JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

HARBOR LIGHTS: The 92nd Christmas Boat Parade will light up Newport

Harbor from Dec. 17 to 23 with more than 150 vessels, multimillion dollar

yachts, kayaks, canoes and other small boats beautifully decked with

lights, animated Christmas scenes, music and costumed carolers.

Now is the time to make your plans to view the boat parade. One can

watch the parade from the beaches and public access areas on the 14-mile

parade route, such as the Sea Scout Base or American Legion Hall; from

bayfront restaurants like the Villa Nova, the Riverboat and Newport

Landing; yacht clubs like the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club or Balboa Yacht

Club, or from a charter boat.

Sponsored by the Southern California Gas Co. and Dyson and Dyson Real

Estate Associates and hosted by the Commodores Club of the Newport Harbor

Area Chamber of Commerce, the parade starts off Collins Island at 6:30

p.m. and finishes at the same site at approximately 8:30 p.m. The

seven-day parade, which has been hailed by the New York Times as one of

the top 10 holiday happenings in the nation, will attract more than a

million visitors to the harbor, who come to enjoy the splendor of the

event.

Parade route view locations, charter boat, restaurant and hotel

information can be obtained by from the Newport Harbor Area Chamber of

Commerce at 1470 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, or by calling (949)

729-4400. Or check out the chamber’s Web page at o7

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JOTTINGS: Syd Lucas presented David Barr, member of the advisory

board and board of directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally

Ill, with a $500 check from the Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club.

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

Irvine Interfaith Council in the “Thought for the Day”. . . “We make a

living by what we get; but we make a life by what we give.”

READING BY NINE: Many people have asked where they can send a

contribution to the Rotary Reading by Nine fund drive, which was a

feature story in the Daily Pilot on Nov. 17 and the subject of an

editorial Nov 18. The Rotary clubs of Newport-Balboa, Newport Beach

Sunrise and Newport-Irvine will match up to $7,800 donated by the public

to purchase reading books for Pomona, Whittier and Wilson elementary

schools in Costa Mesa.

Checks can be made payable to Rotary District 5320 Foundation and

mailed to the Daily Pilot, Attn: Promotions, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa,

CA 92627. Contributions are tax-deductible. Donors to the Reading by Nine

will be recognized by name in future issues of the Daily Pilot.

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? 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. 6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor 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: Orange Coast Exchange Club meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club.

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

Yacht Club for an inspirational program by Norman Franzen on medical

miracles.

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

Club meets at Mimi’s Cafe for a business meeting. Noon: Kiwanis Club of

Costa Mesa meets at the Holiday Inn for a visit by Lt. Governor Tina

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

Yacht Club to hear Jay Johnstone of the Anaheim Angels. The Exchange Club

of Newport Harbor meets at the Riverboat Restaurant for a Ladies Day

Luncheon with Pol Vansteenkiste on “Flax for you.” The Newport Irvine

Rotary Club meets at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays 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.