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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Cornhole Digital World Club

Cornhole (also known regionally as sack toss, or bags) is a lawn game in The Digital World Club’s (DWC’s) next meeting will be held on
which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised, Wednesday, Marach 13, 2024, at 10 AM, in The Retreat library room.
angled board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game is to score The meeting will be a membership workshop, where we share hacks, ask
points by either landing a bag on the board (one point) or putting a bag questions, or talk about newly acquired devices. This is your opportunity
through the hole (three points). to share your knowledge or ask for advice. Anyone might have the
We establish teams each time from a lottery draw. We ask for $2 as we answer, we’re all learning together, so let’s share! Feel free to bring your
use the funds for prizes at the end of the evening. Weather dictates if we device for some hands-on support.
play inside in the Wellness Room or outside under the covered patio. Jim Lindauer will start the meeting with a discussion on ways to organize
We’ve begun collecting our semi-annual dues of $5 from the regular and document your digital data should a designated person or loved one
players. If you haven’t paid, please bring it the next time you play. need access to your information on your behalf.
Play for March will be on March 4th, 6th 18th and 20th. Monday play is The DWC meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 10 AM,
at 1:00 pm and Wednesday play is at 5:30 pm. typically in The Retreat library room. We take a break in August and
A sign-up email is sent out approximately one week before scheduled December.
play. We have had great turnout so in order to give everyone a chance to Contact Rick Koehler for help at 916-749-3022 or
play, we ask that initially you only sign up for your first choice. Then rpkoehler@comcast.net.
place your name on the wait list for the other day. If there is room for Get on the DWC email list to receive information about our monthly
additional players, we will notify the players from the waitlist. meetings and general information about the digital world we live in by
All new players are welcome! checking the Digital World Club box in your profile.
Cribbage Hand and Foot

MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm
AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON until around 4 pm. Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who
Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards
10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four. so that play can begin by 2 p.m.)
Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in Come join us and have some fun. If you would like to learn to play or
a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the have questions contact: Gloria Cordle-Borley 209-402-1933 or
game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each Gacordle@gmail.com.
other's company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop in or call Alan
Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872- Helping Hands 2.0
8984.
Spring is on the way and Helping Hands is planning a great season of
Democratic Forum
events.
This month’s meeting of the Democratic Forum was a presentation and We’d like to thank everyone who came to Bev and Bites on Friday, Feb
discussion led by Jessica Morse, candidate for Congress in the critical 2. It was extremely well received! We had well over 80 guests,
November Presidential elections. Her presentation was followed by a overflowing to the card room and library. This first Bev and Bites was
lively discussion. hosted by the HH Steering Committee, which supplied a fabulous food
Join us for the Wednesday, March 6th meeting at 1:00 p.m. our speaker table and complimentary wine. This was just to introduce this new
will be by one of our own, namely Norm Vig, a retired political science event, which is taking the place of Coffee and Chat, which had been held
professor who will deep dive into the results of the Super Tuesday for years in the morning. We listened to what you said and we are now
Primaries. holding this same event, with a new name, from 4-5:30 on the first
Friday of each month.
All future Bevs and Bites will be hosted by YOU, our guests . The next
Bevs and Bites will be on Friday, March1st from 4:00-5:30 to be held in
the Café and Library. Each month, we need a volunteer resident team
of 5-6 to set up/to clean up at each event. Members of the HH Steering
Committee with be there to help and provide the decorations, plates,
napkins, and fun. The purpose of these events is to have members of our
community meet each other as well as to hear about our upcoming
events, other SIG events and Shannon’s calendar of events.
If you want to volunteer for our set up/clean up team, please contact
Caroline Crawford at dfppro@yahoo.com. Without a set-up team, we
cannot hold this event. So please choose a month you and (maybe) some
of your friends would like to sign up for. HH Steering Committee will be
there to help you all the way.
You, our guests, are asked to please provide appetizers for 10-12 to
share and BYOB of your choice.
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