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Imagine, the ideal retirement!

Exotic places, exiting cocktails

on a sandy beach, perhaps a

cruise?

The Dufour dream included allof the above, and we wanted to do it

on our own boat. Challenge, the

perfect boat didn't exist. Seventeen

years ago we could be found

serving the Huntington Beach

community at Marina Medical

Center in Huntington Harbour

JP spent his days stitching

wounds, curing coughs. I took care

of administration

Five kids at home, little time

for recreation. Our few hours off

were spent family-style on board

our 21 Chris Craft. Whether

fishing HB flats, a Sunday run to

the Queen Mary, a dash to Catalina,

or trailing the boat for a fishing trip

off San Diego, we were happy on

the water. When not on board themotor craft, we used the Proud

Mary, our Martin 243 so we could

perfect the art of sailing. When we

didn't sail on our own boats, we'd

crew on others' or charter

awaywe were seriously hooked

on boating.

Retirement plans took shape,

December 2005 with one objective;

provide health and nutrit ion

services to island communities of

the South Pacific. This would be as

active a retirement providing

needed health care to Islanderswhile enjoying a

lifestyle that

suited us. Plus,

talk about giving

our grandchildren

(9 3/4 by now)

some fantastic

l e a r n i n g

e x p e r i e n c e s

along the way,

who would have

thought!

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Two Dreams17 years before the Mast;Their Dream Came TrueThe Dufour Family Story

Orange

Coast

M e m

orial opened its new Patient Care

Pavilion, a six-story, 162,500-

square-foot outpatient medical

building recently. It will be the only

facility of its kind in the area.As usual, success does not

come without a major investment in

time, talent and treasure. The

visioning for this significant new

investment began in 2005 with a

comprehensive community

outreach that included community,

government and medical profession

leaders. After two long years of

discussion and planning the plans

were approved by the City of

Fountain Valley in 2007. Now, the

Pavilion is reality and will be a

tribute to proving area residentswith high quality health care.

There were about 195,000

square feet of medical facility at the

Orange Coast Memorial campus.

Wit the addition of the new Patient

Care Pavilion, the campus will grow

to over 350,000 square feet of

facilities.

The 218 bed hospital employs

about 1,000 people and is a corner

stone to community life in Fountain

Valley and surrounding

communities. Since opening itsdoors to the community in 1996 as a

not-for-profit hospital, Orange

Coast Memorial Medical Center has

experienced a 245 percent increase

in overall patient volume. The

highest area of growth, however,

has been in outpatient services,

which is up 330 percent. The

majority of this increase has

occurred within the older adult

population.

With the number of local area

seniors projected to increase by 22

percent over the next five years,Orange Coast has embarked on a

major expansion to address the

needs of this growing segment well

into the future.

5 Years in Planning;

OC Memorial PavilionThe Memorial Family Story

Welcome Main Street Wine Company: pg. 8

Jim Silva - Legislator of the Year: pg. 11

Bethany Owen at Baci: pgs. 5 & 18

Local Church Gives Money: pg. 13

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ChrisMacDonaldOn the road in Surf City

By Chris MacDonald, a Columnist for The Local News

One of the things that

makes living in

California exciting is that

you never know what youll see

on the highway. Recently, I was

headed on a mission this morning

when lo and behold, my dad and

I spotted something wed never

seen beforea big truck with

Mojave River Hatchery

painted on its backside. Lets

follow that truck and see where

its headed, I said. It went to

Huntington Park Lake, near

Edwards Hill in Huntington

Beach. There, California

Department of Fish & GameTechnician Dennis Bronson (the

name reminded me of the cult TV

show Then Came Bronson,

which aired from 1969-70)

released about 400 trout. Bronson

said he left the states Mojave

River Hatchery in Victorville

with about 2,000 fish (around

500 pounds worth) this morning.

He relocated the 7 to 14-inch

beautiful rainbow wonders in

three other bodies of water at

Greer & Carr Parks (HB) and

Eisenhower Park in Orange.

