Breast Cancer

It draws you in, with graceful lines and sparkling luminosity. Human faces are barely distinguishable in its wings. It is a thing of beauty. But this lithe creature kills an African child every 30 seconds. Laguna Beach artist Leslie Davis' glass and steel depiction of a mosquito is one of four sculptures at her new exhibition, "Worlds in Collision: Art, Death and Alternative Medical Science in the Global Community," showing through Sunday at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Ana. Along with Davis' brother Gregg Stone of Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach's Pat Sparkuhl is also represented in the installation with 27 pieces.

Pink wasn't Burnetta Tate's color -- until she survived breast cancer. Tate plans to support other cancer patients and survivors by running in the Race for the Cure in Newport Beach on September 25. And she will run with a pink shirt designating her as a survivor. Tate moved to Laguna Beach in 2000 after being promoted to vice president of marketing and sales operations at Verizon Wireless. She had everything going for her in life and didn't expect anything to go wrong.

Martin to be honored The National Assn. of Women Business Owners-Orange County (NAWBO-OC) will salute Laguna Beach resident Margarita Martin as Colombo-American Education Foundation's 2010 OC "Member of the Year" at the 15th Annual Remarkable Women Awards Luncheon on Oct. 5. Martin will join some 15 other women who provide leadership to business, trade and civic organizations in Orange County. The gala awards ceremony's theme is "Inspiration, Courage and Hope," and will also pay tribute to Kathy Gardarian for a lifetime of achievement while recognizing Angela Cortright as business owner of the year and Allyson Ames as "entrepreneur to watch.

As part of her preparations for a nearly 40-mile walk to raise money for cancer research, Denise Pouchet bought a new pair of shoes. And to really be prepared, she bought them one size too big. "When you've walked five, six or seven miles your feet begin to swell," explained Pouchet, who with husband David Burr make up Team Angela. "And as you progress they really begin to swell, which is why they have medical care at the stops." The Burbank couple will be among the hundreds of walkers taking part in the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer on Sept.

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The Laguna Canyon Conservancy will meet Dec. 1 for a visual presentation about ACT V. The presentation by the group's President Carolyn Wood and others will focus on the reasons the conservancy appealed the Orange County Planning Commission's decision to grant a Coastal Development Permit for the city to move and build a new corporation yard maintenance facility at ACT V. The meeting will provide a forum to ask...

Marsh-Boinus signs breast cancer book Rosalie Marsh-Boinus, a two-time breast cancer survivor and Sawdust Artist, will read and discuss her short story, ?The Pebble and the Rock: A Love Story? from the compilation of short stories titled, ?A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors,? published by Adams Media. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, at Latitude 33 Bookshop, 311 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach. The book, which includes 50 stories from other breast cancer survivors, has been released to coincide with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Barbara Diamond Cancer survivors are living proof that the disease can be beaten. And their numbers are growing. "It is a curable disease now," said Trudy Grossman, who has survived and thrived for almost 14 years after cancer surgery. Cancer no longer is always spelled F-A-T-A-L. Due to remarkable strides made in cancer research, education, prevention and treatment conquest of the disease is ever closer, according to the California Division of the American Cancer Society.

O’Neill’s 2nd Annual “Generation Next” fashion show in association with Teen Vogue brought over 600 people to Seven Degrees in Laguna Beach, CA on Friday night. The much anticipated event concluded a 6-month program based at O’Neill’s headquarters, where each of the four Generation Next finalists worked diligently to create an original dress and handbag design with the help of O’Neill mentors. With an entrance line stretching the length of a city block, guests and industry insiders showed up to cheer for the teen designers: Angela Urmanita of Rowland Heights; Lauren Alvarez of La Palma; Lori Ke of Lakewood; and Kari Filardo of Orange.