12 The Julian News
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Questions & Answers
About Our Environment
Dear EarthTalk: Are all the
commercial messages kids are
bombarded with today having.
any noticeable negative effects?
And if so what can a concerned
parent like me do to limit my
own kids' exposure to so much
advertising and marketing?
-- Jason Baldino,
' Somerset, NJ
No doubt, marketers are hard
at work targeting our children
with their messages and creating
young demand for their products.
Companies' in the U.S. today
spend some $17 billion yearly
advertising to chi!dren, a 150-fold
increase from just a few decades
ago. Some cash-strapped school
districts have even started selling
ads on and sometimes in their
school buses as a way to bolster
sagging education budgets. To
be an American kid today is to
be bombarded with marketing
messages and sales pitches. It's
no wonder that, given the amount
of advertising and marketing
they endure, young people in our
society are experiencing record
levels of obesity and problems
with credi{ card debt.
common wildlife species, while
another found that the average
American kid is exposed to
more than 25,000 television ads
spanning some 10,700 minutes
over the course of just one year.•
The result of all this aggressive
marketing to kids is not just
excessive materialism and
obesity, but also a host of other
problems including depression,
anxiety, low self-esteem, eating
disorders, .increased .violence,
and family stress. "Economically,
societally and ecologically,"
CNAD reports, "this is
unsustainable and not the best
path for children."
Againstthis backdrop of media
and marketing saturation, what
can be done to help steer our
kids in a more healthy direction?
Given that shielding American
kids from these messages would
be nearly impossible, the next
best thing is teaching them how
to parse through the different
come-ons and solicitations
they are exposed to these days
at nearly every turn. CNAD's
free, downloadable 32-page
booklet "Tips for Parenting in a
Commercial Culture" offers loads
of useful information on how to
limit kids' exposure to commercial
influences that come via the
television, computer or mail slot,
and replacing those lost hours
with new Opportunities for more
beneficial activities. Examples
abound: playing board or card
games, going on a walk or tlike,
riding bikes, and much more.
One study found that the average American kid is exposed to
more than 25, 000 television ads spanning some I O, 700 minutes
over the course of just one year.
According to the non-profit
Center for a New American
Dream (CNAD), a leading
proponent for more ecologically
sustainable and community-
oriented lifestyles in the United
States, this incessant marketing
is turning our children "into little
consumers, alienating them
from nature, getting them used
to unhealthy diets filled With junk
foods, and making them want
ever more stuff." The group points
to several disturbing studies,
such as one that showed how
U.S. children could recognize
more Pokemon characters than
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The booklet •also elaborates on
how to limit or rid commercial
influences in schools and other
places where kids spend time
away from home.
Another great resource for
parents and teachers looking to
reduce commercial influences
on kids is the Campaign for a
Commercial-Free Childhood, a
coalition of more than two dozen
other groups started by consumer
advocate and author Susan Linn.
The coalition advocates for the
adoption of government policies
that limit corporate marketers'
access to kids and works to
mobilize parents, educators and
health care providers to stop
the commercial exploitation
of children. Teachers love the
coalition's free downloadable
Guide to Commercial-Free Book
Fairs while concerned parents
can download the Guide to
Commercial-Free Holidays in
order to help themselves and
their kids resist the hype.
CONTACTS: Center for a
New American Dream, www.
newdream.org; Campaign for a
Commercial-Free Childhood, www.
commercialfreechildhood, org.
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plug-in units at 1,000 locations
in the San Francisco Bay Area,
the San Joaquin Valley, the Los
Angeles basin and San Diego-
County, the governor said.
Taste Of Julian
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served basis for $25 at Town Hall
the day of the event. Free parking
will be available at the Catholic
Church's parking lot on 4th Street
if you mention you are attending
the Taste of Julian.
"Your ticket is your passport to
sample menu specialties from
some of our popular locations,"
explains Diana Garrett, chairman
of the event and a member of the
Julian Merchants Association
board which is sponsoring the
event.
