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WEDNESDAY

Newport Beach Newcomers’ general meeting takes place at 11 a.m. at

the Arches Restaurant. The club is open to all women who have lived

in the area fewer than five years. To learn more, call (949)

645-9922.

“Tax Free College Savings -- A Review of 529 Plans and Your Other

Options” is a free seminar that comes with a complimentary dinner at

6:30 p.m. at the Newport Gateway Center in Irvine. Address is 19800

MacArthur Blvd. For reservations, call Celeste at 1-800-876-0353.

A free seminar called “Feng Shui for a Healing Home” will be held

from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225 East 17th St., Costa

Mesa. For reservations, call (800) 595-MOMS.

Mesa Verde Community Inc., a nonprofit organization, will host its

general meeting. Special guests include Fire Chief James Ellis and

Police Chief Tom Warnack, who will discuss disaster preparedness.

Call (949) 452-3964 for the meeting time.

The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce will host its Newport Beach

Marine Networking and Speaker Forum from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Newport

Harbor Nautical Museum, 151 Pacific Coast Highway, Newport Beach.

Free. For more information, call (949) 729-4400.

The Costa Mesa Historical Society will hold its general meeting at

7 p.m. at 1870 Anaheim Ave. Guest speaker Giles Brown will discuss

his early days at Orange Coast College. For more information, call

(949) 631-5918

Neuroscientist Dr. Stuart Zola of Emory University, a leading

expert in memory, will give a lecture in the Irvine Barclay Theatre

at 7:30 p.m. He will discuss insights gained from research about

memory distortion, memory impairment and maintaining successful

memory function as we age. Call Lori Metherate at (949) 824-7566 for

more information.

Weekly story time at Toy Boat toy store offers stories, songs,

finger plays and crafts. Newborns to 5-year-olds are invited from

10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to 21111 Newport Coast Drive. For more

information, call (949) 759-8697.

THURSDAY

“Integrity Counts the Most When It Costs the Most” is the topic

for the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Featuring Gary Daichendt,

the event will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Newport Beach Marriott

Hotel, 900 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. The cost is $25 per

person. For more information, call (949) 219-5358.

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce’s “90 Minute Breakfast Boost”

will be held from 7 to 8:45 a.m. at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701

Golf Course Drive, Costa Mesa. Cost is $13 or $18 at the door. To

make reservations, call (714) 885-9090.

Help for the environment is right in your back yard, says Douglas

Kent, author of “A New Era of Gardening.” Kent will present

“Gardening for Oxygen,” a free program at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Central Library. For more information, call (949) 717-3816.

Macy’s and Details Magazine will host an evening showcasing the

latest spring looks in men’s designer apparel. The event, which

requires a $15 donation, benefits the Sports Club/Irvine For Kids

Only Foundation and the Newport Film Festival. Must be 21 to attend

the event at Macy’s men’s store in South Coast Plaza from 7 to 9 p.m.

DJ Logic will spin live as models take the stage in the steamy looks

of the season. For reservations, call (714) 556-0611, ext. 4231.

FRIDAY

The schooner “American Pride” will make her way into Newport

Harbor en route to the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. This will be

the first time in Newport Harbor for this graceful 130-foot vessel, which sailed 7,500 miles through the Panama Canal from Bar Harbor,

Maine to the West Coast. Visitors are invited aboard March 22 and

March 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission $2 for children, $3 for

adults and $7 for families. For more information, call (949)

673-7863.

The UCI Arboretum is selling an overstock of the unusual bulbs

brought in for the Winter Bulb Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

in front of UCI’s Student Center. For more information, send e-mail

to ldlyons@uci.edu.

“Community Science Night” at Orange Coast College offers

planetarium shows, stargazing through OCC’s telescopes and other

activities from 5 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Call (714) 432-5725

for more information.

