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Laguna Beach High School teachers Odile Dewar and Mike Roche were

recognized for their success in inspiring their students and exhibiting a

passion for teaching when Natalie Zucker awarded them both giant checks

for $600. . . . The Ebell Club of Laguna Beach gathered for a gala dinner

June 3 at Partners Bistro Terrace in Laguna to install its new officers.

After dinner, outgoing two-term President Penny Stastny, turned over the

reins to Mitchellene Channels. Installation chairperson Teri Whitney

presented each new officer with a skein of yarn representing her office

while she read a poem she’d written saying that, when woven together,

they would create a tapestry of their skills to make the club the best it

can possibly be. The new officers are: Mitchellene Channels, president;

Darlene Bergeron, vice president; Mary Jo Mancuso, treasurer; Mary

Thomson, recording secretary; Cristina Calderone, corresponding secretary

and directors Karen Baker, Ginny Preston and Joyce Winter.

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