(Officials said there are a couple

dozen such lakes in the OC.)

Watching the fish shooting out of

the truck reservoir, through a tube

into Lake Huntington was a

fascinating thing to bestow.

Curious ducks, geese, a couple

other people and some fellow

fish took proper note of the big

splashes.

Bronson said he stocks the

lakes about every two weeks.

State Biologists determine how

many fish to supply, depending

on a variety of factors, including

size of lake, water temperature

etc. He said the cost of the fish is

paid for with the revenue

generated from the sale of

Fishing Licenses. Witnessing the

event were State Department of

Fish & Game Senior Volunteers

Linda Gottlieb, Jack Beckner and

Larry Harding. We also educate

the public about the requirement

of having fishing licenses and we

monitor the lakes to assist the

Game Warden and the public,

Gottlieb said.All these folks love fishing

and no sooner had the trout been

released, up popped Gary

Wahlenmaier, a fisherman

wearing his license around his

neck. I saw on their website that

Huntington would be stocked

today and I drove down from

Lakewood to have fun fishing,

said the affable sportsman, who

had the lake to himself and hoped

to catch his 5 trout limit. My

wife will cook em for dinner,

said the confident chap, who we

left just as Bronson took off,

heading down that long, no

longer lonesome, highway back

to Victorville. (If you want to see

when and where fish may be

stocked near you, visit

dfg.ca.gov/fish/fishing, then

click on Fish Planting

Schedules. Thanks to the proud

men and women of the

Department of Fish & Game.

Happy Trails.)


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Joining State Dept. of Fish & Game Tech Dennis Bronson,

second from left, are DF&G Senior Volunteers Jack Beckner,

Larry Harding and Linda Gottlieb.

A Visit With The Trout Man If you cross the North Korean border illegally you get 12 yearshard labor.

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TheWisdomof M y Great GrandpaI

can so vividly remember my old Italian great grandpa as he was dying and he calls for me to approach the

bed. "Lissin'a me. I wanna fo r you to taka my chrome-plated 38-caliber revolver, so you will always

remember me."

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I WasTalking toa Drunk !

Iwas shopping at the local supermarket where I

selected: Ahalf-gallon of 2% milk, Acarton of

eggs, Aquart of orange juice, Ahead of romaine

lettuce, A2 lb. can of coffee, A 1 lb. package of

bacon .As I was unlo ading my items on the

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The drunk replied, "Cause you're ugly."

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Observatio n: On the list of important

community issues, local water crisis,

broken sidewalks , uprooted trees,

runaway roots, economic and social blight,

economic stagnation, earthquake disaster

preparedness, street crime, drug use, crack houses;

friends...Downtown HB ranks pretty low. Consider,

in the past ten years overall city economic growth

measured in sales tax has grown 3 to 5%,

Conversely, Downtown HB has grown over 100%!

Wheres the problem? Whos the problem?

A year of community meetings called

Downtown Image Committee, a Downtown

Specific Plan process that cost $750,000 coupled

with a Parking Study for $300,000, a seven-hourCity Council Meeting with 40 public speakers and

most, if not all of the citizen driven

recommendation, ignored.

The big win for the Downtown residents came

as Council Woman Cathy Green sealed the Triangle

Park issues with a sledge hammer making a motion

to retain the existing Library allowing a single

additional use -a maximum 99 seat community

playhouse. Beware of the not-so-sleeping giant

created as a result of this process that almost totally

ignored the local residents.

Let's take the high road: Council approved

plans for Downtown to be more pedestrian-friendly

and help "streamline" getting around for our

thousands of tourists. New downtown will have

more mixed-use buildings, wider sidewalks, and a

revised parking shortage plan. Currently with about

760,000 square feet built out in e Downtown there

exists an approximate 200 parking space shortage.

With no apparent plans to solve that issue, Council

agreed to keep on the table the idea of removing all

the Parking on Main Street in order to widen

sidewalks allowing restaurants and retailers to bring

their product out further to the street line.

