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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Club at WestPark Democrats Club at WestPark Democrats
now receive 50% or more of their income from Social Security. Committee.
In June 1944, FDR signed the ‘GI Bill’ into law, helping millions of ♦ For the July 7th meeting, we will conduct a short business meeting
veterans return from WWII and later conflicts. to vote on revised bylaws.
In June and July of 1965, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act If you are not currently a member and would like to join or have any
and amended the Social Security Act to offer Medicare and Medicaid questions, contact us at the.clubatwestparkdems@gmail.com or you can
benefits. call our Chair Dan Ketchum at 916-945-7201.
And in March 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, MISSION: The mission of The Club at Westpark Democrats is to create
which was seen as the first major overhaul of health insurance since a welcoming forum to support Democratic candidates of integrity who
1965. This legislation prohibited insurers from denying coverage based share our values of unity, diversity and equal rights. We strive to use our
on pre-existing conditions or when policyholders became ill; made collective power through discussion, information and outreach to put our
coverage available to children in low income families; allowed children progressive vision, values and goals into action.
to remain on their parent’s plan until age 26; and required insurance
companies to spend at least 60-80% of premium dollars on health costs. Digital World Club
In December 2020, a poll of Americans found the highest-ever favorable Mark your calendar for the Digital World Club (DWC)
view of the ACA. June meeting, June 9th, at 10:00 (log in early at 9:30 is
It is likely that most if not all of us in The Club at WestPark have you have a computer/digital/Zoom question where you
benefited from one or more of these important pieces of legislation. need help). We will send out the Zoom link for the
Speaking about past Presidents… meeting in a separate email. To ensure that you receive

May meeting: our emails, check ✅the DWC box in your PROFILE on
Dr. Terry McAteer is an educator at Sierra College and former Nevada The Club’s website.
County Schools Superintendent. He presented a fun and engaging Our topic will be Google Photos. Google Photos can be the home for all
program titled “Inaugurations: Celebrating American Peaceful Transfer your photos and videos, automatically organized and easy to share. It
of Power… Most of the Time”. He shared interesting facts about past also can serve as cloud storage and a backup for your precious photos
Presidents who did not attend their successor’s inaugurations; a President and videos. Google Photos works with all of your devices; PC, Mac,
who was in office for one day; a President who died after giving an 8000 iPhone, and Android. Guest presenter, Bob Ringo, from the Sun City
-word inauguration speech; a President who adjusted their inauguration Lincoln Hills Computer Group will discuss the many features and
to accommodate the Superbowl; and a President who had to re-do the benefits of this Google app.
Oath of Office after the Chief Justice had ‘flubbed’ the words during the Don’t miss this interesting presentation!
first Oath. If you have any questions or need computer/digital help, please contact
Dr. McAteer offered to come back to our Club in November/December Rick Koehler @ rpkoehler@comcast.net. We will do our best to help
to discuss the status of California Re-Districting and issues caused by you. See you there!
delays in receiving data from the US Census Bureau.
Helping Hands 2.0
Members shared their experience dining out (or take out) during our
‘Supporting Our Community Day’ on May 5th. A flyer was posted in last HELPING HANDS CAN HELP YOU!
month’s Courier, and sent to all Club residents. The same flyer was left The newly decorated Retreat will be open before we know it and we can
at the restaurants. Our Club hopes to repeat this community-benefit get back to having a Coffee and Chat with all our new neighbors and old
program in the future. friends. And all the other things we love doing to help our community.
Club Website Update: In the meantime, the one thing we can do is send cards to our neighbors
We continue to add new content to our ‘page’ on The Club’s Website (at and friends who are sick, have had surgery, been injured or suffered the
the top of the page, click ‘Groups’, then ‘Democrats’). loss of a loved one. Please let us know so we can send a card, lovingly
How Can I Join or Renew? hand made by various residents in our community. Email
We invite any Club at WestPark resident to join, you don’t have to be a rbevmumm@gmail.com .
Democrat, and joining our Club doesn’t mean that you’re joining any HAPPY SPRING! STAY SAFE AND CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!
other Democratic organization. Seniors First offers local resources for seniors and their families.
What are the benefits of joining? A few examples are: Staying informed Call 1-530-889-9500 if you or someone you know needs long term meal
on issues and gaining new perspective assistance or guidance for other services.
• Being able to share ideas and views
• Listening to interesting speakers from fellow members, local Line Dancing
business leaders, and members of academia Thinking positive that the line dancers will be back dancing
• Participating in Fun social events very, very, soon with new routines and music. Stay tuned!
Mark Your Calendar:
We have several interesting speakers and activities planned for the next Mah Jongg
few months while we are still under COVID precautions. I arranged a luncheon for our Mah Jongg group and its titled “Its About
♦ At our June 2nd meeting we’ll hear from the Brynne Kennedy Time”, we all had a wonderful lunch at Timbers and we were so happy to
campaign and plans for 2022, and from Barbara Smith, Chair of the get together and see each other. We laughed and caught up on the last
Placer County Democratic Party Community Engagement year that was a challenge for us all. We were all asking when our Retreat
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