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LEISURE
A new art gallery
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Costa Mesa.
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COMMUNITY
FORUM
Paul Folino talks to City
Editor James Meier
about the Perfonning
Arts Center's
$200-mtlhon expansion.
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SPORTS
UCI volleyball takes it
on the chin, but men's
hoops wins again.
See Page 81
cot.WENTS&
CURIOSITES
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S UN D AY E D ITION
Serving the Newport-Mesa community sin ce 1907
FEBRUARY 16, 2003
SUNDAY STORY
Hol·ding th·eir own
PHOT(:)S BY DON lE.N'H DAIL'!' PIL i
Houseman Oscar Cervantes arranges chairs for upcoming business conference at Four Seasons Hotel Grand Ballroom
Huntington Beach's new Hyatt Regency may offer
more square footage, but Newport-Mesa
hotels know their market and are sticking to it
Paul Clinton
Daily Pilot
A new-kjd-on-the-block
luxury hotel along
I funtington Beach's
coastline is expected to
snatch some corporate
events and larger fund-raisers away from
Newport-Mesa. but locaJ hoteliers are
confident the shopping and allure of the
area will ultimately carry Lhe day.
In late January, the 1 lyan Regency
Huntington Beach Resort & Spa opened
along a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway
amid much fanfare
The sprawling $120-million resort
offers more than 110,000 square feet of
meeting and functioo space. 517
luxurious guestrooms and a full -service
business center. The hotel's
20,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom and
10.700-square-foot exhibition hall are
also one of a kjnd in coastal Orange
County.
·Anytime you have a new hotel
coming in, it's going to have an effect on
business.· said Mehdi fftekari. the
general manager ~t Newport Beach's
Four Seasons Hotel. "Inquiring minds
want to know.~
Worrisome to some in the locaJ hotel
industry is that none of Newport-Mesa's
I 4 hotels -there are seven in each city
General Manager Mehdi Eftekari talks about the service at Four Seasons Hotel
that he says sets it apart from other hotels m the area.
-offer facilities that can accommodate
an event larger than about 500 guests.
And none offer a conference center.
TI1is point was not lost on newly
elected Huntington Beach
Councilwoman Jill Hardy, who in
January lauded the Hyan ac; "!>Omething
the Newport Reach hotels can't offer."
F.ftekari\ Four Seasonc; counts 35.000
-.quare feet of meeting c;pace. highlighted
See HOLDING, Page A6
KE.NT TREPT<JW / IC>EP£N)£NT
Despite having Its own
slow-growth law, Newport
could see added traffic thanks
to Huntington's new hotel.
Not all
Newport
arms open
to hotel
Mayor fears
Huntington hotel
will increase traffic
but Greenlight says
it could be worse.
Pa ul Clinton
Dally Pilot
NEWPORT-MESA-While
locaJ hoteliers debate about
how much business they'll Die
to a new Huntington 8eacb
resort. one thing seems catafn.
Newport Beach. and perhaps
Costa Mesa, will see more
ttaf6c as a resulL
The Hyan Regency
Huntington Beach Resort and
Spa. a sprawling mini<lty
oriented toward drawing more
corporate events. Opened lo
late January.
"'lbere's no qtiesdon our
guests will be sbopPing all °""'
Orange County," said Steve
Bone, the re&ort's affable
co-owner. ·0ur CUllOmen will
shop at South Coat Piaf.a and
Fashion Island."
Newport ee.di "'"rMh DOt
$Wprisingly, aren't~
furwatd to the l.ncrieMd tn1llc
traveling soutbbot.md 00
Pacific c.out ~loco
SMHOm..'-M
TOP STORY . A method to their
Second chance to care and give ' mad engineering
After being told not to feed homeless in
Lions Park, Betty Abbott and Jerry Face
saw the light -Lighthouse Church.
Deirdre Newman
Daily Pilot
COSTA MF.SA -The Ught-
house Oaurch on the city's
Westside was established to
provide a beacon of light to the
communJty.
For the past month. that light
has radial~ hope and encour-
agement to those In most need
of refuge -people who have
found the~ homeJ
and to need of meals.
Putor Dale Fitch made the
church avallab&e to a homelela
outreilcb 6rt that Wat kkted
out ot UoOa Put for not hmng
a permit
It was ao act of divine inter-
vention that brought the plight
of the outreach effort to his at-
tention, Fltch said. He agreed
without hesitation to provide
the church facility since the ef-
fort meshed with his philoso-
phy.
•1rs lmportant to me because
I feel It's the church~ respon·
slbllity to care for the poor and
needy. not the gomnment'a
(responsfblllty), • Fitch aa.ld..
"We're not attempting to keep
people on the street. We jt.ast SON t9..UR I CW. V Pl.OT
Bryana Marie Rlvas,16moinths,p&ays1ames wittl mother TN
... awtCE.,... M before kldt Satwdly. ~two • home6ess Ind M kt motel$.
UCI engineering
students show off
their egg dropping
skills for the 30th
year of E-Week.
Chr11ttne Carrillo
Oaity Pilot
UC IRVINE -B-Wttk ts
back and people are till
dropping qgs from a 10-atory
l~r. building bridges out of
Popsicle ti and catapu)t-
ln& bean· across the
c.amp
But, haw no fear. each
ewnt will bo closely super·
vlted by underpadu&ie met·
neera~ln ttalnlna and WUI be
dorw In ttue enc,tneertnc
FYI
F0< more inf~ Of...,.....
locations. call (94.9) 12"2065..
i hion.
Engineenng &: better
known E-Week. W9I return
to ua for iu 30th ,ear na.-
day and will IDdud t1ever
compedtiona end enclneef-
lng evt"Ots that~ rdlect tbia
yeU'I theme,~ dae In·
visible, Achlevtn1 the libpc»-
'blc. •
•1 think £.Weft is a .....
time to celebrl~ tnlmuity: ll
doeln't Juit h&Ye to be ....
engineerinc. • Mid Mliry Lu. a third~year ~ ....... .
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A2 Sooday, February 16, 2003
EDUCATION
Newport Beach boy turns
soap hearts into profits
After attending at two-day school
workshop on how to make soap at
school, lO-year-old David Penner of
Newport Beach decided to tum his
new-found interest into a profitable
business. He sold more than l 00 soap
hearts prior to Valentine's Day and will
give 20% of the profits to the Ameri~
Heart Assn. in honor of his
grandmother, who survived a heart
anaclc in November.
The Newport-Mesa Unified School
Disttict decided to move toward
constructing a new building at Newport
Harbor High School due to the
instability of Loats Theater and Robins
Hall. Both structures were determined
to be seismicaJJy unsafe according to a
study conducted by structural
engineers. The board voted, in a 6-1
vote with Trustee Tom Egan dissenting.
for a new building that will maintain
the current fac;ade instead of retrofitting
the old ones.
• Ct1RISTINE CARRIU.0 covers education
and may be reached at (949) 574-4268 or by
e-mail at christine.carrillolaifatimes.com.
NEWPORT BEACH
City will look at luxury
resort plans at Marinapark
Councilmen Steve Bromberg. Tod
Ridgeway and Don Webb will form a
committee to examine a developer's
plans for a I 10-room luxury resort on
the peninsula at Marinapark.
Residents who attended Tuesday's
City Council meeting to support
preserving the Port Theatre were
" surprised to learn that an item on the
agenda wasn't really about preservation.
The city postponed voting on whether
to designate three city theater., as
"landmarks," a designation that would
give their owners more freedom but
would not bestow and historical or
preservationist status.
A fire station in Sama Ana Height!.
would use at least S3 million in funds
set aside fo r redevelopment of the area
Though a handful of residents have
protested. saying that they should not
pay the full cost of a station that will
serve other areru.. county supervisors
gets the final say.
•JUNE CASAGRANDE covers Newport
Beadl and John Wayne Airport. She may
be readled at (9491 574-4232 or by e-mail at
june.casagrande<a>fatimes com.
BUSINESS
Ribs and burgers to replace
Aysia I 0 I in Newport
II was a week in which
Newport-Mesa learned it had artracted
two new restaurants and a health
conscious-grocer.
A San Bernardino-based restaurateur
plans to install two family-style eatenes
on Mariner's Mile to replace the failed
Aysia I 0 I. Rib house Tony Roma's and
lrish-themed Bennigan's are expected
10 open in June at the 2901 W. Coast
Highway address.
Also, San Diego-based
healthier-foods grocer I leruy's
Marketplace announced it would open
a third Orange County location, in
Costa Mesa. within the month.
Henry's wouJd go in as an anchor
tenant in Costa Mesa Square, which is
located at the intersection of Harbor
Boulevard and Nutmeg Place.
Occupying a 25.000-square-foot space,
Henry's will offer fresh fruit and
produce, a deli, bulk foods and
vitamins.
• PAUL CLINTON covers the environment,
business and politics. He may be reached at
(949) 764-4330 or by &-mail at
paul.clintonf@latimes.com
___.EK IN REVIE
*
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
'NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDER'
DON LEACH I DAILY PllO T
This shot cam e at the end of a day where I went from one
extreme to the other. I had already covered the end of a
police chase. getting lo the scene quiclc enough for the arrest
of a car theft suspect who crashed into the front of a house.
Wa.llcing up to the scene, I could bear the employee tnS1de
the res taurant using the drive-up speaker where food is
ordered. telling looky-loos to ·please get of the driveway" w
business could proceed despite the violent accident scene m
front of them. People were so distracted, ii drove the food
order guy nuts. People couldn't believe the scene in front of
them. They would order and stare.
Following that was a tour of the luxurious Costa Mesa
Hilton, where I switched gears and imagined I W<l!> staying
there for the weekend. WeU, that wasn't the case and I
returned to the newsroom only to learn a high-speed
collision occurred on Coast I lighway at Superior. Upon
arrival, the SUV was upside down in front of Jack in the Box.
Just a typical day? Not really, and hopefully this shot
summed up the day I had: Busmess as usual but not really.
-Don leach
CULTURE
Seniors take a stab
at the dating game
A dozen 'ienfors ci111ens proved
last week that ValenLine's Day is
no t reserved for young.-.ters. as
they embarked on a pre-holiday
dating game at a Costa Mesa
restaurant.
Eleven eligible bachelorettes
competed for the affection of
74-year-old Frank Darlow at
Maggian o's Uttle Italy in South
Coast Plaza. Oarlow, a morucian
and clown by trade, chose the
company of a bright Seal Beach
woman who was dressed all in
orange.
Darlow and Joan O'Keefe agreed
10 dine together in the near furure
but did nol have unrealistic
expectations. AU they committed
to 1s lunch, they said. Dessen is
still on the table.
• LOLITA HARPER writes columns
COSTA MESA
Huge turnout cartcels
redevelopment meeting
A fired-up crowd of industrial
property owners packed an auditorium
in the Police Department Monday mghl
to protest the city's tentative plans to
add its properties lo the downtown
redevelopment wne. But the overflow
crowd was more tha n the auditoriu m
could handle, forcing the
Redevelopment Agency to cancel the
meeting and try again in a larger venue
m March. The city is contemplating
~ L[R/OAJlYPllJT
Bachelor Frank Darlow, 74, of Costa Mesa gets a kiss from bachelorette
Donna O'Keefe, 70, after she received a rose from him dunng a spmott
of the TV show "The Bachelor" at Magg1ano's restaurant m Costa Mesa.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and covers culture and the arts. She
addmg 434 acres to its downtown
redevelopment zone.
The city also released mfonnauon
that the Redevelopment Agency owes
more than $41 million in principal and
interest on 6ve different debts. Some of
the industrial property owners charge
this ,., overwhelmmg evidence that, if
the new areas added 10 the 1.0ne, the
agency will U!>e the property laxes it
coUects to pay off its debt 111s1ead of
reinvesting in the area
• DEIRDRE NEWMAN covers Costa M esa
and may be reached at (949) 574-4221 or by
e-mail at de1rdre.newman o lst1mes.com.
may be reached at (9491574-4275 or by
e-mail at lotlta.harper a lat1mes com
PUBLIC SAFETY
State says violent cri me dip~
25 % in Costa Mesa in 2002
Crimes dropped in Costa Mcqa m
almo'it every category during the first
nine months of2002, the state Attorney
General's office reported Tuesday.
Violent crimes plummeted 25.2%,
according to the preliminary report.
The only category that mcreased was
thefts.
• DEEPA BHARATH covers pubhc safety
She may be reached at (949) 574-4226.
NOTABLE
QUO TABLES
"It's a beautiful littl.e
island ... Sorm of the
things that I've considered
doing, as far as teaching
up there, would be to
teach a class about island
ecology, which is a class I
already teach here at OCC
but it sttms very
approprlale to U!aCh an
island ecology class on an
island..
-Dmnla Kelly, an
associate professor of
marine science at Orange
Coast College. on the
coUege'& January gift of an
i'>land off British
Columbia
"It 's liighly uncommon
[or someone to pose as ar1
attomey Did Goldstein de
well as an aJtomey? lie
s.ttmed to think so,
altl1ougl1 other lawyers
didn'L"
-Jeannie Ma.e. an
~c;istanl U.S. anomey. on
1 larold Goldstem. a
Newport Beach man FBI
offioals say has illegally
posed as a lawyer
"I'm t'l'ry excited. We
nl!t'd a good set of nbs un
tllP boy ..
-Don Webb. Newpon
Beach counctlman, on a
fony Roma's conung to
Mariner''> Mile. which ts
pan of Webb\ Ctty
C ounnl distnct
·11w oty lias not rome
out and said what tlm is
gmng to de for us What
tliey're Sl'tting up u this
Plaborate structure that's
getting locked in. It's liu
ready, aim, jil?' and It's
tl!rrorizing tJ~ hell out of
tliese !NOP~ b«aWt' all
tliey Stt /.J thl' misery /of
the plan/.•
-Roger Ma<t.regor.
owner of MacGregor
Yachts Ill Costa Mesa. on
the larger number of
Westside business owners
that showed up to a \..i0sta
Mesa Redevelopment
Agency meeting to find
out more about a cuy
redevelopment project
that wlll mclude them
"It was really great and
I really Uk.rd it. It's Liu,
don't laugh at me because
somroM e/M could laugh
at you .
