San Diego children’s book author Kathleen Duey, whose book Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic) is a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Literature for Young People, will be reading her work this evening [November 6, 2007] at 7 PM in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad Library at 1775 Dove Lane.
We apologize for not giving more warning. For more info call (760) 602-2047
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Planning Commissioner Julie Baker and “active local volunteer” and Rotary Club of Carlsbad Secretary Ed Scarpelli (pictured right) have been named Carlsbad Citizens of the Year by the City of Carlsbad, according to the North County Times.
Baker, 52, is the former executive director of the Carlsbad Education Foundation, where she helped establish the Kids Are Worth a Million fund-raising campaign for local schools. . . She also is active in the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the Carlsbad Federation of Republican Women.
Scarpelli, 70, arrived in Carlsbad in 1979 from Wilbraham, Mass., to help establish a builders’ lending division at a mortgage company. He originally trained as a teacher and taught industrial arts for 13 years in New York state before taking a sales job that would send him to Europe for several years.
The awards ceremony, which was scheduled for October 23 has been rescheduled for November 13 at 4 PM at City Hall located at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive.
[Link: North County Times]
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Gregory T. Lucier, the CEO our favorite Carlsbad-based life sciences company Invitrogen exercised options on 196,250 shares of his company’s stock today. He bought them for $38.01 a share and then sold them all in under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan for between $86.64 and $89.33. If we did our math correctly (and we’d be the last to assume that was the case) then Mr. Lucier brought home more than $9 million in this transaction. Not bad for four years work at the company (not counting his salary). Who says you have to move to LA or NYC to make the big bucks?
[Link: Forbes]
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We rolled to the Carlsbad Street Faire this morning with the intention of getting some photos of Carlsbadistan in full effect. But after walking the jam-packed, crowded streets for about 30 minutes surrounded by a mob of strangers (where do these people come from?) we completely lost focus and found ourselves instead struggling against the flow in search of an exit.
Eventually we made it out. Now upon reflection in the peace of our own home, it seems like each year the event becomes a little less “faire” and a little more “swap meet.” Sure, there’s the Kiwanis Club’s pancake breakfast and the Scripps flu shots, but where were all the pan flautists? Then again, maybe our mood was over-influenced by the time change and the overcast skies.
Here’s what the San Diego Union Tribune and North County Times had to say about the 33rd Annual Faire. What did you think? Let us know in the comments.
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According to an interview in the San Diego Union Tribune, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce has the “second largest chamber membership in San Diego County and the 10th-largest in California.” We did not know that. In fact, we didn’t even know that Ted Owen was the president and chief executive officer or that he had a staff of 15 employees. But we’re learning all kinds of things today thanks to Mr. Owen:
This is a very civil city that has $80 million in the bank. We had an $8 million surplus at the end of 2006, and the city pretty much likes to listen to its residents and provide them things. . . They wanted a golf course; we built one. They wanted an aquatic park; we’re building one. They wanted (a water desalination plant); we’re building one. Those things cost money, and a city with wealth and that’s well-run can do that.
Hey Ted, we’d like a proper skateboard park near the Village. Are you building that?
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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The Surfrider Foundation has already stated that and the Agua Hedionda lagoon is the wrong place for the Poseidon Resources desalination factory. Now, according to the North County Times the staff of the California Coastal Commission is recommending a no vote on the project as well.
The staff of the California Coastal Commission, after months of reviewing information, said the project should be denied because it would harm marine life and water quality, hurt Agua Hedionda lagoon, and create millions of pounds of “green house gases” every year that could add to global warming.
Poseidon Resources is quoted as saying that they “were not surprised by the recommendation, but disputed the findings and said they thought commissioners would still approve the project.” Maybe they know something we don’t know.
[Link: North County Times and California Progress Report]
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Sorry we didn’t warn everyone about this earlier: this Sunday, November 4, 2007 is the fall Carlsbad Village Street Faire. Not only is it a great reason to stroll the streets of the Village and check out amazing home appliances, clever crafts, and Aztec pan flautists, it’s also the easiest, most painless place to get your annual flu shot. And please do. We don’t want you getting the rest of us sick.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has “filed insider trading charges” against former Invitrogen scientist Harry H. Yim, 45, of Vista, California. Yim is being accused of trading . . .
. . . in Invitrogen stock immediately upon learning of non-public information about the company’s poor financial results. The complaint further alleges that, as a result of his improper stock sales, Yim avoided losses of approximately $79,581 that he otherwise would have incurred from the decline in the company’s stock price.
Of course, we’d like to think that he just didn’t know the rules. Either way, that $79k he saved probably doesn’t look so good right now.
[Link: Trading Markets.com]
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The LA Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog is reporting that Legoland will be unveiling expansion plans in the “coming days” outlining a whole new section of the park called “Land of Adventure.”
Land of Adventure, set to open in March 2008, will feature four new family attractions:
* Lost Kingdom Adventure – The park’s first dark ride
* Beetle Bouncers – A bounce and drop tower ride
* Cargo Ace – Kids pilot their own plane
* Pharaoh’s Revenge – Jump and “catapult” into a foam ball pit (hopefully parents get to make the plunge as well)
This is in addition to the new aquarium that they’ve been asking permission to build. But will it still be the quaint little park we know and love?
[Link: LA Times]
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