Navy Seaman Casey C. Grondahl, son...

Navy Seaman Casey C. Grondahl, son of Chris R. Grondahl of Costa

Mesa, is currently assigned to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan,

the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered ship. He joined the Navy in June

2002 ... Tracey Coulter, of Costa Mesa, took first-place honors in

the wedding accessories competition category at this year’s Orange

County Fair ... Janice Hall, of Costa Mesa, took first-place honors

in the Christmas decoration-Fabric competition category at the fair

... Annette Rosenfeld, of Costa Mesa, to first place honors in the

fine arts competition category at the fair ... Albert Stanchfield, of

Costa Mesa, took first-place honors in the drawing competition

category at the fair ... Don Jacobson, Lana Jacobson and Bill Sieker

took first-place honors in the models (ship) competition category at

the fair ... Elana B. Gelman of Newport Beach, Nicholas A. Holmes of

Costa Mesa, Kelly M. Nelson of Costa Mesa, and Catherine Stockstill

of Newport Coast all qualified for the president’s honor list at Cal

Poly San Luis Obispo with grade point averages of 3.5 or better ...

Rob Williams, son of Dr. Robert (Rob) and Melinda Williams of Newport

Beach, received his PhD in international politics from the University

of Sydney in Australia, after researching his dissertation in Tel

Aviv. The 23-year-old will be moving to London this fall to complete

his international law degree in human rights ... Whitney Loufek, a

graduate of Newport Harbor High School and daughter of Richard and

Gretchen Loufe, received a $1,000 scholarship from U.S. Bancorp, the

parent company of U.S. Bank; Whitney will attend UC Irvine this fall.

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