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Beach Blvd., Suite 160, Huntington Beach, CA 92648; fax to (714)

965-7174; call (714) 965-7176 or e-mail [email protected].

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SATURDAY

The Huntington Beach Host Lions Club will hold a gigantic garage

sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ocean View High School parking lot

on Warner at Gothard. Information: (714) 964-6469.

The Huntington Beach Art Center will host a live benefit auction

from 7 to 9 p.m. at 538 Main St. General admission is $35, or $30 for

Huntington Beach Art Center members. To attend the preview party at 6

p.m. and the auction, general admission is $75 or $70 for members.

Tickets are available at the art center. Information: (714) 374-1658.

WEDNESDAY

The Huntington Beach Art League will meet at 7 p.m. in Rodgers

Senior’s Center at 1706 Orange Ave. Teacher and watercolor artist

Harvey Clemans will be the guest demonstrator. Information: (714)

842-9433.

MAY 10

The Huntington Beach

Host Lions Club will host a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. at

Lake Park to celebrate Mother’s Day. A $3 donation is requested per

adult. Information: (714) 964-6212.

MAY 11

Huntington Dog Beach will hold its monthly beach cleanup from 7:30

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free quarters for parking, coffee and doughnuts,

pizza, sodas and doggie toys will be provided. All cleaning supplies

will be provided, just visit volunteers under the white canopy at the

first parking lot south of Seapoint Avenue. Information: (714)

841-8644 or www.dogbeach.org.

MAY 12

FISH-Harbor Area, Inc. will hold its fifth annual homeless/hunger

prevention charity golf classic at the SeaCliff Country Club, with

registration starting at 8:30 a.m. SeaCliff offers a challenging

course and beautiful grounds. Each golfer will receive a gift, a

continental breakfast, barbecue lunch and a banquet dinner from 4 to

6 p.m. Information: (949) 515-3815, ext. 222.

MAY 17

Huntington Beach Tomorrow will hold its annual fund-raiser from 6

to 9 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 601 Palm Ave. The event will feature

dinner, a silent auction, door prizes and Huntington Beach Tomorrow’s

“Not-For-Prime-Time-Players.” Information: (714) 840-4015.

MAY 21

The Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce will host the “Surf City

Connection,” its semi-annual Business 2 Business Expo, at the Hilton

Waterfront Pavilion from 4 to 6:30 p.m. This exposition will feature

more than 50 vendor exhibits, a variety of demonstrations and $4,500

worth of door prizes. Admission is free. Information: (714) 536-8888.

ONGOING

CIVIC GROUPS

The Point-to-Point

chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild meets on the fourth

Wednesday of each month (except July and December) at Rodgers Senior

Center at 17th Street and Orange Avenue. Hospitality is at 6:30 p.m.,

followed by a general meeting at 7 p.m. The Guild promotes interest

and provides education in needle arts, particularly needlepoint, and

is open to all who share in the joy of needlepoint. Information:

(714) 962-1562.

The Kiwanis Club of

Huntington Beach Surf City Breakfast Club has just formed and will

meet every Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. at the Coco’s on Beach Boulevard

and Garfield Avenue. The club is already 25 members strong and

looking for new members. Information: Glen Cauble (714) 848-8102 or

Randy Golden (562) 884-4145.

The Huntington Beach Host Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. every first

and third Thursday of the month at Meadowlark Golf Course Club House,

16782 Graham St. The club’s purpose is to create and foster a spirit

of understanding among all people for humanitarian needs by providing

voluntary service through community involvement and international

cooperation. Information: (714 964-6212.

The Huntington Beach American Legion Post 133 meets the third

Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Rodgers Seniors’ Center, 170

Orange Ave. (corner of 17th Street and Orange Avenue). Information:

Cmdr. Johnson, (714) 968-4061.

Huntington Beach

Newcomers hold their Main Event Luncheon on the second Tuesday of

each month. The group’s purpose is to develop interest in the

community through a wide range of groups. Information: Connie

Tredway, (714) 969-0571, or Myrna Haire, (714) 962-2449.

The Friends of the Shipley Nature Center invites new members to

join. The group meets every second Saturday of the month to discuss

restoration of the Shipley Nature Center in Huntington Beach Central

Park. Meetings take place at 9 a.m. every second Saturday of the

month at the Huntington Beach Central Library, 7111 Talbert Ave.

Information: (714) 892-0875.