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Vol . 9, Issue 14 ·  June 19, 2007
In This Issue
Local rowers win national championship
TRACK & FIELD: Beighton wins CIF pole vault; Boys track captures share of Sunset League title
POST-SEASON AWARDS: Traylor wins pair of championship medals at CIF
Spring Sports wrap-up
ALUMNI SOFTBALLI: Nelson named to all-America team
ALUMNI BASEBALL: Godfrey earns all-region honors; Prettyman promoted to Triple A
MORE ALUMNI: Munoz scores goal, Barnes leaves Alabama amid controversy
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Yes, I know it's been a while since our last Local Sports -- sorry, sorry, sorry.
I've been busy with a few hundred things , but those things are slowly but surely getting done, and I'll resume getting Local Sports out again on an quasi-irregular basis.

For those who haven't seen the Rossmoor 50th (Tri-Town Trot) 5K/1K Race results, click here for 5K and here for 1K).  For those who want to see parts of the Los Al Boys volleyball video, click here.  For those who want to see the Rossmoor 50th anniversary Parade video, hold on a couple more weeks. I'm almost done.

While this issue is packed with news, it's still missing a lot -- most noticeably, the division winners from the youth baseball and softball leagues.  If you have a team photo of a championship team, email me at localsports@earthlink.net.  And if anybody has info on the annual Oak-McAuliffe track meet, you know where to find me...

I'm still waiting on photos and information on the LAHS Football's Burger Bowl (hint, hint) and the many activities that went along with that - namely the installation of the new scoreboard and the dedication of the Los Al football field to Los Al football coach John Barnes. Hopefully, I'll have the photos and info very soon. (repeat -- hint, hint)

CAMPS:  With school now just about out, some of you moms may actually finally be thinking about summer sports camps.  Here's a couple I know about:
   BASKETBALL:  Los Al basketball coach Russ May will be holding his annual camp -- June 25-29 and July 16-20; call him at (562) 714-9711  to sign-up. 
And Jack Haley and Jeff Dunlap will once again be holding two Complete Player Basketball Camps at Los Al (see their ad below or go to www.completeplayercamps.com.)
   SOCCER: Los Al Girls soccer coach Pat Rossi will be holding a camp for incoming freshmen players from July 9-20.  Contact him at Patrossi@earthlink.net for more info. 
   NEXT LEVELSOCCER: Some entrepreneurial former Griffin (and collegiate) soccer players (Cameron Kolovos, Jeremy Abrams, Sean Cima and Mark Biery) are holding a soccer camp at Rush Park July 16-20 for players ages 6-13. Their former Los Al teammate Jonathan Bornstein (now playing for Chivas USA and the US Men's National team) will make an appearance as well.  For more information call Mark Biery (562) 355-0344 or email him at tnlsoccer@gmail.com.
Also, Champions Quest hosts a number of camps during the summer.  I would suggest calling them at (562) 598-6300 because they're a little slow at updating their website with the latest info.  (Hey, they're trainers, not nerds -- like moi.)
    Finally, Vince and Cristy Leone officially open up their new indoor batting cage facility on June 28. It's fully automated, with three cages, all of which can handle hardball or softball.  It's at 10554 Humbolt just beyond Los Al HS off Cerritos.  Check it out. (562) 598-CAGE.  Their email is losalcage@aol.com.

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On to the good stuff.

 
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Local rowers, Cours and Vella, help LB Junior Crew win national title
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   Two local rowers with the Long Beach Jr. Crew program came away with first place medals at the National Junior Rowing Championships held June 8-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
     Los Al High students Taylor Vella and Alex Cours (shown right) were part of the Girls Varsity 8 which captured the national title by finishing the 1,000-meter course with a time of 7:08:16, three seconds better than second place Maritime and third place St. Ignatius. 
     The LB Varsity women won their Friday heat but their time was only the fifth fastest, 11 seconds behind fastest qualifying Maritime Crew.  In Saturday's semi-finals the LB squad closed that gap to slightly over four seconds with the second fastest time. In Sunday's final, the LB girls jumped out to an early one-length lead coming through the 500 meter mark, then continued to push away to open water in the latter half.
     Another Los Al rower, Chris Edmunds, earned third place hardware as part of Long Beach's entry in the Boys four-man race.

