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MATER DEI
INFINALS
Mater Dei leads the O.C.
charge into the Southern
California Finals with a
double-overtime win over
San Bernardino County’s
Etiwanda. SPORTS 6, 7
GOURMET
DOUGHNUTS
Donut Bar elevates the
lowly baked good with its
first O.C. location. FOOD 3
INSIDE
SHUTTERSTOCK
FULLERTON ● Richard Smith’s two girls are
in college, and that can cost a bit.
So dad is willing to part with the first
Fender Stratocaster to ever roll off the pro-
duction line.
You can have this 1954 ax that has barely
been played for $250,000.
“I’m thinking it’s time for somebody else
to enjoy it,” said Smith, a Fullerton resi-
dent. “I don’t play it that often, obviously,
and I have the other ones that I play.”
This sunburst-finished beauty is on con-
signment at George Gruhn’s guitar shop in
Nashville, Tenn. With its poodle-style case,
Gruhn lists it at a quarter-million bucks.
“This is special,” Gruhn told The Asso-
ciated Press. “It’s not special as memorabi-
lia because it was owned by anybody spe-
cial.
“But it is special because this is effective-
ly like having the right Rembrandt or Van
COURTESY OF RICHARD SMITH
The earliest
known Fender
Stratocaster
from 1954,
which has a
serial number
0100, is being
sold via con-
signment at
Gruhn Guitars
by Fender his-
torian Richard
Smith.
Strumthisguitar
for$250,000
Sign-ups for Covered
California, the state health
insurance exchange,
surged past the 1 million
mark earlier this week, sur-
passing forecasts. But en-
rollment of two key groups
– young people and Latinos
– is still lagging Covered
California’s goals.
Both those groups are
being targeted with a mar-
keting blitz as the March 31
sign-up deadline approach-
es for the Affordable Care
Act, or Obamacare.
Some of the young people
who haven’t signed up say
health insurance is not a
priority for them. Others
have been too busy to sign
up, or were put off by early
glitches on the exchange
website. Business 1
YOUNG
EXPLAIN
SIGN-UP
DELAY
As state’s health
enrollment tops
forecast, some
reveal why they
have put it off.
26.5%Share of peo-
ple between 18 and 34
enrolled in state health
exchange as of Feb. 28
36%Goal of Covered
California officials for sign-
ups of those young people
Fullerton collector is willing to part with musical history.
COURTESY OF BBE SOUND, INC./G&L
Leo Fender in his lab with a guitar.
5 O.C. ORIGINALS
Five innovations that Orange County
unleashed on the world:
The Fender Stratocaster, 1954: It
wasn’t the first solid-body electric
guitar, but quickly became the most
iconic, played by everyone from
Buddy Holly to Jimi Hendrix to The
Edge.
Disneyland, 1955: The first true
theme park, the Magic Kingdom
went far beyond previous
amusement parks by enveloping
visitors in an all-encompassing
experience.
The modern surfboard, 1958: Hobie
Alter revolutionized surfing with the
creation of polyurethane and
fiberglas boards, rendering obsolete
boards made from balsa wood.
Irvine, 1959: Planners had designed
cities before, but this
master-planned community,
conceived as a cluster of six villages
surrounding a college campus,
redefined the modern city.
“World of Warcraft,” 2004:
Blizzard Entertainment took online
gaming to a new level with this
intensely detailed alternative world,
currently occupied by 7 milion
subscribers.
‘‘
It’s a piece of art, it’s
a piece of industrial
design, it’s a piece of
musical history.
And it’s part of our
national heritage.”
G E O R G E G R U H N
G U I T A R S H O P O W N E R
I N N A S H V I L L E W H O I S
S E L L I N G T H E G U I T A R
O N C O N S I G N M E N T
If you’re a golfer in parched
Southern California, you might
have a scorching swing.
Scientists at UC Irvine say
they’ve proved that titanium-coat-
ed clubs can cause course-side veg-
etation to burst into flames.
The new study confirms a suspi-
cion firefighters have had for years
– that the clubs were likely the true
cause of several blazes on Orange
County golf courses, including one
that burned 12 acres at the Shady
Canyon Golf Course in 2010.
“What this proved was that you
FLAMING
GOLF CLUBS?
Sparks from titanium
can ignite courses,
UCI study shows.
BY PAT BRENNAN
STAFF WRITER
SEE CLUBS ● PAGE 1 3
WASHINGTON ● Robert Nietzel
barely controlled tears after he ac-
cepted the Medal of Honor on be-
half of his first cousin, Alfred B.
Nietzel. President Barack Obama
handed Robert and 23 others the
U.S. military’s highest award at a
White House ceremony Tuesday.
“You look down at (the medal)
and figure you just completed the
longest mile you’ve ever walked
going up that stage and receiving
that award on behalf of a family
member,” said Nietzel, a San Juan
Capistrano resident, as he reflect-
ed on the moment. “It was an awe-
some feeling – it’s terrifically over-
whelming,” he said.
A family
remembers
its hero
Posthumous Medal
of Honor for WWII
soldier overwhelms
San Juan Capistrano
cousin at ceremony.
BY DAVID HOOD
WASHINGTON BUREAU
DAVID HOOD, STAFF
Robert Nietzel
accepts the Medal
of Honor from
President Barack
Obama on behalf of
his cousin, Sgt.
Alfred B. Nietzel,
during a ceremony
Tuesday in the
East Room of the
White House.SEE MEDAL ● PAGE 1 2
SEE GUITAR ● PAGE 1 3
BY ANDERS HOWMANN
STAFF WRITER
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