“It’s a great dish, very flavorful, hardly...

“It’s a great dish, very flavorful, hardly any fat. It looks like a

very complicated dish but it’s really very easy to put together.”

-- Peter Striffolino, executive chef for the Art Institute of

California-Orange County culinary arts program, which is holding

cooking demonstrations at the Taste of Newport.

“With my background in airport issues as an attorney, a pilot, a

member of the Airport Commission and the Citizens Advisory Commission

to oversee the reuse of El Toro, I ran and was elected to the Newport

Beach City Council in November 2000.”

-- Gary Proctor, Newport Beach City Councilman, in a letter

announcing in his resignation.

“Most people think [the Pledge of Allegiance] is really stupid,

but this is really cool. Everyone does it across America. Everyone

saying the same words at the same time is really cool.”

-- Courtney Davidson, 11, an Eastbluff sixth-grader, during the

annual Pledge Across America.

“We all live behind separate gates, and we’re trying to not

develop into a series of insular, gated communities. We want to

encourage and foster this idea of creating a real neighborhood.”

-- Jim McGee, Newport Coast resident, on plans for a community

center.

“We couldn’t find anything anyone could have done differently to

avoid the legitimate frustrations some of the parents had. Overall,

the [Citizens’ Oversight Committee] is satisfied with the progress.”

-- Mark Buchanan, chairman of the Measure A Citizens’ Oversight

Committee, on work on Newport-Mesa schools.