Private First Class Jessica Suh, 18, of Los Altos graduated from U.S. Marine Corps boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina, Jan. 25.
Suh successfully completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training as one of approximately 70 recruits in Training Platoon 4003. While in recruit training, Suh mastered skills as squad leader, expert marksman and knowledge recruit.
James Pampeyan, a Boy Scout from Troop 33 in Los Altos, last summer led a team of volunteers in building an archery range for Camp Taylor, a Modesto camp for children with congenital heart defects.
Pampeyan, who was born with hypoplastic right heart syndrome, a condition where the heart only has one ventricle, has attended Camp Taylor for the past 13 years.
As of early November, more than 148 girls registered to join more than 20 local Cub Scout packs, or approximately one-half of local Cub Scout units.
The numbers should rise, as more packs are currently transitioning to the new Family Scouting model and recruiting girls ages 5-11.
The California Library Association presented Santa Clara County Library District county librarian Nancy Howe with the Zoia Horn Award at its annual Awards Gala Nov. 10 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara.
The Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to advance intellectual freedom and to preserve free speech in an open society.
