COMMUNITY & CLUBS:Tuskegee Airmen at Costa Mesa Kiwanis

The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will present a special program featuring two members of the Tuskegee Airmen at its regular lunch meeting at noon Thursday. The meeting will be held at the Costa Mesa Holiday Inn, 3131 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Featured will be Dr. Theodore Fortier, DDS, and Oliver Goodall, both members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen, a squadron of black pilots, battled at home for the right to fly and aid the war effort for the United States and its allies during World War II. At the time, it was widely thought that black people did not have the ability to be successful military pilots. The Tuskegee Airmen proved that wrong, building the best record of any air squadron flying during the war.

The Tuskegee Airmen luncheon is jointly sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and Holiday Inn. The hotel is sponsoring students from every public upper elementary school in Costa Mesa, and the Kiwanis Club is sponsoring Key Club students from Costa Mesa and Estancia high schools and Circle K students from Orange Coast College.

The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa has been helping youth in Costa Mesa for nearly 60 years. For information about Kiwanis, call Michael Bare at (714) 241-6104 or Dr. Brigide Daily, Q.C., at (714) 662-0670.

MOVIE EVENT

The date for the movie premiere event for the Exchange Club of Newport Harbor has been changed to Nov. 8, 2006, at the Lido Theatre. The $50 ticket to the movie benefit, featuring soon to be released “Stranger than Fiction” starring Dustin Hoffman and Will Ferrell, also includes food from a dozen Newport Beach restaurants, wine and beer. The $75 ticket includes VIP seating. Call club member Steve Pool at (949) 642-0621 for tickets.

KIWANIS GOOFERS GOLF

The Costa Mesa Kiwanis held its fourth annual golf tournament Sept. 18. The beneficiary of the tournament was Adopt a Social Worker. Fifty golfers, or goofers as Charlie Markel likes to call them, enjoyed a round of golf on the Mesa Linda Course at the Costa Mesa Country Club. Long driver Kyle Wilson was stationed at the 12th hole and gave the golfers the option of hitting his drive as their second shot or using their own drive. According to Markel, all golfers opted to use Wilson’s drive. After the golf, players adjourned to the Newport Rib Company for dinner and auction. The next tournament will be on Sept. 17, 2007, and the beneficiary will be the Harbor Area Boys and Girls Club.

CANDIDATES FORUM

The public is invited to the Corona del Mar Residents Assn. Newport Beach City Council candidates forum Monday at the Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with refreshments before the forum begins at 6 p.m.. The questions to be asked of the candidates pertain specifically to Corona del Mar.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 45-member Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise meets at Five Crowns. www.newportbeach sunriserotary.org

Noon: The 20-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Marriott Suites.

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

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.

6 p.m.: The 56-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Ed Mattson discuss Rotary’s Hands Across the Sea project. www.newport balboa.org

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Cafe to hear Edward Kjaer speaking on the electric car.

9 a.m.: The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Orange County Register columnist Gordon Dillow.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn for a program by Anis Wakim, www.kiwanis.org /club/costamesa; the 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the 85- member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the Radisson Hotel to hear Dean Betty Disney on innovative collaboration in education. www.nirotary.org.