Just in time for Valentine's Day,and in celebration of Heart Month in February, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital will be holding a day-long "Passport to a Healthy Heart" at the hospital this Saturday. The event, from 9 a.m. to 3-p.m. will feature:

Heart Healthy Cooking Demonstrations with Hospital’s Executive Chef John Foster and heart healthy cooking recipes

Fun fitness demonstration for a healthy heart

Free screenings including Body Mass Index (BMI), cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure and monofilament foot test

Dibetes, bariatric, heart and stroke information booths

American Heart Association Booth

Coloring activity area for kids

Fountain Valley Firefighters will be in attendance and giving out fireman hats for kids

Free adult H1N1 clinic from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon

The Hospial is located at 17100 Euclid Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
South-east parking lot of main hospital campus
Accessed from Hospital Campus Road

Calling 1-800-398-5734 to register in advance will help ensure a spot for a free screening or H1N1 shot and to minimize wait times for screenings in case of a high volume of respondents.

Mike Fagan Wins PBA One A Day Dick Weber Open For First Individual PBA Tour Title

In his eighth season on the Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association Tour, Mike Fagan of Patchogue, N.Y., finally won his first individual Tour title in the PBA One A Day Dick Weber Open Sunday at Fountain Bowl.

It was an especially memorable win for Fagan as he defeated PBA Hall of Famer and all-time win leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. 241-213 in the championship match to earn the $25,000 first prize.

It was just a year ago that Fagan finished second in the Dick Weber Open after losing to another bowling great, Hall of Famer Norm Duke 278-168 in the championship match.

“I think I learned a lot from that experience last year,” the 29-year-old Fagan said. “The key for me was just to bowl the way I know I can and the results will take care of themselves.”

Fagan’s only other Tour title was the PBA Exempt Doubles Classic with partner Danny Wiseman in the 2007-08 season.

“I’ve had a lot of experience bowling on TV so I knew it would be just a matter of time before I got another win,” Fagan said. “If I have a weakness bowling on TV, it’s probably not always selecting the right equipment, but I made the right decisions today.”

For Williams, who was trying for his 47th title, it was a matter of pin carry. He earned $13,000 for second.

“I just didn’t have the carry and Mike did,” said the 50-year-old Williams, “but he had a better angle to the pocket and he bowled a great game—it would have been tough to beat that.”

In the semifinal stepladder match, Williams defeated Hall of Famer Pete Weber 234-178 to advance to the championship match. Weber, who ranks in a tie with Mark Roth for third in all-time Tour wins with 34, finished third for the second consecutive year in the tournament named after his legendary father.

In the second match Weber defeated fourth-place finisher Bill O’Neill 214-202, and in the opening match O’Neill, who won his first Tour title earlier this season, defeated four-time Tour titlist Ryan Shafer 226-200 who finished fifth.

The Dick Weber Open featured the traditional open qualifying format used in the PBA’s early years with 15 games of qualifying determining the top 24 advancing to three eight-game blocks of round-robin match play. The top five players after match play advanced to the stepladder finals.

The Fountain Valley Police Department has some good news for residents of the city: Crime was down 11 percent in 2009 vs. 2008.  The end-of-the-year statistics from the Police Department show overall decreases in crimes committed in the city as well as arrests for the year.

Both residential and commercial burglaries were down for the year, as were robbery, motor vehicle part thefts and vehicle thefts. In addition, overall all arrests for adults and juveniles were down for the year as well.  One notable exception was the rise in felony assaults and arrests, which police attribute domestic violence disputes.

More than 300 hundred Fountain Valley residents, business owners and guests braved the inclement weather Jan. 21 to help Fountain Valley Magazine celebrate its first anniversary. The evening party was also a celebration of the third anniversary of Independence Bank at the Magnolia and Talbert location in Fountain Valley. Food, beverages and raffle prizes were donated by local businesses for the event. For more photos and details of the party, see the February issue of Fountain Valley Magazine in your mailbox soon.

Pictures provided by Photos By DePaul

The Fountain Valley Fire Department upheld their record in the annual basketball classic against the Fountain Valley Police Department, beating the Police Department 42-24 in the 3rd Annual Lady Barons Police and Fire Basketball Classic. The event raised about $1,800 for Fountain Valley High School girls basketball program, which has 40 players on three teams. The game drew about 200 spectators. As the winners, the Fire Department keeps the Lady Barons Basketball Classic Perpetual Trophy.

The 5K Fit to BE Square Run/Walk to be held on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center and Sports Park will benefit local organizations in the Fountain Valley area. Participants designate which local organizations they want their registation fees to be donated to.  100 percent of all the registration fees will go to the selected organizations.

The day starts with registration at 7 a.m., along with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Boy Scouts held in conjunction with the event.

The rest of the schedule for the day:

8 a.m. 5K Fun Run/Walk

8:45 a.m. Kids Obstacle Course for 12 and under (free)

9:00 Pet Prance with awards for Most Unusual, Best Team, and Funniest Pet in a Costume