by The Editors on September 17, 2007
One of the things we’re going to miss most about the Acura Tennis Classic is the post-final Carlsbad High School Lancer Dancers and their center court rump shaking. The La Costa event may be gone, but the Lancer Dancers are alive and well. And they need your help.
On October 15, they will be holding their Seventh Annual Golf Tournament at The Crossings at Carlsbad.
The event will benefit the Lancer Dancers and junior varsity Xcalibur dance teams throughout the year. The $175 tournament fee includes a round of golf, dinner in The Crossings’ clubhouse and performances by the dance teams.
For more information about sponsorships, registration, and donations, click here.
[Link: Lancer Dancers via North County Times]
by The Editors on September 16, 2007
As much as we love books, we hate smelling old, bathed-in-other-people’s dead-skin dust used books. That’s why the First Annual Used Bookstore Crawl on Wednesday September 19 is so horrifying.
Founded by Patricia McFarland, the owner of Encinitas’ Book Tales, this event will see 26 people load up on a chartered bus for an all-day tour of eight of San Diego’s dusty, cracked-spine, used book stores, according to a story in the North County Times.
[McFarland] looked at the bookstore scene and found many store owners like her were disappearing. “It’s kind of scary on our part,” she said. “I’m one of the last, if not the last, used bookstore in Encinitas right now. There are not much of us left out there. And it’s not because there’s no reading public.” . . . Figuring much of the malaise was because of a lack of public awareness of used bookstores’ enduring existence, she was inspired to create the crawl.
The tour begins at 9 AM in the parking lot of The Ocean House in Carlsbad with Fahrenheit 451 as the first stop, then moves on to The Paperback Book Exchange, Ducky Waddles, Book Tales, Earth Song in Del Mar, Pennywise in Pacific Beach, and then downtown to San Diego’s Wahrenbrock’s Book House before finishing at Mysterious Galaxy in Clairemont. All this for $36.50 including lunch. For more on the Used Bookstore Crawl, contact (760) 436-7892.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 16, 2007
Nothing. Okay, bad joke. We apologize. The Museum of Making Music is one of Carlsbad’s most interactive, educational, entertainment experiences yet we are continually forgetting that it exists. As a reminder here’s what’s coming up on Saturday September 22:
The World Beat Rhythms (WBR) interactive concert performance features Ed Roscetti & Maria Martinez, both critically acclaimed drummers, composers, authors, and educators. They combine a wide range of percussion instruments and drumset to perform an eclectic mix of hybrid compositions in a World Music setting. . . . WBR offers a six-piece ensemble made up of four multi-percussionists, a guitarist and a bassist. Chanting vocals are incorporated, adding layers of dynamic improvisation. Audience participation (voluntary) on shakers and hand drums provided by WBR always proves to be a favorite part of the show.
Reservations are required and tickets are $12 ($10 for museum members). Contact Jillian Jepsen at (760) 438-5996, ext. 212 for tickets.
[Link: Museum of Making Music]
by The Editors on September 16, 2007
On the weekend of September 22-23, 2007 Carlsbad’s Armada Drive will be closed to traffic and then covered in chalk drawings, lined with booths, and filled with art afficionados as Art Spash returns for it’s 5th year.
ArtSplash … is a FREE, two-day, non-profit, family event that promotes and benefits arts within the community. ArtSplash is a community-wide partnership of organizations and businesses working together to establish an Annual Family Event showcasing North County.
Art Splash features chalk drawings, live art performances, musicians, street entertainers and great food in the form the concurrently running 11th Annual Taste of Carlsbad. And trust us, Art Splash is a lot cooler than its event logo logo would suggest. Don’t miss it.
[Link: Art Spash]
by The Editors on September 15, 2007
Dave Boerlin and a truck load of trash. . . including a beach chair and a toy truck.
