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Mexico dominates San Diego’s international trade dollars, accounting for 97 percent of exports ($11.9 billion) and 76 percent of imports ($16.1 billion). That’s not surprising since the San Diego/Baja California border crossing continues to be the world’s busiest, with more than 56 million crossings recorded in 2001. Statistical oddities are common in trade numbers, which total the goods shipped through an area, not necessarily those that are manufactured or stay in one place once imported. Along the report’s tidbits, San Diego exports to Brazil rose 9,775.5 percent to $54 million in 2001. Imports from Hungary rose 95,083.5 percent to $93 million. *** On Sept. 21 more than 300 members of San Diego’s commercial real estate, construction and design industries will unite for the third annual Baja Challenge-Project Mercy to volunteer their respective talents in building 25 homes for families in Tijuana. A single home costs about $2,500 and will require the efforts of six to eight people to complete in one day. Brokers, developers, architects and designers, general contractors, banks, title companies and vendors are invited to participate. Volunteers will meet at 6 a.m. at the Otay Mesa border crossing. For information, visit www.bajachallenge.org. *** In one of several activities and art exhibits commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Museum of Photographic Arts through Oct. 13 presents “Without Borders: Transcending Terror.” The photographs portray war, revolution, ignorance and poverty. Also included is Cheryl Sorg’s “A Missing Peace,” a photographic tribute using 3,062 burning candle images for each person who died in the Sept. 11 events. Visitors can record their thoughts in a book presented for public use on Sept. 11, 2002, when admission to MoPA and several other Balboa Park museums will be free. ***
*** Interviews with Dr. Don Walker, Bob Martinet, Paul Tchang, R. Page Jones and Doug Best are featured this month on the “Heart of San Diego,” San Diego Metropolitan’s Fred Lewis-hosted television show that airs in prime time on ITV. *** “You told me you could make me a millionaire in the steel business,” Ted Rossin, who sold Bannister Steel in National City, chided Bill Kolender. “But I had to start out as a multi-millionaire.”•Such was the irreverent teasing surrounding the nonprofit Nice Guys’ announcement of Robert Horsman, the SDNB president, as “Nice Guy of the Year,” to be feted Oct. 12 at the Hyatt Regency Aventine. Horsman says he’ll raise $200,000 to be given by the Nice Guys to individuals and non-profits needing “a hand up, not a hand out.”•The joke’s on him; Oct. 12 is the same night as the Mercy Ball. Beneficiaries of the Horsman affair will include STAR/PAL, the Armed Services Y, San Diego Special Olympics and the Bannister House. *** Doug Wilson, who kept the real faith when the Padres stopped building, will see his belief in the Downtown ballpark rewarded on Oct. 19 when his Douglas Wilson Cos. holds a 7 p.m. to midnight grand opening celebration of Parkloft, its 120-unit urban luxury project. Titled “Bohemian Nights,” the gala at 877 Island Ave. in the East Village, will feature mingling and entertainment in the courtyard, live performances from the balconies, food, and passports into one of four theme-furnished lofts: the “Feng Shui Loft,” “Club Loft,” “Sex in the City Loft” and the “Penthouse Loft.” Tickets, priced at $195 per person, can be purchased through Steve Norton International at (949) 494-8876. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the San Diego Repertory Theatre. *** XLNC1, the only 24-hour classical music station in San Diego and Tijuana, says it will begin broadcasting classical music from L.A.-based KUSC, the biggest classical station in Southern California, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., as soon as the FCC approves, probably this month. KUSC is an NPR affiliate with broadcast towers in L.A., Palm Springs, Thousand Oaks, Santa Barbara, and imminently, in Tijuana, and is sure to irritate KPBS in San Diego, which switched to classical music at night just a few months ago. Then again, KPBS’ partial switch was an irritant to XLNC1, which broadcast at 90.7 FM, almost next door to KPBS. The big difference between XLNC1 and KUSC: the former has no announcers explaining the music while the latter does. Still, XLNC1 will be San Diego/ Tijuana’s only 24-hour classical music station, with the brief exception of the San Diego