BRIEFS

There are 21 new tutors at the Huntington Beach Library’s Literacy

Volunteers of America.

They are Matthew Alcock, Cynthia Allen, Mary Lou Anderson, Alice Cord,

Sherwin Cord, Mimi Juarez, Casandra Koenig, Sara Kota, John Nelson,

Margaret Nichols, Carla Phillips, Deborah Saxton, Shanna Scott, Pat

Showalter, Rachel Spagg, and Ann and Jim Steinmetz of Huntington Beach;

Erin Jaeger of Costa Mesa; Eva Ballard and Lisa Bennetts of Fountain

Valley; and Dianne Elwood of Santa Ana.

Each new Literacy Volunteers of American tutor is matched with an

adult who wishes to improve his or her reading, writing and speaking

skills. The next tutor training workshop will be held in January.

Information: (714) 375-5102.

Public Works Department receives Project of the Year

The Huntington Beach Public Works Department received the 2000 Project

of the Year Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American

Public Works Assn. for community involvement.

Programs leading to the award are the Citizens Infrastructure Advisory

Committee, the annual Public Works Open House and the Heartbeat of

Huntington Beach television programs. The award will be presented at the

annual awards luncheon Dec. 14 at the Sycamore Center in Lakewood.

Information: (714) 536-5437.

ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR ADULT DAY CARE

Friends of Alzheimer Caregivers and the John Douglas French Center for

Alzheimer’s Disease created a scholarship program to help local families

underwrite the cost of adult day care. The scholarships are intended to

be used at The Club, 3951 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos.

Scholarships will be granted for a 12-month period and may be used

from one to three days a week. Over the course of a year, that could mean

a savings of as much as $5,000.

To qualify for a scholarship, the participant must be at least 60,

have a dementia illness that causes memory loss or confusion and live in

either Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Cypress, Garden Grove, Hawaiian

Gardens, Lakewood, Los Alamitos, Long Beach, Seal Beach Signal Hill,

Stanton or Westminster. The participant’s total household income also

cannot exceed $4,000 per month, and he or she cannot be receiving

financial assistance for respite care from the government or any other

source.

For a scholarship application, call The Club’s director, Jackie Stern,

at (562) 493-1555. For information about a Friends of Alzheimer

Caregivers respite grant, call Connie Arnold at (562) 795-5679.

sh GOLDEN WEST TO HOLD TWO HOLIDAY SHOWS

Golden West College will present two holiday programs this season.

The Ballet Repertory Theatre will presents the traditional,

full-length version of “The Nutcracker” from Dec. 1-24 for 12

performances.

Tickets are $12.50 general and $10.50 for children younger than 12.

Reservations are recommended.

Renowned musician and conductor Tom Hernandez and the Golden West

College International Symphonic Band will present an evening of falling

snowflakes, sleigh bells and colored lights in the “Many Moods of

Christmas.”

The annual musical event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Dec. 7-9 and 8 p.m.

Dec. 10.

$10.50 general, and $8.50 for children younger than 12.

Reservations: box office, (714) 895-8150.

Golden West College is at 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach.

WATERFRONT HILTON EARNS AAA AWARD

The Waterfront Hilton in Huntington Beach has received the American

Automobile Assn.’s Four Diamond award.

The presentation was made at an awards ceremony Oct. 24 at the Surf &

Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach, where members of 56 Southern California

hotels and 29 restaurants were honored.

The resort has recently completed renovations valued at more than $4.5

million and will continue to refurbish its decor through the coming year.

Information: (714) 960-7873 or visit the Hilton Waterfront Web site at

https://www.waterfrontbeachresort.hilton.com.

SURF CITY POLICE RECEIVE HONORS

The Huntington Beach Police Department and several individual officers

were recognized for their efforts under the Grant Assistance for Law

Enforcement Program sponsored by the state Department of Alcoholic

Beverage Control.

Sgt. Mike Reynolds, Det. Doug Talman and Officers Kreg Muller and

Kelly Rodriguez were honored for their achievement and accomplishments,

and for meeting and exceeding their goals for the 1999-00 year grant

cycle.

Statewide, the Huntington Beach Police Department was third in the

number of referrals made to the department, after San Francisco and Los

Angeles police departments.