partners and former clients. The event will conclude with champagne
toast and birthday cake to be cut by 45-year League member Joc
Hartley. The League's past presidents in attendance will blow out the
65 birthday candles. The Assistance League of Newport-Mesa is located
at 2220 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 645-6929 or
http://www.alnm.org.
JUNE 10 -- 12
The Goin' South Band -- musical styles and instruments developed
in the South during the last century, including street jazz from New
Orleans, mountain tunes from the Appalachians and Zydeco music. Show
times are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Sunday
at 2 p.m. in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts
Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10.
Information: (714) 556-2787 or http://www.ocpac.org.
JUNE 11
A teen pregnancy prevention event is being sponsored by the Camp
Fire USA teens from Costa Mesa. This event will not only address the
issue of teen pregnancy, but also promote awareness on behalf of this
issue -- the teens would like to prevent young adults from becoming
parents too soon. This event will take place from 10 a.m. 3 p.m.,
followed by a carnival with live entertainment and booths at the Save
Our Youth Center at 601 Hamilton St., Costa Mesa. Information: (714)
838-9991, ext. 23.
JUNE 11 and 12
A Computer fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Orange
County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Admission is $5, children under 10 are free. Information: (714)
708-3247.
JUNE 12
The 24th Annual Concours de Nice, a Cobra car show and fundraiser
to benefit Lou Gehrig's Disease, sponsored by the Cobra Owners Club
of America Orange County, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Westin Hotel in South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)
544-1909.
Alex's Lemonade Stand will raise money for pediatric cancer
research from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at lululemon athletica, across from
Bloomingdales in Fashion Island. The lemonade stand at Fashion Island
will be in honor of John Taggart, a courageous 4-year-old who is
fighting a rare form of pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma. John,
a Costa Mesa resident, was diagnosed shortly before his 2nd birthday.
John's cancer has relapsed twice and he is now recovering from a stem
cell transplant. There is no set price for the lemonade or the
cookies that will be sold to raise money. Information: (949) 722-8488
or http://www.caringbridge.org/ ca/johntaggart or
http://www.alexslemonade.com.
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