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f ~- • • -1- Serving the Newport-Mesa community since 1907 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003 Council calls for Nichols' resignation A recall effort is bombshell that couJd fore 'I hope he's man enough and I hope he's bright Councilman Tod Ridgeway said. shadow the end of Nichols' Nichols has been the subjec;l underway to remove council career. enough to rea lize the embarrassment he's of nationwtde media attention · Newport councilman llcerd reported that at a cham· caused this city, and I hope he will resign.' since last week. when he said ber meeting last fall , Nichols had that one of the reasons he op for remarks said that he opposed a school in Gary Proctor posed expancting grass areas on Newport Beach councrlman regarding beach the Banning Ranch area because Corona del Mar State Beach js ll would attract too many Mexi· because, MWi th grass we usually renovations. cans. reasons. In his absence, his col· "I hope he"s man enough and I get MeXJcans coming in there "I rnok out recall papers at that· leagues .decided to put two items hope he's bright enough to real early m the mommg and they June Casa1rande time to remove Nichols from of· on their next agenda: a discus· ize the embarrassment he's claim 11 as theirs and it become6 Daily Pilot fice." Ikerd said. ~ rve been sit· sion regarding Nichols' com· ca~d this city, and I hope he their per~onal , pnvate grounds ting on them. but I'm not going ment, and a vote to strip him will resign.·· said Councilman all day." NEWPORT BEACH - A citi7..en to 'ii t on them anymore ... Nich· from his committee appoint· Gary Proctor. recall effort blessed by the Ci ty ols does not belong on this ments . Other council members went • JUNE CASAGRANDE covers MARK C. DUSTIN DAILY PILOT I Council is underway to remove council. if he doesn't resign we The six council members in at· so far as to encourage residents Newport Beach and John Wayne Nativo V. Lopez speaks about Dick Nichols from office. At will recall him." tendance were unanimous in to recall Nichols. Airport She may be reached at the comments made by Tuesday's council meeting, resi· Nichols did not attend Tues· their belief that Nichols should ''I'd be happy to be the first 1949) 574-4232 or by e-mail at Councilman Dick Nichols. dent Lloyd llcerd dropped a day's council meeting for health resign. one 10 sign that recall peution." 1une casagrandt1,a,/at1mes.com Clouds FROM DOWNTOWN cool down some businesses Dearth of sunlight has hampered sales and prompted at least one hotel worker to suggest tourists explore inland activities. Paul Clinton Daily Pilot NEWPORT BEACH - Overcast June weather has had a chilling effect on local bus1J1esses that cater to tounsts and beach· goers, business owners said. Bob Black. who runs datly chaner tours to Catalina Island on the Catahna Ayer. said his busmess has fallen between 8% and 10% during the first three weeks of the month "There's definitely been a dip m our busi ness," Black said. "When the sun comes out. there's a lot of activtty down here.· DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT Black. operating under Catalina Passen· Youngsters at Costa Mesa High shoot baskets under a blanket of fog that enveloped the area during morning hours. ger Service. runs a daily tnp to Catalina as well as hourly cruises around Newpon Har- See CLOUDS, Pa1• M Green Room Sllrf Shop building for sale The shop's owner said he wants to.buy the was "significantly less" than the Green Room IS at 6480 W. Coast asking price. he said. Highway - Qwck said. because property, but the $995,000 price is too high. Lorraine Kennard, when con· many have been held by a small tacted Tuesday. said she has number of families for several Paul Clinton Steiner said he submitted an never received an offer from decades. Daily Pilot offer to purchase the 1.800 Steiner. Quick also sai~ Green The Green Room has an as square-foot building shortly after Room operators haven't come sessed value of $87,745. accord· NEWPORT BEACH - The the owners listed it on April 15. forward with a hard offer. ing to county propeny records. owner11 of the building that Jeffrey and Lorraine Kennard. "I haven't seen an offer from lbat amount "wouldn't even buy houses a popular West Newport who live in Hawaii. have owned him." Quick said "We've talked you the dirt" today. Quick said. surf shop have put their propeny the propeny since the to him about making an offer, Steiner has also been trying to on the malket, a move