A Variety of Issues and a New Meeting Location for 2017
Photos courtesy of Kevin Besier, Jim Herrington, Joe LaCava, Kathy Stadler and Tommy Hough.

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Join us for our January club meeting this Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 6:00 p.m. as we usher out the Obama administration and steel ourselves for the battles to come in the banquet room of our new meeting locale, Elijah's Restaurant and Deli in Clairemont.

January Club Meeting
Wed., Jan. 18 at 6 p.m.
(meeting comes to order at 7 p.m.)
Elijah's Restaurant and Deli
7061 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111

Located at 7061 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. in the McGrath Court shopping center (near Souplantation) off I-805 at Clairemont Mesa Blvd., you can walk right into the street-level banquet room from the parking lot. 

We'll begin our pre-meeting social 30 minutes earlier than usual this month so members, guests and other attendees can arrive early and order from Elijah's special prefix menu (only if you want to eat – it's not required) before we gavel the meeting to order at 7:00.
GOP Puts the Endangered Species Act in Its Crosshairs

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One of the primary topics will be the just-announced attempt by the GOP Congress to roll back portions of the Endangered Species Act.

Signed into law by President Nixon in 1973, the ESA has successfully aided in the preservation of once-critically endangered species like the American bald eagle, Northern spotted owl and American gray wolf (now vulnerable in some states) by regulating "development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."

The ESA continues to ensure protections at the federal level for the Canadian lynx and hundreds of other endangered and threatened animals throughout the vast wild spaces of the U.S., including the desert tortoise, commonly found in the deserts of California, Nevada and Arizona.
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Wednesday's meeting agenda is linked here, including:

Elijah's Restaurant and Deli photos courtesy of Elijah's
Bald eagle photo courtesy of the National Park Service