COMMUNITY & CLUBS -- jim de boom

AUSSIES VISIT SISTER CITY: For the second year, Australian

educators are visiting the area from Costa Mesa’s Sister City of Wyndham,

Australia.

The Educator Exchange Program was created by Sue Smith, former Harbor

Council PTA president and current assistant director of the National

Conference for Community and Justice, Orange County Division; Kathryn

Hofer, principal at Kaiser Primary School; and teachers Marilyn Wright,

Victoria Elementary; Dave Brees, Estancia High; Julie Brogan, Adams

Elementary; Tracy Frank, Lincoln Elementary; Kirsten Ingham, Kaiser

Elementary; Elena Olivieri, Pomona Elementary; and Dominic Lakey,

Estancia High.

The visiting educators -- Annia Ryan, assistant principal, and teachers

Joan Costa Justine Ryan -- were welcomed at a reception hosted by

Newport-Mesa Unified School District Supt. Dr. Robert Barbot, received a

school bus tour of the district guided by Mike Fine, assistant

superintendent of business services, were welcomed by Mayor Gary Monahan

and the Costa Mesa City Council, shopped at South Coast Plaza, attended a

high school basketball game and an Anaheim Mighty Ducks hockey game, and

toured the Museum of Tolerance and the Getty Museum.

Even more special were the visits to classrooms and faculty at the

elementary, middle and high schools, the meals provided by the PTAs and

school staffs and home stays with the host families (Carly Larsen,

Kirsten Ingham, Elena Olivieri and Dominic Lakey) to learn more about

American family life.

In July 1999, Sue Smith, Kathryn Hofer, Marilyn Wright, Julie Brogan,

Tracy Frank, Pat Courter (California Elementary), Cynthia Sullivan

(Whittier), and Danielle Dittmer (Newport Heights) visited Wyndham as

Costa Mesa’s part of the exchange. For additional information about the

opportunity to participate in the Sister City Educator Exchange program,

contact Sue Smith at (714) 754-7312.

INTERFAITH LUNCHEON: Members of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith

Council will meet Wednesday at the United Church of Christ in Irvine to

hear Rev. Karen Stoyanoff of the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist

Church of Costa Mesa discuss the Parliament of Worlds Religions held in

December 1999 in South Africa.

Major and minor religions of the world were represented at the event and

Stoyanoff was one of the delegates who traveled from Orange County to

attend. The Interfaith Council has in its membership a variety of faith

communities from the three local cities and holds monthly luncheon

meetings during the school year to promote interfaith understanding and

communication.

The meeting is open to the public and will begin with a reception at

11:45 a.m., followed by lunch at noon with the program at 12:45 p.m.

Lunch is $7.50 per person and reservations must be made by 5 p.m. Tuesday

by calling (949) 660-8665, ext. 3.

BACK AS PRESIDENT: Past president of the Exchange Club of Newport

Harbor, W.C. Fox, is back as president for the balance of this club year.

He is replacing Matt Arko, who is also a past president and stepped in

last summer to replace a president-elect who ended up not taking the job.

Arko first served as club president in 1963-64 while Fox served in

1991-92.

SUPPORTING ATHLETICS: The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club hosted the

athletic directors from Costa Mesa and Estancia high schools at a recent

luncheon meeting, where club president Bill Lupis presented a check in

the amount of $250 to each. Receiving checks were Pat Leahy, girls

athletic director, and Kirk Baumeister, boys athletic director, from

Costa Mesa High School; and Nancy Ferta, girls athletic director, and Tim

Parcel, boys athletic director from Estancia High School.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS: Art Kingsley Okun --

Classification: municipal bond trader, sponsored by Frank Mead, who

joined the Newport-Irvine Rotary Club. Jack Allanach, sponsored by

Seymour Beek, who joined the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK:

TUESDAY: 7:30 a.m. -- The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the

Balboa Bay Club. 6:30 p.m. -- The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club

will meet at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

WEDNESDAY: 7:15 a.m. -- The South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at

the Center Club. Noon -- Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the

University Athletic Club. 6 p.m. -- The Exchange Club of Orange Coast

meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

THURSDAY: Noon -- The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets

at Mimi’s Cafe to hear Dale Carlson, maker of balloons. 6 p.m. -- Kiwanis

Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht

to hear Don Glasgow, director of the Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce.

The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn for its annual White

Elephant Sale. The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat

to hear Ale Aitcheson, author of “Children’s Crusade.” The Newport-Irvine

Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott for Newport Beach Fire and

Marine Department Awards.

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published every Saturday. Send your service club’s

meeting information by fax to (949) 660-8667, e-mail to o7

[email protected] or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201, Newport

Beach 92660-1740.