NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“Yeah, it’s hard. We hate it, but its part of the job. We can’t play

checkers and watch TV all the time.”

-- Marc Walker, paramedic at the Corona del Mar fire station, on the

intense workout firefighters got June 10 during a drill that featured a

fake blaze on the 11th floor of a Newport Center building.

“I really don’t know what to say, but I think it is easier to excel

when you have kids like this. They make you want to be with them, work

with them and help them in any way you can.”

-- Scott Dukes, Newport Harbor High School physics teacher, on

receiving the Excellence in Science and Mathematics Award from the

California Foundation for Commerce and Education.

“When you are doing something for your community, you are doing

something good for yourself, and people should look at it that way. I

feel that this my neighborhood, my park, and I need to keep an eye on

it.”

-- Debby Koken, Lions Park Assn. member, on why she is helping to

patrol the park to check for razor blades and on general maintenance.

“We don’t live in a retirement community. If you want to turn it into

one, you should pass an age ordinance not a noise ordinance.”

-- Ed McLaughlin, a Seashore Drive resident, addressing the Newport

Beach City Council on Tuesday about proposed changes to tighten the

city’s noise ordinance. The city unanimously adopted a more stringent

ordinance at the meeting.

“Convicting somebody doesn’t bring the [dead] person back. But at

least it gives victims the feeling that somebody cares.”

-- Debora Lloyd, an Orange County deputy district attorney, explaining

why she does what she does. Last week, Lloyd became the first woman in

the state to be named Prosecutor of the Year by the California District

Attorneys Assn.

“Numbers are kind of like the stock market. You can never predict when

auto thefts will rise or fall. But right now, it looks like we’re going

to do better this year.”

-- Det. Mark Manley of the Costa Mesa Police on comparing the first

five months of last year to this year for auto thefts. Numbers show that

auto thefts have increased 7% in that period. Comparing 1999 to 2000,

auto thefts were up 21%.

“It was unreal. It was the most we’ve ever won since I’ve been here.”

-- Liz Gutman, who starred as Golde in Estancia High School’s

production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” on the school winning 17 Music and

Art Commendation for Youth (MACY) awards. Gutman won an individual award

for her role in the musical.