Blockbuster Deals, Movies and Teams

1. If you're out and about in Rancho Santa Margarita and you venture anywhere near Lowe's shopping center, you may want to. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 5  p.m., and after that it's closed forever. You might discover that hard-to-find (previously viewed) DVD on sale for $4.99. 

2. Kelly Crean, a Santa Margarita Catholic High alumnus, has a role in the new movie starring Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid and Carrie Underwood called Soul Surfer. , besides acting.

3. Mike Casey's has plenty of Santa Margarita content, including a closer look at coach Cressita Bowman, 23,  who has the Eagles flying near the top of the county rankings. There's also a great note about Tesoro and what the Titans are doing to make a difference in the battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Way to go, Titans!

4.On this day in history, April 10, 1942, the Bataan Death March began in which 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war marched 85 miles in six days on one meal of rice. In 1906, "The Gift of the Magi" was published. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corp, which played a major role in fighting the great Depression. In 1953, the first color 3-D movie opened, The House of Wax starring Vincent Price. In 1971, the U.S. table tennis team visited China. In 1972, 20 years after leaving the U.S. amid controversey, Charlie Chaplin received an honorary Oscar for his contribution to filmmaking. In 2005, Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters. In 1970, in a self-interview Paul McCartney is ambiguous in his answers but when he says he cannot foresee a time when he writes songs again with John Lennon, the media read between the lines and announce the breakup of the Beatles.

5. We loved him on "Dragnet" and "M*A*S*H", and today Harry Morgan turns 96. Child actor Haley Joel Osment is 23. In-between are Max Von Sydow (82), Omar Sharif (79), John Madden (75), Steven Seagal (59), former Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon (30) and Mandy Moore (27). Others were the late rifleman, Chuck Connors (1921) and Joseph Pulitzer (1847).

For What it's Worth: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is the final day of National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week. Today is ASPCA Day (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).