COMMUNITY & CLUBS:

Harbor Mesa Lions Club President Gina Stansbury recently presented Lynn Seaholm with the “Lion of the Year” award for her contributions and dedication in the past year.

Seaholm was the club’s visitation chairwoman and also responsible for many other projects and fundraisers.

A four-year member of the club, Seaholm has been on the board of directors, Tail Twister, membership and Fish Fry chairwoman. Stansbury also presented awards to other members who helped with the success of the club in the past year.

Saying goodbye to our newspaper man

Bob Krone, 43-year member of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa, died Sunday night after a lengthy illness. Bob served as Rotary Club president in 1972-73, club treasurer and other board positions over the years. He was named Rotarian of the Year in 1974-75 and received the Bob Callis Award in 1971-72 and again in 1986-87.

One of the great Bob Krone stories deals with a call he had when he was a leader in the Orange County Republican Party from then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, asking whom Reagan should name to replace recently reelected County Supervisor Ron Caspers, who was lost at sea while celebrating his reelection to the Board of Supervisors.

The next day, Krone was on a Rotary Club-chartered bus to the Del Mar Races and saw past club President Thomas Riley and his wife. Bob asked Riley if he would like to be a county supervisor. Tom responded he wasn’t doing anything else at the time and yes, he would. The appointment to the position by Reagan came a couple of weeks later. That interaction launched Tom Riley’s successful 20-plus year career as a county supervisor!

Bob and his wife, Thelma, have been good friends to our family. To our daughters Jodi and Stacy, Krone was known as the newspaper man for he would save his stack of Los Angeles Times and Orange County Registers for the Ensign Elementary School paper drive. At paper drive time, we would visit Bob and load a 6-foot-tall stack of papers for recycling. Jodi recalls that her class would usually win the paper drive contest, thanks to Krone’s donation.

Our condolences to Thelma and the Krone family.

WORTH REPEATING

Thought for the Day as provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council: “Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.”

— author unknown

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK

How are you giving back to your community? For many, service club membership is an extension of our religious beliefs and congregation affiliation.

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.

TODAY

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 Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program by Ian Cole on wealth management.

6 p.m.: The 62 member Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a craft talk by Bob Merring who is an arbitrator/mediator. For information, go to 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 meets at the Holiday Inn, Costa Mesa. For information, go to www.costamesakiwanis.org. The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. For information, go to www.newportbeachkiwanis.org. The 85-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club. For information, go to UCI. www.nirotary.org. The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear David Muller provide an update on the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. For information, go to members.cox.net/ nhexchangeclub/index.htm.

Tuesday

7:30 a.m.: The 52-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at Five Crowns Restaurant for a program on climate warming. For information, go to www.newport beachsunriserotary.org.

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

COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Wednesdays. Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655 or by e-mail to jdeboom@aol.com.