Huntington doesn’t really need Surf City Has...

Huntington doesn’t really need Surf City

Has anyone polled the early settlers (prior to 1970) of Huntington

Beach to see if we really want to be known as Surf City? The word

“beach” works very well up and down the coast and draws visitors by

the droves. It seems counter-productive to build beautiful hotels on

Pacific Coast Highway, open nice restaurants and quaint cafes,

construct a state-of-the-art shopping center at Beach and Edinger and

have property values exceeding one’s wildest imagination to have a

city motto/logo that identifies with surfers only.

Yes, we have a beautiful beach and a nice stretch of Pacific Ocean

but the surfers really don’t pay the tariff. I think it’s great that

our young people can just walk to the ocean and surf to their hearts

content but I don’t think that should be the main draw. Let’s be

gracious and give the Surf City name to Santa Cruz -- they need it

more than we do.

BARBARA SHEPARD

Huntington Beach

Not much in the way of police presence

I read the fine commentary by Chub Domotor on managing our

resources (“Sounding off,” June 23). He’s pretty right-on about

protecting the neighborhood. There has not been any regular visible

police protection for our neighborhood in all the 29 years I have

lived in the same house on Luss Drive.

However, the last time I saw any officers on Luss, there were

seven squad cars, four on one end and three on the other. Now the

time was only 5 a.m., so I figured they just all responded to the

same call from someone since they had nothing better to do at this

hour.

The time before that, someone called the police because a young

man in the neighborhood had his foot run over by a soccer mom rushing

down Luss Drive’s quarter-mile drag strip.

Several years ago, I tried calling the police to send a motor

patrol to catch speeders with their radar. They sent one officer who

stayed for 11 minutes, I know I timed him -- guess he got bored.

MORIE HIVELY

Huntington Beach

Kiss the kids and smile, graduates

Fifty-plus years ago I graduated from Los Angeles High. Now I

watch the celebration of this year’s graduates’ open road to life. My

advice is never stop learning -- never stop being excited about life

and its possibilities. Even when time throws you a curve ball, look

at it straight on and hit it hard. Make that home run.

Easy way to learn -- read the newspaper every day, a book a month

at least, get excited about your job or profession and talk to all

people of all cultures, political views and ages.

Don’t hold back. Get and stay involved in your community and stay

in love with your spouse. Kiss the kids and smile.

PATRICIA JACOBS-PILETTE

Huntington Beach

* EDITOR’S NOTE: Opinions on proposed logos for Huntington Beach

continue to stream in, so a sampling of the latest follow.

I definitely have an opinion regarding the four Huntington Beach

logos shown in the Independent newspaper.

I definitely like choice #1.

I like the surfboard outline.

I think the colors reflect the beach atmosphere.

I like the pier.

Most importantly, the printing/lettering is easy to ready.

The overall impression I get from this logo is that Huntington

Beach is a straightforward, no-nonsense, clean, safe, modern,

uncomplicated place to live in or visit.

Options 2 and 4 are too busy with the script lettering and detail

of the surfer. They are harder to read and see the total picture on a

quick glance. They seem dark and shady for some reason, old too.

Option 3 makes me think of Florida for some reason or Mexico and

the Aztec Indians.

Therefore, I definitely like option No. 1 -- Surf City USA on the

surfboard!

JOANNE SARRIA

Huntington Beach

I think that you should choose the second one, No. 2. It shows the

Huntington Pier and the surfer on the wave and I think that’s the one

you should choose.

NANCY STRAND

Huntington Beach

It’s No. 2, for me. One simple reason -- it is, I think, the best

layout. You can read Surf City, you can see the surfer and you see

the pier in the background. The other ones don’t represent the

activity in this city. I think No. 2 is really classy.

RICK REIF

Huntington Beach

I like No. 2. They’re all very nice but I think No. 2 shows the

surfer and the pier, which we’re both famous for.

DIANNE GILLESPIE

Huntington Beach

I am voting for No. 2. I really like the nostalgic look of it, and

it shows that the city has been here a long time and I like to show

the pier and also the lifestyle logo.

BRANDON PHAM

Huntington Beach

I like No. 2, although I think the words Huntington Beach should

be larger. That’s the whole point. Great surf city, but everyone is

going to think that’s the name of the city. What are you trying to

sell, are you trying to sell Huntington Beach? My wife, Suzanne,

doesn’t like either one of them.

BOB KELLY

Huntington Beach