art from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The session is limited to 12 students only for $595 each, which includes handouts. Beverages and cheese will be served. Call 858.344.6897 to learn more about this special night event.

May 14n The Robin Henkel Band will perform with Whitney

Shay at Java Joe’s (formerly ArtLab Studios) from 8 to 10 p.m. at 3536 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. Cost is $5. Call 619.283.1151 for information.

n First Annual Point Loma Cluster Choral Concert takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Dana Middle School, 1775 Chatsworth Blvd. Come and celebrate the singing of Dana Middle School, Correia Middle School, and Point Loma High School choirs, who perform together for the first time.

n J. Walcher Communications joins The San Diego Council on Literacy for its Fifth Annual “Eat.Drink.Read. A Culinary Event for Literacy” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the NTC Promenade McMillan Event Center (Bldg 177) Liberty Station at 2875 Dewey Rd., San Diego. With one in five adults in San Diego County possessing below basic literacy skills, SDCOL addresses this problem with what has become their largest fundraising event of the year. For tickets and information, visit www.eatdrinkread.com.

n Intersections of Culture, Fusions of Form: Part II at the San Diego Foundation Hoffman Room 2508 Historic Decatur, San Diego. Two musical artists illuminate the hybrid nature of their projects: The Chinese Pipe and Latin American string instruments meet in a musical dialogue: a dance suite incorporated Afro-Cuban, Latin and Be-bop rhythms. Charles McPherson—Sweet Synergy Suite and Wu Man—When China Meets Latin America. RSVP is required. Please call 619.265.2300 for times and reservation.

n The San Diego Central Library at 300 Park Blvd. will host a free author talk and book signing with Anna Dewdney at 6 p.m. The author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling “Llama Llama” series, will be there in support of her new children’s book, “Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too.”

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host authentic folklojazz from Guanabacoa, Cuba: Los Hermanos Arango featuring world-renown bassist Feliciano Arango; Ignacio Arango, guitar; Cristina Arango, vocals; Eugenio Arango, vocals and percussion; Yosvany Verdecia, Juan Carlos Blanco and Amilkar Pena, percussion; Julio Valdes, piano; Peter Green, trumpet; and Gabriel Sundy, saxophone at 8 p.m. Cost is $15; $10 students.

May 15n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host

The Spring Concert from The Mesa College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of James Romeo—with special guests at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15.

May 16n Rhapsody on the Point, fundraiser and signature event

of the Pt. Loma High and music programs at the Pt. Loma middle and elementary schools, takes place at 6 p.m.at Humphreys on the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Dr. Contact: www.rhapsodyonthepoint.com or James Sepulvado for information and tickets.

n theNAT gives you Forty Years of Photographing the Natural World at 7 p.m. Join award-winning photographer Tom Mangelsen on a journey from the prairies of Nebraska to Alaska and Antarctica as he speaks about his life’s work as a photographer. Reserve tickets at www.sdnat.org.

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host Bonnie Wright’s fabulously adventuresome Fresh Sound Series with a performance by Vienna composer/alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi and Mexico City drummer Cosmic Brujo. Performance is at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15; $10 students.

n Celebrity Poker Championship, benefitting the Junior Seau and Marshall Faulk Foundations, takes place at the Ocean’s Eleven Casino at 121 North Brooks Street, Oceanside, from 7 to 11 p.m. The event includes cocktails and a dinner buffet, silent auction and shootout tournament. Tickets are $300 and spectator passes are $100 at www.eventbrite.com.

May 17n Thomas & Friends Family Day is in full steam, huffing and

puffing along at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 1649 El Prado in Balboa Park. This is a family day celebration not to miss.

May 17 & 18n Sleeping Beauty is being bought to you by the California

Ballet at the San Diego Civic Theater located at 1100 3rd Avenue in downtown San Diego at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 18. A thirty minute pre-performance lecture takes place one hour prior to

curtain and post-performance meet the cast occurs following the ballet. For ticketing and information, and to RSVP for a brunch, call the ticket office at 858.560.6741.

