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A20 THE COAST NEWS NOV. 12, 2010 BASE HELPS CONTINUED FROM A16 family members seeking a career change. “Events such as this one really give employers the opportunity to narrow down the best employers the military has to offer,” said Autumn Rillos, event coordinator and liaison, MCCS, Camp Pendleton. In addition to opportunities for one-on-one interaction with company and government representatives, information regarding educational opportunities was also available for attendees. The educational sessions included basic resume building, staff agencies’ procedures, the federal hiring process, utilizing the G.I. Bill and tuition assistance program, and tips on transitioning from military to civilian life. “It’s really important for the base to host events like this,” Munoz said. “It not only gives military members the opportunity to find a career but their family members as well.” For more information regarding future career and education events, call (760) 763-2091 or visit www. pendleton.usmc.mil and click on Family Services. STUDENTS CONTINUED FROM A16 to ensure their children know about this program.” To receive rewards during the 2010-2011 school year, students must bring their report card from the last grading period to any MCX customer service office to receive a scratchoff card that reveals a variety of prizes. “Our goal is to keep the children of Camp Pendleton enthusiastic about their grades and overall education, said George Ladd, retail director, MCCS. “We are always so impressed with the number of participants we get every year.” Eligible students must be authorized patrons of the MCX and are limited to one visit per grading period. “There is no better feeling than when I see my child’s face as he scratches off his card,” said Brandy C. Zamora, military spouse, Camp Pendleton. “When he wins, that look of accomplishment is priceless.” For more information on the Super Star Student program, visit www.usmcmccs.org/shopping/ student.cfm. FREE print & online classifieds Sell your vehicle or any one private party item priced at $150 or less for FREE! Go online to: www.coastnewsgroup.com or call our free ad hotline at 760.436.1070 Deadline is Monday at 4pm PRIVATE PARTY ONLY! DEL MAR CONTINUED FROM A8 the purchase.” “It just seems like we’re getting the cart before the horse,” Councilwoman Crystal Crawford said. “We need to get over the hurdles of ownership.” Shortly after the news broke in early October that the county’s smallest city was planning to buy the 340-acre site, Del Mar asked Solana Beach for a letter supporting the purchase. Solana Beach council members said they support local control of the fairgrounds, but deferred the request until some of their questions and concerns were addressed. During a special Del Mar meeting Oct. 25, Solana Beach City Manager David Ott said council members in that city would like some assurance that noise, parking, traffic and light impacts would be mitigated. As a first responder to the fairgrounds, he said Solana Beach is also SINGER CONTINUED FROM A7 from her mother, Sharon L. Graham, a popular gospel singer, full-time pastor and air traffic controller assigned to quality assurance with the FAA in Chicago. “Growing up I saw my mother singing on television and thought, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” Williams remembers. “I bought audio tapes and created a private space on the living room floor where I would sit, Indianstyle, to practice. I faced the wall because it had the right acoustics.” Williams says she constantly begged the choir leader to join the choir but was unsuccessful until at the age of 13 when she became its youngest member. Soon worshipers began recruiting her to perform at other concerts and community events. “Sometimes I would get frustrated when I didn’t have any accompaniment,” she LOCAL ROOTS CONTINUED FROM A9 onderful living things. They provide shade when we are hot, oxygen for us to breathe and great beauty for us to admire. As such, these giants among the plant kingdom are extremely complex. Their growth patterns are varied and yet to the ordinary child the simplicity of a tree growing up is commonplace. Here lies the crux of the problem. A true arborist would have insisted that the trees involved on this property were never truncated or topped. If it were absolutely necessary, a technique called drop crotching would have been employed in order to reduce the overall height of the tree. This technique allows the arborist to reduce the height of the tree while maintaining a new central stalk or leader. This prevents the formation of weak and bushy sucker growth … often the cause of falling branches. Most arborists will advise you, tip and lace the tree. Remove not more than seeking reimbursement for the public safety services it