Men’s Club: February 2016 Update

Every discussion of our Men’s Club must start with accolades for all who work together to make the club such a pleasure. Everyone takes turns cooking great breakfasts and organizing fun and exciting programs. Thank you to all. We started 2016 by learning about the potential changes coming to our beloved Dana Point with a presentation by … [Read more...]

Garden Club: February 2016 Information

The garden Club met on Monday, January 18, the first meeting of the New Year. Members were treated to a wonderful lunch thanks to Carmen Murphy, JoAnn Webb, Grace Glatt, Gunjan Anand and Chris Daley. Our esteemed President, Jerry Koppang opened the meeting with the treasurer’s report, submitted by Karl Kuhn, who protects every dollar the Club gets … [Read more...]

Afternoon PageTurners: February 2016 Update

The Monday afternoon PageTurners’ group will meet on February 22 and the Thursday group on February 25. Both groups meet at 1:00 p.m. Our groups will be discussing Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. The book is a new novel by the author set two decades after To Kill a Mockingbird. For more information about PageTurners contact: Monday afternoons: … [Read more...]

Oreo Book Club: Superpower by Ian Bremer

We met at the home of Norton Schwartz to review the recommendation of Lakshman Sehgal and Francis Ozimec of Superpower by Ian Bremer. The thesis of the book was that the United States cease bearing the burden of trying to influence the entire world and selectively cut back on it’s military and civilian support commitments and concentrate more … [Read more...]

Women’s Club Luncheon: February 11, 2016 at 12:00 in the Clubhouse

As we all know, we are in the midst of a five-year drought. Therefore, our speaker on February 11 will be the excellent speaker, Wayne Rayfield, President and one of the Board of Directors of the South Coast Water District. He will address the problems with the five-year drought, the outlook for our area and the state, what we have done to combat … [Read more...]

Garden Club: January 2016 Update

We have all enjoyed another enjoyable and informational year at the Garden Club. For those who are not members, you are missing out on a lot of camaraderie and joyful fellowship, very representative of the larger Niguel Shores community. Both the women and men’s club organize a holiday party for members and their spouses. It has become a … [Read more...]

Men’s Club: January 2016 Update

This past month the Niguel Shores Men’s Club learned about home security technology and Dana Point development challenges. In November, our guest speaker, Harmony Shawishian, a home security systems consultant with Cox Communications, gave us an informative presentation on home security and some of the advantages of modern security systems. … [Read more...]

Really Serious Oreo Book Club: January 2016 Update

REALLY SERIOUS OREO BOOK CLUB We met at the home of Ginny Nevitt to review her recommendation, Turn Right at Manchu Picchu. The author, with guides and porters, trekked the Inca trail covered by the discoverer of Manchu Picchu for the European and Western world of Bingham. Some members of the group had been to Manchu Picchu and connected their … [Read more...]

Afternoon PageTurner’s: January 2016 Update

The Monday afternoon PageTurners’ group will meet on January 25. The Thursday group will meet on January 28. Both groups will discuss Americanah written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah presents a warm, digressive and wholly achieved sense of how African lives are lived in Nigeria, in America and in the places in between. For more … [Read more...]

Women’s Golf: January 2016

The forecast was for rain, but there was bright sun and little wind. It was a lovely December day.There were two teams, a foursome and a threesome. Lee Sweeney dropped out to take Joan Beyer’s place, who was in charge of the luncheon with Ruthie Stahl. Joan had a bad fall the day before.Both of her ankles were injured, one with several breaks. She … [Read more...]