Community & Clubs -- Jim de Boom
PROGRESS AT WHITTIER SCHOOL: Whittier Elementary School Principal
Sharon Blakely sent me an e-mail saying: “regarding progress, thanks in
large part to the Daily Pilot’s strong book and direct mentor support,
you might be aware that Whittier has once again scored in the top 10% of
similar schools (95th out of 100) and that we have qualified for the
highest state awards ($5,000-$25,000 range) before the governor cut the
budget line. For the last four years, Whittier scores have improved in
every subtest at each grade level we test (second and third grades), this
year scoring above the state average in math in both grades. Not bad for
very young English learners! I directly attribute this continuing growth
to the fact that Whittier has truly become a community school, serving
preschoolers (144) through adults (300-plus), as well as [kindergarten
through third-grade] students. This is being accomplished through the
personal student mentoring by 80-plus community members, Reading by 9,
Communities in Schools and Newport-Mesa Schools Foundation help. Are we
blessed or what?!!” My add: Thanks go to the Daily Pilot readers who
support the Reading by 9 program and volunteer to serve as mentors. You
make a difference.
STILL LOOKING FOR TALENT: Do you sing? Dance? Play a musical
instrument? Are you between the ages of 8 and 18? Then you should be in
the Search for Talent contest sponsored by the Exchange Club of Newport
Harbor. It will take place March 15 at the Oasis auditorium in Corona del
Mar. For information and entry forms, call Deane Bottorf at (949)
673-8701. Entries must close by March 10, so hurry.
ARTICULATE ATHLETES TOASTMASTERS: Articulate Athletes Toastmasters
meets Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sports Club Irvine and
is looking for new members from Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.
Toastmasters is an international nonprofit organization that promotes
communication and leadership skills. Club President Lisa Winterident says
the mission of Articulate Athletes Toastmasters club is to provide a
mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every
member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership
skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
For more information on this Toastmasters Club, visit o7
www.orgsites.com/ca/articulateathletesf7 or call Winter at (949)
622-3451
HOEDOWN 2002: The Centennial Farm Foundation will feature the
equestrian magic of “Cheval” at its seventh annual fund-raiser,
“Imagination at Full Gallop -- Hoedown 2002,” on March 23 at the Orange
County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. For further details on Cheval Theatre,
see the Web site at o7 www.chevaltheatre.comf7 or call Sharon Esterley
at (949) 759-9022.
FREE LUNCH: The Retied Public Employees Assn. of California’s Newport
Beach Chapter will hold its quarterly meeting March 9 at Zubie’s Chicken
Coop, 414 Old Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. A free lunch will be served
to all members and prospective member who will hear Arlene Hoffman from
the Orange County Office on Aging on the subject of “Six Myths of About
Aging.” Reservations are required by Thursday and may be made by calling
Marian Perrin at (949) 548-1316.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS: Myrta Sparkes, sponsored by
Olga Jara, joined the Harbor Mesa Lions Club. singer Pat Boone, sponsored
by Dick Freeman, joined the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor.
WORTH REPEATING: From Thought for the Day by Greg Kelley of the
Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “Whatever you choose to do in
life, always remember to give back, because in failing to give back, then
you fail to become.” -- Marcia Dawes
SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Looking for a way to answer President
Bush’s call to donate 4,000 hours in service to your neighbors and
country as we try to make America a better place to live? Try helping
your community through a service club. You are invited to attend a club
meeting this week to learn more about service clubs. Most clubs will buy
your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them. Here is this
week’s meeting schedule:
MONDAY
6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at the Costa Mesa
Country Club. Following a new member induction by Arlene Schafer, the
guest speaker will be Kathy Haze, Project Connection.
TUESDAY
7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet
at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear Tito Parola discuss Rotary’s Polio Plus
program.
6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at the
Costa Mesa Country Club.
WEDNESDAY
7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at
the Center Club (o7 www.southcoastmetrorotary.orgf7 ), and the Newport
Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.
Noon: The 35-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at the
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a business meeting.
6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at the
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (o7 www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ).
THURSDAY
7 p.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions
Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe for a program by past President Jess
Bequette, “A History of Telescopes.”
Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the Holiday
Inn (o7 www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesaf7 ); the Newport Beach-Corona
del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear
Leslie Mowers of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department discuss
“Character Counts”; the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will
meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a business meeting (o7
www.nhexchangeclub.comf7 ); and the 100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary
Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott for an energy update by Alan
Fohrer, chairman and chief executive of Southern California Edison. (o7
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 jdeboom@aol.com or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St., Suite 201,
Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.
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