JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

TICKETS AVAILABLE: Tickets are available for the special screening by

the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor of the 20th Century Fox movie

“Glitter,” starring Mariah Carey, which will be shown at 7 p.m. Aug. 30

at Edwards Lido Theater. The $40 donation includes a food festival,

featuring tastes from a variety of local restaurants, accompanied by your

favorite beverages at 5:30 p.m.

John Fornes, event chair, hopes the club will sell 500 tickets. The

money will go to supporting the club’s charitable activities. Working

with Fornes on the event are Robert Burns, opportunity prizes; Tom

Norton, ticket sales; Bob Washer, movie expediter; Bill Barrington,

corporate donations; Duncan Forgey, restaurant participation; and W.C.

Fox, beverage coordinator. Tickets may be purchased from Norton at (949)

644-5933 or Fornes at (949) 640-5298.

SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED: At a Tuesday meeting at the Five Crowns

restaurant, Syd Lucas presented, on the behalf of the Rotary Club of

Newport Beach Sunrise, scholarship checks in the amount of $500 to Maria

Olga Garza, a student at Golden West College; Maria Alverez, majoring in

photography at Orange Coast College; Amy Kvalheim, OCC freshman; and Ian

Gordon in his last semester at OCC before transferring to MIT to major in

science and math. Gordon received his fourth check, while the other three

received their first scholarship checks from the club. With these

scholarships, the Newport Beach Sunrise Club continues to support former

students from Back Bay High School, as well as mentoring current

students.

EXCHANGE JOINS CHAMBERS: Don Lake, newly installed president of the

Exchange Club of Orange Coast, reports that the club has joined the

Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor Area Chambers of Commerce. Lake

attended the Newport Chambers Sunset Networking Mixer at Aysia 101 last

week and shared his new Exchange Club president business card with dozens

of business and community leaders, indicating he would be calling on them

at their place of business in the near future. Lake will be attending the

Corona del Mar mixers Aug. 14 as he spreads the word about the good work

the Exchange Club does in the community and seeks new members.

WENDELL FISH HONORED: Longtime Rotarian Wendell Fish gave his craft

talk Wednesday night to the members of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

He was accompanied by members of his family: daughter Carol,

granddaughter Shannon, and son-in-law Mike McMullen.

Fish was born and raised in northwestern Pennsylvania (West

Middlesex). He watched his dad’s bank hit the Depression in 1928, then

moved to California, worked for the Hollywood YMCA, attended the budding

UCLA and appointed the swimming coach for the 1936 Olympics.

Fish has worked for the Bank of America, the state’s unemployment

office, the Coast Guard reserve during World War II, tried his hand at

making lawn furniture and in marketing for Rexall drugs, Dart Industries

and finally Kaiser Steel.

He moved to Newport Beach in 1966 and joined the Rotary Club of

Newport-Balboa in 1978. Wendell began working on a junior high school

exchange program between Rotary Clubs of Newport-Balboa and Okazaki South

in Japan, which led to the formal sister city relationship between the

cities of Newport Beach and Okazaki. Fish then went on to serve on the

Newport Beach Sister City Committee, traveling to Okazaki a number of

times, and was honored as Okazaki Citizen of the Year. For many in

Newport Beach, Fish is Mr. Rotary!

Upon completion of his craft talk and to a standing ovation, past

Newport-Balboa President Wendell Sawyer presented Fish with a

proclamation as “ambassador for the Sister City program” from the club,

as well as a proclamation from Newport Beach Mayor Gary Adams, which

recognized his service to the city of Newport Beach. A life well led

indeed.

WORTH REPEATING . . . “Thought for the Day” furnished by Greg Kelley

of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “Let the words I speak

today be soft and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them!”

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Who did you help this week? Don’t

have an answer for that question? Try helping your community and the

world through a service club. You are invited to attend a club meeting

this week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal.

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 (o7 https://www.southcoastmetrorotary.orgf7 ), 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 Steven Shulman of the Newport Beach Police Department.

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

Corinthian Yacht for a program on the sinking of the USS Independence

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

5:30 p.m.: The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the

Art-A-Fair in Laguna Beach.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions Club will meet at

Mimi’s Cafe.

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

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

Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.

5:30 p.m.: The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the

Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program by Kathy McCarrell and the

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

by Donna Boston of the city of Newport Beach on emergency services (o7

https://www.nirotary.orgf7 ).

* 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 o7 jdeboom@aol.comf7 or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St., Suite

201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.