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YOUR NO. 1 SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS AND MORE
L O C A L N E W S Y O U C A N U S EMay 30–June 5, 2014
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Dolphins Baseball Advances to CIF
QuarterfinalsSPORTS/PAGE 15
Bryan Boyce, assistant director of Breakthrough San Juan, helps Amy Fabian, a seventh grader at Marco Forster Middle School, apply for a scholarship. Photo: Brian Park
Opening Doors to Higher Education
Breakthrough San Juan supports motivated local students and puts them on the college track
Local Student Advances to National
Chemistry CompetitionDP LIVING/PAGE 12
USS Coronado’s Local Leader Moves onto
Washington Post EYE ON DP/PAGE 6
Council Upholds Commission OK of
Ritz-Carlton Expansion EYE ON DP/PAGE 3
E Y E O N D P/ PAG E 4
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Californians Hit State-wide Primary Polls TuesdayTHE LATEST: Polling places will open throughout California Tuesday, June 3 as voters see contests for governor, secretary of state and attorney general on the ballot.
The state’s 53 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 80 seats in the state Assembly are on the ticket, as are 20 seats in the state Senate.
At the state level, voters will decide two ballot measures. The first, Proposition 41, would authorize the redirecting of $600 million in bond money to fund housing for low-income and homeless veterans.
The second measure, Proposition 42, is a proposed constitutional amendment that, if passed, would require local governing bodies to comply with state public records and open meeting laws. It would also place the financial burden of compliance on lo-cal governments rather than the state.
In Orange County, voters will see three Board of Supervisors seats on the ballot, including the 5th District seat being va-cated by Pat Bates. Bates is running unop-posed for the state Senate’s 36th District.
Dana Point Mayor Lisa Bartlett, Laguna Niguel City Councilman Robert Ming, Mission Viejo City Councilman Frank Ury and Deputy District Attorney Joe Williams are vying for Bates’ seat.
With Assemblywoman Diane Harkey terming out of her 73rd Assembly post, and running for the state Board of Equal-ization, four Republicans and one Demo-crat face off in next week’s primary.
Dana Point City Councilman Bill Brough, Capistrano Unified School Dis-trict board trustee Anna Bryson, consti-tutional lawyer and Irvine Valley College professor Wendy Gabriella, former Laguna Niguel City Councilman Paul Glabb and Rancho Santa Margarita City Councilman Jesse Petrilla are on the ballot.
Locally, voters will also have their say on the county’s Measure A, which would require Orange County’s 12 elected of-ficials, including the five supervisors, to contribute to their pensions.
WHAT’S NEXT: Tuesday’s primary is non-partisan, meaning the two top vote getters in each race will advance to the November 4 general election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
FIND OUT MORE: Visit the Orange County Registrar of Voters at www.ocvote.com.—Andrea Papagianis
Edison Could Expand Fuel Storage OptionsTHE LATEST: The operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is considering tripling the size of its onsite nuclear fuel storage as the plant’s decom-missioning process moves forward.
The announcement came a week after a wildfire, sparked by a big-rig blaze, shutdown Interstate 5 near the plant. The fire, some nuclear activists say, is further evidence that Southern California Edison must remove nuclear waste from the plant as soon as possible.
At a community engagement panel
meeting hosted by Edison Thursday, May 22, Thomas Palmasino, the utility’s chief nuclear officer, said the company could expand its system for storing dry casks, which is considered the safest form of spent nuclear fuel storage.
Currently, one-third of spent fuel from the plant’s three reactors is housed in dry-cask storage. The remainder is being stored in the plant’s cooling pools. The plant’s decommissioning was announced in June 2013, a year and a half after a radioactive leak and wear were discovered in two active nuclear reactors.
WHAT’S NEXT: Edison is expected to provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion, the federal body that oversees the nation’s commercial nuclear power sites, with decommissioning cost estimates and reports on fuel management and post-shutdown activities later this year.—AP and Jim Shilander
Council Upholds OK of Ritz-Carlton Expansion THE LATEST: Despite appeals, both formal and verbal, of several residents who expressed concerns about noise, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, May 20 to uphold a Planning Commission decision allowing the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel to expand its event facilities.
The expansion was first approved by the commission April 14 but came before the five-member body after nearby resident of the Niguel Shores community, Judith Hummer, filed an appeal April 29.
Plans include relocating the resort’s conference facilities, which were previ-ously approved as a main building at-tachment in 2009, at a newly constructed 36,000-square-foot building replacing existing tennis courts. While the building will be bigger, it will not require a variance to the city’s height limit.
“I am here because of hotel noise,” Hummer told the council. “I am here because of the noise level increased im-properly and we have a serious problem.” She said the hotel’s first years of operation were quiet, but things changed within the last 10 years and asked that hotel opera-tions “keep the peace.”
Hotel representative Ted Harris, of California Strategies, said the luxury resort agreed to all conditions set forth by the Planning Commission, adding the new pavilion will create a sound barrier.
Conditions of approval include noise mitigation measures like limits on outdoor entertainment and sound thresholds. The council added others such as noise moni-toring and limited delivery hours.
WHAT’S NEXT: The project’s permit must still be approved by the California Coastal Commission.—AP
Capo Unified Continues Superintendent Search THE LATEST: Capistrano Unified School District’s superintendent hunt may take longer than expected.
The district Board of Trustees recently hired a new search consultant, Leadership Associates of La Quinta, to help fill the position being vacated by Superintendent Joseph Farley at the end of June.
The board met in special session Sun-day, May 18 to make the hire, replacing an earlier national search firm choice. The superintendent search contact comes with a $26,000 price tag.
WHAT’S NEXT: The consultants will likely focus on California candidates, accord-ing to board President John Alpay. In the meantime, the district could appoint an interim superintendent.—JS
County Beaches Avoid Annual Bummer ListTHE LATEST: Summer Solstice is around the corner which means the environmen-tal nonprofit Heal the Bay’s annual “Beach Bummer List” and report card is out just in time for warmer temperatures.