SATURDAY

Volunteers are needed to help Re-Leaf Costa Mesa plant 30

California sycamores in Fairview Park at 9 a.m. No experience is

needed, just a love of nature. Wear work clothes and bring gloves;

they’ll supply the shovels. Call (714) 835-8504 for more information.

Prince of Peace Christian Church and School is hosting its annual

Country Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2987 Mesa Verde Drive

East, Costa Mesa. Events will include rides, carnival booths, pedal

cars, face painting and more. For more information, call (714)

241-7361.

The League of Women Voters of Orange Coast will have a membership

coffee at 9:30 a.m. at 1836 Santiago Drive, Newport Beach. For more

information, call (949) 548-7117.

An “E-Commerce for Small Business” workshop, sponsored by the

Service Corps of Retired Executives, will take place from 9 a.m. to

noon at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The cost

is $25, $20 if preregistered. For more information, call (714)

550-7369.

The annual mother/daughter fashion show and luncheon sponsored by

the Newport Chapter of the National Charity League Juniors will be

held at 10:30 a.m. at the Four Seasons Palm Garden, Newport Beach.

Tickets are $90 for adults and $60 for children. For more

information, call (949) 642-4496.

SUNDAY

Spa Gregorie’s in Newport Beach will donate 25% of all proceeds to

the Orange County Affiliate of the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation. “Pampering Toward a Cure” appointments are available from

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call (949) 644-6672.

MONDAY

Registration will begin for seventh, eighth and ninth-graders

interested in attending Spring Camp through Costa Mesa’s Downtown

Recreation Center. For $95, campers will visit such destinations as

Magic Mountain, Irvine Spectrum, the Long Beach Aquarium, Bommers and

the Balboa Fun Zone from April 14-18. Registration will continue

until the camp is full, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (714)

327-7560 for more information.

TUESDAY

A free spring cleaning workshop called “Detox and Cleansing Thru

Ayurveda” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225

East 17th St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800) 595-MOMS.

A “Marketing and Promotion” workshop, sponsored by the Service

Corps of Retired Executives, will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at

National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The cost is $25,

$20 if preregistered. For more information, call (714) 550-7369.

Orange Coast College hosts the annual Banff Mountain Film

Festival. Three hours of “the best of the best” will be screened at 7

p.m. at the Robert B. Moore Theatre at Orange Coast College.

Including films from Canada, America, the United Kingdom, Germany,

Australia and Switzerland, the films reflect a wide range of mountain

experiences. Tickets cost $9 in advance, $10 at the door or $5 for

students. For ticket information, call (714) 432-0202, ext. 21058.

MARCH 26

A free spring cleaning seminar called “The Tao (Way) of Cleansing”

will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225 East 17th

St., Costa Mesa. For reservations, call (800) 595-MOMS.

Newport Beach Community Services will present a new series of

drawing and painting workshops featuring individual instruction for

beginning to advanced students in mixed media. The series will

continue for eight Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Vince

Jorgensen Center adjacent to Mariner’s Library, 2005 Dover Drive,

Newport Beach. Fee is $66 for the entire series. For more

information, call (949) 644-3151.

“Drugs: Nightlife or Nightmare,” presented by Orange Coast

College’s United Student Sociologists Club and Psychology Club, is a

symposium offering students an unbiased approach to the issues behind

the physical effects, personal experiences, cultural aspects and

legalities of drugs. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the

college’s Student Center. Call (949) 929-0527 for more information.

A business after-hours mixer sponsored by the Costa Mesa Chamber

of Commerce will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Turnip Rose

banquet facility, 1901 Newport Blvd. It is free for members and costs

$10 for potential members. For more information, call (714) 885-9090.

Weekly story time at Toy Boat toy store with stories, songs,

finger plays and crafts. Newborns to 5-year-olds are invited from

10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 21111 Newport Coast Drive. For more

information, call (949) 759-8697.

MARCH 27

A lung cancer support group will discuss strategies and resources

for coping with lung cancer. The group will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

at the Hoag Cancer Center, Conference Room A, 1 Hoag Drive, Newport

Beach. Free. For more information, call (949) 760-5542.

