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Balboa Mesa Shopping Center Unveils Fresh Look and New Stores
One of Clairemonts landmark shopping centers is emerging from its plywood and construction fencing to reveal a whole new Balboa Mesa. Located on the southeast corner of Balboa and Genesee (what some call the center of the universe), Regency Centers, the owner and developer, has invested $14 million in the remodel. We wanted to give Clairemont a shopping center with a fresh new look, said Gregg Sadowsky, Regencys Senior Vice President. We dont feel its ours as much as it is the communitys. The new and improved Balboa Mesa will still be anchored by Vons, CVS and Kohls, and some of Clairemonts favorites will be back in shiny new spaces. For example, the Baskin Robbins store that has been the first job for so many Clairemont teens over the years will open later this month in a brand new building close to Balboa. Mr. Fish and Chips, which closed for repairs after a devastating fire, is also open again. And the Blarney Stone, a favorite of Irish music lovers, will remain as well.
By Janet Poutr
There are also plenty of new eateries moving into the center. Already open is Pieology, a fastgrowing pizzeria whose specialty is kustom pizzas cooked in less than 5 minutes. Moving into the center is Jersey Mikes, a popular sandwich shop that will be in the former Coffee Bean space. Between Jersey Mikes and Mr. Fish and Chips will be another restaurant (Gregg couldnt
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reveal the name yet) and there will be an outdoor dining patio in front of the three restaurants.
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The tasting room has 24 taps serving up a wide variety of beer styles. You can pretty much always find Coronados core beers here Coronado Golden, Orange Avenue Wit, Mermaid Red, Islander IPA and Blue Ridge Coffee Stout plus an extensive number of seasonal and specialty beers. The specialty offerings on this night include a wheat wine, a barley wine, a brown ale, a bock, a Munich helles, a Scottish ale, a pineapple ale, a Saison, a Belgian IPA and more. If youre a dedicated beer geek, the Coronado beers wont blow you away. But while none of the many offerings Ive tried have been world class, they generally are solid takes on the styles they represent and are always drinkable. You can get four-ounce tasters, half-pints or full pints of the beers, so you can experiment with small pours of different styles or drink full glasses of the one(s) you like. If you want to take some beer home with you, Coronado sells growlers and bottles here. There also is a wide variety of Coronado Brewing swag, with everything from t-shirts to glassware to candles and even lip balm. Coronado doesnt have a kitchen but usually has a food truck booked. Of course, food trucks tend to be a little flaky. On this January night, my friend planned to eat dinner here only to find out the truck inexplicably shut down at 7 p.m. Good thing theres a Robertos about three blocks away.
Erik Battenberg is a former Clairemont resident and now lives in Bay Park.
2/28/14
Town Council
Time to Start Planning Our 2014 Garden Tour!
Clairemont
DISTRICT 6 UPDATE
Ryan Trabuco
Sping Up Clairemont
Spring is fast approaching, and the City of San Diego wants to help you get a jumpstart on your spring cleaning. On February 25th the City is hosting a Mini-Community Cleanup for the Clairemont Mesa West area. If you live on the following streets (see image below), the Citys Environmental Services department will pick up certain recyclables and non-recyclables at the point of regular trash collection by 8:00am. This includes appliances, electronics, carpeting, junk furniture, and wood and yard trimmings. This does not include light bulbs, hazardous waste, tires, or construction rubble.
