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J U N E 24 –J U LY 7, 2 0 1 1VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12

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Members of the San Juan Hills High School Class of 2011, the new high school’s fi rst graduates. The ceremony was Wednesday at the Bren Center at UCI. Photo by Ryan Gooding

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It’s Here! Costco Gas Station Set For

Friday OpeningEYE ON SJC/PAGE 3

How Do You Lose a Mission? Don Tryon

Tells the Tale. SJC LIVING/PAGE 28

Get Your Boots On: Open Space Opening

Set for Saturday EYE ON SJC/PAGE 6

Class of 2011 is No. 1San Juan Hills High holds fi rst graduation,

along with other Capo schools

THE LATEST: Ladies and Gentlemen, Fill Your Tanks.

The San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce scheduled a grand opening celebration for the new gas pumps at the Costco on Doheny Park Road for 10 a.m., Friday, June 24.

Costco gasoline prices are often the lowest around—and San Juan Capistrano residents have long felt their prices at other stations are among the highest.

According to www.gasbuddy.com, gas at the Costco in Laguna Niguel was $3.85 a gallon Wednesday, comparable to an Arco station there. In contrast, GasBuddy showed the Chevron at the San Diego Free-way and Ortega Highway was $3.99 a gal-lon on Wednesday, while the Shell station at the same interchange was $4.05 a gallon.

WHAT’S NEXT: The gasoline station is the fi rst phase in an expansion of the Costco. The warehouse store took down the old Capistrano Ford dealership to make way for the fi lling station.

FIND OUT MORE: Stay tuned for future updates. —Jonathan Volzke

What’s Up With...S A N J U A N C A P I S T R A N O ’ S T O P 5 H O T T E S T T O P I C S

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www.thecapistranodispatch.comThe Capistrano Dispatch June 24–July 7, 2011

...Housing Near San Juan Hills High?

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THE LATEST: Residents will be moving into new homes in the Whispering Hills development off Avenida La Pata in less than a year under a timeline laid out by the developer on Tuesday night.

Todd Cunningham, president of Woodbridge Homes, told the San Juan Capistrano City Council that his company intends to start building homes off Vista Montana, across from San Juan Hills High

...Freeway Work at Camino Cap?

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THE LATEST: The awkward southbound Camino Capistrano off-ramp of the San Diego Freeway—so short that motor-ists often jam on their brakes—is getting rebuilt for $13.2 million.

Prep work is underway on the CalTrans project, which will widen the San Juan Creek bridge to add a lane for the off-ramp, widen Camino Capistrano and add a sound wall on the west side of the freeway.

The sound wall will stretch from Ortega Highway to San Juan Creek bridge.

The contractor will work for the fi rst two weeks with traffi c closures from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

WHAT’S NEXT: Work is expected to be fi nished by mid-2013, CalTrans said. Beador Construction Company, Inc. of Corona is the project contractor.

FIND OUT MORE: Contact the District 12 Public Information Offi ce at 949.724.2000 or www.dot.ca.gov/dist12. —JV

…Banning Sex Offenders at Parks?

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THE LATEST: Registered sex offenders

...Toll Road Rate Increases?

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THE LATEST: It will cost more to ride the toll roads, under the 2012 budgets approved this month by the Transporta-tion Corridor Agencies directors.

For the fi rst time, a fractional increase was included in FasTrak transactions, as the board—including San Clemente Councilman Jim Dahl—increased Fas-Trak rates 5 percent, and added 25 cents to cash transactions.

The increases apply to both the San

Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor (73) and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor. Driving the entire length of the 73, between San Juan Capistrano and New-port Beach, would now cost $5.75 at peak traffi c times and $5 for FasTrak users.

Directors also included $18.3 million in the 2012 budget to continue the effort to extend the Foothill south from Oso Road in Rancho Santa Margarita to the San Diego Freeway south of San Clemente.

WHAT’S NEXT: The increases take effect on July 1.

FIND OUT MORE: See more at www.thetollroads.com —JV

SAN CLEMENTEThe subject of North Beach returns to the city’s

General Plan Advisory Committee for further discussion despite city staff’s recommenda-

tion against it. North Beach’s future had been tied to Measure A, a ballot initiative asking

residents to approve the Playa del Norte retail project. Voters decided against the develop-

ment in March, leaving the area’s fate in limbo. At the City Council’s request, the advisory

committee, known as the GPAC, weighed in on the Triangle site at North Beach last month

but after three hours only discussed two of the fi ve questions they were asked to answer. Overall, the committee is tasked with revising

the General Plan, which serves as something of a roadmap for the city for the next decade and

beyond. Now, the City Council wants the GPAC to wrap up the fi nal three questions, spending

only about 60 minutes.

NEWS NEXT DOOR

DANA POINTThe Capistrano Unifi ed School District Board of Trustees on June 13 announced Jason Allemann will take over as principal of Dana Hills High School for the upcoming school year. Allemann has been chosen to fi ll the position that has been held by Rob Nye since 2006. Nye is leaving the post to lead the district’s adult education program and the newly created West View Academy independent study high school. Prior to Allemann’s four-year stint as principal at Katella High School he served as a middle school principal, high school vice principal and coun-selor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychol-ogy, a master’s in social work and a doctorate in educational leadership. He received his pupil personnel services and administrative creden-tials from CSU Long Beach. Alleman and Nye offi cially begin their new assignments July 1.

WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORING

TOWNS1School, in the next 90 days. The project was approved in 2002, but targeted by a recall and slowed by the economy and a recently settled lawsuit with the school district.

Cunningham spoke as the City Council considered launching studies for a 100-unit apartment complex on 10 acres between San Juan Hills High School and La Pata. The area was targeted for a 160-unit, three-story building in 2008, but the city rejected that plan. The council on Tuesday was much warmer to the new proposal, which would be designed simi-lar to the Capistrano Pointe Apartments off Camino Las Ramblas.

If ultimately approved—the project needs a general plan amendment—the apartment complex would include 26 “affordable” units. That would satisfy the affordable-housing requirement for the development.

The council voted 4-1, with Derek Reeve dissenting, to launch studies for the apartment complex.

As for the houses, Cunningham said the homes will be 2,800-to-3,800 square feet on 10,000 square-foot lots. They will feature something he called “The Capist-rano Room,” an outside room complete with a television. Cunningham said they will sell in the mid-$700,000s and above.

WHAT’S NEXT: The city will launch nec-essary studies for a potential general-plan amendment.

FIND OUT MORE: See the staff report at www.thecapistranodispatch.com —JV

could be banned from San Juan Capistra-no parks, as the City Council on Tuesday told staff to begin studying a potential ordinance similar to those passed by the county and several Orange County cities.

The county fi rst banned registered sex offenders from parks—ranging from regional campgrounds to Dana Point Harbor—in April. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has been a strong advocate of the law, and Susan Kang Schroeder, his chief of staff, appeared at Tuesday’s council meeting to support an ordinance.

Westminster has moved ahead with the law, as is Rancho Santa Margarita. Irvine passed an ordinance with a slight variation: The ban applied only to sex of-fenders who committed a crime against a child. Under the county ordinance, violators may be punished with up to six months in jail and/or a $500 fi ne.

The Megan’s law website shows 17 registered sex offenders live in the city.

WHAT’S NEXT: The council will discuss a formal ordinance at a future meeting.

FIND OUT MORE: See the www.thecapist-ranodispatch.com for updates. —JV


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All information below is obtained from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Web site (www.ocsd.org) and reflects data available from calls placed from the field by the responding officer(s). An arrest doesn’t represent guilt. The items below are just a sampling of the entries listed on the OCSD Web site.

Wednesday, June 8

VANDALISM IN PROGRESSDoheny Park Road, 33900 Block (1:59 p.m/.) A woman in the Costco parking lot confronted another customer about ding-ing her car with their door. The customer proceeded to slam their door into the woman’s car repeatedly and then drove off. She was able to take a picture of the car, which was a light blue hybrid Honda Civic.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/CIRCUMSTANCESHunt Club Drive, 31000 Block (5:37 p.m.) A 6-foot-tall male, blond hair and thinly built, was on the caller’s property and re-fusing to leave. The male took off on foot toward Ortega Highway, no other details were provided.

DISTURBANCELa Zanja Street/Los Rios Street (6:15 p.m.) A caller phoned in to report seven “gang-type subjects” loitering and throw-ing water on each other near garages. The caller hung up when asked if the subjects were disturbing the peace or simply joking around.

Thursday, June 9

DISTURBANCEAlipaz Street, 32700 Block (10:18 p.m.)A female called in to report that her boy-friend had hit her, but she refused medics when they were offered to her during the call. The operator could hear the boy-friend yelling in the background, and she said that if he left, he would be driving a blue Ford Ranger.

DISTURBANCEPaseo Carolina, 32100 Block (10:30 p.m.)Six males were reported loitering near a tree consuming alcohol. Their ages were not determinable, and the subjects did not leave the area.

FOLLOW UP REPORTAlipaz Street, 32500 Block (11:32 p.m.)Two men were arguing over one giving the other a ride home in a rental vehicle

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two were using. One man refused to give the other the keys unless he drove him home, and once the phone call was placed the man then agreed to put the keys on the front porch for another friend to retrieve.

Friday, June 10

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTJunipero Serra Road, 26500 Block (4:50 a.m.) A man riding his motorcycle crashed underneath one of the bridges at JSerra High School. The caller said the rider was not getting up.

ABANDONED VEHICLEPeppertree Bend/Calle Aspero (7:39 a.m.) A silver Mitsubishi has been parked at the location for 10 days. No contact with the car has been reported and the infor-mant needed it moved.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLEPaseo Manana, 26200 Block (12:55 p.m.) An informant reported two males, one Hispanic and one Caucasian, both wear-ing black beanies, driving a gold Mer-cedes. They were seen driving around the neighborhood all morning.

ASSIST OUTSIDE AGENCYLos Rios Street, 31600 Block (2:39 p.m.)A caller required a deputy after an attempting an interview in front of a resi-dence with the family that lived inside. The informant found that no one was home but a six-year-old by himself.

DISTURBANCE Alipaz Street, 32600 Block (8:14 p.m.)A caller reported that a man pushed his girlfriend out of a black Ford Explorer. The female was described as 41 years old, wearing sweats. Paramedics were refused as the caller was waiting with the woman until deputies showed up.

ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPONVia Los Santos, 32600 Block (8:36 p.m.) A woman was thrown out of a car and found lying on the front lawn of the ad-dress given to deputies. The woman had a broken arm and her ex-boyfriend was the driver of the vehicle she was thrown out of.

DISTURBANCE- MUSIC OR PARTYCalle Jardin/Paseo Blanco (10:03 p.m.)Several subjects were reported camping at the end of Calle Jardin. The subjects had a campfire burning in the brush area. The subjects were also drinking and being loud.

