Coast enrollment down, applications accepted Orange Coast...

Coast enrollment down, applications accepted

Orange Coast College is showing a 6.19% decline in spring semester

enrollment compared to last year.

The college is offering 6.7% fewer classes than it offered a year

ago. Enrollment figures were released Tuesday by OCC’s admissions and

records office. Spring semester classes begin on Feb. 2.

OCC had 18,045 students enrolled for spring classes as of Tuesday

morning compared to 19,236 on the same date last year. OCC will offer

151 fewer course sections this spring than last.

The college has scheduled 2,106 sections for spring 2004, compared

to 2,257 last year. The college is offering about 200 more classes

this spring than last fall.

Registration by touch-tone telephone for new and returning

students is underway. All students who are California residents are

charged an $18-per-unit registration fee for classes.

Spring applications are being accepted -- and registration

appointments are available -- in OCC’s admissions office. The office

is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Fridays

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

OCC’s spring class schedule is posted on the college’s website at

https://www.orangecoastcollege.com. Printed copies of the schedule are

available for free in the admissions office.

For spring registration information, call (714) 432-5072.

John Wayne hopes to add direct route to D.C.

Aloha Airlines is seeking to add a new route from John Wayne

Airport to the nation’s capital.

Aloha last week applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation

to add the new route direct from Orange County to Ronald Reagan

Washington National Airport. The new route would be the only direct

flight to the Washington D.C. airport from Orange County. Service is

expected to begin July 1, assuming the regulatory approvals are in

place by late June.

Local named best in building business

Newport Beach-based John Laing Homes was recently named 2004

Builder of the Year by “Professional Builder Magazine.”

Building industry leaders nominate companies, which are then rated

by the magazine’s editorial staff on innovation, reputation and

overall excellence. The company, which builds homes in California and

Colorado, is among the top five privately held home builders in the

nation. It ranks 28th on a “Professional Builder Magazine” list of

the top 400 home builders in the country based on its 2002 revenues

of $600 million.

John Laing Homes also recently received a “Good Scout” award for

its community service. The Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of

America presented the award to the builder for its work with scouting

programs, such as an expansion of the Boy Scouts’ Newport Beach sea

base.

The remodeled base will include more classrooms, a library, an

amphitheater, a conference room, a crew center, a picnic area and new

boating equipment.