Inside Ensuring Balboa Park's Trees Thrive Big Plans Guide the Park's Future Meet the Carousel Rides! SPRING 2018 Message from the Executive Director Your Voice Matters ince our founding in 1999, to get so much feedback, and we plan to use what Preserving Friends of Balboa Park has we learned to build a more robust membership Balboa Park’s legacy for Sbeen proud to channel the program and advocacy effort. Thank you for community’s passion for the helping Friends of Balboa Park become a more future generations through park. By your demonstrated effective organization by making your voice heard. park-wide projects philanthropic support, attendance at our events, participation in our Park Funding Bill SPRING 2018 programs, and engagement in Presents Opportunity our planning efforts, you have helped Friends to be a One of the greatest challenges addressing Balboa strong advocate for Balboa Park, frequently, at times Park’s many needs is lack of meaningful funding. Board of Directors when the park needed us most. Now there’s a real chance to address that. On George D. Hardy, Chair David Marshall, Vice Chair So how are we doing? June 5, 2018, California voters will have the Ken Tranbarger, Treasurer opportunity to pass Proposition 68, authorizing Michelle Slingerland, Secretary We recently conducted an online survey to gauge $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds for state Betty Peabody, Founder the sentiments of Friends’ supporters – past, Jack Carpenter and local parks. If approved by voters, the “Clean Libby Carson current and potential. Under the leadership of Water and Safe Parks Act” would provide the first Patrick Caughey Committee Chair Wilda Wong, our Membership major infusion of funding to Balboa Park since Amy Dawson Committee ventured to gauge your perceptions Sarah Evans 2002. Friends of Balboa Park strongly supports Susan Stone Hayes and experiences with Friends. We compared this measure and encourages others to join the James Hughes your responses with those in the past to assess Kerri V. Kapich voices of support of Proposition 68. Doug Kerner how we’ve grown and changed, and to identify Neil Larson opportunities to improve. We received almost Samantha Ollinger 200 responses to our survey, translating to a Jonathan Shulman Nancy Vaughan response rate of nearly 10% – higher than the John Bolthouse William Virchis industry average of under 5%. We were pleased Ray Waite Executive Director Lucy Warren Wilda Wong Board News Advisory Coun cil e are pleased to welcome two great Doug Kerner is a Sandra Alcosser community leaders as the newest commercial real estate Toni Atkins attorney with the San Rita Atkinson Wmembers of Friends’ Board, adding Martha Barnette significant talents to our efforts in Balboa Park. Diego law firm Higgs, Jodie Bruhn Fletcher & Mack, with James Dawe Jonathan Shulman is Director of the Center more than 25 years in Iris Engstrand for Excellence in Citizenship at La Jolla the legal profession. A Kevin Faulconer Country Day School, and former Chair of the Ben Haddad resident of Chula Vista, school’s History Department. Passionate about Christine Kehoe Doug is a second- Bob Kelly instilling students with a greater sense of generation native San Kathy Anderson Kim civic engagement, Jonathan has worked hard Jonathan Shulman and Doug Kerner Jessie Knight, Jr. Diegan. Doug played to connect his students to the work of civic Dorothea Laub a key role in Friends’ acquisition of the Balboa Park Bill Maheu organizations throughout the city, including in Carousel, providing countless hours of pro bono legal Stanley Maloy Balboa Park. He was the first K-12 educator to Kathlyn Mead counsel during our due diligence phase in 2017. He be elected President of the California World Toby Reschan has served on the boards of the Chula Vista Charitable Ron Roberts History Association and is an accomplished Foundation and economic development councils. Jerry Sanders documentary filmmaker. Nancy Spector Bonnie Stewart Alan Sweedler Michael Van Horne SAVE THE DATE Rosetta Sciacca Volkov CELEBRATING Steven Wall 18TH ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON Heather Xitco Friday, October 19, 2018 • 11 AM–1:30 PM Donald G. Yeckel MUSIC Honoring the 2018 Millennium Award recipients Staff I E Spreckels Organ Society John Bolthouse, Executive Director N TH San Diego Youth Symphony [email protected] Judy Brown, Office Manager Tickets go on sale August 2018. [email protected] PARK Leslie Yu, Community Programs Coordinator [email protected] Newsletter Production Leslie Yu, Managing Editor Scarlet Willette, Graphic Designer Bill Brown, Carousel Manager Contributors: AlohaBug Photography, Reema Makani Boccia, John Bolthouse, Judy Brown, Dean Crowder, George Hardy, Betty Peabody, [email protected] Pure Light Fine Photography, Richard Seignious, Michelle Slingerland, Lucy Warren, and Ann Wilson Cover image: Aloe dichotoma located in the Cactus Garden news Ensuring the Future of Balboa Park’s Trees By Lucy Warren ne of the first things our city