The Orange County Tribune Oct. 5, 2022

Follow that Dream to GG

“The King of Rock and Roll” croons once again

By Jill Lloyd Special to The Tribune

It's impossible to choose just one calendar month that defined the King of Rock and Roll's life, for his road to fame had many milestones.

But it was in Octo ber that the 10-yearold Elvis Presley sang in public for the first time at the Mississip pi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. Two of his legendary concerts of the 1950’s also happened in October: The Cotton Bowl in 1956 and the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1957.

These October events were part of Presley’s dream to be an entertainer who would change the music world forever. And that he did as well as

inspire others to pursue their dreams.

It is within that light the 22nd Annual Elvis Festival will shine when it re turns to Historic Main Street in Garden Grove on Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Themed “Follow that Dream,” California’s only all-day tribute to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll will showcase a myriad of performanc es and activities honor ing the King’s dreams but others’ as well such as in the “Inspired by Elvis Showcase” which includes singers who love to sing his songs, but do not aim to look or sound like him. They range in age from 10 years to 65 years and are both male and female.

Among them is 10-year-old Payton

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Road is Cleared For Bike Street On Utica Avenue

By Huw Pickering Orange County Tribune

Gasoline prices going up got you down? A new way to getting around without petroleum or pollution is coming to Surf City.

The Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday night voted 6 - 0, with Mayor Barbara Delgleize absent, to authorize the construction of a bicycle boulevard on Utica Av enue.

Construction will be car ried out by PTM General Engineering Services, who entered into a con

tract with the city to do so.

The bicycle boulevard will cost $493,589 in total, with $84,438 of the fund ing for the task coming from Surf City’s own cof fers, specifically the City wide Mobility and Corri dor Improvements Project.

A passage along Utica Avenue for sole use by bi cycles and pedestrians is the central part of the con struction, which will be demarcated with signage and roadway markings. The route will be separat ed from the main road by a block wall.

Pipeline repair job given to Texas firm

By Brian Melley Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) –

A Texas oil company was granted permission to re pair an underwater pipe line that ruptured off the coast of Orange County a year ago, spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude, and forced beaches and fisheries to close.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the ap proval Friday to Amplify

Energy Corp., clearing the way to rebuild the aging pipeline that burst months after it was apparently weakened when it was snagged by the anchors of ships adrift in a storm.

The Oct. 1, 2021, rupture spilled about 25,000 gal lons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, closed miles of beaches for a week, shut tered fisheries for months and coated birds and wet lands in oil.

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MARTIN ANTHONY is the Elvis Festival’s musical director and featured performer. The festival will be held on Main Street in Garden Grove on Sunday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m.

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Jordan of Anaheim, who at tended her first Elvis Festival when she was 3 years old, and her mom Angelina Bernal said “ that’s when she fell in love with Elvis and his music. “Like Pre sley at 10, this will be Jordan’s first public singing appearance and plans to belt out “Jailhouse Rock.”

Also 46-year-old Robert Nguyen of Santa Ana is part of the Inspired By set and will sing “It’s Now or Never” in Vietnamese. Others include Kassie Bravo, 19 of Anaheim (“Can’t Help Falling in Love”), Scott Bonsangue, 65, of Ful lerton (“All Shook Up”); Rudy Gutierrez, 55, of Brea (“All That I Am”) and Kevin Wick, 37, San Fernando (“Kentucky Rain”). “Elvis lives on through his songs, and we feel it is impor

tant to broaden the opportunity for people that love to sing his songs to be part of the Festival. That’s what legacy is all about, “ said Martin Anthony, the Festival’s music director and featured performer.

In addition, Elvis Tribute Artists that aim to combine the moves, the looks and the voice of Presley, will be featured in solo performances covering gospel, 50’s and 60’s and spe cial songs selected to perform with a few hound dogs! The fes tival will be helping to promote Adopt a Shelter Dog Month with three local rescues partici pating including Paw Prints in the Sand, The Little Red Dog Rescue and the Orange County Pomeranian Rescue. Dogs from each rescue will be introduced on stage and serenaded by one of the Elvis singers.

Pipeline repair job is awarded

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The approval to rebuild the pipe running from an oil rig off Hun tington Beach to tanks in Long Beach comes less than a month after Amplify pleaded guilty to federal charges of negligently discharging oil. The Houstonbased company and two sub sidiaries also agreed to plead no contest in state court to polluting water and killing birds.