provides. Del Mar responded with a letter dated two days later highlighting the benefits of local control of the stateowned facility. In the letter, Del Mar also states that it “is committed to working with” Solana Beach on the key issues of traffic, parking, noise and public safety calls. Del Mar Mayor Richard Earnest described the Solana Beach response to the letter as “nice but not sufficient.” Earnest and Del Mar Councilman Carl Hilliard also made a presentation at the Oct. 27 Solana Beach council meeting. No issues were resolved but both council members from both cities agreed to meet and continue the discussion. If the purchase is successful, Del Mar is proposing that the facility be run by an 11-member board made up of five appointees from Del Mar, one each from Solana Beach and the city of San laments. “Then a musician told me that the test of a good singer was being able to sing without a musician. I learned he was right.” Williams was still a teenager when she learned another important lesson after being recruited to sing backup vocals for Grammynominated gospel singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong. “They put me in a limo and gave me a couple of hundred dollars,” she remembers. “But I forgot the lyrics. Later I thought, ‘You have to take authority over your nerves and not allow them to control you.’” She succeeded and was subsequently recruited by Milton Brunson to join the famed Thompson Community Singers, a position for which most singers are required to audition. Williams traveled worldwide with the choir and recorded four albums. “R. Kelly was at one of the recording sessions and took an interest in my tal- TREE EMERGENCY Pictured is Kent Horner on an emergency job last March when a eucalyptus fell onto an apartment complex in La Costa. Horner had to be craned to remove the tree so that it would not cause further damage to the building when removed. Courtesy photo 20 to 30 percent of the foliage and structure the overall shape in the form of a vase.This helps the tree overcome the constant pull of gravity and minimizes the amount of new juvenile growth from the latent buds circling each individual trunk or stem. “All this sounds great,” you might say, “but what about cost?” Well, like the vaudevillian acts of old, you might say there’s good news and there’s bad news. The Diego and two from the county, one of which would represent agriculture. It will also include the directors of the San Dieguito River Valley Joint Powers Authority and the San Diego Association of Governments. Solana Beach council members have consistently said they believe the city should have equal representation at best, but at least more than one appointee. The recent request for equal ownership was unexpected. “I, for one, was a little surprised with the latest proposal that we received,” said Hilliard, who doesn’t appear to support either proposal. “I don’t see how we can possibly accommodate their request for shared ownership and partnership,” he said. While his colleagues didn’t comment much on equal representation, most did not support divided ownership. “I really have trouble conceiving how dual ownership ... would actually work,” Mosier said. “I, for one, don’t contemplate that as a reason- ent,” she said. “He asked me to sing backup in his song, ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ from the movie ‘Space Jam.’” The recording went on to win three Grammys. Like her mother, Williams juggled performing with a full-time career. This included management positions for a major healthcare provider, an entertainment company she co-founded and a nonprofit promoting parental involvement. In April 2009, Williams joined Hospice of the North Coast as a project manager, assuming responsibility for the website, social media, special events and fundraising. To contain costs for the Light Up A Life event, Williams offered her singing as an in-kind gift. “I have the privilege of riding a gift and sharing it,” she said. “Working for hospice causes me to live a life of purpose. I’m going to continue my music, even if it’s not good news is that cost-wise it’s about the same to lace and tip a tree as it is to top one. However, light pruning should be done annually or the foliage becomes heavy with growth and the same problem involving limb loss can occur. Trees that have been topped have a tendency to grow very quickly. Drawing from an already established root system that once fed a large tree top, long straight sucker growth climbs verti- able solution to a problem that doesn’t really exist. “The control of what happens at the fairgrounds is what impacts Solana Beach, not who owns it,” he said. “I think having Solana Beach own part of the fairgrounds is a nonstarter.” Councilman Mark Filanc said it could cause logistic problems with future projects at the site. “Whose