The Council did stipulate that if parking spaces

were removed from Main Street they had to be

replaced with parking spaces within "walking"distance.. .defini tion not offered. Based on

current build-out and parking shortage, another

900,000 square feet of new construction was

approved, however, additional parking needs were

not included.

New restaurants approved to sell alcohol up to

11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and midnight

Friday through Sunday. Exceptions go to the

Planning Commission.

New Buildings got a boost to four stories, one

story less than consultants and staff had

recommended, one story more than what is

currently allowed. Tandem parking was approved

for certain areas; allowing vehicles in residential

complexes to parked directly behind another. Keep

those keys handy!

Council members heard pleas by downtown

residents and business owners to scale back the plan

proposed by consultants, decrease the density of

new developments, and preserve Main Streets

library and park. There was not one speaker during

public comments who spoke in f avor of the plan

being presented.

Here's a charmer: Starting soon, if you own

three lots (75 feet of frontage) buildable density

goes from 30 units per acre to 50! Won't that be fun

to watch happen Downtown? We have all this mixed

development Downtown... not mixed-use, mixed

development; a single family home here, two, four-

plexes there, two single family homes nextt to an

apartment complex - then two single family homes.

I don't get it! Just drive the numbered streets and try

to find parking, try to embrace the ambiance...sorry

that was sarcastic...

The worst of the worst! After another three

years of study and another million bucks, No

Process Change... it still takes a CUP to build one

structure. Why not a blanket zoning change that

permits various uses without much of the red tape.

Mixed-use still requires commercial on the first

floor, etc. No shared parking...no parking plan to goalong with the increases! Build more, build more,

build morebut no plan how to build and park any

of it.

Always some good in everything. For those

who believe that higher density is the solution to the

Downtown, they've accomplished that. If you

believe that developers need to build at least 4-

stories to effect change, they accomplished their

goal. If you believe that building another 900,000

square feet of office professional / commercial is

part of the solution for Downtown -it's a win.

Increasing the maximum density from 30 to 50

dwelling units per acre is a plus to some, and

perhaps a negative to others.

If all of the above is about visioning...then

perhaps we should do some visioning on how to fix

what is broken and, of course, how we intend to pay

for it.

1. The Cultural Center is a good idea that

needs to find a home! Some think we can put it on

the Downtown Post Office site. Unfortunately, for

now, the pending closure of the Post office at this

location and its sale is off the table.

2. Funding for an already broken Downtown

Sewer System, and current inadequate

infrastructure requires as much sunlight, time,

energy, leadership as the million dollar fantasy planjust adopted.

3. Before we build any more...we ought to

have a Parking Plan both for the problem that

currently exists and for the doubling of the size of

Downtown just approved.

It took 6,000 signatures on a Petition, 400 local

homeowners, "Huntington Beach Downtown

Residents Association" and a lot of emotion to get

the attention of the Planning Commission and the

City Council to deal with Triangle Park...perhaps

that is the one victory that should be savored by

those who supported that physical, emotional and

financial effort.

Is it (was it) all a red-herring! Triangle Park

was such a small piece of the area studied (and

while a critical issue to many) the rest of the plan

went through with little revision and remains a huge

victory for those who wrongfully believe that some

how...More People Means Success.

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Syracuse police do not suspect foul play in the

death of a Syracuse University senior found

dead in her bed earlier today.

There was no signs of criminal activity or

trauma when police found Lisa Crowley, 21, of 560

Clarendon St., said Sgt. Tom Connellan in an email.

It may take several days before

the medical examiner makes a determination as to

the cause of her death, he said.

Crowley was from Fountain Valley, Calif., and

was a senior at the Martin J. Whitman School of

Management.

Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor

notified students and faculty by email about

Crowleys death.

