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Written By Chris MacDonald, Local News Columnist This Week’s
Hollywood Again Discovers Grandpa Story Dave Garofalo
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The Hyatt is becoming increasingly
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production trucks have been seen more
• The older you get, the tougher it is to lose
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fat are really good friends.
First, every homeowner should get One Free Pass per
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60,000 name data base.
Huntington Beach, Feb. 10th. I was on and more parked on PCH and in the You live here and get a Parking ticket - go to
4 to 6:30 p.m. Generous portion of Pasta Marinara, the scene and discovered a giant crane nearby beach lots for series, • Sometimes I think I understand everything, City Hall, log in and you get registered for that first
Dinner Salad (your choice of dressings), Garlic Bread, on PCH lifting things way up high and commercials and even model shoots. and then I regain consciousness. time infraction per year... either you can put your
Fountain Beverage: $6.95. Refills FREE! over to the pool area, where you could Congratulations to The Hyatt for
driver's license in or vehicle registration...
see from the street huge Hollywood earning some additional revenue and to • Amazing! You hang something in your
Lights turning the Hyatt into another Hollywood for again discovering the from that point on for the next 12
closet for a while and it shrinks two sizes!
•All Day: Film Set, this time for an Orbitz Huntington Beach is a perfect location months...you cannot get any more
Every Day... 2 Large Slices of Pizza, commercial. The same site was used to shoot your movies, commericals and • Skinny people irritate me! Especially violations waived. Sounds very
recently to film a segment of "90210," model showcases. It's close to Tinsel simple to me.
Fountain Beverage: $5.50 the new version of "Beverly Hills Town and offers some of the most
when they say things like, "You know,
sometimes I just forget to eat." Now I've I call this Dave's Law...
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On the Vine
blackberry fruit character, mixed with black upon a single variety that can bear the name
pepper notes. The grape’s similarity to parent Petite Sirah. Which one will they choose?
Syrah became confusing for early planters in What is Petite Sirah?” Recent amendments by
California. Starting in the 1880s, some of the the TTB (BATF) allow wines to be labeled
original Durif vines were confused for a clone either Durif or any of the many different
of Syrah and subsequently named Petite Sirah. spellings of Petite Sirah. By any name, this
Until the push for varietally-labeled wines variety has the ability to create rich, age
The PETITE Sirah came to the fore in the 1960s and 1970s, little worthy reds and is reestablishing itself as one
Wizard Turns 70
commonly known by its slightly anglicized Carole Meredith,
synonym, Petite Sirah -- particularly in at U. C. Davis, has
California.
The result of a cross between the noble
Syrah and a relatively minor Rhône variety,
confirmed many of
California’s Petite
Sirah vines to be
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Peloursin, Durif was developed to resist
Powdery Mildew, to which Syrah is
susceptible. Although mildew-resistant, the
tightly-bunched variety was vulnerable to gray
Durif. Still, other
vineyards thought to
be planted to Petite
Sirah have been
T new iPhone mobile
application that allows
residents to report maintenance
with their cell
phones.
iPhone users
identified as Syrah, Pinot problems or ask questions of can download the free
rot in the humid southern Rhône. Fortunately,
Noir, and even Peloursin, Huntington application GORequest from
the grape has adapted well to the drier climates
with other plots a mixture of Beach's the iPhone apps store. The
of California, and to those of northeastern
many varieties. "While application connects to
Victoria, in Australia. In fact, the grape has
winemakers may be content to Surf City Pipeline – a
succeeded better abroad than in its south of
live with the genetic feature on the city's
France birthplace, where it is now almost
heterogeneity that is Petite Sirah Web site that
extinct.
today, varietal labeling allows locals to
Its small berries, and consequently high
regulations may eventually force look up
skin-to-juice ratio, allow Petite Sirah to oday, if Dorothy were to encounter a community of
produce wines with high tannin levels,
surprisingly high acidity, and thus the ability to
age. Characteristically, these wines have dense
the issue,” C. Meredith says.
“One day, the winemakers may
be asked to agree
information
about the city
and
questions.
submit
soup on the floor (tongues being just as for your cat or dog.
good as mops). But unfortunately, it's all • Rodent Killer officials.
too easy for our pets to get into substances Poisons that are attractive to mice and rats can
that can harm them. also smell tempting to dogs and cats. Be sure to
The ASPCA Poison Control Center keep your pets away from potentially deadly
recently released a list of the top 10 poisons rodent poisons.
that affected cats and dogs in 2009. So take • Household Cleaners
note, and be sure keep these toxic substances Bleaches, detergents and disinfectants can
far away from your pets in 2010! cause serious gastrointestinal and respiratory
• Human Medicines problems. Keep cabinets locked to prevent
Human drugs were the top cause of pet your pets from swallowing or sniffing the
poisoning in 2009, the ASPCA reported. Last harmful substances.
year, the Poison Control Center managed • Heavy Metals
more than 45,000 calls from people whose You know lead poisoning is bad for babies, but
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pets had swallowed pills such as pain it's just as dangerous for your furry friends.
relievers, cold meds and antidepressants. Keep your pets away from paint chips,
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• Insecticides linoleum, and the dust produced when you
One of the most common insecticide sand the walls in older homes.
problems was misuse of flea and tick • Garden Products
products. Make sure to talk to your vet about Fertilizers and other garden chemicals can
how to properly use these products. cause severe stomach upset in dogs and cats.
