3 Youngsters Selected to Become Poster Children

Cyndi Badame, 17, of Garden Grove, Kevin Meihaus, 8, of Laguna Beach, and Mary Beth Murray, 5, of Huntington Beach have two things in common. They all are cancer survivors, and they also are poster children for a Daffodil Days fund-raiser to be held by the Orange County Unit of the American Cancer Society. “They were chosen to be poster children because of their active lives, bravery and their gratitude towards the American Cancer Society’s support in their battle,” Daffodil Days spokeswoman Marilyn Silverman said.

Money raised through Daffodil Days will help support children with cancer as well as the society’s programs of research, education and patient services.

The daffodils can be bought through Feb. 24 at the society’s office by calling (714) 751-0441.

Los Alamitos High School senior Kathy Fitzer was named winner of the California Youth Services Network Roger Injayan Youth Participation Award.

The award is given to young people who participate in volunteer activities that benefit youth-oriented services and community agencies. Fitzer is president of the Youth Development Project at Casa Youth Shelter in Los Alamitos, a temporary haven for runaway teen-agers and other youths in crisis.

Dana Hills High School music students Vito Francone and Natalie Kallen successfully auditioned to become participants in the 1989 California All-State Bands. They will play at the California Band Music Directors Assn.’s annual convention to be held Feb. 17 through 19 in Stockton. Vito and Natalie are members of their high school symphonic band.

Nineteen members of Brownie Troop 1812 of Anaheim performed extra household chores to raise money, then saw the results of their efforts when they presented two canes and three walkers for the disabled to the St. Jude Hospital hospice program. The 7- and 8-year-olds raised $100 for the project.

“I know how much the patients will appreciate the girls’ thoughtfulness,” said Patricia Drake, manager of the hospice program at the Fullerton hospital.

The At Risk Program of English and social studies taught by seventh-grade teachers Carolyn Sypkens and Doug Sperling at Walker Junior High School in La Palma was honored by the state Department of Education as one of the top 10 model programs in the state. The program is aimed at students who need extra help.

Former Newport Beach Mayor Ed Hirth was married to Eleanor Bodeway Wilson in Fallbrook, where she is president of the Fallbrook District Hospital auxiliary. Hirth serves on the San Diego county hospital’s child development center board of directors.

El Toro resident Victor E. Hausmaninger has been reelected to the Leukemia Society of America’s national board of trustees, a group of business and professional leaders who volunteer their time to promote the society’s programs.

Georgina Dodge, an English major at Golden West College who returned to school after 6 years in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician, was named winner of the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Louise and Bert Abraham Scholarship for Newspaper Career Education.

The award to the Westminster resident will be presented Feb. 17 in San Francisco at the Herb Caen Luncheon, which is part of the 1989 CNPA convention. “Herb Caen is my hero” Dodge said of the San Francisco newspaper columnist.

She is a member of the Golden West track team and is the student trustee for the Coast Community College District.

Jeffrey S. Glueck, 20, a 1987 graduate and valedictorian of Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach who is now a sophomore at Harvard University, was named editor of the Harvard Political Review. He is majoring in political science.