Could the next Padre stadium announcer be a Point Loman? • State bill may endanger future of SeaWorld's popular orca shows • Sea Lions capture NCCAA basketball crown for 4th time
JUST LISTED P.L. LOT Oversized lot with unobstructed view! Call Lanz for info (619)564-6355 CAL BRE#01883404 We closed on 2 other PL lots last week! www.SDNEWS.com Volume 28, Number 7 San Diego Community Newspaper Group Thursday March 27, 2014 YOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY Nearly 60 students from the Belmont Hill School in Boston spent their spring break doing a “Week of Service” for community organi- zations in San Diego from March 17-21. These young men worked most of the week for Groundwork San Diego — Chollas Creek, a local environmental organization devoted to enhancing the quality of life in the Chollas Creek watershed. However, the students wanted to come to Ocean Beach for a swim, where they jumped in and performed a trash cleanup on the streets and alleyways near Newport Avenue, collecting more than 500 pounds of trash for their Ocean Beach hosts. Courtesy photo The documentary “Blackfish” and the reaction of Point Loma High the- ater students chiming in with a public- service announcement calling for Sea- World to eliminate orca show performances has ignited a chain reac- tion of local debate and inspired a state Assembly bill that would do just that. State Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has introduced legis- lation that would stop SeaWorld from using killer whales in tandem with trainers at the marine-mammal park. The assemblyman said the docu- mentary, which aired multiple times on CNN recently, points to animal abuse of orcas at marine parks — the inspira- tion behind his bill. “There is no justification for the con- tinued captive display of orcas for enter- tainment purposes,’” Bloom said. “These beautiful creatures are much too large and far too intelligent to be confined in small, concrete tanks for their entire lives.” SeaWorld quickly responded to Bloom’s bill. “The premise behind this proposed legislation is severely flawed on multiple levels, and its validity is highly ques- tionable under the United States and California Constitutions,” said Sea- World San Diego spokesman Dave Koontz. “We trust that our leaders who are responsible for voting on this pro- posal will recognize the clear bias of those behind the bill.” SeaWorld claims Bloom’s backers on the bill are “well-known extreme ani- mal-rights activists, many of whom regularly campaign against SeaWorld and other accredited marine-mammal If proposed state legislation is passed by law- makers, SeaWorld San Diego could be forced to halt one of its most popular features — the performances of killer whales for audiences. SeaWorld courtesy photo State bill may endanger future of SeaWorld’s popular orca shows BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON SEE ORCAS, Page 4 Sea Lions capture NCCAA basketball crown for 4th time PLNU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT At the end of every basketball sea- son, only a handful of teams through- out the country can call themselves national champions. In 2014, Point Loma will be a member of that elite group, as the Sea Lions took down Grace College 75-73 in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) title game this month. This is the fourth NCCAA men's basketball title for Point Loma after winning three straight from 1984-87. The victory was the Sea Lions’ 20th win of the season and their fifth in a row. It is also the second time in head coach Bill Carr’s three seasons with PLNU that the Sea Lions have reached the 20-win plateau. The last victory of the season did not come easy for No. 4-seeded Point Loma, which got all it could handle from tournament host and No. 7 seed Grace College. The Sea Lions fought all 40 minutes and through a number of different Lancer comeback attempts to earn the NCCAA champi- onship. “I am very proud of these guys for The Point Loma Nazarene University men’s basketball team nipped Grace College in the National Christian College Athletic Association title game to grab bragging rights as national champions this month. Courtesy photo SEE PLNU, Page 8 A Point Loman, Michael MacAfee, is among the top 50 candidates vying to be Petco Park’s next public-address announcer. The group of finalists was selected from nearly 800 in-person auditions and online submissions. “The diversity of our Top 50 is a reflection of the great diversity of San Diego,” said Padres chief marketing officer Wayne Partello. “We’re taking this search very seriously because this individual will be the voice of Petco Park.” Partello said that after reviewing the auditions multiple times, “We decided to extend the timeline to ensure that each candidate is thor- oughly evaluated.” There will be a fan vote online and via social media in early April to nar- row the field from 30 to the Top 10. Those 10 finalists will announce addi- tional parts of a Padres game between April 11 and April 20 before the pool is narrowed to the Top 3. As their final tryout, each of the three will announce a full game. Petco Park’s next public-address announcer will be named during the series against the San Francisco Giants (April 18-20). For more information, visit www.padres.com/announcer. — Dave Schwab Could the next Padres stadium announcer be a Point Loman?
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JUST LISTED P.L. LOTOversized lot with unobstructed view!
Call Lanz for info(619)564-6355CAL BRE#01883404
We closed on 2 other PL lots
last week!
www.SDNEWS.com � Volume 28, Number 7San Diego Community Newspaper Group Thursday March 27, 2014
YOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITYNearly 60 students from the Belmont Hill School in Boston spent their spring break doing a “Week of Service” for community organi-zations in San Diego from March 17-21. These young men worked most of the week for Groundwork San Diego — Chollas Creek, a localenvironmental organization devoted to enhancing the quality of life in the Chollas Creek watershed. However, the students wanted tocome to Ocean Beach for a swim, where they jumped in and performed a trash cleanup on the streets and alleyways near NewportAvenue, collecting more than 500 pounds of trash for their Ocean Beach hosts. Courtesy photo
The documentary “Blackfish” andthe reaction of Point Loma High the-ater students chiming in with a public-service announcement calling for Sea-World to eliminate orca showperformances has ignited a chain reac-tion of local debate and inspired a stateAssembly bill that would do just that.
State Assemblyman Richard Bloom(D-Santa Monica) has introduced legis-lation that would stop SeaWorld fromusing killer whales in tandem withtrainers at the marine-mammal park.
The assemblyman said the docu-mentary, which aired multiple times onCNN recently, points to animal abuseof orcas at marine parks — the inspira-tion behind his bill.
“There is no justification for the con-tinued captive display of orcas for enter-tainment purposes,’” Bloom said.
“These beautiful creatures are muchtoo large and far too intelligent to beconfined in small, concrete tanksfor their entire lives.”
SeaWorld quickly responded toBloom’s bill.
“The premise behind this proposedlegislation is severely flawed on multiplelevels, and its validity is highly ques-tionable under the United States andCalifornia Constitutions,” said Sea-World San Diego spokesman DaveKoontz. “We trust that our leaders whoare responsible for voting on this pro-posal will recognize the clear bias ofthose behind the bill.”
