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John and Donna Crean will once again host Super Bowl Sunday at the

Village Crean. The big football Sunday slated for Jan. 30 will benefit

FACES, a juvenile connection program serving high-risk youth and their

families to prevent delinquency.

Villa Nova, the popular Italian restaurant on the Newport Harbor owned by

the Creans’ son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Charlene, will cater the

party with Italian delicacies. Naturally, the buffet would not be

complete without the good-old American favorites -- hamburgers and hot

dogs fresh off the grill.

Soiree Catering also will be on hand to accommodate the hamburger lover.

A silent auction will be set up on the grounds to help raise money for

FACES featuring an annual Edwards Cinema pass and a ride on the Goodyear

Blimp.

Tickets are $100 per person and can be reserved by calling (714)

879-9616. Underwriting opportunities are still available. It’s the Super

Bowl party of the year in Newport Beach, and you’re invited.

Stephanie Argyros and Sue Carter chaired with panache the Moroccan

Millennium Celebration for Orangewood PALS, a support wing of the

Orangewood Children’s Home.

Billed as a party to come along once in a thousand years, the Fashion

Island-based event lived up to its publicity campaign. More than 500

locals -- in support of the Orangewood program helping young children

sheltered at the facility -- danced the night away. The crowd was

decidedly young, but not restless. West Coast Productions created the

middle-eastern theme, and Regency Catering provided Moroccan food for the

end-of-the-century revelers.

Private cabanas were set up for the bigger donors as champagne flowed

from tent to tent. A magnificent main stage tent the size of a sports

field was the centerpiece of the evening, filled with guests including

Orangewood PALS committee members Lisa Carter, Sabrina Combs, Melissa

Frank, Anna Joslin, Lori Junkins, Amy Manser, Kelly Hodge Penske, Tammy

Ring, Maja Santley, Julie Secrist, Shannon Storms, Logan Wilson Tass and

Sherri Worth.

Also on hand for the evening were Sally Clark, Wendy Woleben, Keri Dugan,

Rene Matz and event designer Jeffrey Best. Underwriting for the party was

provided by The Argyros Foundation, Kring and Brown LLP, Chapman Medical

Center, Toyota of Orange, Neiman Marcus, Fletcher Jones, Imperial Credit

Foundation, Scott Schubert of American Express Financial and the Los

Angeles Times, Orange County.

Spotted in the PALS contingency were Eric and Shirley Pepys, Murray

Joslin, Tim and Julie Yale, Greg and Cindy Dillon, Bob and Phoebe

Lambeth, and Darren and Logan Tass.

“What a great way to celebrate the new year by raising funds to help the

abused and neglected children of Orange County,” said Mitch Junkins,

chairman of the PALS board.More than $100,000 was raised. For more

information on PALS, call the PALS hotline at (714) 741-9368.

* B.W. COOK’S column appears every Thursday and Saturday.