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The Newport Center

Toastmaster’s Club can help you improve your public speaking

skills or polish your business presentations. Members come from a

variety of professional disciplines and backgrounds. The group meets

every Monday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at 610 Newport Center Drive,

Newport Beach. Validated parking is available in the parking

structure next to 24 Hour Fitness. Guests are welcome. For more

information, call (949) 721-5732.

The ACLU of Orange County

meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian

Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St. in Costa Mesa. Each month’s

meeting will feature a different speaker on issues relating to the

Bill of Rights. For more information, call (714) 957-6107.

“Beach Landscapes,” an exhibit

featuring digitally manipulated aerial photographs of the Hawaiian

islands by Donna Ruzicka, umbrella beach scenes by Carole Boller and

Back Bay landscapes by Luke Spencer, will be on display through Sept.

30 at Newport Beach City Hall. For more information, call (949) 717)

3870.

“Tennis in Art,” an exhibit of

paintings by longtime tennis instructor and coach Jose Mendoza,

will be on display in the Newport Beach Central Library foyer through

Aug. 30. Mendoza’s work is known for its manipulation of color and

form as well as its concentration on tennis. For more information,

call (949) 717-3870.

Volunteer drivers are needed to

help deliver nutritiously prepared meals to homebound, frail or

elderly clients incapable of shopping or cooking for themselves

through “Mobile Meals,” sponsored by FISH-Harbor Area Inc. and Hoag

Hospital. Call (949) 645-8050 for more information.

Swim lessons are available

July 21 and run through Aug. 1 at Halecrest Park, 3107 Killybrook

Lane in Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 557-7234.

Project Cuddle, a nonprofit

organization that offers safe and legal alternatives to girls who

are considering abandoning their babies, is in need of ongoing

volunteers. For more information, visit www.projectcuddle.org or call

(714) 432-9681.

Macy’s in Costa Mesa

invites Orange County nonprofit organizations that provide

services and programs to the HIV/AIDS community to apply for

participation in Macy’s South Coast Plaza’s Passport In Store

fund-raiser. This year’s event will be held on Oct. 4. To receive an

application to participate, call (714) 556-0611, ext. 4231.

Yoga classes will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to

12:40 p.m. for nine weeks at West Newport Community Center.

Registration is $54 for one class each week or $100 for two days a

week over nine weeks for Newport Beach residents. Others pay an

additional $5. For more information, call (949) 644-3151.

The merchants of Balboa Village will hold a seaside Craft Merchant

and Farmer’s Market at Peninsula Park near the base of the Balboa

pier in Newport Beach every Thursday through Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. The market will include fresh organic produce, freshly cut

flowers and arts and crafts. For more information, call (714)

536-2213.

Costa Mesa’s Recreation Division will provide a three-hour theme

birthday party for up to 20 guests at the Balearic Community Center

weekdays from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 to 7

p.m. and Sundays from 4 to 7 p.m. Parties for children 5 to 12 will

consist o lunch/dinner, games, crafts, prizes, cake with ice cream

and supervision by staff. Parties cost $250 or $300. For more

information, call (714) 754-5158.

Five new wines will be served

on Bayside Restaurant’s terrace overlooking Newport Harbor every

Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. For more

information, call (949) 721-1222.

Newport Dunes Resort’s

“Movies on the Beach” will run every Friday and Saturday

throughout the summer, including a two-hour barbecue before the

movies start at dusk. Guests are invited to bring their favorite cuts

of meat. The resort will provide the rest for $7.95 per person. The

films will be shown on a large screen in the sand on every Friday and

Saturday evening in June and July except July 4. Parking is $8 per

car. For more information, call (949) 729-DUNE.

A variety of private, semi-private and group swim lessons will be

offered this summer at the Marian Bergeson Aquatic Center at Corona

del Mar High School. Options include one-on-one instruction on

Saturdays and a Monday through Thursday program for all ages and

levels. For session dates, times and costs, call (949) 644-3151, or

register in person at Newport Beach Recreation and Senior Services at

3300 Newport Blvd.

Children, teens and adults

can now register for summer recreational boating classes offered

through Newport Beach Recreation Services. Classes begin July 12.

Fees vary. Call (949) 644-3151, or visit the Newport Beach Recreation

and Senior Services a 3300 Newport Blvd. for more information.

Professional and licensed soccer

trainers with the All-England Soccer Academy are available for

one-on-one, small group and large group training. For more

information, call (949) 395-5103.

Jewish Family Service is sponsoring a teen support group for high

school students that meets Mondays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Tarbut

V’Torah Upper School in Costa Mesa. For information or to register,

call (714) 445-4950. Pre-registration is required.

The First Page -- Fine Children’s Books, at 270 E. 17th St., No.

10 in Costa Mesa, offers free story time Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays

and Saturdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4

to 5 p.m. For more information, call (949) 645-5437.

Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach offers wine tasting every

Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for $15 per person, featuring five

new wines each week. For more information, call (949) 721-1222.

If your orchid is too big for its

pot, Green Systems International will show you how to re-pot your

plant during their free orchid-potting seminar at 2 p.m. every

Saturday. A plant sale is held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the 20362

Birch St. facility. Call (949) 756-1211 for information.

Discover the secrets of Carbon Canyon Regional Park as you walk

through groves of beautiful Coastal Redwood trees every Saturday at

8:30 a.m. Parking is $4. Call (714) 996-5252 for more information.