from University of San Francisco ... Has doctorate from University of
Portland, Ore. ... Plays the banjo, both bluegrass and four-string ...
Chaplain for the Fretted Instrument Guild of America ... Plans to go to
the group's annual meeting in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., this summer ... Last
year's ranking: Unranked
35) LINDA MOON, 51, Huntington Beach ... President of Amigos de Bolsa
Chica ... Helped found Amigos and was an original board member ... "Our
environment can't afford to lose the Bolsa Chica" ... Wants to bring
Amigos more in line with its original advocacy role ... Likes working
with people who care about the environment ... Dislikes the "emotional
hostility" that goes along with politics ... Also dislikes the
Independent's use of the word "Kahuna." Says it has a spiritual
connotation in Hawaii ... Was raised in Eagle Rock, an area between
Glendale and Pasadena ... Works as a family law attorney ... Plays tennis
... Last year's ranking: Unranked
36) SHIRLEY DETTLOFF, 64, Huntington Beach ... City councilwoman for
six years ... Is proud of the Human Dignity Statement she helped to write
with Ralph Bauer ... As a coastal commissioner, expects a number of
Huntington Beach issues -- such as the Bolsa Chica mesa and the
Waterfront Hilton project -- to come before her ... Twenty-six years
since she came before the commission to protest the destruction of the
wetlands ... One of the original appointees to the city's environmental
board ... Member of the Sierra Club ... Founding member of the Orange
County League of Women Voters ... Owns, but is not active in, an
educational materials publishing company ... Married to Bob for 44 years
... Three grown children ... Two grandchildren ... Loves living near the
ocean ... Likes bicycling, reading and gardening ... None of which she
has time for ... Is reading a book by Isabel Allende ... Last year's
ranking: 42
37) CAROLE KANODE, 60, Huntington Beach ... Nurse at Ocean View High
School since 1977, when the school opened ... Trustee for Ocean View
School District since 1990 ... Began the high school's after-school
program for 40 students ... Wants to create a clinic for kids who can't
afford dental care ... On city's Infrastructure Advisory Committee ...
Member of Huntington Beach Therapeutic Riding Center and the American
Assn. of University Women ... Married to Irwin for 40 years ... Three
daughters and one grandson ... Originally from Trenton, N.J. ... Reads
biographies ... Likes museums, music, walks and being with her grandson
