NEIGHBORS

Chase Rolls of Newport Beach has been named a United States National

Award Winner in mathematics. Rolls, a student at St. Margaret’s Episcopal

School in Newport Beach, was selected for the award based on the

recommendation of teachers, academic performance and citizenship. .

.Orange Coast College’s speech and debate team captured its third state

speech title in a row recently, winning the California Community College

Speech and Debate Tournament, hosted by Pasadena City College. . .Air

Force Airman Alvin R. De La Cruz, nephew of Rebecca Garcia of Costa Mesa,

recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force

Base in Texas. . .Eight Vanguard University students have been named as

recipients of $28,600 in scholarships by the university’s alumni

association. The winners include Jessica Baptist, Fernando Tamara, Nathan

Harrington, Ruthie Jeter, Andrew Richey, Ilana Rosenberg, Sarah Sherman

and Josh Case. . .Ralph Dillon and Stacy de Boom were recently named Man

and Woman of the Year for the Hoag Hospital 552 Club Juniors for the year

2000. . .The Eagle Pride Foundation Costa Mesa Kiwanis recently presented

its quarterly student awards to 13 students from Costa Mesa schools for

their outstanding character and unique accomplishments. They include:

Ryan Esfahani, Karina Rios and Jaimie Aparicio from Adams; Athma

Ramdath-Maharaj and Steven Guzowski from California; Benny Telles and

Diana Antonio Martinez from Rea; Aashish Varma and Sarah Barr from

Victoria; Francisco Moreno and Fritzie Santiago from Wilson; and Ian

Morton and Alejandra Cerros from TeWinkle.

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