-Joeh Jordan. a
Mariners Elementary
fourth-grader, on the
mes.sage that Peter
Yarrow of Peter, Paul and
Mary conveyed through
his song.'! for "Operation
llespect" earlier this week
Daily A Pilot
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WEATHER FORECAST
Where for art thou, constant
weather? It used to be we
could assume it'd be sunny 1nd
warm. But now, we're cloudy
and wondering If the sun wfll
break through. Most likely, It
won't today, with the slightest
chances of rain.
Our extra day off to honor
our nation's forefathers will
provide us aome sun, though.
lnfonne1ton:
www.nws.noaa.gov
BOATING FORECAST
The winds will blow a light a
to 10 knots In the Inner w.ters
today, with 2·foot W.V• end.
west swell of 3 to 4 feet. The
awell will build a coupte of fMt
tNa evening.
Out farther, the
north~ windt wtn blow
10to15 knotl, with 2-to ).foot
WBVee end • wtllt IW9!1 of & to
7'"'" Thi• twining. the IWlll
wltl bulld '° 1to91-.
SURF
The latest northwest swell
arrives today, bringing ua
some chMt-to he1d-hlgh1
early, though we'll ... more In
tho afternoon. It won't be the
belt-looking swell.
On Monday. the swell peak.a,
providing ua more heacj..hlgha
and overheads, but, again, It'•
not going to be preay,
We'll begin dropping into
the Undef-.heada on Tu.day
and Wedneeday wUI bade oft
even more.
W...quetey:
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Height
TIDES
Time
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3:2!5 p.m.
9:48p.m.
2:58•.m.
8.38 ,_ high •
• 1.31 fMt low ::
4.23 .. high '·
1.281"tlow
WATER TEMPERATURE :: I ..
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• GEmNG INVOLVED runs
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on a rotating basis. For
information on adding your
organization to this hS1, call
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FAMJLIES -COSTA MESA
This team of
community-based
organizations, which works to
provide youth and families
w11h counseling, family
support, health education,
mentoring, tutoring,
after school act1vit1es and
kinship services, needs
volunteers in all areas (949)
574-3976
FISH -MOBILE MEALS
Call (949) 642 6060 to help
Friends in Service to Humanity
i: with the Mobile Meals
program and provide ongoing
emergency assistance to those
111 need Both always seek
volunteer assistance 1n a
variety of areas (949)
645 8050
FRIENDS OF THE COSTA
M ESA LIBRARIES
The Friends is a suppon group
for the three libraries in Costa
Mesa To 101n. help with
fundra1l.1ng events and hP.lp
µromotc hi.nary programs and
service!. in our community, cull
1714) 556 4396
FRIENDS OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH LIBRARY
Thi' bo0kstore needs donattons
for boolo.. S<tles Good quality
ct11ldrcn s and nonfiction books
art:.• 1•spenally ni,eded They
mJy l.>f· ldt at any of the branch
l1brar1rs Balboa. M cmners or
Corona del Mar or 1n the
special book closet next to the
Fm•nds Book Store. at 1000
Avocadc: Ave Volunteers are
needed to staff 1he used book
'ilON' whu:ti 1s ms1c:ll! the
cntrancr of the Central L1br.Jry
Volunteers must be members
of thP FnPnds of the L1lirary am.I
,irP dS~ed to wort. one
thrf"P hour shill per month
(949) 75~ 9667
GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouts of Orange County
nP«ds volunteers who will be
tr.imed as trooµ leader!. scrv,.
on c;pec1al comm1n1 ls ancJ
g1vf" lectures, rJPmonstrat1ons
Jr lasses 17141979 7900
GIRLS INC.
OF ORANGE COUNTY
Volunteers are nrwded 10 off Pr
Pduca11onal and enrichment
opponunit1es for girts .ind
boys f949) 646 7181
HOSPICE PREFERRED
CHOICE
Volunteers are needed to help
make a difference in the lives
of terminally ill persons and
their families. Volunteers
w ould assist them with
nonmedical needs such as
providing respite for the
primary caregiver, running
erTands. reading to the
patients and w eekly social
v1s1ts The organization 1s also
looking for clerical and
bereavement volunteers to
assist with office duties
Training is provided. (714)
980·0900.
HUMAN OPTIONS
The organization shelters,
counsels and educates abused
women and children. It is
looking for volunteers. (949)
737 5242, ext. 24
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
OF ORANGE COUNTY
Volunteers are needed for
Project Caring, which provides
socializatton and cultural
experiences, including
Shabbat and holiday
celebrations, to the Jewish
residents and others at
Fa1rv1ew Developmental
Center in Costa Mesa
Volunteers HadoptH a facility to
provide programming of
Jewish content to the
residents on a monthly basis
They must take a TB test and
undergo a fingerprinting
background check Volunteers
are also needed to provide
comfort and suppon to the
Jewish terminally 111 and their
fam1lles The group sponsors
an ongoing Jewish healing
suppon group for people with
chronic illness at 7 p m
Thursdays at the Jewish
F<tm1ly Service, 250 E Baker
St . Suite G. Costa Mesa Free
Prcreg1strat1on reQuired (714)
445 4950
JUNIOR LEAGUE
OF ORANGE COUNTY
The orgarnzatton of women
committed to promoting
volunteensm developing the
potential of women and
improving commun1t1es
through the work and
loddersh1p of trained
volunteers. 1s seeking new
members (949) 261 0823
KAJSER PERMANENTE
HOSPICE SERVICES
Volunteers are needed to
spend four hours per week
v1s1ting patients or doing
errands for them or their
caregivers in communities
near volunteers' homes (5621
622 3805
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC.
Volunteers are needed to
Sansui
Sushi & Noodle House
assist Laguna Coast
Wilderness Park staff and
Jam es Dilley Preserve staff
and docents with hiker
registration and general public
orientation. (949) 488-0287
LAGUNA SHANTI
Laguna Shanti, an
organization that w orks with
persons with HIV or AIDS, 1s
seeking caring volunteers to
assist with running the front
office, delivering meals,
providing transportation and
providing complimentary
therapies such as massage,
acupuncture and c:tmoprac;t1c
care. Lisa Togh1a, (949)
494-1446.
LIFELINE LIVING CENTERS
M entally ill adults rely on the
Newport Beach center for
residential housing. It needs
professmnal fund-raisers to
suppon and maintain this
resource.
MASTER CHORALE
OF ORANGE COUNTY
The performing arts
organization needs volunteers
for computer input, ticketing
filing and handling phones
(714) 556-6262
MENTOR PROGRAM
YMCA Community Services
needs mentors to make a
lasting effect on a young
person's life. S1udents 10 to 18
years old are matched with
mentors to improve their
school performance and
self-esteem while developing
pos1t1ve peer and adult
relationships 17141 549 9622,
eict 35
MOZART CLASSICAL
ORCHESTRA
Orange County's only
nonprofit resident chamber
ordiestra needs volunteers for
ticketing, ushering, phones,
mailing and help with
receptions Nominees are also
being sought for the board of
directors 19491 830 2950
NEW DIRECTIONS
FOR WOMEN INC.
The recovery center for
women with alcohol or other
diemical dependencies seeks
volunteers (949) 548 9927
between 10 a.m and 6 p m , or
Joy, (9491 548-8754
NEWPORT BAY NATURALIST
The Upper Newport Bay
Nature Preserve 1s looking for
volunteers lo assist with
naturahst·led tours and
programs special events and
habitat restoration pro1ects
The 1nterpret1ve center 1s at
2301 University Drive,
Newpon Beach. (714)
973 6829.
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Prtstntetl by Dr Francisto Ayala
Bren Ptolessor, Sdtoti of Biolog«rJ SdnlSi lK lrme
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LOOKING BACK
A woman of political
moral convictions
Fanny Bixby Spencer made it kn own ~he
didn't care for war, but she did have
sympath y for people when she lived in
Harper, or what is now Costa Me~a.
of wlm.h
went to loyaJ
employeel>
and fo'>ter
children.
~he aho
left property
for a oty pcllk
and <..osta
Lolita Harper
Daily Pilot
S he wa' 11ut your ;l\Nagt:
'Olll'ty 111..itrnn
Whilt• hrnny H1xb\>
Spenct:r t..ime Imm om· ol tht·
wealth1cr,t famthe' 111 I ong
Beach, -.he rarnt· to < .o'>ta Mt:'>d
-then nam ed I larper -111 tht:
19l0r, tu t''>rnpt· lwr family\
cla'>'> po'>illon
')penet·r, till' d,lllghrer ol
)oLham Hl\h\, tht• lt1tlll'r of
Long Ht'at h. \'-•" .111 Jrl i..l pot'!
d.Ild playwright who po-...1·-...t:tl
di'>tinct p11ht11 .1J nwr.il
tonvillJlllh tor,, w111n<111 111 hl'r
limt:. She wht•111t•n1ly opptN•d
war anti \\J' n1°\.1·r .1fra11J to
-.pread her p11l1t1ral p11,11io11.
<le'>pi te till' l.1rt ,ht• 1 ould11'1
even vole
"\ht: ht1d 'm 1al po'lt11111 t1nd
monl'y 011 \\hll h 111 11u.lulg1· ht·r
whim ... :· tlw \1111d.1\ Pre''
lelt'gram \Holt• .1h11111 ht·1 111
1965
-..1w \'«L'> horn 1.11111\ \\l•,11111
Hl\hy in IH-Y .1ml gn'"" up 1111 J
.!i.000 .it fl' r.11H h th,11 h 110\\
the Ulll'' ol I .ong Bt'.11 h
f)ownl'y, l'Jr,1111ot111t and
l.akt•w1wd. -..1w lollowt·d 1111111•
foot-.l"t'P' 111 lll'r 'ou.di..r
KranJlatlwr .111d ol1t•11 gor
hn<..elf m111 1r1111hft• with lwr
rat.l 1ut.I \'It'~'
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d plcl\ 1111t·d I lit· J,111 ol
f'Jtnotl'-111 lll'I clltl'r thl' fir'>I
\\Ofld \\.tr, \\hll h lll<lllll'd
tomhat Ht·l ·•ll't' 111 tht· ll·n.,.on
HEMPHILI.:S --RUGS & CARPETS
230 Eost 1 711> Sr • Cosio Mesa
(949) 722-7224 -w 1 )' '1 J P"' ~A..r. t • .xJI
11 rnu-.t·t.l. 'Ill' and her l'4uallv
polit1tall) n1111ded hll'>h • .md
< Ml -..pl'nt l r lllllH'U 10 1 1.up~r
lht' -..pl'nt <'r ... hou~ht a la.rgl'
rant h 111 I IJrp«r JOU h1re<l
1mm1gra111 lt11111hl''> 111 ldrm tht:
land \\llh 1111 olf,pr1ng Ill lwr
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nurnlwr ul t.li..a<l\allliigl'd
rl11ldrt•11 .111tl Jl .. o 11pen1·d her
homt· 10 lhl' lu1111l'll"''·
pr11,11111tt'' ,1111J p11l111ral dJ•t.l
n·lrg111u' rdugt'l''
~lw tl1d 1101 .1llm\ ht·r 1 lult.lren
to rt't II<' !ht• ph-1lg1· ol dUt'~'lJfllt'
.it 't hoof
\ht• 'tlr\ l\.t•d p11blit ldUllh
trnrn 111.111'1' .1ml rt•111c111wt.l
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111 1 ,111u·1 111 1 •1111 .11 'i I 'ipem t•r
It'll .1 'i.! ·, 111dlion ,.,I.Ill', rno\I
Fanny Bixby
Spencer
"1 e..a Lib ra.ry,
but specified
that 11 couJd
not be used
lor military
rrammg.
em.:ampmenl
for veteran~
KfllUJl' or rlw Bo> \touts.
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OBITUARY
Joseph P.
LaJeunesse
Service!> for longtime
Newport-Me!>a resident
Joseph I~ LaJeunesse
have been held. Mr.
LaJeunesse. a Newport
Harbor I ligh graduate,
died Jan 23. He was 50.
• The Daily Pilot
welcomes obituaries for
residents or former
residents of Costa Mesa
and Newport Beach. If
you want tottavEtan
obituary pnntftd tn the
Pilot. uk your mortuary
to fax us the information
111(9491646 4170 or call
the newsroom at (9491
764 4324
THINKING
IN A SAUNA
By Dave Wong
< 011,11k r loll cm 1 ng
\1111.lllUll\'
I S11mcunc h;1' ol fered }OU J
~ub\tan11al amount of monc~ for
your hume. 1 he deal '' ~er)
appeJhng However. the~ m~ed
) uu 111 make up your mind
1rnmed1Jtd) hei.:Ju~e the~ have
111 mc)ve into your area. they
havi: limited 11mc 10 l1nd and
purcha'e their ne" home. and 11
you don't accept their ollcr. they
have two other home' to make
olft'.f\ on
2. The real t:\tJte :igrnt'
reprt:,enung lour buyer' are
.. 111111g "llh you and }Our re JI
estale advl\or at your dlfllfll!
room table. l:ach of them hJ'
pre,en1cd a reJ'>OnJblc and
attrJlt1ve offer Jnd your reJI
estatr profe''"mal tum' lo )OU
and a\k,. "How do you '' "h 10
respond 1"
l. You are cine of 1he buyel"'>
being repre~cnted in thr above
offer pre,rn1a11on. Your reJI
estale Jdvl\or ru\he'> ou1 to you
with J rnun1eroller 'aymg th.11
you mu,1 re!>pond (read· aci.:cpll
the counteroffer\ tenn' 4u1ckl~
or Jlltllhcr huycr \\ 111 get tht:
home
PUBLIC
SAFETY
POLICE FILES
COSTA MESA
• w..t Babr StrMt: A
home burglary was
reported In the 600 blodt
at 11 :37 a.m. Thursday.
• Baar Street: Grand
theft was reported in the
3300 blodc at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday.
