NEIGHBORS
Retired Orange Coast College dance chair Karen Shanley recently
donated $22,000 for student scholarships at the college. . . . Army Spec.
Daniel O. Roberts, son of Calvin W. Boeing II of Costa Mesa, recently
joined the Initial Brigade Combat Team, a lighter, more mobile and fast
deploying force in Washington. . . . Mary L. Hopkins was recently
appointed executive vice president of operations and Rodney G. Kyle
Gordon has been named director of project expediting at Costa Mesa-based
Deanna Robinson Interiors, Inc. . . . Sara Stabe has been named as Costa
Mesa-based Vanguard University’s Outstanding Service recipient for March
2001. . . .Amanda R. Cole, daughter of Kimberly Cole of Corona del Mar,
recently earned high honors for the winter term at Phillips Exeter
Academy in New Hampshire. Amanda is a junior at the independent boarding
school. . . . Chardonee Mota, a junior at Costa Mesa High School,
recently received a scholarship from the Girls Incorporated National
Scholar program. Mota, 14, is one of 15 girls nationally who have been
awarded the $10,000 scholarship to pursue higher education. . . . The
Corona del Mar High School PTA Founder’s Day Tea recently honored six
individuals for their outstanding service to children, schools and the
community. They are Kathy Hath, Candy Light-Martinez, Richard Hancock,
Janet Brown, Suzi Thatcher and Donald Martin. . . . Orange Coast College
will induct Daniel G. Amen, a Newport Beach neuropsychiatrist, Harold
Burch, a New York designer and Mary Hornbuckle, former Costa Mesa mayor,
into its Alumni Hall of Fame at the end of April. . . . Balboa
Instruments, Inc., president David J. Cline was recently honored at Cal
State Fullerton’s 2001 Vision & Visionaries gala at the Disneyland Hotel
for being a distinguished alumni. Cline is a Newport Beach resident. . .
. Julie Eklund has been appointed the volunteer manager for the Costa
Mesa-based Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Orange County
Affiliate. . . . Orange Coast College’s Associated Students will honor
the college’s first dean of men, Fred Huber, at the end of April. . . .
The Vanguard University Concert Choir and Orchestra will perform at
Carnegie Hall in New York in May. . . . Eileen P. Taylor of Newport Beach
and Costa Mesa residents Catherine Bell, Michael Helverson, Lucia
Hendriks, Chung Ho, John Klass, Michelle Mangel, Douglas McDaniel,
Estelle Nguyen, Megan Nichols, Yully Nieves, Jennifer Pomeroy and Yesenia
Rodriguez will be part of the 49 students recently recognized by Orange
Coast College’s social science honorary society Phi Alpha Mu. . . .
Leslie Bowlus and Sandi Jackson of Newport Beach were honored for their
work in staging the American Cancer Society’s 2000 Cattle Baron’s Ball at
a volunteer celebration in Newport Beach. . . . Marine Corps Pfc. Jose A.
Garibay, son of Simona A. Garibay of Costa Mesa, completed basic training
at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.
* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please direct
noteworthy information to Stefanie Frith via fax at (949) 646-4170, or
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