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 divided into two parts. The first part consists of

presenting three workshops on specific strategies that can be used to

evaluate 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 provides activities that will expand local used-oil

programs by 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 a nonprofit organization formed to

develop community-based water conservation and protection programs that

involve and empower the 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 the college campus, 15744

Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach.

The Golden West College Art Faculty Exhibition is a free annual event

that is 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 this year’s

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 was presented at the

annual awards luncheon Dec. 14 at the Sycamore Center in Lakewood.

Information: (714) 536-5437.

Literacy Volunteers group names new tutors

Twenty-one new tutors joined 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 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, a 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 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 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.