Newsmakers Awards on Friday
The 13th annual Newsmakers Awards will be held Friday at the Hyatt Regency Valencia. Business attire, 6 p.m. cocktails and 7 p.m. dinner. Music, fun, raffles. NO live auction. Really. You know you really want to attend! This event will be about celebrating the people, places and organizations that make the Santa Clarita Valley a unique and wonderful place to live. Tickets are $70 each. This event is a fundraiser for the Randy Wicks Memorial First Amendment Scholarship Foundation. E-mail mbuttelman@the-signal.com or call (661) 902-5590 for your reservation. Final day for reservations is Wednesday.

SCV Youth Project
The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project recently elected a new Executive Committee. New officers include: President Gregg Goodman, of Gregg Goodman Farmers Insurance; Vice President Jerry Citarella, of Infinity Wealth Management; Secretary Renee Kaehny, owner of Rituals Colour Salon; Treasurer Tom Hough, CPA; Nancy Starczyk of Realty Executives as member-at-large and John Musella, of Newhall Land, as immediate past president. The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project is celebrating 10 years of providing services to teens. In the past decade, they have touched the lives of more than 27,000 youth and 5,000 adults. Additionally, they have expanded their program from just a few campuses to now being active on all the high school and junior high schools in the William S. Hart District. In the 2008-2009 school year, the Youth Project provided more than 5,000 sessions of support to more than 1,000 youth in the SCV with serious life challenges, including depression, suicide, grief/loss, peer pressure and drug/alcohol abuse. For more information and to donate, visit www.scvyouthproject.com.

Seen at Celebrity Waiter Dinner
I had the best time this year at the annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner to benefit the SCV Senior Center respite and supportive services programs. What a fun theme! Among those spotted enjoying the festivities: Jay and Ashley Thomas, Scott and Vanessa Wilk, Rick and Ann Patterson, Oscar Dominguez, Bill Bolde (where DID you get a tux to match your hair?), Tony and Reena Newhall, Cheryl and John Gerasi, Randy Moburg and Mitzi Like, Rose and Steve Chegwin, Linda and Moe Hafizi, Lauren and Paul McGuire, Rebecca Reed, Kathy Crone, Bob and Kathy Kellar, Erica Betz and Bill Cloyd, Anna Ott, Jasmine Foster, Wayne and Dianne Crawford, Myles McNamara, John and Joni Shaffery, Brian Koegle (who really didn't look a thing like himself), Yolie Haramia, TimBen and Ingrid Boydston, Jessica Odle, Dennis Poore, Howard "Buck" and Patricia McKeon, Rise and Alan Barbakow, Tim and Jenny Ketchepaw, Robert and Darlene Gandara, David and Tracy Gauny, Tora Brown, Marsha McLean, Ovington Michael Owston, Laurene Weste and James McCarthy, Patti and Charlie Rasmussen, Gloria Mercado Fortine and Bruce Fortine, Kirk Stinson, and Steve Arklin.

COC Foundation Silver Spur
I'm sorry I was unable to attend the College of the Canyons Foundation Silver Spur Awards dinner to honor Gary and Myrna Condie. However, I was fortunate to find Annemarie Donkin available to step in for me. I've been told the following folks were scheduled to attend: Claudia Acosta, Pat Allen, Greg and Chell Amsler, B.J. and Jeannie Atkins, Alan and Rise Barbakow, Bruce Battle, Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell, Michael and Melina Berger, Erica Betz and Bill Cloyd, Sharon Bolle, Sue Bozman, Tim and Debbie Burkhart, Peggy Cannistraci, Nicolas Cardenas, John Carlson and Elizabeth Hopp, Louis and Jackie Carnavalli, Laura Chavez, Steven and Rose Chegwin, Bill Cloyd, Jr., Sharlene Coleal, Wayne and Dianne Crawford, Jeanna and Kyle Crawford, Diana and Gary Cusumano, Allison Devlin, Lakhbinder and Hardinesh Dhanda, Tom and Sandy Dierckman, John Dow, Steve and Dee Duncan Dowty, Michele and Bruce Edmonson, Marc and Kerri Emmer, Chris and Jayne Fall, Diane and Bob Fiero, Shawn Fonder, Bruce Fortine and Gloria Mercado Fortine, Jasmine Foster, Arlene Fukai, Rita and Lou Garasi, Pablo Garcia, Greg and Shannon Gardner, Dan Goetz, Carl Goldman and Jeri Seretti-Goldman, John Green, Barry and Michelle Gribbons, Jeff and Kiki Hacker, Tina Haddad, Moe and Linda Hafizi, Rick and Heather Harbo, Eric and April Harnish, Richard and Liegh Anne Hayes, John and Debbie Heys, Carolyn and Kristin Hill, John and Janice Hoskinson, Hsiawen and Deborah Hull, Olivia Jimenez, Bob and Kathy Kellar, Jamie Kennedy, Bill and Cathy Kennedy, Charlotte and Frank Kleeman, Mike and Linda Kobayashi, Mark Kolodziejczyk, David Korse, Bryan and Heather Lake, Craig and Carole Lock, Dale Lundgren, David and Valerie Lunt, Joan and Doug MacGregor, John and Karen Mahaffey, Dena and Mike Maloney, Lenore and Mike Reilly Marta, Lynne and Eric Mayer, Bill and Laura McClendon, John and Bonni McElwain, Howard "Buck" and Patricia McKeon, Randy Moberg and Mitzi Like, Shannon Munoz, Jason Munoz, Barbara Myler and Todd Napora, Tony Newhall, Anna Ott, Ed Padilla, Rick and Ann Patterson, Wanda Perry, Harold and Jacquie Petersen, Mark and Susan Petersen, Nathan and Jessica Petty, Be and Anh Phan, Edwin and Kristina Quintanilla, Rich and Carol Ratliff, Fred Recalde, Cathy Ritz, Jay and Joyce Rodgers, Stephanie Rydall, Scott Sampson, Charanjit and Kashmir Saroa, Scott Schauer, Dave and Peggie Schofield, Joe and Barbara Schulman, Jack and Doreen Shine, Quiana Staral, Diane and Jack Stewart, Steve Stone, Paul and Robin Strickland, Steve and Julie Sturgeon, Shoji and Shari Takeshima, Shirley and Howard Tanner, Darren Tarlow, Jim and Gabrielle Temple, Jeff and Virginia Thomas, Jay and Ashley Thomas, Trent Turner, Dianne and Roger Van Hook, Peter and Karen Veloz, Jim Ventress, Rosalind Wayman, Shelley Weinstein, Laurene Weste and Jim McCarthy, Scott and Vanessa Wilk, Murray Wood, Natasha Zambrano and Steve and Doris Marie Zimmer.
Michele E. Buttelman is the features and entertainment editor of The Signal. She can be reached by e-mail at mbuttelman@the-signal.