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Golf: Former Sailor transferring to UC Irvine
Travis Russell was on familiar territory, at least this side of the Pacific Ocean, as he followed Estancia High's Jake Knapp during the U.S. Open local qualifying round at Newport Beach Country Club last week. Russell, who twice earned all-league...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Golf, Mountains, California Interscholastic Federation, Sports
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Mailbag: Privatizing TeWinkle fields will hurt Mesa del Mar
The community of Mesa del Mar, located between the Orange County Fairgrounds and Baker Street in Costa Mesa, has been a great place to live for many years, 34 in my case. I've raised three sons here and spent many idyllic hours with my grandson, age 5...Tags: Periodicals, Science and Technology, Media Industry, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Baseball
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Golf: Distance, logistics play key roles in choosing major sites
We're heading into the meat of golf's major championship season, which got me thinking? What are the criteria to host a U.S. Open or PGA Championship? Do the powers that be at area golf courses desire to stage one of these events? And, perhaps the most...Tags: Toshiba Corporation, PGA Tour, Golf, Farmers Insurance Open, PGA Championship
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Sailing race ends in tragedy
For the second time in a month, sailboat crew members have died while racing off the California coast. Two weeks ago, five died when their 38-foot boat was swamped by two waves near the Farallon Islands, 27 miles from San Francisco. And now, four crew...
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Disaster strikes again for a sailing race
Organizers of the famed Newport Beach-to-Ensenada sailing regatta were stunned by the mysterious loss of four crew members aboard a 37-foot boat that disappeared in mid-race, marking the first fatalities in the event's 65-year history. While the U.S....
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Manhattan (New York City), Walter Cronkite
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Benedict keeps a keen eye
Ron Benedict and staff had to do "emergency surgery" to the golf course at Newport Beach Country Club two weeks ago. A good 'ole fashioned flush for two days for a course that is preparing to host the annual Toshiba Classic next month. Benedict and his...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Toshiba Corporation, PGA Tour, Golf, Gary Player
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Youth can learn the power to make a difference
In late November and early December, I attended the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. I was selected to represent the Girl Scouts of the USA as part of a youth delegation for the World Assn. of Girl Guides and Girl...Tags: Conservation, Dance, Asthma, Conservation, Girl Scouts of the USA
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The Crowd: Dreams to help fight illiteracy
The Pelican Hill Golf Club was the setting for a spectacular day of golf pre-holidays benefiting the Literacy Project Foundation of Orange County. A picture-perfect day made for an outstanding first annual golf tournament that organizers billed as...Tags: Golf
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From old to new
A grandfather shoved quarters into the boy's hand, demanding he try a game of skee-ball. "I don't want to play," the boy, about 10, whined to his father, who held his hand and blocked an escape to the video games. "I don't know what it is." Three...Tags: Haunted Houses (attractions), John Taylor, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Theme Park Vacations
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Editorial: Rising oceans could wash away revenue
Texas Gov. Rick Perry — who brought his presidential campaign to Corona del Mar last week — may not believe in global warming, but perhaps a new study about the effects climate change could have on the economy could get him to reconsider the...Tags: Conservation, Rick Perry, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Global Change
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The Crowd: An event for ocean conservation
Orange County hostesses Valarie Van Cleave and Eve Kornyei pulled out all the stops Saturday evening, as Hollywood and Washington, D.C. glitterati converged on the Laguna Beach estate of Karen and Bruce Cahill for the 4th annual SeaChange dinner and...Tags: Ted Danson, Fishing, Washington, DC, Jeff Goldblum, Diane Lane
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Classically Trained: His calling is the Chorale
COSTA MESA — The conductor sits comfortably in a backstage room within a concert hall, which, he says, glorifies the qualities of the human voice.
John Alexander is retrospective. His decades leading the Pacific Chorale have added up, and yet the...Tags: Politics, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Seiji Ozawa, California State University, Northridge, John Alexander
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