Costa Mesa wins medal at academic decathlon...

Costa Mesa wins medal at academic decathlon

Costa Mesa High School won a first-place team medal and an overall

second place ranking in an academic decathlon last month.

The school, which competed with 80 teams representing Orange

County’s public and private high schools, had three teams compete.

The competitions consisted of 10 categories -- art, music,

economics, social science, math, literature, essay, speech, interview

and a “super quiz.”

Costa Mesa High received a second-place team ranking in its

division for all 10 categories. The school won its first place team

medal in the “super quiz” category, during which students were

required to answer a series of questions about the ocean in only 30

seconds.

Many of the team members who competed also came home with

individual awards.

Cox to oversee larger Policy Committee

Rep. Chris Cox will preside over a slightly larger House Policy

Committee in the new session of Congress.

“Due to a record amount of interest, we have added two new member

positions to the Policy Committee,” said Cox, a Republican who

represents Newport Beach. “These 47 outstanding members of the House

will help our leadership define Republican policy in the House.”

The Policy Committee, which will have 48 members, acts a forum for

Republican members of the House to discuss proposed legislation. As

its chairman, Cox is among the leaders of the Republican Party in the

House.

Among the notable members are Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert,

(R-Ill.), Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and California Republicans John

Doolittle, David Drier, Darrell Issa and Bill Thomas.