codes would we use?” he asked. A bill authorizing the $120 million sale was introduced last month as a trailer to the budget, however, it was pulled within days. If the governor called a special meeting, the bill could have been taken up before the end of the year. Anticipating that, Del Mar was hoping to have a support letter from Solana Beach sooner rather than later. Since it now seems likely the bill will be reintroduced next year, the mayors of both cities, Hilliard and Solana Beach Councilman Dave Roberts will continue discussions. with the intent of being rich and famous. It’s what I’m born to do.” Bobbie Hoder is president of the board of directors of the hospice. “Yvette is one of the most creative and energetic individuals with whom I’ve had the pleasure of working,” she said. “She brings her own special style to each of her endeavors, and we love her for it and are most delighted to have her on ‘the team.’” Williams will be offering her interpretation of the song “Gone, But Not Forgotten” written by Percy Baty and a duet with Jason Brown of “For Good” from the stage production of “Wicked.” World-renowned violinist Beth Folsom will also be a featured performer. The Oceanside Museum of Art is located at 704 Pier View Way. To register for Light Up a Life, visit www.hospicenorthcoast.org or call the hospice’s RSVP event line at (760) 448-4262. cally with a weak union at the site of the old truncation. This kind of growth is far more dangerous in the long run and can be much more expensive to remove by the arborist because of this inherent weakness. Classically, most homeowners or associations will come in, whack their trees back for the lowest bid and wait a few years until a storm brings down a few branches as a reminder that their trees need pruning before the checkbook gets pulled out again. Don’t let this vicious circle catch up to you. The guy with the pickup truck and a ladder isn’t going to help you in the long run. Trees are meant to enhance your environment and increase the value of your home. Plan ahead and spend your money wisely. Kent Horner is a local landscape contractor and designer with 30 years of experience in all aspects of your garden. For information concerning your project or questions involving your surroundings, e-mail him at Kent@plantch.com. MORE ODD FILES CONTINUED FROM A15 construction of a $4.3 million dog-and-cat shelter, with towel-lined cages, skylights, “microclimate” air-conditioning, an aviary, sculptured bushes,“adoption counseling pavilions” in which people can meet with their prospective “companion animals,” and, according to the architect, “a very subdued classical painting scheme.” The Los Angeles Times (in March 1993), noting that there are four times as many shelters in the U.S. for animals as for battered women, quoted an outraged caseworker for a local homeless-person shelter: “It’s mind-boggling. I want to know (who) their (funders) are.” DOG CONTINUED FROM A8 things he loved — surfing, mountain biking and other adrenaline-pumping activities. He wound up spending most of his time at the computer, which helped his career as a programmer but did not give him the outlet he needed. It is only recently that Andrew began to be active again. For that, Andrew credits Blue II, a Labrador/ golden retriever cross from Canine Companions for Independence, with “getting him up and going.” Andrew learned about Canine Companions in rehab, and he applied for an assistance dog for help with practical physical tasks that are difficult for him. Andrew’s increased energy and activity level is just icing on the cake. Within days of being matched with Blue, Andrew explained, “I’ve checked the mail, explored the neighborhood and seen parts of my backyard I haven’t seen in the six months I’ve lived in my house. That’s no small feat because I can stay indoors and mess around on my computer all day long.” The fact that Blue is always by Andrew’s side to help open doors, retrieve dropped objects and make it safer for him to live alone has also been life-changing. Andrew is one of a growing number of military veterans who are benefiting from Canine Companions assistance dogs. The organization established the Wounded Veterans Initiative in 2007 to increase assistance dog placements with military veterans.Andrew and Blue graduated together after completing an intense, residential, two-week Team Training course at Canine Companions’ Southwest Regional Center in Oceanside. During Team Training, students are strategically matched with assistance dogs and learn how to work with them effectively. The dogs are trained for two years in up to 50 commands before they are ready to become someone’s 24/7 helper. Thanks to Canine Companions’ generous supporters, the dogs, their training and ongoing follow-up support are provided free of charge. For more information, visit www.cci.org or call (800) 572-BARK.
