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The Power of Stem CellsThe Reuben H. Fleet Science Centerhas opened “The Power of StemCells,” the first of four new exhibi-tions on the 2016 calendar. Theexhibit immerses us in the worldof stem cells through four high-tech, interactive zones. PAGE 16

Our Lady Peace BoostSelf-Confidence in GirlsNothing brings about more confi-dence than being surrounded by pos-itivity. This was truly the case at theAcademy of Our Lady of Peace’s sec-ond annual BeYOUtiful Conferenceon Saturday, Dec. 12. PAGE 20

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SOUTH PARK NEWSNeighborhood in Transition – A Community Comeback

While recent community rebirths in South Park, Barrio Logan and other mid city nodes are to be saluted,

North Park's dramatic turnaround from blighted area in the 1990s to America's Hippest Neighborhood offers

a blueprint for other community leaders to follow. Read Delle Willett’s story on PAGE 14

Patrick Edwards, owner of Antique Refinishers,initiated the Business Improvement District inNorth Park.

Liz Studebaker served as executive director ofNorth Park Main Street for five years. Whilethere, she doubled the boundaries of the Busi-ness Improvement District.

Angela Landsberg, executive director of NorthPark Main Street, keeps the North Park FarmersMarket hopping.

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2016 — The Year to Sell Happy New Year Happy Homeowner…Or Are You?

Is it time for a change? Are youbusting at the seams? Does youneighbor’s decomposed granitesparkle more than yours? Are yourambling around in accommoda-tions too large for your life or toosmall for your sanity?

Housing inventory in San Diegois low. In fact it’s down 24.8% fromlast year. That lack of home inven-tory is especially evident in Southand North Park, where our neigh-borhoods themselves have grown inpopularity putting our housingstock in higher demand and lessersupply.

If it is time to sell, there’s somegood news in this low inventorynightmare for you. Because theproduct you are selling (yourhouse) is likely to bring top dollarin this market.

Here are six things you need todo BEFORE your home goes on themarket:

1. Get an accurate assess-ment of market value.I’m not talking about checking Zil-low or Redfin here. I’m talkingabout engaging the services of aqualified, professional Realtor who

knows the area well. With older andhistoric homes, getting an assess-ment of market value is not as easycomparing model matches becausethere are none. Each home is uniquewith different features, in differentcondition and needs a careful in-person review so that an accuratepricing strategy can be formulated.

2. Can you sell this house? Make sure your title is clear. Your

realtor can and should be providingyou with a preliminary title reportat your first appointment or verysoon after. This report covers thechain of title on your home, estab-lishes you as owner, and notes anyliens that might be present on thehome clouding your title. If there isanything that surprises you on thisreport, get it taken care of beforegoing on the market.

3. Detach and De-personalize.Once your home goes on the mar-ket, it’s no longer your home. Repeatafter me: It’s No Longer Your Home.It’s a product in the marketplace,albeit one with a lot of personalmemories attached. Prepare your-self to move forward by saying

goodbye to your home ahead oftime. You’ll be far better off in nego-tiations if you can think with yourhead and not with your heart.

Get a head start on moving byboxing up and storing in a safe placefamily photos, valuables, knick-knacks, old magazines, off-seasonclothing, sports equipment that isnot in use, any clutter of any kindreally. Buyers want to be able to seethemselves in their new home, notas moving into yours.

4. Do it up. Your house will probably never

look as good as when its on the

market. All those little repairs andupgrades we homeowners put off?Now’s the time to do them ALL.And the little details count big time.Fix leaking faucets, refresh paint(interior and exterior) with currentbut neutral tones (buh bye lilacbathroom and flocked wallpaper),replace front door, patch and paintceiling cracks and stains, refinishwood floors, upgrade toilets andsinks to meet low flow require-ments, et al. First impressions count.And not only that, but little detailsthat are undone usually indicatethat bigger problems are there aswell.

5. Disclose, disclose, disclose.When you sit down to fill out dis-closures (yes please, before yourhome goes on the market) and youhave to ask whether you should dis-close something about your home,the answer is YES. Give buyers themost information possible to helpthem make an informed decision.This extends not only to the physicalcondition of your home and repairsyou have made, but to things suchas your neighbor’s wild parties, theskunks that have made a nest under

your garden shed, that fact that yoursister’s husband’s aunt is your real-tor, that your solar panels are leasedand beyond. Hiding or omittingthings only serves to make troubleduring escrow and beyond. And noone wants that, do we?

6. Take a deep breath. Selling or buying a home is a life-

changing event in many ways foreveryone involved. People get emo-tional, irrational, indignant and losetheir cool. But you don’t and youshouldn’t have to suffer through adrama-filled transaction. Your real-tor should be a conduit for com-munication and negotiations, yourdaily informant, your marketingguru, your therapist, your expertand your guide through this pro-cess. Do your research and pick theright one. And remember, you getwhat you pay for.

Jean Rivaldi is a REALTOR withCommunity Realty Co. Relentlesslydetail-oriented, a big fan of Ben-jamin Moore GRAY OWL 2137-60,and has the patience of a saint whenit comes to real estate transactions.

Jean Rivaldi

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Deanne Cervantes is continuingto thrive at the rehab facility. She hasmultiple physical therapy sessionsdaily that she gets through with nocomplaints, no matter her pain.

Her positive upbeat attitude isinspiring to all around her. No mat-ter what she is faced with, she alwayshas a smile on her face. Her upbeatattitude and determination havehelped with her recovery and therehab facility is planning to dis-charge her within the next month.

Her husband, Steve and his broth-er are working hard to finish remod-eling the house to be wheelchairaccessible by the time she is ready tocome home. They have just finishedputting in a new wheelchair rampfor the front yard and will beinstalling a wheelchair lift inside aswell as remodeling the bathroom inthe upcoming weeks.

There is much more we need todo to prepare to bring our momhome, but with the help of all herfamily, friends and the community- we can do it!

Deanne Cervantes has been a

member of the McKinley Commu-nity for the past 20+ years. Sheserved as a volunteer, involved par-ent with her daughters Rachael andDanielle, and librarian at McKinleyElementary. She has touched thelives of thousands of children andshared her love of books with themto create live-long readers. Deannecurrently is sharing her gifts as theschool librarian at Adams Elemen-tary.

On November 27, Deanne wascelebrating the Thanksgiving withher treasured family and friends andfell off a 20ft. cliff. Deanne has herbroken back and has multipleinjuries. She might be unable towalk again. Please share any dona-tion to help Deanne and her familycope with this terrible tragedy andmake their home in North Parkwheel chair accessible to help bringDeanne home where she belongs.

Donations may be made on-lineat: GoFundMe.com/deannerecov-eryfund

Thank you for your generosity!

Deanne CervantesContinues to Thrive

SOUTH PARK BUSINESS DETAILSKindred:Open and serving some amazing

vegan food and cocktails. Designedby Paul Basile, if you haven’t beeninside yet, you owe yourself a look,and a taste.

Gold Leaf:Opening, in the former Progressspace, set to soft open on Saturday,Feb. 6th.

Grants Marketplace:Sold to new owner, Jason Peaslee(formerly of the The Cottage in LaJolla). Peaslee plans to keep Grant’sthe same with some tweaks hereand there to enhance thingsincluding breakfast offerings.

Buona Forchetta:Expanding to a second location atLiberty Station.

Cafe Madeleine:Expanding to a second location onEl Cajon Boulevard.

South Park Brewing: New menu for 2016. If you’re notfeeling fishy, there’s now plenty ofmeat.

BV Architecture: New, residential and commercialarchitecture, located in the newAtlas Lofts building at 30th andGrape.

Amari Productions:New, specializing in video produc-tion, located at 2332 30th Street.

Ginseng Yoga:New Yoga Teacher training beginsMarch 18th, go toginsengyoga.com for details.

Firehorse:Closed, owner Diana MarJip-Chuhis in negotiations to sell the busi-ness. With a heavy heart she bidsfarewell to South Park and somevery loyal customers.

Brabant:Closed, in its place will be a newMexican offering, Provecho, fromthe team behind Kensington Cafeand The Haven, set to open inMarch 2016.

Bad Madge:Celebrating five years in SouthPark with an anniversary party onMarch 18th and the month ofMarch designated as CustomerAppreciation Month.

Spring Walkabout:Saturday, March 19th from 6-10pm

My cough is lingering afterthat bad cold I had. How do Iget rid of it?

Coughs love to linger, and they aresometimes a sign of the infection thatis lingering, but sometimes it is theinflammation and swelling left over.If you have a new fever, or a fever thatcomes and goes, or the color is darkor greenish, then you need to see yourdoctor. The infection likely haschanged into a bacterial thing andneeds to be addressed. If it is a barkysound or a wheezy sound, then it islikely the swollen lung and bronchialtissue narrowing your air tubes and

triggering a cough.Sometimes asthma medicines

work, but natural remedies work also.And if it is a productive cough, butthe phlegm is yellow, white or clear,then you are just clearing out the left-overs after your illness. Home reme-dies work best for that.

So what are the best home reme-dies? According to clinical trials andscientific studies, the following workwell. Honey (for children over 1 yearold), beats out any over the countercough syrup. One tablespoon beforebed works best for nighttime cough.Also, a humidifier at night helps.Thyme is another wonderful herb

that tastes good on food but worksgreat for coughs, too. It is a naturalantiseptic and antispasmodic. Youcan drink it in tea, breathe it in withsteam to get it down into the lungs,or use an essential oil in a diffuser.The caffeine in tea is structurallyrelated to an asthma medicine calledtheophylline/aminophylline, so it willopen the lungs in case of wheezing— a cup every morning of black, orstrong green tea will help open thelungs, and drain them of remainingphlegm.

Elderberry works as well as pre-scription medicines for the flu, so ifyou have flu, use the lozenges or take5000 milligrams of the raw herbequivalent daily. And don’t forgetGinger — it kills Strep, Influenza, H.flu, RSV, the common cold and staphinfections.

The following are four recipes thatare easy to make and good to havearound the house in cold and flu sea-son.

Thyme honey — great for that nighttime cough as well as sore throats. Take a cup or 2 of honey, place in ajar with 2 tablespoons of dried thymeor 3 sprigs of fresh. Put on lid. Let sitin sun for 2 weeks. Strain out thethyme (heat honey up a little so it isrunny and will go through a cheese-cloth). Keep in the cubboard for useas needed. Local and raw honey best,but the little bear will work too.

Thyme/honey cough syrupTake 1 cup of hot water and pourover 1 tablespoon dried or two table-spoons fresh thyme. Let steep 15 minutes. Strain. Add 1 cup of honey and stir. Add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.Refrigerate and use every 2–3 hoursas needed for cough

Ginger teaSimmer 2-inch piece of ginger(peeled is preferred) in 4 cups waterfor 15 minutes

Strain gingerAdd honey and lemon. Drink throughout the day for a cold,flu, strep infection.

Numbing throat spray15 ml of Sage tincture (at naturalstores like Sprouts), 15 ml of Echinacea tincture. 70 ml waterAdd together in a small pump spraybottle, or gargle with the mixture asneeded.

Hope this helps you get through coldand flu season with ease!

Dr. Tara Zandvliet welcomes yourquestions. Send them to questions@southparkdoctor.com. She practices at2991 Kalmia St. Phone: (619) 929-0032.

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NORTH PARKOne Door North Slated forMarch/April Opening

Fred and Tammy Piehl have beenprepping a new concept next door totheir popular 30th Street fixture, TheSmoking Goat.

Set to open in March/April, OneDoor North will feature an aestheticinspired by the great outdoors andoffer a more casual, laid-back diningexperience than its sister restaurant.

