BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

The Costa Mesa Senior Center gift shop is expected to reopen today,

but it will no longer accept consignments.

The shop, which opened in 1992 and closed in December, when the shop

manager retired, previously collected 25% of the sales revenue from

consignments, but it will now sell only donated merchandise and be run

entirely by volunteers.

“Everything we have right now was donated, so we’re going to get all

of the money,” said Edwina Worsham, a member of the committee that will

run the shop. “The main thing we have right now is an oil painting by

Frank Tauriello on sale for $350. It’s a painting of Sacajawea, the

[American] Indian girl who helped lead the Lewis and Clark expedition and

who is on the [new] dollar. We always have glassware, bric-a-brac,

baskets and some new clothing.”

Donations will be accepted continuously and all profits will benefit

the center.

The center is at 695 W. 18th St., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 645-3715.