Leadership group seeks nominations for awards Leadership...

Leadership group seeks nominations for awards

Leadership Tomorrow, a group affiliated with the Newport Beach and

Costa Mesa chambers of commerce, is seeking nominations for two

community service awards it will present next month.

The first, for excellence in leadership, will be presented to a

person or people who have been affiliated with Leadership Tomorrow

and “best represent the characteristics of leadership for the past

year,” said the group’s chairman, Tim Brown.

The second award will be presented to people who show leadership

qualities regardless of having worked with the group in the past.

Nominations should include the characteristics, accomplishments

and actions that make the people deserving of the award, Brown said.

Nominations are due by Jan. 11 and can be sent to Jeff Parker,

executive director of Leadership Tomorrow at (949) 729-4408 or at

[email protected].

The group’s annual leadership awards dinner will be held Feb. 24

at the Center Club.

Leadership Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization, offering an

educational program in civic awareness and leadership. It is designed

to enable participants to become more involved in their community and

focuses on Newport, Costa Mesa and Irvine.

Newport man named head

of college district board

Newport Beach educational activist Walter G. Howald was recently

elected president of the Coast Community College District Board of

Trustees for 2005. Education consultant and former school

administrator Paul Berger of Costa Mesa was elected vice president.

Since Howald was first elected to the board in 1985, his tenure has included important events such as the passage of Measure C, a

$370-million bond measure to renovate and expand facilities at the

district’s three colleges, and the sale of Orange County public TV

station KOCE-TV to the KOCE Foundation in 2004.

Howald’s previous educational involvement includes serving as a

trustee of the Newport Beach Public Library and chairing its

Distinguished Speakers series and acting as a director for the Harbor

Area Boys and Girls Club and the Orange County School Boards Assn.

Berger has been a community college district trustee since 1987.

His resume includes serving as principal of Fountain Valley High

School and many years as an administrator for the Huntington Beach

Union High School District. He also has been a director for the

United Way of Orange County and the California Retired Teachers Assn.

Fitness company observes anniversary with open house

Living Fitness in Newport Beach will hold an open house from 11

a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate its one-year anniversary at the

Newport Coast Shopping Center. The fitness studio offers personal

training, Pilates classes and luxury amenities in the locker rooms.

Guests at the open house can take tours of the facility and enjoy

refreshments. Living Fitness is at 21139 Newport Coast Drive. For

more information, call (949)640-2300.

Fundraiser set to help South Asia tsunami victims

Great Legs Wine and the Bacchus Society of Newport Beach are

holding a fundraiser on Jan. 13 for victims of last week’s tsunami in

South Asia.

The fundraiser will collect money for the charity Save the

Children, which has been contributing aid to the area for many years.

The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m. The cost is $35, which includes

appetizers. Twenty dollars from each tasting will go to Save the

Children.

For more information, contact Great Legs Wine at (949) 515-8466.

Checks made payable to Save the Children can be sent to Great Legs

Wine, 2901 W. Coast Highway, Suite 100, Newport Beach, CA 92663.