Kudos
Compiled by Samantha Lee
Brea-based J2 Marketing Services Inc., a marketing communications agency, has received the Standard of Excellence Award in the WebAward 2001 competition.
The newly designed Holiday Inn Costa Mesa Orange County Airport won the excellence in lodging and hospitality award from the California Lodging Industry Association. The award was in honor of the hotel’s recently completed $9 million refurbishment. The hotel is owned and operated by Hanford Hotels LLC of Newport Beach.
Kevin F. Priestley, a Corona del Mar chiropractor for 20 years, was inducted into the Tennessee Swimming Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Orange County-native Marta Rodri-guez, the top producing sales associate at Century 21 Grisham-Joseph, celebrated her eighth year in the real estate industry. Rodriguez services North Orange County and the southeast area of Los Angeles County.
Guy J. Roney III, senior vice president of Costa Mesa-based Corporate Capital Group has been awarded the certified investment member designation by the CCIM Institute. Additionally, Stephen A. Sanders, associate vice president of Grubb & Ellis Co.’s Anaheim office, also received CCIM’s designation. The CCIM designation is awarded to commercial real estate professionals upon completion of a graduate-level curriculum and attainment of a level of qualifying experience.
Newport Beach-based advertising agency Lawrence & Ponder Ideaworks won three gold medal awards and received five additional creativity awards in the 2001 Creativity 31 Competition. Winners are chosen for inclusion in the 2002 Creativity 31 annual, which is published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
The South Orange County Community College District Forensics Team picked up their fourth first-place team sweepstakes award for the academic year at a tournament held at Pasadena City College. Junior and novice competitors from 26 schools competed.
Charley Wilson, a Santa Margarita Water District board member, was selected to serve a one-year term as a board member on the Association of California Water Agencies for region 10, which encompasses Orange and San Diego counties.
Kleinfelder Inc. was named the sixth best civil engineering firm to work for by CE News Magazine in its October issue. Kleinfelder has offices throughout Southern California, including in Irvine.
Photo specialty e-commerce site RitzCamera.com, Irvine, was named one of the best of the Web for 2001 by Forbes magazine.
Bryan Zatica, president of Santa Ana-based Macro-Z-Technology Co., has been named the 2002 Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Irvine-based architecture firm LPA Inc. will be recognized for the design of three public projects in Long Beach at the AIA Design Awards. The award-winning buildings are: CSU chancellor’s headquarters, Broadway Golden Elementary School and Long Beach maintenance facility.
The Newport Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau was recognized by Meetings and Conventions Magazine with the gold service award at the 2001 Gold Awards Gala in New York.
Dean Steward, vice president of Orange-based National Management Co. has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Association of Messenger and Courier Services.
John Wilson of State Farm Insurance and Evelyn Gibson of Ambassador Advertising have been elected to the board of directors for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County. CASA provides trained volunteer mentors to serve as role models and a voice in court for neglected Orange County children that have been removed from their parents.
Irvine-based Mybar Printing Inc. has received the Clean Air Star Award from the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The excellence award was presented to the city of Santa Ana for being the first enterprise zone to issue the 10,000th hiring credit voucher to Santa Ana companies for hiring disadvantaged workers.
Michael Bobeczko, director of marketing for Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction Inc., has been named volunteer of the year by the home builders council of the Building Industry Association of Southern California.
Two Fullerton-based Western State University College of Law alumnus received awards from Consumer Attorneys of California. Superior Court Judge Francisco Firmat was given the trial judge of the year award. Sharon Talbott received the Robert E. Cartwright award for her commitment and personal service to society and democracy. Additionally, WSU law student Crystal Smith received a $23,000 scholarship from the law school and the Diversity in Law Foundation.
