28 Orange County Seniors Win $500 Times Fund Grants
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The Los Angeles Times Fund has again awarded $100,000 in educational grants-in-aid to 200 graduating high school seniors in Southern California, including 28 in Orange County. The grants will enable the students to continue their educations in the fall.
The awards, which are $500 each, were presented this month during ceremonies at both public and private schools in Orange County and also in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
The grants-in-aid program, started by The Times Fund in 1967, provides money to students whose high school grade-point averages are 2.9 or below but whom school teachers or counselors have designated as having high potential for academic success. The grants may be used at trade or technical schools, colleges or universities.
The program has so far awarded more than 6,000 grants totaling more than $2.3 million.
“The grants-in-aid program provides many underprivileged students with the encouragement they need to pursue their dreams of higher education,” said Tom Johnson, publisher and chief executive officer of The Times and president of the Times Fund. “These students have demonstrated a desire to get the schooling necessary to become productive, contributing members of their communities. The Times is proud to help turn that drive for advancement into reality.”
Lawrence M. Higby, president of The Times Orange County Edition, said he is pleased that 28 of the students to receive grants this year are from Orange County. “These students come from all over the county, from public and parochial schools, and they will attend a wide variety of educational institutions. For us, this is another way to make a significant investment in Orange County’s future.”
The grants-in-aid program is supported by various Times-sponsored events. Two such events are the AmericaFest, a fireworks extravaganza July 4 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, and the 43rd annual Times/Rams Charity Game Aug. 25 at Anaheim Stadium.
The grant recipients for Orange County this year:
1989 Orange County Grants-In-Aid
Frank Arellano, Western High, Anaheim
Emily Arias, Rancho Alamitos High, Garden Grove
Eddie Barnes, Santa Ana High
Susan Belderson, Mission Viejo High
Wendy Ann Boni, Bolsa Grande High, Garden Grove
Morgan Brown, Monte Vista High, Santa Ana
Tara Elise Cohn, Capistrano Valley High, Mission Viejo
Andrea Cortez, Saddleback High, Santa Ana
Sherry Fong DeShazo, Sonora High, Fullerton
Tanya Diaz, Mater Dei, Santa Ana
Aracela S. Figueroa, Bolsa Grande High, Garden Grove
Melanie Leah Flores, Mountain View High, Santa Ana
Esteban Gonzalez, Santa Ana High
Gus Gonzalez, Rancho Santiago College
Melanie Grunder, Estancia High, Costa Mesa
Keith Johnson, Garden Grove High
Tiffany Kelman, Edison High, Huntington Beach
Kristie Leombruno, Bolsa Grande High
Danny Lopez, La Habra High, Fullerton
Mighel A. Luna, Horizon High, Santa Ana
Tawney L. Mays, La Habra High
Jerri Neufeld, Estancia High
Frederick Gary Olivieri, Mater Dei
Javier Perez, Brea-Olinda High, Brea
Mario Pineda, Valencia High, Placentia
Delphino Royals, Valley High, Santa Ana
Santos Martin Tonconi, Sonora High
Tamara Warath, Monte Vista High
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