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Orange County’s coronaviruscases rose by more than 400 onSaturday.

The Orange County HealthCare Agency reported 10 deathsdue to COVID-19, the diseasecaused by the coronavirus, in itslatest numbers.

With 413 new cases reported,the county is closing in on 10,000cumulative cases since the onsetof the pandemic.

That number stands at 9,988cases. There have also been 267

related deaths.Hospitalization numbers due to

COVID-19 descended for a secondstraight day from their pandemic-high of 345 in Thursday’s report.As of Saturday, the county re-ported 321 hospitalized cases,with 135 patients in intensivecare.

The county has administered207,873 tests for the coronavirusoverall. Another 786 tests were re-ported within the last day. An esti-mated 4,785 recoveries have beenmade from bouts with the virus.

By age range, patients who

have died were:• 85 and up: 81• 75 to 84: 69• 65 to 74: 48• 55 to 64: 36• 45 to 54: 23• 35 to 44: 7• 34 and younger: 3Here are the latest cumulative

case counts for select cities, withnumbers per 10,000 residents:

• Santa Ana: 2,116 (62.7 casesper 10,000 residents)

• Anaheim: 1,924 (53.5 cases per

Orange County coronavirus cases rise by over 400

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MARCOSESCUTIAof Costa Mesawears aunique facemask at theNewport Pieron May 7.

BYANDREWTURNER

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With the insight of aseasoned soul and the vig-or and optimism of youth,Jack Kiesecker believes thecore of any individual ishis or her memory — andthe recent graduate ofNewport Harbor HighSchool wants to preservethat by finding a cure fordementias like Alzheimer’sdisease.

Kiesecker, 18, is boundfor the University of Col-orado Boulder, where hewill study psychology andneuroscience. He’s notsure if he wants to be aphysician, but he doeswant to research a cure forthe diseases that rob peo-ple of what makes them

unique.“I truly believe the

change I can bring in theworld for helping others isthrough neurology,” hesaid.

The fascination withneuroscience came to himprecociously young.

Kiesecker attendedDavis Magnet School inCosta Mesa for elementa-ry school, where he saidhe enjoyed a diverse stu-dent body and hands-onexperience in the sciences.

A visiting neurosurgeonshowed the children a vir-tual surgery, and for aproject Kiesecker built amodel of the brain.

He was hooked.

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JACK KIESECKER, a senior at Newport Harbor HighSchool, will attend the University of Colorado Boulder.

Newport’s JackKiesecker seeks acure for dementiaBYHILLARYDAVIS

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Rebecca Li dabbled in arange of activities at Pacif-ica Christian OrangeCounty High School —sports, music, theater,student government, thehumanities and sciences— while developing asense of right and wrongthat will take root deep inher bones.

The valedictorian of thesmall Newport Beach pri-vate school is headed toWestmont College, aChristian liberal artsschool in Santa Barbara,to study English and pre-law. She wants to defendthe people who most

need it: the wrongfully in-carcerated.

“Being a lawyer at itsmost organic form is allabout justice for every-one,” said Li, who gradu-ated from Pacifica Chris-tian on June 4.

The 2019 film “JustMercy,” based on thebook of the same title bycivil rights attorney BryanStevenson about his ad-vocacy for the wronglycondemned, nudged atendency that Li, 18, saidwas formed growing up inthe Christian faith and re-cently refined in theologyclass discussions at Pacifi-

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PACIFICACHRISTIANOrangeCountyHighSchoolseniorRebeccaLi isheaded toWestmontCollege in the fall.

PacificaChristian’sRebeccaLiwill pursuedeeplyheldprinciplesBYHILLARYDAVIS

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HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON 'SURFCITY LIGHTS' PAGE A2

COSTA MESA CLOSES $24-MILLION GAP IN 2020-21 BUDGET,MAKING STEEP CIVIC CUTS PAGE A3

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The Black Lives Matter movementcontinued to build steam on Saturday,with multiple protests happening lo-cally the day after Juneteenth.

It was June 19, 1865, that the lastslaves of the Confederacy, in Texas,learned of their freedom.

Dozens of demonstrators raisedtheir voices and signs against racialinequality and police brutality at Bo-nita Creek Park in Newport Beach.Some motorists honked in support asthey passed by.

Kelsey Weisenberger, 31, of Orangesaid it is up to people to self-educateand change the conversation. Sheadded that people should want tolearn more.

“We have the world literally at ourfingertips at all times,” Weisenbergersaid, holding up her smartphone.“Why can’t we be researching this

stuff and then having the conversa-tions, the conversations that might beawkward and uncomfortable, but it’sonly because it’s a new subject to a lotof people.”

As she looks at a younger genera-tion participating in social activism,Katherine Hayes, who said she is the

Black Lives Matter protestsroll on day after Juneteenth

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PROTESTERS HOLD SIGNS during a Black Lives Matter rally at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach on Saturday.

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If those at Fountain Val-ley High School did notkeep up with every activityon campus, they still prob-ably knew of Madison Gro-gan.

The recent graduatefound herself in all sorts ofsocial circles in her time atthe school.

Being in the middle ofeverything suits Groganquite well.

“I really like taking onleadership roles,” Grogansaid. “I really like publicspeaking and ways that Ican involve myself withother people and other or-ganizations, and so that’swhy I was always doingthings.”

Grogan, 18, was the pres-ident of several school or-ganizations, including thedebate club, the FutureBusiness Leaders of Ameri-ca, and she was a co-founder of the ScholasticSociety.

She took a long list of ad-vanced placement classesat Fountain Valley, and shewas a straight-A studentthroughout.

Grogan also has a com-petitive edge. She playedfield hockey for the Barons,serving as a team captainthe last two years. She alsoearned the team’s MostValuable Offensive Playeraward as a senior.

Additionally, Grogan saidthat she has played com-petitive piano for 11 years.

All of that has led Groganto her next great adventure,one that will take her awayfrom her family for the firsttime in her life.

She is going to BabsonCollege, a private businessschool in Wellesley, Mass.Grogan said she earned afull tuition merit schol-arship to the institution,which has fewer studentson campus than FountainValley High School.

“I know that I definitelywant to work in uppermanagement, whether it’s

in my own company or inan already establishedcompany,” Grogan said.“I’m kind of interested intech right now.”

The fact that the future isunwritten is what excitesGrogan the most aboutcollege.

“It’s the first time in yourlife where you’re really incontrol of your own life,”Grogan said when askedwhat advice she would giveto her fellow seniors. “Youneed to get in control of itthe most that you can be-cause the skills that youlearn in college are theskills that you’re going totake with you into adult-hood.

“If you don’t go into col-lege with an open mind,then you’re not going togrow as a person. That’s themost important time thatyou can grow as a personbecause when else are yousurrounded by so manydiverse and intelligent peo-ple that all share a similarpassion as you?”

Grogan was taught lifelessons early on. When herbrother, Nick, got a newunicycle, she wanted hisold one. Her parents hadher purchase it for $40 atthe age of 9, which she saidamounted to all of her sav-ings at the time.

While she has learned

things from several familymembers, Grogan’s mostinspirational person issomeone she has no per-sonal memory of. She losther great grandpa whenshe was an infant, but sheaspires to be what he wasremembered for.

“He’s been my biggestinspiration just because hewas a great unifier in ourfamily,” Grogan said. “Heloved everybody for whothey were, and he’s some-body that I aspire to be.”

When the coronaviruspandemic took studentsout of the classroom,Fountain Valley PrincipalMorgan Smith said hemade challenge videos tohelp the students stay con-nected.

Smith said that Groganparticipated in the chal-lenges, which was em-blematic of the way she in-spired other students toparticipate in her classes.

“This is someone that Ican count on to lead whenthings are at their mostchallenging,” Smith said.“As much as principals feellike they might have tomake all the decisions orlead in every avenue, wereally do count on thosearound us to lead.”

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Fountain Valley’s MadisonGrogan is looking to lead

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FOUNTAIN VALLEY High School’s Madison Grogan isa straight-A student with interest in a career in business.

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There’s just somethingimpossible about flight,Tanner Burton said.

“I’ve always kind of hada passion for flight. Any-thing with flight just inter-ests me,” Tanner said. “Iguess I just want to takethat passion and just runwith it. I think it’s kind oflike the impossible factorof it. It almost seems like itcan’t be achieved, yet wesee it every day and it’s justinteresting to break thebarrier between us and theground.”

And after graduatingfrom Laguna Beach HighSchool on June 11 with 254other seniors in a drive-through ceremony atGuyer Field, Tanner’s turn-ing his eyes to the skies ashe heads off to ArizonaState University this fall.

Assuming, of course,that classes won’t be heldonline, which Tannerhopes he doesn’t have todo for his first semester ofcollege.

Tanner said he plans tostudy aeronautical man-agement technology whileat the Tempe-based uni-versity, adding that he wasmost interested in thebusiness side of aviation,the logistics and what goeson in the background offlight.

“I’m kind of hopingeverything stables outagain. We’re kind of on thisupward path back to nor-mal, almost, and I justdon’t want to see it fallback into the same placewe were two months ago,”Tanner said of the co-ronavirus pandemic thathas swept through thecountry.

“I think I learn better inphysical classes and justseeing people, it helps withmy emotional state, Iguess.”

He describes himself aseasygoing, patient andhaving a “pretty good”work ethic but admitted hecould be clumsy. He said

he likes to surf and to gohiking and traveling when-ever he can, adding that hehasn’t done the latter lately.

Tanner said he mostlooks forward to immers-ing himself in a new envi-ronment, miles away fromwhere he grew up in La-guna Beach. He said heloves his life here, but thathe felt it was important toexperience different placesand people.

While in high school, hewas in cross-country andwas part of the theater pro-gram, which he said hejoined because of a pro-duction of “Guys andDolls,” which he said hissister was in when she wasin high school. This year,he played Joseph in “Jo-seph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat.”

He said his best memo-ries of high school werespent with theater or hiscross-country team.

One of his favorite mem-ories was when he went toIreland with his cross-country team in his junioryear, but added that otherhighlights were when hegot cast to play Joseph andalso Lumiere in the highschool’s production of“Beauty and the Beast.”Last year’s prom, he added,was pretty fun.

But, like his peers whohave seen their senioryears upended by the co-ronavirus pandemic, Tan-ner said he’s been trying tostay hopeful, but admittedthat online learning hasbeen difficult without be-ing able to see everyone in-person.

“I don’t think it can getany worse from here. Ithink we’re only going upright now, maybe not rightnow,” Tanner said. “Maybein a couple of months. I’vejust been trying to stay ashopeful as I can.”

