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Commentary: Letters against center are misleading
I could not let the misinformation in Tim Geddes' letter to the editor relating to the new senior center go uncorrected (Mailbag, March 14). As background information, I am a member of the Huntington Beach Council on Aging's (HBCOA) board of directors. I...Tags: Finance, Litigation, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials
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Commentary: Letters against new center put down to seniors
The Independent's article on the condition of the current Huntington Beach Senior Center was well done and pointed out how old the facility is and inadequate to serve today's senior population ("Waiting for new digs," Feb. 28). Everyone older than 55... -
Commentary: On a mission to save a mission
The public comment period for the Historic Wintersburg (Warner-Nichols) draft environmental impact report (DEIR) closes on Nov. 19. The DEIR analyzes a proposal to re-zone the roughly five-acre property at the corner of Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane from...Tags: Justice System, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan, Justice and Rights
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City Lights: Five generations in a photo
I remember my great-grandmother a little. She was nearly 100 when I saw her in the nursing home, and my mind retains a sketchy image of a white-haired woman who remained seated and stared bemused at the G.I. Joe toy that I brought to show her. I was 7 or...
Tags: Nursing, Roger Ebert, G.I. Joe (fictional character), Nursing Homes, Health and Medical Professionals
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Sullivan is stepping up to the plate
He'd rather be playing senior softball. But at 75, Dave Sullivan says he instead wants to help Huntington Beach thrive, and it's why he's running for City Council for the fourth time. The more-than-four-decade resident is worried about the city's fiscal...Tags: Employees, Politics, Government, Dave Sullivan, Local Government
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Mailbag: Measure Z not worth the losses
By now, many people have seen the orange posters around town that say "No on Z." But what exactly is Measure Z? Measure Z proposes the elimination of a property tax that helps to fund the pensions of public employees. Unfortunately for the city and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, YouTube, Libraries, Ken Burns, Heart Attack
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Mailbag: The government beast must diet
Regarding "Pro tax group gets signs up," Sept. 20: After reading this article, it was crystal clear to me why California cities are collapsing one after another. And Huntington Beach will be next to fall if the electorate does not wake up and see what is...Tags: Politics, Ocean View, Interior Policy, Craig Billington, Elections
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City Lights: One more reason to be grateful to vets
A few years back, the Los Angeles Times wrote a moving story about the death of Britain's last-surviving army veteran of World War I. No, that's not a typo. The man's name was Harry Patch, and he passed away at the age of 111, breaking his country's...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Labor Day, American Legion, Los Angeles Times
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Commentary: The 'call of duty' sounds for many
If you asked our nation's youth about the meaning of "the call of duty," they would probably answer something about a video game or a blockbuster movie. Our veterans will assign a completely different meaning to the words "call of duty." To them, it means...Tags: Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Japan, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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In the Pipeline: A pop legend sails in
There's a concert I'm looking forward to nearby in Laguna Beach this Saturday. Thirty years ago, it was seemingly everywhere: the earnest, feathery voice of a soft-spoken Texas balladeer, Christopher Cross. The charts back then featured a galaxy of stars...
Tags: Authors, Genres, Entertainment, Academy Awards, Elton John
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H.B. man sentenced in veteran's death
A Huntington Beach man was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison Wednesday for the murder of a World War II veteran on Veterans Day almost a decade ago, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. John Kirk McKinney, 30, and Curtis...Tags: Punishment, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, James Hill
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Former H.B. councilman Noble Waite dies at 87
From politics to religion to business to holiday festivities, it sometimes felt as though Noble Waite touched every aspect of life in Huntington Beach. And some days, it felt as though every side of life congregated at his drugstore — the hub of...
Tags: Blood, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Health Procedures, Health, Blood Transfusion
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