“Friday Extended Hours”- We will be open until 7:30pm through Labor Day weekend.  Come in and adopt Friday so you will have the whole weekend to spend with your new pet.

A friendship that lasts a lifetime

At Helen Woodward Animal Center we have many wonderful dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens available for adoption. Our animals come from a variety of sources, such as owner surrender and the transfer of animals from public shelters to relieve overcrowding. All of our animals have received medical care, spay or neuter surgery, vaccinations and a microchip. Our goal is to adopt out our animals into loving and permanent homes. Our adoption counselors are here to help you choose an animal that will be the right fit for both of you for life.

Helen Woodward Animal Center offers a “Spay….don’t litter” Program for people looking to surrender litters of puppies or kittens. Helen Woodward Animal Center will cover the cost of having the mom spayed at a participating veterinarian. Please call the front desk at 858.756.4117 ext.1 to set up an appointment.

Adoption Center Location:

6461 El Apajo Road
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
858-756-4117 (select option #1)
Kennel Hours:
11a.m.-6p.m.
7 days a week – no appointment needed
Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas only.

A unique event is taking place on Saturday, Sept.11, at 5 p.m., that promises to be highly entertaining for all who attend! “Teens, Jeans and Dreams”, a team penning competition is being held that will benefit the 140 foster teens of San Pasqual Academy. Chairpersons are Art and Catherine Nicholas, Charger Quentin and Alicia Jammer and Jockey Danny Sorenson. Come cheer on your favorite riders as they attempt to become Champion Team Penners. Local riders include Philip Wilkinson, Marcy Gehrke, Jenn Marun, Gina Poage, Nicole Johnson, Gene Ventura, Art Nicholas, John Daley, George Scott, Lauren Hester, Melisse Mossy, John Farris, Susie Kaplan, and Joie Gatlin. A VIP Silent Auction and Cocktail Reception, headed by Karen Ventura, will also be held for the sponsors of “Teens, Jeans and Dreams”.

What is team penning? This is a very exciting and fun activity to watch that involves horses, western riders and cows. It is a timed competition, where a team of three riders on horses attempt to put three of the same numbered cows in a pen. The team that does this the fastest, wins! Unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds. There are 30 numbered cows in a herd and each team must cut three specific cows that have the same number out of the herd. They must bring these cows down to the other end of the arena and put them in a corral. If more than four cows cross over a designated line, the team is disqualified. Many amusing things happen trying to accomplish this feat!
The event will be held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the Del Mar Arena on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. Cost of a ringside VIP Sponsor box is $1,000, which includes dinner and beverages for six people. General admission tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for children, 12 and under. General admission tickets can be purchased through Mary Murray at Wells Fargo Bank in Rancho Santa Fe and at Pacific Western Bank in Rancho Santa Fe. To purchase the VIP Silver Horseshoe Box, please call 858 759 – 3298.
Major Sponsors of this event include Ken and Carole Markstein, Markstein Beverage, Bill and Donna Herrick, Art and Catherine Nicholas, Craig and Karen Edwards, Rancho Santa Fe Insurance and Financial Services, Ron Phillips, Northern Trust, Alicia and Quentin Jammer, Marc and Patty Brutten and Gene and Karen Ventura .
Committee members include Carol Tager, Lois Jones, Dagmar Helgager, Teri Summerhays, Kathy Lathrum, Ann Boon, Heidi Hollen, Karen Ventura, Monica Sheets, Betty Redmon, Gina Poage, Patty Brutten, Anne Mc Cabe, Joanie Spence, Marcy Gehrke, Jenn Marun, Gene Ventura, Tina Caldwell, Nicole Johnson, Phil Wilkinson, Nina Williams, Debby Syverson and Joan Scott.
A “Calcutta” will be conducted before the competition begins. This provides the opportunity to purchase a team that one feels will win the competition. Come cheer or bid on riders that are from other disciplines, which include dressage, hunter/jumper, saddleseat and western riding. Proceeds from “Teens, Jeans and Dreams” will benefit the 140 foster teens of San Pasqual Academy and is hosted by Friends of San Pasqual Academy.
If you would like to sponsor or attend this event, please contact Joan Scott at joscott24@hotmail.com or call (858) 759-3298 or visit our website at www.friendsofsanpasqualacademy.org. Donations and sponsorships can be sent to Friends of San Pasqual Academy, P.O. Box 8202, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.
VIP Sponsor boxes and general admission tickets can be purchased by sending a check for amount of tickets to P.O. Box 8202, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.
Friends of San Pasqual Academy is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that enriches the lives of foster teens of San Pasqual Academy.

The Browtique Salon

Welcome

When Browtique was conceived, Dee Bush(owner) set out to bring a level of expertise to meet or exceed the high expectations of the local clientele.

“By the name we are specializing in brow shaping. We work with the natural shape of your brows–we don’t use templates or stencils–we are artists so we work with what you have.”

Brow artist Lindsay Klein Started about 11 years ago as a student at Poway Academy. Klein then went on to train under Anastasia of Beverly Hills, the internationally known authority on the perfectly shaped brow.

