Jim De Boom -- COMMUNITY & CLUBS

SEARCH FOR TALENT: Wanna sing? Dance? Play your clarinet or maybe

do a few minutes of stand-up comedy? If you’re between the ages of 6 and

18, the annual Search for Talent, sponsored by the Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor, is giving you a chance to share your talents. Contestants

will compete in one of three age groups. The winners of each will receive

a handsome plaque and will be invited to compete at the next level,

ultimately for $1,000. The contest will take place at the Oasis Senior

Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 3. Deadline for entries is

Tuesday so call Search for Talent chairman Deane Bottorf at (949)

673-8701 today!

MOVIE BENEFIT: “Where the Heat Is,” a film starring Sally Field,

Ashley Judd and Stockard Channing, will be shown at the Exchange Club of

Newport Harbor Movie Benefit on Thursday, April 27. The event will

benefit the Child Abuse Center of Orange County. The evening includes a

“mini taste” with 14 restaurants providing food, in addition to the

preview showing of the movie at Edwards Lido. Tickets are $40 for general

admission and $60 for reserved seating, and are available from Exchange

Club members, said Duncan Forgey, benefit chairman. It’s a fun evening,

they have a great film appropriate for the benefit and it will sell out

early. For tickets or more information about the benefit, contact Forgey

at (949) 717-5111.

25th ANNIVERSARY HOSTS NEEDED: Irrelevant Week, celebrating its

25th anniversary this June, is looking for businesses, clubs and

community groups to host honorees from the first 24 years. Paul Salata,

founder of the week, said hosts would make transportation arrangements

for the former Mr. Irrelevant, provide housing and coordinate their

schedule during Irrelevant Week XXV, June 19-23. For more information,

contact the Irrelevant Week Headquarters at (949) 263-0727.

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

community, make new friends, network or to 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.

MONDAY -- Harbor Mesa Lions Club meets at Zubie’s Chicken Coop for a 6

p.m. business meeting.

TUESDAY -- The Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. the

Balboa Bay Club. The Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club will meet at

6:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club.

WEDNESDAY -- The South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet at 7:15 a.m. at

the Center Club. Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club meets at the University

Athletic Club. The Exchange Club of Orange Coast meets at noon at the

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. The Rotary Club of Newport Harbor meets at 6

p.m. at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Nancy Haze, a Rotary Club

member from Mission Viejo, present “Women Helping Women.”

THURSDAY -- The Costa Mesa Orange Coast Breakfast Lions Club meets at

Mimi’s Cafe for a business meeting. The Noon Kiwanis Club of Newport

Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian. The Costa Mesa

Kiwanis Club meets at the Holiday Inn. The Exchange Club of Newport

Harbor meets at the Riverboat to hear Rick Taylor on “How the JWA

expansion impacts you.” The Newport-Irvine Rotary Club meets at the

Irvine Marriott to hear Donald Earhart, president of I-Flow Corp.,

speaking on drug delivery systems.

* 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, Suite 201,

Newport Beach CA 92660-1740.