BRIEFS
The Blue Planet Foundation in Fountain Valley received a $155,916
grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board to fund
projects related to used oil recycling.
Thirty nonprofit groups submitted requests to the Waste Management
Board. The Blue Planet Foundation’s project was one of 10 selected for
funding to expand used oil recycling efforts in Orange County.
The grant is separated into two parts. The first part consists of
presenting three workshops on specific strategies that can be used to
evaluate the recycling activities and providing a minimum of 100 hours of
one-on-one assistance to personnel on organizing used oil evaluation
activities and preparing reports.
The second part of the grant provides activities that will expand
local used oil programs through supplementing existing kindergarten
through 12th-grade water education programs with used oil recycling
information and materials; expanding community outreach efforts to new
venues such as water facilities’ open houses and community events;
participating in a community survey to receive feedback about Orange
County “do-it-yourselfers” -- those who change their own oil-- creating
an interactive exhibit at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana; and
producing an Orange County Certified Collection Center map for used oil
recycling locations.
The Blue Planet Foundation is nonprofit organization formed to develop
community-based water conservation and protection programs that involve
and empower the local community. Orange County Water District is a major
sponsor of the Blue Planet Foundation.
College exhibits art by 23 faculty members
The works of 23 Golden West College art instructors are on display
through Friday at the Fine Art Gallery on campus, 15744 Goldenwest St.,
Huntington Beach.
The Golden West College Art Faculty Exhibition is a free annual event
open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
Information: (714) 895-8356.
Public Works Department to receive award
The Huntington Beach Public Works Department received the 2000 Project
of the Year Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American
Public Works Assn. for community involvement.
Programs leading to the award are the Citizens Infrastructure Advisory
Committee, the annual Public Works Open House and the Heartbeat of
Huntington Beach television programs. The award will be presented at the
annual awards luncheon Dec. 14 at the Sycamore Center in Lakewood.
Information: (714) 536-5437.
Literacy Volunteers group names new tutors
There are 21 new tutors at the Huntington Beach Library’s Literacy
Volunteers of America.
They are Matthew Alcock, Cynthia Allen, Mary Lou Anderson, Alice Cord,
Sherwin Cord, Mimi Juarez, Casandra Koenig, Sara Kota, John Nelson,
Margaret Nichols, Carla Phillips, Deborah Saxton, Shanna Scott, Pat
Showalter, Rachel Spagg, and Ann and Jim Steinmetz of Huntington Beach;
Erin Jaeger of Costa Mesa; Eva Ballard and Lisa Bennetts of Fountain
Valley; and Dianne Elwood of Santa Ana.
Each new Literacy Volunteers of American tutor is matched with an
adult who wishes to improve his or her reading, writing and speaking
skills. The next tutor training workshop will be held in January.
Information: (714) 375-5102.
Assistance available for adult day care
Friends of Alzheimer Caregivers and the John Douglas French Center for
Alzheimer’s Disease created a scholarship program to help local families
underwrite the cost of adult day care. The scholarships are intended to
be used at The Club, 3951 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos.
Scholarships will be granted for a 12-month period and may be used
from one to three days a week. Over the course of a year, that could mean
a savings of as much as $5,000.
To qualify for a scholarship, the participant must be at least 60
years old, have a dementia illness that causes memory loss or confusion
and live in either Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Cypress, Garden Grove,
Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Los Alamitos, Long Beach, Seal Beach Signal
Hill, Stanton or Westminster. The participant’s total household income
also cannot exceed $4,000 per month, and he or she cannot be receiving
financial assistance for respite care from the government or any other
source.
For a scholarship application, call The Club’s director, Jackie Stern,
at (562) 493-1555. For information about a Friends of Alzheimer
Caregivers respite grant, call Connie Arnold at (562) 795-5679.
Waterfront Hilton earns AAA award
The Waterfront Hilton in Huntington Beach has received the American
Automobile Assn.’s Four Diamond award.
The presentation was made at an awards ceremony Oct. 24 at the Surf &
Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, where members of 56 Southern California
hotels and 29 restaurants were honored.
The resort has recently completed renovations valued at more than $4.5
million and will continue to refurbish its decor through the coming year.
Information: (714) 960-7873 or visit the Hilton Waterfront Web site at
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Surf City police officers honored
The Huntington Beach Police Department and several individual officers
were recognized for their efforts under the Grant Assistance for Law
Enforcement Program sponsored by the state Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control.
Sgt. Mike Reynolds, Det. Doug Talman and Officers Kreg Muller and
Kelly Rodriguez were honored for their achievement and accomplishments,
and for meeting and exceeding their goals for the 1999-00 year grant
cycle.
Statewide, the Huntington Beach Police Department was third in the
number of referrals made to the department, after San Francisco and Los
Angeles police departments.
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