The local rowers had qualified for the nationals after their success at the Southwest Junior Rowing Championships in Sacramento May 19-20.
    LBJC teams medaled in six of eight varsity events at the meet, which included all teams from 25 programs in California, Arizona and Utah.
    The LB girls team made history, with entries winning all four varsity events -- which no other team has ever done before.  Cours rowed on three of the winning teams -- including the winning girls quad and girls four (don't ask me the difference) -- and took a third place medal in the girls lightweight doubles.
    On the boys side, Edmunds' boys quad placed second by a tenth of a second, and he also grabbed a third place medal in the boys double, finishing a close third. The boys varsity 8 with Edmunds and fellow Griffin John Oliveras earned an eighth place spot out of 20 crews.

     Despite qualifying teams for the nationals in other categories, the LB coaches decided to focus on those events which they felt they had the best chance to win.

    After her efforts at the Southwest Regatta, Cours (a sophomore from Rossmoor) was invited to the US Rowing National Development Team (Camp B, for scullers). She will be with 19 other high school girls at the University Of Washington from June 17th through the 26th.

 

 
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Beighton clears 11-5 to capture CIF girls pole vault; Griffin boys grab share of Sunset League track championship
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Los Al senior Katelyn Beighton (right) captured the CIF-SS Division I championship in the pole vault with a vault of 11-5 at the Division I championships on May 18 at Cerritos College.
     Beighton's win topped a Los Al showing which also saw high jumper Kelsey Thorn took a fifth place finish with a leap of 5-3.
    The Boys 4x100 relay team finished ninth with a  time of 43.73.  They ran a 42.94 at the Div I prelims a week earlier.
     Also at the prelims, 300-meter hurdler Zenon Post missed by 7/100ths of a second from qualifying for the finals.

Two weeks earlier the Los Al boys track team captured a share of the Sunset League track title for the first time in over 20 years with their performance at the Sunset League Finals on May 4. Complete League Finals results are available here (courtesy of Dyestat.com)
     Junior Wes Feighner won the Varsity Boys 400 meter championship.
     Senior Chris Soto won the Boys 100 meters, with his time of 11.07 edging teammate Sean Henderson's 11.09.  Junior Brantynn Washington finished fifth with an 11.37.
     Zenon Post won the boys 300 meter hurdles in 40.08.
     The boys 4x400 relay team won their race in 3:28:11, beating second place Fountain Valley by two seconds.
     Los Al was 1-2 in the triple jump with Wallace Caiquio (45-04.75 )and Donald Crandall (44-01.25) finishing first and second respectively.  Crandall was also third in the long jump (20-10).
     Sophomore Matt Renick won the high jump with a jump of 5-10. 
     On the girls side. . .
     Taylor Bennett was first in the girls 300 meter hurdles (49.03) and Camile Forest third (50.85).
     Alexa Ward was third in the pole vault with a  vault of 10-6, while Beighton and Mary Garrett both had a 10-0, good enough for fifth and sixth and high enough to advance to the CIF finals.

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Sunset League Finals:

CIF-Division I prelims

CIF Divisional finals

CIF Masters Meet

     
POST-SEASON AWARDS:  Traylor wins 200 and 500 free at CIF Division I swim finals; Carroll earns all-county

SWIMMING:  Los Al swimmer Amanda Traylor wins championships in 200, 500 freestyle at CIF-Division I swim meet; The Griffin girls 200 relay team of Traylor, senior Adriana Quezada, freshman Kaylee Dodson, and soph Jessica Dunn take third at the CIF Masters finals.

VOLLEYBALLKevin Carroll earns MVP honors at OC all-star volleyball match (OC Register, June 2, 2007).  He and setter Greg Kroneberger add all-county and all-CIF honors to their resumes. The pair also made 1st team All-Sunset League, and teammate Srdjan Nadazdin earned 2nd team all-league honors.