We’d like to send out a special Carlsbadistan thank you to the 210 volunteers who gathered at Frazee Beach (at Pine Ave. and Carlsbad Blvd.) this morning at 9 AM as part of 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Under the guidance of Dave Boerlin they picked our beach clean and left it a much better place for everyone.
“We had 210 people signed up,” Boerlin said today while packing up. “We removed between 300 and 400 pounds of trash.”
We all appreciate the work everyone put in this morning. Thank you very much.
by The Editors on September 15, 2007
When the Carlsbad’s Planning Commission meets on Wednesday September 19 at 6 PM they will back on the Ponto express. After postponing a vote on September 5 they are now ready to weigh in on the Ponto Beach Front Vision Plan.
Known formally as the Ponto Beach Front Vision Plan, the document covers a 50-acre region that is mostly owned by three parties — Star Properties of Japan, Wavecrest Resorts of Carlsbad and Ponto Storage owner Dale Schreiber. The area is bordered by Carlsbad Boulevard to the west, the railroad tracks to the east, Batiquitos Lagoon to the south and the Hanover Beach Colony development to the north.
We’re going to go way out on a limb and guess that the plan will get a big thumbs up all around. Good-bye Carlsbad, hello Huntington Beach.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
Soil samples from the proposed site of Carlsbad Unified School District’s new $95.4 million high school on the Eastern Front have been sent off to be analyzed as part of the environmental study of the project, according to a story in the North County Times.
The study is designed to show how the proposed school would affect the land and its surrounding neighbors, said Walter Freeman, assistant superintendent of business services with the Carlsbad Unified School District. The study must also propose ways to minimize any effects, he said.
Even a group started to preserve the area doesn’t seem to have a problem with the land being used for a new school. Which is a good thing
Diane Nygaard, the president of a conservation group called Preserve Calavera, said her group had hoped the district would leave the land untouched, but that they aren’t fighting plans for the campus. “We would love to see it become part of the preservation area but clearly the school district needs it for (the) school,” said Nygaard, referring to a swath of open space along Calavera Creek from south Oceanside, through Carlsbad to Vista.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
This Sunday, September 16, is Party In-Your-Park day in Carlsbadistan. All you have to do is show up at one of the following parks with whatever you want to bring: Pine Park, Stagecoach Park, Hidden Canyon Park, or Poinsettia Park.
Free admission for all. Just bring your own picnic, family & friends and plan on meeting all of your neighbors. There will also be old-fashioned, picnic-style games for all ages.
As much as we prefer hanging out in the park when they are empty, if you’re a social family you’ll probably have a great time.
[Link: Click On Carlsbad]
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
Carlsbad’s Carolyn Granado will be appearing tonight on the “hit” NBC game show 1 vs. 100 hosted by “popular comedian Bob Saget.”
In tonight’s episode of 1 Vs 100, Carolyn Granado of Carlsbad, California and Andrew Murray of Stony Point, New Jersey will play for a top prize of $1 million by trying to outsmart the mob, which includes Rabbi Shmuley of “Shalom in the Home,” cowboys, used car salesmen and Harvard professors.
The show airs on NBC tonight at 8 PM. Watch it and cheer Carolyn on. Apparently, you can play this game online and potentially win $10,000.
[Link: Reality TV Magazine]
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
We knew it would happen, but it’s always fun to watch how these kinds of mall developments get approval from City Council. How’s this for a ringing endorsement:
“I actually think the developer has done a pretty good job on this project,” Councilwoman Julie Nygaard said. “It isn’t perfect … but it has to be (financially) viable. … What you want to do is to create a place where all the little shops can work with the big shops.”
Nice to know that Carlsbad’s City Council continues to get behind commercial developments that are “pretty good” but “aren’t perfect.” Isn’t it?
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union Tribune]
One of the things we’re going to miss most about the Acura Tennis Classic is the post-final Carlsbad High School Lancer Dancers and their center court rump shaking. The La Costa event may be gone, but the Lancer Dancers are alive and well. And they need your help. 
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