SeaWorld claims Bloom’s backers onthe bill are “well-known extreme ani-mal-rights activists, many of whomregularly campaign against SeaWorldand other accredited marine-mammal
If proposed state legislation is passed by law-makers, SeaWorld San Diego could be forcedto halt one of its most popular features — theperformances of killer whales for audiences.
SeaWorld courtesy photo
State bill may endanger future ofSeaWorld’s popular orca shows
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
SEE ORCAS, Page 4
Sea Lions capture NCCAAbasketball crown for 4th time
PLNU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
At the end of every basketball sea-son, only a handful of teams through-out the country can call themselvesnational champions. In 2014, PointLoma will be a member of that elitegroup, as the Sea Lions took downGrace College 75-73 in the NationalChristian College Athletic Association(NCCAA) title game this month.
This is the fourth NCCAA men'sbasketball title for Point Loma afterwinning three straight from 1984-87.The victory was the Sea Lions’ 20thwin of the season and their fifth in a
row. It is also the second time in headcoach Bill Carr’s three seasons withPLNU that the Sea Lions have reachedthe 20-win plateau.
The last victory of the season didnot come easy for No. 4-seeded PointLoma, which got all it could handlefrom tournament host and No. 7 seedGrace College. The Sea Lions foughtall 40 minutes and through a numberof different Lancer comebackattempts to earn the NCCAA champi-onship.
“I am very proud of these guys for
The Point Loma Nazarene University men’s basketball team nipped Grace College in theNational Christian College Athletic Association title game to grab bragging rights asnational champions this month. Courtesy photo
SEE PLNU, Page 8
A Point Loman, Michael MacAfee,is among the top 50 candidates vyingto be Petco Park’s next public-addressannouncer. The group of finalists wasselected from nearly 800 in-personauditions and online submissions.
“The diversity of our Top 50 is areflection of the great diversity of SanDiego,” said Padres chief marketingofficer Wayne Partello. “We’re takingthis search very seriously because thisindividual will be the voice of PetcoPark.”
Partello said that after reviewingthe auditions multiple times, “Wedecided to extend the timeline toensure that each candidate is thor-
oughly evaluated.”There will be a fan vote online and
via social media in early April to nar-row the field from 30 to the Top 10.Those 10 finalists will announce addi-tional parts of a Padres game betweenApril 11 and April 20 before the poolis narrowed to the Top 3.
As their final tryout, each of thethree will announce a full game.
Petco Park’s next public-addressannouncer will be named during theseries against the San FranciscoGiants (April 18-20).
For more information, visitwww.padres.com/announcer.
— Dave Schwab
Could the next Padres stadiumannouncer be a Point Loman?
With the arrival of spring, it’s timefor Southwestern Yacht Club’s annu-al Benefit on the Bay, the yacht club’sthree-part event which again sup-ports the programs of ElderHelp ofSan Diego. All events, which raiseabout $50,000 each year, are opento the public.
This is one of the yacht club’smany efforts to give back to the com-munity, said Southwestern YachtClub Commodore Chris Brzezinski.
“Southwestern Yacht Club mem-bers look forward to this event eachyear, and we invite the community tocome out to participate in the on-the-water activities and the eveninggala,” she said. “ElderHelp of SanDiego has assisted more than 90,000older San Diegans and their familieswith a multitude of services, and thisis our opportunity to give back.”
This year’s Benefit on the Bay kicksoff on Saturday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m.with a wine reception preceding theSunset Soirée, both held at South-western’s clubhouse at 2703 Qual-trough St. in Point Loma.
Guests may purchase tickets for thewine reception alone for $35 per per-son or for both the reception and thesoirée at $125 per person.
The Sunset Soirée includes anextensive silent auction featuring giftitems and travel opportunities,including two international cruisesand exotic getaways, as well as a din-ner, which concludes with a live auc-tion. Formal, cocktail or yacht clubattire is requested for the event.
The soirée, which began about 12
years ago, complements the 27thannual Charity Bay Race and Regat-ta, which will be held the followingday on Sunday, April 6.
In the regatta, sailboats follow achallenging 10-mile San Diego Baycourse. A lucky few may purchasespecial spectator seats and enjoycatered appetizers and wine aboarddecorated yachts while watching therace.
Post-regatta, the yacht club willhost a festive party, barbecue andawards ceremony at the clubhouse.Race entry fees are $50 per boat,reduced from $70 last year, whileparty tickets are $15 per person.
The Benefit on the Bay wraps upon Saturday, May 3 with the 44thannual Bottom Fishing Tournament.This includes breakfast, a fishingtourney plus a banquet and fish fryfeaturing a raffle with prizes.
Unlike many large special eventsmanaged by professional event plan-ners, this set of events is organizedand run entirely by yacht club volun-
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Network reforming for robustnew business improvement district for Midway Corridor
An effort is under way to re-establisha Business Improvement District (BID)in the Midway/Pacific Highway Corri-dor community that would border OldTown, Point Loma, Ocean Beach andPacific Beach.
A BID is a defined area, within whichbusinesses pay an additional tax or levyto fund projects within the district’sboundaries for publici m p r o v e m e n t .Improvement projectstypically include suchthings as street clean-ing, providing security,capital improvements,construction of pedes-trian and streetscapeenhancements andmarketing or promo-tions.
Victor H. Ravago, aMidway Community Planning Groupmember, informed the city advisorygroup recently of progress being madein forming a new Midway BID.
“I’ve been trying to mobilize businessleaders,” said Ravago, general managerof Hampton Inn in the San Diego-Sea-World/Airport area.
Ravago said he has been working withthe San Diego BID Council, an umbrellagroup overseeing the operations of
18 separate BIDs citywide. About 25 percent of the city’s small-businessoperators are located within the bound-aries of one of the city’s 18 BIDs.
“Our goal is to reinstate the existing(dormant) BID in Midway,” Ravago saidnoting the objective in reestablishing aBID would be to “get some grants andcorporate sponsors to get some seriousdollars so we could beautify the area andalso enhance safety in the neighbor-
hoods.”Ravago said an ini-
tial informative meet-ing to lay the ground-work for establishing anew BID is planned fora date and place inApril.