He said he felt it was a“bummer” that his seniorclass wasn’t able to partakein traditional senior yearactivities, but added thathe knew that they were liv-ing through a huge histori-cal event and that he felthaving something likeGrad Night or promwouldn’t change what heand his class were livingthrough.

He said he was thankfulthat the high school couldhold a drive-through grad-uation at all, adding that hefelt it was most importantthat he and his senior classgot to be together — evenif it meant that he had toget his degree while he wasin a car and not in a tradi-tional ceremony.

“We’ve been through somuch throughout thesepast 12 years. I think that’sthe most important thing,”Tanner said. “Just comingtogether and celebratingour accomplishments to-gether.”

Tanner said he hopesthat the COVID-19 caseswon’t pick up, but while thepandemic is still going, hesaid he’ll take it one day ata time.

“My life is on pause,” hesaid, "[but] it’s not reallydone.”

LagunaBeachHighgraduateTannerBurton turns to the skiesBY LILLY NGUYEN

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TANNERBURTONplans to studyAeronauticalManagementTechnology atArizona StateUniversity.

The Huntington BeachCity Council on Mondaynight delayed a vote on ap-proving closure of a blockof Main Street for outdoorcommerce.

The agenda item pro-posed closing the secondblock of Main Street down-town, between Walnut andOlive avenues, to automo-biles.

Seven decks also knownas “parklets” would tempo-rarily be constructed foroutdoor dining and com-merce, as the city contin-ues reopening after restric-tions were put in place tocurb the COVID-19 pan-demic. Social-distancingrequirements limit indoordining to 50% capacity.

Huntington Beach hasworked with ChouraEvents, which developed asimilar program in LagunaBeach that opened Mon-

day, on the proposed proj-ect, tentatively called “SurfCity Lights.” It would po-tentially run through LaborDay and cost no more than$175,000, said UrsulaLuna-Reynosa, HuntingtonBeach’s director of com-munity development whopresented the proposal.

Funding would be sup-ported through theCOVID-19 CoronavirusAid, Relief and EconomicSecurity (CARES) Act.

“If we approve this, whatwe end up with is a senseof place, more of a destina-tion,” City CouncilmanMike Posey said. “Thelonger people are there,the more money they’llspend. If they have dinner,they’ll stay for ice cream. Ifthey stay for ice cream,they’ll buy a swimsuit orwhatever.”

However, City Councilmembers unanimouslyvoted to table the proposal

until another meetingcould be set up with theHuntington Beach Down-town Business Improve-ment District by June 30.

Luna-Reynosa said thatcity staff has worked withboth Choura and BID lead-ership, but a letter datedJune 12 had signatures ofseveral business owners inthe proposed area who op-posed the parklets.

“The parklets really arebeautiful, and I think theywould enhance that sec-ond block of Main Street,”City Councilwoman KimCarr said.

“But I don’t own a busi-ness downtown, and we’veheard from these busi-nesses downtown that theydon’t want it. I don’t thinkit’s right for us to imposesomething on them thatthey don’t want. I really feelthat there needs to be ameeting of the minds, be-cause I think that we could

address so many of theconcerns that they have,like the cleanliness, like thesecurity.”

SMALL BUSINESS RELIEFPROGRAM APPROVED

The City Council unani-mously voted Monday toapprove the COVID-19Small Business Relief Pro-gram, which would pro-vide economic support tolocal businesses impactedby the pandemic.

Huntington Beach hasmore than $4.7 millionavailable to small busi-nesses through the CARESAct.

Eligible businesses mustmeet at least one of the fol-lowing criteria: deemednonessential and forced toclose, sales down morethan 25% over the previousthree months, laid off atleast one employee and/orat least one employee hascontracted the coronavirus

while at work.Businesses must be in-

dependently owned, with30 or fewer full-time em-ployees.

Each eligible businesswill receive a grant of up to$5,000 to $10,000, depend-ing on the number of em-ployees.

The program will be ad-ministered by the OrangeCounty Small Business De-velopment Center.

COUNCIL REAFFIRMSHUMAN DIGNITY POLICY

The City Council unani-mously voted to reaffirmthe Declaration of PolicyAbout Human Dignity,which was originallyadopted in 1996 and lastreaffirmed in 2017.

Carr introduced theagenda item, saying shefelt it was a good time tobring it up in the aftermathof George Floyd’s death onMay 25 and ensuing pro-

tests.“This document is trying

to say that we’re all in thistogether,” Carr said. “Weare a welcoming city, andwe need to shout that outloud. If this helps, I thinkthat is something that weneed to be a part of.”

Huntington Beach hasbeen home to numerousprotests since Floyd’sdeath, including one onSaturday.

The declaration statesthat “everyone should betreated with courtesy andrespect, regardless of theirracial background, theirnation of origin, the reli-gion they practice, theirsexual orientation, genderor disability status.”

It also states that the citywill fight against hatecrimes with all of the re-sources at its disposal.

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Costa Mesa City Councilmembers effectively closeda $24-million gap forecastin the 2020-21 budgetTuesday, but what they hadto do to balance the booksmay not bode well for cityprograms and services inthe year ahead.

To help recover from ti-tanic revenue losses en-dured through the still-on-going coronavirus pan-demic, officials committedto nearly $10.8 million indepartmental cuts, em-ployee furloughs amount-ing to 5% and draining adeclared disaster relieffund — which stood at$14.1 million at the start ofthe year — to zero.

Carol Molina, the city’sbudget and purchasingmanager, told councilmembers Tuesday severalcity staff positions wouldnot be budgeted for in theupcoming fiscal year.

“We are estimatingabout 109 positions, bothfull-time and part-time,will be defunded in 2020-21, either partially or for theentire fiscal year,” she said.

Across-the-board cutswill impact all depart-ments. A total of $1.7 mil-lion will be reduced fromthe Public Services budget,including five defundedpositions, while $313,951will be cut from the CostaMesa Police Department,$472,732 from Fire & Res-cue and $361,698 from thecity manager’s discre-tionary fund.

The Parks & CommunityServices Department istrimming $476,462, and$744,653 will be taken fromDevelopment Services,among others.

Molina delivered a bit ofgood news during a June 9initial budget hearing,namely that the gradual re-opening of businesses and

services in the past monthwill allow the city to adjustupward its anticipatedsales tax revenue by$4.3 million.

The recent resumptionof street-sweeping serv-ices, and the parking ticketfees typically associatedwith restrictions imposedduring sweeping, shouldnet another $1 million infiscal year 2020-21.

Molina said an antici-pated receipt of about$3 million in COVID-19funding provided by fed-eral, state and countyagencies will be transferredto the city’s disaster fund inthe current fiscal year andwill eventually be used tohelp close the gap in 2020-21.

“In essence, this wouldreduce our general fundbalance by 28%, from$53.3 million to a little bitunder $39 million,” Molinasaid at that hearing.

The Finance Depart-ment estimates the co-ronavirus, and resultantdecreases in sales tax andtransient occupancy tax re-ceipts, will have cost thecity roughly $39.5 millionby this time next year.

Mayor Pro Tem John

Stephens praised city stafffor accomplishing a nearlyimpossible feat.

“This is my fourthbudget that I’ve voted onand oddly enough it’s thesmoothest budget processbecause there was an in-credible amount of com-munication, updates andinformation even under in-credibly difficult circum-stances,” he said. “This is areally good job.”

Councilman Allan Man-soor said he could not sup-port the budget plan, as itfailed to include cuts to thecity’s chief of staff andcouncil aide positions.

He also suggested coun-cil members forfeit theirown compensation, in-cluding their $900 monthlystipends.

“We’ve heard this coun-cil mention they want pro-grams funded,” he said. “Ifwe cut enough of our pay,that would go a long waytoward that.”

Ultimately, the councilapproved the budget 5-2,with Mansoor and Coun-cilwoman Sandy Genis op-posed.

CostaMesacloses$24-Mgap in2020-21budget,makingsteepcivic cuts

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TOHELP recover fromtitanic revenue lossesenduredduringthecoronaviruspandemic,CostaMesaofficials committedtonearly$10.8million indepartmental cuts, employeefurloughsanddrainingadeclareddisaster relief fund.

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T he past two months havebeen devastating: 119,000American lives lost, 5.1 mil-

lion Californians filing for unem-ployment and pushed to thebrink, hungry children and emptyfood banks.

It is heartbreaking.Alongside this enormous loss,

there is a self-inflicted wound: thepoliticization of this pandemic.

This is proving to be every bitas dangerous and destructive asthe virus itself.

Sadly, some of our electedleaders seem to be less interestedin solving problems or con-fronting this crisis than they arein fanning these flames, gettingcolumn inches and raising cam-paign donations.

I won’t mention any names.But if you think I’m talking aboutyou, chances are you’re probablyright.

We are in the transition phaseof our COVID-19 response —moving from lockdown and tak-ing careful steps to reopen our

economy safely and responsibly.The challenges we face could

not be more profound, and thestakes could not be higher.

Our success or failure dependson the actions of each one of us.And by taking simple, common-sense precautions, we will all bepart of the solution:

• Wash your hands.• Don’t touch your face — or

other people.• Wear a mask to protect your-

self and other people.Allow me a moment to dispel

some not-so-common miscon-ceptions:

• Wearing a mask isn’t part of aglobal conspiracy. It’s just a com-mon-sense health precaution, asprescribed by the Orange CountyPublic Health Agency, CaliforniaDepartment of Public Health,Centers for Disease Control andPrevention and the World HealthOrganization.

• You don’t wear a mask be-cause you’re afraid of the maskpolice; you wear a mask because

it reduces the spread of germsand is the right thing to do. Youdon’t wash your hands after youuse the bathroom because you’reafraid of the bathroom police;you wash your hands because itstops the spread of germs and isthe right thing to do (at least Icertainly hope you do).

This would almost be laugh-able if it weren’t so insidious anddangerous. Just last week, thiscontroversy forced Orange Coun-ty’s public health officer to resignafter threats to herself and herfamily were so serious as to re-quire constant police protection.

We are reopening our economy

and returning to some semblanceof normalcy. But this pandemic isfar from over. As we continue tofight this virus, common senseand common decency will go avery long way.

COMMENTARY | COTTIE PETRIE-NORRIS

PLEASE PROTECT YOURSELF ANDOTHERS BYWEARING AMASK IN PUBLIC

COTTIE PETRIE-NORRIS is astate assemblywoman.

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AWOMANwearing a facemask checksher cell phone.