• Bristol Strwt: Grand
theft was reported In the
3300 blodc at 8:43 a.m.
Thursday.
• Feltvlew Roed: A
vehicle borglary was
reported In the 2700
blodc at 8:19 p.m.
Thursday.
• Gol CourM Drive:
Vandalism was reported
in the 1700 blodc at 8:38
p.m. Thursday.
• Harl>or Boulewlrd:
Vandalism was reported
in the 3300 block at 4:52
p.m . Thursday.
• 16th Place: Forgery
was reported in the 200
blodc at 2:24 p.m.
·Thursday.
NEWPORT BEACH
• Avocado Avenue:
Vandalism was reported
in the 700 blodc at 1:64
p.m . Thursday.
• Back Bay Drive: A boat
burglary was reported In
the 1100 blodc at 11 :44
a.m. Thursday.
•Wm Coast Highway
and Superior Avenue: A
traffic accident involving
injuries was reported at
3:53 p.m . Thursday.
• West Ocean Front: A
garage borglary was
reported in the 6500
blodc at 3:39 p.m.
Thursday.
• Old Newport
Boulevard and Coast
Highway: A hit-and-run
was reported at 7:08
p.m . Thursday.
• Plac:enthl Avenue:
Vandalism was reported
in the 150 blodc at 11:43
a.m. Thursday.
• T91T828 Drive: A boat
theft was reported in the
100 blodc at 8:21 p.m.
Thursday.
• Via Havre: Petty theft
was reported in the 100
block at 3:25 p.m.
Thursday.
LOCAL MORTUARIES
PIERCE BROTHERS
BELL BROADWAY
Mortuary * Chapel
Cremation
110 Broadway. Costa Mesa
642-9150
CHANCE
Continued from Al
want to help them with training
and jobs and help them be pro-
ductive."
The effort to feed the home-
less was hatched in January 2002
by Betty Abbott, Jerry Face and
some participants of the singles
ministry lhey hosted. They de·
cided on Lions P'ctrk as an appro-
priate location for the weekend
and passed out filers to notify
lhose in need.
They intended to do it as a
one-Lime event and 'were
ama7ed by the number of people
lhat showed up. Based on the
obvious need, the two continued
feeding the homeless every
weekend.
But last month, residents com-
plained to city leaders that feed-
ing the homeless resulted in fe -
ces, needles and trash in the
park, said Costa Mesa City Man-
ager Alan Roeder. Abbott and
Face clajm lha1 they methodi-
cally cleaned the park after the
meal!> were distributed, even
picking up other people's trash ell
times. But because they did not
have a permit for groups of 10 or
more, police official!> told them
they could not operatl' in the
park without the risk of being ar-
rested.
Soon after, Abbou -;ought oul
Fitch and asked him if they
could uo;e the church.
"One day, I was walking over
to the Coffee Bean and God
spoke to me and !>aid 'You need
to get involved in the commu
nity,"' Fitch said. "I didn't know
how. The day after, Betty caml'
and asked me. II was an answer
to my prayers."
The eviction from Uonc; Park
turned out to be a blessing in
disgui'>e as using the I jghthoU'>l'
Church enahle., the organi.7.er!-w
METHOD
Continued from Al
the Lngmeenn~ Student Cou11
ctl, which over.,er~ tht> event.
Thl' event will al'>o include
the l·nwTI:.CI I Career Fair that
will have more than 20 local
companie~ present to h elp
boo!>I 1nterac11on and commu
nicatwn be1ween engmeering
.,llldent., and the eng1neer111g
indu•.try at large.
The goaJ. however. 1-. not 0111}
HOTEL
Continued from Al
Newpon Bearh lor the t:lly\
1op·fl1ght rE!'>laurants, pleasure
harhor m rivy '>hopping.
To Mayor Steve Bromberg,
Newport Beach gets all of the
No n1<.11ter wh.11 you ,.. clo1n9
your hometown nt'W'iPdlX''
~Daily Pilot ..... "
•
expand their outreach to the
homeless and the number of
days they serve them.
Abbott, who has become the
volunteer director at the church,
now offers a drop-in center start·
ing at 7 a.m. Monday through
Friday wilh lunch seryed two
days a weelc and dinner available
six days a weelc. She also coordi-
nates hands-on activities like
woodworking.
"Betty's probably the only per
son who could pull this off,· Ab-
bott said. ~we just followed her
lead."
On Saturday. Abbott, Face and
several other volunteers served
up spaghetti and m eatballs,
warm rolls and salad to about 20
hungrv people. As people lined
up to get some of the tasty meal,
Betty walked around the room,
searching out those in need of a
hug, a warm smile and some en -
couragement.
One of those was Belinda [who
did not give her last name). Be·
linda's mother passed away eight
days ago and Betty embraced
her as she would a dear friend
while Belinda broke down in
tears.
"Belly is a beaucifuJ lady." Be-
linda said warmly.
Sauson Oarke. 32. partook in
the church's genero!>llY for the
first time Saturday. ll1e 32-year
old painter from Beverly I !ills be
came homele~ in December
when he moved to Laguna Beac.:h
to take a job that didn't pan out.
"I thinJc ii'!> great." Oarke 'Hlid
of the meal.
One of the '>UC<:e!>'> :.torie' ol
the outreach effort il> Scott Vin·
cent, 40, who had been homele'>'>
on and off for 13 years. Refore
fmdi11g out about the oulreach
effort, he dug mto tr.l!>h cans for
recydahle mattnal to get enough
money 10 eat. Now, Vincent ha'> a
job in Santa A11.1, help'> out with
the outrt'ach on tht' weekend
to introduce a!>pinng enguieer'>
to 1he world out'>ldl' of their
phy~ic.:s. math, .,cienn• and en
gineering cla.,w-;, but 10 intro
duce the out'>ide world to tht•
real lift' of an enginet>r
"I li<.torically. when a 101 ol
people think of engmeenng,
they think of mechanital engi
neering. but there's i.o much
more to the field now," ..aid Bob
(~1dy, the \taff advt'-'>r for lhe
Eng111eenng Student <.ounul
"IE-Wl•ekl givt''> 1hem J d1a11tl'
to kmd ol work togetllt'r .md wt·
bad Jnd none of the good from
Lhe new hotel.
"We will loM? out on that
businC!>..,, but we wilJ gel their
traffic,· Hromberg said " l"ha1 1-.
unfonunate "
Debate has begun over 1he
city\ 2000 approval of the
Greenligh1 ln111a11ve. which
AROUND TOWN
D~Pllot
SEAN HILLER I DAILY PIL(J
Betty Abbott. co-founder of the homeless outreach effort, consol5
Belinda, who shared news during lunch at Lighthouse Church m
Costa Mesa on Saturday that her mother recently died.
and .., engagl·d to AL>boll
"Jo only nut need 111 Ix-lwre
bul to volunwer my 11ml', 11
male~ me lt'l'I good .. Vim l'lll
said
r1tLh !>aid ht· b e.i~t·r w lwlp
the honu:le!>.'> a., long a'> there• I' J
need and .,,ml hl' ''"uld ulu
mat<·ly like lo ohta111 lundmg 111
provide 1ub tr ,1111111g 1111 thl'rn
" I ht• mort• I 1hmk ahoul 11. th"
1' mon· of d ... aft. pl .. 11 t Im rill'
ho\.\ 1he ulher "''"' (11ving the puhltl ,1n<l tlwir
fellow 'tudent'> a d1.t1llt' tu 'l't'
t'ngrn<•ering m1111.1' 111 anion 1-.
onh one Im 11.., lur '>ll1de111'> 111
l'·\\rd.. I he olht•r. 1-. to aHo\\
engi1Wl'ring -.wdent' ,, l ham 1•
tu 11llt•ran ''"h -.111lll'nt' 111
otht·r \(Wt·r.tlt1t•'> '"11h1n lhl·1r
.,anw '>l hool
.. I he co1Kt'pt ol 1 t lt·hrt1t111g
t•ng11wl'nng lwyond 1 ht 1 on
hill'' Ill lht• dl..i IJ1hllt' h '>CHiii'
1h1ng I 1h111k l'\.eryu11t• h11d-. Ill
1en·-.1111g, .... 1d I krd..
require-. a two thud'> \Ull'r
ma1rmty to appr<Nl' ,my llt'\\
largt• \Calf.' hot1•I or otlwr
devt•lopmenl '"Ihm llll' u1,
I lw 111111at1\ t' '"a.' pt1.,..,t.c.J.
l'"-'>l'nllally, a' d re<,pon.,t• IO 1ht·
Newpon Dum·., Waw1 lnin1
He,ort ·., earlll'r plan., 111 .idd a
conference c.:enlt'r
more information, call (9491
675·9708.
homeles!> lthan IJOll'> Park!.
Fitch !>aid. "We're· going to luv1
and care fo r thC'>e folk.'> no mar
1er what. It dot"ln't matter h11v.
they .,meU or how they look
lllelpmg theml L!> a rt'al pnv1
lege "
• DEIRDRE NEWMAN covers Costd
Mesa and may be reached at 19491
574 4221 or bye mail at
deirdre newman a fat1mos com
Dunn Ran~11. proll''>'>Or of ml'
chdn11.al cilld aero,pac.:e 1.::nw
nc·er111g "In the l'nd, E-Wt•ek
becomes an 1mponan1 oppor
111n11y tor all of the other l'O>{I
m·t>r<, to realti'e that they'n: all
part of the world chan~ers. lht')
all haH' a commonallly and that
make., thl'm morl' comlort
.1hle "
•CHRISTINE CARRILLO covers
educa11on and may be roached 111
1949) 574-4268 or bye mail at
Jlflstm» Cdrrilfv a lat1mas corn
lllH Phtl Mt. a C.reenhght
reprl'-.t'ntauve, '>aJd Brombel'}!'
comrnenL'> about the I lyatt wt•r••
,1 .. .,elf defeating '>latement."
·· llte mam buJk of that Lraffit
"·111 tw 111 I lunungton Beach.·
Ar'>I -..ud. "If that ho1el were in
\;e.,.,port Bcalh. 11 would be far
\\ llf,l'
lived 1n N1gena. from 7 to 8:30
p.m at St. Mark Presbyterian
Churd'I, 2100 Mar Vis1a. Newport
Beach. For more information. call
(9491760-1691
TUESDAY
Pa_" the Rula1d'1 The'e are nut
the 11me' 10 "mg 11 The lall "·
a good real C\tate advt!>Or will
have talked 1hrough lhe\e
eventual111e<. \\1th }'OU. along
"'llh a dl\1.U\\tc>n of the l1kcl}'
markcl value o( ) our home and
}OUr 1rnn pcr,onJI need\
regJrd111g the.; \Jle nl )our
property W11h ,1 good advl\or.
you \\ 111 have a game plan and
the \JUna won 1 get too hot! So.
call me at 949 'i H-1100 or visit
my web,nes :11 <Llvewongtcom or
ondordroad com
PRUIDflTS WEEKEND SALE!
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the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St ..
Costa M esa. CA 92627; by fax to
(949) 6464170; or by calling (949)
5744298. Include the time, date
and location of the event, as well
as a contact phone number A
complete listing 1s available at
www.ds1/ypilor.com.
The public is invited to enjoy
·v.ohn and Piano Classics ft
Violinist Larry Greenfield and
pianist Susan Boettger will
present a free musicale at 3 p m
at the Newport Beach Central
Library, 1000 Avocado Ave ,
Newport Beach For more
information, call (949) 717·3816
"How to Send th• Most Effectjve
E·ma11s· is the subject for a
Newport Beach Chamber of
Commerce business referral
breakfast that wlll take place at
7:30 a.m. at The Pacific Club, 4110
MacArthur Blvd .. Newport Beach.
The costJS $17 for members WTth a
reservation and S22 for potential
members at the door. For more
information, call (949) 729-4400. D1wr Wong luu brm •riling
homr1 m Nrwport Br111 h sma
198? and u "'"" Co11St Nro'J>hrt
Propmm!Cold"vU Banlrrr.
.... ORANGE COUNTY
If ..JI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
TODAY
The 60 and Better Dance Group
will have its dance party from 1 to
5 p.m .. starting with an hour of
danoe lessons. at the Holiday Inn,
3131 S. Bristol, Costa Mesa. There
is a $10 adm ission charge. For
MONDAY
A Great Decisions discussion of
·The U.S. and N1gena Thinking
Beyond Oil" is the fourth rn an
eight-week senes on U S foreign
pohcy topics. The discussion will
be led by Jay Welsh. who has
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(7U) 556-2787 INFORMATION
(7U) 556-274'6 TTY
Eleanor Cooney reads from
and signs "Death in Slow Motion:
My Mother's Descent into
Alzheimer's• at 6:30 p.m. at Book
Soup South Coast Plaza, 3333
Bristol St, Suite 2400, Costa
Mesa For m ore information, call
(714) 689-2665.
A free seminar called •11 Zing the
Missing Linkr will be held from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother's
Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa
Mesa. For reservations, call (800)
595-MOMS.
WEDNESDAY
The Newpott BMCti Nwtcomera
Assn. will present a fashion show
of the latest spring clothing and
shoes. The show is 11 o.m. at the
Wyndham Hotel In Costa Mesa.
For more information, call (949)
645-9922.
The Newport Rib Co. •nd ASH
Harbor Area Inc. are holding a
fund-rasing day at the restaurant.
Twenty peroent of the proceeds
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Daily Pilot
A hmrn.•.,pun an ~dller\
umt•1led 1L'>ell an < O'>ta \lt>'>J
on lnur..da\, .L, local an1"t'
telebrawl.l 1ht·1r ope111ng
nighr with a grand rt'< ep11on for the
new local ani'lllC outleL
Five regional ani'>I'> -Came ~Lrom,
Michele Yu. Matt Berg, Kerry Brannan
and Alex Cram• ho.,ted an ongoing
art gallery at llw C.imp on Bmtol
'\t.reet in which Iota! ani'>L'i ha'e a
venue 10 d1l>pla> 1he1r work.
