Local organizations get environmental award The Orange...

Local organizations get environmental award

The Orange County Water District and the Santa Ana Watershed Assn.

have been honored with a national environmental award for their

partnership to protect the Santa Ana River Watershed.

The 2002 National Wetlands Conservation Award was presented to the

partner agencies recently by the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service, which established the award in 1990 to honor those who help

preserve wetlands in the United States.

The two agencies have worked for years as partners to protect and

enhance the wetlands in the Santa Ana River basin and the habitat for

endangered species. The groups have removed more than 1,500 acres of

non-native plants and implemented a habitat restoration for

endangered birds. They operate 465 acres of human-made wetlands in

the Prado Basin to enhance water quality while preserving wildlife

habitats there.

For more information, call the water district at (714) 378-3228;

or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at (760) 431-9440, ext. 205.

Technology group to hold holiday event

The Orange County Technology Collective, a Costa Mesa-based group

that supports access to technology for members of all social and

economic groups, will hold its second holiday event and annual

Roundup of Technologists.

The event will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Ford Motor

Co.’s Premier Automotive Group facility at 7905 Gateway Ave. in the

Irvine Spectrum. The event will be a networking opportunity for local

business leaders in technology and will also raise money for Habitat

for Humanity Orange County’s technology initiative, Digital Bridge.

This initiative helps very low-income residents find affordable

housing and have better access to technology.

Member organizations of the Orange County Technology Collective

include the American Electronics Assn., the Assn. for Women in

Technology, the Digital Coast Roundtable, Forum for Women

Entrepreneurs, Information Systems Security, the Society for Internet

Advancement and the Software Council of Southern California.

For reservations and information, send an e-mail to

RSVP@heartparty.com. For more information about Digital Bridge, call

Kenneth Knapp at (949) 294-0403.

The collective is also seeking sponsors for the event. Sponsorship

packages range from $250 to $3,000. For information about

sponsorships, call Annette Smith at (714) 307-0600.

Newport ad company announces new hires

Newport Beach-based Johnson Gray Advertising Inc. announced it has

hired Paul Schmidt as an account supervisor and Heather Revens as an

account executive.

Schmidt has 13 years of experience working in account service and

management. Revens came to Johnson Gray from the Alcone Marketing

Group in Irvine, where she handled accounts for Burger King and

Limited Too.

American Vanguard adds animal health line

American Vanguard Corp. announced its subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical

Corp., has signed an agreement to acquire a line of animal health

products from Novartis Animal Health Inc.

The products, marketed under the trade name Nuvan, contain the

active ingredient dichlorvos, which is used to control pests such as

mosquitoes and cockroaches.

The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, and sales of

Nuvan are projected to generate $5 million in 2004, according to

American Vanguard. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Costa Mesa companies get new presidents

Emulex has appointed Jim McCluney as president and chief operating

officer, the company announced.

McCluney previously held the same positions at Vixel, which Emulex

acquired in November. He will focus on integrating Vixel’s sales,

marketing, engineering and manufacturing operations into those of

Emulex.

Costa Mesa firm Stadium Seating Enterprises has appointed Frank B.

Moson as president.

Moson has 25 years of experience in design and construction,

working most recently as senior vice president of integrated services

at engineering and construction firm DMJM.

Registration open for OCC writing classes

Orange Coast College will offer a variety of creative writing

workshops through its English department this spring.

The classes include English 117AD, Feature Writing; English 119,

Introduction to Creative Writing; English 122AD, Novel Workshop;

English 127, Scriptwriting; and English 131, Writing Reviews and

Criticism.

The courses, presented in workshop environments in the morning,

afternoon and evening, are designed to reach experienced and

inexperienced writers. They are transferable to the University of

California and California State University systems.

Spring semester classes begin Feb. 2, and registration is under

way. Enrollment fees are $18 per unit.

The spring schedule is listed on OCC’s Web site at

https://www.orangecoastcollege.com. For registration, call (714)

432-5072.