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r:-· . ' 0 I .. ' SERVING lHE NEWPORT-MESA COMMUNmES SINCE 1907 WEDNESDAY, SEPl'EMBER 29, 1~ City gives nearly $400,000 OC supervisor c~ ' . '. thM~Ooyou.-e- lng tfte pro- I more for El TOro fight· posed El Toro for downsizing El Toro airport- and adding a John • Money will fund cable TV . requests Monday for almost $400,000 Wayn.type curfew - in funding for pro-airport groups. •New plan would have 36% fewer have.operational restrictions similar to those at is the right compromise shows, ads pushing for the The Orange County Airport John Wayne Airport to bring North Ind construction of the South Alliance will receive $238,234 from annual passengers, noise restrictions Pro-airport forces also said that Rep. Christo Sotrth County together? the oty to help its efforts to get an pher Cox (R-Newport Beach) has agreed to float Let us know by caHing County airport. mtemabonal airport bwlt at the for· and nighttime curfew; Pro-airport the federal legislation necessary to allow noise our Readen Hotline at (949) 642-6086 or send Sl..!'>A.~ M cCORMAO. qler El Toro Manne AJ.T Base. forces appl~ud the idea. and nighttime restricti at El Toro as well as e-mail to According to the alliance's execu extend the ones at John Wayne that are set to dailypilotelati~com . ~lilt tive director, Tom Wall, $85,000 will NOAK.I SotWAKT/ expire in 2005. Cox could not be reached for Please spetl your name NEWPORT BEACH - On ct night be used to create 16 half-hour shows llctf~ comment. and tell us your home when anti-El Toro cities pledged $1.7 and four 30-second commercials, SANTA ANA - Orange County Supervisor Under Coad's plan, the county would build town and phone nwn airport facilities only to accommodate passen ber (for verification million to fight the airport's construc ' CynthJa Coad, a member of the board's pro-air purposes only). tion, the City Council approved two - port majority, said Tuesday she would support a ger projections for 2010. The existing proposal SEE MONEY PAGE 4 much smaller El Toro airpOrt that would also SEE DOWNSIZE PAGE 4 OH RATS .costaMesa lines up behind one rail option • Main Street entry into South Coast Metro area favored by both officials,... residents. • tU!\I Glh COSTA MESA - A C~nterLlne route that would enter Costa Mesa Vlil Main Street has emerged as the aty's preferred alternative for the Orange County n-ans portation Authonty's urban rail project. That sentiment was clear at a Tuesday public heanng on a report that details the environmental effects of the 28-mile system from Fullerton to Irvine with proposed stops m the South Coast Metro area of Costa Mesa. All ab0ard7 The report out lines four altema - lives: not builchng the project. an ele vated rail line, a street-level line entenng Costa Mesa from Bristol Street and a street-level line that would enter Costa Mesa from Mam Street. Engt· MARIANNA DAY MASSEY I DAl.Y Pl.OT nee~ have estimat 1 Tyler Henderson, front. and his friend Michael Szawlosky glve thelr pet rats "Gimpy• and "Squeaky• a UW.e breath of fresh alr as they ed construction costs take them for a walk down Harbor Boulevard In Costa Mesa. to be between $592 million Cor the street level options to S l.4 billion for the elevat ed alternative. City staff and ma1or <ilakebolders in the South Coast OASIS supporters angered by Costa Mesa fund-raising Metro area exprc !>ed support for the Main Street alter • Letters to Newport Beach residents from Senior Center a iary committee's chairman. Mesa center. •Now it's like a compet native, which would start at Main Street, About 58,~ will be sent to itive thing and there's no sense in travel west mto the South Coast Metro area 'cheap shot,' they complain. homeowners m Cdsta Mesa, New that. It's like a cold war.• Via Anton Boulevard, hflcktrack on Anton port Beach and Corona del Mar ask OASIS Senior Center Director and proceed south to Irvine via Main Street E1 L'-1! GEE tion letters to Newport Beach rcsi- ing for financial support for the cen Celeste Jardine-Haug supported again llctf Plol dents whose names were gathered ter. Sweet's statement, saying that Costa ' from county tax rolls. "That wou\d,bnng it into what will ulti· And that isn't sitting well with Mesa's efforts were like a "slam" or mately be the cent r of the entertainment Officials and supporters of the The Costa Mesa Senior Center OASIS supporters. •cheap shot• and that they bad OASIS Senior Center in Corona del kicked off its annual campaign last and cultural core geographically for the •we have always worked with "crossed the line.