He said the primarychallenge in getting anew BID up and run-ning is to “get a buy-infrom all the business
leaders in the area.”The entire region could benefit, said
Ravago, because “we really do believeMidway is a gateway community tothose neighborhoods.” He said collabo-ration is essential to coexistence and“there are a lot of shared common goalsbetween all the particular neighbor-hoods.”
“Our goal is to reinstate the... BID in Midway [and] ...get some grants and cor-porate sponsors to get seri-ous dollars so we couldbeautify the area and alsoenhance safety in theneighborhoods.”
VICTOR RAVAGOMidway Community Planning
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The most recent “meeting of theminds” between Point Loma andOcean Beach community leaders,which took place recently at ShadesOceanfront Bistro, bodes well of thingsto come.
“We brought both sides of the hilltogether,” said Dave Martin, Shadesowner, OB MainStreet Associationboard member and past president ofOcean Beach Town Council (OBTC).
“This really was a great first step,”noted Robert T. Jackson, chair of thePoint Loma Association (PLA), anorganization of residents and busi-nesses committed since 1961 toimproving the quality of life of PointLoma through beautification, educa-tion, charitable activities and civic col-laboration.
“It was the first (such) get-togetherwe’ve had in many years, at least sincethe ‘80s,” said Jackson pointing out itwas a great opportunity to bring com-munity representatives together tocompare notes and talk about mutualundertakings that can benefit bothsides of the hill on the Peninsula.
Other groups represented at theparley included the Ocean Beach Com-munity Development Corporation
(OBCDC), a nonprofit organizationdedicated to promoting the vibrancy ofOcean Beach; the OB CommunityFoundation, which supports commu-nity initiatives involving education,youth sports and public safety; and theOcean Beach Planning Board, thegroup recognized by the city of SanDiego to speak on land use and devel-opment issues.
One such joint, cooperative projectbetween the two communities whichwas discussed collaboratively at theFeb. 25 meeting is ongoing beautifica-tion and maintenance of freewaymedians off Interstate 5 heading intoOcean Beach and Point Loma.
Nonprofits PLA and OBCDC haveteamed for years to create attractivefreeway medians heading into thepeninsula. Both groups are now work-ing to build on that solid foundation
and want to see that effort expandedto eventually embrace the entire areafreeway median system.
“The $5,000 annual cost of main-taining landscaping on those mediansis becoming quite a burden,” said Mar-tin. “The PLA is offering to help us getlandscapers, as well as carrying a littlebit of the cost.”
“We’re going to continue the dia-logue on getting those mediansrestored,” said Jackson. “They’re dyingout, don’t have irrigation. We’re goingto try and partner on that project withOBCDC.”
Asked why there hasn’t been morenetworking done between the Penin-sula’s two communities, Jackson saidhe wasn’t sure.
“Maybe it’s because people’s goalsand missions may be different,” hesaid. “We’d like to change that
because we’re all the same peninsula.We do share common ground. Weneed to all work together to accom-plish a common goal, which is to justmake our communities a great placeto live.”
Though the details have yet to beworked out, Martin said leaders of thefive community groups are talkingabout hosting regular meetings once
again.“We talked about doing them quar-
terly,” Martin said. “The next one isgoing to be in Point Loma on the otherside of the hill.”
For more information, visitwww.plaweb.org, www.oceanbeach-planning.org, www.obcdc.org,www.obtowncob.com/.
An Ocean Beach man accused of sex-ually assaulting two women in OB plead-ed guilty to both attacks March 3 andfaces a prison sentence of 30 years tolife.
Richard Christopher Butts, 26, and hisattorney agreed to accept the long prisonterm, and Butts will be sentenced onApril 17, according to court records.
“We all feel this is a fair resolution ofthe case,” said Deputy District AttorneyWendy Patrick.
Patrick said had Butts been convictedof all counts at trial, he would be facing50 years to life in prison. He pleadedguilty to rape and unlawful oral copula-tion with both victims and admitted hekidnapped them when he moved the vic-tims a substantial distance.
The guilty pleas were entered before
San Diego Superior Court Judge Timo-thy Walsh on the day Butts’ trial was tostart. Butts remains in jail without bail.
He was arrested March 24, 2013 aftera young woman was assaulted in theearly morning hours while she was walk-ing on Long Branch Avenue.
She testified she was grabbed anddragged to a dark area between a garageand a fence. Two women who were dog-sitting next door heard her screams and
ran outside, causing the attacker to flee.They called 9-1-1 and Butts was arrest-ed.
Police evidence technicians discovereda DNA match from the March 24 inci-dent to an unsolved rape on Muir Avenueon Aug. 25, 2012. Butts was thencharged with another rape and kidnap-ping and later ordered to stand trial inboth attacks.
A brain scan was performed on Butts
after his attorney requested it. AttorneyYahairah Aristy wrote that Butts has“very limited memory of the eventsalleged in this case” and she wanted anMRI scan “to see if there are any abnor-malities” in his brain.
Aristy wrote that the informationobtained from the scan “could be useful innegotiations and/or for sentencing pur-poses.”
The results of the scan are sealed.
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OB Girl Scout proves she is one tough (sales) cookieToday’s Girl Scouts who sell cookies
on the corner or in shopping centers aretomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
A case in point is Freya Sadler, a 12-year-old sixth-grader from Ocean Beach.
Now in her second year of Girl Scout-ing, Freya sold 178 boxes of cookies herfirst day out.
“I love to sell cookies every year and it’sreally good involvement with helping thecommunity,” said Sadler, noting being asalesperson “teaches things that can giveyou life skills.”
But are Girl Scout cookies really atough sell?
“It depends on what kind of cookies —and if people have the money,” Freyasaid.
The youngster does demonstrate a lotof promise, according to some.
“She’s really good at it. She has a nat-ural knack for selling,” said Freya’s mom,Michelle Larson-Sadler. “I’ve been inretail almost 30 years and I’ve never seena young person sell like she does.”
Freya may have had her doubters as
far as breaking any cookie-sellingrecords, but her enthusiasm and self-confidence is infectious — and her workethic ended up putting her over the top.
“My goal was 1,000 boxes, and mymom and troop said ‘I don’t think youcan sell that much because it was myfirst year being a Girl Scout,’” Freya said.“But I was like, ‘I could do it.’ And I didtwice as much.”
Michelle did, of course, help Freya sur-pass her cookie quota.