It may be February, but we are excited and already planning for an ubersuccessful 2014 Garden Tour! We are looking for homeowners who would love to show their gardens in this years tour, sponsors to help offset the cost of the tour, and volunteers for day-of activities. Much of what we NEXT MEETING raise through this annual event helps the Town Thursday, Feb. 6th at 7:00pm Council fund community grants that we award Cadman Elementary twice a year. If you would like to showcase your garden, help sponsor the tour, and/or volunteer, please e-mail Ingrid Terpening, our Garden Tour Chair, at GardenTour@ ClairemontOnline.com Rick Richard, our CTC Membership Chairman, has worked aggressively to consolidate our membership records over the last few months. We are currently working through an idea to introduce membership cards this year for all CTC members. However, we know that there are more folks who attend our meetings than those who are active dues-paying members of our Town Council. Sad, but true, we are a membership-oriented organization. Much of what we are able to accomplish throughout the year is due to the addition of fullypaid CTC members and those longtime annual renewals. Any membership organization is only as strong as their membership, so were encouraging you to sign-up, join, and be a part of something special. Starting last month, our annual membership dues will be due every January. Individual memberships are $20 for the year, Senior and Veteran memberships are $10, Nonprofit memberships are $30, and Business memberships are $50. You can pay at our monthly general meetings with cash or check, or you may pay online at ClairemontOnline.com/Join. Also, we love to encourage participation in our Town Council committees (this is where the meat of what we accomplish takes place). Committees include: Audit, Beautification, Budget, Bylaws, Communications, Elections, Events, Garden Tour, Membership, and Public Safety Awareness. Any Clairemont resident may be eligible to serve on any of our committees, so if youre interested in participating, sign-up at ClairemontOnline.com/Committees. At our February 6th meeting, we will take a vote to fill the current Board vacancies, Nancy Hartley will present on the recent changes at Utility Consumer Action Network (UCAN), and our Public Safety Awareness Committee will begin monthly informational presentations. Our upcoming meeting will be held Thursday, February 6th, at 7:00pm inside the Cadman Elementary cafeteria. Working for you, Clairemont!
If you do not live on the identified streets and wish to have a mini-cleanup in your area, please email Shirley Owen in my office at SOwen@sandiego.gov and we would be happy to schedule one for you. In the meantime, the City is working on a major cleanup event at Madison High School that would be open to all Clairemont residents in the late spring or early summer months. Also, City staff have been working on upgrades my office requested along Balboa Avenue, thanks to funding from the Balboa Avenue Revitalization Fund. Look for a new sidewalk along Balboa from Mt. Everest Blvd. to Mt. Culebra Ave. to be finished this month. Im also excited to see more bike lanes and the beautification of the median in front of Sees Candy in the coming months. Finally, election day for the special mayoral election is February 11th. Please dont forget to vote!
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It was in a school garden that Clairemont teacher Cindy Jenson-Elliott had the inspiration for her latest book. As in many gardens, it seemed the weeds were doing better than the veggie plants. I realized I could look at the weeds as a resource, not an irritation. Weeds were perfect example to help me teach about adaptation, said Cindy in a recent interview. I found there were no books about weeds, and the important role they play in nature. They needed a voice! she told me with a laugh. Once she had the idea, Cindy pondered it for Cindy Jenson-Elliott 4 months or so, thinking about how to present the information in a way that would be easy for young children to understand and enjoy. While she sometimes does as many as 35 or 40 drafts of a book, Weeds Find a Way took 6 or 7 drafts to come together. Once it was finished, she took the manuscript to a Society of Childrens Book Writers meeting and made the contact with the eventual publisher. To give you an idea of how long a process publishing a book can be, Cindy sold the manuscript in 2009 to Beach Lane Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint. It took a year to finalize the contract and then a year for the publisher to find the artist to do the illustrations. Fast forward to this month, and the book is for sale as of February 4th. I was curious about how Cindy and the artist, Carolyn Fisher, worked together. Cindy had an interesting view of the relationship between the words and the images. Its a team effort. I found that the images created a visual narrative I wouldnt necessarily have thought of. In a way, she added a secondary story. She is an interpreter of my words with art, and I interpret the natural world we see with words. Cindy said. Like most authors, Cindy is a reader as well. One of her favorite authors is Charles Dickens, but she also spends time with her family reading aloud; the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is one they all enjoy. Along with some appearances to sign the book, and her everyday job teaching reading and gardening at Explorer Elementary School in Pt. Loma, Cindy is looking forward to working on her next project, a picture book about Ansel Adams that will talk about his ADHD and how being outside in the natural world helped him.
