Local is Rotary governor

Costa Mesa resident Lane Calvert was installed as governor of Rotary District 5320 on Tuesday. He replaces Bill Peloquin, whose term had expired.

A member of the Rotary Club of Anaheim, Calvert will lead 50 Rotary clubs, with 2,400 Rotarians in Orange County and southern Los Angeles County for 2006-07.

Calvert, who has worked with the Boy Scouts for 30 years, is known to many in the area as the executive for Exploring of Orange County, a division of the Orange County Boy Scouts. Calvert and his wife, Connie, have been active in the Newport Bay Reserve as volunteer naturalists and on the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council.

Calvert outlined plans ? which include increasing the public’s awareness of what he considers the premiere service club in the world, increasing club membership and initiating several new district-wide service projects ? for the Rotary year.

Today, Calvert and his wife are leading 40 Rotarians and their spouses from District 5320 to the Rotary International Convention being held in Copenhagen and in Malmo, Sweden, until Wednesday. After a short vacation, one of Calvert’s first official acts upon his return will be to present the new Rotary Club of Costa Mesa its Club Charter on Friday, July 6, 2006 at a Charter Night Banquet being held at the Hilton Costa Mesa.

Calvert will visit the 50 clubs several times during the coming year as he serves as representative to the new Rotary International President William Boyd of New Zealand.

IRRELEVANT WEEK ALL-STAR BANQUET

Irrelevant Week kicks off Thursday with the celebration of the underdog, 6-foot-2, 196-pound wide receiver from the University of Maine Kevin McMahan, who was selected No. 255 by the Oakland Raiders. He will be roasted and toasted and presented the Lowsman Trophy at the All-Star Lowsman Sports Banquet being held at 7 p.m. at the Irvine Marriott.

ESPN’s John Ireland will serve as the master of ceremonies, and celebrity roasters, including Charles White, Stan Morrison, Sammy Lee, Sam Cunningham, Tom Johnson, Steve Bisheff, Terry Donahue and Matt Grootegoed, will provide pointers on how to handle the NFL Rookie Camp and Irrelevant Week, according to Melanie Salata, Irrelevant Week chief executive.

Individual banquet tickets sell for $100; tables for 10 are $1,000; and sponsor tables range from $1,500 to $2,500 and include premier location and VIP reception.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call (949) 263-0727, e-mail irrelevantweek@aol.com or go to www.irrelevantweek.com.

Proceeds from the event help children from the Orange County Burn Association and the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation.

NEWPORT NEWCOMERS

The Newcomer’s Club of Newport Beach meets the third Wednesday of the month. On June 21, they will meet at the Santa Ana Country Club, 20382 Newport Blvd., Santa Ana, at 10 a.m., with lunch served at noon. The cost for this event is $23.

For reservations and more information, call (949) 719-0748 or (949) 715-7590. The reservation deadline is June 16.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY

6:30 p.m.: The Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 45-member Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise meets at Five Crowns to hear Leslie Daigle, Newport Beach city councilwoman discuss her Rotary Foundation Sponsored trip to Poland.

Noon: The 24-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at a new location, Karl Strauss Brewery, 901 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at Denny’s Restaurant at the corner of Redhill Avenue and Bristol Street.

Noon: The 27-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to honor students from Santa Ana high schools.

6 p.m.: The 55-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Newport Beach Mayor Don Webb.

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 meets at the Holiday Inn, www.kiwanis.org/club/costamesa; the 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum to hear from David Muller, executive director of the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum on plans and programs for the new museum, www.nhexchangeclub.com; the 85-member Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine meets at the Radisson Hotel, www.nirotary.org.