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Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, the Long Beach International City Bank Marathon and Half Marathon will be held on Sunday, Oct. 11. More than 22,000 are expected to run, walk or ride in the Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Bike Tour, Bubba Gump Run Forrest Run 5K and Kids 1 Mile Fun Run. Several special activities are planned as part of the 25th Anniversary festivities.
Marathon weekend includes several related activities. More than 45,000 are expected to attend the two-day Marathon Health & Fitness Expo in Hall C at the Long Beach Convention Center on Fri., Oct. 9 (Noon-7 p.m.) and Sat.,
Oct. 10 (9 a.m.—6 p.m.). Featuring more than 100 exhibitors, the Expo — FREE to the public — will highlight the latest in the running, health and fitness industry. All athletes must attend the Expo to pick up their race?packets, and the Expo is also the last place to register for any of the marathon events. There is no race-day registration or packet pickup.
On race day, 35,000 are expected at the Finish Line Festival on the Marina Green on Shoreline Drive. The festival offers live music, food and fun, and is a gathering place and viewing area for friends, family and guests of?all participants. Like the Expo, the festival is FREE to the public.
2009 event sponsors include: Title Sponsor – International City Bank; Corporate Sponsors, JetBlue Airways – Official Airline; Gotein – Official Race Recovery Drink; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital – Official Hospitals; the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company – 5K Sponsor; Road Runner Sports – Official Running Specialty Store; Buono’s Pizzeria – Official Pizza, Cliff Bar – the Official Energy Bar; Michelob Ultra – Finish Line Festival sponsor; SA Recycling – Official Recycler; BNSF Railway – Kids Run Supporter; REI – Bike Tour Supporter; and Long?Beach Hyatt Hotel – Official Headquarters Hotel. Media Partners include the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, Prevention Magazine, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Downtown Long Beach Associates and California?State University Long Beach.
Founded in 1982, the initial Long Beach Marathon hosted around 1,250 runners. From then until 1995, the marathon was run consecutively under the umbrella of the founding non-profit – Long Beach Marathon. Due to financial?difficulties the race was disbanded in 1996 until it was brought back in 1999 under new management. In 2001, International City Racing (ICR) was awarded the rights to operate the marathon in Long Beach and hosted just?over 4500 participants. Over the last decade, ICR has helped to grow the event in both reputation and participation thanks to the efforts of the City of Long Beach, International City Bank, the many race sponsors as well?as great community support. On race weekend over 2000 volunteers will help staff the course and finish line. On October 11th, a very special group of 15 original “Legacy Runners” will be running in their 25th Long Beach?Marathon.
For more information on the Long Beach International City Bank Marathon, please visit http://www.runlongbeach.com
It’s that time of year again when the ghosts of the Queen Mary come alive at the Haunted Shipwreck. SHIPWRECK has recently changed ownership, and the new event team is dedicated to creating the most talked about destination this October. Producer Matt Gavin, formerly the production designer for Buffy The Vampire Slayer has brought his highly skilled team to create an environment that will please and terrify even the most discriminating horror fan.
The event will feature 5 Haunted Mazes, VIP areas, celebrity hosts, headlining live entertainment, tarot card readers, psychics, make up artists, food court and more .
Vampire Village: This haunted village dates back long ago, with twists and turns and fog below. Located to the north of the Shipwrecked Queen, some villagers have been known to scream. Alas, have no fear, for there are friendly Transylvanians near.
The Graveyard: The Un-dead have awoke from a long blissful sleep, to chase those whose footsteps will not give them peace. Tread lightly if you dare, and are so bold, for from out of the fog may pop-out something cold!
Isolation ward There is no escaping this straight jacket of a maze, patients may enter and exit in a haze. Handle them with care with good bedside manner, or be forced to answer to the dreaded Nurse Slasher!
Blackbeard’s Revenge (Pirate Maze): Angered Pirate Spirits haunt the sea, from years of trying to overthrow the Queen Mary. This maze will delight the scurviest of mates, with a dozen or so Pirates that will give chase. AAAAAARRRRGGG!
Paranoia’s House of Horror: Take a trip down memory lane, where Classic Haunted Characters are ready to bring the pain! Thru the dark depths of the ships bowels you will be, restrooms are nearby if you need to pee. So run, hide, scream all you want, nothing will stop these Masters of Haunt!
Event dates: October 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 and November 1st
Past performance, of course, is no indication of future results, however, so far this year our “best” weekly picks have won every week!
The “best” pick is always shown in bold print. The home team is shown in all capital letters.
Note that this week none of the betting stores had a line on the Seattle vs Jacksonville game, so what you see here is our best estimate.
Minn —- RAMS +10—– 41
Dallas —- K.C. +8 —– 42 ½
CAR —- Wash +4 —– 37 ½
PHIL —–T.B. +15 —— 43
NYG —– Oak +15 ½ —– 38 ½
BUFF —– Clv +6 —– 40 ½
BALT —— Cin + 8 ½ —— 42
Pitt —– DET + 10 ½ —— 44
S.F. —— Atl + 2 ½ —— 41
N. E. —— DEN + 3 ½ —— 41
ARIZ —— Hou + 5 ½ —— 50
Indy —— TEN + 3 ½ —— 45 ½ ( give the points)
Jax —— SEA +2 —— 44
Jets —— MIA + 1 ½ ——- 36 ½
Crime Reported: Fraud/Theft – Approx Area 16XX MONTEREY RD – Date/Time: 10/07/2009 04:10 PM
More Info: http://spotcrime.com/crime/7039339-09552ebde1a4b7145c2e5b9e62fa5805
Crime Reported: Burglary – Approx Area: 17XX CRESTVIEW Ave – Date:10/07/ 12:21 PM
More Info: http://spotcrime.com/crime/7039343-e186e551c5953f990cd1447182c3e0b8
Crime Reported: Burglary – Approx Area 3XX Regatta Way – Date:10/07 8:08 P.M.
