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Home My WebLink About2002-12-22 - Newport Mesa Daily PilotINSIDE THE PILOT LIFE& LEISURE Frank Lynch of . Newport Beach has been collecting nutcrackers of wery shape and size for 35 years. The dolls, which numbet 107, come out from storage when the holidays approacl\. ALSO: Karen Wight shares how she and her husband broke free of the holiday traditions they grew up with to create some of their own. S..PegeAS COMMUNITY FORUM Martha Auor, Newport-Mesa School Unified School District's new school board president. talks with City Editor James Meier about taking the post for the third time. Auor has been a trustee since 1991. S..,...AI ~ High'a boys belkecbell •m ceptu .... the Garden Grove Toumement championlhfp, egain. ......... , 'i SUNDAY .. EDITION • a1 Serving the Newport-Mesa community since 1907 DECEMBER 22, 2002 .SUNDAY STORY .. SEANHUER l lW..YPl.OT Karen Thibodeau, dressed in her Santa suit is aff setto sail aboard her boat, the Endle ss Honeymoon, on the thrrd 111ght of the boat parade. A boat parade Honeymo·on For Karen Thibodeau, the Newport Harbor Christmas tradition has kept her coming back to the water for eight years Deepa Bharath Daily Pilot ' 'T his is a d~terl ~t's the worst opening rught everl" You could teU Karen Thibodeau was stressed OUL Her get-up for the 94th annual Newport Harbor Ouistmas Boat Parade was complete, with a knee-length Oared Santa jacket -the one with the Ou.ffy, white collar and cuffs. She wore red stockings and shoes to matcb and a blade. belt around her trim waisL off and her people couldn't get a sign that said "Newport" on the lighted palm tree on the back of the~t. That was supposed to go with the Statue of Liberty that stood in the front of her boat. the Endless Honeymoon. "The theme this year is Celebrating America,· Thibodeau explained. ·And I just wanted to show the idea of, you know, from Newport Beach to New Yoik.." But the sign had to be ~oved because of the stonn. •Call me a nut: the 53-year-old grandmother of two said. clenching her teeth as she smiled "We're not leaving without that sign.• This is Thibodeau's eighth parade. The Ouffy, white band she wrapped around her ankles kept falling oft She brushed aside long, brown hair that continually fell in bet face and paced up and down her boat holding a Santa hat in her bands. lt was almost time for take P.ach year, she has taken friends. family and guests on a cruise every night of the Karen Thibodeau arranges the dessert table aboard her boat as guests arrive s.e PARADE, Pac• M Friday night to take part in the Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade. COMMENTS & CU~IOSmES I l COSTA MESA Gisler Avenue bridge will be studied by Fountain Valley Fountain Valley oJlldala tbocked Costa Meu letdera last week when they took steps toward the . implementation of the contentious Gisler Avenue bridge. wbJCb b:u been the center of dJlcusalona between the two·ddel foi nearly a decade. . ~ The Fountain VaDey Qty Council approved a fund.Ing request of $500,000 from county tranaportation officlals to atudy the feuil>Ulty of a bridge over the Santa Ana River that would connect Costa Mesa to Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach. . Costa M.a oftldala have long oppoeecl such a bridp, saying It would Oood Mela Verde with ltreaml of cars I traveling from Huntington Beach to · the fJeeway. While the bridge exits on the county ~ter transportation plan, regional leaders had agreed to find other alternatives. • LOLl'a HARPER covert Coate Mesa. She may be reec:hed at (949) 574-4275 or by •mall .t lollta.harper§latime•.ccm. ENVIRONMENT Newport activist loses environmental challenge An Orange County Superior Court Judge OD Thwsday declined Newport Beach-hued Defend the Bay's petition against the city of Irvine asking to invalidate an environmental study relating to an Irvine Co. development. The study invotved a general plan amendment and zone change to develop 7,743 acres of land for residential, commercial, recreational and public uses. The local environmental group headed by Bob Caustin maintained that.the development would harm oadYe plants and animals and would raise issues such as t.raftk, police protection and water quality. Defend the Bay petitioned the court, saying that the environmental study did not addresatany of those issues. Judge Robert Jameson ruled that the city bad complied with'the state law and addressed all issues raised in the complaint. • DEEM IHARATlt covers public safety and courta. She mey be reached at (9491 574-4226 or lty e-mail at deepa.bharathtllatimes.com. JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT JWA loses flights, but gains passengers A national report released last week highlighted the continued decline of domestic air traffic at the nation's airports since the Sept. 11 attacks. Los Angeles International bu had a 20% drop in flights. Although John Wayne Airport was not named In the report, officials said It has had a 2.'71Wi decline over the last 10 months since the attacks. However, it bas seen an increase in the number of passengers using the airport. ln November, the number of passengen going through JWA went up by 6.2" compared to the previous yeac. The airport bas been seeing numbera improve since April, said airport spokeswoman Aline McCarley. At the moment, JWA la gearing up for the Dec. 31 deadline the Department of'D'ansportation Security Ad:miniltration faces to upgrade baggage acreening equipment • DM.Y PLOT aTAFF. To contact the newsroom, c:etl (948) 642·5880 or bv. e-mail at c#llypllotO l.rJm..com. Whether something becomes a cover package for the Dally Pilot often depends on the quality of the art Many times we don't know what the.package will be until the art Is shot. SEAN Hl.l£R/DM.Y Pl.OT Usually I ~over situations like this. but this time I WM more optfmistk:. That was the situation this week when I Jeft to cover the rose · garden dedicadon at c.alifomia School in Cost.a Mesa. The eovtt ~was a ~up between the RJng of Lights competition. part of the Newport Beach Boat Parade, and the dedication. There was some concern, as Ring of Light photo ended up sans winner (it was a photo of the actual house) and no one knew how the gardeo shoot Would tum out. As I heeded down the ball at the school, I saw the newly landscaped rose ganten with one· wilted rose In it and a speakers podium. This is when the glaM that was half full became half~ and I started to wony. But as I rounded the comer, I immediately saw a group of students huddling together, comol.lng one another as they remembered the teacher they lost to cancer, Ellen Rose. There was no question about it. this was the plcture. -Sem Hmer NEWPORT BEACH New boat parade sees smooth sailing It's been smoother-than-expected sailing for the annual Ouistmas Boat Parade this year. A shorter route and shorter schedule just instituted this year may have provided the compromise to keep participants and parade-watchers happy. A once-unllkeJy dream by some residents of West Santa Ana Heights that they might be annexed to Newport Beach is now under serious consideradon by the city. The City Council held a study session on the matter on Tuesday and will likely consider taking further steps at an upcoming council meeting. City oftkialsassured Corona del Mar residents that they will get a chance to participate In planning Corona del Mar State Beach improvement& The city has about Sl.2 million to improve the aging beach facilides, especially its restrooms. SEAN HILL.ER I DAILY Pl.OT An inflatable Grinch appears to be water skiing behind a vessel in the Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade on Wednesday night. The end may be in sight for. motorists tired of driving from one EDUCATION Some district employees may receive I% raises Nonteachlng Newport-Mesa employees may soon receive a l" raise. The board approved the raise on Thursday and made It retroactive to July. It's now up to the county to give the increase a final once-over. UC Irvine studenta will have to shell out more dough to attend classes after red light to another. A traffic consultant has been hired by the city to conduct a survey of the city's signals and ways to improve traffic Oow. the UC Regents approved a ~emwide $135-per-quarter student inaease that will start in January. The hike helps the · state make up for some of its deficit And a rose garden was dedicated at California Elementary School on Thursday to honor Ellen Rose, a former teacher who died from complications of breast cancer lo WOO. Over Cll.ristmas break, Measure A elves will be finishing all the temporary housing at the first group of schools to undergo facility improvements. Construction la slated to begin In •JUNE CASAGRANDE covers Newport Beadi and John Wttyne Airport. She may be reached at (949) 574-4232 or by e-mail at j11ne.casagr11nde@lllfimn.com. February on seven out of the first eight schools. The improvements are being funded by a $110 million bond passed in 2000, $63 million In state matching funds and $2 million in deferred maintenance funds from the district. The funds will support a slew of improvements at each school like seismic strengthening. handicap acceas and new paint. • DEIROAE NEWMAN covers education. She may be readied at (949) 57.._.221 or by e-mall at deirdre.ntlWmanfllatime•.com. NOTABLE QUO TABLES "Moms poW to,,... Santai on dw roof, l1ut um. kids cant -11wm." -Marcy Cook. • Balboa laJand relklent who places Sl.ntM Oil the front of their patio hedge so toddlers ln atroDen can see them ·r saw all ""-homaas aN1 abcual kids al my brolhm' dum:h and lllUIO ~ o/nN opening up pramt:s, so It mtJQ/IS a lot to nw that ~kids wUl havs pmenlS IO opm up.• -'J)mnW.. Dunmn. a 12-year-old 'IeWl.nkle Middle School student who bought gtfta for a 2-year-old girl at OtiYe Crest. a Santa Ana agency that provides homes and services for abused chlldren aod families "/We have hem/ very clear thal we are · absoluuly on board -all puns intmda:l -with the CtntnUM pro}«:l. but we have some qum:ions." ~ Ubby <AJwan. Costa Mesa councilwoman. on asking county oftldals to place the light rail ayscem undetgroUDd through the South Coast Metro area -Pmll Waddm, a Santa Ana Heights resident. on ~ Newport Beach should annex the area. as well u the Santa Ana Country Oub "Mr. Mansoor sayJ IN UGlllS IO siee las tTa/Jic from Fairview. which rmlly nt«l1IS las /.adnl)s from Santa Ana. I wond~ If you 1118 conarrwd about all of the [sports udlJly vehldoJ """Mfmeda rhal would Q)WW from South O:>ast Plaz.a that back up Bristol and,,.. 405~· _._... ,...." 4 • COiia Mesa resident. oo the oouncllman't 11 •mion that the occ..., meet be upgraded to lltlnllCt people from Newport Beach and Gaden Grove inat:ead of thoee trawling along Ftlrvlew Ibid; Mamoor lhoolc bla head at her notion Daily A Pilot SURF AND SUN YOL.tl,N0.351 .... J. ...... An OlrectOr I New. o.11 Chief , ... ,57~4 p.,..,,,,,..,.,,,_oom ..... MeQ ... "'"* .,.,.. ¥teor (149)714-4311 lr:np/tofo ......... ciom .......... 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OecenUf 22, 2002 Al LOOKING BACK George Argyros: From working retail to ambassador to Spain • Jennifer K Mahal Daily Pilot F rom Metro Pointe to South Coast,Repertory's newest theater, the lnf.luence of self-made billfonaire George Argyros can be felt throughout Costa Mesa. •His biggest contribution to Costa Mesa Is his enthusiasm," said Bob Wilson, historian and former Costa Mesa mayor. •He's a tomorrow person.