For the first time in six years, Dana Point’s Poche Beach, with historically poor water quality, hasn’t appeared on the list. Also of note, no beaches in Orange County made the list, which saw Doheny State Beach in the Top 10 Beach Bum-mers in 2011, 2012 and 2013 alongside Poche.
The watchdog group monitors more than 600 beaches statewide, and utilizing weekly bacteria levels reported by area health departments, awards each beach a letter grade. Poche’s grades have been on the rise in recent months due to efforts by the county and city of San Clemente to clean up its act.
“We have been very committed to discovering why certain beaches had poor water quality and took some very creative steps to fix the problem,” said county Supervisor Pat Bates.
WHAT’S NEXT: The county installed ultrasound speakers to deter birds from gathering on the beach and implored a falconer and used plastic coyote decoys to scare seagulls away.
For the most part, Dana Point’s beaches received positive grades, but year-round wet conditions produced sub-par ratings at Doheny.—AP
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Coyote decoys were charged with keeping seagulls away from Poche Beach last November, an added measure Orange County has taken to keep the beach with historically poor water quality off Heal the Bay’s annual “Beach Bummer List.” Photo: Jim Shilander
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Opening Doors to Higher EducationBreakthrough San Juan supports motivated students and puts them on the college track
WBY BRIAN PARK, DANA POINT TIMES
hen Fabian Tovar was in elementary school, he’d often translate, from English to Span-
ish, his homework assignments and school notices to his parents.
“It was a challenge at some points to really get the message across to them but they trusted me,” Tovar said. “They knew they couldn’t help me much with school, but they encouraged me to make good friends and be around positive people.”
That lesson, Tovar took to heart.As a sixth grader at Marco Forster
Middle School, Tovar’s good friends introduced him to Breakthrough San Juan, a tuition-free academic program run out of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School that pro-vides support for students, from the eighth grade all the way through high school.
Tovar, now a junior at Capistrano Val-ley High School, continues to surround himself with positive people. And thanks to Breakthrough, he’s on track to become the first member of his family to attend a four-year university.
“I feel like it’ll be a start of a new legacy in my family,” Tovar said. “I’ll feel like my parents’ sacrifices won’t be in vain.”
Breakthrough San Juan is part of a national nonprofit program, Breakthrough Collaborative, which aims to help high-achieving students from low-income, underserved backgrounds get to college. It’s one of 33 sites across the country but the only one in Southern California.
Through outreach and informational presentations, eligible sixth graders at Marco Forster can apply for the program, which typically accepts around 25 students each year. The students must complete a rigorous application and interview process to gain acceptance.
“It feels fun to be involved in a program for that long and because it lets me have
Breakthrough San Juan, a tuition-free academic program run out of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School aims to give high-achieving students from underserved backgrounds in the region a better shot at a college degree. Photo: Brian Park
so many opportunities that I wouldn’t have had,” said 12-year-old Amy Fabian, who is in her first year in the program and is using that application experience to apply for a scholarship at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which provides financial as-sistance to outstanding seventh graders.
Since Breakthrough was launched at St. Margaret’s in 2006, it’s worked with more than 200 Marco Forster students, who go on to attend Capistrano Valley, Dana Hills and San Juan Hills high schools. In its first two graduating classes, 100 percent of Breakthrough students earned their high school diploma and more than 60 percent are attending college, including Beloit Col-lege, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, San Francisco State University and Saddleback College.
Of the 84 students currently in the program, 86 percent are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches at school. Nine out of 10 students will be the first
members of their family to attend college and 83 percent live in a household where English is not the primary language.
“That presents a lot of obstacles,” said Lorena Martinez, director of the program.
In addition to working with students, Breakthrough teachers and staff meet regularly with parents to teach them how to navigate the school system and encour-age them to be more supportive of their child’s education.
“We’re very purposeful in all our meet-ings. All our materials are bilingual,” Martinez said. “We involve the whole fam-ily because we know in order for a student to be successful, they need that family sup-port. That’s a very powerful aspect.”
Larissa Sosa’s son, Angelo Macedo, is a Breakthrough student who’s currently a sophomore at San Juan Hills High School. Macedo was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome—a high-functioning form of au-tism—at a young age. Sosa, a single parent who didn’t finish college in Venezuela, has always been involved in her son’s educa-tion, but through Breakthrough, she’s gotten better insights into how she can help Macedo do what she couldn’t.
“They always keep you informed about what is out there: workshops, information about every single college and how to get into those colleges,” Sosa said. “Break-through was a door, an open opportunity. It was knowledge and education for par-ents. You have to be ready, so your kid is
ready to take those opportunities.“He is a college-bound kid. He had
dreams. He wants it all. We’re working on that. We’re going to get every single ap-plication, and I’m going to apply for every financial aid I can find.”
Breakthrough’s mission is two-fold. In addition to helping students and their par-ents, the program aims to train the next generation of teachers.
Each summer, the program invites stu-dents studying education at colleges and universities across the country—including Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, UCLA and USC—to stay in San Juan Capistrano and help teach the next wave of Breakthrough students. The student teachers are guided by Breakthrough staff, as well as volun-teer teachers and professors from local high schools and universities.
Martinez, herself, was a student teacher in the Breakthrough program in 2008, while studying sociology at UC Berkeley.
“I wasn’t intending on working in educa-tion, but I had such a positive experience that after that summer, I knew for the rest of my life I wanted to work in education,” said Martinez, who moved on to teach with Teach for America and at a high school in South Dakota. “I came from a low-income family and was the first person to graduate from college, so I related to the mission very strongly.”
Martinez and her staff have taken Breakthrough’s message into the commu-nity to garner more support.
Last year, Breakthrough received fund-ing through an AmeriCorps VISTA (Vol-unteers in Service to America) grant that allowed them to bring on two yearlong staff members, Sandra Alvarez and Jenna Robinson. Through their work, Break-through has been able to double their staff of volunteers by creating partnerships with local high schools and the Boys & Girls Club, where students receive weekly tutoring sessions.
“Community investment—we have a town of it and it’s awesome,” said Assistant Director Bryan Boyce. “That’s something for San Juan Capistrano to be proud of, right there with the swallows.”