Hospitality design group obrAR-CHITECTURE, marketing specialistsDana Williams and boutique designstudio Murfey Design are collaboratingon the project, which will see an excit-ing overhaul of the existing 5,000-square foot space.

Upon entry a 25-foot ramp lit byvintage lanterns will lead guests tothree distinct dining areas includingan open and airy street-facing sectionwith communal picnic-style tables, anda central bar area with casual high-topseating. While a rear dining room withthree safari-style tents will serve as asemi-private dining space for groupsof six to eight people. Drawing inspi-ration from the mountains of Califor-nia to the greenery of the Pacific NorthWest, each tent will be styled around adifferent outdoor theme, decked outwith chandeliers and can be connectedto create one linear dining room forlarger parties.

One Door North, 3422 30th St. By Keri Bridgewater/San Diego Eater

Tribute Pizza Breaks Ground-Wood-fired delights await.

We covered some of the most antic-ipated openings coming up this winterand spring, but Eater readers haveasked for an update on Tribute Pizza,the pop-up that’s going brick and mor-tar in a big way and building a 3,200-square-foot restaurant in the anchorspace of the mixed-use North ParkPost Office.

Owner Matthew Lyons said the pro-ject is headed up by Blueprint Con-tracting (Saiko Sushi, Seven Grand)and architect Mike Burnett of Foun-dationForForm, one of the developersof the North Park Post Office complex.

Tribute's pizzas — topped with localproduce and housemade sausage —will be cooked in a custom 91-square-foot wood fired oven. Lyons countspizza guru Chris Bianco of PizzeriaBianco as a mentor so standards, andexpectations, will be high. He expectsthe restaurant to be up and runningby early to mid-June.

Tribute Pizza, 3077 North Park Way.

SOUTH PARKClassic Mexican Cantina Movingonto 30th Street

It’ll replace Brabant Bar & Cafe.Many Eater readers have been curi-

ous about who is the new proprietorof the former Brabant Bar & Cafespace; the Belgian-inspired eateryclosed at the end of 2015 after twoyears on 30th Street. Opening her firstSouth Park project is Kensington Cafeowner Lauren Passaro, who also runsThe Haven Pizzeria on Adams Avenue.

A neighborhood resident for the lastdecade, Passaro says she noticed thelack of a sit-down, family-friendlyMexican restaurant in the community.So bienvenido por favor Provecho,which is aiming to be open by the endof February.

The space has been brightened andlightened up with a fresh paint job, all

new decor and some minor modifica-tions to the interior walls and outdoorpatio. Rather than climb aboard thegourmet taco train, the classic Mexicancantina will feature a menu that execu-tive chef Sergio Garcia (iSALUD! by SanDiego Taco Company, Tacos Barrios) iscalling “Mexican/Chicano soul food.”While Brabant’s focus was beer, Prove-cho will be highlighting its full bar witha list of creative and classic margaritas.

By Candice Woo/San Diego Eater

KENSINGTONTracy Borkum Dishes on Bring-ing cucina SORELLA to Kens-ington

More details are emerging aboutwhat the Urban KitchenGroup (CUCINAurbana, CUCINA enote-ca) is planning for its spotin Kensington, where thelocal restaurant groupoperated KensingtonGrill for almost twodecades before a revampturned it into Fish Public,which closed a year ago.

Last fall, restaurateurTracy Borkum announced that the3,500-square-foot Adams Avenue spacewould become a riff on her bustlingCUCINA concepts, just without thepizza as not to compete with neigh-boring pizzeria, The Haven.

Called cucina SORELLA, it's sched-uled for a Spring 2016 opening. Theeatery's focus will be on handmadepasta, other Italian-inspired fare anddishes that have become signatureitems at the other restaurants, includ-ing CUCINA's popular polenta boards.Plans also include a substantive takeoutprogram and cooking classes. In astatement, Borkum said, "As we devel-oped this concept, we went straight tothe Kensington community to seek outtheir opinion and to gather feedbackon what they would like to see go intothis space. We’re excited to presentguests with some very familiar ele-ments from our original Bankers Hilllocation, but reimagined to suit a more

neighborhood-focused experience."cucina SORELLA, 4055 Adams Ave.By Candice Woo/San Diego Eater

HILLCRESTLA’s Spitz Opens Hillcrest Play-ground with Lawn Games andStreet Food

Spitz, the eatery from Los Angeles,has opened on Fifth Avenue in Hill-crest.

Open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.Sunday through Thursday and untilmidnight on Friday and Saturday,Spitz’s menu revolves around dönerkebabs, from beef and lamb to chickenand vegetables, stuffed into wraps andsandwiches or topping salads and fries.

There’s also a full bar, with10 beer taps and a drink listthat ranges from house-made sangria variations toseasonal fresh fruit-basedcocktails; the weekday 4 to7 p.m. happy hour features$2 off select drinks anddeals on snacks, includingtheir signature döquitos, aMediterranean version of

taquitos. The just-renovated street art-

inspired space is decorated with cus-tom stencils honoring famous SanDiego natives, from Tom Waits to localartists, and iconic movies that werefilmed in town. Behind the diningroom, a tucked away gem of a beer gar-den awaits — 2,000-square-feet ofumbrella-shaded picnic tables and alawn area stocked with outdoor games,from cornhole to giant Jenga.

Spitz, 3515 Fifth Ave.By Candice Woo/San Diego Eater

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTSHand-Held Pies, Both Sweet &Savory, headed for UniversityHeights

Meet Pop Pie Co. A dedicated pieshop specializing in individually-sized sweet and savory pies is comingthis spring to University Heights.Founded by SoCal native Steven Tor-res, a local business banker, and Sueb-

trakarn (Gan) Suebsarakham, a recentMBA-grad who studied pastry at anarea culinary school, Pop Pie Co. willbe an anchor tenant in a building atthe corner of Park and Meade ownedby Nick Zanoni (Sycamore Den, Burn-side), who says he chose Torres andSuebsarkham as tenants because oftheir unique concept, telling Eater, “thevenue will be an authentic owner-oper-ated venue for University Heights atthe gateway to its business district.”

Pop Pie Co. will be both a fast-casualeatery and a third wave coffee bar. Tor-res, a coffee aficionado, is installing atop of the line espresso machine thatwill make a full lineup of espressodrinks using a variety localroasters. The coffee drinks willbe orderable from a walk-up windowon the Park side of the 40-seat, 1,100-square-foot space, which will includean outdoor patio and is being puttogether by local Tec/Scape Design.

The counter service-style restaurantwill be open for breakfast, lunch anddinner daily, offering everything frombreakfast pies to savory pies paired withwarm and cold salads and sides aslunch or dinner combos; the five-inchsavory pies will have fillings that runfrom steak and ale to five-spice barbe-cue pork, carnitas and a curry chickenvariety inspired by Suebsarakham’snative Thailand. The three-inch sweetpies will also be globally influenced andinclude flavors such as Mexican choco-late, coconut cream, taro, Earl Grey teaand strawberry milkshake. Pop Pie Co.will also offer vegan and gluten-freeversion of select pies. And beverageswill range from fresh juices to craft beer(six taps) and wine.

Pop Pie Co., 4404 Park Blvd.

Rendering of One Door North.

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Jaci Springfield’s intent in selectingbeautiful paint colors is to affect thequality of people’s lives — whetherit’s an office they look forward togoing to, a kitchen that makes theirheart soar (as one client said), or astore like Geppetto’s Toy Store that’scharming to both kids and their par-ents.

People often ask, “Can’t anyone pickpaint colors? How hard can it be,right?”

Jaci explains that for most people,picking colors is a completely frus-trating and overwhelming experience.They pick out some paint chips,maybe buy a few test colors to put onthe wall, or ask a friend what color

they used. Some take info from adesign magazine or just go with whatthe paint store employee said. Whatlooks fantastic in a friend’s placemight not work at all in theirs.

Many people paint a bunch ofswatches on the wall and… are stillconfused. Then its back to the store,back online or a trip to that anotherfriend’s living room they adore. Afterall this, one spouse turns to the otherand says, “Why is this so hard?”

And that’s usually when they call ina professional.

Another common question shehears is, “Why does the paint on mywall look so different, even worse,

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Independent Pharmacies Save You Money

It probably surprises no one thatindependent pharmacies outper-formed all chain competitors in cus-tomer service in a recent ConsumersUnion survey. But independents

also beat major chain drugstores,supermarkets and big box discoun-ters on price — and by a wide mar-gin. In fact, among all nationalchains, only the pay-to-shop mem-

bership club, Costco, edged outindependents on price.

Published in the January 2016edition of Consumer Reports mag-azine, the Consumers Union report

was based on results from “secretshoppers” who called the pharma-cies of more than 200 stores forprice quotes on five common gener-ic prescription drugs.* The totalaverages of the price quoted (a one-month supply of each) were:

Costco: $117 Independents: $136 Sam’s Club: $193Target: $317Walmart: $352Kmart: $558Grocery Stores: $561Walgreens: $603Rite Aid: $827CVS: $855

The drugs in the survey includ-ed generic versions of Actos, Cym-balta, Lipitor, Plavix and Singulair.

Sam’s Club (a subsidiary of Wal-mart Inc.) and Costco are clubsrequiring membership purchase toshop there, however non-mem-bers may purchase prescriptiondrugs.

And the reasons to patronizeindependent pharmacists go farbeyond price. Consumer Reportsnotes, “You’re much less likely towait at an independent pharmacy

than at another type of store.” Just 4 percent of customers at

independents complained of longwaits compared to 21 percent ofpharmacy chain customers. TheConsumers Union report suggeststhis may be an intentional strategyby some chains to ensure customershave plenty of time to roam theiraisles for other products.

According to Consumer Reports,“At least 90 percent of shoppers atindependents rated their pharmacyas Excellent or Very Good in speed& accuracy, courtesy & helpfulness,and pharmacists’ knowledge. Noother type of drug store came close.”

Market Competition vs Corpo-rate Capitalism

According to the National Com-munity Pharmacists Association.there were 22,814 independentpharmacies in 2014, compared to21,394 chain drug stores, 8,301supermarkets with pharmacies and8,330 mass merchandisers. Butwe’ve lost about half the communitypharmacies in the country over thelast 30 years.

Survey shows community pharmacies offer not only superior service, but lower prices

Growing Your Own BusinessThinking about how to improve the

performance of your business in2016? Then SCORE San Diego’s“Growing Your Business Workshop”is for you.

The workshop will be held Satur-day, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. atNational University, 9388 LightwaveAve., San Diego, CA 92123. The fee is$39, which includes lunch.

This full day, highly interactiveworkshop, focuses on six topics criti-cal for success in today’s competitivebusiness environment:

• Assessing Your Business Needs• Focusing Your Marketing• Selling in Today’s World

• Using Financial Information toAnalyze and Improve Your Business

• Getting Top Performance FromYour People and Yourself

• Operating Your Business with BestPractices

You will hear from and interactwith sixS C O R Em e n t o r swho offer ac o m b i n e d250 years of business experience andperspective. You’ll come away withplans and ideas that can improve yourbottom line.

Workshop Presenters:

• Fred Bruning has over 40 years ofexperience as a financial executive forsmall startup and early-stage compa-nies as well as Fortune 500 companies.Areas of expertize include financialanalysis, business and financial plan-ning, and cost accounting.

• Art Ferber has45 years of man-agement experi-ence in the areas ofe n g i n e e r i n g ,

equipment reliability, financial anal-ysis, safety, and leadership training.Currently runs business creating cus-tom-designed wall sculptures.

• Greg Bowcott has over 40 years of

experience at the CEO level in thefinancial services industry. He special-izes in sales, marketing and businessplanning.

• Wes Campbell brings 35+ years ofmarketing and sales experience overa variety of industries. Campbell is aformer owner/operator of his ownbusiness.

