North Magazine ceases Publication
Found on Leahpeah.com — North Magazine, a good publication for which Leah did photography for awhile, has ceased production. The North website currently says:
May 31, 2005
Dear Advertisers, Readers, Subscribers and Friends,
It is with deep regret we must inform you NORTH San Diego County Magazine is closing. As of June 1, 2005 we will no longer be in business. As you know, our founding publisher, Evan Israel, fell ill last summer and since this time we have been trying to hold the publication together.
Dick Woltman, a local philanthropist and Evan’s silent partner, took over operations in January, trying to assist us in the sale of the magazine. Although a sale was almost made, things did not work out as planned and we have decided to close the doors rather than suffer any more financial loss.
Our team believed San Diego North was ready for its own magazine. We prided ourselves in bringing something to our community that was dearly needed. Your overwhelming support through advertising, subscribing, reading and providing us quality San Diego North businesses to write about is only more proof we were on the right track.
However, life sometimes does not deal us a fair hand and we must gracefully admit defeat. We know you will miss NORTH, as we will. Before we go, we want to thank you once again for all of your kind and inspiring feedback.
We look forward to the day when San Diego North has another publication that fills this much-needed niche.
Kindest regards,
Annie McLhinney-Cochran Erika Finch Bonnie Hoffman
Publisher Editor Office Manager
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Derek said on Wednesday, June 29, 2005, 17:30
Where is ‘San Diego North’? Living here just my entire life, I had to figure it out, so I did some research, and all can be explained here:
It appears word of this distinction has traveled slowly to some of us in San Diego Rest.
Justin Israel said on Sunday, October 8, 2006, 11:33
Over a year later, since this last posting, I wanted to say thank you, again, to Annie and everyone from North Magazine. And of course, to all of the readers and advertisers during the run of the publication.
My father, Evan Israel, really had a passion for this business and for creating a publication that would speak out to the community, of which he was a member.
After 2 years of battling with cancer of the brain, he recently has passed away (Early Sept. ‘06). It broke his heart that he no longer was capable of running his busines, as he really was so proud of its growth, and contribution to North County San Diego.
If any of you knew Evan Israel, or appreciated his work with North Magazine, there is a fund available for donations.
Attn. Maxine Dunitz Neurological Institute
Cedar Sinai Medical Community Relations
PO Box 48750 TSB190
Los Angelos, CA 90048
Thanks again to all who were involved.
Justin Israel
Mark Allen said on Thursday, May 1, 2008, 16:45
I met Evan and Diana right before he got sick. He had just moved his magazine from a San Diego printer to my company in Los Angeles. Evan and I had a great relationship and I was even invited to his birthday party where I had the chance to meet some of his family. It is now 2008 and I had wondered what had happened to Evan so I looked him up on the internet and found this notice of his passing a couple of years back. I know that he and Diana are people of great faith, and I am confident that his faith (for it is by faith that we are saved, and this through grace) has granted him access to a meeting with God himself…It’s not the amount of years that one lives, it’s what that person leaves behind during the time they are here that matters, and Evan has left behind a great and loving legacy, even a dumb old print salesman like myself knows this….It was great to know him for the short time that I did. I hope Diana is doing okay, too. I know she was having some physical challenges as well, and that was one of the reasons that getting sick was doubly difficult for Evan at that time.
Sincerely,
Mark Allen