COMMUNITY & CLUBS:Matters of the heart

Jane Glenn Haas, founder of WomenSage, and the Girl Scout Council of Orange County are this year’s honorees at the Soroptimist International of Newport Harbor’s “Matters of the Heart” luncheon at 11:00 a.m. Feb. 9.

The luncheon will be held at the Turnip Rose, 1901 Newport Blvd.,at Grand Newport Plaza in Costa Mesa.

Tickets for the luncheon are still available and are $60 for a single, $110 for two and $400 for a table of eight.

The event will also include a reception, auction and “opportunity drawing.”

Soroptimist, founded in 1921, is an international organization for business and professional women who volunteer service to their communities.

Soroptimist International of the Newport Harbor Area was established in 1955 and is comprised of professional and business women from Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.

For more information, contact Ann Shultz at (714) 336-6868 or Carolyn Turner at (714) 840-8954.

ROTARY UNIVERSITY

Local attorney John Brainerd and his wife Pat joined 530 district governor elects and their spouses from 60 countries in San Diego this past week as they received the necessary training at Rotary’s International Assembly before they assume their one-year leadership position.

Brainerd will become Dist. 5320 governor, presiding over 49 Rotary clubs in Orange and Southern Los Angeles Counties with 2,300 members.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for the Day, as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council.

“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”

Henry Ford

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS

MONDAY

6 p.m.: The Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club meets at the Costa Mesa Country Club for the Students Speakers Contest.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 40-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns to hear Orange County Register columnist Gordon Dillow discuss “More News from US Troops in Iraq.”

Noon: The 20-member Rotary Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Marriott Suites and will host a prospective-member luncheon with Rotarian Kim DeBroux as the featured speaker.

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at Denny’s, 290 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Noon: The 27-member Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia Corinthian yacht Club for a business meeting.

6 p.m.: The 55-member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for Youth Speech Competition. For more information, visit www.newportbalboa.org THURSDAYThe 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi’s Café.

7 a.m.:

Noon: The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club Chef Rod Lewis for Valentine’s Day Cooking Demonstration; the 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn; 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 for the annual High School Vocal Contest.

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.