More Info: http://spotcrime.com/crime/7039337-b059b591bd1fa61d67101b0115d89ec7
Crime Reported: Robbery – Approx Area:12XX PCH – Date:10/08 12:21 A.M.
More Info: http://spotcrime.com/crime/7039333-f70d76ca6530daca6d9a2e03defe7dc4
Crime Reported:Burglary – Approx Area:14XX Catalina Ave – Date:10/07 10:15 P.M.
More Info: http://spotcrime.com/crime/7039335-b7ba177367a2e6be2d95db2b6a17823e
For More Updates go to: http://spotcrime.com
When you go to the above site you can click on “Alerts” for other areas as well as Seal Beach. Spot Crime is also looking for people to report crimes to them.
Well it might cost more than that unless you’re already a resident of Sunset Beach.
The county told the Sunset folks to join Huntington Beach or Seal Beach. The county can no longer afford the services that Sunset needs. Huntington Beach said OK but Sunset said “No Thanks” and then approached Seal Beach.
Seal Beach said “No Thanks” and the county, more or less, said find your self a partner or we will annex you to Huntington. Sunset Beach said give us some time and we’ll become a city on our own.
Well that’s what Sunset is going to do. Try to become a city on their own. They like their laid back lifestyle, their tiny post office, (no mail delivery in Sunset) and they are prepared to handle any forthcoming tsunamis by themselves. It may cost each household approximately $500 just for the application process of city-hood.
For the complete story go to:http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sunset-beach4-2009oct04,0,7820720.story
HOUSTON Oakland + 9 ½
Tenn JACKSONVILLE +3
NEW ENGLAND Baltimore +2
Cincy CLEVELAND +5 ½
NY Giants KANSAS CITY + 9 (give the points)
WASH Tampa Bay +7
INDY Seattle +10 ½
NEW ORLEANS NY JETS 6 ½
Buffalo MIAMI +2
SAN FRAN Rams +9 ½
Dallas DENVER +3
PITTSBURGH San Diego +6 ½
Monday Night
MINN Green Bay + 3 ½
* Home Teams all capital letters
** Best Bet – In Bold Print (Go to archives to see previous ‘best bets’)
What is wrong with the people who emigrate to the United States? Why can’t they speak our language like we do? As Henry Higgins said in My Fair Lady…”why can’t they be more like us?”
If you agree with me that English is easy— then please help me with some of the following which I’m having difficulty explaining to some of my relatives who have moved to the United States.
1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce . 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row . 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let’s face it English is a difficult language to master. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple or pine in pineapple. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. You can ship by truck and send cargo by ship? We have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which,of course, is not a race at all . Why is it that when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. – Why doesn’t ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’
What is wrong with the immigrants….not much. Bless ’em for keeping on trying to understand us.
This Saturday morning The National Wildlife Refuge at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station will host the event to remove invasive weeds and plant native vegetation.
The stations environmental pprogram has been awarded a grant to restore a 3 acre area with native flowers, shrubs and and grasses in upland habitat adjacent to the wetland. This area is being choked out by invasive fennel, thistle, and mustard. This work will create a much needed transitional habitata for native birds, reptiles, mammals and pollinating insects.
The project starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be completed by noon. If you or your family, friends, or neighbors are interest PLEASE call the refuge office at 562-598-1024 and get your name on the list to be one of those working for a few hours this Saturday. This will be a day you and your children will long remember and perhaps get you interested in becoming a regular docent for the refuge.
Did you know that the Naval Weapons Station is the ONLY national wildlife refuge in the five county area? That it is home to the largest year round red-tailed hawk population in the Western U. S.? That it is now the ONLY KNOWN burrowing owl population left in Orange County?
The 911 acres of salt marsh was established to protect all birds but primarily the Least Tern and Clapper Rail. Recently Green Sea Turtles have been found to be “nesting” in the refuge…and are a welcome addition. The agriculture grown on part of the 5,000 acres contributes no pollutants or poisons to the refuge and actually contributes over $1 million dollars annually to benefit the refuge.
Don’t miss out this Saturday. Call 562-598-1024 right now before you forget!
You’ll be glad you did!
Warren Rootlieb and his Grandpa
The proud parents, Tyler and Rebecca Rootlieb of Laguna Beach think their new son, born on 9-11-2009 are hoping their boy will grow up to be President of the United States or at least Mayor of New York.
Grandparents Jerry and Janet Rootlieb of Seal Beach don’t want him that far from home, however, and are already planning his first campaign for Mayor of Seal Beach. Jerry wants him to come from District One, of course.
One thing we can be sure of..he’ll get all the women’s votes – – right ladies?
NY JETS s Tenn +2 1/2
HOUSTON Jacksonville + 4
PHILLY Kansas City +9
BALTIMORE Cleveland +13 1/2
NY Giants TAMPA BAY + 6 1/2
Wash DETROIT + 6 1/2
Green Bay ST. LOUIS +6 1/2
MINN San Francisco + 7
NEW ENGLAND Atlanta + 4
Chicago SEATTLE + 2 (give the points)
New Orleans BUFFALO +6
SAN DIEGO Miami +6
Pittsburgh CINCY + 4
Denver OAKLAND +1 1/2
MONDAY NIGHT
Dallas CAROLINA +9
* Home Teams all capital letters
** Best Bet – In Bold Print (Go to archives to see previous ‘best bets’)
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