“We hit the ground running on Feb. 2at 9 a.m. and we didn’t stop until the lastday,” Michelle said.
Freya sold 2,013 boxes at $4 a box,more than $8,000, her first year qualify-ing her to go to Girl Scout summer “cook-ie camp,” the Night Owls at CampWinacka in Julian.
The summer camp experiencewas described by Freya as “the best,”“awesome” and “just like woo hoo.”
Freya’s 2013 proficiency at cookiesales placed her among the 10 top GirlScout cookie-sellers in all of San Diegoand Imperial counties.
Girl Scout cookie season goes from Feb.
2 to March 16.Will Freya top last year’s production in
2014?“It’s really hard,” she said. “Maybe
not.”“I think she’ll make at least the same
this year,” said her mom, a swap meetvendor, who added, “It’s going to takemore work.”
Proceeds from a $4 box of Girl Scoutcookies get divvied up numerous ways:The troop gets 80 to 90 cents, $1.11pays for the cookies, $1.81 goes to GirlScouts and 15 cents goes to incentives,like stuffed animals children win for sell-ing.
Michelle said her daughter, who ishomes-schooled, draws a lot of attentionin her neighborhood often selling cookieson her skateboard in a tie-dye shirt.
Michelle said Freya aspires to becomea forest ranger and is very passionateabout agriculture and environmental sci-ence.
It seems certain she’ll do whatever ittakes to be successful in her career goals.
After all, selling Girl Scout cookies hasshown her the way.
Freya Sadler has been one top-selling cookie vendor in only her second year as a GirlScout. Photo by Dave Schwab
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
The newly rechristened Midway Com-munity Planning Group in March heardabout illegal vehicle encampments andan ambitious “urban trail” proposal.
Previously called the North Bay Com-munity Planning Group, the advisorygroup was told by the city it has gottenthe necessary approvals to operate onceagain under its original name of the Mid-way Community Planning Group.
The planners told San Diego police Lt.Natalie Stone about the vexing andgrowing problem of illegal and oftenmakeshift encampments throughout theneighborhood.
“On Hancock Street and Channel Way,there are a lot of campers and even peo-ple living in their cars with motorhomeson both sides of the street,” said boardmember Cathy Kenton. “I have compas-sion for these people but they’re reallyblighting the area.”
Chairwoman Melanie Nickel saidthere are existing “no parking” signs inthe area and that it’s illegal to park therebetween 2 and 5 a.m., suggesting theneed for better enforcement.
Stone urged planners and residents toreport illegal encampments or problemswith the homeless, noting officers willrespond, but they need documentation toknow how best to respond.
“We have a strong working relation-ship with code-compliance officers,” saidStone, noting that specific city depart-ment is required to notice and post illegalencampments, giving people 24-plus-hour notice before police are allowed tocome in and “remove their stuff.”
Andy Hamilton, vice-chairman at Cir-culate San Diego, a nonprofit organiza-tion that advocates making walking,bicycling and public transit more avail-able to San Diegans, gave a slideshow.His presentation included conceptuallines drawn on a neighborhood map toshow where a prospective bicy-cling/walking urban trail might threadits way through the community.
The motivating factor behind theurban trail is to link Mission and SanDiego bays, Hamilton said.
“The reason is to give certain neigh-borhoods more of an identity, open up
economic opportunities and offer ahealthy recreational activity while reduc-ing crime and increasing safety for bicy-cle users,” he said.
Hamilton’s proposal drew an initialadverse reaction from Midway planners.
“That’s a really bad idea. It’s an indus-trial area with trucks coming and goingand there’s no place to go even with side-walks there,” said Denton.
Nickel agreed.“You have people backing out into the
street constantly and it’s very danger-ous,” she said.
Board member Victor Ravago was ofsimilar mind.
“We have a long list of priorities forour community and that is not amongstthe top five,” he said.
Vice chairman Kurt Sullivan suggest-ing time might be better spent findingways to reconfigure Sports Arena Boule-vard and Pacific Highway for creationof a non-motorized trail rather thanmeandering through industrial sidestreets.
IN OTHER ACTION• District 2 City Council spokeswoman
Tracy Cambre said 19 candidates havefiled to temporarily fill the seat vacatedby now-Mayor Kevin Faulconer and thata council appointment is expected April15. A new, full-term District 2 coun-cilmember will be seated this December.“The candidates will be vetted and areplacement chosen April 14-15,” saidCambre, noting candidates’ credentials
are being vetted by the City Clerk’s Office.• Cambre said a new city ordinance
allowing medical marijuana dispen-saries in industrial zones is expected totake effect in April. Two audience mem-bers announced their intent to apply formedical marijuana dispensaries in theMidway area once new city regulationsare in place.
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Midway planners share frustration over illegal vehicle encampmentsBY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
SHADES OF GOOD STUFF IN OBIn a generous display of community partnership, Jeff Levitt (center) of Shades Oceanfront Bistro in Ocean Beach recently made apersonal visit to drop off some delicious finger sandwiches, salad and other gastronomic goodies to the gang at the San Diego Com-munity Newspaper Group. Accepting Levitt’s food gift are, from left, advertising representative Valerie Parrish, SDCNG publisher JulieMain, managing editor Kevin McKay and newsgroup office manager Kim Donaldson.
A National Park Service (NPS) reportshows nearly 878,000 visitors to Cabril-lo National Monument in 2012 spentmore than $47,000 in communitiesnear the park.
That spending supported nearly 600jobs in the local area.
“Cabrillo National Monument is proudto welcome visitors from across thecountry and around the world,“ saidCabrillo superintendent Tom Workman.
“We are delighted to share the story ofthis place and the experiences it providesand to use the park as a way to introducevisitors to this part of the country and allthat it offers,” he said. “National parktourism is a significant driver in the
national economy, returning $10 forevery $1 invested in the National ParkService, and it’s a big factor in our localeconomy, as well. We appreciate thepartnership and support of our neigh-bors and are glad to be able to give backby helping to sustain local communi-ties.”
The peer-reviewed visitor-spendinganalysis was conducted by U.S. Geologi-cal Survey economists Catherine Culli-nan Thomas and Christopher Huber andLynn Koontz for the National Park Ser-vice.
The report shows $14.7 billion indirect spending by 283 million park vis-itors in communities within 60 miles of
a national park. This spending support-ed 243,000 jobs nationally, with201,000 jobs foun in these gatewaycommunities, and had a cumulativebenefit to the U.S. economy of $26.75billion.
