Humor, Milestones and a Dose of Reality

1. The saddest kind of news hits Rancho Santa Margarita as Jordan Stanton is identified as the U.S. Marines serviceman killed last Friday during combat in Afghanistan. Cpl. Stanton was 20. We're going to try to learn more about Stanton today. The news comes the same day we publish the, a student of Santa Margarita Catholic who received the President's Volunteer Service Award for his work with the Saddleback Young Marines.

2. Talk about doubling up, the victory Monday by the girls' soccer team at Santa Margarita Catholic was the 300th for Coach Chuck Morales. The four goals by Lauren Bohaboy in an 8-0 victory over Northridge Academy in the first round of the Southern Regional Division II championships gave the senior 100 goals in her career. Awarding a game ball must have been tricky. Read .

3. Any golfer who is a Baby Boomer will appreciate John Weyler's An American Idle column. Weyler takes on. Funny, talented, and living the dream. Um, we're talking about Fuzzy, not Wyler.

4. On this date in history, March 8, 1948, the U.S. Supreme court deemed religious instruction in public schools unconstitional. In 1950, the VW Bus went into production. In 1993, "Beavis and Butthead" debuted on MTV.  In 1999, Joe DiMaggio—known to one generation as a baseball legend and to another as Mr. Coffee—died at age 84. In 1971, unbeaten heavyweight boxing champion Smokin' Joe Frazier defeated unbeaten Muhammad Ali in the "Fight of the Century," a billing that actually lived up to the hype.

5. As primates go, Mickey Dolenz rides the last train to Clarksville to age 65; others celebrating birthdays today are Canadian pop group The Moffatts (26), which would be Bob Clint and Dave; James Van Der Beek (33), Freddie Prinze Jr. (34) and Aidan Quinn (51). Others include the late Lynn Redgrave (19040), Cyd Charisse (1923) and Best Supporting Actress of 1948 Claire Trevor (1909) for her role in Key Largo.

For What it's Worth: March is Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month. This is National Procrastination Week. Today has many titles: International Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, Girls Write Now Day, International Women's Day and Organize Your Home Office Day. Maybe you should clean your desk and take a special girl friend to .