The Col. William Cabell Chapter of the National Society Daughters

of the American Revolution will present 140 awards for patriotism,

citizenship and excellence in American history to students of the

Newport/Mesa elementary, middle and high schools. The presentation

will take place at the Costa Mesa Community Center at 2 p.m.

Good food, new business clients and a beautiful location. If this

sounds like your scene, make plans to attend the Newport Beach

Chamber of Commerce Afterhours Networking event at the Colony

Apartments, 5100 Colony Plaza at Fashion Island, at 5 p.m.

The Costa Mesa High Grad Night Committee is holding a silent

auction as their main fund-raiser from 6 to 9 p.m. at Halecrest Park

Clubhouse, 3107 Killybrooke Lane, Costa Mesa. Dinner will be served

until 7:30 p.m. To make a donation or purchase a $5 ticket, call

(714) 557-0256.

Flower children, peace rallies and local landmarks in earlier

incarnations may be among the images presented at “Down Memory Lane,”

a free slide lecture at 7 p.m. at the Newport Beach Central Library.

The program will include a discussion of local news stories from the

early 1960s to the early ‘90s.

MARCH 28

The MomExchange will hold its Spring 2003 first annual Family Time

Expo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at William Regional Park, 18712

University Drive, Irvine. Families can get information on classes,

activities, family programs and parenting resources. For more

information, call (949) 679-4511.

MARCH 30

Kids and their families are invited to “A Very Special Outing,” an

afternoon of interactive storytelling and crafts from 1 to 4 p.m.

Admission is free at the Newport Beach Central Library. Call (949)

717-3816 for more information.

The American Amateur Golf Tour will start its second season,

hosting at least 12 local tournaments starting today. Each event,

which will take place on weekends, is a one-day, 18-hole competition

played strictly under USGA rules. For more information, call (714)

403-8875 at www.aagolftour.com.

MARCH 31

Author Adeline Yen Mah will discuss her books and personal journey

from communist China to the United States in a talk sponsored by UC

Irvine Libraries and the Orange County Reads One Book Project. A book

signing and refreshments will be offered after the program, which

will begin at 6 p.m. at the UCI Student Center, Emerald Bay Room AB

at UC Irvine. The event is free and open to the public, but parking

costs $5. For reservations, call (949) 824-4651.

APRIL 1

Creative expressions by Orange County artists working in an array

of two-dimensional media will be on display at Newport Beach City

Hall through June 30 for the Spring 2003 Orange County Artists

Exhibition. For more information, call (949) 717-3870.

A free Feng Shui seminar will take place at 7 p.m. to help improve

attendants’ health, relationships and prosperity. Held at Visions &

Dreams, 2482 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa, reservations are required.

Call (626) 288-1669.

APRIL 2

A support group for caregivers of Lewy body disorder and Pick’s

disease/frontal temporal dementias, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s

Assn. of Orange County, will meet at UC Irvine’s Gillespie Facility

in the second floor of the conference room at 9:30 a.m. For

reservations, call (949) 824-2382. Admission is free.

APRIL 3

A support group for caregivers, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Assn.

of Orange County, will meet at Hoag Health Center, 1190 Baker Street,

Costa Mesa, from 1 to 3 p.m. Call (714) 593-9630 for reservations.

Admission is free.

APRIL 4

America’s Family Pet Expo runs through April 6, from 10 a.m. to 6

p.m. Friday; from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; and from 9 a.m. to 6

p.m. at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center. Admission is $8

for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and older) and $3 for children (6 to

12). Call (626) 447-2222 for more information.

The public is invited to a reception for exhibiting artists, from

5:30 to 7 p.m. at Newport Beach City Hall. Refreshments will be

served and cash prizes for works judged by UCI Professor Kim Burge

will be awarded at this time. Call (949) 717-3870 for more information.