NEIGHBORS

Tommy Jue, 10, won top honors in social studies at the 22nd annual

Youth Expo at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center. . . . Joanne

Hughes received the Auxiliary to the CVMA Junior/Senior Grant and SCAVMA

Recognition Award from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. . . .

Kimi Ann Endo Porter, a 2001 graduate of Huntington Beach High School,

received a $5,000 scholarship from Time Warner Cable and the Southern

California Cable and Telecommunications Assn. She plans to attend USC to

study communications and film. . . . The following Hope View Elementary

students were the top readers in the Governor’s Reading Award Program:

Timothy Portfolo, Vivian Trau, Amira Shweyk, Meghan White, Michael

Johnston, Clair Campregher and Jennifer Luna. . . . 1995 Huntington Beach

High School graduate Angela Marie Casazza-Stanphill was named a 2001 Dean

R. Strenger Service Award recipient during commencement in May from

Santiago Canyon College. . . . Army Pvt. Neil A. Black arrived for duty

at Suwon Air Base in South Korea. He is a patriot launching

station-enhanced operator/maintainer assigned to the Alpha Battery, 1st

Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery. He is a 1998 graduate of Edison

High School and son of Roma L. Baker. . . . Don Morita joined the firm of

Dale Christian Structural Engineering, Inc. as a senior engineer. . . .

Marine Corps Pvt. Trung G. Nguyen, son of Thu and Quang Nguyen, completed

basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.

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