May 17, 2005

Annual Spring Luncheon Honoring Past Presidents

      Who was Shakespeare?  What did his plays mean in their own time when people saw them for pleasure and entertainment,

      not as a cultural duty?   What can they mean for 21^st Century Los Angeles? 

      with  Dr. Robert Watson, UCLA Professor of English and authority on Shakespeare.

      Also, David Key, musician, playing Shakespearean period folksongs on his guitar.

      And, John McManus, sculptor, exhibiting his sculpture of Yorick from Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 1).

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April 19, 2005      

General Meeting

      Status and Challenges of Protecting our Borders.

      with Senior Patrol Agent Stacey Henry, U.S. Border Patrol, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection,

      and Hillary Smith, from the San Clemente Station and the San Diego Public Information Department.
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March 15, 2005   

Annual Business Meeting and Elections

      The Art and Science of Appraisals:  A Look at Some of Our Own Members’ Antiques and Collectibles

      with Janet Cobert, Claudia Miller & Jennifer Thornton-Davis, Certified Appraisers
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February 1, 2005   

Scholarship Dinner Honoring our Eleven  FWC 2004-2005 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship Recipients

      The Making of an Olympic Star with Valorie Kondos Field, UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Head Coach

      and Kate Richardson & Kristin Maloney, Olympic Gymnasts.
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November 16, 2004     

Second General Meeting

      The Life of Spice – The history and uses of herbs and spices in medicine and otherwise!

      with Irwin Ziment, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.P., The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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October 19, 2004   

First General Meeting and Section Sign-ups

      The Planet Mars --- Stories from the Vikings and Other Invaders from Earth with Dave C. Pieri, Ph.D.,

      Research Scientist, Earth and Space Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena

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