NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“I did it to lighten up the mood. They can’t be mad at you if you’re

dressed like an idiot.”

-- Carla Hummel, Newport Coast Elementary School PTA mom, on why she

directed morning traffic dressed as a cow.

“When I was at the hospital, they never had good videos. So I came up

with this idea to make other children at the hospital happy”

-- Austin Russell, 5, on what led him to create a toy drive for sick

children.

“Virtually everybody, maybe not everybody but more than 90%, I talk to

wants El Toro. It’s just a lack of information. And that’s going to

change. We’re going to get the word out”

-- Steve Bromberg, Newport Beach councilman, on his commitment to El

Toro Airport.

“I like getting my shoes and socks wet. It feels good.”

-- Jeffrey Caroll, 8, of Chino Hills on the wet weather in Costa Mesa

last week.

“The beauty of golf and the horrible thing about golf is that it takes

. . . five hours. The good part is that you get to be away from

everything. The bad part is that nobody can reach you.”

-- Hank Adler, co-chairman of the Toshiba Senior Classic Golf

Tournament, on the down side of playing golf.

“My husband’s done this so long, I don’t know any quote-unquote normal

people.”

-- Lea Thompson, wife of Leonard Thompson, on what its like to travel

along with her husband, a professional golfer, on the Senior PGA tour.

“I think we’re stepping into a zone here where we have to be careful

what we put in here. I’m just concerned, bottom line, about free-speech

issues.”

-- Wendy Leece, Newport-Mesa school board member, on her concern over

the district’s change to its zero tolerance policy, adding intimidation

and bullying to the list of offenses.

“ETRPA is a mean-spirited organization. They want to stop an airport

at El Toro in any way they can.”

-- Bruce Broadwater, Garden Grove mayor, on the El Toro Reuse Planning

Authority’s vote to end flight restrictions at John Wayne Airport.