Say Again

“This is living proof that nice guys don’t finish last. I hate to make it

that simple. It’s just one of those stories.”

-- John Nolan, marketing director for Balboa Instruments, Inc., on his

boss David J. Cline receiving the U.S. Small Business Person of the Year

award.

“I think we’ve just never grown up. It would take an active insurrection

to keep us out of there. We have no shame.”

-- Balboa Island resident Steve Bromberg, on playing the Keystone Kops

with three of his friends during the Balboa Island Day Parade.

“We’re really thrilled. It’s a good reflection of what’s going on in our

school, and it’s a lot for our teachers and students to be proud of.”

-- Parent Lisa George, on Newport Harbor High School being named a

national Blue Ribbon School.

“It’s not the love of cooking. It’s the good atmosphere and providing a

good time for people.”

-- Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan, on Skosh Monahan’s, the steakhouse he

will open June 30.

“We must never forget our freedom is not free -- these men and women paid

for it with their lives.”

-- Newport Beach resident George Grupe, who organized a Memorial Day

ceremony.

“We will bequeath a legacy of pride and accomplishment to those who will

come after.”

-- Rabbi Mark Miller, on the groundbreaking of Temple Bat Yahm’s

$5-million expansion project.

“We didn’t know if it was money or a dead body.”

Former Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce president Royal Radtke, on

hooking a 100-pound bale of marijuana while fishing off the coast of

Mexico with Andy Crean.