The gallery '"a' \\ell a11endt><l \\llh
cunous aficaonado., ~ho wanted to ... et'
the talent ol tht•ar homl't<M11 artist"
T ENTI
The Jojopinkie Ga llery at the Camp
provides a new art venue for Costa Mesa
artists to display their works
Berg, one of the up and commg ani't'
who -;howcased their work at the
gallery. employs a variety of media in
h1'> p.i!nungs but has an affinity for
watercolor; and oils.
• fhere·~ a freedom in working with
an element,· Berg said. "Water can
'>O<>U1e or WJ Being a child of
rnntrad1tt1on I have grown fond of
u .. ang cwo dramatically oppo!>ed
med1Lun' •
The gallery was created to provide an
outJet for the numerous Costa Mesa
arnstS searching for a place to display
theu accomplishments Strom. a Costa
Mesa resident. gathered painters,
~ptors, photographers and sculptors,
as weU as musiaans and dee-1ays to
perform at rught receptions at a
2,200-square-foot space at the Camp,
across Bristol from I.he Lab Ano Mall
Strom said she encountered many
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creaove and LnnOYauve fellow arost~ tn
her hometown but felt they did not
have ample opponunaty 10 get their
work out there The bloorrung artl'>t
said sl\e wanted to give herself and her
coUeagu~. an opportumty to expose
thetr commumty 10 its own art
s.. CENTER. Pae• A7
Family
bon~ al'>O
provide 50lace
for Jewel
Sabauno.
40-year-old
~of
Samuel' "No
Pl8Cie UR
Take note of carpet care basics
Hotne."Afterrunrungoffto
Colorado on the back of a
musician's motorcycle at age 17,
Jewel returns to New York with
her teenage son and tennlnaUy ill
best friend While Dad's still not
peaking to her, she 6ndc;
welcoming anns elsewhere. in a
couching story of love and las&
1lle action moves to Nonh
Carolina in Stephanie Bond's "I
1bJnk I ~ You. .. In this comk
mystery, three sisters tom apart
by a man meet up years later.
S lams seem 10 have d ratal
attraction w rhe rnrpet an my
house. Al> soon a'> new carpet
arrive-;, marlong pcm jump to the
Ooor faster. tar o,eem'i to stick IO the
bo11om of feet longer and m1urie'i
bleed more profu..ely.
Although I am rarely the
perpetrator of the disasters, cleanup
seems to fall an to my job description.
Or maybe I am the only one that
cares if the carpets are clean? KAREN
WIGHT
savvier. cleaning
products are a littJe
better and the
carpet is. well,
more cleanable
This is my first
tum wtth wool
carpeting. I thought
it would be
outrageou Jy
expensive (it' not),
spot cleaning it
would be difficult
(wrong again) and
sheep Thmk lanolin.
Lanolin as nature's way of keeping
all those sheep dry and cozy. And
Mother Nature continues to work
hard once the wool has left the host. I
won't regale you with all of my carpet
disasters -I'm sure you have plenty
of your own -but I do want to share
a few tips that will help you undo the
damage.
See CHECK, Paa• A7
I'm sure the latest carpet
incarnation at the Wight I louse wiU
suffer the fate of that which has gone
before. But this time, I'm a little
professional cleaning would break the
hudget (it doesn't), Wool. Think
Lest you think that I'm a cleamng
wunderkind or Heloise. I confess that
everything I know about carpet
comes from Brett Hemphill at
Hemphill's Rugs & Carpets. Bren is
my flooring guru. Over the years of
TRAVEL TALES
Visiting family in friendly and chilly
By Debbie Dl1n1n tickets. They were also giving
our daughter Molly the same
I t was back ln September of trip as a graduation gift
last year that my husband because she wu completing
Jack and I received an her studJes at Olapman
e-mail from ow son James, ln Univenlty. This seemed like the
Biloxi, asking us lf ~ would proverbial "off er you can't
like to join him. his wife and refme, • so we dJdn'U
baby for the holidays ln The first thing we did was to
Slovakia. Major James otgnan, go Online to see what we could
U.S. A.Ir Forte, is a ·Hurricane learn about this country, since
tfunter" who pilots WC· 130 we weren't even clear as to Its
alrplan Into major storm location in Europe. We learned
HIJ wtfe Sl.mona ls orlgtnally that It hu existed u the Slovak
Crom Slovakia and has many Republic, having tepanted
relatlvtt there, Including h r from the former Czechoslovakia
parentl and ai.hllogs. She ln 1993, and ts bordered by
UIW'ed us that we would be Auatrla. Hunpry and Poland
• mott welcome 1t the flmlly and what ia now Called the
hC>me tn PO~ and &he and • Czech Republic.
Jamel would provide the alrtlne We new to Vlt:nna. Via
Amsterdam, and were met by
James and Slmona's father,
Fero, who had made the
five-hour drive from Poprad to
meet us. We then located the
Babnbof, where we waited for
Molly to arrive on a t:ra.ln from
Franlcfurt. (James was unable to
get her on the same fUght.) A
friend of James', In Germany,
had made a two·hour trip to
Frankfurt just to meet Molly's
plane and that she got on
the correct train to VlennL
That wu Jut the lll"lt example
of people t.Mre golng to pat
lef\llhs to make th.II a
wonderful eiperlenc:e ror
Alter the lone drtve on k:y
roads back to Popnd. we were
Wdc:oined by SlmOm and ~
baby, her mom Anna and her
13-year-old brother Fero Jr. We
~re given an entire Door ln
their large home that they built
tb.emse.tves. Anna ls an
orthodontist ln Poprad., a town or 44,000, nestled at the foot of
the High Tltra Mounta.lnt.. She
hu thn!e other dentists
working for her. but because of
the aoda.llt.ed health insurance.
Incomes are f11 below what an
orthodontist In the U.S. can
command.
We IOOO learned t.ba.t food
pttpt.rat1oo durtna tbe hoUdayl
wu a high priontJ A typkil
breUfut lndud yosw1.
breed. hlb fruit. • eelecdoo ol
... lMYD:.'iilM
engmeenng house proiects for mv .. elf
and fnends, he has never given ml'
bad advice, always stands behmd has
products I 00% and he and his dad art'
two of the nicest guys on the planer
What more can you ask for7 So.
when Brett says "get wool." I get
wool It's soft. beaunfuJ and e8S) to
clean The most important
maintenance step for any ~t 1
vacuuming. All carpets should be
vacuumed at least once a week to
remove din that has worked tts way 111
the bottom of the pUe. Even if you
SM HOME. Pase M
Slovakia
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HOLDING •IUI ul IUWll \IMlOn.. Jlle areu
also offers a bevy of top-flight
~caurants. attrat:t:ive shopping
de<>ti11nllons, the nation's No. 1
plt:asure harbor and many
other recreational activities.
Beach area t'> ..tbo a mut.h m• 1n
sophisticated area•
Continued from Al THE CONFERENCE CENTER
THAT WASWT MEANT TO BE by the 8,000-square-root Palm
Gardens outdoor tented area,
the 6,600-square-foot Gran d
Ballroom and a clubhouse at
Pelican Hill Golf Course.
I lilton Coc;ra Mesa, the
largest of the Costa Mesa hotels,
offers almost half the amount
of function space of the Hyatt
wich 46,000 square feel. That
hotel considers the
"There's a little more cachet
llSSoclated with our name,· saJd
Marta Hayden. the executive
director of the Newport Beach
Conference & Vtsltors Bureau.
• lltere is a wonderful aura
when you come here."
Newport Beach lost a chance
to attract larger events in 2000,
when residents rose lo quash a
plan from the former owners of
the Newport Dunes Waterfront
Resort 10 add a conference
center in an expansion.
l 2, l 6<l-square-foot Pacific
Ballroom its crown jewel.
I IUton General Manager
Ri chard Ham acknowledges
that while bis hotel hosts Its
share of corporate events, the
Hyan will be able to attract the
large~evems.
"It's a different world than
I luntington Beach," Ham said.
MOur target audience is
different from their target
audience."
While a peal event at the
1 lilton would reach capacity JI
about 400 guests, a filler at the
I lyau could accommodate
more than 2,000 people. Events
larger than that would usualJy
book the Anaheim Convention
<.Rnter, which offers 1.4 million
~uare reet of meeting and
function !>pace.
Other lhan the Hilton, only
the Westin South Coast Plaa,
w1tl1 26,650 square feet of
<,pace, can claim a significant
share of the corpomte-l·vent
marke1 in Costa Mesa.
ln Newpon Beach, five hotels
offer at least 18,000 square feet
of function space. The Newpon
Reach Marrion & Tennis Oub is
the larg~t of those, with 41.000
square feet. lbe Byan
Newponer, Sunon Place Hotel
and RadJSSon Hotel Newpon
Beach round ou1 the list. along
w1tl1 1hc Four Seasons, of
courw
STILL HOST TO THE
PRIME· TIME EVENTS
Even though fears of a war
w11h Iraq have had a cooling
effect, Newpon-Mesa's
ho'>pilaliry mdus.try appears
fairly !>lrong. Local hotel
opera1or. have been able to
attract their !>hare of corporate
eventi. and fund-raisers
becau<,c of the area's allure.
The hotels are posicioned
closer 10 John Wayne Airport
than the I lyau Regency,
'>hortenmg the drive to and
from the trd11sporta11on hub hy
Event planners seem to
agree.
Perhaps one of Newport
Beach's ritziest black-tie events
each year is Hoag Hospital's
holiday fund-raiser at d1e Four
Seasons, now called the
Chrisunas Carol Ball.
Haag's 552 Oub fund-raising
committee has already booked
the hotel for this years event,
which is expected to dlaw more
than 375 guests at about $200 a
head.
But if given the opponunity,
event organirers said they
would consider the Byan, said
Ron Guziak, the executive
director of hospital fund-raiser
the 1 loag Foundation.
"The reality is l)la! the Four
Seasons and Marriott are great
hutels, but their ballroom!> are
limited in size," Guziak ..aid. "If
the occasion presented itself,
we would take a seriou. .. look al
doing an event at the Hyall
Regency."
TI1e Four Seasons. also hosts
tl1e American Airlines Celebrity
Golf Tournament every October
at Pelican I lill. 'The event,
booked until 2004, rais('s funds
ror cancer research.
Other annual fund-raisers at
the !·our Seasons are an event
10 bl•nefit groups fighting
pt•d1auic cancer, cystil libros1s
;u1d auti-.m. Ille hotel also
c.11ers 1lw Candlelight Co11nm,
the annual Orange County
f>t•rforming Arts Cenll'r
lund-raiM!r in Costa Mes.u.
·nie Newport Beach Marrion
& rennis Oub host!> 1 loag's
board meeungs and the annual
Our Lady Queen of Angels
fond-rai!ter. Marrio1t's Randa
Rit'hardson, the director or ..a.les
and marleting. can't help
worrying about the Hyatt.
MBecause of the meeting
'>pace. it's going to have an
impact on how we'U be able 10
hook business," Richardson
..aid. "Our biggest differentiating
lactnr "'our locauon, our
prmomiry to John Wayne Airpon
and 1he beach. The Newpon
Evans Hotels, at the time,
proposed a· new 470-room
hotel, complete with a
31,000-square-foot conference
area, for property already
approved for development.
In November of that year,
voters overwhelmingly
approved the slow-growth
Green.light Initiative, which
_requires a two-tllltds public
approval for any Jarge-scaJe
development.
The Evans group posrponed
their bid to seek a vote on the
hotel, eventually dropping the
bid altogether. They sold the
resort in August. Tut: new
owners say they have no plans
to move forward with the
project.
While slow-growth politics
have halted plans to add a
conference center to Newpon
Beach, Huntington Beach has
welcomed their new resort as a
way to refashion a sleepy surf
town in to a destination for
corporate events.
Surf City is in the midst of a
race-lift that city leaders hope
will add more retail shops and
corporate events.
Newpon Beach proper,
excluding Newport Coast, is
essentially built out the latest
hotel proposal has met with
heavy resistance. Sutherland
Talia Hospitality wants to build
a 110-room luxury reson al th('
!>lie of the existing Marina park
mobiJe home park on Balboa
Peninsula.
Ocarly, leaders from Lhe two
cities are approaching growth
issues in wildJy divergent ways.
"They probably need 10
grow." Mayor Steve Bromberg
..aid about his nonhem
neighbor. "They are
encouraging that kind of
development. Our city would
not be encouraging that kind of
monolith."
• PAUL CLINTON covers the
environment, business and
politics. He may be readied al
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cheeses and sliced meat and
tea. The main meal occurs at
midday and always features
homemade soup, various
..a.usages, bread, possibly a
venison stew, dumplings,
potatoes, sauerlc.raut and
home-preserved CruJt, which Is
grown in summer on their
property.
The grand finale was a huge
'ariety of "Kolachy, • pastries
dlld :.weet, 1.0111i11ud!I)
replenished throughout the
day. Wherever we vii.ited
relatives and friends, we were
created to meaJs with many
different dishei. and were
shown such cordiality in their
homes. On New Year's Eve, the
family was given a private
lining 1 oom in thf' Atrlu111
Hestauram and Penz.ion in
Poprad, which is owned by
Anna's coui.in, with a huge feast
µrepa1 cd hy fd.lnily J nd friends.
The fin..'works that Fero Jr. set
off riv,1ll'd those wt• see in
profe'>'it011dl d1!tplay1> at home.
i\ friend of hi-; who belongs lo a
Lraveli ng dan1·e troupe
entertained guests w11h a break
dance rn11t ine.
The ch11 h we attended in
Poprad iv<>, builr in the 13th
century anJ rnntains many
wood 1 ..trv111~" that date back
several l e111uries. It I!> believed
that hi:ati11K the church will
• ause damage to the1>e w oncicn
Sl311Jt'S. fhercfore, those Ill u:)
U1 attendance reh as if we
HOME
Conbnued from A5
can't see d1r1 on tht· surf,1te of
the carpet. it's there. You urn'1
over-vacuum. Wlwn <;pill., and
spot!> occur act quickJy. H the
spill is liquid, blot with a wh11e
paper towel or clean duth. If
the mess is solid, <,coop 11 up
with a knife or <,poo11
Different stain\ rt•411rre
different "pollon'>." fhe
cleanjng !tequeme ,.,
important, '>O uw produ1 I\ In
the order h!tted.
