Meetings set to examine future of Balboa Park The Balboa Park Committee is hosting two public meetings, on Thursday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 15, to discuss the future of the park. The committee will discuss the city’s ability to provide the necessary financial support for the park and the city’s plans, if any, to expand the park’s management and governance. The park needs $240 million worth of repairs, which were deferred as the city wrestled with other funding problems. The entire 2009 budget for the city’s Park and Recreation Department, which would help oversee such maintenance, is about one-third that amount. Both meetings will be held at 5 p.m. in the War Memorial Building Auditorium, 3325 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park. For further information, call (619) 584-1203 or visit www.balboapark.org. Children ready to Shop with a Cop  SeaWorld, Target and local law enforcement agencies will team up to give some children an early holiday treat this season. On Saturday, Dec. 6, more than 300 pre-selected children will enjoy breakfast and a private dolphin show at SeaWorld before running amok through the aisles of the Sports Arena Target store on a $100 holiday shopping spree. The festivities are all part of this year’s “Shop With a Cop,” an event now in its 15th year. After enjoying breakfast and the “Dolphin Discovery” show, the children will ride with designated officers in police cars with sirens blasting and lights flashing from SeaWorld to Target for the shopping spree.  Children shop not only for themselves but for family members as well, event organizers said.  For more information on this event, contact SeaWorld public relations, (619) 226-3929, or visit www.seaworldsandiego.com.