Can you believe it?  It’s September already and the heat of the summer will hopefully be behind us, so we can enjoy lots of Carolina sunshine.  Once again, we will reconvene at Pirate’s Tavern at the Giant Crab on Hwy. 17 (Restaurant Row) in Myrtle Beach for our monthly meeting.  Come one, come all, for an evening starting at 6PM with an assortment of buffet items provided by the club.  Remember to tip your waiters.

We had fun in the sun in August, starting with a fishing trip and kayaking from a new locale, skydiving in the middle of the month and winding up at CCU’s first football game of the season with lots of other activities in between.  Now that most of the tourists have left town, the club has a fun-filled array of activities planned for September by Mary Alice Blackburn and Sherry Walters.  Check out the list of events on the calendar to find what suits you for this month.  Register online on our website and there will also be signup sheets available at the meeting.  Register to reserve your spot in any limited space events and ones that might need prepayment.  Please remember that house parties are open to only members.  Guests need to be approved by the host!

The Board is in the process of planning fall activities.  We are looking for someone to spearhead our annual Halloween Party at the Myrtle Beach State Park shelter in the woods.  This is usually one of the biggest and most fun-filled events of the year.  We are also looking for anyone who wants to work on the Halloween Committee.  The party is set for Saturday, October 26^th at 5PM.  Please contact Elena at 843-443-5218

Mark your calendars: Thursday, November 14^th for our annual Thanksgiving Party at the Elks Club in Myrtle Beach and Friday, December 6^th for our annual Christmas Party at Pine Lakes Country Club.

As you can see, the board has been really busy planning your activities, but we are always looking for new ideas and fresh blood to help with running the club.  So, pitch in and bring your ideas to the table to enable the club to grow and meet your needs.

Please remember to register for an event, so the organizer can plan a successful activity.  Also notify the monthly organizer if your plans change by going on the website to unregister for an event.

If you haven’t paid your 2019-2020 dues, please get caught up with Judy Bledsoe at the meeting or print the application form and mail it to our PO Box.  According to our Bylaws any member that has not paid their dues by August 31^st will become inactive and will not receive emails, nor have access to the member’s website pages.  Our roster is continually updated on the member’s website.  You will need to log in and click on the Member’s tab to see the complete list of members and their addresses, emails and phone numbers.  Please check your information on the roster to ensure that we have the correct information.  If you know of any member that is not getting our emails please contact Elena or Pat Van

Elena Moglia, President

Cell 843-443-5218

elmoglia@hotmail.com

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBER!

Roseanne Maglione

Roseanne is from Philadelphia and York , Pennsylvania.  She is a Registered Nurse with a geriatrics background,  but also puts a lot of time and energy  into holistic medicine.  She is now working part time for long term insurance companies doing nursing assessments.  She has  4 children,and 3 step children and 17 grandchildren.  Roseanne has had a dream of moving to the Myrtle Beach area for about 4 years and finally made  it.  She is looking forward to meeting new people and forging new friendships.

We had another successful and fun meeting of the Book Club on August 26.  Thanks to Elena Moglia for hosting and providing the yummy appetizers and to Gene Young for leading the discussion on Savage Run by C. J Box.  This  was the sequel to the author's first novel, Open Season, which the Book Club read about 2 years ago.  CSOC's Book Club was started in January, 2017 and since that time,  we've read and discussed 27 books.  Our book selections for the next several months are:

September 30, 2019

A Gentleman From Moscow by Amor Towles

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin.  Rostov has never worked a day in his life and must now live in an attic room, while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors.  Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

Discussion Leader – Ginny Villegas

Host - Dawn Kennealy - 102 Rambling Rose Dr., Conway (586) 201-3278

October 28, 2019

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl", Kya Clark, has haunted a quiet town on the NC coast.  She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society.  So, in 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya.  Abandoned at age 10, she has survived on her own in the marsh she calls home.  A born naturalist with just 1 day of school, she takes life lessons from the land.  But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.  Drawn to 2 young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world, until the unthinkable happens.

Discussion Leader – Judy Bledsoe

Host - Margie Wood - 106 Rambling Rose Dr., Conway (412) 997-2723

November 25, 2019

Book TBA

Discussion Leader – Jeanne Coco

Host – Beverly Kradel

The Book Club does not meet in December. 

Enjoy the read,

Peggy