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Site approved for 9/11 memorial
The 9/11 memorial may have found its home in the Huntington Beach Civic Center after council members approved the location Monday night. Other viable locations were addressed, such as Pier Plaza and the corner of Utica Avenue and Main Street. But in a...Tags: National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Human Interest
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In the Pipeline: Monument to brotherhood
The twin towers will soon stand in Huntington Beach. With a little luck and a lot more money, this Sept. 11 will see the unveiling of a remarkable sculpture in front of City Hall. It will feature metallic, exact scale replicas of the World Trade...
Tags: Book, Human Interest, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Chris Howard, George W. Bush
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Around Town: Course record set at marathon
A course record was set in the 17th annual Surf City USA Marathon on Sunday. Reigning champ Carla McAlister, 39, of San Clemente finished in a time of 2:56:28, beating the old mark set in 2006 of 2:57:19 by Nadia Noorzia. That's right, she's 39. Tyler...
Tags: Personal Service, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Landforms, Road Running, Alzheimer's Disease
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Sign up to attend 9/11 memorial gala
The 9/11 Memorial Committee is hosting a gala to raise money for a monument at Huntington Beach Civic Center. There will be guests from New York who will share stories from 9/11. Amy Scruggs will perform custom 9/11 songs, and drums and bagpipes will...
Tags: Personal Service, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Human Interest
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Arts Year in Review: Highlights on the cultural scene
With Nike departing the U.S. Open of Surfing, contentious City Council elections and those Mitt and Barack guys grabbing headlines, it was a busy year for news — and the arts proved to be no exception. We could try to order this into a...
Tags: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Local Elections, Celebrities, Super Bowl, Breast Cancer
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From North Korea to Main Street
Soon after the tragic events of 9/11, artist Gary Simpson was inspired to create a large conceptual piece combining cement with soil from every member state of the United Nations. He called the project "Common Ground 191." He relied on volunteers and...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Petroleum Industry, Artists, Travel, Fine Artists
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City Lights: 'Blessing' is faith at its finest
Everyone has questions they hate to be asked. High on my list is, "Are you religious?" I dread it especially if I sense that a "no" answer will prompt a barrage of other questions, some of them rhetorical. Usually, in those circumstances, I say something...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, Christopher Hitchens, Separation of Church and State
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Huntington Beach remembers 9/11 with ceremony
Tuesday evening, the concrete steps by the Huntington Beach Pier were filled with men in blue: police, firefighters and others in uniform. As Police Chief Ken Small was keen to point out, they were lucky men in blue. Each of them had lived another day to...
Tags: National September 11 Memorial & Museum, American Legion, Human Interest, Local Elections, Dana Rohrabacher
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On Theater: My favorite actress is my favorite daughter
The Huntington Beach Playhouse will be opening its new production, a reprise of Neil Simon's comedy "Rumors," this weekend, but I won't be at my customary spot in Row K taking mental notes. I won't even be in town. It's late August and, for the 10th...Tags: Comedy (genre), Arts and Culture, Celebrities
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Mailbag: This year's Fourth was true independence day
Congratulations are in order to Mayor Don Hansen and the other four city councilmen who voted in January of this year to lift the ban on the sale and use of "safe and sane" fireworks in the city of Huntington Beach. I know this is going to be...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Religion and Belief, Egypt, Islam, Local Government
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City Lights: The circus act that is the election cycle
This just in: The 2012 presidential race heated up last week, slightly, as a pair of new challengers threw their hats in the ring. Some may recognize former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran unsuccessfully last time. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, whose...Tags: Google Inc., Elections, Ron Paul, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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A towering effort
Patrick Vogel never saw the World Trade Center outside of photographs, and he didn't know anyone who died on9/11. But as far as the Long Beach artist is concerned, he has a connection — a slight, geographical one — to the terrorist attacks...
Tags: Fine Artists, Boeing Co., The Pentagon, Human Interest, Easter
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