Youths

News for the 18-and-under crowd

LAGUNA BEACH

Visiting Artists to Be Welcomed Back

A summer program that allowed out-of-town teen-age artists to stay with local families and participate in art-related activities will likely be replayed next year, school officials say.

“It was more successful than we ever dreamed,” district administrative secretary Nancy Vaughan said. “I would imagine that once the word gets out, this (program) will be very popular next year.”

As part of the CREATE program, 14 high school students from Santa Ana, Los Angeles and Pico Rivera were invited to spend two weeks with Laguna Beach families, taking part in a variety of activities, from pool parties and picnics to visiting the summer festivals and holding their own art exhibit at a city gallery.

“They’re families were very apprehensive to send them down here, which really surprised everyone,” Vaughan said. “They just wanted to check us out and make sure we were going to take care of their kids.”

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NEWPORT BEACH

Calendar to Feature Winning Artworks

The city’s Environmental Quality Affairs Committee will produce a 1995 calendar featuring artwork by the 13 winners of the Newport Green poster contest.

Students from Newport Beach schools submitted posters depicting methods of recycling and cleaning the air and water.

The calendars will be distributed to schools, city offices and libraries.

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GARDEN GROVE

4 Police Explorers Get Academy Awards

Members of the Garden Grove Police Department’s Explorer Post earned five awards during the Orange County Law Enforcement Explorer Academy recently.

Brian Yates captured two awards: best score in the written examinations and third best overall performance among the 90 Explorers who participated in the four-day academy. Luis Payan earned the most improved Explorer award and Rachel Martinez won first place in the female physical agility exercises.

Dung Cu finished third in the female physical skill tests.

The Explorer program provides training for young people interested in law enforcement careers.

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PLACENTIA

Children Can Learn Beginners’ Golf

Children ages 7 to 15 can get an early start learning the fundamentals of golf in a class offered through Placentia’s Community Services Department.

Instruction will include putting and strokes.

The course fee is $35. Classes will be offered from Oct. 29 to Nov. 19. Classes will be from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturdays at Islands Golf Center, 14893 E. Ball Road, Anaheim. Information: (714) 993-8232.

COMPILED BY MIMI KO, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HOLLY J. WAGNER, BERT ELJERA AND LESLIE EARNEST