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TODAY

CITIZEN ACADEMY

The Laguna Beach Police Department is inviting Laguna residents

and those who work in the city to sign up for the Citizen Academy, a

12-week course designed to provide community members with a better

understanding of the police department. People who sign up by today’s

deadline will attend classes from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Academy

members will be given the chance to shoot at the police firing range

and participate in mock scenarios. Applicants must be at least 18

years old and have no felony convictions, pending civil or criminal

cases with the city or its employees or outstanding warrants for

arrest. Information: (949) 497-0701 or contact Sgt. Darin Lenyi at

(949) 497-0750 ext. 230

SATURDAY

GREENBELT

RESTORATION DAYS

Laguna Greenbelt Restoration Days is looking for people to join

park volunteers for a morning of habitat restoration in Laguna Coast

Wilderness Park. Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. has planned a series of

restoration days on the third Saturday of each month through June

2004. It will be from 8 to 11 a.m. and volunteers will help remove

nonnative plants. Meet at the Interpretive Center and parking will be

provided in the gravel parking area just south of the El Toro Road

and Laguna Canyon Road junction. Bring gloves, hat, sunscreen, shovel

and pruners (if you have them) and sturdy shoes and water. All

volunteers receive a free “Keep It Wild” T-shirt. For information,

call (949) 923-2235 or go to www.lagunagreenbelt.org.

WEEKEND HIKES

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park offers hiking, mountain biking and

equestrian riding on designated trails at the Willow Canyon Staging

Area, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road, and hiking on designated trails at

the Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road every Saturday and Sunday.

Information: (949) 923-2235.