Saturday, June 11

MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONSVia de Agua, 33500 Block (10:32 a.m.)A caller reported that a neighbor was

burning leaves in their backyard.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN VEHICLEPaseo El Arco, 30800 Block (11:14 a.m.)An informant reported two silver trucks blocking her driveway, playing loud music. They also were possible gang members, and the informant had no idea what they were up to.

WELFARE CHECKDel Obispo Street, 31800 Block (11:25 a.m.) A woman, between 55 and 60 years old, locked herself in a Carl’s Jr. restroom for 45 minutes and would not come out. Deputies, who considered her possibly homeless, removed her.

DISTURBANCERancho Viejo Road, 31600 Block (4:58 p.m.) A contractor, 53 years old, possibly drunk, was disturbing the peace and becoming violent with the informant that hired him. The informant followed the man, who was on foot near a donut shop. The contractor possibly had unknown weapons on him.

Sunday, June 12

UNKNOWN TROUBLEVia de Agua, 33600 Block (2:47 a.m.)A male caller said a couple of subjects were in a black Mercedes threatening him. Voices were heard in the back-ground as the caller asked if they had a problem. A struggle ensued and the call was lost. There was no answer on the callback.

DISTURBANCE-MUSIC OR PARTYValle Road, 33700 Block (3:22 a.m.)An informant reported dogs barking, women screaming and saw a big white light emanating from the location. It is unknown if there was a party or a sepa-rate suspicious activity going on.

DISTURBANCELos Rios Street, 31400 Block (9:36 a.m.)A caller reported 15 subjects drinking in a garage area.

DISTURBANCELa Zanja Street, 26400 Block (10:38 a.m.) Four white males were reported to have been drinking in an open garage for the past three days. The caller said they were starting to get rowdy.

WELFARE CHECKPaseo Camalu, 30900 Block (7:00 p.m.)A woman’s mother called several times crying because her renter is giving her problems, refusing to leave and yelling profusely at her. The mother has heart problems and is under a lot of stress. The daughter was concerned for her health.

Monday, June 13

DISTURBANCECalle Winona, 31900 Block (2:15 p.m.)A sober living house resident called on another resident who was being combative with them. The subject was transported to a local hotel off of Ortega Highway. The combative resident was not reported to have had any weapons.

Tuesday, June 14

DISTURBANCEPaseo Carolina, 32100 Block (7:39 p.m.)A caller reported subjects in front of the location provided were drinking alcohol, and that if the deputies arrived that they would run. Deputies arrived only to find the subjects were not drinking, and did not run.

Friday, June 17

TRAFFIC HAZARDOrtega Highway/Del Obispo Street (7:05 a.m.) A red light westbound on Ortega, to turn onto southbound Del Obispo, was reportedly phasing to red very quickly, making the red-light camera go off. Deputies observed the cycles of the traffic light and thought they were correct. The yellow phase was over 3.0 seconds, as required.

Saturday, June 18

BURGLARY IN PROGRESSVia del Sereno, 28400 Block (5:15 a.m.)A woman called reporting noises being heard downstairs with no one but herself and her two children home. Her home has an alarm system, but it was not active. Deputies performed a walk-through after arriving and found no one inside, but the woman was upstairs with her children in the master bedroom.

Sunday, June 19

PROWLERSundance Drive, 31500 Block (4:22 a.m.)A male reported hearing noises on his back patio and went outside to see what was going on. He found a white male in his 30s wearing no shoes going through his belongings. The informant detained him on the back patio and stated that he was being cooperative. He believed he hopped the fence in the back, and stated that he had never seen him before.

Monday, June 20

DISTURBANCECamino Capistrano/La Zanja Street (5:49 p.m.) An informant reported four males drinking alcohol on the soccer fields and harassing everybody that came by. There was a slight language bar-rier, so no further information could be obtained.


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Open Space Celebration Set for Saturday, June 25By Alexa DuMity

The Capistrano Dispatch

esidents will have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of the tax dollars they spend toward preserving open

space this weekend. The San Juan Capist-rano Open Space Foundation is putting on a grand opening event for a staging area volunteers recently built within the hun-dreds of acres of preserved land.

The land was reserved as open space by the San Juan Capistrano Bond Measure in 1990. Plans were created for the land but those plans never became reality, and the SJC Open Space Foundation stepped in.

The foundation is a non-profit organiza-tion formed in 2009. Members wanted to take a proactive approach to plans and raise money for the projects. “We plan to complete the area, and gift it to the city,” Brad Gates, President of the SJC Open Space Foundation, said Wednesday as he worked on finishing touches at the site.

The foundation gets most of its dona-tions from gifts and companies stepping in

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to do the necessary work. “The city has great ideas, but limited resources,” said Tim Neely, a member of the Board of Di-rectors for the foundation. “We are doing this at fundamentally no cost to the city.”

After the completion of the stag-ing area, the foundation has two other projects lined up. Members want to create a dog park near the new staging area, so the staging area parking can be

utilized for everyone, and also another staging area on the other side of Trabuco Creek. Neely said that the designs for the dog park in the Northwest Open Space should be done sometime this summer, and then they can break ground on it.

“Seventy percent of voters wanted this open space,” said Gates. “We encourage everyone to become members of our foundation. It is a small fee, but they can become proactive within the community.”

The main goal of this project is to make the land more accessible to residents. Previous to the foundation’s volunteer work, there was minimal parking, making it hard to reach. In addition to the work of the foundation, the city is also in the process of creating a park and garden area near the staging area.

The Saturday, June 25 grand opening event begins at 3 p.m. and will continue until 7 p.m. It will be at 30261 Camino Capistrano, across from the Christmas tree farm, in the new staging area.

Admission to the event is free, as well as band entertainment provided by the Swallow’s Inn. Food can be purchased,

Photo by Alexa DuMity

Woman’s Club Celebrates 90 Years in TownBy Krysta Worthen


hen the San Juan Capistrano Woman’s Club began, the orga-nization donated mostly to local

schools— because some of the organiza-tions they support today were not even established back then.

Today, the club gives to the Boys & Girls Club—which is 20 years old—mili-tary families of Camp Pendleton—dedi-cated in 1942—and scholarships to nursing students at Saddleback College, which was established in 1968.

The Woman’s Club is celebrating its 90th birthday, and is even older than the city of San Juan Capistrano itself.

The group has devoted 90 years to raising money and having “a little fun in between,” said Secretary Nancy Ca-nary. The women raise money through rummage sales, fashion shows, home and garden tours and one of their main fundraisers, the Pancake Breakfast on Swallow’s Day.

A committee chooses two or three charities to donate their earnings to. This year the organization gave three scholar-ships to second-year nursing students at Saddleback College, and will continue to do so in coming years.

The guild also collects gifts each year that are donated to those who receive Meals on Wheels on Christmas,

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Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Women who are members recruit

ladies who they think would like to join, and invite them over for a luncheon. They can see what the organization is all about and meet members, and from there they can apply for membership. Their application is submitted to the board and pretty much always accepted, because membership is down. Currently 70 members are in the Club, but during the 1961-1962 years, there were 200 members and a waiting list of about 25.

“We’re aging,” Canary said. The union started with 16 women

meeting in each other’s homes, but

still with the same mission, to help the community. Over the years they met in schools and churches, until they had their own clubhouse.

The clubhouse they now hold meet-ings in was an accomplishment on its own. They began a building fund in 1930, and continued to raise funds until American involvement in World War II halted the process. It began again in 1956, and the clubhouse was finally completed in 1960.

Every third Tuesday of the month there is a luncheon held at the club-house, where they hold their meetings and install new members. The luncheons

are the social part, or the “fun” Canary speaks of. Members can chat, eat lunch and entertainment is also provided.

One of the women, Kay Shaw, has been a member for 50 years, and along with the club was celebrating her 90th birthday this month.

Shaw is a former president, and has had a major hand in the fundraising efforts throughout her 50 years of membership. One of the fundraisers she has had a di-rect role in was the theatrical shows they would put on for members of the com-munity. Shaw has written and produced shows over the years, some variety shows and others more specific, like excerpts from the life of Abraham Lincoln, Shaw’s favorite president. For her birthday, Shaw was awarded a lifetime membership in honor of her 50 years of service, “I love to work and meet people, hardworking people,” she said after receiving her gifts.

The women celebrated the club’s 90th birthday, and as is routine at monthly luncheons they were installing their new members, including the new executive board members. Although the name for 90 years has been Woman’s Club, each board member received a red hat that says ‘SJC Women’s Club’. The group hopes to move forward “with hope for the future,” as President Arlene Baker stated.

For more information about the Woman’s Club, see www.womansclubofsanjuancapist-rano.com or call 949. 545.6183. CD

Photo by Krysta Worthen

and the event is being catered by Bad to the Bone BBQ. Popcorn, cotton candy, beer, wine and soda will be available for purchase, too.

Booths will be set up throughout the event. These will provide information to the public about the importance of open space, local wildlife and history of the agriculture in that space. Former City Council member Diane Bathgate will speak about her family’s connection to the agriculture and land. Visitors can also take a stroll on a shortened trail through part of the open space.

The staging area sits on 2.5 acres that have been cleared to allow space for parking, water troughs, picnic benches and places to tie up horses. “It isn’t just for people with horses,” Gates said, “The space is multi-use. People can walk their dogs or even bike through the trails.”

The Open Space Foundation encourages as many community members as possible to head out there and check out the land. “The people pay for it, they should be able to use it,” Gates said. For more information, see www.sjcopenspacefoundation.org. CD


VIEWS, OPINIONS AND INSIGHTSSOAPBOX

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Improving Our Quality of Life with ParksSAM ALLEVATO: Mayor’s Message

their passion for making San Juan’s open space accessible to all. Rather than the tact of the usual naysayers that preach doom and gloom for our wonderful town, these volunteers are actually pro-ducing something of positive value for the enjoyment of all our residents, young and old alike!

Future immediate plans for our open space efforts also encompass the contin-ued activity on the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano. This San Juan resident-owned property will soon have the ability to provide fresh drinking water for visitors to the park, non-potable water for irrigation, and the ability to construct restrooms in the future. This will greatly enhance the experience of the thousands of visitors that come to the Riding Park each year. These improvements were paid for from the lease payments of the private vendor that leases the site, Blenheim Equi-Sports, which has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars thus far for use of the property. A sewer line that will traverse the property will be paid for by development activity just outside our city limits, thus giving us the opportunity to construct restroom facilities in the future not costing our residents a dime!

A truly exciting “diamond in the rough” is across the San Juan Creek from the Riding Park and is known unof-fi cially as the “Lemon Grove” area. This area is actually accessed at the signal-ized intersection of Ortega Highway and Reata Road. This area recently had hun-dreds of lemon trees that have been re-moved as per our purchase agreement of the site, thus opening up the potential for a large multi-purpose lawn area that will eventually be available for recreational play, car shows, dog shows, or just plain picnicking. There are large heritage Oak

reat things are continuing to occur in San

Juan Capistrano! This Saturday, June 25, the much awaited Grand Opening of our North-west Open Space Park

is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. This park is on Camino Capistrano approxi-mately 1 mile north of Junipero Serra Road (across from the Christmas Tree lot). Look for the fl ag draped entry and signs! There will be live Country/West-ern music, BBQ, refreshments and in-formational booths that will explain the amenities of this park and other features that will be built in the very near future. The area was recently approved for a future dog park, along with other ameni-ties such as community gardens, small amphitheater, baseball fi eld and the potential of a working farm area. Mini-mally, it will be open with regular hours to all our residents now for picnics, trail walking and equestrian staging area.

