Rotary hosts Spooktacular

The Rotary Club of Costa Mesa is coordinating the Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 29 for children in Families Costa Mesa, Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter and Mika, according to Rotarian Kathy Haze.

Rotarians will decorate a car and provide treats for the children for the Trick or Trunking. Helping to sponsor Spooktacular are A Light In Window and the Center for Spiritual Discovery. The event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at 2850 Mesa Verde Dr., Costa Mesa. According to Haze, also participating will be teen groups from St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, Costa Mesa, Estancia, Santa Margarita and Back Bay High Schools.

HELPING IN THE PARK AND PROMOTING WORLD PEACE

Harbor Mesa Lions volunteered to help sell refreshments at the recent “Lounge Chair Theater” held in Fairview Park. Funds raised from this event go to help the “Friends of Fairview Park” committee with their improvements in the park.

Harbor Mesa Lions Club is sponsoring the Lion’s International Peace Poster Contest at the Boys and Girls Clubs. Children will submit their posters with the theme “Peace without Borders.” First-place winning poster will be sent to the district contest and will earn $50.

VISIT FRANCE FOR FOUR WEEKS ON ROTARY

If you are a business or professional person between 25 and 40, who is not related to a Rotarian, you could be selected for an experience of a lifetime -- an all-expenses-paid trip to the South of France from March 25 through April 22, according to Terry Rousselot, president of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa. A team of four members will be selected on Nov. 19 by an interview process. For each team member, The Rotary Foundation provides the most economical round-trip air ticket between the home and host countries. More information and applications are available at www.Rotary.org. Applications are due to Ken Montgomery, GSE Chair by Nov. 17. Montgomery can be reached at (949) 362-4339 or by e-mail at kmontgomery@ci.laguna-niguel.ca.us.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SERVICE CLUBS

Carol Proctor, sponsored by Carol Van Holt, who joined the Harbor Mesa Lions Club and was inducted by Lion’s Past District Governor Barbara Hayward. Maryann Goodman, sponsored by David Shield, and Patricia Bintliff, sponsored by Syd Lucas, joined the Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise.

WORTH REPEATING

A Daily Pilot reader stopped me the other day at the Pilot office at 17th and Santa Ana and said how much she enjoyed “Worth Repeating” in my column. She said she clipped and saved them for inspiration and motivation. Greg Kelley, a member of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church and Interfaith Council Board member, supplies them on a daily basis. If you would like to be on Kelley’s distribution list for Thought for the Day, e-mail him at NDGJK@aol.com. It is a great way to start the day!

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

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.

TUESDAY

7:15 a.m. -- The 48-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Five Crowns restaurant for a program by Orange County Airport Official on John Wayne Airport Expansion. (www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org).

Noon -- The newly formed Rotary Club of Costa Mesa will be meeting at The Club House at South Coast Plaza.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m. -- The Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University Athletic Club.

Noon -- The 27-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the 50-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach/Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program called “Stretching Your IRA” by Anne Buginas of Merrill Lynch.

6:15 p.m. -- The 50 member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Douglas Cairns RAF Pilot and author of “Dare to Dream.” (www.newportbalboa.org)

THURSDAY

7 a.m. -- The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Café.

Noon -- The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the Holiday Inn. Information: www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesa

* The 50-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach/Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.

* The 85-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum for Oktofest 2005 that includes German Beer, Pretzels and German Music

* The 90-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the Radisson Hotel to hear Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. Information: www.nirotary.org