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marinijreaderschoice.com | MARIN IJ READERS' CHOICE AWARDS BEST SANDWICH MICHAEL'SSOURDOUGH BEST SOLAR COMPANY SUN FIRST SOLAR INC. BEST FENG SHUI BUSINESS FENG SHUI MASTER KATHLEEN ZEMANSKY BEST SUMMER CAMP MARIN GREENPLAY CAMP BEST TREE CARE BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS BEST TRIGGER POINT THERAPY MICHAEL WESTGATE BEST WEDDING VENUE SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BEST YOGA TEACHER PATRICIA SCHMIDT YOGA BEST CHILDREN'S NONPROFIT STAPLETON BALLET BEST COMPUTER CARE MATRIX COMPUTERS - JORDAN GOOTNICK BEST NUTRITIONIST ESSENTIALS FOR HEALTH - WILLIE VICTOR BEST PROMOTION PRODUCTS CT PROMOTIONS - CATHY TUCKER BEST WINE DISTRIBUTOR WINESTARS - EVELYN SMITH THEREITIS!TheMarinIJReaders'Choice2017. Wemakenoclaimsforscientificaccuracy,butthesechoicesaretheresultofelectronicballots exhaustivelycountedandreviewedbyourdedicatedstaffmembers.Theytrulyreflectreaders' opinions,notours.Itisimportanttonotethatmentionofabusinessorindividualhereisnot anendorsementoftheserviceorproductbytheIJ.Wehope,ifnothingelse,theIJReaders' Choicewillencourageeverybusinesstoexcelinservicetocustomersthewaythewinnersdo. -THANKYOU Readers'choicefor realnewssince1861 ByRichardHalstead rhalstead@marinij.com @HalsteadRichardonTwitter Althoughdetailsaresketchy,theTrumpadmin- istration'sfederalbudget,ifenacted,wouldcostthe countymillionsofdollarsinlostfunding,Marin officialssaid. What is being referred to as President Don- aldTrump's"skinnybudget"would imposecuts of10percentto12percentonvirtuallyeveryfed- eralagencytocompensatefor$54billioninhigher spendingonnationaldefense. The budget comes on the heels of the Trump plantorepealandreplacetheAffordableCareAct, whichMarinofficialshaveestimatedwouldcost Marin$100millioninlostMedi-Calfunds. InearlyanalysisitappearstheBuckInstitute for Research on Aging in Novato would be the Marinentityhitthehardestbythe budgetcuts. TrumphasproposedslicingtheNationalInstitutes ofHealth(NIH)budgetby$5.8billion,orabout18 pe rcent.Thisyear,about$17millionoftheBuck Institute's$36millionbudgetwillcomefromNIH grants,saidNancyDerr,theBuckInstitute'schief fina ncialofficer.Soacutof18percentwouldre- sultintheinstitutelosingmorethan$3million. Derr,however,isoptimisticthatbipartisansup- portforNIHinCongresswillpreservetheInsti- tutes'budget. Research institutions like the Buck Institute havefacedincreasedfinancialpressuresinceCon- tedacross-the-boardfederalbud- NIH after failing PROPOSED PLAN Bighit forMarin inTrump budget Countycouldlosemillions; BuckInstitutefundsinperil By Stephanie Weldy sweldy@marinij.com @StephanieWeldy1 on Twitter Nine-year-old Jenny Fulle pulled her blonde hair into a baseball cap and went to sign up to play baseball with Mill Valley Little League 45 years ago. B t even disguised as ed more than four decades ago at the 64th annual Mill Val- ley Little League Opening Day ceremony. More than 700 registered Mill Valley Little League players — 24 of them girls — watched as Fulle caught the first pitch of the season. "I'm very proud of it now," the 54-year-old said. "It def- initely — it's thickened my age to a cer- MILL VALLEY PIONEERPLAYER PHOTOSBYJAMESCACCIATORE–SPECIALTOTHEMARININDEPENDENTJOURNAL JennyFulle,center,gatherswithsomeofthegirlsplayingLittleLeaguethisyearduringtheexcitementofopeningday ceremoniesatBoyleParkinMillValley. First female Little Leaguer honored on opening day » marinij.com Sunday, March 19, 2017 $2.50 FACEBOOK.COM/MARINIJFAN TWITTER.COM/MARINIJ Today's web bonus Media Center: Photos and videos. marinij.com MARIN CITY Public housing options discussed Local A3 SNAPSHOT Portrait of artist with many interests Lifestyles B1 MARCH MADNESS St. Mary's season ends with loss to Arizona Sports C1 Checkoutouronlinecalendar forupcomingconcerts,art exhibitsandmeetings! VISITEVENTS. EVENTS.MARINIJ.COM DON'TMISSOUT: PLANYOURFUN M/CLOUDY High: Low: 66 55 PAGEC6 of Heal percent. This ye Institute's $36 million bu PROPOSED Big fo in R DEPENDENT JOURN opening day MARCH MADNESS St. Mary's season ends with loss to Arizona Sports C1 Check for up ex DON'T PLAN ByGaryKlien gklien@marinij.com @GaryKlien on Twitter A youth educator at the Califor- nia Film Institute in San Rafael was arrested in a child pornog- raphy investiga- tion in San Fran- cisco, police said Thursday. John Morrison, 71, is suspected of uploading and trading graphic child pornogra- phy through a ch FILM INSTITUTE Youth aide in Marin accused of child porn By Janis Mara jmara@marinij.com @jmara on Twitter The founders of Ipso, a proposed San Rafael charter school, have dropped their plans to open their own school and will instead rede- sig n Marin's Community School, run by the Marin County Office