UCI to host pollution awareness lecture Devra...

UCI to host pollution awareness lecture

Devra Davis, author of “When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of

Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution,” will speak

March 30 at UC Irvine about the environmental links to breast cancer

and other diseases.

Davis’ book was a National Book Award finalist. She also is a

visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School in

Pittsburgh and an expert advisor to the World Health Organization.

A Clinton appointee, Davis served from 1994 to 1999 on the

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent

executive branch agency that investigates, prevents and mitigates

chemical accidents.

As the former senior advisor to the assistant secretary for health

in the Department of Health and Human Services, she has counseled

leading officials in the United States, the United Nations, the World

Health Organization and the World Bank.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. at the Beckman Center of the

National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, at 100 Academy Drive,

Irvine.

Reservations are required; a $10 donation to the Samueli Center is

suggested. For more information, call (949) 824-5763 or send e-mail

to hbarrett@uci.edu. Parking is free.

Seminar offered for first-time home buyers

A free seminar for first-time home buyers will be offered at 6:30

p.m. March 24 in Newport Beach.

Sponsored by Financial Partners Credit Union, the seminar will

cover what to look for in a home, the benefits to buying, cost

considerations, loan pre-approval and the closing process.

Snacks and door prizes will also be offered. The seminar will be

held at Financial Partners Credit Union, 5160 Birch St., Suite 101.

For more information, call (562) 904-4584.

Top senior care provider promoted

Newport Beach’s Vintage Senior Housing LLC appointed Cathy Ellis

executive director of the Avalon at Newport East and Avalon at

Newport West communities.

The facilities, which are across from Hoag Memorial Hospital,

offer independent and assisted living for seniors as well as dementia

care and other programs.

Ellis has worked in the senior housing and long-term care industry

for nearly 25 years, most recently operating a senior living

consulting service in San Juan Capistrano. She has twice been ranked

the top provider of customer service for a national assisted living

firm and is a California certified residential care administrator.