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Home My WebLink About2001-06-19 - Orange Coast Pilot• • 0 I • • • • • • • • • t I . . SERVING THE NEWPORT -MESA COMf.AUNmES SINCE 1907 ON DE WEB: WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM 1UESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 ~ 1 ~; ·Balboa Island yacht .request n;ms aground .... . -... • C!ty officials deny Lodwrick M. Cook's p lan to dock his 55-foot boat in front of two Bay Front homes. MMhl1 Wlnkler DMY PILOT BALBOA ISLAND -Newport Beach city of:fidals have denied a mquest by an island property owner to move an existing pier 40 feet to the ea.st to dock his 55-foot boat there. Neighbors bad opposed the pro- posal. saying the boat would block views of Newport Harbor, os well as beach access for swimming and oth- er water activities. The opplicant, Lodwrick M. Cook. owns houses at 1106 and 1108 S. Bay Front but does not live on the island. Councilman Steve Bromberg, who represents the island and bad expressed concerns about the pro- ject. said Monday he felt dty officials bad made the appropriate decision. ·1 know that our staff has looked at this in depth.• said Broinbeig, who lives on Uttle Balboa Island.. He added that the decision was consistent with a 1964 City Council policy that prohibits •new, noncom- mercial piers . . . unless it is in the public interest or unless it is at such a location that is not usable for swim- ming and bathing." City Manager Homer Bludau said city of:ficia1s bad based their decision to deny the application on the policy, because Cook's pier revision would in effect create a new pier, He added that the letter would be sent to Cook 'I really think that a 55-loot boat is just too big for the bay front.' Kwt Kosell Balboa Island resident late Monday afternoon. Cook then bas 14 days to appeal the decision to Bludau and then to City Council members. Island residents said they were GAEG mY I DAl.Y Pl.OT College Park Elementary teacher Buzz Ambku bares end of the year thoughts with students Malquel Mcl.eisb. left. and Zack Lehman ~ He was all the Retiring College Park teacher gets credit from students past and present for making the classroom fun S tudents that Buzz Amble taught last year stood next to those he taught nearly 30 years ago to wish him well in his retirement at a party Friday afternoon in Costa Mesa. The College Park Elementary School com- munity-past and present -came together to hon- or a teacher who changed and shaped many a life. •1 just wrote a Jetter in the last oouple mootbs to the district, not knowing if be was still around. because be was a teacher that stuck out 1n my mind, that changed my life,• said Heethec Danow, 38, who was in Amble's dass 28 years ago. •1 was a tomboy before it WU aa:eptabje and ... a total outcast, and be made it acx:eptable. lbat stuck with me through life.• Amble, a third-grade teacher, bu been in educa- tion for 34 years, in the Newport-Mesa Unified School Distrlct for 32 years and at College Park Ele- mentary School for 30 years. He bes enjoyed his time at College Park to the fullest. He even met bis wife, Bird, now a kinder- garten teacher at Whittier Elementary School. while teochil)g there 27 years ago. SEE BUZZ MGE ' Hoag Hospital faces its own swmner crisis • The N.eWport Beach medlCal amter ii one of mm;iy ID tbe ltate that are lbort on blood. .......... Dm'9or pleased to hear about the decision. ·1 think it's wonderful.• said Pam Sigband, who lives next door to Cook's property and recently held a neighborhood meeting about the issue at her house. •Because that means that the dty is looking out for the good of most of the people rather than just one family.• But Cook. who bad not heard from city officials Monday, said be still hoped to pa.rlc his boat in front of his property. SEE YACHT PAGE 4 More cities • • rum noISe complaints at airport •Officials in Orange and Irvine say more planes are flying over their neighborhoods. Paul Clinton DAILY PILOT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT - Costa Mesa and Newport Beach residents aren't the only ones ooo- cemed about the noise from planes landing at the airport. Orange bas stepped into the fray, with elected o:ffictals from that city publicly complaining about what they say are increases in lights and noise over that citYs homes. •More planes tend to be flying over east Orange, which is resklen- tial, • Orange Councilman Dan Slater said. ·1 talk to friends in east Orange on the phone when a plane is going by, and it's quite loud. I don't think you can have a discus- sion outdoors when a plane is flying over.• While flights have been on the rise, the real problem. offtdals in Orange, Tustin and other dties say, is a wider dispersion of flights over a larger geographic area. Orange put its concerns in writ- ing in Man:h when Mayor Mark Murphy sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration. The dty objected to a shift of arrtviDg planes eastward. increases in airaaft oper- ations, nighttime landings and takeotfs, and low-flying planes. Officials at John WayDI! Alrpolt ada>owledged they have reoeiYed more complaints from Orange, Tustin and even Irvine, In receot moo.tbs. ·1 think it's subltantiaily a per- ception.• said John Leyede, tbe air- port's aCO!llS and nWe manager. •All the ownplatnts we receive are valid." Leyerie, however. Mid the air- port bes seen tncreues in the nmn- ber of daily tlighll. In 1990, the air- port oou.nted 65 antvall each day, ClOlllp8led to 125 today. SEE NOISE MGI 4 Ull .... _____ , ··-··----S ..... ___ , ----· ------· I . . . --. . ---. . . .. . . ~ .-.. \ . . .. ~ . . . .. ... •• ' . ' I SERVING THE NEWPORT -MESA COMMUNmES SINCE 1907 ON ntE wlB: WWW.DAILYPILGT.COM -1UESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 ·Balboa island yach~ request runs agromid, • City officials deQy Lodwrick M. Cook's plan to dock his 55-foot boat in front of two Bay Front homes. at this in depth,• said Brombeig, who lives on Uttle Balboa Island · He added that the dedsion was 'I really thihk that a 55-foot boat is just too big for the bay Iron t. ' Kurt Kosek MMhl1 Winkler DAILY PILOT --aJU.BOA ISLAND -Ne'Wport Be(lch city officials have denied a request by an island property owner to move an existing pier 40 feet to the east to dock bis 55-foot boat there. NeighboIS had opposed the-pro- posal. saying the boat would block views of Newport Harbor, as well as 1.· ~ consistent with a 1964 City Council beach access for swimming and ~th-policy that proliibits •new, noncom- er water activities. The opplieant, · merdal piers ... unless it is tn the Lodwriclc M. Cook. owns houses at public interest or unless it is at such a 1100 ana1108 S. lJiy-Pront but does localiOO: that is nohlsabhrfor swim- not live on the island. ming and bathing." Coundlman Steve Bromberg, City Manager Homer mudau said who represents the island and had city officials had based their d~on expressed concerns about the pro· to deny the application on the policy, ject, said Monday he felt city officials because Cook's pier revision would had made the appropriate decision. in effect create a new pier. He added •I know that our staff has looked that the letter would be sent to Cook Balboa Island resident late Monday afternoon. Cook then has 14 days to appeal the decision to Bludau and then to City Council members. Island residents said they were GAEG RIV I DAl.V Pl.OT College Park Elementary teacher Buzz Amble Iba.res end of the year thoughts with students ~quel Mcl.elsh. left. and Zack Lehman He was all the ReUring College Park teacher gets credit from students past and present for making the classroom fun Danette Goulet DAILY Pl1.oT S tudents that Buzz Amble taught last year stood next to those he taught nearly 30 years ago to wish him well in bis retirement at a party Fliday afternoon in Cost.a Mesa. The College Park Elementary School com- munity -pest and present-came together to hon- or a teacher who changed and shaped many a life. •1 just wrote a letter in the last couple months to the district. not knowing if be was still a.round. because he was a teacher that stuck out in my mind. that changed my life,• said Heather Darrow, 38, who was in Amble's class 28 years ago. •1 was a tomboy before it was aicceptable and ... a total outcast, and be made it acmptable. That stuck with me through life.• Amble, a third-grade teacher, has been in educa- tion for 3' yean, in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District for 32 years and at College Park Ele- mentary School for 30 years. He has enjoyed hil time at College Park to the fullest. He even met.llis wife, Bird, now a kinder- garten teacher at Wb1tUer elementary School. while teacbing there 27 years ago. SEE BUZZ PAGE 4 Hoag Hospital faces its own summer crisis •The NeWport Beadi medic.al center ii one of many in tb8 itate that are abort OD bloc)4 pleased to hear about the decision. ·1 think it's wondetful." said Pam Sigband, who lives next door to Cook's property and recently held a neighborhood ~eeting about the issue at her house. •Because that means that the city is looking out for the gOod of most of the people rather than just one family." But Cook. .who had not beard from city officials Monday, said he still hoped to park his boat in front of bis property. SEE YACHT PAGE 4 More cities • • rum noISe complaints at airport • Officials in Orange and Irvine say more planes are flying over their neighborhoods. P•ul Clinton DAILY PILOT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT - CostA Mesa and Newport Beach residents aren't the only ones con- cerned about·the noise from pJaDes landing at the airport. Orange has stepped into the fray, with elected officials from that city publicly complaining about what they say are increases in flights and noise over that city's homes. •More planes tend to be flying over east Orange, which is residen- tial," Orange Councilman Dan Slater said ·1 talk to fiiends in east Orange on the phone when a plane is going by, and trs quite loud. I don't think you can have a discus- sion outdoors when a plane is flying over.