Amplify said the approval will allow it to remove and replace the damaged segments of pipe from the ocean floor.

It estimated the work would

take up to a month after a barge is in place. If it passes a series of safety tests after being fixed, the company said it expected to be gin operating in the first quarter of 2023.

Environmentalists who want the pipeline shut down criticized the permit approval and renewed calls to put an end to offshore oil operations.

“The Biden administration just ramped up the risk of yet anoth er ugly oil spill on California’s beautiful coast,” said Brady Bradshaw of the Center for Bio logical Diversity. “Unfortunate ly, people living near offshore drilling infrastructure are all too familiar with this abusive cycle of drill, spill, repeat.”

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In addition, a new traffic signal will be installed at the intersec tion of Utica Avenue and Lake Street, and curb ramps will be put in place at this corner as well, for use by those with phys ical disabilities.

The next city council meeting will be held On Tuesday, Oct. 18.

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JAMES NGUYEN of La Quinta High School

La Quinta High student’s idea wins him acclaim

La Quinta High School stu dent James Nguyen developed a research project for a cancerdetecting tooth brush that earned him recognition as finalist for the Rise Challenge. Rise is a global philanthropic initiative that pro vides opportunity and support to young peo ple age 15-17 who are working toward solving humanity’s most press ing problems.

Nguyen was one of 500 finalists selected from across the world and is one of the 100 Global Winners that were announced on ABC’s “Good Morning Ameri ca.”

For his project, Nguyen sub mitted a video presentation and research papers that highlighted his idea to use microfluidics to prototype a cancer-detecting toothbrush, gain start-up in vestment, and bioinformatics to

model Universal CAR-T cells which can treat various cancers.

The Rise application includes a series of videos, peer evalua tions, project research and other assessments. Projects are as sessed through a peer review, expert review and live evaluation in a series of activities and interviews.

Nguyen’s project in cluded him meeting via Zoom with medical di rectors at local hospitals as well as representa tives from local start-ups who are interested in test-driving his idea.

Recently, Nguyen appeared on “Good Morning America “ as a Rise Finalist where he participat ed in a live interview about his project with a fellow Rise Final ist.

“We are impressed and inspired

Our Towns

Art blossoms on utility boxes in downtown GG

In a continuing effort to focus attention on Garden Grove’s downtown and civic center area, two utility boxes have been decorated with paintings ( at right) referring to the coming Cottage Industries project (9th and Garden Grove Boulevard) and the historic Pacific Elec tric right-of-way … carrier of the legendary Red Car trolley system.

Other utility boxes honoring Garden Grove’s agricultural past have been decorated in the central area of the community by Girl Scouts.

Meet Westminster political hopefuls

A community event to “Meet Your Candidates for Westmin ster City Council and Mayor and Learn About Measure Y” (the sales tax) will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at Bolsa Chica Park, 13660 University St., Westmin ster.

That Mike is all right

Rancho Alamitos High School’s football coach Mike

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Enright was recently named as high school “Coach of the Week” by the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Vaqueros have won four straight Garden Grove League titles and favored to win a fifth.

Ellis Island experience comes to life at Edison

Juniors at Edison High School in Huntington Beach took on the challenge to experience what it meant to be an immigrant in the year 1908 when fleeing to the United States and landing at El lis Island during a project in their US History classes.

Between 1892 and 1954, ap proximately 12 million immi grants traveled to Ellis Island hoping for a better life, often seeking refuge from war, per

secution, and famine. Upon arrival, individuals and fami lies underwent various health and legal inspections, which typically took a few hours but could last up to a few weeks, to determine if they were fit for entry into the United States.

Today, around 40 percent of all Americans can trace their ancestry to immigrants at Ellis

James Nguyen of La Quinta wins national acclaim

by the dedication and academic discipline James has demon strated as he works toward his important goal of early cancer detection innovations,” said Bob Harden, president of the Garden Grove Unified School District

Our Towns

And maybe a nice croissant …

The Huntington Beach Po lice Department is holding a “Coffee With a Cop” event on Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 1-3 pm. at the Starbucks at 18922 Beach Blvd. (north of Garfield Avenue).

Members of the public are invited to join your neighbors for police officers and coffee and conversation.

Board of Education. “James is a wonderful representation of La Quinta High School and as a scholar who is well on his way to achieving lifelong success.”