• Human Food So let your dog stop to sniff the roses, but not
Most people know chocolate is dangerous to the fertilizer, please.
dogs. But did you know that grapes, raisins, I said I wanted a Treat not a threat! • Household Chemicals
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avocados and products containing xylitol Our homes often contain a lot of chemical
(like sugar-free gum and candy) can also be substances, from antifreeze to paint thinner to
harmful to your pets? kidney failure. drain cleaner. Such substances can cause
• Plants Vet Medicines stomach upset, respiratory problems and
8 Dozens of common houseplants, including Almost 8,000 cases of pet poisonings in 2009 chemical burns in dogs and cats. 9
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Arnaud Dufour Word of the day: Biochar
It’s not just a Global Economy; perhaps a global war! Thought for the day: Terra Preta
he largest driving forces in the US economy transparency, the markets already have the Fed’s safety of American bonds. What’s
T are not happening on our soil: They’re changes “priced in” before they actually come to good for bonds is good for rates
n age old method of converting electricity. By utilizing renewable bio-based resources, biochar
A
happening overseas. Last week and November of 2009 featured
saw three major economic events: the the lowest mortgage rates in biodegradable waste materials into suppliers are providing clean energy from local sources of waste.
Federal Reserve announcing their exit American history. Thanks a This inexpensive technology offers us even
strategy for the US, Greece is to Greece’s precarious s o i l more, a way to get rid of waste materials in a
teetering on the verge of default, and situation, mortgage rates enhancer is proactive, environmentally friendly way. By using
the Chinese central bank tightened its took a nice dip down n o w materials that would
monetary policy. Ordinarily, all three earlier in the week. Arnaud Dufour Kathryn Somma
considered normally go into the
of these events would have moved However, all those gains
markets. What we saw last week was (and more) were immediately erased by the
cutting edge technology. The end landfill or a compost
a dramatic reaction to the Chinese and tightening of monetary policy in China. When result-- “what is old is new” pile, biochar turns
Greek developments while the Fed’s the Fed made their announcement, rates didn’t technology is called biochar. infertile, taxed or sandy
announcement was barely even a change at all. So how does biochar enhance the soil into fertile “terra
topic of conversation. Shopping for a mortgage loan is very much soil? Biochar is a fine grained, high- preta” the Amazonian
China’s announcement was the playing the market. When you get a quote, that carbon charcoal, full of crevices. The word for dark earth.
biggest market mover of the week. quote is only good for that day. In the event of a crevices give it lots of surface area so Environmentalists
China is the third largest economy in market-moving announcement, that quote may it can easily bond with soluble plant talk about the cost of
the world behind USA and Japan, and only be good for a few minutes. Many people try nutrients including nitrogen, doing business as a
they’re rapidly closing in on the #2 to “time the market” to get the best rate. This can phosphorous, magnesium and calcium. negative but in this
spot. Because China produces much of be a very effective strategy provided you and
This material also allows nutrients case, the cost of doing
the world’s goods, any changes in their your loan advisor are working closely as a team.
economic policy will move markets. Unexpected events like those of last week simply
to stay in place even when fields are business is a revenue
Here in the US, China is the #1 holder cannot be predicted. This is further support to irrigated or flooded. Biochar acts like a stream. Let's encourage our cities and state to
of American bonds. So anything that taking a proactive stance as opposed to a reactive sponge, soaking up water and produce biochar from our community waste
happens in China will impact the US one. Reactive individuals will always miss the promoting the growth of beneficial streams and be
more than any other country. best the market has to offer. microbes. This is especially important ahead of the curve Kathryn Somma, a
Greece is a significantly smaller The information contained in this column does not in poor quality soil. It is interesting to in being at cause Huntington Beach resident is
country than China in terms of GDP. necessarily reflect the opinion of The Local News. note that good soil containing plenty of for the reduction an accomplished grant writer
However, as a member of the mineral and plant additives also of greenhouse gas and researcher. She provides
European Union, Greece’s economy can cause a pass. The announcements from Greece and Arnaud Dufour is a Sr. Mortgage Banker Photo's courtesy of www.newenglandbiochar.org
benefits from the addition of biochar. emissions. grant services to for-profit,
ripple effect in other countries using the Euro as (especially) China were much more of a surprise at Newport Beach based DLJ Financial. Biochar has multiple environmental benefits including the Terra Preta, such a pretty non-profit and newly emerg-
currency. We saw this last week when the dollar hit and therefore caused greater market reaction.
