FIREWORKS around San Diego County July 4th - 2009

Date July 2, 2009

Camp Pendleton: Del Mar Beach - 9 p.m. All day activities including music, food and games.

Carlsbad: Legoland - 8:30 p.m. included with admission.

Coronado: Glorietta Bay - 9 p.m. Day-long festivities with the annual Coronado Independence Day parade at 10 a.m.

Escondido: Grape Day Park - 9 p.m. Afternoon festivities, including game and food booths, music and entertainment. 321 N. Broadway.

La Jolla Cove - 9 p.m. Fireworks are best be seen from La Jolla Cove, Scripps Park and La Jolla Shores.

La Mesa - Lake Murray - 9:15 p.m. All-day Music Fest takes place at park.

Mira Mesa Recreation Center - 9 p.m. Food, rides, games and entertainment in Mira Mesa Community Park during the day. 8575 New Salem Street.
Mission Bay: Paradise Point Resort - 9 p.m. 1404 Vacation Road, Mission Bay - This event is held on July 3.

Mission Bay Yacht Club - 9 p.m. 1251 Carmel Place - West Mission Bay.

National City: Kimball Park - 9 p.m. Carnival rides, games and food booths. 12th Street and “D” Avenue.

Ocean Beach Pier - 9 p.m. Ocean Blvd. & Newport Ave.

Ramona: Olive Peirce Middle School - 9 p.m. Grounds open at 5 p.m. for town picnic including food booths and games.

Rancho Bernardo: Webb Park - 9 p.m. Webb Park 11000 Avena Place. The Annual Rancho Bernardo Spirit of the 4th Festival & Parade runs from 7:00 a.m.- 9:30 p.m.

Sea World - 9:30 p.m. (July 3-July 5) Viewing also available along Crown Point, and all around the Sea World and Mission Bay area.

San Diego County Fair: Del Mar Fairgrounds - 9 p.m. included with admission.

San Diego Bay - 9 p.m. Fireworks will be discharged simultaneously from four barges placed strategically around the bay off Shelter Island, Harbor Island, the Embarcadero area and Seaport Village.

San Marcos: Bradley Park - 9 p.m. Food and music are part of the celebration happening earlier in the day. 465 S. Rancho Santa Fe.

Santee: Town Center Community Park Ballfields
9 p.m. 9400 Cuyamaca

Spring Valley Park - 9 p.m. Spring Valley Swap Meet. The fireworks will be launched from the Swap Meet parking lot. Spring Valley Park is best spot to watch display.

Vista: Brengle Terrace Park - 9 p.m. Daylong festivities. 1200 Vale Terrace Drive.

 

list is presumed correct but not guaranteed and is subject to change

Famous Birthdays - July

Date July 1, 2009

July 1, 1916- Olivia De Havilland, actress

July 1, 1934- Jamie Farr, actor

July 1, 1942- Karen Black, actress c`

July 1, 1952- Dan Aykroyd, actor

July 1, 1961- Carl Lewis, Olympic champion, track star

July 1, 1961- Princess Diana, Princess of Wales 

July 1, 1967- Pamela Anderson, actress, "Baywatch"

July 2, 1908 -Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court justice

July 2, 1932- Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s

July 2, 1937- Richard Petty, auto racer

July 2,1937- Ron Silver, actor, director

July 3, 1927- Ken Russell, director

July 3, 1930- Pete Fountain, jazz musician

July 3, 1947- Dave Barry, humorist

July 3, 1956- Montel Williams, TV personality

July 3, 1962- Tom Cruise, actor

July 3, 1963- Taylor Dayne, singer

July 4, 1872- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President (1923-1929)

July 4, 1911- Mitch Miller, Big bandleader, "Sing along with Mitch"

July 4, 1918- Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist

July 4, 1918- Ann Landers, advice columnist

 

July 4, 1927- Gina Lollobrigida, actress

July 4, 1927- Neil Simon, playwright

July 4, 1929- Al Davis, "Raiders" NFL football executive

July 4, 1930- George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner

July 4, 1943- Geraldo Rivera, journalist, Taklk show host

July 5, 1810- P. T. Barnum, showman, circus founder

July 5, 1853- Cecil Rhodes, millionaire financier and politician

July 5, 1902 -Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., senator, UN ambassador

July 5, 1951- Huey Lewis, singer

July 6, 1747 -John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War, Father of the U.S. Navy