“You can take someone young and give them a thin brow and it can look great on them, but as they get older and those hairs aren’t coming back because they have been waxed and waxed and waxed, it’s going to age them,” said Klein, 29.

Browtique offers a variety of services such as waxing, brow and eyelash tinting, makeup application, spray tanning and facials by Klein and Karin Krick, a medical esthetician. “Everyone in this salon is extremely talented and they all add a different element so it really is a dynamic team,” said Klein.

Aside from its daily services, Browtique will host monthly visits of Beverly Hills-based, hair-coloring guru Michael Canale and Dr. Munish Batra of Coastal Plastic Surgeons with Botox sessions. Canale, known as the colorist of actress Jennifer Aniston, also boasts a clientele that includes Denise Richards, Faith Hill, Sela Ward, Blythe Danner and the singer Shakira.

 

Local resident and Rancho Santa Fe real estate broker John Cote walked 2,140 miles from San Diego to Georgia in 98 days.
Cote made the “Walk for Warriors” trek to raise awareness about soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as raise funds for the Fisher House Foundation, an organization that houses families of wounded soldiers for free near military hospitals across the U.S.
Cote has collected $26,000 so far, in addition to a $10,000 donation to Fisher House at the Naval Medical Center in Balboa Park. He plans to keep the fund open for donations until Dec. 31 at walkforwarriors.blogspot.com.

As far as his effort to raise awareness about wounded soldiers, Cote says, “There’s no way to know how much of an influence that [my walk] had but it was more than zero.”
Cote left on April 1 from the Naval Weapons Station in Fallbrook and arrived at Fort Benning, Georgia, on July 7. He returned to San Diego on July 10, the trip home taking considerably less time—anxious to get back, he drove cross-country in two and a half days.
Cote’s plan was always to walk 20 miles a day—he drove his car ahead 10 miles, walked back 10 miles and then returned to the car. He spent some nights in hotels, some camping and some sleeping in his car.
Cote said the key to his journey was getting into a daily routine. He’d start each day with coffee and breakfast and try to finish that day’s walking by 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. at the latest.
“It usually took me about two hours to recover and feel 100 percent energetic afterward,” Cote said.
Before resting up for his next batch of mileage, he would always take time to write in his blog and reflect on the experience of the day.
One of the things that amazed him most about his walk was that he couldn’t go a day without meeting or speaking to someone who had a military experience—whether it was their own or a relative’s.
Once people found out the reason Cote was walking, the stories would come. Many people knew someone who had been in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cote said he really enjoyed seeing the particular slice of America he walked through.
“I saw so many beautiful places because I chose to walk in really rural areas,” said Cote of the sights in Texas and Louisiana. He especially loved “lush and lusty” Mississippi and the days he spent on the University of Mississippi campus.
In Texas, he also met another man on a cross-country walk—the other man walking with a cross on his back.
Cote took him out to lunch. “I just wanted to find out if he was crazy and it turned out he wasn’t,” Cote said.
He said his hardest days were in New Mexico—the wind was so heavy with dust and gravel that he felt as though his legs were being “sandblasted” — and the dust even became caked onto his teeth.
“It was horrible,” Cote said. “I picked up a mask and goggles that I wore for a week in New Mexico.”
During the trip, Cote said he also experienced a bad reaction to insect bites and his legs became inflamed after a brush with toxic plants. He took a trip to a Mississippi emergency room where the war even found him there.
The nurse who helped him wore a necklace with a pendant imprinted with her nephew’s thumbprint—she told Cote he was killed in Afghanistan in July 2009.

Listen to “Where The Turf Meets The Surf.”

It is that time of year again with Opening Day : Wed. July 21 running thru Wed. Sept. 8, 2010
Telephone: (858) 755-1141

Admission: Stretch Run $6.00 (Opening Day $10)
Clubhouse $10.00 (Opening Day $20)
Reserved Seats sold separately from Admission
Events Calendar
Complete Del Mar Events Calendar

2010 UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wednesday, July 21- Opening Day and The One and Only Truly Fabulous Hats

Thursday, July 22- All Seniors Free Admission, Program & Seat

Friday, July 23- 4 O’ Clock Friday and Concert- PINBACK

Sunday, July 25- Sunday $50 Handicapping Contest

Sunday, July 25- Family Fun Day and Webkinz Plush Horse Giveaway for Kids 12 & under

For complete Del Mar 2010 Season Information

The Rancho Santa Fe Association-approved application for the Lilian mixed-use residential and retail project in the RSF village is set to expire on Aug. 5.
The RSF Association has already granted one extension for the 41,211-square-foot project slated for the parking lot at the corner of El Tordo and Avenida de Acacias. RSF Association Manager Pete Smith said the Association board is currently scheduled to hear another extension request that same day, Aug. 5.
“The board will have the option at that time to approve or disapprove the extension request,” Smith said. “If the board decides not to extend the application approval then the property owner would have to start the application process again. The board does have the authority to extend the approval and set the length of that extension.” Smith said that, generally, the board grants an extension on a project when the delay is caused by the county approval process