Although the program receives a por-tion of their funding from Breakthrough Collaborative and St. Margaret’s, its support largely comes from charitable donations and community support.
Robinson’s mission is to further develop community partnerships, not just for potential financial support but for active involvement.
“We’ve started to suggest our Break-through students at local businesses to give our students that exposure to the workforce and some hands-on experi-ence,” Robinson said. “As we’ve increased awareness, tons of people have been moved. DP
Fabian Tovar, a junior at Capistrano Valley High School, researches information online for his homework during one of Breakthrough San Juan’s weekly tutoring sessions at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley. Photo: Brian Park
“ I feel like it’ll be a start of a new legacy in my family ... I’ll feel like my parents’ sacrifices won’t be in vain. ” —Fabian Tovar
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DP Sheriff’s BlotterAll information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website. The calls represent what was told to the deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially re-ported. No assumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the content of the information provided. An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD website.
Monday, May 26
SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCEDoheny Park Road, 34100 Block (11:22 p.m.) Bar-goers were reportedly doing “lines” off the toilets at Doheny Saloon. When the caller reported this to the bartender, he was allegedly ejected.
BURGLARY IN PROGRESSPacific Coast Highway/Street of the Amber Lantern (10:48 p.m.) While arriving to work, a Circle K employee heard banging noises and witnessed two men break a lock on the store’s cooler before walking away with cases of beer. The subjects left the scene in a white vehicle with a logo or lettering on the side.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCEAlta Vista Drive, 24500 Block (7:52 p.m.) Authorities arrested a woman who report-edly stumbled out of a residence and into the driver’s seat of a parked black sedan. She is being held on a $10,000 bail.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-UNKNOWN INJURIESStreet of the Golden Lantern/Stonehill Drive (6:41 p.m.) A man was arrested after a traffic accident occurred between a silver minivan and a white truck. Orange County Fire Authority personnel transported one person to the hospital. The man posted bond, according to the county’s inmate database.
TRAFFIC HAZARDPacific Coast Highway/Dana Point Harbor Drive (2:49 p.m.) Drivers stopped in the roadway near the pedestrian bridge on PCH to let a family of ducks cross the roadway.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCEStreet of the Golden Lantern/Del Prado Avenue (4:12 a.m.) A drunken man wear-ing black clothing was walking on Golden Lantern. The caller reported nearly strik-ing him with a vehicle.
Sunday, May 25
DISTURBANCEStreet of the Park Lantern, 25100 Block (10:31 p.m.) The caller alleged that underage subjects were temporarily leav-ing an event to drink in their cars. She reported they would not be readmitted and feared they would be driving.
DISTURBANCEMalaga Drive, 33900 Block (9:33 p.m.) A man, who was walking his dog, was punched by another man because his dog pooped on La Cresta Drive. Authorities made a related stop near Shipwreck Park.
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couple reportedly left Hennessey’s Tavern without paying for their drinks. Another party involved said the pair ordered drinks but waited 30 minutes for them before leaving.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCEDana Point Harbor Drive, 24200 Block (6:38 p.m.) Deputies were alerted to suspicious activity in which the caller said a male cyclist was carrying an “expensive looking” vacuum cleaner that he believed was stolen. The biker was last seen near the Ocean Institute.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLEDana Strand Road, 34300 Block (6:24 p.m.) Two men in a white Toyota Camry were videotaping the mansions be-low Strand Vista Park. The caller believed they were also doing drugs.
DISTURBANCECove Road/Dana Point Harbor Drive (4:34 p.m.) Three pit bulls were report-edly attacking one another. The caller reported that the dogs’ owners kept bringing them together.
DISTURBANCEPacific Coast Highway/Ritz-Carlton Drive (4:28 p.m.) A man driving a red Nissan Altima, with dealership plates, threatened to slash the caller’s tires over a parking space.
Saturday, May 24
DISTURBANCEStonehill Drive/Street of the Golden Lantern (11:56 p.m.) A caller said a man was following a drunken woman in a red dress, who was stumbling into the street.
FRIDAY, MAY 30
Dana Point Harbor Boat ShowNoon–7 p.m. New and used, power and sail vessels will be on display at the 14th annual show at the Dana Point Harbor. Show runs all weekend, including 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $9 and children under 12 are free. For more info, visit www.danaboatshow.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 31
Community Recycling Event9 a.m.–11 a.m. Residents can drop off plastic bottles and aluminum cans at Dana Hills High School, 33333 Golden Lantern. Event will be held rain or shine. No glass. Funds collected are distributed to student programs.
Farmers Market9 a.m.–1 p.m. Seasonal produce, flowers and local-handcrafted goods are fea-tured at this weekly market at La Plaza Park. Call 949.248.3500 or log onto www.danapoint.org to find out about purchasing a booth.
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Statewide Primary Election7 a.m.–8 p.m. Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visit the Orange County Registrar of Voters website at www.ocvote.com for candidate informa-tion, to find your polling place and more.
City Council Meeting—Canceled.
Dana Harbor Toastmasters7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Practice becoming a more confident communicator every Tuesday at the Dana Point Library, 33841 Niguel Road. To find out more, email [email protected] or contact Ray at 949.496.2275.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
Youth Board Meeting4 p.m. The city’s appointed youth board meets at City Hall, 33282 Golden Lantern, to discuss issues at the heart of Dana Point’s young population.
Dana Point Coastmasters7 a.m. Fine tune public speaking skills each Thursday at the OC Sailing & Events Center, located at 34451 Ensena-da Place, with the local Coastmasters chapter. Visit www.coastmasters.org for more information.
CommunityMeetings
News Next DoorWHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS
SAN CLEMENTEWith an assist from the Marblehead
residential property’s new owners and the Courtney’s SandCastle Foundation, the San Clemente City Council unanimously ap-proved a contract to build the second phase of the universal access playground at Vista Hermosa Sports Park.
The council approved a $439,579 con-tract with Micon Construction of Placentia to construct a garden that will house ac-tivities to stimulate all five senses. That amount, coupled with previous expenditures of more than $170,000, still put the cost well above the $450,000 project budget.
