\ ] ~alot of sun today, but not nec.esuritv ewty. Highs wtlf range from the upper 605 to the mid-70s In Newport-Mesa. S-P-2 ( SERVING THE NEWPORT - MESA COMVtUNmES SINCE 1907 ON lHE WEB: WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002 BONING UP ON ANCIENT HISTORY Bay Club off hook for fme • Water~quality board has shifted blame for violations to construction company working on renovations. June Casagr•nde D AILY PILOT NEWPORT BEACH - The regional water board is withdraw­ ing a complaint against the Balboa Bay Club and instead directing it at the club's construction company, Snyder Langston, for causing sul­ fide levels in nearby waters to rise above accept.able limits. The company, which is heading up a $55-million renovation of the dub, stepped up to assume responsibility for the VlOlations. Snyder Langston has already paid the $60,000 in fines for 20 viola­ tions, declining to appeal the fines. Also, the company has designated that $3,000 of that fine, the maxi­ mum amount, go to a Newport Beach fund to assure water quabty here. The violations occurred during a one-year period that ended in February, when the company was moving ground water to make way for an underground parking structure at the club. Decomposing plants and other natural matter had caused high levels of sulfide GREG FRY I DAll.Y PllOT in the ground water which. for a Woodland Elementary School second-grader Josie Jogwe, 7, gets an up dose and penonal ~ew of a prehlstorlc skull during an period, was being sent into nearby assembly Tuesday. Paleontologbt Uoyd Sample spent the day at the school teaching students about fosslll and bones. harbor waters. Snyder Langston was responsi­ ble for regularly testing nearby tudents at Woodland Elementary The fossils were unearthed during consulting firm. waters for sulfide to ensure levels School in Costa Mesa took a trip the construction of toll roads in Orange More than 20,000 fossils were found not exceed 0.4 milligrams per liter, explained Gary Stewart, a S back in history Tuesday when they County. The educational program is during the construction of the toll roads. spokesman for the Santa Ana examined fossils from such ancient ani­ sponsored by the nansportation But because there is no natural history , Regional Water Quality Control mals as white-tusked mammoths, saber­ Corridor Agencies and LSA Associates museum in the county, the fossils are Boa.rd. Levels exceeded that limit toothed cats and Megalodon sharks. lnc., an Irvine-based environmental stored in warehouses. on 20 occasions, measuring as high as 39 milligrams - 80 times the limit. Stewart said the company was supposed to report test results each month to the board. U sulfide levels exceeded the limit, the com­ pany or its subcontractor was Double agent required to report the violation and the steps it would take to cor­ rect the problem, Stewart • Sonora Elementary Principal Lorie Hoggard has explained. In a statement, Snyder taken on another role this spring - the school Langston officials said they were district's director of early childhood education. unaware that the levels reported from time to time over a one-year DelnlN Newmen period exceeded standards. DAILY PILOT For more information about "Things went well until early childhood education in February 5 of this yea.r, when the NEWPORT-MESA - Under Newport-Mesa, see related [board) notified the contractor that Lorie Hoggard's nwturing watch. story on Page 3. they bad determined that the sul­ Sonora Elementary School bas fide level reports for 20 days asa>nded to the highest academic between February 2001 and echelon. 'Ibis spring, the Costa integrates established and new February 2002 were, in fact. over Mesa elementary school was recog­ resources to maximize the efforts the acceptable limits and would niz.ed as a Call.famla OisttDguished of getting preschoolers ready for result in mandatory penalties of School and woo a 1ltle I award for kindergarten. $3,000 per day, for a total of high standardi7.ed ICOJel. test Although the district conducted GREG FRY I DAILY Pl.OT $60,000, • according to the state­ Instead ol resting on her lau­ a search for the position, officials Lorie Hoggard. tbe Newport-Mesa Unl.Ued School District's new ment. rels, Hogganl hu moved on to a asked Hoggard to apply because The board had not been receiv­ new challenge - aawning the her experience was tailor-made d.1.redor ol early chllclbood educaUon, chats with students at ing regular monthly reports from role of the diltrlct'• director of for the job, Assist.ant Supt. SUS411 Whittier Elementary School's preschool. any of the companies involved, ea.rly childhood education. Oespenas said. Stewart said, though it ii unclear The Newport-Mesa Unified •She's been so successful at parents,• Despenas said. "She has enjoys working.with children and why the Jack of reporting went School District carved out the new Sonora in te1IDS of recognizing the just the right knack of bringing had such a positive experience in unchecked for a year. po1ition to ovenee the HOPE needs ol young children, helping the right people together with the school that a career in education School Readlnea Program. which teachers meet th~ needs, bring­ right programs.