NEXT MILLION: The Food Distribution Center in...
NEXT MILLION: The Food Distribution Center in Orange is a mere few thousand pounds shy of handing out its 80th million pound of food since it started in 1983. The nonprofit group, which distributes about 30,000 pounds a day through 278 local agencies, expects to hit soon, with more than a little hoopla. Spokeswoman Margaret O’Malley says a computer on its dock is set to make all kinds of noises when the moment comes, and a party will follow. Says O’Malley: “The agencies all know that it’s coming. It could be any day.”
WHO’S THERE? The holidays bring an onslaught of people selling at your doorstep. In Cypress, Mayor Cecilia Age warns that unless you know it’s for a bona fide nonprofit group--such as the Girl Scouts--”ask to see their permits.” Permits are required for profit groups in most cities--even if the sellers are children. . . . Cypress recently turned down a permit request to a group which was using children to sell candy door to door. It turned out to be a for-profit group. . . . The mayor says most don’t even bother to seek a permit.
WHO NEEDS IT? You don’t need a great football team to have a decent athletic program. At least not at Katella High School, where the smallest among Orange County’s big high schools (enrollment 1,200 or more) is in third place after the fall portion of The Times all-sports competition (V1). . . . The Knights (115.2 points) trail only football powers Edison (137.8) and Mater Dei (123.1) despite a 1-9 football season. . . . The all-sports competition weights all sports equally, and Katella fared especially well in boys and girls cross-country and girls’ volleyball.
