PROGRAM Ed Romeo turned 96 on May 8th and spoke to us about his life. He has enjoyed a life well lived, not because of

PROGRAM Cynthia Strasmann introduced herself as chair of the Accepting the Challenge of Excellence program (ACE). She explained the ACE award recognizes graduating high school students who have persevered and

PROGRAM Today was the Youth of the Year, where we recognize excellence in a boy and girl from each of four local high schools by

PROGRAM Was introduced by Mitch Mitchell. Scott Swift was our speaker, 20 years with IBM, grew up in La Habra, degree from Cal State Fullerton,

PROGRAM George introduced Grace Leung, the Newport Beach City Manager. Grace obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Columbia and a Masters of

PROGRAM Richard introduced Chris Epping. Chris is a journalist and author. He loves baseball and has extensively researched and written about it. Chris grew up

PROGRAM Richard Swinney, our Secretary, and also involved in the Priority Center, introduced our speaker, Laura Henkels, who was rather recently hired on the staff

PROGRAM VP Mitch Mitchell introduced Tom Gazsi, Chief of Los Angeles Port Police. He spoke on “How the Busiest Container Port in North America Operates,”

PROGRAM Was our own Jeff Yeargain, talking about a subject that surprised some of us. “I’m really excited about telling you about how California became a state. I want to

PROGRAM Diane Daruty introduced Julie Swail Ertel, a two time Olympian. Julie graduated UC San Diego in 1995 with a major in Economics. She obtained

PROGRAM Introduced by George Lesley, who told us that the speaker today is “interesting, smart and we ought to listen to what he says.” Peter

PROGRAM Mike R. Giddings, shown here, who used his locker room voice to answer all of our questions. He had a handout, one and a

PROGRAM Dr. Bob introduced the speaker, Joe Firmage. Bob met Joe twenty years ago when Joe approached him seeking to review and authenticate Bob’s UFO

PROGRAM Newport Beach Police Chief Jon Lewis, who was introduced by Past President George Lesley. Jon was presented with a check for $2000 for Newport

PROGRAM Richard Swinney introduced Kim Turner. In January 2018, sixteen-year old Patrick, the youngest of her four children, died by suicide. Kim founded Patrick’s Purpose