Surf City local Bill Saksa was selected...

Surf City local Bill Saksa was selected to serve as the chairman of

the T-shirts and Team Packet Pick-up Committee for the 13th annual

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Orange County Race for the

Cure. Saksa is one of about 2,000 volunteers for the race. The

September fundraiser will be held in Newport Beach. Since 1992, the

event has raised more than $10-million, and three quarters of that

money has been used for outreach, education, screening and treatment

in Orange County. The remainder of funds were devoted to national

research Navy Hospitalman Adam E. Estrella, whose parents are

Huntington Beach residents Lisa and Edward Estrella. He recently

graduated from the Basic Hospital Corps School at

Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, Ill. Estrella studied

a wide range of medical procedures used to provide first aid and

assist Navy doctors and nurses. Estrella’s first assignment after

school will involve direct patient care, but with his training,

Estrella can work in several areas, including first aid and assisting

with minor surgery, pharmacy and laboratory analysis, patient

transportation and food service inspections.

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