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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Pinochle Shutterbugs
COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON Club members are encouraged to become a member of our Facebook
AT THE CLUB Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/436603713658143 This is a
Every Saturday 10 to 15 players are at the Club to play lively games of great place to easily share your photos. Give it a try. For questions,
PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle please contact Debbie Ferris debbie.ferris49@icloud.com or Terry Brady
10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group tmisc10@gmail.com, or any of your steering committee members.
will help you come back up to speed.
Win or lose we are here to have a good time. If you are interested in Spite & Malice
playing Pinochle drop in or call Alan Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan We play every Sunday at 1pm in the Library. If you have questions
at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-8984. about our group or wish to learn to play please contact Jerye at 916-773-
6266.
Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have Water Volleyball
fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All The water volleyball SIG plays every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:45am
levels of players are welcome. for about an hour. The water is refreshing when it’s cooler than the air
Days and Times: (hot days) and is nice even when the air temperatures are in the low 70’s.
Friday 1:30-3:30pm We get a little work-out and have loads of fun. Our fun goal is to
Saturday 2-4pm equalize the two teams so that they’re similar in playing skill, and we’ll
Sunday 2-4pm rotate players around if needed. We’re using newer balls that we bought
Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm (if Wellness room is available). at the beginning of the season and tossed out some old balls.
Just drop in, or email Francis Chang at fcbiz888@aol.com to be added to If you’d like to join us, stop by the pool at the days and times mentioned
our email list. above. If you’d like to add your name to our email roster or have any
Poker Club questions, contact Dan Ketchum at djketchum@gmail.com.
Wii Bowling
Both men and women. We play different games, dealer choice, and we
start at 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday. We do not play "Wild" games. The Wii Bowling Group meets on the 2nd Tuesday
Any questions call Phil Lander (916) 872-8060 evening of each month. We have a lively, fun
competition to see which randomly chosen team can
Shutterbugs score the highest average after playing a set of 3 games
to win the night's prize. Depending on how many players
The Shutterbugs’ next meeting will be IN PERSON AT OUR USUAL we have on any particular game night, our evening of camaraderie lasts
TIME OF 2PM. on Thursday, July 6th. We will be sharing photos from for 1.5 to 3 hours. If you have an interest in playing, please contact your
our June theme of a Mundane Object and our field trip with the Trekkers hosts Barry & Diana Gray at bdgray19@yahoo.com for a copy of our
from our historic Old Roseville Walking Tour. Our learning topic this game night instructions including how to make a monthly reservation. To
meeting will be for each member who wishes to share a brief explanation be ready for future emails, you can subscribe to the Wii Bowling Group
of their favorite Apps. Including cell phone apps along with pc or Mac on your profile page on the Retreat website. Every resident in our
based apps. community is welcome to join. The next game night is Tuesday, July
Every resident is welcome to join and share photos without having to be 11th. Dues of $5 per person, per game night are collected the night of
an official member. the event and prizes of gift certificates to various local restaurants are
For those who would like to learn how to get off auto mode and learn awarded to the highest scoring team. Please watch for your opportunity
how to use their DSLR-type cameras, we recommend visiting to RSVP for July starting on Tuesday June 27th at approximately 6 pm.
www.ayearwithmycamera.com. It’s free to join and get their emails. Reservations are required in order to play. We hope to knock down some
They do have inexpensive subscription options that are not required. pins with our neighbors and friends on Tuesday, July 11th. Won't you
FUTURE FIELD TRIP THOUGHTS. join us?
Please send us your suggestions on field trips you might like us to
consider. Wine Appreciation (WAG)
Preparing your photos to be shared at our meetings: What a wonderful day The Wine Appreciation Group had at Berghold
A reminder for all that we have decided to standardize the way we Winery. The sun was shining, wine was flowing, food was plentiful and
present photos at our meetings. Please send any photos you want to share conversation was abundant. We also had a fabulous tour of their winery
to Terry and he will prepare them for showing at our meeting. You will and look forward to Berghold coming to one of our monthly events in the
do the narration. Several members are not as comfortable sharing and near future.
therefore this should make it easier for everyone. We quickly went into our June Wine event which was a great
PLEASE SEND TERRY AN EMAIL WITH YOUR PHOTOS AS success. There were so many positive comments about the food, done by
“ATTACHMENTS”. Please do not embed your photos in the body of the Gourmet Garage, and the wine, provided by Dora Dain Winery. Hosts,
email which makes it longer to download your files. Mac users will need Nancy Donner and Dave Powel, plus their team, did an outstanding job
to create a Zip file from their photos and email the Zip file to Terry. If on the decor, duplicating the logo truck from Dora Dain and utilizing
you have a question on how to do this, please contact Terry Brady. beautiful flowers to go with the theme, “Summer Sip and Savor”. Such

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