Activity Group Reports
Artisans, March 2019
Artisan group met at Ida Tolmie’s home where we painted canvas tote bags. Some ladies used stamps, some used stencils and some painted free hand. They all did a wonderful job. Thanks Ida for hosting.
The Walkabout group enjoyed its first walk, March 29, 2019
Walkabout rides (or walks?) again! Yesterday, Friday March 29 at 9:00 a.m., was our first just-under-3-mile walk, focusing primarily on the historical parts of Eagle Point. We started at the covered bridge, moved up past the museum and flour mill, past historic residential houses, and then back through downtown, stopping at the Senior Center and […]
February Ladie’s Dining Out Checked Out Cracker Barrel
A lively group of 8 members carpooled to Medford for a enjoyable lunch at the new Cracker Barrel restaurant. The "front porch" is filled with the trademark wooden rocking chairs and the huge gift shop sells some food products and lots of other interesting items. The interior is welcoming and comfortable and the menu pretty […]
Peyton Bridge Trail Hike, March 2019
Eight ladies completed the six mile hike of Peyton Bridge Trail at Lost Creek Lake on March 15, 2019. We were blessed with a glorious blue-sky day, great views, enough obstacles to keep it interesting and a total of 21 "flights of stairs"–broken into small chunks so that we could brag about it without actually […]
BURY YOUR DEAD, A LOUISE PENNY NOVEL
In BURY YOUR DEAD, it’s winter carnival in Quebec City and Chief Inspector Gamache has come not to join the festivities but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. This is Louise Penny’s 6th novel in a series about Gamache. Much of the action in BURY YOUR DEAD takes place in the Literary and […]
The Avid Reader
The Avid Readers bookcase…
The Avid Reader
Our group, being new, had its first two meets, March 4th and March 18th. It was great hearing how each member learned as a child to love reading, learning the joy of reading, and the types of books they like to read now, along with types they hate to read. Each attendee enthusiastically presented a […]
Knotty Ladies March report
A core group of spirited quilters gathered at Dora’s home to finalize the design and begin assembling the dynamic blocks created by the members. All twelve blocks have been completed and the sashings and cornerstones have been cut. It is only a matter of time before this comfort quilt will be ready for quilting. As […]
Theater Group Attended “Newsies, the Musical”
March 3, twenty ladies attended the Teen Musical Theater of Oregon’s performance of Disney’s “Newsies, the Musical.” Our local teens shone with their professionalism, their voices and their precise and spirited dancing.
February 2019 Luncheon Introduces us to Qigong
71 eager members and guests filled the ballroom at Rogue Valley Country Club on Feb. 20 for some great socializing, updating, learning and eating. Our featured presenter was Susan Sky, licensed acupuncturist and ancient Chinese medicine visiting. Suzanne provided information on health, overall wellness and then demonstrated and led us in practicing some Qigong exercises. […]
Artisans February 27th, 2019 enjoyed watercolor painting
The artisan group met at Barbara Schmaltz’s home and she showed five ladies how to watercolor a bird. It was the first lesson for several of the ladies and their birds turned out quite well. They want to do more…
Ladies Night Bunco Feb 21, 2019
February's Bunco night's hostess was our newest member, Lana Miera. We had an out of town visitor as one of our subs. Maryann Hartmann's daughter, Kristen was visiting from London! A long trip to play Bunco! Our winners were: Maryann & Lana split the pot for Most Wins, Linda Greenstone & Kay Lund split the […]
Ladies Night Bunco Jan 17, 2019
Ladies Night Bunco began the new year on January 17 at the home of Bonnie Scriba. As always, it was a rousing good time. Lots of laughter as those buncos were rolled. Our winners were : Most Buncos-Linda Greenstone & Linda Webb split the pot, Most Wins-Lynn Tally, Last Bunco-Lena Beach and Biggest Loser-Georgia Saladino
February 2019 Culinary Arts Group Celebrates Isabel’s Cantina
17 creative women joined in a festive celebration of the bold and varied flavors of Latin food at the Culinary Arts lunch held at Viki Brown's home on Feb. 7 which was decorated with bright Latin colors. Sue Tschohl served as co-hostess. The women who attended each prepared a recipe for a part of the […]
Knotty Ladies February report
The Knotty Ladies met at Dora’s home on February 6. Each came armed with her pattern and fabrics to share. There was a great deal of plotting and planning as we selected fabrics for our blocks and calculated how much we would need. Rotary cutters flew and soon there were stacks of fabric ready to […]
February 5, 2019-Tour of Alpacas at Lone Ranch & lunch at Mac’s Diner (with snow!)
