Scripps Park consultant to present plan
Ever imagined that the bridge club overlooking the crashing waves in Scripps Park might move one day?
A recently hired consultant has. Scripps Park is undergoing scrutiny as community members work to form a precise plan to preserve and enhance the character of the park.
The steering group wants to ensure that tot lots, band shells and bathhouses don’t appear in the park ad hoc, said Patrick Ahern, chair of the Scripps Park Project. Moving the bridge club will open views to the ocean from the cove and across the lawn, Ahern said. Pollution running from the lawn into the ocean will also likely be addressed. The group has raised $50,000 to create the precise plan.
After workshops with the community, the hired consultant will present his analysis on Wednesday, June 14, 5:30 p.m., at La Jolla Recreation Center, 615 Prospect St.
For more information, visit www.scrippspark.com.

City planners will hear Eruv proposal June 22
The planning commission postponed Congregation Adat Yeshurun’s proposal to install 12 poles throughout La Jolla and University City to create an Eruv line until Thursday, June 22. The hearing was originally scheduled for May 25.
The Eruv line, comprising poles, existing fences and natural canyon boundaries, will transform the area into a private domain under Jewish law, allowing orthodox Jews to carry items on the Sabbath within the boundary.
The poles will join to one another across the streets via thin wire, secured at the top of each pole. The boundary line will extend from La Jolla Village Drive to the north, Interstate 5 to the east, La Jolla Parkway to the south and Torrey Pines Road to the west.
The La Jolla Shores Advisory Board voted to approve the project, while the La Jolla Community Planning Association denied it.
Public comment will be taken during the planning commission meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. For Adat’s proposal, see the agenda at www.sandiego.gov/planning, click on Boards & Commissions at the top and click under Planning Commission Agenda, or call Sarah Osborn, (619) 533-5931.

City will auction LJ home for library fund
The Real Estate Assets Department will auction off a home at 5439 Westknoll Drive, beginning with a minimum bid of $1,330,000, on June 29 at 10 a.m.
Lifetime La Jolla resident Jane Cameron donated the home with the stipulation that the net proceeds be deposited in a Jane Cameron La Jolla Library Fund.
“This is a part of the city’s continuing effort to consolidate all of its owned property and ensure that it is put to use instead of left to stagnate,” said Matt Awbrey, spokesman for District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer.
For more information call Awbrey, (619) 236 6622

Shoppers will scream for ice cream at Henry’s
Henry’s Marketplace, 4439 Genesee Ave., is hosting a free ice cream social on Saturday, June 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The whole family is invited to stop by for a made-to-order sundae made from Henry’s brand ice cream with a choice of a variety of toppings.
For vegans and those who are lactose intolerant, servers can also scoop Soy Delicious dairy alternative for their sundae.
For information, visit www.henrysmarkets.com.

Student demonstrates reach across the globe
Joelle Rosser, a student at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 9500 Gilman Drive, was recently awarded by the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation with a $10,000 Public Service Scholarship.
“I was hanging out at Rock Bottom with a friend who had just come down from Canada when I got the phone call so I was not really anticipating the news at that point,” Rosser said. “I think I was just shocked the first day or so, and then I was hit with a wave of excitement and panic. I thought, ‘Wow, my proposed project is really going to happen and I am the person who is going to make it happen with the support of the Strauss Foundation.'”
Rosser, a junior who is studying human biology and African studies, will tackle the project of creating partnerships between middle schools in the United States and Tanzania in order to foster cultural understanding, facilitate English language studies and augment resources in Tanzanian schools.
“I spent about three months this past summer teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in northern Tanzania, and I recognized several key challenges to education there, limited English language skills and resources being the most significant,” she said. “I also reflected on my own elementary/middle school/high school education, noting that Africa was a region of the world that I was rarely exposed to. My idea was then born to start connecting students in these two regions of the world, facilitating a partnership in which they can help each other.”
For information see www.ucsd.edu.