NEIGHBORS

Andrew Harrelson, 8, of Huntington Beach won third place in a pumpkin

pie-eating contest held during the third annual Trick or Treat Festival

on Oct. 29 at the swap meet at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa

Mesa. He placed in a category for children 7 to 12 . . . Huntington Beach

resident Alex Bakulin has completed graduate school in the field of

philosophy at Purdue University . . . Vanover College freshman Rebecca

Lynn Nosaka of Huntington Beach is a member of the newly formed club Hui

Hauman ‘O Hawaii. The purpose of the club is to spread “aloha” (love and

caring) to aid incoming students from Hawaii. She is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Terrance Bartz of Huntington Beach . . . The Academy of

Performing Arts, a magnet school of the Huntington Beach Union High

School District, recognizes graduates Trevor Brackney and Alan Chin as

Academy Award recipients . . . Huntington Beach resident Robert Aponte

has been appointed sales manager of the new Claremore neighborhood of

single-family, detached homes in the Summer Lane community in Huntington

Beach . . . Frank J. Ford has been appointed senior vice president of

Pacific Liberty Bank in Huntington Beach. Ford has been with the company

since it opened in May 1999 . . . Marine Corps Pfc. Joseph J. Ellis

reported for duty with the Marine Air Group 46, Detachment A, at Camp

Pendleton. Ellis is a graduate of Ocean View High School . . . The Cal

State Long Beach chapter of Pi Alpha, a national honor society for public

affairs and administration, inducted John DeWitt and Johnny Jurado of

Huntington Beach . . . Heather A. Curley of Huntington Beach received a

master’s degree in mathematics education from Boston University . . .

Kristin Sullivan of Huntington Beach was named to the dean’s list at

Salisbury State University in Maryland . . . Lynne Prechel and Patricia

McCauley joined the executive staff at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in

Fountain Valley.

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