NOV. 12, 2010 SEA NOTES CONTINUED FROM A12 passing of one of their own. As far as the swell goes, here’s what happens in Southern California — a big storm in the Aleutians had brewed seas of more than 40 feet, sending massive bands of energy out in several directions. Right in line for one of those bands is Hawaii, that receives the Alaskan gift each winter, usually from late December through February. Waves are also sent to the PROJECT CONTINUED FROM A9 groundbreaking ceremony will include Nick Macchione, director of San Diego County Health and Human Services; Jim Farley, president and CEO ROAD CONTINUED FROM A9 Road. Access for residents, emergency vehicles, trash pickup, mail and other deliveries will be provided in the road closure areas. “The city of San Marcos sincerely appreciates residents’ patience during this PARENTS CONTINUED FROM A9 to us he stated that he was suffering from acute depression and he felt it was his only way out. While publicly outgoing he was an extremely private person who internalized INSURANCE CONTINUED FROM A3 the brochure described. The next campaign was in the form of freeway billboards that were in both English and Spanish and remained up for one month in January 2009, according to said San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Dominic Dugo. One of the billboards featured a man working with a hammer with words that read: “Does Your Employer Have Workers’ Comp? It’s the Law!” The other billboard was a picture of a man behind bars with a warning against workers’ comp fraud. Rebecca Thomas, of Carlsbad, was also at the UltraStar on Nov. 8, and after several minutes of thinking about the movie previews, she did remember seeing an ad that had a man in handcuffs. “It was super fast,” she said. “I don’t know what it was about.” The ads shown on the- CBM CARLSBAD aters scattered across the county depict the same slogan and images as the billboards. Dugo said that anti-fraud posters were also distributed in 2009 for employers to hang in the workplace. “When there’s an economic downturn, people that tend to be financially stressed may commit fraud,” Dugo said. “We’re seeing an explosion in real estate and insurance fraud.” Dugo said the anti-fraud messages are geared toward the people who may commit insurance fraud for the very first time due to financial stress. Some examples of insurance fraud include employees faking injuries or employers denying claims, he said. “For auto insurance, it’s typically someone who sells their vehicle to (someone in) Mexico and reports it stolen to the insurance company,” he said. Another way people commit automobile insurance SMOG SPECIAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE 1996 & Newer ......... $ 29 95 1995 & Older ........... $ 39 95 (Requires Evap Test) (Above prices are for cars only) Smog Certification Certificate extra $8.25+tax) south, sometimes taking direct hits in the Pacific Northwest, moving down like a hose with a kink in it, until it trickles onto our beaches. The further north the swell originates, the less surf will hit us. This is due to obstacles like the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, and jutting fingers of land like Point Conception, that pinch off much of the swell. If a swell forms further west than north, we in Southern California have a much better chance of receiving more surf. Still, our conti- of The Leichtag Family Foundation; and Alexis Parker, executive director of HomeAid San Diego. Thus far, Casa de Amparo has raised $11.3 million of the $16 million needed for the Strategic Capital Campaign, project and we apologize for the inconvenience this closure and detour creates,” City Engineer Mike Edwards said. “These road closures, however, will greatly accelerate the project’s completion.” The Rock Springs Road improvement project includes constructing curb, everything. What we saw were his thirst for life with fast cars, motorcycles and his love of skydiving. “What we see now is the immense amount of love that everyone has for him.Anyone close to Julien is receiving an extreme outpouring of con- 760-434-2485 2598 STATE STREET • CARLSBAD, CA 92008 nental shelf, which extends for about a mile in our area, cuts down wave size greatly. Not that I’m complaining. I, and I suspect most of you, enjoy the gentle ride produced by small clean surf. Plus, most of the sandbars and reefs in North County close out when the surf gets much beyond five feet. This swell was no exception, as beach break waves peaked and fell on the horizon, kept good form for a while and unloaded in one straight line for hundreds of yards, offering no place for a surfer to go, except including a $2 million Challenge Grant from The Leichtag Family Foundation and $600,000 from the Price Family Charitable Foundation. The gap is