• While flights have been on the rise, the real problem, offldals in Orange, Tustin and other d.tl.es say, is a wider dispersion of flights over a larger geographic area. Orange put its concems in writ- ing in March when Mayor Made Murp4y sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration. lbe city objected to a shift of arriving planes eastward. inaeases in aiJaaft oper- ations, nighttime landings and takeoffs, and low-flying planes. Officials at John Wayne Aitpolt eclmow1edged they haw received more complaints from Orange, Tustin and even lrvine, in recent months. •1 think it's substantially a per· ception. • said John Leyerle, tbe air- port's acxe11 and ncise manager. "All the complaints we receive me valid." Leyerle, however, said tbe air- port bas seen tnc:naes in the nwn- ber of daily Oigbll. In 1980, the --port counted 65 antvall e_ecb, day, ~to 125 today. . SEE NOISE MGE 4 -..--------' ___ 5 •••1---1 ----· ~-----....... -' ... I ... . .. • 2 Tuesday, Jone 19, 2001 llds Talk BICK Taking it to the next level The Dally Pilot asked sbcth-grode students at Ea6tblutt Elementary School how they feel about leaving elementary achool and moving up. •1 am very excited to move on to high school, even though I am going back to my old school and I will not see my friends from here. I look forward to art projects and talking on the phone. I know that it will be hard, but it will be a nice change. Home- work will be bard, but I am not that scared.• PIERCE RUBIN, 13 Costa Mesa •I am scared a little because I have been at the same school for seven years and now I have to get used to a new place. I get to meet new friends . and boys. I want ; to make valedic- : torian, so I know homework is cer- :llin. I will miss Eastbluff, though.• -NICHOLE SLYKHOUS, 12 Newport Beach "It will be exciting: I.get to go to school with my big brother and meet new friends. I am not afraid of my new school because d'4chers here !Jlave prepared us ·~nough, I hope. I plan to play bas- ketball, and I look forward to math classes.• "I am excited to meet new peo- ple and interact more with teach- ers and leMO more. I want to get good grades and learn to deal with people. I also get to tor- NICK JONES, 12 Newport Beach ment my brother and his friends. I hope I don't get a mean teacher, though." •1 recllly don't want to leave because I don't want to get a mean teacher or get lost at the big school. I am com- fortable here, but I get to meet old- er people and go TESS HODGES, 12 Newport Beach to dances. I am excited.• MADISON BERGE, 12 Laguna Beach -Interviews and photos by Matt Grenert ; ... .. ... The write- Newport Elementary first-graders take the stage as they show off their written work D...U.Goulet DAILY PILOT _;,. I t was all very profes- sional .... A couple of smartly dressed children flanked the door to Room 14 at Newport Elementary School, handing out blue and pink programs. Inside, a semldrcle of minia- ture yellow chairs was set up to face a ftoral-<:u.shloned, white rattan chair -the author's seat. On one side of the seat of honor stood a big sign on an easel, welcoming guests to the Authors' Tea and announcing the featured authors of the after- noon. On the other side of the rattan throne, a table with a homey blanket thrown over It was set with a silver pitcher filled with roses. It was the perfect, elegant touch. I don't ~ow if the deco{atiOD$_ hanging from ~e ceiling were just part of the classrot>m d~r or if they were special for the tea, but that also helped to set the scene. As invited guests in Laura Parkan tint-grade dAu sat. ready to bear the authon share their pleoe de rell6tCJtJce, some eyed the delectable-looking, glazed bundt cake and other treats in the back and miffed the air, which smelled of freshly brewed coffee. Then, with his.little mea.kered feet nowhere near the Iloor, Max Bendick put his left ankle on his right knee and began to read his book review of •3.0 Dinosaur lbrillers.• Max described his favorite book in a clear, loud voice. The next piece really hit home with me. Danielle McMahan read a newspaper she bad creat- / ed called Classroom News. She ' .. .. .. .. Daily Pilot . CAAUtDALGO/OAl.Y Pl.OT Above, Jaclde Cappelllnio shows µie clul the WutraUon to her story during her fint,.g.rade class' Autbon' Tea. where tbe Unt..graclers at Newport Elementary Scbool read tbelr own stories. At left. Kyla Kerr gets a UUle help from teamer Laura Parker. bad several news stories of class happenings, an entertainment sectio"Q and a guest columnist. The young editor chose. her classmate Skylar Jacobs to write the "special report• because he bad just gone on a family vaca- tion to Washington, D.C., and she thought it would be fun to hear about. she said. She was right. He told }\is audience bis impressions of the city at night. On their first night there, he and his family went out at 10 p.m., because that's only 7 p.m. in Cal- ifornia, he reported. "Everyone, I tell you, do not go out at that time because peo- ple who are dangerous can be out at that time,• be wrote. The next couple of authors wrote fiction stories. There was "The Birthday Par- ty Sleepover,• which was a wild- ly imaginative story a~~t a ghost who crashed a bUlDday party. . \ Collin Cliessell WTOte about a magic carpet that took him to Hawaii, New York and Nebras- ka, of all places. And then it also gave-him $1,000. · All of the stories were writing assignments students had done in cl4ss and that they then chose to lengthen and revts'.Parker said. So the stories the authors shared at the three teas held to honor them ranged from nonfic- tion to fiction and from fairy tales to book reviews. • IN ntE C1ASMOOM Is a weekly fff. ture fn which Daily Pilot educMlon writer Danett. Goulet vlsfts • campus within the Newport-Mesa Unified School Olstrtct and writes about her experience. RW>QS HOTLINE (949)642~ POUCI flLIS VOL ts. N0.115 """'' z a, ~ "°""' s.IWCl!r ... ,__ ...... ~ ..... II ........... ,........., --cm-.,... ... ... __ --.... ? .... ,......., -··~ ,.._ ., .... Record 'fOUI -eo1-m.-met-nts-ebout the DtMly Piiot « news • .......... c ............ ....... -.... ~ ..... ........ .._ ..... ........... ....,. IMl Corona del Mar IM3 Costa .... 11.t62 Nl't1p01tlwtt IM1 Nlv1port0Nlt IW1 ,_ 10DAY Antlow 2.:57 a.m .......... -..... -0.4' Anthlgh 9:11 p.m. ··--···--3.7' s.ca.tlcM 2,.,... -..,.---1.!J' ~· 121,. __ , __ u E2••·--...... ..... "_~ ... ...._ ........ _ ... _ .. _., .......,t M1P""-- COSTA MESA • .............. Dftwe: A Whlde bUrgllrj was reporttd In the 1100 blodC at 7:11 p.m. ~ • CenW' "'-1: ~ of NrCDtla wes reportlld In the IOO blodt lit W e.m.. ~ • '11 eels--·== A "*'°'Y w.s rtpOnlld In tN 1a tllDCll 11 ,2* e.m. ~ I • ~ .......... M ......... C:llawcre nlpOrt- ed lntlliDtlli* 1t 1,.,,..,..... Doily Pilot . . . Tuesday, June 19, 200 I 3 Investigator Danny Rios was a buJldog of a man T he other day I was talking to Bddie Banuelos, the Corona del Mar barber better known as •Past Eddie." Eddie was bom and reared in Orange County, so every time I wander in to get a trim, my time in the chair develops into a quick look at Orange County history. At my latest haircut we settled on Danny Rios.~ong time investigator for the Orange County Sheriffs Department. Danny was probably the most tenacious investigator to come out of the office, as evidenced by Robert Gordner THE VERDICT the "dip stick" murder case. One night someone killed the attendant at a servic.e station in El Modena. The purpose was theft, although all the killer got was the pitiful amount of change in the cash register. The only clue to the crime was a dip stick. Other investigators might have shrugged and waited for some other information to surface. Not Danny. If a dip stick was the only clue, then he'd make the most of the dip stick. He took the dip stick to Detroit, where . he carried it from auto rµak· er to auto maker until he found the one '1tat pro- duced the car from which this particular kind of dip- stick had come. He now had the type of car and the year of produc- tion, bQt that still wasn't much to go on. But Danny wasn't the type to give up. He got a list of all the cars of that model sold in Orange County, then he mapped them carefully on a grid of the county. It was a madden- ingly boring job, but Danny eventually worked a history of the cars until be tied one to ... El Modena. He then went house to house until, after weeks of tireless investigation, he located the killer who imme- Takingthe bang oU.t of Fourth ·of July •A Costa Mesa stand hopes to create some sparkle by selling alternatives to traditiobal