by The Editors on September 25, 2007
Oscar winner Geena Davis (star of Thema and Louise) will be at the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad on Thursday September 27 to host a $75 a person “celebrity luncheon and auction” to raise money for SJ Los Angeles an organization that urges that “the entertainment industry, parents, and the general public recognize the need for gender balance and varied portrayals in the overall universe of kids’ entertainment.”
Okay, so she’s not raising money to cure cancer, but if you want to buy one of the dresses she or Sharon Stone wore once in a Hollywood movie (and who doesn’t ) then click here for tickets.
[Link: SJ Los Angeles]
by The Editors on September 25, 2007
These are the kind of stories that make us sigh and harken back to those quieter, gentler times when girls at a slumber party could go out and TP their friend’s house without the police being called. Well, Calavera Hills mom Jeanne Brandone “has had it with giggling young people sneaking into her yard in the middle of the night to toss toilet paper onto her trees” so she’s called the police and contacted a lawyer.
Hit by toilet-paper tossers twice in two weeks, Brandone has her suspicions that the incidents have something to do with her 16-year-old daughter . . . Brandone estimated that 25 to 30 rolls remained up on her roof, and she wants to hire someone to get the stuff off the palm trees. She’s now on the hunt for the perpetrators, she said. She’s got leads on a few possibilities, but she’s not releasing what she knows to the media. Her family lawyer has advised her that it’s better to keep her mouth shut, she said.
Talk about making things harder for your kids at school.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 24, 2007
Carlsbad High School’s Kaylee Weil has the classic earmarks of a motivated world dominator. The 17 year old is ranked first in her class of 800, she is the editor of the school newspaper, “studies calculus” and hopes to attend Stanford or Dartmouth, but that’s not all, according to a profile in the North County Times.
Weil said she spends as much time as she can working with “pro-peace” organizations. “I think a lot of students my age mistake peace for anti-war,” she said. “Those aren’t synonyms.” . . . For about a year, the 17-year-old has been involved with such groups as Kids for Peace, which is a parent-driven program; Americans for the Department of Peace, which advocates for the passage of a bill to create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace; and the Student Peace Alliance, which is a student organization.
Anyone who can honestly say that “Peace” and “anti-war” aren’t synonyms has an extremely bright future in politics. That’s for certain.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 23, 2007
Sadly, we didn’t take any bets when we made our predictions that there would be no “big winter storm” this weekend. Check out what the San Diego Union Tribune had to say:
The intense, winterlike storm the National Weather Service buzzed about all last week did not live up to its billing, at least not in San Diego County. . . . Most of the region got little rain Friday night and yesterday, and the extreme conditions that were forecast – thunderstorms, hail and possible mudflows – never materialized.
We did, however, see a couple water spouts like these at noon on Saturday.
[Links: San Diego Union Tribune and Carlsbadistan]
by The Editors on September 23, 2007
Leave it to the Oceanside City Council to ignore a recommendation from their own Planning Commission and approve an “82-room hotel, a restaurant and four 3,400-square-foot condominiums” on the northern shore of Buena Vista Lagoon, according to an opinion piece by Judi Wilson in the North County Times.
Buena Vista Lagoon, located on the border between the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside, was designated California’s first Ecological Reserve in 1969. From far inland, along Buena Vista Creek, this ancient watershed nourishes the only fresh water lagoon in San Diego County, offering shelter, food and nesting habitat to a vast variety of birds and animals.
The Buena Vista Audubon Society along with several other groups is going to appeal Oceanside’s decision to the California Coastal Commission. For more info visit the Buena Vista Audubon Society Thursday September 27, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nature Center, 2202 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 22, 2007
[Click HERE for all the photos] This year the Carlsbad Education Foundation’s 11th Annual Taste of Carlsbad joined up with Art Splash for a combined event that made us think was a perfect Saturday afternoon excursion in Carlsbadistan. And from the packed isles and lines at the booths (especially Darios) we don’t think we were alone.