July 6, 1923- Nancy Reagan, First lady of the United States

July 6, 1925- Merv Griffin, Talk show host & producer

July 6, 1927- Janet Leigh, actress

July 6, 1931- Della Reese, singer, actress

July 6, 1937- Ned Beatty, actor

July 6, 1945- Burt Ward, actor

July 6, 1946- George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. President (2001-2008)

July 6, 1946- Sylvester Stallone, actor/director

July 7, 1906- Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher

July 7, 1907- Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer

July 7, 1922- Pierre Cardin, fashion designer

July 7, 1927- Doc Severinsen, bandleader

July 7, 1940- Ringo Starr, drummer, "The Beatles"

July 7, 1947- Shelley Duvall, actress

July 7, 1980- Michelle Kwan, champion figure skater

July 8, 1838- Ferdinand von Zeppelin, aeronautical engineer, airship designer

July 8, 1908- Nelson Rockefeller, NY governor, vice president of the United States

July 8, 1931- Jerry Vale, singer

July 8, 1935- Steve Lawrence, singer

July 8, 1951- Anjelica Huston, actress, director

July 8, 1958- Kevin Bacon, actor

July 8, 1961- Toby Keith, 2003-2004 Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year

July 9, 1819- Elias Howe, invented the sewing machine

July 9, 1927- Ed Ames, actor, singer

July 9, 1928- Vince Edwards, actor

July 9, 1938- Brian Dennehy, actor

July 9, 1945- Dean Koontz, writer

July 9, 1947- O. J. Simpson, NFL running back, sportscaster

July 9, 1952- John Tesh, musician, composer

July 9, 1955-  Jimmy Smits, actor, TV series "NYPD Blue" and "LA Law"

July 9, 1956- Tom Hanks, actor

July 9, 1964- Courtney Love, singer, actress

July 9, 1976- Fred Savage, actor, TV series "Wonder Years"

July 10, 1834- James Whistler, painter, "Whistler’s Mother"

July 9, 1839 - Adolphus Busch, American brewer, Busch Beer.

July 10, 1920- David Brinkley, TV anchor, journalist

July 10, 1926- Fred Gwynne, actor, "Herman  Munster on TV series "The Munsters"

July 10, 1943- Arthur Ashe, tennis champion

July 10, 1947- Arlo Guthrie, folk singer, songwriter

July 10, 1980- Jessica Simpson, singer

July 11, 1767- John Quincy Adams, 6th  U.S. President (1825-1829)

July 11, 1899- E. B. White, children’s author

July 11, 1915- Yul Brynner, actor

July 11, 1931- Tab Hunter, actor

July 11, 1936- Giorgio Armani, fashion designer

July 11, 1953- Leon Spinks, heavyweight boxng champion

July 11, 1958- Mark Lester, actor

July 11, 1959- Suzanne Vega, singer, songwriter

July 12, 100BC- Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor

July 12, 1817 Henry David Thoreau, author, philosopher

July 12, 1854- George Eastman, Photography, founder of Eastman Kodak Company

July 12, 1895- Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist, "Rodgers and Hammerstein"

July 12, 1908- Milton Berle, comedian

July 12, 1909- "Curly" Joe DeRita, comedian, one of the "Three Stooges"

July 12, 1934- Van Cliburn, pianist

July 12, July 12, 1937- Bill Cosby, actor, comedian

July 12, 1948- Richard Simmons, actor, weight loss guru

July 12,  1948- Jay Thomas, actor

July 12, 1951- Cheryl Ladd, actress, TV series  "Charlies Angels"

July 12, 1957- Mel Harris, actress

July 12, 1971- Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic champion figure skater

July 13, 1940 -Robert Forster, actor

July 13, 1940- Patrick Stewart, actor

July 13, 1942- Harrison Ford, actor, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, more

July 13, 1942-  Roger McGuinn, singe, musician, member of the "Byrds"

July 13, 1944- Erno Rubik, invented "Rubik’s Cube"

July 13, 1946- Cheech Marin, actor, writer , "Cheech and Chong"

July 13, 1954- Louise Mandrell, country singer

July 14, 1910- William Hanna, "Hanna-Barbera", creators of the "Flintstones" and the "Jetsons"

July 14, 1912- Woody Guthrie, folk singer, songwriter

July 14, 1913- Gerald Ford, 38th U.S.President (1974-1977)

