Huntington Beach News

Huntington Beach Beaches: I'd like to start this newsletter saying Congratulations to Newport Beach's New Mayor Nancy Gardner. Who I recently met. Nancy has been on The City Council there Five Years and shall do a Good Job in her New Role.

A Very Happy Birthday to The Following People: Huntington Beach Chamber Of Commerce Ambassador Jill Groff, My Friend Matteo Bryan, Huntington Beach Mom Taegan Pellon, Huntington Beach Independent Columnist Chris Epting and My Cousin Christi Godwin.

This is a note from Huntington Beach Police Chief Ken Small's Administrative Assistant Karin Reed:

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE START SMART PROGRAM?

· Teen drivers are found at fault in 66% of ALL FATAL collisions that they are involved in, although they only represent 4% of the state's licensed drivers.
· The leading cause of DEATH for Americans 15 - 20 years old is motor vehicle collisions.
· 65 % of teen passenger Deaths occur when another teenager is driving.
WHAT IS THE START SMART PROGRAM?
The California Highway Patrol's Start Smart program is a FREE driver safety education class which targets new and future licensed teenage drivers between the ages of 15 - 20 and their parents/guardians. CHP officers will discuss traffic collision avoidance techniques, collision causing factors, driver/parent responsibilities, and seatbelt usage.
Our goal is to help young drivers and their parents/guardians understand the responsibilities associated with driving a motor vehicle, show how a poor choice behind the wheel can change the lives of everyone involved, and to reduce the number of teen-related injuries and deaths due to collisions.
Please call and RSVP to reserve your seat.
WHO: Students and Parents
WHAT: Start Smart Class
WHEN: Monthly (next class on Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30 PM)
WHERE: California Highway Patrol, 13200 Goldenwest Street, Westminster, CA 92683. For More Information Please Call: Officer Ray Payton @ (714) 892-4426 or rpayton@chp.ca.gov

This Week's Featured Business in www. Is: The Historic Balboa Fun Zone Ferris Wheel at 600 East Bay Avenue in Newport Beach. Click here for your coupon:

It is good for $1 Off of a Ferris Wheel Ride. Limit One Coupon Per Person. All riders must be 50'' Tall.
If you have any questions please e-mail Patrick Moore at: bfunzone@sbcglobal.net .

Tune into KTLA Channel 5 on Saturdays from 6AM to 7AM and Sundays from 6AM To 9AM to watch The Best New Morning News Show in Southern California with Your Host Chris Burrous and Your Hostess Wendy Burch. Also Field Reporters Chip Yost and Liberte Chan in addition to Gayle Anderson's Things To Do and Sam Rubin's Entertainment Segment. Your comments are appreciated to KTLA. E-Mail them at: weekends@ktla.com .

Also be sure to watch The Champan Report with Professor Pete Weitzner every Sunday at 11AM on PBS SOCAL. Channel 25. You'll hear the Current Economy Trends and Statistics.

Friday:

The Redondo Beach Riviera Village (at the corner of I Avenue and Catalina) has a Certified Farmers Market this Afternoon from 3PM to 7PM. The carefully selected Vendors include: organic, responsible and traditional from Southern and Central California presenting an array of seasonal offerings. At 4PM You'll Shop With The Chef, A local Chef walks people around and shows them what to buy. This is a fun venue.

Saturday:

Come to The Newest Certified Weekly Local Harvest Farmers Market at Peters Landing - 16400 Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach. The sensational event is from 9AM to 2PM. You'll find between 40 and 60 Vendors from Food to Crafters. You'll also find Entertainment from The Average Tom White Band and Jamie Carey. To get a list of participants log on to: localharvestfarmersmarkets.com and click on Peter's Landing. There is also a Facebook Fan Page as well. If You have any questions please contact Lee Ostendorf at : . Don't forget to come and see me when you are at the event. I'll be at The Anderson Art Gallery Booth. Note: This is the Final Peters Landing Farmers Market for This Year. It'll resume in January, 2012. Lee would like to Thank This Community for supporting this venue.

Gretchen Hoad from Sunset Beach asked me to mention this Event. If you have any questions please call her at: (562) 592-5334.

It's not time again for our annual silly YOT CHRISTMAS PARADE (also called the NO PARADE) around town, showing off our trucks, cars, YOTS and bicycles all dressed up for Christmas!!
We wont gather at the parking lot at the South end of Sunset, line up in back of the fire engine, at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, December 17 --- and wont start at 6:00 p.m. for the jaunt around town.
Bring some candy to toss to the kids (and parents) lined up on the green strip to wish us all Merry Christmas.”—and if you're partying, not parading that night, be sure to come out to see the grand Sunset Beach YOT PARADE pass by! This is a fun tradition.

Sunday:

The Historic Balboa Pier in Newport Beach has a Fireworks Show to complete The Christmas Boat Parade. The activities start at 2PM.

Tune into KTLA Channel 5 at 6PM to watch The Rebroadcast of The Hollywood Christmas Parade.

Thank you very much for reading This Newsletter. It requires a lot of time and effort to create it and I always appreciate your comments.

December 16, 2011