JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

As a tribute to Keith Burnham, a longtime Rotarian and former Rotary

International Director, golfers in District 5320 are invited enjoy 18

holes of golf at the Newport Beach Country Club.

The fourth annual charity tournament features a hole-in-one contest for

two luxury automobiles, competitions for longest drive, most accurate

drive and closest to the pin, a putting contest, silent and live auctions

and an awards dinner.

Everyone can bring home a prize through the silent and live auctions.

Auction items include an emerald and diamond gold ring, a weekend rental

of an SUV, a Disneyland pass for six people featuring an exclusive dinner

at Club 33 and fabulous and relaxing weekends at resort hotels.

The Newport Irvine Rotary Club Golf Tournament supports a major

contribution to purchase a group home for Olive Crest Home for Abused

Children. Event proceeds also support Hoag Hospital, youth programs and

Casa Alberque Temporary Home for Abused Children.

The cost is $195 for individuals and $750 for a foursome. The

registration fee includes golf, lunch, dinner and tee prizes. Fax or mail

your information to Ken Paddock at (949) 833-3028; the address is 3300

Irvine Ave., Suite 270, Newport Beach 92660-3111. Each golfer should

supply name, address, phone, fax, M/F, SCGA membership number and index,

and their desire to compete for the Burnham Cup. Golf tournament

information, including registration information, program advertising, and

sponsorship ideas, are available at: o7

www.intelenet.net/~donna/golf.htmlf7

REUNION OF THE GOOFOFFERS

Goofoffers Gazette editor Bill Huscroft is organizing a reunion of all

Goofoffers on Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m. at Malarkey’s Irish Pub, 3011

Newport Blvd.

Founded in 1957 by the late Dick Richards, the membership has included

some of the areas leading citizens -- John Wayne, Dick Lane, Richard

Nixon, Congressman Bob Badham, Harry Babbitt, Bill Ficker, Art Gronsky,

Ned Hill, Jim and Jack Penny, Bill Hamilton, Rollie Brousard, Bob

Goodwin, Jack Zaremba, John Morley, Herb Hawkinson, Al Pinkley, Bob

Wilson, Tom Riley, Lloyd Winburn and Jud Smith, to name a few.

As Huscroft puts it, “The movers list goes on -- movers, shakers and

rogues all.”

For years, club members gathered at the Cannery Restaurant to sip coffee,

discuss local politics and share stories and jokes. At one time,

Goofoffers Gazette founders Jud and Melba Smith mailed out more than

1,000 copies.

More recently, with dwindling membership, the club has been meeting at

the Omelet Parlor on 17th Street. It has been a dozen years since I’ve

been to a Goofoffers meeting, but I will take the pens and pencils out of

my Goofoffers cup and join the group Thursday.

EASTER EGG HUNT

In an event open to the public, Newport Harbor American Legion Post 291

will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch on Sunday. The egg hunt

will begin at 10 a.m. at 215 15th St., Newport Beach. Brunch will be

served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost for children is $2 and adults is

$6. For more information, call (949) 673-5970.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club: “Teamwork is the fuel

that allows common people to produce uncommon results.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS

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.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Balboa

Bay Club.

6 p.m. -- The Costa Mesa Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa 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.

5:45 p.m. -- The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club meets at Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club to hear from Pepe Montenegro’s update on Gang Outreach.

THURSDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe to hear from Hank Panian, a retired OCC professor, speak on

school bonds.

Noon -- Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Holiday Inn; the Exchange

Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat Restaurant for a program on

Child Abuse Prevention Month; the Newport Irvine Rotary Club meets at the

Irvine Marriott Hotel for a program on urban runoff by Mike Maquire.

* 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 by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St., Suite

201, Newport Beach 92660-1740.