Side Notes

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MEDALISTS TO BE HONORED BY MUSEUM

Huntington Beach residents Sean “The Duck” Mallard and Wade Sokol of the

Jugular Street Luge Racing Team, who won Gold and Bronze medals at the

Inaugural Gravity Games held in Providence, R.I., will be honored by the

Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum. The event will be held

Oct. 9th from 1-3 p.m., at 411 Olive St. The medalists will be available

to sign autographs and two local high school rock bands will perform. The

event will be held to premiere an exhibit of the medalists’ luge boards

at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum.

COASTLINE RECEIVES GRANTS

Coastline Community College received a $45,000 grant from Chase Manhattan

Bank to adapt the telecourse Dollars and Sense: Personal Finance for the

21st Century, for use in the high school market. This gift, which follows

an initial grant of $100,000 toward the original production of the course

last December, will enable high school students throughout the country to

learn responsible personal finance management skills. And the college was

recently awarded one of four grants from the California Community College

Chancellor’s Office to establish and operate a California Virtual

University Regional Center. The purpose of the center is to provide the

region’s 23 community college faculty and staff the technical support,

training, and resources necessary to develop and deliver effective online

and technology-mediated instruction. Funding for the first year totals

$575,000, and may be renewed annually for up to five years.

4-H CLUB PROGRAMS

The Fountain Valley Cloverdales 4-H Club is offering projects for boys

and girls in fourth through 12th grades including “Clowning and Magic,”

nature hikes, sewing, needle craft and scrapbook making. For information,

call 891-8922.

GIVE BUSES A BRAKE

The Huntington Beach Police Department’s traffic bureau is urging drivers

who are moving in either direction to immediately stop before passing a

school bus when its lights are flashing. If a center divider divides the

roadway, cars going the opposite direction do not need to stop. The

police department’s Critical Accident Suppression and Enforcement Team

will be monitoring the school bus stops.

CANCER PEER GROUP FOR KIDS

The Orange County Regional Cancer Center is offering a “Friends Like Me”

peer group at the Fountain Valley Regional Hospital for 6- to 12-year-old

children who have been diagnosed with cancer. The group will provide

education and support through use of demonstrations, field trips, group

discussions, games and art projects. For information, call 966-7288.