SOFTBALL:  Griffin softball pitcher Anna Cahn WAS selected to the All-Orange County second team by the OC Register, and named the Sunset League's Most Valuable Pitcher.  Joining Cahn on the all-league squad were Meghan Mawn, Stephanie Tingle, Jordan Wheeler (1st team), and Jacqeuline Ristow, Molly Khalil, Brittany Spalding, Danielle D'Eccliss (2nd team). 
    Cahn and Wheeler were also selected to play for the Orange County Allstar Team - which played the Riverside County Allstar Team on June 7th at Mount SAC in Walnut.

BASEBALL: Three Griffins earned spots on the OC Register's all-county baseball team, led by Sunset League Player if the Year Jordan Tripp, who earned first team honors.  Mac Sullivan and Travis Garrett were selected to the second team. Tripp was also named to the All-CIF Division I first team, while Garrett earned second team honors.
   Joining Tripp on the All-Sunset team were juniors Kyle Simon, Matt Avery, Garrett and Brian Tripp (no relation) and seniors Logan Flagg and Sullivan.  Kirk Singer was named to the second team.
    At the OC North-South baseball all-star game, Sullivan hit a 2-run homer in the first inning to help the South all-stars to a win.

LACROSSE:  Shaina Denny, who scored 34 goals to help lead the Griffins to the county final, and defender Lindsey Schmidt-Beck were selected to the Register's all-county girls lacrosse squad.

GOLFJonathan Saunders and Jeff Lewis earned first team all-Sunset League honors after turning in rounds of 150 and 152 at the league individual championships at Los Serranos (par 146).  Saunders score also qualified him for the CIF Individual playoffs.

BASKETBALL:  Los Al coach Russ May was named the Press-Telegram's Basketball Dream Team Coach of the Year, and was once again joined by Clinton Amberry and Cameron Jones.  Amberry has committed to play at San Jose State and Jones at Northern Arizona.


 
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SPRING SPORTS WRAP-UP: Griffin teams fall in CIF; VB reaches quarters

While there were some moments of glory, the CIF playoffs were not kind to Griffin die-hards.

After the high of winning a share of the Sunset League baseball championship (thanks to Sunset League MVP Jordan Tripp's game-winning hit over Esperanza on May 8 - was it really that long ago?), the Los Al Griffin baseball team suffered the low of once again losing a first-round CIF playoff game - this time on May 18 to Canyon of Canyon Country (up by Magic Mountain).  An error-plagued six-run second inning proved too much for the Griffins to overcome.   Los Al finished the season at 22-6.  [Griffin shortstop/pitcher Travis Garrett was featured in this LA Times article on April 30.]

Softball - which also won the Sunset League championship -- made it to the second round of CIF play.    The Lady Griffins won their first round game, downing JSerra 3-1 on May 18 - with Nikki Coppinger driving in a run in the sixth inning to tie it up and then hit a game-winning two-run homer in the eighth inning.  Nikki also doubled in two runs in Tuesday's second round game against Hart, but Los Al fell 7-4

Boys volleyball's season unfortunately ended as well on Black Friday, after reaching the quarterfinals before losing 3-1 to Mater Dei.  The loss marked the end of some major ups and downs over the last two and a half weeks of the season.  On May 1 a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Esperanza (the eventual CIF champion) ended hopes of a league championship, and a subsequent loss to Newport Harbor forced them to share second place with the Sailors. 

It also sent them to Thousand Oaks for their first round CIF match, which they won in five games in one of the more dramatic finishes of the season, the Griffins, facing triple match point, rallied for five straight points to win the deciding fifth game, 16-11.  They followed that up with a convincing 3-0 win over Huntington Beach on May 8, to set up a showdown with No. 3 seed Mater Dei. 

Los Al twice had game points opportunities in the first game, but the Monarchs finally prevailed 29-27.  After Mater Dei won the second game, Los Al rallied for a game 3 win, but then Mater Dei took the fourth game. 25-22 was the score in all three games. (Here's the Press-Telegram account of the match.)

However, the boys team, which finished with a second best Los Al season ever with a record of 22-9, did manage to keep their string alive of playing every game without the Los Al High cheerleaders showing up once.  There was some concern by Griffin Volleyball parents that since this was a CIF quarterfinal match, that one or two rogue cheerleaders might decide to show up and ruin the streak.