• Ron Woodhill has 46 years inwholesale distribution as a purveyorto the culinary trade. Expertise in allaspects of marketing and sales to thefoodservice industry.

• Larry Destro is a senior operationsand general management executivewith over 30 years of experience in

retail, restaurants, distribution andmanufacturing. He consults withcompanies to develop strategic plans,improve their operations and growtheir market share and profits.

SCORE San Diego is a nonprofitorganization that offers one-on-onementoring, workshops and network-ing events for people consideringstarting a small business andentrepreneurs looking to improve theperformance of their existing busi-ness. SCORE San Diego is celebratingits 50th anniversary of helping smallbusiness succeed.

For more information, contactSCORE San Diego at (619) 557-7272.

SCORE workshop gives tips on improving performance

Picking the Perfect Paint ColorLocal interior designer solves homeown-ers’ No. 1 redecorating dilemma by helpingthem chose the perfect paint color

Downtown condo.SEE COLOR, Page 7

The San Diego RegionalChamber of Commerce hasestablished a Young Leadersgroup of men and women ages21 to 40 who will be tasked withbringing fresh perspectives tosome of the region’s problemsand challenges.

Chamber Young Leaders isdesigned to provide a platformfor young leaders to share theirinsights and unique professionalperspectives, as well as foster pro-fessional growth. Guiding thegroup’s activities are four pillars:professional development, men-toring, regional activism/causes,and networking. The full mem-bership will vote on two to threecauses which will be their focusfor the year.

The group’s first meeting willbe Feb. 29 at Park & Rec in Uni-versity Heights.

Leading the group are Coun-cilman Mark Kersey, honorarychairman; James Lawson, presi-dent of Presidio Public AffairsGroup, board chair; and StarHughes-Gorup, director ofHughes Marino, vice chair.

The group’s board of directorswere selected through an appli-cation process based on partici-pants’ proven success as industryleaders and commitment to com-munity involvement and profes-sional growth.

Group membership includesover 100 diverse, bi-partisanyoung professionals representinga variety of industries.

“San Diego’s young people areready to engage in the issues thatwill create a strong business com-munity,” said Jerry Sanders, pres-ident and CEO of the San DiegoRegional Chamber. “It speaks vol-umes that we received such anoverwhelming response when weput out a call for membership. Ithink our Chamber Young Lead-ers will bring a fresh perspectiveto some of our region’s chal-lenges.”

“It’s an honor to chair theChamber Young Leaders,” saidCouncilman Kersey, who — 12years ago — began his own smallbusiness in the tech industry. “Asemerging professionals who planto be in this city for many yearsto come, our voice will be incred-ibly valuable in shaping the eco-nomic development of ourregion.”

While membership for theChamber Young Leaders’ Boardof Directors is closed for this year,applications for the general mem-bership remain open. Individualsaged 21-40 who are interested inlearning more or applying maydo so atwww.sdchamber.org/sdyl.

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Building a BIG Small Business BrandJust like the famous saying “You only

get one chance to make a good firstimpression,” the same is especially truefor small businesses. Branding is thatopportunity.

“And more often than not, it’s amissed opportunity,” says small busi-ness branding expert Dan Antonelli.“95 percent of small businesses have apoor brand and a neutral or negativebrand promise.” But there is hope.

“If your business is in the minorityand is embracing the power of itsbrand, you’re already standing out. Sothat’s great news,” he states. But whatabout the vast majority? Without astrong logo, a business may never getthe chance to prove their quality toconsumers. “If a business’ brandingdoes not make it look like they do greatwork, consumers may likely choose acompetitor instead. It’s that simple.After all, a strong brand inspires con-sumers who have no prior knowledgeor experience with your company tobelieve you deliver an amazing productor service.”

So where do small business in needof stronger branding go from here?Antonelli author of “Building a BigSmall Business Brand” and owner ofGraphic D-Signs, is detailing his topfive branding tips for small businessbrands everywhere.

Five tips to create a logo that will

build a strong foundation for a smallbusiness brand and ultimately empow-er a business to thrive:

Don’t be generic“First, make sure your logo is clear

and easy to interpret, because you maynot have the years of brand recognitionbehind you that ensure that people willassociate your name with your productor service. Second, unlike large com-panies, you likely don’t have the largeadvertising budget required to brandicons too generic to help consumersunderstand the nature of your busi-ness. In short, then, your logo needs toconvey what you do and who you areand leave a positive brand impression,”said Antonelli. “That’s why small busi-

ness logo design is a different animalfrom corporate logo design,” he con-tinues. “Corporations can throwenough money into marketing toensure that people associate any sym-bol or graphic with their name. Smallbusinesses don’t usually have that lux-ury: Each impression is so important.You need to very quickly connect withyour audience members and give themsomething to latch on to -- at the sametime that you give them something dis-ruptive in your competitive space.”

Pick typography that reflectswhat you stand for

The vast majority of small businessbrands are built upon two primary ele-ments: their typographic elements andtheir graphic or iconic element.Together, these factors form the basicstructure for most logo designs. “Nextto the graphical element or icon, thetypography used in your logo designis the most critical choice that a design-er makes in representing your smallbusiness brand,” said Antonelli.“Typography communicates muchabout your brand -- whether it’s abrand that’s whimsical or elegant,established or common, fresh or futur-istic. Your typography should be in har-mony with, and balance with, thegraphic or icon in order to optimizethe audience’s first impression.”

Choose colors wiselyCertain industries have very typical

color palettes that are traditional totheir industry. For example, heatingand air conditioning companies oftenuse red and blue in their branding. But,try to think outside of the box whendevising brand colors. Look closely atyour competitors, then choose a colorscheme unlikely to be confused withthat of existing brands. Again, thinkabout being disruptive in your spaceby choosing unique hues.

Consider how your logo will beused

Whenever possible, avoid using alogo that requires a lot of explanation.If your small business relies on outdoormedia, such as signs or vehicles, amemorable icon is especially impor-tant. It should link the viewer to themessage, quickly and efficiently. Onesimple test is to cover up the letteringand simply look at the graphic. Doesit give the viewer an idea as to thenature of the business? It’s also vitallyimportant to think about the big pic-ture. How is your logo going to lookin the various executions of the brand?Will it thrive in one format but sufferin another? Or, are there certain mar-keting channels you might use in thefuture, wherein the logo will need towork well?

Hire a proWith so much of a business’ success

riding on how well their branding per-forms, this generally isn’t the place tocut corners. Yet, so many businesseslook for the least expensive option,because they don’t necessarily under-stand the value of a good brand andhow it will affect their chances of suc-cess. The most important part of anybranding exercise is an open dialoguebetween the brand strategist and theclient. Choose a firm where you willspeak directly with the person devel-oping your brand. Make sure all art-work created is original, not derivedfrom clip art. Choose a firm with athorough understanding of all thoseapplications where your brand even-tually will be deployed.

Build a foundation. With so manysmall businesses suffering from poorbrands, they have a real opportunityto be unique and stand out. “One lookat your logo should provide a reason-able expectation of a good experience,”said Antonelli. “The logo is the hub foryour brand and sets the stage for all ofyour strategic messaging. If you createa logo that will build a strong founda-tion for your brand, you will empoweryour business to thrive.”

Expert shares 5 small business branding tips

Branding expert Dan Antonelli

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Forms Young Leaders Group Professionals 21 to 40 invited to join

Star Hughes-Gorup, Young Leaders board vice chair.

James Lawson, Young Leaders board chair.

Councilman Mark Kersey, honorary chairman.

The San Diego Young Leaders board.

than the paint chip I got at thestore?” Jaci explains, “There are alot of reasons but the biggest is light-ing. The light in your average paintstore is nowhere near the actual lightin your home or office. Fluorescentor metal halide lights at paint storescan completely change a color andwhen you put it up on a wall, itlooks dramatically different. Youalso need to take into account howmuch natural light you have in thespace and where does it come from,north, south, east or west and thetime of day.”

She’s owned and operated Spring-field Design, an architectural inte-rior design firm in Normal Heightsfor over 28 years. But she wanted tocreate a separate business, The Per-fect Paint Color, solely devoted tothe selection of paint colors becausemany people don’t have the time,energy or money to do a full remod-el, yet they still want to have a beau-

tiful environment.“Paint to the rescue!” Jaci says,

“The impact of having just the rightpaint colors is extremely powerfuland immediately influences howyou feel when you're in a space. Andchanging the paint colors is the leastexpensive thing you can do to dra-matically alter an environmentwithout going through an entireremodel”

With 34 years of architectural andinterior design in the industry, herexperience includes projects for theHotel Del Coronado, the San DiegoZoo, LegoLand, Balboa Park, HelenWoodward Animal Center, doctors’offices, retail stores, restaurants, tast-ing rooms, veterinary hospitals anda diverse portfolio of custom homesand condos. Over the years she hasperfected the art of selecting just theright colors to match each client’sindividual needs to create a moodor transform a space.

Jaci Springfield is a NormalHeights-based interior designer.www.springfielddesign.com.

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Brewery Igniter North Park, a newconcept developed by the H.G. FentonCompany to help novice brewers opentheir own breweries, is now takinglease offers for a site at 3052 El CajonBlvd. which, until late last year, was astrip joint.

Brewery Igniter will allow threebrewers to lease suites at the site, locat-ed at the corner of Ohio Street.

H.G. Fenton Company owns andmanages 13 apartment communitieswith more than 3,100 homes in SanDiego County, but last July it startedleasing something entirely different —new facilities for craft brewers.

Brewery Igniter’s first two turnkeybrewing facilities (located at at 9030Kenamar Drive, Suites 309 & 308) arenow launching pads for Pure ProjectBrewing and Amplified Ale Works.

And the next one is coming toNorth Park early this year.

Typically, a startup microbrewermust invest hundreds of thousands ofdollars in brewing equipment, manageconstruction expenses and logisticsand wait for a liquor license and their

equipment to be delivered andinstalled before they can brew, pourand sell their first pint. The Fentoncompany’s Brewery Igniter providesthe space and all of the equipment toproduce and sell craft beer, so that astartup microbrewery can begin sellingproduct as soon as it gets its ABClicense, which can take as little as twomonths.

Brewery Igniter isn’t an incubator— nobody will be helping theseentrepreneurs learn to brew or kickingthem out once they’ve learned — butrather a way to reduce the barriers toentry so that passionate brewers canproduce beer, get it to customers, andhelp San Diego continue to lead as theCraft Beer Capital, according to BillHooper, a portfolio manager with theFenton company.

“We have had the privilege of work-ing with many craft brewers in SanDiego and have seen firsthand thechallenges that they face. We devel-oped Brewery Igniter to lower newbrewers risk and help them get themost successful start possible,” said

Hooper.“H.G. Fenton is focused on provid-

ing value with flexible lease terms andlease rates that reflect a fair monthlycost craft brew entrepreneurs wouldexpect for rent and equipment pay-ments,” a Fenton spokeswoman said.“Our hopes are that entrepreneurbrewers will enter Brewery Igniter toget their business off the ground, blos-som into a financially stable and grow-ing business and eventually invest intoa bigger brewing space of their own.But if they want to continue leasing,they’re more than welcome to.”

Brewery Igniter’s two current loca-tions in the Miramar area feature:

• 1,625 square feet of space per unit• A tasting room with a bar• 7 barrel brew house• Four 15 barrel brite tanks• Four 15 barrel uni tanks• Two stage glycol chiller• Malt mill• Cold room• Two station automatic keg washer

Brew Space for LeaseH.G. Fenton to offers craft brewers fully stockedbrewery space at North Park site

Jacqueline Olivier, commercial property manager, and Bill Hooper, portfolio manager,with H.G. Fenton Company who oversee the Brewery Igniter project and spaces.

