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The Ocean Festival’s Worker Bees

Apr 29, 2007 09:50PM ● By Don Kindred

Kids break for the surf at a previous Ocean Festival.San Clemente’s 31st annual Ocean Festival (OF) takes place Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22, 2007 at the Pier Bowl.

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SAN CLEMENTE RAVES ABOUT OUR “FAVES” - The employees who make our day

Apr 29, 2007 09:45PM ● By Don Kindred

Sherri of Beach Garden Cafe.Appreciation. Recognition. Acknowledgement. How often do we stop and express our thanks to the people we meet on a daily basis? Yes, most of us are remiss, perhaps relishing in a grumpy day, offering only perfunctory thanks, grabbing our purchases and bolting out the door.

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The San Clemente Historical Society – Saving the Past for the Future

Nov 01, 2003 10:18PM ● By Don Kindred

Life in the present, and all its yesterdays, becomes tomorrow’s history. That history can only be reserved, protected and recorded by people who care fervently about something of value. Those who care and do something about it are special.

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OCEAN INSTITUTE OF DANA POINT

Nov 01, 2002 08:25AM ● By Don Kindred

Snapping and billowing, the sails of the Spirit of Dana Point catch the wind as she leaves the safe harbor of Dana Point and heaves to toward Catalina Island. “Stand by on the bow,” Captain Adams calls to his mates and the reply, “heave ho,” is caught up in the breezes as the Tallship ploughs northwest across the blue Pacific.

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We’ve Met Our Enemy. It’s Us!

Nov 01, 2002 08:18AM ● By Don Kindred

Orange County's beaches and bluffs have been exploited by pounding waves, merciless rain, and ferocious winds. But we’re our own worst foe! We’ve constructed the groins, reefs, jetties, piers, and seawalls, revetment, foundation supports, caissons, train tracks, and breakwaters, dropped boulders on our beaches, and dredged sand from one place and put it in another.

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The Secret Life of San Clemente Island

Aug 01, 2002 08:31AM ● By Don Kindred

Stroll along one of the many beautiful southern California beaches, San Clemente in particular, and you may see her hiding in the coastal mists out in the Pacific Ocean. She is tiny San Clemente Island sitting on the horizon 75 miles northwest of San Diego.

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Ever Watchful ...

May 01, 2001 05:19PM ● By Don Kindred

From my commanding view, it's an overcast Saturday morning, hazy inland and down the coast from Dana Point to Cotton's, but, on the horizon, to the right of the now-looming shape of Catalina Island, sharp rays of sunlight slice through the clouds.

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