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SUMMARY:2021 Newport Chamber Honors - Citizens of the Year Joe Stapleton an
 d Walt Howald
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 vc_column_text]Nancy Gardner has deep roots in the city. Her father (a pre
 vious Citizen of the Year) came to Balboa in 1920 as an eight-year-old. He
 r parents met at the Rendezvous Ballroom.\nHer early years were spent ridi
 ng in the Irvine hills and surfing local beaches. After graduating from co
 llege she taught school until the birth of her daughter\, Samantha.\n\nEve
 ntually\, she entered the corporate world where she was part of a team sel
 ected by federal regulators to rehabilitate a failing savings and loan. Mi
 ssion accomplished\, she left the world of business and began to do volunt
 eer work\, co-founding the Newport Beach chapter of Surfrider Foundation a
 nd eventually serving as president of the national organization.\n\nIn 200
 6\, she was elected to city council where she served two terms and then re
 turned to the role of volunteer\, serving on the boards of Orange Coast Ri
 ver Park Conservancy\, Natural Communities Coalition and Friends of Newpor
 t Beach Animal Shelter.\nShe has two grandsons in college\, a granddaughte
 r who is a freshman at Laguna High\, and she lives in Corona del Mar with 
 her husband\, Jim Switzer\, and their very poorly trained dog\, Finn.[/vc_
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 has been a pioneer in the Orange County culinary scene for almost five dec
 ades. Jim ventured into the restaurant business in the early 1970’s when
  he opened his first restaurant\, Bessie Walls Fine Food &amp\; Spirits. S
 ubsequently\, Jim moved on to own and operate a series of restaurants incl
 uding Pasta Mesa Italian Restaurant in Costa Mesa\, Domenico’s Pizza in 
 Long Beach\, Big Fish Tavern in Laguna Beach and Cedar Creek Inn in Brea\,
  However\, to his hometown friends and customers\, Jim is best known as th
 e owner of The Bungalow here in Corona del Mar\, which is celebrating its 
 23rd anniversary. Along the way\, Jim honed his skills at a number of rest
 aurant chains including Alphy’s Coffee Shops\, Godfather’s Pizza\, El 
 Torito\, Hershel’s Deli &amp\; Bakery and Koo Koo Roo Rotisserie Chicken
 . If that isn’t enough\, Jim also ventured into the insurance industry w
 ith New York Life and was a Fantastic Sam’s Hair Salon franchisee!\n\nTo
  his credit\, Jim left the four walls of his restaurant and got active in 
 the community. For many years\, Jim has been a stalwart member of the Newp
 ort Beach Chamber of Commerce\, serving on the Chamber’s Board and ultim
 ately as the Board Chair. He has also served as member of the Chamber Comm
 odores Club for the last 9 years. In 2010\, he graduated from Leadership T
 omorrow and the Newport Beach Citizen Police Academy.\n\nEarly in its birt
 h\, Jim joined the Newport Beach Restaurant Association\, serving as Chair
  for many years. He helped found the very successful Newport Beach Restaur
 ant Week and convinced the City to allow patio dining in front of restaura
 nts along Pacific Coast Hwy. He has been a fixture at City Hall fighting f
 or the restaurant community.\n\nJim recently celebrated 5 years of marriag
 e to his wife\, Kay. Jim’s daughter\, Wendy\, lives in Cathedral City\, 
 California and daughter\, Julie\, lives in Running Springs\, Colorado. Jim
  also has two grandchildren\, Madelyne Aronilla (age 10) and Lucas Arjonil
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 text]\n1949\nRobert “Bob” Murphy\n1950\nHarry Welch\n1951\nRobert Call
 is\n1952 Myford Irvine\n1953\nO.W. “Dick” Richards\n1954\nDora O. Hill
 \n1955\nJoseph A. Beek\n1956\nEdward Milum\, M.D.\n1957\nJ.L. “Les” St
 effensen | James “Jim” Edwards\n1958\nWilliam “Bill” Spurgeon\n195
 9\nDavid Nielsen\, M.D.\n1960\nGerald Lynch\n1961\nCarroll Beek\n1962\nPau
 l A. Palmer\n1963\nDr. Basil H. Peterson\n1964\nRobert Reed\n1965\nIsabel 
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 ]\n1966\nTheodore Robins\n1967\nJohn Murdy\n1968\nJudge Robert Gardner  |
   Walter Longmoor\n1969\nA. Vincent Jorgenson\n1970\nFred Schope\n1971\nJ
 ohn Macnab  |  Doreen Marshall\n1972\nJohn Lawson\n1973\nPhil Tozer\n197
 4\nGeorge Hoag\n1975\nRichard “Dick” Stevens\n1976\nRay Watson\n1977\n
 Arvo Haapa\n1978\nRobert Wynn\n1979\nT. Duncan Stewart\n1980\nRobert Shelt
 on\n1981\nWilliam P. Ficker  |  Bill Banning\n1982\nHarry Babbitt\n1983\
 nJ. Peter Barrett\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc
 _column_text]\n1984\nWilliam D. Lusk\n1985\nCharley Hester\n1986\nJackie H
 eather\n1987\nBob McCurdy\n1988\nHans Prager\n1989\nBill Hamilton\n1990\nP
 aul Salata\n1991/92\nJim Dale\n1992/93\nArt Gronsky\n1993/94\nBob Robins\n
 1994/95\nMichael Stephens\n1995/96\nLucille Kuehn\n1997\nRush N. Hill\, II
 \n1998\nMarian Bergeson\n1999\nClarence “Bus” Turner\n2000\nThomas C. 
 Edwards\n2001\nDayna Pettit\n2002 Bill Grundy\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_colum
 n][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n2003\nScott Paulsen\n2004\nWill
 iam Ring\n2005\nSeymour Beek\n2006\nDennis O’Neil\n2007\nEvelyn Hart\n20
 08\nLula Halfacre\n2009\nNorm Loats\, E.d.D\n2010\nRalph Rodheim\n2011/12\
 nTom Johnson\n2013\nJean Watt\n2014\nJack and Nancy Skinner\n2015\nPaul Wa
 tkins\n2016\nJohn and Elizabeth Stahr\n2017\nHomer Bludau\n2018\nDebbie Sn
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