AROUND TOWN - Oct. 3, 2008

Joint Dilley Dinner set for Monday at Tivoli Terrace

The Laguna Canyon Conservancy and the Laguna Greenbelt Inc. will join together for the yearly joint Dilley Dinner meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at Tivoli Terrace, 650 Laguna Canyon Road.

A Power Point presentation titled, “What happened to Jim Dilley’s Greenbelt” will be presented by Scott Thomas from O.C. Parks. There will be an opportunity for a Q-and-A.

All dinner meetings are open to the public.

Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is served around 6:35 p.m. and the program follows. Dinner tickets are $10 for current members and $15 for nonmembers and may be paid at the door with prior reservations.

Reservations are required and the deadline to RSVP is Saturday. Call (949)494-6465 and leave your name, phone number and number of reservations. Please spell all names for the name tags.

Donated clothes, accessories needed

Boutique Benefit, which organizes benefit sales of new and gently-used clothing for the Laguna Resource Center, is holding a Fall Collection campaign from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at Neighborhood Congregational Church, 344 St. Ann’s Drive, Laguna Beach.

Donations are sought of cleaned, stylish clothing, on hangers if possible, plus shoes, jewelry, handbags, accessories, and small decorative items. Also needed: warm clothing and blankets for Resource Center clients, plastic hangers, plastic storage bins, storage space and shopping bags with handles.

The Boutique Benefit is planned for May 2.

All donations are tax-deductible. For more information, call Evonne Kane, (949) 661-1236 or e-mail info@boutiquebenefit.com

VFW plans Oktoberfest fundraiser for Oct. 16

The Laguna VFW Post 5868 will hold its annual Oktoberfest fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Veterans Memorial Center, 384 Legion St.

Authentic German cuisine — bratwurst, strudel, red cabbage and potato salad — plus a beverage will be offered for $10 per person.

For reservations, call (949) 494-8616.

Disneyland horticulture detailed at meeting

The Laguna Beach Garden Club will present Karen Hedges, director of horticulture at the Disneyland Resort, and a third-generation Lagunan, at its Oct. 10 meeting.

The Disneyland Hotel first contracted Hedges in 1981 to redesign areas of landscaping, gardens originally created in the 1950s. Before long, she was hired full time and the position grew into managing the landscape team.

Twenty-seven years later, her role includes overseeing the horticulture for two theme parks, three hotels and the dining/shopping districts that make up several hundred acres of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

The meeting will be at the Neighborhood Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann’s Drive, Laguna Beach.

The social gathering starts at 9:30 a.m., featuring the plant and garden boutique — unique garden items at “dirt-cheap” prices. The business meeting starts at 10 a.m., followed by the speaker at 10:30 a.m.

The meeting is free one time for guests. For more information on the garden club, visit lagunabeachgardenclub.org

Coastal cleanup nets 538 pounds of trash

California Coastal Cleanup Day in Laguna Beach was a big success, with 320 participants, who collected 538 pounds of trash, of which 396 pounds was recycled, according to Clean Water Now!

Six miles of beach were cleaned, plus 1.5 miles of Aliso Creek streambed.

For more information, visit www.cleanwaternow.com