Wondering what you’re going to do to keep the busy all day on Easter weekend? The Carlsbad Parks & Rec department has that all figured out with the EGGStravaganza Spring Festival on Saturday, April 3, 10 AM to 1 PM at 6600 Hidden Valley Rd, Carlsbad.
Come celebrate the spring with music, fun games, arts and crafts and a Fun Zone with bounce houses, a giant slide, obstacle courses and a chance to “soak the bunny.” Collect eggs in the ongoing “Egg Scramble” activity between 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children race to collect assorted eggs on the baseball fields, grouped by age. This activity sends groups of approximately 20 children into the out field to collect as many eggs as they can.
With a start time of 10 AM that means you have an hour to roll by the Apple Store and pick up your iPad before rolling over the park. Perfect timing. Click the link for more details.
Pictured (L to R): Club members Sonia Ramos, Kelli Alkire-Moriarty, Steering Chair Randy Ferren, Honorary Chair Pete Sanchez, and Emcee Eddie Maldonado.
“The success of this tournament is a result of astounding contributions from so many individuals and companies throughout San Diego County,” said Randy Ferren of California Bank & Trust, Steering Committee Chair. “While the day presented so many winners, we are pleased that it’s the boys and girls that attend our Club that are the ultimate winners – and benefit from this generosity.”
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?
Live stream of Southern California plein air painter Toni Williams’s exhibition and opening reception from Carlsbadistan’sThursdays on the Coast presented at Ivanffy-Uhler Gallery.
Carlsbadistan Boy Scout Troop 748 will serve a pancake breakfast to the community on Easter morning (April 4, 2010) at the Carlsbad Senior Center at 799 Pine Street from 7:30 AM until Noon as part of their 52nd Annual Pancake Breakfast.
The delicious all-you-can-eat breakfast consists of pancakes, eggs, fresh fruit and coffee. Breakfast patrons can look forward to sitting indoors at beautifully decorated tables and having fully-uniformed Scouts “wait” on them. The nearly 40 Boy Scouts now in Troop 748 will use the proceeds for activities to advance rank towards the ultimate goal of Eagle Scout.
Tickets are $4 a person for pre-purchase or $5 at the door on Easter Sunday. For more information follow the jump or call 760-729-1357. [click to continue…]
The world leader in self-help publishing, Carlsbadistan based Hay House, is presenting their eighth annual I Can Do It!® Conference May 13-16, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center. The event features speakers like Wayne Dyer, Robert Holden, Deborah King, and others.
“The I Can Do It!® conference is an extraordinary opportunity for individuals to realign and concentrate only on themselves and their personal journey,” said Reid Tracy, president and CEO, Hay House, Inc. “The conference provides an opportunity to step outside of the normal day-to-day life and leave feeling reenergized, refreshed, and refocused on achieving goals. We hand-picked the presenting authors to bring a wealth of knowledge, inspiration and enlightenment to attendees.”
We love concentrating on ourselves. The conference costs $275 ($375 for “preferred seating”). You didn’t actually think you could get reenergized, refreshed, and refocused for free did you?
Left to right: Dave Irvine, ViaSat; Patty Johnson, Carlsbad Educational Foundation; Bob Peterson, Calavera Hills Middle School; Jen Gastauer, Valley Middle School; Cesar Morales, Valley Middle School.
Last night, March 23, 2010, at Valley Middle School’s science night, Carlsbadistan based ViaSat announced a $15,000 donation to super charge the science programs in Carlsbad Middle school. Principal César Morales along with science teachers, a member of the Carlsbad Education Foundation, and accepted the check from a representative from ViaSat.
On a side note: ViaSat announced on Monday, March 22, 2010, that they were going public, offering 5,500,000 shares of its common stock, consisting of 2,500,000 shares offered by ViaSat and 3,000,000 shares offered by certain selling stockholders.
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?
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