“I kept pushing for a more adequate...

“I kept pushing for a more adequate library. We had nothing, and then

we built the Newport Center branch .... It was too tiny when it was

built.”

-- Lucille Kuehn, former Newport Beach City Councilwoman who

lobbied the city for better library facilities for 20 years. The

central library is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

“I was like, ‘Aw, man! I’ve got to clean up.’ But it really felt

good to clean up the community so we can keep our fireworks every

Fourth of July.”

-- Sergio Hernandez, 17, one of 31 teens involved in the Costa

Mesa aquatics program, which sold fireworks, who helped clean up

after the Fourth of July.

“This is probably the most all-around club with different ages and

different levels [of players] and the best people [on staff].”

-- Mike MacKenzie, of Newport Coast and a 10-year member of

Palisades Tennis Club, on the club, which is hosting the home matches

for the Newport Beach Breakers of World Team Tennis.

“No one was in uniform, so I thought the people there were having

a housewarming party. But then I saw the big trailer the forensic

experts were in and a lot of people wearing the jackets marked

‘police.’”

-- James Lynott, a neighbor of a Costa Mesa home where police

discovered a lab used to make a drug commonly used in date rapes.

“[Edwards’ candidacy] is not bad news for Republicans. It gives

Republicans yet another opportunity to put out that the agenda of the

left is controlled by trial lawyers like Edwards.”

-- Scott Baugh, Orange County GOP chairman, on presumptive

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry’s choice of Sen.

John Edwards as his running mate.

“Basically, this is a brand new building, almost.”

-- Kurt Conrad, owner of Svelte restaurant, on the reconstruction

done before last week’s opening.