Cityscape Roundup:

The Laguna Beach Library will host a screening and discussion of “To Kill A Mockingbird to Celebrate “The Big Read” as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2008 Big Read program. The library will show the classic film “To Kill A Mockingbird,” followed by a discussion on Monday at 6:30 p.m. The discussion will be led by Nancy Keane, Rancho Santa Margarita High School English teacher and life-long devotee of the book.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Orange County is one of 127 communities nationwide participating in The Big Read from January-June, 2008.

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Curbside plastic bag recycling offered

Waste Management of Orange County is starting a curbside plastic bag recycling program for residents in Laguna Beach.

Residents with curbside recycling service can now place plastic bags in their regular recycling cart. Residents are asked to bundle plastic bags and place them inside another plastic bag, not loose in the cart, to ensure that all the plastic will be caught in the sorting process.

In addition to plastic bags, the following items may also be placed in the curbside recycling cart:

?Glass jars or beverage containers (jelly jars, pickle jars, sauce jars, ice tea bottles)

?Cardboard (frozen food boxes, cereal boxes with liner removed, food boxes, etc.)

?Plastic bottles and jars (labeled with CRV numbers 1-7)

?Detergent containers (laundry soap bottles/boxes, fabric softener bottles/boxes, etc.)

?Aluminum, steel or tin cans (vegetable cans, soup cans, fruit cans)

?Pie tins

?Empty aerosol cans

?Liquor bottles

?Empty tissue boxes

?Empty rolls of paper towels or bath tissue

?Telephone books

?Magazines

?Junk mail

?Newspaper

For more information about local recycling services, log onto www.wmorangecounty.com.

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Cancer Society Relay holds meeting

Residents of Laguna Beach are encouraged to attend a free presentation on the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Laguna Beach, “What is Relay,” at 6 p.m., March 19 at the Laguna Beach Library.

Volunteers are also needed to join the 2008 planning committee for the Relay For Life of Laguna Beach, scheduled for August at El Morro Elementary School. Open positions include but are not limited to event co-chairs, logistics, survivors, team recruitment and community marketing. For more information on Relay For Life, visit www.relayforlife.org.