The Buzz

Prayer for 2011, emailed by Galyn: “Dear God: For 2011, all I ask for is a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please do not mix up the two like you did last year.”

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The Chinese New Year, beginning Feb. 3, 2011, marks the Year of the Rabbit. “The year of the Rabbit is traditionally associated with home and family, artistic pursuits, diplomacy, and keeping the peace. Therefore, 2011 should be a relatively calmer one than 2010 both on the world scene and a personal level.” http://www.chiff.com/a/chinese-horoscopes.htm Enjoy a celebration of the Vietnamese New Year, the 30th annual Tet Festival, Feb. 4 – 6, http://tetfestival.org Organizers say the festival is the world’s largest Tet Festival outside Vietnam. Events in Westminster and Garden Grove include traditional foods, music, live entertainment and games.

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Mission Viejo has the definitive Hee-Haw mayor, Dave Leckness. A blogger in Fullerton is now trying to dub his mayor the Hee-Haw mayor. This challenge for the title should not go unanswered.

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A reader’s follow up from last week’s report on the month-long process of removing Christmas lights from trees on La Paz: “I was stopped a few days ago on La Paz when four large trucks with ladders were still removing strings of lights dangling from trees. Does anyone have a way to figure out how many contractors were involved and how many hundreds of hours someone charged to maintenance for the decorations?”

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A Buzz reader’s comment on the Oso Parkway widening project, “The city has cut down all the trees in the median. These were mature trees that looked nice and did not appear to have any problem. I would like to know why the trees were taken down and what is planned to replace them. Instead of just widening the road, the city made a mess of Crown Valley Parkway, and I am wondering if there are plans to build some weird structures on the Oso medians.”

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Mission Viejo has been declared a “Tree City.” What is a Tree City and what does it cost to become one?

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Bob Serrao emailed, “Here are 10 reasons you should own this book, ‘We the People, The Declaration & Constitution in Today’s English.’ It’s America’s foundation for the Republic, written by Americans for Americans, written in today’s English (not 1776), it’s the Charter Documents Paraphrased, it declares your rights & protections, it’s easy to understand, new & timely, pocket-sized and powerful, unique (nothing like it exists), it sold 1,200 copies nationwide last month, it was on the front page of the OC Register on Dec. 22, it will be reviewed on radio in February, it’s only $5 (including tax, shipping and handling), it’s available in Amazon Kindle version, and it’s available in computer pdf version for $3. OK, that’s 15 reasons.” www.intodaysenglish.com