“The kids are basically doing all the...

“The kids are basically doing all the navigation. They’re going to

have first-hand, up-front experience with what racing’s about. We’re

going to be rotating, so everybody’s going to get the chance to

steer.”

Tim Martin, skipper of the Blacksilver, which was running in this

weekend’s Newport to Ensenada race with five members of the Newport

Sea Scouts on board.

“A center like that is something the nation needs. As we’re

getting more interdependent and more communicative with the Internet

and global travel, I thought we needed to catch up a little bit on

the cultural side. We need centers like this to acclimate us with

those cultures in other parts of the world.”

Fariborz Maseeh, a Newport Beach businessman and philanthropist,

who pledged $2 million to UC Irvine last week to help the campus

establish a center for Persian studies.

“The closer we can move this to the source, we can leverage

ourselves by at least 10 times.”

Jim Parkhurst, president of Orange County Coastkeeper’s board of

directors. The group is opening a second office in the Inland Empire

to help it focus attention on pollution up the runoff chain.

“There have not been any discussions yet on how to pay for this.

Within the next few months, we do need to have those discussions.”

Wanda Marquis-Smith, chief of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality

Control Board’s coastal planning section, on cleaning up the Rhine

Channel. The work could cost as much as $22 million.

“We want parents to be more aware of what’s going on and more

involved in advocacy. That’s what this trip is all about.”

Patty Christiansen, vice president of legislation for the Harbor

Council PTA, as she got ready to board a plane for Sacramento where

she was to speak with state officials about concerns over public

schools.