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Kimiko Bacon of Fountain Valley was selected to be a member of the

University Singers of Valparaiso University. Bacon, a graduate of

Fountain Valley High School, is a sophomore enrolled in the College of

Arts and Sciences ... Law professor Maryann Jones of Huntington Beach has

been appointed dean of academic affairs at Western State University

College of Law, where she has taught since 1989 ... Navy Petty Officer

3rd Class Deborah D. Maitrejean will sail from San Diego on the aircraft

carrier USS John C. Stennis this month. The 26-year-old daughter of Frank

and Jan Holtzman of Huntington Beach has been deployed as part of usual

peacetime naval operations. Maitrejean, an electrician, services and

repairs the ship’s electrical systems ... Marine Pfc. Lisandro Duenas of

Fountain Valley has completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit

Depot in San Diego. Duenas graduated from Los Amigos High School in 1999

... Rabbi Stephen J. Einstein of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Fountain

Valley has been installed as the second vice president of the Pacific

Assn. of Reform Rabbis at its annual convention in Palm Springs ... Army

National Guard Pfc. Jose A. Ochoa of Fountain Valley graduated from basic

military training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. ... Andrew Larry

Grant of Huntington Beach was elected vice president of transmission at

Southern California Edison. In his new position, Grant will manage the

company’s transmission infrastructure, which includes 12,000 miles of

high-voltage lines and more than 900 electrical substations located

across the utility’s 50,000-mile service area ... The following students

were named on the dean’s list at UC Santa Barbara: Kelly Blore and Davia

Hayward from Fountain Valley; and Jeffrey Johnson, Anjanette Perlis,

James Scheppele, Joseph Barro, Weslie Ching, Abdoulaye Diallo, Melissa

Fertig, Ryan Foland, Erin Garibaldi, Cory Harelson, Stephanie Motske,

Shaun Pennington and Samuel Semingson from Huntington Beach ... Army

National Guard Spec. Brian P. O’Bannon graduated from basic military

training at Fort Leonard Wood in Waynesville, Mo. He is the son of Billy

and Terisita O’Bannon of Fountain Valley. In 1995, he graduated from

Ocean View High School ... Army Pvt. Jose L. Gonzales graduated from One

Station Unit Training at Fort Knox in Kentucky, which consists of basic

military training and advanced individual training. He is the son of Ana

Vasquez of Huntington Beach ... Literacy Volunteers of America-Huntington

Valley announced the graduation of six new literacy tutors: Blake

Berresford, Jeanne Criss, Pauline Feldman, Charles Jereb, Virginia Treal

and Natalie Van Dorren, all of Huntington Beach. Each new tutor will help

an adult improve his or her reading and writing skills ... Army Pvt.

Jessica L. Jamison is at Fort Leonard Wood in Waynesville, Mo.,

completing basic military training. Jamison is the daughter of Cecilia

Jamison of Huntington Beach ...Air National Guard Airman 1st Class

Christopher D. Cardozo graduated from basic military training at Lackland

Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Cardozo is the son of Susan G. and

Dennis J. Cardozo of Huntington Beach ...Air Force Senior Master Sgt.

Christopher P. Z. Stanley received an associate’s degree in applied

science from the Community College of the Air Force. Stanley received a

degree in personnel administration. He is a first sergeant assigned to

the 74th Medical Operations Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

Dayton, Ohio. Stanley is the son of Marione Chalmers of Huntington Beach

... Army Pfc. James M. Schumacher has deployed to the Joint Readiness

Training Center at Fort Polk, Leesville, La., as part of a battalion

deployment from Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. The soldiers are

part of the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) and are assigned to various

subordinate units of the 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery at Fort

Wainwright. Schumacher, a cannoneer, is the son of Galen E. Schumacher of

Huntington Beach ... Harriet Ouellette, a senior secretary in Orange

Coast College’s Literature and Languages Division, has been named the

college’s Classified Staff Member of the Year for 1999-2000. Nine other

staff members were nominated by their colleagues for the award. The

Huntington Beach resident will be honored March 14, during a presentation

in the college’s Student Center Lounge. A member of OCC’s staff for 15

years, Ouellette is the 10th recipient of this award ...