Rotary changes the presidential guard

JIM DE BOOM

Rotary Club presidents for the centennial year of Rotary

International have been installed in separate ceremonies over the

past several weeks, according to District Governor Grant Engle of

Fountain Valley.

The new club presidents are Kim DeBroux, Newport-Balboa; Fay

Bosler, Newport Beach Sunrise; Greg Arbues, Newport Irvine; and Truck

Smith, South Coast Metro.

The Rotary’s first club meeting was held on Feb. 23, 1905 in

Chicago, Ill., where Rotarians will gather again in June 2005 for the

Centennial Convention, according to Bosler. Today, there are 1.2

million Rotarians in 32,000 clubs in 166 countries around the world,

she added.

Serving with Bosler at Newport Beach Sunrise are Chris Szechenyi,

president-elect; Rob Williams, secretary; Christina Holliday,

treasurer; and directors Fred Hernandez, Syd Lucas, Bob Wess, Paul

Brach, Willis Longyear, Nagy Lbrahim and Ray Oien.

Serving on the Newport-Balboa board are Terry Rousselot,

president-elect; Wendell Sawyer, treasurer; and directors Roger

Gilbert, Bob Thayer, Richard Holmgren, Dan Hoffman, Dick Dickson,

Steve Speer, Frank Anderson and Roger McGonegal.

At Newport Irvine, Tim Shields is president-elect; Tim Hatch,

secretary, Abe Watkin, treasurer; and directors Richard Hargenrather,

Karen Spilly-Shanihan, Robert Little, Jason Lee, Kent Falk, Brady

Price and Bailey Smith.

Sharing director duties with Truck Smith at South Coast Metro will

be Lisa Allen, Dale Bixler and Walter Lynch. Congratulations to all!

PROUDLY WE HAIL

The “Proudly We Hail” plaque was presented by the Orange Coast

Exchange Club to Stewart and Gini Anderson of Corona del Mar, a

family that flies the American flag daily.

The Andersons have flown the flag for 30 years at their home on

Keel. They have a smaller flagpole in their back yard.

Thurman (Dig) Graves, a member of the Newport Harbor Exchange

Club, and Bette Moses of the Orange Coast Exchange Club put the

American flags on the dolphins in the median at Marguerite and Coast

Highway for Fourth of July weekend, while Gil Lukowski of the Newport

Harbor Exchange Club provided two new flags, which proclaim “Support

Our Troops,” that were placed on the front topiary dolphins.

CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER

To Shirley Kohlmeier, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at

the recent Exchange District Convention. To Wendell Sawyer, who was

named Rotarian of the Year by the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa. To

Deane Bottorf, who received the Exchangite of the Year Award from the

Exchange Club of Newport Harbor. To Ed Kohlmeier, who received the

Exchangite of the Year Award from the Exchange Club of the Orange

Coast.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what

you should have accomplished with your ability.”

-- JOHN WOODEN

COLLECTING IN THE INTERNET AGE

“eBay-Collecting” will be the subject of Cathy Margolin’s

presentation at Computer Friends at the Oasis Senior Center in Corona

del Mar at 1 p.m. Wednesday. She will cover how to automate various

sources on the Internet, how to search for unique items and how to

protect yourself in the auction environment. Margolin has been buying

and selling antiques on eBay and the Internet since 1999.

Margolin teaches computers at Cal State Fullerton and is president

of North Orange County Computer Club and Assn. of Information

Technology Professionals, as well as a member of Haviland Collectors

International Foundations. A potluck picnic will be held before the

meeting at 11:15 a.m. If you wish to attend, bring a dish to share or

$5 and RSVP to Lynn Cathcart at (949) 673-3703.

LOOKING FOR OFFICE SPACE

Once again, Newport Mesa Board of Education member Judy Franco is

the Republican Party chairman for the cities of Costa Mesa and

Newport Beach for this November’s election, and she is looking for

office space for volunteers to use. She is looking for ground-floor

space on a well-traveled street in either city, with ample parking

for the dozens of volunteers who will staff the phone banks from

mid-August to Election Day on Nov. 2. Judy says they can even pay

rent.

If you have space available, give her a call at (949) 675-2603.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa Golf

and Country Club.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 47-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets

at Five Crowns Restaurant for a program by Robin Rector Krupp, author

and illustrator. (https://www.newportbeach

sunriserotary.org)

6:00 p.m.: The Newport Harbor Costa Mesa Lions Club meets at the

Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club. (https://www.geocities.com/

cmnhlions/page5.html)

WEDNESDAY

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

at the Holiday Inn and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at

the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Ron Brown on Teen Challenge

International.

6 p.m.: The 50-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for the first meeting under newly

installed President Kim DeBroux.

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 Marina Park Resort Plan

(https://www.kiwanis.org/club

/costamesa); the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis

Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the 85-member Exchange

Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum to hear Rich

Barbarossa of the LYNX on “Gold Coast Privateers”

(https://www.nhexchange

club.com); the Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the Radisson

Hotel for a program by Peter Faulke on Hoag Hospital expansion.

* 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.