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Alex Montoya, San Diego, California. Winner Against the Odds: He is a Winner. He is a Colombian young man who has overcome the terrible disadvantage of missing three limbs to become one of the leaders of our community here in San Diego. As the man in charge of Latino affairs for the Padres baseball team (National League), he has reached a lofty position that he uses to advance the cause of young Latinos in San Diego. By Fernando Romero

Bennie “Blue Thunder” LeBeau, Big Bear, California, Winning Environmentalist: Bennie is a Native American Shoshone elder from Wyoming who works to bring balance back to Mother Earth. A documentary recently was completed about the incredible work that he did in 2004 at Big Bear Mountain in Big Bear, CA. There had been a 6-year drought, and the lake was down 18 feet. He engaged the local people in ceremony, and the area had the wettest winter on record. His work can be a model for the world. By Edith Billups

Bessie Proctor, formerly of Gainesville, Florida, Winning Educator: Bessie is the widow of Sam Proctor who created the Oral History program at UF, where he taught for 50 years. Bessie now lives in a retirement community in Atlanta, but she has 50 years of stories about her and Sam’s global friendships with presidents, governors, artists, and authors. By Jane Edwards

Bryan Bertino, Newport Beach, California, Winning Writer: He is the rising new writer and director of The Strangers, a terrifying suspense thriller staring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. Bryan offers a very fresh take on the suspense thriller genre. By Alex Kecskes

Diane Glim, Montery, California, Winning Citizen: Diane is the president-elect of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society, she is a trained SORAC (Sea Otter Research and Conservation) volunteer, which entails rehabilitating sick, injured, and orphaned wild sea otters at the Aquarium, and she is a member of the Old Monterey Preservation Society…And this is all in her spare time when she is not working full-time at the Monterey County Weekly as an executive advertiser. By Brant Marlett

Dr. Jane Galloway, Long Beach, California, Winning Clergy: is a career actress who felt a call to ministry after working within the hospice care system. After getting a Doctorate in Ministry, she inherited a dying church in a disenchanted Long Beach neighborhood. Since her pastoral start in 2001, she has created H’artworks, a program that teaches and mentors neighborhood children through art. It is only one many programs she has authored or sponsored. By Tim Leedom

Eleanor Gibson, Berkeley California. Winning Benefactor: 88 years young, Eleanor delivers “Meals on Wheels” to senior citizens who need the help. She is an active member of OWL, the Pathfinders, and is a recently retired Docent of Lawrence Livermore Museum in Berkeley. by Corrina Hall

Employees of Cottage House, Sacramento, California. Winning Humanitarians: For the past three years I have worked with homeless teens, adults, and families, and currently work in a very unique housing program for formerly homeless families called Cottage Housing. Many of my co-workers are addicts in recovery and graduates of this or similar programs. Our participants, too, have overcome remarkable challenges, much like the young woman, Justine, on your front page. “Jennifer” has lived in our program for over two years. Her children were returned to her and their father after being removed by Social Services, and she is a recovering addict now working as a drug and alcohol counselor at a shelter. The Executive Director, Robert, is a visionary in his method of using a strength-based, participant-driven approach with families on their way back to self-sufficiency. I am surrounded by winners every day. By Elaine Loman

Janet Thompson, Lake Forest, California, Winning Writer: She already had an MBA when she enrolled at Fuller Seminary. She self-published a teaching manual, Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer: A Companion Guide for Women on the Breast Cancer Journey, After a publisher purchased her manual, she negotiated to teach the program. Now they fly her across the U.S. to speak and train. She celebrates 5 years cancer free and recently published, “Dear God, They Say It’s Cancer: a Companion Guide for Women on the Breast Cancer Journey” which she says is, “the book I wish I had when I was diagnosed.” By Sharron A. Pankhurst

Jennifer McNulty, Thousand Oaks California, Winning Mother: Jennifer is a mother of an autistic boy. Jennifer has researched many different treatments and therapies to help her son and he has come a long way. She also fights for the rights of autistic individuals by working to get laws passed and making a difference. By Barrie Silberberg

