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Ann Riecker, an employee of First Bank & Trust in Huntington Beach,

participated in a fund-raiser in which she was arrested by a

representative of the Muscular Dystrophy Association to raise money for

the association. Riecker was taken from her office, taken by limousine to

the association’s jail and locked for four hours until she made numerous

phone calls in order to post bail to be released. She raised $700 ...

Susan Lynn, city clerk for the City of Fountain Valley, was awarded the

designation of Certified Municipal Clerk from the International Institute

of Municipal Clerks for achieving high educational experience and service

requirements ... Jill Meyers of Huntington Beach, an athlete and scholar

at the University of Massachusetts, was selected as one of Glamour

magazine’s 1999 Top Ten College Women. She will be profiled in the

October issue of the magazine ... Huntington Beach resident Bill Saska

was recently honored as a local hero in the fight against breast cancer

at Shelly BMW. After Saska lost his sister to breast cancer five years

ago, he began running in the Komen Orange County Race for the Cure in her

honor, and volunteering his time to The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation ... The Irvine-based investment banking and financial advisory

firm of BCC Capital Partners, LLC recently named Huntington Beach

resident Bret C. Schaffer as a principal and the Managing Director of

Transactions Execution ... Huntington Beach residents Ken Ross and Greg

Ching received the Heroism Award from the Huntington Beach Chamber of

Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon. They were

honored for their help in subduing a suspect who was resisting arrest ...

Officers Alan Caouette and Tim Martin received the Heroism Award from the

Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety

Awards Luncheon. Their quick response saved the lives of two stabbing

victims ... Huntington Beach residents Deanna O’Toole, Lorena Batchelor

and Barbara Jones received the Good Samaritan Award from the Huntington

Beach Chamber Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon.

The trio performed CPR on a man who suffered a heart attack in a real

estate office. The man spent several days in the hospital and recovered

completely ... Huntington Beach Public Water Works employee Jerry

Martinez received the Good Samaritan Award from the Huntington Beach

Chamber Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon.

Martinez helped a mother save the life of her teenage son ... -- Officer

Jim Moore received the Award for Merit from the Huntington Beach Chamber

Commerce at its 28th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon. During a

10-month period, Jim functioned both as the manager of the

Budget/Research Unit and the Information Systems Group for the Police

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