CITIZEN ORANGE: Orange County residents who wanted...

CITIZEN ORANGE: Orange County residents who wanted to be naturalized as U.S. citizens usually had to go to Los Angeles for the ceremony. That’s changing. Federal officials last month held their first Orange County citizenship ceremony, and expect more to come. . . . Their projections show nearly 8,000 county residents will be sworn in as citizens in 1995.

TWIN GUESTS: Esther and Clarence Rohr will have special guests in the audience Sunday when they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda--her twin sister and his twin brother, who also happen to be married to each other. . . . There was no double wedding though. Kenneth and Elizabeth Rohr, their twins, will soon celebrate their 60th anniversary. They are all from Santa Ana. Jokes Esther: “We told them we’d see if theirs worked out before we gave it a try.”

NO GIVING UP: When Sharon Kawai was born with a seriously defective spine, doctors recommended her parents just let her die in the hospital. Make that Dr . Sharon Kawai, 45, now medical director of rehabilitation at the St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, and mother of three. . . . She appeared on the Oprah Winfrey TV show Tuesday to talk about numerous obstacles she’s had to overcome to succeed. Kawai explains why she became a doctor: “My own pain made me want to reach out to others in pain.”

STOP--LEARN: If a TV documentary on breast cancer is not something you would automatically watch, KOCE public television in Huntington Beach has an hour it hopes will hold your interest. “Breast Cancer: Miracles in the Making,” which airs tonight at 9 (repeated Saturday at 7 p.m.) is locally produced. . . . Besides a panel of county experts on the subject, there’s a detailed demonstration on self-examination, plus a skit by the local theater group Stop-Gap, about its effects on both spouses. Says KOCE’s Nancy Lambing: “It’s a show for both men and women.”