of Education. Erin Ashley and Katy Foster, who had planned to open a high school in 2018, will collaborate with the county Office of Education to re- design the San Rafael alternative school, which has about 200 high- needs students. "We're super excited for this op- portunity," Ashley said. "It's going to be consistent with what we had plannedwith the Ipso School model, a very personalized and supportive model for each student." The new arrangement came about after a series of meetings be- tween the duo and Mary Jane Burke, Marin County's superintendent of schools, starting in November 2016. Citing what she described as the alternative school's "safe and sup- portive culture, committed staff SAN RAFAEL Charterschoolfoundersjoincounty KatyFoster, rightandErin Ashley,co- foundersof IPSOSchool addressthe MarinCounty Boardof Educationon Oct.25. ROBERT TONG — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL Pair to redesign education office program a er abandoning plans VITAL THOROUGHFARE MARIN COASTAL RESIDENTS FACE MORE HWY 1 WOES Morrison SCHOOL » PAGE 2 SOMESUN High: Low: 70 51 PAGE C8 » marinij.com Friday, March 17, 2017 $1.50 FACEBOOK.COM/MARINIJFAN TWITTER.COM/MARINIJ Today's web bonus » Photos: Redwood tops Tam in softball. marinij.com LiketheMarinIndependent JournalonFacebookandstay inthelooponlocalnews, sportsandmore. VISITFACEBOOK.COM/ MARINIJFAN LIKEUSON FACEBOOK SAN RAFAEL Mayor says city is financially sound Local » A3 LIB AT LARGE Caroline Sky enjoying time on 'The Voice' Lifestyles » B1 MARCH MADNESS St. Mary's stays alive with win over VCU Sports » C1 Klien arinij.c ij.c ij om en on Twitter educator at the Califor lifor lif - Institute in San Rafael ed in a child pornog- raphy investiga- tion in San Fran- cisco, police said Thursday. day. da John Morrison, 71, is suspected of uploading and trading graphic child pornogra- LM INSTITUTE Youth uth ut aide Marin cused of ild porn county Katy Foster, right and Erin Ashley, co- founders of IPSO School address the Marin County Board of Education on Oct. 25. ROBERT TONG — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL » marinij.com » Like the Marin Independent Journal on Facebook and stay in the loop on local news, sports and more. VISIT FACEBOOK.COM/ MARINIJFAN LIKEUSON FACEBOOK DNESS s e ByAdrianRodriguez arodriguez@marinij.com @adrianrrodri on Twitter After nearly five months of litigation, Mill Val- ley City Manager Jim McCann is proposing an official inventory and map of the city's historic network of steps, lanes and paths. The proposal, which would strengthen enforcement against encroachments onto the nearly 200 paths, is part of a conditional settlement agreement announced this week. It is contingent upon City Coun- cil approval. The meeting bit. ly/2nsTMNl is at 6:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 26 Corte Madera Ave. The lawsuit against McCann, filed in October by a former city planning commissioner and long- time trail advocate Victoria Talkington, alleged that he failed to preserve and protect the city's recreational and emergency evacuation routes. If the council approves the resolution, the city will pay a portion of the plaintiff's attorney fees in the amount of $95,000. And "the plaintiff will dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice," meaning it will be a closed case, City Attorney Gregory Ste- panicich said. In total, the city would be paying more than $198,800 in combined legal fees and costs on the case. News of the lawsuit ignited citizens, who to p ut pressure on city of- b n years MILL VALLEY Suitover historic walkways settled City to preserve network of steps, lanes, paths Hawi Awash, a 21-year- old senior at Dominican University in San Rafael, was born in Ethio- pia in a fam- ily of 11 chil- dren. When she was 2, the family left their home- land and ended up in a For her senior thesis, she used money from a schol- arship she won to sponsor a poverty simulation at Do- minican for students, fac- ulty and members of the community. On Friday morning, some 50 people gathered in a virt ual com- munity that had been set up in Guzman Hall on campus to play the role of 26 differ- ent impoverished families, i cluding an unemployed i s on b food A LIB AT LARGE CONFRONTING POVERTY DowntownStreetsTeammembersMichaelLoveandPam Scogginsassumetherolesofpoliceofficersastheytalk withBertaGharrityduringapovertysimulationatDominican PHOTOS BY ALAN DEP — MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL Dominican University student Hawi Awash, center, chats with Dominican University student body president Lawrence Yu and student Sophia Root during a poverty simulation at the university in San Rafael. 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