fireworks. Jennifer Kho raisers. DAllY PILOT • The city has allowed fire- works on the holiday for COST A MESA -One years, but the sale of fire- Fourth of July stand will not works became controversial be selling fireworks this in 199g, when the state year. allowed the city to sell fire- Instead, the •non-fire-works for the Millennium works stand" will sell glow-celebration on New Year's ing light sticks, balls, neck-Eve. laces and bracelets. Costa Mesa was one of "They are legal every-100 cities that allowed the where and cool to touch, sale of fireworks for New snap and shake for instant Year's Eve. As a result, resi- light," said Windy Uhacb, dents made more than 100 managing partner for US3 calls to City Hall and council Products LLC, a Costa Mesa members' homes protesting business that is running the sale of fireworks. what might be the first non-"The charities made mon- fireworks stand in the city. ey, we had a little rain and "We have a boy and a lot of there weren't any prob- our friends have children lems," Councilman Gary who are afraid of sparklers Monahan remembered. and the loud noises." Janice Davidson, chair- So the business came up woman of Citizens for the with an alternative that's Improvement of Costa Mesa, safe and lasts longer than a 4 said she likes fireworks but couple of minutes, the brief knows they bother some duration of most fireworks, people. Uhach said, insisting that "We've been setting fire- •we're not trying to attack works in front of my house._ fireworks." with the whole block for 16 Anne Schultz, assistant years now," she said. city manager, said she has "We've never had an inj\V)' not beard of any previous -not even a slight burn - non-fireworks stands in the and everybody has a good city and that, following a time. Some people do come city tradition, nonprofit to City Council meetings groups will run 52 fireworks every year and complain stands this year as fund· because they don't like the Donate your vehicle. 1-888-308-6483 Set hope in motion to improve local lives. • RVs • Boats • Real Estate • Tax Deductible 'They are legal everywhere and cool to touch, snap and shake for instant light.' Windy Uhach managing partner for US3 Products LLC. a Costa Mesa business that is running what might be the first non-fireworks stand in the city noise. I probably wouldn't either if it weren't the Fourth of July." Monahan said concern about fireworks seems to have died down, however. "We don't have any more problems in this city than cities that don't have fire- works and, let's face it, it's an American tradition,·" he said. "I would say it's unlikely that tlie glow stick stan<;l.s are going. to take business from the fireworks stands. It II sounds like a pretty good gimmick, though." Costa Mesa resident Tom Egan said he likes fireworks but has no problems with glow sticks being offered as well. • J suppose the glow sticks will appeal to some people because there are people who are really against fire- works," Egan said. "I'm a great proponent of some· thing for everybody, so more power to them ·if there's~ populous out there who wants their product." Mayor Llbby Cowan said she thinks the non-fireworks stand is a creative and inno- vative idea. "I certainly would not be disappointed if that caught on but, at this point, I don't favor taking away the fire- works stand opportunity for anybody. 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THE 11EWS Police make arrest in burglary case Costa Mesa police arrested a 23-year-old Orange man Monday morning on suspicion of burglarizing a local home, officials said. A resident on Tulip Lane saw Carlos Rodriguez Sanchez jump out of the back window of her home in the t 00 block about 10:45 a.m., said Costa Mesa Police Lt. Dale Bir- ney. •She was coming into her liome 'when she saw the suspect jump out the have made things pretty quick, be used a 20-gauge and staggered around until he finally succumbed. The murder theorlsts were not satisfied. They bad poor Myford exhumed and exam- ined by a whole regiment of pathologists who didn't come up with anything new. I could have told them. Danny Rios was very thor· ough. If he said you commit- ted suicide, you damn well did commit suicide. • ltOllEllT GAltDNER is a Corona del Mar resident and a former judge. His column runs Tu~ays. window,• be said. Eiaber the resident or the ~· by saw Sancbe.z get into a gray truck and drive away, Birney said. Officers responding to the call spotted a truck matching ~ description in the 2100 block of Newport Boulevard, made a stop and arrested Sanchez, he said. In the truck, they found property not belong- ing to Sanchez., Birney said. The resident, whose name was not released by the police, identified the suspect and also some of her property that wu reportedly stolen. Sanchez is being held in Costa. Mesa jail in lieu of • $25,000 bail. c· f A1.cwtt, IT'S TIME FOR ... f"4.tc ~oat r ,,.o. MI CASA MEXICAN RESTAURANT 296 E. 17TH ST. COSTA MESA· 949·645·7626 VISIT OUR NEW SILK FLoRAL WAREHOUSE Trees. Palms, Bushes & Florals Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4 369 E. 17th Street, Costa Mesa, CA (across from Ralphs) (949) 646-6745 Celestino's.._ quality MEATS .,.. The Anesi Meal and 5enJice t\uallable ~ C.. MGA for owr 30 J""I 4 Tue!doy. June 19, 2001 I - I I t , BUZZ CONTINUED FROM 1 Amble spent many of ' those years teaching fifth grade, but the last sever- al years he taught third grade. Amble, however, nev- er had an interest in school as a child. "I had a tough time all the way through" school, he said, adding that while sports, art and extracurricular activities • interested him, school bored him to tears. His students say it's too bad he didn't have himself as a teach~. "He was a really fun teacher because he always did really fun stuff,• said Miranda Partin, 9, who had Amble for reading lan- guage arts last year. •He had a postcard of a mon- key that he said was his baby picture." The boy who hated· school only chose teach- ing as a major in college to avoid going to Viet- nam, where two of his buddies had already · died, he said. Out of college, he dis- covered he liked school after all -as a teacher. "I found out I loved it," he said. "I loved chil- dren. And I just came out (to California from Minnesota) fpr a year in 1964." Now, after all these years, he is still in Costa Mesa but finally leaving teaching. "I want to go out while I'm on top and not feeling old and tired,• he said. HOAG CONTINUED FROM 1 Known as the universal blood type, because it can be given to anyone, type 0 blood Wlits are crucial in emergerfcy situations when doctors don't have enough time to deter- mine a patienrs blood type. Wrth about 65% of Hoag's blood supplies coming from the Red Cross, hospital offi- cials ~Y reacted to the sit- uation. They appealed to hos-' pital employees to donate blood and about 150 people with the type 0 blood did so. "From that response, we made it through the inunedi- ate crisis,• said Randy Ger- man, Hoag's blood bank supervisor. . ' .. . ' . . . CoSta Mesa motorcyclist killed on Ortega Highway Vehicle checlipoint to be conducted in CoSta Mesa 'A 22-year·old C<>1ta Mesa man was killed Monday morning when be lost con· trol of his motorcycle and ctashed int() a guard .tall on Ortega Highway 14 miles east of the San Di.ego Freeway. officials said. The Costa Mesa Police Department According to witnesses, the man, will conduct a driver's license and vebide whose name will not be released until his registration checkpoint from 10 a.m. to 2 tamilj members are notified, was drivln9 p.m. Wednesday, officials said. eastbound on the highway at a.bout 70 The checkpoint will screen motorists mph, California Highway Patrol ottidals traveling westbOund on Victoria Street, said. west of Maple Avenue. •oue to the high rate of speed, be waif Officials said the purpose of.the check· unable to negotiate a curve,• said Officer point is to educate the public about the S. Haro. •nie motorcycle slid on the seriousness of driving without a valid asphalt and struck the guard rail.