Cynthia Wiese, Trojan Marching Band Executive Assistant, took these pictures of TGLA member Christine Ofiesh. Christine sponsored the Notre Dame half-time show, which is part of the on-going legacy celebration in honor of Dr. Arthur C. Bartner's 50th Legacy.
What a generous gift from Christine!
TGLA member Sandy Johnston sent me these pictures from Lois Booth's camera and Nikki Dana's smartphone. They were taken at the Alumnae Coordinating Council Scholarship Luncheon.
Congratulations to our Scholars who could not attend. They are Tiffany Yue, Wilson Lin, and Sean Lee. FIGHT ON!
Jane Bensussen sent me this picture of TGLA members who attended the San Pedro Peninsula Cancer Guild's "An Affaire to Remember" at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. The ladies are from left to right: Jane Bensussen, Barbara Hance, Christine Ofiesh, Sharon Wood, Sandy Johnston, D'Arcy McLeod and Kathy Lingle.
TGLA members are not only hard working, but charitable as well.
Trojan Candy arrived a half hour before the start of the first fall meeting of TGLA. Many ladies had already arrived. The tables were set up beautifully.
I immediately looked for TGLA members who had invited guests.
Now it was time for our guest speaker Dr. Kenneth Hill to present a history about the Arboretum. He said that Stone Age people lived in the Arboretum area until 1750. The Spanish came in 1761 and the San Gabriel Mission was built in 1771. There were four prominent owners from 1832 until 1955. They were Hugo Grant, whose adobe home still exists in the Arboretum; William Wolfskill, who started the orange groves; Elias Jackson Baldwin, who built the Queen Anne's Cottage; and Harry Chandler, who built the veranda on the Queen Anne's Cottage and rented the Arboretum out to movie studios. 
In 1955 Los Angeles County and the State of California opened up the Arboretum to the public with free admission. Today, the Arboretum is run by twenty-five County employees and twenty-two Foundation employees.
Trojan Candy took this picture of Programs Vice-Presidents Mary Hall and Sharon Schmidt, Dr. Hill and President Nikki Dana.
After the meeting concluded, a delicious lunch was served. During lunch, Trojan Candy took pictures on the patio.
TGLA members and Pacific Palisades residents Barbara Hance, Christin Moses, Christine Ofiesh and Missie McClure posed with Dr. Kenneth Hill. This picture was printed in the November 2, 2016, edition of the Palisades News. 
Click on the thumbnail to read the article that was published. Thanks to Patricia Dowling for submitting the picture and story.
Most of the TGLA members went inside for lunch, as our TGLA scholars were just arriving.
First, I took two pictures of our scholars with their TGLA donors.
Here are our Vice-Presidents Scholarship, Donors and five TGLA Senior Scholars. Lois Booth, Wilson Lin, Stephen Magro, Sandy Johnston Nikki Dana, Jane Kim, Amanda Tran, Tiffany Yue and Christine Ofiesh.
As each scholar arrived I took his/her picture and interviewed him/her on the patio. Two more scholars were scheduled to arrive later.
Meet seven of our eight Senior TGLA scholars.
Ryan Lee was the last scholar to arrive. Ryan, like Alexandra, grew up in Los Angeles. Both of his parents are Bruins! But Ryan told me that, "USC is the place to be." He majored in Human Biology and wants to attend medical school. Ryan loves to play basketball and is currently working with the team. FIGHT ON, Ryan!
Our eighth TGLA Scholar is Sean Lee. Sean did not attend our meeting today because he was out of town visiting medical schools. FIGHT ON, Sean!
