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Students Cited as ‘Heroes of the Heart’

Students in Brea Olinda High School’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan were given “Heroes of the Heart” awards by Children’s Hospital of Orange County for the group’s volunteer work.

Brea’s MEChA students were lauded for donating countless hours on a program involving the delivery of Thanksgiving dinners to needy families, holding car washes and candy sales to raise money for scholarships and helping a poor family make ends meet during the year. The students also offered free after-school tutoring services and gave money to classmates so they could pay for books, clothes, meals and other school supplies.

The hospital also recognized Horace Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach for encouraging all its students to participate in community service. Students help Friends and Service to Humanity with fund-raisers, food drives and food deliveries to needy families.

Volunteering “is an important part of a youngster’s education,” Ensign Principal Scott Paulsen said. “If you’re going to survive, you have to help each other.”

NORTH COUNTY Essay Contest Offers Cash Prizes

Students in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District have until today to enter an essay contest that will award $100 to the first-place winner, $75 for second place and $50 for third place.

The contest, sponsored by Western State University College of Law, is open to all high school students from Sonora, La Habra, La Vista, Fullerton, Troy, Buena Park and Sunny Hills high schools.

Interested students are encouraged to write an essay of 250 words or less on the topic, “What the Law Means to Me.” Entries should be mailed to Val Ragarozzi at WSU College of Law, 16485 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, CA 92718.

Information: (714) 753-9100, Ext. 3991.

IRVINE Winning Poster Puts Pupil in Picture

College Park Elementary School first-grader Karen Tsai, 6, is the winner of the 1995 Imagination Celebration poster contest.

Her winning poster, chosen from more than 500 entries from students in kindergarten through 12th grade, is a pastel drawing of a girl painting a picture of the sun while looking at it through a window.

Judges said Tsai’s poster best illustrated the theme of the celebration, “Let It Shine.” The 15-day festival runs from April 22 through May 7 at various locations, including the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

--COMPILED BY MIMI KO, WITH BERT ELJERA AND RUSS LOAR