With more than eleven years in the potential to help mitigate climate problems by sequestering (seizing) name, perhaps someday visitors ing organizations. She has a
a nine month high against the Euro. This isn’t the first time our economy has
Compared to these two events, the Fed’s been affected by overseas announcements. Just a industry, Arnaud is available to answer carbon and storing it in the ground for an extraordinarily long time. will say: “let's visit Huntington special interest in green ener-
announcement had no noticeable impact on the few months ago concerns over Dubai’s credit That means more carbon in the soil and less carbon in the atmosphere; Beach, Surf City, USA - it is such gy solutions. Questions or
questions in Real Estate Finance.
markets. In all fairness, the Fed has been very created one of the biggest market movers of a good thing for all of us. Biochar reduces the need for fertilizers which a beautiful terra preta comments:
E-mail: adufour@dljfinancial.com are often fossil-fuel based. The byproducts of biochar include heat and community!”
forthcoming about its intentions. Because of this 2009. This created a strong global demand for the HBNews1@aol.com
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Get a DUI - Without Driving? conflicting reasons he
gave to police when
asked why he was at the
Steven Spielberg's 2002 movie, Minority Report: a car than any attempt at deceit.
Minnesota man was convicted of a DUI offense in a Minnesota's legal blood-alcohol limit is .08, and
car that wasn't moving. What's even more surprising: Fleck's results were more than double that. Were he
the car wouldn't start at all. cruising sloppily past a sobriety checkpoint, the case
As it turns out, getting a bit tipsy and stumbling would have been an unchallenged open-and-shut matter.
out of the house to sleep it off in the car may make Instead, prior cases that convicted citizens of DUI
you a felon. It happened to Daryl Fleck. on the grounds of an expanded interpretation of "physical
That he'd consumed about twelve beers is not in control" were used as precedents.
dispute. His felony conviction for drunk driving, For example, in a prior case, the meaning of
even though his car was not running and legally "physical control" was stretched to include the possibility
parked, has earned him 48 months in custody and five that a vehicle available to an intoxicated person could
years of probation. easily be pressed into service, irrespective of intent.
It started one night in 2007, when when a Again, that would be a more straightforward precedent
neighbor at Fleck's apartment complex alerted police, but for the fact that an officer's attempt to start Fleck's
they found him sleeping in his car, with the driver's side door still open. impounded car revealed that it wouldn't run.
Appealed all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Fleck's conviction was Despite the apparent incongruity with reason, Fleck's conviction was upheld by the
ultimately upheld, though not without testing the elasticity of interpretation. Fleck Minnesota Supreme Court.
obviously shares a fondness for beer with many Americans, though his prior DUI Has a menace been removed from the roads -- and society, for that matter?
offenses did not win friends on the jury. No doubt, someone with prior DUI convictions isn't doing the public a service.
In this instance, the keys to the car were in the center console, far from the ignition. Fleck shouldn't have been near the car in his condition.
The engine was cold, and Fleck hadn't even been listening to the radio. Officers We only shudder to think of how far the notion of "physical control" extends before
determined Fleck's blood-alcohol level was .18, which may be more to blame for the someone else decides the fate of the rest of our automotive experiences.
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For the 22 business days ending January 14 - DataQuick’s freshest stats - Orange
County homebuying patterns showed:
• 53 of O.C.’s 83 ZIP codes had gains in their respective median selling price. Overall,
prices were +11.5% vs. a year ago.
• 5 of 83 O.C. ZIPs had median sales prices above $1 million in the period vs. 11
median price!
• 51 of 83 O.C. ZIPs had year-over-year sales gains in the period.
• Overall, countywide sales were +9.0% vs. a year ago.
• 11 of 83 O.C. ZIPs has sales gains of 100% or more in the period.
• NOTE! 33 local ZIPs had both sales gains and price gains in the period.
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million-dollar ZIPs when the county median price peaked in June 2007.
• Since that pricing pinnacle, there’s been a -33% drop in the countywide
Below is a look at the 83 ZIPs and how they fared in terms of median selling
price and total sales for this period.