• Argyros, owner of Amel Development Co mpany. first came to Orange County In 1955 to attend what was then Chapman College. "Oiapman was my first introduction to Orange Cotmcy," Algyroa said in an Interview with Wilson for the book "Prom Goat Hill to City of the Arts: The Hlatory of Cotta Mesa." •1 supported myself through college and worked SO hours per week (in supermaibts) during my junior and senior years." He graduated from Oiapman in 1959. The current ambassador to Spaln started selling real estate, which would prove to be his making, in 1962. He also married his wife, Julianne, that year. The couple rented a small apartment In Anaheim while Julianne finished the last semester for her bachelor's In speech therapy at Cal State Long Hunw Oougb ........ _., w ... OecOfOI> ... volcx>ces and clmatc comoc:m {t.om 2 /, • lo 6'/, • htghl "'°.&able "' i.-.. ""',..,,_, , ......... Add 0 pluoh -"*'' to er-o lonnol lool Come "' ir.doy we ft help ,..,... er-the p.loct lool n n L _,..... . ...,......,., ....... • ...,.-. .119 ..... ................................ •t.pef ....... + .l ad.i<· I .l 'l ' -ORANGE COUNlY If .JI PER.FORM ING ARTS CENTER HGCRSTROM llALI 1 1714) 755 0236 GltOUP Ml.ES 1714) $56°2787 IN~MATION (11 .t) .S56-27.t6 ITT• OCPAC. OttG I (714) 740-7878 aox OFFICE lOAM-6'M Beach. 1bday, the couple have lbree children and aewral grandchlldren. "We literally bad nothing when we got started." George Argyroa told WU.On. "To begin In the real estate businesa, I borrowed $1,200 from Union 8anlc so I could live by drawing $300 a month for four months. 8 By·~ 25, he had re(letved his securities, lnsurance and real estate licenses. With a friend, · Argyros opened a real estate brokerage office In 1963. Within a year, he started developing land, always reinvesting hJs profits into the business. ln 1967, Amel Development Company WcLS founded, and ~started to deve&op apartment buildings. Tuday, Amel Managemau ii the largest apartment owner In Orange County. In 2001, Amel settled a $1.5 mlWon cooswner fraud lawsuit in which former tenants accused the company of keeping their security deposits for unneeded repairs. In \976, Argyros began the process to develop what ii now Metro Pointe, buying 50 acres of land at Bear Street and what is now the San Diego Freeway from Gene Kawamwa. It took two years and 43 public hearings for the company to get approval to use 50% of the land for pado homes and 50% for apartments. FULL BAR COCKTAILS MEXICAN RESTAURANT NO PASSPORT 1·s NEEDED However, that agi-eerneot did not last Jong. The Ocy Council put an lnltialive on the ballot to zone the propeny to all single family use. Amel lost the vote. but went to court over the legality of the lnldative. It took four years and a trip to the Calllom!a State Supreme Court · before the initiative was invalidated. Eventually, office space, apartments and the Metro Pointe reUlll complex across from South Coast Plam were built. The whole process took 20 years. Argyros is the former owner Air Cal and the Seattle Mariners baseball team. He is also past chairman of Apria Healthcare in INDEPENDENT LAND ROVER SERVICE • PARTS Costa Mesa. Argyro6. who Uvea ln Spa.In and Newport Beach. made a reputation as a Republican fun.draiser through bls support of various campaigns, lnduding those of presidenlial nominee Bob Dole and President George W. Bush. His efforts to help get an airport at EJ Toro Marine Base got him th.e nickname •King George" on anti-airport Web sites. Argyros was confirmed as the United States ambassador to Spain in 200 I . Tuat.J>ame year, he and his wife contributed $5 million to SCR for a new theater. The Julianne Argyros Stage opened in October. OUR MEAL$ ARI A TRIP TO MEXICO 2037 HARBOR BLVD. 650 5860 COSTA MESA CA 949 196 E. 17TH ST . COSTA MESA · 949·64S·7626 2 BLKS NO OF TRIANGLE SQUARE WWW. PERFORMANCE LTD.COM Tinde r Box and ~ The perfect combination for the aficionado of the "Good Life" CALL TOLL FREE m.855.8294 949.850.1299 • Commerolal Accounts Welcome • Airpott Transportation Available • All Maje< Credit Cards Accepted • Natural Gas Cabs • Need a cab? 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CATERING: Oalctree Ma1*et continues to provide full cateriJ18 services for aD occasions. GOURMET FOOD Be GIFfS: Oaktree Ma1*et makes creative produce & gift baskets for evezy occasion. I. M Swtdly, Dec:tn*-22, 2002 • PUBLIC SAFET¥ POLICE FILES COSTAIESA ' at4:Wp.m. ~· • e..t tM 811911: Acommerdel burglary WU report~ In the 400 bk>«* .t 11:158 p.m. Thu~ . • ........ -....: Vanclallfm WU niported In the 3300 bk>«* at e:oe p.m. Thundey, lf!WPOR'I' IEACH • H..taorloull'...t. • COfOM .. _ ,,__, ........... Vandelielh WU ~In the ltrMt: A hlt-et'Mkvn MS repof't9d 1900 bk>dt 9t 8:02 •·"'· 9t 2:10 a.m. Friday. Thursday. • Newpott c.... Dltw w..: • ttMbor loql149rd: Grand Treepwlng WU report9d in lhe 900 th9ft wu repotted In the 230S) blodc .t 5:36 p.m. fridev. blodc et 8;A8 p.m. Thur9dey. • PoPP¥ ,._.end EMt C... • ~ 8oul.-« Petty lllghwwy: PeaY theft WM reported at the was reported in the 1800 2:09 a.m. friday. bled .t 5:39 p.m. Thul'9day. •~,._,....end w.t CoMt. •~DIM: ~Ism Hilftwlly. A tmnc ecciderrt was reported In the 2800 blOc:t lnvoMot lnJuriM wea reported et et 7:16 a.m. Thursday. 1:19 a.Qt. Friday. • IWelslh Awnbe: Pouftalon .• tldl.....: Ao auto theft we• of drug parapMmalla was reported In the 1900 blodc at 7:21 reported In the 2100 blodt at p.m. Fridey. 9-.AS p.m. Thu,_jay. • 40ttt 8trMt: Loud music wu • South eo..t Dltve: Petty theft reported In the 400 bled et 11: 14 was reported In the 900 blodc p.m. Thursday. Help keep our city clean! HOLIDAY SPECIAL Mini -U-St9rage For Only $10.00 ·de your holiday gifts Make room for guests · Store )Tour seasonal items Na,v -Dec 31st 2002 4 excellent locations to serve you NBWfOIU LOCATIONS • 011 ~-Is-& M~ nt11r tlst post office) 1177 Camelback Newport Beach, CA. (949) 644-2747 SPECTRUM LOCATION (ru11r lAu Fonst & lrvint CtntL'r Dr.> 66 Tesla Irvine, CA. (949) 453-1030 anagers help you with unit selection a.~ ... .. Book Drive The Rotary Oubs of Newport-Balboa, Newport Beach sunrise and Newport-Irvine Fountain for Youth Funds wiU match up to $2,500 in conlrlbutions mode bY. the pubic to buy AIOdlng books for the '1rarils at three Yes, t want to help children master Reading and Engtish by the ag~ of nine. Here is my contribution to buy books for Pomona, Whittler and Wiison Elementary Schools. _ $10 will be matched by Rotary Fountain for Youth Funds and buy 12 reading books. _ $25 will be matched by Rotary Fountain for Youth Funds and buy 30 reading books. _ $50 will be matched by Rotary Fountain for Youth Funds and buy 60 reading books. _ S 100 will be matched by Rotaiy Fountain for Youth Funds and buy 120 readn1 books. _ Other amount to be matched by Rotary Fountain for Youth Funds. I MaJce your tax-dedudtble daedc fMYable to Rotary 5320 Foundation and md to: Ody PMot Promotions Oepattmenf/Ruclng by 9 Book Drtve P.O. lox 1560 Costa Mesa, CA 92628 Donon and the amount gtven wt1 be ...,.,. ... In tfle ~ b;y 9 Honor Roi In the Dally Plat .... they request not to be .... ~ chlddl11 hn: . . ' ~ -.-i 1st my Mme. I • PARADE Continued from Al parade. lt's complete with dinner. dessert. hot chocolare. spicy apple cider and breathtaking views of Newport Harbor. But on Wednetday, Thibodeau bad to leave the dock without CONSIDER THE LITILE THINGS By Dtlw Wont A client told a srory of driving to mis area to look at homes. tllilcing with his wife idly about the lirrle ·unimporwu· things that rhey'd like: to find in their new home. The cJjenr said that, while sirring in our offic.c for a brief rime after lunch, having experienced a mornmg of hoUK· bunting that really hadn't rung their bells ya. a fl~r for a home all but fclJ imo his wik's hands as she leafed through the papers before ht'r. The Ryer was for a ho~ that really dJdn't fir rhc descriptions these clients had given their real estate professional. It didn't have as many bedroom$ as they thought they needed. nor was it located in a neighborhood they'd oonsidu. But something didccd. and they looked ar the home. Ir rook them a while ro realize this. bur the home had almon aLI the ·unimporant· thing;s they'd Wkcd about on the way to their real estate 'professional's office. 'They fell in love with the place and, in me process. rcafucd they ludn't been dcrcribing cxaa.ly whar they wantcd ... but hadn'c- dUoc>unccd the imponance of the ·unimportant" feacures. Moral of the scory? Even if it ICCIJlJ a amall matter, give your real estate advi.Jor the benefit of AU. you need and all you wish fur in your new home. Jn many asa, the ruula can be rruagicall Jun call me at 949·533-1200 or vilir my_..,• davewong4.com or oncfurdroad.oom. DilW wtl1tt h111 /Nm u/Ji"l MMn ;,, Nnu,.rt &""1 siNt 1989 •Ni is wilh <Mst Nnvpon Propmit:S!Ct>/Jwt/J &nM-. MMJrrlSfMINf ~Our SchoOls the sign on her Paim ~ "This is the worst year." she ranted, checking the temperature of the hot water pot "But we're still going to have fun.· Th.ibodeau continued. as she donned her Santa hat and Dashed a radiant smile that appealed just as soon the nervousness disappeared Music blared out of the speakers on the deck as she cllmbed up a platform and gyrated her hips to "Boogie Woogie Santa Oaus" and danced the "Macarena. • "Merry Ouistmas!" she yelled, waving oul to scores of people watching the parade along the bay shores. 11Ubodeau has always been a "Otristmas person." Where she grew up in MichJgan, about a 100 people, including abour 70 cousins. would gather for the hoUday. "We'd then go to one aunr's place and open gifts and each of us would get like 30 or 40 gifts." she reminisced. ·And then we·d have Santa Oaus knock on the door and give out our presents. It was phenomenal.· That spirit Uves on in 11Ubodeau, who survived cancer barely four years ago. She was diagnosed with a cancerous growth in her thyroid glands. "It was a totaJ shock." she said. "But they found it pretty early and I recovered.• lbat episode, she said. taugh1 her to "appreciate what I have." COMMENTS Continued from Al First of all, you're not alone. Lots of people ge1 really stressed over the holidays. Just remember this: No matter how much pressure you feel now; it'll get much worse before il's over. Gift giving. Don't let ii get you down. People fret way too much about what to get for whom, do they need it and, of course. will they like it. No worries. It's a simple pnrase. you've heard it a thousand times, but It's true: "It Isn't the gift that counts. It's the price.· People will say they love whatever you give them, but they will love It even more if it costs a bundle. Make an exact gift-giving budget and stick to it, unless you have credit cards. Ou1stmas ls a time to be thanlcfuJ and count your blessings. You know wha1 Eskimos do for Ouist:mas? The entire village gathers on Ouistmas Day and prepares a communal meal of whale meat, caribou, seal, oWl. duck, polar bear and walrus. Seel You can thank your lucky stars you're not an Baldmo. OuUtmaa Is a time Cor famll.ies to oome together ln Jove and reapect, and to put thoee petty dilfereoces aside. Yes, her coualn d.met you cnzy and you have to force youraelf to say three civil words to his brother, but Ov:f.tmu makes all that better. Remember, the holidays aren't about betnc with people you lib. They're about being wt th your funlly. You know what they do in Denmutf The .DWah equJvalent of Chrlatmu etYet ue milcblftoua pbdee dm live lD the ldlic and .... 