JIM DE BOOM -- Community & Clubs

AWARD WINNING CLUB: At the recent Lions District 4-L4 convention held

in Big Bear Lake, Harbor Mesa Lions came away with many distinguished

awards and honors for the club and individual members, including Club

Service Project of the Year -- School Box Supply Project; Governor’s

Appreciation Plaques to Zone C Chair Arlene Schafer, Project LOOK Chair

Joan Parks and City of Hope Chair Barbara Hayward; International

President’s Certificate of Appreciation to Joan Parks and Karen Lamas;

City of Hope Sustaining Membership Award to Barbara Hayward; Region and

District Secretary of the Year to Marianne Segalla. Congratulations to

this active hard working club.

MORE HEROES: Their backgrounds are investment management, education

and as Del Taco franchise operators. What they have in common is

mentoring children in Westside schools in Costa Mesa. Irene and Arnold

Schaprio are veteran mentors, part of a group of 10 or so from Temple Bat

Yahm who mentor at Pomona Elementary School each week. They are admired

by the children they mentor and appreciated by the teachers in whose

classrooms they volunteer. Now retired from active involvement in Del

Taco, they enjoy their three grandchildren and mentoring at Pomona on

Fridays.

Ed Rennie was the chief investment officer for the Bell Atlantic’s

$11-billion retirement fund and now is in private practice as a financial

advisor in Newport Beach. His wife, Corinne, is a veteran teacher who,

when not called on to substitute at a local school, joins him as a

willing mentor at Wilson Elementary School on Wednesdays. Rennie, a

member of the Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa, works with Mrs. Duffy’s

class, with four or five students the hour he is there.

“It’s time the teacher doesn’t have to work one on one with students

who need the extra help to be successful. It’s terrific to be a mentor,”

he said.

You too can be a mentor. Call Jill McWhertor at Pomona School at (949)

515-6980 or Pam Eastman at Wilson School at (949) 515-6995 to volunteer

an hour a week making a difference in the life of a child. It is time

well spent.

FESTIVAL OF FAITH: Christ Church by the Sea United Methodist Church is

sponsoring a Festival of Faith, a three-day event that will continue

today and Sunday. Tonight is a potluck dinner for the whole family with

“camp-style” music and an uplifting message by the Rev. Kimball Boyd

Coburn. The Faith Festival culminates at 10 a.m. Sunday with a worship

service. The Rev. George Crisp points out that one does not need to be a

Methodist to attend the festival, it’s open to the community. For more

information, call (949) 673-3805.

GOT A GIFT? Does your company, business, club or group have gifts to

share with Mr. Irrelevant? It can be anything with a logo, a baseball

cap, coffee mug, ballpoint pen, T-shirt or golf bag. Hey, he would even

take a BMW! The idea is to present Mr. Irrelevant XXVI with hundreds of

gifts from the community at the 5:30 p.m. Welcoming Party on June 18 at

Newport Dunes Resort. Your gift will be presented and acknowledged by the

emcee at the event and, more than likely, your company or group will be

acknowledged in the community thank-you ad in the Daily Pilot. For more

information on Irrelevant Week or to provide a gift for Tevita

Ofahengaue, the 246th and final pick in the NFL draft and a 6-foot-3,

255-pound tight end from BYU, call (949) 263-0727.

FREE LUNCH: The South County chapter of the Retired Public Employees

Assn. will hold its quarterly meeting at 10:30 a.m. June 9 at Zubies

Chicken Coop. The speaker will be Dr. Dale Sparks on the topic of

“Current Crisis Medical Issues for Seniors.” A free luncheon will be

served to those who are retirees under the Public Employees Assn. of

California. Space is limited and reservations are a must. Call Marian

Perrin at (949) 548-1316 for reservations.

WORTH REPEATING: From Greg Kelley of the Newport-Mesa Irvine

Interfaith Council Thought for the Day: “The greatest weakness of most

humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while

they’re still alive.” -- O.A. Battista.

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS THIS WEEK: Want to get more involved in your

community, make new friends, network, or give something back to your

community? Try a service club. You are invited to attend a club meeting

this week. Many clubs will buy your first guest meal for you.

TODAY

4:30 p.m.: The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at the

train station on Placentia for its member-only Little Fish Fry and Train

Event.

TUESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club will meet at Five

Crowns Restaurant to hear Dean Cory, executive director of the Orange

County Philharmonic Society.

WEDNESDAY

7:15 a.m.: The South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at the Center

Club and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at the University

Athletic Club for a Inter-Club with the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar

Kiwanis Club, the Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club will meet

at Mimi’s Cafe.

Noon: The Orange Coast Exchange Club will meet at the Bahia Corinthian

Yacht Club for a business meeting.

5:30 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa will meet at PIMCO for a

vocational visitation and returns to the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club at 7

p.m. for dinner (o7 http//:www.newportbalboa.orgf7 ).

THURSDAY

7:30 a.m.: The Costa Mesa-Orange Coast Breakfast Lions club will meet

at Mimi’s.

Noon: The Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa will meet at the Holiday Inn for

Eagle Pride Awards; the Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis Club will

meet at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear John Voget, YMCA

executive director on “150 Year Anniversary of the YMCA”; the Exchange

Club of Newport Harbor will meet at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum

for a business meeting.

FRIDAY

The Newport Irvine Rotary Club will meet at the American Legion Hall

in Newport Beach for President Arnold Blaine’s Demotion Party (o7

http//:www.nirotary.orgf7 ).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published every Saturday in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (949) 660-8667,

e-mail to o7 [email protected] or by mail to 2082 S.E. Bristol St.,

Suite 201, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1740.