Lions sponsor Leo’s Club

JIM DE BOOM

Under the sponsorship and guidance of the Harbor Mesa Lion’s Club,

students at Costa Mesa High School have formed a Leo’s Club, which is

the teenage branch of Lion’s International.

The new club will have its charter night on Sunday from 5 to 8

p.m. at the Costa Mesa Country Club. The theme for the semiformal

event will be “Dancin’ Up the Ritz,” and dinner and dancing will be

featured. Officiating in the installation of the club and officers

will be the Lion’s District 4-L4 governor, Jim North. Sara Bryant, a

senior, will be installed as the president. More than 20 students

have joined the club and have many projects planned for the coming

year. For more information about the charter night or Leo’s Club,

call (714) 641-0664.

EXCHANGE HONORS LIFEGUARDS, FIREFIGHTERS

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor honored some of Newport

Beaches finest -- seasonal lifeguard Omar Kattan and regular

lifeguard Rob Williams, along with Firefighter of the Year Craig

Johnson. Deputy Chief Tom Arnold provided the introductions at the

luncheon meeting. Club President John Kruse gave his heartfelt thanks

to the honorees for the service to the community.

TURN SPEECH INTO TYPE

The Computer Friends of Oasis will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the

Oasis Senior Center in Corona del Mar to hear Barbara Duck present

“Tablet, Pocket and Media Enhancements for the PC.”

Her demonstration will include how speech and handwriting can be

turned into type using a tablet and pocket PC. She will also be

covering the new XP Media PC, which has many amazing features.

The meeting will begin with a general Q & A from 1 to 1:15 p.m.

followed by a speaker. Raffle tickets will be provided for everyone,

and refreshments will be served before a break for special interest

groups. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experts. There will be

a $3 charge at the door for nonmembers. Visit the Computer Friends of

Oasis’ website at https://vivian boulos.tripod.com.

A COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER

Not to be outdone by Oasis, the Costa Mesa Senior Center offers a

computer learning center sponsored by Senior Net for those 50 and

older.

Eight-week classes begin this week: Introduction to Computer,

Printshop, Digital Photography, Money Management, E-mail, Internet,

Word Processing and Exploring Windows XP. The fee for classes is $65

for Costa Mesa Senior Center members and $75 for nonmembers. The fee

includes use of the supervised lab from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through

Friday.

Signups are being accepted at the Costa Mesa Senior Center, at

19th Street and Pomona Avenue, or by calling (949) 645-2354.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS

Kadie Karcher, sponsored by Bettie Moses, who joined the Exchange

Club of Orange Coast and was inducted at the National President’s

meeting in Pasadena on Dec. 30 ... Rick Weiss, sponsored by Art

Walton, who joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for Today, provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the

ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

-- MOTHER TERESA

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear Kevin Useldinger’s “Solutions

to Reach Peak Performance” (https://www.

newportbeachsunriserotary.org).

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

the Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (https://www.southcoastmetro rotary.org); and the

Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic

Club.

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

Corinthian Yacht Club.

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

Corinthian Yacht Club to pay tribute to retiring club treasurer Bob

Krone, who joined the club in 1965, serving as president in 1972-73

and club treasurer a number of times over the past three decades

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

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

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

Holiday Inn (https://www. kiwanis.org/club/costamesa); the 50-member

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

Corinthian Yacht Club; the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet

at the Nautical Museum to hear John Moorlach, county tax collector;

and the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will meet at the Atrium Hotel

for a program by Doug Jackson on Project Cure

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

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

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655

or by e-mail to [email protected].