JIM de BOOM -- Community & Clubs

Former state senator and Newport Beach resident Marian Bergeson will

be honored at the John and Donna Crean Reach Out Awards on Sept. 26 to

benefit YMCA community services programs. Bergeson -- who has served as a

member of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education and

was a state assemblywoman, state senator, Orange County supervisor and

Gov. Pete Wilson’s education secretary -- will be honored at the 25th

annual event at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are

$75 per person. Information: (949) 399-3377.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Newport Beach Sister City Assn. president Karen Evarts points to a

busy calendar as one of the reasons to join the association.

“We have honored the move of our friendship statue to the central

library with a traditional Obon Festival. We sent exchange students to

Okazaki, Japan, and entertained delegations of Japanese visitors here in

our city. We renewed our ties with Antibes, France, with a visit during

Bastille Day and we are negotiating a student exchange program for next

spring. Plus, we’ve had gala stateside French-flavored evenings at

Faconnables, Sur La Table and Sutton Place. We may participate in a youth

baseball tournament in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.”

The group is in the middle of the French Festival at the Newport Beach

Library and will help host Okazaki students in October. Also, they will

have a holiday brunch in December and their annual meeting in January. A

busy schedule indeed. An individual can join for $25 and a family for

$50. Information: (949) 673-1432.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS:

Ken Porter, sponsored by Dave Atencio, joined the Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club’s Scuttlebutt:

“Character is the sum total of all our everyday choices.”

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? You are invited to

attend a club meeting this week. Many clubs will buy your first guest

meal for you.

MONDAY

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

to hear Kathy Hayes on Women Helping Women; the Harbor Mesa Lions will

meet at the Newport Rib Company in Costa Mesa for dinner, followed by a

business meeting at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

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

Bay Club to hear Michelle Burgess of Adventures in Exotic Destinations.

6 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 to hear Paul Freeman of C.J. Segerstrom & Sons and to meet visitors

from a prospective sister club in Japan; the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club

meets at the University Athletic Club.

Noon -- The Orange Coast Exchange Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht to hear handwriting analyst Helene Keeley.

6 p.m. -- The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club to hear Ed Rennie.

THURSDAY

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

Mimi’s Cafe to hear Ray McCann.

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

Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club to hear Daniel Stockel of Imagination Celebration; the

Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat Restaurant; the

Newport Irvine Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.

* 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.