1b keep =. "::., s::a= of rte.~ -their favorite food -in die lldcS. SMJ SonMtNns .. to be lhuddul far. If pa ... Dlaleb. ,Wd ............... CllMlllll .... ........... ====~·= .. ,,. ... ··--~ ,.. ~Beach hfiahters and sheriff's deputies from the HarbOr Patrol extinguish a fire $aUday night aboard a 45-foot powerboat docked in a private slip at the Udo Peninsula Resort. No one was· injured in ttt.e fire, which damaged the boat .named Paradise.Com. Firefighters said the blaze took less than five minutes to . extinguish. SEAN HILLER I DAILY PILOT Thibodeau came to Newpon with her son Reggie nine yean, ago to watch the boat parade. ·niat was when I told my friend.9 'Some day I'm going to buy a boat and participate In the parade,· she said. "And they were like 'Yeah. right' But the next year. I did It I sent out invitations to my friends and they just couldn't believe it.· After all, she had only dreamed about havtng a boat since she was 4. •My uncle in Michigan had a boat,· she said. ·ewr since I always wondered haw cool It would be to have a big boat, sleep OW!!', invite friends.. She called it Endless Honeymoon because every lime she got on ·it she felt like she was on one. ·Even iH'm slngte: she added with a laugh. 1be atmosphere at the boat parade is something else. Th.ibodeau said. •1t's electric.• she said. "Sometimes. people come on my boat who've either lost a loved one or (arel going through a rough ti.me. They don't fe;el like Ouistmas. But when they go back. they're full of spirit. They want to go back and decotate their homes. ·Tu me. that's what all this is about. It's why I do it every year· • DEEPA BHARATH writes about public safety. She may be reedled at (949157~226. C-Day. And while we're on the subject, answer me this: why do we only cook the big chubby bird twice a year? It's Hke pfeffemuesse cookies. J like them, not everybody does, no big deal. But where 1s it written that no one can manufacture or eat pfefJemuesse coolcJes except for the exact number of days between Thanksgiving and Ouistmas? Who decides these things? I'd love to know. Did you know OUver Cromwell l>anned Otrlstmas carols In England between 1649 and 16601 Not a lot of people do. Cromwell said Ouistmas should be a somber occasion and that singing carols was frivolous and disrespectful. If you haven't been to the Newpon Harbor Cltrisunu Boat Parade. get on iL It's over tonight. Do people really throw vegetables at boaw they don' like? I've seen cwo stories about that this yea.t, but I've never een It In action. J asaw:ne we're talking about small -yegetables. or at leut soft ,ones, but even that aounds pretty un-Oiriaanu-y to me. la that really neceaaaryf I think not. Actually, mott people seem to be nlcer at Oubtmuttme. which la a good thing.. Not everybody, but mott people. What about rnlstletoe and the whole kiulng-undemeath-tt tblngT A number of ancient cultures. lib the Druids. •w mJttletoe u a ~bol of peace and frfeodlb.lp. Al. feuu and celebndons, they would bang tpdp of &Mb mltdetoe (Dftef fn>zen} OYer doofWllYI and nchanp.,.....wl =.:.r:=:t=.-tweOltwrCramU111 ........ hne Md a lhmoo ---too, ..... he bee ..... SotMl'lll-11111..,.IOI • ~law--Qrkt I be .... ""'':;C-..... .,.... .,..,...., •tu II: do.ft .... 2 •1ftl•1 Iii ......... -==.-::-..... ... .... I ~--.ar-.---~ •... .:ii( : ,··· .:-.. • . ... ~ It>!#-..:_ 1 ... ~ .. ~ • NO PLACE LIKE HOME 'Twas the night before Christmas B en~ I grew up with very different boUday traditions. His family made Christmas Eve the big event My family saved everything for Olri.wnas Day. His family bad homemade everything. My family knew KAREN WIGHT whereto buy it After we got married it was llJce the clash oftheTitans trying to keep everyone happy. So In a bold move, we chucked everything and started fresh with our growing dan. I like to think that we kept the best of both wodds and made ii our wortd. When we made our break with tradidon. we bad the chance to look around and see what worked (or didn't) for other families. We morphed as the kids grew and tried to blaze new trai1s for them to keep when they grow up ... or not We've been realistic in our expectations.. everyone used to IOYe getting In their jammies on Christmas Eve and cruising for tights. The younger ones still like the show. the older ldds phase in and out between being cool and admitting they still enjoy seeing the fruits of the neighbor's labor. I suspect that they do their own cruising and just don't tell me. We make c:ookles and set them out for Santa Mary Rose heads this acdvity. We've made it all the way through to her fourth grade. I am grateful for the lengthy dwadon We no longer make magic reindeer food. but friends with younger children do and share the enchantment with us. Santa still remembers 10 stop by our house, altbougtl he has gotten a little sassy as the ldds have grown older. ~ year he sent them on a scavenger bunt around the neighborhood. The dues included significant events In each child's life. A5 they ran up and down the street. they had to depend on a sharp memory and one another to get to the next clue. The bonw was that they found out a little something spedaJ a.bout their siblings they might not have known before. Christmas eve allows only one present opened. Presents from fr1end.. can be opened as giverl and family gifts are all exchanged In birth order. one by one. Oui1tmas dinner comes ftom a gJ"eat-grandparent's recipe. Ouistmaa breakfast t,, one of the grandmo~s spedalt1es. The tree is all mine. Both sets o( grandparents did a ladduster job • On my opinion) with the tree. On S.. HOME, PIC• A7 Swlday, OecenM 22. 2002 • • ezsure A nutcracker suite Frank Lynch, father of Ballet Pacifica's artistic director, has been collecting nutcrackers for 35 years. · DHpa Bharath Daily Pilot F rank Lfndt's living room looks a lot like a nutaacker museum. The handmade. wooden dolls -107 of them -are lined up in his home. "Soldiers guard the entrance. King Arthur ~ perched on a coffee table. Puss In Boots smiles from the fireplace. There are even Mickey Mouse and Goofy nutcradters. a Ben · Franklin, a banJcer, a Mouse King, the Three Wtse Men and a Sugar Plum Fairy outaacker. "I have a lot of nutcrackers,• Lfnch admitted with a laugh. "I have nutcrackers that would crack anything from a pistachio to a coconut· Over the last 35 years. the 81-year-okl Newport Beach resident has ct>llected these dolls that range in size from 6 inches to 6 feet. 1be coDectioo was initiated by Lfnchs late wife. Marilyn. "She was a ballet mom." he said Their dancer daughter, Molly 4'nch. artistic director for the Ballet Padfica, tw starred In "The Nutaacker" since she was 10 years old and for the last 15 years, bas directed and choreographed the production. PHOTOS BY SEAN t«.LER I DAILY Pl.OT Frank Lynch has more than 100 nutcrackers thatvary in size and shape, including one thafs six feet tall. Lynch's collection covers the dining room table in his Newport Beach home. "To me it's all about the ballet. the magic of the Nutcracker,· she said Lfnch has aJways admired her parents' collection. "They're very Individual and unique," said 4'nch. "And they make Interesting d:wact.ers.. .. Through their daughter's Involvement in the ballet. the parents developed an interest in nutaaders. "1be collection was something we could do together as a couple," Prank 4'ndt said ·u was something we did jointly." Marilyn ~ away In 1998, but L¥nch stiD continues to buy two or three dolls every year. It's become ao unstoppable holiday ttadidon in his household. Every year, during the holidays, two van loads of nutcrackers march out of the storage garage to lfnch's home. The day after Otristmas. they go back to the garage neatly put away in boxes. It's almost a OuisOllaS rirual. 4'nch orders the nutcrackers Crom a Gennan company that manufactures limited edition dolls every year. "Each time they manage to come up with something new," he said ~Last year they came up with the special edition 9/ 11 set• That set consists of three nutcrackers -one policeman and two fire6gtt ters. Some of the dolls, he got from other sources. 1be tallest one in his collection See NUTCRACKER, Pace A7 TRAVEL TALES The 26.2-mile Marine Corps challenge in D.C Chrllttn• Carrillo Daily Pilot T he Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C sparked a fire under four members of the Newport Beach Cal Coast lhlck Oub late October, giving them a simultaneous chance to revisit the ca.pital and achieve a 26.2-mlle goal. Mary fletcher of Newport Beach, John Kenney of Corona del Mar, Tum Boris of Newport Coast and Gloria LaCommare of West Covina started and ended their run near the lwo Jlma Monument and got the chance to hit a number of other monuments along their route before reaching an Qbausting ftni.sb.. ·1 had no intention of running a marathon again." said Kenney, who admitted to having a little trouble during the last leg.of the run. "I didn't like them ... but I thought it was pretty exciting because there was a lot of people lining the streets ... applauding.· With the support of the crowds of people on the streets and hundreds of Marines lending a helping hand, the Newport Beach Cal Coasters. which was their team name, couldn't help but be moved by the spirit of the capital. The group eveo managed to squeeze a few days of sightseeing into their trip. "The people back there were awesome ... but what sticks out in my mind is the hundreds and hundreds of Marines giving a hand, they did a great job." Kenney said. "They kind of made everybody feel proud· The event, which took place in October only days after the two suspected snipers were arresred. seemed to have brought out a sense of camaraderie among the spectators.. as well ~ the 17,000 runners. With people handing out pretzels and Starburst candies 10 the runners as they trelc.ked on mile after mile, passing monument after monument. Fletcher and Kenney were gratefuJ and comforted by the support and the locale. See TRAVEL. Pace M Mary Fletcher, John Kemeyand Qona laCorm1are alfilished the Mame Corps Marathon 11 Washilgton D.C. Harbors Ide Restaurant HICKOR~ FARMS• SAVE & Grand Ballroom /Po""4llJI .,.,.. n.i. of ,,.. Wltat.J $3.00 . Jib. BEEF STICK• '10" SUMMER SAUSAGE ,.. •wt o.. ............... ...,81114 .. _. ... ,.. .......... ~ ........ ~ ......... . ........ ...-.; .. ... ,. 5'nMr. Decemblr 22, 2002 TRAVEL ContirlJed from AS "1be monuments are beautiful; the people are. • friendly aod there'• a feeling of pride for our country.• -.ld fletcher, whoae parents were both in ~e Marine Corps. "I've · never seen so ~uch military perso~ any where ln the country. I j1,1St felt really safe ... and If you can't run ln the nation's capital in a Marine Co.rps Marathon and feel safe, memorable feeling of accompUabment and pride. •1 think that's an awaome place to run a muacboo. • said kenney, who bu NCeDdy adopted the nickname K John. "I'll alway9 Nmember around mile 20, It WU pttfng cU.tBcuJt and there wem a couple people deep around this one stretch and th~ encouragement the .people were giving, it took your mind off of your suffering. It wu awesome and extremely well run .