Del Mar establishes seven no-fee parking days during holiday season
By Matt Liebowitz
At its Nov. 17 meeting, the Del Mar City Council approved the establishment of seven no free/no parking enforcement days in downtown Del Mar during the holiday season.
Proposed by Jennifer Grove, executive director of the Del Mar Village Association, (DMVA) the free parking days will be: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec. 20, Dec. 24 and 25, and Jan. 1.
In addition, DMVA is sponsoring a Del Mar Dining Voucher program. Customers who spend $75 at any downtown business between Nov. 28 and Dec. 24 can take their receipts to Willis Allen Real Estate or Soul Shine Boutique and receive a $15 dining voucher redeemable at: Americana Café, Café Del Mar, Del Mar Brigantine, En Fuego Cantina & Grill, Epazote Oceanview Steakhouse, Giorgio’s Osteria Del Pescatore, Jimmy O’s Sports Bar and Restaurant, Kitchen 154-/L’Auberge, Pacifica Breeze Café, Pacifica Del Mar, Poseidon, and Sbicca American Bistro. The vouchers are good until March 31, 2009.
Mesa board urges safety, habitat protection in Del Mar Mesa Preserve
By Suzanne Evans
A “lost world” where buckwheat that quails love to eat and white California wild lilac trees blossom in the spring in the Del Mar Mesa Preserve is “turning into an amusement park,” Del Mar Mesa community planning board chair Gary Levitt said at the board’s Nov. 13 meeting, complaining that “bike traffic has changed dramatically and has grown exponentially.” Levitt called for a reduction in some trails and preservation of others in the eastern part of Del Mar Mesa.
“At the moment, it is out of control,” Levitt said, noting new trails proliferating on the east side of Duck Pond and a “real lack of respect that it is a preserve.”
Carmel Valley representation will no longer be second to La Jolla, vows Councilwoman-elect Sherri Lightner
By Lee Schoenbart
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For those who feel Carmel Valley is the stepsibling in First District representation to the epicenter that is La Jolla that is about to change, according to newly-elected representative Sherri Lightner.
“They’re (City Hall) going to know where all of the First District is,” declared Lightner.
Even in La Jolla Shores, Lightner knows what it feels like to be one of the unheard at City Hall.
“With respect to the neighborhoods not being listened to, I’d become very involved in my community about 12 years ago and have been active in land-use planning, traffic and coastal issues as either land-use chair or chair of either the town council or shores association,” said the 17-year resident of La Jolla Shores who lived in Scripps Ranch for 17 years before moving to the coast.
Del Mar City Council approves financing of Shores Promissory Note
By Matt Liebowitz
The Del Mar City Council adopted a resolution at its Nov. 10 meeting authorizing the City Manager to execute a financing agreement with Union Bank of California to obtain funds to refinance the Shores Promissory Note.
The Shores Property is a 5.3-acre piece of land bought from the Del Mar Union School District by the city of Del Mar in May. The total cost of the property is $8.5 million.
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Profile:Margaret A. Dalton
In a second career, local resident blossoms as law
professor and ‘pro bono’ attorney for children
By Arthur Lightbourn
As the eldest in a family of seven children who were always encouraged by their parents to speak up and express their ideas, it’s not surprising that Margaret Dalton became a lawyer specializing in child advocacy.
But what may be surprising is that she was 41 when she entered the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law and studied at night for four years to earn her law degree.
During that time, she also became the proud mom of a baby girl.
“I like to be busy,” she chuckled recollecting that time in her life.
She earned her law degree and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1994.
Social consciousness taken to a new level in the Himalayas
By Robin Duncan
Seva in Sanskrit means to serve. Payson Stevens and Avnish Katoch are two individuals that believe deeply in this concept. Through their combined efforts they are making Himachal Pradish — a beautiful, remote area in India — a better place.
Payson Stevens, a Del Mar resident, who resides here six months out of the year and in Kullu Valley the other six months, tells the story of watching a mother die in childbirth in front of the home that he was building there with his wife, author Kamla Kapur. It was a breech birth and it had taken the villagers three hours to carry the woman out of the mountains. Moved by the experience of watching someone needlessly die due to lack of basic healthcare, Stevens turned to his wife and said, “We cannot be just neighbors; we must be good neighbors.”
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TPHS Homecoming 2008
It was a winning Homecoming night for Torrey Pines High School Falcons football on Nov. 7. The junior varsity ream defeated San Pasqual 26-8, and the varsity team kept the San Pasqual Eagles scoreless with a 31-0 win. Cheerleaders performed a halftime show and Homecoming Queen Alexa Smith and Homecoming King Tony Cinotto (above) were crowned after the game. See page B8 for more photos. Photos/Jon Clark. |
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| LOVE THOSE DADS — Carmel Del Mar School held its annual Dads Day Nov. 7. Dad’s Day is an opportunity for fathers (or other caregivers) to spend the morning with their children in the classroom. (Above) Candice and Bob enjoyed their morning together. See inside for more photos. Photo/Jon Clark |
Jewish Academy student takes burger recipe to national cooking competition
By Matt Liebowitz
Danielle Lampitt, 12, is poised to take her burger recipe to the national stage.
The creator of the Oh So Gouda Burger, Lampitt, a seventh-grader at San Diego Jewish Academy, was recently selected as one of 10 finalists in “The Next Gourmet Burger Kids’ Recipe Contest” sponsored by restaurant chain Red Robin International, Inc.
Morgan Run Spa and Sports Retreat Grand Opening for muli-million dollar facility is Nov. 22
By Diane Welch
Just in time for the Holidays, the Morgan Run Spa and Sports Retreat will open its doors to pamper, relax, rejuvenate and invigorate its clients, all within the same multi-million dollar facility.
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