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Mesa, CA 92627; by e-mail to jeff.benson@latimes.com; by fax to (949)

646-4170; or by calling (949) 574-4298. Include the time, date and

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

TODAY

“Storytime with Miss Kathy” begins at 10 a.m. at Borders, 1890

Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-8661.

Newport Harbor High School cheerleaders will lead their summer

junior cheer camp from 1 to 3 p.m. through Aug. 18 and from 1 to 1:30

p.m. Aug. 19 at the school. Clinics will include basic cheer

technique and a dance routine. The cost is $95. Information: (949)

645-1641.

TUESDAY

A free bone density screening is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at

Mother’s, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

A book discussion group, “We Want Fiction!,” will meet to talk

about Edith Wharton’s “Ethan Frome” at 7 p.m. at Book Soup South

Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Suite 2400, Costa Mesa. Participants

in the group receive 20% off the purchase of the book. Information:

(714) 689-2665.

WEDNESDAY

Toddler Time “Mud and Muck!” is a parent-child learning experience

that has a park ranger teaching, telling stories and employing

hands-on fun for children 2 to 4 beginning at 9 or 10:30 a.m. The

cost is $5 per child, and registration is required. Information:

(949) 923-2275.

National security expert Jonathan Adelman of the University of

Denver Graduate School of International Studies will host a dessert

reception at 7:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center

Drive, Newport Beach. Adelman served as Doctoral Dissertation Advisor

to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. The reception is $36

per person. Information: (714) 957-4540.

Charles Zender, assistant professor of Earth system science at UC

Irvine, will lecture on “The Threat of Global Warming” from 7:30 to 9

p.m. at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria

St., Costa Mesa. The event is free. Information: (949) 646-4652.

THURSDAY

J.Jill will celebrate its grand opening with a fashion show

featuring Anaheim Angels wives and girlfriends, hors d’oeuvres and

cocktails, from 5 to 9 p.m. at South Coast Plaza, second floor in the

Macy’s Home Store wing, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

540-5355.

Author Brian Doherty will sign “The Burning Man” at 7 p.m. at Book

Soup South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Suite 2400, Costa Mesa.

Information: (714) 689-2665.

SATURDAY

The Newport Beach Newcomers Club meets the third Wednesday of

every month. This month’s meeting is at 11 a.m. at the Back Bay Cafe,

1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. Additional activities at the club

include bridge, canasta, home and garden, tea ladies, brunch, movies,

golf and tennis. Information: (949) 673-7601.