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Around Town: Marina student gets collegiate boost
A big congratulations has to go out to Betty Nguyen for the unbelievable scholarship she earned. Nguyen is the first Marina High School student to win the Gates Millennium Scholarship, according to a news release. The award is given to 1,000 students...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Robert J. Lopez, Science, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes
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On Theater: A 'Blonde' moment worth having
Of all the stage musicals based on hit movies over the years ("Applause," "Promises, Promises," etc.), few have hit the ground running with the wit, verve and sheer entertainment value of "Legally Blonde," now in its second and final weekend at Golden...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Celebrities, Arts and Culture
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In The Pipeline: A week of ducks and dribblers
Next week, we're fortunate to have not one but two special author appearances at Barnes & Noble at Bella Terra. At 7 p.m. Sept. 18, Martin J. Smith, editor-in-chief of Orange Coast magazine, will discuss and sign his new book, "The Wild Duck Chase:...
Tags: Hunting, Authors, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Locals Amaral, Filia-Snyder advance to Omaha
Huntington Beach High grad Beau Amaral, a junior outfielder at UCLA, and Edison High grad Eric Filia-Snyder, a freshman outfielder for the Bruins, are in Omaha for the 2012 College World Series. The Bruins, the No. 2 seed, open World Series play Friday...Tags: Cincinnati Reds, UCLA Bruins, High School Sports, College Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Clifford signs with UC Irvine
Ocean View High senior Conor Clifford took the next step in his academic and athletic career when the 7-foot center signed to play for the UC Irvine men's basketball team Monday (). Clifford averaged 14.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and shot 68% from...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Basketball, College Basketball, University of California, Riverside, College Sports
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Local AYSO squad is runner-up
The Fountain Valley Under-19 girls' soccer team, Kiss My Grass of AYSO Region 5, took second place during Presidents Day weekend at the Colorado River Invitational Soccer Tournament. The tournament drew more than 110 teams from California, Arizona and...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Tim Tebow, Elections, UCLA Bruins, Football
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Briefly In Sports
Edison High graduate Luke Gane, a student and member of the football team at UCLA, is one of four finalists for the 2012 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award. The other three finalists for the award, which first was awarded in 2009, are David...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Elections, Baseball, Hank Conger, UCLA Bruins
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Miss F.V. pageant back after 21-year absence
In the course of representing her hometown, the next Miss Fountain Valley may get her hands dirty. Or at least her shoes. That's what Keeli Scott Lisack, the executive director of the city's first scholarship pageant in 21 years, remembers about her...Tags: Breast Cancer, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), University of California, Irvine, Skin Cancer, Arts and Culture
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Joe Surf: Making waves in the classroom
To Bali, or not to Bali.
That was the question facing Taylor Pitz, an up-and-coming surfer but also an up-and-coming student.
Pitz, a 2011 graduate of Laguna Beach High School, has qualified for the Assn. of Surfing Professionals Junior World...Tags: High Schools, Schools, High School Sports, 90210 (tv program), Bali (Indonesia)
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Students picket outside H.B. High
More than a dozen Huntington Beach High School students have protested in front of campus this week against what the leaders called an overemphasis on grades and assignments and a failure by teachers to encourage independent thought. The students,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teachers, Music, Education, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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In the Pipeline: Feeling blue but happy
When Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton first applied the blue greasepaint in the late 1980s in New York City, it's hard to imagine that phenomenon that would become Blue Man Group. Today, millions of fans around the world have become mesmerized...Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Les Miserables (musical), Teaching and Learning, Politics
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Owens makes splash
It could be called the first summer pool party at the home of Mike and Julie Owens, but Monday's big splash wasn't planned.
It was spontaneous. Most certainly, it was joyous.
It happened shortly after their son, Edison pitching sensation Henry Owens,...Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Fenway Park, Cleveland Indians, Theo Epstein, Neil Diamond
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