Fullerton Group Honored for Role in Marking Constitution Bicentennial

The National Council for the Advancement of Citizenship and the Center for Civic Education have honored the Fullerton Constitution Bicentennial Commission for its efforts on behalf of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.

The award was presented for the commission’s program of special activities to commemorate the Constitution’s bicentennial. Commission Chairman Ed Paul, Vice Chairman Roy Kobayashi and Commissioner Kathy Frazee were singled out for individual awards.

The activities included three public forums on such constitutional issues as search and seizure rules, freedom of speech and press, and interpreting the Constitution. The commission also sponsored a “Constitutional sign-on” where local residents and 11,000 elementary students were given the opportunity to sign replicas of the Constitution.

Anaheim resident Marie Teeple has been named District Employee of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Southern California office serving Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Teeple works in the Los Angeles SBA office. Before joining the SBA in 1982, she worked 22 years for the Department of Agriculture.

The American Public Power Assn. has awarded Anaheim resident Gordon Hoyt its highest honor, the 1988 Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of his leadership and dedication to local and national public power issues. Hoyt is general manager of Anaheim Public Utilities.

Dana Hills High School senior Erin McKenzie of Dana Point will spend three weeks in Washington, beginning Sunday, experiencing the drama of American government at the Junior Statesman Summer School sponsored by the Junior Statesmen Foundation, a 53-year-old educational organization. President Reagan is expected to greet Erin and 223 other students in the program at the White House.

Kjersti Schmitz of Irvine, who just completed her junior year at Woodbridge High School, has been selected to spend eight weeks this summer with a host family in Nagano, Japan.

She is going through the sponsorship of a program administered by Youth for Understanding. The program is designed to promote cultural understanding between Japan and the United States and her stay is being financed by Epson America Inc. Students are selected from an application and screening process which considers scholastic activities, personality assessments and essay question responses. The student applicants are also children of Epson employees. Kjersti is the daughter of Glenn Baxter, a sales representative.

Helen and Don Buckley of Irvine will travel to Sarasota, Fla., in October for the U.S. Lawn Bowling Championships after performing the rare feat of winning Southwest Division lawn bowling championships at the same time. He won the men’s pairs with Ed Quo of Santa Ana and she won women’s pairs with Maggie Moffat of Glendale.

Lawn Bowling officials said they believe that it is the first time a husband and wife have won lawn bowling championships at the same time. In 1964, in another unusual pairing, Don Buckley won the U.S. Pairs with Robert H. Russell, his father-in-law.

Travel photo journalist Michele Burgess of Huntington Beach was awarded $500 as grand prize winner for best photo taken during a press trip to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. She was selected by judges from the island’s Department of Tourism.

Anaheim resident Michael W. Stinson, a recent Katella High School graduate, was presented a $500 art scholarship for his pen-and-ink drawing entitled “Reflections” in Citicorp Savings’ art Scholarship program. His work was selected from among nearly 1,000 high school entries.

Carol Moon of Fullerton, who recently graduated from Sonora High School and plans to become a pediatrician, was named the winner of Republic Bank’s first Citizenship Achievement Award. She received a $1,000 award from the Fullerton bank for her achievements, which include community service and high academic credentials. She volunteers much of her time to handicapped children who are terminally ill.

Frank Hopkins, who heads an advertising agency in Fountain Valley, has been named Business Person of the Year by that city’s Chamber of Commerce.

In last week’s column, Ken Lyall of Irvine, who was named Communicator of the Year, was given an incorrect title. He is a communications services specialist at Beckman Instruments Inc. in Fullerton.

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