• except for us running it." then where can you.,. ~ While the team members had • He~ .you, ot S9meone ypu know. a few da)'s u touristJ visitin,g · gone on en Interesting vacation the Vietnam Veterans retently7 Did you breve the wilds Memo~. Arlington National of Africe, travel to.eX<>tle lends? Cemetery. the United Statea Tell us your edventures. Drop us a HoJocaust Memorial Museum line to TRAVEL TALES,,330 w. Bay and much more, their St., Costa M .... CA-9!627~ e-mall participation in the marathon chrl.iine.can'i/lotllatime•.com; or left them with an even more fex to (949) 646-4170. .. 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SANTA saldW.:::-Cionuch o1 Tuadn un-. f'\.....:...,_..a from Al l08decl. trunk fuO ofbaul. ~ \NJMMN teey of Mr oompmty. 1be Coft-~ In <ll'lnlt c.oum, lnchwUqs aev-cord Group, hued in Newpod, era1 an die 'N!llllde 9f Colta Beach. 1be compafty ~ Me.a. un-edopted funm. a111o family with tour CbOdren. · - rec:eM alll from local cxupa-Ing an lnllDt. and aD tbe em.._ .... ICboala and graupl. • ~ pttched In to buy glftl. ., Od Satulday, hundn9dt of do-"VNre ao fortunate tb8t Wfire" non ~ onto '1be ·fair-just blessed to have jobs and, grounds, unbidtng gifts Jib clothes to 'Wea(,• Gorsuch said. food. clothing and toys. P.nerpdc · "11lla father [In our adopeed.' wlunteen then brought the glfta family) earns minimum ~: lnlo two l8lp bulldtnp with the and has four kids, but can ~. predlion.of a military operalion. pay nmt. ao they wouldn't ha~ Patty and Bob Naruae of New· Ou1.stmu presents tfwe didn't do port Beach and their" two chil-this.. • ~ unloaded a Schwinn bike· Some of· the wlunteers ln- wfth a shiny. ~ seat for their clUded memben of the Girls adopted family. The N8nl8es ·Scoub Odyl8ey 'D'OOp 859 from odginally got the bike to give to Huntington Beach. their four-year-old son. Robert. "It makei you feel really sood: but decided to donate it when to look at aD the toys and imagine they found out an eight-year old how happy kids will be on Christ-· in their ad~pted family wanted a mas rooming." said 1Cristi Morse, bike. Robert,'· said be liked that 15. decWon. The donations dropped offSat- "lt made me feel great because wday will be delivered to the rm giving someone something," families this week. • . . HOME Contiooed from A5 ~ ~years.~ eet up two trees. One In the family room wltb air 91 the elementary school ~and homemade lcMes; ~In the liWlg room that gets ~fancy treatment wltb my stedlng ornament coDecdon. ddppy crystall, and goJd and ~beads. 1lie kids 8'Y they d9n't like .,my" tree. I don't believe ~ bea uase they complain ln ~years I don't go to tile troubJe iQ,lel.it iip. , PboeoODrmu cuds~ ~mykwdte ~ortbe ~ aw•wnberwhen I was gJQWirlg up that (thought~ WM wdnl when• got a card from ~I didn'tb)(M Now my Olrilbnu card lilt is Ded with people that my kids "don't mow" by,t are wry important to me: college friends, older reJadves ln f.llaway states and hOmetown NUTCRACKER Coiltiooed from A5 is a 6-foot soldier that be bought rrom a display window at a local store that sold designer clothing. "It was part of their holiday diapjay." be said " I had never seen one that big. It was so unique." So, he, asked them what they rei..tionshlpa. I started to lndude a Ovistmaa letter u the kids Fl older and more oomplk:ated. I tty not to make it a "brag rag" but a glimpee of our~ good and bad. And by the way, I keep ewiry photo ~ I receive and put It ln an al>Uln. I have some family pk:turel that span 20-plus years. Some famiHes are just starting Some famiHes are sending their youngest out to the wide world The pictwes are indeed. a precious gift. This year my family celebrates its last Ouistmaa with exdustvely "fuD·time" .kida, Nat }"!IU' I wOl be a.nxioUlly ~the oldest'•· return to celebrate "owl' . . traditions. Our traditions tbai evotve·as the years p&s by. ' Merry Olrlstmas, Happy Holidays, and Peace on Barth from the Wight Houee to yours. •KAREN WIGHT ls a Newport Beadl resldeot. Her column runs Sundays. were going to do with it after O:uistma& They said they didn't know. "I talked them into selling it to me," 4'Jlch said The nutaackers he bas collected, cyncb said. are priced anywhere between $200 and $300. jilt's a ver:y simple design." he said lbey're functional and nice to look at" Chances are YOU are a human being. n-.. 0 ~ 90UIOe to tt'9 ptoblef11t you CX9 locing. lt'a tt'9 unoa llCbA. IUbool ~ 0t • .~"*"1. .. • Olonel9c:a. '1>e Mooetn 5c'9noe OI Men"31 Heollh Wll ~you""°"' ~ .. tt'9 dlMlme ...,.r.4p betlMlll. ..... ili1iic1 ~ t. 1111111111 COii (IOO) '11-11.a • www.cttoneffca.Ofg Hubbard Dlanetic. foundotlon 1'61 lrvtne llvd., Tusttn. CA~ ·--................. ..,,...,.. .. ......_. ----~ ......................... ~-· ..... ~-........ Slmay, Decerrtier 22. 2002 A7 CHECK ITOUT Digging for roots. and connec tio n D eepening penooal c:onnecdom can be a meaningful compooeot of year-end holidays. If that entaila cUggtog for family roots or ftndlng Joet fdende, mioun:es from Newport Beach PubJic Libraries can 88list. .t.ookipg for a put piutner, elllanged sibling, blologicaJ ~tor distant coualof Check ·OUl "la•"• . LoltApnlly ......,... mdFrtmds" toBgbtthe W8.)t Written by ICatbleen Hhdley, this genealogj.cal manual includes tips for acceudng public records, utiH7Jng dty directories and conducting Internet research. Tupic:s lndude how to use data avaDab1e in marriage records, voter registrations, alumni publications and letter forwarding services to search for a person from your past or to piece together family genealogy. ltyou're serious about making a project out of lumting for. your berttaee. "Orw ··h· bar......,......,. s-dl" may be among your best resources. ·With~ for estabUshiog fDing systel1)8., making the most of research dollars and using computers as tools, ~rofessiooal genealogist Sharon Cannadc reveals hoW to navigate through Information to find what you need. Addidooal guidance for pinpointing your roots is in F.mily Anne Crooms "Unpadngbar ........ Sections on how to get started, the meaning of names. the di1fere:nce between a family history of dates and a family history of stories. and ways to fit it all together provide a basic introduction to genealogy. If you locate a link to one of the royal families of Europe, you may want to display your . lineage with a family crest Find illustrations of more than 2,000 coats of arms, from the inception of heraldry in the 11th century to such contemporary royalty aa Queen Elizabeth II and ,9race Kely, in Mk:haei Mad apn'a "Unea of Suc:c rr d 11n" Beyond aads(ylng curiosity, family medical biltory can provide ailical clues for dealing with the genetic risks of physical and~ ailments, from Mzhetmer's to. cancer and depeasion. Tap into it with Delp from Carol Daus, who looks at how to interview living relatives. find old medical reandsand use science to prevent disease in "Pait Imperfect." Foronline help with all a,,pec:ts of genealogy, numerous links are at ROOI'S-L (U1WW.rootsweb.cvm) and Cindi's list of Genealogy Sites on the Internet ( www.cindi.slistcom). Other circulating and reference research sources are listed in an updated "Genealogy ~"·available at all Newport 8eac:b Public Ubrarlea. Once you've located family and friends, you may want to share your findings with others in yourdan. Flnd 123 ideas for inspired connection in Elaine R<r_t'd's Mere.dog Pam.Dy Newlleuen. • Aimed at helping people spread mailbox cheer with hand-crafted to computer-generated communications, this celebration of family ties can help keep holiday connections intact throughout the year. • otECK IT OVT is written by the staff of the Newport Beadl Public Library. This weelc's column is by Melissa Adams, in collaboration with Claudia Pete~n. 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Pit.OT hp. 12/31/0l tot purd> _ I ------------------~ WE HAVE A FEW REMAINING AZURE SERIES ~ODUCED AT CREWE • ~. Dlcllrlber 22, 2002 EDITORIALS Measure· A Wo rk . . a. fine present for the hglidays I t has taken a while - 2 1/2 years, to be exact- but the promised improvements for Newport-Mesa schools paid for by Measure A are finally about to begin. In February, six elementary schools and two high schools will be part of the first phase· of construction work that, over the next five years, will include 28 schools in four separate stages, district officials said this month. Among the improvements planned, and much needed, are seismic upgrades, painting, stucco repair, door replacement, electrical upgrades and repairing the ceilings in all classrooms. The work will be paid for, of course, by the $110-million bond that voters passed in 2000. Added to that sum will be state proposition money, more of which will come Newport-Mesa's way if voters approve another bond in 2004. The estimated cost of all the repairs is $173.3 million. During the Measure A campaign, school officials argued strongly for why the district's campuses needed such expensive wol'k. They also smartly.included much resident oversight of the project in their plans, which certainly helped gain the overwhelming support the bond receiVed. That oversight also has played a role in the slow ' build-up to next year's work. Given the breadth of the project, and the care that it has needed, the delay has been frustrating, ~rhaps, but not disturbing. From the early days of the Measure A campaign, school officials always were careful and precise in the steps they took. What would have been troubling was an overly quick end to the discussions about haw the money should be spent. Pareµts had learned to expect more. Still, 2 1h, years seems sufficient time to have worked out exactly what improvements are needed at whic~ schools. It is time to turn the words, and money, into action. For parents and students who have been waiting for the work to begin, the district's announcement amotmts to a fine holiday present A wise decision by . Coast district trustees C oast Community College District trustees made the right decision last week not to give 14% raises to the seven top administrators at the district's three schools. District officials argued that the raises were necessary to recruit decent candidates to fill vacant positions, such as the presidential post at Orange Coast College. Gene Farrell has assumed the role this year on an interim basis. As much as a permanent president is needed at OCC to provide stability and a specific roadmap to the future, it's not appropriate -nor tactful - to give 14% raises across the board to seven positions during the state's ongoing financial crisis, which severely affects education. It may be true that most community college presidents across the state make more money than those in the Coast district, but that doesn't make lt right to make up for it with one fell swoop at this time -a time when class sections are being cut at OCC After all, the students shouldn't have to suffer anymore than they already are. The district should instead choose a higher salary than it now offers and use it to entice an OCC president.. Or, when hiring the president, promise that affordabJe raises will be available once the economy picks up or the state straightens out its finances. In the meantime, if raises must be given to the other administrators, make it so - but not at 14%. At this time, perhaps 3% would be a Qit wiser. When the economy and state pick up apln -and education cuts are a great deal Jess or nonexistent -then hike the salaries up another 6% or so. But take time in doing so, espectally when many aren't receiving raises or, worse, are without jobs. THE LAST WORD Farewell to the ficus fracas .Mapping'sp<>tS would be· a helpful addition to paper . Por the lutM'ftlnl ~.