Councilman opposes funding move

Councilman Wayne Baglin voted against applying for funds from the

Orange County Transportation Authority because a big chunk of the

funds would be used for the proposed maintenance yard relocation.

The application is for $2,085,000 to fund operating costs of the

city’s municipal transit system, vehicle replacement and capital

improvements in the proposed yard. Of the total, $900,000 would be

used for the transportation component in the relocated yard.

“I don’t agree with moving the corporate yard, so I can’t vote for

this,” said Baglin.

Councilman Steve Dicterow said the corporation yard was going to

be moved regardless of Baglin’s preference.

“I would think you would want it to cost the city less,” Dicterow

said.

Baglin said that he would scuttle funding for the move whenever

possible.

The council voted 3 to 1 to authorize City Manager Ken Frank to

apply for the local transportation funds with OCTA. Councilwoman Toni

Iseman, who also is opposed to the relocation of the corporate yard,

was absent from the meeting.

-- Barbara Diamond

Annual chess tournament scheduled for June 25

The third annual Laguna Beach Junior Chess Tournament will be held

from 6 to 9 p.m. June 25.

The event is for children in kindergarten through eighth grade and

will be in the El Morro Elementary School multi-purpose room. The fee

for the tournament is $15 and will include pizza and soda. For

information, call Megan Mayer at (949) 376-5836.

Library Friends to hold six-day book sale

The Friends of the Laguna Beach Library will hold a book sale from

June 28 to July 3 at the bookstore under the library at 363 Glenneyre

St.

The sale will include a Wilkie Collins collection, a set of

Encyclopedia Britannica in excellent condition, cookbooks and a

series of taped lectures by well-known professors from top

universities, including Stanford.

Bookshop hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday,

with evening hours until 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

To volunteer for the sale or for more information, call (494)

464-1941.

Quest for burn survivors rescheduled

The Firefighters Quest For Burn Survivors will be making its way

through Laguna Beach between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The quest will work its way throughout Southern California to

provide awareness to burn injuries and to promote burn education and

burn prevention. This caravan has resumed after being postponed a

couple of weeks ago due to the death of President Ronald Reagan.

The caravan will consist of emergency vehicles that will travel

from Newport Beach, along Coast Highway, and up Forest Avenue for a

brief stop at Fire Station No. 1 for pictures and public information.

The community is encouraged to watch and welcome the caravan of Fire

and Police Apparatus and will have the opportunity to talk with some

burn survivors.

The Firefighters Quest For Burn Survivors is an organization that

was created following the 1996 Malibu firestorm in which several

local Southern California firefighters were critically injured by

flames.

For further information on this event or on Fire Safety, contact

the Laguna Beach Fire Department at (949) 497-0700.

TOW Assn. elects board of directors

The new board of directors of the Top of the World Neighborhood

Assn. was elected at its general meeting held at Top of the World

Elementary School June 9.

The 2004-05 board members are: Chris Brazelton, Dave Connell, Gene

Felder, John Robinson, Gary Schwager, Karen Schwager, Todd Thornton,

Frank Tully, Piero Wemyss, Carolyn Wood, Scott Woodard and new member

Paul Tackabury.

Retiring from the Board are Tom Falkowski and Grant McCombs.

The presentation from the association’s treasurer, airline pilot

Todd Thornton, included Internet access to the John Wayne Airport

www.ocair.com website and its Flight Tracks map, which clearly shows

flights turning too early and at a lower altitude over Laguna Beach.

In addition to Top of the World neighbors, others concerned about

John Wayne aircraft noise in attendance included Leon Smith of Arch

Beach Heights, Ed Drollinger of Mystic Hills, Jane Egly of North

Laguna and John Keith of South Laguna. A group organized to limit

John Wayne Airport to a maximum of 10.8-million passengers annually

also made a presentation. The website for the group, AirFair, is

https://www.jwairfair.com.

Friends of Hortense garden to hold plant sale

The Friends of the Hortense Miller Garden are having a plant sale

Saturday at the Farmer’s Market.

Unusual plants, pots and garden decorations will be for sale. The

most spectacular offering at the sale will be a very large staghorn

fern growing around a beautiful piece of driftwood.

All proceeds from the sale help maintain and improve the Hortense

Miller Garden. The public may tour the Garden at no cost Tuesday

through Saturday by making a reservation with the city of Laguna

Beach Recreation Department at (949) 497-0716.