Neighbors

Independent staff

NEIGHBORS is news about movers and shakers in your community. To

submit information to this feature, please send it the Independent, Attn:

Neighbors, 18682 Beach Blvd. Suite 160, Huntington Beach, 92648, fax to

965-7174, or e-mail at: [email protected].

Andrew M. Cummings of Huntington Beach received an associate’s degree in

criminal justice administration from Boise State University in Idaho ...

Christian Samuel Heimple of Huntington Beach was named to the Spring 1999

Dean’s List at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. ... Grace Lau of

Huntington Beach received a $1,000 scholarship award from the Baxter

Allegiance Foundation ... Kay Roskam of Huntington Beach, music therapy

professor at Chapman University, was elected president of the American

Music Therapy Assn. ... Frank Guadagnini of Huntington Beach received a

silver and a bronze award in the Orange County Fair’s home wine

competition ... Bob Barton of Huntington Beach received a bronze award

and an honorable mention in the Orange County Fair’s home wine

competition ... Jana Diep of Huntington Beach received a doctorate degree

in pharmacy from the University of the Pacific in Stockton ... Gary

Wright, an agent with the Prudential Insurance Co.’s Huntington Beach

office on Main Street, qualified for the company’s President’s Conference

in San Diego ... Navy Airman Darrell E. May, son of Elenora May of

Huntington Beach, recently reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier

USS John C. Stennis, which has its home port in San Diego. May graduated

from Edison High School in May 1996, and joined the Navy in November 1996

... Navy Ensign Kevin Luft, son of Richard and Harriet Luft, of the 7100

block of Nimrod Drive, Huntington Beach, participated in the inactivation

ceremony of the attack sub, USS William H. Bates, in Pearl Harbor,

Hawaii. A 1992 graduate of Ocean View High School and 1997 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Luft joined the Navy in May 1997 ... Gary

Hayakawa, president of Three Star Nursery in Fountain Valley, was given

the Pacific Coast Nurseryman award by the California Nurserymen ... Noel

Vasin was recently named catering sales manager at The Hilton Waterfront

Beach Resort ... Ricardo De Santiago was recently promoted to employment

manager at The Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort ... Dr. Myrna Rivera was

recently appointed superintendent of the Alhambra School District. She is

the daughter of Frank and Blanche Rivera, who have lived in Huntington

Beach since 1972 ... John Krummell, founder and chairman of Advance

Storage Products in Huntington Beach, was recently given the 1999 Annual

Lifetime Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Materials

Handling & Management Society.