Lindsay Rose Dagdigian of Huntington Beach was...

Lindsay Rose Dagdigian of Huntington Beach was selected to

participate in the 2004 Miss Teen Anaheim pageant scheduled for Feb.

22. The competition, sponsored by National’s Inc., will award more

than $20,000 in scholarships and prizes. A victory in Anaheim would

clear the way for Dagdigian to compete in the Cities of America

National Competition in Orlando, Fla. ... Coast Guard Seaman

Apprentice Mohamad J. Addam recently graduated from the U.S. Coast

Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J. The training program

included instruction in water safety and survival, seamanship, first

aid, firefighting and marksmanship. Addam graduated from Huntington

Beach High School in 2000, and is the son of Yasser Addam of

Huntington Beach and Patricia L. Levy of Temecula ... Navy Airman

Brian A. Hansen and military personnel assigned to the U.S. aircraft

carrier George Washington recently responded to a distress call from

an Italian merchant ship. Hansen’s ship sent a Seahawk helicopter to

rescue a wounded Italian sailor who was treated for facial

lacerations and a leg injury aboard the ship. Hansen is the son of

Huntington Beach resident John M. Hansen.

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