According to the report, most visitorspending supports jobs in restaurants,grocery and convenience stores (39 per-cent), hotels, motels and bed-and-break-fasts or other amusement and recreation(20 percent).
To download the report, visitwww.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/economics.cfm. For more information aboutstate sites in the National Park System,visit www.nps.gov/California.
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The Peninsula Community PlanningBoard (PCPB) will sport some new facesfollowing an election and membersagreed to a controversial street vacationand approved positioning of non-solarairport noise-monitoring poles duringits March 20 meeting.
As far as the PCPB’s new makeup fol-lowiing the election, the top six vote-get-ters were David Dick (170 votes), PaulWebb (94 votes), Don Sevrens (94votes), Pete Nystrom (89 votes) and MikeRyan and Jon Linney with 77 votes.
Since there was a tie, Mike Ryan vol-unteered to take the one-year term, leav-ing Jon Linney with a three-year term.
Board member Bruce Coons alsoannounced he is one of 19 candidates
who will be vying to temporarily replacenow-Mayor Kevin Faulconer for the Dis-trict 2 City Council seat. That appoint-ment is expected to take place April 15.
An owner of a Loma Portal historicalhome who’s best known as head of SaveOur Hertiage Organisation (SOHO),Coons said he’s a grass-roots candidateinterested in “improving the quality oflife,” noting local government has beenlargely remiss in performing that func-tion.
“On April 14, the City Council will bevetting the 19 District 2 candidates andnarrowing the field to six, from whichthey will decide on a candidate on April15,” said District 2 spokeswoman TracyCambre.
Meanwhile, the PCPB agreed to re-vote on a previous motion to deny a pro-
posed road vacation of an unimprovedportion of Plum Street at 3344 CanonSt.
Previously, members of the PCPBvoted to deny the proposed road vaca-tion, fearing the project could displaceparking and that, once the road is vacat-ed, the property it’s on could be redevel-oped by a new owner.
The applicant requested the vacationto use that portion of Plum Street for“gardening and landscaping,” notingthe unimproved property was previous-ly designated as green space for a com-munity pocket park.
A PCPB subcommittee, after discus-sions with the applicant, approved theproposed street vacation 5-0. Subcom-mittee chairman Jay Shumaker said hefelt more time was needed to puzzle
through what impacts vacating thatportion of Plum Street might have.
Others disagreed.“It’s really unfair to hold this up based
on something that might happen in thefuture,” said PCPB chairwoman JuliaQuinn.
Others noted the benefit of the deci-sion.
“I was opposed to this at first because Ithought it was a grab of public land,” saidPCPB planner Paul Webb. “But we needto acquire more park space and this is thelast piece of good unimproved land.”
The final vote was 7-2-1, with Shu-maker not supporting the project becausehe said there were too many land-usequestions about it.
In another matter, Peninsula plannersand Point Loma neighbors haveexpressed concerns about visibility andother problems presented by existing air-port noise-monitoring poles at 3412Browning St., 1944 Plum St. and 1625Froude St.
A San Diego County Regional Airport
Authority spokeswoman told PCPB mem-bers the airport is required by state law tohave strategically placed noise-monitor-ing poles gathering data to ensure decibellevels with planes are kept withinrequired limits.
The Airport Authority had proposedmaking its existing poles solar-powered,which would have necessitated reconfig-uring them. Some neighbors, however,argued re-fits would be too large andwould negatively impact their views.
Heather Nelson said she objected to thelocation of one noise monitoring pole inher neighborhood.
“This is completely unacceptable and atotal eyesore which would have giganticpanels in front of Loma Portal Elemen-tary School,” she said.
At the end of the discussion, AirportAuthority officials agreed to bow to thepublic’s will and abandoning the idea ofmaking the poles solar-powered, agree-ing instead to connect them to existingoverhead power lines.
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parks and institutions.”The marine-mammal park insists
Bloom’s supporters include “some of thesame activists that partnered with Peo-ple for the Ethical Treatment of Animalsin bringing the meritless claim that ani-mals in human care should be consid-ered slaves under the 13th Amendmentof the U.S. Constitution — a clear public-ity stunt. This legislation reflects thesame sort of out-of-the-mainstream
thinking.”Referring to SeaWorld and similar
institutions as “abusement parks,” ani-mal-rights activists are increasingly call-ing on the marine-mammal park toretire its orcas to seaside sanctuaries.
The animal-rights group People forthe Ethical Treatment of Animals hasalso reportedly threatened to sue SanDiego’s airport for refusing to allowadvertising urging visitors not to go toSeaWorld until the marine-mammalpark changes its allegedly abusive policyof requiring animals to perform in enter-tainment shows.
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Peninsula planner tosses hat in ring to fill in for Faulconer BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
Completion of a major bond sale forconstruction of a rental car center andrelated improvements on the north sideof San Diego International Airport(SDIA) was recently announced by theSan Diego County Regional AirportAuthority.
The bonds are secured by future cus-tomer facility charge (CFC) revenuefrom customers who will use the rental-car center, which is scheduled to open inJanuary 2016.
It is the largest stand-alone CFC-backed bond deal ever and the firstissued in California. The AirportAuthority scheduled pricing for thebond sale in early February to takeadvantage of favorable market flowsand lower rates. The true interest costfor the entire transaction was 5.49 per-cent.
The bond sale’s favorable circum-stances were prompted by several fac-tors, including the Airport Authority’stiming of market entry for the sale, pric-ing during a time when rates were moreattractive and strong credit ratings forthe bonds. Moody’s Investors Servicesand Standard & Poor’s Ratings Servicesrated the bonds A3 (Stable) and A- (Sta-ble), respectively.
The bond sale comprised $305.3 mil-lion in senior special facility revenuebonds sold on Feb. 5.
For more information on the rental-car center and other north-side improve-ments at San Diego International Airport,visit www.san.org/sdcraa/airport_initiatives/north_side/default.aspx.
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Dance troupes fromthroughout the region willmeet and compete during thefifth-annual Fiesta de ReyesFolklórico Competition inhistoric Old Town San Diego.The annual three-day eventwill light up the main stage inOld Town San Diego StateHistoric Park during the lastweeken
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sticking with it all year,” said Carr. "Wehad ups and downs and injuries. Justto get to this point and play for a nation-al title is all you ask for from your play-ers as a coach. And to actually get itdone is something they will rememberforever."
