Times Fund Gives Grants to 200 Seniors

The Los Angeles Times Fund has awarded $100,000 in educational grants-in-aid to 200 graduating high school seniors throughout Southern California, enabling them to continue their education next fall.

The $500 awards were recently presented to the seniors at ceremonies conducted at public and private schools in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.

The grants-in-aid program, started by the Times Fund in 1967, has awarded more than 5,600 grants totaling more than $2.1 million, since its inception. The grants may be used for attendance at trade and technical schools, colleges or universities.

“Students who receive these grants have demonstrated a personal commitment and desire to further their education, as well as a determination to succeed,” said Tom Johnson, publisher and chief executive officer of The Times and president of the Times Fund.

“In awarding these educational grants-in-aid, the Times Fund gives needy students the means and encouragement to pursue their educational goals and makes their drive for advancement become reality.”

The grants-in-aid program is supported by the proceeds of various Times-sponsored events. Two upcoming events are the 41st annual Times/Rams Charity Game on Aug. 23 and the Volvo Los Angeles professional tennis tournament featuring Ivan Lendl at the Los Angeles Tennis Center from Sept. 15 to 21.

The following students are grant recipients from Orange County this year:

ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS

ANAHEIM--Michelle A. Covington, Miguel A. Lopez

BACK BAY--Karen Ann Liebhart

BOLSA GRANDE--Natalie L. Deckman, Tommy Gallegos, Lien Vo

BREA OLINDA--Serafin Rosales

BUENA PARK--Gerardo Meza

FULLERTON--Sy Charles Hewitt

HILLVIEW--Jose Baluja

IRVINE--Liane Maree Lovelace

LAGUNA HILLS--Kathy Michalak, Robert Thompson

LA QUINTA--Julieann M. Thiel

LOS AMIGOS--Debbie Comean

MAGNOLIA--Michael Ladd

MOUNTAIN VIEW--Hector M. Nava

ORANGE--Ronald Salazar

RANCHO ALAMITOS--Roberta Denuccio, Iris Withrow

SADDLEBACK--David S. Annetta

SANTA ANA--Patricia Gonzalez

SANTIAGO--Gilberto Saldivar

SONORA--Vincent Marston

TROY--Torey L. Shinault

VALENCIA--Pedro Carranza

VILLA PARK--Blake J. Griffith

ORANGE COUNTY PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS MATER DEI--Barbara M. Erhard, Camille R. Rumps

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BANNING--Kimberly Dotson, Michael Smith

