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Hey Scott, You always offer incredible insight and a glimpse into film history. Your collections need to be a museum on display and your knowledge shared. Maybe that's what you are doing through The Reader. Keep it up!
— July 23, 2013 12:51 p.m.
When the San Diego Union libeled Roger Hedgecock
Thanks Matt for the review of SD mayor history. It seems like I may have been another person, but reading your story, I realized I knew most to these folks back then. I worked with Dick Carlson and Gordon Luce at SDF/GAF, I knew Roger and Tom on a 1st name basis, meet Helen Copley at a fundraiser, we shared a drink together, and even met up with Susan Golding on several occasions. I guess I was a play-ah and didn't know it. Thanks for the memories.
— July 23, 2013 8:11 a.m.
Lost love to a convent? Or the mob at La Costa Resort?
Peter wasn't the "Maxwell" I was thinking about, but realized the Maxwell I was thinking of lives out of the area and probably doesn't get The Reader. This "Maxwell" that posted has posted comments on other stories in The Reader. Probably a local that has the time to check out people on FB whose names appear in news stories. Sorry about the misspelled name, I should have known correctly. And I don't even know what a Xenophobe is. I'll look it up in that book on my shelf that hasn't been opened in 10 years.
— July 22, 2013 1:03 p.m.
Lost love to a convent? Or the mob at La Costa Resort?
Thanks for your comments. Based on your user name, I think you also knew Rick from San Dieguito. If so, you knew him to be highly intelligent and his conversations were usually way over the heads of most of his fellow students and his teachers. Perhaps too intelligent for his own good. I spent three days on the phone, along with five pages of e-mails from him restating the facts as he believes. The story of a girl that he was committed to marry at age 7 - that died by a drunk driver - in every conversation with him he has always stated that was a different person, someone that we would not have known from SD. He knew her from his church. He meet Kathy after that incident. As far as his rants and raves on Facebook, there is a reason God invented the high desert. People that don't like having five 7-11's near them, move to someplace where its okay to have a few screws that may need tightening every now and then. Although not a close friend, Rick always treated me with friendship and respect in high school. It was a pleasure reconnecting with him and hearing his stories. I look forward to seeing him at our reunion. Wait til I do the story on how he inspired George Lucas to finish his Stars Wars script!
— July 21, 2013 4:56 p.m.
Man rescued from house fire in El Cajon
Hay Julie, Any word on why he was in the attic? TV news speculated he may be smoking? Also if I remember the house on TV, it was a typical tract home which doesn't have a formal attic, just a large crawl space under the roof that many homeowners make accessible for storage. Any thoughts on your end.
— July 20, 2013 10:58 a.m.
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**I Warned of This on the Cardiff by the Sea Holler On March 29th** The Coastal Commission votes tomorrow 7/14, to allow the South Coast AQMD - Air Quality Management DIstrict for Orange and L.A. Counties, to outlaw all beach bon-fires. No Joke! Is San Diego next?
— July 11, 2013 11:18 p.m.
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**I Warned of This On March 29th** The Coastal Commision votes tomorrow 7/14, to allow the South Coast AQMD - Air Quality Management DIstrict for Orange and L.A. Counties, to outlaw all beach bon-fires. No Joke! Is San Diego next?
— July 11, 2013 11:16 p.m.
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**Church Closing Sale** - Desks, office equipment, chairs, kitchen supplies, books - this Sunday 7/14 only, 7am to 11am. Unity Church of Temecula, 41743 Enterprise Circle North, Suite B-108, Temecula, CA 92590.
— July 11, 2013 11:04 p.m.
neighborhoods/encinitas -- Encinitas
**San Dieguito Mustangs - Class of 1973 - 40 Years!** 27 of us attended the 6th annual "All-Class" San Dieguito High School Reunion on June 29th. Fellow Mustangs, can you name your former classmates?
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— July 6, 2013 6:32 p.m.
neighborhoods/leucadia -- Leucadia
**Beacon's Ain't Beacon's** A grassroots movement has started to return Beacon's name back to its original name - which is Beacon - without the possessive "s". The beach was not named for anyone named Beacon. It was named for the 1930s aeronautical search light that was mounted at the bluff's edge. (The cement mounting pillars can still be seen if you look hard enough through the brush.) During WWII the spotlight beacon was used to try to spot incoming Japanese fighter planes. The correct name of Beacon Beach was used at least through the 1963 publication of the ultimate 'Surfing Guide to Southern California." Somewhere along the way, the name changed.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0…
Thanks to local surfer and historian Doug Fiske for the research and his effort to correct the name.
— July 6, 2013 6:17 p.m.