The shortfall was covered by $113,000 from the city’s park acquisition and develop-ment fund and $50,000 from the Court-ney’s SandCastle Foundation. Additional funds came from a $70,000 payment from the home building company and Marble-head residential owner Taylor Morrison,
which will be made next month toward the construction of parks on that property.
Courtney Smith, who acted as the inspira-tion for the playground, presented the foun-dation’s donation to San Clemente Mayor Tim Brown. She said with the approval she hoped to see the full version of the play-ground built by the time she left for college next fall.
For more information on the project, visit www.courtneyssandcastle.com.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANOSan Juan Capistrano City Councilman
Derek Reeve is asking residents to send in letters of protest against the city’s plans to increase water rates.
In an email titled “Together We Can Fight City Hall!” sent on Tuesday, May 13, Reeve urges water customers to fill out and submit forms to City Hall. He cited Proposition 218, a state law which requires rates to be rela-
tive to cost of service and for cities to hold public forums to discuss rate increases. If the majority of the city’s water customers protest, Reeve said the council cannot ap-prove the rates.
Since January, the council and Utilities Commission have held several workshops to consider a new tiered rate structure. Mayor Sam Allevato and Councilmen Larry Kramer and John Taylor voted to approve 5 percent increases over the next five years but also to increase the amount of water customers can use at the lowest tier.
The city’s current rate structure was de-clared illegal by an Orange County Superior Court judge last August in a lawsuit brought against the city by the Capistrano Taxpay-ers Association. The city has appealed the ruling and continues to charge customers based on that model.
The new rate structure will go into effect July 1.
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Marco Forster Robotics Competes in World ContestA group of students from Marco Forster
Middle School showed off their engineer-ing prowess during the VEX Robotics World Championship on April 25-26.
As part of the VEX IQ Challenge—an in-ternational competition that asks students to build robots using science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education—three teams from Marco Forster competed in a regional event in Irvine.
One team, System Overload, won the STEM Project Award, qualifying them for the state competition in Santa Clara. There, the team won the Sportsmanship Award, putting them in the international showcase in Anaheim, where they com-peted against a team from China and ulti-mately finished 29th in the middle school division.—Brian Park
Dana Point Native Completes USS Coronado Command-at-sea TourTwo months after Dana Point whale
watchers, commercial fishers and private boaters, as well as spectators on land, got an up-close view of the U.S. Navy’s latest warship and San Diego welcomed the ves-sel to its homeport, the Dana Point native who commandeered the ship is moving on to his next post.
Cmdr. John Kochendorfer, a Dana Hills
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After winning at the regional and state levels, System Overload, a robotics team from Marco Forster Middle School, competed in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Anaheim. Courtesy photo
Cmdr. John Kochendorfer, a Dana Point native, stops for a picture March 10 shortly after the USS Coronado arrived in San Diego. Photo: Courtesy of the U.S. Navy, by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward
Former commander of the Camp Pendleton-based 5th Marine Regiment, Col. Roger Turner, welcomes more than 160 golfers to the 5th Marine Regiment Support Group’s 2013 Combat Golf Tournament. Photo: Andrea Papagianis
High School graduate, was recently hon-ored in a change of command ceremony aboard the USS Coronado. The 1994 United States Naval Academy graduate now moves to a post at the National De-fense University in Washington, D.C.
In March, a day before the USS Coro-nado was due in San Diego, Kochendorfer and his crew brought the 419-foot, fast maneuvering combat ship to Dana Point’s shoreline.
The Navy vessel—known as a littoral combat ship—has a draft of just 14.4 feet and is designed for near-shore combat operations to fight submarine, mine and surface warfare. Draft is measured from the waterline to the ship’s lowest point. An LCS is outfitted with two rotation crews of 40 sailors and can hold up to 35 mission crew members.
The USS Coronado was built in Mobile, Ala. and traveled to Southern California by way of Florida’s Mayport Naval Sta-tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Colombia, Panama and Mexico.
It became the Navy’s most recent com-missioned ship on April 5 and was dubbed the “Crown of the Fleet.” The vessel is the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Coronado—after the San Diego island.
Kochendorfer relinquishes command of his crew to Cmdr. Allen Adkins of DeSoto, Texas. Adkins served as Kochendorfer’s longtime executive officer.—Andrea Papagianis
Dana Hills Among Nation’s Top-ranked High SchoolsSix comprehensive high schools in
Capistrano Unified School District were identified as among the elite in the latest state and national rankings released by U.S. News & World Report magazine.
The magazine examined more than 19,400 public high schools in 50 states plus the District of Columbia using data
from the 2011-12 school year. The top 24 percent of eligible schools in the review were awarded either gold, silver, or bronze medals.
The six CUSD high schools earned silver medals with rankings in the top 5 percent, according to the magazine’s analysis. Among district high schools, Tesoro placed highest nationally at 545 followed by Dana Hills, 605; Aliso Niguel, 753; San Clemente; 757; San Juan Hills, 787 and Capistrano Valley, 823.
Of the 2,026 public high schools in the state, 600 earned medals, and only gold or silver schools were eligible for a ranking in California. Tesoro ranked 114th in the state followed by Dana Hills, 124; Aliso
Niguel, 152; San Clemente; 153; San Juan Hills, 159 and Capistrano Valley, 168.
According to the magazine’s review, the six evaluated and ranked public high schools bettered the state’s academic goals and scored highly on the college readiness index, which measures stu-dent participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests.—Jim Shilander
Golf with an American Hero or Sponsor One MondaySlots to golf in the Dana Point 5th
Marine Regiment Support Group’s annual Combat Golf Tournament are filling up, but non-golfers still have an opportunity to sponsor a member of the military’s 18-hole round.
On Monday, June 2, the support group hosts its fifth annual golf tournament that raises funds to assist Marines and families of the Camp Pendleton-based 5th Marine Regiment. The tournament will be held at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course, located at 26772 Avery Parkway in Mission Viejo.
Registration for the event is still open. Cost to participate is $195 and includes a round of golf, lunch, dinner and prizes. Participants will partake in on-course games where they will sidestep “snipers,” tiptoe through “minefields” and complete obstacle courses.
