Miranda Mata, daughter of Bertha Felix-Mata and her husband, Juan Mata, is now enjoying life at U.C. Riverside.  Miranda was a top student at Coalinga High School where she worked on the school newspaper, The Toadstool, and participated in a drug prevention peer program- Friday Night Live. Miranda took several classes in performing arts and general ed at West Hills and was involved in play productions.

 

August 5th was big for weddings of West Hills' employees. 

 

Eva Ramirez married Joe Jimenez in a ceremony at the Irwin Street Inn in Hanford. They went on a honeymoon cruise to Ensenada. 

 

Lupe Luna and her husband, Ivan Alvarado, celebrated their religious ceremony at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hanford.  They are now enjoying their new home in Hanford.

 

Kira Bishop married Matt Tippins in Las Vegas.  They are now living in Avenal.

 

Lenore Simonson’s son, Sean, was assigned to the USS Chosin stationed in Pearl Harbor in January 2005.  He is a Culinary Specialist E-3 seaman.  He is one of her 24-year-old twins. His twin, Trevor, is on the UCLA golf team.  A third son, Kyle, recently graduated from Fresno Pacific.  All are West Hills' grads.  Lenore and her husband, Joe, visited Sean in Hawaii in the late summer.  A big Keneau Reeves fan, Lenore posed for a picture with his street sign!

 

The street sign reads "Keanu" and if you know Lenore you know why she is smiling. :)

 

 

 

 

Lemoore Counselor Angela Tos had a baby Sept. 11th at 4:40am.  Little Ainsley Marie weighed in at 7 lbs 11 oz and is 20 ½ inches long.  Angela will return from maternity leave in January.  Maybe she’ll share a picture with us then.

 

 

Doris Williams says goodbye

I think back on the past six years with joy and sadness.  I have seen this district grow from one to two campuses. It had serious budget cutbacks, but tried to save as many jobs as possible.  It survived and will continue to survive with the guidance that has brought it this far. 

 

I have worked with some really extraordinary people over the past six years.  It has felt more like a family than job.  I am leaving to go to Golden Plains Unified School District as their director of Financial and Business Services.  I owe this job to the experience that I gained working at West Hills.  I would also like to thank the board of trustees and Dr. Gornick for starting the Education Reimbursement Program which helped me to decide to work on my MBA.  By continuing my education and having gained this valuable experience I was able to move up, alas that means moving out and leaving such a wonderful work environment.

 

My wish for West Hills CCD is to continue to grow and continue to make this district one big family.  I hope many of you will still keep in contact as so many of you have become very close to my heart.

 

The motto for this district is “Once you go here, you can go anywhere” and that has proven to be true in my case, and it doesn’t matter if you are a student or employee.

 

Goodbye and best wishes to all.