Side Notes

GOP WOMEN FASHION SHOW

The Huntington Harbour Republican Women Federated will hold their Holiday

Fashion Show and Westminster Chorale at 10 a.m. on Dec. 1st at the

Meadowlark Golf Club. For more information, call Connie Mandic at (714)

377-0017 or Emmeline Vasquez at (714) 840-5086.

WATER DISTRICT WORKER WINS AWARD

Sharon Lien, a member of the public affairs staff at the Orange County

Water District in Fountain Valley, has been selected for the Edith

Stevens Groundwater Education Award. The Edith Stevens Award was created

in 1997 by the Board of Directors of the National Groundwater Foundation

to honor an individual who has demonstrated a high degree of dedication

to ground water education as an effective way to protect this precious

natural resource. Lien was selected for managing Orange County Water

District’s Children’s Drinking Water Festival, the largest and most

successful water festival in the United States. She will receive her

award on Nov. 15 at the group’s national conference in Atlanta.

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE TO BE HELD

The 13th Annual Economic Conference, hosted by the Huntington Beach

Chamber of Commerce and they city, will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Nov. 30. The event will take place at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort,

21100 Pacific Coast Highway. Novelist Ray Bradbury will be the featured

luncheon speaker. “Doing Business in the 21st Century” will be the theme

for the conference. Admission is $60 for the day, including continental

breakfast, panel discussions, and lunch, or $35 for the luncheon only.

After Nov. 18, the cost is $70 for all day and lunch $40. To make a

reservation or for more information, call the Huntington Beach Chamber of

Commerce at (714) 536-8888.

MARKETING SEMINAR SCHEDULED

The Huntington Beach Small Business Assistance Center will present the

seminar, “How to Create a Successful Marketing Program” on from 6 to 8

p.m. Tuesday. It will be held at the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce

office, 2100 Main St., Number 200. The cost is $10, which includes all

handouts. The seminar will cover how to Create a Successful Marketing

Program, what marketing really is, its importance to the success of a

business, finding the best target market and market niche, determining

the most effective promotional vehicles to penetrate your target market,

sources of free publicity, the importance of market research for the

success of your business and how to develop a marketing plan. The center

also offers free, one-on-one small business counseling every Tuesday from

12 to 4 p.m. Reservations are required. (714) 536-8888.

NEW MASCOT AT THE WATER DISTRICT

The Orange County Water District, based in Fountain Valley, has a new

mascot, Ginny Groundwater. Ginny represents a drop of water that fell in

the San Bernardino Mountains, followed a stream to the Santa Ana River,

then percolated into Orange County’s ground water basin to he pumped out

by the water district, to help tell the story of water conservation and

ground water protection. The water district manages the large ground

water basin under north and central Orange County. The basin provides 75%

of the water for north Orange County residents, about 2.2 million people.

Ginny is available to participate in community-based events in north and

central Orange County. Ginny carries a purse containing pencils, erasers

and other inexpensive gifts for children that contain educational

messages encouraging water conservation, ground water protection arid

other environmental messages.

The water district also has an active water education program to reach

future Orange County water users. Each spring the district and Disneyland

host a Children’s Drinking Water Festival for 5,000 third- and

fourth-graders and their teachers. The water district also helps fund a

program that provides guest teachers to area schools to provide special

water programs involving Ricki Raindrop and Ginny Groundwater. For more

information about the 2000 Children’s Drinking Water Festival, teachers

can call (714) 378-3362.