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Now that the Orange Coast College football team has established itself as one of the top teams in Southern California with a victory over Palomar Saturday, the Pirates face a new type of competition. As the No. 6-ranked team in Southern California, opponents now draw motivation from the chance to knock the Pirates (3-0 for the first time since 1991) from their short-lived pedestal. No. 20-ranked Pasadena (2-1) is the first in line to do just that. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. today at OCC. Pirates' Coach Mike Taylor knows the motivation for his team will not come as easily as it did against Palomar, which held a five-game winning streak over Orange Coast prior to Saturday.

PASADENA — A legion of students from across California decorated floats that appeared in Saturday's Tournament of Roses Parade. These included about a dozen students from Orange Coast College and three students from Estancia High School in Costa Mesa. They were among an estimated 300 students from Orange County who boarded charter buses bound for Pasadena early Wednesday morning, when rain returned to the Southland. The local students made the trek north to help the Kiwanis International service club decorate its Rose Parade float and other floats.

Peggy Drellishak passed away peacefully from complications of an eleven-year battle with metastatic breast cancer on November 24, 2010, surrounded by her loving family.   Born in Los Angeles on May 23, 1941 and raised in Inglewood, Peggy attended the 54 th Street School, Dorsey High School, and University of Southern California. After graduation from USC, she moved to Pasadena and worked at JPL and Xerox Electro-Optical Systems, where she met her husband Kenneth. They were married in 1967.

Simon-Meserve Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mallace of Pasadena and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Simon of Santa Ynez announce the engagement of their daughter Mercedes Alicia Simon of Pasadena to Scott Michael Meserve of Newport Beach. The bride graduated from Mayfield Senior School in Pasadena and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The future bridegroom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Meserve of Newport Beach, graduated from Newport Harbor High School and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Rosemary Tilt Jones passed away at her home in Balboa, CA on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Rosemary, known as “Rosie,” was born May 21, 1930, the daughter of Ned Bass Tilt and Rosemary “Posie” Miller Tilt of Pasadena, CA. Rosie attended Arroyo Seco School, Polytechnic School, class of 1945, and graduated from the Westridge School in Pasadena as a member of the class of 1948. She then attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and earned an associates degree at Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA in Horticultural Design.

Janet (Kelso) Speers, of Newport Beach, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2010. Born in Pasadena on April 21, 1930, Janet graduated from Westridge High School for young women in 1948. She raised a family and was active in community efforts in South Pasadena for several decades. She then pursued the dream of moving to the beach. A consummate volunteer, Janet was active in numerous community organizations, including as a longtime volunteer at Hoag Hospital.

Rick Devereux A slow start seemed to work in favor of the Newport Harbor High boys basketball team, but turnovers doomed the Sailors in the second half of a 51-40 CIF Southern Section Division II-AA second-round game against visiting Pasadena Tuesday. Newport grabbed a quick 2-0 lead, but the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to gain the advantage. The Tars played tight defense to claw back for an 11-10 lead 3:27 into the second quarter, but Pasadena, who improved to 25-2, closed out the half with a 6-2 run for a 16-13 edge.

   85, of Laguna Beach, died September 28. Born November 28, 1921 in Berkeley, CA, Pat grew up in Pasadena where she went to Westridge School. She graduated from Mount Vernon Seminary in Washington, DC and attended Stanford University. Pat was a member of the Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena and was a long-time supporter of the Scripps Home in Altadena. She is survived by one daughter, Carla Jane Tomaso, nieces Linda LeMar Baker and Margaret LeMar, nephew Bryan LeMar, grand-nieces Danielle Murphy and Emily Baker, companion Lucja Lewy, and her assistant Naazma Lewis.

CIF Southern Section playoffs Sage Hill School will play its first-round CIF Southern Section Northeast Division playoff game Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Maranatha at San Marino High. San Marino is located near Pasadena and Arcadia. It will be a home game for Maranatha, which is located in Pasadena. The Minutemen were unable to host the game because their stadium does not have lights. Maranatha played all of its home games this season on Saturday afternoon. Corona del Mar and Estancia will meet in a Southern Division first-round playoff game Friday at 7 p.m. at Newport Harbor High.

  Died February 19, 2010, of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, in Costa Mesa. He was born in Pasadena December 20, 1930 and attended schools in Altadena and Pasadena and the University of California at Berkeley . He is survived by his wife, Margaret, his son, Lawrence Jr., Brother-in-Law Philip McWilliams, Sister–in–Law (Melody), many friends, and his loving cousins who were the light of his later years and who particularly delighted in his wild, corny sense of humor.