 
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MORE LOS AL STUFF:  Honors, spring football and college signings

Miller dream team

Los Al junior Kaylee Miller (right) was

named to the USA Women's Water Polo Youth National Team over Memorial Day weekend.  She was also a starter for her SoPac A zone team that took home the gold at the USA Zone tournament by defeating the Pacific A team 8-4.  Miller was also recently named to the Press-Telegrams girls water polo Dream Team.

Quarterbacks rule in spring football passing tournament
LA Times, CA - Jun 9, 2007
Griffin quarterback Clark Evans and sophomore receiver Paul Richardson got lots of attention, Los Al and Edison played to the very last play (and argument) but in the end Mater Dei beat Los Alamitos in the championship game of the sevev-on-seven Dana Hills Passing Tournament.

Speaking of football, graduating Los Al defensive lineman Neil Jannsen will be one of 39 recruits who will join the Valparaiso (Indiana) University football team next season.

Griffin girls basketball center Shawna Geoffroy has signed with Central College in Pella Iowa to play basketball for that program.  Geoffroy is following in the footsteps of her sisters Kristin and Lindsay who also played college hoops amidst the bucolic wheatfields of America's Heartland.  Kristin (LAHS '98) played at Kansas and Lindsey played at Iowa State.


 
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ALUMNI SOFTBALL: Nelson named to 2nd team All-America squad
Nelson press conference
 

   Former Griffin Stacey Nelson (LAHS '05,  Rossmoor) who was 34-14 as a pitcher for the University of Florida this season, was named to the second team NCAA Softball Coaches All-America squad.
   Nelson's Gators reached the second weekend of play in the NCAA tournament but fell to Texas A&M in three games in their Super-Regional May 24-26. Nelson, who set a Florida record for most wins in a single season, helped Florida reach a super-regional for the very first time in school history, by clinching the win during a 3-0 nine-inning win over Texas the week before.  After clinching the win, Nelson was mobbed by her teammates. 

Brittany Murphy (LAHS '04, Rossmoor) had an RBI single but her Long Island University Blackbirds fell to UMass 7-3 and were eliminated in the first weekend of NCAA sotball tournament play  on May 19.  Earlier in the day, Murphy had two hits as LIU downed Colgate 5-1 to stay alive at the regional.  LIU ended their season with a 34-22 record.  Murphy finished the season with a .284 average, but hit .397 in conference play after switching to batting left handed.  She earned second team all-conference honors.

Heather Johnson (Mater Dei '06, Los Alamitos) was one-for-two but the Notre Dame Irish fell twice to No. 25 Illinois State in the Evanston regional.  The Irish ended up with a 32-24 record.  Johnson, who had four hits in the regionals, ended the season with a .306 average while playing third base.
 
ALUMNI BASEBALL:  Godfrey earns all-region honors for LB State; Prettyman promoted to Triple A
Brandon Godfrey

Although Long Beach State fell to UCLA in the NCAA regional playoffs, former Griffin Brandon Godfrey (LAHS '2003, Cypress, shown right) ended the season strong.    He was named to the all-regional team, and was the Big West Conference's final Player of the Week for this season, plus he earned a nice article by the P-T's Bob Keisser.   Godfrey is the son of Los Al High principal Kelly Godfrey. 

   Another ex-Los Al standout, Erik Crichton (LAHS '03, Seal Beach) saw his and his Oral Roberts University team's season come to an end at NCAA regional play, as the Golden Eagles (40-17) fell to Wichita State.  Crichton, the Eagles top reliever, finished the season with a 4-5 record and a 3.07 ERA in 25 appearances.  He was taken by Cincinnati in the 20th round of last week's Major League baseball draft.

   Chapman College saw its best-ever season come to an end at the Division II World Series, with losses to Kean and Emory. The Panthers had opened the series with a win over defending national champ Marietta College.
   Chapman earned a trip to the D3 Series a week earlier by downing Pacific Lutheran (Washington) 1-0 with former Griffin Ryan Prechtl driving in the game's only run.
    Chapman, which finished the regular season ranked No. 1, won a school-record 41 games, while losing eight.

