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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Spite & Malice Water Volleyball
DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY CARDS? Join us every Sunday, Tuesday, Starting Friday, April 17th if The Retreat is back open. Tuesdays at 1:00
and Wednesday, at 1:00 pm in the Library at The Retreat to play SPITE p.m. and Fridays at 12:15 p.m. Contact Dow Sager at 916-997-6543
AND MALICE. Come and play 1 day, 2 days, or 3 days. You never with any questions.
heard of the game? We will teach you how to play. We play singles or
partners depending on how many players show up. Most of us learned Wii Bowling
this game after we moved to The Club in Roseville. Everyone is
welcome to play and have fun. Just show up. There will be no Wii Bowling for the month of April. The Wii
Any questions, contact Jerye Stratmann at 773-6266 or Coral Guetersloh Bowling Group usually plays on the first Saturday of every
at 865-4727. month. Play is limited to the first 40 people who RSVP each
month. Our next game night will be May 2nd. New players,
Team Trivia please email Barry and Diana Gray at: bdgray19@yahoo.com to receive
new player information which includes the process for making your
Points are awarded, and at the end of the evening prize winners are monthly reservation. Dues of $3 per person are collected the night of the
announced. It costs only a dollar to play and all money collected is paid event and prizes are awarded to the highest scoring team.
out in prizes.
With over 120 people playing each month, we are one of the best Wine Appreciation (WAG)
attended monthly events at the Retreat. More than answering questions,
the night is about food, drink, making friends, and having fun! We With a twist of fate, all things came to a halt with our March Wine Club
currently have 16 completely full teams of 8, so if you are interested in Event – I was notified late Thursday afternoon that the event needed to
giving Team Trivia a try, contact Penny Lengyel to play as a sub, or to be canceled. Having a winery coming quite a distance from Lake
be placed on the waiting list for a full-time team when an opening County and food ordered from a caterer, the March Wine team jumped
becomes available. 916-305-6677 or pslengyel@yahoo.com. quickly through some hoops! Bonnie & Tusk Pavri were able to contact
Although three teams chose not to participate because of coronavirus Fults Family Winery before they had driver too far, and with Smokey
concerns, March’s Team Trivia still had 85 people in attendance. The Oaks Tavern, they delivered the food so that we could have the members
first half questions were a bit more challenging resorting in low scores, come and pick up to-go containers. To the WAG Members, thank you
but the second half was much more fun with all the teams making up for for your patience and understanding that day – we had a few glitches, but
their lost points. All our teams are so competitive that tie scores are we did the best we could under the circumstances. Special thanks to
becoming the norm. This month two teams tied for first and had to Rich Wong, Phil Washburn, Debra Jackson, and Chuck Warren for
answer a tie-breaker question: “How many total people (including helping get the food out. Also, a shout out to Linda Rossier for helping
managers, officials, executives, etc.) have been elected to the Baseball us get it all together!
Hall of Fame as of the end of 2019?” Team # 1 – “Taking Care of The WAG Steering Committee has decided to cancel the April Wine
Quizness” guessed 800. Team # 9 – “Magnificent 8” guessed 1215. Club Event ~ At this time, there are just too many unknowns, and trying
Winning the tie-breaker and coming in first was team #1 – “Taking Care to plan on a winery and caterer at the last minute
of Business.” Their team included Joanne and Dan Ketchum, Jack and
Gina Gibbons, Janice and David French, and Barry and Diana Gray. Ye Olde WestPark Players - Drama Group
This is their 6th first place win since Trivia Night first started in August
2016. Incidentally, if you want to know the exact answer to the tie- We are sorry to report that Ye Old Westpark Player’s production PLAZA
breaker question, check our page on the Westpark website. SUITE April 24-26 is cancelled
Coming in second was team #9 – “Magnificent 8.” Making up their If you want to find out more about the group please contact: Audrey
team was Sharon Gentry, Elliot Oronsky, Cyndy Auman, Randy and Ehrlich renoacr@gmail.com or 916-740-2610
Donna Nelson, Dee Parry, Mike Stamper and substitute Chuck Catlett.
Gina Stamper was absent.
All four teams that placed in the money wagered the full 10 points and
got the Final Question correct. Here it is: “What ABC News co-anchor ALL GROUPS ARE ON HOLD UNTIL
survived a roadside bomb in Iraq and has recovered from brain THE RETREAT REOPENS.
damage?” Again, check the Team Trivia page on the Westpark website
to see if you got it right. NOTE THEIR MEETING TIMES AND
Assuming the Clubhouse activities are not still cancelled due to the EVENTS, CONSIDER JOINING AND
coronavirus, the next Team Trivia will be Tuesday, April 14th. If you GETTING INVOLVED!
would like to join us, contact Penny Lengyel, or just show up at 6:15.
We always need substitutes.

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