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Byron Schweigert, of Fountain Valley, has been named chief executive
officer of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, the second-largest
not-for-profit community hospital in the state. Schweigert had been
senior vice president of administrative services at the hospital ...
Literacy Volunteers of America-Huntington Valley announce the graduation
of 20 new tutors for the Huntington Beach Library. They are: Ursula
Basich, Christine Cotton, Beverly Curtis, Geetanjali Deo, Rafik Mattar,
Maureen Mazzatenta, Linda Schwanz, Ed Taylor, Jennifer Urbano, Sherry Ung
and Tawn Wolfe, of Huntington Beach; Annalee Jongewaard, and Camille
Meade of Fountain Valley, will be tutoring at the Central Library. Audrey
Kasparek, Meg Leicester, Luzmila Mont, Art Ora, and Mary Jan Wiley of
Huntington Beach and Camille Meade of Fountain Valley are volunteering in
the Oak View Branch Library Family Literacy Program ... Shannon Pearce
and Jennifer Garcia, of Huntington Beach, and John Stauber of Fountain
Valley, members of Orange Coast College’s defending state champion speech
and debate team, won medals at Pasadena City College’s Watson-Lancer
Invitational ... Thomas E. Lutz, Mayor Pro Tem of Santa Ana, was recently
sworn in as the newest board member for the Orange County Water
District... Senior Pilot Officer Paul Lane and Observer Officer Jack
Paholski received the Good Samaritan Award from the Huntington Beach
Chamber Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon. The
two helped rescue a severely injured bicyclist in El Moro Canyon State
Park ... Officer Jim Moore received the Award for Merit from the
Huntington Beach Chamber Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards
Luncheon. During a 10-month period, Jim functioned both as the manager of
the Budget/Research Unit and the Information Systems Group for the Police
Department ... Officer/Pilot Dan Catalano of the Police Aero Bureau
received the Award for Merit from the Huntington Beach Chamber Commerce
at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon. Catalano assumed the
responsibility of primary instructor during a time of major personnel
change in the Aero Unit. In the past two years, Catalano has instructed
three new pilots ... Michelle Elizabeth Pitts, a resident of Huntington
Beach and 1999 graduate of Calvary Chapel High School, has been named to
Golden West College’s 1999-2000 homecoming court ... Huntington Beach
resident Jennifer Reed, a biology major who graduated from Valley Vista
High School in 1997, has been named to Golden West College’s 1999-2000
homecoming court ... Renee De Ann Araujo, a Huntington Beach resident and
1999 graduate of Huntington Beach High School, has been named to Golden
West College’s 1999-2000 homecoming court ... Shari Halldorson
Freidenrich, Huntington Beach city treasurer, presided at the Washington
State University Alumni Association directors’ meeting in September ...
Rodney L. Washington of Huntington Beach has been named Financial
Services Representative II of the Huntington Beach Branch of First Bank
and Trust ... David Bardin, of Huntington Beach, recently served as an
emergency response vehicle driver for the American Red Cross in New
Jersey, helping in hurricane relief efforts ... Huntington Beach High
School graduate Devin S. Murtos recently graduated from basic military
training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Murtos is the
son of Debra R. Murtos of Huntington Beach ... Robert Beardsley,
Huntington Beach public works director, was appointed to the Orange
County City Engineers’ Flood Control Advisory Committee last month as a
representative for the County Supervisory District No. 2 ... Stefanie R.
Noffsinger of Huntington Beach graduated in April from Michigan State
University with a bachelor’s degree in advertising and another in supply
chain management ... Private Christopher I. Klein, a 1999 graduate of Fountain Valley High School, is temporarily working with recruiters of
the Army Recruiting Station in Huntington Beach. Klein is the son of Jeff
Klein of Fountain Valley.
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