Women’s Golf – May 2012

golfcourse

Lovely Spring day…pleasant round of golf…putting them together on a Fun-Day with Niguel Shores Women’s Golf group…priceless! In April, these golfers had an especially fine day: Low gross score for the day, Val Mitchell; Low net score for the day, Linda Ross; Closest shot to the pin on #8, Linda Ross; Longest drive on #9, Val Mitchell (yep, … [Read more...]

Men’s Golf – May 2012

clubs

March 27 had us playing at Talega Golf Club. It was a beautiful warm day at this great course located in San Clemente. The format for the tournament was “Low Net Low Gross-Foursome Play.” I am not sure who created these format games but it sure makes the scoring interesting. Flight A: first place went to the team of Roy Dohner, Dave Ontiveros, … [Read more...]

Oreo Cookie Book Club – May 2012

President Eisenhower

The Club is to meet at the home of Priscilla Agnew on Wednesday, May 16 at 1:30. Under discussion will be a select number of essays from Christopher Hitchens’ Arguably.  To plan ahead, the July selection is Eisenhower - Year of Danger by David Nichols. —Mary Crowl   … [Read more...]

Page Turners – May 2012

state-of-wonder-by-ann-patchett

Page Turners Book Club will meet this month to discuss State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. A doctor working for a pharmaceutical development company in Minnesota takes a trip on the Amazon to find her dead partner. Marina Singh uncovers some unusual secrets in the hidden tributaries. The Monday morning group will meet at 10:00 on May 21 at the home … [Read more...]

Men’s Club – May 2012

scholarship

The Niguel Shores Men’s Club announces the following scholarships being awarded to Dana Hills High School students for 2012: Boy’s Award: $1,000 — Luke Wallace Girl’s Award: $1,000 — Lauryn Cerutti Fran & Buck Ewing Arts Award: Shana Hu The Men’s Club is very pleased to be able to present these fine students with scholarships. … [Read more...]

Garden Club – May 2012

staircase-kyoto-in-concept-of-a-beautiful-gardens-from-around-the-world

The Garden Club had a great time trekking through the Descanso Gardens in LaCanada Flintridge in April. The gardens are home to one of the largest collections of camelia plants in the U.S. Thirty members were led on a docent tour of the gardens and the estate home of Manchester Boddy, one-time publisher of the L.A. News. The weather was perfect, … [Read more...]

Website – May 2012

Nauticus Isle - Moonrise

Just one more reason to visit the Niguel Shores Website!! If you have not viewed the Niguel Shores website lately, take a few minutes and look at the magnificent photos of our community taken and shared by Gary Tinnes, resident of Atlantic Bay. After viewing these photos, I’m sure you will agree, we certainly do live in a very special place. (If … [Read more...]

Recreation Committee – May 2012

Many things are planned for the coming months for the residents of Niguel Shores: May 5 — Cinco De Mayo: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Taco Cart night with a DJ keeping you in the mood for this celebration. Tickets in the office: $10. May 27 — Bluff BBQ: If we can have some volunteers to supervisor the BBQ Grill for everyone to enjoy the Memorial Day … [Read more...]

Maintenance Committee – May 2012

repair

George leaves for vacation and Dave Smith, our lead maintenance man, is in charge. With the Boss gone, Dave and the Maintenance Staff are anticipating a peaceful week. Not so. It’s after midnight and Dave gets a call from the security service. “You need to come in now”. The bar code reader at the Manta Court Gate is down. The reader is … [Read more...]

Landscape Committee – May 2012

The Landscape Committee is very pleased to have our general manager, Deborah Baker, along with Harvest Landscape’s Nacho Chavez and Nate Bonghanoy, accompany each of us on a “walk around” of our designated areas. They are spending many hours learning about all of the different Niguel Shores areas, types of plantings and soil conditions. We … [Read more...]