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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Mah Jongg Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
Mah Jongg is a great activity for socialization and we have a great time Days and Times:
playing. So please join the FUN!!! We play on Tuesday afternoons from Friday 2-4pm
1:00 to 4:00. If you want to learn to play e-mail Phyllis Frank Saturday 2-4pm
pdfrank@me.com or call me at 916-749-7641. Everyone is welcome to Sunday 2-4pm
come and observe how the game is played. Tuesday 2-4pm (if Wellness room is available).
Just drop in, or email Dan Ketchum at djketchum@gmail.com to be
Mexican Train (Dominos)
added to our email list.
Please join us for Mexican Train (dominos) on Friday nights at 6:30pm!
If you don’t know how to play, we’d be happy to teach you. Everyone is Shutter Bugs
welcome to play - singles and couples. Contact Stan Kasperik at (916) Our next Shutterbugs meeting will be held on September 5th 2019 in the
872-4141 if you have any questions. Library at 2pm.
The September meeting will be an opportunity for those club members
Orchid Group
who participated in the trip to Oakland Zoo to show of your photos. If
There has been a change for the you would like to share some of your photos please prepare about 10 to
Orchid Group meeting 20 of your favorites.
schedule. We now meet every Please come prepared to discuss our participation in the upcoming
other month rather than every October Club Open House for all special interest groups.
month. For the September We will also have Debbie share another great cell phone camera tip
meeting, which is on September 14th at 10:30 AM (note the earlier including the one we did not get to see last month. We look forward to
meeting time and change to the second Saturday of the month this time) seeing you all there.
we are going to be taking a field trip to visit Flori-Culture in Carmichael. For questions please contact Lou Frank at lmfrank@me.com
The owner, Jonathan Robbins, will give us a tour of his facilities and Singles
show us his "Mini Misty Jungle Nursery". You will also be able to
purchase supplies for your orchids and other tropical plants. Jon is In September we'll be dining at Florentine Trattoria, a new Italian
extremely knowledgeable about orchids and plants in general and will be restaurant located in the space formerly occupied by Johnny Garlic's
able to answer just about any question you may have. We will meet at (10505 Fairway Drive) As usual, we'll meet at the restaurant at 5 pm on
The Retreat at 10:30 and carpool down to Flori-Culture. We will spend Sunday, September 22. To RSVP for the dinner please contact Arlene
about an hour there and then head home. This is a trip you won't want to Donaher at 408-735-0555 or arlene.donaher@sbcglobal.com
miss.
For our following meeting, Dave Veach is going to be talking about his Spite & Malice
family's role in how the orchids we all know and love, came to be. It will DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY CARDS? Join us every Sunday, Tuesday, and
include a discussion of many of the orchids that bear his family's name. Wednesday, at 1:00 pm in the Library at The Retreat to play SPITE AND
If you're interested in a taste of what he'll be talking about, take a look at MALICE. Come and play 1 day, 2 days, or 3 days. You never heard of
the "Orchid of the Month" article on the Sacramento Orchid Society's the game? We will teach you how to play. We play singles or partners
web site (www.sacramentoorchids.org). Dave wrote that article about depending on how many players show up. Most of us learned this game
one of the orchids his family originally discovered and cultivated. after we moved to The Club in Roseville. Everyone is welcome to play
and have fun. Just show up.
Pinochle
Any questions, contact Jerye Stratmann at 773-6266 or Coral Guetersloh
COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON at 865-4727.
AT THE CLUB Travel Group
Every Saturday 15 to 20 players are at the Club to play lively games of
PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle September 10th 2019. 2:00 PM in the Wellness Room. We are fortunate
10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group to have Mr. Jay Fehan from Collette tours as our presenter. Jay always
will help you come back up to speed. Win or lose we are here to have a has a wonderful and informative program covering very interesting travel
good time. If you are interested in learning to play Pinochle drop in or opportunities. His visual presentation and personal comments provide us
call Alan Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call with great detail of each event. Collette Tours are one of the nation’s best
(916)872-8984. travel agencies with worldwide opportunities. They also offer the best
travel insurance and you should never travel without it. Collette Tours
Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
provides professional Tour Managers, great equipment and well managed
The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have travel experiences. We will have more detail about the September
fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All meeting in a couple weeks.
levels of players are welcome.
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