Festival to hold licensing meeting

A special meeting of the voting membership of the Festival of Arts

will be held to begin the process of amending the festival’s by-laws

to prohibit the licensing or franchising of the Pageant of the

Masters outside of Laguna Beach.

The festival notified nearly 4,000 Orange County members, and

those attending are slated to cast votes on whether the festival’s

board of directors will canvass the voting membership by mail on the

proposed by-law.

The results of the mail-in votes would be announced at the first

board meeting after the votes are tallied. The meeting will be at

12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Festival of Arts grounds, 650 Laguna

Canyon Road.

Councilwoman will talk on ACT V issue

Councilwoman Elizabeth Pearson will be the guest speaker at the

monthly meeting of the Laguna Beach Republican Club, set for 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Hennessey’s on Ocean Avenue.

Pearson will review the history and status of the relocation of

the city maintenance yard to the ACT V parking lot in Laguna Canyon,

favored by 3-2 majority of the council.

Plans for the election campaign and a party in the last week of

October will be discussed.

All Republicans are welcome.

Democratic Club to host wine-tasting

The Laguna Beach Democratic Club will host a wine tasting from 4

to 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at Stalker Gardens, 2285 Temple Hills Drive, to

support the Kerry/Edwards slate.

Wine professionals will provide wine and their expertise for the

event. Stalker’s Fine Foods will supply hors d’oeuvres.

Suggested donation is $50 in advance, $55 at the door. Make

reservations by e-mailing [email protected]. All donations will

be collected at the door and contributed to MoveOn.org.

For information about the club or other campaign events in Laguna

Beach, check https://www.LagunaBeach

DemocraticClub.com.

Women voters to hold mini-forums

The League of Women Voters will hold mini-forums as part of the

league’s Election Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 2 at Laguna Beach

High School.

Candidates must pay $50 to participate.

Red Cross and lifeguards hold drive

The Red Cross and Laguna Beach lifeguards will hold a blood drive

to meet the needs of a critical blood shortage. Supplies of Type-O

positive and Type-O negative blood are both very low, with less than

one day’s worth of blood on stock.

Donations may be made between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Bloodmobile

will be at the corner of South Coast Highway and Ocean Avenue. To

make an appointment, call (949) 494-6591.