organizing annual Duck-A-Thon, benefiting the Huntington Beach Community
Clinic ... Also does fund-raising for Project Self-Sufficiency ... They
have three grown sons ... Ed's last year's ranking: 91
67) BETSY CRIMI, 60, Huntington Beach ... Human service coordinator
for Huntington Beach Senior Outreach Program for 16 years ... Coordinates
services for seniors, such as meals and transportation ... Oversees meals
for 150 seniors daily ... Working to improve the transportation system
for seniors ... Co-host of the Golden Wave, a cable show on senior issues
... Helps people with loss and bereavement, and with preparation for
death ... Used to be a religious education director at Sts. Simon and
Jude... Was an elementary school teacher ... Will be spending four days
in Cabo San Lucas next month ... Enjoys golf, walking and entertaining in
her new condo ... Has a daughter and a son... Has a Shih Tzu ... Last
year's ranking: 64
68) GARY GORMAN and GREG HICKMAN, 54 and 51, Huntington Beach and
Costa Mesa... Facilities manager and wildlife care director,
respectively, of the Wetlands Wildlife Care Center... The center applied
for state funding to construct an educational center, an informational
center and a wildlife hospital ... They applied for a permit to care for
mammals ... Received a grant from the California State Conservancy to
purchase an 18.5-acre piece of land where the center sits ... Gorman was
active in the restoration of the 46 acres of the San Joaquin Marsh ...
Hickman serves on the boards of the Balboa Angling Club and the Los
Pescadores Fishing Club ... Last year's ranking: 61
69) LARRY CRANDALL, 50, Fountain Valley ... Newest member of the
Fountain Valley City Council, having just finished his first year ...
Serves on the Orange County Republican Central Committee ... Works as a
senior investigator for the county ... Serves on the Business Advisory
Committee for the Fountain Valley School District... Supports the DARE
program and even went through a session, earning a B on his essay ...
Volunteers for the Southern California Special Olympics ... Member of the
Chamber of Commerce and Friends of the Library ... Served in the Air
Force for more than three years and spent a year in Thailand during the
Vietnam War ... Was a flight instructor and chief pilot for a plane
manufacturing company ... Crash landed a plane on a mountain after it
lost its engine and lived to tell the story ... Enjoys going on walks
with his wife ... Watches a lot of movies ... Married to Sandra for five
