Marine Corps Pfc. Benjamin K. Wynkoop,...

Marine Corps Pfc. Benjamin K. Wynkoop, son of Joy and Christopher

K. Wynkoop of Corona del Mar, recently completed basic training at

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. He is a 2002 graduate of

Corona del Mar High School ... Marine Corps Pvt. Kenny V. Mendez, son

of Maga V. and Trino N. Mendez of Corona del Mar, recently completed

basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. Mendez is

also a 2002 graduate of Corona del Mar High School ... Navy Petty

Officer 3rd Class Jason A. Ready, son of Debbie A. Ready of Costa

Mesa, recently departed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf while

assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS O’Kane, home ported in

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Ready is a 1996 graduate of Edison High School

in Huntington Beach ... Marine Corps Pvt. Darren L. Wood, son of

Catherine A. Wood of Laguna Niguel and Lee. A Wood of Newport Beach,

recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San

Diego ... Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Zeramby, son of Sherry

A. Zeramby of Costa Mesa and Scott A. Zeramby of Albion, recently

made his way through the straights of Gibraltar and into the

Mediterranean Sea while assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary

Unit, based in Camp Pendleton ... Gretchen Steinbroner of Corona del

Mar has earned the distinction of “First Honors” for the Fall 2002

semester of her senior year at the University of San Diego.

Steinbroner is a 1999 graduate of Corona del Mar High School ...

Madeline Zuckerman, president of Madeline Zuckerman Public Relations

& Marketing of Newport Beach, has announced that her firm has been

selected by Woodward Laboratories Inc. of Los Alamitos to handle the

company’s corporate and product public relations program. The

agency’s initial focus will be the Simple as ABC “Always Be Clean”

Hand Hygiene Program, which hopes to reduce the number of

communicable diseases and absenteeism by students by using its hand

sanitizer.

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