• 1 • license and to discourage motorists who The man was thrown south of the are unlicensed or who are driving with a guard rail and his 1993 Suzuki motorcy·. suspended or revoked license. cle landed 80 feet away from him, he Drivers found to be in violation will be said. arrested or cited, and will have their vehi· "There were no witnesses to the actu-cles impounded, police said. Informationi al cr45h," said Haro. "But there were wit-(714) 754-5281. NOISE CONTINUED FROM 1 Since the letter was sent to the FAA, that agency formally responded to it. In an April 17 letter to Orange, FAA Region- al Administrator William Withycombe said he couldn't confirm that flights have increased ·in all directions of the community,· as the letter stated. Flights landing at John Wayne typically take two routes. Planes from the north come in from Catalina Island, while those that come in from lhe east cross over Saddle- back. Eastern arrivals fly over Sitting in the hospital's blood donor center after donating his type 0 blood Monday morning, Michael Yates, who works in Hoag's recruitment office, said he tries to donate his blood whenever possible. "I'm usually a regular." he said, adding that while he had not made a donation pitch during recruibnent presenta- tions for college students, he said he'd consider doing that in the future. "I'm willing to help out." But because the hospital uses about 40 Wlits of blood each day, things might become problematic again soon unless eligible donors come in and help. A growing demand for blood because of population growth and more aggressive Villa Park, Orange, North Tustin, Tustin, parts of Irvine, eastern Costa Mesa and on to the airport. On their approach, flights usually follow the Costa Mesa Freeway. However, pilots are given leeway by FAA air-traf- fic regulators to veer off course if needed. Those •over flights" have caused the biggest uproar among the affected cities. "The FAA has no evidence that indicates the aircraft overflights ·referenced by Murphy are being conducted unsafely or inconsistently with federal regulations,• Withycombe wrote in his let- ter. Flights began to divert FYI from their usual patterns, Slater said, shortly after the. closure of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. At the time, the FAA lifted restrictions on airspace previ- ously reserved for military flights. Irvine was hit hard at the time,.said Dan Jung, that city's director of special pro- grams. "The way I learned aboutit was through a flood of citizen calls (stemming) from low-fly- ing planes crisscrossing over Irvine," Jung said. Costa Mesa Councilman Gary Monahan has also said publicly he has noticed more planes in the skies over the eastern portion of his city. The increases in flights To donate bloocl;a person must be at least 17 and in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and not be at risk for HIV/AIDS or other blood-borne infectious diseases. While type 0 blood is needed the most. hospital officials urge people with all blood types to donate. To make an appointment, call (949) 760-5621 . cancer treabnents that require more blood.transfusions is one of the reasons supplies have dwindled, German said. The arrival of summer and vacations reduce the number of people available to give blood, he added. But most of all, Californians just don't seem to be big fans of giving away their blood. Careful screei)ings for infec- tious diseases already limit the number of people who may give blood -among others, anyone perceived to be at risk of contracting HIV is exclud- ed, as are people who have lived in the United Kingdom for an extended period of time, because they might car-• ry mad cow disease. That said, only 2% of eligi- ble Californians give blood and about one-third of the state's blood supply is import- ed from other states. "My problem is the more Support Our . Schools Shop Harbor Blvd. of Cars Daily Pilot YACHT CONTINUED FROM 1 •1 do feel ~that we ougbt to have the rht to have our boat near our , • he said, adding that he didn't know whether he would appeal the ~edsion. Cook said he'd still like to try and work out a compromise with island residents. •we obviously would like to accommodate the concerns of our neighbors,• Cook said. "We'll just see what's possible. ... We're not there to be dis- ruptive.· Sigband said she'd be will- ing to tty· to come up with a solution. But "even though you bate to deny anyone of the plea- sures of their lives, at the same time it's possible that it's not the appropriate place for the boat.• she said. And that's a sentiment sec- onded by others as well. •1 really think that a 55-foot boat is just too big for the bay front,• said Kurt Kosek, anoth- er island resident who opposed Cook's plan. could get worse, Newport Beach offiqals said, if John Wayne remains the only county airport. Newport Beach has held a series of meetings with staff members of other North County cities. Without naming anyone, Newport Beach Councibnan Tod Ridgeway said the city has been frustrated by the lack of understanding in some other cities about that poten- tial scenario. "That's one of our frustra- tions,• Ridgeway said. "They're just n~t aware of the impacts John Wayne has on their cities. , .. We're trying hard to get that infonnatioo out to them." self-absorbed . generation." said Alice Johnson, who works as a recruiter at Hoag's blood donor center. Because people can't work out at the gym after donating blood, some use a scheduled session with their trainer or a spin ~ as an excuse, Johnson said. "lt's a very selfish attitude,· she said. Then there are others, such as Steve Layton and nm Ward, who regularly come in to donate. Layton. a principal with a Newport Beach real estate company, has offered his employees the opportunity to donate blood on company time. On Monday, he said he expected about 15 to 20 com- pany officials to donate later in the day. Ward, a Newport Beach resident who has donated blood for 17 years, said the issue struck home last year when his sister needed more than 200 blood units after going through liver failure. Wrthout the donations, •my sister would have been dead," hesaid. · For Johnson. it's all about getting people to vi.sit her at the blood donor center and getting a 'chance to show them what they can do by giving up 45 minutes of their ti.me. "My concern ls that it's an educational issue,• sbe said. By donating blood, "you liter- ally make a difference in someone's life.• 'I believe that 11 a chfld has high sell-esteem, they can do anything they want to do in this world.' -SulM Phfll ... • Balboa Island resident who recently retired from teaching kindergarten at The Susan Phillips Day School at Harbor Christian Church. on her lifelong passion: children .... GEIPmlma • . • • • • :--:---:------.....;..---:._ ________________ ---:~----------------_J--.;_ ______________ ~------------------..L----------------------------__;----: Grab some orange juice and enjoy I have always thought of my col- umn being read at tti.e breakfast table. But, recently, I heard Erin Gruwell tell students at two local high schools that the best reading gets done so~wbere else. Gruwell is a Newport Beach girl who is making a name for her-Goy Geiser- self worldwide. A few years Sandoval back. she start- ed her teaching EDUCATIONALLY career by teaching those SPEAKING who have been labeled as ·1osers• at a high school in Long Beach. She remained with her same group of students for their four years of high school and, along the way, they wrote a book called •freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them.• All of her students are now in college and are financing their col- lege education with sales of the book. Put it on your summer reading list. Gruwell said in order for a topic sentence to be considered really compelling, it should throw you off the toilet. The heart of your writing· should be like a wonderful sandwich, with all' of the accoutennents, instead of just bread and baloney. So. I hope that my columns are not just a bunch of baloney and, once in a while, you fall off the toilet. Some Newport-Mesa Unified School District students are about to arriv~ at the hallowed halls of high school. I asked two self-proclaimed experts to fill me Jn on what you should know to succeed and con- quer. First of all, for those of you about to enter high school, remember to take the hardest classes that you can. Plan your high school career accord- ing to the University of Callf omia requirements. Those classes will qual- ify you to apply for almost any college in the United States. If you don't take those classes, you limit yourself. Don't waste a period each day being a teacher's aid. If you have an extra class after fitting in English. math, history, science, foreign language and physical educa~on, try something to fulfill the fine arts requirement. Your talent in drama or choir ~ be·just waiting to come out Don't limit what you do or whom you hang out with in an effort to •be cool.• Those who must always gauge what they do on the coolness factor don't get to have fun. Instead, be silly and try everr. school activity you can. even if it isf ~ping into a vat of _ gelatin. \ Jn ninth 91try a different sport for each season. ust because you've played soooer you were S doesn't mean you can't try golf, water polo or aoa-country. 1blnk of U u a way to get free lessons in a sport you might want to play ~ur odult llle. Sports tel.Im are ~ a great way to meet people trom. all high 9Chool ~e Jevek who have at least one ~ m common with you. Doa!t limit what clallaa you take OF wbat dubl you belong to foe fear CV ~ labeled a 'nenLBy the mid· die of your een.lOi' year, lt will become iWidet that the Derdl are gdng to be tbil wtniwl bi life. 'Dy Yow' belt to get a nerCl label. It meam you are OetaPg gOOd ~and pmtldpet- ing in dal. .I!:~ baw. choKll betWMD ltudytng ws banglDg aut 1'1111a iaur fdladl, .. YoUt fdilill ~,_..,,..~...,--,..--,. • 'It~-.... .,..,.... ... ,.,. 14;n 11,... _ 1D o ... ,..,_ ~~cht1dllnd1m ..... rdC ..... dab ...... i:S::::.i...-.~=:. ~ ........ .............. - BUST TO THE PAST I Tuesday, June 19, 2001 J ; • • . . • • Former Pilot editor recalls Stan Kehton : 8y Ch.Ses.H. Loos • EDITOlt'S NOTE: On June 6, the Los Angeles Jui Institute held a concert at the Bal~ P.