·tt'a aort of bothered me when I read the paper, because it'a a local DeilY Pilot newspaper, that there'll be an article ln it about aometblng happening (I'm going to make up a name) at the Braybumt Trade or whatever. and you thJnk, 'Where ln tbe beck's the Braybumt 'lhlckt And they don't ~en tell you where it ls. So it would be sort of nice to be able to mentally picture where this happening is happening. Por ~~en I moved in here, I lived in Oiftbaven, but I ... didn't · know I lived in Oifthaven, and it took me 10 years to figure out where in the beck Oifthaven was because nobody apelled it out to me. , JOE MCCARTHY · Newport Beach Good job, Mr. Editor I jWlt want to congratulate Tony Dodero on that wonderful, wonderful respons;e to the critics, who thought that you gave too much credence to protesters and IO OD (•From the Newsroom," Monday). I think those quotes from Uncoln were just absolutely wonderful -keep up the good work. HELEN STOKES Corona del Mar Cunpaign complaints sound like sour grapes How much sour grapes do we have to hear from Newport Beach's failed City Council candidates and their allies? These guys are worse than Al Gore and his supporters beUy-acb.lns that Gore was somehow cheated by George Bush's campaign. Rather than looking at the facts and bard truth that Richard Thylor ran a poor camj>aign and lacked community support, be and his handful of boosters are attempting to tar local political consultant Dave FJ.lls with charges of "dirty campaigning." Newport Beach voters are probably the moat well-educated and well-informed voters in the state. We made the right choice in rejecting Thylor by an overwhelming margin. We received volumes of campaign material presented &om both sides about the issues and candidates: Thylor needs to look at the multitude of reasons his campaign failed so miserably and stop trying to find a political consultant boogeyman to blame for his defeat BOflltEWlt Newport Beach .. KENT TREPTOW I DALY Pl.CJl'o Reader says former council c· 1didate Richard Taylor needs to look at reasorts ._ for his loss. · · - Serious action needed to difficult to believe that they never • ! sal ' il · · discussed campaign tactics with mus , vage counc mtegnty and Were \inaware Of biS •wtnning &l I\ RB: The Community Commentary any cost" philosophy. by Richard Taylor, Dec. 15. Adams is certainly fully aware now:-•·" Thank you for your continuing It is time for him to do the right thing coverage of the Dave Bills scandal. and resign. This would help to . ~~ It is truly shocking to learn that reestablish some integrity to our City Steve Bromberg, our new mayor, Council ' •' • paid E.lli.s to help manage his A new election should be held for • ~ campaign when he ran for City his district with the cost paid by Ellis, ~ Council in 2000. who admitted to composing the . .. We now have four City Councilmen fraudulent phone message to get " ' ' -Bromberg, Tud Ridgeway, Gary Adams elected. : \ Adams and Don Webb -who were YVOIN HOUSSEI $ elected under Bills' managemenL It ls Corona del Mar ... ..... •'' COMMUNITY COMMENTARY . " . . Greenlight is alive and welt:: •! ~ • BIO ~61 R .. 11noe: $anta Ana HeighU for a yes; Newport-Mesa for 19 years ,,, h'an: School board trustee since 19'11; third stint .. president 01 ....... w: Former teacher and ~l1hing administrator P 11 rtlD1i:'8achelor'• in social science .., teec:hlng credential in Spanish and ~ education fri:>m San Diego State ~Husband of 27 years Bob; five d\'*9n ages 19 to 26; granddaughter =.. Reeding; crafts (needlepoint); weum.ertng inlMh......c: Member of Gir1 Scout Cql)ncil of Onnge County; CHOC ~ 00.rd; and KOCE board . WHArs COMING .. . 'We 've got a major budget crunch . looming, but this board has been very, very strong in planning strategically and looking at the budget and looking at major ways to protect those programs that are essential. And we've been very actively engaged in capturing as much of our tax dollars as possible both from the state and federal government through writing grants., WHAT SHE WANTS ' 'I would like to see us and community more engaged in our decision-making. Not that they aren't now, but I think there.'s always an opportunity to hear from them. I'd abo like to see our principals engaged in our decision&' • FO R UM Stniay, Decen'1>er 22, 2002 • KENT fRf.PTOW I DAILY PILOT Martha Fluor, the newly chosen Newport Mesa school board president, reads to first-graders Tuesday at Sonora Elementary School. Ready to engage the public in education Martha Fluor, school board preside nt, wants to involve the community and schools more in the decision-making process . M artha Fluor is a bit different than the typical school board trustee in that, for the most part, she didn't anend American schools growing up. She speaks fl uent Spanish because she Lived in South America for a while. And in addition to Olile and Venezuela, she also lived in Northern Africa -in Llberia But f1uor, now a nearly 20-year area resident. c.ertainly has Newport-Mesa child.Jen, including her granddaughter, at heart. That's why f1uor, an 11-year school board trustee, serves the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. Earlier this month, her board colleagues appointed her president -for the third time. On Tuesday, City Editor James Meler met up with f1uor at Sonora Elementary Sthool in Costa Mesa to discuss h er third one-year stint, as well as some hot-button school district issues. How wW your thlrd term as praldent dllfer &om the previous twof Well, I think there are a number of Issues. In my Ont term, I was just entering my second term of office. I was a 6Ye-year board member. That. in and of itself, l"ve learned so much. We were in such a different state in terms of the dilttict itlelf. We were working with Ul lnft!rlm Nperintendent at the time bkause John Nicoll had rednd, IO we were In the proce1a of a lllll'Ch. We bad Or. Bob Francy u our Interim. So we bad that. So we have a dltl'erent superintendent DIM 1'bilt .:ond time· -~t. WW Md Dr. MK...... . ...................... diNid wldl ... (1911..,. rt Mat,; but"' ....................... ~ couaey.......,, •"· ·~-and etnln on the clllatc:t. _. _ not aood-We Mft IO foall8d on .-atal lbnJutb tbe county ~ llJlnl not ID .... toO nlUCb Imm lbl dnr 'OOllll. W. were n::i.,.., .............. Supt. lRDben lllbocJ, mcnle .. ceatlc.aur ....... mepdoml If~ ...... llltcdJ OD ... tcenlt OUt _.._ _ __.,wllllilor . ..,_ .......... ...., ..... .,._....,,. 111 -:r._ ......... laillalaecbDGI •one of ........ , ....... ~ :r-..:c::"' .. 1:. -:. .... ... ........ ,,,.. ....... .. •---•an111rmlllil .. ,..., , 1 ··------• .. ...... ., •' 9 ·=·It ,' ,. ,r:; .. programs that are essential. And we've been very actively engaged in capturing as much of o ur tax dollars as possible both from I.he state and federal g~ent through writing grants. We send all of this money to Washington D.C. and to I.he state of California, and we should be getting it back, so we're very active in looking at w.tys to improve education. So I.hose are I.he major differences and focuses. How wW your presidency differ from Judy Pranco'st · I thinJc Judy did a wonderful job. Well, one thing is I.he meetings wiJJ be shorter because I won't be talking as much. That's lhe big joke. My job wiJI be more to run the meeting and not interject 100 much. so I'll be less vocal than I nonnally am. That's the big joke around. I'm also an individual who really lilces to solicit a lot of information. And so. I'm already tallcing 10 Or. Barbor about looking into I.he possibWties of meeting with our principals and meeting wit.h our communities, whet.her it be in a forum atmosphere, talcing it one zone at a time and really jus1 going out into I.he public and opening it up and saying. "We're here to hear from you." So I think th ose are a couple of things. I'm really interested in hearing. We just had a major election and while the turnout was really low, it's really incumbent upon us as trustees to infonn and we're in for some hard times. All of us are going to be suffering with this major state de6cit. So we need to keep the focus on cblldren and lenming and still demand.Ing accountability, but llatenlng to our constituency. wma would ,ou lib to.., happen durtac '°"'_.year tennl A~ ol things. I hope that we ca .. a pioetdve impact of Measure A; ... be IWdng. I waukl like to tee us and cammuntty more engqed in our dedlloa·making. Not that they &ml' ~ but I thlnk there's always U\ opportUnlly to beer from them. -N lllo Ub to~ our prindpala -...Id In our dedtiola w , .. .., tntmatld In Wonlnl wlda lbe Olly Piiot In~ cbaL The Dllr POot .. the loall MWlpepef. \budoa .... -*-toour cacnll'Unlly and I'd lib to '"m ~ dollr. ...... to -.. --doelr ..... bGda ., .... clly -.di olbadl ddll• ...... 2 ~-=-~-:.:-.=:-.::. -•t a moar a twiDd ....... ., ..... .. ..... , ...... x tolerance and, while I agree with zero tolerance and a policy, there needs to come ... I view the zero-tolerance policy as an intervention. I view it as a wake-up a call not only to I.he student, but also to the parents and lo the community that this student has a problem and got caught. But. given that, I want to take i1 further. With intervention needs to come support. Under the currenl policy, you have no choice into what can or cannot be done. Children that get caught and are automatically transferred lose all rights and privileges. So. if you have an athlete. a drama student or any student in an extracurricular actjvity. I.hat child, when transferred, lpses all of I.hose rights and privileges. They are not allowed to parucipate in any of those types of extracurricular actjvities. That's based, one. on CIF rules, but also on our rulec;. So. here you have a child that you're inlervertlng in their lives. and you may in fact be talcing away thal one thing that keeps I.hem engaged, o;o I know we're looking at I.hat. The principals have been talking about it at I.he secondary level and we're going to be engaging I.he community ln a series of meetings with I.hem come next year. I t.hink it's very critical that we take a look at I.hat. And the other thing is it needs to be applied consistently and fairly across the district. Until we can get over the concept that kids don't want to rat on I.heir friends, we have a problem, because one child may be caught but it's not just one child. It's rarely just one child. It's usually a group. so one child gets targeted and identified while the othets b~the a igh or relief and don't stick up. And nothing happens to them in sptte of our Investigation. So, yes. it needs to be revlslted. la zero tolennce too etrtctt I don't tblnk fta too strict. I just don't think it provklet enough options for both the prlnds-J and the needs of the twdenta. lbat'a my problem. It just doeln\ provide eriOuF auppOrt oc options. Now that'• only in respect to drup and alcohol When we're talking about weapons and th1np lib that, our poky la ablolutely llnn on tb8i And tMt't a good policy. • wm a ..... .