Who would possiblywant the job of OrangeCounty health officernow? After Dr. NicholeQuick was hounded outof the job because sheordered people to wearmasks in public to de-crease the transmission ofcoronavirus, a scien-tifically-based recom-mendation, and she wasnot supported by thefeckless Orange CountyBoard of Supervisors, nodedicated public healthprofessional with ethicalstandards and moralqualms will take the job.

Apparently, it is toomuch to ask of somepeople in Orange Countythat they suffer someminor inconvenience forthe good of all, includingthemselves. I fear for ourcollective survival.

Dr. Hildy MeyersSanta Ana

The writer is a formerOrange County communi-

cable disease control officer.

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I am deeply saddenedby Dr. Nichole Quick’sdecision to resign fromthe Orange County HealthDepartment. She hasadmirably led our countywith skill and profession-alism at a time of greatthreat to our lives —despite support fromsome public officials andcitizens.

I’m truly ashamed thatpublic ignorance, politicsor lack of resources im-peded Quick’s efforts todo her job. That fact thatthe COVID crisis hap-pened during one of themost divisive times in ourcountry, a time of person-al threats and violentrhetoric, is not lost on meor the silent majority ofOrange County’s citizenswho fully supportedQuick and still do.

Laurie SmithNewport Beach

Stay-at-homeorders provedeffective

In the June 6 mailbag Iread an interesting replyto Gov. Gavin Newsom’sstay-at-home order(“Mailbag: Flattering letterabout the governor over-looks his many mistakesduring the pandemic”).

The writer seemed tofind our governor foolishsince our hospitals inCalifornia were neveroverwhelmed and hospi-tal emergency rooms havebeen largely empty. Ah,the irony. Does the writernot see the correlationbetween the order andthe outcome?

Chris CramerCosta Mesa

The writer is a registerednurse.

Please mask up,Newport Beach

Because some locals inNewport Beach continueto minimize and criticizethe coronavirus responsein California, I suggestthey start reading thelarger newspapers andother scientific sourcesthat are readily madeavailable online. As I lookaround our city and seethe lack of social distanc-ing and lack of seriousconcern for the co-ronavirus, I have becomevery fearful for our future.

Those fears were some-what confirmed recentlyas I read the following onthe front page of the LosAngeles Times: “Californiabraces for second wave ofthe coronavirus.”

In addition to the rea-son just stated are twoadditional factors, themass protests and re-openings. New guidelinesissued by the OrangeCounty health officer onMay 28 included severalguidelines for businesses,as well as the stipulationthat all Orange Countyresidents “shall wear acloth face mask whenthey are not able to main-tain at least 6 feet of phys-ical distance from anotherperson.”

All these rules soundhopeful, but they are onlyas good as the paper theyare written on, if they arebased on voluntary com-pliance. Where is theenforcement?

Lynn LorenzNewport Beach

Irvine mayorShea is off base

In Sunday’s edition,staff writer Ben Brazilwrote an article on theprotest that had occurredin Irvine in connectionwith the death of GeorgeFloyd. Near the end of thearticle, Mr. Brazil quotesthe mayor of Irvine,Christina Shea, who I’msure considers herself asavvy politician, at leaston a local level. I wasstruck by her tone-deaf-ness as she referred to“my city,” “my residents,”“my stellar police force”and finally, “my chief.”

Four times in two shortparagraphs and it mademe wonder if the mayorknows the differencebetween the word “my”and the word “our.”

Gene AxelrodHuntington Beach

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Orange County putpolitics over the sound

medical advice ofits health officer I have just returned

from the site of theOrange County Board

of Supervisors, where Istood with other leaders inwhat we thought would bea socially distanced oppor-tunity to share our plea fora return to the mask order.

We know the numberscontinue to rise in OrangeCounty and masks make adifference.

What I witnessed left metrembling and in tears. Isay this as someone who isnot unfamiliar with hatred.

Their jeers during myprayer, accusations that Iwas liar or a fake pastorwere not new experiences.I’ve been called a witch,told I work for Satan andthat I’m luring my flockaway from the true teach-ing before.

As an advocate forLGBTQ rights, Black LivesMatter and a supporter ofMuslims, I’ve been criti-cized and mocked. So mytrembling and fear todaydid not come from theircruel words hurled at meas I spoke.

My shock came in that,despite having been insituations like this dozensof times, I’ve never actuallyfeared for my life. I’vereceived threats before,phone calls, and I’ve evenbeen the recipient ofcursed name calling.

But what I experiencedwas vitriolic hatred, a de-sire to hurt one another,not just a plea for “free-dom,” but an active threatto those of us who arestanding asking for masks.

To tell me that they thinkthey have the coronavirusand to stand next to me,invading my personalspace, with the intent tospread it, saying my “maskwon’t do any good,” isterrifying.

They brought me totears with their cruelty. Iam shocked that theythought this was an appro-priate way to get theirmessage across by com-mandeering our newsconference and threat-ening us with a virus weare actively asking forprotection from.

These are the people theBoard of Supervisors are

listening to — not scien-tists, not doctors, not pas-tors like me who share abelief that our call is tocare for the least of theseamong us and to love ourneighbors as ourselves.

The board should befocused on keeping ussafe, should listen to facts,and quite frankly shouldcare about our communi-ty’s health, safety andwell-being.

But instead they arelistening to the ravings ofpeople who would seek towill a lethal virus upon apastor and others they donot know simply becausewe are asking to keep our

community safe.I tremble at the lack of

humanity I witnessedtoday. And I pray leaderswill emerge who careabout this county and thepeople who live here.

I am still shaken. I’m stillafraid of what they mayhave passed to me and thehatred that they spewed.

Orange County, we mustdo better. We owe it toourselves, our neighbors,our brothers and sisters.

COMMENTARY | THE REV. DR. SARAH HALVERSON-CANO

Mask opponents proved ‘terrifying’at O.C. Board of Supervisors meeting

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THE REV. DR. SARAHHALVERSON-CANO is apastor at FairviewCommunity Church in CostaMesa.

W hen I first ran forschool board, afriend who had

served on a school boardfor 30 years took me out tolunch.

“At some point, you’regoing to face some difficultdecisions,” he said. “As youdecide, remember, you arethere for the kids. Youchoose what is best forthem and the decisions willbe easier.”

At no point would hehave foreseen that hiswords would guide methrough my first term as aschool board membermaking the decisions of2020. No one expected thatschools would close, thatwe would take the leap intodistance learning, that wewould be faced with ques-tions on how to come backfrom something we stillreally don’t understand.

And about that distancelearning. My four elemen-tary-aged kids have been

so fortunate to have amaz-ing teachers who havewholeheartedly taughtthem new concepts andcreatively introduced mathand language arts using the“Harry Potter” series andKate DiCamillo books. It ishigh quality and innova-tive, but it is not a long-term replacement for in-person school.

Public school servesmany societal needsamong which the academ-ic education of children isjust one component. Inaddition to childcare, andoften food, participation insociety and social-emo-tional development areintegral parts of a flourish-ing society.

Families often choose tomeet these needs in otherways, which is their right,but the need for educationto be provided by the peo-ple for all people is a mat-ter that has been insistedupon since the early days

of our country.Kids need to be in school

for society to work and forchildren to learn the most.A recent Wall Street Journalarticle includes preliminaryresearch that indicates only70% of learning in lan-guage arts occurred andjust 50% in math as com-pared to a typical year.

Learning requires morethan a visual experience,for younger children inparticular. And rememberwhen we were concernedabout too much screentime?

I am advocating forstudents and their futures.Disruptions like these haveshown over time, andacross nations, to reducethe high school graduationrate and in turn lowerlifetime earning power.

Parents who have meanswill make sure that theirchildren aren’t impacted,whether by paying fortutors in their homes or

paying for private coachesand trainers. Those whohave not, who have themost to lose, will now beeven further behind.

No matter how we pro-ceed, there will be mis-takes. We have no histori-cal precedent for how toreopen public schools aftera pandemic. We still needto think of kids and theirfutures and go forward.

Parents, this is your timeto stand up for kids andtheir futures, both for yourown and for others. Writeto your legislators. Run foroffice. Donate to charitiesthat are helping to makeup for the learning loss thathas already occurred.

If we do not, then ourchildren’s generation willcarry the burden ofCOVID-19 well after wehave a vaccine.

COMMENTARY | MICHELLE BARTO

Let’s collaborate on ways to restore someof the classroom time lost to COVID-19

MICHELLE BARTO is aNewport-Mesa school boardtrustee.

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“I figured out what Iwanted to major in in col-lege in sixth grade,” he said.

Experiences that comewith emotions and becomememories are what shapepeople, he said. Withoutthose memories, “life be-comes unimportant.” Hecan’t fathom what it wouldbe like to forget what life’smost impactful momentsfelt like.

But if he can’t put himselfinto someone else’s head,he can recognize their chal-lenges and pain. He’s driv-en to study the brain andmind because he intuitively

grasps the tragedy of mem-ory loss. More recently, he’sattended local anti-racismprotests. He said he can’tunderstand first-hand thestruggle of people of color,but he can stand with themand support them.

He credits his empathyto his mother, Bel, whohelped him make thatmodel of the brain yearsago that helped put him onhis life’s path.

Kiesecker, the son of Beland Peter Kiesecker andthe older brother of Nic.graduated from NewportHarbor during the school’svirtual ceremony on Friday.

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JACK KIESECKER, shown at the Balboa Pier, said he plans to study psychology andneuroscience. “I figured out what I wanted to major in in college in sixth grade,” he said.

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ca Christian — where sheanswered questions like,“What do I think about mo-rality? What do I truly be-lieve?”

“I think that’s where myideas started to form abouttaking justice and taking itfrom this abstract conceptand applying it to my ownlife and just seeing how canI really exercise this if it’ssomething that I believeour world really needs,” shesaid. “Which I do.”

Li, who grew up in Irvine,attended Mariners Chris-tian School before PacificaChristian. As a member ofPacifica Christian’s thirdgraduating class, she saidshe had opportunities tohelp build up a youngschool.

“As a result, I didn’t feellike I was excluded fromtrying sports or certain op-portunities. Like I was ableto try out for my first musi-cal,” she said.

She played on the beachvolleyball team, performedas a pianist, cellist and ac-tor, shadowed administra-tors, learned to code, andearned a 4.58 grade-pointaverage to lead her class of41 students. Outside ofschool, she taught Sundayschool at Newport’s LibertyBaptist Church. Althoughshe will study the human-ities and social studies incollege, she also enjoyedAdvanced Placement biolo-gy.

