Standley Park preps for summer concert series
Standley Park, 3585 Governor Drive, is hosting a series of free summer concerts every Sunday evening from July 8 to Sept. 2. The music will encompass a wide variety of musical genres, including country rock played by Nitro Express on July 8, Louisiana blues by the Bayou Brothers on July 15 and jazz played by Chris Klich’s Orchestra on July 22.
Standley Park will tune up for its concert series with a Thursday evening performance of Joe and the Sting Rays to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Sarah Anderson, director of the Standley Park Recreation Center, suggests that families bring a picnic dinner, lawn towels and chairs to set up behind the stagefront, which is reserved for dancing.
“We do have a large crowd that likes to get up and dance,” Anderson said, mentioning those who come to the park to enjoy the music with their friends and neighbors.
Concertgoers can also look forward to performances by Cornelius House on Aug. 5, The Will Faeber Band on Aug. 12, the reggae group Upstream Aug. 19, Allie and the Cats on Aug. 26 and Big Fellas Sept. 2.
Volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the concert stage and electrical equipment each Sunday. Concerts will run from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information about the concerts, or to volunteer, contact Sandy Lippe, (858) 453-2387.
Curie Elementary earns recycling award
Several area elementary schools placed in the top ten winners for the San Diego Region of Wal-Mart’s Kids Recycling challenge.
University City’s Marie Curie Elementary School and Loma Portal Elementary in the Peninsula area were among them, both earning more than $1,000 and collecting in excess of 300 plastic bags.
Wal-Mart’s Kids Recycling Program encourages elementary schoolchildren in California and various other states to bring plastic retail and grocery bags to their schools for recycling purposes. For each 60-gallon bagful collected and brought to a Wal-Mart store, the school is awarded $5 from Wal-Mart.
Schools were grouped into geographic regions, so schools in San Diego and Imperial counties competed against each other. The ten schools from each region that brought in the most collection bags received additional grants from Wal-Mart: $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, $1,000 for third place and $250 for fourth- through tenth-place winners. The top school will be rewarded with a school-wide assembly performance, courtesy of Wal-Mart.
“The most rewarding outcome of this project is that we get children really informed about recycling,” said Clara Franco, publicist for Wal-Mart.
As a whole, 151 San Diego-area elementary schools participated in the program, filling a total of 8,805 collection bags weighing 140,880 pounds and earning $51,775.
Schools interested in participating in the next Kids Recycling Challenge, running in fall 2007 through spring 2008, can visit www.kidsrecyclingchallenge.com.