• South Coast Metro area,• said Paul Free- Mar have taken offense to fund-rais- week with Orange County Tax Cot- them,• Friends of OASIS President ing efforts by the Co ta Mesa Senior lectorfl'reasurer John. Moorlach Anna-Jean Sweet said or the Costa Center. which plans to mall solicita· heading the campaign as the auxil- SEE OASIS PAGE 4 SEE RAIL PAGE 4 Harbor Heritage fever MILLENNIUM MOMENT •"W .....,. .. welt. \finually. descends on high school ~c.just like her cars Wanyway If you're ~to get • fMU9 to the "'°' "'- the •Teachers, students getting psyched ani Straman has b en int.met. our new~ h ~..,..,,....,. So If you for annual run/walk in Newport Heights called the •cuu or cars• for starting the Newport hlW! "'Yi thoughts. Wit ~ · L ege you to serld them~ expected to raise $30,000 for PTA. Beftdl Concoun d'EJegance, a p&'&de ol dulk: can that will J~ !CA CAARSJN be held for the 17th time this W,PIDI weekend. NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High School. • The Concoun :it expected to INDEX parent Usa George toyed with the idee of making the raile $200,000 for the benefit of f amlly c:at run the Harbor Heritage rwi, but dedded the All I I l'IMM\t and 'Deetmellt maybe that was overklll. SerYk'el Center, a group that NUCUllS ·.. , • .2 ·ne cat ob)eds, ·she said. worb lo he4' t'hlldren in trouble wag 1 The rest Of the famlly, however, WUl be up bright and Straman attribulM a. enth\matm for can to growing up around her early Saturday motn1ng for the race, which ii a tund·rals· fatber'1 dUlic fUD, lndudlng a UM9 Rolls Royce .. .. s er for the high :IChoOl't PTA George and her f amlly are not the orily ones at Nett· id MUN MCll 4 2 ~. ~29 , 1999 ·1oca1 Voices 11:a111c Tiii I IOW MARRIAGES Island locals warm up to Starbucks· This information Is collected weekly at the Orange CoWl ty Clerk Recorders Ofbce in Santa Ana. THEN •.. Fow years ago, Balboa Island NEWPORT BEACH merchants resisted the idea of • Ronald S. Agw.rre and corporate giant Starbucks Cof Bridget A. Schroeder, mar fee moving into their neck of the ried Sept. 1 in Orange woods to serve coffee on Marine .• Manuel A. Arzate and Avenue. That one-mile stretch of Marie T. Aguilar, married road has been pretty much ded Sept. 3 in Santa Ana icated on the island to "home grown" merchants of all sorts. • <;OSTAMESA But an amended city zoning • Terrence J . Dickinson and ordinance that allQwed specialty Lauren K. SchuJtheiSs, mar food stores 2,000 square-feet or ried Sept. 3 in Calistoga smaller with fewer then 20 seats • Cuauhtemoc A Gonzalez to skip the public heanng and Adenise A. Petersen, process paved the way for the married Sept. 3 in Lake For Seattle-based coffee company to est move in. Opponents feared that the arrival of Starbucks signaled the beginning of a new trend of fast DUI ARRESTS food giants moving onto the The following were arrested island. Unhappy residepts and on suspicion of dnvmg under merchants believed that the new the influe<nce. They have coffee shop would hurt the only been arrested on suspi island's character. cion of a crime, and, as with •We are trying to protect our all such crimes, they are lifestyle and f>rotect our people,• innocent until proven guilty. said John Noyes, a merchant and president of the Balboa SepL 25 Island Business Assn. who is • Luis Ignacio Medina now a city councilman. Several Perches, All.so Viejo. city council members agreed to later reexamine the ordinance Sepl 26 that allowed Starbucks to move • Salvador Jaracuaro Botello, in without public debate, but Tustin they couldn't change the famed • Karen Blake Chcillman, Los coffeehouse's location on the ,.Angeles. · island. NOW ..• REAL ESTATE The zoning code that allowed Starbucks in no longer exists, Recent real estate transac and the Marine Avenue shop · PHOTOS 8Y CONRAD lAU I DAl.Y Pl.OT tions as reported by Acxiom bas been deemed a success. Michael B~ell, left, and Bree Cery work the French press on some Italian roast at the Starbucks on Balboa Island. Data Qwck Produ~ Group Some island merchants believe the coffee shop bas even con stopped by the coffee shop coffee shops on the island - COSTA MESA tributed to more busmess coin Tuesday to use the restroom and including Diedrich Coffee and • 1985 Anaheun Ave., ing to the island. grab a tall coffee-of-the-day, Bad Ass Coffee Co. - did not $159,000 "Initially there were a lot of •Seeing a Starbucks makes share the same fate as Star • 1037 Parkhill Dnve, bad vibes about it but now it is you feel llke you're at home,• bucks and had to close shop.