COSTA MESA...Feathers, Fur & Fringe, Glam-Goth’s finest, Adam Lambert wowed the near capacity crowd at the OCFair’s Pacific Amphitheater Concert Series Tuesday night, even after starting 20 minutes late. His fans were not disappointed, his voice did not falter, hitting the high & low notes of the latest renditions from his CD, For Your Entertainment.
Adam Lambert, working the stage, thrilling his fans
Drama was intensified by the laser lights, dancers, and his talented band mates. Adam, runner-up on American Idol Season 8, broke into his stylized version of Johnny Cash’s “Ring Of Fire”, which was a crowd pleaser. Adam thoroughly entertained both young & old during his 60+ minute set.
Allison Iraheta, opening act, a 'rocker' in her own right
Opening the evening was an energetic Allison Iraheta, also an AI alum. Even though her voice broke during ‘HeartBreaker’, the crowd ever forgiving, cheered her on. Following Allison was Orianthi. “We’re gonna hear some hard core shredding tonight’, as overheard in the crowd, referring to her skill and speed on the guitar. She is young, blond, a very talented lead guitarist, and has all the earmarks of a rising rock star.
Orianthi, brought the crowd to their feet with her lead guitar mad skills
HUNTINGTON BEACH...To help kick off the US Open of Surfing, author William Povletich will discuss and sign his new book Some Like It Cold: A Sheboygan Surfin’ Safari (Clerisy Press, $14.95, June 2010) on Saturday, July 31st from 1-4 p.m. at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum, 411 Olive Avenue, in Huntington Beach.
Some Like It Cold is the stirring, true story of two brothers who helped transform Sheboygan, Wisconsin into one of the best freshwater surfing spots in the world.
Since Lee and Larry Williams rode their first Lake Michigan waves nearly six decades ago, surfing became their life’s ambition. Often braving 35-degree waters and wind-chill temperatures hovering below zero, they quickly realized the “Malibu of the Midwest’s” biggest adversaries weren’t the lack of waves, but rather hypothermia and frostbite. Customizing their wetsuits to allow them to last nearly three hours in the iciest of waters, the brothers helped revolutionize a surfing culture unknown to most.
William Povletich is a native Wisconsinite and is the author of Milwaukee Braves: Heroes and Heartbreak and Green Bay Packers: Legends in Green and Gold, as well as numerous magazine articles on sports and entertainment. As an Emmy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, he recently produced Police Women of Broward County for TLC, Beach Patrol for Court TV, and A Braves New World for PBS’ Milwaukee Public Television. Povletich lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...The Huntington Beach Elks Lodge 1959 donated $1200 to the Children’s Needs Task Force of Huntington Beach and $1000 to a needy individual to assist in recovery therapy. In support of our military forces and veterans, the Lodge donated 18 boxes of clothing to veterans at the “Villages at Cabrillo”. Lodge members also served pizza and donated prize money for a Veterans Bingo Night at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital on June 7, 2010.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Two hours after an 11-year-old boy went missing he was reunited with his parents Tuesday evening, July 27th. Police used the city's emergency AlertOC phone system to call all residents to be on the lookout for the missing boy. A Huntington Beach resident saw the youngster near Springdale and Slater at approximately 6:45 p.m. and notified police. The boy, who is autistic, had rode his bike from his home in the 20700 block of Hopetown Lane to where police found him safe and unharmed.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...On July 25, 2010, at approximately 5:55pm, Huntington Beach police officers responded to a call of a man with a shotgun in the 16000 block of Brimhall Lane. Officers discovered the owner of a licensed repossession company had come to the location to repossess a vehicle. The resident became angry and displayed, loaded and pointed a shotgun at the person trying to conduct the repossession and ordered him off his property. The person attempting the repossession retreated and called the police. The Huntington Beach police officers found the resident unarmed when they arrived. They conducted an investigation and ultimately obtained a search warrant for the residence. The officers located the shotgun and discovered it had been dissembled and concealed. The officers arrested Robert Joseph Alarcon, a 30 year old resident of Huntington Beach with assault with a deadly weapon and booked him in the Huntington Beach city jail.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Former Huntington Beach Mayor Connie Boardman has been elected president of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust. Serving along with Boardman will be Carrie Thomas as vice president. Roberta Armstrong and Jennifer Thomas. Boardman will replace outgoing president Paul Arms.
