Organizing starts for coast cleanup

Orientation for station leaders for Coastal Cleanup Day will be held

from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Montage Resort & Spa’s Gallery

Ballroom.

Coastal Cleanup Day, the annual statewide cleanup event sponsored

by the California Coastal Commission, will take place from 9 a.m. to

noon on Saturday, Sept. 17. Clean Water Now is organizing the event

in Laguna.

Roger von Butow of Clean Water Now says that six station leaders

are needed at Main Beach, due to the expected high attendance, and

that four station leaders will be needed at the five other cleanup

sites. Station leaders will receive T-shirts designating their

status.

For more information, call (949) 497-4816 or visit

www.cleanwaternow.com.

Labor Day pancake breakfast benefits kids

The Laguna Beach Exchange Club, with the help of Laguna Beach

Firefighters, will again host the annual Labor Day pancake breakfast

7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Heisler Park, at Myrtle Street and Cliff

Drive. Cost is $5 per person.

Pancakes will prepared by flapjack flippers from the fire

department and served with all the trimmings. All ingredients for the

pancake breakfast are donated by the Las Brisas and Jolly Roger

restaurants, and proceeds go to programs for children and to Exchange

Club programs for the prevention of child abuse. Children’s

activities are included. For further information, call Sandra St.

John at (949) 499-9429.

AARP offers driving class

AARP will offer its 55-Alive mature driving class from 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Lang Park, 21540 Wesley Dr. A certificate

is awarded upon completion. $10 charge. Registration information,

Laguna Beach Senior Center Coordinator, (949) 464-9535. Signups must

be made by Tuesday.

League of Women Voters to meet

The Laguna Beach unit of the Orange County League of Women Voters

will hold its first meeting of the new season at 9:15 a.m. Sept. 10 at the South County Meeting Room, 540 S. Coast Highway, Suite 202.

The discussion will focus on program planning for the year with

respect both to local issues and to the larger Orange County issues.

Non-members, men and women alike, are invited to attend. For more

information, contact Glenna Matthews at (949) 497-2557.

Conservancy hosts dinner, water talk

The Laguna Canyon Conservancy will hold a dinner meeting at 6 p.m.

Sept. 12. That’s the second Monday instead of the first Monday

because of the Labor Day holiday.

The topic is titled “Water, water everywhere but not a drop to

drink.” Rene Hinchey, general manager of Laguna Beach County Water

District, and Mike Dunbar, general manager of South Coast Water

District, will provide the special look at water issues and

desalinization.

The meeting will take place at Tivoli Terrace, on the Festival of

Arts grounds, 750 Laguna Canyon Rd.

Dinner tickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The

reservation deadline is today. To reserve a ticket, call Ed or Kit

Drollinger at (949) 494-6465 and leave your name, phone number,

number of reservations along with the correct spelling for the name

tags.

Friends luncheon to benefit library

Mayor Elizabeth Pearson-Schneider and Laguna Beach Friends of the

Library President Martha Lydick are inviting “Ladies who Lunch...And

Read” to a luncheon Sept. 22 at Tivoli Terrace.

The luncheon is a fundraiser for the library, which has had

funding reduced due to the state’s economic problems.

Tickets are $50 each. Seating is limited to Tivoli Terrace

capacity.

Attendees are asked to submit their names and the titles and

authors of two books they have read and would recommend and be

prepared to discuss them if asked.

Checks should be mailed to Book Lunch, P.O. Box 36, Laguna Beach,

92652. For more information, call (949) 497-7053.

Historical Society to discuss Pottery Shack

The Laguna Beach Historical Society board will meet at 7 p.m.

Sept. 13 at the Murphy-Smith Bungalow, 278 Ocean Ave.

The board has invited a historical consultant on the Pottery Shack

redevelopment project to present plans for a permanent historical

exhibit to be placed at the site.

For more information, call Gene Felder at (949) 939-7257.

Woman’s Club to host Casino Night

The Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach will be the site of Casino Night

from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Sept. 24. Proceeds will support renovations to

the clubhouse.

Tickets are $25 per person and include $150 in chips.

Purchase tickets at Silver Images and Fawn Memories in downtown

Laguna; Coldwell Banker Realtors in Boat Canyon in North Laguna; and

at Animal Crackers in South Laguna . T

Tickets are also available at The Laguna Playhouse Box Office. The

Woman’s Club is located at 286 St. Ann’s Drive. For more information,

call (949) 494-0233.