Sort drink.-,: cold watN and
clear di!th-washing liquid or
detergent powder. Ink (felt 1ipJ:
warm waler, dc1ergen1 i.olu1ion
and clear nail poli\h rcmove1
(preferably acetone)
Datty Pilot
Molly, Debbie, James and Jack Dign~n of Costa Mesa went
sledding in the High Tatras of Slovakia.
ourselves might have become
statues of ice hy the end of the
masc;, especially ~hen we were
told it got down 10 15 degrees
below zero. (We later lound
ourselves que!tllomng this
theory when we Vlsilt·u
churche1> of simile.tr vin 1age in
other towns when· heat wa~
turned on.)
Our hosts took U'i 10 vi-;i1 J
num ber of 1111errc;11ng towns.
Levoca was a mf'd1eval royal
"free town" that W<" an
importan1 trading.· 111cr on thl'
route betwt>en I ltmgat) and
Poland. St Jakub\ dum h 1lwre
hou~eo; the lari::e!>l wood laf\l'tl
ahar in the world S0111(·hoh,
1111, .J1ar wa-, I r•11i-.p1n1 1·d dllU
d1!tpla yed at thr I •167 World.,
Fair m Mo111rt'al
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'olttllUll (I /"I l lit ,.!lilt v1m•g.t1
and :.:n tup ''"'''' 1 \'\1111t• ab'>w h1·111 powc.lt-r ball or 1.olt I.
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agt'nt !like 1l l· t 11lw 111 .1 pla'>llt
b.ii.:J. pick or '>CftlJW .. n j.{UOI
11w a dry d•·•111111g .. olwn1 hh·
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lmll alu>hul or ITll'lh) lilted
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the famous Spis Castle, one of
1he largest in Furope. The
village of Pribylina is comprised
of early settlers' homes that had
heen relocated from all over the
t ountry. Dressed in early
Slovakian clothing, craftspeople
demonstrate skills or long ago.
Another day was spent sledding
111 the I ligh Tatra Mountains -
rold but exhiJarating1
We would enjoy gomg to
"lovakia aga111, in the spring or
,ummer. when we could visit
plJcl'<o 1hat weren't accessible
hccduc;e of the weather
\u 11'-tomed 10 living in
""uthem Caltforma. we found
our ~elvt'~ Md11na1ely
• haUenged" on this trip!
• DEBBIE DIGNAN i!> a Costa Mesa
es1dent
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r..n. are Invited to drop by the
citr of Costa Mesa Recreation
Center from 2 to 6 p.m . M ondav
through Friday for indoor and
o~door sports and activities The
Center is at 1860 Anaheim Ave.
For m ore Information. call (714)
327-7560.
The Newport Beach City Hall is
~isplaylng watercolor paintings
by Juan Casado, Ned Parsons,
Raymond Otis and Jim
Teegarden through March 28 at
3300 Newport Blvd. For more
information, call (949) 717-3870.
The A ssn. of Business Servic:es
hosts a networking meeting that
deals with education connections
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the second
Tuesday of every month at the
Holiday Inn at 3131 Bristol St..
Costa M esa. For more
information. call (949) 805-0011.
The Newport Beach Public
library hosts an hour of stories
and crafts tor children in
kindergarten through the second
grade at the Corona del Mar
branch from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays
The library is at 420 M arigold
Ave. For more information. call
(949) 717-3800.
fTee tours of the Orange County
Performing Arts Center take
guests to the dressing rooms,
performer's lounge, badcstage
and on stage at 10:30 a.m. every
Wednesday and Saturday at 600
Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Group tours can be held by
special arrangement. For more
information, call (714) 556-ARTS.
ext. 833.
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ostensibly to make amencb. ln a
fast-moving plot, the trio
outsmarts a murderer. avenges
the cad who beoayed them and
musters the patience lo reunite
their parents.
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Various pieces were
imaginatively presen ted,
allowing the audience to enjoy
every aspect of the work. Bright
colors. elegant angles and
effortful masterpieces caught the
eyes of all who wondered
through the rough showcase
space. A variety of dimensions
were represented and guest'> of
the show stared intently at their
favorite work. obviously struck
The Newport BNCh N.wcomen
Club holds a general meeting on
the third Wednesday of every
month. The organization is open
to all women residents in
Newport Beach who have lived in
the area fewer than five years. For
more information, call (949)
645-9922, or visit
newcomers·n8wportbeach.org.
Oasis Senior Cen18r holds a
pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 10
a.m . on the second Saturday of
every month. Breakfast includes
pancakes, sausagei coffee and
orange juice for $3, $1 for
children. The center 1s a1 800
Marguerite, Corona del Mar. For
more information, call (949)
644-3244.
Macy's South Coast Plaza
presents "Workshop '
Wednesdays: A Hands-on
Cooking Class Program# hosted
by chef Alexx Guevara. The class
is held from 6 to 7:30 p.m .
Wednesdays at 3333 Bristol St,
Costa Mesa. The cost, including
materials, is $30. To reserve a
spot, call (818) 994-5075.
Yoga and rhythm,
"Yogarhythmics" combines yoga,
dance and fun. The class is held
from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m . Tuesdays
at 2850 Mesa Verde Drive East,
Suite 111, Costa Mesa. For more
information, call (714) 754-7399.
The Newport Harbor Nautical
Museum offers the exhibit "Your
Majesty, There Is No Second: The
America's Cup 1851·2003"
through April 30. The museum 1s
at 151 E. Pacific Coast Highway,
Newport Beach. Free admission.
For more information, call (949)
673-7863.
Interfaith couples with one
Jewish partner are invited to
participate in a d1scuss1on group
at the Jewish Family Service of
Orange County office The group
Is geared toward dealing with
issues between interfaith
couples. such as raising children.
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"Faking lt." her newest caper.
e'(eryonc's pretending to be
someo ne else-including
vudka·<>willing m atriarch
(,we n . split personality '>!Ster
Eve. and art forger filda, the
youngest daughter, whose
chance encounter in a clo.,ct
with a sexy con m a n leads to
mad cap mayhem in a
by the work of an bf>fore them.
Strom ..aid she got Uu~ idea for
a gallery when she heard the
Trilogy Playhoui.e had
mysteriously disappeared in
December. She contacted the
management at the Uib and
asked if she could use the
theater space for her display. The
old Trilogy '>pace was not
available. but t.he Anti-Ma ll
officials. who have a h15tory of
suppo11111g local art, offered the
space at the Camp.
Shaheen Sadeghi. owner of the
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the home and relationships with
extended families. The cost for
three sessions is $45 per couple.
Preregistration is required. Call to
schedule date and time. The
office is at 250 E. Baker St, Suite
G, Costa Mesa. (714) 445-4950.
Women 50 and older ca.n join a
discussion group coordinated by
Jewish Family Services to
address issues such as anxiety,
depression, relationships,
loneliness and family. The group
meets from 10 to 11 :30 a.m.
Mondays at the agency offices.
250 E. Baker St., Suite G, Costa
Mesa. Preregistration required.
(714) 445-4950.
Friends of the Newport Beach
Public library Used Book Sto re
are asking for patrons to donate
books t o replenish the
dwindling stodc. Books may be
left at any of the three b ranch
libraries -Balboa, M ariners, or
Corona del M ar -or in the book
closet next to the Friends Book ·
Store, at 1000 Avocado Ave .•
Newport Beach. All hardcover
and paperbadc donations, with
the exception of magazines and
law books, will be accepted and
are tax deductible. (949)
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The Braille Institute off9rs free
computer classes to people with
fading vision who have difficulty
seeing the computer screen. The
Oasis Center at 800 Marguerite
Ave., Corona del Mar, offers six
sessions. Call to sign up for
classes. (714) 821-5000.
A spiritual care class meets at
7:15 p.m . Wednesdays at 3400
Irvine Ave .• Suite 114. Newport
Beach. Call to reserve a seat. (949)
263-1462 .
The Costa Mesa Chamber of
Commerce hosts networking
luncheon meetings Wednesdays
from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Costa M esa Country Club. The
cost is $14. The club is at 1701
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~trom is an abstract artist who
u.sually works with oil paints and
sticks. Her latest project is a
Golf Course Drive, Costa M aa
(714) 885-9090.
A brain tumor eupport gn>up
meets the first and third
Thursdays of each month from 7
to 8:30 p.m. at the Hoag Cancer
Center at Hoag Hospital, 1 Hoag
Drive, Newport Beach, Free.
Regjstration not reqwred. The
group Is designed to help
patients and their families
understand and cope with the
illness. (949) 574-6232.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Churdl
hosts a m~ntal illness support
group from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Sundays in Oierenfield Hall C at
600 St. Andrews Road, Newport
Beach. (949) 574-2236.
The Jewish Family Service of
Orange County sponsor.s a
discussion group for ach.Jlt
children and their parents from 6
to 7 p.m. two Tuesdays a month
at the Jewish Family Service
office at 250 E. Baker St., Suite G.
Costa M esa. $10 per person. per
session. Preregistration required.
(714) 445-4950.
The Jewish Family S8f')lice of
Orange County has a weekly
parenting support group. Parents
learn strategies for successful
parenting and for dealing with
the feelings and behavior of their
children. The group meets from
10 to 11 :30 a.m. Mondays at the
Jewish Family Service office at
250 E. Baker St .. Suite G. Costa
Mesa The group will cover
managing anger, anxiety and
peer pressure children
experience. Preregistration
required. (714) 445-4950
The Costa Mesa Senior Center
has ballroom dancing with live
music from the Costa Mesa
Music Makers from 7:30 to 10:30
p.m . every Tuesday night at 695
W 19th St .• Costa Mesa. $4 (949)
548-3884.
Jewish Family Service of Orange
County sponsors an ongoing
anniver..ary, th1'> could be tht' be,t
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chronically ill. The purpose is to
provide participants with ·
emotional and &p1ntual support to
manage Illness and its
consequences, The group meets at
7 p.m . Thursdays at the JeYw'lsh
Family Service office at 250 E.
Baker St., Costa Mesa. Attendance
is free, but registration 1s required
(714) 445-4950.
Scrabble Club No. 350 mfftl
from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at
Borders Books, Music & Cafe at
South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St
in Costa Mesa $3. New players
are welcome. (949) 206 9822
The Coin and Stamp Club meets
from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays at the
Oasis Senior Center. New
members interested in trading,
buying 11nd selling stamps and
coins a're being sought to 101n
these informal meetings There are
no fees required (S49) 644-3244
Jewish Family Service offers
ongoing bereavement support
groups for adults at all stages of
loss. Group members share
experiences. hear how others deal
with grief, receive support and
learn ways to cope with sadness
and loss. One group meets at 7
pm. Tuesdays at Beth Jacob in
Irvine. The second group meets at
10 a.m. Tuesdays at Temple Judea
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advance registration 1s required
(714) 445-4950
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County provides a support and
dtSCUSS1on group for persons
recovenng from dlildhood ur
teenage sexual abuse The group
meets from 8 to 9:30 p m.
Tuesdays at 250 E. Baker Sr . Costa
M esa. Advance registration 1s
required 1714) 445-4960
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EDITORIALS
Breathe new life
into Mariner's
Mile, Old Newport
M ariner's Mile and
its environs have
for some time
now been a
_ source of
1 msrernacion for city official .
lhat wouldn't be such a
problem except that thb Coast
Highway strip of restauran1s,
boat operators, car dealerships
and clothing stores is probably
one of the most visible in town.
Bui its potentiaJ has seemed
to elude it over the years.
Businesses come and
bu.,inesses go. Grand ideas are
either wildly successful or go
down in a blaze of bankruptcy.
II ha~ aJI left the area longing
for ... iability and a sense of
pu1 po.,e.
\dd tu the mix the nearby
... 111p of aging busines::.c::. on Old
N1•wpor1 Boulevard and you
IMV(' a pretty large plate to
wdJe.
I hen add to the mix newly
c•ll'cted Councilman Don Webb,
\\ho repre~ents the district that
~IJnncr' Mile and Old Newport
Boulc•vard occupy, and you have
tlH recipe for getting ~omcthi ng
do11c.
A recipe that starts wi1h a
h.itc h of baby back ribs.
Webb and other city officials
a1 .plauded the new::. that the
property that once housed the
shuttered Aysia 101 restaurant
on Mariner's Mile will soon host
a Tony Roma's rib eatery and
Bennigan's Irish pub.
These popuJar eateries will be
a nice replacement to the
abandoned Aysia 101 site and
will m ost likely provide that
needed stability.
But stability isn't necessarily
the problem around the corner
at Old Newport Boulevard.
Here, the strip of restaurants,
a ntique shops and office
buildings are in dire need of a
makeover. But to get there, the
merchants and businesses on
that road that once was the
main entrance to town must
come to consensus.
Let's get the de bate started.
The ideas for that area are
endless. Perhaps combine
Mariner's Mile and Old Newport
for a grand promenade of
restaurants and shops. Either
way, what is needed is a vision
for the future, a plan to end the
endless cycle of failed
businesses.
We urge Webb and his council
coUeagues to make this a top
prio rity in the coming m onths
and ensure that Mariner's Mile
becomes a vibrant business
district once again .
Newport Harbor's
heart goes long way
N cwport Harbor High
has plenty of heart to
go around.
About 30 students at
the .,chool started a
Make·A·Wish Oub in October
that raises funds for children
suffering from a disease. Little
did they know that they'd soon
help Hannah Whitfield , a
Newport Beach 7-year-old
whose sister JiUianne was among
the group's members.
More than a week ago, the
club greeted Hannah, who is
being treated for leukemia, to an
assembly where she not only
learned that her wish to go on a
Disney cruise was granted, but
where other students performed
fo r her. From cheerleader; to
break dancers and the dance
team . it was aJI about Hannah,
whose appreciation w(l!) evident
in her smiling face.