There will be raffle prizes, a wine put-ting contest, a helicopter ball drop and a silent auction.
Those uninterested in golfing may attend the dinner and awards ceremony or sponsor a golfing Marine. For more in-formation or to register for the event, visit www.danapoint5thmarines.com.—AP
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persons shall not be subject to any busi-ness taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees or other fees to which other single-family dwellings are not likewise subject.”
The problem for all residents is the impact on your community and resale, and I question how these “facilities” are being regulated. Who provides inspec-tion and regulation to assure they are compliant with the federal and local guidelines, which regulate the number of rehabees?
Unfortunately, our communities are being overrun with these facilities with homeowners totally unaware until the cars and vans start blocking your street, until the smoke permeates your patio that was previously smoke-free, until the Me-tallica music overrides your smooth jazz and until you no longer see the gardener who previously kept the property well maintained.
I can see only one reason there is not better push-back from the City Manager’s offi ce and that is fi nancial gain. When do the cities start protecting the current homeowner and their investment that has paid taxes for 24-plus years? What about
TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE TAKING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODSANTHONY AND CLARE PETROTTA, Capistrano Beach
My question to residents and property owners of Dana Point, Capistrano Beach and San Clemente are how many of you are aware of the “alcohol and drug rehab” houses in your neighborhood?
Were you aware there is legislation titled “Health and Safety Code Section 11834.20-11834.25” that “encourages each county and city to permit the development of suffi cient numbers and types of alcohol-ism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities as are commensurate with local need?”
How is that need established when these rehabees are not necessarily our local residents but rather residents from other cities and states? The code cites treatment facilities serving “six or fewer
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the family who relocates and pays in ex-cess of $2 million for a home only to fi nd out they have a drug and alcohol rehab moving in across the street?
How do they ever recoup their invest-ment?
DANA POINT SKATEPARK A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURYCHRISTIAN HOCKMEYER, Dana Point
We need a skatepark because both of my parents work and I have no way of get-ting to a skatepark.
Instead, I have to skate around town and worry about getting a ticket for skating somewhere I’m not supposed to.
If we had a local skate park then I would be able to simply skate over there and have a safe environment where I would not worry about getting in trouble.
GUEST OPINION: Wavelengths by Jim Kempton
Do Small Ponds Grow Bigger Fish?Looking at colleges for next year? It might be wise to reconsider your top choice
theory: that no matter what arenas we compete in, we compare ourselves to the immediate surroundings of our sometimes very small sphere. The question he asks is, “When that sphere holds a dispropor-tionate level of talent, might it skew both our chance for success and our positive view of ourselves?”
The example he uses are Ivy League college students who rate in the lower third of their classes. Often these other-wise exceptional scholars feel they are failing or are not good enough to compete and consequently give up on their area of study or drop out of college altogether.
For instance, the bottom third of the science students at the seventh-ranked Brown University felt like failures, though they had tested above students who were at the top of their class in colleges that ranked in the “average” range. These kids were not comparing themselves to all science majors. They were only compar-ing themselves to the other students at Brown, who often tested in the top 1 percent of all college applicants.
By contrast, students who graduated at
the top of their class in any fi eld or any school—whether at Harvard or the University of New Mexico—were more likely to be successful, not only in college but in later life as well, pro-ducing more scientifi c papers, holding more
executive positions or becoming profes-sional athletes.
Gladwell notes we naturally assume that going to a better school, playing on a more elite team or joining a more prestigious organization is a better choice for us or our children. But research shows quite the opposite. Unless we can be assured of achieving a top rank at the premier school or team, it may be more advantageous to go to a lesser-known school and be among the best.
In short, sometimes it is better to be the big fi sh in the smaller pond than be in a big pond where you are not even competitive.
I have recognized the “bigger pond” theory in my own life and called it social relativity. Although I was accepted to Brown University, I went to a small college in California where I was able to do well
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Dand still pursue my love for surfi ng.
I started my career at Surfer magazine, a small magazine, instead of continuing where I did my internship—at Diners Club in the giant world of fi nance.
At the time it felt like a lesser option, a smaller pond, but I was perhaps better able to succeed than if I had competed against the prodigies choosing the more prestigious alternatives. We seldom judge ourselves against the entire universe of potential competitors; instead we look at only those in our close proximity.
So, for parents looking at their chil-dren’s alternatives for college acceptance this June, it might be worthwhile to con-sider the less prestigious school—whether for academic or athletic success. As counter-intuitive as it seems, a small pond can often nurture the big fi sh.
Jim Kempton is a surfer of 30-plus years who only needs to surf Lower Trestles with NSSA champs, ASP pros and the many outstanding locals to feel like a very small fi sh. DP
WAVELENGTHS By Jim Kempton
YOUR SEVEN-DAY EVENT PLANNERGETTING OUT
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Friday | 30DON PEDRO & THE RIFFTIDE 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Soak up live music at Vivo Rooftop Lounge. Double Tree Suites by Hilton Doheny Beach, 34402 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 949.661.1100, www.facebook.com/dprifftide.
AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN STILLS8 p.m. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, performs at The Coach House. Tickets $50. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.
MIKE HAMILTON8 p.m.–11 p.m. Enjoy live music at Salt Creek Grille with vocalist and multi-instru-mentalist Mike Hamilton. 32802 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 949.661.7799, www.mikehamiltonmusic.com.
Saturday | 31SAN CLEMENTE GARDEN TOUR10 a.m.–4 p.m. Explore gardens in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. Each stop will include tastings from local vendors. Tickets $25. Email Launa Gould at [email protected] for more. 949.492.5518, www.sanclementegardenclub.com.
BIOLUMINESCENCE CRUISE7 p.m.–10 p.m. This Ocean Institute night-time cruise provides an opportunity to learn about and witness the ability of some marine animals to glow in the dark. $35 for adults, $22 for children ages 4 to 12. 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2274, www.ocean-institute.org.
DANA POINT SYMPHONY7:30 p.m. Join the Symphony orchestra for this season’s grand finale at St. Edward’s the Confessor Church. The performance is inspired by the late-French composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors, students and military personnel. 33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point, www.danapointsymphony.com.
