There will be no Book Club meeting this June.  However . . .click here for our reading lists with some great ideas regarding what to read over the summer.
 

                    CLICK HERE TO PRINT OUT THIS SUMMER READING PDF LIST
 

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September Meeting

 

Date:      Wednesday, September 8^th, 2010

Place:     Wendy Cox’s house (directions will be provided)

Time:      1:00pm – 2:30pm

Book:      “Reviving the Constitution” –
                 A DVD Series from Hillsdale College

 

“What, then, is the Constitution? I will tell you. It is no vague, indefinite, floating, unsubstantial, ideal something, colored according to any man’s fancy, now a weasel, now a whale, and now nothing. . . . The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single word thereto, or take a single word therefrom. It is a great national enactment done by the people, and can only be altered, amended, or added to by the people.”

—Frederick Douglass, Glasgow, Scotland, March 26, 1860

 

Wendy Cox has generously invited us to her home to watch the first lecture in a series from Hillsdale College on “Reviving the Constitution.”  In this first lecture,

“America’s Foundational Principles”, Dr, David J. Bobb examines the ten core principles of the American Founding – all of which are as true today as 220 years ago.

 

More information about the series can be found at Hillsdale College’s website:

 

http://www.hillsdale.edu/KirbyCenter/programs/townhall/default.asp

 

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May Book Club Meeting Announcement

 

The Book Club meets on the 2^nd Wednesday of each month at the Santa Clara library (on the corner of Sunset Rd and Lava Flow Drive).  Friends and family are always welcome to attend our book club discussion!

 

Beginning with our May Book Club meeting we are going rotate and have one person designated as our discussion leader.  They will present an overview of the book and lead the discussion through the use of discussion questions and supplemental material.  If you are interested in being a discussion leader, contact Tanya Beaulieu.

 

May Meeting

 

Date:                            Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Place:              Santa Clara Library

Time:                            1:00pm – 2:30pm

Book:                            Three Cups of Tea

Author:              Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

 

Discussion Leader:  Gail Neumann

From the back of the book:

In 1993 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2.  Moved by the inhabitants’ kindness, he promised to return and build a school.  Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome.  Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools – especially for girls – in the forbidding terrain that gave birth to the Taliban.  His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

 

This book would make a fabulous Mother’s Day present.  We will have copies available for purchase at our May lunch meeting for $9.50.  Contact Tanya Beaulieu to reserve your copy.