Participants will pick up colored
wristbands to easily identify them
along with a map of participating
restaurants & wineries upon
check-in at Town Hall on April
14th. The self-guild tour allow
participants to visit participating
restaurants at their own pace, in
any order they choose within the
specified time frame, and enjoy
the unique atmosphere each
restaurant has to offer•
Taste of Julian is a fundraiser
to benefit the Julian Merchants •
Association, a non-profit
association. Proceeds enhance
and protect this historic district.
For more information contact
Diana Garrett, at 760-221-9608.
Ramona
Garden
Tour 2012
Promises More
Gardens, More
Inspiration
By Regina Elling
The 2012 version of the
Ramona Garden Tour and Plant
Sale, set for April 28, promises
to be bigger, better and more
inspiring than ever before. This
year's tour--the • fifth annual for
the club--boasts an impressive
seven gardens, in addition to
a huge plant sale and vendor
booths.
Three ofthe gardens are located
within walking distance of each
other, and the gardens' owners
are also friends. Each has used
similar elements--birdhouses,
plants and art--in unique ways in
their own yards. Another .garden
features succulents and cactus.
At one home, nothing goes
to waste and the homeowner
repurposes as much garden art
as she can. One backyard has
a park-like setting• with oaks
and large rock formations. To
round out the unique visions of
local homeowners, one garden
features more than 250 roses.
The Tour takes place from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Headquarters
for this year's tour and Plant Sale
is the relatively new Ramona
Library, 1275 Main Street; just
look for the activities around the
back parking lot.
The Plant Sale, which is free
and open to the public, is now
larger than in previous years, with
more room for parking, Ioading
and shopping the vendor booths.
Hundreds of locally grown
salvias, succulents, vegetables,
palm trees, kangaroo paws and
more will be available. All plants
are healthy and vigorous. Garden
club members will be on hand
to help answer any questions.
Raffle of a large basket filled with
gardening, items rounds out the
day's events.
Tour tickets are $20 and will be
available at the end of February
and art the plant sale on Tour day.
Tickets will also be available at
Sun Valley Florist, 758 Main St.
and Crazy 9 Patch Quilt Shop,
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The tour is self-guided; a map
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gardens in any order. Carp**ling
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Proceeds benefit the Ramona
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and other community projects.
For more information, visit:
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Jane Vidal at (760) 789-1910.
1. Which hitter holds two of the
top three spots for most strikeouts
in a major-league season?
2. Name the player who had
the most hits in a modern-era
season for the Braves franchise.
3. Who was the head coach of
the University of Texas football
team before Mack Brown took
the job in 1998?
4. How many times did 7-foot-
7-inch center Manute Bol lead
the NBA in blocked shots per
game for a season?
5. Who holds the New York
Rangers record for most goals
and points in a season?
6. How many times has the
60-point mark in the regular-
season standings been exceeded
by a Major League Soccer team?
7. Name two of the last three
WBA heavyweight boxing
titleholders before Mike Tyson
won the crown in 1987.
answers page 14
March 28, 2012
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Case Number: 37-2012-00051682-CU-PT-NC
IN THE MATrER OF THE APPLICATION OF:
CLAIRE G. SNOW AND JAMES SNOW
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER:
CLAIRE G. SNOW AND JAMES SNOW
On behalf of:
CHANDLER HARRISON SNOW, a minor
HAS FILED A PETITION FOR AN ORDER
TO CHANGE NAMES FROM:
CHANDLER HARRISON SNOW, a minor
TO:
CHANDLER ERASTUS HARRISON SNOW,
a minor
IT IS ORDERED that all persons interested
in this matter appear before this court in
Department 3 of the San Diego County
Superior Court at the address shown (325 S.
Melrose Dr., Vista, CA 92081) on May 1,2012
at 8:30 a.m., and show cause, if any, why the
petition for a change of name should not be
granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of
this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE be published
in the Julian News, a newspaper of general
circulation published in this county, at least
once a week for four successive weeks prior
to the day of the hearing.
THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE
COURT CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT ON
March 6.2012.
LEGAL: 05866
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