JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

Stop by Chipotle, a gourmet restaurant where you may “eat with your

hands” between 5 and 8 tonight. Make a $5 donation to Share Our Selves,

and then dine on the finest in tacos, burritos, chips and salsa. For the

$5 donation, owner Steve Ells will even throw in a soft drink or two.

Bring the family!

The new restaurant, at 2300 Harbor Blvd. (near the corner of Wilson

Avenue), is underwriting the cost of the evening as a benefit for SOS and

our community. During the week, for lunch or dinner, you will be able to

enjoy fresh chopped herbs, fresh guacamole daily, fresh grilled meats and

freshly made chips and taco shells.

LEO CLUB: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions have sponsored a new

Leo Club. The Leos are the youth organization of Lions International. The

Leos are called the Estancia Leos, as they are students at Estancia High

School.

Charter night for the club was held Jan. 23 at the Costa Mesa Country

Club. Lion District Gov. Dan Mayer installed the club, and the officers

were installed by our district Leo advisor, Dave Hubbard. Eighteen new

Leos formed the club at Estancia. They will be doing various community

service projects. Their first project was to help decorate the Lions Rose

Parade float in Pasadena. They will also be doing various fund-raisers to

help with charitable donations. They also will become an integral part of

the Fish Fry.

Lions Mike Scheafer and Art Perry will act as advisors to the new

club. Newly installed charter officers for the Leos are Greg Rausch,

president; Eric Scheafer, vice president; Somer Flaherty, secretary; and

Jennifer Cassity, treasurer.

Meetings are held on the Estancia campus. Any parents or students

wanting more information may call Perry at Estancia, or Mike Scheafer at

(714) 435-0300.

SPEECH CONTEST: The Harbor-Mesa Lions club will host the annual

Student Speakers Contest at its meeting Monday at the Costa Mesa Country

Club. Four students from Newport Harbor High School will compete in the

contest on the subject “Politics, Issues or Money?” Students have the

opportunity to compete at the regional, district and multiple Lions

district levels, with winnings of as much as $18,000. The meeting will

start with dinner at 6:30 p.m., and anyone interested in attending may

call President Darlene Shelley at (949) 548-7428.

SPEECH CONTESTANTS NEEDED: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa is

looking for contestants from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high

schools for its speech contest to be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. The theme for this year’s contest is “Create

Awareness -- Take Action,” said Youth Services Director Art Walton. Club

winners will go on to the area contest and could advance to the district

finals, where cash rewards await the top contestants. To enter the

contest, call Walton at (949) 650-1900 as soon as possible.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS -- Richard Teschler, sponsored

by Andy Campbell, joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING: From Interfaith Council member Greg Kelly’s e-mailed

“Thought for the Day”: “I look to the future because that’s where I’m

going to spend the rest of my life.” -- George Burns.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Does your New Year’s resolution

include getting more involved in your community, making new friends,

networking or giving 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.

MONDAY:

6 p.m. The Harbor-Mesa Lions Club will meet at the Costa Mesa Country

Club for the speech contest.

TUESDAY:

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at the

Newport Harbor Nautical Museum-Riverboat Restaurant to hear Bruce

Sievers, an American in love with his country.

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 the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University

Athletic Club.

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

Yacht Club to present a $5,000 check to Kathy McCarrell of the Child

Abuse Prevention Center.

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

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear contestants in the speech contest (o7

https://www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ).

THURSDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet

at Mimi’s Cafe to hear television personality Uncle Jimmy Weldon on “Go

Get ‘em Tiger.”

Noon: The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at the Holiday Inn, the

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

Corinthian Yacht Club, the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at

the Riverboat Restaurant to hear “The DARE Program, A Progress Report,”

and the Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott Hotel

(o7 https://www.nirotary.orgf7 ).

* 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.