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Fifteen-year Hyatt employee Brian Harris was named Manager of the

Year at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach. Harris has received the

award twice in the past four years. Along with the honor, Harris

received a vacation package and a crystal dolphin ... Navy Seaman

Apprentice Brigitte N. Wooten, daughter of Michaela B. Lopez of Ojai

and John F. Wooten of Huntington Beach, recently completed U.S. Navy

basic training at Recruit Training Command, in Great Lakes, Ill.

During the eight-week program, Wooten completed a variety of

training, which included naval customs, first aid, firefighting,

water safety and survival and shipboard and aircraft safety ...

Morgan Peavy, a student at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., was

named to the Dean’s List for her work during the fall 2003 Semester.

Peavy is the daughter of Huntington Beach resident David Peavy. ...

Huntington Beach resident Candice Ishikawa, a sophomore at Simmons

College in Boston, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2003

semester. To be named to the list, students must earn a grade-point

average of at least 3.5.