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* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower

Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to [email protected];

by fax to (714) 966-4679; or by calling (714) 966-4617. Include the

time, date and location of the event, as well as a contact phone

number.

APRIL 8

Inventor’s Forum, the Orange County-based, all volunteer,

nonprofit inventors’ support group, will present a seminar, “Patent

Searches, Patent Drawings, Research and Licensing.” Patent attorneys

Mark Plager and Mike

McEntee and inventor Kevin Prince will take questions

from the audience. Registration and networking begin at 7 p.m. for

the event at Orange Coast College, science lecture hall

room 101, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Cost: $5 members, $15

nonmembers, and

includes refreshments. Information: (714)540-2491 or

https://www.inventorsforum.org.

ONGOING

Learn how to expand your local business contacts by joining

the Costa Mesa chapter of

Leads Club. The Costa Mesa chapter will be a Thursday

lunch group. Information: (800) 767-7337.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts at the

Newport Beach-Irvine chapter

of Leads Club on Tuesdays from

8 to 9:15 a.m. at the Marriot Suites, 500 Bayview Circle, Newport

Beach. Information: (949) 551-8135.

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosts networking luncheon

meetings Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Country Club. The cost is $14. The club is at 1701 Golf Course Drive,

Costa Mesa. (714) 885-9090.

The Costa Mesa Communicators Toastmasters Club meets from noon to

1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Orange County Department of Education, 200

Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. Meetings are open to anyone who wants to

improve his or her public speaking skills. (714) 444-8783.

The Newport Beach Distinguished Toastmasters Club 1300 meets from

7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store, SE Bristol,

Newport Beach. Information and reservations: (949) 646-1274.

The Mesa Messengers Toastmasters Club 691 in Costa Mesa meets at 7

p.m. Tuesdays at Mesa Verde United Methodist Church, 1701 W. Baker

St., Costa Mesa. (714) 540-4446.

The Newport Center Toastmasters Club 231 meets from 7 to 8:30 a.m.

Mondays at the Irvine Co., 610 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

(949) 756-1025.