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Ceradyne awarded body armor military contract

A Costa Mesa-based ceramic body armor manufacturer announced Wednesday it was awarded a military contract worth over $13 million.

Ceradyne Inc. will make armor for the U.S. Marine Corps based in Virginia and U.S. Special Operations Command in Florida. It will be delivered later this year through the beginning of 2007.

Real estate association names leader

Costa Mesa resident Kim DeBroux was named as the Pacific West Assn. of Realtors’ Community Leader this month for her work in and around Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, according to a news release from the association.

DeBroux is the president of Western Pacific Real Estate and Home Loans, which serves Costa Mesa and the surrounding areas. She is the president of the Newport-Balboa Rotary Club, Newport-Mesa Schools Foundation and is on the board of directors of A Light in the Window.

She is a member of both chambers of commerce and is on other citizen committees for the Newport-Mesa School District.

She is a member of the National Assn. of Realtors, California Assn. of Realtors, National Assn. of Responsible Loan Officers and is a certified mortgage planning specialist.

HEILBrice announces new art director

Newport Beach-based advertising company HEILBrice announced Tuesday the addition of Nicole Shaner to its staff.

The Irvine resident is responsible for visual design, creative strategy and layout for the company’s clients. Shaner has just moved from New York where she worked as art director for a company creating campaigns for companies like Pepsi and Cingular. She graduated from the Laguna College of Art and Design and the Pratt Institute.

She will now be working with HEILBrice clients like Ralphs Grocery Company, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Clippers and Ketel One.

Balboa Bay Club has new sous chef

The Balboa Bay Club named Yvon Goetz as executive sous chef for the waterfront resort.

Goetz will collaborate with Josef Lageder, the club’s executive chef, in taking charge of the kitchen and overseeing a staff of 35. He has served as a guest chef at the resort before and was considered as an “outside” staff member for a few months but has now taken on the job full time.

Previously, Goetz worked for the Ritz-Carlton chain after he attended Strasbourg’s Hotel and Culinary School in France and worked in some of England’s top-notch restaurants and hotels.