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Back during our years in Covington, GA, one of my many joys was getting to know local musicians and artists. Much like here in San Diego, I developed a musical circuit and tried my best to work it into my schedule.This included the Newborn Opry, a great old schoolhouse that hosted live bluegrass on Saturdays. It was a one-room schoolhouse that had a stage at the front and seating out on the floors. Most of the musicians were locals and the crowd was, well, elderly.Shortly after my dad retired from Caterpillar, he and mom bought an RV and hit the bluegrass circuit on weekends. Mom would carry along this old Panasonic cassette recorder and tape all the groups and "live jams." As I was in college and later in San Diego, I never had a chance to go bluegrassing with them. But I would hear the stories over the phone…

There's a new awards show in town and it's called San Diego H.A.T. awards. It stands for Honoring Acoustic Talent. Cast your vote at the San Diego H.A.T. awards website.

The San Diego Reader has a weekly column called "Sheeps and Goats." LifePoint was featured back in the spring of 2005, before we held our first public worship service. The reporter came to our service yesterday and we will be featured again this Thursday.Here's the link to our first column.

FYI ... I think coffee shops that offer free WiFi should post a small sign showing their internet service provider. For those of us who use Outlook for email, it would help tremendously.

Nearly every day I drive past SDSU's big electronic sign that greets travellers on Interstate 8. For some time now I have noticed advertisements for the upcoming speakers series. Speakers included James Carville, Ann Coulter, and Rudy Gulliani. But it seems that the series has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Only 120 tickets had been sold for three different nights of speakers ... and that is in an auditorium that will hold thousands.That's why I chuckled when I saw the price tag: $193-313 per ticket per night. For SDSU students, ticket prices were originally $300, then $160, then $25. Even $25 is a bit pricey for college students.Here's the full article from the San Diego State Aztec describing the cancellation:Series called offPoor ticket sales force cancellationStephanie Nehmens, Assistant city editorPosted: 9/18/06The price tag was too high, even for an event such as this.Promoters for the San Diego Speaker…