A big happy birthday to Magna

Happy birthday to Magna Schley, a Costa Mesa resident turning 90

years young on Wednesday. In 1974, while working as the head

dietitian at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, she started a Mobile

Meals program with the help of the Soroptimist of the Harbor Area. As

it began to grow, she asked the FISH organization for help in

supplying more drivers.

The FISH Mobile Meals Program now serves more than 200 meals a day

to homebound people incapable of shopping and cooking for themselves.

FISH partners with Hoag Hospital to provide meals appropriate to

their clients’ needs, including diabetic, low sodium and regular

meals.

The meals provided are not frozen meals. They are nutritiously

prepared and delivered daily (even on holidays) by volunteer drivers.

Schley will celebrate her birthday with more than 190 family,

friends and longtime colleagues from across the nation. In place of

gifts, she requests that donations be made to FISH Harbor Area Inc.

at P.O. BOX 15464, Newport Beach, CA 92659. Donations are tax

deductible.

Happy birthday, Magna, and what a great legacy you have given to

our community.

BUSINESS AT THE BEACH:

The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will host the annual

business expo from 5 to 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Newport Beach

Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club. It’s a fun and hands-on way to check

out a number of projects and services from more than 50 businesses.

You will enjoy delicious food, a no-host bar and an ideal environment

to network. You could also walk away with some great door prizes

valued at $5,000. There is no charge for admission. See you there.

AFTERNOON TEA:

An Afternoon Tea with Elva Volbrecht and Susan Bryant will be held

from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22. Volbrecht was one of the first

advocates of the Legal Advocacy Fund of the American Assn. of

University Women, and Bryant is the dean of the UC Irvine School of

Biological Sciences. Besides being a gifted researcher, she is a firm

believer in gender equity for women, especially in math and science.

The tea is also a fund-raiser for the group’s Legal Advocacy Fund.

Reservations may be made through Sharon Hardenburgh at (714) 536-4064

or Jan Hutchins at (714) 960-5412 by Tuesday. Directions will be

given at that time. This meeting/tea is open to members and guests,

said Carol Strauss, the association’s public relations chair.

CENTENNIAL IDEAS WANTED:

The Corona del Mar Business Improvement District is looking for

community participation and committee members to form a Centennial

Event Committee to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the village

of Corona del Mar in 2004. An initial community meeting was held

Wednesday at Sherman Gardens to gather community input.

“We are looking for ideas and leaders to help us celebrate Corona

del Mar’s Centennial in 2004, Peggy Fort said. “This is a

community-wide celebration for all of Corona del Mar and Newport

Beach.”

Please forward your ideas to California Marketing Concepts at

(949) 675-501 or by e-mail at Marketing@cdmvillage.com.

FIFTY YEARS YOUNG:

Jeff Teller, chairman of the board for the Costa Mesa Chamber of

Commerce, notes that the chamber will sponsor its own celebration of

the 50th anniversary of the city of Costa Mesa. The chamber is

organizing a fun-filled weekend in the fall of 2003 for the special

celebration. If you wish to participate on the planning committee or

to contribute as a sponsor, contact Rose Quinn at the chamber office

at (714) 885-9092.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

OF SERVICE CLUBS:

Gary Gornnert, sponsored by Dick Freeman, and Bill Bechtel,

sponsored by W.C. Fox, joined the Exchange Club of the Harbor Area.

David Geske, sponsored by Dan DeBroux, 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:

“The only limits in your life are the ones you set for yourself.”

-- Gordon Bowley

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS COMING WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns for a program by Edward Pscheidt on “Internet

Security.”

6:30 p.m. the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the

Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club for the Student Speakers Contest.

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.

6 p.m.: The 60-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Marie Knight, the

director of recreation and senior services for the city of Newport

Beach.

THURSDAY

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

Club meets at Mimi’s to hear Lt. Bob Oakley discuss “Air Borne Law

Enforcement.”

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 for a program by Darlene

Wyland of Wyland Galleries. (www.kiwanis.org/club/ costamesa); the

80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport

Harbor Nautical Museum to hear Jack Keating discuss the Big Canyon

Restoration Project; and the 100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary Club

will meet at the Atrium Hotel for Speech and Singing Contests

(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.