NEWPORT COAST - The Sage Hill School girls' soccer team wound up outscoring its two CIF Southern Section Division 6 opponents, 5-2, this season. But that will have to do for the Lightning, which fell to visiting South Pasadena, 2-0, in a second-round contest Wednesday. The Rio Hondo League champion Tigers posted a 20-3 advantage on shots and dominated most of the possession, particularly in the second half, to extend their unbeaten streak to 20 games. South Pasadena (16-2-6) advances to the quarterfinals for the second straight year.

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich promised to drive down the price of gasoline and change the culture in Washington during a Southern California fundraising tour that included stops in Newport Beach, Tustin and Pasadena. He emphasized lower gas prices during his Monday night stop at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, according to an interview with the Orange County Register. "I think we focus on very big ideas like $2-a-gallon gasoline, 4% unemployment, allowing young people to have personal Social Security savings accounts, and we rebuild our momentum," he told the newspaper.

PASADENA - Coach JR Tolver was livid from the start. After watching his Sage Hill School football team give up huge chunks of yards on Pasadena Poly's first drive, Tolver ate into his players on the sideline. "They're running the same play over and over! Dive! Dive! Dive!" Tolver yelled. "It's going to be 57-0 if we don't stop it. " The Lightning never figured out how to slow down running back Harrison Hodgkins on Friday. The senior pounded Sage Hill for 232 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries.

Henrietta May Walter Barnes died Wed., Jan. 19, 2011, in Napa, Ca.  She was 95. Born Feb. 25, 1915, in Tomah, Wis., “Henny” moved to Pasadena, in the early ‘20s with her family.  She is a graduate of the Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena and the University of California Los Angeles. In 1924, her family purchased a summer cottage at 1104 E. Balboa Blvd. in Newport Beach, which later became her family’s fulltime residence.   Affectionately called the “Crow’s Nest” after the house’s look-out tower facing Newport Harbor, the home was her residence for 84 years until she moved into assisted living in Napa in 2008.

On December 28, 2010, George Horace Morales peacefully left this earth, happy with his well-lived life.  His journey began October 5, 1919 in Ponce, Puerto Rico followed shortly by a move to New York City. He was a celebrated athlete, winning the coveted “Silver Skates” speed skating competition at Madison Square Gardens, a spot on the US Olympic team, a number of swing dancing competitions, and worked as a warm-up pitcher for the New York Giants.   George studied business at Columbia University.

PASADENA — A legion of students from across California decorated floats that appeared in Saturday's Tournament of Roses Parade. These included about a dozen students from Orange Coast College and three students from Estancia High School in Costa Mesa. They were among an estimated 300 students from Orange County who boarded charter buses bound for Pasadena early Wednesday morning, when rain returned to the Southland. The local students made the trek north to help the Kiwanis International service club decorate its Rose Parade float and other floats.

Peggy Drellishak passed away peacefully from complications of an eleven-year battle with metastatic breast cancer on November 24, 2010, surrounded by her loving family.   Born in Los Angeles on May 23, 1941 and raised in Inglewood, Peggy attended the 54 th Street School, Dorsey High School, and University of Southern California. After graduation from USC, she moved to Pasadena and worked at JPL and Xerox Electro-Optical Systems, where she met her husband Kenneth. They were married in 1967.

Carol McCann passed peacefully at her home in Newport Beach Monday morning November 8, 2010. She was born Carol Joan Geissler in December 1929 in the Coachella Valley to agricultural pioneers Otto and Viola Geissler. Her brother Walter, a grower, desert agricultural expert, and WWII veteran, was 7 years her elder. Carol was graduated from Coachella Valley High School and earned a degree in education at San Jose State. After college, Carol moved to downtown Los Angeles where she held office positions and where she met Dean McCann, an attorney and pharmacist.

Rosemary Tilt Jones passed away at her home in Balboa, CA on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Rosemary, known as “Rosie,” was born May 21, 1930, the daughter of Ned Bass Tilt and Rosemary “Posie” Miller Tilt of Pasadena, CA. Rosie attended Arroyo Seco School, Polytechnic School, class of 1945, and graduated from the Westridge School in Pasadena as a member of the class of 1948. She then attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and earned an associates degree at Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA in Horticultural Design.

NEWPORT COAST — Dr. Drew Pinsky watched the action Friday night at Sage Hill School. Pinsky, the radio and television personality, was happy to sit in the stands watching the game without too much fanfare. He doesn't have as much advice to dish out on the football field. His son Jordan, a senior center for visiting Pasadena Poly, dished out plenty. Poly dominated in the trenches, rushing for 370 yards and handing the Lightning their first loss of the season, 35-14, in the nonleague game.