-.rillon to matte the 60th annlwnaty of Stan Kenton's first con- cert at the Rendezvous Ballroom. That artkle stoked memories of Kenton for former Dally Pilot Managing Editor Char1es H. Loos. The following Is a reprint of a Loos ertlde that origin.lly ran Aug. 27, 1979, two days after Kenton's ~ath: L et's get one thing straight right from the top. Stan Kenton didn't write "Take the A 'Irain. • Billy Strayhorn wrote that tribute to a New York subway line for the Duke Elling- ton Orchestra. That error happened to be one of the things written for Sunday's paper about the death of Stanley Newcombe Kenton. One of the things that wasn't written about the death Saturday of Stan Kenton at the age of 67 is that be took a little piece of a lot of us with him -a little piece of our youth. And, if you will, the youth of a p~ce called Balboa. There were two Kenton periods in Bal- boa. One was in 1941-42 when he first brought bis own band to the Rendezvous Ballroom, that great pastel barn that stretched between Palm and Washington streets along Ocean Front Avenue, just up from the Balboa Pier. That's where Stan Kenton's music -orig- inal. individualistic and controversial - burst on the American scene. There was •Eager Beaver• and •tntermi.ssion Riff.• There was even a dance step called the Bal- boa. Lord, does anybody still remember bow it went? Kenton came back to the Rendezvous in 1957, and there was a new generation of aft. dona dos. There were two Kenton albums recorded at the Rendezvous irtthe late '50s -•Ren- dezvous With Kenton• in 1957 and •Back to Balboa. in 1958. Some fans claim those were the best recordings ever made by a Kenton band. That was because, they argue, the Ren- dezvous, with its block-long dance floor and high ceiling, was the only place that ever really could hold a Kenton band in full flight Maybe that's just nostalgia talking. Any- Boat plans leave residents with sinking feeling AT ISSUE: Balboa Island resident wants to move pier and park his vessel in front of his properties. S o much for so few. How can a little person buy two lots and block 55 feet of the public beach area? What's next? Pull lots. Make the whole block private, and just move in the wild goose? We defi· Ditely should have some kind of requlation where this cannot be done. Stan . • JCentoa. lhownbere : tn Februry . 1958.med to play attbe • Rendezwas · Ballroom • on Balboa Peninsula andlut played locally at Orange Coast College. FU PHOTO way, who could ever forget "The Big Chase,• •Rendezvous at Sunset• or •with the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair•? During that period, there also was a per- fectly awful Kenton television show broad- cast over a Los Angeles station from the Rendezvous. It was sponsored by a bread company. Kenton's plan was to use the "bread• he made in this venture into pure commercialism to make the Rendezvous home base for bis band. Balboa was six miles up the road at Orange Coast College, where the band would give . clinics for aspiring jazz musicians and play a concert. The last concert was about a year ago - Aug. 13, 1978, to be exact. For a lot of us who were there, it was a lump-in-the-throat evening because it became clear during the concert that we might be seeing Stan Kenton fronting a band for the last time. Mercifully, the television show with its musical tribute to the wonders of a certain bread, was short-lived. Kenton's grand design didn't work out, and he left the Ren- dezvous again. Sadly, our worst expectations have co~ to pass. Stan Kenton, who always seemed IO indestructible, is gone. •Did you know we started in Balboa?• he asked the audience at that last Orange Coast College concert. The old ballroom burned down in August 1966 for the second and last time. The first time was in 1935. Besides all of the music and good times, the Rendezvous gave New- P<>rt Beach1wo of the town's most spectacu- lar fires. There were a lot of graybeards in the crowd that night. and you knew how they would answer the question. Symbolic, perhaps, of the changing times and the town's changing character, condo- miniums replaced the old barn. Reflecting on the bandleader's death, drum.mer Shelly Manne said of the time be spent with the Kenton band: ·Those were some of the best years of my llf e. • He could just as well have been spea.k1n9 for a lot of Kenton fans. After that, the closest Kenton ever got to Can business weather the sumtner electrical storm? • R ecenUy, Newport Harbor Area Cham- ber of Commerce staff member Doug Stuck- ey and I beaded to Sacra- mento with a group of Orange County business leaden to lobby on behalf of business. As our plane landed, 1 could already feel myself getting excited about talk- ing face to face with legis- lators about important business issues such as workers' compensation, important infrastructure needs and unwarranted taxes. However, as I would soon find out, this was not to be. Our first stop was at the CaWornia Cha.mber Qf Commerce Legislative Conference to bear Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, d11cu11 the nation- al poUUcal landacape. But my mind atW wanted to addre11 business i11ue1 that affect the Newport Beach bualne11 community. Alter WoodWard's com· llMIDtl, we bad tbe special CJPPOltUDity to bear from <109. an, Dem. I knew be would meatiOG enervJI ...... J tboqgbt wttb INDdl9dl Of IMW--OWD· • ... ct-'ber OI oom- IMlm m 1 ca11m fnm ................. .................. ... -.......... ( that the gover- nor assured us that by 2003, we will have all the energy we need -n:...L-.J 1 ...... I.- wait, IUUUU war•> I'm holding my breath. Fol- lowing COMllllY COMMENTARY Davis' address, we heeded out to conquer the real important matters on behalf of business and our community. Tb• balance of the next dey eQd a half was colllWDed by meeting with different legialaton. Th1a 11 where I woWd have my cbUce to fight for tbOM bnsbien muea on ~ of tbe builDea community. W.U. me~. We tplit "P into bar tMIDI to meet wttb a.gs.. Iatan OD tbe foUowlDg '-: . ,.. .. ..., ......... ble UaJll' ·-·~ .... tat ... c...a ...... ••••11r·~...--_... ... tD .... Clllllr-.. ...... ts-. ., ...... ....... 1 ... __ issues, as well as other issues such as taxes, insur- ance, workers' compensa- tion, over-regulation and tort reform, our conversa- tions were consumed by the energy crisis. Both Republlca.ns and Democrats gave their own · versions as to why the . energy crisis is here and what they are trying to do to address it. Although there were a lot ot good ideas floating around. ttMa,. • tack of cohesiveness~ leadership on the \111\l• was very troubling. Additionally, the amount of money th&t ii being spent by the sta• la • mind blowing, to say the least. It is estimated that the state of California spends more than SM mil- lion on electricity oo uy given warm day. YOG cu do the math. If w. ..., ·~atum re-. .. Will be fadng ttnude' bardlhipi "" .,.. BveQ~~·.~·· ~ ... , .... ., ... ping, we ... 1ar "-belD9 out ol d9 m w cnmcll.11 ........... ..... ~-----'911a.ADMlllll -ao.r•----'--Mllll.'-•1111 ............ A.-0.Mlit _ .. __ ........ 6 Tuesday, Jvne 19, 2001 • Sports Editor Roger Carlson • 949-574-4223 • Sports Fox: 949-6500170 ... Jn2Shonone DIU lllCM-•CHIDE Daily Pilot Mr. Irrelevant is' showered at Arrival Party • With r~ord·setting entourage, Ofahengaue is the man of the week. lllcherd DwWt DAILY PlloT NEWPORT BEACH -Tevita Ofa- heng9ile, whose Tongan influence inspired an ideal beach party Monday at the Newport Dunes to celebrate the last play- er picked in the NFL draft. set an Irrelevant Week record merely with his arrival. Mr. Irrelevant XXVl, a 6-foot-2, 254-pound tight end out of Brigham Young University who was chosen absolutely dead last in the draft by Arizona, said his entourage total for Irrelevant Week is 60. Ofahengaue, gxeeted with the usual ,; shower of gifts and prodamations while sealed high atop a lifeguard tower, made his grand entrance at the Ariival Party while being rowed to shore in an outrig- ger catamaran with several Newport Aquatic Center outriggers following. At the shore, Mr. Irrelevant was escorted up the sand and to bis perch by a "Baywatch" lifeguard -former Corona del Mar High cheerleader and aspiring journalist Amber Wynkoop. .~ But, to shatter an Irrelevant Week record, btahengaue brought along 60 relatives, including his wife, Carey, sons ne, 9, and Moana, 7, and daugh- ters Teillssa, 3, and Teisa, 1. Cam Quayle, Mr. Irrelevant xxm and another tight end from Utah (Weber State), held the previous Irrelevant Week entourage reoord of 26 (estimat- ed), which was unheard of at the time. f'HOTOS BY DON I.EACH I OAl.Y Pll.01 Wltb numerous nieces and nephews Tevtta Ofahengaue ls greeted with a canopy of palm leaves and Weguard escort Amber Wynkoop as be arrives for lrrelevent Week festivities. among his five siblings -all in atten- dance -the total reached record pro- p<>rtions at Arrival Party XXVI. "Yeah. and it could've been more," Ofabengaue said. "My mom (Faleola) comes from a faprily with 13 brothers and sisters and my dad (Moana) comes from 8 family with 13 brothers and sisters. u they all would have oome, we would be having to move to 81).other island." One of the best gUts lo Mr. lrrele- yant came from the Sisters of Mary eart Catholic Church: A prayer. Another gift was American Airlines • baggage-handling gear: Ofahengaue once worked as a baggage handler at an airport in Dallas/Ft. Worth. When Ofahengaue and his family arrived in town Sunday at the John Wayne Airport, they ran into -of all people -NFL great Jeny Rice. According to rw CEO Melanie Fitch, Mr. Irrelevant and Rice, the for- mer San Francisco 49er and current . Oakland