Lions Club notes members’ help

JIM DE BOOM

At the club’s July meeting, Harbor Mesa Lions immediate past

President Sandi Scheafer presented the following members awards and

honors for contributions to the club’s success for the year 2004-05:

Secretary Karen Lamas, Lion of the Year and President’s Appreciation

Award; Treasurer Marianne Segalla, President’s Appreciation Plaque;

Carol Van Holt, Joan Parks, Barbara Hayward, Marianne Allen, Maureen

Coffey and Lynn Seaholm, Certificate of President’s Appreciation.

Donations to Lion’s Club International Foundation were made in each

of these member’s names.

Harbor Mesa President Van Holt presented 2003-04 President Joan

Parks with a badge of recognition for the club’s membership retention

and gains in her year from Lion’s Club International past President

Tae-Sup Lee. Members Janie Harris and Maureen Coffey received

International recognition for sponsoring new members in that year

also. Recently named Club of the Year in Division B for District

4-L4, Harbor Mesa Lions Club consists of 50 members, all women. Club

members contribute time and funds to help organizations, school

children and needy families in our community.

ROTARY CO-SPONSORS FLIGHT OF THE LASERS

The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa is a co-sponsor along with the

Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce of the

Flight of the Lasers being held on July 31 in Newport Harbor. The

race runs between the Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Island. This annual

race started in 1936 as the Flight of the Snowbirds and has been a

major summer sailing attraction for 70 years for young sailors in

Newport Beach. Awards will be presented at the Newport Harbor Yacht

Club immediately after the race to the top 10 finishers including to

the youngest boy and girl participating as well as the best decorated

boat.

“This is just one of the many activities the Newport-Balboa Rotary

Club has been involved within our community of Newport Beach for the

past 68 years, and this club has a strong commitment to be involved

with our community’s youth,” said Bill Hossfield, director of the

Rotary Club’s community service programs.

20 YEARS OF

SAILING AT OASIS

The recreational sailing club that prides itself on having “the

busiest sailboat in the world” with 302 cruises a year will log its

20-year mark at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Oasis Sailing Club will celebrate its anniversary with an

invitational wine-tasting program in the courtyard of the Oasis

Senior Center in Corona del Mar. Wines will be presented by James

Stone, volunteer skipper and also Orange County Fair wine judge. The

theme is “California’s Gold -- North to South to Sideways.”

Commodore John Byerlein predicts that recreational sailing for

seniors will continue to be the beacon that attracts retired men and

women for the next two decades. “We have grown from the four founders

to 110 members today,” Byerlein said. In addition to having fun,

these members volunteer as skipper-trainers for youth in Kidscene, an

after-school program conducted in the harbor.

Seniors in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa who are looking for the

best recreational sailing deal in town are invited to learn about the

club. Contact Commodore John Byerlein for information about how it

operates and the meeting dates at (949) 640-6423.

Worth repeating

From the Thought for the Day from Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa

Irvine Interfaith Council: If you think you’re too small to make an

impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

-- ANITA KODDICK

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

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

many, service clubs are 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 opportunity for service. Most clubs will buy your

first meal for you as you get acquainted with them.

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: Harbor Mesa Lions Club will meet at Fairview Park for

“Pizza in the Park.”

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The 48-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets

at the Five Crowns restaurant for a program by Sue Lan on the Back

Bay (www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org).

Noon: The Rotary Club of Costa Mesa, now in organization with 15

members, meets at the Clubhouse at South Coast Plaza.

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

Costa Mesa Golf Club.

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.

6:15 p.m.: The 50-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at

the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Assemblyman Tom Harman.

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 a program on tsunami relief by Ray Stewart

(www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesa).

The 50-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach/Corona del Mar meets

at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program titled “Chiroprators

Adjust ... God Heals” by Jeffrey Schones, introduced by miraculously

recovered witness Bob Loughridge, Oklahoma Sooner and retired U.S.

Marine.

The 85-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the

Nautical Museum to hear Ann Younglove discuss “Mentor Program at

Monte Vista School” (www.nhexchangeclub.com).

The 90-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the Radisson

Hotel for a club assembly (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.