Recently, The California Association of Local

Agency Formation Commissions (CALAFCO)

named Assemblyman Jim Silva (R- Huntington

Beach) Legislator of the Year for his successful

work establishing financial disclosure reporting

requirements for campaigns associated with

local boundary changes.

As a former county supervisor and

LAFCO Member, I appreciate all that

LAFCOs do to ensure that any changes in the

boundaries of special districts and municipal

government are open, orderly and fair. It has been

a privilege to have been a part of assisting

LAFCO in making these

processes even more

transparent and efficient,

said Silva.

William Chiat,

Executive Director for

CALAFCO, explained that

Mr. Silvas leadership has

been instrumental in the passage of three financialdisclosure bills important to LAFCOs and voters

statewide. Signed in 2007, AB 747 requires political

contributions and expenditures related to local boundary

changes to be reportable as any other local initiative. His

follow up companion bills, AB 1998 in 2008 and AB 528

of 2009 further implemented and clarified this

disclosure process.

Chiat concluded, CALAFCO applauds Mr.

Silvas efforts to bring sunshine to this process

and make it as streamlined as possible.

The California Association of LAFCOs,

or CALAFCO, was founded in 1971.

CALAFCO serves as an organization dedicated

to assisting member LAFCOs with educational

and technical resources that otherwise would

not be available.

Assemblyman Jim

Silva represents the 67th

Assembly District, which

includes the communities of

Anaheim, Cypress, Garden

Grove, Huntington Beach,

La Palma, Los Alamitos,

Rossmoor, Seal Beach, Stanton, Sunset Beach andWestminster. He previously served as an Orange County

Supervisor, serving the 2nd District.

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The information contained in this column does not

necessarily reflect the opinion of The Local News.

TheCrossExam

Pass the Kool-aid please...how Orwellian!

When I was in high school, we were tasked

with reading George Orwells 1984. It was,

as our liberal, cooler-than-thou teacher

would have us believe, the utmost cautionary tale of

what can go dreadfully wrong if we dont question

authority, dont maintain a fierce protection of

individuality, and dont have a

healthy seed of distrust for the

government.

The characters in Oceania,

watched always by Big Brother,

were stripped of all freedoms; their

every action and deed allowable

only in the grand scheme of

maintaining The Party. There were

no rich or poor all wealth was

distributed equally, all basic needs

provided by the government.

This, our teacher clearly and

undeniably implied, was the fate to

be suffered by each of us if we gave

over to government intervention in

too many aspects of our lives.

It was a good and potent

lesson; one that stuck with me

throughout that semester and for

many years to come.

And, yet, I cant help but

believe that my teacher is now drinking fully and

heartily of the kool-aid that would have us all believe

more government is better government.

Too much has changed in this country and Im

not just referring to the current administration.

Where once we were a country of individuals

whose only limitations were those we placed on

ourselves, we are now a country where those who think

of a better mousetrap are penalized for their ambition

and expected to not only support a bloated government,

but all those individuals whose major contribution can

be summed up in the high pitched collective whine we

used as three year olds, its not faaaaaaaaaaair!

We once had a government that consisted of

public servants. We now have a government of

elected officials, who demand (instead of earning)

respect and manage to make small fortunes feeding at

the public trough.

We speak of the McCarthy hearings, in which

members of the Hollywood community were pressured

to report assumed communists to the senate committee,

but we barely yawned when the

current administration asked us to

send secret e-mails to inform on

those we believed were spreading

lies (i.e., not the party line) about

healthcare reform.

We once held the life of an

individual, any individual, American

citizen as the most precious of all we

held dear. We now starve tens of

thousands of our own California

farmers, drive their families into

poverty and make basic food more

expensive for the middle class, in

favor of saving a smelt in Northern

California.

We once rose up in outrage

against unfair taxation. Now, we

simply write the checks and let the

OBrians in Sacramento and

Washington, D.C. right their wrongs

on our dime.

And, what about those times they stretch the truth

or are just plain wrong?