But while Hannah had a wish
that came true, the entire high
school has another wish in mind
this month -that one of its
longtime teachers, Jerry Tagami,
recovers from a brain aneurysm
he suffered. The 59-year-old
Tagami was rushed to Hoag
HospitaJ and. not long after, his
'itudents, too, rushed to the
hospitaJ to visit him at his
bedside.
The 31-year Newport Harbor
I Ligh English and film teacher
has plenty of support in the
form of family, friends and the
entire school.
Joe Robinson. a fellow
Newport Harbor High teacher
and longtime friend, said it best.
"I told my students today ..
in a world that's measured in
dollars, here's a man that chose
... a life of a teacher, where you
don't make a lot of mo ney, but
you can make a difference in the
world. At present, he's the richest
man in Newport."
It's only appropriate that the
students' wish shouJd come true
since they unselfishly granted
another wish.
The high school really does
have a huge heart and we
encourage the students to
continue their giving ways. They.
too, can truly make a difference.
THE LAST WORD
High hopes for Estancia ' 'I 've always believed footbaJJ is a game that
should be fun, but It'
m ore fun when you win.,.
And with that. new EstAnda
High School football coach Craig
Fertig raised the bar higher than
players over the last two season,
have been used to. If they win
more than one game this fall,
they'll top the win total over
those two years -one.
The former USC tant and
Oregon State head coach
automatically brin somethlng
to th team: hope -a hope for
a wtnnlng season that was far
out of reach fn ns past.
There's no doubt that Estancia
players will look forward to
playing under Fertig more than
they did under fo rmer coach Jay
Noonan. Fertig has the blg
league experience -he scouted
for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
and coached in the now-defunct
World Football J..eque -that
the players need If they have any
chance of movtn,g on to college
ball.
Perhaps F.stancia will top rtvaJ
Costa Mesa High to win the
BattJ of the Bell thb year. tt
hasn't happened l1nc:e 2000, but
It' definitely not out of the
q tk>n this time around.
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By Sendra Genis Elsewhere. a commissioner endorsed gotten bogged down fo r months in
the wrong cand.Jdat.e for a state continued, repetitive d.Jscbsslons of T rad.Jtionally, in Costa Mesa. ofilce. She, too, was yanked. relatively minor issues. They decide,
commission applicants have Commission seats are used not undeclde and redecide bsues over
been interviewed by the City Just to reward past supporters, but to and over, from wnlng mauers to
Council as a whole and chosen by ensure ongoing fealty of political public Improvements. Now. they
wte of the entire council Past laclceys. And that Is most definitely don't even want to commit to
councils experimented with various noc how it shouJd be. commission nppomtments for any means of ranking candidates, This proposal is a bad Idea in and fixed time. Each council member weighted voting, etc., but it was or itself. However, beyond that. It's couJd rededde every couple or '• '• always a group project. symptomatic of larger problems weeks. ., In the early 1990s, we sought plaguing recent Costa Mesa councili. Finally. lhis/oroposal is just .
candidates who were capable and First, the council seems unwilling another step own a disturbing path I interested in seYVfng the city. We or unable to work as a team, not just toward baclcroom politics ln the dty
tried to create a balance with to appolnt various cornmissk>ns 1n a of Cosca Mesa. Whethtr ha ' •• commissioners from various parta or balanced matter, but in other discussion of the Home Ranch •
the dty and with diverse strengths maners as well. That is not to say development agreement. spending ,,,
and viewpoints. that all issues should be settled of the Segerstrom educadon ••
For example, when wtanlmo~ endowment. or selection of Councilwoman Ubby Cowan was H~r. the coundl should study commissioners, it looks as If It~ the selected as a planning the issues together-without setting goal of some folb al City Hall to . . commissioner. It was because. 1n her a stopwatch. deliberate logether and keep the public out SomedlMs, they
interview, she appeared to be bright. then move on. Together. seem to put more en~ into ttying knowledgeable about Costa Mesa Several council members were to evade open meeting laws than and Interested in is.mes facltlg wiIUng tO meet together to evaluate trying to comply. ..
different parts of the city. And that is commission applicants, but othe~ Responding to those who how It sbouJd be. were not, wishing lnstead to carry on suggested the round! Interview Because selection was conducted privately. Too often, this is the case. commission applicants In an open by the City Council as a group, the . In addition, clisagJeements on one forum, Cowan ::feressed her desire . process wu open to the public, issue frequently splll aver ln(o for private lnt ewa. stating. "The ;\ though fe\t resJderus eYet actually acrlmooy on another. public wiD find out 1000 motigh.. • showed up. StW, the public had the Hand 1n glove with th.ls problem ls What a &bOckin display of cootanpc opportunity to observe and the scramble for more powt:r. What ror the pubUc. comment upon the proceed.inp. better way to enhance your poower It'' time our City Council memben And that is how it should be. too. than to pass out commission eeats as set aside any persona! di.t[erences ..,.
Now. It's proposed that each political plums. to be grabbed back and ambitions to wo~ together tor ,,
council member independently at the first sign or disloyalty? the public, In public~. We have select a comm.lasioner to serve at the Recent councils have also had e one new council member and a will of that coundl member. That tendency to micromanage, couple of relatively oew members WBYt ff they vote ~wrong/' they'll be reexamining. overruling or who are Just coming lnto their own removed. As practiced in other ddes, modifying a relatively Wgh on the council I hope they will be •at·will,. appointments are used to proportion of commJsslon dccl6lons. able to build a team with the othet control mo~ than Just commission Now. the council won't even have to councU members and the public so
\IO wait until after the commission we can an move rorwan1, toaetbcr. to One loeal plannihg com.missioner meeting to start eecond gu ing tadr.Je the problems fadng our dt}( mentioned he wu tbinling of com.m.iS&lon votes. They'll be able to
rwUtlng for City Council. He give ot'ders 1n advance. •SANDRA GEMS la a fonner Co.ta yanked off the coQUDiasion. Further, the council has repeatedly M ... mayor and oourlcll member. ,
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
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Costa M..a City Hall, n Fair Drive. Costa
Mesa, CA 92626, (714) 754-5223
Mayor: Karen Robinson
COlanda: Libby Cowan. Allan Manaoor,
Gary M onahan and Chris Steel
crrv Of NEWPORT BEACH
Newport Beach City Hall, 3300 Newport
Blvd., Newport Beadl, CA 92663, (949)
644-3309
M.yor. Steve Bromberg
Coundl: Gary Adams, John Heffeman,
Olde Nichol•, Gary Proctor, Tod Ridgeway
end Don Webb
COAST COMMUNfTY
COLLEGE DtSTRtCT
Ofstl1ct Office: 1370 Adam• Ave .. Costa
Meu, CA 92826, (714) 432-5898
Chenoetlof: Wiiiiam M. Vega
Boerd: PrMldent Paul Bt~r. Viet
Pr9aldent AtTnendo Ruiz. George Brown,
Jeny ~tt•nM>n and Wen.t' G. Howlld;
student ltUltM Derek Sheffy
,._ORT~ UNFED
SCHOOL DISTMCT
Dfstr1ct <>fib: a..A S..r St., Cotti
Board: President Martha Fluor, Vice
President Dana Black, Cleric Serene
Stokes. David Brooks, Tom Egan. Judy
Franco and Linda Sneen
MESA CONSOLIDATED
WATER DISTRICT
1965 PtacentJa Ave .. Costa Mesa. CA
92627.(949)631-1200
Board: President Jim Atkinson, Vice
President Mike Healey, Trudy Ohlig-Ha11,·
Fred Bodtmiller and Paul E. Shoenberger
COSTA MESA SAHfTARY DISTRICT
P.O. Box 1200, Costa Mesa, CA
92628-1200, (714) 764-6043
Boerd: Pnlaident Arlene Sdlat.r. Jim
f9nyman, Art Perry, Greg Woodside and
Dan Worthington
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
200 K.elmus Drive, P.O. Box 9050, Coate
Mae, CA 92628-9050, (714) 966-4000
Ellnbeth 0 . Ptl"tttr, m.mbtt, TruttM
ArN 6, Coste M ... , Newport BNd'I
~COUNTY
IOMD OF llRIMSORS
Hett Of Admlnl9ttwdon, 10 CMc Center MMe, CA t2e21, (714) 424-8000
... I 11••....-.e: Robert Bemot • P1Re. s.nte Ant, CA 92101
...
(,
• Jim Silva. 2nd District (Costa Mesa,
Newport Beach), (714) 834-3220
• Thomas Wilson, 6th District (Newport
Coast), (714) 834-3560
ORANGE COUNTY FAIR
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626,
(714) 708-FAIR
Board: President Ruben A Smith, Vice
President Patricle Velasquez. Randy
Smith, Emily Sanford, ~gy Heidi,
James Berktt, Deborah Cerone, leaUe A.
Ray and Frank Barbaro
STATE SENATE
Aou Johnaon (R), 35th District, 18652
M acArthur BNd., Suite 395, Irvine, CA
92716, (949) 833"°180; fex: (949)
833-0698; Pren Secretary PetJoyoa,
19181 sn.1200
STATE ASSE-.Y
John Campbell (R), 70th Ofstrict, Stet• ' 11
Ctpltol. Secntmento, CA86814, (816)
319-2070
E·mail: dl«rlt:f10•.-.mbfY.caoov '11
Kan Maddow tR), eem Ohlcrk:t. Statit '.,
Ctpltol, s.cr.m.nto, CA IAW, (918) t.: 1
(918)31~ •
Or loc:ll offtot It 12815 Mein St., Sutt.
100, Gerdef\ GRM 82840; (7t4) S39-1-
BIO
Ae-:58
Residence: Coto de Caza for 10 years
Position: Chair of Orange County
Performing Arts Center board, former
chair of South Coast Repenory board
Occupetion: Chairman and Chief
Executive of Emulex 1n Costa Mesa
Ectuc.tion: Bachelor's in social sciences
from Central Washington State
University; master's of business from
Seattle University
'-mily: Wife of 20 years Daranne,
daughter Courtney, 16
Community MtVic:e: Srts on six
nonprofit boards, incl uding The Center;
South Coast Rep; MIND Institute. Protect
Tomorrow, Cha pman Universrty
Hobbies: Nonprofit work keeps him
busy
THE EXPANSION
'We had a terrific
gro undbreaking a
week ago and we ·11
start construction on
that project over th e
next several week s.
And it's exciting to get
this thing rea lly
rolling even th ough
we won 't officially
op en until 2006. These
things take a while,
but it was exciting for
m e to attend th e
groundbreaking. I
think it's really terrific
f or Orange County.'
F O R UM
Bringing forth results
.J
With Emulex Chairman and Chief Executive Pa ul Fo lino's help, both
the Performing Arts Ce nter and SCR are seeing drea m s come true
T he Orange County
Performing Arts Center
broke ground Feb. 6,
among about 2,000
thrilled spectators,
dancing bulldozers and
eye·catching fireworks, on a
$200-million expansion that will
result in a new 2,000-seat concen
hall and 500-seat music theater.
Paul Folino, the chainnan and
chief executive of Costa Mesa-~
EmuJex. now leads The Center's
board, just as he previously did for
South Coast Repertory, to which he
abo donated $10 million toward its
expansion and outreach programs.
On Thursday, City Editor James
Meter visited Folino in his EmuJex
office to discuss The Center's
expansion. his interest in the artS
and his company's relocation to the
Home Ranch 5ite later this year.
What sparked your Interest In the
arts? '
\\eU. tt gilt"> way. way back. You know,
I'm a World War II baby hc>0mer, born tn
I ~5. and my early childhood wd.!i
growmg up m central "eattJe So. U1 my
early years, I grew up in a how..ing
pm1ect in Seattle.
When I wru. about 8 or 9 years old. I
Wd'> on one of U!o'il' education outrt'<>ch
program., where they're bu .. mg kJd,
from the I~ fortunaw path of town
11110 downtown SE.>attle 10 M.'t:' live
pro<lul-Uon and that Wcb my first
~Ufl' to live pmducoon:. of the aru..
really. It was anualfy my fir..t expo!>ure
to kid'> m other part\ of the city. 100.
who hJd dtffe~nt ltfe-.tylt."> than I wa..<,
growmg up under
thl· '>t,:t>Nri1111 lh1'411t-r IO t"Xpal\d what
M'ri.> d1m1g tht·n· toda)' I.ht' exparu.ion
ol firoad\>\<-..i} d.u11 t' opt-m, t'lC.. It gi~
u. .. tt dianu· 111 contmut" to bnng the best
of tht' be-.t into I h'ange < ,ow11y and 11 ..J."' give-. ll\ dll opponwuty u1 • .. umt.• of
tho..e venut.., .111 gt-I fll'>t run
producnon\. )Ntud1 we can't do nght
n<J\~ be<.aU"-' wt· llL'I don\ have tJw
availabtlll} •11 llmt' -.kit\ to en.Wit· U.'> to
do that
Wowdl1'1 11 ht• >-,'Teat 11 wt' wuld bnng
fir.I run BroJd\"a~ pnxluc uon., 10
C >r,mgc C 011111 \ for J lungt•r nui dfld
wouldnt 11 !>1· gl'l'Jt to t'>.f)dlld our
olknn~<. 111 orwrd and diim:.e and WlJllll
th<it '>Ide of tlw t-tjUJt1011 a.c, well And
}OU nl:"ed h•1lh ul thl'lll to t'Xp.t.nd the
t'dUlJUOn Olllrt'ill h progrdln
You've gtven millions of dollars and
count.less ho~ to both South ~
Rep and The Center. Do you think
there will ever come a point where
yutlll say. "~rry. I'm spent1"
\\ell I m .1 pi111 of llw c >r<ingt' < ~ Hlllr}
< '111UTIUllll\ ( )rJJlgt' ( JJll/11\-' J gJ't'dt
plJu· lo rJt..,_, 1 f<imd'f I hJ\t' anothn
thrt't' vear. d' <1 lxklld nwmllt:r o.11 '-.c R
thl'\ r11tatt tht·ir ho..inl member'
t'\C'I"\ ntnt• Vl·.ir. -..,., I'll hnt.'>h oll rny
tl'm1 tht·rt' .u1d leave 11 111 wry g<xKf
lwu.t-. Inn \\1•1.,,, t'> llw t urrent
pn..,rdcn1 ii 1hc11 hodfd I It' rvplalt"tJ me.
