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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Singles Travel Group
We're trying a new (to us) restaurant in March. We'll be dining at of Boston Sept. 24 Oct.1 2020. Some of the most beautiful sights in New
Vaiano's in Granite Bay. It's an Italian restaurant that specializes in England. All in all you should get a great idea of what is available out
cuisine from Tuscany. If you would like to join us in this culinary there in the world of travel. See you there, Questions call Sam Kemp
adventure on Sunday, March 22 at 5pm, RSVP to Arlene Donaher at 916-781-0822
arlene.donaher@sbcglobal.net
Team Trivia
Sports Fan Group
Team Trivia is held the second Tuesday
Hello Sports Fans! of every month. Players are assigned to
Once again we are inviting you to join us for a fun-filled day of Baseball teams of 8. There are 20 questions
2020 at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The game date and opponent this from different categories plus a
year is Thursday July 30, 2020 versus the Chicago Cubs. If you are Halftime and Final question. After a
interested, see information below: question is asked, the team members
(1) Game ticket is $75.25 (section 104, 1B side, rows 26-29). Game brainstorm together to come up with
tickets need to be paid for by February 29, 2020 to guarantee your seat the official team answer. Points are awarded, and at the end of the
availability. You may either send me a check, made payable to Terry evening prize winners are announced. It costs only a dollar to play and
Coats, or place a check in my drop box at 2446 Langtree. all money collected is paid out in prizes.
(2) The Bus Ticket Price is determined by the number of game tickets With over 120 people playing each month, we are one of the best
sold. We anticipate a bus ticket price similar to last year at $40.00. Bus attended monthly events at the Retreat. More than answering questions,
ticket need not be paid for until 15 July 2020. Any questions I can be the night is about food, drink, making friends, and having fun! We
reached on my cell @ 925-699-4972. I look forward to a tremendous currently have 16 completely full teams of 8, so if you are interested in
turnout for the Cubs game, so get your reservation early. giving Team Trivia a try, contact Penny Lengyel to play as a sub, or to
SPECIAL NOTICE: be placed on the waiting list for a full-time team when an opening
I will be resigning my position as Chairperson of the Sports Fan Group becomes available. 916-305-6677 or pslengyel@yahoo.com.
(my health is fine and we are not moving) at the end of this year. If you February’s Team Trivia was a real Valentine love affair with lots of high
feel you would like to inquire about the role of the Chairperson, contact scores and competition right to the end. By the time we got to the final
me personally. We can talk about the process to make the change question, we had 9 teams that could still possibly win. We ended up
without skipping a beat. with 2 teams tied for 1st/2nd, and 3 teams tied for 3rd/4th. What an
Thank You, Terry exciting night! Here are the results:
In first place was team # 6 – “Crazy Eights.” There team included Lenny
Spite & Malice
and Bonnie Chancey, Jerry and Colleen Kelley-Prola, Les Buchnar,
DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY CARDS? Join us every Sunday, Tuesday, Bonni and Don Reid, and Ken McLeod.
and Wednesday, at 1:00 pm in the Library at The Retreat to play SPITE Losing the tie-breaker, so coming in second was team # 16 – “Club
AND MALICE. Come and play 1 day, 2 days, or 3 days. You never Brainiacs.” There team consisted of Rebecca and Joe Wicker, Sam and
heard of the game? We will teach you how to play. We play singles or Frank McGuff, Lorna Pinkoff, Jay Ferris, Doris Keats, and Merrill
partners depending on how many players show up. Most of us learned Lehrer.
this game after we moved to The Club in Roseville. Everyone is As mentioned above, we had 5 teams involved in tied scores. Final
welcome to play and have fun. Just show up. places were determined by a tie-breaker question. “According to
Any questions, contact Jerye Stratmann at 773-6266 or Coral Guetersloh yelp.com, how many churches are there in the greater Roseville area?”
at 865-4727. For first place, team # 6 guessed 115, and team # 16 guessed 100.
For 3rd place, team # 1 guessed 158, team # 12 guessed 120, and team #
Travel Group
9 guessed 96. The actual answer is 154, so team #1 – “Taking Care of
March Travel Meeting: March 10, 2:00 pm in the wellness room. Our Quizness” placed 3rd, and team # 12 – Mixed Nuts” placed 4th.
plan is to put on a travel show from all the material we collected at the A big part of the winning strategy was how many points (1-10) each
Travel Seminar we attended in early Feb. We have for the young at heart team bet on the final question. Several teams got the answer correct,
cruses on the beautiful Tall Sail Ships. As you know they love the warm however they only wagered 0 points, so they did not finish in the top
water and that is where they go. We have American River cruses ships teams. Here’s the final question: “Who is the only President to also
with all there trips. Holland America was there and we all know they go serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice?” Check the Team
every place. Talbot Tours and one of there Tap Partners was there with Trivia page on the Westpark website to find out the answer.
numerous tours one of which we all need to talk about. Our Group tour The next Team Trivia will be Tuesday, March 10th. If you would like to
only had six sign up which says something about our choice. It was a join us, contact Penny Lengyel, or just show up at 6:15. We always need
great opportunity to see Colorado. We have a great Fall Color Tour out substitutes.

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