-:kl" ...... Nli•Pl!I' .. ...... Abieolutelj The IOOOft" ~ bM:w. llDlftiliT I, ....... ~ .............. young skateboard~r:. and skateboard coalition are being heard finally and I hope that in the next cwo years. we see a skateboard park built. WUI Rea Elementary eee a CHOC Health Center at some polntt I don't k.now whether we will or not. I can tell you right now that we have the Health Stan van going·to Rea. Wilson and Whittier (elementary schools! and it's servicing I.he need. I know that CHOC is still very interested in bringing health services 10 children in lttis area. Costa Mesa has an underserved population that has needs. All the documentation shows that children don't travel out of their area 10 go, M> bu loads of children are not going to be coming from San Diego or Santa Ana or Huntington Beach. These are onJy I.he children of our di~uict. So wiJI it be buih on Rea? I can't tell you. I know that t.hey're still talking. evaluating and as.sessing. They may go somewhere else. Who knows? But I suspect 1ha1 we will see some sort of CHOC fa cility ITT Costa Mesa to service the needs of the population A healt.hy community wants healthy children. How dJd you get lnvotved with KOCBt I've been involved with KOCE for 25 years. I've been on the board for 22 years. Lot or cbanga. When I got involved. I belonged to the Jr. League of Orange County and we did a project with KOCB to develop teacher packets for some of lbe courses they we:re offering. That's how I got involved. • Private, large lot on the 8th fairway. Cu~. 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath. Pool. STELLA WORt>EN, KAREN BETSON 8c DANNY BIBB \.. QU011 OP 1HE DAY d It u 10 amazing. Right ~ · o~r du match, it hit me right away. I just started . crying, bawling.~ At1r1 Roll, USC voleyball star COLLEGE WOMEN'S · VOLLEYBALL Ross, & Co., a.k.a. USC, puta~ay Stanford April Ross and her Trojan teammates reign as NCAA women's volleyball titlists after winning it in four. NEW ORLP.ANS -Newport Harbor High product April Ross, a junior at USC. bad a dream ~ Saturday as she and her Trojans' teammates de- throned defending national champion Stanford in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Olampiooships at the New Orleans Sports Arena Ross & Co. (3 l -1) handed Stanford (33-5) a 30-27, 23-30, 30-24. 30-26 de- feat to claim the Tro- . jans' first NC.AA aown in women's volleyball since 1981. She and three oth- ers in the starting lineup were all listed · with double-figures in ldlls, and almost always just when it meant the most Ross' reaction? April Ross "It is so amazing, .. she told the Daily Pi- lot by telephone. "Right after the match. it hit me rtght away. I just started crying, bawling. It's bard to desa1be the feeling. It's been our goal for so long. It's amaz- ing that we actually did it" The Trojans took the opening ga.Jl!e with neither team really showing ariy momentum. and when the Cardinal · bounced back to even the score at l-1, it became a best-of-three showdown. "What held such importance is that we refused to loee," continued Ross. "We didn't want to lose. It was such a collective effort It was like. if that's what we feel Uke. that's what's going to hap- pen. Prom there the Trojans went on their wionlng run with the 30-24, 30-26 con- quests. Just what made the USC team so spe- dal1 "'Ibe people on it," said Ross. "We're such a family. It's never a pain to be around your team. We just love each other. It's just so fun to be with my team. If we didn't care for each other, we wouldn't have been able to pull off the effort we did today." Among all the accolades that have come Ross' way, she said this was No. 1. -·1~1 deftnitely the highest," she said. "lt'a on a completely different level I can't take anything away from the other championships from high school. but th.is one meant so much. lt was such a hi8h leYel and it made that much more of an accomplishment" Roes'· emotions bad nothing to do with the ordeal she bad endured over the put year because of injuries. "1bia wu all about the moment and the people and th.is~·" she said. -by SC... Vlrpn EYEOPENER ~~~ December 23 llonoree MAURY GERARD SportaEdltor RogerCattson • <9491 57414223 • Sportafu:(949)650-0170 Sunday, Deceni>er 2~. 2002 11 COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBAil Another' test for ·Parada UCI's 7-foot junior center will most likely have another battle inside against Saint Mary's today. Steve Vlr1•n Daily Pilot MORAGA -On the surface. it appears the UC Irvine men's bBetball team will be able to regain confi- dence and some rhythm today at 3:05 p.m. at Saint Mary's. However, take one look. preferably in- side and down low, and you'll find the Anteaters have a big challenge in front of them. It is also a sizeable test for 7-foot junior center Adam Parada. who scored seven points before fouling out in UO's 84-57 loss at Stanford Thursday. Parada only played 15 minutes against the Cardinal and never established him· self as an inside presence. mainly against 6-10, 275-pound center Rob Little. Today. Parada will have to take on 6-10 freshman Daniel Kickert, who is one of the key pJayers for Saint Mary's. Kickert, a forward from Melbourne. Australia. is second on the team averaging 13.7 points per game. lGckert figures to challenge Parada's defensive abilities, which have caused the 'Eaters' big man to get in foul trouble in three ofUO's six games this season. "Parada is the guy people know about." said Randy Bennett. in his second season as coach of the Gaels. "But they're more than just Parada. Their trademark is that they're good defensiwty. This will be a good cballenge fur m to see where we're at and what we can do against one of the top five mid-majot.tMJOtl iD the WL • Bennett is working to get his mid-ma- jor team on the college basketball map. He served as the top assistant under Lorenm Romar two years ago at Saint l..olm and also with Romar at Pepper- STEVE McCRANK /DAILY PILOT dine. Now Bennett is back in the West Tournament MVP Carlos Pinto of Estancia (44) drives hard to the hoop past Western's Micah Flores (12) in titte game. Coast Conference detenni.ned to wm the Eagles repeat, 45-38 Gaels around. They were picked to finish sixth in the conference that had co- dlampioas Wt year in Gonzaga and Peppenfuie. With players like JCickert. the Gaels fig- ure to improve this season in the WOC Along with IGckert. Saint Mary's is also MVP Carlos Pinto leads Estancia's victory parade. Bryce Alderton Daily Pilot GARDEN GROVE-Same two teams. same tournament. same gym. same re- sult For the second consecutive season, the l!st.anda High boys basketball team (8-1) defeated the Western Pioneers (8-2) in the final of the Garden Grove Tuumament at Garden Grove High. This year's marquee featured two teams who play staunch de- fense. but it was the Eagles who figured out how to pen- ettate what the Pioneers threw at them in the fourth quarter and go on to a 45-38 victory Saturday night. Last year's championship came down to clutch free throws for the Eagles to pull out a one-point victory and .though the spread in this year's game was greater, the score remained close throughout "Rvery time we play this team it's like old-fashioned basketball like the movie CATCHING UP WITH Jed by 6-5 junior guard 1}'ler Herr, who "Hoosiers." said P.stancia leads the team averafJng 13..9 points per Coach Olris Sorce. "It's like game. and 6-8 junior forward Chase Hickory vs. another team like Poole (12.7 points per game). Hickory. lt's good bard-nosed Saint Mary's bas won three of its past basketball with two teams four. losing to Stanford. 76-58, Dec. 14. that show a lot of class.· ua (3-3) is 2-0 this season against P.stancia's Ca.dos Pinto wee teams, having defeated Pepperdine gained Tournament Most and Loyola Marymount The Anteaters Valuable Player recognition saw their three-game winning streak and scored a double-double snapped at Stanford Thursday night. with 10 points and 11 boards. ,,when the Cardinal used a hard-nosed Saturday's performance fol-man-to-man defense to throw the 'Ea1ers lowed his 35-polnt outburst oft their rhythm. Friday against Whitney in the touma-ua shot a dismal 38.2% from the field. more than 10 percentage points below its See EAGLES, he• 82 aeuon average. Khari Johnson Former UCI hoopster ensuring student athletes stay on pace toward degrees at his alma mater. t • ... CdM trio among four first-team performers · recognized by Division I water polo coaches. 1be talented founome ........ 10 Back Bay standouts to earn AD-CIF ret- ogn{tion. Newport Harbor aenion Boll Sinclair and Nathan WMer Join CdM eenior Ja- ton DiRoc:co on the eecond team. wble CdM aeniora Ryan Moore ad John Money, u well u Newport Harbor sen- ior Jay 1bomplan. ... dainl-IWD bon· --Corona del Mar Hip eenlc>n John Mann and Ar1ie Dorr. who shared Pa- dftc C.out League MVP honors. as well as CdM senJQr goa.li~ Beau Stockstill and f!lewport Harbor junior Michael Bury, have been~ ftnt-tea.m All- OP Otvtsion I by Southern Section boys Man; a llwt-a.tn pk* in llM9loD B in 2001 ..... 109 ...... Mdect 28 ~ter polo coaches. · ..... llld 19 ...r. .... lbe Sea n.,. ~ to lbe DMliaa I 'dde game,.._. Ibey reu to rop 111w met . STEVE McCRN« I DM.Y "-or Eagles' Matt Cachola ( 11) takes the ball to the basket on a fast break in Satll'day night's game. EAGLES Continued from B 1 ment semifinals. "It was a hard game with a loud crowd but we pJayed hard and came out with a win, -saJd the 6-foot-4 sophomore. "IM?ry- one stepped up and played their hearts out when they needed to. - Reserve shooting guard 'fyler Hoffman provided a spark off the bench once again for the Eagles in the toumamem, answering a Western three-pointer with one of his own to give the Eagles a 34-33 lead 20 seconds Into the fourth quarter. Hoffman Would bit another three to gjve the P~ a 43-38 lead with three minutes to go and Western went cold from the field after that. go- ing 0 for 4 in the finaJ 1 :56 or the game, all on missed three-polnt- ers. Against Garden Grove earlier in the tournament Hoffman bJt aJJ three of his thrt?e-polnt at- tempts to heJp the Eagles clinch a 62-58 victory to advance to the tournament semifinals. •This game was harder than the Garden Grove game because Western has the best defense we have seen and it was really a cbaDenge," Hoffman saJd ''I'm ready to shoot all the time. Usu· ally I'll look to pass inside but I'm ready to step It up ii I have toJ' JOHNSON Continued from B 1 Hoffman and starting center Joey Undqu.ist finished with seven and six points, respec- tively, all in the finaJ period. ~I've got to throw around down there and show tbem tha t I am bigger and stronger,· saJd Undquist about his positioning for two layups in the finaJ period. -1 got position to help the guards get the ball into my teammates."