• started lhil 1}>11.ng. The program ing in resources and mobilizing Hoggard, 31, said she always SEE AGENT PAGE 4 SEE BAY CLUB PAGE 4 Council disconnects new controls on cyber cafes , Artful word p/a.y in Newport • Costa Mesa leaders decide - Cyber City at 3033 Briltol St. and 3rd energy that could escalate to viole.nce. · Di,,.,,.., Online at 1525 MeM Verde Ukewile, players who gather in large agaimt police reoon1mendation ome Bast - and uked the council to • groupe to wait for a lt4tion cen allO cre- to add more stringent rules as <'Ol-.ter man lb'lngent rulel. ate ccmflids. Smlth Mid. ea.men memben picked apart the •we are trying to keep the emotlonl a atme prevention measure. aDtidpdld cblnael. down IO we clao't nm into the Mme Mayor Unda t>bon asked •bout the problema wttb lbootinga, murden, ,_,ation IJllmD for game .... etc.: Smith Mid. p=d....,____ , The addnlgbt curfew WU j\llt a~- ~ Ubby Cowan cbal- g..UOO aDd could be changed, be ...,... tlaelUgglltloa to allow only one added. .,._,. "'""'*' ation. 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Sierra. is a lovable ?-month-old lap cat M Kittens still are stealing hearts at who enjoys getting all the attention she pot· Pashion Island," she said. sibly can, and she will be available for See other animals available for adoption adoption Saturday, said DiAnna Pfaff. at www.anJmalnetworlf.org or stop by Martin, founder of tbe Community Animal Russo's pet store at Puhion Island between Network. noon and 4 p.m. on weekends. Last week's c.at, Baby, the mischievous Information: (949) 759-3646, or write to Balboa Island cat who was pa.Ssed over dur­ tbe Community Animal Network at P.O. ing adoption for the younger kittens, was Box 8662, Newport Beach, CA 92658. 2 Wednesday, June 5, 2002 Daily Pilot FOR A GOOD CAUSE GEnlNG INVOLVED • GETTING INVOLVED runs periodically In the Dally Pilot on a rotating basis. If you'd like infor­ mation on adding your organizat.iO(I to this list, call (949) 574-4298. ALS ASSN .. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Shirley·Willard The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn., which helps individuals who have the disorder that is also known as Lou The fruits of her labor Gehrig's disease, needs volunteers. (714) are easy to spot 375-1922. BEST BUDDIES The nonprofit organization is looking for hirley Willard dreams of volunteers, ages 18 and up; to provide the day she can drive companionship for adults with develop­ S down her tree-lined Costa Mesa street, with dense overar­ mental disabilities. As a "Citizen chtng branches providing patch­ Buddy, • volunteers will visit with a es of shade from the warm buddy twice a month and call or e-mail California sun. them once a week. The organization "Maybe I've seen too many also has an e-Buddies program that Hollywood movies, but that's forms friendships entirely over the just the way a street should lntemet. Volunteers for that program feel, " Willard said. "You just feel must be at least 12 years of age. (714) more at peace when you drive 546-1826 or www.bestbuddies.org. through those places." Willard is pursuing her dream COSTA MESA HISTORICAL SOCIETY by voluntecnng her time to The society collects information, photos ReLeaf Costa Mesa, an organi­ and artifacts relating to the history of zation dedicated to making the Costa Mesa and the harbor area. city greener. Costa Mesa suffers Volunteers are needed for clerical tasks, from a serious lack of trees computer input and help in the library. dlong its neighborhood streets, (949) 631-5918. Willard said. The 66-year-old resident NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC serves as treasurer for the group LIBRARY FOUNDATION and feels good about the large The library foundation needs extra amount of good she does for a hands to perfonn derical duties, such as reldtively small lime comrrtlt­ filing, organizing and stuffing ment.