Fountain Valley High School

Jayson Lewis recently joined the Huntington Beach Police Department. He worked for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1994 to 1998, when he moved to Boise, Idaho, where he became a deputy for the Ada County Sheriff's Department. . . . Three area residents have graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps' Camp Challenge at Fort Knox, Ky. They are Simon Bhavilai, the son of Udumchoke Bhavilai of Huntington Beach; Mark P. Palma, the son of Mario M. and Edna P. Palma of Fountain Valley and a 1998 graduate of Fountain Valley High School; and Jonathan R. Rosen of Huntington Beach, a June graduate of Ocean View High School who attends the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, N.M..

FRIDAY'S GAMES Edison vs. Fountain Valley . . . Edison by 3 (at Orange Coast College, 7 p.m.) Marina vs. Huntington Beach . . . Marina by 4 (at Huntington Beach High, 7 p.m.) Santa Ana at Ocean View . . . Ocean View by 6 (at Westminster High, 7 p.m.) And here's why . . . Despite having lost consecutive league games four of their last six games overall, Fountain Valley High School (4-4, 1-2) has the talent and ability to hold on to The Bell for yet another year.

Angelique Flores FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- The community at Fountain Valley High School has formed a task force to help direct the fate of programs held in Building No. 300. The 30-year-old building is not equipped with earthquake protections and doesn't meet modern safety codes, and Huntington Beach Union High School District officials want to demolish it before it becomes unsafe. The district, however, has only enough money to replace the 55,000-square-foot building with one about half the size.

The city of Fountain Valley will hold its Red Ribbon Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Civic Center Complex, 10200 Slater Ave. Festivities will include police and fire exhibits, SWAT and canine demonstrations, child identification fingerprinting, refreshments and games. Information: (714) 593-4446. Pennies for Prevention campaign culminates The final day of the Pennies for Prevention campaign will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Bank of America parking lot, at Five Points Shopping Center at Main and Delaware streets.

Angelique Flores FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- A plan to demolish the No. 300 building at Fountain Valley High School and replace it with one half its size has parents and school officials upset. The ground beneath the building's foundation is settling, adding stress to the columns and beams, officials said. Huntington Beach Union High School District officials want to raze the building before it becomes unsafe. Because the price to repair the building -- $9 million -- is about 80% of the cost to rebuild -- $13 million -- the district wants to tear it down and start from scratch, said Ed Baker, the district's assistant superintendent of facilities.

There is a development going on that should be the concern of parents in the Fountain Valley-Huntington Beach area. I'm speaking of the saga of Building C at Fountain Valley High School. During the bond campaign last year, the Huntington Beach Union High School District made much ado about the condition of Building C. Rebuffed on the ballot, it went after state funds to raze and replace Building C. Cafeteria employees have been given notice, but no one seems to know much else.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- Fountain Valley High School students will have a new principal when they return to campus in the fall. Connie Mayhugh stepped into her first principal's position July 3, succeeding Gary Ernst, who retired at the end of the school year. The 42-year-old Tustin resident has been in education for 11 years, five of which she spent teaching. "We're just delighted to have an educator of Connie's caliber come to the district," said Huntington Beach Union High School District Supt.