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Over the weekend: Parking lot, Petco Park. Place was like a smoke alarm's paradise. BBQs everywhere. But at the eastern end, it was tent canopies and full-on DJ and guys at tents handing out beers, sodas, snacks, and raffle tickets and their families horsing around, dads playing hacky-sack bowls with their kids…like tossing the little sacks into holes.
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"We're Border Patrol, Chula Vista Station," says Dan, the guy selling the raffle tix with prizes like free stuff from Tactical Supply outlets. Dan’s been in the Border Patrol for 4-1/2 years. "We throw these parties every now and then just to get together and let off steam."
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Of course they were headed for the ballpark afterwards to watch the Padres lose. But really, it didn't matter. “We need a bit of down-time together," says Dan. "All the money we get from the raffle will finance the next one.”
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/09/22518/
Over the weekend: Parking lot, Petco Park. Place was like a smoke alarm's paradise. BBQs everywhere. But at the eastern end, it was tent canopies and full-on DJ and guys at tents handing out beers, sodas, snacks, and raffle tickets and their families horsing around, dads playing hacky-sack bowls with their kids…like tossing the little sacks into holes.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/09/22516/
"We're Border Patrol, Chula Vista Station," says Dan, the guy selling the raffle tix with prizes like free stuff from Tactical Supply outlets. Dan’s been in the Border Patrol for 4-1/2 years. "We throw these parties every now and then just to get together and let off steam."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/09/22519/
Of course they were headed for the ballpark afterwards to watch the Padres lose. But really, it didn't matter. “We need a bit of down-time together," says Dan. "All the money we get from the raffle will finance the next one.”
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/09/22518/