Fishing for a nationwide audience . • Mike Whitehead's cable boating gramming is scheduled to begm next year. uwe sent out some promotional tapes and · show is he~ded across the country the television executives liked it,• White­ - but he isn't Bob Vila yet. head said. "We'll keep filming out here and + The Boathouse TV Show can be I think people out there will enjoy the pro­ GREG Rlsur-;G seen every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on gram." IWy Pilot Ch. 3 in Costa Mesa and Ch. 39 in New­ Call Whitehead the Bob Vua of boating. port Beach. The show's Web address is NEWPORT BEACH - From sea to shin­ Well, not exactly, but he would like to have ing sea, Mike Whitehead teaches boating www.boathouseT\l.com. as many viewers as the onetime "This Old House• host someday. enthusiasts tl!e tricks of the trade theJ".~ffil~·~ht,,_ __ not otherwise learn. -----~-~ Wbtmlmact-beg'CII'I lfil-water::iheme<f cre­ Whitehead hosts a nautically themed But last month, the 41-year-old Costa ation back when" he was teaching sailing television show that covers topics from fish­ Mesa resident signed a contract with the classes at Cal State Fullerton. He and his ing to purchasing luxurious yachts. The Sunshine Network, a Florida-based cable friends thought about producing some sail­ show appears every week on cable-access company that has about 4.5 million sub­ ing videos, but the concept crumbled. stations in Costa Mesa, Long Beach and scribers. Whitehea~ doesn't mind going out­ 1AR ANM DAV MAS ,fy I DAlY PILOT Newport Beach - right now, ·<µlyway. side the. .Golden State to reach viewers. Pro- SEE BOAT SHOW PAGE A 14 Mike Whitehead is the captain of the Isla Mujeres tour ship. Newport .a ye ·on alert for bacteria • County officials are testing the waters in case pollution from Huntington Beach spreads. STA() BRO\,.\; ~(!ti WEST NEWPORT - Local othc1als said \\ednesday they are closely morutonng the waters off Newport Bedch for signs of the ..... bactena that has closed a lhree-Inlle stretch of Huntmgton Beach. "Obviously we're concerned dhout this s1tuatiop," said Ass1stcmt City Manager Dave Kilf. On Wednesday, the County Health Care Agency added another mile to the closure. · SEE BACTERIA PAGE A14 City toughens up on code enforcement • Corona del Mar business owners say the new efforts may Dee, Blue Beet and Alta Coffee nug Harbor bart~mder go too far and hurt. their sales. Joe Ewlad, aboVe, H-0u e 6wner Steve Lewt'Y ann----­ --~ .... -~ delivers beers to cus­ Wells Fargo Vice President tomers during a special Noel Hamilton. S "Snug Harbor is a land­ Wednesday night gathenng for CORONA DEL l'vlAR - For 12 years Joe longtime patrons of the mark," Gales said. "l would Morugal. cbsplayed red, white and pink .._ compare it to the swallows m flowers outside his shop, Corond del Mar beloved Newport Beach dive PHOTOS BY BRIAN POBUDA I DAILY PILOT San Juan Capistrano." Said one Flonst, to lure passersby m And - he not­ bar that is closing its doors in a A farewell message scrawled on the street outside the ed - to add beauty and charm to the city week. entrance of Snug Harbor. 12-year Snug Harbor patron, Morugal says he can't do that anymoi:e. About 80 people came to Hit's been beautiful. I love this City code enforcement offmals havei place. I'm heartbroken." UlCted ed. the11 efforts to prorub1t tore­ have one last drink and talk about old ti.mes. Balboa res~dent owners from displaying merchandlSe on Bob Voit and hls brother Bill invited their closest friends and Snug Harbor is closing due to an expired lease and rede­ the sidewalks along East Coast Highway. • colleagues to enjoy the atmosphere and munch on roast beef velopment of the Cannery Village neighborhood Its owners The mcreased vigilance, said MonigaJ and John Blom ot the Corona del Mar Bw and turkey sandwiches. Notable partygoers included long ~ will try to relocate . time Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates and his wife Oee - Amy Spurgeon Hoag to fund Families Costa Mesa MILLENNIUM MOMENl INDEX CWSIAED "___ l6 Making Irvine Ranch a home • Group had been passed over funded for the past three years, was ranked COMMUNtlY FOIUM-­ seventh and narrowly missed out on the DmlCJOl •__ ._ 11 for county grant funding; Hoag runding, said Jeannette Tozaki. manage­ money will fund collaborative ment analyst for the agency, SOCllY .."---·-- ..All The $180,000 grant received laSt year SPOll'S __....,.__ ....._. through end of year. runs out in Septemt>er, said Leda Albright, program director for Families Costa Mesa. EUSl!Gi-'.l:l Through the Hoeg Hospital Community Medicine Department's benefit program. Pamilie9 Cott& Mesa will receive funding through Deailnber. The grant wW give the orgalUzation IOm8 breathing room while ..