by The Editors on April 4, 2010
Click here for the entire EGGStravaganza photo gallery.
The City of Carlsbadistan’s Parks & Recreation Department’s 2010 EGGStravaganza Spring Festival was exactly that yesterday as more than 1,000 egg-hunting Easter Bunny fans converged on Poinsettia Park.
Kids were treated to easter egg hunts (for all ages), face painting, cup-cake decorating, gymnastic tumbling, and a seemingly limitless supply of bouncy bounce options. The lines on some of the bouncers were up to 20 minutes long. The longest wait, however, is for getting a photo taken with the Easter Bunny. That line was nearly an hour long at one point.
“We’ve waited in the line so long that we have to get our photo now,” said one mom while waiting for her photo to print. “We have too much time invested to leave.”
One father said he couldn’t believe the crowds. “Last year there was about a quarter of the number of people that are here today,” he said while looking out over the mob of kids. “It must be the weather. Last year it was pretty overcast and today it’s perfect.”
We would like to thank the Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department and all the volunteers for making the EGGStravaganza an amazingly fun day for everyone.
Click here for a photo gallery from the event.
by The Editors on April 3, 2010
Those who didn’t pre-order an Apple iPad were stuck hoping that someone who did wasn’t able to come in and pick theirs up because the Carlsbad Forum Apple store was completely sold out by mid-morning.
At 1:30 PM one woman was already waiting by the door with hopes that at 3 PM when any unclaimed reserved units are released there will be one for her. “If there’s only one, it’s mine,” she said.
Meanwhile inside the glass doors a crowd who had waited in line for up to 15 or 20 minutes were surrounding the iPad table laughing, talking, and scrolling Apple’s newest fetish product with their fingers.
We checked to see how Carlsbadistan looked on the iPad. It looks sweet!
by The Editors on April 2, 2010
A former student of Carlsbad’s Army & Navy Academy has decided that being “brutalized by other students seven years ago in a hazing incident that included sodomy with a broom handle . . slathered in Icy Hot analgesic heat rub” isn’t something he wants to let go unchecked. He has sued the school, according to a story in the North County Times.
That lawsuit is one of two pending against the academy claiming that administrators at the campus failed to adequately oversee cadets and prevent inappropriate behavior. . . .The second suit was filed by the parents of a then-16-year-old cadet who say their son had sexual relations with an 18-year-old student during times that he was supposed to be supervised by an adult.
It is worth noting that according to Academy President Stephen Bliss (pictured right) “The academy’s written policies for cadets forbid all forms of sexual abuse and hazing.”
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on April 2, 2010
After two nights of previews the New Villages Arts Theatre is officially opening their production of The Heidi Chronicles on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 8 PM.
The Wendy Wasserstein play features NVA Ensemble Member Kristianne Kurner with John DeCarlo, Kelly Iversen, Brian Mackey, Anthony Phifer, Frances Regal, Sunny Smith and Jacque Wilke, with musical accompaniment by Linda Libby.
Wendy Wasserstein’s groundbreaking play about identity, family, feminism and art follows Heidi Holland from insecure student at a high school dance in the 1960’s to successful art historian promoting female artists in the late 1980’s. Through Heidi’s travels, we are able to peek in on the changing roles of women in our society in the last half of the twentieth century and explore what defines success and how we go about searching for meaning in our lives.
Tonight is the last “pay-what-you-can preview” tonight (Friday April 2, 2010) at 8 PM. The play runs through April 25, 2010. Click here to buy tickets or call the New Village Arts Threatre box office at (760) 433-3245.
[Link: New Village Arts]
by The Editors on April 2, 2010
Wondering what you’re going to do to keep the busy all day on Easter weekend? The Carlsbad Parks & Rec department has that all figured out with the EGGStravaganza Spring Festival on Saturday, April 3, 10 AM to 1 PM at 6600 Hidden Valley Rd, Carlsbad.
Come celebrate the spring with music, fun games, arts and crafts and a Fun Zone with bounce houses, a giant slide, obstacle courses and a chance to “soak the bunny.” Collect eggs in the ongoing “Egg Scramble” activity between 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children race to collect assorted eggs on the baseball fields, grouped by age. This activity sends groups of approximately 20 children into the out field to collect as many eggs as they can.
With a start time of 10 AM that means you have an hour to roll by the Apple Store and pick up your iPad before rolling over the park. Perfect timing. Click the link for more details.
[Link: City of Carlsbad]
by The Editors on April 2, 2010
Pictured (L to R): Club members Sonia Ramos, Kelli Alkire-Moriarty, Steering Chair Randy Ferren, Honorary Chair Pete Sanchez, and Emcee Eddie Maldonado.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad raised nearly $85,000 at its annual fundraising golf tournament held March 22, 2010 at the El Camino Country Club in Oceanside.
“The success of this tournament is a result of astounding contributions from so many individuals and companies throughout San Diego County,” said Randy Ferren of California Bank & Trust, Steering Committee Chair. “While the day presented so many winners, we are pleased that it’s the boys and girls that attend our Club that are the ultimate winners – and benefit from this generosity.”
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by The Editors on March 31, 2010
Dancers from the Carlsbad Dance Center placed first overall in the teen and senior divisions at the Spotlight Dance Cup in Long Beach, California last weekend.
The competition judges paid special tribute to star Carlsbad Choreographer and Teacher, Abbie Ginsberg, by recognizing her with a special Judges Award during the ceremony. All of the dances Abbie Choreographed earned Diamond Awards at the competition. Judge Stacy Paydo said, I have been watching her choreography for years and have been amazed and awed!”
Apparently Carlsbadistan has all the dance moves. Congrats!
by Richard J. Riehl on March 26, 2010
If you walk the seawall late at night along Carlsbad Boulevard, you may hear voices in the distance sounding the alarm: “To arms! To arms! The unions are coming! The unions are coming!”
The familiar warning cry began with a Feb. 20 headline in the North County Times: “City’s unions expected to play active role in mayoral election.”
From the day City Councilman Keith Blackburn declared his candidacy for mayor, tongues have been wagging about how police and firefighters unions have announced their intent to do whatever they can to put the former police officer in the seat that Bud Lewis occupied for a quarter of a century.
Unlike in Oceanside, labor unions have not played a major role in Carlsbad City Council politics. With more union involvement, will North County’s model municipality of political civility be in danger of being sucked into the all-consuming black hole of partisanship that plagues its northern neighbor?
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by The Editors on March 25, 2010
by The Editors on March 25, 2010
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