Buddhist leader coming to Irvine next month...

Buddhist leader coming to Irvine next month

The Dalai Lama will visit UC Irvine April 16 to discuss ethics in

the new millennium.

The 14th Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader of Buddhism, received the

Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

His visit will focus on personal responsibility and ethical

leadership. Local college students as well as middle and high school

students will participate in a morning dialogue from 9:30 to 11:30

a.m.

A public presentation on self-awareness and personal

transformation will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

The Dalai Lama Foundation will continue the morning student

dialogue with an online conversation including a Weblog.

As a spiritual leader and advocate of peace, the Dalai Lama has

traveled to more than 52 countries.

Additional information, including ticketing information for the

morning dialogue and afternoon presentation, is available at

https://www.uci.edu/dalai lama.

Authority on teen behavior to speak

Michael Bradley, a recognized specialist in adolescent behavior

and grief counseling, will speak to parents March 11 at Ensign Middle

School’s cafeteria from 7 to 9 p.m.

Bradley has counseled adolescents and parents for nearly 30 years

and appeared on more than 200 radio and television shows, including

“The Today Show.” His book, “Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy -- Loving Your

Kid Without Losing Your Mind,” has won three top literary awards,

including the 2002 Parents’ Choice Award and the 2002 Seal of

Approval from the National Parenting Center.

He will discuss practical advice on ways to successfully steer

children through the teenage years and explain the growth and

rewiring their brains are going through, which sometimes results in

unpredictable behavior.

The event is free to the public.

Teenage diabetes activist awarded

Brittany Rausch, 17, was honored Monday as Costa Mesa’s March

recipient of the Mayor’s Award program.

Rausch is the founder of the Pump Girls, a singing and dancing

group of teenage girls living with insulin pumps to treat their

juvenile diabetes. Soon after the group was formed, it signed a

record contract and recorded a CD to raise funds for young people

with diabetes who can’t afford insulin pumps.

Local sales rep cracks top 10 in West

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network recently named Ira Hermann

of the Newport Beach office of the Waltos Group a top-10 sales award

winner for 2003 in the western region.

Hermann was one of 1,200 sales representatives participating in

the annual sales contest for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network,

which offers guidance on insurance, retirement planning and other

financial investments.