HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
Scott Appleby
A Tradition of Success and Service
858-775-2014 tscottappleby@aol.com DRE#01197544
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
www.SDNEWS.com Volume 15, Number 42
ABOVE LEFT: The annual fireworks display and Fourth of July celebration at La Jolla Cove will go on at 9 p.m. ABOVE RIGHT: Participants will don DON BALCH I VILLAGE NEWS all things patriotic during the Beaumont Avenue Fourth of July Celebration and parade, beginning at 11 a.m.
Fourth of July events set to dazzle La Jolla carriages. First prize, the Uncle Sam Award, will go to the float that makes the biggest impact. The second-place Silver Bowl will be awarded to the float with the most creative interpretation of the theme. The runner-up for the best float will receive third place honors, and a 4th of July Spirit Award will include a Murphy Cup for the best-dressed house on the block. Guests will then be invited to rock out to music with the Sophisticats and enjoy all-Amerdelicacies like hot dogs, popcorn and Beaumont Avenue parade ican homemade cookies. The circus is coming — to the 31st Float registration begins at 10:15 a.m. annual Beaumont Avenue Fourth of July at the southwest corner of Camino de la Celebration, that is. A whimsical procesCosta and Beaumont Avenue. The parade sion of handmade floats will begin at itself will kick off at 11 a.m. Camino de la Costa at 11 a.m. and wind up Event coordinators request a donation of at the cul-de-sac behind the Methodist $20 per family, and encourage T-shirt Church. orders and volunteer signups to help pull Residents will adorn floats, bicycles, trioff the big day. cycles, skateboards and other non-motorFor more information, T-shirt order ized vehicles traveling slower than one mile forms, volunteer sign-ups and float regisper hour — all with a festive, patriotic tration, visit www.birdrock.org. theme. The spectacle will conclude with prizes for the most creatively-converted BY JENNA FRAZIER | VILLAGE NEWS Once again, La Jollans will don red, white and blue to celebrate the stars and stripes at a plethora of patriotic festivities this Fourth of July weekend. Whether in the Village, Bird Rock or University City, locals will enjoy a wealth of opportunities to pay tribute to the land of the free and the home of the brave while spending quality time with family, friends and neighbors.
Fireworks at the Cove The annual fireworks display and Fourth of July celebration at La Jolla Cove will go on as it has for the past quartercentury, with 20 minutes of blazing pyrotechnic displays and performances by the Marine Aircraft Wing’s 40-piece band, as well as the trombone quartet Bones Apart. Festivities begin with Bones Apart at 7:30 p.m. at the Cove, where 20,000 spectators are expected to attend and where the fireworks will commence at 9. The La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation, founded in 2009 by Adam Harris and Deborah Marengo to raise funds for the event, has collected $23,000 of the $30,000 necessary to pull off the show.
Brockton Villa ‘Mix ’n’ Mingle’ soiree With an unobstructed view of the Cove’s sizzling fireworks display and other SEE FOURTH, Page 5
Youngsters enjoy the company of a miniature pony during a previous Beaumont DON BALCH I VILLAGE NEWS Avenue Fourth of July Celebration.