NEIGHBORS

Ten Costa Mesa High School students have been named AP Scholars by the

College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the

college-level AP Examinations. The talented ten are Jennifer Miller, Gene

Nguyen, Jonathan Nguyen, Lianne Sasaki, Jane Tran, Levina Tran, Barry

Wit, Bruce Hancock, Brad Weir and Kira Sushkoff ... Cal Poly Pomona

honored Orange Coast College anatomy and physiology teacher Sharon

Callaway as its distinguished alumna for the College of Science ... The

three daughters of Newport Beach resident Gloria Aarhus have kept their

family busy with some recent celebrations. Beth Marie Aarhus graduated

Sept. 10 in San Jose from Palmer-West Chiropractic School as a Doctor of

Chiropractic. Angela Joy Aarhus left in mid-September for Panama as a

Peace Corps Volunteer in Environmental Education. Deborah Aarhus has

become a Peace Corps Fellow at Florida International University after

spending three and a half years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zimbabwe

... Corona del Mar resident Rena Glenn Kerr will be made an Honorary

Doctor of Literature at the World Academy of Arts and Culture’s World

Congress of Poets later this month in Acapulco ... The Orange County Red

Cross has announced the nominees for its Clara Barton Spectrum Awards for

Outstanding Women in Orange County. Among the nominees are Debbie

Magnusen of Costa Mesa and Denise Moon of Newport Beach ... Army Pvt.

Joselito V. Batocabe, son of Conrado C. Batocabe of Costa Mesa, has

arrived at Fort Knox to complete basic combat training.... David Fields,

vice president and general counsel for the Irvine Retail Properties

Company, was recently elected to the board of directors for the

Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. Fields

has been with the Irvine Co. since 1991. He is active in many community

organizations, including the board of trustees of the Sage Hill School in

Newport Beach ... Barbara Wallace of Corona del Mar has renewed her

membership in the Association of Bridal Consultants ... The fast-crawling

11-month-old Brady Glenn of Newport Beach took second place in a Baby

Derby at the Irvine Harvest Festival ... The recent La Dolce Vita event

at Antonello Ristorante raised more than $75,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis

Foundation. The event featured a Northern Italian meal from Antonello’s

executive chef Franco Barone ... The Newport Coast Chapter of Leads Club

has elected new officers. Randall Cashore will serve as the new director,

Vincent Smith will be the assistant director, and Chuck Murphy will act

as recorder ... At the 24th annual auditions of the Metropolitan Opera

National Council, Chad Berlinghieri, a Newport Beach tenor, and Tom

O’Toole, a baritone from Costa Mesa, both received encouragement awards

of $100.