April Meeting Recap

Coming home from such a wonderful meeting where friends reconnected or met for the first time and enjoyed one another's company to hear the news of the awful events in Boston (Boston Marathon Explosion)really put a damper on my day. 

It was so nice to hear our speaker, Joyce Moore, recount stories about the "good old days" of Las Vegas when kids spent their free time at the Blue Onion, pulled pranks like picking up a VW Bug and putting it inside the door of a downtown casino, and fearing their parent's wrath (grounded to their bedroom for a month) because they took the car out without permission.  Although I did not live through those experiences, it was so refreshing to hear those great stories; yet, it made it so much harder to hear about the tragedy of today.  I know that our country has gone through so many growing pains; I just wish in my heart that we had found a solution to end these violent acts. 

Anyway, Joyce brought a lot of smiles and laughter as she shared the many memories recorded from her classmates at Rancho High School when they got together for their 50th high school reunion.  I'm sure she'd be glad to hear from you if you have a memory to share, or would like to hear more of the stories.  Joyce works in the Special Collections (a true Las Vegas treasure trove) at UNLV. 

 

Here is a short video of Joyce at the beginning of her talk:

 



 

 

NOTE: for those of you wanting to see the video of Laura Fritz from the March meeting, I still haven't gotten it loaded to You Tube yet.  The video needs to be broken up for easier uploading.  I'm working on it!

We had some brand new members join us today.  Thank you for coming and we hope to see lots more of you.  Jule and Florence Mayhew returned after an extended absence; we are so glad to see you back!  And, poor Murray Westgate, in town all the way from Thailand, messed up the dates of our meeting and missed seeing all his old friends.  The good news is he will still be here in May and will join us for the Lou Ruvo Brain Clinic FIELD TRIP. 

Speaking of the field trip:  I signed up many more that will attend the Monday, May 20 event to the Cleveland Clinic/Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.  If you wish to go, I need an RSVP by May 10.  If you know a member that doesn't get this message, please tell them to contact me if they want to be added to the list.  Remember, NO MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE WEDDING ROOM next month; we will be at the CLINIC.  Lunch is, as usual, $17.00 per person.

 

Happy Birthday Wishes to:
Jackie Brett
Jane Pinjuv
Dave Pinjuv
Milt Bozanic
Mary Williams
and Gretchen Payne.

 

Have a wonderful month and see you all soon.