Re “San Diego has put off $1 billion in routine building maintenance, audit says” (Nov. 9):Infrastructure isn’t sexy and term limits reward sexy. Elected officials looking for the next rung up the ladder don’t generate headlines and contributions by being responsible managers.

I had a friend who’d often ask how I thought Mayor Jerry Sanders, a mutual friend, was doing. I’d note he was being responsible but not sexy, which was exactly what San Diego needed during tough fiscal times. “Repairing miles of ancient water and sewer lines and covering them with smooth asphalt is very important, but doesn’t get TV cameras out.” Patching roofs and fixing air conditioning won’t get cameras either.

Prior to term limits, a district could keep its City Council member, who had the time to concentrate on the non-sexy.

— Kirk Mather, Point Loma

Rainey Duck Benedict

OBITUARY

It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Rainey Duck Benedict on Monday October 28, 2024, at the age of 94 years old. Rainey is survived by her two daughters from different marriages, Cheyann Benedict and Rainey L. Hanley and four step children, Betsy Benedict, Jon Benedict, Laurel Benedict, and William Benedict. She will also be lovingly remembered by her vast Weaver family who originated in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Roanoke VA. Born in Roanoke, in 1930 to Geneva and Elmer Weaver, a timber and farming family, Rainey was the third of ten children. She is survived by her siblings June Burks, Bonnie James, Gloria Brown, and JC Weaver. Upon leaving home, Rainey moved to Washington DC were she was one of the first women hired by the State Department. Rainey eventually moved to San Diego. During the span of her second marriage, Rainey and her spouse, George Benedict, a prominent San Diego attorney, built Benedict Properties. Rainey Duck loved nature, the occasional practical joke, reading the mornings thrifty ads, her Unitology Horoscopes, and beautiful clothes. Throughout her life, her daughter Cheyann proudly kept her mother’s wardrobe in tip top style. Cheyann, George, and Rainey were also obsessive Scrabble players often playing two games a day together. Rainey was the last survivors of the 1930s polio epidemic.

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Grant Sergent threw six touchdown passes, five in the first half, and San Diego rolled to a 45-6 win over Stetson Saturday.

San Diego (7-3, 5-2) remains tied with Butler for second place in the Pioneer Football League, a game behind Drake, but Bulldogs hold the tiebreaker after a 30-28 head-to-head win. The Toreros play their regular-season finale Saturday at Morehead State.

Sergent opened the game with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Cole Monach, then hit Ja’seem Reed twice in just over a minute — from 24 yards out and again from 30 to make it 21-0 after one quarter. Then he made it three straight to Reed with a 15-yard toss. His 23-yard strike to Josh Heverly with :38 left in the half made it 35-0 at the break.

Stetson’s lone touchdown came on a 52-yard run by Trey Clark with :48 left in the game.

Sergent was 20-of-28 passing for 311 yards. Isaiah Smith carried 17 times for 110 yards and Reed had five catches for 121 yards.

Kael Alexander was 19-of-33 passing for 148 yards and was picked off twice. Clark finished with 81 yards on eight carries while the Hatters finished with just 80 net yards rushing.

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