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Coastline's distance learning works for vets
Navy veteran Sean Roberson is a Southern California native and student at Coastline Community College, but his graduation Saturday will be the first time he steps foot on the school's campus. In September 2011, he started taking classes at the Orange...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Memorial Day, Graduation
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Flags fly high on hillside
When the Newport Harbor Exchange Club started its Field of Honor event four years ago, a ruckus interrupted the inaugural weekend. When a passing cyclist saw the hillside at Castaways Park covered in American flags, he stopped and started yelling,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Missing Persons, Ceremonies, Human Interest, Culture
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Community & Clubs: Plenty to pray about this week
With the happenings in Boston and in West Texas fresh in our minds, the National Day of Prayer makes more sense than ever, says the Rev. Julie Elkins, president of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council and pastor at First United Methodist Church of...Tags: American Legion, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Lifestyle and Leisure, Roman Catholicism, Human Interest
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Donald Robert Leslie Strauss
DONALD ROBERT LESLIE STRAUSS June 28, 1941 – November 19, 2012 Donald Strauss of Laguna Hills passed away in Newport Beach, CA Nov. 19, 2012. He was born to Marthinus W. Strauss and Jan Olivier Strauss in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. At age...
Tags: South Africa, Pancreatic Cancer, Saudi Arabia, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Community & Clubs: Planting seeds for the future
On Saturday, more than 30 members of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will be sprucing up more than 2,500 carrotwood tree seedlings in preparation of presenting them to third-graders in all 21 public and 15 private schools within the boundaries of the...Tags: Mexico, Lifestyle and Leisure, Landforms, Polio, Restaurants
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They're doing the beach crawl
Jennie and Jerry Hansen were looking for a 5K to participate in during their weeklong vacation to sunny Newport Beach. But they didn't know that the race they entered would entail wearing a flak jacket and crawling under a line. In addition to running...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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5K to help Marines, wounded combat veterans
In honor of a New York City firefighter who died on 9/11, runners will support the Tunnel to Towers 5K on Sept. 16 in Newport Beach. The 3.1-mile race — which starts at 8 a.m. at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina, 1131 Back Bay Drive...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Human Interest, Running, Road Running, New York City
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Community & Clubs: Rotary calling for donations to Marines
Newport Beach Sunrise Rotarian Laura Dietz is looking for crayons, chalk, pencils and paper to ship with care packages to Marines from the 1st Marines, 1st Battalion — the city of Newport Beach's adopted battalion — to hand out to children...Tags: Joe Brown, Regional Authority, Government, Human Interest, Executive Branch
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Firefighters collecing items for Marines
Newport Beach firefighters are collecting care packages and individual donations for the city's adopted Marines battalion, the 1st Battalion 1st Marines. Double AA batteries, toiletries, foot powder, beef jerkey and other snacks that don't melt are on the... -
OC Volleyball All-Star matches are Friday at Newport Harbor
The 35th annual Dave Mohs Memorial Orange County High School Volleyball All-Star festivities at Newport Harbor High on Friday will feature a dozen local seniors. In the girls' match, which starts at 6 p.m., Newport Harbor has outside hitter Cinnamon...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Sage, California Interscholastic Federation
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Loading up for the Battle of Costa Mesa
Disguised as men, female soldiers slung revolvers and fired cannons alongside their male counterparts in 1861. This is just one of many truths to discover this weekend at the fourth annual Battle of Costa Mesa, a Civil War reenactment event in Costa...Tags: American Civil War (1861-1865), Unions, Landforms, Culture, Sociology
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Friday's Calendar
FRIDAY Passover Yizkor Service Temple Bat Yahm, 1011 Camelback St., Newport Beach, holds a Passover Yizkor Service at 10:30 a.m. in its Morgan Chapel. An evening Shabbat Service is at 6 p.m. Aurora Aguirre Hawaiian painter Aurora Aguirre will be the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Concerts, Music, Entertainment, University of California, Irvine
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