· Estancia's offensive sets were keyed by a smothering defense scheme that Sorce changed from man-to-man in the beginning of the game to a 2-3 and then to a 3-2. •Tu hold therfl to 38 points is doing something right." Son:e saJd. The F.agles held the ·Pioneers to 17-of-51 shooting, induding going 8 for 30 over the ftnaJ two quarters. The Pioneers went 6 for 22 from three-point range, four or those coming off the bot hand of Kvon · Tucker, wha ftnisbed with a team-leading 14 points. Every starter scored for the Eagles, who got soUd contribu- tions from starting guards Zack Novak {six points on 3-of-4 shooting) and Matt Cachola. who scored seven points and had four assists. Cachola added three steals, two coming In the third quarter that led to layups for Pinto and junior Jordan Stroman, who grabbed six rebound& Both layups got the Eagles to in 1994, Johnson played with • the Converse All-Stars trawling team for a few games and was the uslatant buketball coach at Servtte High before enrolling at Long Beach State. He atw.ya lilted UCJ and Southern CalifomJa and jumped at the chance to return to lrvtne. •1 wu attracted to the academic reputadon, COIChln1 staff and the area when J WU & abJdent md now I'm ltOI altnleted to dMIMsame.......,"eald Johnaon. wbo mo-s to Newpon Beildl in 1913. 8'alunllUIM ... Johmon .... aaly cbanc. be c ID...,. .. .... .................... ...., ................. ~8-:la;. -..:~~~ within one at the time. P.standa · eventually took a 24-23 le.ad with 4:50 to go in the third period on a put back by starting forwant Scott Sankey. A three by Western gave the Pioneers a two-point lead on the ensuing possession but Sankey came right back with a feed to Novak for an easy lay-in and the game was lcnotted at 26. The Eagles' first basket. a trey by Cadlola. came with 4:49 left in the first period to cut tbe Western lead to 5-3. The Pio- neer's largest lead after that came at 10-5 following a Jose F.s- trada three. Cachola found a cut- ting Novak for a layup and Pinto bJt his only three lo 6ve attempts to get the Eagles within two at the end of one quarter. The Elglea committed turn- overs on four conseculive pos- sessions in the seclOnd period but the Pioneers managed merely four points to gain a 21- 17 lead at the 3:()5 mad: before both teams went scoreless from the field the relt of the quarter. Esqmcia flnJshed the game l 6- for-40 shooting, going 10 of 22 lo the second half. Novak and Hoffman were se- lected to the all-tournament team as the Blgles continue their early-season IUCCleU. •If you would have told ine we'd be S..l after U.pmm I would have tbou1J1t ~·were crazy," Sorce .W. ~haw m- sponded to the ±"1rp IO far." 42, the Bucs knocked out an S-.0 nan to So up SCM3, and • they would not relloquJsb the lead thereafter. Orange Coast five duels Saddlebac.k for tournament · crown at 4 p.m. The ad pew to double digits ewer the next few min- utes and remained there for COSTA MESA -Orange the majority of the half. · Coar Colep womeds A. they did Friday nlgbt in bee'e':lld aMldl Mike a relatively euy win owr 'lhamtoa w tmafed to bis . Clid'ey, the Pirata got excel- 300tb Yldory u held coach lent balance on ofrense. of tbe Pind!M' program In a Five Buca tallied in double 7841 win CMI' Soutbwestem figures, led by forward Liz 5muday to advlnce to to-Mendoza with 14 points, to go day's champ6oblhlp game of along with eight m>ounds. tbe ·12th annual Galuao's Alisa c.arrtDQ toeeed lo 12 BUery ea. O:uistmas Ou-points and grabbed sewm re-*. 4 p..m. bound&. 1bomton must haft Hataaaabl poured in 11 tbou&bt the win might have pointJ. b.d he usilts and ta wait for another day after four steals. wbDe Amy Shaw the Plrates"blt just 26.~ cir and Klnten ~ Tungeln each of 41) in the first half, en route added 10 polnta. ~n 1\mgeln to a 32-32«alemate. led the late dwge on the Sophomore point guard boards for the Pirates, pulling Nancy Rataushi bit 3 or 5 down nine of her team-high from beyond the arc in the and season-best 13 rebounds first 20 minutes, two of them in the second halt coming in the tlnal moments Thornton reaches the 300- u Cout pulled even. victory m1leltone with a win- 'Ibe Pirates (11-3) started Ding pen:eot.lp of .680 (300- alowly In the aecood half, as 141) met ii well on his way to well, but they bepn to find an Utb 20-wln sea.son In his their ahooUD8 touch after a 14-year tenure with the Pi- few tenle D)inutea. Down. 43-rates: HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sailors gather some momentum before d~parting John Wayne Newport Harbor High's boys basketball team put the final tags on their ll18BB81' Satwday at the Holiday Basketball Cassie at Anaheim Convention Center with a 47-39 victory over Sea View League rtvaJ Foothill to flniab 2-2 in the tournament and Improve to 6-3 overall. The Sailors, who were led by the scoring (14 points) and rebound- ing (16 boards) of Nedim Pajevic, despite a painful hip injury sus- tained on Friday, ha~ some Cluistmas shopping left before Wednes- day, then take off from John Wayne Thursday morning at 7 for M.inneapoU& That night. at 8, the Sailors duel St Ooud-based Suak Rapids High In the first round of the eight-team St Ooud TuumamenL Mesa drops 48-37 decision to Stockdale • llJYS: Costa Mesa HJch's boys basketball team cut Its deficit to 37-33 lD the fourth quarter, but Stockdale proved too much and beat the Muata.np. 48-37, In a oonaoladon game of the Irvine World News O&Mlc at Concordia UntvenJty Saturday. Stockdale amwered Mesa's fourth-quarter dwp with an 11-0 nm to aea1 the victory. MeA went 1·3 ln the tournament and falls to 4-5 OtW9I. Danay irtbrtu l9d die M .... Wltb 11 palnla and Maat.o StanbMc: edded 10 rebounds tbr c.. ..... wblcb plays Dal In tbe 0...,.. Holiday Ow.le ....... Roddllld al Nftada 11 Olap- lban UDlwnlly Tbunday. BASKETBALL: SUMMARIES HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ............... a... ............ Ne put4l,.....• Score bv au.-. Foolhill ~ 12 I I • 39 Newport 14 12 7 14 -.., Foochm -Edwerdl 2. Bigler 4, Banga 12, Ewe 3, Jarmon 7. W.1T1111 2, &Tool 2. Robtee 7. 3--pt. go.tie -Bangs 2. Fouled out -none. Tec:hnlcall -none. Newpoft ...,__Cameron 2, Rorden 7. Perrine 8, Pejevic 14. Pineeett 7. Soza 0, 1: Low8nthal 7. B. Lowenthal 2._Gl.-CO. • 3--pt. go.Ill -I. l.DwemNl 1. Fouled out -none. Tec:hnlc:ela -none. .............. a... 6'1oc*dele 41, comi ..... 71 CoMi faller Score by au.we Stoc*dele I • 12 ,. • • Costa Meu I I t 10 -S1 Slodr ... -Abuhay 1, a.av 18, Bruten 2, Brown 2. Gernett 19, • Morehead 10, Coooer o. 3--pt. goals -Mo""-d 2. Fouled out -none. c... Mele -Moline 10, ICnox 0, o. Krikorian 18, Abec*9bo 3. f'9Pc O, t Krikorian 0, ~ 1, .. ...,. 3. 3--pt. goals -o. Ktlrotta'l 2. Fouled out -none. Glr'Clln Q'WI ,....._,_. OlelnolcMlllHp ~•.w..-n• Score bv Ouartera Ettancla . 1b e 13 ,. -* Western 12 I I II -38 &tMdl -Sankey, 4, Pinto 10, Undqula1 6. Novak 6, c.chola 7. S1r0man 6, Hoffmen 7. Andersen o. 3--pt. go.tie -Hoffman 2. c.chola 2, Pinto 1. Fouled out -none. w...n -Aapal 5, Henry 10, Goodloe 2, Tuc*w 14, Estrade 3, Murua 0, AolW 4, McAdams 0, AJejandro O. 3--pt. goal. -Tue*« 4. Flapel 1, Eltntda 1. Fouled out -none. COUEOE WOMEN UQ .. NI fOfCl9 • NI f°.cM'Ce -CtilldreM 2. ThomM 2, Neff 14, Howell 23, Gl'Ol/9 1, Reee o. Gou 4, Weber 0, Roeecfl 3, H!J41fNO 0, Pounda 2. GroA 8, Stillmen O. o.hlstrom o. Butler 2. 3--pt. goell -Neff 3, Howell 1. Fouled out -none. Tec:hmc:.11-none. UQ-Yedon 1•. Callaway 11, Feullc· ner 3, Gabbe 21. Green 12. Bigglnt 4, Sturvec>n 0, FefgU90fl 21, Ushet 0. 3-¢ go.111 -Gabbe 6, Ferguson 4, Green 2, Faulkner 1. Fouled out -none. Technicals -none • Halftime -ua. 39-26. Comn.nty oalegl won.-.: COMltClwllbiiMa..lc • ....... . 0CC 71, lol.-11 L 11 II 11 • $oudyi I k II -'WrdeMe 14, Vl!'a- rMf o. 8uctner 28, KiMr 2. Joh!WOO 8, Yance 4, Manglic:mot 9, tWW'f o. Oer· ca.2. 3--pt. goals -John.on 2, Manglic- mot t Fouled out -none. Tectlnlcel1 -none. 0....-COMlt -MUrtliy 8. Mendqza 14, Carrillo 12, HaltlushJ 11, G.i..o 7. Manhall 7. Haueciw 1, Gam&c. 0, Shtw 10, Von Tungeln 10. • 3-pt. go.tis -Hmuhl 3, Slww-3, Mat9hell 2, Mendoza 1. Fouled out-Murrwy. Technic:el9 -none. Hatftlme -32-32. . • !I. • How to Place A CLASSIFIEJAD By Fax (949) 631-6594 (?!rat iltWt ,_ _ By Phone (949) 642-5678 By Mail/In Per son: 330 West Bay Stred Costa Mw, CA 92627 ------Policy · ~-. --~we'H al 10' bMt "" 1 Al Newport Blvd: & Bay St. Rates and de.adlines are subject Lo change without notice The publisher resuves the nghl to censor, reclassify, revise or rejecl any classified Jdvertisement. P.lease repon any err.or that may be in your clusified ad immediately. The Daily Pilot accepts no liability for any error in an adven1semcnt for which 11 may bt: responsible ucept for the coM of lhe space actually occupied by the error, Credit can only be allowed for the first msenioo. ----Deadlines-----SERVICE D IRECTORY ~-,, pm..-.J Hours: ~·Fur AD Youf Home and Business~ -. >1tVT Jldi Week For Only *32 IJ'r week (4wcck minlnial) •~II 19491 S14'424S I .. ,, · °' 11 • , , I ••iii• . ,TelcphOnc 8:30am-5:00pm . Monday-Friday Walk-Jn 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday Monday........ .. ...... FruJay 5:00pm , Fnd:i~ . Tuesday ................ Monday 5:00pm '1J1urd.i) .... . Wednesday ............ Tue.day 5 OOptn \uml.n ... Thursday .......... Wednesda~ 5:00pm ThursdJl} 'i:OOpm Fnday .H lOpm Fnduy HJOpm 11&0 =la 1419 MISCELLANEOUS ..... TOP---$$~4-U_C_ODS __ ET_C ..,..H..,..1-SIA.,.-CUff--H-OU-D-AY-MERCHANDISE .Ila. <llslt. E-=. !Os & 00s XMAS IOUTIQUI .Ill Allllc. Spkr, tube 8IJ'4llS SUN DEC 8TH 8AM·1PM Mike 949·645-7505 6791 Mornina ride Or .. IQUAlltOUSlt6 OPfOltmn All real estate adver· tisinr in this, newspaper Is subJecl to the Federal Fail' Housin1 Act ot 1968 as amended which "makes It llleaal to advertise ·any preter · ence, llmllallon or dlscrimin1tion baud on race. color, rer.aion, su, handicap, familial status or natlonal ori&in. or an intention to make any such prefeunce, limlta· lion or discrimination.· This newspaper will not knowln&ly accept any advertiseme11t for real estate which 1s in violation ot the law Our readers 1re hereby informed that all dwell· 1n1~ advertised In th1S newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of dn· -crtmlnation, call HUD toll· fru at I ·800·424·8590. Palm/Goldenwest Store closlna everythlnr must 10 European &llSs or· danmenb just $10 rer $35 Slavic treuurn Radko and more! Indoor/ outdoor xmas hahts, aarland, Swaes: center pieces, rifts Items, candle box uts, etc .. lest prices ever, clof!t 111hs tltl•I 3856 All STIU IUllOINGS Yr End Clearance! 60'I. Off! Musi Selll 40x60, 50xl00,60xl50 Rick (800)775-1507 All STiil IUllDINGS Yr End 0-ance! (i()'I', Off! Mud Seti! 40x60, 50x 100, 60xt50 Rick (800)775·1507 Business ANTIQUES Oppottunltla ~bSale »IO =•nd 3905 ....... 4Ywon...-Wel ~ & Up! l2A Old Newport Rd. ~ Wdoome! 9$-548-41.23 HOME FURNISHINGS Fumltun AMolvte $$$ Malter CASH .... lyl llG profits! llttet'octlve Vendlnt. Ceil No.wt 800-4944074 Real Estate Wanted 4255 4 PUX IN COSTA MESA UP TO $900,000. PltlNC. ONLY White llhr 7 ft sefo, AGENT 949-720-I 72 I white lthr 6ft solo, 19 ,__ _ 1 _ -wfllto lthr choir $275 ~IUI .._ _, eo. 949-72S-46U TICKET JEWELRY/ 3460 CENTER 1475 DIAMONDS/ C.M./Frwy C•nvl•nent 55 Freeway al Bristol, 300 S F. Private Bath S425/MO 949·646·9165 o.w... s.te11te A-*, PRECIOUS MET Al.S 4 VIP seats, Be_.ly Hills Hotel·Jan 12. $1,ltiO.IXXI View&-s Worlwkle. $15,000/ a• 714-751-1197, 949-322-6599 T ,,. Deductible. 1413 WANTED ~ANTIQUES Older Style Furniture PIANOS i. 