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Item 3 - Presentation: Information on the 51st Annual Americana Awards

Garden Grove City Council
January 27, 2026

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Item 3 - Presentation: Information on the 51st Annual Americana Awards
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January 27, 2026
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Garden Grove City Council
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Thank you for supporting Cypress College students,
Garden Grove honorees, and the Americana Awards Gala
• 1,800 students from Garden
Grove attending Cypress
College this academic year
• More than $500K in
awarded in scholarships, and
in total, more than $1.2
million funded across all
programs
Dr. True McMahan
2025 Citizen of the Year
City of Garden Grove
Americana Honorees 2026
Linda and Alden Esping, Anaheim; Don Harbert, Buena Park; Linda Gallagher, Stanton; George Orff, Person of the Year; Mariellen Yarc, Cypress; Maria Stipe, Garden Grove; Jan Jensen, La Palma; Debbie Kent, Los Alamitos, Ray Longoria, Seal Beach

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