Pure Project’s Miramar location showing the wall they made with reclaimed wood and logo in living moss.

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Master bath. White Labs Tasting Room.

Contemporary living room.

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Remembering A LegendLewis Edward Sanclemente, 92, passed

away recently, leaving behind a multi-tude of friends and admirers and mem-ories of a lifetime spent in or aroundbaseball.

Ed Sanclemente grew up near the Uni-versity Heights playground, where heshagged baseballs for young slugger TedWilliams and honed a game that wouldtake Sanclemente to national champi-onships on two levels.

Sanclemente played for coach MikeMorrow at San Diego High and was thestarting third baseman on Morrow’s1941 Post 6 American Legion squad thatswept Berwyn, Ill., in a three-game seriesat Lane Field in San Diego.

After playing third base and shortstopat the University of California in 1943-44, Sanclemente served in the U.S. Navyand then returned to Cal and was theBears’ third baseman on the 1947 teamthat won the first College World Series.

Sanclemente batted .369 during the1947 regular season and was 4 for 10with four runs batted in as Californiaswept Yale in a two-game series for thenational championship.

Sanclemente played two seasons ofprofessional baseball. He taught andserved in administrative capacities atSouth San Francisco High and for theSan Francisco Olympic Club beforereturning to San Diego and coachingbaseball at La Jolla High in 1956.

Mike Morrow appointed Sanclementeto the coaching staff at San Diego JuniorCollege in 1957. Sanclemente succeededMorrow as head coach in 1958, whenMorrow started the University of SanDiego program.

His success on the two-year college

level included conference championshipsat San Diego J.C., later known as SanDiego City, and at Mesa College, whereSanclemente was the Olympians’ firstcoach when the school opened in 1964.

Dozens of Sanclemente’s playerssigned professional contracts, somereached the major leagues, and manybecame coaches and athletic administra-tors.

Groups of 10-15 former players hon-ored Sanclemente every Thursday foryears. They were his hosts for breakfastat D.Z. Akins restaurant on AlvaradoRoad.

Swung A Mean RacquetSanclemente made a name for himself

on the tennis courts at University Heightsand throughout the city before he turnedhis attention to baseball.

Newspaper accounts from as far backas 1933 reported that “72-pound EdwardSan Clemente won the first of a series oftennis tournaments for children of gram-mar school age.”

According to tournament coordinatorWilbur Folsom, Sanclemente’s 6-4, 10-12, 6-4 victory over Dick Brink in thefinals of the event at University Heightswas after a “three-hour struggle that sawseveral rallies for crucial points last aslong as five minutes.”

Sanclemente won numerous tourna-ments in the area and became one of thecity’s top junior players.

(Thanks to Rick Smith. From SanDiego Prep Sports History atwww.partletonsports.com)

Coach Ed Sanclemente, 92 BY RICK SMITH

Ed Sanclemente was star infielder for University of California teams in 1940s.

Community Activist Omar Passons Gets Community Development PostSelected by the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

Community activist and lawyerOmar Passons, a resident of North Park,has been appointed vice president ofcommunity development and policy forthe Jacobs Center for NeighborhoodInnovation.

Passons will lead the organization’swork in economic development, com-munity ownership, and public-philan-thropic partnerships to support therevitalization of Southeastern SanDiego’s Diamond Neighborhoods. Hewill oversee policy to drive economicequity for residents and develop policyfor Market Creek Plaza owner benefit.

CNI owns 60 acres in the Diamondneighborhoods of San Diego. The Dia-mond includes portions of Encanto,Emerald Hills, Chollas View, MountHope, Lincoln Park and Valencia Park.

“I am excited about internal respon-sibility for talent management andhuman resources to help our team reallyget the most out of their work and befulfilled in what we do,” said Passons.

Passons spent the previous decadepracticing law, specializing in construc-tion, land-use planning, real estate, and

commercial litigation with an emphasison public agency-related matters.Among his previous positions, heserved as the deputy attorney for theCalifornia Department of Transporta-tion and, most recently, as senior coun-sel at Stutz Artiano Shinoff & HoltzAPC.

A Passons serves on the board ofdirectors for the Earl B. Gilliam BarFoundation, United Way of San DiegoCounty, Voices for Children, CDC SmallBusiness Finance, and the San DiegoWorkforce Partnership’s WorkforceDevelopment Board. He received a JurisDoctorate from George Mason Univer-sity School of Law and a Masters ofPublic Health from the University ofArizona.

The Jacobs Center for NeighborhoodInnovation

was founded in 1995. It is focused onbuilding communities and lifting lives.The Jacobs Center works with commu-nity organizations to increase residents’economic opportunities, leadershipskills, and educational success.

Passons is the new vice president of community development and policy fot the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.

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By Bart Mendoza

February 25Boisterous Good Time with Skelpin, et alCeltic favorites Skelpin come together for a rare show at Java Joe’son Feb. 25. The SDMA-winning band has not played much in recentmonths owing to the various band members’ side projects, includingBrogue Wave, featuring fiery fiddler Patric Petrie and multi-instru-mentalist Tim Foley, as well as guitarist Jimmy Patton, percussionistEnrique Platas and popular local duo Jimmy and Enrique. Thegroup will be joined by Matt Hensley of Celtic punk chart heroesFlogging Molly, but any show with this group of superb musiciansis always a boisterous, good time.

March 2Battalion of Saints ResurrectedResurrected punk legends Battalion of Saints perform at the TilTwo Club on March 2, part of a month long, nationwide tour inanticipation of a new album, their first in nearly two decades,due to be released via Southern Lord Records. The band’s latestsingle, “Darkness,” finds the band in excellent form, particularlyfor a group that first exploded on local stages circa 1980. Battalionof Saints has seen many ups and downs in its long history withfront-man George Anthony the sole remaining member since itsinception, but the band’s energy and drive remains much thesame; a hard and fast adrenaline rush with a beat.

February 20Joshua White Residency at Dizzy’sJazz pianist Joshua White kicks off a monthly Saturday night residencyon Feb. 20 with a special show celebrating his 10 years of performingat Dizzy’s. Each show will be a unique presentation with the inauguralevening seeing White backed by an all-star quartet featuring singerLeonard Patton, drummer Duncan Moore, bassist Rob Thorsen andacclaimed guitarist Peter Sprague. White is a brilliant performer.

February 29Fun and Fitting Tribute to David BowieOnly two months in and 2016 has already been a devastating year formusic aficionados, with the loss of many icons, topped perhaps byrock chameleon David Bowie. On Feb. 29, many of San Diego’s topmusicians will gather for a special edition of The Office Undercover,with an all-star band, including guitarist Daniel Crawford and drum-mer Jake Najor providing the backing for a host of singers includingTrent Hancock, Jessica Hull, Ariel Levine and Birdy Bardot. With aslew of great tunes to choose from, ranging from “Space Oddity” to“Let’s Dance,” this promises to be a night of sing-a-long fun, a fittingsend off to one of music’s all-time greats.

February 21Special Fundraiser for Gary HeffernOn Feb. 21, the Casbah will be site of a special fundraiser for GaryHeffern, front man for legendary punk band The Penetrators. Fundsraised at this concert will help Heffern, currently residing in Finland,return to his hometown San Diego with a multitude of his musicalfriends contributing their talents to the show. On hand will be TheFarmers, Cindy Lee Berryhill, JuJu Sartori, Post Blacktango, Harpoand Dave Dick of Downs Family. Taking place between 2-6 p.m.,this event is a testament to just how beloved Heffern is to San Diego’smusic fans. It’s a chance to say thanks for all the great times andtunes such as “Sensitive Boy” and “Walk the Beat.”

March 5

Melodic Songwriter Eliot SumnerBritish Indie rocker Eliot Sumner appears at the Soda Bar on March5. The show is part of a tour supporting her new album, “Infor-mation,” an excellent collection of songs that takes in ’80s post-punk influences, mixing them with touches of synth pop. Formerlyrecording under the name Blame Coco, Sumner is a superb song-writer with a voice that at times reminds me of Concrete Blonde’sJohnette Napolitano. She has an arsenal of hook-filled singles toher credit, propelled by her solid bass playing and knack for melodicsongwriting as heard in such future classics as “Firewood” and “IFollowed You Back Home.”

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A Small Yet Fierce Force: McGill School of Success Helps Students Reach New New Heights

Residents of the South Parkneighborhood of San Diego havelikely walked by the Christ UnitedPresbyterian Church on Fir Streeton a regular basis. But what theymay not know about this familiarsite is that during the weekdays itserves as the home for McGill Schoolof Success, a public charter schoolfor students in transition kinder-garten through fourth grade.

The school has been continuallygrowing from its inception in 1995by the prominent community mem-ber Rev. George Walker Smith. Thecharter began as an interventionpreschool to being granted its char-ter in 1995 as a kindergarten and ele-mentary school serving studentsfrom TK through third grade. In2015, the San Diego Unified SchoolDistrict granted the school’s expan-sion request to fourth and fifthgrades so that the school will parallel

traditional district elementaryschools by the 2016/17 school year.

McGill School is open to all SanDiego County residents, and mostlyfills its seats with students from out-side of the South Park neighbor-hood. However Soebida Fuentes,principal and CEO, encouragesSouth Park resident to enroll theirchildren in the school as well.

“We know every student by nameand many of the family member’snames,” said Fuentes. “We pride our-selves on our mission, which is toprovide children with an equitable,nurturing, and effective learningenvironment that promotes thedevelopment of the 21st centuryskills of critical thinking, effectivecommunication, creativity and col-laboration, with a multicultural per-spective and core values essential foracademic and lifetime success.”

McGill has a strong emphasis on

STEAM (science, technology, engi-neering, arts and math), which iswoven through its supplementalprograms including Youth to theCore (weekly exercise science pro-gram), performing arts, gardening,and the before and after care pro-gram provided by the YMCA.

McGill’s before and after schoolprogram is one of McGill’s trade-mark programs because it’s tailoredto needs of the school and students.“It’s not a cookie cutter program,”said Fuentes. “It was really importantthat we had input in the programand it was beneficial for workingparents.”

One of the unique activitiesincluded in the before school pro-gram includes a morning news seg-ment that McGill students produce.The kids create this daily broadcastat the YMCA, with classmates serv-ing as camera operators, newscasters

and reporters. The entire McGillschool population then watches thebroadcast from the school’s YouTubechannel each morning during class.

McGill is constantly looking fornew and innovative ways to motivateits students in school and outsidethe classroom. For example, whenMcGill started a new computer-based math program, the schoolworked with UC San Diego doctoralstudents to create a motivationalprogram to help kids complete themath. Upon completion, studentscould participate in a soapbox derbycompetition. Lekan Alabi was oneof those students who completed theprogram and improved his mathgrades significantly. He then wenton to complete in and won first placein the local soapbox derby compe-tition, and traveled to Akron to com-plete in the world soapbox tourna-ment.

“The Three Little Pigs” performed by McGill School students .

McGill School of Success is housed in the Christ United Presbyterian Church on Fir St.

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The bungalow or American Arts& Crafts era (1900–1930) sawkitchens, urban and rural, built foruse by the housewife, not only byservants. These rooms were oftensmall, but they were integrated intothe main floor plan, and had built-ins and, soon enough, electricity.

So putting a sympathetic newkitchen into an old house of thisperiod is quite do-able. And the look— which features beadboard andsubway tile, painted cabinets, bigsinks and black stoves — is popularfor new houses as well.

But do you want a true periodkitchen for your bungalow,Foursquare, or Tudor Revivalhouse? Or are you leaning toward afancier kitchen of the Arts & Craftsrevival?

