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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Bunco, continued Club Trekkers, continued

to be removed, mailing list a couple days prior. If you are not receiving these emails and
contact me and I'll would like to sign up, simply join the Trekkers shared interest group on
remove you from your Profile page of our community website.
the list.
Jan Frack, 408-425- Club Quilters ~ Quilters inspiring Quilters
8108, Bunco
Coordinator We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays at 10:00 a.m. in The Library. If you
have any questions, please call Carol 361-290-3222
Club Veterans

Being July things are slow for the Vet’s group due to high heat and folks
Left to right: Edie Strain (Most Buncos & Raffle prize), Sharon Clark on vacation or traveling. There is not much to report this time. As I had
(Most wins & Bunco Baby), and Nancy Eleazarraraz (Most losses) mentioned last month the group did celebrate the 80th D-Day
anniversary with a display of items. Many of the items displayed were
CRI (Conservatives, Republicans, and Independents) carried on the third wave by my father with his company of Advanced
Combat Engineers at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.
The 4th of July fell on the first Thursday of the month, our normal The photo arrived after last month’s courier so here it is.
meeting date, so we canceled our July meeting. We hope everyone took Hope you all had a safe and sane Fourth of July. God bless America!
part in celebrating the founding of our great nation.
Our next meeting will be held Thursday, August 1st at 6:30 in the
Retreat. We will hear from our representative in the State Assembly,
Assemblyman Joe Patterson. Joe is up for reelection in November. We
are looking forward to learning about his first term in office.
In an election season, we typically host candidates for office. Our
speaker for September is yet to be determined, but we will hear from
Congressman Kevin Kiley in early October.
Club Crafters Cornhole
Whatever your craft or hobby is, we would like to invite you to join
us. We meet every Tuesday at 10 AM in the library. Dig out those
unfinished projects and come have a cup of coffee with us, and I
guarantee lots of good conversation and laughs. We would like to
invite new residents to stop by anytime and come see what we are doing Cornhole
and perhaps entice you to join our group.
We also accept yarn and needlework items you no longer want. If you Cornhole (also known regionally as sack toss, or bags) is a lawn game in
would like more information about our group, please contact Dona Smith which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised,
at (916) 771-8039 or email donaann1@surewest.net. angled board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game is to score
points by either landing a bag on the board (one point) or putting a bag
Club Trekkers through the hole (three points).
The Trekkers conduct 2 types of walks / hikes each week. On Saturdays We establish teams each time from a lottery draw. We ask for $2 as we
we have a 2 – 2 ½ mile neighborhood walk starting at 8:00 am to avoid use the funds for prizes at the end of the evening. Weather dictates if we
the heat followed by a beverage stop at MoJoe’s for those interested. play inside in the Wellness Room or outside under the covered patio.
On Tuesdays we have a 4 – 5 mile easy to moderate hike “on dirt”. Since Our semi-annual tournament results are in!! For the first half of 2024,
August is hot, hot, hot in Roseville, these hikes are conducted at higher our top gentleman was, Terry Eyrich with 828 points. He was followed
elevations where it is much cooler. by Bert Gutierrez at 809 points and Michael Morales with 806
• Aug 6 – Lock Leven lakes trail. Moderate 4 – 7 miles depending points. For the ladies, in first place was Linda Mohr with 769
on how far folks want to hike points. Following her was Debbie Edgell at 759 points and Sheila Acke
• Aug 13 – Peter Grub hut. Moderate 6-mile loop but many places with 747 points.
where we can turn around if group desires Play for August will be on August 5th, 7th, 19th and 21st. Monday play
• Aug 20 – Pacific Crest Trail / Donner Lake rim. Easy to moderate is at 1:00 pm and Wednesday play is at 5:30 pm.
hike along some of the Pacific Crest Trail with opportunities for pictures A sign-up email is sent out approximately one week before scheduled
with PCT signage. play. We have had great turnout so in order to give everyone a chance to
• Aug 27 – Lake Spaulding. 4+ mile out and back woodsy walk play, we ask that initially you only sign up for your first choice. Check
along a canal, stream and lake back a couple days later and if there is still room available for the other
We try to plan lunch after each hike at a local diner but occasionally day, please go ahead and signup.
hikers will take a sandwich and eat at a pleasant shady spot All new players are welcome!
Detailed information on each walk / hike is sent out to the Club Trekkers
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