NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“They kept asking, ‘Can we do it again? Can we do it again?’ It was

really cute.”

-- Jennifer Margolin, third-grade teacher at Whittier Elementary in

Costa Mesa, on her students performing dances May 5 during the school’s

Cinco de Mayo festival.

“People in Newport Beach love toys.”

-- Mike Malamut, who recently got Planning Commission approval to open

a store in Newport Beach selling Vespas, Italian motor scooters.

“What a night. We were very, very busy. It was a tough night for

drunks.”

-- Sgt. Mike McDermott of the Newport Beach Police, on the 32 arrests

police made Cinco de Mayo, May 5.

“I think it was rushed through the system. I don’t think it was

thought out well enough.”

-- Supervisor Tom Wilson, on the Orange County Board of Supervisors’

decision Tuesday to start a process that could extend the flight caps at

John Wayne Airport.

“I have the check at home, and I just keep looking at it.”

-- Cheryl Galloway, principal of Davis Education Center in Costa Mesa,

on receiving a $10,000 check from the Irvine Co. after being named a

Principal of Excellence.

“With our old system, bad guys would use it as a surveillance tool.

This way, they can’t hear us or manipulate us.”

-- Sgt. Steve Shulman of the Newport Beach Police, on the new

800-megahertz radio network public safety officials started using in

April. The network, which blocks public access, links all of the police,

fire and public works agencies in the county.

“I’m kind of like the Duracell bunny. I keep going and going . . .

I’ve got it in me physically.”

-- Caroline Good of Costa Mesa, on her plans to join in the California

AIDSride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to help raise money for AIDS

groups. The six-day journey will total 575 miles.

“Why slow down? I say, don’t retire. Inspire!”

-- Actor Mickey Rooney, who at 78 continues to perform onstage. Rooney

was in town Saturday to headline “Command Performance” at Orange Coast

College.