Original kitchens were oftensmall, plain, and utilitarian—with afloor of linoleum, softwood, or tile,a wainscot of beadboard or whitetile, and very simple cabinets, mostoften painted in a hygienic, off-white semi-gloss. This would be aneasy and affordable room to re-cre-ate, even if you upgrade to showierhardware and lighting.

Revival kitchens, on the otherhand, reflect the changing role ofthe room since the bungalow era.The kitchen is no longer a utilityspace, but the center of the house.It may have a second prep area, awet bar, a home office, a breakfastarea, and a television. Then andnow, related rooms include a backhall or mudroom, a bathroom, andone or more pantries.

If you are building a new homeor extensively remodeling an oldone, it makes sense to build a morepublic and finished kitchen.

Common sense should prevail:why spring for professional appli-ances if you eat out five nights aweek and use a microwave on theother two? On the other hand, ifyou’re always in the kitchen makinga mess, don’t use fussy and hard-to-clean details and materials. Thatsaid, revival kitchens are often beau-tiful spaces with furniture-qualitycabinets accented by art tile, hand-some light fixtures, forged and casthardware, and decorative textiles.

The Allure of Arts & Crafts Kitchens & Baths BY PATRICIA POORE | ARTS & CRAFTS HOMES AND THE REVIVAL

The wall-mount faucet set is from Signature Hardware.

With its black-and-white scheme, this authentically period-style kitchen is in a 1908house in Portland, Ore. Photo: Blackstone Edge Studios

In a revival bathroom designed by SALAArchitects, the tiled tub niche recalls1920s designs. Photo: Christian Korab

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It was a boy named Austin whosparked the passion in ShawneeThornton Hardy to work with chil-dren with special needs.

Hardy, who met Austin whileworking as a preschool assistant inBoston, said the the young boystruggled compared to his peers.

“For Austin and for many, manychildren — itcan be difficultto communi-cate and expressyour emotions.That leads tofeelings of frus-tration or sad-ness,” said Hardy,who is now abehavioral special-ist living in NorthPark. “I began tolook into the chal-lenges he was fac-ing. Austin was aninspiration for me— he was the begin-ning of my path.”

Hardy, a certified yoga instructor,went on to earn her masters in spe-cial education. She now trains othersin effectively working with childrenwith special needs. This month,Hardy released Asanas for Autismand Special NeedsC.A.L.M.M. YogaToolkit, a guide foranyone wanting toteach yoga to chil-dren.

The toolkit,which includesmore than 200instruction cards,was developed afterHardy wrote a bookwith the same namein 2015. She said shecreated the instruc-tion cards afterfinding a lack ofresources for specialeducation teachers.

“I wasn’t able to find what Ithought would be the right resourceto provide the support for childrenwith special needs,” Hardy said. “Thetoolkit is appropriate because they’reeasy for the children to look at andthey won’t be distracted by otherimages.”

But the instruction cards aren’tlike any other cards you’ll find in astore. Hardy said she developed

them specifically for children withspecial needs, utilizing specific lan-guage and visuals to help the chil-dren process the yoga poses andunderstand the benefits of the prac-tice. The toolkit also includes wrist-bands to help the children differen-tiate from left and right.

Hardy said she hopes the instruc-tion cards will help further the prac-

tice of yoga as thebenefits for specialneeds children areplenty. She said ithelps reduce anxi-ety, which is acommon problemamong childrenwith specialneeds.

“Children real-ly experience alot of anxiety inthis world, inthis day in age,”Hardy said.“There’s a lot ofpressure so just

getting children to move andunderstand their breath throughoutthe day affects their mood and theirbehavior. It also supports socializa-tion and helps them develop positiverelationships with other children.”

Yoga can also improve a child’sself-confidence, said Hardy, who has

trained hun-dreds of teachersin working withchildren withspecial needs.

“Yoga helpsthem recognizethe beautifulthings in ourunique selves. Itteaches themself-acceptanceand self-love. Ihave just seen atremendous dif-ference in mychildren whenwe take yoga

breaks throughoutthe day.

“If we can get yoga into schoolprogramming, into a home setting,we can really make a big differencein helping them develop copingskills,” Hardy said. “They will just behappier and healthier children.”

For more about Shawnee Hardy,go to

www.asanasforautismandspecial-needs.com.

North Park Educator Unveils YogaToolkit for Special Needs Kids

Shawnee Thornton Hardy

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North Park Launches Thursday MarketFarmers market, grab-and-go prepared foods,music and more

North Park Main Street Associ-ation and San Diego Markets areannouncing a new weekly eventcoming to the neighborhood —the North Park Thursday Market.

With an official kick-off date ofThursday, March 24, this newcommunity-gathering destinationwill encompass a two-block foot-print at the corner of North ParkWay and 30th Street in the heartof North Park from 3 to 7 p.m.

More than 65 vendors will bringtheir produce, prepared foods andcraft goods weekly.

The North Park Thursday Mar-ket will bring North Park FarmersMarket favorites like J.R. Organics,Suzie’s Farm, Smit Farms, AfricanSisters Farm, The Bread Barn,Bitchin Sauce and Green FixSmoothies along with new vendorsincluding farmers, bakers, andconfectioners and local artisans.

Customers at the new event willfind fresh seafood and fine cheeses,sea salts, bone broth, pesto, inno-vative prepared foods and rotatingSan Diego handcraft and fancy fleasections.

“North Park Main Street is trulydelighted to introduce our newNorth Park Thursday Market toour residents and visitors,” saidAngela Landsberg, executiveDirector of North Park MainStreet. “We’re extending the neigh-borhood lifestyle experience withthis healthy, locally-driven offeringthat we know will also bring a lotof joy to our community.”

Now, North Park residents canswing by their North Park Thurs-day Market for an internationalline up of foods to eat at the mar-ket or take home for dinner. Exam-ples of local brands customers canexpect include New Orleans spe-cialties from Gumbo Pot, Indianfood from Masala Kitchen, deli-cious fare from Gourmet Tamalesand Don Tommy’s Mexican food;

Korean food from 500° Gogi andmore.

Local Chefs will provide cookingdemonstrations with tasting expe-riences for customers each week inMarch and April. Providing achance to get to know these trend-setting chefs personally, customerscan be on the lookout for deliciousrecipes from Chef Matt Gordon ofUrban Solace, Chef Rich Sweeneyof Waypoint Public, Chef Joanne

Sherif of Cardamom Café, andChef Abe Botello of West CoastTavern.

Within walking distance to theNorth Park Thursday Market,these restaurants will offer ongoingspecials like West Coast Tavern’snew Thursday vegetarian platesourced from what’s freshest fromthe farmers.

Live music will fill the air. Expectlocal performers like Ace Tropic,Eric Rozet, Barrie Dempsey, Can-dread and more.

Thanks to the support of theNorth Park Public Library, MonaLizzy Art Studio and local chefs,the new Thursday Market will fea-ture a healthy after-school snackarea for Jefferson ElementarySchool students along with hands-on activities that share nutritioninformation in fun and creativeways.

“North Park is rapidly growinginto one of the most sophisticated

foodie districts in San Diego, withthe 30th Street corridor as the corehub,” said Catt Fields White, Direc-tor of San Diego Markets. “It’sbecome a destination point for SanDiego visitors in addition to beinga perfect neighborhood for localurban dwellers to raise families.This creates an ideal setting for adynamic, family-friendly, hipster-engaging afternoon and eveningevent featuring locally grown fruitsand vegetables, artisan foods andcrafts.”

Landsberg worked diligently tobring this event to the heart ofNorth Park. Surrounded by restau-rants, retailers and pedestrian traf-fic, with easy parking thanks to theadjacent 340-space North ParkParking Garage, the North ParkThursday Market is poised tobecome the place to be on Thurs-days in San Diego.

Led by White, San Diego Mar-kets events are farm-focused andcarefully curated to produce well-balanced, family-friendly commu-nity gathering places. The screen-ing process for farmers andvendors insures products of thehighest integrity and extensive out-reach makes them successful forparticipating farms and small busi-nesses. White serves on the steeringcommittee of the CaliforniaAlliance of Farmers’ Markets. Sheis the president of the Berry GoodFood Foundation and speaks reg-ularly at workshops on the impor-tance of making farming a sustain-able profession for the benefit ofeveryone who eats.

The North Park Thursday Mar-ket accepts SNAP EBT cards forscrip that can be used for farmfresh fruits and vegetables and gro-cery items throughout the market.

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North Park Renaissance A succession of innovators spark business revitalization

Patrick Edwards, owner ofAntique Refinishers Inc., knows theNorth Park narrative well. He’s livedand worked at his business in NorthPark for nearly 50 years and hasbeen a community activist for mostof that time.

According to Edwards, the revivalof the historic North Park commer-cial district began about 30 yearsago when the North Park BusinessImprovement District (BID) wasformed.

“In 1983 North Park was suffer-ing from business flight and had lostits economic base,” said Edwards.“Most of the buildings were vacantand the majority of the rest werethrift stores. The reason was the suc-cess of the Mission Valley shoppingcenter, which drew shops and shop-pers away from University Avenue.”

Houses were relatively cheap andyou could rent a business space for

$75 a month. About all there was todo was skate at the skating rink onUniversity Ave. for a dollar, and shopat Penney’s Department Store, theonly Penney’s in San Diego and oneof the last retail stores still open.

In that same year Edwardslearned about California legislationthat allowed the establishment of abusiness assessment district man-aged by a nonprofit managementcorporation, called a BusinessImprovement District.

Becoming a BIDSo he walked door-to-door

around the business district, askingowners if they would vote for anannual assessment for a nominalcost — maybe $75 — which wouldthen be returned to them as sometype of benefit: enhanced infrastruc-ture, security, graffiti removal, streetand sidewalk cleaning, business-

assistance programs and marketingcampaigns.

“I managed to get more than 50percent of the businesses to vote forit and then took our proposal to theCity Council, who approved it inMarch of ’84,” said Edwards.

Running a NonprofitThe BID group started off very

small, with little experience runninga nonprofit management corpora-tion or knowing what to do withtheir $15,000-a-year budget.

Said Edwards, “We ended upscraping gum off the sidewalks andpicking up trash. The first thing wedid to attract attention to ourselveswas to re-establish the North ParkToyland Parade that had ended inthe mid-1960s as our first commu-nity event.”

Before it was cancelled at thattime, the North Park Toyland

Parade had a longer history then thefamous Rose Bowl Parade. It wasessential for the restoration of thehistoric commercial district torevive the parade, which ran downUniversity Avenue.

Revitalization’s Three PhasesThe revitalization of the district

can be seen as going through threedifferent phases over three decades.

During the first decade, the smallgroup met monthly and publisheda small business newsletter, cleanedgum from sidewalks, talked withbusiness owners and tried differentmethods to improve the area, withlimited success.

The first big fundraising cam-paign raised $18,000 to create areplica of the North Park sign nearthe intersection of UniversityAvenue and 30th Street.

In the second decade, in the mid‘90s, the district hired the first direc-

tor, Jay Turner from Eureka, wherehe had managed a Main Street over-lay. “We finally had a professionalwho could focus on the association— somebody else besides us busi-ness people who would manage anoffice, answer the phone and adviseus what to do next,” said Edwards.

Becoming a Main StreetOrganization

Immediately, Turner advised thegroup to apply to become a memberof the national Main Street organi-zation, a coast-to-coast movementoverseen by the National Trust forHistoric Preservation, which pro-motes the revitalization of historiccommercial districts and supportstheir small, independently ownedbusinesses.

North Park Main Street (NPMS)was established in 1996 when theexisting North Park BID was select-

‘Today we have a mix of retail, quite afew restaurants and entertainmentplaces and we’ve become the talk ofthe town over the last 10 years,” saysPatrick Edwards.

