COMMUNITY & CLUBS -- jim de boom

Starting this Monday, you will see a half-page display ad in the Daily

Pilot on the fourth Monday of each month, featuring a different local

service club. Over the next 14 months, you will learn more about each of

the local Exchange, Lion, Kiwanis, Rotary and Soroptimist clubs, their

members and the service projects they are involved in. The hope is that

more people will be encouraged to get more involved in community service

and maybe join a service club.

THE CALL OF THE NORTH: My brother LeRoy called from Minneapolis on

Wednesday to say that our 92-year-old father was in the hospital needing

major surgery. They were trying to get it scheduled for Friday or

Saturday, so I am off to subzero temperatures and the snow banks of

Minneapolis for a few days to see where I can help out. Thus the

shortness of this week’s column.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS: Jack Allanach, sponsored by

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

Toction, sponsored by Steve Dworet, who joined the Rotary Club of

Newport-Irvine.

WORTH REPEATING: From the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis

Club’s publication, “Scuttlebutt.”

“A good word spoken costs nothing, but the results are worth a lot.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Want to get more involved in your

community, make new friends, network, or give something back to your

community? Try a service club. You are invited to attend a club meeting

this coming week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal for you.

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. Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University

Athletic Club.

Noon -- The Exchange Club of Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club.

6 p.m. -- The Newport Balboa Rotary meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht

Club for a Club Assembly.

THURSDAY: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe for monthly business meeting.

Noon -- Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Naomi Vine, director of the Orange County

Museum of Art. The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn to

hear Ken Shultz, assistant city manager of Costa Mesa. The Exchange Club

of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat to hear author Dave Balch on

“Think About What You Think About.” The Newport-Irvine Rotary Club meets

at the Irvine Marriott to hear Peggy Goetz of the Irvine World News.

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published every Saturday in the Daily Pilot. 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.