This wonderful activation to our open space portfolio is being accomplished by the generous contributions and sweat-equity of the Open Space Founda-tion, a 501c3 non-profi t composed of former council members, former and current Open Space Committee/Com-mission members, and other civic minded volunteers. Largely through their efforts, the city will be able to activate this park, along with others, for the use of all our residents, creat-ing new opportunities for expansion of our recreational and sports needs. These gentlemen and ladies quietly and without fanfare go about helping to actually build something that is good for our city at very little cost, just because it is the right thing to do and because of

G and Sycamore trees that are hundreds of years old on the property making this area perfect for picnicking by our residents or overnight stays by orga-nized youth groups. Additionally, there is a covered area that will be perfect for dances and events of all types. Truly a park for everyone, the “Lemon Grove” also has the potential to be leased out for corporate events, weddings, and the like, thus providing an economic engine to support and maintain the area and provide for enhancements in the future. A ribbon cutting celebrating the trail connection of this area to the larger city trail system is scheduled for July 30. Stay tuned for more details about this exciting additional activation of our open space.

To be sure, we can’t do all of these improvements overnight. Our budget is tight and revenues must be spent most judiciously. We continue to cut our budget, streamline our workforce, and rein in pension costs. However, this does not mean that we just say or vote “no” on every project for strictly politi-cal reasons, while ignoring the many opportunities that present themselves! We don’t stop being leaders and doers! It also doesn’t mean that we can’t plan for better times and continue to foster a vision of parks and open space for all segments of our community. We will proceed with improvements as our economy strengthens and new develop-ments come on board to increase our park funding accounts. Working with our Open Space Foundation volunteers will also allow us to make great strides in making our Open Space portfolio the best it can be. With those improve-ments, we enrich the value of our homes, our community, and our quality of life!

I choose to remain positive about San Juan Capistrano’s future knowing that our town continues to be one of the most desirable in Orange County. How about you?

Mayor Sam Allevato has served on the City Council since 2004.

Letter to theCommunityREAL ‘COMMON SENSE’ PREVAILS

—Katherine Holman, San Juan Capistrano

The votes have been counted and the residents of San Juan Capistrano have shown that they have again taken the time to educate themselves on ballot issues and have used real “common sense” when it comes to the future of our city.

A small handful of discontented people ran a deceitful opposition to the ballot issue “Measure B.” Sadly, over $80,000 from our city’s reserves were wasted on a frivolous election that also cost local developers thousands of dol-lars to defend their honor and integrity.

Day after day a cast of characters sat in front of our local supermarkets spewing lies and exaggerating facts regarding the development of one of the most beautiful projects ever planned for our city. The developers have taken the high road throughout the entire approval process and not once did they lower themselves to the level of the op-position. I look forward to watching the Distrito La Novia/San Juan Meadows project come to fruition.


SOAPBOX

Gila Jones

Voting Rights Act, meaning that district boundaries must favor racial minori-ties wherever the population of a racial minority is large enough to be a majority in a district; 3) are contiguous; 4) protect, wherever possible, the integrity of cities, counties, and communities of interest; and 5) are compact. The commission couldn’t consider the residence of an in-cumbent or candidate for office, and they were encouraged to “nest” Assembly districts within State Senate districts.

So how did San Juan Capistrano fare? None of the districts have numbers yet,

and our proposed Congressional district is being called “CSTSN.” It includes San Juan, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, San Clemente, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Del Mar. The district is 43 percent Republican and 29 percent Democratic, and apparently Darrell Issa, who represents much of the San Diego portion of the new district, will be our Congressman. Issa previously rep-resented San Juan from 2000, when Ron Packard retired, until the current districts were formed in 2002.

Issa is a conservative and very wealthy Republican who’s a rather influential member of Congress. He’s chairman of the House Oversight Committee and

GILA JONES: My View

Ready for Redistricting?ou may have heard about the redis-tricting process

now underway that will create new Assembly, State Senate and Con-gressional districts for California. How does it

affect San Juan Capistrano?In 2008 and 2010, California voters

approved Propositions 11 and 20, which created the Citizens Redistricting Com-mission and gave it the authority to draw new Assembly, State Senate, Congres-sional, and Board of Equalization districts for the state. Previously, under the State Constitution, the district lines were drawn by the California legislature. (Redistrict-ing is always done the year after the Federal census.)

After the members of the Redistricting Commission were chosen, they began taking public input and holding hearings about how the districts should be drawn, and on June 10 they released proposed maps. A second round of hearings is happening now, and final maps come out August 15.

The commission’s goals were to create districts that 1) have relatively equal populations; 2) comply with the federal

Ycan afford to defend his seat against any challengers. Since Congress has no term limits, San Juan can probably expect to continue to be represented by Issa at least until the next redistricting cycle in 2021.

Our proposed Assembly district is being called “STHOC” and includes San Juan, the eastern half of Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza and the unincorporated area east of San Juan that will eventually become The Ranch. The registered vot-ers in the new district are 48 percent Re-publican and 26 percent Democratic, and our Assemblywoman will continue to be Diane Harkey. Assemblywoman Harkey can run for one more term (2012-2014) in the Assembly.

The city of Dana Point isn’t happy about being split and have communicat-ed this to the commission. We may see some changes in this district when the final maps are released.

Our proposed State Senate district, “SANOC,” is a nested one. It’s made up of the STHOC district described above plus a northern San Diego County As-sembly district called “NCSAN,” which includes Camp Pendleton, Oceanside,

Vista, Carlsbad, and Encinitas. Voter registration in SANOC is 45 percent Republican and 28 percent Democratic. It appears that Senator Mimi Walters, who represents some of the Orange County portion of the proposed district, will be the Senator for the new one. Senator Walters can run for one more term in the Senate (2012-2016) and is eligible to serve two more years in the Assembly.

The Citizens Redistricting Commis-sion is responsible for drawing only the Congressional, state Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization district lines, but other redistricting efforts are going on too. Orange County Supervisorial dis-tricts are being redrawn, as well as those of the South Orange County Community College District and Capistrano Unified School District. Since the passage of local schools Measure H last year, redistricting in CUSD is particularly relevant, because in 2012 we’ll each vote for only a single CUSD trustee to represent our particular portion of the school district instead of voting for the entire seven-member board.

Want to compare your new and old district maps? Go to http://tinyurl.com/newdistrict.

Gila Jones is a San Juan Capistrano resident active in local politics.

city, but dedicated to the enhancement and improved accessibility of our city’s open space, would fill a void that in the past caused our city to struggle with improving the tremendous open space assets that our citizens acquired by tax-ing ourselves in 1990 and again in 2008. Between the constraints of government actions (including the high costs of city-funded projects) and the aversion some folks have to donating to the city proper, it was clear that a private non-profit 501(c)3 foundation could be more effective. Whether gathering volunteers and donations, or leveraging each dollar for a multiplier by getting discounts and in-kind service donations unavailable in a city bidding process; the net effect was to allow focused efforts on opening up our tremendous open space lands to more public use and access at a fraction of the cost and time compared to doing the same directly by the city.

This Saturday’s Open House and BBQ from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. will give our residents a chance to experience the splendor of our open space which sets us apart from so much of the rest of Orange County. While the staging area will have

MARK NIELSEN: Straight Talk

Opening of Our Open Spacen Saturday after-noon, June 25, the San Juan Cap-

istrano Open Space Foun-dation will be hosting a BBQ and Grand Opening of the new staging area in the city’s Northwest

Open Space across from the Christmas Tree Farm. Of particular note is the fact that this staging area for hikers, cyclists and equestrians was built without tax-payer dollars. Instead of the city spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Open Space Foundation used volunteers and donations by numerous residents and local businesses to complete the clearing and construction of a public parking lot and staging area complete with split rail fencing, water troughs, hitching posts and picnic tables. And all these improvements were done without any cost to the city and its general fund.

The SJC Open Space Foundation (www.sjcopenspacefoundation.org) was founded two years ago as an independent out-growth of the city’s Ad-Hoc Open Space Committee. A number of us felt that a non-profit foundation separate from the

Omusic and food, there will also be ex-perts on hand to explain the native land-scape and direct you to trails that lead along the creeks or to our own waterfall. To immerse oneself in the natural beauty of our creeks and trails allows you to be transported from the daily grind and press of a hectic 21st Century life back to a simpler life that was enjoyed by the ranchers, farmers and Juanenos of yes-teryear. One can still look at the natural hillsides and surrounding coastal oaks or orchards and see what our ancestors saw over a hundred years ago.

And I invite you to become a member of the foundation to support its mission “To promote the preservation, resto-ration, expansion, improvement and public use of open space within San Juan Capistrano to enrich the quality of life for area residents.” Already the founda-tion is looking toward its next project in working with the city to establish a 1-2 acre area for residents to take their dogs to be known as the Dr. Joe Cortese Dog Run, named after the late beloved local vet who donated thousands of hours in helping hundreds of local stray animals.

The foundation represents the kind

of effort that brings our community to-gether, with individuals from all political, economic and social walks of our town. For most citizens of San Juan Capistrano, we agree on the importance of preserv-ing and enhancing our open space. After all the recent political controversy and elections, let us take some time to sup-port a cause where the vast majority of our citizens are of like mind. Join with us in the San Juan Capistrano Open Space Foundation and help improve the beauty and public use of our city’s open space lands. Come out for even an hour this Saturday to your Northwest Open Space and see first-hand the result of what a little time and money from each of us can accomplish. Or stop by the foundation booth for more information at any of the Summer Night concerts. Together we can open and enhance all of our Open Space to be enjoyed for many generations to come.

Mark Nielsen is a local business execu-tive who was Mayor in 2009 during his four years on the City Council. He is a director of the SJC Open Space Founda-tion and has lived in San Juan Capistrano for over 20 years.

Mark Nielsen

Congratulations to the Class of 2011

Graduation SpecialCapistrano Valley Christian Schools • JSerra Catholic High School • Saddleback Valley Christian Schools • St. Margaret’s Episcopal School • San Juan Hills High School

the class of 2011 were the trailblazers of the school when they began as freshmen in 2007. While most new high schools start out with both freshman and sophomore classes, San Juan Hills freshman had no older students to look up to.

“They took a risk to come here, “ said Principal Tom Ressler.

But the risk has paid off, as students were able to create a community that was defined by them. An abundance of clubs ranging from mixed martial arts to “Cookies for Christ” were developed and sustained by the Class of 2011. This year students began their own newspaper, the Express.

