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Baseball, Books, Entertainment/Arts February 19, 2017

Tale of the Toppled Hurler: A Peter Hartwell Story (Part 11)

Tale of the Toppled Hurler: A Peter Hartwell Story by Bruce A. Kauffman c 2017 All rights reserved. For full story to date, visit: https://escondidograpevine.com/a-the-tale-of-the-toppled-hurler-a-peter-hartwell-story/. At last reckoning, another of Peter’s attempts to escape fails. Now the fat man is driving him south toward Braintree in the sleek Infiniti. The radio is on. My host punched in the Opera Channel and sang along as we cruised…

Baseball, Blogs, Columns/Blogs August 3, 2016

Tale of the Toppled Hurler: A Peter Hartwell Story by Bruce A. Kauffman

Willie Gillante took the mound to pitch the game that would decide if the dream gets dashed or faith is rewarded. If Willie and his precious Red Sox lost tonight, their exhausting season-long march to the world championship of baseball would be over, and the hope gone that the crown would finally come to Boston for the first time in a long eighty-six years. The…

Sports June 13, 2016

Fencing camps, MLB All-Star legacy projects and college baseball transfer

San Diego Fencing Center holds summer camps Many kids are out of school during the summer, but that doesn’t mean they have to stop experiencing new horizons in learning and sporting fun. San Diego Fencing Center at 1770 South Escondido Blvd. hosts several one-week fencing camps this summer. Beginners camps cost $100 with all fencing equipment provided by the center. Week-long beginners camps introduce students to…

Sports May 22, 2016

Castle Creek Country Club, pickleball and the Pasadena Senior Games

Want to go the Pasadena Senior Games, yet stay in San Diego County? Want to see pickleball. Pickleball? Or do not pass go, simply start with what the heck is this all about? Long story not so short, the Pasadena Senior Games hosted by the Pasadena Senior Center features 35 different competitions. Everything from archery, badminton basketball, bowling, cycling, golf to power lifting road racing,…

Education February 12, 2016

Escondido police weigh in on controversial EUHSD suspensions

In an unusual move, Escondido police weighed in late Thursday on a highly controversial suspension of two high school students that has hit the news, sparking protests from hundreds of Escondido residents at this week’s Escondido Union High School District (EUHSD) board meeting. Meanwhile, a hearing on whether the two students would be expelled was moved up from Feb. 25 to today, Friday, Feb. 12,…

Sports February 10, 2016

eSports? Yes, competitive gaming as sport

Sports have traditionally spanned many disciplines in the physical realm. From the tackling of a carrier in football, to the subtle tap of a golf ball on a long putt, there exists a certain traditional aspect of a sport that is universally held. Enter eSports, a rapidly growing field in the gaming sphere that challenges traditional views on what a ‘sport’ really means. The disbelief…

Sports, Valley Center September 11, 2015

Mountain Bike Park appears stuck in the mud

A funny thing happened to the Valley Center, first-of-its-kind in San Diego County, mountain bike park. Well, maybe not, but the bike park promised for the start of the year continues to languish for lack of funds and available volunteer time. Steve Ford along with many of the Gravity Cycling Pirates bike team have contributed a lot of time and energy to getting the project…

North County, Sports, Valley Center September 11, 2015

World Kuk Gung Federation hosts 2nd Annual Festival of Korean Traditional Archery

It’s never too soon to start planning for the 2nd Annual World Kuk Gung Festival of Korean Traditional Archery. Hosted by Heon K. Kim and the World Kuk Gung Federation, the festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 3-4 at 29745 Lilac Road, Valley Center. A high volume succulent dealer by day, Master Kim, as archers call him due to his shooting championship…

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