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Moulton Museum – August 2020 Newsletter

Showcasing the Moulton Museum’s latest film of the Nellie Gail Moulton Exhibit We hope you enjoy this guided tour at Casa Romantica with Jane Barnes, Nellie’s granddaughter. This exhibit will be shown until September 6, 2020. It is temporary closed, but will reopen based on statewide and county guidelines. The gallery is located at 415…
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Village Breeze | August/September 2020

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Village Breeze | June/July 2020

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Village Breeze | April/May 2020

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Timeline for Creation of Laguna Woods

Please download the Timeline for Creation of Laguna Woods PDF or view it below. Timeline for Creation of Laguna Woods_03252022                            

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…
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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…
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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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