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SERVING THE NEWPORT - MESA COtvVv'tUNmEs SINCE 1907 ON THE WEB: WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM ~AY,JULY 10,2000 Too close· for colllfort . • A 2-year-old was not burned two boles in her Department received 145 sweater and did not mar the calls from residents con ­ harmed when a bottle little girl, except for her cerned about fireworks - not rocket struck her, but it memories of that day. out of the ordinary for July 4, seives as a warning The neighbors came over said Lt. John FitzPatrick. to apologize for the close call. It's also predictable for a about fireworks safety. NLuckUy, nothing hap­ place where fireworks, which pe ned, but it could have been are contraband in many cities, Sue Doyle on her bare arm or l\ead and DAILY PILOT Topics and trends been worse,• said Margaret are legally sold. Many people that affect your life Nolde, Rosalind's mother. around the county travel to COSTA MESA - Rosalind The child burst into The experience forced one of the five cities that still climbed onto he r mother's lap screams, terrilied. And so Nolde to take a second look sell the the safe and sane to watch a fireworks show in were her family and friends at ._pyrotechnics. and their variety: Costa Mesa, Buena SEAN HILUR I DAILY PILOT her driveway when a stray who were gathered around dangers. She urges 'Others to Park. Garden Grove, Sant~ Ana bottle rocket - launched for a Fourth of July celebra­ take tnore responsibility Rosallnd Nolde, 2, shows the sweater that was . from a neighbor's house tion. with them. burned on Independence Day when a neighbor's struck the 2-year-old. However, the rocket only The. Costa Mesa Police SEE CLOSER PAGE 5 bottle rocket struck her. Rosalind was unharmed. .. Greenlight isappearing ACT supporter

The new, hard-to-find questions Horry Potter book shows somebody is a study data wizard at market;ng • Second analysis concludes that 11, not 1&, past projects would Sue Doyle fP DAILY PILOT ( have triggered a ·citywide vote. Alex Coolman e.ldi Andrade and her son DAILY PILOT Devon raced through the Hbookstore Sunday to buy NEWPORT BEACH - A report released Fn­ the latest Hany Potter book. day by the Planning Department a.uns to clear only to come to a screeching up some contusion about the potential impacts halt when they heari:t the news. of the Greenligbt initiative on development, but Soldoul not everyone is satisfied with its results. In fact. less than 24 hours The report is a revision of an earlier analysis after the book was released at of the measure that had some inaccuraoes. the stroke of midnight Friday, But though the revised version comes up rustomers depleted the New­ with some new numbers, the study still doesn't port Boulevard Borders Books, .Music and Cate's entire invento­ SEE DATA PAGE 5 ry of •ttany Potter and the Gob­ let of fire• by J.K Rowling. All latecomers could sign a waiting list for a copy of the 752-page book from the next shipment. •Bummer,• Andrade said as she ran her fingers across the Planners to .vote empty shelves where the hot books briefly sat. She became booked on the series after she read her son's copies. on scaled-down The Andrades were not alone in the.Ir disappointment The Oy-by·night sales took par­ housing project ents, children and the Borders staff by storm. Andntw Glazer ·1 don't understand the DAllY PILOT • craze, but it lielped our sales, so rm not going to complain.• sal.d COSTA MESA - The Planning Commission Cathy 1\veed.t.: assistant manag­ is scheduled tonight to decide whether a er at Borders. sc.aled-down proposal for a housing tract on At 11 :30 p.m.. Friday, about Adaois Avenue would suit Mesa Verde. 50 people lined up inside the Standard Pacific, a Costa Mesa-based store to make the.Ir midnight · builder, reduced the number of homes it planned for the lot from 90 to 69 after the Plan­ purchase. Some sleepy children • lffAN AAVIUIW I OM.Y ...or were dressed in their pajamas. ning Commission and City Counol both reject­ Devoli ADdnde, 13, and bis HekU. of Colla Mela Into the ~ Newport Some parents purchased coffee mom. came cm ed the original proposals last spring. In the BoukMlnl on Sunday to llnd a copy ol the new book •11arry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." revised 12-acre project. to be built on a lot in antidpatlon of a Jong nlgbl • • Nobody left empty-handed. But owned by the Segerstrom family, the homea 811! tbe shelves were cleared by 3 Plfty rel81Ved books still sat Elif are counting en Elif, 8, has 11ckle Me Elmo aaze of 1996 larger than the units originally planned. . , p.m. Saturday, 1\veedt sakl. . behind the stu'e's Counter on read the fir9t three books in the . . and other must-have marketing Mesa Verde homeowners heavily oppoe9d The bookstore bad 350 Sunday. If i:esidents don't pick series and can't wait to get her tedmiquel. the initial project. concerned about in~ lri cq>6el for sale when the frenzy th.em up, they go back on the hands on the fourth. "I think this is a new way of traffic and clashes with the quaint ~-­ began. Locals reserved nearly ibelYes today. Karaw felt ICJID8thing famil- publicity, and it's very su~ hood's character. halt of the boob to avoid the That'll what people like Seni· iar about the med Nib for the ful, • Kamas Mid; •And the kids .. SEE HOUSING MGE 5 midnightruilh. ha Karataa and her daughter book. ll refninded bar of the like these tbingi. • .

