San Juan Capistrano Teen Learns Ropes of Riding at Wyoming Scout Camp
Molly Rosen, 17, of San Juan Capistrano is attending Wrangler-in-Training at the 14,000-acre Girl Scout National Center West in Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. She was one of 12 Girl Scouts selected nationwide for the program.
The two-week event, which includes horseback riding, photography and exploration of the canyons and mesas that make up National Center West, ends Aug. 19.
The program is designed to train the Scouts to work with others in a camp riding program and to teach riding.
Molly, a senior at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, is an apprentice counselor on the riding staff at Camp Scherman, the Orange County Girl Scout camp.
Laguna Hills resident Ida Kofsky has been elected president of the Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County, based in Tustin. The group raises funds for the federation.
Vivian Edmondston has been named chairwoman of the Bowers Museum Docent Guild and will lead a corps of 90 trained volunteers who present free cultural education programs to more than 41,000 children and adults each year.
“I plan to continue and enhance those programs that have been successful during the Docent Guild’s 16-year history,” said Edmondston, an Anaheim resident and a docent since 1983.
All docents at the Santa Ana museum complete special training that includes study courses, technique workshops, museum visits, and peer observation and evaluation.
UC Irvine Prof. Lyman Porter of Newport Beach was named winner of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for his work in organizational behavior.
The award will be presented to Porter on Saturday during the American Psychological Assn. Convention in New Orleans. Porter was also cited for his contribution as co-author of “Management Education and Development: Drift or Thrust Into the 21st Century.”
Rachel L. Bartz of Edison High School in Huntington Beach and Christine Wheeldon of El Toro High School, both graduates this year, were named winners of the James Woolf Scholarship, presented by the Orange County chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
Woolf, a society member, established the scholarship program to further the careers of students in technical communication. Bartz and Wheeldon each received $500.
Kimberly McKay of Mission Viejo, and Kelly Thomson of El Toro have been named regional semifinalists in the Sportsgirl of the Year program sponsored by ‘Teen magazine.
McKay, 13, and Thomson, 14, appear in the August issue of the magazine and will continue to compete in the contest, which offers a $10,000 scholarship to the winner.
The magazine is searching for an all-around athlete who has excellent skills in sports and demonstrates leadership and good sportsmanship. The winner will be announced in January.
Huntington Beach resident Carol Whelchel Fetty has been named director of public relations and publications by the University of La Verne.
For her contribution to the independent living of people with disabilities, Dr. Sharon Kawai, medical director of rehabilitation services at St. Jude Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Fullerton, was presented the “Apple of Our Eye” award from the Doyle McIntosh Center for the Disabled in Anaheim.
Kawai, born with a spinal ailment, was cited for competence and for her serving as a role model to others with a physical disability. The Fullerton mother of three is also an accomplished pianist and violinist.
Jenniffer Lutrell, 16, of Fountain Valley received $250 and gifts for winning the tall division of the 1989 New Model Pageant held in the Anaheim Marriott. She stands 5 feet, 7 inches.