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Shared Interest Group Announcements
Helping Hands 2.0 Pinochle
especially successful. So, keep an eye out for all the information you COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON
will need to attend this gala event you won’t want to miss! AT THE CLUB
We are looking forward to a great spring season! Every Saturday 15 to 20 players are at the Club to play lively games of
Helping Hands is available to assist you and your neighbors. PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle
Please call 916-742-1932 to request an appropriate card to be sent. 10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group
Please call 916-742-1932 to request errand support. will help you come back up to speed. Win or lose we are here to have a
Please call 916-872-8309 to request meal support. good time. If you are interested in learning to play Pinochle drop in or
Seniors First offers local resources for seniors and their families. call Alan Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call
Call 1-530-889-9500 if you or someone you know needs long term meal (916)872-8984.
assistance or guidance for other services. Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
Line Dancing
The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have
"Motion begets emotion, have fun in life, Dance" fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All
Line dancing meets every Friday at 12:00 noon in the Wellness Room. levels of players are welcome.
This is a choreographed form of dance performed in one or more lines. Days and Times:
We dance to many rhythms such as Latin, Swing, Polka, Waltz, Country Friday 2-4pm
and even an Irish Step Dance. Join us for the "health" of it. Saturday 2-4pm
Questions? Contact Tricia at (408) 656- 0487 Sunday 2-4pm
Tuesday 2-4pm (if Wellness room is available).
Mah Jongg Just drop in, or email Dan Ketchum at djketchum@gmail.com to be
added to our email list.
Our Mah Jongg group welcomes you to 2020 with a new and
exciting program.We will be using a point system which allows us to Poker Club
have prizes at the end of the month. This will make the game more Fun
and Challenging. We play on Tuesday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00. Welcome club residents to Wed night Poker Group-
Please come and join the FUN!! For more information contact Phyllis -6:00 to 9:00. Fun times are here-25c limit. Come
Frank pdfrank@me.com or call 916-749-7641. in and observe, if interested start a bank and play
with chips ( no money at the tables) Standard
Mexican Train (Dominos) poker games--dealer choice--no wild cards. In
Please join us for Mexican Train (dominos) on Friday nights at 6:30pm! addition, first Wed of each month, we have a Hold-
If you don’t know how to play, we’d be happy to teach you. Everyone is em poker tournament at 5:30 starting time. Women are welcome and
welcome to play - singles and couples. Contact Stan Kasperik at (916) men that are not afraid to take on these card sharks.
872-4141 if you have any questions. See you there, Bob G
Orchid Group Shutter Bugs
Winter is starting to wind down so your Cymbidiums should be starting
to bloom. What's that, you say they're not? Well you're in luck because Our next Shutterbugs meeting will be held on March 5th, 2020. We will
this month we're going to be talking about Cymbidiums. These are one of meet at 2pm in the Library at The Retreat.
the easiest orchids to grow in the Sacramento Valley. Everyone should We will have a group discussion and demonstration of
have at least one of these in your collection. various ways we share photos and videos with our
Cymbidiums come in many sizes from huge to very small. They put on a family and friends. Feel free to bring a laptop, iPad or
show every spring with large flowers and 1 or more flower spikes. phone and we will walk you through various ways to
You've probably seen the one down at The Retreat right now. Come to share your great photos.
our next meeting, which is on March 7th at 3:00 in the library, and we'll Our photo fun theme for your February photo outings
teach you how to take care of your Cymbidiums. will be to have members guess “What and
When you come to the meeting, please bring any blooming orchids that Where”. Let’s see how creative we can get to stump
you might have (including your Cymbidiums). Also, if you were at our our fellow photo buffs.
last meeting and mounted an orchid on something, please bring them For questions please contact Lou Frank at lmfrank@me.com or any of
with you and we'll make sure that things are going well with them. We'll your steering committee members.
give away a Cymbidium in our raffle this month so come and join us and
learn about these wonderful, easy to grow, orchids. You might just go
home with one.
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