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The developers of a $135-million shopping center near the famed Huntington Beach Pier face an unusual challenge how to embrace the city's proud identity as Surf City without descending into surfing kitsch.

Sure, they hope to attract tourists in town to take in the beach scene, but the builders also want Orange County locals to feel comfortable at the Pacific City shopping and dining complex under construction on Pacific Coast Highway.

Signs made of surfboards, woodies parked by the valet stand and large surfing movie posters in the parking garage were considered and rejected, said Linda Berman, executive project director for developer DJM Capital Partners.

Figuring out how to communicate to visitors that they are in the "Surfing Capital of the World" without relying on cliched props has proved daunting.

"Surf culture is more attitudinal than it is aesthetic," she said. "You run out of imagery pretty quickly."

So the developers are trying to give Pacific City a laid-back beach house vibe by using natural materials such as wood and stone, accented with drought-resistant plants.

Locals will judge for themselves whether DJM hit the right notes when 11-acre Pacific City opens in summer 2015.

Work on the mall's two-level parking garage is well underway, and construction of the retail portion is scheduled to begin shortly.

The design aesthetic for Pacific City envisioned by architects Jerde Partnership and SMS Architects is a modern, craftsman-influenced beach bungalow. Restaurants there will have outdoor patio dining with ocean views.

Movies some of them surf related will be shown on an outdoor screen. The design will include what DJM calls "hang out" spaces intended to encourage people to stroll and congregate.

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FY15 FIRST QUARTER VS. PRIOR-YEAR PERIOD

COMMENTARY In our first quarter, we had strong growth in revenues, which were up 18 percent, and earnings per share, which were up 50 percent. In addition, our backlog grew 28 percent, or $83 million, from the prior-year period, said Joseph F. Puishys, Apogee chief executive officer. That said, our good results were somewhat impacted by the severe winter weather that led to contraction in the Canadian commercial construction market, resulting in a first-quarter loss for our Canadian storefront acquisition rather than the expected profit.

The severe winter weather early in the first quarter impacted the profit of the entire Architectural Framing Systems segment, he said. This earnings per share impact was offset by the final distribution for a previously discontinued European business, reported as other income.

I am pleased that revenues grew in all four segments, and backlog grew for all of the architectural segments, said Puishys. Operating income improved significantly in our two largest segments Architectural Glass and Architectural Services, which each had healthy conversion rates. In the Architectural Framing Systems segment, we saw improved earnings in the window business. The Large-Scale Optical segment delivered a 20 percent operating margin after investing for growth, including for capacity, new products and new market sectors.

With our significant first-quarter backlog growth, solid operational performance and a stronger outlook for Architectural Glass, combined with growth in our end-market sectors that appears sustainable moving ahead, I expect an exceptional year in fiscal 2015, he said.

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Nancy Reyering and six other volunteers from Woodside and Portola Valley made a delivery to the Restoration Hardware store in Palo Alto last week that they hope might send a message to the home furnishings store's corporate headquarters.

Using two pickup trucks and four hand trucks, the volunteers returned nearly one ton of the catalogs the company recently shipped to local residents, protesting the waste the unwanted catalogs represent.

Via UPS, Restoration Hardware has been delivering to each home a bundle of as many as 13 large catalogs, wrapped in plastic and weighing up to 17 pounds.

With the catalog drop-off at the Palo Alto store, Ms. Reyering included a letter asking the corporation to "consider taking a stand as the first truly 'green' retailer by eliminating the printing and mailing of any catalogs."

Ms. Reyering who in 2013 was named an "Environmental Champion" by Woodside's Sustainability and Conservation Committee, wrote that "the most environmentally friendly approach, by far, is not to create and ship these unnecessary, unwanted, and wasteful catalogs."

She also has sent the company a spread sheet with the names of more than 120 people who want to be taken off Restoration Hardware's mailing list.

After the volunteers began bringing stacks of catalogs through the store's front entrance, store employees quickly asked the volunteers to move the rest of their delivery to the store's back door. At least four employees with handcarts immediately hustled the stacks of catalogs out of sight.

Employees handed out fliers with what appears to be the company's pre-printed response to complaints about the environmental effect of the catalog deliveries.

"Heavier load = lighter carbon footprint," the fliers say. "Our 13 source books now come to you just once a year, all together in one package. Combined with our carbon-neutral shipping practices and our responsibly sourced paper, that adds up to a significantly reduced impact on the environment."

Ms. Reyering and the other volunteers Peter Marsden, Lauren Mang, Erin Broderick and Seldy Nelson from Woodside and Brad Peyton and Laura Stec from Portola Valley were not buying the explanation.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Here is a list of road projects around the Heartland scheduled for Wednesday, June 25.

Butler County, MO

Route AA will be closed while MoDOT crews perform pipe replacement. The section of road is located between County Road 647 and County Road 602. Weather permitting, crews will be working Tuesday, June 24 and Wednesday, June 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Roadwork continues on Route 67 from CR 323 to Route 160/158 signed as Route C. Traffic on the existing Route 67 north and south of Harviell will not have an outlet to the new pavement during this time. East and westbound traffic will be restricted. Existing lanes of Route 67 from CR 323 to Route 160/158 will be signed as Route C. The north end of Route C (existing Route 67) will remain closed for about two months as work is completed at the intersection of Route 67, Route C, and CR 323.

Route Y is closed as crews are removing and replacing the bridge deck over I-55 until July 1.

On June 23, Middle Street from Broadway to Themis and the intersection of Themis-Middle will be closed as the Broadway storm water relief sewer work continues through this area. Depending on weather and other factors, this work could take approximately three weeks.

Route NN will be closed while crews perform pipe replacement. This section of road is located one-tenth of a mile from County Road 277. Weather permitting, crews will be working Wednesday, June 25 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Roadwork continues on Route 21 from Ripley to Carter County from US 60 to US 160 until Nov. 1.

Dunklin County, MO

Route 412 will be reduced as crews perform guardrail repairs. This section of road is located between Route U and Route NN. Weather permitting, crews will be working Tuesday, June 24 through Friday, June 27 from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily.

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