by The Editors on September 5, 2007
Each year Amusement Today, the trade journal of the amusement park industry issues their Golden Ticket Awards recognizing the finest in the business. This year our own Legoland was awarded the titled of Best Children’s Park.
We applaud this year’s class of Golden Ticket Award winners and finalists for their achievements,” says Gary Slade, publisher and editor-in-chief of Amusement Today. “When we began this survey 10 years ago, I never would have dreamed it would become such an anticipated and big sensation.
After reading the list of winners it’s hard to believe there are any parks in the US that didn’t win some kind of award. But we’re still proud of Legoland.
[Link: Amusement Today]
by The Editors on September 5, 2007
Carlsbad-based relief organization World Emergency Relief says they are currently on their way to provide aid in Central America for victims of Hurricane Felix.
WER’s disaster team expects to arrive in Tegucigalpa, Honduras’s capital, early Wednesday, where they will coordinate with local relief organizations including WER’s own office in the center of the city. WER’s team will distribute medical supplies and assist local relief efforts using supplies in WER’s regional warehouse near the airport.
According to their website WER “is an interdenominational fellowship of Christians worldwide, working together to help people in need.” For more information on World Emergency Relief visit their website or call 760.930.800.
[Link: Alertnet.org]
by The Editors on September 5, 2007
Last week we mentioned that Carlsbad’s funny car drag racing champion Ron Capps was on his way to the Mac Tools US Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. Well, things didn’t go as planned for Capps last weekened. He lost to Kenny Bernstein in the first round of eliminations at the US Nationals on Monday. And if that wasn’t enough, he also lost the lead in the points race as well.
By the end of the day, losing finalist Robert Hight had taken over the championship lead and Capps had fallen to fourth, with a 10-point lead turning into a 51-point deficit.
As they say in the business, “That’s racing.” Ron said:
“It’s very had to put something like that behind you,” he continued. “I wanted to throw up on the return road on the way back, just because of how good that run was, and after yesterday I felt so confident this morning that we were gong to have a great day. And we should have. The car ran great, that’s why it’s disappointing for the team. I obviously didn’t pull my part of the rope. We’ll just have to regroup and go to Memphis.”
[Link: The Indianapolis Star and Whowon.com]
by The Editors on September 3, 2007
Carlsbad’s new $12.5 million Pacific Ridge School in the Bressi Ranch development opens Wednesday with a seventh and ninth grade class and 108 students.
Built on 7.3 acres in Carlsbad’s Bressi Ranch development, the secular, nonreligious school took two years to plan and build, said Ellen Mullady, the head of the school. The idea for the school came from two local families who wanted a better education for their children. They attracted other families, eventually raising $7.4 million in donated seed money to build the school.
According to the North County Times the classes at Pacific Ridge will be limited to 15 students. The classes will be taught around a large oval oak table so all the teachers and students can see each other during class and “create conversations among students on any topic.”
One look at the school’s staff showed us that Pacific Ridge is not messing around when it comes to educational horsepower. This school is serious.
[Links: North County TImes and Pacific Ridge School]
by The Editors on September 1, 2007
Carlsbad’s new $6 million library complex located on Eureka Place just behind Holiday Park is coming along nicely according to a North County Times story.
Walking around the rough timber frames that mark what will become a $6 million library complex, Deputy Library Director Suzanne Smithson couldn’t stop smiling Friday morning. “This is the first time I’ve been in here in awhile. Pardon me if I seem a little excited,” she told several people as she gave them a tour of the long-planned Carlsbad City Library Learning Center.
For more on the library complex and the programs that will be housed there, read the rest of Barbara Henry’s story by clicking the link below.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 1, 2007
An unnamed Carlsbad Police officer was apparently injured when she hit her head on the door of her own patrol car while exiting the vehicle, according to a story in the North County Times. The officer was responding to a bike vs. car accident on Carlsbad Village Drive at approximately 2:55 p.m on Wednesday August 29.
When the officer arrived a few minutes later and began exiting her patrol car, the door of the car struck her in the head, Sgt. Keith Blackburn said. . . The officer was in some pain and was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital, where she was examined for signs of a concussion, said Blackburn.
We’re glad she’s okay, but we’re wondering how she feels about her new nickname: Doora.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 1, 2007
Here’s a big no-duh: online gambling is huge. And one of the largest sites is the Antigua-based newBodog.com. They’ve recently announced that a Carlsbad resident will be traveling to Europe with five other Bodog players for a seat at the World Series of Poker Europe in a “£10,000 buy-in Main Event:”
Twenty-nine-year-old Heather Wells of Carlsbad, CA. is a model and the mother of a 5-month-old baby. By winning her WSOPE seat Heather is keeping a Bodog family tradition alive since her husband played for Team Bodog at the 2007 Las Vegas WSOP.
A family that plays together, stays together.
[Link: Bodogbeat]
[Editors’ Note: Check out the latest news on Bodog.com and it’s founder Calvin Ayre right here. Ouch.]
by The Editors on August 28, 2007
Jay Roach, the superintendent of the Carlsbad Unified School District is up for a raise when the CUSD board meets in regular session tomorrow night. If all goes well he’ll make $200,000 next year. That’s $10,000 more than he made last year.
“He has met all of his goals,” said board president Kelli Moors. State test scores continue to rise, and the number of students passing the California High School Exam and transferring to two- and four-year colleges is growing, Moors said. Roach also led the district through a campaign to pass a $198 million school construction and renovation bond last year, Moors said.
If we were on the board, we’d vote yes. But we’re even more in favor of raises for the teachers.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 28, 2007
For older Carlsbadistan residents yesterday was the day to begin letting out that annual sigh of relief as those pesky, smart aleck, trouble-making high school kids begin returning to class.
La Costa Canyon students started their new school year yesterday, but we’ll have to wait one more day before the Carlsbad Unified School District is back in session and the beaches, streets, and parking lots of The Village return to their pleasant peaceful non-summer status.
To us the summer seemed short and waveless. In fact, we’d have to say it was the shortest summer ever. And now as fall is creeping in, and the tourist season is almost over, we’re looking forward to two months of blue skies, warm water, and empty waves. Because there really is nothing better than September in Carlsbadistan.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 28, 2007
If you weren’t up this morning at 3:37 AM to check out the eclipse it looked a little something like this (out our bedroom window) as the earth started moving out of the way and putting a little light on the upper edge. (Click the image to see it larger.)
Each year Amusement Today, the trade journal of the amusement park industry issues their Golden Ticket Awards recognizing the finest in the business. This year our own Legoland was awarded the titled of Best Children’s Park.
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