The competition judges paid special tribute to star Carlsbad Choreographer and Teacher, Abbie Ginsberg, by recognizing her with a special Judges Award during the ceremony. All of the dances Abbie Choreographed earned Diamond Awards at the competition. Judge Stacy Paydo said, I have been watching her choreography for years and have been amazed and awed!”
Apparently Carlsbadistan has all the dance moves. Congrats!
If you walk the seawall late at night along Carlsbad Boulevard, you may hear voices in the distance sounding the alarm: “To arms! To arms! The unions are coming! The unions are coming!”
From the day City Councilman Keith Blackburn declared his candidacy for mayor, tongues have been wagging about how police and firefighters unions have announced their intent to do whatever they can to put the former police officer in the seat that Bud Lewis occupied for a quarter of a century.
Unlike in Oceanside, labor unions have not played a major role in Carlsbad City Council politics. With more union involvement, will North County’s model municipality of political civility be in danger of being sucked into the all-consuming black hole of partisanship that plagues its northern neighbor?
Is it wrong of us to watch this video thinking about all the ways we might sneak in and skate all this stuff before they put the water in for the June 2010 opening of the Legoland California Waterpark?
Last night (March 20, 2010) the Carlsbad Lion’s Club held their 56th Annual Miss Carlsbad Scholarship Pageant at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center. And according to the North County Times, the new Miss Carlsbad is Alaina Crabtree (pictured left) and the new Miss Teen Carlsbad is Skyler Blankenship (pictured right).
First runner-up in the Miss Carlsbad Pageant was Courtney Jones, second runner-up was Kathryne Lowman, and third runner-up was KellyAnn Boyce. Allie Phinney took the titles of Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality. . . First runner-up in the Miss Teen pageant was Natasha Maldi, second runner-up was Tina Li, and third runner-up was Caitlin Clark. Miss photogenic was Kelly Simek and Miss Congeniality was Mercedes Harvey.
Apparently, the queens and their courts will “spend the year of their reign volunteering at many civic and charitable events.” We knew there was some kind of point to all this. . .
When we met Jess Gibson last summer and had no idea he was working on an Adult Fans Of Lego “blocumentary.” Now, thanks to Gizmodo, we know. Check it out. It’s 30 minutes long and is required viewing for anyone who lives with in five miles of Legoland California.
It will help us all understand a little more what’s going on back behind the Flower Fields.
John Steinbeck is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and we as Californians can be very proud that he is ours. The Carlsbad Library is celebrating Steinbeck in the month of April as the community reads Steinbeck’s classic road book Travels With Charlie: In Search of America.
In 1960, author John Steinbeck took a cross-country road trip with his poodle, Charley, to reacquaint himself with the America he’d written about all his life. The result was “Travels With Charley: In Search of America,” an intimate look at one of America’s greatest authors. . . . Other events scheduled for April include a Steinbeck film series; a program on the travels of early Carlsbad residents, presented by the Library’s Carlsbad History Room; a travel writing workshop; and Carlsbad Playreaders presenting “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Steinbeck’s son Thomas Steinbeck wlll discuss his legendary father in person on Saturday, April 24, 2010. If we can get if for our Kindle app, we’re on it.
For more information on all the Steinbeck events in April follow the jump. [click to continue…]
A woman in her 20s was taken to the hospital by helicopter for injuries she sustained after falling down a beachside cliff near Turn Arounds at about 6 PM tonight (March 15, 2010), according to a Jose Luis Jiménez story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
. . . she either fell or the cliff gave way, said Carlsbad fire Battalion Chief Mike Davis. She fell about 20 feet onto Carlsbad State Beach and told paramedics she could not move, Davis said. . . Paramedics cared for the woman until a helicopter from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department lifted her from the beach.
Those paths can be tricky. Our thoughts are with her.
Sometimes the end of the day in Carlsbadistan is so beautiful that we forget about everything else and wish the moment could last for hours. But it doesn’t. Even on the Ides of March as soon as it’s done, it’s over. Luckily for all of us, there will be another one tomorrow.
This same group held a run in the Rancho Bernardo Community Park on December 27, 2009 three hours after a 22-year-old college student was attacked in the park. It is the same park where Chelsea King was running when she disappeared. John Gardner was charged with “assault with the intent to rape” in that attack according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The story goes on to say that there is no evidence that Gardner participated in the run.
At 9:50 AM today (March 12, 2010) a Latino about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 to 160 pounds handed a demand note to a teller at the Citibank near the intersection of Marron Road at Jefferson St. and robbed the place, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Witnesses reported seeing a handgun tucked into the waistband of his jeans. . . The robber was seen getting into a dark-colored, full-sized, lifted truck with off-road tires. Police searched the area but were unable to find the vehicle.
We believe this to be the first reported bank robbery of the new year. He probably needed to buy new monster truck tires. Those things are expensive.
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