Good job getting to church on time,...

Good job getting to church on time, and in the paper

The Daily Pilot is to be commended for the cover story “An Easter

message” heard at St. Michael and All Angels.

In general, the press ignores the churches and synagogues as

lacking in newsworthiness. Although I am not a parishioner at St.

Michaels, I warmly thank the Daily Pilot for this coverage. It

deserves to be read.

DAVID H. WALLACE

Newport Beach

Notice a change in the jet planes from JWA?

Over the last six months or so, I have noticed a change in the

flight paths of many of the planes leaving John Wayne Airport that

has increased the airplane noise in old Corona del Mar, especially

near the coastline.

Planes used to head straight out to the ocean and then turn well

after they crossed the coastline. Now the majority of the planes make

a small turn soon after take-off that causes them to cross the

coastline much nearer the harbor entrance than before.

Additionally, many planes that are heading down the coastline

start this turn much earlier than before. This results in these

planes subjecting the area along the coastline of Corona del Mar to

an increase in unnecessary noise, which didn’t happen before when the

planes flew farther out over the water before turning.

Is it my imagination, or has the flight paths of departing planes

changed?

Is this being done to avoid noise sensors in the Back Bay or to

save some jet fuel?

Is anyone else hearing an increase in jet noise?

RALPH WARRINGTON

Corona del Mar

Leave Fairview Park in its natural beauty

Fairview Park in all its natural beauty is a sight to behold.

Costa Mesa residents, treat yourselves to a stroll through this

rare natural beauty and then ask yourselves: “Do I want our city

planners to spend my money making what is already a natural park into

their idea of a natural park?”

There is much that needs fixing in Costa Mesa. Let us spend our

money wisely lest that which we have be taken from us.

MARIE KOLASINKSI

Costa Mesa

Fairview Park needs to be a spot for sports too

I’m a neighbor of Kaiser Elementary on Costa Mesa’s Eastside. It’s

one of the few sports parks in the city. It has three soccer fields,

two baseball fields, a running track and a very busy Boys & Girls

Club.

I understand the frustration of the homeowners who live near

TeWinkle School and TeWinkle Park. There is a lack of parking,

traffic and noise. But the idea of moving the sport groups out of

TeWinkle School to a new location won’t work; there, simple is no

place for them to go.

I’d like to ask the City Council to spend a Saturday visiting the

sport parks and see the very large number of people using them. Then,

go over to the open-space parks like Newport Beach’s Back Bay and

Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park and see the practically empty parking

lots. There’s no question where the residents are spending their

time.

It’s time for the sport groups and the homeowners to work together

and insist that the city revisit Fairview Park as a large sports

park. Lighted softball, baseball and soccer fields used by youth and

adults should be there, as should a skate park.

Build it and they will come.

CHARLES MASSINGILL

Newport Beach