Metropolitan’s Daily Business Report. XLNC1 also broadcasts at xlnc1.org, where it’s playlist is well-organized and detailed and where it enjoys a worldwide audience. *** Chart House Enterprises Inc., once a trophy among San Diego’s publicly traded companies, has sold its 39 restaurants to Houston-based Landry’s Restaurants Inc. The restaurant company moved to San Diego in 1963 when it was two years old. From Solana Beach headquarters it became an icon on the local dining scene and a big player around the country with restaurants in cool buildings near water. In mid-1998 the company packed up and moved to Chicago to be near a new major investor. Landry’s acquired the existing restaurants — 38 Chart Houses and one Peohe’s — for $45.5 million in cash. It did not assume any existing Chart House bank or subordinated debt. Landry’s posted revenue of $232 in the second quarter. It owns and operates Landry’s Seafood House, Joe’s Crab Shack, Willie G’s, Rainforest Café, Charley’s Crab, The Crab House and the Kemah Boardwalk. And now Chart House. ***
*** With 16 medical conventions booked through June 2003, the San Diego Convention Center has quickly become a hub for medical meetings. In three years attendance has risen from 80,550 delegates to 126,600 delegates and direct delegate spending is up a healthy 68 percent to a projected $152.1 million in fiscal 2003. *** DSW, an operator of 118 shoe stores in 54 markets throughout the United States, makes its San Diego debut this month at 836 Camino del Rio North in Mission Valley. The 24,000-square-foot store offers more than 40,000 pairs of shoes in more than 900 styles from 165 designers. *** Liz O’Brien, the Metropolitan cover girl in March 1998, has resigned as president of the San Diego Mediation Center that she founded. O’Brien is moving to Denver after Sept. 13 to take a position as executive v.p. of Partners for Democratic Change. In 1985, O’Brien started the Community Mediation Program, which in 1990 evolved into the Mediation Center and is now the nation’s third largest such operation. It is known for its handling of 1,500 mediations, arbitrations and facilitations each year with an agreement rate of more than 75 percent. A staff of 20 and a stable of 150 trained mediators and panelists operate on an annual budget of $1.5 million. *** Ann Clark Associates, a national consulting company, has developed a three-part anniversary grief series to minimize the emotional and economic impact of the Sept. 11 anniversary. The help kit was so well-received by clients that President/CEO Ann Clark is making it available free to help businesses control symptoms of anniversary grief such as time lost from work, anger, depression and fear. For details, call ACI at (858) 452-1254. *** Those who wonder what it would be like to live in the Centre City can find out when the Downtown Communications Council offers its first Downtown housing tour, Downtown by Design: An Urban Lifestyles Housing Tour. The Oct. 5 and 6 tours allow participants to ogle eight privately owned homes in the Marina and Little Italy neighborhoods. The tour will feature six three-hour tours per day between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Tickets are $20, with proceeds benefiting the Junior League of San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation and the Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation. For information and reservations, call the partnership at (619) 234-0201. The Metropolitan’s “Guide to Urban Living” is available at sandiegometro.com. *** HomeBuyer Agents Inc. has opened its Exclusive Buyer Agency in San Diego’s old City Hall, 433 G St., Ste. 202. Drew Burks and Joe Purvis of Pipeline Development have joined the firm as Downtown principals. ***
*** This month the legally adjudicated San Diego Metropolitan Uptown Examiner & Daily Business Report, which publishes every Wednesday and Friday, will note its 50,000th printed legal notice since 1986, when the current logging system began. Before then, untold thousands more legal ads ran in the Uptown San Diego Examiner since its 1937 founding. Today, fictitious business name statements comprise most of the public notices it prints, along with name changes, summonses, death notices and trustee sales — at the lowest rates in the county. Call (619) 233-4060, Ext. 318. *** Schubach Aviation, a pioneer of San Diego’s private aviation sector, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. With more than $50 million in equipment, the firm offers service anywhere