Continuing Education

Astronomy Pres. Allan Mashburn 435-219-0042 scovastronomy@gmail.com Oct.-May, Catalina Vista, date and time varied due to Activity Center remodel, check website www.scovastronomy.weebly.com

Orion Nebula, photo by Astronomy Club member James Pastore

The Astronomy Club’s next meeting is Saturday, February 5, 7-9 PM, Catalina Vista. Please mark your calendar as we continue to vary meeting days and times due to the Activity Center remodel project. Our guest speaker from UArizona will be Mackenzie Mills, discussing her studies of the topography of Utopia Planitia on Mars. Please add Wednesday, March 9, 1-3 PM, for the March meeting.

It is not too late to support our outreach program to provide a telescope to every fifth grade student at the Coronado Middle School. This program is funded by our contributions through Public School Tax Credit, a dollar-for-dollar reduction in your Arizona State income tax. To get a donation form, email scovastronomy@gmail.com.

Bible Studies

Men’s Bible Study

Jerry Anderson 520-638-6586 Oct.-May, Tue., 7:15 AM, Catalina Vista/Mt. Kimball

Precept Women’s Bible Study

Pres. Elaine Farmer 253-318-0018 elaineruth@gmail.com Sec. Faith Heitmann 208-750-5886 quincie51@gmail.com Oct.-May, Wed., 8:50 AM, WC3

Genealogy Pres. Holly Gibson 303-548-1299 ghgibson@live.com General meetings Oct.-May, Mon., 1 PM www.scvgs.org

Sun City Genealogy Society will be hosting Mark Olsen, from Family Tree Maker, presenting his program entitled “What’s New in Family Tree Maker” and a Q & A discussion to follow on Monday, February 21, 1 PM. The presentation will be via Zoom, so you are welcome to join us either in person at Catalina Vista or virtually. A Zoom link will be posted on the society website www.scvgs.org approximately a week before the meeting. Family Tree Maker is providing a free copy of the New Family Tree Maker 2019 as a door prize. This class is for all levels of genealogists whether you are just getting started or an experienced researcher.

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. Our selections from Her Own Accord: American Women on Identity, Culture and Community have proved especially popular.

As of early January, we are meeting as scheduled in Catalina Vista, masked and vaccinated. Newcomers are always welcome. For more information, contact Barbara or Maryfaith.

ILR - Institute of Learning in Retirement Pres. Mary Lee Fitzgerald fitzgerald.marylee@gmail.com Registrar Bonnie Grant Baird bjgrantb77@gmail.com Curriculum Randy Myerson rcmyerson@gmail.com Samplers Sally Evert sallyevert@gmail.com www.suncityilr.com

ILR Samplers are on Thursdays at 2 PM on Zoom. You must be an ILR member to attend and you will be sent the Zoom link. Feb. 3 “How a Local Research Project Becomes a Global Startup,” Eric Smith Feb. 10 “Cancer Research at the UArizona Cancer Center: An Overview,” Joann Sweasy, Ph.D. Feb. 17 “Cancer Research on Specific Male & Female Cancers,” Joann Sweasy, Ph.D. Feb. 24 “Armchair Tour of Tohono Chul,” Jane Fairchild

Natural Health and Wellness Sherokee Ilse 520-818-3279 sherokeeilse@yahoo.com Third Wed., Nov.-Apr. or May www.scovwellness.com

At our meeting Wednesday, February 16, 3-4:30 PM, Catalina Vista, Jeanette Wakley will present, “Live Blood Analysis.” Live and Dry Blood Analysis (LDBA) involves taking a drop of blood and interpreting the information it gives us about the body. This can then be used to guide us toward optimum health.

Poets Corner Sharyn Rafieyan 520-331-1092 srafieyan@comcast.net Mon., 10 AM-Noon, WC1, Zoom meetings first Mon. of the month

At this stage in our lives, it’s easier to re-examine the past than anticipate the future. Club member Steve Lloyd provides intriguing details in this poetic glimpse into a real or fictional past that both captures and sets loose the reader’s imagination.

My Past the dust of your attic / coated the old / cardboard box before it dissolved / in the shallows its contents / floated / or fell free your red lipstick, / my hairbrush / my gun though my past / was glad to leave / that dark place and rejoin / my present / on the shore

I could not / stoop / to regain / these leftover things

I could not / bend that far / without falling

We plan to resume meeting in person when and if it seems safe, but we will continue to Zoom. Join us.