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JUNE 29, 2012
THE COAST NEWS
Where to find fireworks on the Fourth Art Center launches COAST CITIES — If you are looking for celebrations and fireworks this July 4, there are several choices. The city of San Marcos will again host its annual July 4 celebration at Bradley Park at the corner of Linda Vista Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road. The evening’s free entertainment featuring San Diego Bayside Band will begin at 6 p.m. Children’s activities include face painting, party jumps and more. Food concessions will include hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue, desserts, snow cones,
non-alcoholic beverages and more. The San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, on Jimmy Durante Boulevard, will also offer its traditional fireworks display at 9 p.m. July 4 on the final day of the fair. California Center for the Arts, Escondido will host the 13th annual Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks July 4 beginning at 4 p.m. with fireworks at 9 p.m. in Grape Day Park and the Center for the Arts’ Great Green, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. For more information, call
(800) 988-4253 or visit artcenter.org. In downtown San Diego, the Maritime Museum suggests the observation deck of the museum’s historic 1898 steam ferry Berkeley for a view of the fireworks show over San Diego Bay. Fireworks viewing are included with museum admission and guests are welcome to watch fireworks from several ships as well as the new mooring platform located directly behind the Berkeley. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. Tickets purchased on a walk up basis will be $35 for adults and $23 for children 12 and under. Children 5 and under are free. For those looking for a more unusual experience, the museum is offering a fireworks cruise on board the schooner Californian. The cruise will leave the museum
at 6:30 p.m. and return after the fireworks show is over. Passengers on board will experience the power of Californian’s six-pound deck guns as she joins the fireworks presentation with a rousing broadside. A full bar will be on board for those 21 and over. Tickets for the fireworks cruise are $85 each. Guests can also ride on the 1914 Pilot boat from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for just $35 and enjoy the fireworks from the water. For more information and reservations, call (619) 234-9153, ext. 101 or check sdmaritime.org.
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new women’s group ESCONDIDO — The California Center for the Arts, Escondido is launching a new group for women who wish to expand their knowledge and enjoyment of the Arts. Named The Women’s Arts Council, members have an opportunity to attend three ‘onstage’ luncheon programs featuring leading people from the national arts scene. Women’s Arts Council Co-chairs, Carina Courtright, Board Chair of the Center for the Arts, and Jean Will, community volunteer and philanthropist, are excited to announce that the first Council lunch meeting will be held Sept. 21 and feature famed Los
Angeles-based pianist, Daniel Lessner. The Women’s Arts Council provides critical support to the Center for the Arts to support the performing arts, community events and children’s arts education programs. “Members make an annual pledge of $1,000 which is tax deductible and can be fulfilled over the year.” Courtright explained. All members also will have an opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions to the Center for the Arts on a wide variety of topics and activities. For more information, please contact Michelle Whittaker at (760) 839-4138 or info@artcenter.org.
We need to get our country back on track JOE MORIS Baby Boomer Peace I wrote earlier this year that this was going to be a negative year with the elections coming in November. It really hasn’t been as bad as I thought but I am still amazed at the polarization between the ideologies of the left and the right. It’s amazing we are all Americans yet think the country should be run in such diametrically opposite ways. But the founding fathers were some pretty smart guys. They drafted and approved a constitution that has been able to stand the test of time through some pretty tough periods in our history. As a baby boomer, I’m
starting to get that creeping feeling like I’m approaching the finish line and wonder why should I care which politicians are elected and what they stand for. But something really goofy happened last week. I went to my granddaughter Alexis’ high school graduation. Yes, my granddaughter. There also sat my younger grandchildren, Shelby and Joey. I could only imagine what this country would be like for them if this country continued down the path it is on. I am lucky to have a nice place in Puerto Vallarta to run off to. It is so nice down there despite everything you hear in the news about Mexico. It seems like every time there is a killing in Mexico it becomes front page news in the United States, yet I just learned that there have been more deaths in the city
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of Chicago since the start of the Iraq war than there have been soldier deaths. We get news about Mexico but we don’t get even more violent news about our own country. Something is wrong with our media or government or something. Maybe it has to do with the Fast and Furious scandal that is now before our own Congressman Issa’s committee in the House of Representatives. What a mess that is.The president has even used executive privilege, which means he had to be involved somehow. That is a major uh-oh. I’m hoping the electorate this year will find a way to vote for the representatives that will put our country first and not just the country but its citizens, you and me … and my grandchildren. I want them to grow up free like I have. I want them to have the same opportunities to succeed and fail just like me. I don’t want them being told by their big brother government what they can and can’t do to find their happiness. My daughter and I are working on a book that will
present a mind blowing picture of who we are, why we exist and where we’re going when this lifetime is over. She has an uncanny ability to communicate with the “other side.” One thing I’ve learned is that our earth has a soul and so does this country. I’m not allowed to say who, but I have it on high authority that the founders are not real happy about where and how this country has begun to spin off track. I think we baby boomers owe it to our children and our grandchildren to stay focused and do the right thing. It’s OK to go hide in paradise for a while as I do in Puerto Vallarta, but it is also my duty to make sure I’m here when it comes time to cast my constitutional privilege to vote. This is going to be an interesting summer and fall. What we need to do is find a way to bring peace to everything and everyone in a way that we are best able to but not at the expense of another. Our purpose in life is peace. Joe Moris may be contacted at (760) 500-6755 or by e-mail at joe@coastalcountry.net.
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