It’s Fish Fry time

JIM DE BOOM

Don’t forget to visit Lions Park in Costa Mesa this weekend for the

annual Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club Fish Fry.

The hours are from noon to dusk today and Sunday, according to

club president Lee Gibbs. There will be game booths, carnival rides,

hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade deserts, delicious deep-fried fish, a

baby contest and the crowning of Miss Costa Mesa. There will also be

a stage with a wide variety of live entertainment.

It is a great place for a family to experience a sense of

community. It is a venue where citizens can meet their local elected

officials, and business and community leaders.

According to Gibbs, proceeds from last year’s event provided

donations to the Costa Mesa Historical Society, Project Look,

District 4L4 Sight and Hearing Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of

the Harbor Area, Estancia Baseball Boosters, Costa Mesa Baseball

Boosters, 4L4 Hearing and Speech Action Committee, Someone Cares Soup

Kitchen, Harbor Mesa Lions School Box Program, Save Our Youth, Youth

Employment Services, DARE, Blind Children’s Learning Center, Costa

Mesa United, Costa Mesa Senior Center, College Park Elementary, OC

Model Engineers Railroad Club, Shalimar Learning Center and

Newport-Mesa Unified School District Project Success.

In an e-mail to club members, Gibbs reported that Lions Club

member Tom Rea died May 31. Rea was a member for 42 years, and for

many of those years, he was the club’s treasurer. Funeral

arrangements are being made by his wife Dorothy and their daughter.

Gibbs asked club members to reflect on his life and love of our

club. Our condolences to the family.

SAL INSTALLS OFFICERS

The Sons of the American Legion Post 291 installed Matt Parsons as

its commander for 2005-06 at a dinner held Wednesday at the post

facility in Newport Beach. Serving with Parsons are David Doum, first

vice comm- ander; Jeffrey Wilcox, second vice comm- ander; Brad

Weber, adjutant; Chris Dabbs, finance officer; Steve Sutherland,

chaplain; Ron Eggers, historian; and Brad Semonell, sergeant at arms.

ROTARIANS HOST

OKAZAKI VISITORS

Twelve visitors from Okazaki, Japan, will be arriving before noon

Tuesday for a quick visit to the Newport Beach area, according to Dan

Hoffman, international service director for the Rotary Club of

Newport-Balboa.

The first stop will be lunch at Kitayama, followed by some down

time before a catered dinner at the home of Newport Beach Sister City

board member Scott Paulson.

On Wednesday, the group will have lunch at Las Brisas in Laguna

Beach. Then the Okazaki Rotarians and their families, Newport Beach

Sister Cities members and city representatives will attend the club’s

regular meeting at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

WORTH REPEATING

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

Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council: “We make a living by what we

get, but we make a life by what we give.”

-- Norman MacEwan

SERVICE CLUB

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Help your community and the world through a service club. For

many, service club membership is an extension of our religious

beliefs and congregation affiliation.

You are invited to attend a service club meeting this coming week

to learn more about opportunities for service. Most clubs will buy

your first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 48-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets

at the Five Crowns restaurant to hear Barbara Nelson, executive

director of Mary’s Shelter (www.newportbeachsunrise rotary.org).

Noon: The getting-organized Rotary Club of Costa Mesa, now with 15

members, meets at the Holiday Inn.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: 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 business meeting.

6:15 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club for a visit by Rotarians from their sister club

in Okazaki, Japan (www.newportbalboa.org).

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe.

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

Holiday Inn for the Eagle Pride Awards by George Cote (www.kiwanis

.org/club/costamesa); the 50-member Kiwanis Club of Newport

Beach/Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club

(www.nhexchangeclub.com); the 85-member Exchange Club of Newport

Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum to hear Kathy Ord of the Newport

Beach Fire Department (www.nh exchangeclub.com).

FRIDAY

6 p.m.: The 100-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the

Radisson Hotel for the annual Demotion Party (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.