that has mid-l970s. but they don't even lh1nk it's negotiate an extension tp his caused frlctJon with the propri· Kevin Quick. at Lee and Aw>· worth $400,000." lease with the Kennards, he said. etor . ciates' Newport Beach office, has At about $552 per square foot, Steiner's lease expires on March Gregg Steiner, who owns the the listing. The Kennards are ask the llsting price ls comparable to 15, Quick said. Green Room Surf Shop, says he ing $995,000 for the propeny, properties along Old Newport "I'm trying to negotiate a new has been rebuffed in a bid to Quick said. Boulevard. Quick said. There are lease." Steiner said. "They will MARK C. OUSffl/ OMY Pl.OT purchase the building he has "We countered with some· few comparisons available for not give us a long-tenn thing. A The Green Room Surf S~is run by, from left to right. clerk Emity called home, but not owned. thing they didn't accept," Steiner commercial properties located since June 2001. said. Steiner made an offer that along West C'.oast Highway- the s.. SALE, Paa• M Smith, owner Gregg Steiner and cTeri< lfochelle Mitterwakf. THINKING ALLOWED Daily Pilot AT A GLANCE 'Tough girl' gets a lesson in toughness ON TIE WEB: ust In cue my tousb-gi.d 1u11 u1t omcer Gabe www. ~com penona has not made It C..O,OC.. who was my per.anal J dear you ahouktn't mea punching bag from 7 to l l a.m. WEATHER - with me, allow me to share this He WU helpless against me. little tidbit of informadon whb Gloom wUI bum ol .Poor~ you: I spent fbur hours last OK. 10 maybe Gabe wu Nrtlef than It hu beef'l In training It a euy on He the .... f.w WMb. week at the C:OSta akint little me. Meta Police Oeputment. only towers CMll' me and bu S.PlpA2 I leerned take·down annt the 'lir.e ol tree manb. lechNques, baton tedvdques. N9wlr mind thal I couldn't SPORTS •c-holda. •arm ~how to Lftl ..,... .._ llC lllf hind 1111 chi MY Sui DIMI. .o. mptur'ld de8ect a man wt.lb a~ · vw '" llinlmd ldl blcepl wb8'l how lO bandcul' I peeceftll HARPER ~5 CBWn bOlda. Sst. the women' duathlon protelter, how to Mndall 1 a.,~ bpt ~~ ......_me not 10 pellClll\al procMUl4 heed locb. to "nm chi billdt al~ bwf .. ,.... plnn1qa ~ ..• IO lil\lcb UllefUI ~. ..hi llDdon. • 'lbil- •lalllD,DC-Cl•lllefl.O~ 1Dbm11ioa. ID ..... Gee to Ml ll:Dlill wfih .... .. ~ Wednesday, Arie 25, 2003 .- FOR A GOOD CAUSE NEIGHBORS Dixie Mccorkindale, here with Gene Farren. received her associate's degree from OCC on May 30. Trad Trllvll, a Costa Mesa resident and a communications major at Orange Coast C.Ollege was recently named OCCs Woman of the Year for 2002-03. She is also the recipient of a $30,000 Jack Kent Cooke Foundadon Ronald V. Davis, right, was Scholarship for named Citizen of the Year at the upcoming OCC's commencement school year. She Traci Travis has been ceremony. accepted to the Martetplace (April 26 to 27). honors program at UC Santa Students were required to Barbara for the forthcoming fall construct a 6-by-8-foot ~ yarc1 term ... nm Richey, of Costa barn." Sponsored by Greystone Mesa, a 28-year I lomes, the students won a $250 Orange Coast Home Depot coupon which will College be put toward OCC's employee. has Construction Technology received an Program .. The Mesa/Newport honorary area saw several winners in the associate's "Water is We" poster and slogan degree. He has contest, which was hosted by the Bob Robison volunteered Municipal Water District of thousands of Orange County to promote wise nm Richey hours to service waler use among children in uring the Depression, Bob swimming. tennis and working the Roto community lcindergarten through sixth grade. Robison wouJd roller skate to Sharing his everlasting tiller for the Oasis Garden Oub - organizations as well as woricing Fourth-graders Maria Swift and the library every chance he got. love for books volunteering for the library helps keep with the Costa Mesa Uons Ala Krohnfddt of St Joachim "The cheapest and best form him healthy and happy while keeping his Breakfast Oub and the Costa Elementary won first place and D the main branch library on Avocado Mesa High School Rand Boosters honorable mention, respectively. of entenainment was the library," he saJd. love of books alive. For Robison, it still is. The 71 -year-old Avenue. Robison, a retired civilian u At one time, I had about 35 of the ... Corey Cano, MeUua for their poster designs. Vineyard Newport Beach resident continues his employee of the Los Angeles Fire Hardy Boys books," recalled Robison, Mabuoka and Amtln Quon.

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