Joanette Willert of Huntington Beach and...
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Joanette Willert of Huntington Beach and a senior park ranger for
North Coastal Operations, was recently named employee of the month
for February by Harbors, Beaches and Parks, a division of Orange
County’s Public Facilities and Resources Department. Willert oversees
operations of north coastal beaches, including Sunset Beach, Sunset
Aquatic Marina and Lower Newport Harbor ... The Huntington Beach Elks
Lodge No. 1959 has been acknowledged for its support of the Drug
Abuse Resistance Education program over the years. “Boomer” Steeman
accepted a plaque by Fountain Valley Police Chief Elvin Miali ... Air
Force Airman Christopher R. Lemler, brother of Huntington Beach
resident Ryan Walsh, has graduated from basic military training at
Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks
of training, Lemler studied the Air Force mission, organization, and
military customs and courtesies ... Army National Guard Private Jay
A. Stone, son of Huntington Beach resident Evelyn M. Stone, has
graduated from basic combat military training at Fort Still, Lawton,
Okla. ... Kevin Johnston, 17, who attends Edison High School; Jade
Payette, 14, who attends Huntington Beach High School and Meghan Van
Winkle, 15, of Huntington Beach who attends Huntington Beach High
School have been selected as semifinalists in the Music Center’s 15th
annual Spotlight Awards program. These three talented high school
performers are among 100 semifinalists, and were selected from 828
Southern California students who auditioned in various performance
categories. The Music Center is the performing arts center of Los
Angeles county ... Kelly E. Iwanabe, of Huntington Beach has been
chosen as the winner of the academic and extracurricular competition
for the Bank of America’s 2003 Achievement Awards competition.
Iwanabe attends Edison High School ... Undergraduates from the
University of Santa Barbara who made the Dean’s List during the
winter quarter include Huntington Beach residents Kate Elizabeth
Andruss, Laura Elizabeth Aydelotte, Rhett Clayton Buckley, Kristy
Jennifer Burnett, Kristen Marie Green, Daryn Thomas Katzen, Daniel
Jeremy Le Franc, Rajinder Singh Mavi, Ben Cash Ogawa, Shaun D
Pennington, Yadir Peralta, Turi Jocelyn Wilson, Andrew Shusterman,
Benjamin Michael Simkin and Kristin Taffy Tam ...
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