the January meeting or drop your check in the treasurer’s box in the lab.
Great Books Pres. Barbara Gates 302-354-6615 VP Maryfaith Fox 612-414-7789 maryfaith.fox@gmail.com Oct.-Apr., First and Third Wed., 2 PM, Catalina Vista/Mt. Lemmon
Our club provides a twice-a-month opportunity for lively discussions of challenging ideas, using the anthologies published by the Great Books Foundation. This year, we are reading selections from Her Own Accord: American Women on Identity, Culture and Community. January’s readings deal with issues in relationships, touching on trust, respect and other intangibles. For more information, contact Barbara or Maryfaith.
ILR - Institute of Learning in Retirement Pres. Mary Lee Fitzgerald fitzgerald.marylee@gmail.com VP Alice Hutchison ahutchison87@gmail.com Curriculum Randy Myerson rcmyerson@gmail.com Registration Karen/Sherwin Koopmans skkoops@gmail.com Samplers Sally Evert sallyevert@gmail.com www.suncityilr.com
Please note that ILR has a new president and vice president, and taking over as secretary is Mary Rea. Renate Kloppinger will continue as treasurer. As we say hello to new board members, we also say good-bye to Lei and Gene Bammel who have worked tirelessly for the club. Samplers begin again this month on Thursdays at 2 PM, and will feature the following programs on Zoom: January 6, “Southwest Arizona’s Most Wanted Birds,” Luke Safford January 13, Amerind Museum, Eric Kaldahl January 20, “Regrowing Bones Using 3D Printing,” John Szivek January 27, “Fire, Floods & the Future of Catalina State Park,” Steve Haas Six courses will be offered during the winter, four on Zoom and two in person. Enrollment for the in-person classes is limited to the first 30 registrants. For a complete description, go to suncity.ilr.com. You must be an ILR member to register for classes and attend Samplers.
Natural Health and Wellness Sherokee Ilse 520-818-3279 sherokeeilse@yahoo.com Third Wed., Nov.-Apr. or May www.scovwellness.com Poets Corner Sharyn Rafieyan 520-331-1092 srafieyan@comcast.net Mon., 10 AM-Noon, WC1, Zoom meetings first Mon. of the month
Extracts from “Javelina Monologue” by Sharyn Rafieyan might be read as a resolution about how to get along: “I admire your self-image and the confidence it breeds,… but a part of me is sorry this is all you’ll ever be—just a scrounger, snitching droppings from my tempting olive trees…. I can’t imagine combing out your salt and pepper coat, coarser than a doormat meant for scraping muddy shoes,… And the sounds I’ve heard you utter…just a mutter, snort and grunt. You are not a regal lion, just a lowly peccary… Yet I can’t dismiss your right to have existence in this place that we humans have usurped for our own purpose. Go ahead and eat the grass seed on our golf course and the
Sun City Oro Valley Tipster, January 2022
flowers in the pot by my front door. I’ll stop fussing when you bump and nudge my bench and kick my stones—let’s all be respectful since we’re neighbors!” We welcome all SCOV poets.
SCOV Technology Club Pres. Paul Sherwood 520-329-7661 paulgsherwood@gmail.com Technology Club help desk 520-329-7661, email scovtech@gmail.com www.scovcomputer.com
Cultural & Social SCOV Charity Works Pres. Kathy Patterson 616-350-6443 1969kal@comcast.net VP Joyce Shaw 425-765-1415 jwshaw29@gmail.com Finance Kathie Fogle 360-710-8927 kauaikath@yahoo.com Sec. Lynn Parker 936-293-0304 Lynnquilts@outlook.com Donations Kathy Hrdy 520-262-5477 jkhrd2@aol.com Meetings second Tue., 9-10:30 AM, WC3
SCOV Charity Works benefits Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse, which helps victims of domestic abuse. Emerge! provides support and transitional housing to women and children in crisis. They help educate the community by providing presentations on domestic abuse, as well as counseling to child survivors. Donations can be brought to our monthly meetings. A partial list of our Wish List of Most Needed Items: new baby items, new pajamas (adults and children), new flip flops and tennis shoes (all sizes), hair brushes and styling products, new clothing and underwear (all sizes and genders). And much more. Go to www. emergecenter.org. Charity Works also supports IMPACT of Southern AZ by collecting a specific food product each month. January’s donations: non-creamy type soups, i.e., chicken noodle, tomato or vegetable. We always welcome new members. Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 11, 9 SM, WC3.
Democratic Club Richard Kopp 520-342-6633 richardkopp@mac.com Next meeting, Sat., Nov. 13, 1 PM, Zoom
Regrettably, due to concerns over Covid-19, we have canceled our in-person social gathering at Catalina Vista on January 9. But this month, on Saturday, January 15, 1 PM, we will have our monthly Zoom meeting open to all. We’ll hear about the good, bad and ugly issues we can expect to see in this session of the Arizona Legislature, which begins that week and we’ll consider how we might want to respond. Also at this meeting, we’ll have election of officers for 2022. And of course, we’re welcoming new members. Just give us a call.
Join the Posse The Ultimate Neighborhood Watch Keep our neighborhood safe. Call Linda Simon 520-789-7169 19
