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A blast at Boeing
It was the first time the Otto family took a crack at making a water bottle rocket, and the youngest of the group was itching to get it to the launch site. The Ottos and hundreds of other families spent their Saturday morning attaching fins and cones to...
Tags: Science
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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: U.S. Congress, Robert J. Lopez, Students, Washington, DC, Teaching and Learning
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Higher education for a higher cause
Huntington Beach native Rachel Field used much of her mechanical engineering education at Harvard to invent ways to help the less fortunate — during her time there and after her 2012 graduation. Field's first major project was developing a suction...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electronics
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No idea is too unusual for Signal
On an early Wednesday morning, Signal Snowboards employee Stephen Rezendes applies a coat of epoxy resin to the board he's building, getting a head start for the company's 2013-14 season. Gliding the scraper from nose to tail, Rezendes efficiently...
Tags: Plant Openings, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Snowboarding
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In The Pipeline: From on the water to on the ice
My idea of a boat is a kayak, so that is the boat I own. As I tool around Huntington Harbour during spring and summer, I still marvel at the many yachts that dwarf my blue plastic Ocean Kayak, so I was pleased to accept an invitation to ride in the...
Tags: Authors, Boston Bruins, Book, Charles M. Schulz, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Mailbag: No need for fire ring ban on all beaches
I have been a citizen of Orange County for 37 years and have frequently enjoyed the beach and the fire rings. Never have I heard of a problem until this year. It appears that the rich of Newport Beach have convinced themselves that they are being...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Pacific Ocean, Environmental Pollution, Manufacturing and Engineering
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In the Pipeline: Air quality leaders' responses not based in facts
OK, hot off the presses, grim lowlights from the new Air Quality Management District (AQMD) staff report, published Wednesday, with proposed amended rules for 444, the beach bonfire ban. To anyone that has not quite grasped just how agenda-driven this...Tags: Environmental Issues, Standards, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Authors
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Mailbag: Park location was chosen with seniors in mind
As a member of the board of directors for the Huntington Beach Council on Aging, I carefully read the letter to the editor from Shelly Stone ("Park is no place for the elderly," Mailbag, March 21) and was pleased that she expressed her worries about...Tags: Elections, Christianity, Anglicanism, Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Webcam captures secrets of endangered birds
He didn't expect to be staring at his computer screen for hours on end, but Brian Pavloff caught himself doing just that. Pavloff, president of Variable Speed Solutions in Huntington Beach, had just finished working on a web camera project for the Bolsa...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Pulling a few strings to win children's smiles
Huntington Beach resident Tait Hill has always had a fascination with puppets and animated figures and after 20 years in the marionette business, he has pulled out all the stops — or rather the strings — to make that dream come true. With...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Briefly in Education
F.V. dance team competes in regionals The Fountain Valley High School Dance team will compete in the Southern California regional dance/drill championships from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in the school's gym, 17816 Bushard St., Fountain Valley. The jazz,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, High Schools, Electronics, Schools, Ocean View
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Putting science at their fingertips
Textbooks have been the tried-and-true method of relaying information to student, but with recent advances in technology those 300-page books may become paperweights. Blending the new with the traditional, Huntington Beach High School has started...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Apple iPad, Teachers, Science, Students
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