OCTA seeks two board candidates The Orange...

OCTA seeks two

board candidates

The Orange County Transit Authority is accepting applications for

two public seats on its board of directors. Public members constitute

two of the 17 voting members for the transportation authority board

of directors. Members are responsible for attending Monday meetings

every second and fourth Monday of each month and various committee

meetings.

OCTA’s focus on freeways, streets and transit helps keep the

county’s 3 million people moving.

Applicants must be Orange County residents, who are not currently

serving or have served within the past four years as an elected city,

county or agency official. The term is limited to four years.

Applications will be reviewed by the board, and a decision is

expected in January.

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of

interest and a resume of no more than two pages to Wendy Knowles,

Clerk of the Bboard, OCTA Administration Building, 550 S. Main St.,

P.O. Box 14184, Orange, CA 92863-1584.

For more information, call (714) 560-5676.

Football up for bid

in online auction

The Orange County Animal Network, a Newport Beach-based nonprofit

organization, will hold an online auction for a football signed by

Cincinnati Bengals Quarterback Carson Palmer.

Palmer is a native of Laguna Niguel and attended Santa Margarita

High School. He was signed to the Bengals after attending and playing

football for the University of Southern California. He has signed a

football and donated it to the network for the auction, which will

end Dec. 31.

For more information or to bid, go to www.animalnetwork.org.

Sage Hill to host its second open house

Sage Hill School in Newport Beach will host its second open house

at 1 p.m. Jan. 9. .

Prospective students and parents will meet with Sage Hill

teachers, students and administrators to learn about the school. More

than 400 students are enrolled at the school in grades nine through

12.

Sage Hill, which opened in Fall of 2000, has graduated students to

many prestigious universities across the nation. The school is at

20402 Newport Coast Drive. For information, call (949) 219-0100.