Some people complained when theNorth Park Parking Structure was built,but it has helped curb congestion in thebusiness section.

The North Park Theatre building has gonethrough several manifestations sinceopening in 1929. Today it’s called TheObservatory North Park, a music venue.

Raymond’s Barbershop squeezes twochairs into its small space, but there’salways waiting customers.

Older businesses, like A&B SportingGoods, are the fabric of the community,says NPMS Executive Director AngelaLandsberg.

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ed by the city to be the pilot pro-gram for the national Main Streetprogram in the San Diego area.

By being part of Main Street,NPMS is able to tap into MainStreet organizations throughout theU.S. and Canada, to learn what eachis doing and to learn from eachother’s differences, successes, andfailures.

The program advocates a philos-ophy of local empowerment and thepreservation of unique assets,including distinctive architectureand pedestrian-oriented environ-ments.

When Turner arrived he told hiswelcoming party what he had envi-sioned, and they asked, “What areyou going to do to it?” and heanswered, “I’m not going to do any-thing to it. I’m not going to make itwhat I want it to be, I’m going tomake it what you want it to be. Andif you want to be part of the makingyou should come and volunteerbecause you’ll be heard.”

Getting Down to BusinessDuring his tenure from 1995 to

2005, Turner instituted projects likeplanting trees; rehabbing the side-walks; making streetscape improve-ments such as adding street furni-ture and unifying the paint systemfor the light poles; hiring mainte-nance people, and sharing seasonal

lights on the freeway with the coop-eration of the BIDs in AdamsAvenue and El Cajon Boulevard.

Working with State Redevelop-ment Project funds to build infras-tructure and attract new businesses,NPMS orchestrated the restorationof the North Park Theatre and theconstruction of the North ParkGarage.

When Turner arrived there was aburned out building on UniversityAvenue, and people were living inthe alleys and door fronts. The the-ater had been derelict for years. “Ifwe had not been able to find some-one to help us with the theater,within a couple years it would havejust fallen apart,” said Turner.

Then-Deputy Mayor Toni Atkinswas able to get Arnold G. “Bud” Fis-cher to renovate the theater on theterms that they would build a park-ing garage, which got the commu-nity up in arms; they thought theparking garage was too big, a whiteelephant, and not needed becausethere weren’t enough businessesthere anyway.

“And I kept saying the reason weneed parking is because this area isgoing to take off like gangbusters,and it did,” said Turner.

Raising FundsThen-Councilwoman Christine

Kehoe worked on getting a three-

year grant from State Redevelop-ment Project funds to cover Turner’sexpenses for his work, in additionto the BID assessment monies,which were very small because theassessments per business wereextremely low. And at the end of thethree years they had to find a newway to find money because the StateRedevelopment Project funds wereno longer available.

Because Gov. Jerry Brown endedthe Redevelopment Project Fundingin 2014, two important projectsremain to be completed: the vacantWoolworth building and the pro-posed community park behind thetheater.

Becoming a Center of Arts,Culture and Entertainment

In 1998 NPMS declared itself anArts, Culture and EntertainmentDistrict to celebrate and promoteNorth Park’s new economic andcultural growth. Over the past sev-eral years, a new professional classof artists, designers, musicians, writ-ers and entrepreneurs — and abroad array of imaginative culturalevents — have transformed NorthPark into a widely recognized “Cre-ative Community.” The success ofthe monthly arts event, Ray atNight, was a direct result.

The Festival of Arts started out asa one-block, rag-tag street fair on

29th street that has since expandedto over 100 vendors, with UniversityAvenue and 30th Street at its center.One of the biggest street fairs in SanDiego, this popular event bringspeople to North Park from all overSan Diego.

When Turner arrived in NorthPark, there were some 22 businessesthat employed people of 44 differentnationalities. And that’s one of thethings that he wanted to make surethey retained. “The culture — Iwanted to maintain that and grow

it. That’s an urban sort of thingwhere you run into people who aredifferent than yourself,” he said.

With North Park being a transithub, with so many buses going toso many different parts of the city,it made sense to create “transit-ori-ented development” (TOD) inNorth Park. Places for people to livenear transportation so they won’tuse their cars. To date there are sev-

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Raymond’s Barbershop squeezes two chairs into itssmall space, but there’s always waiting customers.

North Park boast several barber shops, both bigand small. The Modern Barber Shop is big.

Hunter S. Thompson’s quote on the window probably reflects Bottlecraft Beer Shop’s owner’s attitude.

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The Reuben H. Fleet Science Centerhas opened “The Power of Stem Cells,”the first of four new exhibitions on the2016 calendar.

“The Power of Stem Cells” is in theFleet Main Gallery. The exhibitionimmerses us in the world of stem cellsthrough four high-tech, interactivezones.

Stem cells are important becauseeach of us is the result of only a handful

of tiny stem cells that multiply to pro-duce the 200 different types of special-ized cells that exist in our body. Ourstem cells continue to be active ourwhole lives to keep us healthy. Withoutthem we couldn’t survive more thanthree hours.

“Super Cells” focuses on an area oflife science research that is happeninghere in San Diego. Many local biotechand life science intuitions have been

involved in the research featured in theexhibition, including the Salk Institutefor Biological Studies, UC San Diego,the Scripps Research Institute and theSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Dis-covery Institute.

Super Cells comes to the Fleetthrough a partnership with the Cali-fornia Institute for RegenerativeMedicine. The exhibition runsthrough May 1.

SUPER CELLS THE POWER OF STEM CELLS

History of Stem CellsStem cells have an interesting his-tory that has been somewhattainted with debate and contro-versy. In the mid 1800s it was dis-covered that cells were basicallythe building blocks of life and thatsome cells had the ability to pro-duce other cells.

Attempts were made to fertilisemammalian eggs outside of thehuman body and in the early1900s, it was discovered thatsome cells had the ability to gen-erate blood cells.

In 1968, the first bone marrowtransplant was performed to suc-cessfully treat two siblings withsevere combined immunodefi-ciency. Other key events in stemcell research include:

• 1978: Stem cells were discov-ered in human cord blood

• 1981: First in vitro stem cell linedeveloped from mice

• 1988: Embryonic stem cell linescreated from a hamster

• 1995: First embryonic stem cellline derived from a primate

• 1997: Cloned lamb from stemcells

• 1997: Leukaemia origin found ashaematopoietic stem cell, indicat-ing possible proof of cancer stemcells

In 1998, a University of Wisconsinresearcher, isolated cells from theinner cell mass of early embryos

and developed the first embryonicstem cell lines. During that exactsame year, a Johns Hopkins Uni-versity researcher, derived germcells from cells in foetal gonad tis-sue; pluripotent stem cell lineswere developed from bothsources.

Then, in 1999 and 2000, scien-tists discovered that manipulatingadult mouse tissues could pro-duce different cell types. Thismeant that cells from bone mar-row could produce nerve or livercells and cells in the brain couldalso yield other cell types. Thesediscoveries were exciting for thefield of stem cell research, withthe promise of greater scientificcontrol over stem cell differenti-ation and proliferation.

Getting the right focus.

A girl works an interactive display.

The Reuben H. Fleet stem cell exhibition.

Exhibit descriptions.

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NAVY PHOTO OF THE MONTH Airship pilot Matthew St. John flies the Goodyear blimp over NavalBase San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman)

PÜPH DESIGNSHypnotizing, otherworldly, artistic,

unique — all can be used to describethe fashions of local designer KatieAnne.

Truly an ingenious design, Katie’screations take on a life of their own;the skirt twirling and dancing witheven the slightest movement. Mes-merized onlookers delight in the funpatterns and bright colors (manyblack light reactive) while the wearerbecomes the center of attention.

First made as a festival costume, thepositive response was overwhelming,stirring Katie’s entrepreneurialdreams. Upon finding herself unem-ployed in 2008, she took the chanceand began a small home businessmaking and selling her wares online.

While gaining international atten-tion being featured in fashion blogs,orders increased and success seemedinevitable. Just as momentum wasbuilding, life happened, and in 2011left no choice but for her to pack upthe pompons and return to a desk job.

Unsatisfied and no longer willingto put personal goals aside, Katie quither job in 2015 to again pursue herdream. With a solid business plan andthe dedication to carry it out, she israising the necessary start-up costsusing the popular crowdfunding plat-form Kickstarter.

Contributors receive their choicefrom several skirt and accessoryoptions, valued equal to the amountpledged, giving first opportunity toown PÜPH apparel. The campaign isall or nothing and the full goal of$50,000 must be met by March 3 orno monies are exchanged.

Our readers can help support thislocal artist realize her dreams by goingto www.puphdesigns.com and click-ing “Order Now” to be directed to theproject “PÜPH — Where Art andFashion Meet to Play.”

One thing is certain; with unwaver-ing determination and ideas alreadyin mind, Katie will undoubtedly con-tinue to surprise us with new andunique styles for years to come.

Gloria Lays Out Vision to Honor San Diego’s LGBT HistoryThe City of San Diego’s Smart

Growth and Land Use Committeeconsidered a request from the City’sReal Estate Assets Department onFeb. 10 to sell several city-ownedproperties. Included in the proposalwere the Brad Truax House, locatedat 2313/2515 Union St., and an adja-cent property at 540 W. Laurel St. inthe community of Bankers Hill.

The building is named after Doc-tor A. Brad Truax, a San Diego LGBTleader who died of AIDS in 1988. It

served as a hospice for AIDS patientsduring the early days of the epidemicbut has been vacant for many years.It is estimated to need up to $1.4 mil-lion in repairs. In late 2015, City staffrecommended the property be sold.

The city’s proposal has raised seri-ous concerns from LBGT activists,historic preservationists, and resi-dents concerned with access to thenearby Maple Canyon open spacereserve. Councilman Todd Gloriamade several requests to staff before

moving the item to the full CityCouncil.

“I have heard my constituents’concerns related to the potential saleof Truax House,” said Gloria. “Stake-holders have asked for more publicparks, improved access to MapleCanyon, preservation of any historicstructures, and to ensure the mem-ory of Dr. Brad Truax and those lostto HIV/AIDS is honored. I believeall of that is possible with the sale ofthese properties.”

As part of his motion to move thisitem forward, Gloria requested thata Historic Resources Survey be con-ducted prior to any sale of the prop-erties. Gloria also requested that themayor’s office work with him toensure that proceeds from the salebe directed toward the developmentof new park space for the UptownCommunity. Lastly, staff was askedto explore naming a new or nearbypark after Brad Truax and locating amemorial to honor the victims of

HIV and AIDS there.“If the council approves a sale of

this property, the continued neglectof the house could end and the resultwill be construction of new parkspace in the Uptown community,and a park named for Dr. Truax thatwould be home to the San DiegoAIDS Memorial,” Gloria said.

The issue will be have to be heardat an upcoming meeting of the CityCouncil to obtain final authoriza-tion.

Ward Canyon Interim Dog Park Officially Opens Feb 13th

A much anticipated opening to theWard Canyon Interim Dog Park hap-pens with a ribbon cutting ceremonythis Saturday, February 13 at noon.

It was last year, on February 15th,when the Normal Heights Commu-nity Association sponsored a well-attended rally to demonstrate to CityHall the tremendous support ourcommunity has for a Dog Park. Hun-dreds of letters by community mem-bers were written in support, andNHCA board members attended

planning meetings to ensure thefunds were applied per the needs/wants of the community feedback aswell.

City Councilmember Todd Gloriawas on hand to emcee the event, andmedia coverage was provided by sev-eral local television stations.

In celebration of the grand open-ing, all are invited to attend the ribboncutting ceremony at Ward CanyonNeigborhood Park is 3905 AdamsAvenue.