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Aliso Viejo 92656 $394,000 -11.7% 84 +44.8% La Habra 90631 $250,000 -24.2% 57 +35.7%
Anaheim 92801 $348,000 +18.4% 27 -30.8% La Palma 90623 $595,000 +24.0% 9 +125.0%
Anaheim 92802 $320,000 -7.2% 19 +18.8% Laguna Beach 92651 $1,697,500 +44.3% 25 +38.9%
Anaheim 92805 $335,000 +12.2% 43 -6.5% Laguna Niguel 92677 $540,000 +12.7% 69 +25.5%
Anaheim 92806 $343,000 -6.7% 19 +5.6% Laguna Woods 92637 $219,500 -1.6% 28 +133.3%
Anaheim 92807 $480,000 +26.0% 27 +28.6% Lake Forest 92630 $375,000 +25.0% 51 +18.6%
Anaheim 92808 $532,500 -8.7% 18 +12.5% Los Alamitos 90720 $720,000 -5.3% 15 +25.0%
Brea 92821 $455,000 +0.2% 22 -12.0% Midway City 92655 $370,000 +3.1% 1 -75.0%
Brea 92823 $682,500 +30.0% 4 +300.0% Mission Viejo 92691 $428,250 +5.4% 56 +24.4%
Buena Park 90620 $366,500 +1.8% 25 -54.5% Mission Viejo 92692 $430,000 +0.0% 42 +13.5%
Buena Park 90621 $410,000 +18.8% 25 +78.6% Newport Beach 92660 $1,188,000 +30.5% 39 +333.3%
CDMar 92625 $1,107,500 -37.6% 10 +42.9% Newport Beach 92661 $1,675,000 +84.0% 4 +100.0%
Costa Mesa 92626 $512,000 +19.1% 27 +12.5% Newport Beach #VALUE! n/a n/a n/a n/a
Costa Mesa 92627 $424,000 +0.5% 24 -11.1% Newport Beach 92663 $575,000 -25.9% 21 +75.0%
Cypress 90630 $441,000 +5.0% 34 +36.0% Newport Coast 92657 $1,650,000 -12.2% 10 -37.5%
Dana Point 92624 $530,000 -36.9% 5 +66.7% Orange 92865 $437,000 +3.8% 17 +41.7%
Dana Point 92629 $525,000 -14.9% 24 -7.7% Orange 92866 $290,000 -31.4% 5 -37.5%
Foothill Ranch 92610 $350,000 +34.6% 19 +171.4% Orange 92867 $467,500 +7.6% 27 -15.6%
Fountain Valley 92708 $513,750 -14.7% 31 -22.5% Orange 92868 $375,000 +19.2% 7 -68.2%
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Fullerton 92831 $400,000 +14.6% 17 +30.8% Orange 92869 $544,000 +36.0% 40 +73.9%
Fullerton 92832 $343,500 +1.0% 10 -41.2% Placentia 92870 $460,000 +43.8% 38 +52.0%
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Fullerton 92833 $405,000 +10.4% 48 +4.3% Ran.S. Margarita 92688 $407,500 +7.6% 54 +14.9%
Fullerton 92835 $537,000 +36.8% 26 +116.7% San Clemente 92672 $577,500 +4.1% 31 +47.6%
Garden Grove 92840 $320,000 -5.6% 31 -29.5% San Clemente 92673 $650,000 -2.3% 39 +25.8%
Garden Grove 92841 $324,500 -0.2% 14 -33.3% San Juan Capo 92675 $267,000 +18.7% 31 -20.5% Lunch: 11:30 - 2 pm (M - F)
Garden Grove 92843 $315,000 +28.6% 29 -6.5% Santa Ana 92701 $133,000 -4.0% 30 -34.8%
Garden Grove 92844 $299,750 +12.1% 18 +0.0% Santa Ana 92703 $237,500 -1.0% 26 -36.6%
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Garden Grove 92845 $439,500 +17.7% 10 +150.0% Santa Ana 92704 $290,000 +7.4% 55 -11.3%
Huntington Beach 92646 $640,000 +12.3% 39 +11.4% Santa Ana 92705 $387,750 -13.5% 25 -21.9%
Huntington Beach 92647 $544,500 +8.5% 30 +20.0% Santa Ana 92706 $365,000 +8.8% 16 -23.8%
Huntington Beach 92648 $650,000 -3.2% 28 +7.7% Santa Ana 92707 $244,500 +11.1% 50 -9.1%
Huntington Beach 92649 $692,750 -30.4% 25 +25.0% Seal Beach 90740 $787,500 +1.0% 10 +0.0%
Irvine 92602 $615,000 +10.8% 13 +0.0% Stanton 90680 $252,500 +0.6% 12 -42.9% 16041 Bolsa Chica Road at Edinger
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Address: 17492 Valeworth Circle, Huntington Beach Advisory Board Members COMMUNITY Barbara Montz Carol Spencer
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Where do you currently live? How long have you been
Local Church Directory February Line Up
Adult
Catholic Roman Saints Simon & Jude 20444 Magnolia St H.B. (714) 962-3333 www.Ssj.Org
Catholic Roman Holy Spirit Catholic Church 17270 Ward St F.V. (714) 963-1811 www.Hsccfv.Com
nitiative Aims to Bridge the Gap to Clubs of Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton, fields of science or math. At the end of the
I
Educational Resources and Inspire Local Buena Park, Westminster, Huntington Valley evening, all the children from the Clubs posed
Grade School Students to Develop an and Anaheim. The children toured the Center’s for photos in their new “Mind Over Matter” t-
Interest in the Sciences, shirts, which were
Christian
Christian
Christian Science
Church Of Christ
Church Of God
First Christian Church
Stonebridge Christian Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Church Of Christ
Living Waters Of Christian Fellowship
1207 Main St
5555 McFadden Ave
810 Olive Ave.
301 Huntington St
9801 Talbert Ave
H.B.
H.B.
H.B.
H.B.
F.V.