“When there was only a freshman class at San Juan, the campus felt something like a ghost town yet it still felt tight-knit since there were only about 500 students all

t the first ever San Juan Hills basketball game the stands were silent.

The group of students had never been to a high school basketball game be-

fore and were unsure of how to cheer on their team. The administration quickly took action, arranging a pep rally that showed footage of rowdy college sporting events, hoping to drum up school spirit.

That was four years ago. Today, the administration has no need to promote enthusiasm. With champion sports teams as well as thriving academic and arts programs, San Juan Hills has made great strides in its short career.

Much of its success can be attributed to the 500-mem-ber class of 2011 that graduated June 22. The students of

San Juan Hills Students Set Standard

SJHHS GraduatesJovana AboyteWilliam Garrett AcromiteCora Nicole AcunaLauren Nicole AdagioViulet AdinehAshley Eileen AguirreJane AhnKyle Joseph AlaridNicole Danielle AlarioAna Maria AlatristeMaria AnayaJason AndabloJessica AndabloJordan Hanna AndersonAndy Thomas AndreoliNiccolas Maxwell AnnisTaylor Kristin AoudeLiliana Elizabeth AriasGuadalupe AvilaValeria AyalaKyle M. BackhusMatthew Alexander BadranBryce Michalik BakerAlexander John BaptisteNicholas Alfred BargelskiCeris Breanna BarkerNatalie Marie BarnesAlondra BarrazaKaren Isabel BarreraRoman BarritaNicholas J. BeachGabriel BecerraMahsa BehzadiJose M. BerberMitchell Damian BernardCorey Jacob BittnerAlexandra Nicole BlockMalachi Matthew BodineSarah Sumire BoernerAdrian John BogleWilliam James BohnDavid Aaron BortzMelissa Botello

Samantha Rose BourgeoisRocky Elliott Bragg, Jr.Thomas Keith BrawnerChaz Robert BreithauptSawyer Chase BrittonKeegan J. BrownIan Harrison BrunsAndrea Marie BuchananMadeline Elizabeth BurnsChristopher Gibson BuscemiJose Adan BustosLauren Evangeline CabralLuis Felipe CabreraZachary Elliott CahillAlejandro CanoAkasha Rose CarabajalErik Garcia CardenasOscar Javier CastanedaJesus CastillejosEric CastilloLeticia CastroAlexander James CelataAlfredo CervantesMarcos CervantesCarla Gisella CespedesArgenis Dioney ChavezMax Joseph ChavezJonathan Andrew ChungMollie Grace ClementeBrandon Michael ColucciHailey Marie CombeElizabeth Dawn ConantKatelyn Ann ConnorsElisse McKenna CookMatthew Aaron CooperCarolyne Elise CopleyDesiree Athena CoreyGerardo CortesJacob Jay CortezSamuel CortezMolly Nicole CrawfordJesus J. CrisostomoJames W. Crocicchia

Kayla Jane DahlSalman Mahmood DaneshDominic Paul D’AuriaCameron Bryce DavisRobert Michael DavisEsther DelgadoTalia Brianna Delgado-VegaAlixandra Nicole DemingBrooke Ashley DettmanDarian Elayne DidierJasmine Marie DiltzSean Michael DoddKevin Thomas DollSamantha Marie DollAlan DominguezMadison Marie D’OrnellasJordan Skye DouglasElizabeth DrakeTaylor Jon DrakeBlake Riley DraperWilliam John DrewesDaniel Hugo DuranChelsea Taylor DuvenageSally ElquraElizabeth Marie ElsanadiLauren Brittany EngelZuleyma EsquivelChloe Brooke EuzarragaGabriela FariasIsidro Farias SanchezDavid Edward FellnerSamuel Scott FergusonJessica Patricia FernandezJade Lorel FerraRobbia Ann FezianChantel Nicole FindlayJacob Richard FlemingAleida FloresDavid FloresAlexander Lee FogleAlexandra L. FontaineKaitlyn Marie ForsterKyle Steven Fox

Taylor Rae FrancoEden Sunday FrazeeEvan Gerald Verne FrolovAdrian Noel GaetaJerrad Edward GaisfordMaxwell Alexander GalbraithMatthew Robert GalvinAna Karen Mata GamboaAmara Julia GarciaJonathan Uriel GarciaMiguel Ruben GarciaSindy Sarahi GarciaJordan Taylor GardnerKelsey Marie GarrettAmanda Rose GeckSpencer Caton GiraldinNicholas Andrew GlennMayte GomezRebecca Nicole GomezAlexa GonzalezDaniel GonzalezEva Estephany GonzalezMiriam Socorro GonzalezJames Hillard GordonDane Arthur GoreJazmin GrajalesBernardo GranadosMaritza GranadosJacqueline Elizabeth GreinerKyle Christopher GroffShyan Kay GuerreroSara Magdalene GustavsonAustyn Parker GuthrieNicholas Edward GutierrezEvan M. GuyJoshua Ross HackettDevon James HackwithConnor HaleKathleen Rene HalsteadBrandt Randall HamiltonAriana Sara HaririTatum Rae HathawayCole Gregory Hawkins

Cody Morgan HazellBailey Marissa HeinTori Elizabeth HendricksKyra Aileen HenningAnahi HernandezAndrea M. HernandezCorina Yvette HernandezDaphne HernandezEnrique HernandezFernando HernandezJesus Pedro HernandezJoseph Anthony HernandezRicky Isaias HernandezRyan Margarito HernandezAustin Taylor Hill-CurielMaxwell Stanton HillisDaniel Morgan HitzfieldIan Hamilton HodgesJacob Charles-Ross HolmanSamantha Michelle HolmesKevin Patrick HooverAnthony Michael HumphreysClaire Jeanne HunsteinAaron Patrick HuntChristian Vance IchikawaKanelo Aristotle IraclidesAndrew Dylan IvarLauren N. IversonBreanna Kennedy JacobsenRyan Scott JacobsonJames Robert JarvisMaria Elena JimenezBrenan Thor JohnsonJered David JohnsonTravis W. JohnsonClaire Frances JonesNathan Philip KavanaghMitch Ryan KellerVictoria Elizabeth KendallRyan Thomas KesslerConnor Douglas KirkwoodAdam Christopher-Hallahan KnappLindsey Anne Knott

Vishant KumarCamden Zachary KutnickNicholas Perry LaForgeRichard D. LandinghamMatthew Raymond LarmandJames Barrett LaRosaNicole Joy LarsonHolly Angelica LauerNicholas Anthony LaullonDylan James LawrenceAnthony Eliberto LealZachary Lyle LeetchDenham Barton LeftwichBrian Daniel LeggettJack Robert LeggettRyan Patrick LeibrichDamian LeonKatelyn Blair LindseyAlexis LopezDaniel LopezDaniel Lopez RodriguezTanza Alexis LoudenbackRichard Arthur LoveAmber Celeste LoyaPenelope Anne LuksicAaron Thomas Luth Taylor Rose MachadoTaylor Christina MageeSierra Marie MaitlenAndrea Franco MaldonadoJasmine ManzoTalin MardirossianAbigail MartinezJessica MartinezNicodemus MathewsParker Fairbanks MathewsonAlexia Samara MayaAllen Wilson McAnlisPatrick John McCormicRobert Thomas McDonaldGabriel Matthew McFaddenKelsey Robinson McKeagRyan Kelly McNulty

More than 500 students make up the first graduating class of San Juan Hills High School:

experiencing their first year of high school together,” Express Editor-in Chief Tanza Loudenback said.

This close community allowed students to jump directly into leadership positions early on, in the classroom and on the stage, not having to compete with juniors and seniors for top spots. The seniors have also achieved great academic success, with 34 valedictorians graduating with a GPA of 4.0 or higher and a Scholar of Scholars.

The students did face some challenges in their advance-ment to high school. Their first prom was held last year, and they haven’t been able to hold true homecoming events yet. When the students took their first AP tests, they had to learn to balance them with their normal schoolwork. “With every single thing that came up, they were successful,” Ressler said.

The legacy of the class of 2011 will shape the culture of the school for years to come. “San Juan Hills has evolved before our eyes,” said Loudenback. This class had created a thriving and dynamic community with a myriad of activities for any student. “Any tradition we have, they were a part of,” Ressler said. “They took advantage of this opportunity.”

SAN JuAN HILLS SCHoLAR oF SCHoLARS: Ian Webb

STALLIoN oF THE YEAR: Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed

BY MARYANN DouDNA AND ERIN THoMAS

Photo by Ryan Gooding

Stefan Maxwell OgleveeTeneyah Marie-Afton OlmsteadConnor Luke O’ModhrainTania OnofreRobert J. OramSiena CY OrlickCristian Alonso OrozcoMontserrat OrtegaJoshua Robert OrtizSara A. OrtizDallon James OsbornePaige Noel OsborneAvilene Aguilar OteroBrittany Mendez Oviedo Lindsey Michele OwensJustin Alexander PakeJacob R. PalmerMiguel PanduroClaudia So Young ParkBen Nicholas ParkerChelsea Mariko ParlettCristina Lissette ParraAmairani Yomali Pastor CruzRianna PearsonAnthony Michael PelleritiPablo Hernan PeñaYiliang PengEric David PenuelasHedilberto PerezJacinto Javier PerezKarla Araceli PerezZachary Kenneth PerryMichael Anthony PerrymanTaylor Nicole PetersonMax Randall PhilipsJonathan James PhillipsAlexis Janay PickeringPedro PinedaSophia Marie Christine PlessierClark Allen PoppaElizabeth Claire Josephine PostigoNancy Preciado

Isaiah Kemon MeadowsBrett Matthew MedeirosAnthony David MedinaBrandon Vladimir MelaraBrittany Oviedo MendezItaliby MendezBrenda Cabrera MendozaIvan MendozaJannet Estefania MendozaDavid MendozaMegan Marie MerdaSteven A. MeyerhoffTamara Joy MeyerhoffMackenzie Taylor MeylingOscar Diaz MezaMichael Poston MillerAndrew Klein MinerMason Shale MingCarol Selina MirandaErica Ashly MitchellJacquelyn Kate MitchellJoqthan Jarhed MonrroySharon MoraConner Dane MorrisOlivia Elyse MurashkoAmanda Marie MurrayKyle Richard MurrayMehdi Matthew NahangiMackenzi Marie NeillCorryn Jordan NewlanLucero Candy NietoJacob Adam NiznikZoe Eilish NolanCody Lee NordHeather Marie NordVictor Alfonso NoyolaTaylor Ann NyBlomJessica OcampoPedro Guadarrama OcampoMiguel OcegueraCourtney O’ConnorJessica Lee O’Donnell

