Three students from Huntington Beach have...

Three students from Huntington Beach have graduated from Azusa

Pacific University. Katie N. Layton earned a bachelor’s degree in

psychology, Megan Elizabeth Radebaugh graduated with a master’s

degree in education and Johnathan Barry Martinez earned a master’s

degree in religion ...Three students at Huntington Beach High School

were awarded the Linda Kimoto Memorial Scholarship, which is given to

“scholar volunteers” and students showing strong improvement. The

2004 winners were Ashley Hicks, Helen Ho and Karen Nguyen. The

Huntington Beach High School Parent Teacher Student Assn. also

awarded scholarships to Yusuf Azizi, Kathryn Chan, Virginia Do, Joel

Kaluzny, Ryan Kokubun, Brian Paullins, Monica Pearce and Evan Tamura.

The scholarships were given to students showing high overall academic

achievement, school and community involvement. The students will be

recognized at the June 8 Distinguished Oiler Ceremony. The amount of

all the scholarships was $300 ... Air National Guard Airman First

Class Adam M. Huntsinger has graduated from basic military training

at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Over the course of

six weeks, Huntsinger received physical training, rifle marksmanship,

field training exercises and special training in human relations. He

is the son of Huntington Beach resident Kim Huntsinger ... Two

Huntington Beach residents were awarded Outstanding Graduate honors

at Cal State Long Beach. After 31 years of traveling, directing

theater and acting, Craig Fleming returned to college to get his

degree. He hopes to become a college acting teacher. After spending

more than 20 years as a corporate human resources manager, Lisa

Biakanja earned her bachelor’s degree at Cal State Long Beach, and

will soon enter the teaching credential program. She lost her

daughter, Kristy, to sudden infant death syndrome in 1982. She is

active in several community organizations, such as the Guild for

Infant Survival, an organization that supports family members who

have lost a child to SIDS.

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