Orange Coast College to host surf reunion...

Orange Coast College to host surf reunion

Orange Coast College will host a reunion for its intercollegiate

surf teams on Sunday on the Huntington Beach side of the Santa Ana

River jetties.

The reunion will begin at 3 p.m. next to Huntington Beach State

Park.

Orange Coast fielded a competitive surf team from 1977 through

1982. The Pirates captured the state surfing championship on three

occasions: 1977, ’78 and ’80.

The surf team, dropped as an intercollegiate sport on campus in

1983, was coached by Laird Hayes, who continues to teach in the

college’s physical education and athletics divisions.

Hayes has served as OCC’s head men’s soccer coach for more than a

decade.

“We’re trying to get as many of the guys from our surf teams out

for the reunion as possible,” he said.

For more information about the surf reunion, contact Hayes at

(949) 645-7150.

IKEA hosts fund-raiser on holiday weekend

IKEA will host its Spare Change Event during the Labor Day

weekend, when the store will match the spare change people bring in

with store credit. Customers will also get a 10% discount on all

their purchases for the day.

Also, IKEA will match the change brought in and donate to Save the

Children’s reading and literacy programs.

The store is at 1475 South Coast Drive in Costa Mesa. The special

event will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.

OCC theater season opens on Sept. 13

Orange Coast College’s Theater Department will feature a varied

season this year from comedy and drama to musicals. The college will

produce more than 30 plays this year.

The season will open with John Ford Noonan’s two-person play “Some

Men Need Help,” the story of a young alcoholic. The production will

run Sept. 13 to 14 and Sept. 20 to 21 at the Drama Lab Studio.

The college is at 2701 Fairview Road in Costa Mesa.