REPORT CARD

-- Angelique Flores

Golden West College honored 75 of its employees for reaching

milestones in their service to the Huntington Beach college. The awards

were presented to employees completing five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35

years of employment at the campus.

The honorees who have been employed at the college for five years are

Dori Abella, Stephen Ludwig, Christana Montes, Sonny Pa’u, Omid

Pourzanjani, Linda Stevens and Ronald Wilkinson; 10 years: Dibakar Barua,

Joyce Bishop, Darline Calvert, Theresa Dietrichson, Marty Fernandez,

Norma Flores, John Grajeda, Judith Harmer, Greg Hyska, Maureen Kennedy,

Valerie Klein, Eric Maddy, Frank Maldonado, Marie McGrath, Diane Mefford,

Don Nguyen, Jimmy Nguyen, Jo Ann Ono, Cheryl Prohaska, Richard Ullrich,

Holly Van Dorn, Valerie Venegas, Deven Werthman, Paul Wisner and Roger

Wyant; 15 years: Dennis Carrie, David Falzon, Dorothy Fitzgerald, Candice

Francis, Karen Glines, Stephanie Hayward, David Hudson, William Hyde,

Frank Jessoe, Gladys Lavoie, Robert Lazarus, Sandra Lutz, Rona

McArthur-Harold, Roxana Ross, James Tortolano and Thanh Vu; 20 years:

Susan Babb, James Fortune, Michael Goldman, Leeanne Hill, Karen Hinton,

David Koenig, Karen Kuehner, Helen Norton, Connie Olson, Patricia Stingle

and Norma Willis; 25 years: Frank Baker, Nannette Brodie, Jose Dollente,

Christopher Drover, Charlanne Nee, Barbara Sablan, Diane Seilo and Tony

Thorne; 30 years: Darrell Ebert, Dolores Harper, James Long, Martin

Newitz, Harvey Reynolds, Richard Rowe and Bud Yeargain; and 35 years:

Pierre Grimes.

Slogans earn students scholarships, awards

The American Educational League awarded several cash scholarships to

local students in its countywide slogan contest. Ocean View High School

graduate Anthony Garza won first place. His classmates Nicholas Mendes,

Hoa Le and Sudantha Liyanaarachchi also received awards. Edison High

School graduate Megan Loughran also won, as did Westminster High School

graduate Michael K.N. Nguyen.

Goud receives $5,000 scholarship

Asha Goud of Huntington Beach received a $5,000 scholarship from the

Southern California Cable and Telecommunications Assn. Goud graduated

from Edison High School in June and was selected based on her essay,

composition, grade-point average and willingness to make a positive

contribution to her community. She is attending the University of

Missouri in Kansas City this semester.

Residents honored commitment to college

William and Lorraine McCune of Huntington Harbour were honored by the

Western State University College of Law for their continuing commitment

to legal education and scholarship. Through the McCunes Scholarship Fund,

48 students at the college have received more than $200,00 in grants.

Surf City resident honored by Red Cross

The Red Cross recognized Mechelle Tracy of Huntington Beach with the

Shining Star Award. Tracy was chosen for sharing her time and energy to

motivate and guide her peers’ involvement with the Red Cross. Tracy has

been a Red Cross volunteer for four years and was president of her

Huntington Beach High School’s Red Cross Club.

Students receive Bank of America scholarships

Devin Kato, Lisa Vance and Daisy Yu of Huntington Beach received

scholarships from Bank of America. The students were chosen based on

their written statements and round-table discussions by a judging panel

of local civic and business leaders.