BELL--Karen Doss, Daniel Marin

BELMONT--Marisol Barriga, Timothy Sato

BIRMINGHAM--Erik Whittaker

BOYLE HEIGHTS--Richard Giron

CANOGA PARK--Esther Alvarez

CARSON--Alberto Martinez

CHATSWORTH--Jeffrey Sterling Pitts

CHEVIOT HILLS--Miguel Magana Aquilar

CLEVELAND--Dawn Goddard

CRENSHAW--Calvin Abbott, Travonne Collins

DORSEY--Tori Teresa Dunlap, Deborah Lee

EAGLE ROCK--Joseph P. Cox

EL CAMINO REAL--Michael Wachs

FAIRFAX--Perry F. Bartlow

JOHN H. FRANCIS POLY--Eddy H. Ordonez

FRANKLIN--Porntip Nakhirunkanok, Miguel A. Nunez

FREMONT--Silvia V. Ramirez, Alfred Willis III

GARDENA--Silvia Munoz

GARFIELD--Salvador Jimenez, Carmen C. Romero

GRANADA HILLS--George De Marois

GRANT--Hyung Kyu Park

HAMILTON--Julia S. Hernandez, Philip B. Schmeltzer

HOLLYWOOD--Francisca Gamez, Anita Garzon

HUNTINGTON PARK--Lucila Esparza, Manuel Nano

INDEPENDENCE--Anne McDonald

JEFFERSON--Maria Arechiga, Gregoria Solano

JOHNSON--Shanell Monique Wilkerson

JORDAN--Della Hines, Vander L. Myers

JOHN F. KENNEDY--Ly Ma Ly

LEONIS--Trina Gilleres, Francine Satz

LEWIS--Jimmy Manuel Garcia

LINCOLN--Raul Casillas, Nikole A. Robles

LOCKE--Sandra Rhone, Timothy Wayne

LOS ANGELES--Carlos A. Gil, Lakimbra R. Little

MANUAL ARTS--Lori Landers, Ariel Posueloz, Irinea Verduzco

JOHN MARSHALL--Maria Arias, Christopher S. Gallas

MONROE--Maria Pena

NARBONNE--Ernesto Melgoza

NORTH HOLLYWOOD--Rustem Andrade

PALISADES--Staci Massey

PHOENIX--Stephen Mauro De Mendoza

RESEDA--Karen Santos

SHERMAN OAKS--Stephan Spann

ROOSEVELT--Daniel Diaz, Patricia Espinoza

SAN FERNANDO--Joel Guzman, Laura Tolman

SAN PEDRO--Kien Lam

SOUTH GATE--Gustavo Saldana, Elena C. Soto

SYLMAR--Vilma Cecibel Vasquez

TAFT--Ernie Perryman

UNIVERSITY--Felipe Fraire

VAN NUYS--Martin Sandoval Mercado

VENICE--Jay Anthony Farris

VERDUGO HILLS--Elizabeth Escajeda, Humberto Sosa

WASHINGTON--Mark Anderson, Cynthia Lyons

WESTCHESTER--Trudy Palmer

WILSON--Nancy Lynn Burnett, Luciano Julian Ortiz

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOLS

ALHAMBRA--Katherine Palacios

ARCADIA--Steven T. Prindle

ARROYO--Teresa Faye Coursey

AZUSA--Ileana Carmen Ceniceros

BELL GARDENS--Carlos G. Garcia, Carlos Marin

BLAIR--Jose Velez

BURBANK--Maria E. Rivera

CANYON--Jodi Lynn Weissman

CENTURY--Lourdes Barbosa

EL MONTE--Bertha Beatriz Gallardo

EL RANCHO--Araceli Arriola, Jeannette Robles

FRONTIER--Susan Camille Mendoza

GAHR--Laura Maria Beltran, Jovita Hernandez

GANESHA--Javier Lopez

GLADSTONE--Sandra S. Austin, Douglas A. Santos

GLENDALE--Lala Laura Terteryan, Ana Irene Vasquez

GLENDORA--Phil Arthure Lane

JOHN GLENN--Ray Corral, Marina L. Radillo

HILLCREST--Monique Thompson

INGLEWOOD--Tina Baggio

MARK KEPPEL--Eduardo Sanchez

LA SERNA--Chansouphone Keolasy, Yolanda Toro Rosales

LEARNING POST--Sandra Lee King

LOS ALTOS--Anita V. Lopez

LYNWOOD--Jennifer Penalber, Dionne P. Williams

MARSHALL--Cuong Chi Ly

MONTEBELLO--Maria E. Jacquez, Anita Rodriguez

MORNINGSIDE--Phyllis Joleane Isaac

MOUNTAIN VIEW--Evelyn Arellano

JOHN MUIR--Maria Mercedes Artunduaga

NORTH VIEW--Lilia Angelica Villegas

PALMDALE--Marvin Dale Jones

PARAMOUNT--Charles Anthony Hadley

PASADENA--Lisa Nicole Mackey

QUARTZ HILL--Tonia Noel Wickline

SAN GABRIEL--Eva Huerta

SCHURR--Lorena Padilla

SOMERSET--JoAnna Drelleshak

SOUTH HILLS--Anthony David Pickering, Angelina Beltran Rodriguez

WEST COVINA--Pearl A. Zabroski

WHITCOMB--Estela Caudillo

WORKMAN--Patricia Z. Ketchens

LONG BEACH SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD--Carolina Gordo, Nuy Mann

MILLIKAN--Susana Perez, Michael Perry, Katalin G. Temesvari, Sotero Torres, Stella M. Vigeant

REID--Monique S. Fulcher, Rosario Maldonado,

Aurora Orejel, Aleida Salazar

LOS ANGELES COUNTY PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

BELLARMINE JEFFERSON--Christopher Schmidt

BISHOP AMAT--Phillip Obregon

BISHOP CONATY--Sarah Garcia

CHAMINADE--Remi Volmerange

DAMIEN--Stephen Pratt

DANIEL MURPHY--Mark Dominic Rollice

MARY STAR OF THE SEA--Andrew Muniz

PATER NOSTER--Louie Rodriquez

POMONA CATHOLIC--Regina Marie Corrales

REGINA CAELI--Eduviges Salazar

SACRED HEART--Maria Antonieta Lopez

ST. MARY’S ACADEMY--Lanice Mossette

ST. MICHAEL’S--Michelene Gibson

SAN GABRIEL MISSION--Bernardette Cagigas