   Former Griffin Ronnie Prettyman (LAHS '00/Los Alamitos) has been promoted to the Triple A Tacoma Rainiers - a minor league affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Last Thursday, Prettyman doubled in the 10th inning to help the Rainiers to a 10-9 comeback win over Portland.
   Prettyman spent the first month of the season with the Mariners' double-AA West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx of Jackson, Tennessee.

Another former Griffin and CSU Fullerton star, David Bacani (LAHS '97) is now once again playing in Fullerton's Goodwin Field as a member of the Fullerton Flyers of the Golden Baseball League.  Bacani had spent time in the Mets and Red Sox organizations.

 
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MORE ALUMNI NEWS:  Munoz scores first-ever goal for Calif. Victory; Barnes leaves Alabama amid controversy
Mike Munoz

Former Griffin standout soccer player Mike Munoz (LAHS '01, Los Alamitos) scored the first goal ever for the California Victory of the USL 1st Division.   Munoz who had made the Chivas USA roster last year, says he is healthy after undergoing surgery for an ankle injury last season. Video of the goal can be seen here.

Jimmy Barnes

Former Los Al quarterback Jimmy Barnes has decided to leave the University of Alabama and play football elsewhere, but comments attributed to his father, Los Al football coach John Barnes, have made his departure quasi national news and the source of an internet controversy.
   Jimmy was recruited two years ago by by Coach Mike Shula who was fired after last season and replaced by Nick Saban, who runs a different style of offense.  That and an untimely ACL injury which prevented Jimmy from participating in spring drills and moved Jimmy way down the depth chart made Jim's football future at Alabama somewhat questionable.
    While Jim has apparently never said anything to a reporter yet about his departure, his dad's remarks to the effect that Saban's coaching methods "wore on Jimmy" sizzled over the internet sports sites and on Jim Rome's ESPN show last Friday.
   The younger Barnes is reportedly looking at Div I-AA schools so he won't have to sit out a year. 

 
 
YOUTH SOFTBALL:  12&Unders come close at LAGSL Tourney

The LAGSL 12 & Under all-star softball team came close, but  couldn't quite grab the championship of their own No-Longer-On-Fathers Day (not to mention hardly played at Rossmoor Park) Tournament the weekend of June 8-10.
   The local 12 A all-stars reached the championship game but unfortunately fell to a tough Westlake-Agoura squad 11-4 in the tourney finale.  The 12s went 2-0 in pool play, then downed South Huntington Beach 9-4 in the quarterfinals, and Cypress 11-5 in the semifinals to earn a berth in the title tilt.
   The 12s went the furthest of all league's "A" all-star teams.  However the LAGSL 12&U and 10&U B (Blue) All-Star squads won the Silver Division championships of the tournament.
  This past weekend the 12&U A squad took home another second place trophy, losing only to Bonita Valley at the Vista Tournament.  It was the third straight second place finish for the 12 A's (which I know is now officially called the "Red" team in yet another unfortunate submission to political correctness, but I don't use it because nobody knows if you're talking about the official all-star team or not... but enough of the rantings of a seriously mentally-hampered man.)
   Incidentally, the 8A all-stars also took home second place hardware at the Vista Tournament.

 
MEANWHILE IN TRAVEL BALL...

Rossmoor twins Andie and Alex Formby helped their Nemesis 10&U travel softball team win the State Championship tournament at Hemet over Memorial Day weekend.
Nemesis won both its pool games, then beat the Corona Angels 2-1 in the semis and advanced to the finals to meet Victory USA, where Nemesis won 3-1 and earn a berth in the National championships in August.
   In the championship game, Alex Formby hit a two out double to knock in the first two runs and added an RBI single two innings later.  Sister Andie pitched the final six innings, allowing no runs.  In the tournament, Andie pitched 17 innings, allowing only one run which was an intentional walk.  She only walked three batters and had 13 K's.
 
 
LOCAL PEOPLE:  Music Man rehearsals, LB State professor honored, more Bullock news, etc.

Bullock museum of art

'Music Man' to feature cast of 50 locals -- OC Register, CA - Jun 12, 2007 -- Rehearsals for the Los Al community theater production (by the Southeast Civic Light Opera) will begin Tuesday.