Well, lets just say todays politicians are h eld to

roughly the same standards as a TV weatherman who

gets the report wrong. No harm, no foul; On to the

next misstep.

What happened to us?

How did we go from fearing 1984 to

welcoming it with open arms?

Are we so consumed with our quest for a utopian

society that we are willing to become slaves to the

government?

Is an orderly society more important the

freedoms of individuals?

And, does government really know whats best?

There was a time, not all that

long ago, when words like mine

would have been viewed as typical

American mindset.

Today, Id be ridiculed as a tea

bag nut jo b, right-wing extremist, maybe

even a potential militia member or terrorist. (And, not

that its anyones business, but I am a lifelong,

registered, voting Democrat. I just didnt realize I had to

do a certain lockstep to be in the party anymore).

We do still have the recourse of voting out our

representatives, but we dont have the ability to vote out

all those who should be gone. Even if we vote them out,

the damage they have done is usually nearly impossible

to rectify.

So, what do we do, now?

Maybe well have to depend on the generation of

20-somethings who will pay the biggest price for the

policies in our state and nation.

Maybe well find our spines and enact legislation

across the land that severely reduces the pay and perks

of public servants and keeps them from living the high

life while we struggle beneath them.

Or maybe we should all just sit back and inhale the

words of OBrian to Winston Smith: You must love

Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him; you must

love him.

Pass the Kool-aid, please.

Cindy Cross has been a columnistor contributor for three othernewspapers and is an active

community volunteer. Her columnwill appear in each issue of The Local

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JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER of the Orange

County Register says Elizabeth Medina tripped

on a pipe and injured her leg and is now suing

the city of Huntington Beach, claims city workers

were negligent for not fixing the problem, as stated

in her legal claims.

She says she was sitting at a picnic table in

March 2008 in Huntington Central Park. Then,

when she went to get up, says she tripped on an

exposed pipe, tearing ligaments in her left leg and

experiencing a bony contusion, the documents claim.

City's response Medina could be held equally

responsible for the accident. The city cannot fix a

problem unless officials know it exists, among other

arguments.

"(Medina) failed to exercise ordinary care in a

manner expected of a reasonably prudent person,"

the city's response says. "(The city) did not have

actual or constructive notice of any defective or

dangerous condition existing for a sufficient time

prior to the alleged injury to have taken measures

to protect against the condition."

The case is set for a mandatory settlement hearing

in May and a jury trial is tentatively set for June 28.

Surf City Hostel Drops Price

Holiday Lights Exchange

It began at $1,400,000. Then $1,200,000; currently a foreclosed

property that for many years was a successful surf hostel in

downtown Huntington Beach originally, an early 1900s hotel

has had its price cut again. Can you believe this huge building, 3

blocks from the ocean is down to $1 million.

Located at 421 8th St. was the Colonial Inn Hostel, which

once attracted visitors from around the globe.When it was sold in 2006, the director of an alcohol and drug

rehabilitation foundation planned to use it as an addiction and mental

health treatment center for boys. That never happened, and the

property was in repossession this summer.

Take a look...it just might be the right place for you.

Santa Visits:

Summer is past and Surf

City is settling down to

enjoy the holiday season!

Just because its winter

does not mean that

the fun is over in

H u n t i n g t o n

Beach!

As little

ones look

forward to all of

the holiday

excitement, city

officials have

once again

extended a special invitation for

Santa Claus to visit the city as

our special guest. As he has done

in the past,

Santa has agreed to visit

children in their homes to share

his special Seasons Greetings,

give candy canes, and make

memorable moments. I love to

make the pre-Christmas Eve tour

to Community Services

Department gladly schedules thevisits for Santa in Surf City. The

home visits will begin on

Saturday, Dec. 5 and end

Saturday, Dec. 19. Old Saint

Nicks busy schedule will only

allow him to make the visits

between 6

p.m. and

9 p.m.

Wednesdays

t h r o u g h

Fridays, and

noon to 9 p.m.

on Saturdays

and Sundays.

