Page 9 Foothills Sentry MARCH 2026 MIKE ESCOBEDO DESIGN / 134 SOUTH GLASSELL ST #C / ORANGE, CA 92866 / 714-743-6919 / Mike@OrangeRevie Old Towne Orange PLAZAREVIEW News For The Neighborhood Since 2001 www.OrangeReview.com Added on-line values to advertising in the printed Plaza Review. www.Facebook.com/OrangeReview / www.Instagram.com/OrangePlazaReview 1/4 Page Ad = $675 (previously $600) $510 A March / April 2026 Reservation Deadline: March 13, 2026 Tickets, Underwriting & Sponsorship Opportunities available at: AssistanceLeague.org/Orange Some 650 players attended the Tustin Western Little League (TWLL) Opening Day Ceremonies, Feb. 21. The event featured a player parade, team introductions, and remarks from Tustin Mayor Austin Lumbard and Al Tello, Field Representative Office of Supervisor Donald P. Wagner. The event is a longstanding tradition of TWLL, which was established in 1960. The McPherson Mission Possible team, coached by David Imboden, placed sixth and included, SP and JJ Sanchez, Lauren Minaya, Emmelene Lee, Vincent Esqueda, Mira Yoo, Ellie Imboden and Delaney Schmidt. Hovercraft Coach Robert Simmering’s team, seventh grader SP and sixth grader Delaney Schmidt, took first place honors. Eighth grade students JJ Sanchez, left, and Lauren Minaya, coached by Karen and Bob Ashford, placed second in Scrambler. McPherson students take Olympiad honors Ceremony marks Tustin Western Little League opening day Students from McPherson Magnet School spent weeks working with coaches and their teams to perfect their robots and devices for the UCI/Dept. of Education Regionals Science Olympiad competition, Feb. 14. McPherson racked up points in its events to score ninth place, overall, going against top national teams. The McPherson teachers are Kayee Conrad and Lauren Nguyen. The Olympiad is called “a STEM academic meet” with teams from throughout the area competing in various events: Hovercraft, where teams design, construct and calibrate a self-propelled air-levitated vehicle that moves down a track; Scrambler, where teams design, build and test a mechanical device that uses the energy from a falling mass to Tustin celebrates its founder's birthday McPherson students to compete at OCSEF Students from McPherson Magnet School will take their science projects to compete against students throughout the county at the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF), to be held April 11-12. The students won top honors at the annual McPherson Science Fair, presenting their hypotheses, data and findings to judges. The sixth-grade students moving forward are Kayla Gordon, Matthew Lew and Jason Lopez; seventh grade competitors are Giuliana Torres, Jaylah Armijo, Emmy Valdez, Sierra Clayton and Clara Army; eighth graders going to OCSEF are Danielle Fottler, Cameron Hunt, Graysen Gowen, Lilly Wagner, Lauren Minaya and Oliver Mendoza. Woman’s Club salutes inspirational young women The Woman’s Club of Orange presented Kayden Manivong, Chloe Jaimes Chavez and Adria Eickhoff with its Inspirational Young Woman Award for the fall semester. The award recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional young women graduating from high schools in the Orange Unified School District. Students are selected by their teachers and counselors. Each honoree receives a commemorative pin, a certificate of recognition and a gift of $250. Kayden Manivong from Richland High School has demonstrated resilience, growth and determination in overcoming personal tragedies and challenges. During her junior year, she fell behind in her studies and feared that she would not be able to graduate. Instead of giving up, she committed herself to improving her attendance, work habits and academic performance. She not only made up all required credits, but graduated early and completed her first college course. Chloe Jaimes Chavez from Orange High School is a scholar athlete with a passion for chemistry. She has consistently achieved the Principal’s Honor Roll with a GPA of over 4.0 while competing in varsity track and field, cross country and water polo. Adria Eickhoff from Canyon High School is an outstanding student participating in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. She maintains a 4.8 GPA while participating in numerous extracurricular activities including tennis team, Key Club, Girl Scouts and Assisteens, an auxiliary of Assistance League of Orange. Kayden Manivong from Richland High School, Chloe Jaimes Chavez from Orange High School and Adria Eickhoff from Canyon High School Kayla Gordon, a sixth grader, addresses the effect of liquids on light with her project, Bending Beams. Seventh grader Clara Army’s My Thirsty Branches! compares transpiration rates among plants. transport an egg as quickly and stop as close as possible to a barrier, without breaking the egg. Other categories include Codebusters, Meteorology, Remote Sensing and more. Sixth grade student Emmelene Lee and seventh grade student Vincent Esqueda placed eighth in Scrambler. Eight graders Ellie Imboden and Mira Yoo placed sixth in their Mission Possible event. By Guy Ball The public is invited to celebrate the 199th birthday of Columbus Tustin, the founder of the City of Tustin, on Tuesday, March 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Tustin Area Museum. Cake will be served. Tustin was an 1800s entrepreneur who purchased about 840 acres of vacant rancho land in Southern California, hoping to develop it and make his fortune by selling the real estate to others. He created a central townsite of 100 acres and sold lots to settlers coming west after the Civil War. At the time, he was competing with similar developers in Orange and Santa Ana, though with less sales success. At times, he gave smaller lots away if people promised to build a home. Columbus Tustin sadly never saw his city become one of the area’s garden spots. The museum is located in historic Old Town Tustin at 395 El Camino Real.
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