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THE ‘LORAX’ TREE FALLS
THE MONTEREY CYPRESS, THOUGHT TO HAVE INSPIRED DR. SEUSS, IS GONE SEE PAGE 2
Around the world and back home as ‘Miss Saigon’ SEE PAGE 11
The tree in Ellen Browning Scripps Park – long thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss to write ‘The Lorax’ – last winter.
La Jolla-Riford Library celebrates its 120th anniversary SEE PAGE 5
LJHS football coach starts flag football league SEE PAGE 10
DON BALCH / VILLAGE NEWS
Murfey brothers continue Bird Rock tradition La Jolla may get Beaumont Avenue 4th of July Parade rolls into 40th year 81 scooter corrals BY EMILY BLACKWOOD | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
The Beaumont Avenue 4th of July Parade looked very different in 1980 than it does today. Barbara and Buddy Murfey – along with four other young families in Bird Rock – started the parade when their sons Russ and Scott were toddlers. Now fully-grown adults with kids of their own, the brothers have continued the neighborhood tradition their parents helped start so many years ago. “It was a real neighborhood event,” Scott Murfey said. “I looked at some old photos, and it’s hilarious because the pa-
‘I looked at some old photos, and it's hilarious because the parade route is really empty.’ – SCOTT MURFEY, PROJECT MANAGER AT MURFEY CO. rade route is really empty. Now when you look at it, it’s like a sardine can.” “Yeah, it’s gotten a lot more bureaucratic,” Russ Murfey joked. “We’ve got to get a permit now, trash cans and porta-potties and fire extinguishers. The police come, we close the streets, and it’s just a lot more logistics.” Over the past four decades, the parade has gone from a neighborhood quirk to a
community-wide event with trophies, themes and nearly 5,000 people in attendance. This year’s theme is “Oh, The Places You’ll Go! A Dr. Seuss Experience!,” which was chosen by last year’s first-place parade winner Tom Nowaczy, who felt the choice “represented both the Bird Rock and greater La Jolla community.” “It’s a tribute to him as a SEE PARADE PG. 14
BY DAVE SCHWAB | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
With new electric scooter regulations kicking in citywide on July 1, La Jollans have been vetting proposed sites for placing them in designated “corrals.” Recently, La Jolla Town Council and La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board, both grappled with the touchy subject of parking corrals and their placement in the Village. On June 13, the City’s initial proposal to scatter 158 scooter corrals throughout La Jolla’s downtown was less than warmly received by residents. Many complained there were too many corrals, too close together. By June 19, a downsized proposal reducing the number of scooters to 122 locations SEE CORRALS PG. 4