Elks to hold Flag Day service for a second year

JIM DE BOOM

The Newport Harbor Elks Lodge No. 1767 has selected Newport Beach

City Hall, at 3300 Newport Blvd., as the site for its second annual

Flag Day Ceremony on Monday at 6 p.m.

Because last year’s sunset ceremony was well received, the Newport

Harbor Elks Lodge members have invited city officials and the public

to join them again this year to honor our country’s flag, to

celebrate the anniversary of its birth and to recall all that our

flag represents throughout the history of the United States.

In addition to the Elks’ explanation of the flag’s history,

several Boy Scout troops and Girl Scout troops will present the

different versions of the flag as it was changed from its original 13

stars, representing the first 13 colonies, up to our modern flag,

with its 50 stars and 13 stripes. Following the history and

presentation of flags, the City Hall flag will be lowered as taps is

played and the ceremony will conclude with a military tribute

performed by the American Legion Color Guard.

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed national observance of a Flag

Day in 1916. On Aug. 3, 1949, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed

June 14 as the official day for nationwide observance.

For more information on the Flag Day Ceremony, contact Elks Lodge

official Lee Ray at (949) 487-0875.

GOLF FOR FISH

The seventh annual Friends In Service to Humanity Golf Classic

presented by PacifiCare will be held at the Santa Ana Country Club on

June 20.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., along with the putting contest.

Lunch will be served at 11 a.m., with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.

The awards banquet starts at 5:15 p.m. with cocktails followed by

dinner. The banquet, with live entertainment, includes silent and

live auction items as well as opportunity drawings.

Former Dodger pitcher Pete Richert will serve as master of

ceremonies, and a steel drum band will provide entertainment before

and after the golf.

Player registration is $300 and includes lunch, dinner, a raffle,

the auctions and more. You can just attend the dinner and auction for

$60.

To participate in the tournament, contact Art Wardner at (949)

515-3815, or send an e-mail at [email protected]. To learn more

about Friends In Service to Humanity, log on to

https://www.fishharbor.org.

“Through the support of our many wonderful donors and volunteers,

we carry out our mission of ‘preventing hunger and homelessness in

our community,’ ” Wardner said.

COMPUTING FOR SENIORS

The next session of eight-week computer classes sponsored by

SeniorNet will begin on June 20 at the Costa Mesa Senior Center.

Designed for those 50 and older, these classes feature a

student-to-instructor ratio of two-to-one. No one gets left behind.

State-of-the-art computers are used in these two-hour-long

classes, which are held once a week. The fees include access to a

supervised computer lab, where one can practice or receive individual

instruction.

Computing Made Easy is a special four-week class that is suitable

for those who can barely spell “computer,” and costs $20.

Introduction to Computers using Windows XP is also a basic course,

but it is assumed the student is relatively familiar with the

keyboard and the use of the mouse.

Seven other classes -- including Digital Photo Editing; Digital

Camera, Scanner & Photo Album; Internet & E-mail; Exploring Windows

XP; Family Tree Maker; Word Processing (Microsoft Word); and Print

Shop -- are available to seniors who have some familiarity with

simple computer commands.

The fee for most 8-week classes is $65 for members of the Costa

Mesa Senior Center and $75 for nonmembers. Membership in SeniorNet is

also required, at $40 a year. The fee for Word Processing or Print

Shop is $45 for senior center members and $55 for nonmembers.

Sign up now at the Costa Mesa Senior Center: 695 W. 19th St. (at

the corner of 19th Street and Pomona Avenue), or call (949) 645-2354

for more information.

WELCOME TO THE

WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS

Reniero Francisco, sponsored by Fay Bosler, joined the Rotary Club

of Newport Beach Sunrise.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Help your community and the world through a service club! For

many, service club membership is an extension of our religious

beliefs and congregation affiliation.

You are invited to attend a service club meeting this coming week

to learn more about opportunities for service. Most clubs will buy

your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 48-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets

at the Five Crowns restaurant to hear Patina Muresan, a social

service program supervisor for Orange County

(www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org).

Noon: The Rotary Club of Costa Mesa, now in organization with 15

members, moves its meeting location to The Club House at South Coast

Plaza, effective today.

6 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the

Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the

University Athletic Club.

Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting.

6:15 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at Angel

Stadium to watch the Anaheim Angels play the Washington Nationals

(www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20 member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe.

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

Holiday Inn (www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesa); The 50-member Kiwanis

Club of Newport Beach/Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club (www.nhexchangeclub.com); The 85-member Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum (www.nhexchangeclub.com).

FRIDAY

6 p.m.: The 100-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the

Radisson Hotel for the annual Demotion Party (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].