NEIGHBORS

The following students were winners in the Huntington Beach City

School District Spelling Bee held Jan. 18: Jade Quail, fourth grade, and

Jacob Jaffe, fifth grade, Peterson Elementary School; Michael Thompson,

sixth grade, and Cassie Wallace, eighth grade, Dwyer Middle School; and

Nancy Woo, seventh grade, Sowers Middle School . . . Jeremy Vidales of

Huntington Beach earned a 3.5 grade-point average for the fall semester

at the University of Oklahoma . . . Army Reserve Pvt. Rollie G. Bennett

of Huntington Beach graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson

in Columbia, S.C. During the training, he received instruction and

practice in drill and ceremony, marching, physical fitness, first aid and

Army history and traditions . . .