May 17 & 18n KidsFest San Diego’s Largest Hands-On Creative Festival

for Kids Returns with more than 100,000 Square Feet of Interactive Plan and fun for the Whole Family takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the NTC Ingram Plaza in Point Loma. The day will include a wonderland of play, with activities designed to stimulate and celebrate the imagination. For information, visit www.kidsfestsandiego.com.

May 18n University of San Diego, at 5998 Alcala Park., Jenny Craig

Pavilion will host Reality Changers Scholarship Celebration at 4:30 p.m., an independent non-profit organization that helps challenged students complete high school. Speaker is Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico. Call 619.516.222 for information.

n Makua’s “Vintage Hollywood” Annual Fundraiser, benefiting Voices for Children, takes place from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Marine Room, located at 2000 Spindrift Dr., La Jolla. This exciting evening begins with a signature cocktail, followed by a seated dinner prepared by award-winning Executive Chef Bernard Guillas. This evening also includes silent and live auctions, live entertainment and dancing to the classic Rat Pack styling of the Richard James Quartet. Guests will walk the red carpet and be photographed with tribute artists “Marilyn Monroe” and “Frank Sinatra.” Attendees are encouraged to wear Hollywood-themed attire from movie star to supporting cast. Tickets are $150—$200 and can be purchased at www.makua.org.

May 19n Scripps Concert for Cancer will celebrate their fourth annual

Celebrate Cancer Survivorship with three-time Grammy Award-winning blues artist Keb’ Mo’ who will headline this concert at 7 p.m. at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, located at Point Loma at 2241 Shelter Island Drive. General admission tickets are $55. Tickets for rows two through six are $75, and front-row seats are $100. Tickets are available at www.scripps.org/concertforcancer. More information is available at 1.800.727.4777.

May 20n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host a

special presentation by the hard swinging Brad Steinwehe Jazz Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15.

May 22n San Diego Repertory Theatre at 79 Horton Plaza, invites you

to attend the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at 7:30 p.m. on the Lyceum Stage for “The Dybbuk (for Hannah and Sam’s Wedding)”. The festival has brought together artists from 13 different counties, produced numerous world premiers, and presented work in seven languages. For tickets and pricing, visit www.sdrep.org.

May 23n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host Japan-

based alto saxophonist Dave Negrete who returns stateside to convene his TRIBE OF D, featuring Joshua White, piano; Rob Thorsen, bass; and Dan Schnelle, drums at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.

n The American Freedom Foundation is holding its 3rd annual “Warriors to the Workforce Hiring Event” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. aboard the USS Midway. It’s free to attend and is open to veterans, military service personal and their spouses. This event brings together major companies from throughout the country to profile their services and provide employment opportunities for veterans. To learn more, visit www.americanfreedomfoundation.org/warriors-workforce-san-diego.com

May 24n Saturday Science Club for Girls: Nano 101 takes place

from noon to 2 p.m. at the Reuben H Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park at 1875 El Prado, San Diego. Join us as we explore big ideas related to nanoscale science, engineering and technology. Girls in grades 5—8 can join the Fleet on the second Saturday of each month to investigate exciting science topics. Attendees must pre-register at 619.238.1233 x 806.

n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host Joe Marillo on his 82nd birthday, as the treasured godfather of the San Diego jazz community tenor saxophonist. Joe and his quintet, featuring pianist Reka Parker, will perform at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.

May 25n The Robin Henkel Band with Horns and guest Whitney Shay

performs from 8 to 10 p.m. at Lestat’s, 3343 Adams Ave., San Diego. Cost is $8. Call 619.282.0437 for information.

May 27n The San Diego Repertory Theatre at 79 Horton Plaza

invites you to attend the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at 7:30 on the Lyceum Stage for Yom Yerushalayim with Moshav. The festival is a celebration of artistic expressions of Jewish history, traditions and ideas. For tickets, visit www.sdrep.org.

May 28n The Robin Henkel Band with Horns and guest Whitney Shay

performs from 8 to 10 p.m. at Java Joe’s (formerly ArtLab Studios), 3536 Adams Ave., Normal Heights. Cost is $5. Call 619.283.1151 for information.

