According to a report on Costar.com Carlsbadistan’s Callaway Golf will be laying off 164 employees at their 2180 Rutherford Road location on October 18, 2008.
Happy Halloween!
[Link: Costar.com]
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Those Carlsbad Rotarians may not know how to send out a press release or respond to email, but they surely know how to throw beer drinking parties. That’s why we’re so excited about the 26th Annual Carlsbad Rotary Oktoberfest being held in Holiday Park this Saturday, October 4, 2008 from 1 – 10 PM.
There nothing better than spending an afternoon drinking beer in a public park, doing the chicken dance, and helping the kids carve a pumpkin. Plus, it all helps raise money for some good causes. Hopefully we’ll see you there. . . in your lederhosen.
[Link: Carlsbad Rotary Oktoberfest]
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Carlsbadistan resident Nathan Talauega, 45, thought he was going to go for a short dusk paddle in his one-man canoe at about 4:45 PM yesterday, but ended up spending nearly four hours on and in the ocean before being rescued according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Talauega said he was about five miles out and was starting to head back when he heard a popping sound coming from his canoe. A short time later, he heard another loud pop, and the canoe started taking on water, he said. . . . By then he was about three to four miles offshore. He tried to flag down some passing boats, but they didn’t see him, Talauega said.
After three hours in the water Talauega was finally spotted by a lobster fisherman and pulled to safety. If we were him, we’d be interested in speaking with whoever made that canoe.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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After attending the Rotary Club Forum at the Hilton Garden Inn on September 25, 2008, San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Logan Jenkins has made a “2008 election pledge” with Carlsbad city council candidate Glenn R. Bernard.
If Bernard winds up winning one of the two seats, I’ll hand-wash his F-150 truck every Sunday afternoon for four years.
While the thought of Mr. Jenkins scrubbing his glasses into a fog on Bernard’s truck each Sunday afternoon is wildly compelling in it’s own right, it just isn’t enough for the wacky soccer golfer to get our votes this time around, sorry Glenn.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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A small single-engine plane has crashed into a small hillside at 7:19 a.m. yesterday September 28, 2008 a mile from the McClellan-Palomar airport killing pilot Guisseppe “Pino” Puzzo, 41, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
He crashed after canceling an attempted landing in the morning fog and advising air traffic controllers that he planned to circle the airport and try again, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.
Though this is the second crash in one week Federal Aviation officials says the crash had “nothing to do with the airport.” This brings total plane crash deaths in and around the Carlsbad airport to 10 in the last two years.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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The Rotary Club Forum on Thursday evening at the Hilton Garden’s Inn was the talk of town on Friday. Candidate Thomas K. Arnold was particularly impressed with Evan Rodgers.
Evan gave an absolutely terrific performance today at the Rotary Club forum. She spoke incredibly well and showed everyone she is not just a single-issue candidate–she talked about art in the village and presented all sorts of other creative, and very viable, ideas. Very smart, very personable, and I honestly believe if she got elected Carlsbad would be a better place.
We completely agree with Mr. Arnold, and for the record are liking him more and more as the weeks go on.
For more on the forum click the link for the story from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Carlsbad’s mayor, unlike most politicians, doesn’t like to make speeches. Bud Lewis prefers video presentations for his yearly State of the City reports.
They’re undoubtedly more enjoyable than the usual drone of self-congratulations. But I wonder if it’s worth sacrificing substance for entertainment value. Was his latest annual report, delivered last month at the La Costa Resort, just another taste of Bud light?
This year’s 24-minute version, titled “Challenge and Opportunity,” opens with quick-time images of clogged freeways and a bustling downtown. Off-camera voices accompany the frenetic scenes, residents expressing their individual concerns: “We’re runnin’ out of water,” “Don’t allow huge buildings to go in,” “A few of the shops down the street have gone out of business,” “I’m really disappointed at parking fees at Tamarack Beach.”
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Carlsbadistan’s best hope for the Ironman World Championship Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on October 11, 2008 has withdrawn from the competition after “suffering a slight tear in her right calf” on Sunday, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Jones, winner of the 2006 Ironman Hawaii, suffered the injury while running the half marathon at the Ironman 70.3 Cancun (Mexico). Jones had recorded the race’s fastest 56-mile bike split. . . . “One of the things that I learned from my disastrous defense of my Ironman World Championship title last year in Kona is that the Hawaiian Ironman is not a place to be unless you are 100 percent,” Jones said in a statement. “I am really looking forward to coming back to Kona in 2009 with a vengeance. I am extremely disappointed.”
We’re bummed for Michellie and for triathlon fans everywhere.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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The City of Carlsbad says they have no problem with the location of The Crossings At Carlsbad Golf course even though two planes have crashed onto the property in the last 15 months, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“We still feel, and I think the airport plan still considers golf courses safe” for the area, city planning director Don Neu said. “The fact that we don’t have structures and large numbers of people in a small area is a benefit.”
Maybe they can just post a sign that encourages golfers to yell “Fore” whenever they see small planes falling from the sky.
Follow the link for a complete list of plane crashes at McClellan-Palomar Airport since 2002 (there have been seven).
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Carlsbadistan dentist Richard Allen, DDS of Avia Dental Care just walked away with $175,000 from Fox’s hit TV show”Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader,” on September 19, 2008.
Dr. Allen was assisted in victory by a class of 5th graders and five colleagues from his office, including Carlsbad residents Diana Lain, Susan Milch, and Jordan Davison as well as Amanda Phillips and Dorothy Davis from Oceanside. He opted to take the money and end the competition after being stumped on a question about the first names of early explorers Lewis and Clark.
What is he going to do with the money? “I will probably donate it to my favorite cause, the education of my two college-age sons,” he said.
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