January 2010 Entries
CARLSBAD, CALIF. - Months before the holidays, residents of La Costa Glen wrapped nearly 2,200 Christmas and Hanukkah presents for America's troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the community's Care Packages From Home program. The holiday packages were shipped overseas starting in October with the final shipments sent in mid-December.
According to gift-wrapping event organizers and La Costa Glen residents Sandy Wiener and Richie Clyne, everything from gift-wrapped flashlights with batteries to warm gloves, sketch pads with colored pencils, make-up kits for the women, barber sets for the men, book lights, manicure sets and playing cards made it...
- By Betty McCreary -
Fairway cases will feature Evelyn Zivetz’s Japanese art collection acquired while living in Japan from 1981-1984, when her husband Hank served as a United States Japanese Cultural attache.
On display is a stunning white wedding kimono with a red lining, two decorated wooden sports paddles, daruma and kakeshi dolls and an obi sash.
The Lakeside cases will feature Shirley Steele’s popular beaded pieces displayed in October in Fairway. Shirley handmade each of her jewelry creations. She specializes in necklaces, bracelets, purses and pieces done on a loom.
- By Betty Cortus -
Because our community is encircled by a wonderful belt of natural greenery we share our environment with all kinds of native fauna. Among the many species that choose to make this their home, we occasion-ally see rabbits, coyotes, ground squirrels and all kinds of birds from long-legged waders to tiny hummers. We do not always live in complete harmony with all of our feral neighbors; rabbits nibble our cherished plants, a giant crane has eyed our koi and coyotes menace our small pets. But one rare visitor that could only cause a gasp of admiration...
- By Bunny Anderson -
The LCG version of “Antiques Road-show” will arrive here on Saturday, February 20. This will not be the nationally syndicated affair seen on TV; but the Carlsbad version seen only in our own Catalina Hall and featuring treasures owned by our own residents.
Charlotte Glinski is the chairwoman for this show and has been rushing from one residence to another for many months, taking pictures and documenting each item. This was no small undertaking; but she claims it has been educational and fun. She has a file of 81 antiques which will be examined by a...