She admires the dedica-tion of the Pacifica Chris-tian faculty, who went outof their way to engage withstudents, even sitting withthem at lunch. In thespring, as the significanceof the coronavirus pan-demic began to take shape,teachers moved up the per-formance of “Fiddler onthe Roof” so the studentswho had worked hard onthe production — like Li,who portrayed Tzeitel —could showcase their tal-ents before the imminentswitch to online learning.

She said she found thistouching.

Li is the daughter of Pe-ter and Peggy Li and theyounger sister of Christina.Stay-at-home orders were ablessing in disguise that al-lowed her to spend qualitytime with her family beforeheading off to college, shesaid.

In her graduationspeech, she said she hopesthe class of 2020 is judgedby not just what happenedto them, but what hap-pened because of them.

“The history textbooks ofthe future are still blank.They might contain thename of one of thesegraduates,” she wrote.“When life came to ascreeching stop these pastfew months, we were pro-vided an opportunity tolive with determination,wait in silence, love eachother well, exercise ourGod-given passions, andthink carefully.”

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PACIFICACHRISTIAN graduate Rebecca Li plans to study English and pre-law atWestmontCollege in Santa Barbara. Li earned a 4.58 grade-point average to lead her class of 41students.

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mother of four Black chil-dren, wants more mothersto get involved.

“I had to have a conver-sation with my son at 7about trying to be carefulgoing out there,” Hayessaid. “He was only 16 whenTrayvon Martin was killed,and I had to go tell my sonto stop wearing hoodies. Ihad to teach him when he’sdriving to put his hands onthe steering wheel when hegets pulled over.”

Marina Jade and RachelHan, both 22 and fromNewport Beach, came tothe protest together.

Jade, a first-time pro-tester, said that she wasmotivated to spread a mes-sage of love, not hate.

Han noted that racialsegregation was still aroundroughly a century after theend of slavery.

“If you don’t care aboutsomething like this [move-ment], then you’re not car-ing for the human race,”Han said.

While some have calledfor defunding police de-partments, Lance Calonge,34, of Irvine said he believesthat one can back the BlackLives Matter movementwhile also supporting po-lice officers.

“In the end, we’re all hu-mans,” Calonge said.“There’s a way for all of usto live amongst each otherin peace, and I think wehave the generation that is

[aware] right now. No dis-tractions. No sports. Every-body is paying attention,and I think more people aregetting more involved, so itmakes me very, very hum-bled.”

At the intersection ofMain Street and PacificCoast Highway in Hunting-ton Beach, demonstratorsexpressing different view-points gathered on oppo-site sides of the street.

On the side nearest thepier, Black Lives Matterprotesters sat and listenedto personal stories fromspeakers.

Kevin Walton, 25, ofHuntington Beach, an or-ganizer of the protest at thepier, said that the move-ment remains strong be-cause the “fight will not beover until systemic racismis over.”

“I really want everybody,especially HuntingtonBeach, to know that we’renot here to burn your citydown,” Walton said.

“We’re not here to lootand riot like you’re seeingeverywhere else. All we’redoing is trying to get ourmessage across to the peo-ple on the other side of thestreet.”

Justin Frazier, 25, of Or-ange has been to multipleBlack Lives Matter protestsat Huntington Beach. Heshared his personal reasonfor getting involved.

“My uncle, Gregory Fraz-ier, was murdered by policein Pompano Beach, Florida,in 2016,” said Frazier, whohad wrapped himself in an

American flag.“That’s why I’m so pas-

sionate. I was on a combatdeployment when that wasgoing on, so I couldn’t bethere for that, but I’m herefor him now. I won’t stopuntil we make it happen,until we get justice.”

Frazier, who said heserved in the Marine Corps,added that he is not “anti-cop,” but he wants to seeinvestigations of police thathave misconduct charges.

On the other side of thestreet, Ted Petersen, 64, ofCosta Mesa was collectingsignatures for a petition torecall Gov. Gavin Newsom.He said he was not in favorof the recent order thatCalifornians must wearmasks in public.

Alejandra Menez, 26, ofCosta Mesa said that shesigned the petition. She hadcome out to demonstrate insupport of law enforcementwith her aunt, who held upa sign saying “Back theBlue.”

“My greatest concern isthat if we do get rid of thepolice, if we do defund thepolice, and we start cuttingthe resources, who’s goingto keep our communitysafe?” Menez said.

“They go through train-ing and a lot of these offi-cers do grow up in theircommunities that they doserve, so who else better toprotect us than people whoare a part of our communi-ties?”

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Community:Went to China with our Mandarin teacher to learnabout Chinese culture. Participated in heart walk, MSwalk, ADAwalk, CHOC walk, beach clean-up. Organizedfood drive, back to school supplies drive, coat drive.Volunteered at food bank and food pantry, and locallibrary. Organized food and supplies giveaway for thosein need during Covid pandemic. Sew masks to donateto hospitals for healthcare staff use duringCovid pandemic.College Plans:To pursue a career in healthcare

JASMINE AUGPA 4.375 (W)

School Activities:Theater Tech, National Honor Society, Mock Trial,School Site Council, Project Lead theWay, MESAClub,Solar Boat Team, Key Club, Film Club, Drama ClubCommunity:California Boys State, UCI Biorobotics Lab research,theater tech for elementary school shows, FairviewPark restoration projects, church sound crewCollege Plans:Attend UC Berkeley for Mechanical Engineering andpursue a career in the aerospace field

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Community:Teacher Assistant at local church to help elementarystudents with disabilities to complete their FirstCommunion, volunteered at fundraising events for highschool athletic teams, danced for a Polynesian dance group.College Plans:Attending Bentley University in Massachusetts tomajor in Business Management with a minor in HumanResources with a full-ride scholarship. After graduating,I plan on returning to California for employment/internships and potentially pursue my Master’s degree.

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School Activities:CMHS Band (Marching Band, Drumline, MusicalOrchestra), National Honors, Society, Mock Trial,Key Club, Latino Culture Club, CMHS Drama, Delta,M.E.S.A., AV ClubCommunity:Teen Advisory Group at Donald Dungan Library, 200+hours of community service, Reality Changers, CommunityBike Rides with Councilmember Arlis ReynoldsCollege Plans:I am planning on attending the University of SouthernCalifornia and majoring in Public Policy.

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School Activities: Nationalhonor society, Delta program,Asian culture club, Key club,We care club,Varsity tennis team

School Activities:Varsity girls tennis team,varsity wrestling team,MockTrial, Latino Culture club, BigBrothers Big Sisters of America,National Honors Society, DELTA,Simon Scholars Program.

School Activities:Key ClubCommunity:Costa Mesa Art VentureCollege Plans:Attend Chapman University as a Dance Major

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School Activities:ASB, Volleyball, Asian Culture ClubCommunity:Mainly hangout with friends by going to: our local fastfood places (In-N-Out, Chick-fil-A, Raising Canes);the movies; the beach; the pool; the park; places withbeautiful views (Top of theWorld, Hilltop Park) or tryingout new places together.College Plans:major in biology and dorm at Universityof San Francisco

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School Activities:Debate captain, co-president and co-founder of WeCare Club, scholar athlete, varsity tennis player, CMHSstudent of the year for math, Principal’s honors rollCommunity:Key club, National Honors Society, Asian Club, CMHSTennis,We Care Club, OCCmath competition, MESAClub and competitionCollege Plans:attend undergrad college majoring in chemistry, thengo to med school, complete internships and residency,and become a dermatologist

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School Activities:Key Club, Reality Changers, smART Summer Camp,We Care Club, MESACommunity:Truong Buu Diep Foundation (religious non-profitorganization),Workplace Mentoring at EdwardsLifesciences, Self-learning Korean, Babysitting/tutoringCollege Plans:UC Berkley, Business Admin

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School Activities:Earned the California State Seal of Bi-literacy,received the Reality Changers’ College Apps Academyscholarship, received the Costa Mesa AcademicAchievement Award - Math FinalistCommunity:I volunteer at my church in the Children’s’Ministryhelping watch kids and practicing for being a teacher. Ihave earned 106 hours of community service doing this.I’ve been doing this every month for the past 5 years.College Plans:I am going to UCI and majoring in education sciences. Iplan to be a teacher as my future career.

School Activities:Color Guard, Hoag Candystriper, Simon Scholars, CMHSMusicalsBig Brothers Big SistersCommunity:Hoag Candystriper, Key Club, Big Brothers Big SistersCollege Plans:Attend the University of Pennsylvania as a Nursing major and become aninspiration to those around me

School Activities:ASB, Key Club, National Honors Society, Varsity Tennis, Key Club, GayStraight Alliance, Dance, Madrigal Choir, Asian Culture Club, Latino CultureClub, Make-A-WishCommunity:Fundraisers and charity work through Key Club, Volunteering at St.John the Baptist Catholic Church; Various beach and campus cleanups,Food and toiletry preparations for local homeless shelters andhomeless veterans.College Plans:Accepted at Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, and UCSC. Attending dream school ofUCLA to major in Communications on the pre-med track.

Community:58 hours of community service completedFlagship Healthcare Center2018 Mid-Term Election Polls – OC Registrar of VotersECHS PTSAAnnual Rummage SaleLocal Beach Clean-upHonors:Principal’s Honor Roll every semester since 2016Champion for Character Award Recipient in 2017Outstanding Citizenship Award Recipient in 2016-2018ECHS Student of the Year Recipient since 2018Coastline College Outstanding Student of the Year in 2019California Scholarship Federation Member since 2019College Plans:Attend UC San Diego with a desire to study Computer Science

Community:88.5 hours of community service completedFlagship Healthcare CenterOrange County Mesa Verde Public LibraryVeteran’s HospitalDanbrook Elementary School2018 Mid-Term Election Polls – OC Registrar of VotersECHS PTSAAnnual Rummage SaleHonors:Principal’s Honor Roll every semester since 2016ECHS Student of the Year Recipient since 2017California Scholarship Federation Member since 2019Placed in the American Legion Essay Contest every year since 2015(2nd place this school year)

Ty Burgess is a graduate of Monte Vista High School. He is anavid surfer with high aspirations and goals to one day become aprofessional surfer. He has been a surfer since he was 3 years oldand spends most of his time riding the waves. He trains at a surftraining gym that centers around training professional surfers. Hehas competed in theWestern Surfing Association events as well asJack’s Surfboards EveryWave Counts competitions.Ty has a strong commitment to becoming a professional surfer andhas dedicated his life to training 5 days a week, eating healthy, andkeeping his focus on school. His dedication is truly remarkable andhe is a worthy recipient of the Les Miller Award.

