Ebell Club names new board of directors...

Ebell Club names new board of directors

The Ebell Club of Laguna Beach has appointed Cristina Calderone as

president of the 2003-04 Board of Directors.

Also installed were Mary Thomson, vice president; Joyce Winter,

treasurer; Ginny Preston, recording secretary; Karen Baker,

corresponding secretary; and Carrie Joyce and Eleanor Tiner,

directors.

Calderone has been very generous with volunteering her time to

programs such as Meals on Wheels; has been corresponding secretary

for the Laguna Charm House Tour for several years; is co-director of

an AIDS Care Team; is a member of the Episcopal Churchwomen Evening

Guild; and has helped build homes for Corazon and Habitat for

Humanity. Last year, she was corresponding secretary for Ebell.

The Ebell Club of Laguna Beach, founded in 1933, is dedicated to

serving a wide variety of needs, including education, health and

community spirit. It mainly supports organizations that fulfill these

needs, but it also assists in instances of sudden need.

The club’s first meeting for the year will be held on Monday at

Partners Bistro. For more information, call (949) 499-9814.

Shaws Cove gains status, loses apostrophe

Shaws Cove lost its apostrophe on Tuesday but will no longer be

labeled Santa Ana Cove on some government maps thanks to a unanimous

vote by the City Council.

Councilman Wayne Baglin put an item on the agenda calling for an

official change naming the cove appropriately.

“We found out that Shaws Cove isn’t Shaws Cove,” Baglin said.

The federal government’s geographic service, however, doesn’t

allow apostrophes, Baglin said, so divers giving written directions

to friends should note the punctuation change.

-- Mike Swanson

Shopping permits for electric cars denied

The city manager recommended selling shoppers’ parking permits to

low-speed, electric-vehicle owners at Tuesday’s City Council meeting,

but only the mayor supported the idea.

“Once again, I’m in the minority,” Mayor Toni Iseman said. “I’m

impressed with any increase in usage of alternative fuel.”

John Trevino, a Laguna Niguel resident who grew up in Laguna Beach

and still has family living here, obtained shoppers’ permits using

residential addresses in Laguna Beach to receive them.

“Shoppers’ permits are not for commercial use,” Councilman Wayne

Baglin said. “The vehicles I’ve seen around town have large signs

advertising that you can rent them, making their commercial

intentions clear. If Design Review looked at these cars, I don’t

think they’d allow the signage.”

Trevino and his wife, Kerry, proposed that the council embrace

electric cars and cited environmentally friendly statistics

supporting their usage in lieu of gas-powered cars. Allowing the use

of shoppers’ permits and creating parking spots around the city

specially for these vehicles would be a trend toward a more

widespread switch from gas to electric cars, they said.

South Laguna resident Russ Gibbons said he uses the street-legal

vehicles and hopes to see more around the city.

“Laguna’s a small town where these vehicles fit perfectly,”

Gibbons said.

Small electric vehicles and parking spots for such vehicles are

common on Balboa Island, but after Tuesday’s 3-1 vote, electric-car

drivers will have to park in regular parking spaces and feed the

meter. The Trevinos’ shoppers’ permits were revoked as of the vote.

The council recommended that the Trevinos take the issue of

furthering usage of the electric vehicles and creating parking spots

for them to the Parking, Traffic and Circulation Committee.

-- Mike Swanson

Stone-carving class available at college

The Laguna College of Art & Design is offering a stone-carving

class Sept. 13 through Nov. 15.

The techniques of stone carving using hand tools and pneumatic

tools will be taught, working in a variety of available stones.

The class is for beginners to advanced stone carvers. Students

will work outdoors sculpting stone into forms of a variety of sizes

or shapes. Technical skills will be taught as part of the art

process.

The Stone Carving Class -- Fall Workshop will be taught by master

stone carvers and Laguna residents Marvin Johnson and Joseph Sovella

at Laguna College of Art & Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.

To register or for more information, call Caroline Butler at (949)

376-6000, ext. 233. The cost of the 10-week class is $300.

Neighborhood picnic planned

The Top of the World Neighborhood Assn. will hold a neighborhood

picnic from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 14.

Everyone is welcome to the pot-luck at the Alta Laguna Park

playground area. Neighbors and friends are asked to bring a main

course food dish, a salad or a desert. The “Best Dishes” will be

honored by the association board. The focus will be on children with

activities for them to enjoy including a demonstration by the Laguna

Beach Fire Department. Bring beach chairs and hats.

The day before, hikers are welcome to join Park Ranger Barbara

Norton for a 1 1/2 hour loop hike. Those interested should meet at 9

a.m. Sept. 13 at the picnic table at the mini park at the end of Alta

Laguna Boulevard. Comfortable shoes, hats and water are recommended.

Massive cleanup day scheduled

Coastal Cleanup Day will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 20.

Volunteers from across the state are set to participate in a

massive effort to maintain the shoreline. Coastal Cleanup Day is a

partnership between the Coastal Commission, nonprofit groups and

cities and counties throughout the state, and is part of an

international cleanup facilitated by the Center for Marine

Conservation.

The cleanup at Main Beach will be led by Roger von Butow of Clean

Water Now! Coalition. He can be reached at rvonbutow@

cleanwaternow.com; The cleanup at Aliso Beach will be led by Joanette

Willert and Dennis Yune. The other Laguna cleanup will be at the

Laguna Canyon Channel and led by Jim Meyer of Orange County

Trails4All. He can be reached at https://www.trails4all.org.

For More information, call (949) 923-2251 or visit

https://www.ocparks.com.

‘Save the Canyon’ history told

The Laguna Beach Historical Society invites the public hear Mark

Chamberlain and Jerry Burchfield.

The Laguna Beach Historical Society will hold the “History of Save

Laguna Canyon” by Chamberlain and Burchfield, who have been involved

with canyon environment for more than 20 years.

The artists used photographs to share their concerns about Laguna

Canyon. Their projects include “The Tell” and “Save the Canyon.”

The event will start at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the City Council

chambers, 505 Forest Ave. There is no charge to attend the talk.