Village Breeze | April/May 2020
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Timeline for Creation of Laguna Woods
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Village Breeze | February/March 2020
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Catherine Brians Speaks at Kiwanis Club
The Laguna Woods Kiwanis Club gave a warm welcome to our own Catherine Brians, Chief Communications Officer for the History Center of Laguna Woods, at their September meeting. Catherine spoke about the Center and gave a bit of history before playing a 1972 narrated slide show. It was great fun to see old pictures, such …
The Story Behind the Laguna Woods Surge Tower
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The Story of the Leisure World Globe
The Story of the Leisure World Globe 1962 – Ross Cortese, the visionary developer of Leisure World, announced the Seal Beach Leisure World Globe after the publication of a newspaper article including an architect’s rendering of the then-proposed 120-foot diameter stainless steel Unisphere, the official symbol of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair in Flushing …
Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris Tours the Village
JULY 26, 2019 On Tuesday, July 23, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, whose 74thDistrict includes the Orange County communities of Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods and Newport Beach, visited the Village to learn more about it and the Residents who live here. After meeting with VMS Staff, Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris, District Coordinator Liz McNabb …
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Jeff Parker, CEO Village Management Services
Jeff Parker, CEO, Village Management Services was presented with our 50th Anniversary Book by the History Center’s Chief Communications Officer, Catherine Brians, at a recent VMS meeting held at the History Center. After their meeting, staff was given a tour of the archives to familiarize them with the types of historical records, publications and memorabilia …
History Center Staff Interviews on Village TV
Learn more about the Laguna Woods History Center from the Board of Trustees and volunteers. The following people were interviewed by host Tom Nash from the Video Club of Laguna Woods in the following order: Dean Dixon, Chief Executive Officer Barbara Letter, Digital Archivist Gail Dixon, Chief Archive Officer Catherine Brians, Chief Communications Officer
A History of the Daguerre Family
You may be familiar with the history of the Moulton Ranch in Orange County, California. This ranch was the combination of the former Mexican land grant of 13,316 acres called Rancho Niguel plus several other properties to form 21,723 acres, under the ownership of LF Moulton and Co. Much has been written (and is still …