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@latimes.com; by fax to (714) 966-4679; or by calling (714)

966-4617. Include the time, date and location of the event, as well

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TUESDAY

The Realtors Networking Club will hold a meeting with featured

speaker Victoria Collins, whose planned address is titled “Women,

Money and Power.” The 11:30 a.m. meeting will be at Bayside

Restaurant, 900 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach. Information: (949)

263-7061.

FEB. 7

The Women’s Referral Service, a networking service for men and

women, will hold an 11:15 a.m. lunch at the Radisson Hotel Newport

Beach, 4545 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. The cost will be $32 in

advance or $36 at the door. Information: (949) 495-8864.

FEB. 11

The Leadership and Homeland Security Conference will be sponsored

by the Orange County Chapter of the American Society for Training and

Development and National University. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Roger

Conway of the Center for Creative Leadership will be the featured

speakers. The 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. event will be at National University,

3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Registration will cost $250.

Information: (714) 527-4785, or https://www.astdoc.org.

Inventors Forum, an inventors’ support group, will present a

seminar on patent claims interpretation with attorney Mark H. Prager.

The 7 p.m. event will be at the Science Lecture Hall, Orange Coast

College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Registration will cost $5

for members and $15 for nonmembers. Information: (714) 540-2491 or

https://inventorsforum.org.

FEB. 17

The Business at the Beach Business Expo is expected to draw more

than 600 attendees. The 5 to 8 p.m. event will be at the Hyatt

Regency Newport Beach, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach. Admission

will be free. Information: (949) 729-4414.

ONGOING

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosts networking luncheon

meetings Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Country Club. The cost is $14. The club is at 1701 Golf Course Drive,

Costa Mesa. (714) 885-9090.

The Costa Mesa Communicators Toastmasters Club meets from noon to

1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Orange County Department of Education, 200

Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. Meetings are open to anyone who wants to

improve his or her public speaking skills. (714) 444-8783.

The Newport Beach Distinguished Toastmasters Club 1300 meets from

7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store, SE Bristol,

Newport Beach. Information and reservations: (949) 646-1274.