Lifelong Girl Scouts honored

Newport social activist and leader Sandy Segerstrom Daniels joined

fellow community standout Ginger Kleerup as the 2003 Women of

Distinction selected by The Girl Scout Council of Orange County.

Santa Ana Country Club was the setting for the March luncheon.

Ladies and gents filled the posh club to support the Girl Scouts and,

in particular, to salute Segerstrom and Kleerup.

Gail Ellis-Olds, representing the Girl Scout Council of Orange

County, proudly shared the backgrounds of the honorees.

“Ginger Kleerup celebrates 50 years as a member of Girl Scouts,”

Ellis-Olds said. “She is one of our most extraordinary volunteers

serving on the council’s board of directors as well as the fund

development committee and many other administrative volunteer roles.”

Sandy Daniels, a managing partner of C.J. Segerstrom and Sons and

the daughter of the late Janette and Hal Segerstrom, has taken her

parents’ philanthropic concerns to new heights.

The Girl Scouts embodies a family tradition that was part of her

life as a child growing up in Santa Ana.

Serving on numerous community boards, Daniels has become a voice

of the new generation of Orange County leaders.

PRINCESSLY WELCOME

The dynamic Mary Cook, an executive with Northern Trust Bank

joined local social and business leaders welcoming Her Royal Highness

Princess Michael of Kent to Newport Beach this week.

HRH greeted the local crush at Newport’s Pacific Club, where she

led a lively lecture on “Serious Pleasures: Celebrations in History

that Changed History.” The lecture was followed by sunset cocktails

and conversation. Born in Bohemia, the princess is the wife of HRH

Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

COMMODORE’S BALL

Commodore Ray Kovacs and his wife, Jean, presided over the

fabulous 2003 Commodore’s Ball at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club,

Corona del Mar.

The Saturday night extravaganza began with a traditional parade of

house hopping for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at member’s homes,

including those of Verna and Joe Degenhardt, Zeta and Carl Jones,

Patti and Phil Kohl and Mary Ellen and Russ Sindt. The Kovacs were

joined by Vice Commodore Barry Levy and his wife, Nancy, and Rear

Commodore Marshall Caplan in stopping in at the pre-parties before

converging on the clubhouse for the annual celebration.

The bayfront ballroom had been transformed by a creative

decorating committee, the highlight being chandeliers hung over each

table setting. It was all about romance and community pride set in a

decidedly Newport setting.

In the last few years, the Bahia Corinthian has championed the

annual Leukemia Cup Regatta, sponsored by Volvo, partnering with

other clubs up and down the Southern California Coast that raise

hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research.

In the crowd at the Commodores Ball were O.C. Judge Brian Carter,

Joyce and Jack Barnes, Jane and Jack Benson, Joe Brand, Judy Cole,

Doretta Ensign, Nancy and Joe Mendoza, Joan Morris, Tally Penhall,

Audrey and Howie Reiss, and Patti Rozak.

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