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location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

Persian Festival/Mehregan 2003 will be held at the Orange County

Fair & Exposition Center, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in Building No. 8

and the festival grounds. Information: https:www.nipoc.org,

info@nipoc.org.

The Newport Coast Concours

d’Elegance will be held at Hidden Valley Park in Irvine next to

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show will

display more than 200 American and European Classics. All funds

raised go to support the Assessment and Treatment Services Center.

Information: (949) 756-0993, https://www.newport coastconcours.com.

Scooter Series No. 6 will be

held at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center’s Equestrian

Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Information: (714)

708-1662.

KCRW will present Next Up!, formerly known as Unsigned Indies, a

showcase of independent local artists, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Town

Center Park in Costa Mesa. The free, all-ages twilight concert kicks

off the Eclectic Orange Festival 2003. Parking in local structures is

$7. Information: (949) 553-2422.

The Newport Beach Fire and

Police departments will present a combined open house at the

Newport Center Fire Station and Police Headquarters, 866 Barbara

Drive, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be displays from the Newport

Beach lifeguards, Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol and other

emergency services. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be available.

Proceeds benefiting the Orange County Burn Assn. and the Muscular

Dystrophy Assn. Information: (949) 644-3109.

The Orange County Market Place

will celebrate 35 years from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orange County

Fairgrounds. The theme will be “California Dreamin’.” There will be

free birthday cake and 35-cent foods and drinks. Entertainment will

include 1960s music, strolling performers and the presentation of

donations to Costa Mesa charitable and nonprofit organizations.

The Queen of Hearts Tux and Tennies Tennis Tournament will

continue at 6:30 p.m. at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. The

tournament will continue Oct. 11 and 12 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $60

per person for first entry and $30 per person for the second entry.

Information: (714) 744-3414, https:www.gohfoundation.org.

MONDAY

The Pacific Community of Secular Humanistic Jews will present a

Yom Kippur observance at 1 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Costa

Mesa. The event will consist of a Yom Kippur program, discussions on

medical ethics, Jewish history through music and the roadmap to

peace, and then a full-course dinner. Information: (949) 262-5850.

Orange Coast College will

host a public debate on the sale of KOCE-TV. The debate is

sponsored by the United Student Sociologists. The debate will begin

at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Lounge and will last one hour.

Speaking in favor of the sale will be Kevin Parker, an OCC associate

professor of English and president of the college’s Academic Senate.

Speaking against the sale will be Hall Davidson, a KOCE supporter.

TUESDAY

The Tijeras Golf Club in

Rancho Santa Margarita will host the Crossing’s fourth annual Golf

Classic benefiting the educational outreach program of the Maple

Learning Center in Costa Mesa. There will be $10,000 hole-in-one

prizes and chance to win a 2004 Volkswagen Beetle convertible or a

2004 Chevrolet Tahoe. Information: (949) 764-1520,

istevenson@crossingonline.com.

WEDNESDAY

Dr. Richard Haskell will present a

discussion on Drug-Eluting Stents: Setting a New Standard. A new

medical device, the drug-eluting stent, and how it can help deal with

coronary artery disease will be discussed from 6 to 7 p.m. at the

Hoag Conference Center, One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach.

Information/reservation: (800) 514-HOAG.

The California Retired Teachers

Assn. Harbor Division No. 77 will have a meeting today at noon at

the Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa. The

association will host “Project Vote Smart,” which will provide

unbiased voting information. (949) 551-5082.

THURSDAY

South Coast Plaza will host

the 19th annual Food, Wine and Micro-Brew Fest, featuring live

music with dancing and drawings for prizes. The event will take place

in the Macy’s Home Store and Crate & Barrell wing of the center.

Tickets are $45 in advance, $35 for groups of 10 or more and $55 at

the door. Information: (714) 771-1343.

SATURDAY

Orange Coast College’s

disabled students club, the Campus Collogues, will host a

wheelchair rugby exhibition to benefit disabled students. The match

will begin at 11 a.m. in OCC’s Peterson Gymnasium. Tickets are $3 and

are available in advance at the Disabled Students’ Center and the

Disabled Students’ High Technology Center. Tickets will also be sold

at the door. Information: (714) 432-5505.