(714) 536-2589
(714) 897-3583
(714) 536-9707
(714) 536-7212
(714) 963-8131
www.Fcchb.Com
www.Stonebridgecc.Org
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www.Hbchurchofchrist.Com
Http://www.Lwcf-Cog.Org/ Huntington Beach
T e c h n o l o g y , included in the LDS 1st Ward Huntington Beach 8702 Atlanta Ave H.B. (714) 960-6886 www.Lds.Org
Engineering and backpacks filled with LDS 2nd Ward Huntington Beach 5402 Heil Ave H.B. (714) 960-6886 www.Lds.Org
Mathematics; Kickoff goodies that were
LDS
LDS
3rd Ward Huntington Beach
4th Ward Huntington Beach
19191 17th St
8702 Atlanta Ave
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 846-9247
(714) 960-3335
www.Lds.Org
www.Lds.Org
Adult School
Event with Seven handed out. LDS 5th Ward Huntington Beach 6531 McFadden Ave H.B. (714) 891-4568 www.Lds.Org
Program for
O.C. Boys & Girls Under this new LDS 6th Ward Huntington Beach 5402 Heil Ave H.B. (714) 840-5989 www.Lds.Org
LDS 7th Ward Huntington Beach 19191 17th St H.B. (714) 842-7200 www.Lds.Org
Clubs at Discovery STEM education LDS 8th Ward Huntington Beach 8702 Atlanta Ave H.B. (714) 969-2452 www.Lds.Org
Science Center. initiative, Time LDS
LDS
9th Ward Huntington Beach
1st Ward Fountain Valley
5402 Heil Ave
17500 Bushard St
H.B.
F.V.
(714) 840-8366
(714) 962-4962
www.Lds.Org
www.Lds.Org
Older Adults
In an effort to Warner Cable will
LDS 2nd Ward Fountain Valley 17500 Bushard St F.V. (714) 847-2765 www.Lds.Org
address and assist in donate $100 million Congregational Empty Cross Of Salvation Samoan 17791 Newland St H.B. (714) 848-0162 -
resolving American
school children’s decline
in cash and in-kind
resources over the
Episcopal
Evangelical Free
St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church
Evangelical Free Church Of HB
18631 Chapel Ln
1912 Florida St
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 962-7512
(714) 536-1439
www.Stwilfridschurch.Org
www.Efchb.Org
FREE to Seniors 55+
Family Bible Robinwood Church 5172 McFadden Ave H.B. (714) 421-8130
in the areas of science, next five years to
technology, engineering
and mathematics
local schools and
STEM education
Foursquare Gospel
Foursquare Gospel
Foursquare Gospel
Hope Chapel HB
Coastland Foursquare Church
Ohana Fellowship
715 Lake St
19891 Beach Blvd Fl 2
PO Box 5125
H.B.
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 536-1614
(714) 969-1190
(714) 378-3950
www.Hopechapelhb.Org
www.Coastland.Org
www.Ohanachristianfellowship.Com
Offering low-
Interdenominational Harbour Community Church 8200 Ellis Ave H.B. (714) 536-5019 www.Harbourcommchurch.Org
(STEM), Time Warner
Cable recently held a
programs across the
nation. Elements of
Jewish Synagogue
Lutheran
Congregation B'nai Tzedek
Faith Lutheran Church
9669 Talbert Ave
8200 Ellis Ave
F.V.
H.B.
(714) 963-4611
(714) 962-5571
www.Cbtfv.Org
www.Faithhb.Org
cost Medical
special event at the this $100 million Lutheran Grace Luthern Church 6931 Edinger Ave H.B. (714) 897-0361 www.Gracehb.Org
Assisting
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Lutheran Lutheran Church Of Resurrection 9812 Hamilton Ave H.B. (714) 962-5005 www.Resurrectionlutheran.Net
Discovery Science STEM education Lutheran Redeemer Lutheran Church 16351 Springdale St H.B. (714) 846-6330 www.Redeemer-Lutheran.Net
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Center in Santa Ana to initiative will Lutheran King Of Glory Lutheran Church 10280 Slater Ave F.V. (714) 963-5649 www.Kogchurch.Org
announce the launch of
the company’s $100
include a national
advisory board of
Nazarene
Non-Denominational
Huntington Beach Community Church
Beach Cities Community Church
8101 Slater Ave
9872 Hamilton Ave
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 847-3050
(714) 698-0668
www.Hbcc.Org
www.Beachcities.Org Classes.
Non-Denominational Community Bible Church 401 6th St H.B. (714) 536-4255 www.Cbchb.Com
million STEM education experts from Non-Denominational Coastview Christian Fellowship 5102 Argosy Ave H.B. (714) 895-7979 www.Coastview.Org
initiative, “Connect a several related Non-Denominational
Non-Denominational
God's House
Hope Chapel Orange Coast
1905 Main St
16843 Pine Cir
H.B.
F.V.
