Seal pupping season demands respect I was at the Children\u2019s Pool Jan. 16 about noon and two persons decided to have lunch on the wrong side of the rope. I talked to the lifeguard and he said that they don\u2019t want to get involved. I asked if he would call the police and he said he would. When they finally got there, it was a woman police officer. I approached her and she said that she didn\u2019t know that the city had put up the rope to protect the seals at pupping season. I then told her that I had seen it on your website, and she said that may be because it was the pro-sealer website and it may not be accurate. I finally called that 800 number on the sign that says it\u2019s illegal to disturb seals during pupping season. I guess it\u2019s called NOAA, and they said that they would do something about it. I didn\u2019t stay around long enough to see if they did show up or not. The reason I\u2019m writing this letter is because it seems like the police department is misinformed, or doesn\u2019t care about the seals. Can you contact the proper people so this doesn\u2019t happen again, these people don\u2019t seem to like the seals and will not help unless people are informed. I hope this helps the seals. Henry Gembitz, Palmdale, CA Hang-up in Haiti help While commercial air travel to the Dominican Republic and airlift to Haiti is the only viable way for most American aid workers to get where they need to be, airlines are setting firm limits on the bags they\u2019re permitted to bring \u2014 even if that means leaving medicines behind as happened today (Jan. 19) in San Diego. Some tense hours greeted six volunteers with nonprofit relief organization Rescue Task Force of Carlsbad, at the San Diego International Airport when they checked in. With so many relief agencies flying to American Airlines\u2019 Caribbean hub in the Dominican Republic, the airline was strictly enforcing a limit of two 50-pound bags plus a carry on for all relief workers. The five volunteers loaned from Sempra Energy and their guide and translator, a Los Angeles law enforcement officer from Haiti originally, unfortunately had three bags too many. These bags contained many life-saving, vital medications and first-aid materials requested by their contacts on the ground in Haiti. This included 400 units of life-saving calcium chloride, a medicine which is given by injection for crush syndrome to keep them alive. Haiti is in desperate need of such medicines, and each dose was a potential life saved. The team tried to pay for extra bags or an extra seat but the airline would not allow extra bags even for a fee and all seats were sold out. Ultimately, the group re-packed all of their supplies to fit what they could and left what they could not carry behind. Officials at the San Diego International Airport tried to pull strings for the local relief team with no luck. Team leader Darryl Hall contacted me later to say the rescue relief team landed into the Dominican Republic and they are waiting on military transport. “All is good and they are ready to help,” says Darryl. Chris Morrow, Coronado La Jolla\u2019s Spanish heritage Congratulations to the La Jolla Historical Society\u2019s popular and successful Classic Motor Cars fund-raiser, the result of its many dedicated community volunteers. As a 35-year resident of the Jewel, I would be remiss if I did not mention President Eisenhower\u2019s vision of international friendship and cooperation based on the nonprofit and volunteer concept of the Sister Cities program made possible between San Diego and Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Spain. Regarding La Jolla, the cultural links between the universities UCSD and the one in Alcal\u00e1 are many (a padre named Diego helped poor students there). The Village also boasts the La Jolla Symphony, Playhouse, Art Association, La Jolla Music Society\u2019s summer festival of music, the Athenaeum, Scripps Hospital, the Birch Aquarium, soccer league and others too numerous to mention. Last but not least are the many bell towers and graceful gardening embellishing replicas of Spanish structures of Alcal\u00e1, birthplace of Cervantes, the author of “Don Quixote” (“Man of La Mancha”), which made me proud indeed of being sent as a Goodwill Ambassador to Alcal\u00e1 by Pete Wilson in May of 1983 at the head of a 40-person delegation of San Diegans. Alfonso de Bourbon, La Jolla<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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