BRIEFS

The Huntington Beach Tree Society seeks volunteers to help plant new

trees in city parks.

Jean Nagy, the society’s president, said the organization received a

$16,052 grant from the Urban and Community Forestry Program’s Trees for

the Millennium effort so the group can add trees at Franklin, Irby,

College View, Cleg Stacey, Robinwood, Circle View, Murdy, Glen View and

Greer parks.

The society is also looking for youth groups, such as Boy and Girl

Scout troops interested in planting trees for community service.

Information: (714) 564-1396 and leave a contact number.

Sharpen amateur radio skills at communications program

Huntington Beach’s Community Emergency Response Team is offering its

members a chance to shore up their amateur radio skills with a

Communications in the Park program.

The drill program is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Central

Park Youth Campgrounds, off Gothard Street.

Also that day, the city’s emergency response team will hold

alternative cooking lessons to teach residents how to prepare meals

outside in the event of an accident or disaster. The class covers meal

preparations without the use of gas or electricity and runs from 8 a.m.

to 1 p.m.

A lunch will be served for participants in both programs. Information:

(714) 536-5974.

‘Victims’ sought for mass casualty drill

The city of Huntington Beach seeks 100 volunteers to play the part of

poisoned victims in a mass casualty drill.

On Sept 28, the city’s Community Emergency Response Team will

participate in its 11th mass casualty drill with other cities around

Orange County. The city’s team will work with Anaheim officials, who are

hosting the event, to rehearse emergency procedures in the event of a

chemical terrorist incident.

Volunteers will serve as the victims of poisonous gas and be hosed

down with water to be decontaminated before being transported to one of

15 different county hospitals. Participants should be 17 or older and in

reasonably good health. A dry change of clothes will also be needed.

Information: (714) 536-5974.

Dumping of toxic chemicals is illegal

The city of Fountain Valley would like to bring attention to an error

made on Page 3 of the fall Fountain Pen, its quarterly newspaper. Under

the article titled “Trash Talk,” the third item contains the following

sentence: “Throwing away toxic chemicals with regular garbage or into the

street gutter or storm drain is legal.” It should have said it is

illegal.

The city regrets the error.

State to host employee seminar

The state’s Employment Development Department will host an “Employee

or Independent Contractor?” seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 10 at the

Huntington Central Library, 7111 Talbert Ave., Room D. Seating is

limited.

Information: (949) 768-1521.

St. Bonaventure carnival next month

The St. Bonaventure Parish will hold its annual festival and carnival

Oct. 6 at 16400 Springdale St., Huntington Beach.

Set to the theme “2000 Racing Into the Future,” the three-day event

will run from 4 to 10 p.m. Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and 1

through 8:30 p.m. Oct. 8.

Carnival rides, game booths and live musical entertainment will

highlight the weekend, which also includes bingo, ethnic food and a

raffle for a $10,000 prize.

Information: (714) 846-3359

Mothers’ group to host silent auction

The Pacific Coast Mothers Club, based in Huntington Beach, has

announced that Project Self-Sufficiency will be the recipient of funds

raised by a silent auction and raffle Saturday. The program assists

low-income, single mothers to regain their place in the community through

educational grants, child-care assistance, counseling, job training and

temporary housing programs.

Now in its eleventh year of fund-raising, the club is seeking

contributions to participate in the silent auction or raffle, or both.

All contributors will be promoted throughout the evening via a program

that will be published and distributed to more than 300 guests. Prizes

and auction items will also be shown with the contributor’s name clearly

displayed. Table sponsorships are available, beginning at $100 per table.

Information: (714) 375-0945.

Huntington Harbour Home Tour set for Sept. 30

Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach residents are invited to the 2000

Huntington Harbour Home Tour on Sept. 30 to help raise scholarship money

for high school and college students.

The tour is organized by the Huntington Harbour Republican Women

Federated and begins at 11 a.m. in Harbour View Park in Huntington Beach.

Residents in the state’s 67th Assembly District, which also includes 10

other Orange County cities, are encouraged to attend.

The day’s activities will include tours of five harbor homes, a picnic

lunch in the park with 1940s music and swing dance demonstrations, and a

raffle. Craftsmen and other vendors, as well as government

representatives, will be present.

Nadia White, president of the women’s Republican group, said the money

raised from the tour has helped to send 10 students to workshops in

Sacramento and 65 others to various county events. The goal is to give

students a chance to learn from legislative, science and business

experts.

Harbour View Park is at 16600 Saybrook Lane. Tickets are $21 to $30.

To buy tickets: (714) 840-5086. Information: (714) 965-2209.