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Lions Club shares fireworks revenue
The Huntington Beach Lions Club donated the money it raised from selling fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday to nonprofits in the city. The club gave $5,000 each to the Huntington Beach Therapeutic Riding Center and Huntington Beach Boy Scout...Tags: Autism, Entertainment Events, Holidays, Learning Disability, Lotteries
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Virgen's View: Edison Chargers hit a home run
Edison High Coach Steve Lambright wanted the players of his baseball program to experience what is really important in life Saturday morning at Westminster Park. Along the way to finding that importance the players also discovered little smiles, pure joy...
Tags: Autism, Baseball, Sports, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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'Face of the museum' steps down
On an afternoon last week, Gary Sahagen played a role that he had watched many others play during his decade at the International Surfing Museum. The role of visitor. Sahagen, who joined the museum as a trustee in 2001, stepped down in January from...Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Corporate Officers
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Joe Surf: Beach, surfing event for Down Syndrome
Former Angel Rex Hudler's and his wife Jennifer's foundation, Team Up for Down Syndrome, is partnering with the International Surfing Museum to put on an event called "Surf's Up For Down Syndrome" on Feb. 3 at Sandy's Beach Grill and on the sand on the...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Sprained Ankle, Baseball, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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Joe Surf: Surfing Museum marks 25 years
The International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach has it all: a Hall of Fame, a Walk of Fame, all kinds of memorabilia and exhibits, and of course, a link to surfing history that is invaluable. But there is that one thing that the museum's founder,...Tags: Museums, Museums, Arts and Culture
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TILL FEB. 18 'Centered on the Center' The Huntington Beach Art Center presents a non-juried exhibition at 538 Main St., Huntington Beach. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Ernie Banks, Mardi Gras, Arts and Culture, Behavioral Conditions
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A special day of surfing
Scott McCall is no stranger to the water.
The 30-year-old grew up in Huntington Beach. He learned to swim at Pacific Sands Cabana Club with his sisters, Jayme and Megan. But McCall always wanted to surf.
He received some special lessons at the Surf's Up...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Auction Service, Behavioral Conditions, Pacific Sands Incorporated, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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In the Pipeline: Standing up for Down syndrome
My son and I had the pleasure several weeks ago, thanks to the generosity of my friend Mike Taylor from PBS SoCal, to play ball at Angel Stadium of Anaheim with the one-and-only former Angel (and baseball ambassador extraordinaire) Rex Hudler. With...Tags: Museums, Mike Taylor, Museums, Arts and Culture, Behavioral Conditions
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On Faith: Better angels of our nature stronger than the demons
How can one contemplate the slaying of eight people at a hair salon in Seal Beach and draw any meaning from such evil? I certainly cannot. As a professor of comparative religion, I can only offer a modest reflection on an act of violence that snuffed out...Tags: Dana Rohrabacher, Murder, Wells Fargo & Co., Substance Abuse, Diseases and Illnesses
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John C. Ford Jr., cryptanalyst during World War II
John C. Ford Jr., who as a young World War II cryptanalyst was part of a team whose work resulted in the shooting down of the bomber carrying Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, died Wednesday from respiratory failure at a son's Arnold home. He was 94....
Tags: Radio, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, Fort Meade (military base), National Security Agency
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Fetal test creates options, uncertainty
When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening with ultrasound and standard blood tests raised no warning flags. Burton...Tags: Miscarriage, Genetic Condition, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Edwards Syndrome
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