May 29n The San Diego Repertory Theatre at 79 Horton Plaza,

invites you to attend the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at 7:30 on the Lyceum Stage for Violinist Asi Matathias with Pianist Victor Stanislavsky. This festival has brought together artists from 13 different counties, produced numerous world premiers, and presented work in seven languages. For tickets, visit www.sdrep.org.

May 30n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will host

Gonzalo Bergara & his Quartet at 8 p.m. The performance features Argentinean guitar master Gonzalo Bergara with Leah Zeger, violin; Jeffrey Radaich, rhythm guitar; and Brian Netzley, upright bass. Cost is $20.

May 31n Father’s Joe’s Villages hosts the 3rd Annual TOWERthon Fun(d)

raiser to benefit the homeless teens of Toussaint Academy. Sports enthusiasts and challenge-minded individuals are invited to go vertical at its TOWERthon from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 550 Corporate Center. Appropriate for most ages and abilities, the event challenges participants to move skyward up 20 flights in one of downtown San Diego’s most attractive and environmentally friendly skyscrapers. For information and to register, visit www.2014towerthon.kintera.org.

June 1n Dizzy’s at 4275 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego will celebrate its

35th year with the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, featuring the vocals of Janet Hammer at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $15.

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The Mission Hills Book Group will discuss “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. New members are always

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Circulation Desk while supplies last. This month’s meeting will be at Mission Hills Books & Collectibles

at 4054 Goldfinch Street.

Preschool StorytimeMay 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (Every Friday) from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Children are invited to a fun storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets.

Children’s Craft TimeMay 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Every Saturday) at 10:30 a.m.

Kids can develop their artistic skills while enjoying a fun craft time.

Signing StorytimeMay 5, 12, 19 (Every Monday) from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Find out what’s going on in your baby’s mind, strengthen your bond with your baby, and lessen frustration brought on by miscommunication. Interactive presentation led

by Jennifer Duncan also includes sing-alongs and bubble time ending with Q&A period. Age: Birth—4 years of age.

“Famous Book” ClubMay 6 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The Famous Book Club will discuss “Portuguese Irregular Verbs” by Alexander McCall-Smith.

New members are always welcome to attend and participate. Please read the book beforehand.

Books are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

Pajama StorytimeMay 6, 13, 20, 27 (Every Tuesday) from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Children are invited to an evening storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets.

Feel free to come dressed in your pajama!

LEGO PlaytimeMay 7, 14, 21, 28 (Every Wednesday) from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Kids can have fun and get creative while building with LEGOs.

Read to Speedy, the Therapy DogMay 10, 24 (2nd & 4th Saturdays) from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Kids can develop their reading skills in a supportive environment by reading aloud

to a therapy dog named Speedy.

Free Gardening LectureMay 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The Water Conservation Garden’s Education Director, Pam Meisner, will share great tips and insights on

water-saving ideas for your garden landscape.

Book SaleMay 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Friends of the Mission Hills Branch Library will hold a book sale. Stock up on books

while supporting your Library.

Free Author TalkMay 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Local Historian Nancy Carol Carter will present a lecture entitled “Before 1915: The Early History of Balboa Park.” You will learn many interesting facts,

such as why 2015 is not the centennial of Balboa Park, how Balboa Park got its name, and how the 1915

Panama-California Exposition changed the park forever.

Mystery Book GroupMay 28 from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

The Mystery Book Group is currently participating in a film and book discussion program called

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Civic CalendarHillcrest1st Tuesday

UPTOWN PLANNERS Joyce Beers Hall in Uptown Mall. 6:30 p.m.

1st ThursdayUPTOWN PARTNERSHIP3101 Fifth Ave. Call 619.298.2541. 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays 7 - 8:30 pmSAN DIEGO UPTOWN ROTARYCLUB The Uptown Rotary Club has moved to their new home at Jimmy Carter’s Mexican Cafe, 3172 Spruce at the corner of 5th. Breakfast meetings are held every Thursday 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend a meeting to learn how to become part of this dynamic organization and see why their motto is “Service Above Self.” For information, visit www.sdurotary.org or call 619.894.0140.

