Centennial celebration planners to meet The Corona...

Centennial celebration planners to meet

The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration Event Committee will

hold its monthly planning meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Sherman

Library and Gardens at 2647 E. Coast Highway.

The public is encouraged to attend the meeting. The committee is

looking for ideas as well as volunteers to help plan the celebration

throughout the year.

Those interested in attending may make reservations or forward

ideas to the Corona del Mar Centennial Foundation at (949) 675-0501

or e-mail [email protected].

Cub Scouts preparing to race miniature cars

Harbor View Cub Scouts Pack 330 will hold its Pinewood Derby

tonight at Harbor View Elementary School.

The Cub Scouts craft their own cars from wood and will race them

around a four-lane track in the school’s multipurpose room starting

at 6:45 p.m.

Cars must be regulation weight -- five ounces -- and are about six

inches long. The Cub Scouts, in grades two through five, make and

decorate them for the event.

Dinner and registration will start at 5:30 p.m. and the awards

ceremony will be at 8 p.m.

Interfaith council leading trip to museum

The Costa Mesa Human Relations Commission and the Newport Mesa

Irvine Interfaith Council are inviting community members to join them

on their joint trip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles on

Presidents’ Day.

The bus will leave Costa Mesa City Hall at 7:15 a.m. and return at

around 3:30 p.m. The group will have a guided tour of the museum in

groups of 20.

The $12 charge includes the museum tour and round-trip

transportation.

To reserve a spot on the tour, call (714) 921-8665.