by The Editors on August 14, 2007
For politicos from other parts of the country, La Costa Resort and Spa seems to be the destination of choice when traveling on the public’s dime. But lately it’s meant trouble for somel. In Knoxville, Tennessee they’re looking a little more deeply into it.
The Ethics Committee, formed earlier this year as a result of state legislation aimed at cleaning up government after the Tennessee Waltz scandal, also wants Kim Bennett, executive director of the county pension board, to explain the La Costa golf trip. . . Commissioner Chairman Scott Moore and Commissioner Ivan Harmon were among four county representatives on the trip hosted by Wilshire Associates, the county’s pension consultant. . . .The trip included a round of golf, which costs up to $205 per person at La Costa. The foursome’s travel was funded by the county pension board.
Nothing like letting the county pension fund pay a couple rounds at La Costa.
[Link: Knoxnews.com]
by The Editors on August 14, 2007
We received an email recently saying that the Agua Hedionda Lagoon is now “a death trap for kayakers, sailors, paddle boarders.” According to this source, the buoys that formerly separated the “passive use area” from the “powerboat area” near the Bayshore Drive public access walkway have gone missing and powerboats are now using the entire back end of the lagoon (in clear violation of lagoon regulations), leaving little or no space for human propelled water craft. The email continued:
Last week a No Fear helicopter filming a wake boarder and another boat that was filming too, ran amuck using every space off the lagoon for over an hour. They we’re going all the way to the back of the lagoon almost capsizing a children’s kayaking class that was in the passive area. . . The police we’re called and did nothing. . . The police have been called to put up the buoys again to protect the area and they have done nothing.
Sounds like the City of Carlsbad needs to step up and get the Police Department out to do some regulating. Or at least put the buoys back up.
by The Editors on August 13, 2007
According to NBCSandiego.com a three-year-old boy was pulled from a shallow children’s pool at the La Costa Resort and Spa this after noon a little before 2 PM.
The child was at the pool with his parents, but was pulled from the water by a woman unrelated to him, according to NBC 7/39. Witness Branden Belford said she saw the woman pull the boy from the water by his arm. The child had water spilling from his mouth, according to Belford.
The child was unresponsive when he was airlifted to Children’s Hospital according to resort officials.
[Link: NBCSandiego.com]
by The Editors on August 13, 2007
Carlsbad’s Laura Ogan was at the beach one day watching people try to fit square towels underneath a round umbrella when she had a thought: “Why doesn’t somebody invent a round towel with a hole in the middle to put their umbrella in.” No one had, so Ogan did. In fact, she filed and received a patent from the United States Patent Office for The O Towel, a round towel with two 100% polypropylene grommets that allow an umbrella to be planted in the sand right in the middle of the towel. Now, with the help of two other women, she is bringing the towel to market.
We took the O Towel out for a test run Sunday after Art In The Village and it worked exactly as promised. In fact, it made us feel stupid for having cut holes in all those old sheets. One thing: if you line the grommets up with the shadow of your umbrella pole, when the sun goes down you can move the umbrella to the hole on the outside of the circle and stay in the shade until sundown without moving the towel at all. And that is the genius behind the two-grommet design.
For more info call: 800.679.7032 and tell them you saw it on Carlsbadistan.
[Link: The O Towel]
by The Editors on August 13, 2007
Carlsbad’s legendary surf photographer LeRoy Grannis celebrated his 90th birthday with 150 of his friends at the Oceanside Community Center Sunday August 13, 2007. And as one would imagine, along with his wife of 67 years Katie, and son John there were a lot of legends in the crowd as well.
Donald Takayama, a five-time U.S. surfing champion and renowned board designer, said he first met Grannis in his native Hawaii. “LeRoy took a picture of me when I was a little kid surfing without any clothes on in Hawaii,” Takayama said. “LeRoy’s been an inspiration to me. (He is) one of the great surfers of yesteryear.”
On glassy mornings we still look outside the lineup hoping to see LeRoy, on his knees with his white floppy brimmed hat paddling by, but he’s not surfing any longer. Happy Birthday, Mr. Grannis. We’ll keep watching for you anyway.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on August 13, 2007
If you’ve bored on August 16 or would just like an excuse to have lunch at the Four Seasons Aviara, then please join Mayor Claude “Bud” Lewis for his annual State of the City address from 11 AM to 1. Of course, you could just wait four days and watch it all on video August 20 at 7 pm in the Ruby Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad Library at 1775 Dove Lane (or at the City website, or on Time Warner Cable channel 19 Monday nights at 8 PM).
Of course, if you want to see it live you’ll have to register in advance by calling (760) 931-8400.
[Link: City of Carlsbad via Clickoncarlsbad]
by The Editors on August 13, 2007
The New Village Arts Theatre is giving Carlsbad William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar absolutely free from August 9-18 at the theatre at 2787 State Street at 7 PM Thursdays and Fridays, at 3 and 7 PM Saturdays and at 2 PM on Sundays.
In past years, the production has taken place outdoors in one of Carlsbad’s parks. This summer, Shakespeare is staying inside so that the company can show off its new theater. . . “It allows us a greater intimacy,” said Fran Gercke, artistic director for the theater. “With ‘Julius Caesar,’ which deals with conspiracy and secrets, cloak and dagger, misdirection, and political espionage, it’s important that the audience see the little things.”
So far we’ve missed them all. Please don’t follow our lead. Go see it. We’ll remind you again, if you forget.
[Link: New Village Arts Theatre via Coast News]
by The Editors on August 12, 2007
After the recent collapse of a Minneapolis bridge which has killed nine people (so far) everyone has become a little more interested in exactly what bridges need to be repaired. Well, according to 10 News, the I-5 bridge over Agua Hedionda lagoon in Carlsbad is currently on the California Department of Transportation bridge fix it list.
Caltrans has proposed repairs to the deck and substructure of the Interstate 5 crossing of the lagoon in Carlsbad, according to the list of 195 high-priority bridge projects. Caltrans Director Will Kempton did not specifically address the bridge in comments to reporters in a conference call.
The repairs will be specifically addressed real soon, right?
[Link: News10.com]
by The Editors on August 12, 2007
Carlsbad’s own NASCAR driver Boris Said (of the No Fear team) was in the process of sitting out Sunday’s Centurion Boats at the Glen race thanks to a qualifying “rain-out” at Watkins Glen International when Said reportedly ran into #21 car driver Bill Elliot in the garage.
“Hey man, you should be driving my car,” Elliott said to Said, who was locked out of Sunday’s Centurion Boats at the Glen when qualifying was rained out Friday. As he walked to his Busch car, Said smiled and responded, “Sure, no problem, I’ll drive” . . . Elliott marched into the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing hauler and asked team co-owners Eddie and Len Wood if they would allow him to give up his seat in the No. 21 Ford to Said.
Elliot believes Said will be able to lift the number 21 car up in the rankings if he has a strong finish.
[Link: USA Today]
by The Editors on August 12, 2007
On Friday night at Jazz In The Park we were complaining about the skies being overcast, but Sunday August 12, 2007 turned into a perfect Carlsbad Summer Day, just in time for the 2007 Art in the Village Street Fair.
Thousands turned out to walk the streets of The Village checking out an amazing collection of art, crafts, and snacks from more than 200 vendors.
Click the link below for all the photos.
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