Students lauded at annual woman’s club meeting
By Chris Mac Kenzie
The Alpine Sun
ALPINE — The annual luncheon meeting of the Alpine Woman’s Club on Tuesday was an especially happy occasion with three of the five recent graduates and the parents of the other two winners accepting $1,000 scholarships to help with college expenses this fall. New officers for the coming year were elected with Mary Chubb heading the list as the new president.
Completing the slate are first vice president, Ann Hill, second vice president, Ila Oker, third vice president, Barbara Hendrix, recording secretary, Carol Lewis, corresponding secretary, Ingebord Efird, treasurer, Margaret Smith, financial secretary, Helen Astleford.
The club also watched the presentation of several gifts to the Woman’s Club Scholarship Foundation. Sandra Barrett and Lori Cartmill from the Viejas Tribal Office presented a check for $3,000 to the foundation.
Memories of the past were reawakened when Mrs. Betty Nelson Jenson was introduced. She is the mother of the late Larry Nelson who was the first young man to receive a club scholarship when he and Kathy Foster were chosen as the winners in 1976. Foster and Nelson were classmates and friends from junior high through high school so it was very appropriate for her to accept his mother’s $200 gift to the foundation as a memorial honoring her former classmate.
During the business meeting, presided over by Joan Waterworth, outgoing president, members learned that on June 29, at 6 p.m.,. there will be a presentation by theSan Diego County Planning and Land Use concerning the possibility of having the club’s house designated as an historic building. It was, in its early days, the original town hall and then later the meeting place for the first church in Alpine. It had also housed the town library.
The meeting also heard a report that it will be a necessity to provide a ramp or some other system making it accessible for handicapped visitors, a requirement that will be very difficult in this old structure.
Four of the five winners for 2006 are graduates of Granite Hills High School, They are Garrett Bryant, Andrew Jupin, Breeanna Lorenzen, and Osmar Rodriguez. The fifth winner, Lea Zernow, was graduated from Steele Canyon High School.
Garrett Bryant will be attending the University of California in San Diego. He has not yet decided on a major, but is leaning toward science and math. In spite of some physical limitations, Garrett has been active in water polo, soccer, swim and volleyball in addition to ASB, Senior Council and choir. A positive student leader, he may pursue a career in the field of medicine.
Andrew Jupin is heading for California State University in San Luis Obispo where he will study math, physics and engineering, an interest he developed as a member of the Destination Imagination Club in high school. He was also active in sports and student government. Andrew’s goal is to
eventually design a more fuel-efficient vehicle that will run on an alternative energy source and be affordable for the everyday consumer. (Not present for the presentation)
Lea Zernow, who had been an Honor Roll student the entire four years, earned the honor of being named the senior class salutatorian. She will be attending Harvey Mudd College and will major in physics. Lee wants to pursue a career in observational or theoretical astronomy. As she puts it, “I have always had my head tilted toward the skies, admiring the beauty and mysteries of the cosmos.” She hopes to create a lasting legacy for the future.
Breeanna Lorenzen will be attending classes at the University of California at Berkeley this fall, working toward a major in international relations and philosophy. Active in varsity cross country, swim and water polo in high school, she spent last summer as a volunteer in Peru on a mission trip with Shadow Mountain Church. Her career goal is to work with people and be involved in their culture and promote peace by getting to know people of other nations. (Not present for the presentation)
Osmar Rodriguez has always been intrigued by anything that works and the mechanics involved. He wants to become an engineer so he’ll be attending California Polytechnic University of San Luis Obispo this fall. In high school, he participated in three varsity sports as well as school and community clubs and organizations. Osmar is reported to be a role model for younger students on campus.
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