Inside scoop

Eron Ben-Yehuda, Ellen McCarty and Andrew Wainer

If the preview is any indication, don’t bother catching an upcoming video

about the history of Huntington Beach.

The preview is meant to encourage private funding of the full-length

documentary that looks back at the city’s 90-year history.

City Councilman Ralph Bauer suggested showing the preview to whet

people’s appetite, but the plan backfired as the video came out scrambled

and the audio garbled. It was stopped after a few minutes.

“Any comments, Mr. Bauer, excluding expletives?” asked Mayor Peter Green.

Bauer tried to look at the bright side.

“It’s a beginning,” he said.

HOOP DREAMS

Golden West College modern dance instructor Nanette Brodie got a colorful

-- and lucrative -- start as a performer.

“I had always liked hula dancing when I saw it on TV,” Brodie said. “One

day when I was in elementary school my friend Linda got the idea of using

my passion for dancing to make money.”

The duo began ringing neighborhood doorbells and Nanette danced as Linda

collected the nickel and dime donations.

“My parents were really upset with me,” Nanette said, “But when I emptied

my pockets filled with change they calmed down.”

YOU CAN HELP

Huntington Beach resident Brenda Schisler, a nurse consultant for Lou

Gehrig’s patients in Orange County, said volunteers are needed to help

four patients in Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach.

As Lou Gehrig’s patients gradually lose their ability to move and speak,

they become bedridden and “very lonely,” Schisler said. “You can only

watch so much TV.”

A great gift for both the caregivers and the patients is offering to sit

and listen to books on tape so that caregivers can take a break to go

shopping or visit a friend, she said.

Call the ALS Association at 375-1922 for more information.