Newport Chamber will host business expo It...

Newport Chamber will host business expo

It will be busy tonight on the beach as the Newport Beach Chamber

of Commerce hosts its annual “Business at the Beach” Business Expo at

the Newport Beach Marriott & Tennis Club.

The event, which will showcase nearly 70 local businesses, will

begin at 5 p.m. at the hotel, at 900 Newport Center Drive.

Admission is free, as is food. There also will be $10,000 in

give-a-ways, including one week in a Mexican Villa, annual passes to

Disneyland, a massage a month for a year and Los Angeles Clippers

tickets.

Information is available by calling the chamber of commerce at

(949) 729-4400 or go at its Web site: www.newportbeach.com.

UCI expert to speak at Roger’s Gardens

Harold Koopowitz, respected UC Irvine professor, author and

speaker, will lecture at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar at 9 a.m.

Sunday, March 2. The topic will be “Clivias and their Culture.”

Koopowitz has written two books, “Clivias” and “Orchids and Their

Conservation,” and is editor-in-chief for the “Orchid Digest.”

Contact (949) 640-5800. The event is free.

Take part in Costa Mesa’s banner year

Costa Mesa’s street banner program for the city’s 50-year

anniversary “CostaMazing” celebration has been expanded to include

families, individuals and other organizations. Street banners will be

hung on city streets during the celebration for a period of four to

12 months from June 2003 through June 2004. If you are interested in

being part of the “CostaMazing” celebration, contact Amy Kutchta at

(714) 754-5065 to reserve your banner.