School Activities:AVID student since 2018National Honor Society since 2018

School Activities:AVID student since 2018National Honor Society since 2018Participated in the Coastline CollegeTheater class offered at ECHS

School Activities:Principal’s Honor Roll, Student of the Quarter, Student of the Year in P.E.,AP Scholar with Honor, California Scholarship Federation Gold Seal Bearer,Community:Key Club Member, Backstage Manager for CMHS Theater Productions,National Honors Society Member,Wilderness Club Member, “MesaManiac” at football games, Delta MemberCollege Plans:Attend Community College and transfer to a 4-year under a Sociology orCommunications Major.

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Community:St. John the Baptists Religious Education Teacher’sAssistant, CMHS Teacher’s Assistant, Food BankVolunteer, Beach Clean-Ups,WE Day Volunteer (WECharity), Summer Arts, ProgramVolunteer, Marchof Dimes Volunteer Photographer , Youth Group ,Elementary School Volunteer over the summerCollege Plans:Attending UCLA for a biology major

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Future plans: I am planning to attend the University of California, Irvine

as a Philosophy major with hopes of adding a double major in Business

Administration. I plan to continue to serve my community while preparing

myself academically to engage in the world of business from an ethical

stand point.

JOSEPH M. LIUGPA: 3.90

School Activities:

Phi Theta Kappa:

Book Drive, Help Your Harbor, Pirate Involvement Fair,

Regional Conference, District Summit Coast Day,

Green Coast Day, Senior Day, Communicate: Open

Platform for Open Minds, Bee Fair, Garrison Gala

National Technical Honors Society:

STEM night, STEM research project, Honors Open House

Christian Students at OCC:

Bible Studies, Ministry Series, Christian Conferences, Freshman Connect,

Fellowship and Fun, Pirate Involvement Fair, Coast Day

STEM Presentation, OCC photography gallery

Awards/Honors:

Positions:

President, Phi Theta Kappa. Vice President of Scholarly Activities, Phi

Theta Kappa. Book Drive Coordinator, Phi Theta Kappa. President,

Christian Students at OCC. Historian, Christian Students at OCC.

Treasurer, National Technical Honor Society. Secretary, National Technical

Honor Society.

Awards:

Joseph R. Kroll Student Leader Award (2020), All-State Academic Team:

ATeam (2019), 2nd Most Distinguished Theme Award for Honor in Action

Project (2019), Phi Theta Kappa Beta Mu Alpha Chapter Scholarship

(2018 & 2019), Robert B. Moore Award (2019), Five-Star Competitive Edge

(2018),Waltmar Foundation Award (2018), Donald A. Ackley Memorial

Scholarship, 2nd place OCC's programming competition: Division Two

(2019)

Community:

• Volunteer as Sunday School teacher at The Church in Huntington Beach

•Worked as a swim instructor for the YMCA

Future plans: After graduation, I will be transferring to UC Berkeley where

I will study Bioengineering. In the future, I plan to work in the industry as a

biomedical engineer and eventually come back to be a professor at Orange

Coast College.

BENJAMIN EVANSGPA: 4.02School Activities/Clubs:I was in the engineeringclub in both my sophomoreand senior year.Iwas in both swim and waterpolo teams for every yearof my highschool career.Awards/Honors:• I was team captain for my

swim team in the spring season of senior year.• I was on the principal’s honor roll for the thirdquarter of senior year.

• I was on the principal’s honor roll for the secondquarter of junior year.

• I was selected as Most ExemplaryStudent in the EDD Pathway.

Community:• I assisted in Project Lead theWay and KidzConnect throughout my second semester andsummer of every year.

• I tutored students in elementary and middleschool.

Future Plans: I plan on going to OCC before thentransferring to UCi to seek my major in ComputerEngineering and my minor in CreativeWriting.

BRANDON PEARSONGPA: 3.97School Activities/Clubs:• Basketball• Youth and GovernmentAwards/Honors:• Varsity Basketball Captain• Orange Coast LeagueAll First Team

• Kiwanis Athlete of theMonthCommunity:• Assisting run Estancia Basketball Tournaments• Helping teachers prepare their classroomsFuture Plans:Orange Coast College with the intent to transferout to a 4 year university to pursue a degree inBusiness Administration.

ERIC HUMBERTGPA: 4.15School Activities/Clubs:I did water polo during myFreshman and Sophomoreyear of water polo.Awards/Honors:In the advanced mathand science program.The honorary wall for Mr.Harrison class. Achievement

for having a 4.0 for 3 years. Got MVP forWaterPolo once at the end of aWater Polo season.Community: HelpedWater Polo Girls Seasonwith the snack bar and ScoreKeeping. I did arobotics program for kids during the summer of2018Future Plans: I plan to go to OCC and major inBusiness. I currently do not know what college Iwill transfer to afterwards.

JENNIFER ARAIZAGPA: 4.05School Activities/Clubs:• ASB• California ScholarshipFederation

• JV and Varsity VolleyballAwards/Honors:• Student of the Quarter• ASB Treasurer• Principal’s Honor Roll

• Simon Scholar RecipientCommunity:• OC Small Paws Volunteer Coordinator• Big Brothers Big Sisters• Trader Joe’s Crew MemberFuture Plans: I will be attending Cal PolySan luis Obispo and majoring in businessadministration. I am also interested in aconcentration in real estate finance.Other Comments:I would love to start a nonprofit in the future andopen up a nail salon centered around it.

JOSELYN SANCHEZGPA: 4.09School Activities/Clubs:• 2 year member ofthe Tennis Team

• 3 year member of theEstancia High SchoolJV Soccer Team

• 2 year member ofEstancia’s HOSA (HealthOccupations Studentsof America) Club

• 2 year member Key Club CaliforniaScholarship Federation Club

• Member of Do Something ClubAwards/Honors:• Captain of the Estancia HighSchool JV Soccer Team

• Community Service Organizer forCalifornia Scholarship Federation Club

• Simon Scholarship Recipient• Link Crew Leader• National Charity League Scholarship Recipient• Assistance League Scholarship Recipient• 4 year Principal’s Honor Roll Award Recipient• CPR Certified• CERT (Community EmergencyResponse Team) Certified

• 3 year member of the EstanciaMedical Academy

• AP Student• EMA Student of the QuarterCommunity:• Costa Mesa Community Run Set Up• 3 year Daily Pilot Cup Coach forWilsonElementary School

• Teens Give Back: Fairview Park Clean Up• Toy Drive for CHOC Hospital• NMUSD Beach Clean Up• Estancia Campus Beautification Day• PB&J Sandwich making for Key ClubFuture Plans: I am attending VanguardUniversity as a Pre-Nursing major in the Fallof 2020. I wish to be a Labor and DeliveryRegistered Nurse.

KURT MELVIN VENTURAGPA: 4.07School Activities/Clubs:• Associated Student Body• Volleyball• Production DramaAwards/Honors:• ASB Vice President• ASB Junior Class President• Student of the Quarter• Scholar Athlete

• Principal’s Honor RollFuture Plans: UCSB; CommunicationOther Comments: In the future, I wanna workas a reporter or producer for a digital mediacompany like Buzzfeed.

LARISSA HERNANDEZGPA: 3.96School Activities/Clubs:• Robotics Club• PLTW• Book ClubAwards/Honors:• Student of the Quarter• President of Robotics Club• President of the Book ClubCommunity:

• Awesome Adults (for adults with autism)• “Adulting” classes for people on the spectrum• Beach cleanups• Helping teachers at TeWinkle Middle SchoolFuture Plans: I plan on going to CabrilloCommunity college in Aptos, CA and thentransferring to UC Santa Cruz. As of right nowI am going to major in English and minor inComputer Science.Other Comments: I plan on teaching abroadand traveling through work away programsthroughout the summers.

LEONARDO GARCIAGPA: 4.13School Activities/Clubs:• I play in guitarconcerts for Estancia• I go to Battle of the Bell• I watch EstanciaDrama Plays

Awards/Honors:•Cal GrantCommunity:

• Help out at San Joaquin festivals• Ran game and food booths at spring, winter,and fall festivals at Rea and Victoria

• Helped time events for Estancia TrackFuture Plans: I am going to attend UCI andmajor in chemistry. I want to get a career inforensics but I haven’t narrowed down a field.

LIZETTE MATTAGPA: 4.12School Activities/Clubs:I was in HOSA, Key Club,CSF, Do Something Club,and Leos Club. I alsoparticipated in a two weekinternship program atUCLA during the summerof 2019. I was on thetennis teammy freshmanand sophomore year.

Awards/Honors:• I am a 4 year Principal HonorRoll award recipient

• I am a 3 year member of EMA• I am the vice president of CSFCommunity:• I participated in Key Club which allowed us tocomplete many community service hours. Oneexample of the latest thing we did was makePB&J sandwiches for the homeless.• I was a part of the boys and girls club• I volunteered at churchFuture Plans:I plan on going to Cal State University Long Beachand mymajor is Pre-Biology BSOther Comments:Thank you so much!

MATTHEW KEHOEGPA: 4.37School Activities/Clubs:I have playedWater Poloand Baseball at the varsitylevel. I have been a memberof CSF. I was a member oforchestra for 2 years andplayed guitar for a year.Awards/Honors:I have been a captain onboth the varsityWater Polo

team and Baseball team. I was co-president ofCSFmy senior year. I have won most inspirationalon the water polo varsity team. I have achievedscholar athlete status every season of sport Iplay. I have received the Kawanis Athlete of themonth award for water polo. I have receivedAll-league second team honors for BoysWaterPolo in 2019. I have received the Studentof the quarter award twice in High School.I have maintained above a 4.0 (weighted)throughout High School. (3.97 unweighted.Community:I have tutored, been an altar server at my localparish Saint Joachim Catholic Church. I was amember of American Legion California BoysState. I surf in my free time.Future Plans: I plan on attending Cal Poly SanLuis Obispo in the Fall. I plan on majoring inBusiness administration. Later I plan on attendingLaw school.Other Comments:I just would like to say, “Stay Psyched!”

