NEIGHBORS

Tamara Lynn Miller of Newport Beach has been inducted into The

National Society of Collegiate Scholars and will be honored in a ceremony

to be held this fall at Cornell University. ... Orange Coast College’s

athletic teams achieved a combined grade point average of 2.81 for

1998-99. The team members have achieved consistently high marks since OCC

began reporting athletic grade results 10 years ago. ... Orange Coast

College’s forensics team captured 10 awards at the fall warmup speech

tournament at El Camino College. Adam Navarro, Angela Lopez, and Lucas

Ochoa, all of Costa Mesa, were among those bringing home awards for

excellent performances. ... Husband and wife volunteers Lisa George and

Mark Schultheis are being praised for their efforts on the Newport-Mesa

Unified School District’s education budget committee and on behalf of the

drive to get a blue-ribbon award for Newport Harbor High School. ...

College Park Elementary School Principal Renee Bowen spent Friday singing

the praises of everyone involved in her school’s successful open house

Thursday evening. She especially wanted to commend the PTA board and

Kathy Sanchez, as well as Costa Mesa Councilwoman Linda Dixon and Supt.

Robert Barbot, both of whom took time to attend the event.