Eagle Scout’s Training Benefits Injured Jogger

A jogger involved in a collision with a bicyclist can be thankful that Eagle Scout Mike Tardif had earned a Boy Scout badge for first aid.

“There was a group of people just standing around looking at this man who was bleeding profusely from his head and leg,” said the 18-year-old from Irvine, who saw the March 20 accident while driving with his mother and sister. “I immediately started administering first aid and kept talking so that he wouldn’t go into shock.”

Tardif asked someone to call 911 and helped the victim until paramedics arrived.

Tardif, a senior at Woodbridge High School in Irvine, received an outstanding citizen award from Villa Nova, a Newport Beach restaurant that honors individuals who perform good deeds in the community.

Winners of Brea’s 5th annual Search for Talent competition include Ashley Chin, 7, a dancer in the primary division; Brandi Kurz, 10, Kori Worden, 11, and Allison Taki, 12, for dance trio in the junior division; Krista Buonauro, 18, and Bill Darden, 18, for dance duo in the senior division, and Heather Wenzel, vocalist in the adult division. Wenzel was also declared grand champion of the event, which was jointly sponsored by the Brea Exchange Club and the city of Brea.

Jason Schott of Eastshore Elementary School was named winner over 500 entries throughout the Irvine Unified School District for his drawing of a logo for Irvine Kid-Phone, an after-school telephone hot line for children.

Norris Wallace of Garden Grove has been named the 34th Exalted Ruler of Garden Grove Elks Lodge No. 1952. A member of the lodge since 1981, he is also a member of the State Championship Ritual Team, which has won 4 consecutive district championships.

Wallace joined the Air Force in 1950 and was a radar operator and air controller during his 4 years in the service. After his discharge, he entered college to study civil engineering.

He said he selected “Work in Elkdom and Enjoy Life” as his motto for the year.

First-year Orange Coast College radiology students Jody Byrd of Fountain Valley and Mary El Horn of Santa Ana won $500 scholarships from the California Society of Radiologic Technicians to help further their education in the radiologic sciences.

Second-year Orange Coast College radiologic technology students Linda Iverson of Santa Ana and Brian McCarthy of Huntington Beach won scientific paper awards.

Iverson won a second place award for her paper titled “Xeromammography vs. Film/Screen Mammography: Topics for Consideration.” McCarthy’s paper, titled “X-Anatomy--An Anatomy Learning Game,” won a third-place award.

Villa Park resident Judith Denenny, 41, a student in teacher education at UC Irvine, was selected by Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International to receive a $400 recruitment grant. It is presented to women seeking a career in education.

Julie Abbott, 14, a freshman at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, has been selected to star as Dorothy in Riverside Civic Light Opera’s presentation of “The Wizard of Oz.”

The play will run from April 28 through May 7 in Landis Auditorium at Riverside Community College.

Two years ago Julie played “Annie,” the red-headed orphan in the play of the same name, and has acted and sung for other Southland theater companies.

Alison Wiley, a recent graduate of Cal State Fullerton, was named winner of the “Quest for Peace” writing contest sponsored by the UC Irvine Citizen Education for Peace Project.

Winners were selected for their letters sent to 1988 presidential candidates of their choice, suggesting what the new president could do to contribute to world peace. Wiley received $5,000 for his letter to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. A total of $10,000 was awarded.

Irvine resident Patsy Emmet, an information processing technician at Irvine Valley College, has been chosen to receive the college’s Outstanding Service Award for her “unique dedication since the college’s opening in 1979,” campus officials said.