~other funding .n.rnauves ..... waaderful •••....t Of IUppOrt liilt Wbllt w.w .._ dama • ma111ng an ~ .................. aid .. '**...._ .... ••::z.......••.•• c...-. •• .,.._coa.-.... ... ol. loCals only · Doily Pilot The way.children grow, WOllllll sa,/e5 make reel! sense asstnets & Blueberrle , one of the best children'• bed­ I U'Y S B ding and accessorieio stores, havmgcr 1hree-:,day only sale through Saturday. The end of the summer sale featutcs discounbi , throughout the store Crom 20% to 15% off. The store is filled With top-of-the-line bedding, blan- HEIS ' kets, clothing, tunµture and The owner and sole plumber at Bud's ae<:essories that you don't see in Services · most children's stores. It's located at 369 E. 17th St. in Costet Mesa. A SMILE OF FORTUNE C!all (949)650-2244 Sell-employed for 17 years, Brtdeweser lives by the motto that if you are honest and • Next door to Bassinets & Blue­ greer treat people right, good fortune will smile berries, don't miss the grand wylder upon you. opening today of Suzy L, a new Brideweser, 51, said that although his store owned by the owner of client list includes more than 200 commer­ 8assmets & Blueberries. Suzy L and Hurly are on sale. Hobie cial and private customers, he re.fuses to hire is filled with contemporary Sports Ltd., (949) 675-9700, is help for his plumbing business. women's clothing for every fash­ located at 2831 CoaSt Hwy. in •I've hired hEtlp before and they've ion need. Suzy L, at (949} 650- Corona.del-Mat..- screwed up,• hesaicL •Th.eir...qua.li 6360, is located at 369 E. 17th St. wasn't good, so I chose to just do it myself." in Costa Mesa. You can receive a $20 dis­ So just how does he handle so many jobs count at the Taste of Newport by alone? Old Navy's latest bargam is prepaying for a passport that "Simple,• he said, "When they call me to ideal for back-to-school shop­ costs $25 and entitles you to do a job, I go in and get it done. I do it right pers. The Old Navy painter's admission to a day at the Taste of and Ute relationship I have with my cus­ pants dre speoally priced at $20 Newport and $15 in Taste scrip. tomers is such that if someone else calls with ft>r adult sizes, $15for kid's sizes The $25 passport is actually a an emergency, I go to that emergency and and $10 for babies. nus special $45 value. The Taste of Newport report back later to finish the job I was offer extends through Sunday. will take place on Friday, Sept. working on.". Old Navy, at (714) 540-3817, is 17, Saturday, Sept. 18, and Sun­ located at 901 South Coast Dr. in day, Sept. 19 at Newport Center AN INTEWGENT PIPELINE Costa Mesa. Drive in Fashion Island. Thirty­ Brideweser said plumbing is something five restaurants are participating he learned during his days as an intelli­ Belllsslma Designer Consign­ and Missing Persons, Men at gence officer during the Vietnam War. The ment Boutique 1s having an end­ Work, The Pointer Sisters, REO Newport Beach man served four years and of-the-summer sale through Sat­ Speedwagon, and Arrow 93 FM was handy when it came to keeping things urday. You can look for the ad in presents Studebaker Hawk will in worldng order. today's Daily Pilot for an addi­ provide live entertainment. To He said the subject of Vietnam is some­ tional 10% off on all regular-sale purchase a passport, send a thing he WIShes to avoid. But he does talk and clearance-pnced merchan­ check or credit card mfonnabon eagerly about plumbmg, a business he was cbse On sale are selected top­ to NHACC, attn: Passport Order, mtroduced to as a consultant for Ward name bra.nd consignment cloth­ 1470 Jamboree Road Newport Chamberlain in the early 1970s. ing with labels like Louis Vuit­ Beach, 92660. Fax credit card ·1 sold package merchandise for them to ton, Calvin Klein, Gta.nni Ver­ orders to (949) 729-4417. No different entities and I also bid on con­ sace, St. John Kruts, Perragamo, orders will be accepted after tracts,• Brideweser said. •After things Donna Karan, Escada, Chanel, Sept. 8. For more information slowed down there, I opened a warehouse and Ralph Lauren Bellissima, at please call (949) 729-4400. in San Francisco and went· on the road to •0ne thing I've learned is that they are job and refuses the work? "Yes, I tell all my (949) 675-9756, is located at 336 several places before settlin{I here." my bosses, so I don't leave the job until I've customers not to put me in a bad spot by Pomsetba m Corona del Mar One of the best local jewelers, fixed everything,• he s&d.