in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with a fleet of jets and turbo-prop aircraft. Founder Henry Schubach says he is expanding to worldwide service within the next few months. He just added to his 13-jet fleet a 2000 Citation C9I, a single pilot craft with seating for six. With a staff of 24, the Palomar Airport-based operation has seen annual revenue soar beyond $8.5 million. *** Balboa Park’s Timken Museum of Art has closed for a four-month installation of a new climate control system. If construction remains on schedule, the Timken will be open for Balboa Park’s annual Christmas on the Prado activities on Dec. 6. *** The world’s oldest active ship, the Star of India, goes to sea three times the remainder of this year. The flagship of the San Diego Maritime Museum sails Sept. 12 to launch Festival of Sail. She again sails Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 as a major participant of Fleet Week. For Sept. 12, Star will leave the dock at 8 a.m., be towed to find wind near the tip of Point Loma, then set her massive sails before charging into the Pacific. She will greet the flotilla of visiting tall ships off Point Loma, then sail back into San Diego Bay at noon leading the 16 or more ships into the harbor to launch the festival. In 1863, when this ship first entered the water she was the full rigged British ship Euterpe, launched from Ramsey, Isle of Man, just five days before Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. Today, 139 years later and after 21 trips around the world, she is the recipient of numerous awards and titles, not the least of which include World Ship Trust, American Ship Trust, Oldest Active Ship, National Historic Landmark, and California Historic Landmark. ***
*** Six-Sigma is a business improvement methodology proponents say is revolutionizing the way many corporations — GE, 3M, Dow Chemical, Dell and Wal-Mart among them — are operating. This fall, UCSD Extension will repeat its successful Six-Sigma Black-Belt Certification Program. Running Sept. 19 through Nov. 16, the program is geared toward any team or individual responsible for managing or participating significantly in manufacturing, design or business process activities. The academic coordinator, Keith Boyle, is an internationally recognized project consultant. Leonard Perry, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at UCSD, joins Boyle as a lead instructor. The fee is $4,495, and enrollment is limited to 24 students. For more information, contact Mary Ann Vinole at (858) 613-1672 or mvinole@ucsd.edu. ***
*** UCSD Connect is seeking participants for its 15th annual Most Innovative New Product Awards. The program honors the vision, hard work and perseverance that transform ideas into products. This year it includes two R&D categories in addition to five product categories. To be eligible, the product or technology must have been developed in San Diego County and first generated revenue from sales — or, for R&D categories, applied for patent — between Sept. 14, 2001 and Sept. 13, 2002. All nominations must fit within one of the following categories: Hardware/Physical Device; Life Science/Biotechnology/ Med-ical Device; Software; Telecommunications/ Wireless: General Technology; Biotech Research & Development; or Technology Research & Development. Nominations are due Sept. 13. For more information, contact Rachel Barley at rbarley@ucsd.edu. *** At 9 a.m. Sept. 29 in Mission Bay Park, the American Lung Association launches the first San Diego AsthmaWalk, part of a nationwide walkathon program to raise funds and awareness for asthma. Local companies, families and organizations can form walking teams to show support for the 160,000 county residents who have the chronic condition. Themed “Blow the Whistle on Asthma,” the walk will benefit regional asthma management programs, camps and a mobile science museum for children and young teens. Call (619) 297-3901 or info@lungsandiego.org. ***
*** The Southern California Contractors Association has opened a new branch office at 9235 Chesapeake Dr., Ste. E. Staffed by Jim Prunty, the new San Diego area director, the office is currently open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with plans for a full-service office as demands grow. *** Charlene Baldridge, a freelance writer for San Diego Metropolitan and a columnist for the Metropolitan’s North Park News, is one of 87 contributors in the newly published “Chicken Soup for the Volunteer’s Soul.” Her story was selected from more