Sunday | 01THE VILLAGE ART FAIRE9 a.m.–3 p.m. Shop and stroll Avenida Del Mar the first Sunday of every month
where more than 70 artisans sell hand-crafted art and fine crafts. 949.395.7008, www.villagesanclemente.org.
SERRA CHAPEL TOUR11:15 a.m. Tour at the Mission in honor of Father Junipero Serra, who was born 300. Offered Sundays. Admission $6-$9. 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.
Monday | 02CAPT. DAVE’S WHALE WATCHINGTimes vary. Get up close to marine life aboard a Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari trip. Prices vary. 24440 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.488.2828, www.dolphinsafari.com.
Tuesday | 03HOUSE OF DESIGN TOUR10 a.m.–5 p.m. View the home interior de-signers transformed into a Mediterranean masterpiece. Proceeds help fund music programs through the Philharmonic Soci-ety of Orange County. Tickets start at $40. Tour runs daily. Closed Mondays. Free parking at Strand Vista Park. Shuttle runs every 10 minutes. Selva Road at Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, 714.840.7542, www.philharmonicsociety.org.
STEMULATING SCIENCE4 p.m.–5 p.m. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens presents fun and edu-
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cational programs for kids 5-12. Admission $5. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.
Wednesday | 04DANA WHARF WHALE WATCHINGNoon, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Hop onboard a two-hour cruise to see dolphins, whales and other marine life in the wild. $45. Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watch-ing, 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.5794, www.danawharf.com.
DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET3 p.m.–7 p.m. Fresh flowers, produce and specialty foods from regional vendors in downtown San Juan Capistrano, on the corner of Camino Capistrano and Yorba Street. www.farmersmarketsjc.com.
Thursday | 05NETWORKING AT NOONNoon. Join the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce for this monthly lunchtime gathering. Cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Luxe Martini Bar & Restaurant, 24582 Del Prado Ave., Dana Point, www.danapointchamber.com.
COMICS UNZIPPED8 p.m. Comedians Ben Morrison, Mal Hall and Flip Shultz get onstage at StillWater Spirits & Sounds. Free. 24701 Del Prado Ave., Dana Point, 949.661.6003, www.danapointstillwater.com.
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Former supervising park ranger Jim Serpa shows Doheny State Beach visitors grunion eggs at the park’s Grun-ion Night in 2012. This year’s event will also include presentations before participants search for the elusive grunions along the shore. Photo: Andrea Swayne
Grunion niGht • MAY 308:30 p.m. Stop by Doheny State Beach for a night of fun, learning and adventure in search of the mysterious grunions. Visitor’s center opens at 8:30 p.m. and a grunion presenta-tion begins at 9:30 p.m. Grunion run starts at 11 p.m. Event is free. Donations will be accepted for the Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association, which supports educational programming and events at the state beach. 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2704, www.parks.ca.gov.
EDITOR’S PICK
Four years after his directorial debut with the indie hit Submarine, U.K. comedian turned filmmaker Rich-
ard Ayoade is fast becoming one to watch in independent filmmaking. He now takes his second directorial turn with The Double. While Submarine was a whimsical tale of adolescence, Ayoade’s semi-mod-ern adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella “The Double” is a sardonic take on mistaken identity.
The movie follows a shy clerk for a government agency named Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) who falls in love with a cute girl at the agency, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska). No one pays attention to Simon. They even forget he exists. But not Hannah. After Simon goes on a date with Hannah, a new employee is hired who looks exactly like him. He goes by the name James Simon (also played by Eisenberg) and is the complete opposite of Simon, personality-wise. James takes it upon himself to help Simon with his social struggles.
Wallace Shawn, Yasmin Paige and Cathy Moriarty are a few of the famous co-stars. Eisenberg and Wasikowska actually began a real relationship soon after filming The Double. On-screen they both appear to be comfortable and confident together. Eisenberg success-fully plays both awkward and cocky as the two personas he juggles throughout the 90-minute runtime. Wasikowska continues her indie reign with already her third acclaimed film this year.
The Double might not be as audience friendly as Ayoade’s last, with darker- ambiguous themes and direction, but it is still worth a viewing for artsy film fans. —Megan Bianco
At the Movies: ‘The Double’ Is Worth a Look for Indie Fans
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“ This is one of those teaching moments that I will always remember and I feel very proud to know that I played a small role in this amazing accomplish-ment by Brendan.”—Fran Pijor
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Dana Point
ased on empirical evidence, Brendan Gibson is quite the chemistry whiz.
This month, the eighth-grader at St. Edward the Confessor Parish School was named the state’s You Be The Chem-ist champion.
But for Gibson, and his classmates, the preparation began months ago.
“This program was an excellent means to supplement our chemistry curriculum and science program by providing our school with chemistry content, resources, lab materials and corporate support,” said Fran Pijor, the sixth- and eighth-grade sci-ence teacher at St. Edward’s.
The You Be The Chemist Challenge is a question-and-answer competition that tests fi fth- through eighth-grade students on chemistry concepts, scientifi c theories and laboratory safety. It was developed by the Chemical Education Foundation to enhance science education nationwide.
Chemistry Whiz Crowned California ChampionEighth-grade Dana Point student advances to national You Be The Chemist Challenge
BBY ANDREA PAPAGIANIS, DANA POINT TIMES Since the challenge’s introduction four
years ago, eighth-grade students at the Dana Point school have studied chemistry throughout the year in preparation. The road to California’s competition began in February as St. Edward’s students went head-to-head. Multiple choice tests whittled contestants to 16.
The next round of tests challenged the students further with tougher questions.
In the end, three students came out on top. Gibson, along with classmates Bren-dan Myers and Nick Sanchez traveled to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. On May 3, the three went up against 25 other students from across California.
Through tough rounds of game show- style questions, Gibson excelled, making it into the contest’s fi nal seven competitors. The San Juan Capistrano resident, who was also a member of his school’s aca-demic decathlon team, went on to claim the state championship title.
