Navy Seaman Apprentice Sheryl Gimenez, daughter...

Navy Seaman Apprentice Sheryl Gimenez, daughter of Lisa Taylor of

Riverside and Ronald Gimenez of Huntington Beach, recently completed

U.S. Navy basic training in Great Lakes, Ill. She graduated from

Marina High School in 2002 ... Army Pvt. Kory McCarthy, of Huntington

Beach High School’s class of 2003, has graduated from basic combat

military training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. His parents, Mike and

Kenda McCarthy, live in Huntington Beach ... Jason Montano, son of

Huntington Beach resident James Montano, has graduated from the Army

Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader’s Training Course at Fort Knox,

Ky ... Marine Corps Pvt. Eric Uehlinger, who graduated from Ocean

View High School this year, recently completed 12 weeks of basic

training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Uehlinger’s

parents, Paula and John Uehlinger, live in Huntington Beach ...

Bridget Petersen, a 1992 graduate from Ocean View High School and

1997 graduate from UCLA, recently received her Master’s degree in

education administration from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Petersen is

a first-grade teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District ...

The Huntington Beach Elks Lodge number 1959 recently donated $4,500

to local charities and organizations. The lodge gave $1,500 to the

Huntington Beach Boys and Girls Club, $1,000 to Huntington Beach

Search and Rescue, $400 to the Huntington Beach Police Officers

Assn., $1,000 to the Huntington Beach Duck-a-Thon charity

fund-raiser, $100 in Boy Scout Troop awards and $500 to the Promoting

Resources in Drug Education Foundation.

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