July 14, 1917- Douglas Edwards, TV journalist

July 14, 1918- Ingmar Bergman, director, screenwriter

July 14, 1927- John Chancellor, TV journalist

July 14, 1930- Polly Bergen, actress

July 14, 1966- Matthew Fox, actor

July 15, 1606- Rembrandt Van Rijn, painter

July 15, 1850- Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini), first American saint

July 15, 1944- Jan-Michael Vincent, actor

July 15, 1946- Linda Ronstadt, singer

July 15, 1951- Jesse Ventura, WWF wrestler, MN governor

July 15, 1960- Kim Alexis, model

July 15, 1961- Forest Whitaker, actor

July 15, 1973- Brian Austin Green, actor

July 16, 1872- Roald Amundsen, polar explorer

July 16, 1907- Barbara Stanwyck, actress

July 16, 1911- Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer

July 16, 1924- Bess Myserson, panelist on "I’ve Got a Secret"

July 16, 1943- Jimmy Johnson, NFL football coach

July 16, 1967- Will Ferrell, actor, Comedian, SNL

July 17, 1763- John Jacob Astor, fur banker, real estate inverstor

July 17, 1899- James Cagney, actor

July 17, 1912- Art Linkletter, TV actor

July 17, 1917- Phyllis Diller, actress, comedian

July 17, 1934- Donald Sutherland, actor

July 17, 1935 -Diahann Carroll, actress, singer

July 17, 1947- Camilla Parker Bowles, second wife of England’s Prince Charles

July 17, 1951- Lucie Arnaz, actress

July 17, 1952- David Hasselhoff, actor, "Baywatch"

July 18, 1918- Nelson Mandela, South Africa anti-apartheid activist, President

July 18, 1921- John Glenn, astronaut, Ohio Senator

July 18, 1927- Kurt Masur, conductor

July 18, 1940- James Brolin, actor (Los Angeles, CA)

July 18, 1943- Calvin Peete, golfer

July 18, 1947- Malcolm "Steve" Forbes Jr., publisher, presidential candidate

July 18, 1957- Nick Faldo, golfer

July 18, 1961- Elizabeth McGovern, actress

July 19, 1860- Lizzie Borden, accused ax murderer

July 19, 1898- Herbert Marcuse, political philosopher

July 19, 1922- George McGovern, presidential candidate, South Dakota Senator

July 19, 1924- Pat Hingle, actor

July 19, 1941- Vikki Carr, singer

July 19, 1946- Ilie Nastase, tennis player

July 19, 1962- Anthony Edwards, "Dr. Greene" on TV series "ER"

July 20, 1919- Sir Edmund Hillary, explorer, mountaineer, first to reach the peak of Mount Everest

July 20, 1924- Thomas Berger, writer

July 20, 1938- Diana Rigg, actress

July 20, 1938- Natalie Wood, actress

July 20, 1947- Carlos Santana, musician

July 21, 1899- Ernest Hemingway, novelist

July 21, 1920- Isaac Stern, violinist

July 21, 1924- Don Knotts, actor

July 21, 1938- Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General

July 21, 1943- Edward Hermann, actor

July 21, 1946- Kenneth Starr, independent counsel investigated Clinton administration scandal

July 21, 1948 Cat Stevens, singer, songwriter

July 21, Garry Trudeau, cartoonist, createdr "Doonesbury"

July 21, 1952- Robin Williams, actor

July 21, 1957- Jon Lovitz, actor

July 22, 1890- Rose Kennedy, mother of Preseident John F. Kennedy

July 22, 1923- Robert Dole, U.S. Senate majority leader, presidential candidate

July 22, 1932- Oscar De La Renta, fashion designer

July 22, 1934- Louise Fletcher, actress

July 22, 1940- Alex Trebek, host on TV game show "Jeopardy"

July 22, 1947 -Albert Brooks, actor, comedian

July 22, 1947- Danny Glover, actor

July 22, 1947- Don Henley, singer, songwriter, member of the "Eagles"

July 22, 1955- Willem Dafoe, actor

July 22, 1965- David Spade, actor

July 23, 1918- Pee Wee Reese, baseball player

July 23, 1925- Gloria DeHaven, actress

July 23, 1936- Don Drysdale, baseball pitcher,

July 23, 1961- Woody Harrelson, actor

July 23, 1973- Monica Lewinsky, Clinton administration Whitehouse

July 23, 1989- Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter" in Harry Potter moives

