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Shared Interest Group Announcements

CRI Group Club Crafters, Continued

At our September CRI Meeting, we had the honor of having SFC Brad Sacramento Kids. SBSK provides handmade blankets to
Nichols as one of our speakers. Having served in Afghanistan and having children in the Sacramento and Placer Counties, in
walked thru “Abby Gate” on numerous occasions, this is a very addition to State and National emergencies. The
emotional time for him, as it is for many of our Vets. He started his blankets are distributed to children in homeless shelters,
presentation with a moment of silence for all the military personnel who hospitals, schools, etc. We accept knitted, crocheted,
died in the line of duty with a special emphasis on the 13 servicemen and sewn, quilted, and no-sew fleece blankets from the
women who died at Abby Gate. community for donation.
Brad eloquently spoke about how and why he joined the military. He We continue to give to Sacramento Shriners Hospital. Every year
shared a funny story about a time when he was an instructor at a military Shriners has a wish list of items they need; anyone in the community is
base and encountered a very drunk enlisted man, a latrine and $5.50. welcome to contribute. All of these are great projects to give back to the
Those of you who attended will remember that story. He went on to community while doing something fun with your neighbors. If you have
describe what “Patriotism” means to him and how it’s changed over the craft items to donate, we are happy to take them. For more information
years. about our group, projects, or to donate items, contact Denise Caputo at
He discussed “Presentism”, judging history by the standards of today. 916-782-1663 or email dgcaputo@surewest.net.
We should learn from the past and use it to affect positive change today.
Our second speaker was Bruce Houdesheldt, Vice Mayor of Roseville. Club Trekkers
He works for the Water Board. He stated that Roseville is very lucky
because we have our own water reservoirs and power grids. He also The Club Trekkers try to arrange two hikes a week on
served on the Public Utilities Commission and the Planning Tuesdays and Saturdays, if a location can be identified with
Commission. acceptable weather and air quality. Emails are sent out a
He explained that part of the reason for the drought this year was that the couple of days before each hike to residents who have joined
snow fell on dry ground and the water was absorbed instead of flowing the Club Trekkers using their Profile page on the Club’s
into Folsom Lake. We will get through this year and Roseville is already website. For October some of our hikes are going into the
preparing for 2022. He envisions the Sites Reservoir, which has been on dry part of Folsom Lake’s lakebed to see remnants of old water channels
the books since 1974, finally being approved in 18 months. This new and natural springs, and learn some of the history of the area. Folsom
reservoir will not compete with Shasta Lake so it should be a new source Lake is about 35 feet lower than it was this time last year—should be
of water in the future. interesting.
Homelessness in Roseville was discussed, and Bruce said that the city is
very actively trying to help these people with housing and social Club Quilters ~ Quilters inspiring Quilters
services. If anyone notices any issue with homeless in their area, Bruce
said to contact him. His email is: bhoudesheldt@roseville.ca.us. We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays at 10:00 a.m. in The Library. If you
We ended our meeting by acknowledging the 76th Anniversary of VJ have any questions please call Carol 361-290-3222
Day on September 2nd, the 9th Anniversary of the attack on Benghazi
and the 20th Anniversary of 9-11. Club Veterans
We are having a BBQ on October 2nd instead of our usual meeting. We
will have great food, entertainment, and guest speakers. Hope to see you The good news is we have had our first gathering and
there. business meeting of our membership. Covering a lot
For information about our group, contact Randy at of ground, the membership was brought up to date
r2d2nelson@gmail.com. To join our group, contact Alice at and what we plan to complete for the remaining time
klanga@comcast.net. As always check out our web page on the HOA of this year.
web site at https://theclubatwestparkca.com/cri . In addition, we’ve gained three new members to the group through our
recruiting efforts so, to all “Welcome Aboard!” We could stand to have a
Chair Volleyball few more; please consider joining us and remember you do not have to
be a veteran to be a member. We are open to the community.
We are currently playing the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at I’m also happy to report that our Club Board member Stan Kasperik is
7pm. RSVP to Dow by 4pm on the day of to make sure we have back after his illness and doing well. Soon, we hope he will be back
enough people to play. Dow Sager 916-997-6543. Join us! working as our Financial Officer once again.
By the time you read this report the Annual BBQ will have already been
held. It suffices to say we had another “Sell Out” event for a great cause
Club Crafters
and what to say thank you so much to all for supporting our community
Every Tuesday 10AM join us at the club. Whatever your craft, learn new effort for Veteran’s in need. Lastly, many thanks and kudos to Dick Holt,
skills, complete unfinished projects, expand your abilities while enjoying his crew and all the volunteers for doing another outstanding job for our
the company of your friends and neighbors. Vets. See you all again in the Spring of 2022.
Our ongoing project is making blankets for Sacramento Blankets for

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