Kensignton-Talmadge2nd Wednesday

KENSINGTON-TALMADGE PLANNING COMMITTEEKensington Community Church. 6:30 p.m.For information, call 619.284.0551

Linda Vista2nd Monday

LVCPC Agenda– LINDAVISTACOMMUNITYPLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDALinda Vista Library meeting room.Contact Jeff Perwin at 619.806.9559 for details 6 pm.

3rd TuesdayTech Committee - Technology Committee Bayside Community Center. Contact Xiongh Thao for detail at 858.278.0771 or email [email protected] or [email protected] or visit our website www.lindavistaSD.org.

3rd WednesdayLV Historical– LINDAVISTAHISTORICALCOMMITTEE Bayside Community Center. This committee is collecting historical photos, documents and memories of Linda Vista’s past. For more information, contact Eleanor Frances Sennet at 858.277.3817. 4 p.m.LVCollab– LINDAVISTACOLLABORATIVE Bayside Community Center at 3pm. Contact Monica Fernandez at 858.278.0771 or [email protected]. For details visit www.facebook.com/LVCollaborative

3rd Wednesday (Odd Months)TCCAC– TECOLOTE CANYON CITIZEN’SADVISORYCOMMITTEE Tecolote Nature Center. Contact Eloise Battle for details. 7 p.m.

3rd ThursdayLinda Vista Town CouncilBaha’i Faith Center Alcala Knoll DriveContact Thomas Kaye 858.277.6793 at 6:30 p.m.

4th MondayLVCPC– LINDAVISTACOMMUNITYPLANNING COMMITTEELinda Vista Library Meeting Room.Contact Ed Cramer at 619.222.2047 for details. 7:00 p.m.

4th WednesdayLVPC – Linda Vista Planning Committee monthly meeting.Linda Vista Library Meeting Room at 6 pm. Contact Jeff Perwin 619.806.9559 for details, minutes and agenda at www.LindaVistaSD.com.Linda Vista ViewLinda Vista Town Council Community NewsletterContact Thomas Kaye at 858.278.6973

Various WednesdaysLVNewsletter– LINDAVISTAVIEW Civic Association Community Newsletter. Bayside Community Center. Contact Sarah Granby at 858.405.7135 or e-mail [email protected]. 2:00 p.m.

Mission HillsMay 28, 2014

Mission Hills Garden Club. Master Gardener Meredith French will provide a power point presentation of Bugs in the Bush, beneficial insects in our gardens at 4070 Jackdaw from 6 to 8 p.m. Members are free; guests pay $10 which becomes part of the membership fee if they join that evening. For more information, visit www.missionhillsgardenclub.org.

Ocean BeachOCEAN BEACH PLANNING BOARD Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave. Call 619.523.1700. 7 - 9:30 p.m.

4th WednesdayOCEAN BEACH TOWN COUNCIL Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue. Call Jere Battan at 619.515.4400 for information. 7 p.m.

Point Loma May 14, 2014

Point Loma Garden Club. Ken Fernandes owns Ken Fernandes Landscaping, formerly Sunshine Gardening Service. Fernandes has been studying Ikebana for over 23 years and has received his 4th Masters degree in the Ohara School. He will explain the art of Ikebana at 10 a.m. at the Portuguese Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal, San Diego, CA. More information is available at www.plgc.org.

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Real Estate

Y A R D S A L E

Sat., May 3rd, 2014

Mission Hills Community Garage Sale is Coming!

Maureen and Antoinette Coldwell Banker

Residential Brokerage

619.800.1103

Walk to shopping and dining in Hillcrest and North Park from this light and bright 2/2 unit in a gated complex with 2 secured parking spaces, 2 balconies, and lots of storage.

Hillcrest

$345,0003815 Georgia Street #206



619.800.1103

Just 1½ blocks to the beach, this 3br/2.5 ba 3-level townhome offers a 2 car garage, 2 fireplaces, and peek ocean views from the third level 10x12 deck. A multitude of windows optimize your enjoyment of southern exposure sunshine. The epitome of beach living!