(714) 596-7700
(714) 378-0733
www.Godshousehb.Com
www.Hopeoc.Org
Front & Back Office
Million Minds.” fields, best-in-class
Time Warner Cable national partners,
Non-Denominational
Non-Denominational
Pacific Coast Community Church
Pierpoint Community Church
17581 Newland St
1706 Orange Ave
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 847-5070
(714) 843-9665
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www.Pierpointchurch.Com Just Call
also made a $10,000 programs that Non-Denominational Seaside Community Church 9300 Indianapolis Ave H.B. (714) 968-9884 www.Seasidehb.Org
donation to the Pictured outside the Discovery Science Center are children from the Huntington Valley Boys & Girls use Time
Non-Denominational Pacific Christian Fellowship 8091 22nd St Westmn. (714) 751-5514 - (714) 847-2873
Orthodox Jewish Congregational Adat Israel 5052 Warner Ave H.B. (714) 846-2285
Discovery Science Clubs, who attended the kickoff event for Time Warner Cable’s ‘Connect a Million Minds’ initiative. Warner Cable’s Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Christ Presbyterian Church
St. Peter's By The Sea
20112 Magnolia St
16871 Bolsa Chica St
H.B.
H.B.
(714) 968-4940
(714) 846-6641
www.Cpchb.Org
www.Stpeters.Presbychurch.Org
for more information.
Center at the video, data and
Religious Science Church Of Religious Science 7641 Talbert Ave H.B. (714) 596-0900 www.Hbcrschurch.Org
special launch event, which included the many science exhibits and enjoyed dinner at the voice platforms to engage youth in grades K-
company hosting more than 100 high school and DSC, and were chosen by their respective Clubs 12 in science and technology activities, and
20 middle school children from the Boys & Girls due to their interest and/or achievements in the employee participation.
United Methodist
United Methodist
United Methodist
Community United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Fountain Valley United Methodist Church
6652 Heil Ave
2721 Delaware St
18225 Bushard St
H.B.
H.B.
F.V.
(714) 842-4461
(714) 536-3537
(714) 962-2593
www.Cumchb.Org
www.Gbgm-Umc.Org/Firstca004
www.Gbgm-Umc.Org/Fvumc
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will help upgrade Brookhurst preventive maintenance, according to a city
EarthTalk
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® of E/The
Channel, Magnolia Street Bridge the federal maintenance program asking for
over Huntington Beach Channel, funding for the bridges.
Environmental
Magazine
HB Bridges Gap: and the Warner Avenue Bridge over Bolsa Chica
Channel. Pictured is a bridge on Pacific Coast
Part of the construction will include
embankment erosion fixes, minor concrete
By ANNIE BURRIS Highway that is not part of the grant. repairs due to environmental damage, and
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Bridges that are part of the grant are: asphalt replacements.
e a r barrels of oil (four percent of U.S. oil consumption) go And a few enterprising cities now have waste-to-energy
the
D EarthTalk
: What are
environmental
into producing and distributing food that ultimately
ends up in landfills. They add that pe?r-capita food
waste has in?creased by half since 1974, and suggest
technologies that extract methane from landfills for use
as fuel.
An extreme reaction to the food waste issue is T
he federal Bridge Preventative
Maintenance Program grant, awarded to
the city in December, is expected to
Brookhurst Street Bridge over Talbert Channel,
Magnolia Street Bridge over Huntington Beach
Channel, and the Warner Avenue Bridge over
The city will be working with the Orange
County Transportation Authority and Caltrans
to obtain the approvals necessary to proceed
implications of all the food we that the “U.S. obesity epidemic” may be the result of a “freeganism,” a movement of people who live on the cover $2.7 million of the estimated $3 million Bolsa Chica Channel. with the design of these bridge maintenance
throw away here in the United States? food cast off by others. These “dumpster needed to revamp the bridges. In a 2007 study, city officials found that all projects. The improvements are expected to take
- Mike Schiller, Cambridge, MA divers” share, in the words of movement
Food waste is a huge issue in founder Warren Oakes, “an anti-consumeristic
A federal grant recently given to the city of Huntington Beach's bridges were structurally one to two years to complete because of grant
America, especially in light of the growing ethic about eating” and not only avoid creating sound but needed requirements and environmental processes
divide between the profligate rich and the waste but live off that caused by others.
hungry poor. According to the U.S. Going freegan might be a bit much for
Department of Agriculture’s Food Loss
Project, we throw away more than 25
most of us, but we can all take action to
minimize food waste. The University of
Lifeguards
he City of Huntington
T
percent—some 25.9 million tons—of all Arizona’s Jones suggests more careful
the food we produce for domestic sale and purchase planning, including devising Beach is now accepting
consumption. A 2004 University of Arizona complete menus and grocery lists, and applications for the
study pegs the figure at closer to 50 percent, knowing what foods are lurking in the fridge
finding that Americans squander some $43
position of Lifeguard to help
and pantry that should be used before they go
billion annually on wasted food. Lead bad. And don’t forget that many foods can be protect the 3 miles of beautiful
researcher Timothy Jones reported that on frozen and enjoyed later. Jones contends that if beach and ten million visitors
average, U.S. households waste 14 percent
of their food purchases. He estimates that a
family of four tosses out $590 per year in
we as a nation were able to cut our food waste
in half we’d extend the lifespan of landfills by
decades and reduce soil depletion and the
Insurance Counseling Huntington Beach sees every
year. Ocean Lifeguards keep the
lease join HICAP on seminar for adults 55 and older City’s beaches safe by
meat, fruits, vegetables and grain products
alone.
