NEIGHBORS

Marine Corps Pvt. Tom Q. Tran, son of Katherine and Harrison Tran, and

Marine Corps Pfc. Vien N. Nguyen, son of Minh Doan T. Tran, all from

Fountain Valley, both completed basic training in San Diego. Tran

successfully completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new

Marine recruits physically and mentally. He is a graduate of Fountain

Valley High School. Nguyen was meritoriously promoted to his current rank

... Tyler Briscoe of Huntington Beach received the God and Me Cub Scout

award. Briscoe is a member of Cub Scout Pack No. 287 at Village View

Elementary School. The award program required both Bible study and

service projects in the church and community ... Air National Guard

Airman 1st Class Christopher D. Cardozo has graduated from basic military

training in Texas. During the six weeks, he studied Air Force mission,

organization and customs and received special training in human

relations. Cardozo is the son of Susan and Dennis Cardozo of Huntington

Beach ... BDO Seiman, an accounting and consulting business, hired Laurie

Hamblin, tax manager of audit practice, and Bevann Miller, senior manager

of health care advisory services practice, both of Huntington Beach, and

Linda Tung, consultant of business and technology practice, of Fountain

Valley ... Anne Prior of Huntington Beach was named to the Texas

Christian University dean’s list ... The Fountain Valley Public Library

has announced the winners of this year’s bookmark design contest with the

“Once Upon a Millennium” theme. The winning branch bookmarks are

available at the library. The winners from the Fountain Valley branch

library are: in kindergarten through second grade, Gavin Beard; third

through fourth grade, Titus Jahng; fifth through sixth grade, Courtney

O’Connor; and seventh through ninth grade, Sandra Rivas.