Our last featured speaker of the year, County Supervisor Pat Bates, brought us up to speed on the latest happenings in Orange County. Financially, the county is in quite good shape. The biggest new problem is going to be housing and paying for all the prisoners that the state is transferring off to each county in order to save state funds. It’s … [Read more...]
Men’s Club – WWII Veterans Recall their Service
December 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
There is probably not another group that meets on a regular basis in Dana Point with a higher percent age of military veterans. With this in mind we enjoyed two presentations by vets leading up to November 11 and Veterans Day. Peter Hammer, a retired Marine, spoke to us about the 5th Marine Regiment Support Group. This group, consisting of vets, … [Read more...]
Niguel Shores Men’s Club – November 2011
October 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Our State legislator, Diane Harkey, paid us another informative and entertaining visit. It seems rather depressing how the gridlock in Sacramento keeps ignoring the serious financial problems and appeasing special interest groups. One of our newer members, Mike Pla, who was a design engineer with SoCal Edison showed a training film about … [Read more...]
Niguel Shores Men’s Club – September 2011
September 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
September 2011 Where he lived to tell the story of flipping nine times and walking away from what was left of his racer. This footage was shown nationally on That’s Incredible, and indeed it was. Dick is really a colorful guy with an amazing career from dirt track racing to Indy type cars and even owning race teams that fielded several cars in … [Read more...]
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