Navy Fireman Thomas A. Dickinson, son of...

Navy Fireman Thomas A. Dickinson, son of Dan A. Dickinson of Newport

Beach, recently departed for a six-month deployment while assigned to

the aircraft carrier Enterprise, which has more than 6,500 sailors

and Marines. The Enterprise is home based in Norfolk, VA. Dickinson

joined the Navy in January 2002 ... Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class

Stephen E. Rodriguez, a 2000 graduate of Estancia High School, also

recently departed for a six-month deployment while assigned to the

USS Enterprise. ... Clarence Brown joins the KOCE-TV Foundation board

of directors. Brown is also vice president of corporate

communications for Southern California Edison ... Jon Kwong is the

new interim lay pastor of Resurrection Beach Metropolitan Community

Church of Costa Mesa ... Kim Burdick was recently named as president

for the Bank of America Orange County Market ... Arlene Schafer,

president of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, recently accepted the

Exceptional Public Outreach Award from the California Special

District Assn. on behalf of the sanitary district ... Michael Arnot

was named as the executive director for the Orange Coast Interfaith

Shelter of Orange County, which is the oldest and largest shelter for

homeless families in Orange County.

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