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hicken Uttle once said, "The sky is falling, the sky is Cfalling.• U Chicken Uttle had been a Newport harbor yachtsman instead of a bamyard creature, he would have ducked, •The bottom is rising, the bottom is rising.• Now I reali7.e this is a shallow analogy, but it's true. The floor of our barbo£ 1s rising. Repairing ships is a'common occw:rence in Newport. but if the silt keeps running down the Back Bay, we'll be lucky if we can float a dinghy 20 years from now. With the creation of all the.new housing, oommerc:ial property and industry in . BRIAN POBUOA I DAl.Y PILOT the past few years from here to Sad· Scott Currie, left. and his son Jared f:lsh in the Newport Harbor in a ~t they rented from Davey's Locker early Friday morning. dleback. the water runoff has \ inaeased at a monumental pace. Where there's runoff, you have sill A continuous dredging program is the only solution. . Longtime resident and writer John Blaich informed me that at one time, Newport Harbor was a repair Fishing on borrovved time facility for large ships. The South Coast Shipyard stood where the Bal­ Alex Coolm•n test,• Peterson said, smiling boa Bay Oub now resides. DAJLY~PILOT A rental boat can be tile perfect fit broadly ftom beneath a large straw hat. •Took about 20 min· In HMS, the yard was commis­ ou can see them out in the for first-timers or seasoned anglers utes. He went around the boat sioned to repair a 364-foot Aetcher­ harbor on almost any sunny twice. . dass destroyer with a 2,100-ton chs· placement. In 19'3, the same yard day: the endearingly clunky tion for the Oeet because more Bay Bridge, where the fishing is •A fish Wee that. he starts ta.Jc. Y repaired a 327-foot. 2,000-ton lSf, blue skilfs from Newport Harbor than a few people who wrap their generally pretty good, or to hang ing the line and you just hold on.• Boat Rentals. around in the harbor entrance, Out in the channel, Corona res· as well. hands around the throttle of the To the best of Blaich's recollec­ They're simpl& boats, equipped Evinrude motor have only a vague where the presence of the New· idents Scott Currie and his 'SOD tioo. the largest yacht ta enter New· with nothing more than a pair of understanding of what they're port Bait Barge tends to dttract the Jared seemed to be doing fairly unpadded wooden seats, a primi· pert Harbor was the MS. Stranger. doing. occasional bass. well in their rental. She 230 feet long, had a 33-foot • 1 used to do this all the ti.me,• was tive bait tank and a puttering six· •A lot of our customers are And some folks don't need any beam and weighed 1,309 tons. horsepower outboard motor. Not repeats,• explained Doug Tu.rin. assistance at all. High Desert resi· the father explained. •rm Just try· Stranger entered Newport Harbor in real fancy stuff, but it's good part·owner of the rental shop. dent ·Jerry Peterson, who was ing to pass it along.• 1936 and was moored in front of enough to tool around the harbor, "But we have a certain percent· renting a sk:i!f on a recent mom· A moment later, Jared landed CapL Fred E. Lewis' estate at 2100 and it has the advantage of being age where it's their first time.• ing, had plenty of fishing expert· a small fish. He might be just E. Balboa Blvd. hard for even an inexperienced Turin tries to steer p.eople in the ence and the stories to pI'OVe it. learning the ropes in a rental In 1935, Lewis hired 13 local Sea boater to destroy. right direction, .though. fie tells •A couple weeks ago, I tied $kiff, but be was doing some­ Scouts to embark on an adventure That's an important considera· them to head over by the Back into a 40·pound ray on 10-pound thing right. of a lifetime. Blaich was one of the fortunate. •eapL Lewis sent us by rail all the way to Connecticut. where we assisted in fitting out tbe Stranger for her voyage to Newport Beach,• .. Blaich said. Lewis was under contract with . the ~ Diego Zoo to catch a variety

===~=~ii~15 giant turtles, albatross, flamingos. macaws, monkeys. exotic fish and other unique wildlife. tu evidenced by the inaeasing number ol vessels that ue either brushing bottom ot becom1ng stuck on a sandbar, the silt is dsi.Dg. According to the Harbor Patrol. the9e ocx:wreoces are becoming more frequent As the sUt riles, it forces water out ol the harbor. JI you do this for the next 20 years or so, you~ up with a parking lot Let the ClredgtDg begbi.