MEGAN JAMESGPA: 4.2School Activities/Clubs:• Production Drama• Basketball• GolfAwards/Honors:• Principal’s HonorRoll (every year)• Student of the quarter(math and drama)• Math student

of the year (grades 9,10,11)• Athletic scholar (grades 9 and 10)• MACYOutstanding PerformanceAchievement (Addams Family, 11th grade)

• Best Actress Award Troupe 1224 (grade 11)• Production Drama office position(Encourager grade 11)

Community:• Big Brothers/Big Sisters• Priceless Pets Animal Shelter• Peer Court• Food Drives• Blood DonationFuture Plans: • UC Berkeley• Molecular and Cell Biology with a focus onNeurobiology

• Graduate School - Neuroscience

MELIA KENNETHGPA: 4.05

School Activities/

Clubs: Volleyball,

Basketball, Youth and

Government, Leo Club,

Girls Empowering

Girls, Australia

Club, 2018 Australia Exchange Delegate,

ASB, Pop Culture Club, Coffee Club,

School Site Council, Simon Scholar

Awards/Honors: Varsity Basketball (3

years), Varsity Volleyball (1 year) Freshman

Class President, Sophomore Class President,

ASB Vice President, ASB President, Vice

President of Australia Club, Secretary of

Youth and Government, Co-President of

Girls Empowering Girls Club, Principal's

Honor Roll, Simon Scholar, OC Scholar

Athlete, Leo Spirit Award of Leo’s Club

Community:

• Kiwanis Lion’s Club Fish Fry Set-Up, Beach

Clean-Up

• Estancia Basketball Boosters

• Violette Elementary School

Future Plans: Attending Cal Poly San Luis

Obispo to double major in Political Science and

Business Administration

MYLES WITTEGPA: 4.18

School Activities/Clubs:

Football, Baseball,

Basketball, HOSA,

Journalism

Awards/Honors:

Honors Math and

Science, Head

editor of School Paper, Gem Scholarship

from Boise State University

Community:

3 Year Friday Night Lights Coach, Two time⅞

Grade Champions,Worked at Chick-fil-A and

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Future Plans: Attending Boise State University

in Fall of 2020, Going to major in Business and

Economics

Other Comments:

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the

past, do not worry about the future, focus on

living fully in the present.”

- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

RILEY HASKELLGPA: 4.0

School Activities/

Clubs: Youth and

Government, Soccer

Community:

Peer Court

Future Plans: OCC for

Fashion Merchandising

and then transferring to

FIDM

XITLALI MARTINEZGPA: 4.0

School Activities/Clubs:

• Basketball: 2 years

• Avid for 4 years

• Big Brothers and Big

Sisters for 1 year,

• Girls inc for 4 years

• HYLP (HOPE

Youth Leadership Program)

• Estancia Link Crew: 2 years

Awards/Honors:

• The Nicholas R. Reed Scholarship Fund: 2019

• Estancia High School Principal’s

Honor Roll: 2016- Present

• The National Society of High

School Scholars: 2018- Present

• Completion of the Hope Youth

Leadership Program: 2019

• California Legislature Assembly

Certificate of Recognition: 2019 Hope

Youth Leadership Program

• United States Senate Certificate

of Commendation: 2019

• State of California Senate

Certificate of Recognition: 2019 Hope

Youth Leadership Program

Community:

•Wilson After School Program: 2016-2017

• Big Brothers and Big Sisters: 2017-2018

• Estancia High School Link Crew Program:

2018- Present

• Girls Inc.: 2016-Present

• Hope Youth Leadership Program: 2019

Future Plans: My plans are to go to OCC for

two years and then transfer to hopefully S

Stanford or UCI where I’ll be majoring in

political science and minoring in business.

Other Comments:

I want to Thank my parents and my family for

never giving up on me and for always being

there for me. Si se puede y los quiero mucho. I

also want to thank my friends for making high

school fun for me and for being there for me. I

love the table group. <3 Also shoutout to my

teachers for always being there for me and for

giving me a lot of valuable advice.

ORANGE COAST COLLEGE

VANGUARD UNIVERSITY

BRILEY NEYENHUISGPA: 2.848

School Activities:

• 3 years of student leadership

• 2 years of volunteering on chapel worship teams

Community:

I have served as a key player on the worship team at

Rock Harbor Costa Mesa for the past year

Honors/Internships:

• Performing Arts Ministry Teams - From the Vine Team Leader: 2017-2018

• Huntington Hall Resident Assistant: 2018-2019

• Summer Resident Assistant: 2019

• Spiritual FormationWorship Leader: 2019-2020

Future Plans:

Although the future is uncertain with recent developments regarding

Covid-19, I have plans to work on theWorship Team at Hume Lake this

summer. After the Summer, my plan is to continue serving at Rock Harbor

while working in the area until the opportunity opens up to do ministry full-

time.

Other Comments:

I cannot begin to find the words to accurately express my gratitude to

the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce for this award, it truly is a great

honor receive this. I also feel tremendously grateful and blessed for the

opportunities I have had to serve, as well as the people I have gotten to serve

with at Vanguard University. Of all the opportunities have had the pleasure to

participate in, my experience on the Performing Arts Ministry Teams was the

most formative in my pursuits of leadership. For that reason, it is my highest

hope that one day the program will return to Vanguard.

EMILY HOWARDGPA: 3.7

School Activities/Clubs:

• 4 year Softball student-athlete

• LIONS Champion of Character small group leader

• Vanguard University’s House of Prayer

Campus events:

• Mock Rock Champion 2018, 2020

• Ms. VU 2019

Community Activities:

• Study Abroad in Israel Summer of 2018

• Feed the Hungry Volunteer through Newport Mesa Church

• Fountain Valley Recreational Softball volunteer camps

Honors/Internships:

• Cliff Hamlow Champion of Character Award- 2019

• NAIA Scholar Athlete-2019, 2020

• Office of Student Engagement-Program Board Athletics Director

(2018-2019)

• Residence Life-Resident Assistant (2019-2020)

• Member on the Council of Student Athletes (CSA)

•Vanguard’s female representative for the GSAC Student-Athlete Advisory

Council

Grad School/Future Plans: In the future I plan to attain a Masters degree

in a health science field and pursue my passions in fitness, nutrition, and

wellness. I would love to own a business one day to integrate these passions

as well as expose myself to Evangelical missions.

Other Comments: Major: Kinesiology Pre-Health // Minor: Religion

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The Balboa Yacht Club an-nounced that the 54th annualGovernor’s Cup Youth Interna-tional Match Racing Champi-onship in Newport Beach hasbeen canceled.

Concerns over the coronavirusresulted in the regatta beingcalled off after a unanimous voteby the Governor’s Cup steeringcommittee.

Committee chairman AndyRose said in a statement that thedetermination was made thatholding or postponing the eventuntil later in the year was not fea-sible. The decision followed abriefing by BYC fleet surgeon Dr.Rob Bray on the COVID-19 situa-tion, as well as communicationwith the invitees and coaches.

“Even if the eight internationalteams could have made it to Cali-fornia, most would have faced 14-day quarantine and perhapsother restrictions upon returninghome,” Rose said.

“While Dr. Bray had designedan extensive testing protocol forthe event, he agreed that recentdevelopments in the spread of thevirus make it impossible to hostthe [Governor’s] Cup in the man-ner in which teams, coaches, andBYC members expect of us, and infact, it became highly unlikelythat all or even most of [the] in-vited skippers would ultimatelybe able to attend.”

The fleet for this year’s Gover-nor’s Cup, which was scheduledfor July 20-25, was selected andannounced in late April. Three ofthe four semifinalists from lastyear’s event were among the invi-tees, including defending cham-pion Nick Egnot-Johnson.

Egnot-Johnson, from New Zea-land, is the No. 2-ranked skipperin World Sailing’s open match rac-ing rankings.

Skippers wishing to compete inthe Governor’s Cup must beunder the age of 23 through theconclusion of the event, and re-gatta chair Christine RobertsonGribben said that all of the invitedskippers would be eligible to re-turn. One, however, likely will notcome back, as Leonard Takahashiwas expected to represent Japanin the Tokyo Olympics beforetheir postponement.

“We will be back next year tomake the 2021 [Governor’s] Cupthe best ever,” Robertson Gribbensaid. “Happily, none of this year’sinvited skippers will reach their23rd birthday by the end of nextyear’s [Governor’s Cup], to be heldJuly 19-24, 2021, so all will againbe age-eligible if they continuetheir match racing success. Al-though, we sadly presume wewon’t see three-time runner-upLeonard Takahashi, who will rep-resent Japan in the 49er class innext year’s Olympic Games.”

SAILING

Governor’sCup regattacanceledBYANDREWTURNER

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J udah Brown is the fourth of seven sib-lings, the middle child.

All of Jonathan and Melissa’s sevenchildren, whose ages range from 26 to 10, arecurrently living at the family home in Tustin.With the Browns sheltered at home due tothe coronavirus, it has made for a bustlinghousehold.

“For us, it’s natural, because we do justhang out with each other all the time,” JudahBrown said. “We’ve been home-schooled formost of my life, so we’re just used to beingaround each other. It’s kind of hard to getbored. Everyone has ideas, everyone hasgames.”

Judah, a senior at Pacifica Christian Or-ange County High, excels most at the gameof basketball. He will be leaving quite a lega-cy when he heads north to play at St. Mary’sCollege next year.

Brown averaged team-best totals of 16.6points and 9.1 rebounds per game for theTritons (22-8, 7-1 in league). Pacifica Chris-tian shared the San Joaquin League title withrival Fairmont Prep, which was the firstleague crown in the Tritons’ four varsityseasons.

Despite moving up five divisions from lastyear’s Division 4AA finalist showing, Brownhelped lead Pacifica Christian to the Division2A quarterfinals before losing 62-53 to LaVerne Bonita.

Brown is the 2019-20 Daily Pilot Boys’Basketball Dream Team Player of the Year.

He accomplished a lot in two years playingfor Pacifica Christian. Brown played for Ber-muda Dunes Desert Christian Academy as afreshman, then transferred to the Tritons as asophomore but was ruled ineligible by theSouthern Section.

“He’s such a selfless player,” Pacifica Chris-tian coach Jeff Berokoff said. “He plays thegame the right way. Anybody who watcheshim play really appreciates his basketballacumen. He makes the right pass, jumpstops, makes the right play. He’s coming fromthe weak side or behind blocking shots. If hewas more selfish, he could have scored a lotmore points, but he realized with us this yearthat we had other guys that could score theball. For him, he’s a big team guy and veryselfless with how he plays.”

At 6-foot-7, Brown was a wing player forPacifica Christian, but Berokoff appreciatedhis versatility. At different times, the All-CIFSouthern Section Division 2A selectionwould guard a point guard or defend in thepost.

“He never said, ‘No,’ or backed down fromany challenge or task that we asked him todo,” Berokoff said. “He’s got a big heart forothers and loves his teammates.”