Casey Robin PrzybylakJake Anthony PuchalskiEngelbert Rudolf QuechenbergerRoselle S.C. QueridoArturo QuinteroSean James RaffertyDaniela RamirezKatherine Azayradema RamirezMarie Patricia RamirezAvery RayErin Nicole ReckingerThaddeus Allen ReeseAlanna Lee ReeveChad Ferdinand ReimerPayton Matthew ReismanMichael John RenuartJose Alfredo Gonzalez ReynaAlexis Morgan RichardsonLaurel Eve RigsbyCasey Marie RinglerEmily RisbroughAracely Marie RiveraBryan Eduardo RiveraCarlos RiveraCandido RoanHenry George RobbertseSamuel Mark RobisonAlejandra RodriguezAnthony Michael RodriguezHector Anuar RodriguezJoshua Leslie-Charles RoeDaniel Alejandro RomeroJessica RomeroAlexis Doreen RossAmanda Lee RossNicholas W. RotbergNicole Anna RubackHannah Julie RuizRyan Peter RuizBlanca Fabiola Ruiz ZarcoAlexander Jon RussellColin Gabriel Ryan

Austin Villanueva SabadoLuis Antonio SabayZachary Joseph SaccoNichole Joy SackettSterling Joseph SackeyNegeen Sadeghi-MovahedYenitze SainesTori Kristian SalazarJulio Cesar SaldanaDavid Hector SaldivarDaniel SalgadoBrooke Kaori SalicosNain SalinasGarrett Blake SamsonAndres SanchezIsabel SanchezMarvin SanchezMiguel SanchezSarahi Gabriela SanchezLauren Elizabeth Sandor Leianna Lucille SandovalTanya Mariela SantillanDominic Jesse ScarantinoMeredith F. ScarpatoDesirae Bianca Gerda SchauerCody Scott SchmitzGinny Marie SchneiderJohn Taylor Sky SchneiderChristopher Wayne SchutterHenry Aaron SchutzMikaela Anne SecorJill SeegmillerAustin Charles SeidelYadira Analy SerafinJericha Dawn ShawAnthony Robert SherlockLandon Allen SherwoodDanley Rose ShimasakiAdriana Sierra

Dan Silva-MercadoDevon Mckenzie SimpsonPaul Christian SkipperAnthony Michael SmithGarrett Austin SmithKaitlin Marie SmithMichael Morgan SmithNatalie SommaCameron Seung Tun SongRuth SoriaThomas Francis SpauldingJacob Matthew St. OngeMelissa StandishLauren Elizabeth SteelmanAvalon Marie SteenJacob Thomas StephanCarissa Jean StiversDaniel Masashi StollChristian Garner StubbsSamantha Avery SuitCarlie Shea SutherlandCharlie William SwansonDaniel Chong SyMychal Y. TamakiAmy Rae TamilloRuiyi TangEzekiel TapiaEric Duncan TaylorMallory Kristine TaylorOwen Edward TaylorTierra Ashly-Yvette TerrellZachary Lydell ThompsonParker Scott TinsleyMiguel John TiotuicoFabian A. TorresLindsey Nicole TreffMary Teresa Angelique Rose TurnerAmanda Carolyn Urell

Brandon Steve UrrutiaArinze Enyinnia Uzo-OkerekeAngelica Maria ValenciaBrendon Scott Van VlietZachary Michael VandenBoschNicholas George VansellJacob VargasLeslie VargasMidnyte VargasTracy Sarai VargasMichael VelascoManuel Angel VelazquezJustin Maxwell VenegasMiguel Angel VerduzcoNancy VillegasCassidy Lee WalkerAndrew Mark WaltonZachary R. WardIssabelle Jane WardleKelsey Lorayne WatsonIan Douglas Kendle WebbIsaac Gregory WenceChris Michael WernerSamantha Lorraine WiebortGeorge Philip WinckelSamuel Weston WorleyMireya XocuaJustin Tyler YoungHoracio ZamarripaJose Victor ZamarripaCristal ZaragozaBryan Franco Zarate-GarciaJeffery Ryan ZawoyskyVeronica Raquel ZaxAraceli ZepedaAlec Christopher ZiencinaBriana Nicole ZiffDelia Zuniga*Bold denotes Valedictorian

SJHHS Graduates Cont.

JSerra Graduates

The Junipero Serra Catholic High School Class for 2011:Kyla AgbayaniChristopher AmloyanDylan AndrewsVictoria ArcuriMichael ArenalMahta AriaradBradley AshworthVlaho AsicCourtney AvilaAmber AyeminLauren BaergNatalie BakerCiana BarromFrancis BastoneBrock BatlinerShirley BerberRiley BergendahlAlexander BermanJennifer BlairMadeline BlountTrent BorasJennifer BoyleShannon BradyJacob BroderickCarter BrowningSean ByrneKarina CadizBridget CahillAlexander CainGrace Canady

Macrae CardenDylan CarterKathleen CascinoAlexandra CelentanoMaxfield ChampionHailey ChisholmJung Hyuk ChoiCasee ClauserTrenton CogginsSean ConwayHayden CornwellGeorgie CourtneyAndrews Coyle Jr.Dillon CullinanHaleigh CummingsLucas Dall’OrsoMichael DarcyAndre DarvilleL. Grant DavisCody DeanLuke DeckerJacob DeckerStefan Deitos

Katherine DelaneyLauren DenaultRiley DiehlDominic DiSanoJoseph DonovanAllison DriverJessica DuekerConnor DugardKassandra DyakonBrett EuseyJonathon EvansElizabeth Evers Michael FassettMerissa FernandezAshley FrancoVanessa GarciaBryce GersonHailey GillisKatherine GirgisAnthony GraceffaAlyssa GrahamJuan GutierrezMatthew HalbaschJeremy HallKaley HalliburtonMarina HannaAnnika HathawayMcKenna HayesAustin HedgesAllison HeinrichKenneth HendrenKirsten HibbardChelsea HillsRiley HouserJoseph HughesChristine HustonCarter InmanStephan JasperCourtney JohnsonAndrew JohnsonAshley JonesEmery Jones Kathryn JonesKimia KabirNatasha KanamouieChloe KempfJoseph KimplerNicholas KingOtto KnottnerusTyler KrauseTara LaniganRachel LeeTaylor Leseth

Joseph LiMandriShelby LindholmKatie LinehanWeston LittlefieldJacob Loflin,Jessica LopezChad LowellMark LuburicJake LucierMichael LyonsMichael MabenBrett MaidaRyan MaleKieran MancietAnn MarsolaisJarryd MartinKatherine MatthewsBrynne McCordJenae McDonaldNicollette McDonaldJessica McFaddenChloe McGrathCody McLaneChandler MelansonSamantha MeraLuke MeyerMichael MeyersCharles MillsShelby MiloschCasey MimsCody MooreYanni MoralesNicole MormannBrittany MorrisAustin MulderVictoria MunozChandler NasonLaura NavaKaitlyn NeighboursChristopher NguyenKaitlin O’HaraKaitlin O’NeillNoah OrtizJack O’SheaMatthew ParkRobert ParkerMiles PereiraRachel PesotaDanyka PetersonKyler PettisKevin PhamJesse PhanKyle Pierce

Mark PoliquinJoseph PonderAlexandra PooreLauren PorticeMichael PortilloAlexa PostJenna PuccinelliJoseph RabelloWilliam RawlingsRiley RaynsfordEvan RealmutoAndie ReedTheodore ReimerDillon ReinwaldElizabeth RizoKelly RovzarGarrett RowleyJohn RussellZac RussellAlyssa RyanVictoria Salazar-HudginsJonathan SchaeferLeanne SearsDylan SeedmanBrittany SeibertKyle ShacklefordMadeleine ShaverZachary SiglerTyler SimkinsKeaton SiomkinJessica Sitton

Morgan SlossBianca SolorzanoMary SparacinoSacheen SteinmannDaniel SullivanSteven SummersDerek TademyJack TeahCourtney TeskeyNicholas ThomasMichelle VadayAndres ValentinJohn Van ValenDylan VarnerHillary WagenerAlex WasilewskiLiam WhaleyBrian WhiteChristopher WhiteCole WilliamsMorgan WilliamsClay WilliamsonTaylor WilliamsonKristy WinnThomas Witt,Katherine YaruSalvatore ZaharsonLauren ZappasJennifer ZarembaSamantha Zuck*Bold denotes Valedictorian

Salutation Francis “Frankie” Bastone, son of former Mission Hospital CEO Peter Bastone and JSerra Award recipient—the highest honor a JSerra student can receive. Courtesy photo

St. Margaret’s Graduates

The St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Class of 2011:Arya AmirhekmatElizabeth ArriagaBeatrice AryMarcos AvilaAndrew BalcofKatherine BerchtoldKirsten BleiweissMelissa BondEmily BooneMario BrenesMolly BrooksWilliam BrynjolfssonAmelie ByunMaxwell CarpenterNicholas CarpenterAndrew ChenIn Kwon ChungBlakely Collier

Olivia CollinsWyatt CormanCharles CoxNicole CraigmileVictoria DavidsonDouglas DavisMartin DolanMaryann DoudnaMichael DougherDevin DreyerAmanda EdingtonDavis EdwardsAndrea EllisAshtin EvansKatherine EverettMatthew FarisBryan FloresJessica Fonseca

Michael FriedmanNicholas GellerDaniel GollyMary Grace GordonSarah GreenbergWilliam GriffithBrooke GroganHannah HessNatalie HilesChloe HoffAdam HoldenGrant HosinskiDillon ItriMichael JonesMichael KartikoShannon KellyShayna KerryFarrah Kharazmi

Andrew KimGeorge KoNicolas KourisAlexander KrafcikMichelle LancasterXav LangtonJonathan LiLauren LindquistBerenice LunaSamuel MalagonMitchel MarmelsteinAlison MartensWilliam McCarthyAnna McGregorWilliam MechHunter MeeceRamtin MehrvijehKelley Meredith

James MurayamaKristin MurrayBrett NicholasStephanie OrnelasSarah PaddonErika PageSeema PatelMitchell PokCarlye PorrazzoCameron PriceSara ReindlEmma RiceShirin SadriKayla SchmittG. Jared SchoeffelRussell SegoColin ShafferAshley Short

Whitney SimonBrennan SmithMargarita SolazzoAlexandra SolonSarah SorensenFelipe SotoZachary StoddardErin ThomasHamida ValjiJessica WarrenLaura WhitneyValerie WuMatthew Yamada

*Bold denotes Valedictorian

In 2009, Li began pursuing science research with UCI Professor John Lowengrub. He presented his research paper, “The Effects of Cell Compressibility, Motility and Contact Inhibition on the Growth of Tumor Cell Clusters” at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology in Brazil and submitted his first authored paper for publication to the Journal of Theoretical Biology. His work

t 18, Johnny Li has already presented a re-search paper on cancer cells in Brazil, met President Barack Obama and founded a non-profit tutoring program.

Oh, and he’s also the St. Margaret’s Class of 2011 Vale-dictorian.

A St. Margaret’s student since he was 3, Li very early on demonstrated talent in mathematics, taking high school math classes beginning in 5th grade and college courses at UCI in 8th grade. He earned 5s in three AP exams in math and physics before graduating middle school. He later scored all 5s in 8 of the most challenging science AP exams. Consequently, he received the 2010-2011 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement, annually given to one male and one female student in each of the 50 states. In total, he has excelled in 16 AP exams.

