A fine Fish Fry coming along

JIM DE BOOM

Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club President Raul Jara notes the

plans for the June 5 and 6 Lions Club Fish Fry being held at Lions

Park next to the Costa Mesa Community Center are coming along just

fine. The weekend will include carnival booths and rides,

face-painting, hot dogs, pies, corn on the cob, live entertainment, a

baby contest, Miss Costa Mesa Contest and, of course, a fish and

chips dinner at $7 a plate.

After your visit to your church or temple or the kids’ soccer or

baseball game, take the whole family to the Fish Fry. It’s a family

community festival like none other in the area. For complete details,

visit the Lions Fish Fry website at https://www.geocities.com/lions

fishfry/index.html

24 HOURS TO FIGHT CANCER

There will be hundreds of volunteers walking the track at Newport

Harbor High School starting at 6 p.m. Friday and continuing to 6 p.m.

Saturday night in the 24-hour Relay for Life as they raise money for

the American Cancer Society in the Newport-Mesa area. Opening

ceremonies are at 6 p.m., the very moving luminaria ceremony, which

remembers people who have died or are taking cancer treatment, will

begin at 9:30 p.m. There will be teams from companies, cities,

community groups and congregations that will walk for 24 hours as

they raise funds for cancer treatment and research.

UNDERSTANDING XP

Here’s your chance to find out why Windows Home Edition of XP has

user friendly and dependable features you can depend on. Dutch de

Rijke, senior technical expert, will be the guest speaker for

Computer Friends of Oasis meeting on Wednesday. The Oasis Senior

Center is at the corner of Marguerite and 5th Avenue in Corona del

Mar. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Dutch’s demonstration will be

from 1:15 to 2:10 p.m.

After a social break for coffee and cookies, everyone is invited

to attend special interest groups. This program is appropriate for

beginners and experts alike. There will be a $3 charge at the door

for nonmembers. For more information, visit the Computer Friends of

Oasis website at https://vivianboulos.tripod.com.

AZ TAFT REMEMBERED

Barbara and I join the Newport Harbor Exchange Club in mourning

the death of long time member AZ Taft on April 26. In addition to

membership and leadership in the Exchange Club, AZ had been active in

the Newport Beach community for decades. Barbara and AZ served

together a number of years ago on the Newport Beach Parks, Beaches

and Recreation Commission. AZ loved to travel and our paths crossed

six years ago while Barbara and I were on vacation in Cape Cod when

he called out my name in a crowd of tourists. We had a cup of coffee

together and compared Cape Cod to Newport Beach. We agreed we like to

visit Cap Cod and loved to live in Newport Beach. AZ never had a bad

word to say about anyone and he always had a warm greeting for all.

He will be missed.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council ... “The person who stops being better

stops being good.”

-- Oliver Cromwell

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 47-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant to hear Rebecca Fuhrman of the

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Orange County

(www.newportbeach

sunriserotary.org).

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

Costa Mesa Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Holiday Inn for a program on “I-405 Corridor Major Investment

study” 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 for a program by George Grupe on the Freedom

Shrine.

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

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to host the Newport Beach City Track

Meet Awards Dinner (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 special guest day program with speaker and Daily

Pilot columnist Peter Buffa (https://www.kiwanis. org/club/costamesa);

the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will meet at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for an update on the 2004 triathlon;

The 85-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the

Nautical Museum for a program by Bob Kinton on “Accepting the

Challenge of Excellence;” The Rotary Club of Newport Irvine will meet

at the Atrium Hotel to hear Raj Desai discuss Project Deaf India

(www.nhexchangeclub.com).

* 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.