Rowing to nationals:
Blackbirds Fly: Annette Rico mixes jazz with Brazilian rhythms at Tango Del Rey on July 12 . 15
Two junior rowers leave the bay for Three Rivers to vie for a spot on the national boat. 14
Weekend Surf Report
Surf Conditions (619) 221-8824
SATURDAY, JULY 11
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Hi: 12:59 p.m. & 11:50 p.m. Surf: 2-4 ft. Low: 6:19 a.m. & 6:05 p.m. Wind: 16-22 mph
Hi: 1:32 p.m. Surf: 2-3 ft. Low: 6:46 a.m. & 7:03 p.m. Wind: 16-20 mph
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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City puts MB Park Committee on hold
OTL heats up Fiesta Island
BY ANTHONY GENTILE | BEACH&BAY PRESS
quarterly to review and audit expenditure of the ImproveWith the Mission Bay Park ment Fund, including deterCommittee in a transition peri- mining priorities for fund od, the committee’s regular July expenditure, making sure it’s meeting was cancelled. being properly collected and According to Mayor Jerry allocated according to priorities Sanders’ spokeswoman Rachel and in accordance with PropoLaing, the mayor and City sition C, and reporting impropCouncil are in the process of er expenditures, Laing said. identifying and considering In light of Prop. C, City Councandidates to fill the committee cil voted in June to term out the seats by September. The Miscurrent 15 committee memsion Bay Park Committee typi- bers by July 1 and replace them cally does not meet in August. with an 11-member board When the board resumes with expertise in city finance action, it will also act as the and management. Of the 11 Improvement Fund Oversight members, all are appointed by Committee. This new role was the mayor – three directly and stipulated by Proposition C three from nominations by Diswhich was passed by voters in trict 2 Councilmember Kevin November of 2008. SEE MISSION BAY, Page 3 The role entails meeting
Grassy concerts rock and roll
A trombonist plays with gusto at Pacific Beach Concerts on the Green, the summer series of free, outdoor concerts held at Kate Sessions Park every Sunday from July 19 to Aug. 16 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sue Palmer and Her Motel Swing Orchestra will jumpstart the series with swinging blues. On July 26, Agua Dulce will take the stage with salsa, merengue and Latin funk. On Aug. 2, the U.S.
Navy Big Band will perform. Rockola, a ’60s and ’70s band, will follow on Aug. 9. Thunder Road, a tribute to Bruce Springsteen, finishes the show on Aug. 16. PB Concerts on the Green is funded through $30,000 in grants from County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price. The Pacific Beach Town Council and Pacific Beach Community Foundation applied for the grants and organized the concert series.
Over-The-Line tournament - two weeknds of baseball and drinking on Fiesta Island - returns July 11-12 and July 18-19.
hit after that in a single inning equals a run. Home runs – hits that Competitors and partygoers alike advance past the last fielder will hit the sand at Fiesta Island for without being touched – clear two weekends staring July 11 and 12 the bases. for the World Championship Over-The“If you’ve never seen it, you Line tournament. Approximately should definitely come and 55,000 people are expected to attend check it out,” Petersen said. Old Mission Beach Athletic Club’s “It’s great to be able to see it (OMBAC) 56th annual tournament. and to see how it’s played.” “It’s a one of a kind event,” said The double-elimination OMBAC member Sonny Petersen. “The tournament features inventors of the game are actually the 1,320 teams of guys that put on the tournament. The three – 143 from original members of OMBAC are the outside California ones that created the game.” – competing in 10 Over-The-Line is a four-inning game different divisions. Games will of self-pitch baseball played with teams take place from 7:30 to dusk of three on a modified court. “The on July 11, 12, 18 and 19. line” is 55 feet from the batter and the “With the athletes it’s fair area beyond the line is 55 feet from usually pretty serious, but foul line to foul line. overall it’s a pretty lightAs far as scoring, three hits in SEE OTL, Page 12 an inning equals a run, and each BY ANTHONY GENTILE | BEACH &BAY PRESS
Discover PB launches summer stimulus plan walk sales on Garnet Avenue and late-night shopping on Thursdays, Discover Pacific Beach, the area’s dubbed North PB Nights, along business improvement district, is Turquoise and Cass streets. trying to bolster business this sum“They’re a work in progress,” mer with the launching of two said Discover PB executive director events this month: summer sideAndy Hanshaw. “They’re new BY ANTHONY GENTILE | BEACH &BAY PRESS
events that we hope will grow and become a new PB tradition.” Summer sidewalk sales Four stores at the beach end of Garnet Avenue will take their products to the sidewalk on Saturday, SEE DISCOVER PB Page 5