A Costa Mesa group hosts beach...

A Costa Mesa group hosts beach cleanup

About 70 students from local high schools joined a Costa Mesa

environmental group’s effort to clean up trash at the mouth of the

Santa Ana River on Dec. 7.

Earth Resource Foundation, based in Costa Mesa, sponsored the

“Human Broom Beach Cleanup” event.

Students and group leaders met at Huntington State Beach, at

Brookhurst Street and Pacific Coast Highway, at 8:30 a.m. Saturday

and began picking up trash from the sand.

The students also picked up trash from the Santa Ana River

Jetties, in West Newport, said Stephanie Barger, the group’s

executive director.

More than 200 students from all over Orange County participated in

the event. About 70 of the students were from Newport Harbor High

School and Corona del Mar High School. Another 50 were from Edison

High School in Huntington Beach.

The students were separated from their friends to help teach them

about environmental problems in other parts of the county, Barger

said.

“The students did not clean up the trash with their friends,”

Barger said. “They got to meet kids from other schools and hear what

their concerns were.”

OCC Greek drama production canceled

A production featuring a pair of classic Greek dramas will be

canceled this winter by the Orange Coast College Theater Department

because of budget cuts.

The production included two drams “Agamemnon” by Aeschylus and

“Electra” by Sophocles. The show was slated to run Wednesday through

Sunday between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 in OCC’s Drama Lab Theater.

Fund established for kid’s summer camp

The Brandon Cody Wiener Scholarship Fund is inviting children

between ages 7 and 16 who have lost a loved one to apply for summer

camp spots.

The program was recently founded by Pamela Wiener, mother of

Brandon Wiener, the 3-year-old who was murdered by Steven Allen

Abrams on May 3, 1999, when he drove his car into a preschool

playground. Sierra Soto, 4, was also killed during Abrams’ rampage.

The scholarship fund will provide children who have suffered the

loss of a loved one the opportunity to attend summer camp.

Those interested should write a letter explaining why they would

like to attend summer camp and include their name, age, address,

phone number and hobbies, as well as who their loved one is, what

they were like and how they are coping with their grief. Also, any

special memories the child has of their loved one that they can share

and even a picture of themselves with their loved one will be

welcome.

Letters should be mailed to: The Brandon Cody Wiener Scholarship

Fund c/o Pamela Wiener, 2213 American Avenue Unit B, Costa Mesa, CA

92627. Deadline is Dec. 15.

The Brandon Cody Wiener Scholarship Fund is also looking for

volunteers who would like to help with upcoming events. Anyone

interested in being a volunteer or joining the committee for the next

event should contact Pamela Wiener at brandonangelsmom@yahoo.com or

through the group’s Web site at https://bcwfund.digitalrice.com.

Any businesses or individuals who would like to make a donation

may do so by mailing it to the above address as well.