July 24, 1897- Amelia Earhart, pioneer aviator

July 24, 1921- Billy Taylor, jazz pianist

July 24, 1936- Ruth Buzzi, actress, comedian

July 24, 1947- Robert Hays, actor

July 24, 1951- Lynda Carter, actress, "Wonder Wonam"

July 24, 1963- Karl Malone, NBA basketball player

July 24, 1964- Barry Bonds, baseball player

July 24, 1970- Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer, "J-Lo"

 July 25, 1844- Thomas Eakins, painter

July 25, 1894- Walter Brennan, actor, "The Real McCoys"

July 25, 1907- Jack Gilford, actor

July 25, 1925- Estelle Getty, actress

July 25, 1935- Barbara Harris, actress

July 25, 1954- Walter Payton, NFL football player

July 25, 1967- Matt LeBlanc, actor

July 25, 1978- Louise Brown, first test-tube baby

July 25, 1982- Brad Renfro, actor

July 26, 1796- George Catlin, painter

July 26, 1894- Aldous Huxley, writer, wrote "Brave Wew World"

July 26, 1906- Gracie Allen, actress, comedian, wife fo George Burns

July 26, 1912- Vivian Vance, actress,

July 26, 1922- Blake Edwards, producer, director

July 26, 1922- Jason Robards, actor

July 26, 1928 -Stanley Kubrick, director, writer

July 26, 1943- Mick Jagger, lead singer of the "Rolling Stones"

July 26, 1956- Dorothy Hamill, Champion Olympic figure skater

July 26, 1959- Kevin Spacey, actor

July 26, 1964- Sandra Bullock, actress

July 27, 1824- Alexandre Dumas, novelist

July 27, 1905- Leo Durocher, baseball player, manager

July 27, 1922- Norman Lear, writer, producer

July 27, 1931- Jerry Van Dyke, actor, brother of Dick Van Dyke

July 27, 1942- Bobbie Gentry, singer, songwriter

July 27, 1948- Peggy Fleming, Champion Olympic figure skater

July 27, 1948- Betty Thomas, actress, director

July 27, 1949- Maureen McGovern, singer

July 27, 1975- Alex Rodriguez, MLB baseball player, "A-Rod"

July 28, 1866- Beatrix Potter, children’s author

July 28, 1901- Rudy Vallee, singer

July 28, 1929- Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis, first husband- U.S Pres. John F. Kennedy, second - shipping tycoon Aristotle Onnasis

July 28, 1945- Jim Davis, cartoonist, created "Garfield"

July 28, 1948- Sally Struthers, actress

July 28, 1964 -Lori Loughlin, actress

July 29, 1883- Benito Mussolini, Italian Fascist leader during WWII

July 29, 1936- Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Red Cross president, U.S. cabinet member

July 29, 1938- Peter Jennings, TV news anchor

July 29, 1966- Martina McBride, country singer

July 30, 1863- Henry Ford, auto maker, industrialist

July 30, 1890- Casey Stengel, baseball player, manager

July 30, 1898- Henry Moore, sculptor

July 30, 1934- Bud Selig, baseball commissioner

July 30, 1939- Peter Bogdanovich, producer, director

July 30, 1941- Paul Anka, singer

July 30,1947- Arnold Schwarznegger, weightlifter, actor, Govenor of California, quote: "I’ll be back!"

July 30, 1956- Delta Burke, actress

July 30, 1961- Laurence Fishburne, actor

July 30, 1963- Lisa Kudrow, actress "Phoebe" on TVseries "Friends"

July 31, 1912- Milton Friedman, economist

July 31, 1919- Curt Gowdy, sportscaster

July 31, 1929- Don Murray, actor

July 31, 1951- Evonne Goolagong, tennis champion

July 31, 1963- Wesley Snipes, actor

July 31, 1965- J.K. Rowling, author of "Harry Potter" series

July 31, 1966- Dean Cain, actor "Superman"on TV series "Lois and Clark"

 

Cute Animal Picture

Date June 30, 2009

Funny Headlines

Date June 29, 2009

Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t  you say?  
 

