AZTECS SWIMMERS RECORD DUAL MEET WIN AT OREGON STATE 109-89
Swimmers win eight of 11 events to down Oregon State Source: goaztecs.com press release Photo: McKenna Meyer won three individual events in the dual meet at Oregon State on Saturday. Courtesy goaztecs.com November 5, 2016 (Corvallis, Ore.) – San Diego State concluded it stay in Oregon with a 109-89 dual meet victory over Oregon State today at the Beavers’ Osborn Aquatic Center. Saturday’s meet was an abbreviated program that consisted of nine individual events along with a pair of relays (no diving). With the victory, the Aztecs improved to 6-0 on the season. In addition to SDSU and OSU, a team from Southwestern Oregon Community College also competed, scoring the meet against Oregon State, but not vs. San Diego State. San Diego State opened the meet by capturing top spot in the 200 medley relay. The quartet of Alexa Clayfield, Morganne McKennan, Summer Harrison and Peyton Wilson went 1:45.92 to win the event. The Aztecs would go on to win six of the nine individual races with three of those victories being recorded by freshman McKenna Meyer. Meyer began her day by finishing first in the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:53.35. The Aztecs made it a sweep of the top three spots in that race as Summer Harrison placed second (1:55.42) and Marina Preiss took third (1:59.87). Meyer’s additional first-place results came in the 200 individual medley (2:06.72) and the 500 freestyle (5:07.26). San Diego State’s other individual winners included Cori Casper in the 1000 freestyle (10:34.16), Summer Harrison in the 100 butterfly (56.20) and Morganne McKennan in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.79). The Aztecs concluded the meet by winning the 400 freestyle relay as the SDSU foursome of Harrison, Kassidy Henson, Kate Santilena and Samantha Guttmacher turned in a time of 3:35.10. Up next for San Diego State are separate meets for the divers and the swimmers. The divers will compete at the annual USC Diving Invitational in Los Angles Nov. 11-13. The swimmer’s next event will be the A3 Performance Invitational hosted by UC San Diego and held in Monterey Park, Calif., Nov. 17-19. Results
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: SIGN OF THE TIMES
November 5, 2016 (El Cajon)—Anonymous citizens have added commentary above and below a sign touting three conservative candidates for El Cajon City Council: Paul Circo, Star Bales and Bob McClellan. New signs cheekily note that these three candidates “did not show for debates, did not show for a prayer vigil” (in response to a police shooting), and “can’t spell their own name on their own signs,” a reference to a misspelling in McClellan’s name.Ten candidates are vying for three seats on the El Cajon City Council.
JUDGE DENIES INJUNCTION SOUGHT BY PROTESTERS AGAINST EL CAJON POLICE AND SHERIFF
By Miriam Raftery November 5, 2016 (San Diego) — U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino on Friday denied a temporary restraining order sought by the NAACP and protesters. The plaintiffs wanted the court to stop El Cajon Police and Sheriff officers from arresting protesters at the site where Alfred Olango was fatally shot by an El Cajon policeman on September 27th. The judge noted that while law enforcement in riot gear twice declared unlawful assemblies and broke up protests or vigils at the Broadway Village Shopping Center parking lot, on other occasions peaceful protests were allowed to continue unimpeded. Protesters claimed their civil rights, freedom of speech and assembly under the Constitution were violated. However, police claimed they had valid reasons to declare unlawful assemblies. In one case, police claimed someone threatened to get a gun after an altercation, in the other, protesters were blocking traffic and a vehicle was vandalized. They contend law enforcement violated the protesters’ civil rights. Protesters say there have been new incidents since their case was filed. They asked the court to prevent arrests in the future for trespass at the site, but the judge also denied that request, finding no persistent pattern of police abusing the law.
MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER
Update: The victim has been identified as Richard Kent Chartier. The cause of death was a penetrating gunshot wound to the abdomen. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. Chartier was a resident at the 1321 Oro Street property in unincorporated El Cajon. By Miriam Raftery November 5, 2016 (El Cajon) – Vincent Frank Peterson,42, has been arrested and will be charged with the murder of a man found with mortal wounds Friday night in unincorporated El Cajon. Deputies were called to a home on Oro Street near Greenfield Drive after a caller to 911 reported an assault with a deadly weapon around 10 p.m. Friday. The victim, 42, was found with injuries to his torso and died on the way to a hospital. Peterson was arrested at his home, also on Oro Street, several blocks south of the murder scene, according to Sheriff’s Homicide Lieutenant Kenneth Nelson.
SDSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOPS CAL STATE SAN MARCOS 74-53
For more sports coverage, visit ECM’s Sports section SDSU opens the regular season on Fri., Nov. 11 at UC Riverside Source: goaztecs.com press release Photo courtesy goaztecs.com November 4, 2016 (San Diego) – Shooting 50 percent (11-for-22) from beyond the arc, San Diego State women’s basketball topped Cal State San Marcos, 74-53, in its lone exhibition of the season on Friday night at Viejas Arena. The Aztecs drained 11 three-pointers, with Kymberly Ellison and McKynzie Fort shooting three apiece. Last season, SDSU averaged 4.71 threes per game and Fort made three treys all season. San Diego State started seniors Ariell Bostick and Ellison, juniors Cheyenne Greenhouse and Fort, and freshman Baylee Vanderdoes. Despite Fort making the first basket of the game, Cal State San Marcos went on an 18-9 run and took an 18-15 lead into the second quarter. By the start of the second quarter, however, the Aztecs were firing on all cylinders. SDSU went on a 12-0 run to start the frame and didn’t allow a Cougar basket until just 5:23 remained in the period. At halftime, San Diego State led 34-24, due in large part to Fort’s 20 points, 12 of which came in the second stanza. The Aztecs kept up its pace in the third quarter. The period started with Bostick snatching the ball away from a Cougar and handing it off to Greenhouse, who sent it along to Ellison for the three. Ellison followed that up with a second three 92 seconds later for the 40-26 lead. Freshman Naomi Ekwedike would go on to knock in a pair of layups, while Fort and Geena Gomez would fire off a pair of long balls. After 30 minutes of play, the Scarlet and Black held a 54-37 advantage. San Diego State maintained its hot shooting in the final quarter, going 3-for-4 from behind the three-point line and recording an 8-for-12 field goal percentage for the final 74-53 score. An All-Mountain West honorable mention a season ago, Fort led all players with 25 points. Greenhouse posted eight boards and 10 points, while Ellison recorded 11 points. Gomez also notched double-digit points with 10. Bostick led the club with four steals. San Diego State opens the regular season at UC Riverside on Fri., Nov. 11. Tip is set for 5 p.m. Period play-by-play Box score
READER’S EDITORIAL: LA MESA COUNCIL RACE CAREENS INTO THE GUTTER
By Gene Carpenter and Anthony Mc Ivor November 4, 2016 (La Mesa) — Earlier this week, many La Mesa residents found a rude surprise in their mailboxes. It was a particularly vile attack mailer targeting La Mesa Council candidate Colin Parent. The piece is slick, but intellectually dishonest and shabbily written. After three polite debates in city venues, who would use the post for such a vulgar purpose? The source turns out to be a shadowy political hit operation, hidden behind the Orwellian name “Voters for Progress and Reform,” and based outside our city. According to San Diego Citybeat, the group has previously sent false mailers in other races and has ties to the Lincoln Club. Lincoln Club’s current president told East County Magazine he is “completely unaware of this group, ECM reported. That’s hard to believe, since Lincoln Club shares an address—in the same suite– with Voters for Progress and Reform (7195 Navajo Rd., Suite P). It was immediately clear that La Mesa residents were not amused. Amid growing speculation as to the origin (and the funding) of the mailer, Mr. Parent’s opponent, Kristine Alessio, took to the social media site, Next Door, to say “For the record. I never contributed to any attack pieces nor have I accepted or been offered any contributions from the Lincoln Club. If you pull my campaign reports you can see my donors are fellow La Mesans and me!” But Alessio’s own legally-required campaign report, Form 497, contradicts that statement, indicating that her campaign recently received $13,499 in an “in-kind” contribution from the Voters for Progress and Reform political hit operation. Readers can draw their own conclusions. We’ve seen this before, just two years ago. Same people, same ugly smears, same outside dollars. The candidates don’t pay for the hit; someone else buys it for them. All neat and deniable. Except when the paper trail offers a different story. This is not just “hardball” politics. Conning voters is disgusting and reckless behavior that diminishes our discourse and diminishes us. Still worse, it hurts the local community. Is this how the Alessio campaign expects younger generations of La Mesans, those with fresh new ideas, will want to engage in civic life? With lies, rumors and rank hypocrisy? We don’t think so. Such attacks are an expression of contempt for the entire voting public. That’s a hit on all of us. Negative mailers drive out honest discussion of issues and ideas. They should find no place in healthy local politics. Next week La Mesa has an opportunity to tell Ms Alessio, her surrogates and her masked pals in the hit mail group that this is not the way to further her political career. It’s time for a timeout. Will voters repudiate the authors of this noxious activity on Tuesday? Let’s hope so, La Mesa deserves better. The opinions in this editorial reflect the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of East County Magazine. To submit an editorial for consideration, contact editor@eastcountymagazine.org.
SDSU SWIMMERS DEFEAT OREGON STATE 139-113 IN DUAL MEET ACTION
Aztecs win 10 of 12 individual races to defeat Beavers Source: goaztecs.com press release Photo: Martina Marks won both the 500 and 1000 freestyle races in Friday’s dual meet at Oregon State. Courtesy goaztecs.com November 4, 2016 (Corvallis, Ore.) – San Diego State swimmers won 10 of 12 individual races as they defeated Oregon State, 139-113, Friday afternoon at OSU’s Osborn Aquatic Center in Corvallis, Ore. The win was the fifth straight for the Aztecs, who improved to 5-0 on this season. Friday’s meet consisted of 12 individual races and pair of relay events. Diving was not contested as the Beavers do not field a diving squad. Five SDSU swimmers won two events apiece to account for the Aztecs individual event wins. Martina Marks got things underway for San Diego State with a first-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in a time of 10:29.51. Teammates Cori Casper and Madeline Garcia finished second and third receptively as the Aztecs took the scoring lead for good after placing second in the 200 medley relay by .22 second to begin the meet. Marks would later capture top spot in the 500 freestyle in 5:09.06. McKenna Meyer then took first in the 200 freestyle (1:52.37) and later added a win in the 400 individual medley (4:29.38). Freshman Morganne McKennan won both the 100 breaststroke (2:08.31) and 200 breaststroke (2:20.42) races and was a member of the Aztec 200 medley relay quartet that was edged out of a win in the meet’s opening race. San Diego State’s other double winners included junior Summer Harrison and freshman Peyton Wilson. Harrison was victorious in both the 100 and 200 butterfly events with times of 56.21 and 2:08.31 respectively. The 100 fly was the second of two races in which SDSU swept the top three spots as Courtney Vincent (58.38) and Samantha Guttmacher (58.62) placed second and third behind Harrison. Wilson, meanwhile, won both the 50 freestyle (24.18) and 100 freestyle (52.72) races. The San Diego State swimmers will remain in Corvallis where they will compete against Oregon State in another dual meet on Saturday, Nov. 5, starting at 10:00 a.m. (PT). Results