JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

44TH ENSENADA VISITATION: Members of the Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor

Lions Club, as well as members of the Harbor Mesa, Newport Beach and

Orange Coast Lions clubs, will be venturing to Ensenada from Thursday to

Oct. 22 for the 44th annual Ensenada Visitation for a sister district

visitation. According to Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Club President Brett

Smith, activities will include golf, a bus trip to Guadeloupe Valley for

a tour of a newly finished elementary school, a tour of a new Lions eye

clinic, the Grand Ball of Friendship at the Villa Marina Hotel and a

farewell breakfast.

The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club, also known as The Fish Fry

Club, was chartered in 1927 and remains a leader in community service.

Lions International is the largest service organization in the world. For

more information about the local Lions Club, call Smith at (949)

581-0780.

GRAND OPENING: There is still time to attend today’s grand opening

of the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center at 2301 University Drive,

Newport Beach. The festivities will begin at 10 a.m. with a continental

breakfast and tours of the new facility until noon. Special guests will

include host and master of ceremonies Orange County Supervisor Tom

Wilson, the Muths, Frank and Frances Robinson, and Jack Keating.

SUNSET CRUISE: Members and guests can enjoy a spectacular sunset

cruise with the Newport Beach Sister City and Assn. from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.

25. TV host Pat Michaels will be the special guest aboard the Adventures

at Sea Yacht, which departs from 3101 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach.

The $55 per person fee will include wine, beer, champagne, soft drinks

and dinner. Reservations can be made by calling Connie Skibba at (949)

650-0594.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS . . . Damien McCord and

Willie Swartz joined the Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club.

WORTH REPEATING: From Greg Kelley, president of the Newport Mesa

Irvine Interfaith Council in Thought for the Day . . . “Remember, if you

ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm . . . .

As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for

helping yourself, the other for helping others.” -- Audrey Hepburn

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS 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 week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal for you.

MONDAY

6 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at Skosh Monahan’s for a

membership meeting.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at the

Balboa Bay Club to hear Harbor Master Capt. Marty Kasules.

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet 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, and Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University

Athletic Club.

Noon: Orange Coast Exchange Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a program by a handwriting analyst, and Soroptimist

International Newport Harbor will meet at the Santa Ana Country Club for

a program by the Costa Mesa Police Department on “Prostitution -- What

can we do to help?”

6 p.m.: The Newport-Balboa Rotary Club will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Harbor Court Judge Glass on the new “Drug

Court.”

THURSDAY

7:15 a.m.: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet

at Mimi’s Cafe for a discussion of the ballot propositions.

Noon: Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at the Holiday Inn; Newport

Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht

Club to hear Harbor Court Commissioner Ellie Palk discuss “Peer Court”;

the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Riverboat Restaurant

to meet City Council candidates Pat Beek, Steve Bromberg and Bob

Schoonmaker; and the Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet 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 jdeboom@aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol, Suite 201, Newport

Beach, CA 92660-1740.