Boy Scouts conduct alumni search The Boy...

Boy Scouts conduct alumni search

The Boy Scouts of America is seeking help to find former Scout

members for a 50-year reunion.

The Boy Scouts will host the 50th Anniversary of the historic

Irvine Ranch National Jamboree from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20,

at the Disneyland Grand California Hotel.

With more than 40,000 scouts from all over Southern California

participating, this annual event was the largest National Jamboree

ever held and the only one on the West Coast.

The jamboree is the reason that Jamboree Road was built and how

the road got its name.

Memorabilia, photos, patches and uniforms from the 1953 Jamboree

will be on display. Any participant, enthusiast, collector or

interested person is invited to get together to celebrate this

historic event.

If anyone was a Scout and attended the 1953 National Jamboree held

on the Irvine Ranch or knows someone who did, they can e-mail their

name, address and phone number or log on at https://www.ocbsa.org.

Contact information may be sent to Jamboree Alumni Search, 50th

Anniversary Reunion, 3590 Harbor Gateway North, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

For information, call Brett Beck (714) 546-4900 ext. 142.

Friends of the Library present $185,000

Representing the Friends of Newport Beach Library, Gary Mueller

presented a check to the Newport Beach Library for $185,000 at a

recent Newport Beach City Council meeting.

The donation marks the seventh year in a row that proceeds from

sales of donated books at the Friends Bookstore have reached or

exceeded $100,000. In 2002, the group raised $150,000. It broke the

$100,000 plateau in 1999.

Free “It’s Your Money” Workshop

An free eight-week financial workshop will begin next week at the

Newport Beach Central Library.

The American Heart Assn., the American Cancer Society, KOCE

Television, Fullerton Senior Multi-Service Center, Newport Beach

Library Foundation and the Norman P. Murray Community & Senior Center

are involved in the workshop series.

Peter Kote, founder of Professional Fiduciary Services, will be

running the eight-week financial workshop as a service, for the first

time, to the community.

The event will take place at the Newport Beach Central Library,

Friends Meeting Room, at 1000 Avocado Ave. in Newport Beach on

Fridays. It will run from Sept. 12 to Oct. 31. The hours are 10 to

11:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served.

The goal of the workshop is to give attendees the tools to

preserve their wealth, save estate, gift and income tax dollars and

learn how to find competent professionals, officials said.

For information, call Tracy Keys at the library at (949) 717-3890.

Two airlines start service at John Wayne

John Wayne Airport has announced new service from Frontier

Airlines and South East Airlines.

Frontier began operating two daily nonstop flights between John

Wayne and Denver International Airport on Aug. 31. Officials said

they plan on adding another flight to Denver beginning Oct. 1.

South East Airlines began new commuter service on Sept. 1 with

three daily flights to Dallas/Fort Worth and Salt Lake City.

-- Compiled by Virginia Lopez