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.

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