‘Fun in the Sun’ with GG parks

Garden Grove youth, ages 5 to 12, are invited to the 2023 “Fun in the Sun” Garden Grove Day Camp, a 9-week summer program filled with outdoor actvities and excursions.

The program runs Mondays through Fridays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 12 through Aug. 11, at Edgar Park, located at 12781 Topaz Street. Camp registration begins on Monday, April 10 at ggcity.org/daycamp.

A complete listing of camp weeks, excursions, and fees follows:

• June 12-June 16, John’s Incredible Pizza (lunch included), $150

• June 19-June 23, Discovery Cube/Garden Grove Park, $150

• June 26-June 30, Knott’s Berry Farm (lunch included), $191

Retorts

Jim Tortolano

As I suggested above, the disappearance of on-street parking has become a symbol of how “overbuilding” can filter down to your street and mine.

But – as is usually true –there’s more than one side to this.

• The folks on your street who don’t live in the house they own rent out rooms as a business. Four bedrooms and four tenants, maybe more. Those vehicles start to spill out on the asphalt and in front of your place.

• The very traditional family –think “Waltons” – that consists of mom and dad, the kids and the grandparents means at least four and maybe more vehicles.

• Then there’s the status-oriented individual who wants to exhibit wealth by buying two or three cars, merrily polishing the fenders to show off his or her new Tesla, BMW or – in the case of the merely successful –