All three times Venus Williams has played in the Acura Classic at the La Costa Resort & Spa she has won. Now, the 2007 Wimbledon champion has announced that she will play (along with her sister Serena) in the Acura.
It’s been a few years since I’ve played in San Diego, and I am proud to have won the tournament the last three times I played it,” Venus told tournament officials. “In some way, I feel like I’m returning as defending champion.”
There is still time to get tickets, we suggest you get on it.
According to the North County Times, The Surfrider Foundation has filed suit asking the court to force the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control board to reconsider the discharge permit it renewed for Carlsbad’s Encina Power Station in August 2006.
The permit allows the electrical station to suck in ocean water to cool its electricity-generating turbines, and then spit the water back out into the sea. A private company, Poseidon Resources, Inc., and the city of Carlsbad, are proposing to build a plant that would use a portion of the seawater the plant takes in, to filter out the salt and make it drinkable. . . Environmental groups say the “once-through-cooling” system harms the ocean, and that recent court decisions bar their use in the future.
Thanks to rain during qualifying for last week’s Pepsi 400 at the Daytona Speedway, Carlsbad’s favorite NASCAR driver Boris Said and the SOBE/No Fear number 60 car were out of last Saturday’s race. NASCAR rules state that all cars much finish their qualifying runs, or the race seeding will be based on current points. Even though Said had qualified, rain cancelled the runs after only 39 of the 53 cars had taken to the track, according to the North County Times.
“I’m just disappointed; we worked really hard and probably would have won the pole,” the 44-year-old driver explained, showing his frustration. “We would have backed-up last year’s pole and would have shown (potential sponsors) what we can do.”
No word on when Said and the SOBE/No Fear car will race again.
On Tuesday evening July 10, 2007, during the Carlsbad City Council meeting, after a long string of whereas, whereas, whereases, Mayor Bud Lewis made the official proclamation that July 14, 2007 is Lagoon Day in Carlsbad. Representatives from the various Lagoon Foundations (Agua Hedionad Lagoon Foundations, The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, and The Buena Vista Lagoon Foundation) attended the presentation and mentioned that all three Carlsbad lagoon foundations will be hosting lagoon appreciation functions this Saturday in celebration of the holiday.
Check the websites listed above for more information on walks, hikes, birdwatching and much more nature loving fun. Or click here for the North County Times story.
While we are new to the pace of Carlsbad City Council meetings, one thing we dig is the public comment portion of the evening. Thanks to the democratic way, anyone who wants to talk can get three minutes to say anything to the Mayor, the City Council, and whomever is watching on TV and the Internet. This gentleman has been speaking about the same topic: “police secrecy, brutality, and perjury” at the last three council meetings. Click the video:
FREE MOVIES? Tonight at 6 PM the Carlsbad City Library will be presenting its Wednesday night Carlsbad Film Series, Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective. The film celebrates the Children’s Summer Reading Program 2007 with the mystery theme “Get a Clue @ Your Library.”
The movie will screen in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad City Library at 1775 Dove Lane. For additional info, please call (760)602-2047.
Click on continue for information about the next two films.
A small plane crash at McClellan-Palomar Airport on July 3, 2007 will probably delay the planned August 4 full-scale opening of Carlsbad’s new municipal golf course, The Crossings at Carlsbad, according to City Officials quoted in the North County Times.
. . . A further complication is that the plane’s insurance company has informed the city that it is refusing to pay for the repair work, City Attorney Ronald Ball said. Company officials told Carlsbad that the employee who initially said the company would cover the work didn’t have the authority to make that decision, Ball said.
The City has approved $750,000 for environmental cleanup work and fairway and cart path repair (bringing the total cost of the course up to $63.5 million) and are now looking into the possibility of opening part of the course while repair work continues.
In the mid-90s when ex-Marine Dan Caulfield left the Corp he began getting calls from members of his old platoon who were looking for jobs. He got them all jobs within the week, according to a story by Linda McIntosh in the San Diego Union Tribune.
One employer was so happy with the Marine talent, he sent Caulfield a check for $3,000. That check planted the seeds of Hire A Hero. . . It uses the social networking power of the Internet to help transitioning military get jobs,” said Caulfield, executive director of Hire A Hero.
McIntosh says the network includes 5,000 military-friendly employers nationwide, including about 650 in California. For more information on Hire A Hero or to become a corporate sponsor, please visit HireAHero.com.
While announcements of hotels featuring Wi-Fi wireless is beginning to remind us of the old motel signs that advertised, “FREE Color TV,” it is good to know when planning a Carlsbad timeshare vacation that Grand Pacific Resorts has signed a deal with 5G Wireless to provide wireless Internet service it all of its resorts.
That means the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort, Carlsbad Seapoint Resort, and the currently under construction Sheraton Carlsbad Resort will have solid wireless Internet coverage all over their grounds. So bring your laptops and annoy your family by working on your vacation. . . because now you can.
Looking for some amazingly designed modern outdoor furniture? Our favorite Carlsbad furniture company, Maku Furnishings is having a warehouse sale Friday July 13 at their headquarters just off Palomar Airport Road at 2105 Camino Vida Roble Suite G. Here’s what Johnny West says:
This sale will feature tradeshow samples and very minor scratch and dent models with an opportunity to own a piece of Maku Furniture for pennies on the dollar. We’re talking Lounge Chairs that retail at $829 will be on sale for $375, Benches from $275, Dining Tables from $750, and Coffee tables from $275 plus much more. We need to make some room in the warehouse for the next 2 containers that will be arriving later this month.
He also mentioned that product is limited and it will go first come first served. Don’t say you weren’t warned and please remember to tell them Carlsbadistan sent you.
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All three times Venus Williams has played in the Acura Classic at the La Costa Resort & Spa she has won. Now, the 2007 Wimbledon champion has announced that she will play (along with her sister Serena) in the Acura.
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