Text Box: Your Gourmet Group Committee is planning a Middle Eastern dinner for Nov. 10th.  The only requirements for participating in the preparation and consumption of this interesting cuisine are the love of cooking and the desire to widen one’s palate. Text Box: There are a few places left at the table for the Nov. meal.  If you would like to join us at the home of Denise and John Nervik, on the 10th., please make your reservation, by Nov. 2nd., with Brenda Rowley at 752-6779.  Thanks from your committee co-Text Box: chairs:  Christine Cantey, Denise Nervik and Brenda Rowley Text Box: Gourmet Group Text Box: No Host Lunch

By Brenda Rowley

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By Carolyn Simmons
Text Box: Afternoon Literature Group

By Carolyn Simmons
Text Box: can check out their menu online.  So, come to lunch on Thursday, November 15, 2007, at 11:45 a.m., and enjoy good food and fine friends. No need to respond; just drop Text Box: in!  Contact Person: Carolyn Simmons, 758-0271, CrCAROLYN@aol.com Text Box: In November, we'll meet at the "new" Magenta which has moved from Monroe to 137 SW 2nd St.  While their Dinners are quite pricey, Lunch seems fairly reasonable. You Text Box: Interest Groups Text Box: before the book discussion at 2:00. Please RSVP to Yvonne by Thursday, November 8th, if you are planning to have lunch first, so she’ll know how many to prepare for. Yvonne (1805 NW Hawthorne Text Box: Pl.) can be reached at 752-4055, yvslee@peak.org. THANKS YVONNE!! Book Club Contact Person: Carolyn Simmons, 758-0271, CrCAROLYN@aol.com Text Box: Meets November 13, 2007, 2:00 p.m., at the home of Yvonne Lee. Mary Lee Seward will lead a discussion of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. As a special “gift”, Yvonne is treating us to a Korean Lunch at 12:30, Text Box: Evening Literature Group

By Connie Anderson
Text Box: the discussion of Places In Between, written by Rory Stewart. Please let Carol know if you plan on coming - cjsumner@comcast.net or call her at 541-745-Text Box: 7275. The meeting starts at 7:30. Text Box: On November 7th Carol Sumner will host the literature group at her home at 1525 NW 14th Street. Mary Mills will co-host. Denise Nervik will lead Text Box: Volume 28, Number 3 November, 2007 Page # Text Box: Great Decisions Discussion Group

By Charlotte Drost
Text Box: booklet, and pay part of the cost of a weekly current DVD on each topic, for a total cost of $20 per participant. The 8 week series will be on Wednesdays, Jan. 23 to March 12 from 1 PM to 3 PM in the conference room at the Corvallis Caring Place-750 NW 23 d St. Corvallis.  Registration deadline is Dec. 15. To Text Box: register please call Charlotte Drost at 753-7253 or email mkcgdrost@aol.com.  Text Box: The AAUW Great Decisions Discussion Group is forming. This program engages groups across the nation on subjects of interest in foreign affairs. We discuss current topics each week in an informal setting. Participants will purchase a discussion briefing