He wasn’t exactly a muscle-bound hulk, but...

He wasn’t exactly a muscle-bound hulk, but “Mr. October” nevertheless made quite a splash at Wednesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Mr. October--that’s how he was introduced to the commissioners--is 5-year-old Brett Boston, whose watercolor painting of a sailboat is the feature picture for the month of October in a new calendar put out by Wilmington community leaders.

The calendar, titled “Worldport LA as Seen Through the Eyes of Our Youth,” showcases 13 works by harbor-area students who entered their art in an October competition sponsored by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.

About 300 students submitted work to the competition, which lasted three weekends and was part of a cultural celebration of the community’s tie to the Port of Los Angeles.

Ten thousand copies of the 1989 calendar have been printed; they will be sold today, for $2 apiece, at the Wilmington Christmas parade, and may also be bought from the chamber.

Chamber Executive Director Lois Denzin said $2,000 of the proceeds will go toward an art scholarship for a harbor-area student, and $3,500 will be seed money for next year’s competition. The remainder will go to the chamber, she said.

Mr. October, meanwhile, was close-mouthed about whether he will participate in next year’s contest. Brett arrived at Wednesday’s meeting escorted by his school principal, Carlee Lorenz of the Lorenz Hillside School, a private school in Harbor City.

The boy was applauded by the commissioners and chatted with Ira Distenfield, commission president, before posing for photographs.

All in all, it was a heady morning for young Mr. October, who revealed later that he has little interest in being an artist when he grows up.

“I want to be a baseball player,” he said.