The Bolsa Chica Land Trust helps to acquire private parcels of land in the Bolsa Chica and to restore the land for the public enjoyment.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Robert Jason Cannon, 22, of Huntington Beach was arrested by Huntington Beach police and charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a 20-year-old male. The assault occurred last Tuesday, July 20th at approximately 5:15 p.m. in the 700 block of Pacific Coast Highway. When police arrived they found several males fighting, with one male receiving a non-life-threatening wound to his chest.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...The following people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They have only been arrested on suspicion of a crime and, as with all crimes, are considered innocent until proven guilty.
- Shun K. Chang, 29, Diamond Bar
- Tuyen N. Le, 29, Irvine
- Tram B. Doan, 34, Fountain Valley
- Kelly D. Goodman, 51, Huntington Beach
- Anne M. Harney, 46, Long Beach
- Colton D. McMillan, 42, Fontana
- Joseph C. Baker, 49, Huntington Beach
- Jonathan F. Rocha, 23, Irvine
- Ralph E. Montijo, 22, Huntington Beach
- Steven M. Snodgrass, 47, Huntington Beach
- Martin C. McNaughton, 34, Huntington Beach
- Christina F. Montgomery, 23, Redondo Beach
- Hohn H. Etheridge, 48, Buena Park
- Julio Perez-Gallardo, 24, Costa Mesa
- John W. Russell, 53, Maryland
- Robert W. Smith, 78, Arizona
- Norman J. Wojtkiewicz, 49, Westminster
- Toma A. Chepo, 27, Huntington Beach
- Amber S. Briley, 23, Santa Ana
- William W. Brothers, 54, Huntington Beach
- Brian C. Valdez, 39, Huntington Beach
- Krista J. Behrens, 35, Huntington Beach
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Sunday, July 25th turned out to be ideal weather for the Laguna Community Concert Band's concert in Huntington Central Park. This is the 5th in the series sponsored by the Huntington Beach Concert Band.
The Laguna Community Concert Band is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization of over 60 members from Laguna Beach and surrounding communities under the direction of Dr. Bill Nicholls, Ed Peterson and Pete Fournier.
The Concert Band plays a wide variety of music from marches and classics to holiday music, Swing, Jazz, Big Band and Dixieland. Subsets of the band have formed including: The Bolling League (small jazz ensemble), Brass Ensemble, “Third Street Strutters” (Dixieland band), Laguna Flutes and the popular Swing Set and Laguna Swing Society.
The Band performs in and around Laguna Beach with regular summer dates at the Festival of the Arts, Sawdust Festival, Art-A-Fair and at celebrations, civic functions and parades in Laguna Beach and surrounding communities. The beautiful Artists’ Theater at Laguna Beach High School serves as the band’s home concert hall. Photos by Gus and Charlotte Marsh
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Beth Norton, a teacher at Sun View Elementary School and Nancy Strole, a teacher from Vista View Middle School, have been named Ocean View School District's Teacher of the Year 2009-10.
Norton has taught school for the past 29 years and Strole, a special education teacher, has been with the Ocean View School District for 30 years. Each teacher received her award in a surprise ceremony.
Beth Norton will compete in the Orange County 2011 Teacher of the Year as Ocean View School District's entry in the fall.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Orange County High School Football Alumni All Pro Athletics USA is looking for football alumni to play in the upcoming Rivalry Series Games on September 4, 2010, at Irvine High School stadium.
Players from the following high school match-ups are invited to participate in the game day venue:
Irvine High School vs Woodbridge High School
Servite High School vs Mater Dei High School
Edison High School vs Huntington Beach High School
These games are full contact football and all gear is provided. Just bring your cleats, game face and enough enthusiasm to gear up, one more time, and have the time of your life! Players, captains and coaches can contact Jarrod Hargrave at 661-343-5635.
HUNTINGTON BEACH...Huntington Beach has joined the Cree LED City® initiative, an international program that promotes the deployment of energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting. The city has completed a pilot LED lighting study in the 100-year-old Main Street area, a popular location for citizens and tourists featuring a plethora of shops, restaurants and other entertainment venues.
Kim Lighting Archetype LED streetlights are being installed in a bluff-top beach-side parking lot and BetaLED LEDway® streetlights have been installed in the downtown taxi loading zone to improve the quality of lighting in both areas. In the parking lot, Huntington Beach used Kim Lighting’s HID-to-LED upgrade kit for a more sustainable alternative to complete luminaire replacement. These 140 Watt LED lamps and ballasts replace high-pressure sodium fixtures that consumed 295 Watts that run from dusk to dawn each evening. The LED lights feature wireless controls, providing varying illumination output capabilities and allowing the city to consume more than 60 percent less energy that the prior fixtures. The second installation, retrofitting lighting in a busy downtown taxi loading area, features three BetaLED LEDway streetlights replacing three high-pressure sodium fixtures and a wall pack, for an anticipated 32 percent reduction in energy consumption.
