Ten young people had the honor of being chosen to receive a Jamil Dada Character Excellence Youth Award at a stellar ceremony at March Field Air Museum, Thursday, July 14. The honorees are chosen based on character traits such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.Each winner received a $2,500 scholarship, a trophy and legislative certificates. Locally, Monnaje McCorley and Kaine Spurlin of San Jacinto, Ulysses Aguilar of Murrieta and Samantha Gonzalez of Lake Elsinore were among this year’s awardees. All of them are members of California Family Life Center’s Youth Opportunity Centers of Riverside County, part of the Youth Opportunities Consortium.Dada said this award was started under the former Workforce Investment Act of 1998 as a mean