“This is one of those teaching moments that I will always remember and I feel very proud to know that I played a small role in this amazing accomplishment by Bren-dan,” Pijor said.
Gibson, along with his family and a small fan base from St. Edward’s, will travel to Philadelphia next month for the 10th annual national You Be The Chem-ist contest, where he will be competing against 29 young chemists from around the United States.
“It seems like a cool experience to go to Philadelphia and compete against kids from all over country,” Gibson said. DP
California You Be The Chemist fi nalists (L to R) Brian Chap, Matthew Kim, Ayush Nabar, Brenden Gibson, Conlan Taylor and Sharleen Loh prepare for the fi nal round of state competition. Courtesy photo
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BY MYLES MELLOR
Hundreds gathered at Capistrano Beach’s Pines Park on Monday, May 26 marking the national day of
remembrance for America’s fallen servicemen and wom-en—Memorial Day. The city of Dana Point, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 and Ladies Auxiliary held the annual event giving community members an opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices others made for their nation.
Memorial Day was originally observed only in the northern states. It was called “Decoration Day” until the end of World War I when the nation as a whole began honoring its collective losses. President Lyndon B. John-son made the day a national holiday in 1966 during the Vietnam War.
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STORIES, SCORES, SCHEDULES AND MORESPORTS & OUTDOORS
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Dolphin ReportFor in-game updates, news and more for all the Dana Hills High School sports teams, follow us on Twitter @SouthOCsports.
Crouse Pushes Dolphins Base-ball into CIF Quarterfi nals
The Dana Hills baseball squad con-tinued their journey through the CIF-SS playoffs on May 27 with a 3-0 victory over the Century League champion Buena in the second round.
Dolphin’s starting pitcher Marrick Crouse continued to baffl e hitters, striking out 12 batters in a complete-game shutout.
The standout performance was Crouse’s sixth complete-game and third shutout of the year. Crouse, who increased his strikeout total to 74 on the season, also contributed on offense, going 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
The Dolphins took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Crouse, scor-ing Kayman Koen, who doubled with two outs to keep the inning alive. Sophomore second baseman Shawn Kany extended the lead with a run-scoring single in the seventh that allowed Reid Lundeen to score from second to make it 2-0. The fi nal run for the Dolphins came on a single from Chase Lyford, bringing Crouse around from second to score.
The bottom half of the lineup carried the weight on offense, producing eight of the team’s nine hits, three RBIs and three runs.
All of the Dolphins runs came with two outs in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Clutch hitting was the key to the victory, according to head coach Tom Faris.
“We’ve gotten two-out hits before but it was nice to see us string together a few and get some runs, which we haven’t re-ally done this year,” Faris said.
The win advances the Dolphins to the quarterfi nals, where they will face off against Temecula Valley, the No. 3 team out of the Southwest League, on May 30. The Golden Bears (21-8) are ranked 11th in the Max Preps state rankings, and No. 62 on the website’s national rankings. When the fi nal CIF-SS Division 2 coaches’ poll was released, Temecula Valley came in at No. 9 and the Dolphins were ranked second.
Senior pitcher Louis Raymond (10-3) will likely start for the Dolphins, who will be on the road for the matchup. –Kevin Dahlgren
BY STEVE BREAZEALE AND KEVIN DAHLGREN, DANA POINT TIMES
Softball Blanked by Yucaipa in CIF Second Round
The Dana Hills softball team could not muster up enough runs on the road in a 3-0 loss to Yucaipa in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 2 Championships, which ended their season.
The Dolphins (19-6) sent their ace Lind-sey Cassidy to the circle in the matchup. The senior pitched her way to a victory over Mayfair two days earlier in the fi rst round, and pitched well against Yucaipa. Cassidy went six innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits while striking out six. The Dolphins had two errors in the contest.
At the plate, the Dolphins tallied four hits but failed to answer when Yucaipa scored one in the bottom of the fi fth and added two more in the bottom of the sixth. –Steve Breazeale
Feagler Advances to State Golf Regional
Sophomore Clay Feagler has been on a hot streak for much of the 2014 golf season.
Feagler was an integral part in the Dolphins run to a South Coast League title and a fi fth-place fi nish at the CIF South-ern Division Team Championships. He won the CIF Southern Division Individual Championship and following a round of 75 (+4) at the CIF-SS Individual Champion-ships, Feagler will look to keep his hot streak going for another tournament.
Feagler fi nished in a tied for eighth-place at the elite event, which featured the top golfers from the entire southern
section. The fi nish qualifi es him to com-pete in the CIF/SCGA State Regional at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena on June 2. –SB
Dolphins Track and Field in Action at CIF Finals
A wide mix of Dana Hills track and fi eld athletes found success at the CIF-SS Division 1 Championships on May 24 at Cerritos College. Several of the athletes and relay teams will now advance to the CIF Masters Meet on May 30.
The girls team got contributions from their relay teams and fi eld event athletes to collect 19.5 total points, good for an eighth-place fi nish.
The girls 4x400-meter relay team fi nished second with a time of 3:50.27. The team consists of juniors Kimiko Tanaka and Hollis Donovan, along with seniors Chloe Deol and Brenna McNulty.
Senior Michaela King fi nished third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.18.
Claire Kao easily bested her prelims height (10-09) in the pole vault in the fi nals, clearing the 11-3 mark for a third-place fi nish.
The boys team racked up a total of 19 points to fi nish 12th overall.
Sophomore distance runner Jake Ogden had a strong day at the fi nals, fi nished second in the 1,600 (4:11.15) and third in the 3,200 (9:09.81).
Senior Nick Van Vilet placed fi fth in the 400 with a time of 48.76.
