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Association Events

 Event and activity reservations must be made at The aboard the bus and check everyone in. For safety, the sheet so we may plan accordingly. The first two
Retreat Front Desk. tour monitor/escort will sit in the front seat behind rows on each bus are reserved for the Monitor/Escort
 Refunds are given only if an activity is cancelled. the bus driver. and any special accommodations. Thank you.
 Each event indicates an RSVP deadline date and in  PERFUME/SCENTS: Please refrain from  REFUND PROCEDURES: If an activity is
cancelled, all funds will be refunded as quickly as
wearing perfume, cologne, and scented bath products
some cases may be as much as four weeks prior to when attending events and bus trips. possible.
the actual event, should tickets need to be purchased.
 The popularity of any trip means it may sell out long  CELL PHONES: While riding in a bus or  CANCELLATIONS AND WAITING LIST:
participating in a group tour, please limit your cell
before the RSVP date, so please plan accordingly. phone conversations. We encourage you to wait until For your convenience, once an event is filled or final
 We load the bus for day trips approximately 10 you are off the bus or able to step away from the reservations are given, a waiting list will be started.
Ordered meals cannot be changed.
minutes prior to departure times stated in each trip group and can talk privately.
description.  SPECIAL NEEDS: Please indicate special needs  PAYMENT: We accept cash, checks, and all
 Our tour monitor/escort will board the bus first in at time of purchase for the trip or event. We will do credit cards. For your convenience, you may call The
order to ensure everything is prepared for our our best to accommodate all requests. Be sure to ask Retreat and pay over the phone with a credit card.
journey. The monitor/escort will then invite you the monitor to note the accommodations on the event

Watercolor/Acrylic Painting Class you on a before hours tour of
On-going at The Retreat Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. the Library and Utility
Free orientation meeting: Sept 2nd at 1:30 pm - RSVP in advance Exploration Center! Meet Sara
Class begins Thursday, September 9th at 1:30 p.m. at Martha Riley Community
At the orientation, prospective students will vote for the medium they Library, located in Mahany
want to learn; watercolor or acrylic. Park at 1501 Pleasant Grove
Depending on the majority vote, the appropriate supply list will be then Blvd. Riley Library is one of
introduced, and an explanation of the structure and teaching method of the three Roseville Public
the class. Interested students can then sign up for the class. Library locations. The two-
Your teacher is Maria Winkler, MFA and PhD, who has taught art and story building features three
art education at several universities for 40 years. Her teaching methods reading rooms and is shared
include class lecture, live demonstrations, professional art critiques, with Roseville Utility Exploration Center. Project Play, an accessible
hands-on help, and instruction. You can see her portfolio and resume on playground, is adjacent to the building.
her web site, www.mariawinkler.com. Did you know? Riley Library is a Ballot Drop Off Site, you can drop
In the class, Maria provides handouts of a sample painting or your ballots off there.
photograph, from which you will paint your own painting at your own 20 person maximum for each tour
pace. Lessons will include a critique of the finished lesson and We ask that you consider wearing a mask for your protection.
introduction to the next project. We will paint subjects such as still life, FREE - RSVP in advance for your date of choice at The Retreat
landscapes, birds, flowers, animals and people. We discuss painting
techniques, and the use of the elements of art: color, shape, form, National Chocolate Milkshake Day
texture, space, and value; and the principles of art, which are balance, Sunday, September 12th at 6:30 p.m.
movement, emphasis, proportion, rhythm, repetition, pattern, variety and HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE DAY
unity. The history of milkshakes can be accredited to the development of two
$100.00 per month (4 lessons per month) RSVP at The Retreat key concepts, the electric blender, and malted milk drinks. So to
Examples of watercolors by Maria Winkler: understand the origin of milkshakes, you actually have to look further
back to medieval Britain when eggnog came about. Back then it was a
hot, milky ale-like drink and milk and eggs were foods of the wealthy so

it was often consumed in indulgent celebration. It wasn’t until 1885 that
somebody had the idea of mixing whiskey, milk, and eggs as an “eggnog
type” drink, that milkshakes appeared in history. It originally was a term
used for “wholesome drinks” containing chocolate, strawberry, or
vanilla syrups.
In 1910, Hamilton Beach introduced the Cyclone Drink Mixer, an
electric blender that became a prevalent machine used at public
businesses. With the invention of the blender, milkshakes began to take
their modern, whipped, aerated, and frothy form. And finally in Chicago
in 1922, Walgreens employee Ivar “Pop” Coulson made a milkshake by
Riley Library Tours (OFF-SITE) adding two scoops of vanilla ice cream to Walgreens’ standard malted
1501 Pleasant Grove Blvd milk drink recipe. Termed “Horlick’s Malted Milk”, this item was
Thursday, September 9th at 9:30 – 11:30am featured by the Walgreen drugstore chain as part of a chocolate
th
Thursday, September 16 at 9:30 – 11:30 am milkshake, which became known as a “malted” or “malt” and swiftly
Thursday, September 23rd at 9:30 – 11:30 am rose to one of the most popular soda-fountain drinks of its time.
Resident Sara Schlehofer is a Librarian at Riley Library and will take FREE - RSVP in advance at The Retreat

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