Raider wide receiver, chatted for !lbout 30 minutes. "(Rice) said he remembered Sam Manual being Mr. Irrelevant (in 1996)," lW founder Paul Salata said. "Then. when they announced that Mr. lrrelevant's fun. ou.me ~ ready, (Rice) oouldn't believe ill He sakJ. "You've got a limo, too?" Irrelevant Week founder Paul Salata announces the hundreds of gifts given to Mr. Irrelevant XXVI Tevtta Ofahengaue of Brigham Young University. Ofahengaue sits atop a lifeguard lower at Newport Dunes resort where be ls showered with gifts from well-wishers. Marlins on a mission in Tournament of Champions Banner year for Sea Kings •Manager Paul Errington said his team "is looking to win this thing (District 62 TOC)." Steve Virgen DAllY PILOT HUNTINGTON BEACH -Just think, two losses and the Costa Mesa National Llt- Ue League Marlins would not b.ave earned a trip to the Majon District 62 Tourna- ment of Champions. But, the Marlins, in fact, won their last three games, eammg the CMNLL title and entered the tournament in a LlnLE LEAGUE big way Monday. With some heavy-duty hit· ting and a huge load of confi- dence, the Marlins opened their TOC play with an 18--0 mercy-rule victory over the Costa Mesa American Little League White Sox in four lnnings at Huntington Valley Park's Inspiration Field. "These kids have a lot of heart," Marlins Manager Paul Errington said. "1bis group has stuck together. We're looking to win this thing." The Marlins began the game with four rum and three hlts. They scored six more runs in the third and eight in the fourth, while allowing just one White Sox hit. Marlins starting catcher Vmnie Valdez, wbo is on the All-star team. went 3 for 5 with an RBI double and scored three runs. while sec.rod baseman Anthony Secrest had a 3-for-4 day, with one RBI and one run scored Marlins shortstop Brice Stillman, starting pitcher and CMNLL All-Star P.J. Enington, third baseman Adam Seagon- dollar and Ga.nick Williams collected two hits each. Erringtoa' scored three runs as the remaining two-hit trio tallied two runs each. Matt Wedgeworth scored two runs, as did Alex Robles, who slammed M RBI double in the third and was hit by a pitch in the fourth. Andrew Whitaker's sacrifice Oy scored Errington in the first inning to give the Marlins a 4--0 lead and kevin Matsoo scored in the fourth after Williams' base hit for a 16-0 lead. "Everybody was having fun bitting the ball today,• Paul Errington said. "We had some guys come through with some big base hits. And the mercy win was nice.• Marlins pitcher PJ. Erring- ton twned in three innings of work, allowing just one hit as he struck out five of the 10 batters he faced. He also com- pleted a ~rfect third. which 4 included two strikeouts.· Secrest closed the game, pitching what was the last inning in the fourth. He faced three batters, striking out one and inducing two groundouts, the latter be stopped and threw out the runner at first. The White Sox recorded their only hlt in the first inning. Third baseman Luke Boulger blooped a shot to right-center tield for a single. In the fourth inning, White Sox left 6eider Jeremy Aguina- ga )eft his feet to make a fine catch for the second out and Mike MoJ:iDa struck out a Mar- lins batter to end the frame. SEE BASEBALL PAGE 7 Costa Mesa gets a blast from the past witli hiring of Shupp • BOb Shupp, who OOacbed boys program frOili 1977-84, returns With hope& of reversbig recent h8Jd times. WATER POLO Boys Athletic Director Kirk Bauermeister has announced. Shupp coached the Mus- tangs ror eight tea10n1 (1971- 84), before a twc>-yeer ltlnt u men's head coach at Orange Coast College and aubte- quent work with the Beach Aquaticl dub p-ogram and Cal State Pullertoo. Shupp, 52, wUl do Coach boys and g1rtl swtmmlng at CoMa Mela. wbeire he Mi lpeOt the bulk of bii career aa alMdwradCOKb. .... .,.... loc+tpg to g.t b-* 1111D ~ ID one form or another for the last few yea.rs and our prtndpol (Diana Carey) thought I might be able to make our program competitive again, after it baa been depleted in recent,._,.,• Shupp laid. •tt Will be • Cballe•, but I'm ~ rorw~ to that cbal- . lenge. Shupp ~ Chril Avi· tla. Who ipllll ODii l8llOft .. bOyl .... polo co.di. The Multaagt dkl iiat Win • glllll8 ln the JIW:* COlll lAlllgUe lMt fall.~...,. ..... tbin1=-z:;;:---==•-=-= •rve had no contact with the aquatics pogram the Wt three ~ but I know we've been ~" Shupp, a Hunting- ton 8eldl n!liderd; lllid. "At one pc:*lt. we were down to two kids bl ltJe program." Shupp Mid rebulldiiig. effon. WW not take Place overnlgbl. ~'D take •t one year at o tlibl, • a. iald. ·1·m ~et • ......,_.. pllu,j to try ma .... Iii pogNlll tompiltl· tM ..,._ I )ult didn't fMI a •bout wbere tbe l9d gone 4IDd I .. I I tJDaM awl ?' wlalt ._.. mm my pilgil&. C orona del Mar High is either going to have to build a bigger gym or start hanging smaller banners. The Sea Kings added five CIF Southern Section titles, as well OS one CIF State crown, during the 2000-01 athletic year, making the company that crafts the nylon :t.. PREPS CIF championshlp banner1 CdM diaplayl iii its gyqi obout u busy u an overtea1 Nike sweatahOp. :tl'8 ftve leC:tioD titlel. In girtl a'Qll ~try (wbkb altio produced tbe ... aown), boys w*' poll). girts tennis, bop ----track and lllld. ... CdM· ret'Old '°' ane«.boal ~· n.=aablllwlour --(191?.71IDll ............. .... ____ __ ~ .......... 'llllllWM:~==~ m1'"kllLI Doily Pilot SPORTS fvesdoy, June 19, 2001 'I l!REPS CONTINUED FROM 6 output this year, but the Jackrabbits have consider- ably more athletes to choose from. Poly's enrollment was listed at 4,500 in this year's section directory. Cd.M's was listed as 1,000. Talented athletes are, of course, at the root of any ath- letic program's success, but it tokes much more. CdM also comes thiough with out- standing coaches and strong parental support. And, with perennially strong programs under the guidanre d renowned coaches such as Bill Sumner (boys and girls track and field and boys and girls cross <X>Wltry), boys and girls water polo (former U.S. national team coach John Vargas), tennis coaches Tun Mang (boys) and Andy Stew- art (girls), and boys and girls volleyball coach Steve Contt. there is no reasoo to expect a dropoff any time soon. Newport Harbor High announced plans recently to inaugurate an annual boys basketball alumni tourna- ment, similar to the one CdM ha~ run the last 12 years. The Sailors and Sea Kings have both scheduled their one-day events July 28. Should Newport Harbor generate enough interest to sustain it's event, the next logical step would be a Back Bay showdown eoch sum- BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM 6 "From the first hall of the season to the second. ball, we have improved." White Sox Manager John Salyer said. "We won nine games in the second half of the sea- son.· Salyer also mentioned Aguinaga, Adrian Armenta and Kyle ~orsness earned spots on the All-Star team, while the 10-yea.r-old Molina worked his way to the Minors mer, between the winners of the two schools' respective tournaments. Give the geezers a week to recuperate and tip off on a Saturday evening at, in alter- nating years, either CdM or Newport Harbor. Tell me I'm not the only one who bas thought of this. While I'm at it. I'd request an adjustment in the schedule, so each townament bas its own day. This way, Back Bay basketball fans can double their pleasure and the Daily Pilot staff, stretched thin by scheduled summer vacations, can provide equal coverage. Whlle there remain dis- senting views on whether some Estancia High football players will be allowed to transfer to Cos1a Mesa to play for their former coach, Dave Perkins, next fall, the Mus- tangs list or expected return- ers has taken some hits. Nick Cabico, a second- team All-Pacific Coast League running back-receiv- er as a junior, said recently that he'll give up football and basketball his senior year, in order to concentrate on baseball. Michael McGuire, who started some in the secondary and at receiver last fall as a junior, has also decided to concentrate on baseball, according to Kirk Bauenneis- ter. Mesa's baseball coach and boys athletic director. Beware of the Titans. Tesoro High, which opens All-Star squad. Salyer said first baseman John Roche and Zac Neuenfeldt showed dramatic improvement throughout the season. With the win, the Marlins recorded their largest margin or victory and they are the first CMNLL team to sweep the Mesa American League in the seven years of the two leagues, dccording to Marlins Coach Jon Shamrell, who has been part of the league for the past 20 years. The Marlins will face the winner of today's matcbup between Seaview Little next fall and will oompete for the first time at the varsity level as a new member of the Pacific Coast League in the fall of 2002, held spring football practice with about to athletes, according to Coach Jim O'Connell. O'Connell said his ntans will play eight games next fall, some against sophomore teams and some against junior varsity teams, before making the jump the the var- sity level (sans seniors), simi- lar to what Northwood did last fall. O'Connell, who has worked as an assistant at Pacifica, Fountain Valley, Aliso Niguel and Capistrano Valley (where he toiled last season with new Estancia C~ch Jay Noonan), before getting the Tesoro job, has a staff of seven assistants and