Lions fiddle around with tribute

JIM DE BOOM

The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club is sponsoring a

performance by Eddie Carroll in a one-man tribute to Jack Benny at 4

p.m. on Sept. 26 at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton.

“This is the major fundraiser for the club,” said club President

Bob Walker.

The list of charities the 20-member Lions Club supports includes

City of Hope, Environmental Nature Center, Youth Employment Service,

Orange Coast College Scholarship Program, Think Together Shalimar

Centers, Boy Scouts of America and the Newport Mesa Schools

Foundation.

Carroll’s achievements in the entertainment field have spanned

every area of show business -- the Broadway stage, motion pictures,

television, movies of the week, a weekly series, and especially his

acclaimed, one-man show, “Jack Benny: Laughter In Bloom.” It promises

to be an exciting and very funny afternoon for those of us who

watched Benny on television.

Show tickets are available at $45, $35 and $25 each and can be

purchased by calling Lions Club member Walden Hughes at (714)

545-0318 or by visiting the club’s website, https://www.cmoclions.org.

CARIBBEAN NIGHTS FOR ST. JUDE

The annual St. Jude Charity Event, Caribbean Nights, will be held

at the Newport Dunes at 7 p.m. on Aug. 28th and will feature Dread

Zeppelin. The celebrity masters of ceremonies will be Kimberly

Williams from the movie, “Father of the Bride” and the TV series

“According to Jim” and Poppy Montgomery of the CBS drama “Without a

Trace,” Barbara Howarth said.

Tickets for the event are available at $150 per person and include

dinner, a silent and a voice auction and entertainment.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally

recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving

children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by the

late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude

freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities

around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by

insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St.

Jude is financially supported by American Lebanese Syrian Associated

Charities, its fund-raising organization. For more information or for

tickets, call (800) 227-6737.

CHAMBER MIXER

The Golden Dragon Restaurant is the site for the August Costa Mesa

Chamber of Commerce After Hours Business Mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

on Wednesday. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, networking opportunities

with business and community leaders, door prizes and a no-host bar

will be featured. It’s free for Costa Mesa Chamber members and $10

for potential members, according to Chamber President Ed Fawcett. The

restaurant is at 2023 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. For more information

about the mixer or the Chamber, call (714) 885-9090.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “Live a good, honorable life. Then

when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a

second time.”

-- THE DALAI LAMA

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

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

meet at Five Crowns Restaurant for a craft talk by Joanne DeBlis,

(https://www.newportbeach

sunriserotary.org).

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn. 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 Tom Scheil discuss “Engineering

Challenges at the World Trade Center before and after 9/11.”

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

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program on literacy by Sheila

Tierney of the Newport Beach Public Library,

(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, (https://www.cmoclions.org).

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn for a program on the Nautical Museum,

(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 a

special guest day program featuring past Dist. Gov. Bob Erikson. The

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

Museum for a program by Ken Wright and Pete Antista on “The Quality

of our Water,” (https://www.nhexchange

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

Radisson Hotel for craft talks, (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.