Community & Clubs -- Jim de Boom

The Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area will hold its 29th

annual Roman Feast on Thursday, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Neighborhood Community Center. The event will honor Gwyn P. Parry,

director of community medicine for Hoag Hospital, and include hors d’

oeuvres, a penne pasta buffet prepared by YES chefs and a charity auction

overseen by masters of ceremonies Jim Dale and Tom Johnson. Reservations

are a must and may be made by calling the group at (949) 642-0474.

BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast honored

Gloria Hatcher with the Book of Golden Deeds at a recent meeting. Two

years ago, Hatcher’s grandson, Brandon, drowned in a backyard pool. The

family was devastated, and Gloria, who wanted to thank the Orange County

Fire Authority for its help, baked a batch of brownies and took them to

the fire station. Authority Fire Chief Richard Witesman said after that

first day, the project mushroomed and she has now made 465 visits to fire

stations, bringing her famous brownies with her. Following the

presentation of the Book of Golden Deeds, the Exchange Club had a program

on drowning prevention by the authority’s Kymbra Fleming.

NOCHE DE GALA: The Corazon de Vida Foundation will conduct its

eighth annual Noche de Gala awards dinner on May 11 to benefit orphanages

in Baja California, Mexico. This year’s event is “Return to a Night at

the Macombo,” featuring swing music, “Macombo martinis,” and 500 noted

Orange County and Los Angeles County guests. The event will be held at

the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin.

The foundation will pay tribute to noted honorees Marilyn McCoo and

Billy Davis, Fifth Dimension, and Thomas Gephart of Ventana Capital for

their many philanthropic contributions.

Newport Beach resident and foundation supporter Jane Altman-Dwan notes

the foundation, based in Irvine but with thousands of volunteers and

supporters throughout Southern California, was established in 1994 and

exists to secure support for 50 orphanages in Baja California, Mexico.

The foundation raises about $500,000 annually to support its cause. For

event and ticket information, call Jim McAleer at the Corazon de Vida

Foundation offices at (949) 476-1144, Ext. 358.

EMERGENCY SERVICES: Costa Mesa Fire Chief Jim Ellis invites all to

visit the fire station on Placentia Avenue, across from Estancia High

School, on May 19 as the Police and Fire departments join for a special

Emergency Services Day program. On display from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be

17 antique firetrucks, police helicopter, patrol cars and much more.

MORE ON THE RELAY FOR LIFE: According to Peggy Fort, dozens of

teams are being entered in the May 17 and May 18 Relay for Life

fund-raiser that will be held at the track at Newport Harbor High School

for the benefit of the American Cancer Society. Early team registrations

include the Council Critters, a Newport Beach City Council team with

Councilman Steve Bromberg as captain; the City Slickers, the city of

Newport Beach official team with Homer Bludau as captain; Corona del Mar

Village Visionaries from the Business Improvement District with Don

Glasgow as captain; and the Relay For Roz, with Rick John as captain and

the team members coming from the Newport Beach Conference and Visitors

Bureau, which Rosalind Williams headed until her untimely death from

cancer. For more information or to enter a team, call Peggy Fort at (949)

675-0501.

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

Kelley of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “Never be afraid to

try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the ark. A large

group of professionals built the Titanic.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK:

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet

at Five Crowns Restaurant for a program by Tom Moon on the Office of

Strategic Services in World War II.

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at Skosh

Monahan’s for a business meeting.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at

the Center Club (www.southcoastmetrorotary.org), and the Newport Harbor

Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 35-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at the

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Ray Quigley of United Airlines.

5:30 p.m.: The 55-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to meet the five members of the visiting

group study exchange team from England (www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-plus-member Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe to hear Recreation Director Stacia Mancini

discuss recreation programs in Costa Mesa.’

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the Holiday

Inn (www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesa), the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar

Kiwanis Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, the 80-member

Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical

Museum to hear from Mayor Tod Ridgeway of Newport Beach, and the

100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott

for a program by Lola Gillebard titled “Here’s to the Mothers”

(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.