NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“The Alaskan Pig is a myth. The show started in Alaska.”

-- Marc Stamper, pig trainer, clearing up one of the ongoing mysteries

of the Orange County Fair. The All Alaskan Pig Races are held in Newport

Arena at the fairgrounds.

“We don’t see many donkeys. Maybe some members of our City Council.”

-- Bill Akers of Seal Beach, on seeing farm animals at the Orange

County Fair.

“People are like, ‘Oh, carnies this, carnies that,’ but it’s like,

what do you know about carnies? We mold [our children] to be good people

and good citizens. We teach them the value of life, spending time

together and working.”

-- Martha Fenton, who operates a dart game with Ray Cammack Shows at

the fair, on raising her daughter while working the fair circuit

“I was always bugging Don [Webb]. I’d say to him ‘When are you going

to retire?’ ”

-- Stephen Badum, Newport Beach’s new public works director, on

wanting the job

“We think the natural treatment system is a cost-effective,

environmentally superior way to treat dry-weather runoff.”

-- Marilyn Smith, Irvine Ranch Water District spokeswoman, on the

district’s plan to install wetlands in the Back Bay watershed to act as a

natural filter for urban runoff. The district’s board approved hiring an

environmental consultant to develop the plan.

“When an affluent community starts to have less waste, it generally

indicates that things are starting to go downhill.”

-- Dave Niederhaus, Newport Beach’s general services director, on

predicting the economy from a community’s trash

“You can be humble, but you can’t be too modest.”

-- Suzy Bogguss, country singer, on what she’s learned in her musical

career. Bogguss, Billy Dean and John Berry headlined a concert Friday at

the Orange County Fair.