COMMUNITY & CLUBS:

The American Legion Auxiliary has selected 14 delegates and alternates to attend this year’s Girls State Conference at Pitzer College in Claremont from June 22 to June 28.

The young women are: Emily Morris and Sarah Colgate, Corona Del Mar High; Courtney Green and Sandra Im, Costa Mesa High; Kylie Wilson and Upeka Keenawinna, Estancia High; Katharine Yang and Jaclyn Gee, Irvine High; Anna Bowles and Katherine Sanders, Newport Harbor High; Christine Kilicarslan and Alissa Changala, Northwood High; Katie Kight and Nicole Jazayeri, Woodbridge High.

  EXCHANGE HONORS STUDENTS

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor honored eight students with the A.C.E. award and a $1,000 scholarship.

The A.C.E. program is directed at graduating students who have overcome major health, family or other problems.

The winners Suzy Ruiz and Taylor Shaw, Estancia High; Raven Villafana, Mike Curtis, Lucas Ott and Angel Antonio, Back Bay High School; and Kristopher Kirk and Samantha Welch, Monte Vista High School.

The winners now compete at the district and national levels leading to a national award of $10,000.

  JIM SCOTT STADIUM

Congratulations to Jim Scott, Sr. on the completion and dedication of the new state-of-the-art football stadium at Estancia High School.

I was on the Newport Mesa School Board in the early 1990s when Jim and his son, Jim Jr., presented their goal of building a football stadium at Estancia and a competitive swimming pool at Costa Mesa High.

Costa Mesa United was formed by community leaders to support the effort. David Brooks, Newport-Mesa School Board member was a key leader in organizing.

Today, Brooks and his fellow board members Gordon Bowley (now President), John Ursini, Rick Kapko, Cathi Hartwell, Katrina Anne Foley, Jim Huffman, Bruce Garlich, Kurt Galitzki and Daily Pilot publisher Tom Johnson can take pride in seeing that the time, talent and treasure they gave to the projects are coming to fruition.

Congratulations to one and all!

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“It would appear that most individuals can quite easily come up with a myriad of reasons why something wouldn’t work. Why most things imagined and dreamed about are never brought to fruition is because so few ask the question — Why wouldn’t it work?”

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