Locals promote' women s health, music edu

Placentia resident Amee Laxpati was one of four community leaders honored by the YMCA of North Orange County at the 25th anniversary of the organization s Chocolate Fantasy event. Others recognized were Paulette Marshall, Andrew Carroll and Dr. Barbara Hernandez. Before more than 260 guests, Laxpati was congratulated by Placentia Mayor Craig Green for being named the 2017 YMCA of North Orange County s Business Woman of the Year Laxpati is the chief operating officer of Alinea Medical imaging; a mobile mammography company that helps low-income, atrisk California women detect breast cancer early. A press release said Laxpati helped grow the company s outreach by 200 percent. Alinea tests more than 20,000 women yearly. Those who contribute to women, girls and families to the degreeth at our sponsors and honorees have demonstrated deserved the most gracious thanks we can give, Diane Masseth-Jones, CEO of YMCA of North Orange County, said in the release. Event proceeds wenms, including free mammogram screenings for uninsured women, youth employment services and college tuition scholarships to adult reentry women .24 and older. Anaheim s Dale Junior High last month was gifted 22 new Yamaha keyboards for its music education programming. Buena Park-based Yamaha Corp. of America s Share the Gift campaign helps underfunded music programs throughout the country. In partnership with Studio City s Mr. Holland s Opus Foundation, Yamaha donated 183 keyboards this winter to match the number of video submissions it received during the holiday season. To promote music education, artists posted on Twitter and Instagram videos of themselves playing classic holiday songs on a Yamaha instrument, with the hashtag Yamaha Share The Gift. Yamaha believes in the transformational power of music, so it is gratifying " Paul Calvin, Yamaha vice president and keyboard general manager, said in a release. High seniors Andrew Vuong and Elena Felix are bound for Northwestern and Stanford on four-year Quest Bridge scholarships. The first-generation 'College students are the school s maiden recipients. Vuong, Joy Kim and Vicky Prizmic also were named National Merit Scholarship finalists. Buena Park High is doing some amazing things, and our students are being accepted to excellent universities, said Sarah Arciba, a counselor.... Last month, Fullerton residents Kay An and Valerie Blaze were promoted to lead director roles at Brea-based Evangeiical Christian Credit Union. An is the financial institution s new director of human resources; Blaze, its director of marketing and product