MILLENNIUM MOMENT

O.W. ‘Dick’ Richard was the man behind Richard’s Lido Market, once

a major Newport Beach landmark.

Richard opened the market on Lido Isle in 1948. The store included a

coffee shop and other small businesses, and was the meeting place of The

Goofoffer’s Club, a group of local residents, business leaders and the

occasional celebrity -- including, rumor has it, John Wayne -- who met

regularly for coffee.

Richard was also the president of the Newport Harbor Area Chamber of

Commerce and the Newport Beach United Fund. He died in 1979.

* MILLENNIUM MOMENT celebrates the people who have made a major

contribution to the Newport-Mesa community during this century.