Governor appoints new member to fair...

Governor appoints new member to fair board

The Orange County Fair gained a new board member Tuesday after

Gov. Gray Davis announced the appointment of Frank P. Barbaro of

Santa Ana to the 32nd District Agricultural Assn. Board of Directors.

Barbaro has led the Committee to Preserve a Responsible Judiciary

since 1978. In the past, he has been a consultant to Gov. Edmund G.

Brown Jr. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Assn., the State

Bar of California and other such organizations.

District Agricultural Assn. members are not paid for the service.

Balboa Bay Club names new sales vice president

The Balboa Bay Club Resort and Spa has named Jim Samuels as its

new vice president of sales and marketing. In his new post, Samuels

will head up marketing, sales, promotion, public relations and

catering sales of the club.

Samuels’ last post was as a hotel manager for the Five Diamond and

Five Star hotel at The Mansion on Turtle Creek. Before that, he was

director of marketing at the Five Diamond Four Seasons Resort in

Aviara, Calif. He also worked in the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport

Beach and spent six years at the Ritz-Carlton properties in Laguna

Niguel, St. Louis and Rancho Mirage.

Balboa Village building earns historic marking

A 1924 building in Balboa Village is the latest to receive a

plaque marking its historic importance to the city. The building at

700 E. Bay Ave., now home to the Balboa Saloon, has served such

diverse uses as a marine hardware store, a World War II USO club and

a business named Jolly’s Taproom.

The building is the third of four in the village to receive

historic plaques. Plaques for the Balboa Pavilion at the north end of

Main Street and at Pizza Pete’s at the corner of Edgewater and

Washington Street were installed earlier this year. The fourth will

be installed at the Balboa Theater when the theater’s restoration is

complete.

Costa Mesa nonprofit seeks past participants

Girls Inc. of Orange County is scouring the area for past

participants the nonprofit can honor at its annual luncheon scheduled

for Oct. 25.

The organization, which was originally known as the Girls Club of

the Harbor Area in 1954, changed its name in 1990 when the Boy’s Club

became the Boys & Girls Club. Despite the name change, the

organization has continued to inspire girls to become more

independent.

As an affiliate of the 300-chapter national research organization

based in New York, Girls Inc. provides equitable and educational

opportunities and innovative programs aimed at helping local girls

develop the values and skills they need to become confident,

productive and responsible adults.

The group is seeking life stories from women who have been

associated with the organization since 1954 so that it may present

them at the October luncheon. Information: (949) 646-7181 or

girls@girlsinc-oc.org.