than 5,000 submitted. Publisher HCI and the six co-authors will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales to the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network. Baldridge’s piece is titled “Beyond the Huddle.” It concerns restaurateur Ruth Henricks and how she was moved to found Special Delivery San Diego, which provides daily meal service to people living with HIV/AIDS. *** The annual Breast Cancer Survivors Day will be observed Sept. 14 by the San Diego Armed Services YMCA in partnership with the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, at 34800 Bob Wilson Drive. This celebration of life begins at 7:45 a.m. with a free continental breakfast followed by a day of lectures and workshops. Survivors of the illness will model during a noon fashion show, and a closing ceremony is planned at 1:45 p.m. For information, call (619) 232-1133. *** More than 110 films and videos will premiere at the San Diego Asian Film Festival Oct. 3-6 at the new Hazard Center Madstone Theater. Presented by the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, the festival will screen films made in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, India, China, Japan and the Philippines. A schedule and discounted tickets priced from $3-$8 can be found at www.sdaff.org. Tickets also can be purchased at the theater’s box office for $5-$12. ***
*** This year, the Combined Organizations for the Visual Arts adds a binational angle to its annual Open Studios event, presented over three weekends in September. Along with self-guided tours of artist studios taking place Sept. 14-15 in the North County/Julian areas and Sept. 21-22 in the San Diego city, South Bay and East County regions, participants also can take bus tours to 13 Tijuana artists’ studios on the third weekend, Sept. 28-29. For $20, an Open Studio 2002 catalog, map and admission ticket for two to the San Diego County weekends are available at any Barnes & Noble or by calling (619) 234-0928. Reservations for the Tijuana tours cost $55, and can be made at www.covasd.org. *** For one of its occasional historical re-enactments, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park recently staged a readers theater adaptation of “The Ballad of Yankee Jim” by local writer Frances Bardacke outside the Courthouse Museum. The piece hadn’t been performed since its 1966 debut at the Whaley House, Bardacke says. But somehow, the park had held on to a stack of the original tabloid programs for 36 years, and it finally made some money off the somewhat brittle, yellowed inventory, selling them for a quarter each at the performance. The programs had become a slice of history themselves, with ads for $1.40 New York steak dinners and 85-cent breakfast specials in 1966. *** Does your office have a spelling king or queen that everyone turns to when the Microsoft Word dictionary comes up short and no one can remember where the hard copy Webster’s is located? If so, that person and two peers would likely comprise a good team to compete in “Biz Bee,” a corporate spelling bee benefit on Oct. 10 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Hazard Center. Participating teams can bring up to seven guests to cheer them on. Each member of a top team wins a trip for two to Las Vegas sponsored by Southwest Airlines. Other event sponsors include Time Warner Cable, Hyundai of Escondido, Nico Insurance, KPBS and 7-Eleven. Proceeds support SAY San Diego, a 31-year-old local nonprofit dedicated to helping children, their families and communities. Last year, SAY served 29,162 clients, and 92.1 percent of its income went to direct support. For more details or to register for the Biz Bee, call SAY San Diego at (858) 565-4148, Ext. 23.
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Comic Frank King returns Oct. 5 as master of ceremonies for the SAM Awards, the annual event hosted by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association of San Diego County at San Diego Marriott Hotel. “Frank King will be the icing on the cake to a night filled with rock ’n’ roll music, laughter and loud applause, perfectly setting the mood to honor home-building industry leaders for some of their greatest accomplishments,” say SAM co-hosts Anna-Marie Marchesi of Klang & Associates and Maria Meeuwisse of Brookfield Homes. King is best recognized for his appearances on A&E’s “An Evening at the Improv,” Showtime’s “Comedy Club Network” and CNN’s “Business Unusual.”
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