He also took 16 math and physics classes at UCI, main-taining a near-perfect GPA.

Li enjoys academic challenges and has participated in many math and science competitions. In 6th grade, he became the youngest MATHCOUNTS champion in Orange County. He twice won first place in California in the American Mathematics Competition. He is a 4-time USA Mathematics Olympiad (USAMO) qualifier and ranked as one of the top 250 pre-college mathematicians each year. In 9th grade, he was selected to participate in the United States Mathematics Olympiad Summer Program (MOP) for the top 50 high school mathematicians in the nation. In Physics, Li was twice selected to the United States Physics Olympiad Team comprised of the nation’s top 20 high school physicists. He was also a member of the Orange County Chemistry Olympiad team three consecutive years, and qualified for the National Chemistry Olympiad exam.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Valedictorian Built Impressive Resumewas profiled in a CBS Evening News segment.

Li was named a 2011 Intel Science Talent Search Finalist. As such, he met President Barack Obama at the White House on March 15. In addition, Li was a 2010 Davidson Fellow awarded to top 20 pre-college scientists annually, a Siemens Competition Semifinalist, and the 2011 California State Sci-ence Fair Student of the Year, awarded to the one student who best exemplifies the qualities of a successful scientist. He twice won the Senior Sweepstakes Awards at the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair and represented Orange County at both the State Science Fair and the Intel Interna-tional Science and Engineering Fair in 2010 and 2011.

Li not only excels in math and science, but has also de-voted more than 1,000 hours toward Orange County Math Circle (OCMC, www.ocmathcircle.org), a student-run non-profit community service organization he founded in 2007. In four years, OCMC has grown from an idea into a small army of more than 50 devoted volunteers from 30 schools and has been offering lectures, tournaments, and events serving more than 1,000 students from 75 schools in Southern California. Under his leadership, OCMC offers three annual math tour-naments and monthly lectures on math problem solving. In a partnership with the Santa Ana School District, he estab-lished Santa Ana Math Club where OCMC volunteers teach math to underprivileged students. Li wrote grant proposals, solicited donations and raised more than $8,000 in the past two years. In addition, he secured free classroom facilities from local schools to host the events. Li has won numerous prestigious scholarships for his dedication to improve STEM education in Orange County, including the 2011 Coca-Cola Scholarship, the 2011 Disneyland Resort Scholarship and the 2011 National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation Award.

Johnny Li. Courtesy photo

CVCS Graduates

James Norman Masataro AkitaNathaniel John AntounShanley Maguire BerryDerrick Michael CarterConnor Anthony CastilloKaylea Ann ColemanDavid Michael CoppolaTyler James CreedenAmy Michelle DolkasLauren Audrey EggertsenGenevieve Schei EngelhornCong FengCharles Hawkins GibsonJessica Alexandra HaroToshiaki HashimotoJoshua Daniel HectorDavid HendersonNeakzaad Layne Horriat

Yanan HuJordan Keith JamesYumeng JiangDae Shin JuHyun Kyun KimHyun Seung KimMichael Joseph Kourie Jr.Kyung Soo LeeTatjana Masetti Zannini De ConcinaKatherine Elizabeth McMaster

Landon Robert MelzerJie MiaoMan Ho NaNicholas Vaughan NeuwaldThanh Hoang Thanh NguyenJessica Cherisse NippDavid Ray OrgillHarrison Conrad PalmerEthan Alasdair PierceCheng Qian

Hannah Rose Schaller—SalutatorianJessica Lauren ScheevelAndrew Robert Lee SearsAdam Imtiaz ShakeelTaylor James ShantonRicardo SimoesHannah Nicole SprakerAndrew Thor StevensJoshua John TariTJ Anthony Valois

Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Class of 2011

SVCS GraduatesAnna Patrina Karlsen – Scholar of ScholarsAshlie Ardelle Adams Amanda Lynne LaFavor Hannah Noelle Lush Allesandra Deanne MarandolaJoseph David Molina Sheryl Carol RathfelderElizabeth Rhee Libby Frances Wahlmeier Alyssa Ann HirschKelsey Marnye BreelandCameron Michael BurnsAdam James CardozaBrandon Scott CastleSeong Woo ChuRobert Tyler CollinsCourtney Ann DavisIreland Casey EngelLuke Makena GannonJacob Michael GarciaNicollete Morgan GinoHannah Elaine Mason-GoodallMichael Scott HamadaBen Christopher HeiseyMary Winifred HouseAbel Airam JaureguiJeffrey Joseph JonesCollin Robert Kachenmeister Olivia Elaine KikerpillAlex Junho KimTae Yoon KimAmber Nicole KochanGabriella Quinn LangstonJoon Kyu LeeMadison Nicole LiesZachary Robert Maffris

Joshua Ryan MarkumDesiree Jenne Marshall Victoria Rae MartinezKathryn Mary McCarthyJordan Andrew MehrguthSamuel James MercerKira MerwaldHayley Ranae MontesAdrina Rose MovsesianSarah Elizabeth MudgeBryce Olliver Nilsson Adam Lukas NishikawaJustin Michael O’BrienSinjin Bruce OganAlexandra Kamrie OkidaDanielle Christine PelletierDavid PeñalozaJoel John PetritzSavannah Rae Radison-LeesBailey Mae RayZachary Graham RodarmelJoel-Tyler Francis RodgersKristen Mae ScheibelEmily Theresa SimonAndrew Jack SmithKyle Andrew SmithIan Gerald SoneffDominique Lyndia SpampinatoMahli Anjelica-Kaetlin SquirrellAlexandra Monette StieglerChristina Annalisa VogtGillian Marie WadeAustin James WalkerChung Hang YuiThomas Wesley Zimmerman*Bold denotes Valedictorian

Saddleback Valley Christian Schools Class of 2011

Elizabeth Ashbridge WhitePhillip Michael WilhelmPaige Marie WilhelmKevan Amin ZameniKaixuan ZhangPengbo ZhangTe Zheng

*Bold denotes Valedictorian

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MORNING BIRD WALK 8 a.m.-10 a.m. The Donna O’Neill Land Conservancy hosts a bird walk; bring binoculars & bird guides. Cost: adults $10, kids $5. Call for info and directions,

949.489.9778, www.theconservancy.org. COMMON SENSE 8 p.m. Reggae concert at The Coach House, also featuring John Sotter, Worm And The Night Crawlers, Motavation. Tickets $15. 33157 Camino Capist-rano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoach-house.com. JOHN SLOAN SINATRA TRIBUTE 7:45 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Vintage Steak House. 26701-B Verdugo St., San Juan Capistrano, 949.661.3407, www.thevinta-gesteakhouse.com. CITY LIMITS 8:30 p.m. Live music at Swallow’s Inn. 31786 Camino Capistrano, 949.493.3188, www.swallowsinn.com.


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THE LISTA day-by-day guide to what’s happening in and around town this week. COMPILED BY TAWNEE PRAZAK

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THIS WEEK’S WEATHER6.24 Mostly Cloudy H: 73° L: 59°6.25 Mostly Cloudy H: 71° L: 59°6.26 Mostly Cloudy H: 74° L: 61°

6.27 Partly Cloudy H: 75° L: 61°6.28 Sunny H: 75° L: 63°6.29 Sunny H: 73° L: 62°6.30 Sunny H: 73° L: 60°

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DE ANGELIS VOCAL ENSEMBLE: SUMMER OF LOVE 8 p.m. Join the de Angelis Vocal Ensemble for their fi rst summer concert at Mission Basilica. General

admission $25. 31520 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capist-rano,714.928.9567, www.missionparish.org. FUNNISET HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY 8 p.m. It’s “ladies’ night out” at The Coach House with a comedy show and male dancers. Tickets $20. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

EVITTE PALMER 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Live music at The Vintage Steak House. 26701-B Verdugo St., San Juan Cap-istrano, 949.661.3407, www.thevintagesteakhouse.com.

PET ADOPTION 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit pets who need a home at the Ark’s pet adoption event every Saturday at various local locations; go online for details. 949.388.0034, www.arkofsanjuan.org.

MISSION TREASURE HUNT 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Special limited event at Mission San Juan Capistrano for families to do in conjunction with the historical exhibit currently on display. Free with admission, $5-$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

GONE FISHIN’ (IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) EXHIBITION 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Casa Romantica holds a a family-friendly special event to debut its new exhibit featuring

fi shing memorabilia and artifacts. Event features special guests, music, activities and much more. Admission $5. Exhibit on display until August 14. 415 Avenida Granada, San Clemente, 949.498.2139, www.casaromantica.org.

NATURE HIKE 8 a.m.-9 a.m. Join Park Rangers Sunday mornings for an easy 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail at Caspers Park. Free. Parking $5. 33401 Ortega Hwy., 949.923.2211, www.ocparks.com/caspers.

HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR 1 p.m. SJC Historical Society leads a tour to see Los Rios Historical District, OíNeill Museum, Montanez Adobe, the Mission, Rios Adobe and more. Meet at the train depot on Verdugo Street. Every Sunday. $2 adults, $1 children. 949.493.8444, www.sjchistoricalsociety.com.

CERAMICS CLAP CAMP9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission San Juan Capistrano hosts a camp for kids ages 6-12 featuring ceram-ic handbuilding techniques and how to throw clay on the wheel.

Runs through July 8. Cost $300. 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

AL KING SOLO 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Live at Swallow’s Inn. 31786 Camino Capistrano, 949.493.3188, www.swal-lowsinn.com.

KNITLIT - THE KNITTING BOOK GROUP 6 p.m. Group meets at the library to discuss the book The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. Bring your knitting or other craft

project; copies of the book are available at the check-out desk. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

OLD CAPISTRANO FARMERS MARKET 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Every Wednesday at El Camino Real and Yorba; 949.493.4700.

DEWEY’S AMAZING RACE SUMMER READING KICK-OFF 2 p.m. The library host games in the courtyard with the Dewey Decimal System. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

GARDEN TOURS 10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. explore the Mission grounds with a tour guide. Free with paid admission of $5ñ$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy., 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

CREATE YOUR OWN EARRINGS AND NECKLACE 10 a.m.-12 p.m. A jewelry expert visits Goin Native to teach an interactive class on

creating jewelry with glass and beads. Fees $10 plus $35 for materials. 31661 Los Rios St., 949.493.5911, San Juan Capistrano, www.goinnative.net.

JIMMI NELSON & THE DRIFTING COWBOYS8 p.m. Live music at Swallow’s Inn. 31786 Camino Capist-rano, 949.493.3188, www.swallowsinn.com.

MISSION SJC’S HIS-TORICAL EXHIBIT 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mission San Juan Capistrano’s historical collection is revealed start-ing today featuring precious

and rare paintings, religious artifacts and historical docu-ments. Free with paid admission $5-$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

FIRST FRIDAY FILM 7 p.m. The library hosts a showing of the fi lm, Me and You and Everyone We Know. Dona-tion $2. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.248.5132, www.ocpl.org.

