1000 kids adopt a strand, help restore balance

One thousand elementary students lent a hand May 20 to clean up

Huntington State Beach for the 12th annual state-wide Kids’

Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup.

Students from Buena Park, Irvine, Santa Ana and Costa Mesa came

together to clean the beach in the effort, coordinated by the

California Coastal Commission.

In addition to cleaning, the students crafted an aerial art

exhibition at the beach, spelling out “restore balance” with

themselves on the sand.

The program, started in 1994 by the Malibu Foundation for

Environmental Education and the California Coastal Commission, is

paid for by proceeds from the Whale Tail license plate. More than

118,000 plates have been sold since 1996, raising close to $7 million

for marine education and protection.

Seniors earn scholarships

The Linda Kimoto Memorial Scholarship, created in memory of

longtime school and community volunteer Linda Kimoto, will be

presented to eight Huntington Beach High School graduating seniors.

Steven Donahue, Sarah Gagnon, Krista Jin, Kaitlin Jue, Andrew

Nordin, Nicholas Russell, Tiffany Yee and Amanda Yoshida will receive

the $300 awards at the Distinguished Oilers Ceremony on Tuesday.

Kimoto was a dedicated Parent Teacher Student Assn. (PTSA)

volunteer at Huntington Beach High School, known and appreciated for

her volunteer work, both on and off campus.

This scholarship is backed by Huntington Beach High School’s PTSA

and is available to graduating seniors in two categories: scholar

volunteer and most improved student.

The PTSA will also award the following students with a $300

academic scholarship: Jenae Combest, Honey Dixit, Lauren Keefer,

Jessica Liu, Krystina Mucha, Elaine Nguyen and Sergey Sedykin.