Community & Clubs -- Jim de Boom
The Rotary International-sponsored Group Study Exchange Team from
District 1100, the Herefordshire area of England, has spent the last
three days visiting Newport Beach and Costa Mesa while being hosted by
members of the Rotary Club of Newport Balboa. The team is led by Rotarian
Malcom Richard from Rotary Club of Cheltenham Cleeve Vale, England. The
four team members are required to be non-Rotarians who are interested in
spending 30 days in District 5320, which includes Orange and southern Los
Angeles counties, to learn about the American way of life, as well as
their profession or vocation.
Team members include Nigel Tinsley-Such, a police inspector with the
Avon and Somerset Constabulary with administrative duties as the firearms
training officer for a department with 3,000 officers. He spent part of
Wednesday afternoon visiting Sgt. Steve Shulman at the Newport Beach
Police Department and was back on Thursday for a ride-along in a patrol
car, as well as in the police helicopter.
Sharon Barnard, from Cloucester, England, is a care manager in a
residential home for autistic children. She toured Costa Mesa’s Fairview
facility, thanks to Sue Haddock and Dawn Marie Lemonds.
Marion Maloney, from Bristol, England, is a European Union
international relations advisor to the Environment Agency and was hosted
by Newport Beach City Councilwoman and Southern California Air Quality
Board Chairwoman Norma Glover. Glover gave Marion a tour of air-quality
facilities and programs.
Finally, Elizabeth Twose, who is from Bristol, England, is an
accountant with Lloyds-TSB Bank who experienced a Microsoft Training
Center.
Later Wednesday afternoon, the group toured he Irvine Co. Exhibit
Center, thanks to the arrangements made by Robins Leftwich, senior
director of community relations. Then it was to the dinner meeting of the
Newport-Balboa Rotary Club at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. More
visits were planned for Thursday and Friday, with a cruise of Newport
Harbor aboard Rick and Elaine Williams’ yacht.
While here, the visitors are being hosted by Rotarians Millard
MacAdam, Frank Anderson, Andy Campbell, Richard Oberreiter and Hunter
Cook before being handed off to another Rotary Club for another variety
of experiences. The team members will be back in the area from Friday to
May 19 as they attend the Rotary District Conference being held at the
Hilton in Costa Mesa. “It’s programs like the Group Study Exchange Team
that builds bridges of understanding between people,” said Elmer
Biggerstaff, club president.
SILVER ANCHORS: Some would call them community anchors,
someone you can call upon when you need help. They are Newport Beach Fire
Chief Tim Riley and restaurateur Clayton Shurley, the newest recipients
of the Silver Anchor Award given by the Newport Beach Chamber of
Commerce. Both are unsung heroes in giving their time, talent and
treasure to a variety of community groups. They don’t do it for the
recognition. They do it because there is a need, and it feels good to
share when one can. Congratulations.
WORTH REPEATING: From the “Thought for the Day” provided by
Greg Kelley of the Newport-Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “The most
important trip you take in life is meeting people halfway.” -- Henry Boye
SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK:
TUESDAY
6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at the
Costa Mesa Country Club for a program by Jim Macleer on the Baja, Mexico,
orphans.
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 program on Nikki’s Flag Shop.
THURSDAY
7 a.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions
Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe to hear about a school to career program
sponsored by the Orange County Department of Education.
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, the
80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport Harbor
Nautical Museum to hear Bob Kinton on the ACE Awards, and the 100-member
Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Tee Room at the Newport Beach
Golf Course for a program by the Group Study Exchange Team from England
(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 o7 jdeboom@aol.comf7 or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St., Suite
201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.
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