Holiday palette competition for children to open...

Holiday palette competition for children to open

The City of Laguna Beach Arts Commission Children’s Holiday

Palette Exhibition is open to locals ages 5 to 17. Several paper

palettes will be chosen to be mounted on wooden palettes to be

displayed in December at City Hall in a special exhibition.

Entrants will be provided with a paper template on which to paint

or draw original artwork. Templates are available at

o7www.lagunabeachcity.netf7.

All appropriate submitted palettes will be on display at City Hall

during the holiday season.

The artist’s signature, age, and date should be placed on the

front left. Include the palette indent as part of the design. There

are no restrictions on the subject matter, but religious symbols are

discouraged. Laguna Outreach Community Arts helped make the project

possible.

The deadline is 5 p.m. Nov. 11. Entrees should be delivered to the

Cultural Arts Department, 505 Forest Ave. Information: Sian Poeschl:

(949) 497-0722 or o7spoeschl

@lagunabeachcity.netf7.

Parenting is topic of next Coffee Break seminar

The next PTA Coffee Break will be titled “Keeping Your Cool When

Your Kids are Losing Theirs: Parenting without Power Struggles,”

presented by the Laguna Beach PTA Parent Education from 8:15 to 10

a.m. Wednesday at Surf and Sand Hotel, 1555 S. Coast Highway.

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, a nationally recognized parenting educator

and author, will be the keynote speaker. The program is the second in

a series of workshops on refining parenting skills and developing

better relationships with children.

Kurcinka will explore different temperament types in children and

the common reasons behind parent-child power struggles. Information:

Judith Anderson (949) 494-0447.

National Merit commendations for area students

Seven students have been named Commended Students in the 2006

National Merit Scholarship Program at Laguna Beach High School, said

Principal Nancy Blade.

They are: Jessica Heitel, Amanda Kerrigan, Robert Knapp, Ashley

Mezzasalma, Alexander Olson, Anne Olson and Brianna Samia Riggio.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation were

recognized for exceptional academic promise.

Although they will not continue in the 2006 competition for Merit

Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 5% of

more than one million students who entered the 2006 competition by

taking the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying

Test.

Library holds ‘Unbirthday’ party

The Laguna Beach Library, 363 Glenneyre St., is inviting all local

children ages six to eight to an Unbirthday Party from 3:45 to 4:45

p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27.

The library will host a book club based on Jack Prelutsky’s book,

“It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles.” The Unbirthday Party will be

complete with party games and book discussion. Mock walrus pie and

onion ice cream will be served. Copies of the book are available at

the library. For reservations, call children’s librarian Rebecca

Porter, (949) 497-1733.

Boo Blast Halloween event set for Oct. 28

The Boo Blast will take place from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

28, at El Morro School, 8681 N. Coast Highway. The event features

rides, games and raffle prizes, plus dinner with La Sirena and Z

Pizza.

This year’s Boo Blast will feature the Clawdust Festival, haunted

house experience.

Parking will be provided at the Los Trancos parking lot, and the

Boo Blast shuttle will run continuously throughout the event. Parking

is not available at the school. Information: (949) 497-7780.