Special ed committee seeks applicants Costa Mesa...

Special ed committee seeks applicants

Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan, a member of the Special Education

Community Advisory Committee for the Newport-Mesa Unified School

District, said the committee is recruiting applicants for the

upcoming school year.

The committee is made up of parents, teachers and representatives

from community agencies who are interested in the development and

support of the best education program possible for students with

special needs.

The committee was established to provide a forum for parent

involvement in the school district’s Special Education Program. The

committee serves in an advisory capacity to assist in developing

home-school partnerships, parent education and recommendations to the

school board on matters relating to special education.

Meetings are held in the evenings seven to eight times a year.

Applicants don’t have to have a child in special education.

If you are interested, please contact Monahan by Friday at (714)

754-5192.

Claim Jumper opens at South Coast Plaza

The Claim Jumper Restaurant will open today at 3333 Bristol St. at

South Coast Plaza.

The restaurant will feature a display kitchen that allows patrons

to watch the staff prepare meals.

IKEA donates portions of teddy bear sales

IKEA and UNICEF are working together to help benefit the children

of Angola and Uganda.

With the sale of each $6.99 Brum teddy bear, IKEA will donate $2

to UNICEF’s “Children’s Right to Play” program, with the goal of

raising $400,000.

In Angola, the IKEA donations will be used to reach 80,000 street

kids and provide them with learning opportunities. In Uganda, some of

the donations will be used to educate at-risk adolescents about the

threat of HIV/AIDS.

IKEA’s bear program will continue through August 2004.

IKEA is on the Home Ranch site in Costa Mesa off the San Diego

Freeway at Harbor Boulevard.

Village Crean will host a fund-raiser on Aug. 9

Kids Konnected will host its fourth annual Founder’s Event called

Keeping Konnected on Aug. 9. This Spirit of Aloha event will be held

at the Village Crean, overlooking the Back Bay.

It will feature tropical cocktails and a luau style feast

sponsored by Outback Steakhouse, as well as an awards ceremony for

volunteers and a live auction.

Tickets are $125 per person and can be bought by calling (949)

582-5443.