As a Rise Global Winner, Nguyen will receive lifelong benefits including a three-week

A big no-parking zone on PCH

There’s been an increase of il legal parking on the shoulder of Pacific Coast Highway, south of Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach. Police remind motor ists that there is no stopping or parking of vehicles outside of marked parking areas.

Motor officers are patrolling the area and vehicles illegally parked on the shoulder will be cited or towed.

Here’s my etchings

A free “Catalyctic Coverter Etching” event will be held on

residential summit with the Rise Global winners, mentorship, courses designed specifically for the Global Winner Cohort, collaboration with other win ners, college scholarships, new technology, and opportunities for additional business funding

Saturday, Oct. 15 from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Westminster Corpo rate Yard, 14381 Olive St. Enter through Maple Street.

Catalyctic converters are prized by thieves because of the resale value of some of the metals used to manufacture the device. Etching identification information can be effective in deterring thieves.

The event is sponsored by the Westminster Police Department in partnership with the city’s public works and the Boys & Girls Club of Westminster.

and education support.

An initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, Rise is the anchor program of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wen dy Schmidt to find and support global talent.

“Ski” – not really – at the beach

The Kimpton Shorebreak Resort in Huntington Beach is sponsoring “Pier Summer Ski Lodge,” an 80s-themed pop-up event featuring neon-hued decor, retro-ski outfits, etc. in an “authentic winter chalet experience,” to be opened in late October.

The resort is located on Pacific Coast Highway, south of the municipal pier.

Arts&Living

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

70’s cult hit “Rocky Horror Picture Show” makes a comeback

By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK (AP) – Grab your toilet paper. Bring a flashlight. Don’t forget a newspaper – or your fishnets.

A touring, interactive version of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show’’ is hitting the road to cel ebrate the cult film’s birthday with screenings, live shadow casts, the invitation to be inap propriate and one of its original stars – Barry Bostwick.

“It’s an excuse to go crazy, be rude, throw stuff, yell and be silly – who doesn’t want that?” asks Bostwick. “Everyone there is having fun, a communal ex perience. Especially now after the pandemic, we need to gather and blow off some steam.”

Released in 1975, the sci-fi,

cross-dressing rock musical film became a cult favorite and entered the pop culture lexicon for its many iconic and memo rable scenes, including the song

“The Time Warp” which has been covered by handfuls of art ists and the often quoted phrase, “Dammit, Janet!” Other things yelled are less PG-13.

It has morphed into an inter active event in which people throw rice during a wedding scene, place newspapers on their heads and squirt water during a rain storm scene, and toss dried toast during a dinner toast scene. People often come dressed in corsets, fishnets, maid costumes, butler costumes and heavy stains of eye shadow.

“It has endured because it was always organic,” said Bostwick.

“The call-backs and throwing

stuff was never introduced by the filmmakers or the studio. It was by fans, who added layer after layer and then that all got standardized.”

The story centers on the goody two-shoes Janet and Brad, a young couple with car trouble who stumble on an old castle filled with eccentric charac ters: cross-dressers, scientists and a maid, included. This

leads to some interesting pair ings and experimentations. The film made household names of Bostwick, who played Brad, Su san Sarandon as Janet and Tim Curry, the castle’s Dr. Frank-NFurter.

The tour will play in stage the aters across the country, which will throw up a massive screen and show the movie while local actors dressed as the characters perform the show in front of the screen and the audience gets se riously weird. Before the show, there are costume contests and fans can see a traveling minimuseum of memorabilia from the film, including a feather boa worn by Curry and a sequined top worn by the character Co lumbia.

The tour kicks off Saturday in

“DAMMIT, JANET!” WILL SOUND THROUGH THE NATION AGAIN Barry Bostwick (in glasses) will host a tour celebrating the offbeat mock horror musical (20th Century Fox).

“Rocky Horror Show” making a comeback

Florida’s Pompano Beach be fore hitting California, Idaho, Ohio, Michigan, Arizona, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont and North Carolina. Some of the tradi tional practices – like shooting squirt guns and tossing rice –have been lost along the way, but if you forget to bring other items, prop bags are available for sale.

Scott Stander, who produces the show as part of his portfolio of concerts, variety shows and celebrity evenings, said part of the appeal of “Rocky Horror’’ has been its invitation to audi ences to cut loose.

“I think part of it is getting to be whatever they want to be. You could be red or blue and it doesn’t matter. You will get along – one of the few things you can get an audience in to gether and nobody talks about anything but having a great time,” he said.

