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SD Weekly Budget
Date: 05-30-2002 4:27 PM - Word Count: 709

SD Weekly Budget
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   Eds: Following is a listing of calendar items for the week of June 2-8,
provided for your planning purposes. The events will be supplemented in daily
budgets and may be revised as the week progresses. Court cases are listed in
the Court Advisory.

   Sunday

   6:30 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The ``Suzuki Rock 'n' Roll Marathon'' will get under
way with a wheelchair competition, followed by the race and a concert at Coors
Amphitheater. The race ends at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. 2500 Sixth Ave.
Contact: Jennifer Gross or Audra Hoffmeyer, Elite Racing, (858) 450-6510.

   9 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Kiwanis club members will drop off coins collected over
the past year in their ``Miracle Mile of Quarters'' drive. Children's
Hospital, main entrance, 3020 Children's Way. Contact: Jen Marchesini,
hospital (858) 966-8481, or pager, (858) 494-3466; Patty Russell, hospital,
(858) 966-7793.

   Noon LA JOLLA - Newsman Walter Cronkite will receive the Nierenberg Prize
for Science in the Public Interest, named for the late director of the Scripps
Institution for Oceanography. In front of Birch Aquarium, UC San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive. Contact: Mario Aguilera or Dora Dalton, school, (858) 534-3624.

   Monday

   1 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold a
hearing to receive input from organizations that want to receive community
enhancement funds. County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room
310. Contact: county's Joe Tash, (619) 595-4627.

   2 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council will review the next fiscal
year's budgets for the police and fire departments and City Attorney's Office,
among other departments. Council Chamber, City Administration Building, 202 C
St., 12th floor. Contact: Ellen Smith, clerk's office, (619) 533-4010.

   Tuesday

   1 p.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will continue
hearing from organizations seeking community enhancement funds. County
Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 310. Contact: county's Joe
Tash, (619) 595-4627.

   10 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council will meet. Agenda includes a
proposed Sav-on store in the Kensington area. Council Chamber, City
Administration Building, 202 C St., 12th floor. Contact: Ellen Smith, clerk's
office, (619) 533-4010.

   Wednesday

   9 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council's Rules, Finance and
Intergovernmental Relations Committee will meet. Council Committee Room, City
Administration Building, 202 C St., 12th floor. Contact: committee consultant
Bill Baber, (619) 236-6330.

   12:30 p.m. SAN DIEGO - Former Education Secretary William Bennett will
appear at an open house of the California Virtual Academy, a charter school.
Bennett will also be available at 6:30 p.m. Hilton Mission Valley, 901 Camino
del Rio S. Contact: Jeff Kwitowski, for Bennett, (202) 669-1777.

   Thursday

   7 p.m. SAN DIEGO - ``Sesame Street Live,'' themed, ``Everyone Makes
Music,'' will bring Elmo and Big Bird back to San Diego. Performances will
continue through Sunday. San Diego Sports Arena, 3500 Sports Arena Blvd.
Contact: arena, (619) 224-4171.

   Friday

   10 a.m. CHULA VISTA - A media open house will be held for the first phase
of the Gateway Chula Vista $80 million office and retail complex. 303 H St.
Contact: Audrey Benedetto or Christina Blaney, PR, (619) 236-8397, or
cellular, (619) 977-7960.

   5 p.m. OCEANSIDE - The 11th annual reception for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Scholarship Fund winners will be held. More than $100,000 has been awarded to
high school students in the past decade. Home of Stephen and Janet Bledsoe
Lacy, 2165 Grandview St. Contact: Don Williamson, city, (760) 435-3070.

   Saturday

   6 a.m. SAN DIEGO - The 48th annual ``Coming Out Party'' by the Old Mission
Beach Athletic Club will feature bands, dancing and food. The event celebrates
the ``coming out'' of founding OMBAC member Delmar Miller from a Korean
prisoner of war camp. Set-up begins at 6 a.m. The party begins at 1 p.m.
Mariner's Point at Mission Bay Park, 1000 Mariner's Way. Contact: Lefty
Churchill, OMBAC, (619) 423-5252 or (858) 490-1218.

   6 p.m. EL CAJON - The 11th annual ``Firefighters' Destruction Derby'' will
feature firefighters from 15 agencies around San Diego County -- in cars, not
fire trucks. Cajon Speedway, 1875 Joe Crosson Drive. Contact: Rosella Aplin,
Burn Institute, (858) 541-2277.

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