Jake Schwartz of Costa Mesa was...

Jake Schwartz of Costa Mesa was honored by the Huntington Beach

Junior Guards Program as Most Outstanding Junior Guard of the year, B

division. The award recognizes the junior guard that demonstrates

leadership, an outstanding attitude, respect and willingness to

assist wherever needed. It also honors physical achievement, as

demonstrated by a simulated rescue and a pier swim ... Army Pvt.

Oscar Vivamontes, son of Jose and Celia Vivamontes of Costa Mesa, has

graduated from the network switching systems operator-maintainer

advanced individual training course at Fort Gordon, Ga. He is a 2002

graduate of Estancia High School in Costa Mesa ... Navy Petty Officer

3rd Class Jeremiah D. Cleveland, a 1998 graduate of Costa Mesa High

School, returned from deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and the

Arabian Gulf while being assigned to the Porter ... Lisa D. Garbutt,

daughter of Ira and Heather Garbutt of Newport Coast, was awarded a

doctor of medicine degree from Boston University School of Medicine

... Army 2nd Lt. Bret D. Boyd, son of Bruce H. Boyd and Peggy L. Doce

of Newport Beach, has graduated from the Army Ranger School at Fort

Benning, Ga., with authorization to wear its distinctive Ranger Tab.

He received a bachelor’s degree in 2002 from the U.S. Military

Academy at West Point, N.Y. ... Spencer and Casey Amorde of Costa

Mesa won first and third place awards, respectively, in the tomatoes

division of the farm and garden category competition at the Orange

County Fair ... Winton Ashton of Newport Beach won first place honors

in the miscellaneous collections division in the collections category

competition at the fair ... Diane Angle of Costa Mesa won third place

honors in the miscellaneous collections division in the collection’s

category competition at the fair ... Raymond Harper of Newport Beach

has been accepted into the honors program at America University in

Washington, D.C. for the fall term and has been awarded a

Presidential Scholarship by the school.

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