Three Paradoxical Thrives in Del Mar’s Trifecta
On Avenida Del Mar in a week of fateful events Wilma Bloom loses her Ace Hardware lease forcing retirement Guinevere’s Gifts suffers a 2 AM fire gutting the shop Bartlett Building houses the Sun Post News reopens at 1 PM after restoration following a 1993 blaze Del Mar residents reflect on the losses but praise the restored Bartlett Building and its 1920s revival while pondering a possible new use for vacant Ace Hardware space and Guinevere’s site.
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Laughs and Life Gibes on Aging and Health From a Reader
Stanford Manning, publisher emeritus of the Sun Post News, riffs on aging bodily changes with jokes about hair loss vision hearing teeth and a wife named Patty. He pokes fun at doctors bureaucrats and modern gadgets while recalling old times and medical quips.
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Sun Post News
Celebration of African culture at Shorecliffs home
Doris Draffen, a Laguna Niguel sculptor known for African dolls in tribal dress, hosts a Saturday Popcorn Review of Black History Month at the Shorecliffs residence of Howard and Betty Tangler in San Clemente. The 7:30 p.m. event is free. call 498-5004 for directions.
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Doris Draffen
San Clemente
Howard
Betty Tangler
Shorecliffs
Draffen
Laguna Niguel
Doris
Howard Tangler
Man Led Deputies On Five Mile Chase Into Camp Pendleton
A 21 year old Tro y Dean Stevens led Orange County sheriff s deputies on a five mile pursuit from Avenida de la Estrella to the Camp Pendleton entrance. He was arrested on felony evading an officer charges after being taken into custody at the Marine base.
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Camp Pendleton
San Clemente
Orange County
Sheriff’s Department
Troy Dean Stevens
de la Estrella
Marine Base
Stevens
Camino el Molino
California
Greg Prodzinski
Clemente surfers flood weekend contests coastward
Local surfers head in multiple directions this weekend as competitors seek major events. Makaha World Surfing Championships pull top longboarders to Hawaii for $50,000 prize, USSF West Coast event gathers at Huntington Beach, SoCal Conference tourney heads to San Diego, and Bad Tour opens in Santa Cruz midweek with early-season action. Patchy morning coastal clouds give way to sun, with a weekend warming trend and coastal highs around the upper sixties. Diving remains poor but improving.
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Hawaii
Geoff Moysa
US Surfing Federation
Huntington Beach
USSF
Josh Vesque
National Scholastic Surfing Association
San Diego
Santa Cruz
Sun Post News invites reader input for weekly content
The Sun Post News asks readers to suggest topics for publication and contact City Editor Morgan Sales and reporters Fred Swegles and Wendy Paul Son by phone, mail at 95 Avenida Del Mar in San Clemente, or fax.
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Avenida del Mar
San Clemente
Calif
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