Marine Corps Pvt. Joshua J. Mendoza,...

Marine Corps Pvt. Joshua J. Mendoza, son of Tu T. and Francisco M.

Mendoza of Costa Mesa recently completed basic training at Marine

Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. ... Navy Petty Officer 1st Class

Russell O. Walker, whose wife Christina is the daughter of Bonnie

Arrigo of Costa Mesa, is halfway through a six-month deployment to

the Arabian Gulf while assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS

Milius, home ported in San Diego. ... Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jason

E. Yankowy, whose wife Candy is the daughter of Earlene Connors of

Newport Beach, recently reported for duty with 13th Marine

Expeditionary Unit, Fleet Marine Force, Camp Pendleton. ... Alexander

K. Fankuchen of Corona del Mar, a ninth-grader at Phillips Exeter

Academy, has earned high honors for the fall term. ... Jared Michael

Kluver of Costa Mesa earned honor roll at Oklahoma State University

... Christine Chamberlain of Costa Mesa was named to the Syracuse

University School of Education dean’s list for the Fall 2002

semester. ... Kathryn Melissa Bartlau has been honored for academic

achievement and placed on the dean’s honor list at Cal Poly San Luis

Obispo. Bartlau is a 2002 graduate from Corona del Mar High School.

... James Aaron Lusk of Costa Mesa received a bachelor’s degree in

business administration from Baylor University in Texas during the

fall 2002 graduation ceremonies. ... Chris I. Peterson, a new

resident of Mesa del Mar, recently retired from the U.S. Air Force.

Peterson was a recruiter for the Air Force and is now a recruiter for

the American Legion Port 869. ... Orange Coast College’s dance and

cheer teams both captured national titles during the Jan. 10 weekend

at the Universal Cheerleaders Assn. National Championships at Walt

Disney World/MGM Resorts in Orlando, Fla.

* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please

direct noteworthy information to Coral Wilson by fax at (949)

646-4170, or send e-mail to [email protected].