Text Box: Volume 29, Number 5 January, 2009 Page # Text Box: Salmon Bulgogi with Bok Choy and Mushrooms was the highlight of the Gourmet Group's, " A Festive Holiday Dinner".  Our hosts, Carolyn and Bob Simmons, welcomed the diners to their beautifully decorated home where participants shared the Text Box: dishes they had prepared for the dinner. A fun and filling evening. The next Gourmet Dinner is scheduled for February 21st. You may make a reservation for the dinner now  (752-6779) or wait until early February when there will be a reminder in the Newsletter. Text Box: Your Gourmet Dinner Committee:  Christine Cantey, Denise Nervik, Brenda Rowley Text Box: Gourmet Group Text Box: No Host Lunch

By Brenda Rowley

 

By Carolyn Simmons
Text Box: Afternoon Literature Group

By Carolyn Simmons
Text Box: certainly welcome any/all new faces to join us--could that be YOU??  We surely hope so.  We'll meet at 11:45 at the new Italian place, Pastini's, on the corner of 9th and Garfield.  I haven't tried it yet, but hear it's quite Text Box: good.  Hope to see YOU there! Unfortunately, our December lunch at Michael's Landing was cancelled due to snow. Contact Person: Carolyn Simmons, 758-0271, CrCAROLYN@aol.com Text Box: On the 3rd Thursday, January 15, 2009, we'll start up another year of "Just Drop-in Lunches".  These are great little low-key, friendly lunches.  We have a kind of "regular" group that gathers, but we'd Text Box: Interest Groups Text Box: the discussion of Dancing With Rose by Laurene Kessler, an Oregon author who's written about Alzheimer's. We'll also be voting on our book choices for April - October, 2009.  We welcome new Text Box: members and visitors.  Contact Person, Carolyn Simmons, 758-0271, CrCarolyn@aol.com Text Box: On the 2nd Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., we will meet at the home of Charlotte Drost, 1084 Charlemagne.  Call her at 753-7253, if you need directions.  Val Krauss will be leading us in Text Box: Evening Literature Group

By Carol Sumner & Ann Brodie
Text Box: starts at 7:15; the discussion will begin at 7:45. The meeting will be at the home of Mary Mills, 1095 NW Overlook Drive. Text Box: Please call her at 745-7961, or email her at millsmaryr@msn.com if you plan to attend. Text Box: The Evening Lit Group will meet Wednesday, January 7th, to discuss Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky. Socializing Text Box: Great Decisions Discussion Group

By Charlotte Drost
Text Box: class series will be held in the Corvallis Caring Place meeting room at 750 NW 23rd St., Corvallis, OR. on Wednesdays, January 21 through March 11, from 1-3 PM.  Cost of the booklet is $18 plus share of DVD for Text Box: a total of $23 per person. Please call facilitator Charlotte Drost at 541-753-7253 or e-mail at mkcgdrost@aol.com by Dec.18 to order your booklet for the class.  Text Box: The Great Decisions Discussion Group is forming for winter.  We review topics in foreign affairs, watch an informative DVD and utilize a briefing booklet to guide our discussion. The eight