Imperial Beach

$385,000

In Esc

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221 Donax Avenue #15



619.800.1103

Moto Villa is the Jonathan Segal designed lofts that transport you to a hip urban environment rarely available here in San Diego. With a private entrance from the street via the stairway next to CAFÉ Chloe, the spacious 1/1 open floorplan allows for modern minimalist living. Located just blocks to Petco Park, The Gaslamp and all your favorite Downtown restaurants and shops.

Downtown/East Village

$424,900

SOLD

721 9th Avenue #6



619.800.1103

Chapala at Salt Creek in Rolling Hills awaits! This model perfect 3/3 1390 est. sq. ft. townhome in a gated community is move in ready with countless upgrades. Tile flooring in dining and living areas, gourmet appliances, large patio off the main living area, upstairs master retreat, and more.

Chula Vista

$330,0004427 Lago Ventana

SOLD



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Let us put our marketing plan and negotiation skills into motion to help you receive maximum value for your

property. Anywhere in the county, any size, any condition!

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Mission Hills & Beyond

Your Property to Sell3 bedrooms/2 baths high up on the hill in Ocean Beach. 2 car garage,

putting green and VIEWS! See more details at

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JONATHAN SCHNEEWEISSJ.D., LL.M. Broker

Voted in San Diego Magazine’s, “Best in Client Satisfaction,” 2008—2014

“2013, Finalist for San Diego Broker of the Year.” BRE# 01378508 • 619.279.3333

Ocean Beach

$779K—$829K

4360 Niagara Ave.Huge lodge like cabin 4 bedrooms/2.5

baths and a 1bed/1bath guest house on over 8 acres of secluded land surrounded

by 2M acres of Forest Service Land. See more details at www.SDHomePro.com

SCHNEEWEISS PROPERTIESJONATHAN SCHNEEWEISS

J.D., LL.M. BrokerVoted in San Diego Magazine’s,

“Best in Client Satisfaction,” 2008—2014 “2013, Finalist for San Diego Broker of the Year.”

BRE# 01378508 • 619.279.3333

Happy Jack Arizona

$2,995,000

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Luxury Cabin

Call Jim Scott, Broker CalBRE #830226 at 619.920.9511

Charming single level North Mission Hills Spanish home with classic details. Gorgeous Gumwood built-ins. Batchelder style fireplace, coved ceilings, & hardwood floors. 4 bedrooms & 2 baths on a lovely corner lot in a great location. The deck off the modernized kitchen (granite counters, stainless steel, & a Wolf range) overlooks the beautifully hardscaped backyard with pergola. Original detailing include the quiet front porch, the arched front door with stained glass, and beautiful wood trims.

4227 Palmetto Way$1,050,000

In Esc

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North Mission Hills


First time offered since 1972. This charming home features five bedrooms, three bathrooms, pool, and a semi-finished basement. It has 103 feet of street frontage making this lot extremely rare in the North Mission Hills market. The 14,000 foot lot has an abundance of flat land and offers so much potential for a buyer seeking a spacious yard space and wanting to be on a canyon.This charming home represents a rare opportunity for the astute buyer.

3950 Alameda Place$1,495,000

Sold

North Mission Hills


Superb location one block from the waterside park at Crown Point. This single level 2 bedroom, 2 bath home sits on a corner lot ready for your updates. Charming curb appeal in a quiet neighborhood. Spacious open floor plan with large living/family room and breakfast/dining room. Master bedroom with large sitting/office area. Under the clutter and chaos lies a gem just waiting to be polished. Large backyard with stone patio area, fireplace, mature landscaping, and shaded cover. Detached one car garage.

3580 Jewell Street$839,000

Sold

Pacific Beach


Spanish home on a corner lot in a coveted North Mission Hills neighborhood.1930’s period details abound: coved ceilings, hardwood floors with inlays, vintage-tiled bathrooms, mahogany trim and doors, wrought iron appointments, sunken living room, and 3 fireplaces. The master suite has a spacious bath with a claw-footed spa tub, modern closet with built-ins, and a sunny retreat with a fireplace. The pool and spa are nestled within a very private walled courtyard perfect for entertaining.

