REPORT CARD

-- Angelique Flores

Golden West College honored 75 of its employees for reaching

milestones in their service to the Huntington Beach college. The awards

were presented to employees completing five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35

years of employment at the campus.

The honorees who have been employed at the college for five years are

Dori Abella, Stephen Ludwig, Christana Montes, Sonny Pa’u, Omid

Pourzanjani, Linda Stevens and Ronald Wilkinson; 10 years: Dibakar Barua,

Joyce Bishop, Darline Calvert, Theresa Dietrichson, Marty Fernandez,

Norma Flores, John Grajeda, Judith Harmer, Greg Hyska, Maureen Kennedy,

Valerie Klein, Eric Maddy, Frank Maldonado, Marie McGrath, Diane Mefford,

Don Nguyen, Jimmy Nguyen, Jo Ann Ono, Cheryl Prohaska, Richard Ullrich,

Holly Van Dorn, Valerie Venegas, Deven Werthman, Paul Wisner and Roger

Wyant; 15 years: Dennis Carrie, David Falzon, Dorothy Fitzgerald, Candice

Francis, Karen Glines, Stephanie Hayward, David Hudson, William Hyde,

Frank Jessoe, Gladys Lavoie, Robert Lazarus, Sandra Lutz, Rona

McArthur-Harold, Roxana Ross, James Tortolano and Thanh Vu; 20 years:

Susan Babb, James Fortune, Michael Goldman, Leeanne Hill, Karen Hinton,

David Koenig, Karen Kuehner, Helen Norton, Connie Olson, Patricia Stingle

and Norma Willis; 25 years: Frank Baker, Nannette Brodie, Jose Dollente,

Christopher Drover, Charlanne Nee, Barbara Sablan, Diane Seilo and Tony

Thorne; and 30 years: Darrell Ebert, Dolores Harper, James Long, Martin

Newitz, Harvey Reynolds, Richard Rowe and Bud Yeargain; 35 years: Pierre

Grimes.

Slogans earn students scholarships, awards

The American Educational League awarded several cash scholarships to

local students in its countywide slogan contest. Ocean View High School

graduate Anthony Garza won first place. His classmates Nicholas Mendes,

Hoa Le, and Sudantha Liyanaarachchi also received awards. Edison High

School graduate Megan Loughran also won, as did Westminster High School

graduate Michael K.N. Nguyen.

New tutors to help teach reading

The Huntington Valley branch of Literacy Volunteers of America has 10

new tutors for the Huntington Beach Public Library Adult Literacy

Program. They are Dolores Basilio, Melody Edwards, Kathleen Latini, Aaron

Lopez, Ralph Macchia, Barbra Sue Miller, Ramona Miller, Cathy Parsa and

Janed Sax of Huntington Beach, and Susan Bertotti of Los Alamitos.

Each new tutor is helping a local adult improve his or her reading,

writing and speaking skills. About 400 people participate in the literacy

programs at the Central Library and Oak View Branch Library.

Information: Rose Saylin, (714) 375-5102.