fathers (and mothers) did in Balboa Park was plant trees. They envisioned a beautiful shaded park where people could walk and Oplay. In this time of discovery, they planted many species from throughout the Annual Butterfly world—not knowing which ones would easily adapt to our climate and growing conditions—easily accepting both successes and failures as they learned more Release about growing conditions in San Diego. Saturday, May 26, 2018, marks the 150th anniversary of Balboa Turning the clock forward Park. On this day, the Balboa more than a century, we are Park Conservancy will be hosting now the beneficiaries of those Fiesta Botanica, an annual adventurous horticulturists in horticulture-focused event with our wonderful park. family-friendly activities. Their experiments are now Friends of Balboa Park will be aging and the arboreal proudly hosting the annual Butterfly centenarians are facing Release inside Zoro Garden multiple challenges. Portions from 10 AM - 3 PM. Join us for a of the tree canopy are fun-filled day with children’s arts over-mature and declining. and crafts activities provided by the Shot-hole borer damage Introduced pests including the San Diego Floral Association and golden oak borer, shot-hole borer and South American palm weevil (to name a few) a special musical performance by are wreaking havoc among the trees. Multiple years of severe drought have ravaged Kathryn the Grape! the stored soil water resources for these venerable trees. And water restrictions have reduced our ability to sustain beautiful but water-thirsty species. As good stewards of a sustainable urban park, we face the increased maintenance of a mature urban forest. We are now the ones who must look forward for another century to take care of our tree legacy and envision the future. We now have the newly created Sandra B. Phelps-Wilson Horticulture Fund devoted specifically to horticulture projects in Balboa Park. Please make a donation today to make a difference for this urban forest. Lucy Warren is a member of Friends of Balboa Park’s Board of Directors, Chair of the Friends’ Horticulture Committee, a Master Gardener, and author. 3 Thank You for the Support towards the Balboa Park Carousel Capital Campaign Donors as of March 31, 2018 $200,000 + $1,000–$4,999 $250–$499 David Lynn Katharine Coop J. W. Sefton Foundation The Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation Glen and Betty Broom John and Renie Martin Kelsey Dale in honor of Nancy Vaughan John and Melissa Bolthouse Ronald Eger in honor of George Eger Peg Marston and Anne Marston $100,000–$199,999 Sherry Edwards Deborah Calhoun Andy Fichthorn Karon May Tom and Jo Hazard Gerry Eide John and Libby Carson Bobbi Hardiman Michael and Sandi May Legler Benbough Foundation Sarah Evans Vicki Cocke Carol Howe in honor of Donald Ward, David McLean Robert and Andrea Peach Randy Ward, Donna Lewis, and Phil and Lyn Gildred Costco Executive Matching Program Douglas McVey Elizabeth McCann Walter J. and Betty C. Zable Patricia Green in honor of Dean Crowder Lyle Merithew and Eileen Swirsky Foundation Gail Kersgard Peter and Joan Suffrendini’s Lorraine Frigolet; Tricia Moulton 50th wedding anniversary Leigh Kyle $50,000–$99,999 Compass Rose, Inc. (in-kind) Tontia Moss Sandra Harding Nana’s Heavenly Hot Dogs Peter LaDow Tange and Tom Gavin Toni Nickell Mari Huff Fred and Carol Orton Dorothea Laub Ruth Hayward James and Sue Ogle Kenneth and Janet Jaworski in honor of Betty Peabody Bob and Beverly Russell Kathy Lazzaro Herman and Sharon Parker Gaila Jennings Conny Jamison Al and Kathleen Steele Carole Sachs Andrea Robinson Carolyn Johnson David Marshall; Heritage Ted Struck Architecture and Planning (in-kind) Jean Samuels and Chester Yamaga Deirdre Kleske $25,000–$49,999 Paula Taylor and Bernie Kulchin Elizabeth Moore Judy Hagar Schons in memory Patricia Kreder Ruth Hayward Mike and Jalaine Van Horne in of Ben William Hager The Parker Foundation National Carousel Association memory of Al and Thelma Van Horne Howard and Susan Labow Roger and Carol Showley San Diego Woman’s Club Betty Peabody Richard and Wendy Ledford $100–$249 Joe Silverman Darlene Marcos Shiley Price Philanthropies John and Florence Lestrange Pamela Baumgart Carol Sing The Colonel Frank C. Wood Memorial Ryan Family Charitable Foundation Wade Lindenberger Barbara Benko Elaine Sommermeyer Fund at The San Diego Foundation Paul Scripps Joni Piekielko Marske Eric and Anne Beste Arlene Simpson in memory Jean Stein in honor of Max Taklender, $15,000 - $24,999 Ric and Brenda Matthews of Henry (Harry) Simpson Casey and Kathy Blitt Julia Taklender, Somerset New-Stein Balboa Park Conservancy in honor of Betty Peabody and Jim Carr Judy McMorrow Cat Alan and Nancy Spector Sponsored by The Parker Foundation Trip Bennett; Bennett and Associates Jack and Jackie Carpenter Pam Stevens Virginia Morse William and Donna Steen (in-kind) Jerry Cesak Julie Stone Diane Moss Gene Trepte Downing Family Foundation Chris and Sue Christian Susan Straub Cody Nelson Nancy Vaughan Reuben H.