Jodette Johnson, Sacramento California, Winning Humanitarian: You may never dance again, Jodette Johnson was told as she awoke. She had been in a car accident, had been in a coma for the last eight days: virtually every bone in her body was broken. The news that she may never again walk, let alone dance, nearly crushed the tiny woman spirit On that dreadful day in 1967, it seemed like that life was over. “I promised God that if I walked again, if I had a piece of bread, I would share it with someone who was hungry.” Within two years, she was not only walking again, but back to performing and teaching dance classes. Today, she teaches dance classes in her brick-faced studio in midtown Sacramento Every day, she cooks food for the homeless, and personally delivers it to those living along the river. She serves food for hundreds at a local church every Thanksgiving, and during Christmas she fills her studio with coats and blankets to give away. Several times a year she organizes dinner/belly dancing shows at local Arabic restaurants, with a majority of the proceeds going to feed and clothe Sacramento homeless. By Brandi Grigg

Julia, Newport Beach, California, Winning Writer: My person is a great cook and organizer. She has finished a tailgating book which includes fun and easy recipes for big games. It is more than a recipe book. It’s a step by step instruction book that begins with organizing the day, getting the food, preparation and cleanup. 10 personalities are included: UCLA recipes & former head coach Terry Donahue to six top O.C. chefs. Julia is a great photographer. All food pix are hers. By Tim Leedom

Melody Jensen, Newport Beach, California. Winning Benefactor: Has dedicated her life to “make better the world”. She has been involved in feeding the world from China to Katrina. She is a central figure in quality films in Hollywood. She has forged an alliance of writers, directors and actors to bring quality to films…much like the late Steve Allen. A true hero. She has a main event at the Raddison November 3. Included: humanists, children activists, artists and leaders. By Tim Leedom

Pat Phelps, Cedarville California, Winning Artist: Pat is a man out of time. He builds stagecoaches for prestigious museums and institutions worldwide including the Smithsonian in his Cedarville, California shop. The burley, good-natured 46-year-old coachbuilder helped build two of the best known wagons in the world, the Budweiser wagon and the Wells Fargo stagecoach. By Anthony E. Larson

Shri Natha Devi Premananda, Los Angeles, Calfornia, Winning Peacemaker: He is an African American spiritual teacher in South LA who is doing PHENOMENAL peace work, not only in LA, but also in Africa, India, etc. by Edith Billups

Symphony, Turlock California, Winning Youth: A young man, with the first name of Symphony, states he is on his way to change the world in a specific way very soon. He is located in Turlock, California, (the same town I am in). Symphony is 19 years of age and works in a coffee shop inside one of the oldest buildings in the small city. He is one of most insane/genius people I have ever had a conversation with. By Devon Martinez

Terry Thoren, Los Angeles, California, Winner Within Business: Mr. Terry Thoren is a bussinessman in the animation industry who believes in the talent of the Filipino animators. He brings us jobs in the Philippines and makes the filipino proud for their talents. He gives us a chance to do what he believes we are capable of doing. Mr. Terry has given me the opportunity to become an animation director even though I’m a Filipino and that makes him a Winner in every sense of the word. By Roberto A. Vergara

Tom Johnston-O’Neil, San Diego, California. Winner within Business: Tom Johnston-O’Neil is an anthropologist and publisher of The Worldview Press. He hopes to bring different cultures together by publishing multicultural books in the classroom. While living in West Sumatra with his family, Tom developed his doctorate dissertation and graduated from Princeton University. He portrays the beauty of many different cultures in his series of classroom books. His other project, The Participant Observer, an online newsletter devoted to the multicultural heritage of San Diego, showcases many cultural events and features around town. This would be a good story because his company claims non-profit status as a service to the community and is dedicated to spreading the message of multiculturalism across generations. By Connie Castro