Addie’s Studio One expands into UC area
Addie’s Studio One on One, 4440 Ingraham St. in Pacific Beach, recently expanded by opening a second location in University City.
The new studio is located at 8935 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 105, and owners Addie and Tyler Merrill are offering a 10 percent discount on personal training through the end of January.
Founded in 2001, Addie’s Studio One on One focuses on personal exercise goals that can be tailored to specific needs or physical challenges. Areas of specialization include functional training, rehabilitation, body sculpting, all sport and strength training.
In February, Addie’s is hosting the “Remodel Your Body” fund-raising challenge to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The challenge lasts 10 weeks and participants compete to see who can lose the most relative body weight. The initial body fat measurements will be taken by appointment from Feb. 5 through 9.
For information, call (858) 677-9480.

Binder sees way to top of field
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Perry S. Binder, M.D., of Gordon, Binder and Weiss Vision Institute, 8910 University Centre Lane.
“The academy bases its award on a point system, and in order to receive a lifetime achievement award you have to have taught for at least 30 years,” Binder said. “It was very nice to be acknowledged, and I was extremely satisfied and appreciative to be recognized amongst my peers.”
Six doctors were honored by the AAO for their contributions to the ophthalmology industry and the academy. Serving as in instructor, writing scientific papers and posters, chairing a subspecialty and working on a committee were among the contributions featured.
“I originally wanted to be a kidney transplant specialist but then I rotated into ophthalmology, which involved microsurgery and photography, plus I had a master’s in microbiology. And all three sort of came together and landed me here,” Binder said.
For more information visit www.aao.org or call (858) 455-6800.

Vons promotes community awareness
The Women’s Cancer Task Force Y-Me program, 4660 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 500, received more than $300,000 after Vons recently raised $1.8 million to support breast cancer research and education charities in California and Southern Nevada.
The funds were raised as part of the grocery store chain’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, and the company set a new record this past year. Funds go to support local breast cancer research projects, treatment and support organizations.
Safeway Inc., Vons’ parent company, sponsors the program, which has raised a grand total of $8.3 million. The fund-raiser remains one of the largest corporate programs benefiting breast cancer awareness.
During the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Vons stores reached out to their customers by asking them to purchase pink ribbons and also helped raise awareness about breast cancer with special public service messages.

Waste Management launches new Web site
Waste Management of San Diego has launched its redesigned Web site, www.wastemanagemen-tsd.com, which provides customers a new way to find out about responsible waste disposal, recycling, community events and local service offerings.
According to Carl Scherbaum, Waste Management district manager, the site was created to give customers as many resources as possible for information about their services.
The Web site includes a service overview; guidance on disposing bulky items, household hazardous waste or universal waste; a list of items that can be recycled through curbside service; environmental fact sheets with suggestions on how everyone can reduce, reuse and recycle; an annual holiday schedule; and a special kids section with environmental-themed games.

LJ’s Stiska helps build better directors
The board of directors recently selected La Jollan John Stiska, a longtime participant in the organization, to serve as the new board chairman for the Corporate Directors Forum.
“The new board chairman is usually asked to serve for two years, and because I had served in most of the committees on the board, it was my time to take over as leader,” Stiska said. “We all believe in the organization and want to see it succeed, and right now it’s functioning quite well, and so I slipped in when it got easy.”
Founded in 1991, Corporate Directors Forum offers education and peer networking resources to build better boards and directors. Linda Sweeney, previous board director, now serves as the organization’s executive director.
“We have new people coming from outside and my goal is to evolve our organization and bring people to active roles to transition the organization and to continue to sustain it,” Stiska said. “Armed with this plan and the people currently involved with the organization, and we hope to build a very good team.”
For information visit www.directorsforum.com.

Children’s Museum going ‘green’
Though the long-awaited “” and long-delayed “” Children’s Museum won’t be fully constructed until late next year, officials are already touting it to be San Diego’s “greenest” building yet.
The museum’s architecture boasts an impressive number of environmentally friendly and energy-saving elements, including a glass-enclosed elevator tower that will act as a cooling chimney as it exhausts hot air from gallery spaces. This natural ventilation system is based on convection forces, in which breezes enter the building through open doors and windows at the lower level and exit through the chimney as the building heats up. This process acts to pull natural air through the building.
Additionally, the angled roof design is designed to accommodate solar panels and day lighting, which reduces energy consumption and is aided further by sinking the garden at the entrance, which accompanies larger windows.
Furthermore, recycled building materials are being used wherever possible, and waterless urinals will reduce water consumption.
Officials estimate that all these elements will contribute to an energy consumption that is roughly half that used by a building of comparable size.
For more information, visit sdchildrensmuseum.org.