Keep Calm Summer is Here

President's Corner

Welcome to Summer!  While July is traditionally a "take a break" month, we still want to take a few moments and recognize a couple new members that have recently joined us. Please give a warm welcome to Laura Johnson-Graham and Nicole LaFranchise! Welcome Ladies!

CALENDAR

• June 17th - 4:30 pm - Happy Hour Social at Manzana in LO
• June 24-26 - Various Times - Arts Festival Volunteering
• July 4th - 9 am - Walk with LOWC in the Star Spangled Parade
• July 7th - 6:30 pm - Board Meeting at the home of Karen S.
• July - Every Wednesday - Concerts at Foothills Park

June 17th Happy Hour Correction

Ladies, we recently sent out an email letting people know about the Happy Hour on the 17th of June and incorrectly said that it was at Mahers.  The June 17th Happy Hour is at Manzana! Join us anytime from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm.  This is a perfect time to bring a friend or prospective member or connect with our sustaining members!  Spread the word!  We hope to see you all there to share a refreshing beverage together!

Help at the Arts Festival

With the Arts Festival nearing, they are doing one last push for volunteers - they still need help with "Hospitality" at the Lakewood Center.  If you or anyone you know is interested, the following are available shift times:

•   Friday, 6/24: 9am-1pm, 3:30 pm-7 pm, 6:30 pm-9 pm
•   Saturday, 6/25: 3:30 pm-7 pm, 6:30 pm-9 pm
•   Sunday, 6/26: 9:30 am-1 pm, 12:30 pm-5 pm

Volunteer with a friend or family member and make it a fun weekend!  Please contact Liz Adams for more information.

4th of July Parade

For several years now, the Lake Oswego Women's Club has walked in the 4th of July Parade.  This year we'll be doing it again, and all of our members are welcome to join us!  This is another great way to get to know other LOWC members and to have some fun!  Parade staging starts at 9am.  We'll have a location (designated by the city) somewhere on Lake Garden Ct.  Please wear this year's green Lake Run t-shirt with WHITE (or light colored) bottoms (We'll have a few extra Lake Run shirts there).  Also, please bring as much individually wrapped candy as you'd like to hand out (I'd recommend 3+ lbs).  We'll also have bottles of bubbles to give away.  The parade starts at 10 am sharp, so don't be late! Carpooling and/or getting dropped off is a great way to get to the parade staging area.

Annie Arkebauer has agreed to drive her cute little "Mini Cooper" in the parade, so we'll somehow attach our decorated LOWC banner to the front of the car and perhaps can decorate her car all in "Red".  We will have 8-10 LOWC bags to help carry the candy and we'll be able to use the trunk of Annie's car to carry extra supplies/candy/bubbles.

If you have some red/white/blue decorations or hair ties etc. that would be fun for the group to wear/share, please bring them!  This is a day to get red/white and blue crazy!

Mark your calendar for July 4th!  Let's show-off our LOWC and patriotic pride!

Concerts in the Park

Planning to go to any concerts in the park at Foothills Park on Wednesdays in July? Wouldn't you love a front row parking space?  Contact Annie Arkebauer before you go and she may be able to register you as a guest and allow you to park at the condos just across the street!

Lisa Rainer
President

Fashion Show Summer Craft Party

Come one, come all!

Fashion show planning is in full swing!  With a 'Garden Party' theme, we hope to fill the tent at the Oregon Golf Club with hundreds of paper flowers.  The flowers are made from Italian crepe paper and quite easy to assemble, but will be time consuming for our small committee of eight to attempt all on our own -- we’re hoping to make over 300 of them! We would love to have some help from other club members who might be interested in learning how to make these simple, yet elegant flowers.  Stay tuned for additional details on dates and location.

Karen Norgaard

2016 Fashion Show Co-Chair

Book Club 

The LOWC book club meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm for wine, food, and, of course, to discuss some great books!  If you're interested in joining, please contact Sharon Mirarchi to be added to the e-mail distribution list. Also, LOWC members can feel free to just show up - ALL ARE WELCOME!

• June 8-Susan Z.: Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
• July 13- Lauren R.: Landonfall by Ellen Urbani
• August 10-Sharon C: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
• September 14-Kim B.: The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
• October 12-Sandi T.: What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
• November 9-Pam H.: Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
• December 14-Amanda Q. The Dog who Saved Me by Susan Wilson
• January 11-Sharon M.: Ashley's War by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
• February 8-Lilly P.: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• March 8-Virginia R.: The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
• April 12-Annie A.: Selection to be determined
• May – Planning meeting

Sharon Mirarchi

Book Club Chair

Artist Extraordinaire

Kudos to our very own LOWC Artist Extraordinaire, Pam Helling.  Her beautiful artwork is displayed now through September 9th at Clackamas County Development Services Building, 4th Floor Gallery (directly opposite the elevators), 150 Beavercreek Rd. in Oregon City.  Check out Clackamas County Website.