Once this food gets to the landfill, it
then generates methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times as
potent as carbon dioxide in trapping heat within our
“push effect” of increased food availability and
marketing to Americans unable to match their food
Waste
application of untold tons of fertilizers,
pesticides and herbicides.
CONTACTS: University of Arizona Food
Study, www.communitycompost.org
/info/usafood.pdf; N IDDK, www.niddk.nih.gov;
P Monday, February 22,
from 9:30am-11:30am as
they discuss how to be a good
will be held at The Center at
Founders Village Senior and
Community Center, 17967
performing ocean
La Rocco’s Whitestone
Delicious ricotta cheese,
$16.00 pepperoni, sausage, meatball,
mushroom, onion, sliced green
pepper & black olives
Mon - Cheese Pie
Tue - Pepperoni Pie
$13.00
$14.75
Pizzeria mozzarella, parmesan & fresh garlic Wed - Bronx Pie $16.00
The Brent Special $17.00 A hardy offering of meatball, Catering Menu (Please Call)
“A Slice of New York” Artichoke, mushrooms, basil with sausage, & pepperoni Full Tray: Garlic Knots $20.00
garlic oil sauce (white pizza) Pika Pie $17.00 1/2 Tray: Garlic Knots $12.00
in Surf City USA House Specialties Covered w/ Canadian Bacon &
Full Tray: Hot/BBQ Wings $55.00
The Manhattan $16.00 Pineapples
• The Best thin pizza slice in H.B. House Salad 1/2 Tray: Hot/BBQ Wings $30.00
Sprinkled w/ savory pesto &
• Our Special Recipe comes straight topped w/ fresh marinated roasted Garden fresh House Salad $3.00 Full Tray: Salad $30.00
from New York! red peppers Baby mix greens, vine ripe 1/2 Tray: Salad $15.00
• We make our dough with bottled water. Puttanesca $17.00 tomatoes, sweet red onions, 12 Homemade Cookies $5.00
• We sell Pizza-By-The-Slice. Featuring plump artichoke hearts, kalamata olives topped 12 Homemade Brownies $12.00
• Delivery within 5 miles. sliced black olives dressed w/mozzarella cheese & your choice Drinks
• Open Daily from 11 a.m. til’ we w/pecorino romano, mozzarella, of dressing 16oz Soda $1.50
run out of dough. fresh basil,& special garlic oil sauce. Calzone $7.95 32oz Soda $2.00
Spinach Pomodora $17.00 Add’l Calzone Filling $0.50 Can Soda $0.75
The Crust
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A spectacular blend of fresh Surf City Specials 2 Liter Coke & Pepsi/Diet $2.50
By Consumer Reports But in our samples, all of which were 10,000 or more colony forming units per gram Our secret is in the dough. Our time spinach leaves,cherry tomatoes, Any 2 slices & 16oz soda OR Lg Water $2.25
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ou might think that "pre?washed" and within their use-by date, we did find bacteria (CFU/g) or a comparable estimate. In our tests,
Y
honored recipe for our famous thin pecorino romano, mozzarella, fresh any 1 slice w/ Garden Salad & Sm Water $1.25
"triple-washed" salad greens sold in that are common indicators of poor sanitation 39 percent of samples exceeded that level for crust Neopolitan has been perfected basil w/our special garlic oil sauce. 16oz soda $5.50 Monster $2.00
plastic clamshells or bags are squeaky and fecal contamination -- in some cases, at total coliforms and 23 percent for enterococcus. over the years. Paul’s Special $16.00 6 Garlic Knots $1.50 Red Bull $2.50
clean. But our recent tests found room for rather high levels. Results varied widely among samples, The Sauce Special garlic oil sauce, fresh Hot Wings / BBQ Wings Rock Star $2.00
Our sauce is light, yet spicy-sweet chopped basil, parmesan, 6 Wings $3.75 Green Tea $1.50
improvement. We tested for total coliforms and for other even within the same brand, from with just the right herbs and spices. 12 Wings $7.00
mozzarella, topped w/ fresh sliced Propel Water $1.50
No, we didn't find pathogens such as E. coli bacteria, including enterococcus, that are better undetectable levels of those bacteria to more The Toppings tomatoes (white pizza) 18 Wings $11.00 Gatorade $1.50
O157:H7, listeria, or salmonella. With our small indicators of fecal contamination. Federal action than 1 million CFU/g. Packages with higher Every day we start with the freshest & Cheese $14.25 Additional Toppings $1.50 Apple Juice $0.75
sample size -- 208 containers representing 16 limits exist for indicator organisms in water, raw bacteria levels had similarities. Many finest vegetables and meats. No Our famous cheese pizza; A true Pepperoni, Sausage, Meatball, Desserts
brands purchased at stores in Connecticut, New meat, milk, and some processed foods, but not contained spinach and were one to five days preservatives. No additives.....just fresh, New York’s Selection Canadian Bacon, Mushroom, Green “Ice Cream” Price Varies
natural foods, bursting with flavor. Pepperoni $15.75 Pepper, Roasted Red Pepper, Pesto, “Homemade Cookies” $0.75
Jersey, and New York -- we didn't expect to. produce. Those organisms are typically used to from their use-by date. Packages six to eight
~~~~ Our next favorite pizza!!! Black Olives, Onions, Jalapenos, “Homemade Brownies” $1.00
(The Department of Agriculture, in a test of gauge possible pathogen contamination. days from their use-by date fared better. We only have one size pie - 18” “Don’t
more than 4,000 samples of loose and packaged Several industry experts we consulted Whether the greens came in a clamshell or even think about asking for pineapple 101 Main Street, Suite 112, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
salad in 2008, found salmonella in two of them. suggested that for leafy greens, an unacceptable bag, included "baby" greens, or were organic or chicken, cause’ that ain’t pizza”
