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Members of the pro-gun North County Open Carry Group apparently paraded around Carlsbadistan Village on Saturday July 25, 2009 armed with unloaded guns to show that it is still legal to carry an unloaded gun in public, according to a post on Examiner.com.
The group of North County Patriots walked the Village Faire area of Carlsbad handing out informational flyers. “We made lots of new friends and no one called the police or freaked out,” says Jeff Schwilk who helped organize this “open carry” and also heads the San Diego Minutemen group which lobbies for secure borders and Constitutional rights.
Of course he does. Gun nuts are so nutty.
[Link: Examiner.com]
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Thomas Zoll, Carlsbad’s police chief who spent a while in March and April of 2009 on administrative leave, has announced that he is retiring, according to a story in the North County Times.
Zoll, 58, cited no specific reason for his departure in an interview, saying he has been in law enforcement for 37 years, and has been considering retirement for some time. . . “You know when it’s time, and it’s time,” he said. . . However, in an e-mail sent to members of the police department Wednesday, Zoll cited the stress from recent departmental troubles and a series of family problems as the main factors in his decision. The letter talked about the deaths of his father and mother-in-law in 2008. . . “It is also no secret that this year has been challenging at best,” Zoll wrote.
Zoll will reportedly continue in his position until his replacement is found. Zoll was paid $170k a year, so we’re guessing it won’t be that difficult to find qualified help.
[Link: North County Times]
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Hopefully, none of the members of Palomar cheer fall out of Cannon Park and into the middle of Historic 101 during their practice. . .
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The event may have been at Dog Beach in Del Mar, but the Vigilucci’s Beach Bocce Ball World Championship XXIX held Saturday July 18, 2009 raised about $50,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, according to a story in the Coast News.
“The event has exceeded my expectations,” Pat Maldi, marketing and special events coordinator for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, said. “It’s an easy crowd. They come out to have fun.” . . . During the life of the event, more than $500,000 has been raised according to longtime emcee Brian Cook. “Bottom line is that this is about the kids,” he said. Maldi said the tournament was expected to bring in at least $50,000 this year.
We’re just sorry we missed it. It’s kind of hard to leave the beach on a sunny Saturday morning.
[Link: Coast News]
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Crews could start ripping up prime lagoon-front land for the Poseidon Resources desalination plant as soon as November, according to a story on KPBS.com.
The company that plans to build a desalination plant in Carlsbad has hired three people to oversee the project’s construction. Poseidon Resources hopes to break ground this fall. . . Poseidon Resources says the three new management employees have decades of expertise in water supply, engineering and project construction. . . Maloni says the company expects to start construction on the $300 million Carlsbad desalination plant in November. . . He says the plant could be operating in 2012.
Seems like we drink enough ocean water as it is. . . but then again, the developer is a thirsty beast and we want to be sure and keep him well hydrated so he can get back to building more houses when this whole economy thing turns around, right?
[Link: KPBS]
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Carlsbad high school graduate Travis McCarthy, 25, and another man died in an Huntington Beach apartment fire reportedly started by a barbecue on a balcony early Sunday morning, according to a story in the OC Register.
At 1:31 a.m., authorities received a call about a residential fire at an apartment complex at 6401 Warner Ave. at Edwards Street, the dispatcher said. . . It took a 50-person team of firefighters about 15 to 20 minutes to bring the two-alarm fire under control, said Martha Werth, a spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach fire department. . . The bodies of two men, identified by the coroner as Travis McCarthy, 25, and Matthew Danihels, 29, were discovered in one of the units after the fire had been extinguished, Werth said.
The fire department has not ruled out “alternate causes” for the blaze, the story says. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of both men.
[Link: OCRegister]
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When I learned North County Transit District directors are thinking about privatizing the operation of our local buses, I thought about my recent experience as a passenger on an outsourced bus during Carlsbad’s Village Faire a couple of months ago.
My wife and I took the shuttle downtown from the Poinsettia Coaster Station.
The driver was courteous, had a fine sense of humor and showed by his driving that he cared about getting us there safely. The return trip with another driver, however, was a white-knuckler.
As we boarded the bus at the downtown station, the driver was talking animatedly on his cell phone. I figured he was updating a dispatcher on his location. But when he continued the conversation, steering with one hand, as he drove through the heavy downtown traffic, it became evident it was a personal call. When my wife was about to ask him about that, he put his cell phone down.
We were relieved he’d be able to focus his attention on driving.
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Per Se, the new California French restaurant and wine bar located in the in the newly built yet oddly Tudor building that snakes behind Beach City Smoothies from Roosevelt to Carlsbad Village Drive, is set to open in early August according to the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.
Featuring private dining, patio dining, wine pairing dinners and wine tasting events, the restaurant offers California cuisine with French influences. Locally grown organic produce, prime meats, game and fresh seafood will delight patrons.
We’re looking forward to the grand opening and trying out what promises to be amazing addition to Carlsbadistan’s high-end dining options. Click the link for more info.
[Link: Per Se Carlsbad]
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Carlsbadistan resident Peter Meade and his wife woke up Monday morning to crows making a crazy racket in the forty-foot-tall Star Pine outside their bedroom window. Meade’s wife decided to go check it out:
It wasn’t until she wandered into the kitchen and looked out the door that my wife saw the reason for the commotion. This rascally Rascal was strolling around our backyard. The raccoon must have weighed at least 35 pounds but moved like a ballerina as I followed him around our yard. Finally having enough of putting on a show, he climbed to the top of our back fence, did a nifty tightrope act and bolted across Monroe Street before heading to a neighbor’s yard where he adeptly dashed up a huge palm tree.
Yep, it’s still pretty wild out there. . . thankfully.
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