Pacifica Christian earned a standout vic-tory when it beat Fairmont Prep 62-59 on theroad in league play on Jan. 14. The victorywas sweet for the Tritons, who lost four timesto the Huskies in Brown’s junior year, includ-ing in the Division 4AA title game and theCIF State Southern California Regional Divi-sion III quarterfinals.

“It just showed that we’re mentally tough,”said Brown, who had 18 points and 15 re-bounds in the victory. “One reason we wereable to win was that I felt like they were sofocused on last year, and we were so focusedon now. Last time was last time, and we’llleave that where it is, but right now we’recoming out to win.”

Brown, who made the All-San JoaquinLeague first team, is used to winning, and hehopes to continue that trend at St. Mary’s.But he’s also able to look back on his highschool career with pride. He said the Tritonswere close this year. They used the word“agape,” a Greco-Christian term for “love,” asa team slogan.

“It’s really cool to take a step back and seehow far we’ve come from the first Pacificateam,” Brown said. “To be able to be a part ofthat foundation, it’s truly an honor.”

COACH OF THE YEARD’Cean BryantFountain ValleyBryant, who played college basketball at

Long Beach State, was formerly an assistantcoach at Riverside King and Orange Lu-theran. He has turned around FountainValley, a school which had never made theCIF semifinals in 53 previous seasons. TheWave League runner-up Barons got there thisyear, advancing to the Division 3A semifinalsbefore losing 82-70 to No. 2-seeded IndioShadow Hills. As the No. 15 seed, Fountain

Valley also went on a memorable run to theCIF State Southern California Regional Divi-sion III semifinals before losing 78-58 atNo. 11 Burbank Providence. The Barons fin-ished the season ranked No. 16 in OrangeCounty and are a good bet to get higher nextseason, as they graduate just one senior.

FIRST TEAMJeremiah DavisG | Fountain Valley | Jr.Davis was unquestionably the go-to player

during the Barons’ historic season and fun towatch, always hustling in Fountain Valley’sfast-paced system. The All-CIF SouthernSection Division 3A and first-team All-WaveLeague selection averaged 23 points, sixrebounds and four assists per game for theBarons (20-11, 4-2 in league). His dunkswould often energize his teammates andpunctuate a win or a run. Davis will return asa senior leader for a team that will have highhopes again next season.

Levi DarrowG | Newport Harbor | Jr.Darrow had big shoes to fill, taking over as

the Sailors’ starting point guard after two-time first-team Dream Team selection SamBarela graduated and went to play at Chap-man University. He delivered, averaging 11points and four assists per game. NewportHarbor shared the Surf League title withEdison and advanced to the first round of theCIF Southern Section Division 2AA playoffsbefore the Sailors (22-7, 4-2 in league) lost56-44 to eventual semifinalist EastvaleRoosevelt. Darrow also shared the SurfLeague MVP award, with Chargers juniorguard Jackie Kwok. He had a penchant forbig plays, scoring six points in overtime asthe Sailors won at rival Corona del Mar 58-55in the league opener.

Jake CoveyC | Estancia | Sr.The 6-foot-3 senior’s primary sport is

baseball as a right-handed pitcher, but Coveyshined as the man in the middle on thebasketball court for the Eagles. A four-yearvarsity player, the Orange Coast League MVPaveraged 16 points and nine rebounds per

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JUDAH BROWNaveraged team-best totalsof 16.6 points and 9.1rebounds per game forPacifica Christian OrangeCounty High this season.

Judah Brownled PacificaChristian O.C.with maturity

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When Logan Brooks looks backon his family’s decision to move toSouthern California, he is gladthat they did so because it showedhim more of the world and ex-posed him to different perspec-tives.

Distance runners like Brookstravel miles at a time on foot, andover the last two years, few wentfarther than Brooks and the La-guna Beach High cross-countryteam.

After transferring from SantaRosa Beach (Fla.) South Walton forhis junior year, Brooks helped leadthe Breakers to the CIF SouthernSection Division 4 crown and theDivision IV state championship,placing seventh in the race.

That same year, he was an All-American as a member of the Ar-cadia Invitational-winning milerelay team.

He came back with his secondconsecutive all-state performance,finishing third in the Division IVfinal to bookend his senior season.

Brooks’ individual accolades arenot the only noted repeat per-formance. For the second year in a

row, the Sunset Conference WaveLeague Male Athlete of the Yearhonor, given to Brooks this year,went to a member of the LagunaBeach cross-country program.

Last year, the award went toRyan Smithers, who is still com-peting in college at Yale.

Beyond their involvement inathletics, an unfortunate sharedexperience bonded the two ofthem. Both Brooks and Smitherssuffered the loss of a father in highschool.

“Having Logan as a teammate,looking past the sport and [on] apersonal level, he’s a great guy,”Smithers said of Brooks. “He defi-nitely helped me through thathard period last year because wecould relate to each other, notonly on an athletic level but on apersonal level.”

Smithers also admired the drivethat Brooks showed in the team’sworkouts.

“He just has the ability to pushhimself to a certain point that nota lot of other people can do,”Smithers said. “I think that’ssomething that we respect eachother for because we both put alot into what we do.”

Athletes across all sports are upfor consideration for the SunsetConference Athlete of the Yearawards.

Some of the larger spectatorsports like basketball and footballbecome the talk of schools. All therecognition that some cross-coun-try athletes ever need comes fromwithin their respective programs,Brooks said.

“You don’t get a lot of attentionfrom the rest of the kids at yourschool, so that is kind of what cre-ates a lot of that close team chem-istry you see on the cross-countryteam because really only yourteammates understand you,”Brooks added.

“Everybody else is looking atyou, and they don’t know how youcould possibly go run 60 miles aweek. You’re like crazy to mostpeople, so you really get close tothe people that understand you.”

As he prepares for the next step— Brooks has signed with UCIrvine for men’s cross-country andtrack and field — he is interestedin majoring in political science oreconomics.

Brooks, who said he likes psy-chology, demonstrated mental

strength to bounce back after hisfather died, and now he knowsthat obstacles are meant to beovercome.

For someone who has beenthrough such trials so young inlife, the change in lifestyle due tothe coronavirus pandemic was theleast of his worries.

“I lost my dad, you know, sothat was a huge shock to methen,” Brooks said.

“Now, stuff like this coronavirusis not even surprising me at all be-cause I know that anything canand will happen. You just keepyour head up and you keep mov-

ing forward, and eventually, you’regoing to get to where you’re going,one way or another.”

Brooks enjoys playing guitarand said he is proud to have beenpart of the band that has been theLaguna Beach distance runners.

Brooks added that he appreci-ates Breakers head coach ScottWittkop and the coaching staff,saying that they do a good job ofsupporting their athletes andmaking sure they get the creditthey deserve.

CLASS OF 2020 SERIES

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LAGUNABEACHHIGH runner LoganBrooks,whowill attendUC Irvine,wasnamed the Sunset ConferenceWaveLeagueMaleAthlete of theYear.

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Joan B. Kitchens died March 1, 2020, at home in NewportBeach, with family present. She grew up in Schenectady, NewYork. As a girl, Joan fell in love with The West on a trip to visitgrandparents in Montana and Colorado. She attended herfather’s alma mater, University of Colorado, Boulder. Whilethere, she met and married Bill Kitchens of Tucson, Arizona,in 1952.They moved to the Newport-Costa Mesa area in 1956and raised their family here. Bill predeceased her in 2009.Joan is survived by her children David (Leyda), Robert, Susan(Jan Martin), James, and Tom Kitchens, grandchildren Haley,Drew, Jeremy, Valerie, Tyra, Jake, nieces and nephews, andextended family.While her children were young, Joan completed her English

degree at Cal State Long Beach. She worked as a substituteteacher, but teaching was difficult with very young children athome. She found a more flexible alternative. Joan purchaseda small house to rent out, and, in time, traded up to own multi-unit rentals. Joan performed as much hands-on maintenanceas she could. (As her children grew older, she gave themsummer/weekend jobs painting apartments between tenants).More than two decades after her first rental purchase, Joanput her paint rollers and brushes away after trading up to aprofessionally-managed rental located farther away.In the early 1970s Joan and friends founded CRUD —

Citizens to Recycle Usable Discards, an endeavor to recyclebottles and cans. She was a founding supporter of NewportBeach’s Environmental Nature Center. She was a supporterof Friends of the Newport Bay, and gave naturalist walk-and-talks at both locations. In addition to local natural history, shewas interested in Native American basketry and served as adocent at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles.Joan came from life-long learners and she passed on that

tradition. She never met a museum she didn’t like. The sameis true for libraries, state parks, and national parks. Many atime she’d approach a museum guard and ask, “What’s yourfavorite part of this exhibit?”Joan saw worth in people no matter their background or

station, and instilled that in her family. On vacation trips toBaja California, she instructed her children, “We are guests intheir country; we treat the people with respect.”Joan was a bargain hunter. She taught two generations of

offspring the finer points of thrift-shopping, including how totell organic fabric (silk, cotton) from synthetic, by feel.Joan’s home and table were open to friends of her children.

There are many who think of her as their second mother.Joan found ways to enrich the lives of her children, theirfriends, or nieces and nephews. Whether it was a thrift-shopfind, an interesting library-sale book, a relevant newspaperclipping, or a road trip to visit a national park, she sharedinterests, knowledge, objects, and experiences. Always readywith a story or fact from a book she’d read, her trademarkconversational hook was “And the INTERESTING thing is…”Joan created and funded scholarships at Orange Coast

College to memorialize family and dear friends. Manyrecipients are first-generation scholars.Joan stayed active with water exercise. She said, “I even

made a whole new set of friends in my 80s—my swimbuddies.” In her final weeks as she stared at a diagnosis ofmetastasized cancer, Joan repeatedly said, “I’ve had 87 goodyears. I feel very fortunate and I have no regrets.”In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial tributes be

made to: Newport Bay Conservancy newportbay.org. In lightof COVID-19, plans for a memorial service are on hold untilJuly. See susankitchens.com/joanmemorial for updates.

