The Garden Club met on Monday, February 15. Consistent with the long established tradition, the Hospitality group provided a varied menu of sandwiches, cheese and crackers, cut up fruit and an assortment of small pastries and cookies. Our thanks to Carmen Murphy, Carolyn Brase, Ann Strauss, Barbara Milner, Marilyn Moon, Margaret Brugger, Bob … [Read more...]
Oreo Book Club: Heretic by Aayan Hirsi
February 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Oreo Book Club met at the home of Lakshman Sehgal to review his recommendation of Heretic by Aayan Hirsi. Much of the discussion revolved around the viability of the author's recommendation of Muslim reformation toward abandoning that aspect of the Korans injunction of elimination unbelievers. We consider the brutality of medieval Christian … [Read more...]
Women’s Club Luncheon: March 10, 2016 at 12:00 in the Clubhouse
February 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
On March 10, Kirsten Donald from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, will be our speaker. The Pacific MMC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine mammals stranded along the Orange County coastline. Kirsten will tell us the history of the rescue center and also how the volunteers take … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: February 2016 Update
February 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
February 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
February 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
February 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
January 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
January 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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
January 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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...]
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