Airport slates ‘Terminals to Tarmac’ public tours
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has announced the start of free “Terminals to Tarmac” tours around Lindbergh field in an effort to familiarize the public with the airport site and answer any questions people may have about the Airport Master Plan, said Sharie Shipley, San Diego International Airport Authority representative.
“[The tour] gives people an opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at the airport “¦ They can ask questions about the improvements as well as just learn interesting facts about the airport.”
The tours are part of the information campaign the Airport Authority is currently conducting while it accepts comments on the environmental impact report for phase 1 of the Airport Master Plan.
The report looks at the environmental impacts of adding 10 gates to Terminal 2, a dual-level roadway in front of the terminal and other additions, according to a statement released by the Airport Authority.
The program has been rolled out before when airport officials expanded Terminal 2 about seven or eight years ago, Shipley said.
With tour dates today, Nov. 8; Friday, Nov. 9; Thursday, Dec. 13 and Friday, Dec. 14, running from 10 a.m. to noon, attendees will meet at the commuter terminal and take a walking tour between terminals 1 and 2. The group will then aboard a red airport bus for a guided tour around Lindbergh Field.
The Airport Authority continues its outreach program in the form of a series of open-house community meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for today, Nov. 8, from 12 noon to 8 p.m. at the La Mesa Community Center, 4975 Memorial Drive.
Subsequent meetings fall on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from noon to 8 p.m. at the Salvation Army Kroc Center, 6845 University Ave., and Thursday, Nov. 15 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Valencia Park/ Malcom X Branch Library, 5148 Market St.
Two meetings were rescheduled because of the recent wildfires. The new dates are Saturday, Nov. 17 from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Hardin Community Center, 3096 Harding St, and Thursday, Nov. 29 from noon to 8 p.m. at Chula Vista City Hall, 276 Fourth Ave.
The meetings include a presentation about the master plan at 6 p.m., said Shipley.
Programs slated to help fight childhood obesity
San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health is working to reverse the alarming rise in childhood obesity with MOVE/Me Muevo, a program designed to educate children and their parents on health and wellness.
Residents with a 5- to 7-year-old child who are willing to meet with SDSU researchers at least once a year for three years and live within one mile of Pacific Beach Recreation Center, 1405 Diamond St., or Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave., are eligible to participate.
For more information, contact Lisa White at (619) 594-6152 or [email protected].
OB author to present book at Winston’s
Michael Klam, an award-winning slam poet, teacher and 20-year Ocean Beach resident, will soon present his latest book, “Emma and the Buddha Frog,” a collection of mini-memoirs, poems and stories.
The reading will be held at Winston’s Beach Club, 1921 Bacon St., in Ocean Beach on Monday, Nov. 12 beginning at 6 p.m. The event will be held in conjunction with a Drunk Poets Society meeting.
Klam has been a freelance writer in San Diego since 2002 and has acted as host of The Poetry and Art Series at the Museum of the Living Artist at Balboa Park for six years. He also works as an English language development teacher.
Inspired by other Ocean Beach residents and his 5-year-old daughter Emma, Klam compiled a collection of stories for his book over a period of 101 days.
“I took events from the day and developed them into micro-narratives, so you get a complete story of a complete moment of one of my days in a page or half a page,” Klam said. “The book is [about] everything from my children to my perspective about the world.”
Ocean Beach residents attending the performance will take pleasure in hearing witty, lyrical stories based on OB locals, he said.
Accompanying the reading will be acoustics and artistic imagery to complement his narrative themes.
For more information, contact Winston’s at (619) 222-6822.