Jim de Boom -- COMMUNITY & CLUBS

SEE YOU AT THE FEAST: Former mayors Arlene Schafer of Costa Mesa

and Evelyn Hart of Newport Beach will be honored at the 27th annual Roman

Feast and Charity Auction for the benefit of the Youth Employment Service

of the Harbor Area on Thursday at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Center.

The evening will feature an Italian theme with hors d’oeuvres donated by

some of the area’s finest restaurants, a reception and silent auction at

6 p.m., pasta buffet at 7:30, a live auction with auctioneer Jim Dale and

music and entertainment by Jim Roberts. Proceeds from the dinner will

support YES programs Pre-employment and Job Keeping Skills, Job Club, Job

Development and Job Referrals, Summer Jobs for Youth, Building Life

Options and You and Me Tobacco-free programs.

More than 350 community and business leaders, elected officials, service

club members and YES supporters are expected to attend the event. Barbara

and I will be among them. Hope to see you there! For dinner reservations

($20 per person), call YES at (949) 642-8306.

GARAGE SALE: Boy Scouts Troop 37 is holding a garage sale today and

Sunday at the Lido Isle Community Center, 701 Via Lido Soud. Proceeds

will be used to provide the boys with backpacking and camping trips as

well as scholarships for some young scouts who otherwise would not be

able to belong to Boy Scouts.

SPEECH CONTEST: It was a tough decision for Student Speaker Contest

judges Hank Panian, Frank Oliver and Sondra Anderson, but they selected

Becca Silva as the winner of the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Breakfast

Lions Club contest. Competing with Silva were Megan Fay, David Tow, Somer

Flaherty and Lauren Cassidy -- all from Estancia High School. Silva

received a check from club president Ron DeGeare for $50; the other

contestants received $25 each.

TALENT CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED: If you’re between the ages of 6

and 18, the annual Search for Talent sponsored by the Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor gives you a chance to share your talent. Contestants will

compete in one of three age groups. The winners of each will receive a

handsome plaque and will be invited to compete at the next level,

ultimately for $1,000. The contest will take place at the Oasis Senior

Center on Friday beginning at 6:30 p.m. The deadline for entries has been

extended to Tuesday, so call Search for Talent chairman Deane Bottorf at

(949) 673-8701 today!

WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: Newport Beach resident Judy Rosener will

address the topic of interrelationships of men and women in the workplace

at a special community forum Tuesday. Rosener, a professor at the UCI

Graduate School of Management, is a recognized expert on employment

diversity issues. Sponsored by the National Conference for Community and

Justice, in cooperation with Coastline College and KOCE-TV, the session

will be held at the Fountain Valley Regional Medical Office Building,

11100 Warner Ave., Suite 112, Fountain Valley, from 7 to 9:15 p.m. For

reservations, call (949) 252-5389.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK:

Want to get more involved, make new friends, network or 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.

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

Balboa Bay 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 p.m. -- The Rotary Club of Newport Harbor

meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear UCI Police Chief Kathy

Hooven discuss “Your Friendly Force.”

THURSDAY: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe for a program on the propositions on the ballot for the March

7 primary election. 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 the Salvation Army; the Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat Restaurant; the Newport-Irvine

Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott to hear Robert Gilliland, former

test pilot of the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. 6 p.m. -- The Costa

Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at the Costa Mesa Golf Community

Center for the Youth Employment Dinner.

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published every Saturday in the Daily Pilot. Send

your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949) 660-8667, e-mail

to o7 jdeboom@aol.comf7 or send to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201,

Newport Beach 92660-1740.