Fundraiser at Sharky’s to benefit orphanage Newport...

Fundraiser at Sharky’s to benefit orphanage

Newport Coast Cares will hold a benefit today raising money for an

orphanage in Mexico for children younger than 12.

The benefit will be at Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill, 21119

Newport Coast Drive, and funds will be donated to the Hacienda de la

Immaculada orphanage near Tijuana.

Newport Coast Cares co-founder Brigitte Tehranchi said the group

is raising money to provide mattresses, food, diapers and other wares

to the orphanage, which is home to 42 children. The benefit lasts

from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult and $5 per child.

Santa and snow fall

on Costa Mesa park

More than 60 tons of snow will blanket Costa Mesa’s Balearic Park

today as part of a city holiday celebration.

The event takes place from 9 a.m. to noon, with Santa Claus

arriving by helicopter at 10:30 a.m. Hayrides, cookie decorating,

carolers and fire engines will also be on display. The event is free

and open to the public. The park is at 1975 Balearic Ave.

Firm collecting

for Toys for Tots

First Team Real Estate is asking the community to bring toys to

any of its offices for the Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots

campaign.

The nearest drop off site is at First Team Estates, 17 Corporate

Plaza, Suite 210 in Newport Beach. The office is open from 9 a.m. to

6 p.m. daily.

Mesa water district announces new leaders

Mesa Consolidated Water District announced the appointment of a

new president and first vice president of its board of directors on

Tuesday.

Seven-year board member Fred Bockmiller, a Costa Mesa resident and

manager in the engineering services department at UC Irvine, was

elected president. It will be his second term, having also served

from 1998 to 2000.

Paul Shoenberger, a board member since 2000 and a 13-year Costa

Mesa resident, was elected first vice president. He’s the chief of

engineering and operations for the Central Basin and West Basin

Municipal Water districts.

Bockmiller and Shoenberger have both served on the district’s

executive, finance, engineering and operations and public information

committees.