News from Duke Campus Club

February, 2013

Duke Campus Club Newsletter

Annual Meeting and

Invitation to the Brody Discovery Garden

Monday, March 11th From 10 AM to Noon

What better way to welcome spring than with an exploration of the new Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden within the Sarah P. Duke Gardens? This newest addition is dedicated to teaching visitors how to grow a variety of foods through ecologically sound methods. The one acre site encompasses a wide variety of plantings to demonstrate the types of food one can raise in one's own backyard. Docents will lead us in small groups to visit the fruiting shrubs and vines, the rain garden and organic vegetable beds, the orchard, forest plantings and even a chicken coop. The event concludes as we gather in the recreated tobacco barn to sample foods and share recipes prepared by several Campus Club members from herbs and vegetables seasonally available in this and home gardens. Participants are free to make their own lunch plans if they so desire.

A short annual meeting precedes the tour at 10 AM at the main conference room at the Visitor Center. Coffee and danish will be provided as we vote on our board members for our exciting Centennial next year. In the event of inclement weather, we will remain in the Visitor Center. Jan Little, the Director of Education and Public Programs for the Gardens, will show us the Discovery Garden via her beautiful slides. And we will still enjoy our sampling and recipes!

This event is for Campus Club members only but registration is required. There is no charge. Please RSVP to Diane Staton at djones.staton@gmail.com or 919-933-1340 by March 4th. All registered participants will receive a free parking pass via email the week before the event. Please advise if you will need transportation to the Discovery Garden from the Visitor Center via golf cart, which may require a nominal fee.

Spring Trip to Flat Rock, NC

The Campus Club Spring Trip, Thursday, April 18 to Friday, April 19, will be an overnight to Flat Rock and Hendersonville for "A North Carolina Holiday." The trip will include authentic NC Barbecue at Hubba Hubba Smokehouse, a rollicking performance of The Odd Couple at the Flat Rock Playhouse, a tour of the Carl Sandburg home and farm and a stop at the Lapidary Museum in Hendersonville for a look at our state's geological history and treasures.

This trip is open to spouses, friends and guests - and we encourage you to invite them. We know this is one excursion your hubbies will enjoy! Price: $265/pp. Details of the trip will be online beginning Monday, February 4. You will find the link to the website on the Campus Club web page. You will have the ability to pay by credit card online, or you can send your check made out to Duke Campus Club to: Anita Lynch, 116 Canter Place, Durham, NC 27712. Please note: This trip is subject to cancellation if we fail to get a required minimum number of guests. Deadline for registration is March 14.

Upcoming February and April

Museum Excursion Group Trips

The next outing of the Museum Excursion Group

will take place during the week of Olli's winter break on Wednesday, February 20th. We will be having a docent led tour of the Nasher's latest exhibit "Light Sensitive Photographic Works from North Carolina Collections". The tour is scheduled for 10 AM and afterward we will get lunch at the Nasher Museum Cafe. Tickets for the tour are $7 dollars.

Our April excursion will take place on Thursday, April 4, again when Olli classes are not in session. We will be going to the Raleigh NC Museum of Art for a docent led tour of the Object of Devotion exhibit of medieval English sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum: "0 to 60; the experience of time through contemporary art". The tour will be followed by lunch at the museum. If interested in attending one or both of these outings, please contact Dorian D'Agati at

doriandagati@aol.com

New Wine Group to Gather on February 22

"The Wine Mingling Group" is a newly created group that desires to provide its members some fun time around wine tasting!

The first event will take place at Six Plates in Durham from 6-8 pm on Friday, February 22. A flat attendance fee of $19 (tax and gratuity included), will include 4 wines (2-3 oz glass each) and an assortment of cheeses. This first event will feature a Trivia Tasting with four questions to go with each wine served. Attendees will be using a private room for this fun evening.

The event is limited to 30 people (members plus guests), so reserve your spot(s) as soon as possible by contacting Teresa Monteiro (teresa.monteiro@thermofisher.com) or Nicoleta Economou (nicoletajeconomou@yahoo.com).

In This Issue

Annual Meeting in Duke Garden

Spring Trip to Flat Rock

Museum Excursions

Wine Minglers

Devilry Doings

Happy Hour for New and Prospective Members

Tuesday, February 12, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Parizade, Erwin Square, 2200 W. Main St.

Appetizers are provided. Drinks of your choice are paid for by the individual.

RSVP required. Contact Jean Carden at jeancarden27@gmail.com

or Jo Ann Lutz at to attend this event.

jo.ann.lutz@alumni.duke.edu

Happening on Campus

Campus Club members are invited to "Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards: the New Face of National Security Law," a free conference on March 1-2, hosted by Duke Law School's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security. You'll hear experts discuss cyberwar, robotic weapons, technology and privacy, national security and business in the global marketplace, civil-military relations, ethics, and more.

General James N. Mattis, USMC, commander of U.S. Central Command (responsible for the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and the Horn of Africa) will be the keynote dinner speaker on Friday night, March 1st

at the Washington Duke Inn. Meal charges apply.

Limited spaces remain. The conference is free, but you must register to attend. For more info and to register, go to

http://web.law.duke.edu/lens/conferences/2013/program.

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Next Trail is Durham City

The Triangle Trails interest group will be taking an urban hike in downtown Durham on Sunday, February 24th at 10:30 am. Families are welcome (no strollers and no dogs, please). If you would like to join us for this walk led by Preservation Durham focussing on the history of downtown Durham, please contact Sue Behringer (919-489-7045 or sbehringer@nc.rr.com). Our walks typically last about 2 hours and are not strenuous.

Triangle Trails Group at Hollow Rock recently

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Daytrippers Plan Trip to See Big Cats!

Daytrippers will have a private tour of the Conservators' Center near Mebane on Friday, March 22, carpooling from Costco at 8:45 a.m. Cost will be $12 or less for the tour and funds for the carpool. The Conservators' Center preserves threatened species of animals, particularly lions, tigers, leopards, and many smaller wild cats. Most of the animals there have been rescued by government agencies or placed there when owners realize they no longer can handle a wild animal. Tours are up close and personal. The animals are beautiful. Lunch in Mebane will follow the tour. For more information and to reserve your spot on this great tour contact Hanne Rogers at hannerogers@gmail.com by February 20^th.

Share the Fun of Campus Club with Your Friends

Do you have friends, neighbors, or colleagues who are missing out on the fun activities offered by Campus Club? Consider telling them about the club. Now is a good time for them to check us out. The New and Prospective Member Event will take place at Parizade on February 12^th, 5 to 7 pm. More information on the event is elsewhere in this newsletter.

Barbara VanDewoestine
Duke Campus Club