1896 West Montecito Way$1,595,000

North Mission Hills

Call Jennifer Armitage, Agent CalBRE #01365880 at 619.723.8479

Charming home featuring fireplaces in both living and dining rooms, freshly painted neutral colors throughout, recessed lights, new carpet in the bedrooms, living room, & family room, tile in the kitchen and bathrooms, mature landscaping, and plenty of storage with an additional shed in the back. Enjoy the picturesque view of the back yard with a park like setting from the large family room! Enjoy all of the amenities that RB Swim & Tennis club offers.

Rancho Bernardo

$575,00018184 Verano Drive

Call Celeste Williams, Agent CalBRE #604671 at 619.405.7575

Remodeled and tastefully updated condo 2 bedroom, 2 bath on the ground floor. Well located in a private, grassy pocket of the Camino Villas complex. Travertine floor tiles throughout. Granite countertops, new cabinets in kitchen and both bathrooms. Master walk-in shower with custom tile. Cedar lined closet with built-in cabinets. Private outdoor patio for BBQ looks over green landscape maintained by HOA.

3554 Caminito El Rincon #55$399k—$415k

Carmel Valley

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Coronado Historic Home Tour on Mother’s Day

16th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk

The Patio on Goldfinch Offers Dining Enjoyment

Help a Horse Day Raises Awareness 1313 1515101077

Scott & Quinn has three offices, in Mission Hills at 1111 Fort Stockton Drive, in Normal Heights at 30th and Adams Avenue, and in South Park at 2973 Beech Street. The company also features Scott & Quinn Property Management. Founded in 1982, Scott & Quinn is the oldest full service real estate firm in Mission Hills and is still locally owned and operated. Jim has been a homeowner in Mission Hills since 1976. Jim’s past Market Reports dating from 1997 are on the company web site at www.sqre.com.

Jim Scott, Broker, CalBRE #830226, 619.920.9511

M ARKET REPORT

V iews Galore! Much sought after 7th floor, west-facing, spacious two bedroom condo with incredible panoramic views of Sea World tower, Point Loma peninsula, harbor, ocean, Coronado, SD airport,

and city lights. Hardwood floors, upgraded baths, walk-in laundry closet, new kitchen, loads of storage throughout unit, two large closets in master suite and two parking spaces near elevator. Just move in and have front row seats to the action in America’s Finest City. It’s a wonderful life!

W hat a difference a higher floor can make! Instead of looking into trees on the lower floors, this 8th floor home puts you high enough to see over the tree tops and enjoy expansive eastern views of

Balboa Park and the mountains. This one level unit in The Bellefontaine also has a spectacular view of the bay and ocean looking from the kitchen window. The light & airy corner unit has recently been freshened: new paint, carpet, French bedroom doors are some of the improvements.

Lovely 1929 Spanish 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Kensington. A charming spacious courtyard leads you to the charming living room with hardwood floors and coved ceilings plus a traditional fireplace.

All rooms are generously sized, and the house has beautifully updated kitchen and baths. This home has wonderful flow and enjoys canyon views from the peaceful back deck, perfect for a large party.

B eautiful 1918 Craftsman 1497 square foot single level, two plus bedroom, one bath home in a quiet pocket neighborhood in North Mission Hills. Gorgeous original wood trim, exceptional

gumwood dining room with original built-ins and truly remarkable paneling. Hardwood floors. Amazing landscaping in front and an impeccably hardscaped private back yard with a spa so large it can be used as a plunge pool, a built-in bar-b-que area, stone seating areas, and the perfect space for an al fresco outdoor dining room.

Call Lisa Mortensen • 619.818.5566 Agent CalBRE #00583530



Call Rocky Rockhill • 619.972.3033 Agent CalBRE #01197738

Bankers Hi l l230 West Laurel Street

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16th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk.See articles on page 5 and 11

that share some serious concerns about the future of

Mission Hills Nursery


16th Annual Mission Hills Garden Walk.

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