Foothills Sentry October 2020

Foothills Sentry Page 15 October 2020 MELISSA FOX is an Orange County native, attorney, small businesswoman, and mother who currently serves on the Irvine City Council. Melissa is supported by local firefighters, nurses, teachers, and grocery store workers because she is dedicated to keeping our Orange County communities safe. F O R S T A T E A S S E M B L Y MELISSA FOX O N N O V E M B E R 3 R D , V O T E VOTE NO ON MEASURE AA Ad Paid for by Melissa Fox for State Assembly 2020 Troop 850 inducts four new Eagles Despite the impacts of CO- VID-19, Griffin Dwyer, Joshua Miller, Shawn Ricker and Joseph Ettipio of Boy Scout Troop 850 have earned their Eagle rank. This brings the number of Eagle Scouts in Troop 850 to 118, an amazing accomplishment con- sidering that Scouting’s highest honor is achieved only by six per- cent of those who join the orga- nization. Dwyer’s Eagle project was a large bird wingspan information kiosk built at the San Joaquin Duck Club. The kiosk includes the wingspan, name, and shape information of six different-sized birds. His college plans include a major in biology and possibly playing lacrosse at the college level. Miller built a food preparation table for Manna For Life food bank for his Eagle project. After high school, he plans to focus on computer science in college, transitioning that to a job in the computer field and then working on his master’s degree. Ricker built an adjustable podi- um with wheels on it for the Civil Air Patrol. Shawn’s long-term goals include a college education, and becoming a military officer through ROTC. After that, he would like to direct music at the collegiate level. For his Eagle project, Ettipio built a memorial garden at Salem Lutheran Church that included in- stalling a brick pad, and planting landscaping. After completing high school, he plans to attend college, concentrating on biology and business. Troop 850 is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Villa Park and meets every Tuesday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 8:40 p.m at the Cerro Villa Middle School audi- torium. Over 500 households of the Orange California Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints viewed a virtual conference as new leadership, Orange California Stake President Ben Olson (center) and his counselors Shawn Hansen (left) and Brad Zimmerman, were pre- sented. A stake president is a church lay leader of a stake, which is a geographic area similar to a Catholic diocese. Being a stake president is usually a nine to 10-year volunteer commitment. The Orange Stake president oversees the spiritual progress of several thousand local LDS members in Tustin, North Tustin, Orange, Villa Park and Santa Ana. OUSD students rank nationally Four Orange Unified School District seniors were named as semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Pro- gram. Ryan Mahoney, Karina Patel and Anna Vaughan from Canyon High, and Dagny Parayao from El Modena High will compete to be- come National Merit Scholarship finalists and earn scholarships of $2,500 or more per year. Over 1.5 million juniors in ap- proximately 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Approximately 16,000 students, less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, will be recognized as semifinalists nationwide. Finalists will be announced in February. VP applies state funds to aid business recovery Villa Park initiated Phase 2 of its business recovery grant program, using $71,194 of state funding. Awards of up to $5,000 were distributed to small busi- nesses within the city. The city council approved the slate of grant recipients at its Aug. 25 meeting. Twelve businesses re- Since the highly popular 83rd An- nual Flower Show by the Woman’s Club of Orange was canceled due to the pandemic, the group found other ways to keep their flowers and plants moving. Over the sum- mer, club members held private yard sales of homegrown plants. This one, held in September at the home of Flower Show chair- person Pietra Gaw, was replete with masks and social distancing (as much as could be enforced among enthusiastic shoppers). ceived $5,000; one, $4,000; three, $2,000 and one, $1,000. Thirteen of the awardees had also received funding under Phase 1. In Phase 1, Villa Park disbursed a maximum of $10,000 in 17 grants to small city businesses. The recovery program was set in motion when the State of Califor- nia distributed $500 million of its share of CARES Act federal funds on a per capita basis to cit- ies that did not receive a direct allocation from the federal gov- ernment, or to those with 300,000 or fewer residents. The OC Board of Supervisors initially granted $147,382 to VP for Phase 1. Griffin Dwyer Joseph Ettipio Joshua Miller Shawn Ricker