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COSTA llESA PLAINING • Aninial Network to the rescue ~0-SSIOll AGENDA • Newport Beach PIERCING AND TATTOO woman looks for. good SHOP OH BRISTOL STREET FYI homes for good pets. The Planning Commi~ wtll consider •WHO: Chair~n sion a request ..,.., D.venpol't Sue Doyle to open a body piercing DAILY PtLOT and tattoo parlor at 2981 Vice Chairman Tom Bristol St. near South Coast Suero NEWPORT BEACH - It Piaz.a. Commissioner was four years ago, when Owlsfewel coyotes killed her two cats What to expect The thdt DiAnna Pfaff-Martin'~ commission will vote on Commissioner passion to save other anuruus whether to allow the parlor ICMrinll Foley began. • to set up shop in an empty Commissioner She fueled the sadness store. City planners have Kiitie Wilson about her cats' deaths into recommended the commis­ • WHEN: 6:30 p.m. today" sion approve the parlor fou_nding the Community •WHERE: City Hall, 77 Animal Network, which finds because the city has desig­ Fair Drive. loving homes for spayed and nated the area for commer­ neutered animals. cial use. On weekends, the New­ to build four new office port Beach resident stands EXPERIAN ASKS TO buildings, two restaurants, among cages of kittens out­ EXPAND HEADQUARTERS a retail building, a health side Russo's Pets at Fashion Experian, a high-tech club and two garages Island, hoping to find goOd market research company, there. h'emes for them. About 70 has proposed expanding The City Council ap­ felines and tow dogs are the size of an office build­ proved t he proposal in Feb­ waiting in line and sell for ing in the South Coast ruary, which planned for between $75 and $150. Metro neighborhood. the four office buildings to "lt's destiny that I'm here." have an area of 475,000 Pfaff-Martin said. •And I'm What to expect Exper­ ian 4s in the process of square feet. E¢erian is ask­ destined to succeed with this RYAN RAYBURN I DAJLY PILOT moving its headquarters to ing permission to expand but need the community's Shelly ~hwarzenbaeh of New-Port Beach shows her 1-year-old-daugbter, Sophia, a kit­ the office buildings' area to · support, too." the South Coast Metro ten the family adopted from the Community Animal Network. 525,000 square feet. She certainly got their area. The company plans attenti0n. Shoppers swanned maneuver, a name drummed · man stormed past the ani­ aggressive toward other around the cages to take a up by her son Ryan, 8. mals, only to tum right dogs, which makes her a peek at the sleepy kittens. Her daughter, 1-year-old around and melt when he harder sell, and will be board­ Some stuck their fingers Sophia, looked at the kitten looked at them. ed until adopted. through the cages to pet and happily babbled to . it. Although Pfaff-Martin has Pfaff-Martin ·foots the bill them. bthers could not resist Alexander, 3, dung to bis her hands full when the ne t­ for boarding all the animals. and opened the cage doors to mother's leg and between work finds the kittens, she She counts on contributions cuddle. sobs tried to talk her into buy­ also buys high-risk animals to help. Shelly Schwanenbach of ing more kittens. from shelters to save' them "Rescuing is very costly,• • Newport Beach stood with a •No, no," Schwarzenbach from death. Pfaff-Martin admitted, •but stroller and her three children said softly. "We've been talk­ She saved Maggie, a 50- it's bard when you are in front of one cage, which ing about this all week.• pound Rhodesian ridgeback involved to say no.• held their newly adopted kit­ Alexander wasn't the only and Labrador mixture just For more information, call ten. They will call him Ollie, one moved by the sight of the one hour before she was to be (949) 759-3646 or vi.sit http:// in reference .to a skateboard kittens. One serious-faced put to sleep . Maggi~ is www.cutimalnetwork.org.

