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FEBRUARY 9, 2024 | Volume XXI, Issue 6
Council Grapples with Pickleball Noise at Lang Park
The Art of Being a New Mom By Clara Beard | LB Indy Moms at the Museum, a unique monthly meet-up designed to help guide new mothers of infants up to six months old through the complex world of postnatal care, has hit the ground running at the Laguna Art Museum. Spearheaded by Laguna Beach resident and holistic postpartum doula Valerie Lynn, Moms at the Museum combines education and socialization with an artistic twist. “I’m trying to customize the meet-up to how the moms want community and whatever that looks like for them,” said Lynn, who rebalanced herself naturally from postpartum anxiety after her son was born in 2007 by turning to traditional postnatal practices. “I’m trying to give new moms the chance to look at beautiful art and practical tips they can take away. Because new moms can feel isolated, I want them to be in a beautiful space to discuss issues important to them and say, ‘I feel alone’ or ‘I don’t feel good.’ I want to create a safe place for moms to let their hair down.” The meet-up, which started last November, begins with coffee, tea, and mingling before a LAM Museum educator leads the group on a MOMS AT THE MUSEUM, PAGE 3
REDUCED HOURS, QUIET PADDLES AND ALTERNATE LOCATIONS AMONG POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
New mothers and babies socialize at Moms at the Museum meet up at the Laguna Art Museum. Clara Beard/LB Indy
Valentine’s Day Offers Loving Reminder to Get Your Heart Checked by Laguna’s Homegrown Nonprofit Heartfelt by Barbara McMurray, Special to the Laguna Beach Independent Hearts are ubiquitous this month as lovebirds and others exchange heartshaped gifts for Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. But February is just another heart-centric month for Holly Morrell and her cardiologist colleague Dr. Dawn Atwal, who think every day not about chocolate hearts, but the essential organ pumping away in everyone’s chests. The City of Laguna Beach will recognize the two women during American Heart Month for their extraordinary work saving
lives through the early detection of heart disorders that can kill without warning. In 1999, Morrell founded Heartfelt, a nonprofit organization that offers quick, painless screenings using some of the most reliable detection tools: echocardiogram (ECHO – cardiac ultrasound ) and electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG) to detect risks for sudden cardiac arrest, which often results in immediate death. Such tests typically cost at least $1,500 and are not usually covered by insurance. A survivor of the hereditary heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or
HCM, and seven heart surgeries, Morrell is driven to rewrite the story for others. HCM has claimed the lives of six of her relatives, including her father and his twin brother. Her life’s goal is to protect others – especially young people and athletes – from the tragedy of sudden cardiac death. One story successfully rewritten by Heartfelt was that of Ali Aga of Laguna Niguel. Aga had successful surgery for her life-threatening heart condition that was discovered at one of Heartfelt’s community HEARTFELT, PAGE 7
By Clara Beard | LB Indy Reduced court hours, quiet paddles and studies into alternative locations are some solutions the Laguna Beach City Council will implement at Lang Park to fulfill the high demand for pickleball courts while addressing noise complaints from Vista Aliso residents, a retiree community located next door to the three pickleball courts at the public park in South Laguna. Originally a tennis court, the council approved its permanent conversion into three pickleball courts in November 2022 after a temporary trial run in 2017. Around the same time, the city began noise studies after residents began to complain, eventually installing an Acoustifence, designed to help muffle sound from pickleball and tennis courts. “After the fencing was put up we did see a reduction in the decibel level between six and a half and eight and a half decibels,” said Laguna Beach Transit and Community Services Director Michael Litschi at the city council meeting on Jan. 23. To help soften the effects on residents, city council will reduce the court’s hours PICKLEBALL, PAGE 15
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