THE LAKERS WUBE IN THE (ANAHEIM) HOUSE

By KEVIN SULLIVAN, in 2015

Locals won t have to drive too far come the start of the NBA preseason to check out the Lakers much-discussed No. 2 draft pick. Next season, the team will battle the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 22 at the Honda Center. If you d rather plan a vacation-to see the Lakers in the preseason, they face off against the Utah Jazz in Honolulu on Oct. 4 and b. They are playing the Maccabi Haifa, a professional Israeli basketball club, at the Staples Center on act. Tickets for the Anaheim game in October went on salt May 21.Time for losing mayor to pay up ( chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should soon have a selection of Anaheim brews to sip on. Anaheim Mayor Tom Tail made a friendly wager with Emanuel over the outcome of the recent playoff series between the Ducks and the Blackhawks, which came to a disappointing end Saturday for our hometown team. 'l wait wagered a variety of beers crafted by breweries in town and a case of Anaheim chilies. Failt will be missing out on some Chicago brews, a barrel o Popcorn and "some neon green relish for a Chicago-style hot dog. Fait won an earlier wager with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who paid up in style by singing Let it (Jo during a recent council meeting for his city. Nenshi wore an old school Ducks jersey and got backup singing from an a cappella quartet, a youth choir and the Calgary Stampede Showband. Health fair helps 2,500. By increasing the number of days to three for its ninth annual community health fair, and partnering with a mobile healthcare nonprofit, Anaheim brought in a record number of patients over the weekend. Dr. Nitin Shah, the event s coordinator, said over the past eight year the fairs have seen from GOO to 1JOO patients a day, so he wasn t surprised by the record number - about 2,500 patients - seen from Friday to Sunday at the Anaheim Convention Center. However, partnering with Remote Area Medical, who could provide on site eyeglasses along with increased dental capacity of on-site treatment from 14 chwell, he said. Organizers also did a lot more advertising this year. People tend to come for medical aid that is not necessarily covered in the Affordable Care Act, Team Leader Coordinator Dipak Patel said. Most people come for eyeglass exams and dental because it is not covered. However, it is something that everyone needs. Congratulations, Class of 2015! Cue up the Pomp and Circumstance (The Fives always gets a little misty-eyed when it s played). Thousands of graduates from Anaheim high schools will be walking before family and friends to receive their diplomas next week. Celebrating 1 million acts of kindness A little kindness goes a long way, and for the students at Gauer Elementary' School, their million acts of kindness didn t just influence other Orange County school districts but also spread all the way to India, where the Dalai Lama himself took notice. Acts of kindness included collecting pennies for leukemia patients, lents with work. In the words of Mayor Tom Tait, who started the kindness campaign in the city, the students actions are making kindness conta