Afee of $40 is

charged for each 15-

minute visit. It is recommended

that there are no more than five

children per 15-minute visit and

extended visits can be arranged

for larger holiday gatherings.

The helpful elves at the

CommunitySurf City, Santa

said. Community Services

Department also have tips to

help make your time with Santa

memorable for everyone.

For more information or toschedule a visit, contact the

Community Services

Department at (714) 536-5486.

Big OC surf shop comes to PCH

Jacks Surfboards, a five-store chain based in Huntington Beach,

plans to open a 6,700 square-foot surf shop in Hermosa Beach

about the beginning of the New Year. Some Hermosa based

locals say the move could help make Hermosa a surf-shopping

destination, others urged customers to avoid the out-of-towner.

Ron Abdel, who has co-owned Jacks since 1972, said he will

offer brands that are not now found in Hermosa, when he moves into

the old Petcare building on Pacific Coast Highway, across the street

from the Hermosa Pavilion mall.

He said: Our stores are completely different from other

shops, he said.

As a result of the City of Huntington Beachs

energy efficiency partnership with Southern

California Edison, the City has provided

250 packages of advanced energy efficient holiday

lights. The Citys Environmental Board will be

staffing a booth at Surf City nights in early

November to exchange your old inefficient holiday

lights for the newest in energy saving

technology.

Bring your old high energy using strings of

holiday lights to Surf City nights on November 3rd

and 10th for a free energy efficient upgrade. All

you have to do is to bring your old lights and

provide your contact information, to qualify for this

free exchange program.

Come early- quantities are limited. For more

information, visit www.surfcity-hb.org /residents/

green_city.

SOUTHOF

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Rose Parade Excursion

The City of Huntington

Beach is now taking

registration for the

121st Rose Parade. This year,

in addition to walk-in

reservations we will be

accepting registration online!

Simply go to www.surfcity-

hb.org /sands/, enter the link

and follow the directions!

Tickets include transportation

to and from the event so you

dont need to worry about

finding a parking place.

We have limited

reserved bleacher seats

located at 2000 E. Colorado

Blvd. The price is $110 per

ticket and may be purchased

on-line or at City Hall - 5th

Floor Community Services

Department. The busses will

leave at 6:45 a.m. and are

scheduled to return at

approximately 3:00 p.m.

Bus Parking is located

at 2180 E. Walnut Street, so

be prepared to walk up to ?

mile. All registrants under

17 years old must be

accompanied by an adult.

Call Community Services at

(714) 536-5486 for more

information.

HB Volleyballer

Syracuse, N.Y. - Senior outside hitter Elizabeth

Cheek (Huntington Beach, Calif./Rosary) led three

players with double-digit kills as the Le Moyne

College volleyball team defeated Stonehill, 3-1, in the

regular season finale for both teams on Sunday afternoon

at Ted Grant Court.

Cheek finished the match with 14 kills and 15 digs

for her seventh double-double of the season and her third

straight. Fabian posted 10 kills and 11 digs, while Prentice

totaled 10 and 13 digs to join Cheek in double-figures.

Senior libero Lindsey Gleason (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier)

registered a team-high 17 digs in her final career home

match. Classmate Kaylin Brainerd (Liverpool,

N.Y./Liverpool) dished out a match-high 46 assists on the

afternoon, while adding three kills. Brainerd, Cheek and

Gleason were honored prior to the match for their

commitment to the program.

Homework Helper

The Library has

become a real

source of

homework help for our

younger patrons with the

addition of our live online

tutoring service called

HelpNow! powered by

Brainfuse. The service is

available for grades 3-12

between the hours of 1:00

& 10:00 PM Monday

through Sunday in

subjects like math and

English. In addition, we

have a new homework

coordinator, Zain Shirazi,

who manages the librarys

afterschool homework

program on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 3:30-

5:00 PM in the Maddy

Room. Forcreative

children between

preschool and 8th grade,

we are hosting a writing

and illustrating contest

called An Amazing

Beach Discovery.