22 All of our tests included packaged greens.) level of total coliforms or enterococcus is made no difference.
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2010: A Duck Odyssey
Questions & Answers
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This is Unbelievable
couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was
A his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs
always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion
decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the
dead, then whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the
couple (who were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to
continue his ride as if nothing had just happened.
In Support of AltaMed's Huntington Beach Community Clinic
background watching). Fortunately, even though the hunter didn't get off a
Very, very bad
decision.
shot, his wife got the pictures. Friday, May 14th - Saturday, May 15th - Sunday, May 16th
The hunter got off
the mule with his rifle at the Huntington Beach Pier
and decided to shoot in
the air to scare away the
lion, but before he
could get off a shot the Saturday - 3:00 p.m.
The Main Event
lion charged in and
decided he wanted a
piece of those dogs.
With that, the
mule took off and
Over 4,000 little rubber duckies will be
decided he wanted a
piece of that lion.
launched from the Huntington Beach
That's when all hell
broke loose for the lion.
Pier and race on the tide to shore.
As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up by
the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the
Buy a Duck - Compete for Prizes
ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held
it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees
Baby Duck - $10
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L Vonn will
go down
as the most
supposed to wear before a camera – a burqa? That
may be appropriate attire in some parts of the
world, but this is the United States.
recognized- and The Vonn photos are all about marketing –
By Jordan Kobritz photographed - her name, her recognition factor, her economic
athlete of the future. No one should begrudge Olympic athletes
2010 Winter Olympic Games even if she doesn’t win whatever marketing opportunities come their way.
a single medal in Vancouver. For many of them, the Olympics are the nadir of
Vonn was on the cover of Sports Illustrated two their athletic careers. They train a lifetime and
weeks before the start of the Games. One week later, spend a fortune – up to $30,000 per year for skiers
when SI’s annual swimsuit edition hit the newsstands, such as Vonn, according to Forbes.com - for their
there was Vonn again, featured in a number of racy brief moment in the spotlight. Unlike athletes in
‘Our HB Bachelor’: Will she survive?
poses wearing nothing but a bikini, unless you count
the stocking cap and ski boots that served to accent
team sports, and a few assorted individual sports,
no multi-million dollar contracts await those who
enley Molzahn, the sweetheart of
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her otherwise skimpy attire (yes, I peeked).
Ironically, she was roundly criticized - by males and
females alike - for her appearance in both editions of
the popular magazine.
If it's Good attain Olympic glory, regardless of the number of
Enough For
Wheaties
trips they make to the medal stands.
To Vonn’s critics, I suggest they take heart in
the fact that her published statistics are 5’ 10” and
T Huntington Beach, made it to the final
two of “The Bachelor” Monday night
Now, she faces the Sophie’s Choice of reality
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In the SI cover photo, Vonn was wearing her 160 pounds, which is approximately 60 pounds TV in two weeks: get dumped by Jake Pavelka The lodging experts at PKF Consulting report that
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tuck position as if she was starting a race. But critics from now.
Enough for With that physique, the positive example Vonn sets In truth, it’s not really a choice, as the
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Jordan Kobritz is a former attorney, CPA, and Monday was also the always-ludicrous Fantasy Suite episode,
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Of course, the photos in the swimsuit edition
were more revealing, consistent with the magazine’s
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management at act as though this is perfectly OK with them. the report…
intent and purpose. But you can see more flesh
Eastern New Mexico University, teaches the Even Tenley, who has steered a reasonably straight path this season,
watching women’s beach volleyball at the Summer
Business of Sports at the University of Wyoming, got in on the insincerity. She wanted to be sure that Jake valued
Olympics than Vonn exhibited on the pages of SI.
and is a contributing author to the Business of Sports
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