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"Investing for Women Tak­ 10 a.ln. at the Newport Beach Cafe at South Cout Plaza, del Mar and Laguna Beach. AdmiaSion is free for mem. ObGolly.com wtll host ing Control," a free financial Central Library, 1000 Avoca­ 3333 Beet St., COlta Mesa: Hikers should meet at the El bers, $10 for nonmembers. ·internet Success,• a pro­ seminar for women, will do Ave., Newport Beach. Pree. Information: (71') '432- Moro Visitors Center. Pree, Information: (714) 855-9090. but parking is $6. Reserva­ gram for sm.all-bumneu own­ begin at 6:30 p.m. at Paine lnfasis Senior Center, 800 Mar- tions: (800) 660-1993. at 7:30 p .m . at Borders Books, The CE!nter is at 250 E. Baker • guerite Ave., Corona del Mar. JUlY 19 .Music and Cafe at South St., Costa Mesa. Information: Steven Hendlln will discuss Information: (949) 645-3352. Mu1ne B. Cohea wW host a The Orange County Web­ onllne investing at 2 p.m. at Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St .. (714) 755-0340, Ext 133. worksbop titled •Divorce: A Girls will discuss new media Borders Books, Music and Costa Mesa. Free. Infonna­ The Susan G. Komen Breast New Beginning• at 10 a.m. at . and technology networking Cafe at South Coast Plaza, tion: (714) 432-7854. IUESDIY 180 Newport Center Drive, . at 7 p .m. at Borders Books, Cancer Foundation is recruit­ 3333 Bear Sl, Costa Mesa. Earnest Sblwanov wW pre­ ing team captains for its Newport Beach. The $40 Music . and Cafe at South Free. Information: (714) 432- JULY 27 "Race for the Cure" event. workshop is for men and CQaSt Plaza, 3333 Bear St., sent a slide ~ow and discuss . 7854. Author David Gabbe will his climbing expedition to The sessions will be from women recently divorced or Costa Mesa. Free. Informa­ noon to 2 p.m. or 6 to 8 p .m. at in the process -of divorcing. ·ti.on: (714) 432-7854. host a cooking class called Aconcagua, Chile, at 8 p.tn. 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~amendment. It is slated foe Edwards Theater would looked,• Bludau said. •1t was DATA the November ballot have trlqqered. a vote under an honest mistake.• , 'IWo weeks ago, city-hired Greenligbl Phil Am, a Greenligbt CONTINUED FROM 1 analyst John Douglas •What we're saying now,· spokesman, said Friday be bad releued a study of the effects Bludau said, •ts that 11 of those not yet reviewed the report look entirely correct to Greeo­ of the initiative on dty devel­ 18 would have (needed voter Although the new study ...... light advocate Allan Beek. opment. The study looked at approval). The rest are really , might give a better picture of fire- For .many yean, Beek said be plantto meet with the put decade of construc­ questionable.• what Greenllgbt would have ...baft ·been Illegal tn dty officials today to iron out tion in the dty, attempting to The two reports come to dif­ done in the past, Bludau said Bw:b betaUl8 N9wport some of the statistical problems determine w hich projects ferent cooclusions, Bludau said, it's still hard to predict exactfy ,.... ~to becouse in at least seven cases, what the initiative would do in .,.. in the data.. ' would have required voter ...... end poperty, Mid approval if the measure had the projects considered by the future if it passes. The Greenlight measure, ldan ~ Slater, paramedic ~~lace . Douglas were not large enough ·1 think the conclusion is and spok~ for the formally lm.own as th\ Protec­ · y, said City Manager to trigger Greenligbt's Stan· that we really need some Newpolt Beech Pire and tion from 'Iiaffic and Density Homer Bludau. Douglas bad dards for a vote. experience with this as to Mutne~. initiative, would give voters the concluded that 18 projects - •The part of the [initiative) what impact it would have,• "AD fireworks and fire. final say on any development from work at the Pour Seasons wording that ad~ (size Bludau said. "It can get pretty related recreational adivi­ requiring a •major- general Hotel to eJ:P8DSion of the requirement] was really over- tricky.