Spaghetti and bingo with the Lions

JIM DE BOOM

SPAGHETTI AND BINGO DO MIX

The Orange Coast Lions Club will hold its fourth annual Spaghetti

Dinner and Bingo Night on April 3 at the Costa Mesa Women’s Club,

according to Eric Anderson, second vice president.

The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with dinner, followed by an

evening of bingo at 7:15 p.m. “We have drawing and door prizes

galore,” states Anderson who adds “this is a major fundraiser for the

Club.”

Tickets, at $8 each are sold at the door. The Women’s Club is on

the corner of 18th Street and Anaheim Avenue in Costa Mesa. Enjoy an

early dinner and an evening of good, old-fashioned bingo while

supporting the Lions Club in raising funds for their charitable work.

MY HITCH IN HELL

Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach invites you to a special

presentation by Lester I. Tenney, author of “My Hitch in Hell: The

Bataan Death March,” at 7 p.m. April 25.

Forced to walk under the boiling hot Asian sun for 12 days to a

prison camp on Bataan, hundreds of American and Filipino POWs died

along the journey. Lester Tenney’s incredible story of his survival

will inspire all who hear it. “This book has moved me like nothing I

have read this year,” said Rabbi Mark Miller of Temple Bat Yahm.

While there is no charge for the event, reservations are needed

and can be made by calling the Temple office at (949) 644-1999. The

Temple is at 1011 Camelback St., Newport Beach.

TRACK

AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Newport- Balboa Rotary Club and the city of Newport Beach

Recreation Services will host the Newport Beach City Youth Track and

Field Championships from 4:30 to 9 p.m. on April 16 at Newport Harbor

High School. The Rotary Club will provide several dozen timers and

judges for the event, in addition to cash sponsorship, according to

Art Walton, event coordinator for the Rotary Club.

The meet is open to boys and girls born between January 1, 1989

and December 31, 1997 and athletes will compete against their own age

group in this fun, recreational level meet. All participants will

receive an event T-shirt. First-place winners will receive medals at

a special Rotary Club dinner while second- and third-place winners

will receive ribbons the day of the meet.

All qualifying will represent Newport Beach at the Orange County

Championship meet on May 2. The registration fee is $15 for Newport

Beach residents, $18 for nonresidents on the day of the meet. For

more information, visit https://www.city.newport- beach.ca.us and

click on departments, then Recreation and Senior Services or call

(949) 644-3151.

A FEW OPENINGS LEFT

The Clubhouse at South Coast Plaza will host a golf tournament at

Strawberry Farms Golf Club to benefit the South Coast Children’s

Society of Costa Mesa. The tourney will take place at 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday. The entry fee is $135 per golfer and $115 per Clubhouse Valued Member. It includes golf, lunch, dinner back at the Clubhouse

and the awards ceremony. For more information or to sign up for the

tournament, call Lee Healy (949) 760-3054.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for Today, provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who

intimidate them.”

-- C. Gene Wilkes

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear a Craft Talk by Blake Rose.

(https://newport

beachsunriserotary.org).

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Center Club and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at

the University Athletic Club.

Noon: the Exchange Club of the Orange Coast will meet at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Abdullah Akbar, former CIA agent

discuss Afghanistan.

6:00 p.m.: the 50-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet

at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for the area Speech Contest

Finals. (https://www.newportbalboa.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 for a program on the Newport Beach Film Festival

(https://www.kiwanis. org/club/costamesa); the 50-member Kiwanis Club

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

Yacht Club to hear Gary Burchman discuss “Frontiersman of Flight.”

The Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum for

a business meeting (https://www.nhexchange

club.com). The Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will meet at the

Atrium Hotel for a Past Presidents meeting (https://www.nirotary.org).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655

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