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    • March 23, 2023

    Huntington Beach student’s ‘Safety Sam’ is new safety cone mascot

    Miller Ruiz, a Huntington Beach student, beat out close to 2,000 peers to name a new statewide mascot.

    The Caltrans and the California Office of Traffic Safety unveiled “Safety Sam” recently as their new safety cone mascot. Miller, a student at Huntington Christian School, suggested the name in a statewide contest for students in grades K-12.

    In recognition of his winning suggestion, Miller received a laptop, a $500 gift card, a $500 gift card for his teacher’s classroom, T-shirts and a visit from Safety Sam. The mascot will educate Californians on the importance of moving over a lane or slowing down when they see his orange friends and highway workers.

    – Submitted by Caltrans and OTS

    “Safety Sam” will be used for Caltrans community outreach and for informing the public about the importance of the “Move Over” law and work zone safety.
    (Courtesy of Caltrans and OTS)

    Westminster High School’s administration team recognizes junior Rachel Fernandez for winning the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing.
    (Photo courtesy of the Huntington Beach Union High School District, Public Information Department)

    Wild Wing mascot; Vikki Shepp, CEO of Girl Scouts of Orange County; Gabrielle DeCuir, with her award; Susan Samueli, co-owner of the Anaheim Ducks; and her daughter Erin Samueli, in a pregame ceremony to present the Anaheim Ducks’ Community Hero award to DeCuir.
    (Photo courtesy of  Anaheim Ducks)

    Gabrielle DeCuir represented Girl Scouts of Orange County as a community hero at the Anaheim Ducks Women in Sports Night.
    (Photo courtesy of Girl Scouts of Orange County)

    Jack Aitken and Jared Machado in Chance Theater’s “American Idiot.” The Anaheim theater’s production received 15 nominations for OC OC Theatre Guild awards.
    (Photo by Doug Catiller)

    Yong Kim, Janet Song and Susane Lee in Laguna Playhouse’s “Kim’s Convenience,” which received seven nominations for OC Theatre Guild awards.
    (Photo by Jackie Teeple, Two-Eight Photography)

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    Westminster High School student wins national computing award

    Westminster High School junior and MERITS student Rachel Fernandez won the National Center for Women & Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing for 2023, which is based on winner’s aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing.

    Throughout her high school career, she has built an impressive resume of accolades that includes receiving a software engineering internship, designing an accessible Hepatitis B diagnostic tool, leading the WHS FIRST Robotics team CyberLions, and more.

    Fernandez is a semifinalist with fellow WHS student Sophie Nguyen for the MIT THINK scholarship. THINK caters to students who have done extensive research on the background of a potential research project.

    “Ever since I’ve fallen in love with STEM, it’s been my mission to build up the next generation of engineers and scientists and inspire them to advocate for the subject as I do,” Fernandez said.

    – Submitted by Huntington Beach Union High School District

    Girl Scout Gold winner and Dragon Kim Fellow honored at Ducks women’s event

    Gabrielle DeCuir, a 2022 Gold Award Girl Scout and a junior at Placentia’s Valencia High School, represented Girl Scouts of Orange County as a community hero at the recent Anaheim Ducks Women in Sports Night at the Honda Center.

    In honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 1 and International Women’s Day on March 8, the Ducks celebrated trailblazers in women’s and girls’ sports with the goal of inspiring the next generation of athletes and leaders in the community. As part of Women in Sports Night, the Ducks raised awareness and funds for Girl Scouts of Orange County through the Anaheim Ducks Foundation.

    Ducks co-owner Susan Samueli took part in an on-ice pregame ceremony to present the team’s Community Hero award to DeCuir for her sports and STEM-related Gold Award project, Hoops & Coders.

    DeCuir, 16, completed her project as a member of the sixth fellowship cohort of the Dragon Kim Foundation, a nonprofit based in Orange County. She was also a finalist in the annual Dragon Challenge.

    Along with project partner Shrika Andhe, also a Valencia High School student, DeCuir received a $5,000 grant to carry out their unique community service project, which used a curriculum they developed to introduce girls and young women, primarily in elementary and middle school, to computer science and basketball.

    DeCuir and Andhe’s goal was to show the girls that they can achieve success in industries where women are historically underrepresented. They developed a 57-page workbook that was implemented at Higher Ground Youth & Family Services, a mentoring organization for underserved youth living in Anaheim, and the Boys & Girls Club of Brea-Placentia-Yorba Linda.

    Each participant developed an app based on personal interests, including softball, music, art, sewing, languages, storytelling, baking, movies and many more. The project directly benefited 45 students and indirectly touched an additional 106 people.

    The teens received an additional $5,000 grant at the challenge to continue their work.

    – Submitted by Dan Pittman

    OC Theatre Guild unveils list of awards nominees

    OC Theatre Guild has announced nominees for the second annual OCTG Theatre Awards. Winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony set for April 17 at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.

    The Chance Theater in Anaheim received 47 nominations in total for its productions “Green Day’s American Idiot” (15), “Next to Normal” (13), “Cry It Out” (7), “Chad Deity” (6) and “Little Women” (6).

    The Wayward Artist Santa Ana follows with 21 nominations for “The Toxic Avenger” (14), “Actually” (4) and “Collective Rage” (3).

    Costa Mesa Playhouse garnered 12 nominations for “The Whale” (11) and “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1).

    Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach snagged 11 nominations for “Kim’s Convenience” (7) and “Love Among the Ruins” (4).

    Maverick Theater in Fullerton has eight nominations for “Clue” (4) and “King Kong” (4).

    No Square Theater in Laguna Beach received four nominations for “Footloose.” Phantom Projects Theatre Group in La Habra received two nominations for “35mm: A Musical Exhibition.” And American Coast Theater Company in Costa Mesa received one nomination for its first submission to the OCTG Awards, “The Marvelous Wonderettes.”

    Twenty-four productions with a total of 289 artists were submitted for adjudication in 2022. Fourteen organizations participated, and the results were decided by 42 voters, made up of Orange County theater artists working across a variety of theater disciplines.

    OC Theatre Guild launched its awards program in 2020 to celebrate excellence for productions in Orange County theater.

    To purchase tickets to the awards ceremony, to submit a show for adjudication or to become a voter, go to octheatreguild.org/octg-awards.

    The Bravo! section highlights achievements of our residents and groups. Send news of achievements for consideration to [email protected].

    ​ Orange County Register 

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