Few things reinforce San Juan Capistrano’s image as a small townthan the July 4 celebration at the Sports Park. The day features games and rides for kids, a live band and dancing, great food and an incredible fi reworks show. The event begins at 3 p.m., at the park, which is off Camino Del Avion between Del Obispo and Alipaz streets. Individual tickets or wrist bands may be purchased for mechani-cal rides and bouncers. Pre-sale wristbands will be available June 15 - July 1 at the Community Center. Tickets and wristbands will also be available at the door. The community’s 50th Birthday committee is providing pony rides and souvenir photos at no charge. Additionally, “free” old-fashioned Family Games will be available. Food, beer & wine will be available to purchase. Exhibit and vendor booths will line the park grounds. The band “Family Style” will perform on stage from 6 p.m. to -8:45 p.m. and a dance fl oor will be provided. Garrison West of Saddleback College’s KSBR will again emcee the event. Fireworks start at 9 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs—but the city asks pets remain at home. Personal barbecues and fi reworks are not permitted. For more information call 949.. 493.5911 or see www.sanjuancapistrano.org —Jonathan Volzke

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Family Film Feature11 a.m. The library hosts a free showing of the movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never for the whole family, includes popcorn. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan

Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

Blenheim red, White & Blue Grand Prix2:30 p.m. The public is invited to the international eques-trian show jumping competition at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park. Free. 30753 La Pata Road, San Juan Capist-rano, 949.443.1841, www.showpark.com.

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Saved By the miSSion Bell 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Children and adults can listen to Span-ish-speaking audio tours at the Mission daily. Admission of $5-$9. 26801 Ortega Hwy.,

949.234.1300, www.missionsjc.com.

ukulele niGhtS5 p.m.-8 p.m. Sing along or listen to the music at Hulaville’s ukulele night. Every Sunday. 2720 Camino Capistrano, San Clemente, 949.369.1905, www.hulavillecafe.com.

4th oF July FireWorkS CruiSe 7 p.m.-10 p.m. The Ocean Institute hosts an ocean cruise for guests to watch fire-works from the water. Includes music, appetizers and desserts.

Cost $50 adults, $40 kids. 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, 949.496.2274, www.ocean-institute.org.

dana Point’S July 4th FireWorkS extrava-Ganza 9 p.m. Fireworks show at the Dana Point Harbor. 34624 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.248.3532, www.danapoint.org.

PreSChool Storytime11:15 a.m. Children ages 3-6 and caregivers are invited to the library for stories, rhymes, crafts and fun. No registration required. 31495 El Camino Real,

San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

tWo-For-one at the WharF Dana Wharf has half price on all fishing trips. 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point, 949.496.5794, www.danawharf.com.

Set Sail For adven-ture 2 p.m. The library hosts a summer-reading event in the courtyard with crafts, activities and more. 31495 El Camino

Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

BilinGual Storytime 11:30 a.m. Stories and crafts in Spanish and English every Wednesday at the SJC Library. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

Jill SoBule & John doe 8 p.m. Concert at The Coach House, also featuring Alysse Fischer. Tickets $15. 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Cap-

istrano, 949.496.8930, www.thecoachhouse.com.

tWiliGht thurSdayS 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Tree of Life Nursery hosts a special event every Thursday in July and August with community presentations, discussions, bird walks, garden tours, refreshments and much more. 33201 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano, 949.728.0685, www.californianativeplants.com.

loS rioS Garden anGelS 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Volunteer at Los Rios Park Garden and get a free lunch from Ramos House Café. 31661 Los Rios St., 949.606.6386, San Juan Capistrano, www.goinnative.net.

iBiza ultra lounGe 7 p.m.-close. European-style nightlife featuring a DJ spinning in the ultra lounge at Tannins Restaurant & Wine Bar. 27211 Ortega Hwy., Suite C, San Juan Capistrano, 949.661.8466, www.tanninstrestaurant.com/ibiza.

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27221 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano CA 92675, 949.388.4978, www.mybarths.com

BeSt knOwn fOr: Scratch-made continental cuisine MOSt POPulAr iteM: Original schnitzel

When Rene and Sonja Barth decided to move their family from Germany to America, they knew they would have to open an eatery. “We owned a restaurant there, too,” said Rene Barth. “Much bigger, many more employ-ees. But we wanted to make something smaller and more like home.” The criteria behind Barth’s were simple. First, everything needed to be fresh to account for Sonja Barth’s allergy to preservatives. From soup stock

to sauerkraut to sausage, the Barths decided homemade dishes were their top priority. The new restaurant would also have a menu that paid homage to their heritage. “We want to make the food that our mothers and grandmothers taught us to make,” said Sonja Barth. The restaurant has been open less than two weeks, but the husband and wife team have already had return customers. “We have a lot of fun with them,” said Rene Barth, who can frequently be found truant from his kitchen station, socializing with and amusing his customers. If friendly service and quality food weren’t enough, Barth’s boasts economical prices and an extensive offering of the family’s favorite German beers.

PriCe rAnge: $1-$17 PAyMent: Cash, credit reServAtiOnS: Not needed HOurS: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 p.m.-10 p.m., closed Sunday

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ON STAGE

or Art Alexakis, charismatic frontman and driving force behind the multi-plati-num powerhouse Everclear, there’s truly

no debate about evolution. If you’re not grow-ing and changing and getting creative with your classic songs over time, he says, “then you’re not a band, you’ve become a jukebox.” And every so often, to remind oneself that making music is still the invigorating joy it’s always been, it’s a great idea to take a look back at the music writer’s classic songs, as Alexakis does on Everclear’s 429 Records debut, In A Different Light.

We caught up with Alexakis on his thoughts about the upcoming show.

what was the impetus for an acoustic set? How does that fit in with the Coach House as a venue? In the past, I’ve al-ways performed solo acoustic sets at the beginning of a new album cycle to showcase the new material I was recording at the time, but in the past few years I’ve been performing solo acoustic concerts all around the country because it stretches me as an artist. It’s just me and my guitar. It’s also a lot of fun

and provides much more interaction with the audience than when I play with Everclear. Un-like most performers, I look forward to being heckled … I will enthusiastically heckle back.

what has influenced your evolving musi-cal style over the years? Did your daughters play a significant role as many kids do with their musician parents? I think living life has been the main thing to influence me in my writing ... and both of my daughters are a part of that for sure ... I think learning and growing and learning how to express my experiences as well as constantly trying to improve my craft as a songwriter has helped me.

what’s next with regards to everclear? We are working on a brand new Everclear album, and we hope to have it out by fall.

Tickets will be going fast so make sure you call the Coach House and get yours soon. Art Alexakis performs The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. The Show is Saturday, July 2, and tickets are $20. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. CD —A.J. Bardzilowski

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San Clemente 4th oF July CeleBration 9 p.m. Fireworks show at the San Clemente Pier. Free. 949.361.8200, www.san-clemente.org.

ComPuter laB 8:45 a.m. Computer lessons at the library. 31495 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, 949.493.1752, www.ocpl.org.

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4COMMUNITY CALENDARFriday 6.24

Coffee Chat8 a.m. The Capistrano Dispatch hosts a spirited town hall forum on commu-nity issues. All are welcome. Camino Real Playhouse, on El Camino Real, just south of Ortega Highway. Occurs every Friday

Monday 6.27

Open Space, Trails and Equestrian Commission 6 p.m., City Hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto

Tuesday 6.28

Utilities Commission Meeting8 a.m., City Hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto

Cultural Heritage Commission Meeting 5 p.m., City Hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto

Planning Commission Meeting6:30 p.m., City Hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto

Monday 7.04

Independence Day3 p.m. The city’s July 4 celebration features kids games, rides, music and more, culminating with a fi re-works show. Sports Park, Camino del Avion/Alipaz Street.

Friday 7.08

Next regular issue of The Dispatch publishes.

*Meeting agendas at www.sanjuancapistrano.org

new dating website specifi cally for singles over 50 is now active. Be-fore describing it, let me mention

these cardinal rules of Internet dating:• Never lend or send money to anyone

you’ve never met. • Trust your instincts. If someone

seems too good to be true, that’s exactly the case.

• You cannot fall in love with a person you’ve never met.

These rules apply to all Internet dat-ing sites, including the one I am writing about today, which is called OurTime.com. It’s not an entirely new site. The company’s press release states:

“OurTime.com was created by combining the membership of

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SeniorPeopleMeet.com and Seniors-Meet.com. With more than one million active members, OurTime.com is now

the largest online community catering to singles over 50.”

OurTime.com is owned by the same company that owns Match.com.

I interviewed Dr. Terri Orbuch, OurTime’s dating and relationship expert. I

was impressed with her dating knowl-edge and her reassurances about the site’s safety.

Dr. Orbuch said, “OurTimes’s high-

est priority is member safety. We have safety experts constantly patrolling the site. Internet dating is no safer or less safe than meeting strangers in other ways.”

Do her words guarantee singles won’t encounter scammers on Our-Time.com? Of course not. This week, a woman named Judie emailed me about a 73-year-old friend of hers who met a man on the former Seniorpeoplemeet.com who claimed to be an American working in Malaysia. His story didn’t add up. Eventually, he asked the woman for money.

Internet dating is a double-edged sword. Singles dramatically increase their chances of meeting a mate because these sites have members throughout the world.

But, meeting someone who lives far away often results in a long-distance relationship. These relationships can work out, but there are many added challenges to them.

Dr. Orbuch said, “Before getting involved in a long-distance relationship, each person must communicate his or her expectations about who would move and who wouldn’t. If neither is willing or unable to move, it’s hard to have much of a relationship, par-ticularly if they’d like to be together regularly.”

Dr. Orbuch also stressed that singles should carefully review the safety tips and dating guidelines on the OurTime.com website before beginning the search for a mate. I checked those pages and agree with her.

According to the OurTime press release, approximately 65 percent of their users have been divorced and 25 percent widowed.

And now for the best news for seniors, the press release also stated: “The typical Boomer believes that old age doesn’t be-gin until age 72, according to a 2009 Pew Research survey, not age 65.” Hooray for that.

While Internet dating has its risks, it also has its rewards. It provides an easy way for singles to test the waters and to not have to wait for a telephone call to interact with potential mates. Women can be assertive. Plus, singles can talk with more than one potential mate in a mat-ter of minutes. They can’t do that when they’re out on a date with one person.

The OurTime website link: www.Our-Time.com.

Email me at [email protected] to share your experience with this new dating website.

READER COMMENT: Susan, “I am a Dana Point resident for 20 plus years, and I look forward to reading your “Life and Love after 50” articles. (I will be 50 in two weeks.) Having spent the last fi ve years on Match, Eharmony, Chemistry.com and even Plenty of Fish, and having been on over 40 fi rst dates, I met someone spe-cial eight months ago. (I’m still in shock.)