said he could add more. Among those assistants is Dave Penhall, a former quar- terback at Cal, who was an offensive mastermind under Coach Mike Miln~r at Foun- tain Valley in the 1980s. Pen- ball 's son will be a freshman at Tesoro next fall, O'Connell said. With graduation at all four Newport-Mesa schools scheduled later this week, I'd like to express my congratu- lations to the student-all)-. letes from the Class of 2001 . It has been a pleasure watching you perform and I look forward to following many of your continued col- legiate athletic careers. League's No. 1 team vs. Ocean View No. 2. Before the game, each player was awarded a Tour- nament or Champions pin and an extra pin. Tliat pin commemorated Inspiration Field, the baseball diamond which was built by the sponsorship of Major League Baseball and Mark McGwire, in the year he broke the home run record. The pin bas the No. 70 on it and reads: To all the chil- dren past, present and future who ever dreamed of setting their own records. -Summertime Shopping & Dining . Friday, June 29, 2001 Be a part of these special pages devoted to REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERS• NEIGHBORHOOD MALLS RETAIL STORES • RESTAURANTS & FOOD • FURNITURE in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and the surrounding communities. The Daily Pilot is distributed with the Los Angeles Times to all subscribers in Costa M Ne rt Beach. This section, as part of u-~g households with buying customers from Gen MR. IRRELEVANT llVI ARRIVES Above, Mr. Irrele- vant XXVJ and Lowsman Trophy winner Tevita Ofahengaue of Brigham Young University adjusts a special Hawaiian lei made for h1m as he takes his seat before a shower of gUts during the Arrival Party. At right. Olahengaue ls met (by surprtse) by NFL great Jerry Rice at John Wayne Airport Sunday afternoon. TODAY'S SCHEDULE • BMebMI .. littte League Tournament of Champions -Costa Mesa American No. 1 Majors vs. Robinwood No. 2, S p.m., at Costa Mesa High; Costa Mesa American No. 2 Minor A vs. Seaview No. 1, 5 p.m., at Huntington Valley; Costa Mesa American No. 1 Minor 8 vs. Huntlngton Valley No. 2. 5 p.m .. at Costa Mesa Hlgh. Shiplflreck Island 15th Annual Great Electric Boat Rally When: S1nuday, June 23, 2001 Wine rufy Showroom and Boy Scout &a &e !Xll WotGXN:Highway ~Bcdi •cm:k-inamm •3'pr mrdi~a l2dO p.m. • Ralya1ut 1 ~ DON I.EACH I DAllY Pit.OT • DEEP SEA MONDAY'S COUNTS Newport Lllnclng -6 boats. 9S anglen. 45 albacore, 3 white sea bass. 1 yellowtail, 183 barracuda, 37 bonito, 426 calico bass. 24 sand bass, 3 blue perch. D•v.y's Lodler -9 boats. 201 anglers. 32 albcKOl'e, 32 ')'ellowtail, 316 sand bass, 303 barracuda, 105 calico bass, 5 roclcfish, 1 sculpin. 5 mako sharlu.. Prizrs and trophies will be aWmled fur the rtQt aQave boats and a-CM, and winnas of the Rally. Hors d'ocums, live entaUinmmt and a silent auaioo will fOllow the Rally. • Boa cnuifs will be limitaL Eady~ asc ~ JU bthci-Mm•i•a. al r.,;.;, Jw.• (71~ IBOQJ'J8 SELL ~~ STARTING ANEW · BUSINESS?f. • • • • • • • • • • . • Tht Legal Department 41 tht Daily Pilot is pleased to annmm.ct • nnu 1m1ia 1l(IUJ avai'4ble to MU busi~. . . ~ wilt """' SEARCH the """"for you at no txtra CN'fF, oi i4w 1"" the time and tht trip to the ~rt HoWl in Sant4 Ana. Thm, of an1r11, 4for tlit #llfth is completed wt wiU fik :J"Ur fictitimu businas Nlmt sf4/mlmt with tht Onmty Clerk, P"blish 0ntt 4 wttlt for four wttlu as rt'f'UrrJ Ii] laJ aJ 0m fik 1111'1 prr>0f of rJ11ication wilh tht County Cltrlt. P• rtop by to file yt>Ur /ittitious business lf4tnnml 41 tht (Mil] Pi/st, 330 W. '&ly ~ Colf4 Mtut. If JOI' cllnNJI stop by. pleast c4'J .u 41(949)642-4321 illtll wr 111iJJ--~IS for JO" to hanJJt this p"""*1r l1J-'/. If 1f!" JJtnJJ INzw "nJ farther quntions, pk• tMJ "' MJ w wllJ '1t """' tlMti fM i. llllist 1""-GooJ /wk in your MU businm! . . OFFICIAL PUBtlC NOTICE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA ESTABUSHJNG LAND USE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ntAT WOULD APPLY TO CURRENTLY UNINCORPORATB> TERRITORY LOCATED EAST OF SANTA ANA AVE., 'MORTH OF 20'" ST., WEST OF TUSTIN AVE. AND IRVINE AVE •. AND SOUTH OF MESA OR., IF SUCH TERRITORY 18 ANNEXED TO THE CITY (REZONE PEm'ION R-01-01): The City of Coate Mesa eamloa ComrnlHloo wlll hold a public hearing for .• conaldetetJon of en ordinance of the City Council of Coate M9N utabflahlng land • UM zoning regulation• and development standarda which would apply to " currently unincorporated territory If and when the annexation of auch territory to ttw City of Coate Meaa la approved by the Local Agency Formation Commlufon of Orange County In the future. Thia territory. conalata of unincorporated areas along the eastern boundary of the City of Costa Mae which are partially or • entirely surrounded by the cfty, and which ere located east of Santa Ana Avenue, north of 20"' StrHt, west of Tustin Avenue and Irvine Avenue, end IOUth of M ... Drive. Thia public hearfnti will be held•• foUowa: DATE: Monday, July 9, 2001 TIME: 8:30 p.m. or • soon u possible thereafter PLACE: City Council Chambers at City Hell 77 Fair Drive, Coate ·Men, Celifomle In accordance with the California Envlronmentel Quality Act, a Negative :: Dedaratlon hu been prepared and la available for a 20-day review period,' : : beginning June 19, 2001 In the Plennlng Division of the Development Services r Department. : . Public comments In either oral or written form may be preaented d4ring the public hearing. For further Information, telephone (714) 764-5246, or vlaft the Planning Divlalon, Second Roor of City Hall, 77 Feir Drive, Costa M ... , Callfomla. The Planning Dlvlak>n la open 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday: ' 1.J I If you challenge theM Ktiona, reaolutiona or ordlnancea In court, you may ~ limited to ralaing only tho• laauee .which you or aomeone elM ralMd at the public hMring deecrlbed In thfa notice, or ln wrlu.n conapondence delivered the Office of the City Clerk at, or prior to, the public hearing. omaAL PUBLIC N011CE • • I • • • The City of Costa M... ,...._ ComrNalon will hold • publlc hearing for conalderatlon. of an ordlrlence of the City Council of Costa M ... MtabUahlng land UM zoning regulation8 and devefopment standarda which would apply to currently unincorporated territory If and when the annexation of auch territory to the City of Costa Me1a la approved by the Local Aoency Fonnatton Commluloft of O~ County In the future. Thia territory conalata of uninoorporat9d.,.... along the eutem boondary of th• City of Costa M ... , which er• pstialty or Mtlrely NTO(anded by the cJty, and which •• located Nit of Newpon IDUleverd, riortt't of MeN Drtve, wut of Irvine Avenue, and eouth of Brllrtcil:ll 8'INet CA..01-02). I Polley ~lt:J< And dcO<JllfH' .. l:lff liUl>jN I "' A•ru•A" wh.ho ur nllt irv. 'l11t• p11l1fi,.hn el'f' .... TVO'f lht' ri~ll IU ("t'll~l•I l'<'o•lu .. Hir). •"•vilM' or ~·j N"' 1111y ··lu ... 1r.1 .. 1 =••lvcrt\JwJllNll. J'lt•n ... • , .. ,,.,,... '"" rrTI.M" •duu 11J11v hr h1 u111r .. 1 .... ,r,,.,1 '"' ;inut-tialrl)o Tiu• Ou1h P1lo1 '"'""I''" •1MI liahilily for n11~ .. nor 111 0 11 ~etlvrn;l .. rn1c-t\I fur v.·hi.-11 h "'"' 1,.. •tt11pon~lhlr nx<w111 (or 1hr 1·0•1 111 11.r : •t>ar.e IU'IUUll) o.-.·uph·cl ··~ ''"' ,., '"'· :credit ran ()OI) 1~ ollo ..... ,11.., 1l1r ,.nnn in"""'°'~· Dow to Plaee A.. D ByPhone By Mm.I/In Per80IU By Fax ('>"t9) o:J 1-65'',. 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Sltlner Inv IMM42-9668 l":nl M19111ftcent 58t home la llTlmllCIAatt & is the lowest price = ill OoNn Ridgel Sl.850. The home la MSY IO lhcJW Cal tor appl. (94~ Barbati or ~22~= l":al Op en Sun 1 ·4 Chob Location. dole lo belefl. ~ & trwwty, galtd oomm, wnhle, tnd unit 2:Bt'1. 21/2 Ba. dan.13Br. Co-l!Sted by Shari Ten Eyck 949·380-9492 & ~Sider 949-8 3-5354 1· ~1 20 ACRE RANCHES $9,995 ,_ boonW\11 EJ PllO, TllCa. $95 ~ motttty ($9,90CV1~16 mon1h1) Roads 1n • IUl'ttytd. Free 1111P1 & plc1urn. Sunset Ranolles 1 ·8 00·3 4 3·9 444 jCAL'SCANI 11 .. _ .=1 Delwlt 1 bf+ 220 II loft. 1 112 ba. Ntw ~ carpet. lrig. ~ 11 112 Gwntt $1651) • 94M?H921 IEllCORATEO 29A 111A ~~hell, 'Ill( mic:lo, ' • SlllOO'mo ~- .... - -. 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NOJ1b 's leap to lhree hearts showed a limit raise with precisely chrce uwnps, and South hid mnple to ~.:~:z:.* declarer Wll the CQQ- lnl:t. ~J'a lee ot !!pldes WOil .. tint Irie*. lbe lee lild klna of ._.. ~ cubed and ICOr'lll clOudl ~on ltilP horizon wheft Wat 0ecW: =Yect eood teet.lique by c:ashi!'J the ldng and ace of clubs, then lcadiOa • club toward the clOfed hand. But East Nlfed the club, led • specie to West's queen and ruffed the club mum. Declarer still hid to 000• oedc • diamaod for down one. The contnct Clll be~ by. aim· pie maneuver or two to sever the defenden' communications. Declarer should bold up the ace of ~ It trick one, and lhe entJy to tho Welt hapd· is removed. If Wat continU01 with a spade, declarer wina and pro- ceecb 11 above. Sbould Bast refUle to run the third club, dec:later'• queen wins and a club ls Nlfcd dn the tablt. Bast can enjoy the long heart at any time, but t&e deftNC can get only three trich What If Wesa shifts to a tow dia· mond at Irick two? Declara must hold up that ace as wdl, to prevent West's king of diainonds ~Ing the entry for a teCClld c)ub .ruff. • I c.