COMMUNITY & CLUBS

Jim de Boom

JAPANESE VISITORS: Members of the Rotary Club of Newport Balboa will

host members of their Sister City Rotary Club -- Okazaki (Japan) South as

they begin their visit Monday. With the leadership of International

Services Director Frank Anderson and past president Andy Campbell, a busy

four-day visitation schedule has been planned. Included are a welcome by

Mayor Dennis O’Neil and the City Council, dinner at Rotarian Wendell

Fish’s home, golfing at Pelican Hills, a visit to Rogers Gardens, a

progressive dinner with hosts Be LaForce, Scott Paulson and Flossie

Dunning, a visit to the Environmental Nature Center, a harbor cruise on

Rick and Elaine Williams’ yacht, shopping at Fashion Island and of

course, attending the Wednesday evening meeting of the Newport Balboa

Rotary Club.

TOWN & GOWN: Town and Gown, a support group of the University of

California, Irvine, will hold its annual Membership Coffee from 9:30 to

11:30 a.m. Monday at Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway

in Corona del Mar. There will be a brief business meeting followed by a

presentation by Associate Dean Alan Terricciano from the School of the

Arts, who will introduce the 1999-2000 coming attractions in music,

drama, dance and art.

Twenty-five interest groups will be introduced to the membership.

Reservations are not required and new members and guests are welcome,

according to Wanda Cullers, public relations chair for the group.

SUNSHINE SPECIAL: Exchange Club of Newport Harbor member Norm Von Herzen

has arranged for 40 children from the Orange Wood Home for Children to

tour Newport Harbor on one of Seymour Beek’s Balboa Island Ferries on

Sept. 25. There will be 40 children with smiles on their faces as they

tour the Harbor and enjoy some snacks. Good job Norm and Seymour!

LAST DANCE: The Cannery Restaurant closes its doors Sunday night. The

response to the Tuesday night receptions to honor has been amazing. Mayor

Dennis O’Neil proclaimed Cannery owner Bill Hamilton “Mr. Newport Beach”

in a fitting tribute to one who has done so much for our community.

On Tuesday night guests lined up by the dozen to get Hamilton’s autograph

on a beautiful Cannery sketch. One night, French’s Cupcake Bakery

provided a sheet cake with a beautiful Cannery artwork on top -- so

beautiful that folks didn’t want to cut into the cake. Hamilton notes he

hopes to sell all the Cannery artifacts to one person, but he does have

an auctioneer standing by. The Cannery collection of photos is being

given to the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum where they will be displayed.

Some of the cooking equipment will be given to the Soup Kitchen.

The Cannery Cruises moves over to the Riverboat Restaurant and Capt. Mike

Whitehead will still be at the helm, this time working with Clayton

Shurley. The memories of the Cannery and good deeds the Hamiltons and

Cannery staff have done in Newport Beach over the past 26 years have not

gone unnoticed and are greatly appreciated. The Cannery’s last dance is

Sunday. Be there!

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS: Mike McIlroy, sponsored by PDG

Mike Scheafer, who joined the Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS COMING WEEK: Want to get more involved in your

community, make new friends, network, or to give something back to your

community? Try a service club! You are invited to attend a club meeting

this coming week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal for you.

MONDAY -- 6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa

Country Club for a program by Shelly Marr on Project for Canine

Companions.

TUESDAY -- 7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the

Balboa Bay Club. 6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club

meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

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

the Center Club. Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University

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

Corinthian Yacht Club. 6:00 p.m.: The Newport Balboa Rotary meets at the

Bahia to meet the Rotarians from Okazaki, Japan.

THURSDAY -- Noon: Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at

the Bahia Corinthian. The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday

Inn for a program on UCI athletics. The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor

meets at the Riverboat to Reed Royalty on Government Relations. The

Newport-Irvine Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott. 6:30 p.m.: The

Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Cafe for a

Ladies Night Social.

* 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

jdeboom@aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201, Newport

Beach, CA 92660-1740.