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* Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower Ave.,

Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to

o7lindsay.sandhamf7o7@latimes.comf7; by fax to (714) 966-4667; or by calling (714) 966-4625. Include the time, date and location of the

event, as well as a contact phone number.

UNTIL SEPT. 23

Registration for 2005 Youth Flag Football, for boys and girls ages

8 to 13. The program starts on Sept. 26 and ends on Dec. 3. Register

in person Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Balearic

Community Center, 1975 Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

754-5158.

UNTIL SEPT. 18

The Sand Sports Super Show will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday;

from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday

at the fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. Admission is $8,

children under 12 are free. Information: (714) 990-5107.

SEPT. 17 AND 18

The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions will be serving hamburgers,

cheeseburgers, and hot dogs from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the model

engineers Goathill Junction train station, located across the tennis

courts at Estancia High on Placentia Avenue. All proceeds will be

donated to a Hurricane Relief Fund. Information: (714) 540-5466

o7www.cmnhlions.com.

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SEPT. 17 TO OCT. 22

Project Playhouse, a six-week event with kid-size playhouses on

display and sold at public auction, will be held at Fashion Island in

Newport Beach. All the playhouses will be on display, with village

tours on the weekend and an open house Sept. 17. The auction is

scheduled for Oct. 22. Information: (949) 553-9510 or

o7www.projectplayhouse.org. f7

TODAY

A plant sale is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UC Irvine

Arboretum at Campus Drive and Jamboree Road on the UC Irvine campus.

Admission and parking are free. Information: (949) 824-5833.

Family Care Chiropractic will host a health expo, featuring

members of the Newport Beach Fire Department, local Newport Beach

city officials, American Cancer Society representatives, delicious

healthy snacks courtesy of Trader Joes, and mouth watering hot dogs

and hamburgers grilled on location by guests from Girls and Boys Town

of Southern California, from 12 to 4 p.m. at 4121 Westerly Place,

Suite 116, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 887-2822.

“Fire in the Morning,” an exhibit of Mexican American history in

Orange County, compiled by Yolanda Morelos Alvarez, will be featured

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Diego Sepulveda Adobe, 1900 Adams Ave., Costa Mesa. Tours are planned throughout the day. Information: (949)

631-5918o7.

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The Parrot Education and Adoption Center will hold a seminar on

parrot personalities. It will be held at 1 p.m. at the Balearic

Community Center, 1975 Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (619)

287- 8200 or o7www.peac.org.

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