POLITICS Campbell wins primary with 45.6% of...

POLITICS

Campbell wins primary with 45.6% of votes

Republican state Sen. John Campbell on Tuesday took the most votes

in a special primary to fill the 48th District Congressional seat,

but his 45.6% of the ballots cast wasn’t enough to head off a general

election, which is set for Dec. 6.

Had Campbell won 50% plus one vote, he would have become the

successor to Rep. Chris Cox, who left to chair the Securities and

Exchange Commission.

In the general election, Campbell will face the winning candidates

from four other parties: American Independent Party candidate Jim

Gilchrist, who received 14.6% of the vote; Democrat Steve Young, who

ended the race with 8.7%; and Libertarian Bruce Cohen and Green Party

candidate Bea Tiritilli, who each took less than 1% of the vote.

Few voters showed up to the polls Tuesday, with just 22.4% of the

district’s 402,006 registered voters participating. More than 63% of

the people who voted cast absentee ballots.

NEWPORT BEACH

Expectant mother walks for memory of first child

The day before giving birth to an 8-pound, 2-ounce baby girl,

Newport Beach resident Kim Leibe participated in Children’s Hospital

of Orange County’s 5K walk at Disneyland.

Leibe and family marched in honor of Aidan, her infant son who

died last year of a rare birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic

hernia.

They raised more than $2,000 for CHOC’s neonatal care unit last

year and expected a similar total this year.

Reports are that Leibe’s second child, Kaitlyn, is doing well.

* After spending more than two weeks living with her daughter in

Newport Beach, New Orleans resident Cathie Sheppard set off on a road

trip back to the hurricane-battered city.

Cathie Sheppard, the wife of New Orleans Saints offensive

coordinator Mike Sheppard, was staying with her oldest daughter,

Chrissi, whose two younger sisters had been attending Corona del Mar

High School.

RELIGION

Rosh Hashana marks beginning of year 5766

Jews throughout Newport-Mesa celebrated the start to the year 5766

with the traditional blowing of the shofar during Rosh Hashana

services.

The High Holy Days continue through Oct. 13, the day of Yom

Kippur.

EDUCATION

UCI to open cardiology center later this month

UC Irvine has announced that it will partner with Toshiba to

create a new cardiology research center on campus.

The center, located in the UCI School of Medicine, will feature a

state-of-the-art imaging system to improve the detection and

treatment of heart disease.

Students and faculty will be able to use the research center,

which is expected to open this month.

“For doctors to keep up with their field, this type of device is

becoming predominant in the practice of cardiology, so it’s important

for doctors to learn to use this kind of technology for treating

patients,” UCI spokesman Tom Vasich said.

* Eastbluff Elementary School continued its plan to bring an

expanded science and technology program to campus. The district has

assembled task forces to study the plans to install laptops and a

portable classroom, and the school hopes to have both up and running

by spring.

Meanwhile, a group of parents has started a petition drive to

bring a crossing guard to an area near the school, citing safety

concerns at a pair of major intersections.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday after school, parents took turns

wearing orange vests, holding stop signs and guiding children across

the street, until the Newport Beach Police Department told them they

were not authorized to direct traffic.

The city’s Traffic Affairs Committee, responding to parents’

concerns, conducted a study of the area early in the week and was

awaiting the results.

To warrant a crossing guard, an intersection controlled by stop

signs must have 500 vehicles and 40 school-age children pass through

it in an hour.

COSTA MESA

Councilman will give up mayor pro tem post

Councilman Gary Monahan, who has served as mayor pro tem since

January, announced Tuesday that he will resign that post but remain

on the council.

He cited family commitments and the time involved in the mayor pro

tem’s job.

The council will discuss a replacement for Monahan at its Oct. 18

meeting.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES

o7”I think the most surprising result is the level of Gilchrist’s

support.”f7

-- Louis DeSipio, UC Irvine political scientist, referring to

Minuteman Project founder and American Independent candidate Jim

Gilchrist, who placed third in last week’s special primary to replace

Rep. Chris Cox

o7”They’re going after the same base.... He [Gilchrist] is going

to be the Ross Perot of this election.”f7

-- Steve Young, the Democrat in the general election for Cox’s

seat, on his main opponents, Republican John Campbell and Gilchrist

o7”You have first-, second-, third-, fourth-graders riding their

bikes on the same street teenagers are driving on. We absolutely need

a crossing guard there.”f7

-- Lauren Young, Eastbluff Elementary School’s PTA president, on

the need for a crossing guard near the school; parents acted as

volunteer crossing guards last week, and a petition drive is underway

o7”My nurse [said], ‘You’ve got to push that baby out and be the

first one.’”f7

-- Richelde Bello, of Costa Mesa, who delivered the first baby, a

girl named Margaret, at Hoag Hospital’s new Women’s Pavilion

o7”Almost everything that we see pricing-wise, California tends

to be the leader. If you look at technology and jobs and where people

are making money, it tends to be on the West Coast.”f7

-- Steve High, an executive vice president for Coldwell Banker

Previews International, on the high price of homes in the state,

Newport Beach included

o7”Cameras can’t make rescues -- cameras can’t treat people. It’s

another tool in our arsenal to help us be more effective in treating

people.”f7

-- Eric Bauer, Newport Beach lifeguard captain, on digital cameras

being added along the beach to help lifeguards watch the water