Hoops game to raise funds for paramedic...

Hoops game to raise funds for paramedic

Firefighters from Newport Beach, Fountain Valley and Garden Grove

will play a basketball game on Saturday against the Chinese Junior

Olympic Men’s team to generate support for Newport Beach paramedic

Brian Slater, who was injured in a bodysurfing accident last month.

Admission to the game is free. However, firefighters will be

accepting donations and passing a boot allowing guests to make a

donation for Slater. All of the money raised during the event will go

directly to the Newport Beach Fire Assn., which has set up a fund to

help the family.

The game will begin at 8 p.m. at Tustin High School, at 1171 El

Camino Real in Tustin. For more information, call the Newport Beach

Firefighters Assn. at (949) 646-0533.

Sanitary district wins outreach award

The Costa Mesa Sanitary District was recently selected to receive

the California Special District Assn. Exceptional Public Outreach

Award.

President Arlene Schafer accepted the award on behalf of the

district for its exemplary efforts in public outreach and awareness.

Copies of an award-winning 15-minute video about the district and

its services is available by calling at (714) 754-5030.

CenterLine project gets more funding

The Orange County Transportation Authority has amended its 2003-04

budget by $4.3 million.

Of that amount, $3.8 million will be provided to complete

preliminary engineering on the CenterLine project and $300,000 to

conduct outreach to property owners and businesses in Santa Ana,

Costa Mesa and Irvine who will be affected by the light rail project.

Awards to show off real fast company

How fast is fast?

That question will be answered, in part, at the “Technology Fast

50” awards, which recognizes the 50 fastest growing technology

companies in Orange County based on percentage revenue growth over a

five-year period.

The awards take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Sutton Place

Hotel, at 4500 MacArthur Blvd. Newport Beach. For information and

reservations, call (714) 437-7055.