The world is changing For 17 years, Small World has shared PB’s triumphs, from the opening of PB’s Taylor Library (1997) to Capehart Dog Park (2004) – and the years of intense effort they required. It’s been fun highlighting PB’s restaurants, shops, people and lively events, such as BeachFest, Concerts on the Green and restaurant walks, plus assorted school and local activities. A good columnist should educate, elucidate, advocate and, if possible, entertain; I’ve really tried to achieve the “aha!” factor. Readers enjoyed gorgeous views from beaches, Mission Bay and Kate Sessions Park, discovered PB’s murals and picked up helpful hints for saving water and energy. On a serious note, I’ve covered memorial services for developer Vern Taylor, former Councilman Mike Gotch, landscape architect Gerald Garner, and residents Pug Sandford and Carmie and Bern Swarts. Readers also joined me (vicariously) for my 50th high school reunion and various vacations through the years, when I’d return with ideas for PB. You learned the challenges of long-distance care-giving for my now-98-year-old mother in Philadelphia. These columns often elicited the most positive comments. Beach&Bay Press has changed its format, however, and I don’t fit their format. So, good readers, thank you for letting me share my world. Now it’s YOUR turn to write letters to the editor. Start a Neighborhood Watch. Attend community meetings. When controversial issues divided PB, I’d explain the background. And then I’d take a stand. In my first column, Nov. 5, 1992, I championed diagonal parking on Garnet, led by the new PB Business Improvement Association. And the last line of my final Small World was this: “Most important, let’s do what’s best for PB.” —Eve Anderson, Pacific Beach