Laguna Beach

o7The following took place at the Oct. 4 meeting of the Laguna Beach City Council. f7 LANDSLIDE The council approved another extension of the declaration of emergency for the June 1 landslide, and allocation of $2,775 to James Moore and John Gustafson from funds donated for the landslide victims. Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider said housing has been found for 18 months for six families displaced by the Flamingo Road landslide and for one year for one family.

NEWPORT BEACH -- Last season, when the Corona del Mar High boys cross country team faced Laguna Beach, CdM lost by one point. This year, the Sea Kings got their revenge with a 24-33 victory Wednesday at Bonita Creek Park. "This was a sweet victory," said CdM Coach Bill Sumner. "It's good to see the guys are coming around. They look good. We're right where we're supposed to be right now." Junior Tim Scott, for the first time in his CdM career, finished first for the Sea Kings (5-0)

Don't believe anyone who tells you that the 20% voter turnout for Tuesday's congressional election was not too bad, even if they cite that it was a special election in a race that almost inevitably will be won by the early Republican front-runner. Instead, believe this: Just one out of five voters in the 48th Congressional District, which includes Newport Beach as well as Irvine and other parts of south Orange County, cared enough to vote in a race that will decide who will represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives for years and years to come.

City Manager Frank has too much power I have written a number of times trying to expose the control our city manager, Ken Frank, has over our city. Let us use the Montage Hotel and Spa as one example. He had the city waive around a million dollars in permit fees. You and I need a permit to change a roll of toilet paper or trim a tree. We did get our public park by the Montage -- very nice. But how much did it cost the city and taxpayers?

The Laguna Beach Age Group Water Polo girls' under-14 teams went 2-1-1 at last weekend's Speedo Cup qualifying tournament in Laguna Beach. Laguna competed in a bracket that included Newport Beach, Los Alamitos, TRAP, SoCal and OC Split. OC Split won the tournament and qualified to compete at the Speedo Cup finals scheduled for mid-November in St. Louis, Mo. Laguna Beach 2, Newport Beach 2 Laguna, which couldn't capitalize on some early scoring opportunities, finally crashed the scoreboard when Jesse Holechek drilled in a goal three minutes into the game.

With its production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," Laguna Beach's No Square Theater will be living up to its name, founding director Bree Burgess Rosen said. Although Saif Eddin, a successful entertainer known on the club scene from Long Beach to San Diego, is directing the show, the real power will rest in the baton-wielding hand of chorus director Linda Haylett, Rosen said. "Miss Linda is most famous for her outstanding work with local children, by way of her dance school, Miss Linda's Castle," Rosen said.

Firefighters from Laguna Beach spent nearly a week battling wildfires some 60 miles away from their coverage area. Although the fires raging in Los Angeles County weren't a threat to Laguna, local firefighters were called in to help. It's all part of a statewide mutual-aid agreement among California fire agencies. Whether it is fighting a brush fire in the Inland Empire or sifting through floodwaters for hurricane survivors in the South, local firefighters give help wherever they are needed.

ART WALK Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on Thursday for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service starts from the Laguna Art Museum at 6:15 and runs until 9. Information: www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. ( Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.) The next Art Walk will be Nov. 3. LAGUNA ART MUSEUM "Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s," is on view indefinitely in the Stein-Brief Gallery.

Send AROUND TOWN items to the Coastline Pilot, P.O. Box 248, Laguna Beach, CA 92652; fax to (949) 494-8979; call (949) 494-4321 or e-mail o7coastlinepilot@latimes.com. f7Submissions must be received two weeks before publication. TODAY FLU SHOTS Wild Oats offers "all-natural" flu shots without preservatives. $25 per shot. 8 a.m. to noon; also Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the store, 283 Broadway. Information: (949) 376-7888. SATURDAY FALL BRUNCH The Laguna Beach United Methodist Church holds a "Fall Bountiful Brunch" with author Judy Hoyt Pettigrew.

The Laguna Beach High football team had a different game plan for last Friday's Pacific Coast League opener against Northwood. When you meet a program as sound as the one found at Northwood, a team must be thoroughly prepared. You might say that Laguna entered the game against the favored Timberwolves on a wing and a prayer. Actually, it was the wing T, an offense coach Jimmy Nolan installed for the game. "I took a gamble," Nolan said. "I thought I could catch Northwood with the element of surprise by installing the wing T. This plan backfired on us, and we were completely shut down all first half, and it put our defense in horrible position again and again.