BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

-- Paul Clinton

A tile painting fund-raiser for the Newport Mesa Unified School

District will be held today and Sunday at Triangle Square, Newport

Boulevard and 19th Street in Costa Mesa.

Color Me Mine, on the mall’s fourth floor, is donating 1,000 tiles,

which will be sold to members of the public for $20 each. The money

raised by the event will go to fund art programs at district schools.

Costa Mesa Councilman Gary Monahan is scheduled to present an award at

the fund-raiser at 2 p.m. today. Sharon Blakely, the principal at

Whittier Elementary, will be honored.

Teachers who attend will receive a certificate for a free massage from

Back to Health. The first 25 children who paint a tile will be given

Anaheim Angels T-shirts.

The fund-raiser will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.