Entries are due to the

childrens desk in the

library by 4:00 PM on

Saturday, December 12,

2009.


12/17

Dear EarthTalk: Why is the plankton in

the oceans dying? And what does this

mean for the health of the oceans and

marine life? - Marilynn

Block, Portland, OR

As the lowest link on the marine food chain,

planktonthat tiny aquatic p lant, animal and bacterial

matter floating throughout the worlds oceansis a

vital building block for life on Earth. Besides serving as

a primary food source for many fish and whales,

plankton plays a crucial role in mitigating global

warming.

Indeed, the ocean is the worlds largest carbon

sink: As much as one-third of man-made CO2

emissions are stored in the oceans and therefore do not

contribute to global warming. This is because its plant

component, phytoplankton (its animal component is

called zooplankton), pulls massive amounts of carbon

dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere as it

photosynthesizes.

But various environmental factors are taking their

toll on plankton the world over. The U.S. National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

reported recently that marine phytoplankton is declining across the oceans. Even

Canadian cod fishermen are noticing that the plankton-feeding fish they catch are

often nearly starving as a result of lack of this crucial food source.

A 2007 study published in the scientific journal Nature found that human-

caused increase in CO2 pollution is altering the pH (acidity) levels in the oceans. This

change in chemistry is expected to have adverse effects on the entire ecosystem.

More acidic ocean water inhibits the ability of shell-forming marine organisms

from plankton to mollusks to

coralsto form properly.

Smaller and less healthy

populations of plankton would

be bad news for all the other

creatures above it on the oceans

food chain.

Higher water temperatures,

also attributable to our fossil fuel

addiction, can also have a

devastating effect on plankton. A

recent report in the Journal of the

Marine Biological Association

of the United Kingdom noted

that, in the Adriatic Sea cooler

winter conditionswhich are

less frequent in a warmer

worldare needed for plankton

production and nutrient

availability. Furthermore, warmer

sea temperatures can cause blooms of other sea life (such as happens with algae),

resulting in oxygen starvation in the water, a condition that is devastating to plankton

and other marine creatures and organisms.

In other situations, blooms of phytoplankton themselvesthe tiny plants can

gorge on the nutrients from the

run-off from farms and lawns

on landcan lead to oxygen

starvation in the water. The

decomposition of these

multitudes of phytoplankton

removes oxygen from

seawater, creating oxygen-

poor dead zones where fish

cannot live, reports Carly

Buchwald, a researcher at

Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution.

Satellite imagery shows

that these dead zones are

expanding. Some scientists are

advocating iron

fertilizationthe spreading

of large amounts of iron across

the worlds seasto spur

plankton growth. But others

worry that such tinkering with

complex ecosystems could

have potentially harmful

effects.

CONTACTS: Nature,

www.nature.com; Journal of the

Marine Biological Association

of the United Kingdom,

www.journals.cambridge.

org/action/display Journal?

jid=mbi; Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution,

www.whoi.edu.

BY CHRIS RIZO

As w e e p i n g

bi pa rt is an

d e a l

California lawmakers made Wednesday on water policy

drew praise from state Sen. Tom Harman, the

Republican running for attorney general.

The five-bill package approved Wednesday

morning includes a bevy of policy changes, including a

goal of 20 percent reduction in water use in urban areas

over the next decade, and an $11.1 billion bond

measure that must be approved in a statewide election

next year.

"This is a first step to bringing a reliable clean

source of water to the industries - such as agricultureand high tech - that California's economy is dependent

on for jobs," Harman, R-Huntington Beach, said of the

bills. "I didn't love everything in the package but that is

the nature of a compromise."

Wednesday's historic vote capped months of

often-tense negotiations over how to best increase

California's water supply while protecting the

environment.

Officials, including Harman, said the legislation

seeks to address one of California's most vexing and

complex issues.

