• The T.O.D.D.L.E.R.S. (Together Opportunities to Discover and Develop Literacy, Enrichment and Recreation Skills) group, which meets at the Pacific Beach Recreation Center on Sundays, will host area senior citizens for a year-end party on Sunday, Dec. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1405 Diamond St. The free event will feature the Mission Bay High School Dixieland Jazz Band. The multi-generational event will also include light refreshments. The party is free and open to T.O.D.D.L.E.R.S., seniors and their families. For more information, call Bill, (619) 920-1032. • The Pacific Beach Town Council is accepting applications for two openings on its board of directors. Those interested should submit a short biography and be able to attend the board meeting on Jan. 5, at which time the applicants will read their bios and introduce themselves to the board. Biographies can be mailed to or dropped off at 1706 Garnet Ave. or e-mailed to [email protected]. For more information, call (858) 483-6666. • The Pacific Beach/ Taylor Library will be closed Friday, Dec. 24 until Monday, Jan. 3. Normal hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 4. Items that are due during the closure must still be returned to the library’s drop-off box. To view library hours at alternative locations, visit www.sandiego.gov/public-library. • The city will open its tree-recycling program beginning Dec. 26, collecting trees through Jan. 23. The city will open 16 drop off locations including, Kate Sessions Memorial Park, at Soledad Road and Loring Street; and Mission Bay at SeaWorld Drive and Pacific Highway. The sites are open daily during daylight hours. Yard clippings, Christmas trees and other organic materials are thought to make up as much as 20 percent of waste buried in landfills, said Chris Gonaver, director of the Environmental Services Department (ESD). Even flocked trees — trees with fake snow — will be accepted. The trees are taken to The Greenery at the Miramar Landfill and turned into mulch and compost. Residents who have curbside recycling can recycle Christmas trees with their regular yard waste. It is advised to cut the tree and make it fit into the green recycling bin. However, all tinsel and decorations must be removed prior. • Two men have been ordered to stand trial for murder in the 2003 shooting death of a Mission Beach resident during a sour marijuana transaction. Richard Cortel Moye and Gerardo Soto, both 29, will get a trial date set on Jan. 6 in San Diego Superior Court. They are accused of killing Mshindi Ford, 33, on March 18, 2003 in his home at 716 Dover Court. Judge William Kronberger, Jr. heard testimony last week in the preliminary hearing from witnesses who were inside Ford’s home at the time, but not injured. Moye is suspected of being the gunman who took marijuana from Ford’s residence after shooting him. Soto is believed to have driven Moye away. They have both pleaded not guilty. — Neal Putnam