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Valencia and El Dorado high schools play the marquee game in town this weekend. To the winner go bragging rights and a year’s ownership of the Victory Bell. BY KENNY CONNOLLY ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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hen it comes to rivalry games, predicting an outcome is darn near impossible. Records tend to mean a little less. Statistics lose their luster. Logical thinking – for all intents and purposes – can be thrown out the window. Unpredictability is the name of the game, but it’s the one quality that makes rivalry games all the more entertaining. So when El Dorado (0-3 this season) and Valencia High (2-1) meet in the annual Battle of the Bell on Friday night, there’s really only one thing you can count on: Whichever team comes away with the win will celebrate by ringing the coveted Victory Bell for the entire community to hear. S E E B E L L ● PA G E 4
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: MICHELLE WIEBACH, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER PHOTOS: KATIE DEES, MARK CHODZKO AND KENT TREPTOW, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Top left: El Dorado quarterback Cory Wildhagen; middle: Valencia’s Patrick Godoy; bottom: El Dorado’s Kyle Wilson, left, and Valencia’s Tom Torres
Agencies offer suggestions to keep coyotes at bay BY LOUIS CASIANO JR. ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
In an effort to educate Placentia residents about coyote and animal safety, the city is partnering with OC Animal Care and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to host a forum to discuss ways on how to protect pets and discourage wild animals from entering yards. Katie Ingram, a community outreach supervisor for OC Animal Care, said most people aren’t sure how to react when faced with such critters. “We want them to know what normal coyote behavior is versus abnormal,” she said.
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A coyote wanders up Olinda Drive in Brea at sunset.
The sighting of coyotes in Placentia is rather minimal, Ingram said. In 2012, there were six sightings; so far this year, there have been five. “Obviously, we’ve built into this area, which has S E E C OY O T E S
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Placentia resident honored by Disney for 45 years of service BY LOUIS CASIANO JR. ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Mark Taul stands alongside Mickey Mouse after receiving the Walt Disney Legacy Award in February. Last week, he was honored with a Service Award.
Disneyland Resort recognized one of its own for his years of service and dedication to the company with a celebration inside the park last week. Placentia resident Mark Taul was honored along with nearly 1,000 other employees with a Service Award to recognize his 45 years with the company. The resort employs 25,000 people. Taul, 63, started with the company in 1968 as a busboy and rose through the ranks to become a cook and eventually an operations S E E D I S N E Y ● PA G E 2
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