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I 4ed.Wed S2Sea 949-548-1311 NHda lovl"9 home beau Mancoon Cat 7 vr~. cant keep where I hve $1s949·~5·8760 IACIC IAY ClNTllt 2651 Irvine Ave, golf view, retail orl·s1te. 714- 573-7780 HOMES FOR SALE ORANGE 5400 COUNTY Corona del Mar OCEANFRONT home w/160 tt of shoretme Hur• 30.000 sf Corona Del Mar tot w/pvt acceu to secluded bch Oen vu from ever y rm & 3rd level S8 000,000 Voew at www duplacts com 714-649-3367 or email ums@co> net TltUHOUSl SfQUDfD ltETltlAT AMAZING F'llCI AGT.t4t-723-1120 ColtaMeu PRIMI lSTATlS PATlt.ICIC TlNOltE NATIONWIDE USA 949-856-9705 www.palrlcktenore.com MlscllJaneous Pets 3655 lrvlne .. ,. Senlclllllldllry --...... RS: California law rt- quires that contrac· tors ti'!tOS Jobs t111t total or more (labor or materials) be lioenwd by the Contractors State Llcan" Board. State law also requll'es that conlraclors Include license number on .i1 advertlslfll. You can check the status of ~our llcienud can t ractor at www.calb.ca .• ov or 800·32l·CSI. . Unll· cenud contracton 111dn1 lob1 that , 'ot1I leu tll•n •500 111u1t sttt• In lllelr •-1tettiHment1 tll1t lltey we not tlcen1td by t111 Contr1ctor1 si.tel.._...9-d• Af Tml Rt••• t c o-eft she,....d mol• 8 months old, $100 to eood home. 714·894-1919 n 'I ClrJenbY A TO Z HANDYMAM Instill, reface cabinets. ~ ndcq. 2::J 714-~72!i8 carptt Repair/Sala 0-CAaF'PO-CAIF'ITa Repairs, Patohln1. Install Courteous. anl site jobs. Wholesale! 94 ·492-0205 Child ClrtAJcnld WlOll fllSOIOCl Oaycart/Kfn4Mr1arten readlneu aaes 2·5. Rudlna. crafts, mutic, cookln1.11ar4Mnin1 & more. tncloud yard & playroom luH·Ume M·F Masters de& teacher Ref's Lie, first aid/CPR C:s;!. 714-376·.3552 caner.a_, lridl ltedl Se.-Tie ~. F'ltio, DrMwtY Flreplc, 88Q, R.t's. 25Yrs Eap. Terry 714-657·7'14 •<.-. ... C•l!Mfltwork, Irick, Tli. ............ ":ct ....... 71•·•1&· ···- B.IGANT CHAaMING 28<-18& SfR ,... park. 496Jsl lol $379.(XX) aQl 714-444-0768 0.-.Pllllllblnl hiJiiii1tepyWi1Hiij for print or web Markalin& -Tecllnlcal Tralnin 949-5-41Ml871 0 YOUIHOMI IMF'l.OVIMfNT F'lO.llCTt Cell a plumber, pi Inter. l)andyman, or any of the areal services listed hero kl our Mfvloe dfreclOfy! TH£SE LOCAL SVC PEOPU CAN HELP YOUTOOAYI Olywlllllwlca WITTNOUT HYWAU. All ph1so1 sm/lr~job1. CLIAN~ra, fa , trH est. L 714-0M~7 Bl*tcll .... .......... :=, OUncall Elllctric rs bp Loc:aVQlllcll ~ L~~7CM2 UCUllll COll1UffOI No. tDO 1111. Al ...... R..,.,,_..,...., ... ------ . llACH COTTAGI 2br 11/• Ba 2·c 1ar, bch & ten club 35' lot By owner $880,000 obo 949-644-2330 IYOWNllt Lu Kury home built 2000 3-story, 6br /5ba $2,200.000 lu•ury home built 2001 3·story.Abr/4ba $2,350.000 H11h Income property duplex solld blda. Medi· terranean oceanfront $1 .59d,OOO 3%too9ent AllO r•ntl1t9 Now 949-279-7503 Now On The Marltetl Beautiful home H1 Dover Shores on 10.000 sf pr 1vale lot wtth spa. Beautltul remodeled lutchen 48r & 3. 58a 1nclud1nc itll·new master s uit e down s tairs . Sl,450 000. Call Tami Anderson 714-838·4645 Seven Gables Real Estate. srACIOUS 2 1/4 ac Georgian Colon11 estate upper NP Nature Pre· serve Su•table for horses SJ.500,000 View at www aunfac b .com 714-649-3367 llG FIXllt lo111lde CMto Mesa Covrt Ordered Sole CoU Fostl A91. 949-7234120 PltlME ESTATES F'ATllCIC TINOltl NATIONWIDE USA 949-856 -9705 www.patncktenore.com * HAl't'Y HOUDAYS '* TO ONl&AW OlllS ltOl'f'a. ltlAI. TOii 760-346-7940 949-6974437 HACH llTltlAT PANORAMIC VllW $439,000 AGT. 949-723-8 I 20 Newpol't Coast OPEN SAT I -4:30 IS Via Venella 4br 4 5ba hbr ary + bo nus room $ l,S8S,OOO 24 Catelllna A touch of Italy 4br 2 5ba. Strada home $1,729,000 PLATINUM PROPfltTllS Stelame Meurer 949-715·3156 F'ltlME ISTATIS rATlt.ICk TENORE NATIONWIDE USA 949-156-9705 www.patr1cktenore.com ~ Atwood HIAT f .. IWOOD Terrific H.,dwood Ml• 112 Cord $96, fun 1185 Call Cllaftie IM!M39-9663 Aoortnl'11ll RESORT/ VM:ATION PROPERTY FOR SALE I & 21r's trom $910mo . on IOvely aated comm near Tu·Square. lrid&e . 11ar/stora1e. Klein Mnct . 877-704·8649 ~ 9200 "--o......tv 5960 Stv41e/own entr, bath, '"'"''' '"l""'J elact stove ol\, quiet Menlten 0.-.. ~ I would ~ve to hdp you find your retrer'*11 home or your Qel·l·Way property .IMlo v. w.-. =~~9959 MISCEUANEOUS neighborhood, SSOO/mo. Av•ll now. 714·545·4006 2lr Ila. ~e $1495/m w/p:. w/d hkups. tre yrd, remodeled, 2211/, 23rd. C.M L1ndsey 949-640·3632 CM ........ 365 La Perle Pl apt B spac, 2llf 2ba Ip, P"t dedVyd. 2 c ear. dNn. RENTALS lfl'lll $11Dl 9$675-3m lido Isle Rental To Share 6030 leod. c.onap 21w 1•1., lolboa Penn. 11-for 2·~ ear. beach & tennis rent. Walk to beach, o::lub, avl 1/1. n/sro~. yr ulollloes paid S585/mo lse S2950m 949 644·2330 949·675·3009 press I IASTSIDt llr, Ila, small k1VLR . private entry. w/d, utols mcl $775+dep 949-548·087 I Rooms for Rert 6040 NI/Ocean View rooms. Oceanfront/22nd pvt rm, uofurn, share ba, utls pd. n/smk&. k1tch· tnelte, lndry. I block to Newport Poer $69S/mo Call S;im al 949 278· 7905 (between 9a·!°>p ) RESlDENTIAL RENTALS ORANGE 7400 COUNTY Balboa Peninsula sa-. T-~ to beach. ft.n 2lir 2ba dd.J•e condo. 2c p , Ip, w/d rvpets. avarlnow ~ Corona del Mar Newport Beach IAYfltONT ON LIDO PENINSULA NEW 21r 2 80 COTTAGES Private Beach. Pool and Spa W•lk to Ocean, Shop5 and Restaurants lease 6/mo·2 yr+ Boal Slop l\vaolable 7 10 UDO F'AJIK DR. 949·673·6030 or 949.723.5830 IAYfltONT ON LIDO PENINSULA NEW 21r 21a COTTAGES Private Beach Pool and Spa Walk lo Ocean. Shops and Restaur anti. Lease 6/mo·2 yr + Boal Slop Ava•labl• 710 UDO PARK Oil. 949·673·6030 or 949.723.:)830 lrt9ht, 2Br, Ila, rear * YlAltlY * Apt. SI 300/mo. h1&h llASIS clehngs, avail 1/4. cat BILL GRUNDY REAL TORS all Call Let 949-640 5633 949-675-6161 lluff& Condo 3br 2ba I 3811 21A house, din. Ip, story •nd unit. view. laund. 2 c car I 112 blk deck, wd 2 c attach ear, to bch & shops AvaA I· $2150/mo 949·852·9400 JS $2500mo ~I 2115 Twnhm 2"' 2'/*° 2·car all g;,r. beach close. av111 I/I, S2l50m. 868 Halyard Ln 949 631 ·5106 Dave Everyday Is a great day ln Classified! Be a part of it, place your ad today! (949) 642-5678 Hauling JUNK TO THI DUMrllt 714-968-1882 AVAILABLE TOOAYI 949·673-5566 Hall! & Ba.Illy Loe vp to 20lta ,... meftth, triple your eneray. O..ly $JI.ts Call Liu 949·645-6677. ··~Ron ~Youna N-LiJlf "AS ll'll'tJllehl'I 714-432-7873 ........5 • ..,-..:A*a --------------- TODAY'S CROSSWORD ANSWERS STARTING ANEW BUSINESS?fi • • • • • • • • • • • Thr Legal Departmuu at tht' lJatl~ !'dot 1J /'~.i.srd to'"'""""' 1 ,, •1(11 ,..,, t.t now ava1/able to MW businesses. \~ wi}/ now SEARCH thr namr for )'OU at 110 n:tra t hargr '""' ,111·r 11111 tlrr umr and rhe rrip to the Court Howr ''' Sa11tt1 A1u1 Tl1t'1t af, 11r1r1< .1ft• r rlor srarch is compkud wr im/I fil~ yo ur ficutwu; bwinos n11mr •t11tt'mrm 11 ul fl•r County Clult, publish oner a W((/t fnr four uwk< m r(q1om1 h1 l"' J111I 1hn1 lr!t _your proof of publication w11h the County Clrrk l'kasr stop by to fik your ficritrous bus111tJ> statnnrnt "' d•t' I >,11/i hlor. l ifl U Bay Sr, Costa M(sa. If you cannot sto,p by. plra1e <"all u• .a (t/.1 •J 6-1.! IL' I .111,/ 11T will maltr arrangements for you to handlr this proadurr b-, m.11/ If you 1hould have any farther qurstiom. pkasr tall uo and U'I U'il! be rnorr 1/,,,,, glad to assm you Good luck in _your new buw1t'Ss1 . DailyA Pilot tleeds ... Movlng&SDaee PUBLIC NOTICE The Calif Public Utllltoei commission requires that 111 used hous ehold 1oods movers pn nl their PU C Cat T number; limos and chauffeurs print thetr T C.P. number In 111 1dver· lisements II you have any questtons about the 1e11allty of a mover, limo of chauffeur. call: PUB- LIC UTILITIES COM-MISSION 7l4·558- 41Sl m~ CUSTOM l'AINT'ltG Prorl. clean, quality work lntenOf/Ut and dodls. Ll703468 949-631·4610 ltAINIOW C9IQI MMfT Pa111t1111~t. ~ Quahty job! 1-"ree estimate Loll569897 714-63641888 HOUSE REPAINTING le WOOD FINJSHING ~ Plumbing PltlCJSE rwMBING Repairs a. Remod<'ltna FREE ESTIMAH l #687398 714.959 1090 1llt~hborftood Plvmhrl llMIN I llWB :;;- Q.INlllQ Sl'lCWJST TWEEDY PWMllNG 949-64>2352 -.. .............. Reroof!l'lfl a. R~pa1n Aestdeflt...1 Comn S.-l!ltl L~l!ltl 949-644-SIMO 714-ft.Jl 'Ii ''"s.vtce BIGMIKES TREE SVC. Rwioval. Trimmmtt. Yard OCU1up, Otomo Work · 949.645.9544 Bridge ~ CHAAlES GOREN 'with OMAR SHARIF and TANNAH HI~. WATCH mAT LOSER Neither vulnerable. Wea1 deals. NORTH • QJ 109 "'953 ... u ....... .... .... ctn .............. D ... . ...... M6la i.t .....,, '72Ht~ 11 911t .................. ··-.......... '""'*' ~ V.."M , ... ...... ., ..... 411 ,., a r.-ua., tliltttl __.,..._tu,.. te -::.!........ ~ CD :!:1!31· l:W ettn: L!r!J ~ ....-...:-iioob ~ Ordll*8 ,,.eo Mt-35G-iloi. jolfl tile a11nul flHtd ~team. Chet ~ ..._ Plld COSTA•IA dell,. leae + comm WKOIJllMIHWY 3.z:.~Oil-.......... ....... . fll"d Certified EEC/Tune· up Tecl111lclu. Pey based on treinlnc ' exp. Other skill• • plua. C11ntact Gordqn Cooll Coate Mn• Lincoln ..... 714 ·llUO. rent..,.__ 33K .:c:' :. co, Clwo_. (ltOSIO) S11,SM ........... 4411 Miles, Auto, L11thef (4JWW512) $12,485 ~--... C-9'00 8K Miles, Liiie New, Auto, LNtllef (4MWR586) $14,650 .... __,v ...... ......... Top of tfle line, 2411 Mile, Moon·Roof, CO, Loaded (44H>estS)S14,tH .... __, ....... ·-····•1 LHther, F/Power, Best Buy (4YUa6t) $16,US WFSI' • A63 "'74 0 51 •QJ87 EAST •K8 7542 "'J 1086 when you can count 11 tricb, there la usually a way to make 12. No one can have an earthly complaint about South's decision IO bid SIX diamonds . WCM ltncw that tbe black-suit win- ners were going to vanish and wisely refrained from doubling. West led the king Of clubs, tbe.o swicchcd to the ace of~ without much hope of it casbina. Dcc:latcr ruffed and p'OOeeded IO run all lhe lnlmps before startina on hearts. To DO avail Bodi defenders ltncw dw South WU out of black cuds, SO East held onto a1J four beans-down one. ..... .. ••• 'ts 140! lOOk ml, bi.ck/blk, bHutiful orl1lnal cond. financin1 & warr avell vl249762 $10,995 SN !M9-58&-1M8 ..... 1__. ....... 1Me'-4a4 Sharp, One Owner, Lollded (4AOOHS) S 17,aJO o l 0 106 •3 •AK 109 '41 SOUTH •VGW O AK82 O AK J9743 •! U...i.T-C• hec'OI (4SSM714) $20,750 u.c•T...C:• b.M'02 (4WC:tH) $22,tsS ~IW1d~RTH EAST soum Bes ides the 3-3 heart division. mere was one ocher chance -dw the defender with the long tans also held the long aumps. Coc:rcct iech- nique after ruffing lbe spade at triclt IWO is IO cash the ICC cl diamobds and then play off the three top hearts. The sui1 'f)lits 4-2. but lllWJy for South the defender with the four hearu also hu the remaining uump. Dcc:llrer cao now ruff lhe founh heart ill dummy and claim the rest of the tricb with winning 11\lln . IMW 'ts S40I lOOk ml, bi.dv'blk. beautiful orl1in1I cond. flnancln1 ' wen avail vf2.49762 SI0.995 8llr !M9-58&-18118 u.c• T-C-'01 ~ndabl• Luxury At An Aff«dabi. Fi111r• (4SS.M714) $11,SOO •• ,_ •• 60 .......... Opalina lead: King of • IMW 7~ '99 6911 ml. 3 yHr warr avail, Mlvar / IP'•Y leather. ed. beau· tlful ori1inal cond, S26.995 fin avail. ocpabi. 949·586·11188. u.•<-•'--'• '01 1bere 1re two ways to llCk.le f rcak distnl!utioos. One is to keep ranlina off Mnnets, bopina the opponenLI will make an error In discardina. The odia is IO loot foe a leglllmate way IO make lhe contract. The auction CaMO( be faulted. ln the old country the sayina aoes thal Oocc both defenders roll::. lo a round of trumps. this line CIMO( cost. If one of South's high beans get ruffed, dcclaier's losing heart can be uumped on the table. IMW '91 7SCI& 13'tt ml,ljlack/1rey lthr. CO. chrome whls. bHutlful orfa cond, v597241 Bkr www.ecpeitJl.ee"' t4t-SH-taH Showroom Fredi, Pearl White. 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