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Shared Interest Group Announcements


                             Club at WestPark Democrats                                                    Digital World Club

         5, County District 2, and  Roseville City District 1. The demographics in  device question to ask our team).  MARK YOUR CALENDAR. The
         our new districts are shifting toward a more competitive political arena.   current plan is to have this meeting on Zoom (the Zoom link will be sent
         More than ever, every vote is important, and Democrats are gearing up   to the membership by email).  If we have the opportunity to meet in
         for the primary in June.                                                person, you will be notified by email.
          The California Democratic Party (CADEM) held a pre-endorsement          If you need to sign up for emails, goto theclubatwestparkca.com, login,
         conference on March 12. Our Club had three representatives who voted    goto YOUR PROFILE, goto UPDATE PROFILE, (scroll down) check
         for candidates based on a polling of the membership. Results of the State  DWC.  If you need help, contact Shannon at The Retreat.  If you need
         Endorsement are as follows:                                             help with a computer of device, contact Rick Koehler at
         - Congressional District 3 – Kermit Jones 97% of vote                   rpkoehler@comcast.net and we will do our best to help.
         - Senate District 6 – Paula Villescaz 97.4% of vote
         - Assembly District 5 – Rebecca Chenowith 96.5% of vote                                            Hand and Foot
         Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner Dance – Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 6pm  Hand and Foot is a card game played Fridays at The Retreat, from 2 pm
         Join us for an evening of dinner, dancing and fellowship at this dinner   until around 4 pm.  Cards are drawn prior to playing to determine who
         dance hosted by the Placer County Democratic Party. It is being held at   plays together. (Players should arrive by 1:50 p.m. in order to draw cards
         Flower Farm Café (outdoors), 2980 Horseshoe Bar Road, Loomis. The       so that play can begin by 2 p.m.)  If you want to learn to play, contact
         cost per ticket if $65. There will be a live band. Bring your check to our   Donna Sager by email, phone or text, and I will get back to you. Come
         next meeting on March 2 or contact us at                                join us and have some fun. Thanks  sagerdonna@gmail.com or 916-834-
         www.theclubatwestparkdems@gmail.com.                                    4249
          Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 2 at The Retreat’s
         Wellness Room. The hospitality table will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the                              Helping Hands 2.0
         general meeting will be at 7:00 p.m.
          The mission of The Club at WestPark Democrats is to create a           It looks like Spring will be here before we know it!  And with the mask
         welcoming forum to support Democratic candidates of integrity who       mandate suspended, events will be taking place once again at The Retreat
         share our values of unity, diversity and equal rights. We strive to use our  in March.
         collective power through discussion, information and outreach to put our  Our FIRST Coffee and Chat of the year (all those delays!!) will be held
         progressive vision, values and goals into action.                       on Friday, March 25 at 9am in the Café. We are so looking forward to
                                                                                 seeing you there. It will be a great opportunity to meet new neighbors
                                       Cribbage                                  and catch up with old friends!  Share breakfast treats donated by
                                                                                 residents and enjoy a breakfast drink while we inform you of all the
         MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED                          events that will be taking place at The Club in addition to meeting the
         AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON                                                  Management Staff.  There will be an email invitation sent out prior to the
         Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from  event.  We hope you will join us!  Everyone is welcome to attend!
         10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four.      With so many new residents having moved to our wonderful community,
         Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom.  If you have not played in  we will be planning a New Resident reception this Spring.  We are
         a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the      looking forward to meeting many of our new neighbors with this event
         game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each      planned just for them.
         others company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop in or call Alan   As many of you know, Helping Hands sends cards to those residents of
         Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-      The Club who are ill, had surgery, been hospitalized, or experienced a
         8984.                                                                   death in the family.  These cards are lovingly hand made by several of
                                                                                 our residents.
                                  Digital World Club                             In addition, both Sam McGuff and Maria Winkler “upcycle” used cards
                                                                                 that you receive, or all those cards that you get from various charities and
         According to google, the most frequently asked questions on Google      use various parts of them to create beautiful new Get Well and Sympathy
         worldwide 2021 was:  ""What to watch"". This question generated an      cards. They use all parts of the cards, but if you have a sentiment you
         average of 7.5 million online search queries per month.                 want to save, you can just remove that section. They will also be making
          We use google search for an abundant number of searches from how to    make holiday, birthday, thank you or ornamental note cards to sell at the
         setup an Apple Watch to what is the best way to cook brown rice.  We    Craft Fair next year and donate the profits to Helping Hands.
         love Google.                                                            So, gather your cards and drop them off at Sam’s home – 317 Lixton Ct
         If you love Google like we do, you will enjoy our meeting on March      or Maria’s home at 2040 Appersett Loop.  Sam has a box on her porch
         9th.  Bob Ringo from the Lincoln Hills Computer Club will be            and Maria has a table for easy drop off.  If you would like your cards to
         presenting “How to Search Like a Pro”.  His presentation will be sent to   be picked up, Sam will be glad to do that.  You can call her at 1-925-285-
         the membership via a link in an email, as well as posted to the DWC’s   1049 or email her at samcguff@comcast.net
         group webpage.                                                          PLEASE EMAIL rbevmumm@gmail.com  IF YOU, OR SOMEONE
                                                                                 YOU KNOW HAS A NEIGHBOR WHO IS ILL, HAS HAD
         Our meeting will be Wednesday, March 9th at 10:00 (9:30 if you have a   SURGERY, (DON’T FORGET THOSE WHO HAVE HAD

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