JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

DISTRIBUTING CHECKS: On Monday, Newport Harbor -- Costa Mesa (Harbor

Mesa) Lions President Darlene Shelley will distribute checks to

representatives of local organizations that include: Westside Boys and

Girls Club, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, SOS Free Medical and Dental

Clinic, Orange Coast College Child Care and Scholarship, Orange Coast

Interfaith Shelter, Youth Employment Service, Women Helping Women, Lion’s

Sight and Hearing Foundation, Project Look, Lions Wilderness Camp and the

City of Hope.

The funds were raised by the club this year through several events,

such as Casino Night, the Christmas Boat Parade Party, bingo and the

annual Lions Fish Fry. In all, they totaled a record $10,000. Monday’s meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701

Golf Course Drive, Costa Mesa.

CHEF’S DEMONSTRATION: Rod Lewis, the chef at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club was the headliner at a recent meeting of the Exchange Club of

the Orange Coast. He demonstrated how to cook salmon and how to make two

different kinds of sauces -- citrus sauce with butter and wine and caper

sauce. Members watched intently as he used a new cooker with a magnetic

surface and then let them sample the sauces on the salmon. According to

Exchange Club president Ed Kohlmeier, the presentation was beautiful and

delicious. Club members left with a copy of the recipes and an

appreciation for a really great chef who prepares their weekly luncheons.

GOVERNOR’S CITATION: Rotary District Gov. Price Shapiro presented

Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club member Syd Lucas the Governor’s

Citation for service “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” for the club in

all avenues of service including the club’s continuing relationship with

Back Bay High School and the Alternative Education program.

FISH FRY: For most of us, the annual Lions Club Fish Fry just suddenly

appears, much as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. We don’t

often realize the planning that goes into such an event by the sponsoring

club, the Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club. According to club

president Brett Smith, many of the club’s meetings in March and more in

the coming months will be focused on plans for the annual Fish Fry, one

of the major events in the community. It will be held at Orange Coast

College.

GOOD SCOUT HONORED: Newport Beach resident Robert Summers was honored

at the Executive Board meeting of the Orange County Council of the Boy

Scouts of America on Tuesday for his leadership as chairman of the recent

Scouting for Food Plus drive. Summer organized the drive for food and

clothing that collected tons of items that were given to Second Harvest

and Goodwill Industries for distribution to the poor and hungry in Orange

County. Board Vice Chairman Bill Baker presented Summer’s with a Boy

Scout knife that, Summer noted, had a can opener. A job well done!

CRUISING THE ISLANDS: The Yachtsmen’s Luncheons for the month of April

will feature Huell Howser and a Channel 28 video presentation on the

Channel Islands. Santa Rosa Island on April 4, San Miguel Island on April

11, Angel Island on April 18 and Santa Barbara Island on April 25th. Lou

Von Dyl, program chair for the month of April, notes it is possible that

Howser might be able to attend one of the meetings held at the Newport

Harbor Yacht Club. The invitation to Howser has been extended.

WORTH REPEATING -- From the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club

Scuttlebutt -- ‘People may forget how fast you did a job, but they will

remember how well you did it.’

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS COMING WEEK: Do you 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 coming week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal

for you.

TUESDAY -- 7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet

at Five Crowns Restaurant for a Club Assembly. 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 hear Don Culver discuss “Hypnosis,

Myth or Reality” and the Soroptimist International Newport Harbor will

meet at the Santa Ana Country Club for a program meeting. 6 p.m.: The

Rotary Club of Newport Balboa will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht

Club to hear Newport Harbor High School football coach Jeff Brinkley.

(o7 https://www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ). 6:30 a.m.: The Costa Mesa Orange

Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe with their spouses to

celebrate their 40th Anniversary.

THURSDAY -- 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 for a business meeting and the Newport

Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott for a program on

“Building a Wright Brothers Plane” (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.