currently $4.7 million, although a construction loan from Wells Fargo will gutter, sidewalks, medians, roundabouts and other related road improvements along Rock Springs Road from Richland Road to Woodland Parkway. It also includes adding sidewalks along the west side of Richland Road from Elizabeth Street to Mission Hills High School. The overall goal of the proj- cern via text, email and messages.This is an honored tribute to what an amazing person he was and we thank everyone for their love, prayers and continued support. “To us Julien was as beautiful inside as he was fraud is when they let their car insurance policy lapse. Dugo said that for the past one to two years there has been an increase in this particular crime, and that it has become quite common. “In California, if you drive a car you are required by law to have car insurance,” he said. But people are letting their policy lapse in order to save money, yet they continue to drive, he said. The fraud occurs when an uninsured vehicle is stolen or damaged, such as in an accident, and the owner then buys a new policy and lies about the date of the theft or damage and makes a claim, he said. An entire division of the district attorney’s office is dedicated to reducing insur- ★ Hannah’s ★ Haircuts ★ Includes Conditioning & Blowdry. Long hair extra Call Hannah for appointment HAIR & NAIL SALON deluxehair.info 828 N. Coast Hwy 101 • Leucadia (N. Coast Hwy 101 at Leucadia Blvd.) Call for an appointment THE COAST NEWS ★ ★ ★★ Men’s Haircuts $ 25 Free Haircut with any color service from $ 65 760-942-1896 into a short tube for a pay-perview moment, or, more often, over the falls or straight into the beach. This early swell brings with it optimism for an early winter. Time will tell if these waves are a sign of things to come, or waters that have become stirred up and angry at the passing of one of the best surfers who ever traveled above them. Chris Ahrens is a surfer and author of four books on surfing. E-mail him at cahrens@coastnewsgroup.com. enable Casa de Amparo to begin construction while continuing to raise funds. Contact Cassie Barth at (760) 754-5500, ext. 29, or at cbarth@casadeamparo.org to attend the groundbreaking ceremony. ect is to provide safe routes to school for San Marcos students. For more information, contact Project Inspector Duane Soileau at (760) 877- 0669, Project Engineer Nino Abad at (760) 744-1050, ext. 3214, or Construction Manager Jonathan Smith at (858) 472-2212. outside and we wish to have him remembered in this way, a way he deserves and would appreciate, not by false comments from people outside the family. No one he has touched will ever forget him, most of all us. Bertrand and Denise” ance fraud, which includes working with the California Department of Insurance on public awareness, deterring potential defrauders, prosecuting and proactively investigating insurance fraud. The grant-funded movie ads were funded by the California Workers’ Compensation Fraud Assessment Commission and the California Department of insurance. To view the ads, follow this link: www.facebook.com/ video/video.php?v=15564764 84617. To report insurance fraud or workers’ compensation fraud, or for any questions about suspected fraud, the public can call the Insurance Fraud Division of the DA’s office at (800) 315- 7672. The ride of your life! Come see the Newest Trend in scooters "Continental Motors SAAB" is now a proud sponsor of "California Scooters $ 4995 * Continental Motors 617 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside 760-712-3331 • www.contmotors.com A21 EAGLE RANK David Edwards, of the Santa Margarita Boy Scout District, has earned his Eagle rank. Edwards, 17, a member of Troop 745 is a senior at Carlsbad High School. For his Eagle project, Edwards built picnic tables for Buena Vista Elementary School in Carlsbad. Edwards said his Scoutmaster Tim Milam has helped him the most in scouting. “Mr. Milam has been my leader since I was a Cub Scout. He has helped me out though hard times and coached me while I was the Senior Patrol Leader.” New troops are now forming. Contact District Director Vic Enchelmayer at (619) 298-6121. Courtesy photo NEW PRESCHOOL Preschooler Shaleya Harris and Ecke YMCA board of managers member Dennis Doucette joined donors, community leaders, board members and staff at the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the launch of renovations and expansion of the Magdalena Ecke YMCA pre-school. Construction will be done in four phases including: upgrading and remodeling each existing classroom, constructing three new classrooms and bathrooms, replacing the roof and surrounding trellis, and renovating the lobby and playground areas. For more information, call (760) 942-9622 or visit www.ecke.ymca.org. Courtesy photo
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