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GAINS
DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
Sally Miller, a newly retired Ocean View School District bus driver, was
named California’s School Bus Driver of the Year last week. Miller, 62,
said she considered the children on her route to be like her own
grandchildren. “For 25 years... to drive a big, yellow bus without ever
being involved in a collision is pretty remarkable,” says Denise Medina,
an officer with the California Highway Patrol, which gave Miller the
award.
LAGUNA BEACH TAP TEMPORARILY TURNED OFF
The Laguna Beach County Water District is holding off on plans to drill a
water extraction well on land near a Kmart parking lot in Fountain Valley
after residents and officials complained. Orange County Water District
officials say Laguna Beach does not have rights to the water, which the
Laguna district refutes. Fountain Valley officials say they will hold off
on giving Laguna the permits it needs to drill. If nothing else, by
putting the matter on hold, Laguna Beach has given both sides more time
to prepare their ammunition in this water war.
REAL ESTATE AGAINST HUNGER
May is the month Huntington Beach gave real estate brokers in its
Millennium Celebration calendar. And the agents have decided to help
fight hunger as their gift to the community. Realtors Attack Hunger is
hoping to raise 1 million pounds of food this month to feed the needy
through the Second Harvest Food Bank. “We want to give something back to
the community,” says Dean Zitko, president of Harbour Homes.
LOSSES
WATER QUALITY WARNINGS
A warning sign was posted for part of last week at Huntington State Beach
at Magnolia Street. Officials at the Orange County Health Care Agency
said the increase in ocean pollution levels was probably related to
recent rainstorms. Rain increases the amount of untreated waste water
that flows from our streets into storm drains and out to the ocean. Just
one more indicator of how what we do in our daily lives affects the
ecology.
What, no Regis?
A dispute between Time Warner and Disney left Huntington Beach and
Fountain Valley residents without KABC on Monday and part of Tuesday.
Disney, which owns the network, pulled ABCs signal in 11 markets across the country after talks between the two broke down. An agreement made
Tueday will keep ABC on the cable service until July 15 while both side
continue negotiations. In the meantime, viewers who wanted to watch the
conclusion of “Arabian Nights” or the first installment of “Celebrity Who
Wants to be a Millionaire” lost out.
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