Well, we woke up to snow on February 5th but that did not stop 14 ladies from heading out to tour Renate and Richard's Alpaca ranch. We dressed warm, wore boots and had a great time. The alpacas were so fun to watch and listening to Renate & Richard talk about the operation was fascinating. […]
Book Club Christmas meeting
Since the new year is a time to catch up and it's better late than never, I wanted to briefly tell of our December meeting. We gathered at Jan Griffin's home, talking of favorite books and nibbling on yummy treats. Instead of exchanging gifts this year, however, we brought either food for ACCESS or toys […]
Theater Group attended CTP’s “The Glass Menagerie”
On January 20, fifteen members of the Theater Project’s attended the Collaborative Theatre’s performance of Tennessee Williams “The Glass Menagerie.” The cast was superb, the play pulled us in and of course, the company was delightful.
COMMONWEALTH, January 2019 selection
Commonwealth is the 7th novel by award winning writer Ann Patchett. One Sunday afternoon in the early 60's in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up uninvited at Franny Keating's christening party. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother Beverly, thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. […]
Day Bunco December 2018
The Day Bunco Group met on December 14th at the home of Bonnie Scriba. Great fun & laughter as the ladies did their best to roll a Bunco!
Knitting January 2019
The knitting group enjoyed showing off finished projects at our meeting on January 8.
January Meeting Of Piecemakers
The Piecemakers held their first meeting of the New Year on January 9. This was largely an organizing meeting. We set up the all important snack schedule and quickly identified activities to do and techniques to learn. Field trips will begin with our delayed 2018 holiday lunch and shopping to be held at The Teahouse […]
Knotty Ladies January report
Carol hosted the January meeting of the Knotty Ladies. We set our calendar for 2019. The current donation project is a comfort quilt using Lynn’s pattern which includes a dozen 12 ½-inch blocks. Each quilter chose one block to start with. We will make a copy, front and back, of the instructions for our block […]
December 2018 Luncheon was a holiday treat
75 members and guests filled the ballroom at Rogue Valley Country Club for a festive December luncheon. Lots of red clothing and special holiday accessories made a very colorful room. Richard Gyuro entertained us with beautiful Christmas tunes accompanied on a few numbers by Bonnie Scriba with vocals. We all had song sheets and were […]
2018 Classy Christmas Party was sparkling
85 EPWC members and their guests filled the Pavilion at Eagle Point Golf Course with holiday cheer while sporting furs and and sparkling jewelry for the 2018 Classy Christmas party. Many of the men even pulled out a sport coat and necktie to keep with the party theme. Beautiful decorations including a number of glowing […]
Ladies Dining Out December 2018
Ladies Dining Out had a lovely lunch at Cafe Dejeuner on Monday, December 10.
A Gentleman in Moscow, our November read
Sometimes life throws curveballs; sometimes it seems the whole ball field is hurling your way. So it was for Count Alexander Rostov, a “Former Person,” a few years after the Russian Revolution. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles tells of the count’s life imprisonment in Moscow’s splendid Hotel Metropol (in an attic room, not […]
Knitting November 2018
The knitting group got to look at lots of finished projects for show and tell.
Bridge – November 2018
The bridge group cannot decide whether eating or playing cards is most fun. Maybe it is just being with friends.
December 4, 2018 Ladies Outing-Shopping in Ashland & lunch at Pie & Vine
On Tuesday, December 4th, 16 ladies attended the annual "Christmas Shopping" ladies outing. We have been going to Jacksonville for the past 3 years so we mixed it up this year and headed to Ashland. It was a wonderful outing. Lunch at Pie & Vine was divine! A number of ladies headed next door to […]