I h•, c1 gn-.11 1-(11\ <Jlld J gn.'itl leadt•r .md
tht•\ 'n· l'\<'ll domg ht·m•t trxlav thJ.J1
\o\ hu1 I \o\ a' li•Jdmg that lx)ctfd
C to. er .ii llw C .t•ntt'r, I \!' '1grwd up for
lhn't' \ t.>df°'> J11t'tr hodftl I hair, '>t"r\f'
thn·L· 'rl"df ll'mt'>. "o I m looklllg forward
t11-.t•f'\1ng m\ thrt't' \1·3r wnn ~' \>\l'11 ·
'>l't' \\ht:rt· \'\l' R'' fn,111 llwn•
Are there any other projects you'd
want to take on?
\\di. I m \l'I) .iu I\ t·f\ mvolwd .ti
~) that \\<LS my fir,1 t:Xp<l'>UfC lO II and
l'w aJwii)" kept an mtere<.t u1 the arl-"
from I.hat urne forth In h1¢1 '>t'huol I
played ba..'>eball, baili-tball. foo1ball and
all of thaL I actually ongmally went to
school on a baskt'thall c;cl1ol.u-,h.ip, <,() I
didn't '>pt>nd a 101 of ume 111 u1e cir1.'> 111
high ..chool But dfter I grc1duated. Jtld
.....;.....;;;..-.:.. ______ _:::..=~;.;:...;--._.__~.::......,;=----' ,> < h.1pmJ.J1 .ind thl"'I h.t\ 1• .t fTldl'"
10 m11l11m pruje\1 e\p.111d111g lhl'.'tr liJm
'4 h11ol and \\t 'e ra1'4't.i 1bou1 5111
r111lhon ul that I rn hc<idmg up uwt
m coUege whent'Vcr then· \V-J.'> an
oppo numty to '*'c 'il)rneuung in ~attJc.
I .ilwcl)"> look advan~e or th.it So that\
when• the mtt.'l"l">I realh dl'\clopt.'tl
I low long ago c:.Ud you get involved in
South Coast Repertory?
Ive been on that boanl about '>IX or
...even year... It\ one of thO'>C.' where I
JOtned and !>aid "I'd love 101om. I do111
have a lot of ume f'U ~t lO the
ba<.:kground, glad to help 1t finanaally •
You land of learn about youn.elf .t$ you
go. If I get mvolvt"d in a pn>Jt'<.1. 11'<, hard
for me not to go full thronJe So very
qwclJy, I got more actively mvolve<l 11111
and eventually became pn.">ident of the
board of ln.L'>l~ there and the head 1>f
the campaign to rru.se the S50 million to
develop that enhanced facthty.
Whal do you think The Center's
expansion wm do ror Orange County
and Costa Mesa as an arts hubf
WeU. again, let's go back to SCH fur .i
S('C()nd Look at SCR I thmk 1ts beyond
anyone'<; expectatJons. ThlS project I
think reinforced to Orange County what
you can do when a group gets together
to make something happen. 'That was a
great experience and SCR's now the best
center of its land in the UnJted State5 for
its particular venue.
When I was approached about
joining lhe Performing Ans Center
board and looked at what they wef't'
planning to do. I felt the same way
There was a great opponumty to ot"4le
one or the finest centers of Its kind in
the United States and as I got invotvl'd
in that. I had to link SCR and the
Perfomung Ans <:enter together as what
a great thing for Orange County. And I
approached It from a busin~
perspective. too.
There are three reasons for me 10 get
mvul'Yed. Om'. tht're\ lhl' l ultural
~pt.'< l. enhannng the l ltltuml il.'>fWt 1
lwr\', \\1uch h,1, \iilue m It' 1Mn nght
llw ...C'{;ond on1• t'\ lht· t'tlu<:at1or1 .111d
outreach progr.1111., that both till'
Pcrlonmng An, ( t'lltt'r and ',( .ll h,1w
\'v1u•n we nimplt.·le th1' f>IOJl't t. \'\l hJ\I'
Ult.' .ih1Jll) to tuuth ..i.buut 5()(),(J()(l lid., ,,
yi:ar through till' t'<.!Ul Jiii 111 outn•.tt h
pmgr.uru. lhroui;1 lhc:· ( .l:nter And tJwn
you throw m another 150.000 through
SC R We haw the ab1h1y bt·t\\.l't'll tht">t'
rwo aru. compleitl.., to toud1 b !O 7
millfon kids uvt.·r .i dN:Jdt· Tiwt'
another rea'><m I got tn\olwd m that
becau-,e I remember thl· unpact 11 had
on me a-. a lod and newr would have
had the opponurnty to do that without
the outreach program
And the third rea'on I go11mnhl'd
wa., purely a hu'>llle....., rt'd\on. C )111• ol t.hl'
big fhdlleng('"> 111 Orange Count\ Wl'
haw a great chmdlt.'. 1t\ J weat plat l' lo
h1,t•, hut it's al"'' one of tht• m<>'-l
t•xpc.•n.,rve plan" tu live m the lJ .!'!.
'ic> when you'n• a company like
rmulc·\. who' the \'\.'Oridwide markt·t
~an· leader ui our part1rnlar pu'(:l' of
the bu'm~. you're aJwa)"> trymg to
ret'TUJI the be<.l of the be<.t m the
mdU'>U'y to 10111 your compan). \nd
unte again. Or-.inge County L'>n't the
11.'<L\t expensive place 10 live Inert•, J
great dunate, hut there m't'th to be
other reasoru. for people to rnme 'uu
need two thinW> 10 help nn the
recruiting p~ over .md ahove 1u.'>t
haVlllg a gre-.it company and a great
market. and that 15 a 'itmng edutaonn.tl
~em, which we have. and you nt't'tJ to
have a trong culruraJ ava1Jability
because people want thmw. to do
So SLll and the Performing Ans
Center are extensions of that culruraJ
cent{'r that providPS us with tool' that
help us recnut people to Orange County
Ir's not uncommon for me to take a
gu~ to SCR or lhe Performing Arts
Center as a gue<;t that I'm trying to
l"l'CT'Ult to Orange County. lhat's hel~
So there's a business rea<,<m a.'> well.
FROM THE NEWSROOM
What plays woo.Id you like 10 <oee the
Center and SCR bring to Costa Mesa?
\\t·ll the\ re total" J1tl.-re111 k.11111' nf
w1111l" what I likt· ah11ut '-' H '" <1'
to1 u' un hnngrng Ot'\\ pl.t\">. \.\orld
J>h'll\lt'l"l.._ 111Jh \>\ h.11 thl'\ n· null'tl frn
\1 .111\ o nt' gl\l'n Ull 1l ...c H lid.\
.111~'\I\ here from 40 to 10 1 ornm1"1""'
11111 to playwn~l!. tu .~nil' Ill'\'\ V1<11r1..-,
.tnd thetr g<>ctl I\ to hnng ,L, lllcill\ 111
lhO'>t' ..1.'> tht.'\ lafl. \.\1th quaJJI\ 10 'il11Jlh
C .u<L'>t Hept>rtory and Unmgc C ..ount\
And for their efions in U1at tln'a, Ult'rl'
.trt' J h.°'\'\. ruhv.er PrV..es <ind c;rgmlilJlll
tlw.uer award'> undf>r thetr hdt-. f,,r
dmng 1ust that.
\\1tJ1 the l'itpansion ol ')( R. <Hll' of t!w
WC'.11 advan14.'l"S Wl: haw and onl of the
lcx11'>t.., n<M "m Ot."\'\ pl.t) dt"\C'lupnwnt
lor young audtt-nCC'>. And th~· haw
pl.1,wnghL., wmnu.-. .. mm>d to dr. t'lop
hr.ind nt'\" pld)"> for yuungt·r audlt'Ol l"
ln.u wa ... om· or the re.L'><>n' the bodfll
\~a.., -.<> 'iuppomve u1a1 thmugh 1h1"
t•xpcJ.m1on I ..tlwa~.,; ust• U1e wore!'
h,lf(.fware and 'iOftw.in·. the u1eall'r' tht·
h.1rdw..i.re, but the pruwdl'Tlmmg 1 ... tht
,uftware -lhdt ll wtlJ WV(' llS d th.Intl'
Ill enhance tht.' '>Oftware COJllt'lll or the
h.i.rdware and. \'£'!'\ <J'\on.I). \WU bt.•
hnnging c;onw of th<N.' Ol>\\ pl<>\.' .1rm''
tht• fim.,h lmt• And th.it'' what n-all\
t•xntec. me about what !'-.< ·n ha., tlw
11pponW1lty to do Thert>'> no douht 111
m\ mmd owr th~ next fivt• to IO \t'·"'·
tht·rl·ll be another fl"\, Pultuer Pnn..., lor
'llll1t' of thO'>t' JU'W plCl)"
...._,_'l.le O\Tr to tht• Perfonnmg Arts
< er1trr. fhe Centt'f tSn't l".~noall\ .1
creator. they're J pre.entf'r I thmk tht.>
e pan .. ion of Tht> Center oiler. us tlw
opponun.irv to not onJ) expand the
')mphony and other venue. m thr nC'\"
wmplex. with the Paafit Symphon)
Orrhesrra being the re<Jdenl symphony,
but 11 enables w. to expand becau<.<·
\\'t'I'\' essen11ally at capaaty now
And 11 gives us an opponurury by th.it
relief valve 10 move the symphony
aero"' the sueet. enhancing wha1 '"" tlo
there. and at the same ame. 11 frtt.. up
t ;1111paig11 lrtll\llllltf't• a.' \o\t'U Orn g<MI
'' 1•r Ult' llt'\'.1 ft"' \I'd.I"> "10 rai't' Ult
li11iil S.!11 nulhcm of tl1<1l ldl11pdl.~1l t<1
1 n·.i1r •Hlt' of tilt: !in<...,t film .,.huol' m
tht' I lnrte<l '•all" n~t lll'rf' m our uwn
ho.11 k\;mJ Ill < >rJ11ge I . .ount\ ii!> \>\di
\\11dl l'\llll"> me 11 \llll thml ahout
"-< H the l't•rtomung '\n.'> (..enter,
( h.i.pman·, 11lrn -.ch<Kll expan,mn. the
wrnmnn thn·dd throughout all of tho'>t'
" 111 ht• thl· \t f'\ bt."t a1 whJl Ull'\ lli
mdt\1d11all\ \ci thc1t exntt"> mt'. It' tun
ht•lflg cl pare of <,(Jnll'Ultng \\1\t'f't' \OU re
,IJuotJng 111 ht the ht..,t ·\nd Ul<l 1 h.i'
rt'\\ctrd' of II' IJ\\1l \\1lt'n \'OU gt'I tho'>('
.tl ro'>.'> rhe fint'>h luw
What more will fmulex be ablr to
do that h can't do now with the ~
to Home Ranch?
Hight°'""· IH· bt>t·n 111 thJ.i, fanltr. for
JU'>l .t It'\\ month'>. fmulex 1i, m four
d1fll•rt•nt bwldmic-m thi... rnmplex
'>ptt·.1d out all ovt'r the place So 111 tht'
LN four or fiH \ l'dJ">. \.\I' \'t' gone from
Otlt' hlt·anon lo nCM four Ole goal w1th
th1· n~ corporate ht>adquarter.. L\ 10 ){et
t•wrvhod\ undt•r one roof 111 a campu.'
t'll' mmmt'lll It., fLbl a more effit wnt
\o\ .1\ to run \1>ur bU-"'1nt"-' 'tou lent.Mo tht
old l 011ver.<1ttun of managing wtule
w;tlkmg around. wtud1 l' J commm
nldJWgemt•nt 'ryte ~ pn>ll\ hard ro do
tht W3\ \.\l'n '>IJUC1Ured toda\.
Jl1a1 pm1t'\.l., mCMng cilong. \.\t> hopt·
tu ... 1.in mcMn>t m late next fall
I wanted to 'tav in the Cc~ \iC!'a
an•a It could h.ive been t"'cLSJer to m<1w
11110 t'Xl.<.tmg otlke space 'iOmeplare el"4.·
tn Oran~ Counly. but I'm pretty
rnmnune<l to 'raving tn < '°"ta Mesa.
\'\.ilich an' tht• mots of the company
Tiwy'vt> bfton here for 24 years and I
didn't want to ~ throu¢i a lot of
lhangt> trauma for the employee'> to
cummute 'iOmeplace ebe So 11 ~ an
opporturu[}' to do somedung Ye1)' ~
to home here and 10 get lhe office spatt
wt' needed We11 have abou1 240,<XX>
t;<l ll<ifl' ( eet.
Keep those clean and tasteful letters coming
' 'D on't you know those lettera are aU just
part of a write-lo
campaign'r the city official
asked me at breakfast one
momlng.
He WU referring to a string of
letters that he said was written
by several members of one
particular group.
Then there wu the phone call
from a local actMat wbo aald be
doubted lhat a letter writer who
appeared ln the paptt a couple
dayt before acrually did exiat.
I WU pretty ture we had
Called to ftrify the name u per
GllJ poky. I told the caller, bUt
could I be abeolutejy turef
Unfonunacety not.
TONY
DODE RO
Deliberate going. even when we make the
write-in phone call.
r.ampaJgns to Ju t to be clear, we do h ave
root or some rules of the road here.
confuse our There are a couple or wa)'$ to
readers are get your comm ent.a.ry in the
typically t-asy paper In a couple dllfertnt
to pot. but fonns.
lt's no t so Letters to the ed itor and
easy when a Re ders Hotline calls are
handful of mailer and concise, about 250
people. wbo to 500 words. Community
aU hare the CommenW1e or Rebuttal an
wne polnt of bo longer, usually 500 to 750
vi~ wnte 1e«rr1 to exp wolW
their~ with a ctnaJn In all thougtl. we
penon or with our n requlrc that the leetM writer
CICMl'llL Or If eomeooe clalma pnMdci a neme. 6nt and lut.
to be eomeone they ve not and lddrea. rtcy ol teUdence and man.-to kttp -charade phone num for vetifla
And we will call to verify a
letter writer' exi tence or to
double ch eck lhe pelling I)(
their names, especially when
our suspicions are high or if the
writer has never written to the
paper before
Do letters to tht ('(Jltor g l
edited?
