This season, remember Reading by 9

READING BY 9: The Rotary Clubs of Newport-Balboa, Newport-Irvine

and Newport Beach Sunrise are offering to match up to $2,500 in

contributions from Daily Pilot readers as we seek to buy needed

library books for Pomona, Whittier and Wilson elementary schools in

Costa Mesa, according to Roger McGonegal, Newport-Balboa president.

The Daily Pilot-Rotary Club Reading by 9 fund-raising drive over

the past several years has provided some 16,000 reading books for the

three schools. More are needed if limited-English-speaking children

are to master the language.

Your $10 donation will be matched by the Rotary clubs to buy 11

reading books. A $25 donation will be matched to buy 30 books, a $50

donation will be matched to buy 58 books, and so on.

Your tax deductible donation to buy Reading by 9 books can be made

payable and mailed to Rotary District 5320 Foundation, c/o Daily

Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627.

Make your investment and watch the dividends grow! Make a

difference in the life of a child. Make your tax-deductible

contribution before the end of the year!

TOY DRIVE: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club in conjunction

with the Orange County Model Engineers will conduct a toy drive on

Dec. 21 at the Fairview Park rail system. They will be collecting

toys to donate to several local groups. The Lions will also be

serving hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, etc. to help raise funds for

future programs. And, Santa Claus will be there. The public is

invited. Anyone needing more details can contact club President Mike

Scheafer at (714) 435-0300.

FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR: The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor

honored Costa Mesa Fire Department Engineer Mike Hastart and Newport

Beach Fire Department Engineer Jim Jeziorski as Firefighters of the

Year.

Costa Mesa Fire Chief Jim Ellis presented Hastart. Newport Beach

Battalion Chief Ron Sutherland presented Jeziorski, in addition to

the Marine Safety Office of the Year, Lt. Mike Halphide, and the

Newport Beach Seasons Lifeguard of the Year, Chris Conway.

HONE SPEAKING SKILLS: The Newport Center Toastmasters are looking

for a few people who want to improve their speaking skills. The

Newport Center Toastmaster Club meets from 7 to 8:30 a.m. on Mondays

at the Irvine Co., 610 Newport Center Drive, and guests are welcome.

For more information, contact Val Woolcott at (949) 756-1025.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS ... Michael Yee, sponsored

by John Brainerd, joined the Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine. Daniel

Hoffmann, sponsor by Raj Desai, joined the Rotary Club of

Newport-Balboa.

WORTH REPEATING ...

From “Thought for the Day” provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“Adversity causes some individuals to break; others to break

records.”

-- William A. Ward

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS COMING WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 35-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns for a program by Rotarian Chuck Hirsch on the

1962 Rose Parade.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 20-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club (www.southcoastmetro

rotary.org); and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the

University Athletic Club.

Noon: The 40-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.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn; the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club

will meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (www.kiwanis.org/club/

costamesa); the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will

meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum to hear Orange County Tax

Collector John Moorlach; and the 100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary

Club will meet at the Irvine Marriott Hotel (www.nirotary.org).

* 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,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.