Heart Patient Has Place in Contest

Martin Stotmore, 42, a self-employed Yorba Linda businessman, won honorable mention in a national Heart Patient of the Year contest sponsored by a drug manufacturer.

Stotmore, a former cardiac rehabilitation patient at St. Jude Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Fullerton, was one of five people selected for an honorable mention. He received a $1,000 prize and traveled to New York City to pick up the award. He was selected from 253 nominees in 150 cardiac rehabilitation programs; he is the only winner from California.

Stotmore suffered a heart attack in February, 1987. Afterward, he began an exercise regimen at St. Jude, lost 45 pounds and quit smoking. He also took up race walking and competed in the 1989 Los Angeles Marathon.

Nicholas Schrank, a sixth-grader at Harbor Day School in Corona del Mar, is the winner of a geography bee at his school sponsored by National Geographic World magazine, the children’s magazine published by the National Geographic Society. As a school winner, he is eligible to enter the next level of competition, which is a written test scored on a statewide basis. The top state scorers then compete in the national finals, the top prize for which is a $25,000 scholarship.

Julie Joosten, 9, captured a regional Elks basketball-shooting title by sinking four of five baskets to break a tie with another contestant. Julie, a pupil at Viejo Elementary School in Mission Viejo, tossed in 16 of 25 baskets to become the winner for her age group at the regional Elks Hoop Shoot in Reseda earlier this month. She will go on the state contest Feb. 24 in Fresno. National finals for the hoop contest will be in May at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.

The American Assn. of Critical Care Nurses has awarded $1,000 graduate study grants to critical care nurses Laura Mary Heinzman of El Toro, Annmarie Keefer-Lymch of Yorba Linda and Julia A. Koronijis of Laguna Hills.

The Professional Fitness Instructors Assn. of Orange County recently bestowed its annual honors. Mary-Louise Selover of Laguna Beach was named aerobics coordinator of the year; Linda McHugh of Mission Viejo was named female instructor of the year, and Dennis Young of Westminster was named male instructor of the year. The Sports Connection in Costa Mesa was named fitness facility of the year. The association is a nonprofit organization with 125 members.

Kenton Hutchison of Mission Viejo has been appointed an alternate to the Orange County Senior Citizens Advisory Board. The Board of Supervisors made the selection. The advisory board is composed of 40 citizens who advise the supervisors and various community agencies on matters affecting older adults.

John Jackman was named Driver of the Year and David Young the Maintenance Employee of the Year by the Orange County Transit District.

Jackman, who was drafted out of high school to pitch for the Boston Red Sox, has been a driver for the district for 14 years. He lives in Redlands.

Young of Buena Park is an inventory control clerk; he has worked for the district five years.

Erin Inman, 11, of Santa Ana won an honorable mention for a drawing in the recent Cricket League International art competition. Her name appears in this month’s issue of Cricket, a children’s magazine.

Joelle Jackson, 1989-90 homecoming queen at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, will compete in 10th Annual California Homecoming Queen contest March 10 and 11 at the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim. The winner of that competition, who will receive a scholarship, will go on to Honolulu in July to compete against winning homecoming queens from other states.

Dareen Siri, a junior at Santa Ana High School, recently scored a perfect 80 on the mathematics portion of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Track athlete Francisco Quinonez of Santa Ana High School is one of two California students to receive the Amateur Athletics Union/Mars-Milky Way High School All-American Award.

Francisco, a senior, and Katherine Sternfols of Lodi High School in Central California both received $750 scholarships. They were chosen for exceptional achievements in academic, athletic and civic endeavors.

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