JIM DEBOOM -- Community & Clubs

Newport Beach resident Debra Lee Allen has been installed as

president of the Newport Beach Lions Club for 2000-01 during a

customized, two-hour cruise hosted by the Adventures of the Sea Yacht

Charters. After a year of leadership, Ann Stern is the past president.

Serving with Allen are vice presidents Mike Davis, Jacque

Fenton-Kerzman and Dennis Patterson; secretary Jean-Marie Graham,

treasurer Golie Shapiro, Lion tamer Leifha Lekawa, tail twister Carrie

Galinis, directors Todd Hallbrook and Audrey Vaughn, membership chairman

Steve Daxer.

Allen’s major goal is to expand the club’s membership during the

coming year. Members meet at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each

month at Newport Beach Yacht Club, 1099 Bayside Drive. Reservations are

required. Information or reservations: call Allen, (949) 515-2129.

A FEW GOOD LEADERS: Leadership Tomorrow is looking for a few more

candidates qualified to fill its 2001 class. The organization provides

nine outstanding educational workshops and the opportunity to network

with key individuals in Costa Mesa, Corona del Mar, Irvine and Newport

Beach in important aspects of the community. Many Leadership Tomorrow

graduates have gone on to appointed and elected offices in their

respective cities and in a variety of nonprofit organizations. Tuition is

$1,200 and is often underwritten by employers.

Information: call Chairman Steven Moreau, (949) 644-8283 or visit the

Web site at o7 www.Leadershiptomorrow.org.f7

CLUB NEWS: The Newport Irvine Rotary Club has a Web site: o7

www.nirotary.orgf7 . It includes the club newsletter, future programs,

highlights of club activities and information on service projects. Take a

look!

Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club member Bill Wengeler introduced Eric

Maldonado, who at the age of 16 was a June graduate of Monte Vista Back

Bay High School and is now registered at Orange Coast College. Maldonado

will major in mechanical engineering and computer science. In support of

his continuing education, Maldonado received a $500 scholarship from club

President Ron Millar.

Members of Soroptimist International Newport Harbor are volunteering

Aug. 2 and 4 to help with the United States Equestrian Team Olympic

Selection Trials, being held at the Oaks/Blenheim Rancho Mission Viejo

Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano.

WORTH REPEATING: From Scuttlebutt, the newsletter of the Newport

Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club -- “Beware of the person who has

nothing to lose.”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS IN THE COMING WEEK: Want to get more involved in

your community, 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: 7:15 a.m.-- Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at

Balboa Bay Club to hear from Fred Becker on “Resources for Effective

Living.” 6:30 p.m. -- Costa Mesa Lions Club meets at Costa Mesa Golf and

Country Club.

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

Center Club. Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at University Athletic

Club. Noon -- Exchange Club of Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club. Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor will hold a

business meeting at the Santa Ana Country Club. 5:45 p.m. -- The

Newport-Balboa Rotary Club will meet at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to

hear from Brad Avery, director of sailing and seamanship at Orange Coast

College.

THURSDAY: 7:15 a.m. -- Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club

will meet at Mimi’s Cafe to hear from past President Ed Burchill on his

recent travel adventures. Noon -- Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at

Holiday Inn. Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Denise Hurley, basketball coach at

University High School. Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the

Riverboat Restaurant. Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet at Irvine

Marriott hotel to hear about Westview Charity.

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

your service club’s meeting information to (949) 660-8667, e-mail to o7

jdeboom@aol.comf7 or mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St., Suite 201, Newport

Beach, CA 92660-1740.