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Mailbag: Team H.B. not indifferent to seniors
Dave Sullivan is not being completely honest in his portrayal of our positions on a senior center in the city ("Candidates not being totally honest on senior center," Mailbag, Oct. 14). During a forum in September, we discussed this issue at length with...Tags: Judges, Elections, Central Park, Basketball, Budgets and Budgeting
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Female World War II pilot 'will be sorely missed'
Violet "Vi" Cowden, a Huntington Beach resident who served with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and recently became the subject of an award-winning documentary, died Sunday at 94.
Cowden died at 8:34 p.m. at Hoag Hospital in...Tags: Newport Beach, Veterans Day, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Human Interest
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Mailbag: Show stopped for taxpayers' sake
On behalf of the soldiers of the United States Army Field Band, let me tell you how upset we are that we were unable to perform for the great folks in the Huntington Beach area April 10 ("Show does not go on," April 14). Like many, many Americans, we...Tags: Newport Beach, Music, U.S. Army, Maryland, Concerts
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City Lights: Vi's memories won't be lost
Monday afternoon, I sat in a living room a block from the Huntington Beach shore, surrounded by the effects of the life of Vi Cowden. I may be one of the last people to see them all under one roof. Kim Ruiz, Cowden's only child, invited me to visit...Tags: Newport Beach, Human Interest, Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, Awards and Prizes, Festive Events
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Center is 'safe haven' for veterans
Golden West College on Tuesday officially unveiled its first dedicated space for returning veterans, a resource the campus hasn't seen since the Vietnam War. The college held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Veterans Resource Center, a place for...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Affairs, Dana Rohrabacher, Andrews Sisters (music group), International Military Interventions
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Natural Perspectives: Spending time in desert area of California
Vic led his Irvine Valley College Emeritus Program bird class for adults to the Mojave National Preserve this past weekend. I tagged along to take photos and provide a guest lecture on the natural history of the area. We stayed for three days at the...Tags: Native Americans, Mojave National Preserve, Minority Groups, Water, Los Angeles
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In The Pipeline: Tied together by wartime service
"That's the most beautiful thing — that flag," Helen Harris whispered to me in her thick, Greek accent, as the Boy Scouts hoisted Old Glory last week, on a warm, blustery Veterans Day.
During World War II, Harris had been the official translator...Tags: Paul Taylor, Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Day
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Notable passings of 2010
The following notable people from the Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley community passed away this year. Juergen W. Bless Bishop Juergen W. Bless did the first blessing at St. Thaddeus Jude Old Catholic Church in Old World Village and served...Tags: U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Pakistan
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Chargers' Super Booster
It was still an hour away from the opening kickoff of the big Edison-Dana Hills game, but Jim Collins was ready for some football.
While playing a waiting game, Collins studied the opposition warming up, taking note of it all in reserved silence. He...Tags: U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Schools, Hawaii
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More than a place for mail to gather
Just as she has done for the last 50 years, Jean Hylton, 85, on Monday walked into the small, buttercup-yellow, one-story building on Pacific Coast Highway between 10th and 11th streets.
The building wasn't always yellow — it recently underwent...Tags: Travel, U.S. Postal Service, Music, Mail Order Industry, Arts
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Natural Perspectives: Make it bloom this Memorial Day
This coming Memorial Day weekend is a three-day holiday. What this often means for most of the country is that it's time to dust off the barbecue and get ready for summer cookouts. Since we have that beach party thing going on all year in our wonderful...Tags: U.S. Army, Holidays, Death, France, Vehicles
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There's something about ukuleles
"I think he played in Megadeth?" Shirley Orlando is thinking back to her days as the owner of Huntington Music at Goldenwest Street and Warner Avenue. For 26 years, she ran the place, and in addition to it being a music store, Shirley also used the...Tags: Music Industry, Music, Congressional Gold Medal Honorees
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