Patrick A. Bleil of Costa Mesa...
Patrick A. Bleil of Costa Mesa has enrolled at the Motorcycle
Mechanics Institute (MMI) in Phoenix. He plans to start June 16 and
will train to become a professional motorcycle technician. The
institute is supported and endorsed by American Honda Motor Co. Inc.,
American Suzuki Motor Corp Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Kawasaki
Motors Corp. USA and Yamaha Motor Corp. USA ... Marine Corps Pfc.
Gregory W. Murray of Newport Beach, son of Pamela A. and Mark A.
Murray, recently completed basic training with Headquarters and
Service Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Murray is a
2002 graduate of Corona del Mar High School ... Marine Corps Pvt.
Jennifer K. Sphar, a 2001 graduate of Orange Coast Middle College
High School, recently graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Combat
Engineer Course at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Sphar will
accompany Marine infantry forces to build roads, set up camps and
fortify living areas ... Newport Coast resident Matt Corwin will
graduate from Army specialty training Thursday. His specialty is the
military police. Corwin has been assigned to Fort Meyer Military
Community ... Costa Mesa resident Jan Harmon, a staff aid with
college support services at Orange Coast College, has been nominated
for the school’s “Staff Member of the Year” award for 2002-03. The
winner will be announced Thursday. Harmon was one of four to be
nominated for this honor ... Sharon Daniel of Costa Mesa and Leon
Skeie of Newport Beach have both been nominated for Orange Coast
College’s “Faculty Member of the Year” for 2002-03. Daniel is a
professor of biological sciences and Skeie is a professor of physical
education and athletics. They are among seven nominated for the
honor. The winner will be announced Thursday ... Kevin Bowes,
district manager of Vector Marketing’s Costa Mesa office, was honored
recently at “The President’s Banquet” at the Bellagio Hotel, Las
Vegas. Bowes was among the company’s top national sales performers in
the 2002 “wind up” campaign. Vector is the marketer and distributor
of Cutco cutlery ... The Susan G. Komen Foundation Orange County
Affiliate in Costa Mesa has promoted volunteer manager Julie Reed to
development manager. In her new position, Reed will be responsible
for complete program management of Komen Orange County education,
outreach and survivorship activities, developing sponsor and donor
relationships and handling logistics for key fund-raising events.
Reed was previously an account executive for Golin/Harris
International in Los Angeles, and a media relations associate with
the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona.
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646-4170, or send e-mail to coral.wilson@latimes.com.
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