Good time to focus on the beach

LAGUNA LIFE

So what’s up in Laguna? Everything. The sun is out and the ocean is

warm. We have the “Sawdust Festival” and “Festival of the Arts”

already in full swing. A host of good restaurants and hotels,

beautiful beaches and the best thing about it, now you can enjoy all

of it without having to drive. Just jump on the free Laguna trolley

that cruises through town and ditch the summer traffic. Things are

good.

However, please bring back the beautifully lighted American flag

that used to greet comers and goers at the entrance of Laguna Canyon

on the hillside across the street from [seven-degrees]. I thought

that was a nice and classy gesture to this wonderful country we live

in.

In beach news, and I know we all love the beach so let’s all do

our part in preserving their beauty and in keeping our ocean clean.

We can all do so in the following ways that are being provided by the

Laguna Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.

BEACH CLEANUP DAY

The Surfrider Foundation will have a Beach Cleanup Day at Main

Beach in Laguna and also at Aliso Beach from 9 a.m. to noon on

Saturday. There will be free parking (at the Main Beach location

only) and free Surfrider T-shirts to all participants as long as they

last. Help pick up from the Fourth of July madness the previous

weekend. The work counts toward community service hours for those who

need them (you know who you are).

Also, the Laguna chapter of Surfrider has a very special meeting

planned this month as it promises to be a great evening. See you

there!

SURFRIDER MEETING

The meeting will be 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17 at Wells Fargo.

They will be showing two videos. The first is Surfrider

Foundation’s new “From Sea to Summit: A Journey Through the

Watershed” that uses pro surfers, skateboarders and snow boarders to

give a pollution prevention and coastal protection message. The

second video is the inspiring “Heart of the Sea” (1 hour), which is

the story of Hawaiian surfer Rell Sunn, a former Surfrider board

member.

Summer’s here! Be safe and have fun.

Peace.

* JAMES PRIBRAM is a Laguna Beach resident, professional surfer

and co-founder of “They Will Surf Again,” a nonprofit foundation

assisting people with spinal cord injuries. He was also a member of

the Water Quality Advisory Committee. He can be reached at Jamo@Aloha

SchoolofSurfing.com. His Web site is AlohaSchoolofSurfing.com.