Taste of Carlsbad features exemplary cuisine from twenty Carlsbad restaurants. One $20 donation to the CEF buys visitors a card good for samples at 15 of the restaurants. Before you jump into the photos here were our favorites: El Puerto Mexican Food (next to the Golden Tee in the Albertson’s parking lot), The El Camino Real Grille (by the people who created Savory), Knock Out Pizza (in the Village), Lola’s, and the Tri-City Medical Center’s Cafeteria.
Follow the link for all the photos. (Click the images to see them full size.)
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by The Editors on September 22, 2007
[Click HERE for all the photos] Today around noon the “big winter storm” that had been forecasted began loading up some clouds off shore with close to six water spouts. The clouds moved on shore just in time for Carlsbad’s Art Splash on Armada Drive behind the Flower Fields. Though it rained for about 20 minutes, it was not enough to slow any of the dedicated chalk artists .
We lost a little in the rain, but it wasn’t bad, ” said Eugenia Bizzaro as she and her husband Blane worked under the bright sunlight.
She and Blane (Bizzaro Creations) are artists who take this transitory art form very seriously.
“This is a true art form pasted on from generation to generation,” Virginia said. “It’s great for the kids to watch and learn because the way school art programs keep getting cut back these days kids rarely get to see artists at work. That’s why we are here. We want to encourage kids to be more interested in art.”
Several thousand people enjoyed the first day of the two day event. While there wasn’t that much chalk art to see today, there were booths showing art of all mediums and style. For the completed chalk art be sure to check it out tomorrow.
Follow the link for all the photos.
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by The Editors on September 22, 2007
It may have been hidden in a copper box in the wall behind the dedication plaque, but the Carlsbad High School time capsule that was sealed away on September 13, 1957 reveals shocking news about the past: things were cheaper then, especially teachers and school administrators.
Also in the time capsule was the 1957-1958 Employee’s Manual for the “Oceanside-Carlsbad High School and College District” – now three separate institutions. The college district is now MiraCosta College. . . The manual details a salary schedule for teachers; first-year teachers started at $4,200 annually while the most educated teacher, with 14 years experience, pulled down $7,260. Administrator salaries ranged from $5,892 to $10,524. By comparison, teacher pay in Carlsbad ranges between $38,885 to $84,558. Superintendent John Roach makes $200,000 annually.
Small engine repair teacher Mike Cates heard rumors about the time capsule existence and decided to hunt for it.
Cates recruited carpenter Randy Sheldahl, a 1970 graduate of the school, to tear into an interior wall behind the plaque Wednesday night, accompanied by alums Ginny Unanue, Charla Boodry, Marianna Seeley and Clay Wiest, who served double duty as the school’s first librarian and English teacher. . . Using hand tools and an electric saw, Sheldahl cut away the wall to reveal a wood case built between framing studs. He pried away the front of the case to reveal the copper box, encrusted with bits of concrete and bearing what appeared to fingerprints.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 21, 2007
On October 6, 2007 Carlsbad’s New Village Arts Theatre will kick off a new production. Humble Boy by playwright Charlotte Jones is the story of:
Broken vows, failed hopes, astro-physics and … Beekeeping. All is abuzz in the Humble hive. Following the sudden death of his father, thirty-five year old Felix Humble (NVA Ensemble member Daren Scott) returns home to square off with his difficult and demanding mother (San Diego favorite Rosina Reynolds).
The play originally opened at London’s Royal National Theatre in 2001, and received the Smith Blackburn Award, and the U.K. People’s Choice New Play Award in 2002, according to an insightful interview with Jones on Colorado Backstage. The play runs through November 11 (Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM). Check the box office for all the details.
[Link: New Village Arts Theatre]
by The Editors on September 21, 2007
Looks like that “big winter storm” went churning right on past us to the West.
Oscar winner Geena Davis (star of Thema and Louise) will be at the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad on Thursday September 27 to host a $75 a person “celebrity luncheon and auction” to raise money for SJ Los Angeles an organization that urges that “the entertainment industry, parents, and the general public recognize the need for gender balance and varied portrayals in the overall universe of kids’ entertainment.” 
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