Jennifer Marie Lonergan of Huntington Beach graduated...

Jennifer Marie Lonergan of Huntington Beach graduated from Northern

Illinois University in fall 2002 ... Jodi Nicole Jones of Huntington

Beach earned a 4.0 grade point average and made the President’s List

at Cal State Long Beach ... Kendall Luther of Huntington Beach, an

eighth-grader at Mesa View Middle School, has been accepted into an

upcoming People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.

The program aims to fulfill Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vision of

fostering world citizenship ... Airman Jessie R. Arnold, son of

Barbie Arnold of Huntington Beach, has graduated from basic military

training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas ... Jamie E.

Birk and Kelly Birk of Huntington Beach were named to the Dean’s List

at Southern Missouri State for fall 2002 ... Bret M. Whitaker, son of

Huntington Beach resident Victoria S. Buker, has been promoted to the

rank of specialist in the U.S. Army National Guard ... Candice

Ishikawa of Huntington Beach was named to the 2002 fall semester

dean’s list at Simmons College in Boston, Mass.

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