The Carlsbadistan Fire Department stopped by the corner of Roosevelt Ave. and Oak St. at 5:00 PM today after reports of gasoline leaking from a parked car across Oak St. from the Carlsbadistan Boys & Girls Club. “It was just a little gasoline spill that we helped clean up,” said one of the firemen.
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The Carlsbad Playreaders will be performing The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh on Monday March 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the Schulman Auditoriam at the Carlsbad City LIbrary. The play takes place in Connemara in County Galway.
Join in for the dark comedy, melodrama and tragedy of the Folan family, mother Mag and daughter Maureen, and the Dooley brothers, Ray and Pato. It’s the last chance for romance for spinster Maureen, with Mom doing her best to torpedo the love boat. It’s love, hate and passion as only the Irish can live it.
The playreading is directed by and featuring Joshua Everett Johnson with Kristianne Kurner, Annie Hinton and Darren Scott.
[Link: The Carlsbad Playreaders via San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Carlsbadistan’s dental handpiece repair company Hayes Handpiece turned 20 years old this month. In those years the company has grown from one location to include nearly 75 franchised locations worldwide.
In 1989, John and Jo Hayes started Hayes Handpiece Company in a 10’x10′ garage space in the San Diego area. Prior to starting Hayes, John and Jo owned and operated California Dental Equipment Company. . . Today, Hayes Handpiece Company remains a family-based business with sons David and Joe at the helm.
Happy Birthday, Hayes.
[Link: Dental Office Mag]
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In the latest round of the great Carlsbadistan ball battle Callaway Golf and Titleist’s parent company Acushnet Co. are suing each other over patents related to golf ball design, according to a tory in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Callaway alleges that Acushnet’s latest version of the popular Pro V1 ball infringes on its patents, which Callaway acquired as part of its purchase of Top Flite in 2003. . . .Acushnet filed a separate lawsuit against Callaway claiming the Carlsbad company’s Tour i and Tour ix premium golf balls infringe on nine Acushnet patents. . . .The dueling lawsuits are part of an lingering battle between the two companies, which are fierce rivals in the golf ball business. Titleist’s Pro V1 is the market leading premium golf ball.
It’s hard for us to care too much about the lawsuits because to us they’re just little balls with dimples that grown men spend way too much time playing with.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Carlsbadistan resident Barbara Henkel was sitting in her car sipping coffee with a friend at about 10:15 PM on February 3, 2009 when she saw something strange moving through the Chevy’s Restaurant parking lot in Del Mar, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Walking toward us was this seal. It was just a surreal moment,” she said. She called 911 while her friend followed the sea lion to prevent him from getting hit by a car. At one point, the yearling scurried and hid under a patrol car. Police said he appeared to have minor injuries and was trembling. . . .“We couldn’t get our heads around how he possibly traveled that far,” Henkel said.
This was the second time the pup had made a run for it. Last month he was picked up in Solana Beach, according to the paper. He is apparently back at SeaWorld for his second rehab. Come to think of it, maybe he just wants to be a performer in one of their dancing animal shows.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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For years Germans have found a certain kinship with the sea side village of Carlsbadistan. So it should be no surprise that Karl Strauss would venture on down to the beach. And this time he’s bringing his beer to Knockout Pizza on PCH.
The Karl Strauss Brewing Company beers that will be available on tap include Red Trolley, Amber Lager, Windansea Hefeweizen, Woodie Gold, Endless Summer Light and Tower 10 IPA. “The partnership with Karl Strauss enriches our dining culture by allowing customers to pair the different flavors of the pizza with the various micro-brewed combinations of the beer,” explained Patrick Farley, owner of FLIPPIN’ PIZZA, New York Style, and Knockout Pizzeria. “Mixing and matching the different blends of high-quality beer with great pizza will make pizza nights a fun and flavorful event.”
This is going to make Carlsbadistan’s best pizza lunch even better.
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Luke Matteson (left) with Carol Grimes, David Kulchin, Executive Director Kelly Morrison Pop.
Luke Matteson, a 20-year board member of the Carlsbad Boys & Girls club was recently named the Bob Grimes Humanitarian Award winner at the 9th Annual Super Star Recognition Dinner held in January.
The Bob Grimes Humanitarian Award was created to recognize individuals whose dedication and caring stewardship has made a positive difference in the lives of young people, our community, and the Boys & Girls Club. First awarded in 2000, it is in memory of Bob Grimes, a board member who displayed exceptional leadership and gestures of kindness.
Currently, Matteson is providing construction and fundraising leadership for the new Carlsbad Boys & Girls Clubhouse in Bressi Ranch. Congrats, and thank you!
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Several months ago we signed up to receive all the press releases that are sent out by the City of Carlsbad. We have yet to receive anything in the way of news from the City. But hopefully, that will change soon. The City has recently chosen to “use Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite to provide a hosted solution for its collaboration and e-mail applications.”
“As we prepared to migrate e-mail systems it was the perfect time to ask the question of whether someone else could build, manage and support a collaboration environment as well as or better and for a lower cost than internal IT staff” said Gordon Peterson, director of information technology for the city of Carlsbad. The city found Microsoft’s solution to be cost-effective and met its security and best practice requirements with the additional benefit of round-the-clock e-mail support.”
Sounds great. Does this mean we’ll begin getting the news? Or, just a big blue screen of death?
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Fans of Spirito’s Restaurant & Pizzeria (formerly in the Village Faire) can rejoice as the restaurant (and it’s delicious menu) have returned to Carlsbad. In January Mike Spirto opened the restaurant in the Von’s Shopping Plaza at 2560 El Camino Real next to the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
Currently Spirito’s is running on word of mouth as Mike and his team get the place going, but from what we saw, the locals are glad they’re back. It’s mostly take-out with a few tables inside for dine in, but there is plenty of food, reasonable prices, nice people. A local tradition that’s good to have back.
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Barbara Reuer, PhD, assisted by members of Resounding Joy, is offering six classes at Carlsbadistan’s Museum of Making Music that focus on music and wellness.
Throughout 6 Thursdays in March and April, The Museum holds classes presented by Barbara Reuer, PhD, assisted by members of Resounding Joy. Each class will focus on one area of music & wellness, and will include a recreational music making element. All classes will be held at the Museum of Making Music, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
For the entire schedule please click the link.
[Link: Museum of Making Music]
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