JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

BACKSTAGE TOUR TODAY: The National Conference for Community and

Justice will sponsor a free backstage tour and talk on the history and

significance of the Pow Wow at the Orange County Fairgrounds this

afternoon. Children, adults and families are invited to meet conference

assistant director Sue Smith inside the west entrance ticket booth at 4

p.m. for a backstage tour of the Pow Wow and insight into American Indian

culture.

Admission to the Pow Wow is $6 for adults, with discounts for children

and seniors. The conference is a human relations organization dedicated

to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America. For details, call (949)

442-2814 or visit https://orangecountynccj.com.

DIVAS BEACH BLANKET BARBECUE: The Divas of the Balboa Theater invite

you to take part in a day of fun, games and live music by the Nomads surf

band and barbecue from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 9 at Balboa Peninsula Park.

Admission is free and open to the public, while the barbecue lunch and

beverages are available for purchase from Clayton Shurley’s Real BBQ.

Children and adults can fly a kite, twirl Hula-hoops, do the limbo,

toss water balloons or buy a $5 rubber duck, enter it into the First

Surfin’ Ducky Wave Race and win a prize if you are among the first 10 to

hit the sand, said Debbie Newmeyer of the event committee.

Proceeds from the barbecue and duck race will go toward the renovation

of the historic Balboa Theater. For more information, call (949)

646-5161.

ONLY THE DATE HAS CHANGED: Tickets are available for a special

screening by the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor of the 20th Century Fox

movie “Glitter,” starring Mariah Carey, that will be shown at 7 p.m.

Sept. 20 at Edwards Lido Theater. Originally the movie was set for an

August release but was rescheduled for a September release.

The $40 donation will include a 5:30 p.m. food festival featuring

tastes from a dozen of the area’s best restaurants, accompanied by your

favorite beverages and a 7 p.m. movie.

John Fornes, event chair, hopes that the club will sell 500 tickets

during the coming weeks as they raise funds to support their charitable

activities. Tickets can be purchased from Tom Norton at (949) 644-5933 or

Fornes at (949) 640-5298.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS -- Mike Allen and Dick Meehan,

sponsored by Mike Scheafer, joined the Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions

Club. Chris Szechenyi, sponsored by Syd Lucas, joined the Newport Beach

Sunrise Rotary Club.

WORTH REPEATING -- From “Thought for the Day” provided by Greg Kelley

of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “I don’t know what your

destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who

will be really happy in life are those who have sought and found how to

serve.” -- Albert Schweitzer

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Who did you help this week? Don’t

have an answer for that question? Try helping your community and the

world through a service club. You are invited to attend a club meeting

this week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal.

TONIGHT

Harbor Mesa Lions will have their annual Spaghetti Splash dinner at

the home of Ann and Mike McIlroy in Costa Mesa. Proceeds will be given to

local charities. Tickets are $12 and may be purchased by calling (714)

641-0664.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at Five

Crowns Restaurant to hear Jack Hammett, a Pearl Harbor survivor.

WEDNESDAY

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

Club (https://www.southcoastmetrorotary.org), and the Newport Harbor

Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The Orange Coast Exchange Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a program by Jack Powers called “How to Make the Internet

Work for You.”

5:30 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht to hear Becky Bailey-Findley, general manager of the

Orange County Fair (https://www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions Club will meet at

Mimi’s Cafe for a report on the 2001 Boy Scout Jamboree and monthly

business meeting.

Noon: The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at the Holiday Inn, the

Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club, the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at

the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program by Marilyn Kohler,

director of the Ms. Senior America California program, the Newport Irvine

Rotary Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott for a program by the Group

Study Exchange Team, which traveled to Australia

(https://www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot. Send

your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949) 660-8667, e-mail

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

Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.