Hayden Lescault, who was named anNCCAA All-American last week, led fivestudent-athletes in double-figures forPLNU with 14 points. He added a team-leading five assists. Junior Morganrecorded his fifth double-double of theseason with 11 points and a game-high10 rebounds off the bench. AJ Usseryand Marek Klassen also added 13points apiece, while Sam Okhotin cameoff the bench with 10.
Point Loma shot 53 percent in thegame and held Grace to just 42 percentshooting. The Sea Lions also dominatedthe glass as they outrebounded theLancers 31-23 and outscored them 10-5 in second-chance points. PLNU'sbench also outscored Grace's 21-11thanks to the efforts of Okhotin andMorgan.
Greg Miller had 22 points to paceGrace. Brandon Vanderhegghen alsoadded 19 points.
Women’s tennis team continues to roll in March
The month of March has been agood one for the Point Loma women’stennis team, as it has gone 6-2 sincethe calendar turned, including winninga season-best four straight matches.
The Sea Lions' latest victory came onMarch 22 at Westmont, where PLNUprevailed with a convincing 7-2 victo-ry over the No. 12 ranked team in theNAIA, Westmont.
PLNU is now 9-7 on the season,while Westmont fell to 6-7.
The Sea Lions won at every spotbesides No. 1 singles and doubles. Bothdoubles points were hard earned asHillary Ramage and Maika Adair edgedthe Warriors' duo at No. 2s, 8-6, whileKaitlyn Murray and Preethika Venu-gopal prevailed at No. 3s, 8-4.
In singles, PLNU won four of its fivepoints in straight sets. Venugopal didnot drop a game in her match withGrace Davis as she swept her 6-0 and 6-0 at No. 5.
Regina von Koch had nearly as con-vincing a victory at No. 2 singles witha 6-1 and 6-0 win. Hope Penner alsomade quick work of her opponent witha 6-2 and 6-0 win at No. 3s. Ramagewas challenged a bit at No. 6 singles byEmily Keach but still won in consecu-tive sets, 6-3 and 6-3.
Sharon Reibstein's match was theonly one to go three sets, but the SeaLions' senior was able to pull out thevictory, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-2.
Torres delivers Sea Lions’ game-winning hit in the ninth
Anthony Torres came through withthe biggest hit in his young career withthe Sea Lions as he singled in the game
winning run with two outs in the ninthinning to send Point Loma past CalState San Bernardino 2-1 in a non-con-ference contest on March 22.
The game was tied at 1-1 since thefifth inning when Clinton Harwickbrought in Trey Hunt on a fielder'schoice grounder.
PLNU (14-13) then rallied to scoreits second run, all with two outs. LucasDiCiccio got things started with a singleand then advanced to second on a basehit by Hunt.
Torres then laced the ball into leftfield and DiCiccio scampered aroundthird base with the winning run.
Mickey Dunleavy (2-1) picked up thewin with two solid innings of relief inwhich he gave up just two hits. Heclosed out his own victory as the Coy-otes made it interesting in the ninthinning with a leadoff single, strandingthe runner at second base for his sec-ond victory of the season.
PLNU used a pitcher by committeeearly in the game as Kellen Sheppardand Kevin Lillicrop each pitched threeinnings, and fellow starter GarrettGooding turned in a scoreless seventhinning.
Cal State San Bernardino set up itsstaff similarly. It used 10 pitchers inthe contest. Matt LeVert took the lossafter allowing three hits and one run inone and two-thirds innings of work.
Torres and Hunt each had two hitsfor the Sea Lions, who were outhit 8-7in the game overall. Nick Oddo was 3-for-3 with the lone RBI for CSUSB.
Point Loma will now return hometo resume PacWest Conference play onFriday, March 28 against Azusa Pacif-ic.
The series will start with a double-header at noon.
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There have been many notable musicpromoters in San Diego over thedecades, but few have had the impact ofKenny Weissberg.
The Point Loma resident is perhapsbest known for the 23 years — begin-ning in 1983 — that he spent promot-ing concerts at Humphreys by the Bay.However, he is one of the few to haveseen all sides of the music biz, havinglived a life immersed in music, with timeas a disc jockey, journalist and evenfrontman for his own successful group,Kenny & the Kritix.
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Born in 1948, Weissberg grew up inNew Jersey, following his muse acrossthe country before stopping in Boulder,Colo., putting in 12 years as a radio DJand music critic and getting the offer tocome to San Diego and book shows in1983.
He said he considers the book to be alogical extension of his adventures.
“Before I moved here, I was a jour-nalist, I’ve always kept journals andtaken notes on every concert I’ve been
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“When Imoved here in1983, I stoppedwriting, but Ididn’t stop log-ging in notes onshows that I’veseen,” he said. “I had to learn this newprofession at Humphreys. So, I stopplaying music. I stopped writing.”
The catalyst for his putting it all intobook form came from personal tragedy,he said.
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she had always wanted me to write abook about my life,” Weissberg said.“But I said, ‘I don’t know. It’s too cliché.It’s too trite.’
“On her death bed, literally, she saidto me, ‘When are you going to writeyour ‘ And I replied, ‘I’ll get around to it.’Then she went into a coma and diedthree days later. So that last thing shehad said to me was that,” he said. “AndI literally came home after she died andsat down and started formulating ideasfor the book.”
Looking back on his amazing careerhas given Weissberg clear perspectiveon the last 40 years.
“My absolute favorite, mind-blowingtransition was from having a degree insociology from the University of Wis-consin to showing up in Boulder and
becoming a free-form disc jockey,” hesaid. “I allude to it in the book, but atmy eighth birthday, I announced to allmy friends and family that I was goingto be a DJ because I had a love affairwith AM radio on the East Coast in thelate ’50s.”
“I ended up getting this job in radioand I would look forward to waking upat 5 a.m. every morning so I could get tothe station by 6,” he said. “I couldn’twait for the next day to begin. That wasprobably the most passionate I’ve everbeen about anything. But the gutsiestthing I ever did was putting a bandtogether at 32 when I had never beenon stage before.”
Though Weissberg no longer booksconcerts, he said he’s keeping busy andthere may be more books in the future.
