It’s time for Blues on the Bay again

The Sons of the American Legion, informally known as the SAL, invites

you to attend its sixth annual Blues on the Bay Festival on Aug. 23.

For a $25 admission, groove to Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets

featuring Sam Myers, the Hollywood Blue Flames with Al Blake, Rusty

Zinn, Gary Primach and his Doghouse Blues, the Holland K Smith Band,

Nathan James with Ben Hernandez, and the Griff Hamlin Band.

The locale will be American Legion Post 291, at 215 15th St.,

Newport Beach. The masters of ceremonies will be Phatt Cat of

“Kaleidoscope of Blues” from KSBR-FM (88.5) and Jeff Scott of “The

Blues Disease” from KUCI-FM (88.9).

Available will be a New Orleans Cajun feast cooked by SAL members

and beverages to quench the thirst. Please do not bring chairs,

coolers or pets. In addition, there will be drawings for prizes.

Proceeds from the day’s activities will be going to charity. The

festival will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Visit the SAL Web site at www.salbluesonthebay.com, or call (949)

675-SALS for more information. The ticket line is (949) 673-5070.

15TH ANNUAL

TASTE OF NEWPORT

Headliner entertainment for the 2003 Taste of Newport is set, with

Super Diamond playing on Friday, Sept. 19, Sugar Ray on Saturday,

Sept. 20 and the Beach Boys on Sunday, Sept. 21.

“There will be music for just about everyone’s taste,” said

Richard Luehrs, president and chief executive of the Newport Beach

Chamber of Commerce.

Thirty-five top area restaurants have signed up for the three-day

food, wine and music festival being held at Newport Center/ Fashion

Island.

“The Taste of Newport marks the end of the summer social season in

Newport Beach and is the premiere food festival in Southern

California,” Luehrs said.

The event draws more than 70,000 people to Newport Center Drive.

More than 900 volunteers help to make this a great event.

The Los Angeles Times is the presenting sponsor. Other major

sponsors are McKenna Motors, Fiji Water, Bacardi, Michelob, Hoag

Hospital, Pavilions Market, Wells Fargo and Ware Disposal. There’s

also radio support from major market stations.

Tickets cost $15 is advance or $17 at the gate. Advance tickets

can be purchased by phone at (949) 729-4400 or online at

www.tasteofnewport.com. A special weekend passport is available for

$45 that includes three-day admission and $15 scrip.

See you at the Taste of Newport.

AAUW MEMBERSHIP TEA

The American Assn. of University Women, Newport-Mesa-Irvine

branch, is hosting its annual membership tea overlooking Newport’s

Back Bay from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 24.

This tea is for current and prospective members to hear about the

AAUW’s activities this year, its interest groups and its fund-raising

projects for Tech Trek, Educational Foundation and Legal Advocacy

Fund.

Directions to the event will be given when reservations are made

with Kathy Wicker at (949) 733-2052 by Thursday.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

OF SERVICE CLUBS

Patty Young-Muller of Costa Mesa and Marilyn Rehling of Huntington

Beach were inducted into the Harbor Mesa Lions Club by Vice District

Gov. Barbara Hayward at the club’s August meeting.

WORTH REPEATING

From Thought for the Day provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“Very few rich persons own their own property. The property owns

them.” -- Robert G. Ingersoll

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6 p.m. The Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at the Golden Dragon

Restaurant.

TUESDAY

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

meet at Five Crowns for a program by Lois Gottschalk on “World War II

Neuropsychiatric Casualties: Out of Sight, Out of Mind” (newportbeach

sunriserotary.org/index.htm).

6:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at

the Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 10-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 for a program by Babs Harland and Pat

Broering on “Inside the Pageant of the Masters.”

6 p.m.: The 50-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a Craft Talk by retired U.S.

Marine Maj. Gen. Bob Owens, a 34-year member and past club president,

who with his wife, Fran, will be moving to Colorado.

(www.newport-balboa.org).

THURSDAY

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

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn (www.kiwanis.org/ club/costamesa); the 50-member Kiwanis

Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club; the 80-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor

will meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for a program by

Stephen Sutherland, developer of the Balboa Peninsula Resort; and the

100-member Newport-Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the Atrium Hotel

to hear Wallace Walrod on Orange County’s infrastructure.

(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

or by e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com.