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Anatomy of an ad campaign: North by Northwest
Hey Scott, You always offer incredible insight and a glimpse into film history. Your collections need to be a museum on display and your knowledge shared. Maybe that's what you are doing through The Reader. Keep it up!— July 23, 2013 12:51 p.m.
When the San Diego Union libeled Roger Hedgecock
Thanks Matt for the review of SD mayor history. It seems like I may have been another person, but reading your story, I realized I knew most to these folks back then. I worked with Dick Carlson and Gordon Luce at SDF/GAF, I knew Roger and Tom on a 1st name basis, meet Helen Copley at a fundraiser, we shared a drink together, and even met up with Susan Golding on several occasions. I guess I was a play-ah and didn't know it. Thanks for the memories.— July 23, 2013 8:11 a.m.
Lost love to a convent? Or the mob at La Costa Resort?
Peter wasn't the "Maxwell" I was thinking about, but realized the Maxwell I was thinking of lives out of the area and probably doesn't get The Reader. This "Maxwell" that posted has posted comments on other stories in The Reader. Probably a local that has the time to check out people on FB whose names appear in news stories. Sorry about the misspelled name, I should have known correctly. And I don't even know what a Xenophobe is. I'll look it up in that book on my shelf that hasn't been opened in 10 years.— July 22, 2013 1:03 p.m.
Lost love to a convent? Or the mob at La Costa Resort?
Thanks for your comments. Based on your user name, I think you also knew Rick from San Dieguito. If so, you knew him to be highly intelligent and his conversations were usually way over the heads of most of his fellow students and his teachers. Perhaps too intelligent for his own good. I spent three days on the phone, along with five pages of e-mails from him restating the facts as he believes. The story of a girl that he was committed to marry at age 7 - that died by a drunk driver - in every conversation with him he has always stated that was a different person, someone that we would not have known from SD. He knew her from his church. He meet Kathy after that incident. As far as his rants and raves on Facebook, there is a reason God invented the high desert. People that don't like having five 7-11's near them, move to someplace where its okay to have a few screws that may need tightening every now and then. Although not a close friend, Rick always treated me with friendship and respect in high school. It was a pleasure reconnecting with him and hearing his stories. I look forward to seeing him at our reunion. Wait til I do the story on how he inspired George Lucas to finish his Stars Wars script!— July 21, 2013 4:56 p.m.
Man rescued from house fire in El Cajon
Hay Julie, Any word on why he was in the attic? TV news speculated he may be smoking? Also if I remember the house on TV, it was a typical tract home which doesn't have a formal attic, just a large crawl space under the roof that many homeowners make accessible for storage. Any thoughts on your end.— July 20, 2013 10:58 a.m.
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**I Warned of This on the Cardiff by the Sea Holler On March 29th** The Coastal Commission votes tomorrow 7/14, to allow the South Coast AQMD - Air Quality Management DIstrict for Orange and L.A. Counties, to outlaw all beach bon-fires. No Joke! Is San Diego next?— July 11, 2013 11:18 p.m.
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**I Warned of This On March 29th** The Coastal Commision votes tomorrow 7/14, to allow the South Coast AQMD - Air Quality Management DIstrict for Orange and L.A. Counties, to outlaw all beach bon-fires. No Joke! Is San Diego next?— July 11, 2013 11:16 p.m.
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**Church Closing Sale** - Desks, office equipment, chairs, kitchen supplies, books - this Sunday 7/14 only, 7am to 11am. Unity Church of Temecula, 41743 Enterprise Circle North, Suite B-108, Temecula, CA 92590.— July 11, 2013 11:04 p.m.
neighborhoods/encinitas -- Encinitas
**San Dieguito Mustangs - Class of 1973 - 40 Years!** 27 of us attended the 6th annual "All-Class" San Dieguito High School Reunion on June 29th. Fellow Mustangs, can you name your former classmates? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0… http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0… http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0… http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0… http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0…— July 6, 2013 6:32 p.m.
neighborhoods/leucadia -- Leucadia
**Beacon's Ain't Beacon's** A grassroots movement has started to return Beacon's name back to its original name - which is Beacon - without the possessive "s". The beach was not named for anyone named Beacon. It was named for the 1930s aeronautical search light that was mounted at the bluff's edge. (The cement mounting pillars can still be seen if you look hard enough through the brush.) During WWII the spotlight beacon was used to try to spot incoming Japanese fighter planes. The correct name of Beacon Beach was used at least through the 1963 publication of the ultimate 'Surfing Guide to Southern California." Somewhere along the way, the name changed. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/0… Thanks to local surfer and historian Doug Fiske for the research and his effort to correct the name.— July 6, 2013 6:17 p.m.