JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

The U.S. Navy patrol vessel Zephyr will be the first naval ship to

visit Newport Harbor since the U.S. destroyer Hale (DD-642) arrived on

Navy Day in 1946. The Zephyr will arrive at the harbor at 2 p.m. Aug. 25

and dock at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. Coordinator Phil Glasgow

says the 179-foot, 328-ton ship will be open to the public for free

visits Aug. 25-26.

The Zephyr is one of 14 Cyclone class coastal patrol ships designed to

carry up to eight Navy SEALs to be covertly delivered and extracted from

foreign shores.

Expect some lines, but it will be well worth the wait.

BLUES ON THE BAY

The Sons of the American Legion are sponsoring a blues festival today

from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 291, 215 15th St., Newport Beach. Seven blues bands are being featured during the day, all

for the admission price of $15 per person. Food and beverages will be

available for purchase at this fund-raising event for the Sons of the

American Legion. For tickets, call (949) 673-5070. Information: (949)

763-5973.

FLYING TO THE STARS

For local residents wanting to learn more about UFOs, a monthly

meeting sponsored by the Mutual UFO Network of Orange County will be held

at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center. The speaker at the 7:30

p.m. Aug. 23 meeting will be Canadian-based nuclear physicist Stanton

Friedman. His discussion is titled “Star Travel? -- Yes!” Friedman will

show that the conclusions of skeptics are based on a series of false

premises and that the stars are within our reach. The public is invited.

Cost is $13 for nonmembers and $8 for members and students. Information:

(714) 520-4UFO.

KIWANIS HELPS FAMILIES

Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club member Ray Stewart described at a recent club

meeting how the club-supported “Adopt a Social Worker Program” has

provided assistance to those seeking to get off welfare. A father for

four received a $150 gift certificate from The Home Depot for tools as he

starts a new job. Three families received $100 gift certificates to

Target for school clothes and $60 to help provide child care as the

program moves people from welfare to work.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Scuttlebutt, the publication of the Newport Beach-Corona del

Mar Kiwanis Club:

“Never deprive anyone of hope. It might be all he or she has.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Want to get more involved in your community, make new friends,

network, or to 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.

MONDAY

6 p.m. -- The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at May Garden Restaurant.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Balboa

Bay Club to hear Laura Deitz discuss California’s sesquicentennial.

6:30 p.m. -- The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at Costa

Mesa Golf and Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

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

Club; the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University Athletic

Club.

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

Corinthian Yacht Club.

5:45 p.m. -- The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club will hear past president

Jim Sirkin speak.

THURSDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe to hear about water management.

Noon -- The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Holiday Inn; the

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

Yacht Club; the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat

Restaurant to hear Orange County Supervisor Jim Silva’s county update;

the Newport Irvine Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott for a visit

from district governor Price Shapiro.

* 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 St.,

Suite 201, Newport Beach 92660-1740.