The boys 4x100 relay team fi nished eighth, posting a time of 44.19. The team includes sophomores Charlie Kappes and Kristian Krause and seniors Justin Hunter and Nick Van Vilet. –SB
Dana Hills junior third baseman Zach Wolf and the Dolphins baseball team will play in the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfi nals on May 30. Photo: Alan Gibby
The city of Dana Point Recreation sports season features beginner and advanced kickball leagues. Courtesy photo
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Age: 12 ½, Saddleback Valley Christian SchoolHaving just completed her first year of contest surfing, shortboarder Jayme Linnes has set big goals for herself. “I never knew how good other girls could be at such a young age. Doing contests made me realize I have that opportunity too,” she said. “Competing pushes me to keep getting better and challenges me to reach new levels.” Jayme has begun her quest for the top, surfing two to four times during the week and on weekends. Next season she will compete once again in the Western Surfing Association Championship Series as well as the Soul Surf Series. “I’d like to take it to the pro level someday. I take it seriously but surfing is really all about having fun,” Jayme said. “When I lose, I find my mistakes and learn from them.” Jayme dreams of traveling to Fiji to surf Cloudbreak and this week has been watching closely as the World Champion-ship Tour women take on that wave in the Fiji Pro. “Watching them has really motivated me,” she said. “I’m stoked and excited to know that could be me in the future.” In school Jayme is a sixth-grade ‘A’ student interested in study-ing marine biology in college. “School is my number one priority, even above surfing,” she said. “My favorite subject is science because I like to see how our earth works.” Although she loves school, surfing is her greatest joy. “I love that every wave is different and brings a new challenge,” she said. “I feel a rush of stoke and excitement. It’s an amazing feeling that can’t be described unless you experience it. I highly recommend it.”—Andrea Swayne
SURF FORECASTWater Temperature: 65-68 degrees F
Water Visibility and Conditions:San Clemente: 5-10’ fair-
Immediate: Primary SSW swell holds, while a sec-ondary SSE tropical swell from Hurricane Amanda mixes in. Some modest NW windswell will also join in. Most spots through Orange County will be around the waist-chest-shoulder high zone (3-4’), while standout spots produce occasional sets/peaks up to head high to slightly overhead (5-6’). Light/variable South-SE’erly wind for most areas in the early morning. Then light+ becoming moderate SW-WSW’erly flow will gradually rise up through the mid to late morning hours and into the afternoon. Expect a marine layer along the coast in the early morning (May Gray), then clearing up and becoming mostly sunny into the afternoon.
Longer Range Outlook: The combo of a primary SW-SSW groundswell, secondary SSE Amanda swell, and NW windswell will gradually back down into the weekend. More Southern Hemi swells lining up for June. Check out Surfline for more details!
an Clemente is known for cultivating surf talent, and surfing with the pros could be just the motivation needed
to propel the next local grom to stardom. Sometimes, despite their talent, local
youth can feel like small fish in a big pond and the dream of making it to the World Tour seems daunting. It is with this in mind—along with the simple desire to put on a fun community-centered event—that local pro Nathan Yeomans has been host-ing the Fishbowl Pro.
The event invites local groms, 15 and under, and pairs them with a professional surfer. The duo then compete as a team.
This year’s event, on April 25, marked the contest’s third annual running and attracted a talented pool of surfers, as well as the most attention in the Fishbowl’s history. The excitement from the com-petitors, both pros and groms, was at an all-time high as well, Yeomans said.
As the winners, the team of Chippa Wil-son and Kei Kobayashi were crowned the “Biggest Fish in the Pond.” Runners-up were Kolohe Andino and Gus Day. Tanner Gudauskas and Griffin Colapinto came in
Big Fish in Local PondAnnual Fish Bowl Pro organizer Nate Yeomans looks to expand event
SBY ANDREA SWAYNE, DANA POINT TIMES
Jayme Linnes. Photo: Andrea Swayne
Pro surfer Kolohe Andino hands over his prize money to teammate Gus Day after the two took second place in the third annual Fishbowl Pro. Photo: Sheri Crummer
Kei Kobayashi and Chippa Wilson accept their prize money and the fishbowl trophy after winning the Fishbowl Pro, April 25 at Rivera. Photo: Sheri Crummer
GROM OF THE WEEK
Jayme Linnes
third, Jeremy Carter and Crosby Colapinto in fourth and Luke Davis and Taj Lindblad rounded out the podium in fifth place.
We caught up with Yeomans as he re-flected back on the 2014 Fishbowl to find out what he thinks about the future of the event. Here is some of what he had to say:
Dana Point Times: What are your plans for the event next year?
Yeomans: We’re looking to expand and would like some financial support to make it happen. It’s now at the point where it should be attractive to sponsors. It’s grown from more than just a locals’ beach day into an epic event. It’s always been about calling or texting my buddies
to make it happen but I think we’re in a position now that we could get some sponsorship.
DPT: Part of the “coolness factor” comes from its Riviera location. Are you OK with the possibility of moving it to grow the event?
Yeomans: I think it’s feasible to keep it at Riviera. Ideally, I would like it to stay there. That’s what I’m hoping for because it feels more grassroots. It’s where a lot of the kids surf, where we grew up surfing and it keeps it really within the communi-ty. It keeps the organic feel. It’s where we all surf with our families in the summer. Rivi is not like Trestles or the Pier. It’s a locals secret spot, so it’s a great place to
capture that feel, both for the local kids and for those of us who grew up here.
DPT: What is your main goal with host-ing the Fishbowl Pro?
Yeomans: My goal is to give back to a sport that has given me so much. So to be able to kick start relationships between some of the younger kids and the pros is cool. As they transition from amateurs to pros, the kids will have a network of people they know to possibly help them in the next step of their careers, people who can help them be all they can be. Imagine being 13 years old and having the oppor-tunity to be a teammate with a pro. Also, I just want to make a really memorable beach day and gather the surf community together to celebrate doing what we love.
DPT: What’s in it for you and your fellow pro surfers?
Yeomans: For those of us who have made surfing our profession, it takes us back to the time when we were just groms with a dream. When I was a kid, the pros seemed unapproachable. So providing an opportunity for groms to interact with pros, get tips from us and realize that we have learned a lot that can be passed down to them is the ultimate goal. It really takes me back to that time and rekindles the love for being able to surf professionally and do what I love. It reminds us that we are so blessed to be living out our dreams.
For the full lineup of competitors and more photos from the event, visit www.danapointtimes.com.
Those interested in helping to support, sponsor or promote next year’s event, should contact Nate Yeomans via email at [email protected]. DP
