Weekly Insider 8/16/18

Final TGIF Concert This Friday This Friday night is the final TGIF concert of the 2018 season. Come to Alga Norte park to enjoy Latin sounds of Poncho Sanchez. The preshow will feature performances from the winners of the summer teen talent shows: singer Salima Gangani, dancer Rhianna Hawley and stand-up comedienne Ella Engelberg.

Carlsbad Beach Chair Unveiled At this past Sunday’s 20th Annual Art in the Village, the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office, in collaboration with the Community & Economic Department, unveiled the design for a new Carlsbad Beach Chair which is part of the city’s Temporary Public Art Initiative. Inspired by a dual interest to develop an iconic work of art that could be replicated through Carlsbad and to bring a facet of the beach city-wide, this new project will bring highly-stylized beach chairs designed by different artists throughout the city. The chair design, which was unveiled at Sunday’s event, was created by local artist Michael Stutz. A temporary public art committee, comprised of Arts Commissioners and local residents, selected Carlsbad artist Ron Juncal to paint this first chair. The committee was impressed with his abstract and colorful design which will certainly draw attention. The immediate goal is to install the first beach chair in the Village before the end of the year. Future beach chairs will be commissioned in 2019 and placed throughout Carlsbad. A call to artists will be released in early 2019 to solicit additional designs. At Art in the Village, community residents were asked to suggest locations for future chairs at the Family Open Studios which were part of Sunday’s event. In addition, the TGIF Concerts in the Park mobile stage made its community debut at Art in the Village.

Snores & S’mores Campout

It was a weekend of snoring and s’moring at Aviara Community Park during the annual Snores & S’mores campout. Over 300 campers played games, and participated in Pixar’s Incredibles themed crafts and activities. Attendees were challenged in the Dash Attack, ran around in Violette’s Force Field Zorb balls, and played in the Frozone FunZone. The night included a BBQ dinner, build your own s’mores, popcorn, and an outdoor, big screen showing of The Incredibles movie.

Lindsey Leahy Completes Water Management Leadership Program

On Wednesday, August 15, Associate Engineer Lindsay Leahy graduated from the Water Management and Leadership program at Cal State University, San Marcos. The program began March 2017 and consisted of a weekly course held on campus from 6-9pm. The program covers water resources management, leadership, law, finance, regulatory policies and water engineering. Congratulations to Lindsay for this great accomplishment!

Collaboration for Run-Hide-Fight/Active Shooter Training

The Police Department collaborated with the Carlsbad Unified School District to provide Run-Hide-Fight/Active Shooter Training to 40 staff members at Calavera Hills Middle School. This important training teaches necessary skills to survive an active shooter event.

Police Communication’s Center Provides Mutual Aid

A fire burning in San Pasqual caused damage to Escondido Police Department’s 911 phone lines. When the lines went dead, Carlsbad Police Communication’s Center stepped in and 911 callers were redirected to Carlsbad. Calls taken were then relayed to Escondido Police Department via the radio. Escondido sent a police dispatcher to assist Carlsbad with the calls and by the time the lines were reinstated the next morning, the Carlsbad center had taken 71, 911 calls.