INSIDE SCOOPS

And apparently, the mirror image of Pilot police reporter Sue Doyle

went on a crime spree.

Doyle rushed to Corona del Mar on Friday morning when she heard police

were chasing a woman suspected of stealing a BMW and burglarizing garages

and cars in the Dover Shores neighborhood.

She was greeted at the scene by police who stopped dead in their

tracks when they spotted her.

Officers on motorcycles yelled at her across a busy street. Bicycle

cops circled around her.

At first, Doyle couldn’t understand why she was attracting so much

attention.

Finally, after grilling her about her whereabouts earlier that

morning, police told Doyle that if she put her hair in a ponytail, she

would fit the description of the suspect.

ACTUALLY, IT’S QUITE RELEVANTNewport Beach’s Irrelevant Week might

be no more relevant that it was 25 years ago, when retired sewer

contractor and onetime NFL player Paul Salata came up with the annual

ceremony, but it is a bit more famous. The current edition of Sports

Illustrated devotes the better part of two pages to the offbeat (and

sometimes off-color) event. Complete with a photo, even.

Irrelevant Week celebrates the poor bloke picked last in the NFL

draft. And as past Irrelevant Week honoree Ron McAda notes in the SI

article, the annual festivity opens many doors. And in his case, that’s

good. He’s now a used-car salesman.

The article even goes intellectual, mentioning existential author

Jean-Paul Sartre in one sentence. Sartre? Isn’t he a tailback from

upstate New York?

SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT THAT WAY

They laughed and they cried at the annual Newport Beach Conference and

Visitors Bureau dinner held Thursday, just weeks after the death of the

bureau’s beloved president and chief executive officer, Rosalind

Williams.

At one time, the bureau staff considered canceling the event but

decided Williams would want the show to go on. More than 170 people

packed the Four Seasons ballroom to hear tributes to the woman who almost

single-handedly made a force out of the bureau. Williams’ husband, Rick

John, received a special award. Also in attendance were Williams’ two

sons and her mother.

The funniest moment of the evening came when outgoing chairman of the

board, Iranian-born and heavily accented Mehdi Eftekari, turned the reins

over to German-born and also heavily accented Henry Schielein.

“The first order of business on the agenda,” Schielein said, “is

English lessons for past and current chairman.”

WHAT DO YOU CALL A BABY ENVIRONMENTALIST?

Environmental activists Susan and Bob Caustin are happy to announce

they are expecting another little community activist in the next year.

The couple said they are “continuing the dynasty” started by Susan’s

parents -- Nancy and Jack Skinner.

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Compiled by the Daily Pilot staff