Cal State Long Beach professor wins faculty award
OC Register, CA - Jun 14, 2007 -- Los Alamitos resident Lesley Farmer, a Cal State Long Beach professor of library science, was honored last month...

SB visitors first to see Billy Graham Library in North Carolina -- Charlotte Observer, NC - Jun 6, 2007

Sandra Bullock's Stressed and Skinny! -- Bosh, NY - May 15, 2007.  Hey, we don't have too many celebs who live around here -- and I like movies starring Sandra Bullock (above right).  So we pass on whatever we find -- even if it is on the over-hyped side. 

Greg Escalante - Former Rossmoor rez hits big time as co-founder of Juxtapoz, top-notch (i.e., No. 1 selling) "lowbrow" art magazine.

Autism services hard to get, Rossmoor family says
OCRegister, CA - May 29, 2007

Memorial fund established for long-time SB mayor and councilman Frank Laszlo -- OC Register, CA - May 9, 2007

Seal Beach man gives commencement speech at Eastern Kentucky University

Seal Beach surgeon accused in scam to be rearrested
LA Times, CA - May 18, 2007 --


 
EDUCATION:  Youth Center program gives students 15 minutes of reality

High school program extols dangers of drunk driving
OC Register, CA - Jun 14, 2007 -- A Los Al High School student was removed from class every 15 minutes Wednesday as part of a schoolwide program to make the teenage students aware of the problem of drinking and driving.

Los Al Unified appoints student rep -- OC Register, CA - Jun 12, 2007 -- The Los Alamitos Unified school board on Monday approved Los Alamitos High School junior Katie Greenthal as the student rep to that body.

Speaking German -- OC Register, CA - May 30, 2007
Los Alamitos Unified trustees on Tuesday night approved the addition of a new advanced German class for Los Alamitos High School students ...

Meghan Fife

Meeting of minds  -- OC Register, CA - May 30, 2007
LOS ALAMITOS - St. Hedwig first-grader Abigail Nolta writes a book report and gets to meet the book's author - Meghan Fife -- who once attended the same school.  ...

New guidelines sought for Los Al Unified contract negotiations  -- OC Register, CA - May 14, 2007
  - The Los Alamitos Unified school board at 7 pm Monday will consider approving a new set of guidelines to govern negotiations with its teachers ...

Rossmoor second-graders charter bus with sweet peas
Orange County Register, CA - May 18, 2007
ROSSMOOR - About 80 Lee Elementary School second graders toured the Japanese gardens at Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday thanks to their ingenuity in ...

 The science of frustration
Orange County Register, CA - May 25, 2007
ROSSMOOR Eighth-grader Julia Ostmann won first place in her division Tuesday at the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles. ...


 

 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUFF: 

Los Alamitos Settles Cable TV Censorship Suit -- LA Times, CA - May 23, 2007

Oceanside finance director resigns; McKay to take job in Los Alamitos -- North County Times, CA - May 10, 2007

 Los Al to begin coyote trapping -- OC Register, CA - May 23, 2007

Coyote trappers reviewed -- OC Register, CA - Jun 5, 2007

Street parking near Laurel Park may be eliminated -- OC Register, CA - May 18, 2007



SEAL BEACH

Seal Beach has traffic questions for LB's plans for the Seaport Marina Hotel site.  The intersection of PCH and 2nd is the second busiest in Long Beach.

DA investigates former Seal Beach official --  OC Register, CA - Jun 5, 2007

Seal Beach hires once-fired city manager OCRegister blogs - June 4, 2007

Seal Beach to begin replacing pier decking
Orange County Register, CA - May 18, 2007


 
LOCAL FOOD & RESTAURANT REVIEWS:

Frieda's Newest Find Is Far from Your Average Superfruit --  SBWire (press release), WI - May 21, 2007

Tony Roma's in Los Alamitos
LA Daily News, CA - May 8, 2007

Pasta Grotto in Seal Beach -   LB Press-Telegram, CA May 15, 2007


 
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Velma Dunn Ploessel, 88; Olympic diving medalist, PE instructor
LA Times, CA - May 18, 2007
... mother of Dennis Ploessel, Los Al High teacher and former water polo coach and current swimming and water polo coach at Chapman University. 
See you on the fields, the courts, 

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