"California now has almost 40 million residents,

yet the last time the state took a serious look at

California's water needs was in the 1960s when there

were only about 25 percent of the people," Harman

added. "What we passed today addresses storage,

conveyance, infrastructure and

environment. It was truly a

compromise."

The bond funds

would, among other

things, provide $3

billion for new water

storage and $2 billion

for ecosystem

restoration in the

S a c r a m e n t o - S a n

Joaquin River Delta,

which provides about

two-thirds of the state

with drinking water.

Bond funds would

also be used to bankrollrecycling and

groundwater cleanup

projects, particularly in

Southern California.

The legislation also

would boost penalties

for illegal water

diversion.

The bond amount

swelled as proposals

were included in the

plan to attract support

from across the state.

"I believe this measure has been so bulked up with

pork it's going to sink," state Assemblyman Chuck

DeVore, R-Irvine, said, urging his colleagues to reject

the bond proposal.

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said

he will sign the water bills.

He called the bill package

"one of the greatest

accomplishments" of the

Legislature, which is led

by Democrats.

"I'm so excited that

finally my vision is one

step closer to becoming a

reality, which is to fix our

water infrastructure,"

Schwarzenegger said.

"This is the best

investment in the future

of California anyone

can make."

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reflect the opinion of The

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HB Mayor, Director and

past president Orange

County Water District,

Former Chairman

Metropolitan Water

District of Southern

California, President of the Joint Powers Insurance

Authority, Member Board of Governors California FAIR

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Amazon

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mouth of the river, one can dip

fresh water out of the ocean.

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next eight largest rivers in the

world combined and three times

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Antarctica

Antarctica is the only land

on our planet that is not owned by

any country.

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world's ice covers Antarctica .

This ice also represents seventy

percent of all the fresh water in

the world. As strange as it sounds,

however, Antarctica is

essentially a desert. The average

yearly total precipitation is about

two inches Although covered with

ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.),Antarctica is the driest place on the

planet, with an absolute humidity

lower than the Gobi desert.

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for the perfect boat; a sailboat or atrawler Monohull or multihull? In

2000, we met Malcolm Tennant.

Malcolm, a world-renown

catamaran designer; his Blade

Runner design "Afterburner" and

his Great Barrier Reef sailing cats

are still winning records. We

commissioned Malcolm to design a

motor catamaran with a 3,500 NM

range, a true Passagemaker for

two people. By Christmas 2001,

Malcolm had finalized the plans for

the DOMINO, and we were off to

New Zealand to check things out,

met Anthony Stanton (who still

runs Malcolm Tennant Design).

We were still five years from

retirement, but knew that finding a

boat builder and building the boat

would take time. We searched for a

builder we coul d afford : Australia,

New Zealand , South Africa,

Canada and the US were out of our

range. Taiwan and China were a

possibility, the language a barrier.

Brazil, Argentina and Chile had

such drastic custom laws and tariffs

we declined. About to give up on

construction we met a builder from

Paraguay (What? Where?

Paraguay, did you say?). He

said.wanted to build our dream

boat. This was his first boat; he had

been build ing airplan es for 25

years. There is little difference

between boats and planes; both

include fiberglass and mechanics.

Price good, contract was signed,

and construction began.

Construction of the DOMINO

began in Asuncion , June 2005 . Still

working in Huntington Beach, the

builder sent us pictures regularly:

wooden forms to shape the hulls,

containers of foam, fiber and resin

off loaded, hulls formed and

laminated, the wingdeck, all 3 parts

glued together and laminated. The

first year was A+ perfect. In June

of 2006, the photos stopped

coming, fearing the worse... we

sold the house, kissed the kids and

grandkids goodbye, grabbed 2

suitcases and moved to Asuncion,

Paraguay (yes, Paraguay.)

After three months of utter

confusion and mystery, we realizedwhat happened. Two of the three

partne rs who took our contra ct

bailed out, the third partner left

with the responsibilities and no

financial ba

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