Louise Albertine MorganDecember 8, 1921 - May 16, 2020

Louise Albertine Morgan was born in Los Angeles onDecember 8, 1921 to Ethel and Karl Morin. She and herbrother, Vincent (Vee), grew up during the depression givingthem a strong work ethic and loyalty to their family. Her Motherinstilled in her an independence and positive attitude. Herglass was always half full.Louise graduated from South Pasadena High School where

she made many friends. Louise and her friends often visitedthe beach, strolling the boardwalk and dancing at the Pavilionand Rendezvous Ballroom in Newport. She loved drivingup to Lake Arrowhead, typically in one of her brother Vee’sjalopies filled with friends.During the war Louise was one of many who worked in

local factories building airplanes to support the war effort. Hermother operated a lamp shade company that also suppliedand supported the military.In her twenties, Louise and her best friend Connie would

support the troops by going to local dances where Louisemet Lt. Ralph P. Morgan Jr. at the Palladium. They found aharmony on the dance floor. They married and had four sons:Ralph III., Lawrance, Gregory and Michael.The Morgan familymoved from South Pasadena to the small town of Corona delMar in 1958.Louise never wasted a moment.She earned a grand master

ranking in bridge and played in many tournaments untilshe was in her nineties. She was an avid golfer and bowlerwinning many trophies in both sports. Louise was a proficientseamstress and made beautiful clothes for the entire family.Her “old school” perspective and values began with her Momand were shared by her family.We’ll miss her laugh, love, positivity and her own slant on

life. She fiercely believed in getting back up whenever you felldown and always doing something to the best of your ability.In the jigsaw puzzle of life, we’ll be missing a large piece.Weloved her deeply and will cherish the many memories.Louise passed away in her sleep on Saturday May 16th of

natural causes. She is preceded in death by Ralph MorganJr., Vee Morin (Betty Lou) and her son, Lawrance Morgan.She is survived by her sons Ralph III, Gregory and Michael,her daughter’s in law Sandi, Kathy and Michele, grandchildrenJacque and Ralph IV, her two great grandchildren Crystle,Cassandra and great great grandson Noah.We count ourselves lucky to have shared Louise’s life and

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The loss of the final sea-son for high school seniorscompeting in a spring sportwas part of the painstakingfallout from the co-ronavirus pandemic.

From that troubling time,communities resolved torally around each other.

Edison High boys’ golfcoach Brendan Patch wasamong those who wantedto make sure that the sen-iors had another momentto put in their memorybanks when looking backon high school.

He organized the OrangeCounty Boys’ Golf All-StarSenior Showcase, and withthe help of Costa MesaCountry Club, the playersgot an exciting final roundof play in.

Washington State-boundJaden Cantafio (Tesla Acad-emy) edged former MaterDei High School teammateAndrew Hoekstra in a one-hole playoff to win the

event.Cantafio finished the

round with a four-under-par 66. He trailed Hoekstra,who is headed to LongBeach State, by one strokeas he lined up for a pres-sure-packed birdie putt onNo. 18 on the Mesa LindaCourse.

“That 10-footer on thelast hole was really big, andsomeone came up to me onthe last hole and said it wasfor the tie,” Cantafio said. “Ilike having that pressure onme. It was really cool to bein the moment like that.”

Cantafio was part of avery competitive group thatincluded Edison’s TigerTahvildari (69, third), ChinoHills Ayala’s Amaan Patel(70) and HuntingtonBeach’s Cathan Peterson-Cheek (71).

As the medalist, Cantafiogot an exemption into the2020 High School Golf Na-tional Invitational at Pine-hurst Resort in North Car-olina. The tournament is

scheduled Aug. 3-5.Patch said that Hoekstra

and Tahvildari have alsobeen invited to the nationaltournament.

Tahvildari, who plans tospend the next year playingamateur events before en-tering college, said it wasfun to play with people heknew in his return to thegolf course.

Between the drive-upgraduation held by Edisonand Monday’s senior boys’golf showcase event, Tahvil-dari said the events sal-vaged a senior year greatlyimpacted by the co-ronavirus.

“I would say it reallyboosted the year from theselast hard three months,”Tahvildari said. “It was agood way to send me offand send off everybodyaround here. To finally seethe teachers you had and tofinally play your last highschool event with peoplethat you know, it was prob-ably the best way to do it,

honestly.“It was such a relief that

it wasn’t really over. Youhad that one last try at it.”

Edison also had DylanDelaney (85) and JonnyBlatt (90) in the showcase.Laguna Beach’s competi-tors were Will Keary (85),Aiden Svenson (86), TaiDiggins (91) and Trent Ral-ston (96).

Additional locals in thefield were Corona del Mar’sAshvin Wijay (73), Hunting-ton Beach’s John Cargasacci(86), and Estancia’s IanHopp (87).

Patch, who helped or-ganize the event along withMater Dei coach Ryan Kela-her, said that he has beenapproached about makingthe event more than just aone-off showcase for thisyear’s seniors, and he saidhe is considering it.

He saw the event as alow-stress competition thatwas also fun.

“You want to win be-cause it’s your buddies and

you want to beat them, butat the same time, that’s al-most secondary,” Patchsaid. “I thought that wasreally kind of a cool aspectto it, so we’re very much

considering kind of makingthis more of a regularthing.”

GOLF

‘A relief that it wasn’t really over’: seniors are showcased

Kevin ChangStaffPhotographer

EDISONHIGH’STigerTahvildarisinks a puttin JurupaValley inMay 2019.

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Pacifica Christian Or-ange County High an-nounced in April that itwas adding a girls’ tennisprogram.

Two months later, theTritons have found thecoach to initiate that pro-gram.

Jill Casserly has beenhired as the first girls’ ten-nis coach in program his-tory, Pacifica Christian Ath-letic Director BrandonGonzalez said.

Casserly was previouslyan assistant tennis coachat Newport Harbor, heralma mater, from 2012 to2014.

“They’re just all aboutthe kids [at Pacifica Chris-tian],” Casserly said. “Theywant the kids to work to-gether and bond as a team,build character and also becompetitive and enjoy thesport. It’s cool to be a partof that. And you know me,I love tennis. It’s great tocombine that.”

During her playing days,she helped the Sailors win

the Sunset League title andadvance to the CIF South-ern Section Division 2quarterfinals during hersenior year of 2005-06.

She then went on to playat Wheaton College in Illi-nois, and helped Wheatonwin three College Confer-ence of Illinois and Wis-consin (CCIW) titles in

four years.Casserly, 32, who cur-

rently is a kindergartenteacher in the CapistranoUnified School District,will be a walk-on coach.

“We wanted Jill from thebeginning,” Gonzalez said.“Not only does she under-stand the landscape of ten-nis in Orange County andhas a wealth of knowledgein playing and coaching,she understands the im-portance of building re-lationships with these girlsand building a programthat will set the tone forothers to follow.”

Pacifica Christian will beentering its fifth year at thevarsity level this fall, andnow offers 21 programsacross 11 different sports.

Newport Beach has tra-ditionally been strong ingirls’ tennis with programslike Corona del Mar, SageHill and Newport Harbor.Corona del Mar won lastyear’s CIF Southern SectionDivision 1 title, its secondCIF crown in three years.

Gonzalez said a venuefor home matches for girls’

tennis is to be determined,but Pacifica Christian willlikely use the public tenniscourts near Superior Ave-nue and Pacific CoastHighway for practices.

Casserly said she is ex-cited to begin, and New-port Harbor coach KristenBecwar is happy for herfriend.

“Jill possesses a strongpassion for the game oftennis, as well as a deepcare for the student-ath-letes she coaches,” Becwarsaid.

“One of her greateststrengths is the way inwhich she is able to teachthe ins and outs of thegame, and at the sametime, also finds ways tocombine life lessons thatall of her student-athletescan grow from. Jill’s dedi-cation to her faith, alongwith her dedication tobringing out the best in herplayers, will be a wonderfuladdition for Pacifica Chris-tian athletics.”

TENNIS

PacificaChristianOrangeCountyHighhiresJill Casserly as foundinggirls’ tennis coach

Courtesy of Pacifica ChristianOrange County High School

JILLCASSERLYwasanassistant tennis coachatNewportHarborHigh,heralmamater, from2012 to2014.

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game, helping the Eagles(27-4, 10-0 in league) wintheir first league title sincethe 2004-05 season. Covey,an All-CIF Southern Sec-tion Division 5AA selection,set the tone early in theseason, with 23 points and20 rebounds as Estanciabeat Godinez 51-46 to winits Estancia Coast Classicfor the first time since 1997.He also led the No. 2-seeded Eagles to the CIFSouthern Section Division5AA quarterfinals beforesuffering a 49-46 upset lossat Santa Barbara BishopDiego, which snapped a19-game winning streak.

Nolan NaessF | Laguna Beach | Jr .The 6-foot-7 junior really

could do it all for LagunaBeach. Naess averaged 19.3points, 6.1 rebounds and2.4 assists per game for theBreakers. He also shot 55%from the field, and 44%from the three-point line.Naess was the Wave LeagueMVP, leading Laguna Beach(21-8, 6-0 in league) to theleague title and the secondround of the CIF SouthernSection Division 3AA play-offs. He was an all-tourna-ment team selection in theGodinez Grizzly Invita-tional, the Gary Raya SoCalElite Classic and the TorreyPines Classic.

Houston MalletteG | Pacifica Christian

Orange County | Jr.Mallette enjoyed another

year of growth in his sec-ond season as the Tritons’starting point guard. The6-foot-5 Mallette didn’tmind taking the big shotand finished the seasonaveraging 15.7 points andseven rebounds per game,as well as a team-best 4.9assists and 2.1 steals. Healso made 80 three-point-ers and shot 40% frombeyond the arc. Mallette, a

repeat first-team DreamTeam selection who hasoffers from multiple NCAADivision I schools includingUC Santa Barbara andPenn State, earned All-CIFSouthern Section Division2A and first-team All-SanJoaquin League honors. Hewill likely step into an evenbigger scoring role as asenior for Pacifica Chris-tian, which graduates itsother three top scorers inJudah Brown, Charles Erv-ing and Josh Sims.

Jack StoneG | Corona del Mar | Sr.The smooth-shooting

Stone was the leader of aSea Kings team that wasyoung this year, madeyounger when starters JohnHumphreys and EthanGarbers elected not to playbasketball as seniors afterleading the CdM footballteam to CIF Southern Sec-tion Division 3 and CIFState Division I-A titles.Stone, a 6-foot-2 shootingguard bound for CarnegieMellon, averaged an area-best 23.6 points and 4.7rebounds per game forCdM (16-11, 1-5 in SurfLeague). He was a first-team all-league selectionand helped the Sea Kingswin the Artesia WinterClassic, earning tourna-ment MVP honors in theprocess.

SECOND TEAMPosition, Name, School,

YearF Connor Collins, Edison,

Jr.F Jace Knowles, Brethren

Christian, Sr.G Ethan Barnella, Mar-

ina, Sr.G Brian Pacheco, Los

Amigos, Sr.G Roddie Anderson,

Fountain Valley, So.G Charles Erving, Pacifi-

ca Christian OrangeCounty, Sr.

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