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Whatever artistic talent A.J. Knox hadas a boy was founded in one core char-acteristic — boredom. He’d sit in the carand draw while his sister traipsed into amillion junior theater rehearsals. Histechnical passion extended about as faras the paltry beam from the flashlighthe held over the family's impromptushows.
But the theater bug is lethally addic-tive, and Knox soon developed severaladvanced symptoms. Add his high-school crush on a theater-crazed class-mate, and that was the end of it.
Acting, directing, design, construc-tion, a Dublin-based Irish theater semi-nar, a theater Ph.D. with an emphasisin comedy from Boston's Tufts Universi-ty: Knox has been through it all andback, and at 31, he's had time to devel-op his own ideas on the art and how itplays in specific locales. Funky, eclecticOcean Beach, he said, is a performancedestination waiting to happen. With theuse of the Ocean Beach Playhouse andArts Center now staring him in the face,he has plans to launch a company thelikes of which the neighborhood hasn'tseen since — well — the turn of the 21stcentury.
He’s only three months into his effort;his troupe, called the Ocean BeachEnsemble Experiment, didn't even have aname until about five minutes ago, andhard realities like funding and adminis-tration have yet to take shape.
First things first, though.“I love the theater in San Diego,” the
Coronado native and OB resident toldThe Beacon. “[So many] places do reallygreat work. But I think there's alwaysroom for smaller companies to do thework that's not necessarily gonna be theticket seller for the season and do thekind of experimental, innovative stuff
Curtain set to riseon neighborhoodtheater in OB
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you can't really risk at a bigger theater.And so I think that that alone givessmaller companies a leg up, especiallyin OB. I think there's a built-in audiencefor it, and I think there's a desire for it. Ithink it could have legs.”
In fact, for one season, it did. The WildParrot Players, whose name derivedfrom the rare feral birds that call theneighborhood home, put on a slate ofshows in 2001. All reportedly sold out,and the company's “One Flew Over theCuckoo's Nest” is regarded today as itssignature piece. But Wild Parrot wentas quickly as it came amid its woefullyunderdeveloped business sense.
Unlike Wild Parrot, Knox is mindful ofthe numbers — but the productionsthemselves, and the response they gar-ner, will drive his group's budget, insteadof the other way around. Meanwhile,crowd-source funding and research intogrants will command a share of his time.
“There's always a core conflict,” heexplained, “between the business side ofthe theater and the artistic side of thetheater. At a certain point, you've got tostart thinking about turning a profit andat least making enough to maintain anongoing business out of it and maintaina space. We're really approaching it as a
volunteer theater for the first season orso to establish ourselves, and then wecan start to implement more of a busi-ness model. That first season or so,you're still gathering talent and an audi-ence and a reputation. That's the pro-logue part of it.
“We can't plan a budget until weknow what this looks like.”
To that end, the troupe will presentan inaugural comedy, dance and musicprogram at the playhouse, 4944 New-port Ave., on Friday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m.The event will feature rockers Tori Rozeand the Hot Mess.
Ocean Beach Playhouse and ArtsCenter has become a multi-use facilitysince Veterans of Foreign Wars post1392 closed its thrift store and bar therein 2010. A small recording studio andan art gallery abut the 100-seat theater,and there's a boatload of paid parking inback. Knox said that Lynne and PaulBolton, the playhouse's producers andanchor tenants, “have done such a greatjob giving the space an OB feel.” But hecautioned that the Boltons are less artis-tic directors than entrepreneurs — adescription Lynne Bolton endorsed.
“We're not theater people,” shestressed. “We're just people who happento have a beautiful space. We know howto decorate. We know how to place art.We don't know the ins and outs of the-ater and what makes it work, except for
the construction part. We need some-body in the theater; that's their life; that'stheir passion.”
Bolton met Knox last year as plans forSan Diego's first summer fringe theaterfestival ramped up; what followed was ameeting of minds and overflow curiosi-ty about OB. “Everybody started callinghim Dr. Theater,” Bolton said, “because,really, who knows somebody who has adoctorate in theater? He has a tattoo ofUbu Roi on his forearm, so that wasimmediately a bonding moment. He'll fitright in in the San Diego theater com-munity.”
Ubu Roi is the title character in aninsane French parody of “Macbeth.”
Meetings and introductions have fol-lowed regularly, with Knox gauging hisapproach to festival committees andcommercial proprietors (Denny Knox,his mom, is executive director of OceanBeach Mainstreet Association, the 525-member business collective). The OceanBeach Playhouse and Arts Center is athis disposal when not in use (somesmaller area companies have rented thespace until August). The stage is set forKnox's message to the neighborhood,which features an almost exclusive ring.
“OB's such an eclectic community,”Knox said, “that I want this theater toreflect that. I picture it as there's no otherplace this particular theater could existbut OB and there's no other place for
plays I'm hoping to do can go up but OB.I want it to celebrate the character of OB.I have no interest in doing Shakespearewithout some kind of reflection of OB,whether it's design or theme or whatev-er it is. I'd want it to resonate with wherewe are, with good, exciting, strangethings happening.”
Neither, Knox repeats, has he an inter-est in expansion.
“I don't think I'd be as excited aboutthis project,” he continued, “if I wasgiven a space like [The Old Globe The-atre]. It's too big for the stuff I want to doand for the divisions I'm developing forthis space. I think it's perfect. I wish ithad more wing space, but that's aboutit.”
Several seasons ago, a local theatercritic scoffed at the prospect of legitimateperformance art in dog-eared little OB.Hold the play on the beach and give awaybeer, she snorted; the typical local audi-ence will show up.
“You can do anything on the beachwith free beer and get a lot of people tocome,” Knox said. “But this is different.This is theater. I have full confidence thatthis will succeed and take off and allowus to do bigger, more nuanced and moredetailed projects, in OB's entrepreneurialspirit.”
Look, after all, at Ocean Beach-opoly,the Monopoly-based board game inspiredby the neighborhood. Or the one and
only Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off, whichfunds the neighborhood's spectacularFourth of July fireworks display the fol-lowing year. Or the fact that the big-boxbanks and coffee shops sit away from thebeach because that's the way the neigh-borhood wants it. There's a curious, free-spirited core behind all that; now, one ofits own seeks to introduce performanceart as an expression of its uniqueness.You can take Ubu Roi out of OB, but. . .