“Where can you go dress in

fishnet or be square and act like Brad and hear shout-outs from the audience and have toast fly ing or toilet paper and just be involved? It’s just so different. There’s nothing like it.’’ Bostwick will be at each stop, meeting guests and introducing the film. He has had a very var ied career since “Rocky Horror,” including roles on “Scrubs,”

“Cougar Town” and “Spin City” plus winning a Tony Award –but few projects have triggered as much sustained enthusiasm as playing Brad.

“I was at a convention last month and I looked out and saw 2,000 people and most of them were under 25. It gets passed down from one generation and I think becomes a rite of passage

to adulthood,” he said.

The pandemic forced the an nual tour to be held at drive-ins, but the new version is back to in-person gatherings, something Stander feels we’ve missed.

“I think right now we’re look ing for anything fun and differ ent to get out and have a good time and forget your troubles, don’t you think?”

Ellis Island comes to Edison High

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Island, making this a personal experience for many students.

During the Ellis Island Experi ence, Edison juniors step back in time to 1908 where they ob tain a new identity as an immi grant in a multi-class simulation challenge.

With this newfound identity, the students encounter the in spections through customs at Ellis Island with the hope of entering the U.S,. leaving be

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hind their home countries, and creating a new life. Some stu dents enter as single individuals, while others face the realities of being split apart from their fami lies through the various stations at customs.

They must go through a back ground check, character check point, work experience, health inspection, and finally, if they pass, they take an oath to enter the United States. Those who do not pass the inspections get the chance to plead their case to en ter the country, and if they fail, they will be deported back to their countries.

“The Edison social studies de partment has conducted the El lis Island Experience for over 20 years,” explained EHS His tory and CIBACS Instructor, Brian Boone. “This allows our students to get a first hand ex perience about the immigration process in place during the early 20th Century.

“By the time their research and performance is accomplished, our students gain a much deeper understanding of our ancestors’ difficulties in their attempts at achieving a better life in the United States of America.”

“IMMIGRANTS” AT EDISON HIGH

Prep football: Rancho vs Bolsa in the GGL

what’s next important are the other CIF-SS playoff spots.

last time BGHS won as many as four games was 2008, when they finished 4-6 (and 1-4 in league) under coach Jim Lamb. In the Sunset League, if we concede that the league crown there will be won next week be tween Edison and Los Alamitos,

Friday’s game between Hun tington Beach (4-2, 0-1) and Fountain Valley (4-2, 0-1) could go a long way toward shuffling those cards.

Upset of the week? Pacifica (3-3, 1-0) takes on a heavily fa vored Cypress (6-0, 1-0) team Friday, but the Mariners have a talented offense that just might be able to give the Centurions a run for their money if it can det onate early and not have to play from behind.

Here is the schedule for area high school football games this week.

As always, the times, locations and opponents are subject to change without notice. Check with the school before heading to the game.

THURSDAY

• Edison (6-0 overall, 1-0 in league) at Newport Harbor (4-2, 0-1)

• Santiago (4-2, 0-1) at La Quinta (4-2, 0-1)

• Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana (3-4, 2-1) at Orange (4-2, 2-0)

• Western (5-1, 1-0) at Magno

lia (0-6, 0-1).

FRIDAY

• Glenn (2-3) at Garden Grove (2-3)

• Fountain Valley (4-2, 0-1) at Huntington Beach (4-2, 0-1)

• Rancho Alamitos (6-0, 1-0) at Bolsa Grande (4-2, 1-0)

• Loara (3-3, 1-0) vs. Los Ami gos (4-2, 0-1)

• Marina (1-5) at Charter Oak (6-0)

• Ocean View (1-6) at West minster (6-0)

• Pacifica (3-3, 1-0) at Cypress (6-0, 1-0).

Rams still can’t top 49ers

rivals by a field goal in the NFC championship game.

And a close study of Monday’s game came down to three close calls plays that could have gone either way: a key dropped pass by the always reliable Cooper Kupp and an interception of and lost fumble by Matthew Staf ford.

Those results can befall any team. What’s a little more more systemic is the Rams’ lack of an effective running offense. They gained only 57 yards against the Niners on Monday; the absence of a viable running attack al lowed the home team to concen

trate on pass coverage, leading to seven sacks of Mr. Stafford. Just as the passing attack is sup posed to set up the run, the re verse is true also. Unimaginative off-tackle rushes into the heart of a strong SF defense yielded little and forced the Rams into 48 passing attempts.

