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n GARDEN GROVE CITY COUNCIL
Appointments are delayed
For the second consecutive meeting, the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night postponed action on appointments to city commissions.
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Those appointments will be deferred to a future, unspecified meeting.
The delay came at the request of Councilmember Kim Nguyen (District 6), who wanted more diversity in terms of seeing that all districts are represented on the commissions.
Councilmember George Brietigam (District 1) said he supported diversity but noted that “it’s hard to get people to volunteer to work for free.”
How long would Nguyen wait before consenting to the appointments?
“As long as it takes,” she said.
HANDS ACROSS OCEAN
G. Grove club joins in helping Turkish, Syrian quake victims
The two major earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week have killed an estimated 35,000 people and left at least 100,000 homeless.
Garden Grove Rotary Club is joining other charitable groups in offering assistance to victims of the quakes.
“Our local District is actively involved in supporting a relief effort for Turkey and Syria necessitated by the recent mas- sive earthquake,” according to Robert Emanuel, president of the Garden Grove Rotary.
The Orange County effort has two major components: clothing and shelter as well as volunteer help in packing those items for shipment to the stricken area.
Needed are new blankets, jackets and
Seek driver in SB hit-and run crash
From a staff writer with wire service reports
The search continues for the driver of a Mercedes sedan that sped through an intersection in Seal Beach, crashed into another vehicle and sent three 17-year-old girls to the hospital in serious condition.
Police say the driver sprinted away from the scene of the accident that took place Saturday night at Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway. He was reported to have fled into a residential neighborhood known as “The Hill.”
An immediate identification of the driver was not made. He’s only described as a man “around 20” years old and wearing a maroon shirt.
Five people were injured, and two were later dis-
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