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 Joining Supervisor Slater-Price at the kick-off were (from left) Tim Fennell, CEO of the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Leslie Woollenweber, resources specialist for the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, and Tom Golich, the Southern California Wetlands Restoration Project board president. |
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 San Diego Coastkeeper and I Love a Clean San Diego together honored Supervisor Pam Slater-Price with the Cleanup Champion Award at the 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 15. Presenting the award to Supervisor Slater-Price (center) are from left to right, San Diego Coastkeeper’s Bruce Reznik, Executive Director and Danielle Miller, Outreach Director, and I Love a Clean San Diego’s Morgan Justice-Black, Outreach Director, and Pauline Martinson, Executive Director. |
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 San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price speaks at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s news conference on his health care reform initiative in Rancho Bernardo on Aug. 31. |
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 Supervisor Pam Slater-Price announces that Aug. 25, 2007 marked “Solana Beach Little League Majors All-Star Day” throughout the County of San Diego. The Saturday celebration honored the team with a parade and awards ceremony. The state championship team of 14 players and four coaches were runners-up in the Little League World Series. “The Beach,” as their fans called them, went 21-5 for the season including the incredible feat of winning 14 straight elimination games. |
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 Supervisor Pam Slater-Price presented a proclamation to Barbara Harper (right) at the July 28 grand opening of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, Barbara Harper Branch. The branch was named after Harper, chairperson for “Share the Dream” committee, who was also the first woman to chair the club’s board of directors. |
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 Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, along with sculpture Matthew Antichevich, spoke at the Sunday, July 22 unveiling of a life-size bronze surfer sculpture, “Magic Carpet Ride” in Cardiff. The Cardiff-By-The-Sea Botanical Society, which is affiliated with the Cardiff 101 Chamber of Commerce, raised funds to commission the sculpture for public display for the community. Supervisor Slater-Price awarded a $5,000 Community Projects Grant for the sculpture. |
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 During a press conference on July 18 at the County Administration Center, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price addressed the sometimes deadly consequences of leaving a child or pet alone in a hot vehicle. Officials at the event encouraged the public to be vigilant and save a child or pet by calling 911. |
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 The Supervisor demonstrated how quickly temperatures could rise by placing a thermometer in a vehicle with all the windows cracked for less than 15 minutes. In that time, the temperature inside the vehicle rose to 100 degrees. The outside temperature was less than 80 degrees. |
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| On July 16, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, Third District, spoke at the launching of SmokeFreeSanDiego.org at PETCO Park – one of the first smoke-free professional sports venues - which was sponsored by the American Lung Association of California. The Web site is a user-friendly resource for families, students and policy-makers that shows how San Diego County is one of the leaders in creating smoke-free communities. | |
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 The Supervisor told the media and attendees at the news conference that last year, prior to most smoking bans, the annual post-July 4th beach cleanup amassed 45,000 cigarette butts. “That is more than enough cigarettes for each seat holder in this park,” she said. “The same clean-up efforts this year yielded about 20,000 cigarette butts, which like taking cigarettes away from more than half of the seat holders in PETCO Park. That’s the effect smoking bans have had in San Diego.” |
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Old Globe founding director Craig Noel, 92, was honored at the White House on Nov. 15, receiving the coveted National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush. Noel, who specializes in Shakespeare, has directed more than 225 productions at the Old Globe. Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and other community leaders, including San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, joined the Old Globe’s evening on Nov. 29 honoring Noel for his remarkable achievements.
Supervisor Pam Slater-Price (speaking) was joined at the Dec. 3 launch of CUT IT OUT by (from left) Jocelyn Terry, assistant manager and stylist for Dearinger Hair Salon, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Linda Wong Kerberg, assistant deputy director for the county’s Office of Violence Prevention, and Keely Linton, program coordinator for the North County Family Violence Prevent Center. 
Supervisor Pam Slater-Price displays the poster and safety card placed in restrooms in CUT IT OUT-participating salons. All CUT IT OUT materials are paid for through the nonprofit Salons Against Domestic Abuse.
Supervisor Pam Slater-Price honored Col. Robert E. "Bob" Dingeman, U.S. Army
Ret., with a county proclamation for being recognized by the Miramar College
Foundation with its "Outstanding Leader's Award" on November 19. Mr.
Dingeman, known as "Mr. Scripps Ranch," has dedicated some 60 years of
dedicated service to his country and community as a civic leader, decorated
military veteran, and community volunteer as well as a former educator of 18
years at San Diego Miramar College. For his many years of service as officer
and president of the Scripps Ranch Civic Association, he was elected
"President Emeritus for Life" and still serves as secretary.
Supervisor Pam Slater-Price presented a proclamation to Dick High, the founding North County Times publisher, at the Sept. 18 board meeting. High recently announced his September retirement after leading the newspaper for 12 years. The former reporter-turned-publisher helped merge the North County Blade-Citizen in Oceanside, the Times Advocate in Escondido, The Californian in Temecula and the Enterprise in Fallbrook into a single, regional paper. The incoming publisher, Peter York, was mostly recently the publisher of The Daily News of Longview, Wash.
