Local News in Brief : Yorba Linda : Water Board President, Vice President Chosen
Paul R. Armstrong has been elected president of the Yorba Linda Water District board of directors, and Sterling L. Fox has been chosen vice president, district officials said.
Armstrong, 60, has served on the board of directors since 1982. A longtime resident of Yorba Linda, he is a retired engineer who worked 20 years for Northrop Corp. as an engineering specialist and group leader for computer software engineering.
Armstrong previously served as president of the Yorba Linda School District board of trustees and has been a chairman for United Way. He and his wife, Alice, have five children and seven grandchildren.
Fox, 62, the former superintendent of the Yorba Linda School District before retiring in 1984, was first elected to the water district board in 1985. He has been a resident of the city for 22 years.
The water district is an independent special district that provides water and sewer service to more than 45,000 people in parts of the cities of Yorba Linda, Brea, Placentia, Anaheim and parts of unincorporated Orange County.
It is governed by a five-member board of directors who are elected at large by district voters for staggered four-year terms. The president and vice president are elected by their fellow board members and serve for one year.
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