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Tom Blake is a Dana Point business owner and San Clemente resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. To comment on his column, email him at [email protected]. See his website at www.FindingLoveAfter50.com CD

ON LIFE AND LOVE AFTER 50: By Tom Blake

ON LIFE AND LOVE AFTER 50

By Tom Blake


SJC LIVINGrange. Remnants of that adobe still exist and it’s called the Seivers Adobe after one of its owners. Before Mis-sion San Luis Rey was established our Mission served two Indian tribes in the Las Flores Canyon area near the ocean which is the Las Pulgas entrance gate on the I-5 Freeway for Camp Pendle-ton, south of San Clemente. This was the beginning of the asistencia for that location.

It all began when Don Gaspar de Portola led Spain’s land exploratory expedition in 1769. When they traveled through what is now Camp Pendleton, they came to rest in a canyon that was covered with wild roses, flowers, and wild grape vines and a stream. It was named “Canada de Las Rosales, but the soldiers called it Las Flores for the flowers.

After Mission San Luis Rey was founded in 1798, the Padres took responsibility for this location. Father Peyri of Mission San Luis Rey named it San Pedro, but the name Las Flores stuck. A sketch made in 1849 of Las Flores shows a long building in three sections, the middle has two stories, and one end was the chapel with a large bell tower. It was also reported that a large courtyard was adjacent.

After Mexico became a Republic, the Mexican government secularized all the mission properties, and out of

A Lost Mission any of the old Missions had little satellite

missions in their area of influence which were called “asistencias.” Sometimes they were just a spot where the

padres would meet local Indian tribes and later would build a small adobe. San Antonio de Pala is the most well-known as it had a small Mission complex and was part of Mission San Luis Rey near Oceanside. Others like San Bernardino and Santa Ysabel are lesser known. However, the Mission church in Los Angles was never called an asistencia but could have as it was part of Mission San Gabriel. An interesting fact about Los An-geles is that when it was established, all of the trouble makers from San Gabriel were deliberately moved there.

Mission San Capistrano, which was es-tablished in 1776, was not well-known for having asistencias, but there was an old adobe near the San Juan Hot Springs that the Padres used as a retreat for rest and relaxation. When there, they served the Indians that used to gather around these springs from both sides of the mountain

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consideration for the Indians in this area created a large grant around Las Flores and called it a Pueblo Libre, or Free City. This was the beginning of the little mission’s decline.

Governor Alvarado in 1841 granted all of Santa Margarita Valley which was once part of Mission San Luis Rey to his brother-in-law Pio Pico and his brother Andres. The adjacent land of Las Flores was an irritant to the Picos, and by legal and political means the Indians were moved to other areas and the land was made part of the Pico’s vast ranchero. It was named Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores and is today the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. In 1864 Don Juan Forster acquired the rancho from the Picos. When his son Marcos married, he gave him the land around the old asistencia as a wedding present. Marcos set about building a two-story adobe mansion and his ranch house soon became famous for its hospitality. It also served as a stage stop on the Sealy & Wright Stage Line running from Los Angeles to San Diego.

After Don Juan Forster passed away in 1881, his son Marcos Forster moved to San Juan Capistrano and the Forster fam-ily sold the Santa Margarita y Las Flores Rancho to James L. Flood, who formed a partnership with Richard O’Neill. O’Neill operated the ranch and ultimately gained half interest in the vast ranch. Their

DON TRYON: Old San Juan

prototype that was delivered to the city for its approval. Once approval was granted, the girls painted and assembled the boxes which stand on 8-foot wooden fence posts that will be sunk in the ground by the city. The boxes will be placed so that they can be reached both by hikers and bikers on the ground and by equestrians so that the riders need not dismount to get a map.

The girls spent more than 60 hours planning and implanting the project. They could not have accomplished their task without the support of the San Juan Equestrian Coalition who under-wrote the project, DeNault’s TruValue Hardware, which provided a generous discount on the materials, and the city, which will place the boxes. CD

Scouts Build Trails Boxes for Top Honor

he 5th grade Junior Girl Scout troop at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School earned the highest award

available to Jr. Girl Scouts—the Bronze Award—this month, the product of two years of work.

The troop completed their require-ments by making boxes to hold maps of the equestrian and hiking trails. The final component of the award is the completion of a community service project planned and implemented by the girls themselves. The troop consisting of Savannah Adamo, Ayla Fox, Libby Mewbourne and Jadie Pruitt are all interested in horses and wanted to do a project that would benefit the equestrian community.

After meeting the San Juan Capistrano Equestrian Coalition President Dr. Julie Johnson, the girls settled on their proj-ect of making wooden boxes that would house trail maps that would be provided by the coalition. The girls then designed the boxes and created a proposal and

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Bronze Award Winners (left to right) Jadie Pruitt, Savannah Adamo, Libby Mewbourne and Ayla Fox. Courtesy Photo


descendants sold the ranch in 1941 to the U.S. Navy for a Marine base. Marcos Forster’s two-story adobe still exists. All that remains to remind anyone about the once flourishing mission asistencia is California Historical Landmark #616 and a bit of the melted down adobe due to weathering. The little mission is now lost and a memory to only a few. The two Indian tribes of this area known as Chumella and Questnille disappeared and are as feathers in the wind.

Disturbing stories and legends abound about this site…stories of ghosts and strange sounds which are reportedly not from the nearby Marines or prank-sters. In the late 1800s two women saw a vision of Franciscan monks standing in their room. The monks said to them, “Be calm, my children” and drifted away. Another time in 1950s, tales of a female ghost was seen roaming the adobe upper floor. On another occasion, a Marine guard who saw a man in a burlap-colored priest’s habit speaking a foreign language was reported. He went to search but couldn’t find the specter. One time a family who lived in the adobe heard a horse neighing outside but when they went out to check no horse or tracks could be found.

Don Tryon is the archivist for the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society and sits on the Cultural Heritage Commission.

literacy and dressing professionally.Offering a variety of programs,

Working Wardrobes caters to people from backgrounds of alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other life crisis. They strive for their programs to help them confidently enter the workforce.

For more information visit www.workingwardrobes.org. CD

‘Working Wardrobes’ Raises More than $100,000

enim brings to mind jeans, work clothes, so it was only appropriate the non-profit or-

ganization Working Wardrobes raised over $100,000 with their third fundraiser titled Blue Jeans, Boots, and Swing.

The fundraiser was held June 5 at the Shea Center and attended by 300. Fundraising was set-up through table sponsorships, ticket sales and auction opportunities. Some of the auctions included a chance for a walk-on role in the TV Show Mad Men, signed scripts from other shows and vacation pack-ages. Sponsors of the event included U.S. Bank and Autobytel as well as many others.

A barbeque dinner was served, and swing dancing was accompanied by live music. After dinner, guests were able to hear about Working Wardrobe’s client success stories. Patrick Tillich, Rowena, Regina and Whanja spoke about how the organization helped the with their career development, interview skills, financial

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By Alexa DuMityThe Capistrano Dispatch

From L to R: Front – Kassidi Tillich. Back – Work-ing Wardrobes Founder and CEO Jerri Rosen, Richard Shugg, LynnMarie Cooper, Patrick Tillich.


$30,000 June Clas-sic III Grand PrixSunday, June 26, 2:30pm*

Blenheim Equisports hosts the $30,000 June Classic, presented by St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. Also includes Kids Day 12–5pm: Pony rides, bounce houses and more.www.showpark.com5

STORIES, SCORES, SCHEDULES & MORE

SPORTS& OUTDOORS 5 BEST BETS

Angels vs. DodgersDodger StadiumJune 24, 7:10 p.m.

There’s a freeway series just ahead as the Angels hit the road to take on the Dodgers in the fi rst of a three-game series.Info: www.losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com

Outdoor Adven-ture Fitness ClubMount BaldyJune 25, TBA

Advanced hikers are encouraged to scale the summit of Mount Baldy. The cost for non-mem-bers is $25.Info: 949.366.1010

25th Annual Tinman TriathlonCal State San BernardinoJune 26, 7 a.m.

The 2011 Tinman Triathlon features both a 5K and Kid’s Triathlon at the beautiful campus of Cal State San Bernardino University.Info: www.raceplace.com

BASEBALL HIKING TRIATHLON EQUESTRIAN BASEBALL

Nationals vs. AngelsAngel StadiumJune 27, 7:05 p.m.

After wrapping up a slew of games on the road, the Angles head home in time to host Washington in the fi rst of a three-game series.Info: www.losangeles.angels.mlb.com5

Rotary/Toyota Golf Tourney Raises $15,000 for Charities


dozen Camp Pendleton Marines teed up this year for the San Juan Rotary and Capistrano Toyota/Scion Charity Golf Tournament. The June 15

best ball, scramble-format event at San Juan Hills Golf Club was staged solely to have fun—while raising money.

As Rotary president Greg Sykes noted, it was not seri-ous golf, but it was a good chance to meet and entertain Marines from our city’s adopted 1st Battalion, 11th

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Marine Regiment.The tournament, which raised more than $15,000,

was the SJC Rotary’s second year of collaborating with Toyota in helping support Marines and local San Juan charities, including the Capistrano Boys & Girls Clubs, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), scholastic awards, projects supporting Marine families and spon-sorship of “Emerson,” the Shea Therapeutic Riding Center’s facility dog.

Event chair Paul St. Pierre and his Rotary and Capistrano Toyota team created a fun outing of special on-course events, including potential hole-in-one prizes

apistrano Valley Christian Schools this week announced the hiring of Fabio Argaez as Head Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach. Argaez replaces

George Gay, who has resigned to devote more time to his responsibilities as a high school administrator.

“Coach Argaez is a great example of what we want in a head coach. He is an outstanding Christian role

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model for our students, a great family man and a fi ne volleyball coach,” said Dan Dodd, Athletic Director for Capistrano Valley Christian Schools. “We are blessed to have him.”

Argaez comes to CVCS with more than 10 years of volleyball coaching experience. He has coached for the Mission Viejo Christian Volleyball Club, the Lagu-na Beach Volleyball Club, the T-Street Volleyball Club and has assistant coached the JV and Varsity boys and girls volleyball teams at CVCS. He began playing vol-

leyball at 12 and trained intensely with the state’s team and participated in multiple national tournaments. He was invited to try out for the Columbian National Team and played against international teams from China and Taiwan.

Born and raised in Columbia, South America, Argaez came to California in 1980 and works as a Senior CAD/CAM Programmer. He has been married to his wife Ana for almost 26 years and has three children, two of whom are graduates of CVCS and one who is a sophomore. CD

of a 2011 Toyota, $100,000 in cash, plus player gifts, put-ting contests and more.

Later at the awards dinner, prizes went to Sean Engle for the men’s longest drive, Margie Sinner for the women’s longest drive and Dustin Herzog, USMC, for the tee shot closest to the pin.

Rotary charities are funded by three annual events. In addition to the golf tournament, the Rotary/CARE Car Show is in February, and the Rotary Ridge Event takes place in early October.

For more information, see www.sanjuancapistranoro-tary.org. CD

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