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Free Photo Calendar
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Palm Street Gets New
Palm Trees |
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As part of the Phase III redevelopment of
the central Balboa area, workers are planting Palm
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Time Capsule
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THE STAG |
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From TalesOfBalboa the Book
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During the Second-World-War, Bob Murphy, who owned the
Rendezvous Ballroom and the Bamboo Room, also owned
The Barn, a large building located in the east Long
Beach area near the Meadowlark Country Club. The Barn
was used as an undercover gambling hall. One day, Al
Anderson, who owned the Fun Zone, Gordy Wevill, who
owned the Dutch Lunch and Hughy Bowen, who was big
into slots and gambling equipment, decided to throw a
"stag" at The Barn for the Douglas Aircraft employees.
A stag was basically, "Gambling, broads and booze,"
according to Gordy. The night of the stag, the three
men drove to The Barn in Al Anderson's Big Ol'
Chrysler. The stag was a big success, and they
returned with a bag filled with $3,000.00 in cash and
payroll checks. Al Anderson lived in the upstairs of a
small two story building located on the Fun Zone
grounds, the downstairs being his office. The three
men had been drinking, so when Al Anderson pulled into
his Fun Zone driveway, he went directly into his
office and opened the safe, and told the other two to
go home and he would take care of everything. The next
morning, Gordy came by and found Al Anderson's office
door open and the safe wide open. Gordy called out for
Al because he feared that something had happened to
him. Soon Al came down the stairs. It seems he forgot
about everything and just went to bed. The $3,000.00
laying on the floor of the Chrysler, with the doors
still open, was still there. And the safe which
contained Fun Zone receipts was untouched.
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Click To Share Your Memories
Jim -- "city founder Frederic
Newport" [Corona del Mar Tunnel] Come on you're pulling our
legs. Everyone knows the city was founded by the Corona
brothers. They had a huge feud over which brother the city
should be named after. So they named the area to the west
Corona de la Bahia and the area to the east Corona del Mar,
with the entire city being called simply Corona Corona to
satisfy both brothers. Then someone suggested that it was
really inappropriate to give the city the same name as a
cigar. So the elder Corona moved inland to Riverside County
taking his name and a few of his neighbors with him. (But
that's another story.) It wasn't until 1911 that the city came
to be called Newport Beach. It seems that an Italian yachtsman
by the name of Irving Balboa set out from his native Naples
bound for Rhode Island to enter the America's Cup Race. Either
he was blown off course or simply made a wrong turn (the
controversy still rages), but either way, he found himself on
the west instead of the east coast. He pulled up to McFadden's
Wharf, hopped off his boat and declared in a thick Italian
accent, "So! You can a-now start-a da race! Da Great Italian
yachtsman Balboa has arriv-ed!" The locals looked at Balboa
dumbly. "This is Newport, yes?" said Balboa. "Uh, yeah, that's
right...Newport," said one Californian secretly remembering a
joke played on another Italian Yachtsman in which several
Bahamians allowed themselves to be called Indians. The other
Californians joined in on the joke, Saying things like "Yeah,
yeah, Newport, mm hmm." They explained that Balboa had missed
the race, but that he was welcome to stay, which he did. The
locals, unwilling to give up a good thing, kept the joke up
for several years, until Balboa lay dying upon his deathbed.
Someone explained the joke to the old man who was heard to
mutter, "Hey, dat's a good one," just before he expired. In
honor of his being such a good sport about the whole thing ,
they named the island and the peninsula after Balboa.
Pooreyoricke
pooreyoricke@hotmail.com
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Feature Cartoon
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From London's Times
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Pop Quiz
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Business Phone Directory
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Take a Ride on the
Balboa Island Ferry |
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Free
Bar-B-Q Grill
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You can get a free BBQ grill from any of the following stores:
* K-Mart
* Kroger's
* Wal-Mart
* Albertson's |
* Sam's Club
* Von's
* Target
* Big Lots |
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Jim, Your site is the best!! This morning I woke up as usual and
pull it up to check the live cams and all of a sudden I'm riding
the ferry!! That's incredible!!
Mike Murphy
Sun Valley, Idaho
funnyguy1@cox.net
Hi Jim, this is Jim Caouette I'm trying to reunite with a real
good friend, could you please give her my e-mail address! I once
work at the Pharmacy. My dad's name was Ted, you might ember him
or my uncle Bill. Her name is Karie Mcdowell,last I knew she lived
over Mithrich the T-Shirt store across from the pharmacy. I love
your web sight I check out the camras all the time I wish I where
there all the time but whit the job I have I can't so I feel good
to be able to see thing's I miss. So if you can help me I tank you
vary much.
Jim Caouette
qjimc@yahoo.com
Dear Jim,
Question for you redarding the print, "Life's a Beach"...What is
the object at the end of the walkway? (Difficult to make out what
it is via the internet). Fabulous picture, by the way...
Thanks,
Mr. Maxwell, Tempe, Arizona
Hi, Jim;
So disappointed that The Wedge cam and ocean beach cams are no
longer on your website. And why the Arcade? Kind of sad when there
are so many beautiful scenes to be shown around Balboa
Tita Vincent Yost
gramcrakr@comcast.net
Dear Jim, I am writing from Washington State and was doing a
search on the internet to find a dear friend I have known for 16
years. With no luck I decided to take a long shot and use google
to see if there's any pictures of her on the internet. Low and
behold, there's her picture under your section "Faces of Balboa".
I've tried every possible route to find her except this. If it's
all possible to let her know through your paper to contact me via
e-mail? I don't know any other way to contact her with an unlisted
number! This is one woman I can't afford to lose contact with. Her
name is Amy Kinsey, she used to go to Ponderosa High School in
Shingle springs, California. I don't know if my idea is
possible or will even work, but it's worth a shot and heck, it
works in movies, right?? If not please at least reply and tell me
no, so the suspense won't kill me. Thanks for your time and
consideration!
Sincerely, Paul G. Winkler, USN, Whidbey Island, WA.
Paul G. Winkler
mxwink500@hotmail.com
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Words Of Wisdom
"Beer is proof that God loves us and
wants us to be happy."
Benjamin Franklin |
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