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Director Sean Murray says Cygnet Theatrehas crafted for its 14th season a new lineup thatreflects a commitment to “startle the soul,embrace diversity and ignite debate.” The firstproduction opens July 23.

The seven productions in Season 14 rangefrom the traditional to the avant-garde andinclude two musical theater classics, a two-showrepertory by a Pulitzer prize-winning play-wright, the return of a holiday favorite and twocontemporary works sure to shock and amaze.

The season opens this summer with one ofthe most beloved stage musicals of our time,“Gypsy” — the mother of all musicals. Withmusic by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sond-heim, and a book by Arthur Laurents, the musi-cal theater classic has been revived on Broadwayfour times and been staged countless timesaround the world.

San Diego audiences will get a chance to expe-rience this jewel of American musical theaterwhen the theater and Director Murray bringMama Rose, Dainty June, Louise, and the entire19-member cast to the Old Town Theatre.

Boasting one show-stopping song afteranother, this classic musical will feature thebiggest cast ever to appear on a Cygnet stage.Linda Libby, 2013 Craig Noel San Diego CriticsCircle Actor of the Year and Cygnet ResidentArtist, steps into the iconic role of Mama Rose.

Showcased along with Libby will be AllisonSpratt Pearce, recently featured in Cygnet’s “MyFair Lady” and “Come from Away” at La JollaPlayhouse, as Louise. Katie Whalley Banville willportray Dainty June while Cygnet’s own MannyFernandes will take on the role of Herbie.

In the fall, Cygnet’s tradition of shows per-formed in rotating rep continues with the stag-ing of two renowned works by August Wilson,both part of his 10-play Century Cycle. Wilson’slegacy lives on through this cycle of plays chron-icling the African-American experience, eachset in a different decade of the 20th century.

The selection of “Seven Guitars” and “KingHedley II” is especially fascinating to presentin Rep as several characters appear in a storyline decades apart. Cygnet received major acco-lades from the staging of Wilson’s “Fences” in2008, which was honored as the best show ofthe year by multiple critics. Cygnet also pre-sented “The Piano Lesson” in 2010 and “Gemof the Ocean” in 2013.

A Cygnet tradition returns for the holidays

with “A Christmas Carol,” always a beloved fam-ily favorite complete with puppets, live musicand a sing-along.

January brings “Bad Jews” to the stage —afierce, biting comedy about family, faith andwhat you choose to believe, when you’re cho-sen. Rob Lutfy directs this Off-Broadway hitfeaturing the savage humor of playwrightJoshua Harmon. The play follows the trials andfamily tribulations of an Upper West Side fam-ily in a verbal battle royale over a family heir-loom.

In March, a luxury train rolls into townbringing nonstop laughter and mayhem. Themadcap musical comedy, “On the TwentiethCentury,” features the writing talents of Com-den and Greene. This musical comedy duo lenttheir unique comic genius and sophisticatedwit to dozens of Broadway hits including “Onthe Town” and “Bells are Ringing.” “On theTwentieth Century” will be directed by SeanMurray and feature Eileen Bowman as Lily Gar-land and Melinda Gilb as Mrs. Primrose.

Cygnet’s 14th season ends with the manic,irreverent and wildly engaging presentation ofthe German theatrical event, “ShockheadedPeter.” This 1998 musical took a famed Germanchildren’s book series and turned it into instantclassic in its own right. The stage productionof “Shockheaded Peter” won rave reviewsaround the world as one of the most originalcollaborations of its kind. The crazy and darkproduction combines elements of pantomimeand puppetry with musical versions of thepoems with the song. Director Rob Lutfy says,“It’s a play for the weird ones, those that liveon the fringes of society, or for anyone who hasever felt like they don’t quite fit in to a societyof strict rules.”

“I’m really proud of the diversity and qualityof this season,” said Murray. “To go from strip-per to an ex-con, to some ‘bad Jews,’ to onenaughty little boy in just one season. That’sexciting. That’s Cygnet!”

All seven productions will be performed inCygnet’s home, the Old Town Theatre in OldTown San Diego State Historic Park.

Current Cygnet subscribers will be notifiedby mail regarding subscription renewals. Newsubscription sales will be available beginningMarch 1. For more information regarding sub-scriptions packages, contact the box office at(619) 337-1525 or visit cygnettheatre.com.

Cygnet Theatre Announces Season 14 LineupClassic musicals to shocking contemporary works

SEASON 14“Gypsy” Preview dates: July14-Sept. 4 Opening July 23, 2016Music by Jule Styne and Lyrics by StephenSondheimBook by Arthur LaurentsDirected by Sean MurrayChoreography by David BrannenMusic Direction by Terry O'Donnell

Indomitable stage mother Rose chasesvicarious success and stardom as she push-es her daughters through the vaudevillecircuit. When Dainty June flees the act toelope, Rose vows to make introvertedLouise into a star. Boasting one show-stop-ping song after another - like "Everything'sComing Up Roses" and "Let Me EntertainYou" - this classic musical was inspired by

memoirs of the legendary burlesque dancerGypsy Rose Lee. Featuring Linda Libby asMama Rose, Allison Spratt Pearce asLouise, Katie Whalley-Banville as DaintyJune, and Manny Fernandes as Herbie.

Repertory“Seven Guitars”Preview dates: Sept 28-Nov. 6Opening Oct. 8 2016By August WilsonSan Diego Premiere

Repertory“King Hedley II”Preview dates: Sept. 29-Nov. 6Opening Oct. 9, 2016By August WilsonSan Diego Premiere

“A Christmas Carol”Preview dates: Nov 22-Dec 24Opening Nov. 26, 2016Adaptation & Lyrics by Sean MurrayOriginal Score by Billy ThompsonDirected by Sean MurrayMusical Direction by Patrick Marion

“Bad Jews”Preview dates: Jan. 12-Feb. 12

Opening Jan 21, 2017By Joshua HarmonDirected by Rob LutfySan Diego Premiere   

“On the 20th Century”Preview dates: March 9-April 30Opening March 18, 2017Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden andAdolph Green

Music by Cy ColemanDirected by Sean MurraySan Diego Premiere 

“Shockheaded Peter”Preview dates: May 18-June 18

Opening May 27, 2017Music by Adrian Huge, Martyn Jacques,Adrian StoutLyrics by Martyn JacquesBook by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns,Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin GriffenBased on Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoff-mannDirected by Rob LutfyWest Coast Regional Premiere 

Allison Spratt Pearce Eileen Bowman

Katie Whalley Banville Linda Libby

Manny Fernandes Melinda Gib

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The San Diego Mystery Café Dinner The-atre, a fixture in San Diego entertainmentscene for over 25 years, has launched a newproduction at its Bankers Hill location at 505Kalmia St. and Ave.

The new production, called “Nobody’s Got AClue,” was written and is being produced by SanDiego comedy veterans and promises to be oneof the funniest and engaging shows in the longhistory of the Mystery Theatre. It opened onFeb. 5 and will run through January 2017 onFriday and Saturday nights.

The San Diego Mystery Café Dinner Theatrewas purchased last year by Shawn Greiner, a 14-year veteran of the production and his wife,Mary. They have revamped the sets and raisedthe bar on the production with new scripts, mul-timedia effects and an enhanced dinner menu.

“Nobody’s Got a Clue” is presented in an inti-mate dinner theater setting, where audiencemembers are given clues throughout the pro-duction about who could be the potential mur-derer of Mr. Nobody — a wealthy man who hadrelationships with all the characters in the play.

Various audience members end up on stageand become part of the show, adding to the fun

in surprising and often unexpected ways.“The actors are all great at improvising and

there are six potential endings,” said Shawn. “Theaudience has a great time because you neverknow who might get up on stage or what isgoing to happen on any particular night. It’s alsoa lot of fun for the actors because of the unpre-dictability of the show and they get to really exer-cise their creative abilities through improvisationand interacting with the audience.”

The show includes a three-course dinner andaccess to a drinks from a full bar. Doors open at7:30 p.m. and the production starts at 8 p.m. onmost Friday and Saturday nights.

Tickets range from $50 to $70 depending onseats and availability. The San Diego MysteryCafé Dinner Theatre troupe and production arealso available for private parties, corporate andfund raising events.

For more information or to make reserva-tions, contact: The San Diego Mystery Café Din-ner Theatre (619) 460-2200;https://sandiegomysterycafe.com; or info@mys-terycafesandiego.com.

Mystery Café Dinner Theatre Launches All New Production‘Nobody’s Got A Clue’ featured at Bankers Hill venue

Mystery Theatre cast: Shawn Greiner as Buddy, ShawnGravel as Frankie, Dimiter Marinov as Johnny, AtlantideMangin as Mama, Brytanie Holbrook as Prudence, LydiaReal as Boom Boom. (Photo by Kendra Truett)

Shawn and Mary Greiner, new owners ofSan Diego Mystery Café Dinner Theatre.

OLP Stages BeYOUtiful Conference

Nothing brings about more con-fidence than being surrounded bypositivity. This was truly the case atthe Academy of Our Lady of Peace’ssecond annual BeYOUtiful Confer-ence on Saturday, Dec. 12.

OLP’s campus was beaming withbright and “beYOUtiful” smiles as itwelcomed more than 200 middleschool girls from more than 50 pub-lic and private schools throughoutour bi-national San Diego commu-nity to learn about the importanceof building and maintaining self-confidence.

The girls joined current OLP stu-dents for an engaging morning ofworkshops focused on boosting self-confidence and learning how to be aleader among their peers. The dayalso featured a presentation on howto create positive self-esteem fromguest speaker Jess Hopkins, a twice-certified life coach.

The BeYOUtiful Project is an ini-

tiative created by students at OLP inan effort to empower younger girlsto rise to their full potential. Throughgroup mentoring and activity work-shops, the BeYOUtiful Project servesto empower young women, provid-ing them with the tools and motiva-tion necessary to live confidentlythrough their own beauty.

“As the only all-girls school in SanDiego County, OLP educates thenext generation of women leadersand innovators each day,” said Headof School Lauren Lek. “These youngwomen have taken the opportunityto welcome a younger generation ofgirls to campus to boost self-confi-dence. In just one morning together,the day energizes the entire group ofattendees creating a ripple effect inour larger community.”

More than 75 OLP students fromall grade levels brought this confer-ence to life as they planned formonths and participated in the con-

ference as activity leaders, groupleaders, and production team leaders.

The day’s workshop stationsincluded: assembling a magazine col-lage to raise awareness on defeatingnegativity; creating a bill of rights toacknowledge priorities; taking pho-tos using positive hashtags; encour-aging self-expression through “JustDance”; and making beaded key-chains to highlight positive qualities.

In addition to the stations, specialguest speaker Jess Hopkins visitedfrom Los Angeles to coach the youngparticipants about the importanceof recognizing self-worth and usingit as a tool to embrace the beautyeach one of these young girls holds.

With this important messagebeing communicated to the hun-dreds of young girls joining theevent, the conference was everythingOLP students had hoped for andmore.

Girls learned self-confidence and how to be leaders

Be Yourself

Group of participating students. The workshops energized participating students. A message for all.

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Paying Tribute to the Great Pizzas of the WorldTribute Pizza coming to North Park in the summer

Many of the local residents havebeen wondering what will replace theformer North Park Post Office.

We now have the answer. Aftersome brief stints as a temporary artgallery, Tribute Pizza is moving in.

You’re probably thinking, morepizza in North Park? Indeed, therecertainly is no shortage of good piein North Park, but apparently wecan’t have too much of a good thing.

Tribute Pizza, slated to open in thesummer of 2016, is the brainchild ofchef/owner Matt Lyons. The youngentrepreneur was the featuredspeaker at a recent “Crash theHouse” session at Union Co-Work.