Vi they do. nust is often 0
common mis~n:eptJon that
tjnce It ls the writer's op1nioo,
~don' have.to tdit th I n
or comm ntary on the
But tbaf not true. l.tttt>r
writ don't alwa dd: v.1th
Just their oplnio Lett arc ,
offft1 fX'Ppettd Wllh th Wrlttr's
wnioo of the th.al
~ ottd tu" "' and, lf WP ~~-------\--~..--~~~ -----
can't verify, Wf' edit out of tht'
lener
We typicaUy t'dit leuers for
otht-r ~ :i1 ~I. tf a letter,,
mean-pirut'd. or 1s fuU of
name~calling. or · lat'l'd with
raost or btgottd languilSC"· ~
will th r edit out lhe oll'endit'8
wi>rda or kill the letter.
Wf! require decorum Ol'ld wte
and ~ncy on our editorial or rourw. I'm onty
lptUirtg for the Dl.ily Not. Not
nery newspaper mt aJnf'
N OD left
But fQr the moet pan. 11
~nil wants to ttt t r
oplrilall ~ti ndy. • ftl'}'
,-~omn ... up rftlilJ:e ~names.
TB.1. rr ro ™E BJnOR
Tony Oodero ia the edftor. HI
~your comments on
MWICOll9nlge. ~
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AlO Sunday, February 16. 2003
AFTER HOURS No.1 in B·flat minor on Mard'l 12
and 13 at 8 p.m. Tldcets are $19 to
$59 and will be performed at
• Submit AFTER HOURS items to Orange County Performing Arts
the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Center's Segerstrom Hall. Tldcets
Costa Mesa. CA 92627; by fax to are available at the Center Box
(949) 6464170; or by calling (949) Office, online at www.ocpac.org
574-4268. A complete hst Is or by calling (714) 740-7878. The
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Onve, Costa Mesa.
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NEWPORT BEACH JAZZ. PARTY One of the classical music world's
The 1hlrd annual Newport Beach leading international dlamber
ensembles will perfo"" on March Jau l'arty will be held at the 13 at 7:30 p.m. The quartet will be Newport Beach Mamon Hotel performing Beethoven's String ends today. The festival will Quartet in F No. 1, Janacek's feature the Bill Cunliffe Tn o. Mary String Quartet No. 1 and more. Stallings and !tie Houston Person The Prazak Quartet will perform Quartet. The hotel js at 900
Newport Center Drive at Orang('"County Performing
Information: (949) 759-5003. Arts Center's Founder's Hall.
Tidcets are $43 and are available
GRAMMY NOMINATED JA1..Z at !tie Center Box Office, online at
TRUMPTER IN CONCERT www.ocpac.org or by calling
Grammy nominated 1azz (714) 740-7878. The Center is at
trumpeter Terence Blanchard will 600 Town Center Drive, Costa
be in concert at Orange County Mesa.
Performing Arts Canter's VIENNESE DELIGHT Founders Hall on Feb. 28 and
March 1 with performances at Cafe Ludwig's host pianist,
7:30 and 9 30 p.m. Tickets are $52 Christopher O'Riley, will take the
for the early shows, $48 for the audience on a musical tour of the
9:30 p m performances and are cobblestone streets of Vienna.
ava1l.ibl~ at the Center Box Office, The show will take place Feb. 23
onli11ti al www.ocpac.org or by at 2 p.m. in Founders Hall at 600
calliny 1714) 740-7878. The Center Town Center Drive. Tickets are
1s at 600 Town Center Drive, $45, (714) 556-2122.
Costd Mesa MUSIC AT THE TEE ROOM
WESLA WHITFIELD The Mark Davidson Tno, with Ron
Wesla Wh1tf1eld will perform at Eschete on guitar, performs at 8
Founders Hall Tuesday to p m Fridays at the Tee Room.
Saturday at 7·30 p.m Tickets are 3100 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach.
$49 600 Town Cenler Drive. (714) $10 cover. (949) 756-0121.
556-2122 JAZZ TRIO
RICHARD STRAUSS' "SALOME" Gulfstream Restaurant m
Opera Pac1f1c will un11ell a new Newport Beach presents a 1azz
production of Richard Strauss' trlo Sunday through Wednesday
USalome" The opera as regular entertainment at 850
embodies sensuality sexuality Avocado Ave .• Newport Beach.
and willful indulgence The Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and
opera will lake place Feb 25. 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through
27, 28 and March 1 and 2 with Wednesday. (949) 718·0188.
evening performances at 7:30
pm and a Sunday WEEKLY JAM
performance at 2 p m Ti ckets The Studio Cafe presents
are $25 to S120. It will be Monday Night Jams from 7 to 11
performed at Orange County p.m. every week. "Wanted·
Performing Arts Center's mus1c1ans include guitar players,
Segerstrom Hall. Tickets are bass players. singers, drummers,
available at the Center Box keyboardists and others at 100
Office, online at www.ocpac.org Main St., Newport Beach Free
or by calling (714) 740 7878. The (949) 675-7760
Center 1s at 600 Town Center
Drive, Costa Mesa MUSIC AT THE GRILL
The Bluewater Grill offers live
VAN CLIBURN GOLD PLAYS music Friday and Saturday
TCHAIKOVSKY nights. Greg Morgan, Nick Peper
The Pac1f1c Symphony Orchestra and Kelly Gordien (known as
will welcome Stanislav MPG) perform classic rode, R&B
Louden1tch performing and swing at 8:30 p m Fridays
T cha1kovsky's Piano Concerto M arvin Gregory and MPG will
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Daily PilOt
perform classic rode. swing and 'PROOF' organized by the Cranbrook Art through Marc.ti 2 at the Orange
R&B at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays. The "Proof," the Tony Award-winning Museum, will be on display County Museum of Art, 850 San
restaurant Is at 630 Udo Park play by David Au bum, will play at through April 27 at the Orange Clemente Drive, Newport Beadl.
Drive, Newport Beach. Free. (949) Segerstrom Stage, South Coast County Museum of Art's Satellite Porte's wor1t deals with issues of
675-3474. Repertory, 650 Town Center Gallery, South Coast Plaza, 3333 shelter, poverty and
Drive, Costa Mesa through Bristol St .• Coata Mesa. Zines are displacement Museum houra are
MUSIC AT THE PELICAN Sunday. It tells the story of a publications -like magazines -11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
The Rusty Pelican offers the young woman who looks to created by individuals or small Sunday. $5 for adults. $4 for
music of Common Ground from disoover how mudl genius and groups. Museum hours are 10 seniors and students, and free for
Wednesday through Sunday. The insanity she has inherited from a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through members and dllldren younger
band performs from 7 to 10 p.m. her brilliant father. Performances Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday than 16. (949) 769-1122.
Wednesday and Thursday, from will be at 8 p.m. Saturday and at and 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. (949) 759-1122. THE DEAN A. SMl'TH:
Sat\Jrday and from 2 to 6 p.m. Previews $19 to $44, regular run NOCTURNE EXHIBIT
Sunday. The restaurant is at 2735 $27 to $54. (714) 708-5555. DOUBLE HORIZONTAL Dean A. Smith, an Orange Coast
W. Coast Highway, Newport Dewey Ambrosino's exhibit College jewelry-making
Beadl. Free. (949) 642·3431. 'LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' "Double Horizontal" will feature instructor, will have an exhibit at
The Sage Hill High Sctrool "Brown Note Lounge; an the College of Fine Arts West
WEEKEND BLUES Theatre Department will offer installation of two molded Gallery at Cal State Fullerton
Anthony's Riverboat Restaurant "Little Shop of HorrorsH through plywood sub-woofer loveseats through Thursday. The Dean A.
in Newport Beadl presents The Sunday. The play, directed by Jay that play en original bass Smith: Nocturne exhibit is of
Balboa Blues on Friday and Louden, will be performed at 2 composition, and whose biomorphic steel sculptures .. For
Saturday evenings and Sunday p.m. Sunday. Tldcets are $5, 3443 frequencies are tuned specifically information, call (714) 432·5725
afternoons. The program features Pacific View Drive, (949) 219-0900. to the building's architecture. The
jazz and classic rode tunes for exhibit will also include a video DANCE dining and dancing. Anthony's is 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF' projection of Oskar Sdllemmer's
at 151 E. Coast Highway. (949) Vanguard University will present 192546 "Triadic Ballet.H The THE STUTTGART BALLET
673-3425. its third main stage production of opening reception will be The Stungart Ballet is said to
"Fiddler on the Roof:' The play will Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and run offer some o f the best dancing in
POP-ROCK AND FLAMENCO open Thursday and run through through Marc.ti 22 at the Shed at the world today an doffers
Tate 5, a funk, rode and Motown Feb. 23, and a second leg will run 3000 Newport Blvd. Information: repertory highlights such as
act, performs at 9 p.m. Saturdays Feb. 27 to Marett 2. It will play at (949) 723·3406. "The Seventh Blue," "Cindy's
at Carmelo's Ristorante, 3520 E. the idlool's Lyceum Theater, 55 Gift," "Sunday Symphony," as
Coast Highway. Corona del Mar. Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. JANE Hill well as a full length ·Romeo and
Solo guitarist Ken Sanders Information: (714) 668-6145. "Local Scenes," art by Jane Hill, Juliet. They will perform M arch
performs classical flamenco will be on display at the Newport 18 through Marc.ti 23 at the
tunes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 'KAVALIER AND CLAY' Beach Public Library through Feb. Orange County Performing A
Sundays. Free. (949) 675· 1922. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist 28. The library is at 1000 Avocado Center at 600 Town Center Driwe
Midlael Chabon's play "The Ave .. Newport Beach. Free. (949) in Costa Mesa. Tickets are frorf).
SATURDAY NIGHT R&B Amazing Adventures of Kavalier 717-3801. $20 to $75 and can be purdlas9'1
Gerald lsh1bash1 and the Stone and Clay• will be presented at the box office or by calling
Bridge Band play rode and R&B at Monday, Marc.ti 3, at 8 p.m. at the 'IN THE EYE OF THE (714) 556·ARTS ~
9 p.m. Saturdays at Sutton Place Irvine Barclay Theatre. Tickets are BEHOLDER' •
Hotel's Trianon Lounge, 4500 $35 and $29. For tidcets, go to the · An exhibit of w orks by Michael ALVIN AILEY DANCE THEATER•
M acArthur Blvd., Newport Beach tidcet box office, or call (949) Perez and Kirsten Prosser will be One of Amerioa" mo" I Free. (949) 476-2001. 854-4640. on display at Bayside Gallery celebrated dance companies,
Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, \ttll
STAGE 'LARAMIE PROJECr Newport Beach, through March 1. perform at Segerstrom Hall
Orange Coast College 1s staging (949) 851·918. Tuesday through today.
"AN EVENING OF IONESCO" Moises Kaufman's "Laramie www.studiogallery.net. Performances will be given at
Orange Coast College's ijepertory Project" March 19 through Marc.ti p.m. each day. Tickets range #It
company will feature several 23 in the Drama lab Theatre. BRAVO PHOTOGRAPHS from $20 10 $65. 600 Town
short plays by one of the theater's Tidcets are $12 and $8 and are Wor1ts by famed Mexican Center Drive (714) 556-2122.
most famous absurdist sold at the door and by calling photographer Manuel Alvarez
playwrights, Eugene Ionesco. The (714) 432·~. Orange Coast Bravo will be on display through MOMIX: OPUS CACTUS
production runs Saturdays and College is at 2701 Fairview Road, today at the Orange County Human bodies metamorphose
Sundays through Feb. 23 in the Costa Mesa. Museum of Art, 850 San into a single serpentine figure,
Orama Lab Studio. Curtain is at 8 Clemente Drive, Newport Beadl and dancers shape·shih into
p.m. Saturdays and at 2 and 7 STUDENT-DIRECTED The works will be shown exotic birds, flowers and cactus
p.m. Sundays. Tldcets are $6 or ONE-PERSON PLAYS concurrently with "The Spent of and other forms with visual
$7. For information or tidcets, call "Solo Voices; a festival of Mexico:· an exh1b1t exploring splendor and theatrical magic.
(714) 432·5640, ext. 1. Orange srudent-directed one-person plays, Mexico through the eyes of Exquisite costumes and
Coast College is at 2701 Fairview will be staged Marc.ti 1 and 2. at 8 modern photographers including illusionary visuals, sublime
Road. Costa Mesa. p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 7 p.m Henri Cartier·Bresson and Edward modern movement and
on Sunday. Tldcets are $6 and S7 Weston. Museum hours are 11 Olympian gymnastics combl
'TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA' and can be purchased at the door a.m to 5 p.m. Tuesday through into this transforming event
William Shakespeare's "Two or by calling (714) 432·5725 Sunday. $5 for adults, S4 for beauty, humor and spell-bind'
Gentlemen of VeronaH will be Orange Coast College at 2701 seniors and students, and free for power. Tickets are $40 and S3
performed at the South Coast Fairview Road. Costa l\.tesa. members and children younger The show will be g111en at the •
Repertory on the Segerstrom than 16. (949) 759-1122 Barclay Theatre M arch 27
Stage from Feb. 28 through ART through 30. with shows at 8 p.4
March 30. Preview tidcets start at MARJETICA PORTC and a Sunday matinee at 3 p.nw
$19. For tickets, (714) 708·5555 or 'ZINE SCENE' An installation by Slovenian artist Call (949) 854-4646 or go onllni
v1s1t www.scr.org. "Zine Scene;' an exhibit of zines Mar1et1ca Porte will be on display to www.thebarclayorg
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