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Shared Interest Group Announcements
CRI (Conservatives, Republicans, and Independents) Club Veterans
Joy is celebrating the holidays with family and friends. Our CRI family A Mass for Jim Tedesco will take place on January 17th at
came together to celebrate Christmas and Chanukah on December 1st. 8:30am at St. Clare Catholic Church.
A couple of our newly elected representatives joined us for an evening Wishing all our members, supporters, staff and residents
of beautiful decorations, delicious food, and the perfect entertainment in our community a very safe and peaceful holiday season
for the occasion. Some of us stood around the piano being played by from all of us at the Club Veterans.
Ramona and sang many of the traditional songs of the season. There is no meeting in the month of December. See you
As we look forward to 2023, we are planning meetings that we hope will all next year on January 12th, at 10:00 AM.
be informational with relevant guest speakers. Our first meeting of 2023
will be on January 5th. We have one speaker lined up and we are Cornhole (New Group Forming)
working on the second.
For more information about our group, contact Randy at Come join the newly formed cornhole league! We’ve been having
r2d2nelson@gmail.com. To join our group, contact Alice at wonderful participation, a lot of fun and a few laughs. Cornhole is a
klanga@comcast.net. Or, log onto our group page at Club at WestPark game where teams take turns throwing bean bags at a raised, angled
CRI Group (theclubatwestparkca.com). board with a hole in the far end. The goal is to land bean bags in the hole
We wish all of our friends a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year or on top of the board. Teams are established each time from a lottery
draw. If weather is permitting, we will play outside under the overhang
Club Crafters and in adverse weather we play in the exercise room. A sign-up email is
sent out approximately one week before scheduled play.
Whatever your craft or hobby is, we would like to invite you to join Cornhole plays on the first and third weeks of each month. In January
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us. We meet every Tuesday at 10 AM in the library. Dig out those we will play on Mondays, January 2 and 16 . And then on
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unfinished projects and come have a cup of coffee with us, and I Wednesdays January 4 and 18 . Monday play is at 1:00 pm and
guarantee lots of good conversation and laughs. If you would like more Wednesday play is at 5:30 pm.
information about our group, please contact Dona Smith at (916) 771- Starting in January, Cornhole will start a new competition for 6 months.
8039 or email donaann1@surewest.net. We will keep track of every individual’s score. Then we’ll take their
highest two scores in a month and use those results in the calculation. At
Club Trekkers the end of 6 months, the high point winners will receive a prize.
All levels of players are welcome – come give us a try. We’ll teach you
We will continue to have hikes on the 1st and 3rd the fundamentals of the game if you haven’t played before.
Tuesdays and the following Saturdays. Neighborhood
walks will take place on Saturdays when there is no
hike. Hikes for January will offer the chance to get out Cribbage
and visit other locations within about an hour’s
drive. Emails will be sent to Trekker members two days MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS @ 10AM CRIBBAGE IS PLAYED
before hikes and walks with details. AT THE CLUB UNTIL NOON
The hikes and walks planned for January are: Come play CRIBBAGE with us every Monday and/or Wednesday from
Sun 1/1 - Greet the New Year with an easy hike to Averys Pond 10am to noon. We play two and three handed and partners with four.
Tue 1/3 - ASRE Quarry Road out and back, about 6 miles from the Cards are drawn to see who plays with whom. If you have not played in
confluence along the Middle Fork of the American River a long time, no problem, we will go slow and reacquaint you to the
Sat 1/7 - Magnolia Ranch on Hwy 49, 5 mile loop, about 8 miles east of game. We have 12 to 20 members and play to have fun and enjoy each
Cool. others company. If you would like to play Cribbage drop in or call Alan
Sat 1/14 - Neighborhood Walk Uman. Any Questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-
Tue 1/17 - Lake Clementine out and back, from the confluence to the 8984.
view of the dam.
Sat 1/21 - Find the migrating birds, Consumes River Preserve or Gray Democratic Forum
Lodge. The email a couple of days before the hike will give details.
Sat 1/28 - Neighborhood Walk Happy New Year!
2022 has been a productive year for our club—ending with a festive
Club Quilters ~ Quilters inspiring Quilters party and the introduction of our new Co-Facilitators Audrey Ehrlich and
Chris Lauritzen
About a decade ago, Audrey was one of the first Co-Chairs of the
We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays at 10:00 a.m. in The original WestPark Democratic Club! She has been a dedicated active
Library. If you have any questions please call Carol member ever since. Audrey is looking forward to our next chapter as the
361-290-3222 Democratic Forum and the great opportunity to find others who share our
values and interests. She hopes our old friends and new neighbors will
join us. She believes we have had a great start.
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