Hedda Marosi’s 70th birthday on Feb....
Hedda Marosi’s 70th birthday on Feb. 2 was very different than her
$14,000 party 30 years ago that made the headlines of the Feb. 3,
1973, edition of the Daily Pilot. “Have you ever heard of a birthday
party that made the front page of the paper?” Marosi asked. She was
as shocked by the article as the party itself and none of it was
planned. Her husband had intended to throw a nice, small party for
her “and this fellow that did the party went crazy,” Marosi said in
describing the event that resulted in a lawsuit. Marosi said the man
who threw the party was a deli owner and that he, without giving any
notice or asking for approval, took all the furniture out of the
house, had a huge cake floating in the pool and champagne frozen in
ice, and then presented Marosi with a bill that stated the cost of
several items and $12,000 for incidentals. The Marosis won the
lawsuit without much argument and ended up paying only a portion of
the bill. This year, she celebrated her birthday at Bayside
Restaurant in Newport Beach. She enjoyed a meal with her family and
close friends, a party just the way she likes it ... Chief Master
Sgt. of the Air Force Douglas Zimmer of Costa Mesa is retiring after
a military career that spans three decades. Zimmer enlisted in the
Air Force in June 1972, and was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base
in Alaska for nearly five years as a radio communications analyst.
After his enlistment, Zimmer pursued a career with Mutual of New York
in Anchorage as a field underwriter, and also joined the Air National
Guard as a telecommunications operator. After moving to Southern
California with wife, Cherie, and son, Marcus, he joined the
California Air National Guard. In 1986, he began an active tour of
duty with the California guard as the communications manager for the
222nd Combat Communications Squadron in Costa Mesa. During his tour
of duty, he reached the rank of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air
Force, the highest enlisted military grade. Zimmer earned an
associate’s degree in information technology in April 2002 through
the Community College of the Air Force and continued his education
with night classes at Vanguard University, earning a bachelor’s
degree in business. Currently, he is finishing a teacher’s credential
program and plans to be an elementary school teacher in Orange County
... Jessica De Vlaming of Newport Beach completed 30 hours of state
mandated training for the Court Appointed Special Advocates program
or CASA. The program provides quality intervention and advocacy
services to abused children. De Vlaming was sworn in by Judge Corey
Cramin and can be an advocate for the interest of abused and
neglected children in court.
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