Gearing up for big No. 255 and the ‘un-parade’

JIM DE BOOM

Andre Sommersell, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound outside linebacker from

Colorado State, was selected No. 255 by the Oakland Raiders, the

final pick in the 2004 NFL College Draft in New York City,

automatically becoming Mr. Irrelevant XXIX and will be celebrated

this coming week in a series of events. At 11:30 a.m. on Friday,

Sommersell will be the grand marshal in the Irrelevant Week

“Un-Parade” on Newport Center Drive.

If you have always wanted to be in a parade, here is your chance.

Join the parade honoring Sommersell by bringing your cause and car,

pickup truck, golf cart or bicycle at 11 a.m. in Muldoon’s parking

lot, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. That’s the parade

formation area, according to Melanie Fitch, the “Un-Parade”

organizer.

Sommersell will venture to Northern Trust for a check presentation

as he becomes a millionaire for a day, then will parade back to

Muldoon’s, where KMPC-AM (710) anchors John Ireland and Steve Mason

will broadcast the Irrelevant Week Parade in a live remote until 4

p.m.

Friday night is Blue Beet Birthday Party, celebrating Mr.

Irrelevant’s 24th birthday and Miss Irrelevant Contest. It is at the

Blue Beet by the Newport pier, with the party beginning at 9 p.m.

with the Miss Irrelevant Contest at 11 p.m. There will be a live

band, birthday cake and birthday surprises for Sommersell. And don’t

forget the arrival party and press conference beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Monday at the Newport Dunes Resort, 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport

Beach.

More than 600 city, county and business leaders are expected to

attend when Sommersell is showered with hundreds of gifts from

business and college and professional sports teams around the

country. The admission price of $10 per person includes food from

Bluewater Grill, Fireman’s Chili, Picante Martins, Clayton Shurley’s

Real BBQ, Bamboo Bistro, Ristorante Mamma Gina’s, Cannery Restaurant

and live entertainment and a no-host bar. Money raised during

Irrelevant Week helps Costa Mesa United, Carson Palmer Foundation and

Hillview Acres Children’s Home. For more information on Irrelevant

Week events, or to register for the Miss Irrelevant Contest, call

(949) 263-0727, or visit the Irrelevant Week website at

https://www.irrelevantweek.com.

EAGLE PRIDE

The Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club honored students at a recent luncheon

meeting with the Eagle Pride Award for their exceptional efforts and

attitudes in school.

Those honored were Nokolel Heinig and Brett Donohue of Adams

Elementary; Marissa Steel and Kevin Russell of California School;

Jamie Cerros and Juan Vences of Rea Elementary; Brenda Mendoza and

Gilverto Ramos of TeWinkle Middle School; Alley Perkins and Jorge

Tonix of Victoria School; and Consuelo Tolentino and Jorge Carrizal

from Wilson School. The students, accompanied by their parents, were

introduced by their school’s principal in a program coordinated by

George Cote.

WORTH REPEATING

From the Thought for Today, provided by Greg Kelley of the Newport

Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council:

“The final test of a leader is that they leave behind them in

others the conviction and will to carry on.”

-- WALTER J.

LIPPMANN

SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS

THIS WEEK

TUESDAY

6 p.m.: The 47-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at

Five Crowns Restaurant for a Demotion Party for President Hans

Lindhart. (https://www.newportbeachsun

riserotary.org).

WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m.: The 10-member South Coast Metro Rotary Club will meet

at the Holiday Inn, and the Newport Harbor Kiwanis Club will meet at

the University Athletic Club.

Noon: The Exchange Club of the Orange Coast meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club.

6 p.m.: The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa meets at the Bahia

Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Rob Sawyer, a landscape architect.

THURSDAY

7 a.m.: The 20-plus member Costa Mesa-Orange Costa Breakfast Lions

Club will meet at Mimi’s Cafe.

Noon: The 50-member Costa Mesa Kiwanis Club will meet at the

Holiday Inn to hear Orange County Register sports columnist Steve

Bisheff (https://www.kiwanis.org/club/

costamesa); the 50-member Newport Beach-Corona del Mar Kiwanis

Club meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club; the 85-member Exchange

Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Nautical Museum.

(https://www.nhexchange

club.com).

* COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published Saturdays in the Daily Pilot.

Send your service club’s meeting information by fax to (714) 921-8655

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