UCI WILLED BODY PROGRAM

I’ve never given a single serious thought to shopping for a cemetery plot. It’s not that I’m in denial about my eventual demise. It’s just that I’m cheap. The price tag for land plus embalming plus casket plus headstone would take a big chunk out of my kids’ not-so-big inheritance.

AROUND TOWN

The Orientation meeting about the upcoming Miss Fountain Valley and Miss Fountain Valley Teen Scholarship Competition will be held from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Nov. 9 at Coastal Community Fellowship, 10460 Slater Ave.

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TURKEY NOODLE SOUP

This is a great way to make use of leftover odds and ends from your Thanksgiving Turkey. By utilizing the carcass and wings that have been roasted, it creates a richly flavored soup. Feel free to use any leftover chicken or turkey broth in place of some of the water. It will only add extra flavor.

THE DEBATE OVER DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

For most states, November means a biannual ritual of changing the clocks: the magical, longstanding practice of confusing our internal sense of time as we gain (in November) or lose (in March) an hour of precious zzz’s. The idea of eliminating— or keeping—Daylight Saving Time, or DST, has been...

HERE’S THE DEAL ABOUT BLACK FRIDAY

Acentury ago, Thanksgiving Day was on the last Thursday of November, which in some years shortened the Christmas shopping season by a full week. However, during the Great Depression, retailers wanted to capitalize on holiday shopping in any way they could.

Waves of Memories

Huntington Beach Lifeguard Headquarters recently welcomed former lifeguard and World War II veteran Jim Tucker, who now lives in Northern California. He brought with him dozens of memories about early lifeguarding in Surf City.

AROUND TOWN

Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean has announced the appointment of Fountain Valley resident Dennis Cole as his new chief of staff.