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
  This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this.  It took two or three  readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!  They put in a correction the next day.  
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I just couldn’t help but sending this along. Too funny.  
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
  No, really? Ya think?
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers 
  Now that’s taking things a bit far!
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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over 
  What a guy!  
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
  No-good-for-nothing, lazy so-and-so’s!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant 
  See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace 
  I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
  Ya think?!
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures 
  Who would have thought!
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Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide  
  They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges 
  You mean there’s something stronger than duct tape? 
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge 
  He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group 
  Weren’t they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft 
  That’s what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks 
  Do they taste like chicken?
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Local  High School Dropouts Cut in Half 
  Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors 
  Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is… 
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead 
 
  Did I read that right?
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Now that you’ve smiled at least once, it’s your turn to spread the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle). We all need a good laugh, at least once a day!

Pineapple Dessert on the Grill

Date June 28, 2009

1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup butter
2/3-cup brown sugar
1/2 cup rum
1 large pineapple, cut into quarters and core removed
Ice Cream (optional)

Combine Worcestershire, butter, brown sugar and rum in a 2-quart casserole or microwave safe bowl.

Microwave on high for 1 minute and stir well.

Continue microwaving for an additional minute and stir. Let cool completely.

Brush pineapple wedges with ½ of the sauce and place on a hot grill that has been oiled or sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Turn after 2-3 minutes and baste with sauce.

Serve with remaining sauce drizzled over the pineapple wedges and ice cream, if desired. (try other fruits, too)

 

 

Save Time And Energy In The Dryer

Date June 27, 2009

Add tennis balls or dryer balls to your dryer.

They will speed up drying time and save you electricity.

Pending Home Sales Increase For Third Consecutive Month

Date June 25, 2009

Record low mortgage interest rates boosted pending home sales for the third consecutive month, with some benefit now from the first-time buyer tax credit, according to a recent report from NAR. Its Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7 percent to 90.3 from a reading of 84.6 in March, and is 3.2 percent above April 2008 when it stood at 87.5.

“Housing affordability conditions have been at historic highs, but now the $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit is beginning to impact the market,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “Since first-time buyers must finalize their purchase by November 30 to get the credit, we expect greater activity in the months ahead, and that should spark more sales by repeat buyers.”

 

Home Buyer Tax Credit Can Be Applied To Purchase Costs

Date June 24, 2009

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan recently announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will allow home buyers to apply the administration’s new $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit toward the purchase costs of a FHA-insured home. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 offers home buyers a tax credit of up to $8,000 for purchasing their first home. Families can only access this credit after filing their tax returns with the IRS. Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can apply the tax credit to their down payment in excess of 3.5 percent of appraised value or their closing costs, which can help achieve a lower interest rate.

Currently, borrowers applying for an FHA-insured mortgage are required to make a minimum 3.5 percent down payment on the purchase of their home. Current law does not permit approved lenders to monetize the tax credit to meet the required 3.5 percent minimum down payment, but, under the terms of the announcement, lenders can now monetize the tax credit for use as additional down payment, or for other closing costs, which can help achieve a lower interest rate.

source: C.A.R. 

 

Pet Stories - Click To Help - It’s Free!

Date June 23, 2009

Kashmere actually adopted me. She was given shelter in the garage of some caring gals after kitty’s first family left her behind, but was quite persistent in making it known she wanted a very good home. She is very loving, very spoiled, and very grateful (actually, we both are grateful that she is here). She makes her presence known early each morning that it is time for me to get up and feed her. She loves to play hide and seek and is a very smart kitty. I think that she is about two or three years old and she had been fixed. I do know that her first home consisted of two families with small children and dogs, so my house is very peaceful and stress-free for both of us. Although she is long haired, there appears to be very little shedding going on. She has made herself at home and respectful of the furniture. Her favorite place to chill is on the dresser in the closet, surrounded by silky clothes.

Karen Lee
Las Vegas, NV

The Frozen Market Is Thawing

Date June 22, 2009

The frozen housing market now appears to be thawing as more buyers are finding the current historically low interest rates, stabilizing home prices and tax credit incentives to be irresistible, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders.

"Today’s market offers an incredible opportunity with the unprecedented combination of a 40-year low in mortgage interest rates, prices returning to normal levels in many markets, and limited-time tax incentives," said Joe Robson, NAHB’s chairman. The number of homes under contract (pending sales) increased in March - up by 3.2 percent over the previous month.

Public optimism about the housing market is apparently on the rise. A Gallop Poll survey found that71 percent of Americans feel now is a "good time" to buy a home. That reflects an 18 point increase from a year ago, and the highest level in four years. An increasing number of prospective buyers are deciding this is a strategic time to climb off the fence and take action.