· u..- daagei'oul, • Slater Mid. •lbey cauae fires blocked Standard Pacific's lat­ project. able. The group decided not to and aeate the potential of est proposal if the developer •rd like to see larger lots, take a united stand. serious COOleq\leDCeS. If HOUSING had not submitted the applica· but there are less of them in this But the assotiation's vice But legal oc illegal. the CONTINUED FROM 1 tiao last year, said Mel Lee, a day and age,• she said. "The president, Darnell Wyrick, said No. t rule to remember dty planner. market is such that people are he would support the project. with ls they fireworks that Since Standazd Pacific sub­ But Standard Pacific's pro­ more willing to purchase small­ "I feel they've made a great are uplolive devices and ject manager, Dana Bieber, er lot properties and not have a deal of effort bying to appease tb8re'1 the mitted an application fc. the always chance project almost a year ago, the said she believes the new yard. the community,· he said. •rd for danger, said Jim Ellis, City Council has come down design - fewer homes, larger ~ The Mesa Verde Homeown­ rather see tlus project in place battalion chief for the Cos­ strongly against •cookie-cut• lots, different styles of homes - ers Assn., which met Thwsday than a larger, denser one.• ta Mesa Fire Department. ter" homes. Last month. the will fit into the neighborhood. night, was divided about The Planning Commission •Most incidents we run council enacted a temporary Councilwoman Heather whether the project's latest will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at into are from aerial dis· freeze on the construction of Somers, who has been one of incaination would be accept· City Hall. 77 Fait Drive. plays, such as bottle rock­ similar multihome tracts the most outspoken opponents ets,• Ellis said. •No one squeezed onto small lots. of small-lot developments, said knawl where they're The moratorium would have she would support the 69-home = · to land, and if ' ., '1 wind, there's a chaJice for a fire.• 'Ibis year, one · Costa Mesa family on Serang Place found that out the bard 'way after they returned home and found their shingled roof had ,. gone up in flames earlier that day. An observant passerby saw the fire and called the Fire Department, which extinguilbed it. Authorities determined the fire, which caused $3,000 worth of damage, started with illegal fire· works, said Fire Depart­ I'm not worried, ment spokeswoman Bar­ bera Ma.rcosa. my agent Is Authorities also responded to a few traSb bin fires where people dis­ CNlg Brown C4fded their fireworks near paper, which natural­ Insurance ly went 'Up in Dames. Call today for auto & home The fites could have owner's Insurance! been prevented if people extinguished the fire­ (949) 760-1255 works tn a bucket of Fash.ion Island water, Ellis Mid. He rec­ New rt Beach • Lie• 0550290 ommended leavtn.q the fireWorkl 1ut>m.erQed Oveinigbt before tbrowtrig them away. •Safety with ftre\vorks can't be ltr•• ed eno111gh, • EDil Mid. ·Most tnl l&art became of ID9.l fire. worb. If people pllkl more attention, to 'safety, w.'d have an uneveilttul,Pourtb of July." In addition, most peo. ple purchasing fireworks are not tJ:ained in pyrot.echnics. Some ama­ teurs get into trouble when their homemade shows get out of hand. Mary Ann Austin, a Mesa Verde resident of 12 years, has grown ac:cu. tomed. to a rambunctious Independence Day cele­ bration ln her oeighbor­ boOd but DOticed a deft. n1te ~this year. . ·nm 11 an upper-mkl­ cne.m. neighborhood. and a wn.ttve group d people. But it turned into total maybem. and ~ lmt «YWlll!IOD .me wben they were wtdl tbe llreworb. It WU b&.arre,. Atiltln .md. Austin notiC9d IOale

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