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TODAY
KRLA Radio's Norm Bour will host a seminar, "How Money Works,"
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at the Orange Coast
College Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.
The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or
http://www.occtickets.com.
Author Elizabeth Plourde will lecture on "Women's Health Care &
Hormone Replacement Therapy," from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
Orange Coast College Business Education Room 104, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $29 per person or $49 per couple.
Information: (714) 432-5880 or http://www.occtickets.com.
"The Art of Flowers" annual fall art and flower festival will be
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UC Irvine Arboretum, south of Campus
Drive and Jamboree Road on the UCI North Campus. Admission is $2.
Children under 12 get in free. Information: (949) 824-5833.
The 43rd annual Sandcastle Contest will take place from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. at Corona del Mar State Beach. The contest is limited to 45
teams of eight people each, and is open to all skill levels. The cost
per team is $60 for architecture firms, $40 for all other businesses
and $30 for families and other organizations. Information: (949)
729-4400.
The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration's "Centennial Beach
Party" is held from 4 to 9 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar State Beach.
Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.
SUNDAY
The Orange County Interfaith Council will hold an
interdenominational church service on Big Corona del Mar State Beach
from 9 to 10 a.m. to coincide with the Corona del Mar Centennial
Celebration. Parking will be available at the beach and at Oasis
Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar.
The Corona del Mar Centennial Celebration's "Centennial Family
Beach Expo" will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Big Corona del Mar
State Beach. Events include a 10 a.m. pancake breakfast, surf
lessons, a beach volleyball tournament, exhibits and children's
activities. Admission is free. Information: (949) 675-0501.
The "Fall Fair and Pumpkin Patch" is held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at the Environmental Nature Center, 1601 16th St., Newport Beach. The
event includes live music, pumpkin sales, food, nature crafts and
