Side Notes

Library time

The Fountain Valley Library is now open Sundays from 12-5 p.m.

Short wave club to meet

The American Shortwave Listener’s club will hold its November meeting

from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 6, at 16182 Ballad Lane, Huntington Beach. The

subject will be Ecuador volcano alert frequencies. For more information,

call (714) 846-1685.

Human Relations Task Force

The Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force will staff a booth at the

Downtown farmer’s market on Friday afternoons, through October. The Task

Force is a city committee formed to promote and celebrate diversity in

our community through education and understanding.

Literacy volunteers needed

The Oak View Branch Library Family Literacy Program in Huntington Beach

is looking for volunteers interested in becoming literacy tutors. They

will learn techniques and activities for helping low literate Latino

adults develop English literacy and learn how to read to their children

in English. The tutor training workshop will take place this Saturday

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Preregistration is required. Call Amy Crepeau at

375-5104 for more information.

Catellus teams with Junior Lifeguards

Catellus Residential Group has volunteered to help the city’s Junior

Lifeguards organization with its fund-raising program, including raising

money for the Lifeguard’s new beach-based headquarters. Catellus is the

planner and developer of the Summerlane community in Huntington Beach.

Singing in the shower

Huntington Beach residents Bob and Gail Quinn donated nearly $1,000 to

the Pacific Coast Civic Light Opera, based at Golden West College. The

Quinns, owners of Tile and Plumbing Gallery, hosted the Great American

Charity Shower Sing in August. The Quinns paid for the event fee, awards,

shower construction costs and maintenance. Candace Gamboa, a 10-year-old

from Costa Mesa, won the $100 prize given by ACF, a water purification

company.

Cancer golf tournament

The American Cancer Society’s Women’s Golf Classic will be held Oct. 25th

at Seacliff Country Club in Huntington Beach. The tournament begins at 11

a.m., with dinner and a live auction at 5 p.m. Even though the tournament

is sold out, people can still fight cancer by buying a flag that will

line the course at Seacliff during the tournament. Flags cost $40 each.

For more information, call (949) 261-9446.

Firefighters honored

The Huntington Beach Fire Department recently received the Life Safety

Achievement Award for 1998 from the Residential Fire Safety Institute.

The award is given for prevention activities that reduce the number of

lives lost in residential fires. The fire department recorded zero fire

deaths in 1998.

More revenue from plant

The state Board of Equalization recently adopted Rule 905, which changes

the tax rate of the newly deregulated, privately owned electric

generation plants. Huntington Beach will now receive about 20% of the tax

assessed on the property owned by AES, at the corner of Newland Street

and Pacific Coast Highway. The old rate was 1.3% of the property tax when

the plant was owned by Southern California Edison, a regulated utility.

The city expects to receive about $180,000 in annual property taxes,

which will be used to provide public safety services, fill pot holes,

refurbish aging streets, and other services paid for out of the general

fund.

Assembly candidates to speak

On Oct. 27th, the Huntington Harbour Republican Women Federated will hold

their general meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the Meadowlark Golf Club. Guest

speakers will be GOP candidates for the 67th Assembly District. For more

information, call Charlotte at (714) 846-4841

Costa Mesa GOP women to meet

On Oct. 28th, the Costa Mesa Republican Women Federated will hold their

general meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Beth White, 10131 Jon Day

Drive in Huntington Beach. Special guests will be James Joseph Sieves.

For more information please call (714) 962-5398.

Funny money

On Nov. 12th, the Huntington Harbour Republican Women Federated will hold

Fund Raising Follies -- Honoring Military Veterans and the Law

Enforcement Community, at 7 p.m. at the Meadowlark Country Club in

Huntington Beach. Special guest will Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The Master of

Ceremonies will be state Senate GOP Leader Ross Johnson. For more

information, please call Emily Sanford at (714) 964-7712.

Volunteers needed

The Fountain Valley Library is seeking adult volunteers to help at the

library on Sundays. Detail-oriented people are need to shelve books, fill

book requests and turn on computers and equipment every Sunday for two to

three hours during the next six to 12 months. For more information, call

or visit the library’s information desk.

Inflation fighters

What A Lot A Pizza is celebrating National Pizza Month by trying to keep

prices low, barring inflation and other factors beyond control for a

minimum of six years or when the Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl,

whichever comes first. What A Lot A Pizza is based in Huntington Beach.