The Men’s Golf annual Putting Contest and Brunch is at Talega Golf Club on December 11, with putting starting promptly at 8:00 a.m. followed by the brunch at 9:00 a.m. Space is limited and golf club members have priority. Contact Roy Dohner at roy@dohner.com or Bob Russell at russler65@gmail.com. —Bob Russell … [Read more...]

The mid-term election polling place at the Niguel Shores Clubhouse preempted our November 6 meeting. One thing we can say about the election—everyone who lost thought the result was terrible. (Actually, they may be the lucky ones because now they can get along with their lives.) May those elected and re-elected continue to protect our community … [Read more...]

President Bob Oakley opened both October meetings with “Dad” jokes. He complimented the cooking crews and called on Programs Chair, C.W. Gruenig who introduced our guest speakers. At the meeting October 2, OC Supervisor Lisa Bartlett provided updates on several County projects: ■ The Harbor Revitalization Project will be managed by the Dana Point … [Read more...]

On September 4, Steve Morris, Al Glatt, Bob Baker and members of the Clark Team provided a great breakfast. Our program chair CDub arranged for all eight Dana Point City Council candidates to appear. At the last minute former two-term councilman Scott Schoeffel announced his unavailability, so we heard from seven candidates. As three of the … [Read more...]

On Tuesday, August 7, the Morris/Wollin team served another breakfast surpassing all expectations. As we are in the electoral season, we heard from two of the candidates for the South Coast Water District—Bill Green and Dennis Erdman—both incumbents running for re-election to the board. They also exceeded our expectations. Roy Dohner said it … [Read more...]

To make way for the 4th of July Pancake Breakfast, we skipped our regular first Tuesday meeting last month. Instead, Bob Russell and Roy Dohner led a cast of more than 60 members cooking and serving about 500 pancake, fruit and sausage breakfasts while generating additional funds for the Men’s Club Scholarship Fund. A very good day in a very great … [Read more...]

Thank you to Nadine Allen for helping us with the opening thoughts for this Men’s Club column. One of our own received special honors on June 1. Men’s Club member Jerry Allen was placed to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremony with full military honors—an Air Force marching band, bugler, caisson with horses, and the 21-gun salute. Lt. … [Read more...]

At our March meeting, the Clark Team led by Jack Christiansen served a scrumptious sausage hash browncasserole. Jack started working on breakfast more than 24 hours before. Thank you, Jack and the Clark team. Now if we could only remember what our featured speaker spoke about . . . Member Kent Wellbrock, an active participant in one of the … [Read more...]