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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Pinochle Spite & Malice
COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON We play every Sunday at 1pm in the Library. If you have questions
AT THE CLUB about our group or wish to learn to play please contact Jerye at 916-773-
Every Saturday 10 to 15 players are at the Club to play lively games of 6266.
PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle
10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group Water Volleyball
will help you come back up to speed.
Win or lose we are here to have a good time. If you are interested in The Water Volleyball group invites you to join us in the next-to-last
playing Pinochle drop in or call Alan Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan month that the pool is open. “Forecasting [the weather] is very difficult,
at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-8984. especially when it involves the future” (Yogi Berra), but last year
Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group September was very hot on certain dates, which makes the pool that
much more refreshing.
The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have We play on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30a-12:30p, we organize
fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All ourselves into two (hopefully equal) teams, and play several games. Our
levels of players are welcome. games are meant to be fun and a bit of exercise, and the competition is
Days and Times: friendly.
Friday 1:30 -3:30 p.m. If you’re not sure, feel free to ‘drop in’ to see if you like the game.
Saturday 2-4pm We’ll have a table at the October SIG Open House, and you’re welcome
Sunday 2-4pm to chat with some of our members as you think about 2024.
Tuesday 1:30pm-3:30pm (if Wellness room is available). Any questions, feel free to send an email to Dan Ketchum
Just drop in, or email Francis Chang at fcbiz888@aol.com to be added to (djketchum@gmail.com), or message me 916-945-7201 (don’t forget to
our email list." include your name).
Poker Club Wii Bowling
Both men and women. We play different games, dealer choice, and we The Wii Bowling Group will have a table at the Open House on October
start at 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday. We do not play "Wild" games. 6th where we will be demonstrating our Wii Bowling game for any
Any questions call Phil Lander (916) 872-8060 resident who might want to try it out or ask questions of the
representatives from our group. Please stop by, ask questions and try
Shutterbugs your hand at the Wii Bowling game. No experience is needed to join the
The Shutterbugs’ next meeting will be IN PERSON AT OUR USUAL group. We will also be selling tickets to enter our Candy Jar Guessing
TIME OF 2PM. on Thursday, September 7th. We will be sharing photos Game. Be the closest to guess the number of candies in the jar and win a
from our August theme of a “FOOD” interpreted any way you wish. And beautiful apothecary jar full of candies as well as other prizes. (Ties will
photos our field trip to the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity, or be broken by random draw.)
simply MOSAC. The Wii Bowling Group meets on the 2nd Tuesday evening of each
Every resident is welcome to join and share photos without having to be month from 6pm – 9pm. We have a lively, fun competition to see which
an official member. randomly chosen team can score the highest average after playing a set of
For those who would like to learn how to get off auto mode and learn 3 games to win the night's prize. Depending on how many players we
how to use their DSLR-type cameras, we recommend visiting have on any particular game night, our evening of camaraderie lasts for
www.ayearwithmycamera.com. It’s free to join and get their emails. 1.5 to 3 hours. We play year-round. If you have an interest in playing,
They do have inexpensive subscription options that are not required. please contact your hosts Barry & Diana Gray at bdgray19@yahoo.com
FUTURE FIELD TRIP THOUGHTS. Please send us your suggestions for a copy of our game night instructions including how to make a
on field trips you might like us to consider. monthly reservation. To be ready for future emails, you can subscribe to
Preparing your photos to be shared at our meetings: the Wii Bowling Group on your profile page on the Retreat website.
A reminder for all that we have decided to standardize the way we Every resident in our community is welcome to join. The next game
present photos at our meetings. Please send any photos you want to share night is Tuesday, September 12th. Dues of $5 per person, per game
to Terry and he will prepare them for showing at our meeting. You will night are collected the night of the event and prizes of gift certificates to
do the narration. Several members are not as comfortable sharing and various local restaurants are awarded to the highest scoring team. Please
therefore this should make it easier for everyone. watch for your opportunity to RSVP for September 12th, starting on
PLEASE SEND TERRY AN EMAIL WITH YOUR PHOTOS AS Tuesday August 29th, at approximately 6 pm. Reservations are required
“ATTACHMENTS”. Please do not embed your photos in the body of the in order to play. Won’t you join us?
email which makes it longer to download your files. Mac users will need Wine Appreciation (WAG)
to create a Zip file from their photos and email the Zip file to Terry. If
you have a question on how to do this, please contact Terry Brady. The Wine Appreciation Group kicked off the August event with the
Club members are encouraged to become a member of our Facebook song, Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of summer, led by Ginny Starr. It
Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/436603713658143 This is a was a lot of fun and led to a night of conversation and laughter. Our
great place to easily share your photos. For questions, please contact Lou hosts, Ruth Peshkoff and Tom Jaskowiak, as well as their entire team,
Frank Lou lmfrank@me.com or Terry Brady tmisc10@gmail.com. did a fabulous job decorating the room to coincide with the

theme. Kudos to all of them!
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