“We initially looked to LED lighting to improve the quality of light in these high traffic areas, yet the reduction in maintenance costs coupled with longer service life and potential for field controllable dimming are benefits that can’t be ignored,” said Aaron Klemm, Huntington Beach city energy project manager. “The success of these initial installations will help us to adopt LED technology for streets, walkways, parks and buildings across the city in our efforts to become a more energy efficient, sustainable community.”
The pilot installation was made possible by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Following the success of the Main Street project, Huntington Beach anticipates additional projects featuring LED lighting, including retrofitting its primary downtown blogs with decorative Acorn Globe-style from Sternberg Lighting that feature wireless controls. The controls will allow the city staff to create three types of light levels to suit the appropriate need. The city also plans to replace area lighting in its parks with BetaLED bi-level fixtures to help alleviate the parks’ high electrical costs.
“We’re pleased to welcome Huntington Beach as the second city in California to join the LED City program,” said Deb Loving, Cree LED programs manager. “Joining the LED City program will provide additional business case examples and best practices as Huntington Beach continues to look at various applications of LED lighting across the city.” About LED City Initiative The LED City initiative is an expanding community of government and industry parties working to evaluate, deploy and promote LED lighting technology across the full range of municipal infrastructure to:
• Save energy
• Protect the environment
• Reduce maintenance costs
• Provide better light quality for improved visibility and safety.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 22 percent of electricity used in the U.S. powers lighting. In a world with soaring energy prices based on the availability and control of fossil fuels, and with growing concern about sustainability of the environment, a revolution in lighting is long overdue. Participants include Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Austin, and Fairview Texas; Anchorage and Valdez, Ala.; Tianjian and Huizhou, China; Bremen, Germany; Torraca and Apecchio, Italy; Toronto and Welland, Ontario; Indian Wells, Calif.; Gwangju, South Korea; Danville, Va.; and Boston, Mass.
HUNTINGTON BEACH... DoSomething.org and Staples are teaming up with actress and screenwriter, Nikki Reed, for the 3rd Annual National Staples/Do Something 101 School Supply Drive (www.dosomething101.org).
As part of Do Something 101, Nikki, star of this summer’s blockbuster film Twilight: Eclipse, is encouraging Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley teens to make a difference this summer by collecting school supplies and dropping them off at their local Staples store from July 4 through September 18. In addition, Staples customers can get involved by donating $1 at any Staples store with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley students in need.
All school supplies and donations will be given locally to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley to ensure they get into the hands of disadvantaged youth just in time for the new school year.
“Do Something 101 has done an amazing job in its first two years, and I’m excited to make the 2010 campaign the best yet,” said Nikki Reed. “Every donated pencil, notebook and other supplies can add up to make a big difference in improving education.”
During the first two Do Something 101 school supply drives, Staples and DoSomething.org, with the help fromcelebrity supporters Jordin Sparks and Ciara, raised more than $750,000. To build on this success and help kick off the 2010 campaign, Nikki is starring in a public service announcement (PSA) that will air on television and radio stations nationwide through September. Staples is also donating more than $125,000 worth of school supplies to the program.
“Since 2008, Do Something 101 has inspired teens and Staples customers to help students in need who cannot afford basic school supplies,” said Jevin Eagle, executive vice president of merchandising and marketing at Staples. “Staples is committed to making a difference in the community, and we hope to continue to build awareness for Do Something 101 to help hundreds of thousands of students succeed in school.”
Hungtington Beach and Fountain Valley teens who want to get involved can go to www.DoSomething101.org for ideas on how to run local school supply drives and to sign up for an action kit. Whether holding a school supply drive at summer camp, during a summer sports league, or at a neighborhood block party, DoSomething.org and Staples offer tips, resources, and flyers for how to get started and make the most of every teen’s summer.
“DoSomething.org empowers teens to take action in their communities,” said Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person at DoSomething.org. “Staples has been a fantastic supporter for the past several years and we’re thrilled to continue the relationship, and the Do Something 101 campaign, to provide young people with even more opportunities to rock social change with their friends this summer.”
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