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* Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower Ave.,

Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to

[email protected]; by fax to (714) 966-4667; or by calling (714) 966-4625. Include the time, date and location of the

event, as well as a contact phone number.

UNTIL AUG. 27

Share Our Selves is seeking donations of new and gently used

backpacks and schools supplies to distribute to low-income families

before school starts. Information: (949) 642-3451.

UNTIL SEPT. 23

Registration for 2005 Youth Flag Football, for boys and girls ages

8 to 13. The program starts on Sept. 26 and ends on Dec. 3. Register

in person Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Balearic

Community Center, 1975 Balearic Drive, Costa Mesa. Information: (714)

754-5158.

UNTIL SEPT. 2

The Newport Beach City Arts Commission presents an art exhibition

by local artist Marilou Hogeboom at the Newport Beach City Hall

Gallery, 3300 Newport Blvd. Her exhibit features landscapes and

portraits created with acrylics and oils. Information: (949)

717-3870.

AUG. 17

“Feng Shui Your Way,” a free seminar and book-signing with Sandi

Miller, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Mother’s Market,

225 17th St. East, Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 631-4741.

Join bat expert Stephanie Remington for a Back Bay Bat Walk from

6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Cost is $7 per person,and preregistration is

required. Information: (949) 923-2275.

This week’s Toddler Time topic is Mud and Muck. It will be held

from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. for 2- to 3-year-olds and from 10:30 a.m. to

11:15 a.m. for 3- to 4-year-olds at the Peter and Mary Muth

Interpretive Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach. Cost is $5

per child. Don’t wear good clothes. Preregistration is required.

Information: (949) 923-2275.

AUG. 19

“Against The Grain: The Twin-Fin and Punk-Rock Eras Collide”

celebrates the symbiosis of surfing and music in the late 1970s and

early 1980s. All proceeds will be donated to VH1’s Save the Music.

The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Hurley headquarters,

1945 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. Free. Information: www.hurley.com.

AUG. 20 AND 21

Crossroads of the West Gun Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Orange County

Fairgrounds, buildings 10, 12 and 14, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.

Tickets are $10, $9 for seniors, children under 12 free. Information:

(714) 708-1543.

AUG. 20

The Friends of the Newport Beach Library are hosting a used book

sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Friends Meeting Room at the

library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

759-9667.

Meet owls from the Orange County Birds of Prey Center, 1 to 2:30

p.m. at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, 2301 University

Drive, Newport Beach. $5 per participant ages 5 and up. Information:

(949) 923-2275. Preregistration is required.

Join bat expert Stephanie Remington for a Back Bay bat walk from

6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive

Center, 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach. Cost is $7 per person

ages 8 and up. Information: (949) 923-2275. Preregistration is

required.

Girls and Boys Town of Southern California -- an organization

dedicated to the treatment and care of abused, abandoned and

neglected girls and boys -- proudly hosts its second annual Spirit of

Youth Gala, featuring a silent auction, dinner, awards ceremony,

entertainment and dancing. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Four

Seasons Hotel, 690 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. Information:

(714) 532-2399, ext. 207.