Union Co-Work will present a dif-ferent local business owner the sec-ond Thursday of every month from9-10 a.m. at it’s North Park locationat 3919 30th St. The events are opento the public and provide a forumfor local business owners and com-munity leaders to share their expe-riences, and expound on the passionfor their crafts. More info can befound at facebook.com/crashunion.

Salpi Sleiman from Holsem Coffeewas a previous speaker, and NateSpees from Creative Mornings SanDiego was featured on Feb. 11.

For the January session, it wasMatt Lyons who shared his story,and based on his passion for the craftof making great pizza, it seems likelyhis restaurant will be a success.

While acknowledging the plethoraof options for good pizza in NorthPark, Lyons has a different slant onpizza that he thinks will make hisdestination unique, though it isunusual for pizza to be offered in abuilding that used to be a post office.

The Tribute Pizza name comesfrom Lyons’ mission to pay tributeto some of the world’s great pizzas.He will be honoring these pizzas onhis menu, pulling from some greatpies he loves from around the worldincluding Juliana’s in Brooklyn, Bian-

co’s in Phoenix, the best of NewHaven, and, of course, classics fromNaples. The pizza chef and his teamwill also be contributing somethingunique to the North Park diningscene, as well as using attributes ofpizzas from around the world. All ofthese things came to mind whenLyons was asked about the origin ofthe name.

Lyons shared how he got an earlystart in the pizza business, first deliv-ering pizzas on his skateboard at age15. In between deliveries, he had thechance to be a line cook and learnthe process behind the scenes. Hewas then hired as general managerof that pizza shop at age 17.

He went off to college but cameback during the summers at his samesalary and continued to hone hiscraft and develop his love for pizza.

After college, Lyons continuedworking in the pizza business andgot a job taking pizza mobile in adifferent way, with a woodfired oventhat he pulled around town on atrailer.

His next gig was as the generalmanager of the Miho Gastro Truck,which was one of the first gourmetfood trucks in San Diego and canstill be found rolling through neigh-borhoods in the area.

A year later, when he was told ofan opportunity for a pizza chef tostart a restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya,Lyons jumped at the chance and wasawarded the position over 1,000applicants. His goal was to make thebest pizza on the continent, and therewere more than a few fans whothought he succeeded in that.

Now back from halfway aroundthe world, the seasoned pizza mae-stro is ready to bring his pies toNorth Park.

After looking at multiple locationsaround the metro San Diego area,the old North Park Post Officeproved to be the right spot for Lyons

to launch his project. The locationon the corner of Grim and NorthPark Way bridges the residential andcommercial corridors in the neigh-borhood, and will be a welcomerepurposing of the old mail hub.

Building out a full restaurantkitchen in an old government officehas come with challenges, and hasnot been cheap. Tapping friends andfamily was the entrepreneur’s meansto finance the project, and when it’sall said and done, Lyons expects tohave maxed out at the allowable 35members for a California LLC.

The investment group is made upof everyone from his general con-tractor to past neighbors. Lyonsexplained that the building has excel-lent natural light which will put theart of pizza making, and his Ameri-can-made Renato Oven, in the spot-light. By putting the oven in the cen-ter of the restaurant, it will givediners a front row seat to theaction. And although farm to tablehas been quite en vogue over the lastfew years with San Diego eateries,when it comes to pizza, this isn’talways the case.

The chef explained that mostpizzerias aren’t using local tomatoesor cheese from nearby farms. Trib-ute’s menu will be dedicated to usingproducts from regional farms, andintegrating local produce and ingre-dients for all of his pizzas wheneverpossible.

Based on Lyons’ unique experi-ences and the palpable passion hehas for his craft, San Diego shouldhave plenty of appetite to supportthis entrepreneur paying tribute tothe great pizzas of the world. Keepup to date with the opening andother on goings at www.tributepiz-za.com.

(Jim Sakrison is a loan officer at V.I.P.Independent Mortgage Inc. in NorthPark.)

Matt Lyons demonstrates his pizza talent. (Photo by Sergey Kolivayko)

Putting a final touch to a pizza. (Photo by Sergey Kolivayko)

Putting a final touch to a pizza. (Photo by Sergey Kolivayko) Matt Lyons twirls pizza do during a Taste of North Park event. (Photo by Jared Gase)

BY JIM SAKRISON

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eral large TOD developments,including one on 30th next to CafféCalabria, and the other at Upas and30th. “We were the first ones toimplement this idea in San Diego,”said Turner.

Attracting the Right Businesses

By 2005 North Park had becomethe “place to be.” Soon after Clairede Lune Coffee Lounge and CafféCalabria opened, new eating anddrinking establishments arrived, likethe Mission, Urban Solace andHeaven Sent Desserts.

Said Edwards, “Next the businesscommunity started switching focusfrom entertainment to retail. Wewanted to get some retail activity,shops that competed with themall. Today we have a mix of retail,quite a few restaurants and enter-tainment places and we’ve becomethe talk of the town over the last 10years.”

Turner feels a lot was accom-plished while he was there andattributes the success to devoted vol-unteers and the fact that he couldget grants written for them to dotheir work. “And they would comeand do it; they had such a sense ofbuy-in of their own community thatwas just wonderful,” said Turner.

Finding Another DirectorThere was a difficult transition in

2005 when Turner retired, and anew director was hired who did notwork out. But everything changedwhen the NPMS board hired LizStudebaker for that position.

Studebaker immediately attractednew business and volunteers and gotthe budget back on track. Duringher five years with North Park MainStreet, she helped continue the area’srevitalization, attracting importantbusiness development, restaurant,retail clothing, and made NorthPark the envy of the city.

Studebaker was also responsiblefor the expansion of the businessimprovement district’s boundaries

to twice the area, increasing thenumber of Main Street businessmembers and eliminating the gapsof representation between NorthPark and Hillcrest.

This was welcomed by the newlyincluded businesses because theycould see how it could improve theirbusinesses. This expansion was veryunusual and almost unheard of inCalifornia.

A New Director Takes OverAngela Landsberg has served as

NPMS executive director since 2011.She said one of many challenges

facing the NPMS is that North Parkis an older urban neighborhoodwith its own aches and pains, mainlyin its infrastructure. The districtdoesn’t have the budget to fix all ofthe problems, but, said Landsberg,“We make sure that we get ourneeds list to the city and that weadvocate for those projects to bedone in North Park.”

The more than 600 businessesreflect the variety of North Park’sresidents — restaurants, fitness cen-ters, craft beer places, boutiques,entertainment venues, galleries.

And these businesses have a com-mon goal of offering citizens a goodquality of life — being able to walkout the door and down the streetand through the neighborhood toget whatever you need.

“We identify our businesses as“chic grit,” Landsberg explained.“We have newer shiny places thatwe are proud of and happy to havethem trying out North Park. Andthen we have the older businessesthat are really the fabric of the com-munity like A&B Sporting Goods,Paras Newsstand, and ControversialBook Store. And some destinationshops like George’s Camera.”

There’s also another piece ofNorth Park that isn’t as flashy — thebarbershops. There are some new,higher-end barbershops where theydo the shaves. Then there’s the old619 on 30th that’s been in operationfor 26 years with the owner workingthere and a loyal clientele. Andthere’s Ray’s Barber with two chairsin 150 square feet, with people com-ing in all the time. AT Grim St. Bar-ber — same thing — and there’s sixor seven more.

Said Landsberg, “I think it’s a real-ly wonderful thing that North Parkremains a host for these kind ofbusinesses. We want to have thatbalance; we don’t want everything

to be brand new, shiny. We want tobe a part of the fabric of the oldNorth Park.”

A marketing project Landsberg isproud of is a campaign calledExplore North Park, funded by acity of San Diego grant to increasetourism in North Park.

“We don’t have any hotels butwe’re hoping to bring people in whowant to do day trips or who arealready in San Diego visiting someof the other destinations, saidLandsberg. “We want to be anoption for people who visit othercommunities like Gaslamp, La Jollaand Little Italy. We want tourists tocome see this really cool urbanneighborhood.”

To finance its many activities,NPMS leverages its assessmentfunds about eight to one, withgrants, income from events such asthe Taste of North Park and gifts inkind — all part of Landsberg’s jobdescription.

Enjoying the Sweet SpotNorth Park is in a sweet spot of

success and reputation. Now devel-opers are coming in and buying outleases at market value because theythink it’s a great place. An exampleis Heaven Sent, where the entireblock is owned by the Duhs brotherswho have an office in North Park.

Said Edwards, “Then there’s a bigdevelopment on the corner of 30thand University where developers areinvesting $1 million into the build-ing. “This is the level of develop-ment that we are at now where we’rereally competing head to head withthe Gaslamp district.”

Fortune Magazine selected NorthPark as one of the top 20 developingnew hip neighborhoods in the U.S.It wrote: “North Park is a bastion ofcoziness, of warmth, and of com-fort. Maybe people flock here for thesame reasons: It’s ‘cool’ to be herefor its diversity, its hipster landscapeof cafes, coffee shops, diners, micro-breweries and boutiques, its love forthe arts and entertainment and foodgalore.”

The community’s growingregional and national reputation asa thriving destination spot can beattributed to the work that NorthPark Main Street has produced overthe years.

Today, Liz Studebaker is neighborhoodinvestment manager in the city’s Eco-nomic Development Department, over-seeing the Business Improvement Dis-tricts, among other programs.

Angela Landsberg, executive director of North Park Main Street sinc 2011, isproud of the Explore North Park campaign, a marketing program aimed at bringingmore tourists into the neighborhood.

The pizza oven is very popular at Caffe Calabria, another of North Park’s steadybusinesses.

North Park mixes its businesses well. One can get a haircut, left, then hop over tothe Controversial Book Store for some good reading material.

The 619 Barber Shop on 30th has been in operation for 26 years.

Staff of North Park Main Street occupy this office on University.

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Lafayette Hotel HostsWomen’s ConferenceCelebrating women in hospitality and tourism

The Multi-Cultural ConventionServices Network will present itsinaugural Women’s History MonthLuncheon by celebrating visionarywomen Leading the Way in Hospi-tality and Tourism.

On Thursday, March 17, at thehistoric Lafayette Hotel, located inthe heart of North Park, six vision-ary women will inspire, motivateand promote leadership excellenceto an anticipated 300 influentialbusiness owners, senior businessexecutives, trailblazingentrepreneurs and rising stars in thehospitality and tourism industries.

Attendees will enjoy entertain-ment followed by lunch and pan-elists, who will share their journeyto success and provide their two- tothree-year forecast for women in thehospitality and tourism industry.

Panelists are:• Terri Breining, Breining Group

LLC• Karima Zaki, founder and CEO

of sanctuate! a tech spa

• Christine Shimasaki, managingdirector, Destination MarketingAssociation Inc.

• Julia Slocombe, vice president ofoperations, Smart City Networks

• Maureen Carew, general man-ager, The Courtyard by MarriottRancho Bernardo

• Lucy Burni, president and CEOof Burni Enterprises and mistress ofceremony

• Peggy Cooper, community rela-tions specialist at the San DiegoCounty Regional Airport Authority.

Since 2004 the Multi-CulturalConvention Services Network, SanDiego’s multicultural meeting andtourism management company, hassupported and recognized localbusinesswomen, women businessowners, and women entrepreneurswho have followed their dreams, andinspire others in the hospitalityindustry.

“How appropriate to honorwomen in our industry who areleading the way and helping to fuel

our local tourism economy, then tocelebrate them at this special event,”said Clara Carter, founder and CEO.

Advanced tickets for the event are$50 each. To purchase tickets, call(619) 265-2561 or e-mailevents@mccsn.com.

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