The Rams have the tools to put this mess behind them and there’s a good opportunity to put their smarts to the test next week against the Dallas Cowboys (31).

A victory by the Rams would have Texas fans moaning “What have the Cowboys done for us lately?”

Shohei signs 1-year pact

ANAHEIM (AP) – Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 mil lion deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2023 season in the two-way superstar’s final year of arbitration eligibility before free agency.

The Angels announced the deal Saturday, avoiding a potentially complicated arbitration case with the 2021 AL MVP. Ohtani’s deal is fully guaran teed, with no other provisions.

The contract is the largest ever given to an arbitration-eligible player, surpassing the $27 mil lion given to Mookie Betts by the Boston Red Sox in Janu ary 2020, a month before he was traded to the Los Angeles

Dodgers.

Ohtani is having another in credible season at the plate and on the mound for the Angels, regularly accomplishing feats that haven’t occurred in the ma jor leagues since Babe Ruth’s heyday.

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ries title.

They won a team-record 110 games and will be back in action Tuesday, Oct. 11 against a teamto-be determined by Wednes day’s games.

TheSportsPage

Heart-broken in San Francisco are Rams, again

What went wrong can go right again

By Pete Zarustica with wire service reports

Sports being what they are, with a “what have you done for me lately” mind set, you’d think that Monday’s 24-9 loss by the Los Angeles Rams to the San Francisco 49ers was the final game of a winless season.

While it’s true that the Rams (3-3) played under their abilities up north, it’s hardly fair to ring down the season on any hopes for a repeat to the Super Bowl this season.

“I’m not sitting here go ing to make excuses for why we have or haven’t done the things that are in alignment with the expectations we have,” McVay told the Associ ated Press

“But there’s a lot of football to be played.

This Week in Area Football

• USC Trojans (5-0): Saturday host Wash ington State (4-1)

• UCLA Bruins (50): Saturday host Utah (4-1)

• Los Angeles Rams (2-2): Sunday host Dallas Cowboys (3-1)

• Los Angeles Char gers (2-2): Sunday at Cleveland Browns (2-2)

The story isn’t written yet. We do have a say in how that story is writ ten ... (and) I’ve got a good sense for this team. We’ve got a great mental makeup, and we’ve just got to continue to battle and stay in the moment.”

Let’s not forget that the Rams looked like lambs against the Niners last year, losing by three touchdowns in their first showdown, then falling again in overtime before finally squeezing by their

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Who’ll Rule the Grove?

Rancho vs. Bolsa for the lead in GGL

The Garden Grove League is particularly stacked with talented and strong football teams this year.

So the question becomes this: are any of the other five teams in the GGL strong enough to knock off Rancho Alamitos, winners of the last four

league titles?

Mike Enright’s squad would have to be consid ered the favorite to win a fifth straight, but the Va queros (6-0 overall and 1-0 after a key win over Los Amigos last week) must first defeat Bolsa Grande Friday night.

It’s been a while since the Matadors (4-2, 1-0) contended for the title in football, but the Bolsans have been the surprise team of the GGL. The

Finishing a season of delight, disappointment

The 2022 Major League Baseball regular season is drawing to a close, with the final games for the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodg ers scheduled for today (Wednesday).

On Tuesday, the Angels lost 2-1 to Oakland and the Dodgers lost 5-2 to Colorado. They’ll play those same teams today to close the books on the

schedule.

But while the 2022 cam paign has to go down as (another) disappointment – perhaps even a bit of the nightmare – for Halos fans, it’s been a dream season for followers of the Blue Crew.

In the pre-season, there were high hopes for the Orange County team, and some predictions had them in second place be

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hind the powerful Hous ton Astros. The team is finishing third with a fi nal flourish but plunged from first to fourth when it collapsed with a 14game losing streak in the spring that cost field manager Joe Madden his job.

The biggest highlight for

the Angels has been the play of MVP candidate Shohei Ohtani, who has accomplished feats remi niscent of Babe Ruth. As a long ball-hitter, he’s hit 34home runs. As a start ing pitcher, he posted a 15-8 record with 2.35 ERA.

The Dodgers, they’re headed to the post-season to defend their World Se

MIKE ENRIGHT’S Rancho Alamitos football team is favored to win a fifth straight Garden Grove League title, but must first defeat a surprising Bolsa Grande team on Friday night (File photo).