The Orange County affiliate of the...

The Orange County affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation announced that Costa Mesa resident Sandy Finestone will

serve as president of the foundation’s board of directors for the

2002-03 year. Finestone, a 19-year breast cancer survivor, has been

involved with the foundation since 1991 and will serve her third term

as president.... Corona del Mar resident Sarah Marquis was named to

the 2002-03 board of directors for the Orange County American

Marketing Assn. Marquis is the vice president of publicity for the

organization, which supports the personal and professional career

development goals of marketers. She joins 11 other professionals

throughout Orange County who were elected to the board from the

general membership.... Newport Beach residents earned awards at the

110th annual Orange County Fair, which ended July 28. Ed Hart earned

top honors in the Sculpture Competition’s Professional division for

his entry titled “Purple Hart.” Colleen Kennedy Premer won first

place in the Fine Arts category for her mono-print with collage

elements piece titled “From the Archives,” and Regina Woodyard was

the division winner in the Ethnic Cooking competition for her olives

in garlic.... Marissa Anshutz, daughter of Philip and Judy Crane

Anshutz of Newport Beach, spent the spring semester studying at the

University of New South Wales in Australia. Anshutz, along with about

half of the Middlebury College’s junior class, traveled to Australia

to gain an enhanced international perspective.... Nine local students

received placement on the dean’s honors list at UC Santa Barbara for

achieving academic excellence for their work during the spring

semester. Those students include Costa Mesa residents Dana Helen

Cassity, Benjamin William Ritter and Sara Marie White; and Newport

Beach residents Elizabeth Ellen Erickson, John Joseph Graass, Blair

Lauren Kupferman, Gina Michelle Penuela, Lynn Ayers Rinek and Erin

Rae Wolf. All of the students selected must have attained a

grade-point average of 3.75 on a program of 12 or more graded units

in the college of letters.

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646-4170, or send e-mail to christine.carrillo@latimes.com.