Weeds Find a Way is a beautiful book that will get children curious about exploring the weeds in their own environment. It will be available locally at Yellow Book Road in Liberty Station, Warwicks in La Jolla and Cindy will donate a copy to the N. Clairemont Library too. To learn more about Cindy and her writing, visit cindyjensonelliott.com.
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When I was a caregiver to my parents, some people faulted me for placing my folks in a retirement community, rather than moving them in with me. But I never felt guilty about my choice. For our family, the arrangement was the best option. Moving your parents in with you is a huge decision and you need to think carefully about the consequences before making the leap. First off, no matter how unselfish and caring adult children believe they are being, many parents dont want to lose their independence. Most want to remain in their own homes as long as possible. And many can do that with the help of a professional homecare company. Some older adults even prefer the relative independence of a retirement community to the need to adapt to their childrens household. Of course, finances are a major issue. Both homecare and retirement communities are pricey. But sharing a home with your parents might not save as much as you think. First, there are remodeling costs to make your house more comfortable and safer for aging parents, hiring assistance when you work or cutting back your hours or even giving up your job so you can remain home to care for them. Some families end up pooling their money and buying a bigger house. Another consideration is whether all of you are willing to accept the inevitable lifestyle changes. Can you handle the stress and how will your
spouse and children feel about the changes? Also, will your parents feel comfortable with intimate help from a family member and can they live by your rules? If you work, you might need to sign up for Meals-on-Wheels, hire professional homecare or take your folks to a senior center and adult daycare to socialize. Moving your parents in with you requires a lot of soul-searching. Among the biggest advantages are that you might gain some peace of mind and your parents youre your children get the chance to know each other better. But if you believe the arrangement wont work, dont feel guilty about searching for another solution.
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Visit Clairemont.com for a complete calendar! Our three Clairemont libraries have a full schedule of events for all ages. Each month our local librarians share their favorite upcoming events with CC News readers.
Library Events:
Quatuor de la Motte
Wednesday, February 19 at 6:00 pm Clairemont Library Glenn Risolo, Librarian 2920 Burgener Boulevard (858) 581-9935 Join us for a unique concert event---string music as performed by Amber de la Motte and her four children! Featuring Baroque, Classical and Folk music from Germany, Russia, Israel, Ireland and the United States. All ages welcome.
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Murial Anderson Guitar Workshop $40 Adult class Tuesday February 04 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 51 Right Hand Techniques for Guitar. Take this class and You Could Win A Ukulele! ONE Details at www.Quickstarlessons.com Sun. Feb. 16- NEW! 2 Vocal Workshops Taught by Aynna Hobson - take both and Save $10! Beginning Singing Workshop $35 Adult class
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2,100+ pounds of food (over a TON) donated to the San Diego Food Bank just in time for the holidays. Last year the food drive collected just over 1,000 pounds with approximately 75 participating households. Kitchen 4140, a local eatery located at 4140 Morena Boulevard, sponsored the Food Drive by providing gift certificates that were raffled off to contributors. Keils Grocery, located at 3015 Clairemont Drive, was also an invaluable sponsor by donating all the bags to be distributed to Bay Park residents.
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On Saturday January 18th Clairemonts Creative, Performing and Media Arts Middle School (CPMA) played host to the Boy Scouts Merit Badge Day, and with over 340 boys in attendance (including Clairemonts Troop 260) it was the largest known Merit Badge event in San Diego. District 6 Councilmember Lorie Zapf spoke at the opening ceremony. All scouts were in full uniform as they worked on prerequisites for
Merit Badges. Merit Badge achievement requires prerequisite work, often involving a conservative average of 4-6 hours of work ahead of the class. Classes in everything from public speaking to search and rescue were offered and counselors were there to sign off on completion of the achievement. A total of 33 different Merit Badge classes were offered (including 10 required for Eagle Scout) and Scouts came all the way from Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside Counties and as far as El Centro.
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