-.c .,.,.. .. C.-.0 Sevlll ... Low 38K Mlee, Pealt ~. SL8 Lo 18k ni, tan lllw. Ford E150 C1r110 Y• '15 Overdrivt, radllT ..... am-fm llpl, S tide wlndowl open, W1Y clMn, Pitied WOltcS1g Older. 5818403 Dir $795() 714-1141-7527 (725688) $19,988 (90487S) $25,988 NABERS NABERS (714) 54M100 (714)6401100 POllllac ~ Ml SE '00 CADIU.AC Eldorldo .. TIC, Black, moonrool C.-.C .... 8T8 ._ fonS M1fbr '16 Redtgrey, 10,4eo ml, GM ~.· bledt d'Mrfi..'!"" Sunroof a CD 111--*"'·.._entry, pw. CO (ll00068) • $24,988 NABERS (714)540:!100 c.-.c .... .. SlS Seeniet ween. ..... (.,.,,,,., ) .-iS.988 • _,_ PllYw, N:,, llAO $12,800 Dir MAIERS Auna GNlit$ $2000. Viit1868! 71ffi1·7527 (714)540:!100 9"t-2M.-122t POfltlec Trtnt Sport .,.,... 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ZofCMCH •THI 2'1777 P!!IQ llU&Y °"' ......... , ............................ ' ............ .... ' I I ; -f- , ' PROJECTIONS Cardinals may have a nugget The chances of Tevit~ Ofa- hengaue, Mr. Irrelevant XXVI, making the Arizona Cardinals' roster for the 2001 NFL season could be a matter of being at the right place at the right time. That is how Arizona tight end coach Pete Hoener sum.med up the situation at tight end for the Cardinals going into July's train- ing camp. Taking Ofahengaue in this year's NFL draft was pur- poseful for Arizona, even though 1t didn't happen until the final pick. "The biggest thing going for Tevita is the opportunity for tight ends on this team," Hoener said. "Our new offensive system puts more emphasis on the tight end position than before. Going into the draft, we liked his intensity, which is critical for that position. We liked his ability to block and his ability to get downfield and make a catch." After ending mini-camp in May, Ofahengaue and the Car- dinals' staff came away with increased optimism. "l felt good about the draft," Ofahengaue said. "I wish I would have copied the playbook because the hardest part is learning the system. This offense is almost exactly what we ran at BYU, but just the teams are different. ... Said Hoener, "He showed great desire and intensity like we thought he )lad. He's intelli- gent and he picks up things fast. He has a great attitude and that's the name of the game, no matter what level you're play-· ing. Being older and more mature really helps him and you can tell he was well-coached at BYU." Ofahengaue's main competi- tion at tight end will come from incumbent starter Terry Hardy, who caught 27 passes for Ari- zona last year. 1'jwan Mitchell, a converted wide receiver, and Jay Tant, who is coming off a knee injury, will also vie for Car- dinal roster spots. "I was really surprised at how the veteran tight ends helped me at the mini-camp," Ofahen- gaue said. "People told me it was every man for himself when you're trying to make the NFL, but these guys were really good. They want to win, too and do things to help the team." •His reign begins tonight at the Newport Dunes. Barry Faulkner DAILY PILOT NEWPORT BEACH -Tevita Ofa- hengaue wa~ predictably excited about being the final pick in the 2001 NFL Draft April 22, chosen 246th by the Arizona Cardinals to become Mr. Irrelevant XXVI. But, perhaps equally excited in his Pr.ova, Utah household were his four lids, who will be accompany- ing the 6-foot-2, 254-pound tight end to Newport Beach for the aJ\n\J- al Irrelevant Week festivities that include a trip to newly opened Dis- ney's California Adventure. It starts tonight at the Newport Dunes (5:30) with the Arrival Party. HA free vacation, plus my kids get to go see Mickey (Mouse)," said Ofahengaue, known to his former Brigham Young University team- mates as T-bone. "I'm excited." Ofahengaue was less than thrilled as the seventh and final round of the draft wound down, especially after Jacksonville, which had shown the most pre-draft inter- est, concluded its selections without tabbing the 26-year·old native of Tonga, who grew up in Hawaii. HMy wife (Carey) and I had our own little war room and we were following along watching the draft on lV," Ofahengaue said. •1 had some friends over, because 1 was expecting to be drafted. But, with two picks left, I turned the TV off, Then, I saw the Arizona Car~ on my (telephOne) caller ID arid It was their coaches telling me ~ had drafted me. "The tight et> c:oach (P~ -.., . rre evan Hoener) sounded excited and 1 was really excited," Ofahengaue said. "I told him he had bis starting tight end for next season. Then, as soon as I got off the phone, my wife and I started looking into who they had at tight end. · "Just remember," Ofahengaue said, paraphrasing a biblical refer- ence to describe his plans to crack the Cardinals' depth chart. ~The first is last and the last is first." The Cardinals, 3-13 a year ago, · tying Cleveland for the second worst record in the NFL (behind San Diego's 1-15 mark), currently have three tight ends on the roster, including incumbent starter Terry Hardy, a four-year veteran out of Southern Mississippi who caught 17 passes for 160 yards and one touch- down last season. 1'jwan Mitchell, a rookie last sea- son out of Mankato State in Min- nesota, caught five passes for BO yards, while Jay Tant, a rookie out of Northwestern, caught one pass for 4 yards, before sustaining a season- ending knee injury in th~ ninth game. Ofahengaue, a three-year starter for the Cougars1 had at least one reception in all t2 games last sea- son. Hts 22 catches for 305 yards were good e nough to earn him sec- ond-team All-Mountain West Con- ference laurels. That Ofahengaue is even in a position to land an NFL job reveals that the former walk-on followed the "my·advice to youngsters~ he provk.led in one BYU media publi· catloli: Nothing is impossible. "I got married my junior year in hJgh 1ehool (at Kahuku High in Oahu, whicb ha1 won nine state football titlca), IO, alter t graduated IRRELEVANCY, OVER THE YEARS 2001 -Tevtta Ofahengaue (cardinals) 2000 -Mike Green (Bears) 1999 -Jim Finn (Bears) 1998 -cam Quayle (Ravens) 1997 -Ronnie McAda (Packers) 1996 ·Sam Manuel (49ers) · 1995 • Michael Reed (Cougars) 1994 • Marty Moore (Patriots) 1993 ·Daron Alcorn (Buccaneers) 1992 -Matt Elliott (Redskins) 1991 -Larry Wanke (Giants) 1990 -Demerfus o,avls (Raiders) 1989 ·Everett Ross (Vikings) 1988 ·Jeff Beathard (Rams) 1987 ·Norman Jefferson (Packers) 1986 -Mike Travis (Chargers) 1115 -Doneld Chumley (49ers) 1914 -Randy Eulngton (Raiden) 1983 ·John Tuggle {Giants) 1912 ·Tim Wlllhington (49ers) 1981 ·Phil Nelson (Raiden) 1980 • Kevin Scanlon {RMtl) 1t79 ·Mlle Arnold (SIMlen) 1178. Lee~ (Cow-,.) 1tn ·*' .......... (Vlllftll) 117t • K.evlri Kllrtl (ltlMI.,.) in 1992, I had no plans to even go to college," Ofahengaue said. "l worked quite a few jobs, then I moved our family to Dallas to take a (baggage handler) job for American Airlines. . "But, my brother, K~epi (then a BYU linebacker) and (then-BYU tight end) ltula Mill (now a member of the Seattle Seabawks) talked me into coming out for lJle team. I walked on that year (1997), earned a scholarship, then started the next three years.• Of ahengaue, who earned his degree m IOda1 work, With a minor ~ in coaching, is currently working on a masters in special education. He has plans to work with troubled youth and is currently organizing bis own youth foundation. But, he'll put that on hold to try to contribute to the Cardinals. Ofahengaue first learned about the Mr. Irrelevant title when it went to Cam Quayle, out of Ogden-based Weber State, in 1998. "The Irrelevant (organizers) must love Utah," Ofahengaue said with a laugh. "Even playing college foot- ball was something I didn't plan on. Now, to be Mr. Irrelevant ... If I was writing a book, my book would be closed." The Irrelevant Week folks, head- ed by event founder Paul Salata, who announced the pick at Madison Square Garden, have most assured- ly come to love Ofahengaue's effu- sive personality. Ofahengaue, along with his wife and sons 1Te (age 9) and Moana (7), as well as daughters Tellissa (3) and Teisa (1), will be the featured guests for the week.long c'elebration of the underdog. Began by Salata to "do something nice for someone for no reason," the event includes the Arrival Party tonight, the All-Star Sports Gala and Banquet, where he will be presented the Loswman no- phy Tuesday evening, a Survivor Challenge, the traditional Beercan Regatta, a.s well as the atoremen· tioned trlp to the newest Disney theme park. Of ahengaue will attempt to become the ninth Mr. Irrelevant to play in the NPL1 the fifth since 1993, when the draft wu shortened to seven rounds. Mr. Irrelevant XXV, Mike Green, played in l8Y91l games u a defen- .. --- sive back for the Chicago Bears last season, while Mr. Irrelevant XXN, Jim Finn, started four games last season at fullback for the Indianapo- lis Colts. Marty Moore, chosen last by the Patriots in 1994, has enjoyed the most extensive professional career of any Mr. Irrelevant (though 'Bill Kenney, who came to Newport Beach in place of the 1978 final pick, Lee Washburn, made the Pro Bowl as a quarteTback for the Kansas City Chiefs). Moore has played seven seasons at linebacker for the Patriots and Browns. He started nine games for Cleveland last season. Ronnie McAda, a quarterback out of Anny chosen last by the Pack- ers in 1997, has yet to play an NFL game. But he was signed as a free agent in the offseason by Denver.