Those interested in learning more canwrite Knox at [email protected]. For details on thecompany, visit Obensemble.org.
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After 40 years in the real-estatebusiness, Bill Luther — owner andfounder of Bill Luther Realty, Inc.— has resigned as chairman andCEO. His new title is chairmanemeritus. Assuming the title ofchairwoman and CEO is LorettaLuther. The new chairwoman andCEO is none other than Bill’s wifeand partner of more than 40years. Loretta, in addition tobecoming the new chairwomanand CEO, will continue as directorof the vacation rental division,which she has headed for the last15 years.
When asked about his retire-ment and changes, Bill said, “Thetruth is that Loretta has beendoing that job for a number ofyears and I have been receivingthe credit. It’s time for the truth tofinally come out.”
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chairwoman and CEO, Deena Sto-eff has been promoted to chiefoperating officer. Stoeff has beenan integral part of Bill LutherRealty, Inc. for more than a decadeand has been the director of theproperty management division forthe last 5 years. “
As the director of the manage-ment division, Deena has donemore than demonstrated her out-standing management skills. Billsaid.
“Under her guidance, the prop-erty management division hastripled in size over the last fiveyears,” he said.
Stoeff holds the designation ofcertified property manager (CPM)from the Institute of Real EstateManagement, in addition tomembership in the NationalAssociation of Realtors and Cali-fornia association of Realtors.
When asked about her new roleas COO and director of the prop-erty management division, Stoeffsaid, ”I will miss Bill being theboss. I started with Bill almost 15years ago as his receptionist. Hetold me if I wanted to make acareer in real estate he wouldteach me everything he knowsand someday I would be runningthe business. He kept his word.”
The brokerage division hasbeen renamed California ListingServices. Damien Lyon has beenpromoted to manager and willassume the responsibilities of thebrokerage for Bill Luther Realty,Inc. under the newly named divi-sion.
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When asked about retiring,Bill said, “I would like to thankall of my clients, friends and col-leagues who have made the last40 years a rewarding and enjoy-able career. I will be hangingaround the neighborhood just incase the new bosses or myclients want to ask me a ques-tion or maybe seek some advice.However, my operational andbrokerage duties are completed.I’m looking forward to spendingmore time spoiling my grand-children, playing a little moregolf and maybe lowering myhandicap.”
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OB artist to be featuredduring 2014 ArtWalk
Organizers of Southern California’slargest fine-arts festival, the Mission Fed-eral ArtWalk, have unveiled the distin-guished gathering of featured artistswho will be showcased at the event’s30th anniversary in Little Italy.
Among the 12 featured artists select-ed from more than 700 applicants to be
highlighted on April 26 and 27 will beJeff Yeomans of Ocean Beach.
Yeomans, a plein-air painter, pro-duces work featuring urban landscapes,seascapes and landscapes. His work cap-tures familiar San Diego scenes fromsweeping seascapes to gritty urbanstreets.
In all, about 350 artists will be partic-ipating in this year’s ArtWalk, whichbrings out more than 120,000 specta-tors and art buyers, dozens of musicalperformances, interactive elements and17 blocks of art to enjoy in the heart ofLittle Italy. The two-day fine-arts festival
is well-known for connecting artisticcommunities while creating the oppor-tunity for individuals to fall in love withoriginal pieces of art.
The Mission Federal ArtWalk is heldfrom 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a packedschedule of opportunities for individualsand families to engage in, create andpurchase art. The free event featuresthousands of pieces of artwork createdby artists from California, neighboringstates and Mexico.
For more information, visitwww.missionfederalartwalk.org, Twit-ter at @ArtWalkSD or Facebook at Art-WalkSD.
SDCCD board re-electsGrosch president
At its Dec. 12 organizational meeting,Ocean Beach resident and businessowner Rich Groschwas re-elected as pres-ident of the San DiegoCommunity CollegeDistrict (SDCCD)Board of Trustees.First elected to theboard in 2002, Groschhas served as presi-dent since 2009.
“We have come along way since I was first elected presi-dent of the board,” he said. “We havehandled the severe state budget situa-
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Peninsula-area events, March 28-May 21FRIDAY, March 28
• The Point Loma Rotary Club pre-sents its 11th annual Comedy Cavalcadewith comedians Julie Kidd, Jim Taylorand Robert Weems. Tickets are $25 andproceeds benefit the Rotary Club’s localservice projects. The show takes place atthe United Portuguese S.E.S. Hall,
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• Westminster Theatre and VanguardProductions presents “Heaven CanWait,” Harry Segall’s classic comedy. Theshow opens March 28 and continuesMarch 29, 30; April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and13. Friday and Saturday shows begin at8 p.m., Sunday shows are at 7 p.m.
Westminster Theatre is located at 3598 Talbot St. To order tickets online,visit www.vanguardsd.org, or call (619) 224-6263 for more information.
• Bethany Lutheran Church in OceanBeach will host another offering in itsannual Holy Trinity Concert Series, thistime featuring the dynamic up-and-coming Irish band FullSet, which wasnominated for Best New Irish CD in the2013 Irish Music Awards. The concert
takes place at Bethany LutheranChurch, 2051 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $23. For reservationsand more information, call (619) 222-0365, or email [email protected].
SUNDAY, March 30Brunch with blues music by Robin
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MONDAY, April 7The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club will
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WEDNESDAY, April 9The Point Loma/Hervey Branch
Library will host the San Diego AnnualPoetry Readings free of charge at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 3701Voltaire St. For more information, call(619) 531-1539.
SUNDAY, April 20Westminster Presbyterian Church
will host its free, annual Easter egg huntfor local children at Westminster Parkbehind the church, 3598 Talbot St., at11:30 a.m. For more information, call(619) 224-6263.
WEDNESDAY, May 21The Point Loma Singers will perform
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The SDCCD is governed by a five-mem-ber, locally elected board of trustees.Three students also serve a one-yearterm filling a student trustee position ona rotating basis.
As the second largest of California’s72 community college districts, the SanDiego Community College District servesabout 130,000 students annuallythrough three two-year colleges andseven continuing education campuses.
Local attorney named toSoCal ‘Super Lawyers’ list
Attorney David J. Noonan of PointLoma and three others from the samefirm of Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge, LLPwere recently selected to the “2014Southern California Super Lawyers” list.
Noonan was also selected to the“2014 Top 50: San Diego SuperLawyers.”
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