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The arraignment for a 53-year-old Newport-Mesa Unified School District

board member stemming from a DUI arrest was postponed Monday to Nov. 28.

Two misdemeanor charges were filed against Jim Ferryman on Oct. 10 --

one count of drunk driving and another that states he had a blood alcohol

level that exceeded the legal limit of 0.08.

Officials said a blood test performed by the Orange County crime lab

showed Ferryman had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 -- more than twice the

legal limit -- at the time of his arrest.

Ferryman was arrested Sept. 27 on suspicion of driving under the

influence after he was involved in a collision on Newport Boulevard in

Costa Mesa.

He and another driver collided as they were heading northbound and

trying to merge into a single lane because of construction, Costa Mesa

police officials said.