Action saves life, earns medal

Bee Staff Reports
Ripon police officer Scott Lindsay will be honored for his actions in helping a choking victim at an event in Stockton earlier this year.

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Lindsay and another Ripon officer, Matthew Ford, attended a Regional Occupational Program dinner at the San Joaquin County Board of Education office in January. During the event, a man started to choke. Lindsay, with Ford's help, used the Heimlich maneuver on the man. It cleared the man's airway, enabling him to breathe freely.

The state's Emergency Medical Services Authority will present Lindsay, a 57-year-old school resource officer, with an Inter-Service EMS Recognition Medal on Dec. 2 during a ceremony at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco.

Former valley resident Matthew Gouaux has been selected as one of two Barristers of the Year for the 3,200-member Bar Association of San Francisco. He'll receive the award during the association's annual luncheon Dec. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco.

Gouaux, 31, grew up in Manteca. He swam for the Manteca Dolphins and graduated from Manteca High School in 1996. He earned his under-

graduate degree at California State University, Stanislaus, and completed his law degree at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in 2006.

He interned with Curtis & Arata in Modesto and works in San Francisco for Trucker Huss, the largest employee benefits specialty law firm on the West Coast.

Norm Calloway, who graduated from CSU Stanislaus in 1987, has been named as an alternate to the California State Auditor's redistricting commission applicant review panel.

Calloway has been an auditor for more than 20 years and currently works for the state auditor's office as a senior auditor evaluator III.

The panel consists of three certified public accountants with at least a decade of experience. They will be responsible for reviewing applications of people interested in serving on the commission that draws state Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization district lines.

The panel will select 120 candidates to be interviewed publicly in Sacramento. The state auditor will accept online applications from those who wish to serve on the commission from Dec. 15 through Feb. 12 at www.WeDrawTheLines.ca.gov.

Nine CSU, Stanislaus, graduate students and 15 undergraduates received scholarship awards from John and June Rogers of the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation last month. They include: Martha Duran, Atwater; Korinna De La Rosa, Kingsburg; Helen Arguelles Gudino, Hughson; Martha Angelica Fuentes, Livingston; Sherry Gail Butman, Manteca; Laurie Baria, Merced; Hamde Farha, Merced; Isaac Farhadian, Modesto; Rachel Grider, Modesto; Miles Polley, Modesto; Austin Wilhoit, Modesto; Courtney Hannink, Oakdale; Nathan Lallas, Oakley; Quratulain Qazi, Pakistan; Peiman Hojjatijou, Patterson; Ana Maria Garnica, Riverbank; Jennifer Nguyen, Riverbank; Jennifer Duong, San Jose; Theresa Albright Rogers, San Jose; Adrina Gabriel, Turlock; Adrielle Kent, Turlock; Jean'Ann Miller, Turlock; Elicia Padlo, Turlock; and Bibiana Cristina Sandoval, Turlock.

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