Cultural & Social

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

1800s unidentified family photo

Do you have photos in boxes or files like this one? Don’t let any more time pass by to find out the history of your family and attach a name to all those unknown ancestors. Join the Sun City Vistoso Genealogy Society, and we can help you identify members in your family tree. If you are new to genealogy, contact Holly Gibson ghgibson@ live.com to set up a time to check out the lab and become a new member. Consult the club website for days and hours the library is available. Help is available for beginners and experienced researchers.

The Genealogy Club will be meeting again starting in October on Mondays to accommodate the remodeling scheduled in the Activity Center. Check the club calendar and mark your calendars for the new schedule.

ILR - Institute of Learning in Retirement Pres. Lei Lane Bammel via Constant Contact or 520-818-0017 VP Gene Bammel ebammel@earthlink.net Curriculum Randy Myerson rcmyerson@gmail.com Registration Karen/Sherwin Koopmans skkoops@gmail.com Samplers Sally Evert sallyevert@gmail.com www.suncityilr.com

There will be two Samplers this month. Both Samplers will begin at 2 PM on Zoom. Look for the link on “This Week in SCOV” or by going to the club’s website. On Thursday, August 5, Bruce Dage will present a program entitled: “History of Gliders and Present Use,” and the Thursday, August 12, Sampler will be presented by the Institute of Learning in Retirement (ILR). Please join us and find out what the ILR has to offer. You’ll quickly discover that its programs will keep you mentally and socially engaged as you learn about topics that are of interest to you. This Sampler will also feature a video preview of the fall 2021 ILR course offerings. Natural Health and Wellness Sherokee Ilse 520-818-3279 sherokeeilse@yahoo.com Third Wed., Oct.-May, 3-4:30 PM, Catalina Vista. That may change during Activity Center renovation.

Even when we are not meeting, we want to keep you upto-date. Check out our website that is full of healthy wellness tips, websites, resources, local practitioners and more, www.scovwellness.com.

Poets Corner Sharyn Rafieyan 520-331-1092 srafieyan@comcast.net Mon., 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, WC1

Poetry can express a wide range of emotions. This month’s selection by Poets Corner member Christa Lubatkin is charming, sweet and extremely endearing. The group unanimously agreed to its placement in the Tipster. So forget about the heat and just enjoy a little light entertainment!

“He knows how to love me no awkward declarations / no promises forever after / no polished moves / to gain the inside track he kisses my hands / my arms / my toes / with devoted languor no accusations / when I return late / only tail-wagging joy his bowl empty / I fill it / his water gone / I replace it

It’s all I have to do / to stay his one and only “

Meanwhile, we fully expect to resume meeting in person by October, but anticipate retaining an online option of some sort for a few more months. Newcomers, as always, will be welcome.

SCOV Technology Club Pres. Paul Sherwood 520-329-7661 paulgsherwood@gmail.com www.scovcomputer.com

For help with basic and advanced digital problems, email scovtech@gmail.com or call 520-329-7661. Facebook access is also available, allowing members to consult with each other.

The club board is developing plans to reopen the lab at the Welcome Center for on-site help, special interest group use and research, as well as limited meeting space for other clubs to use during the lengthy Activity Center remodel. SCOV club presidents are encouraged to contact Paul Sherwood with any digital needs that can be provided in the lab.

Monthly general club meeting options are being considered for online and in-person attendance. Topics like how to age in place using electronics, accessing the medical industry from home, electronics for your motor home and exciting virtual tours may be discussed, if our members express interest.

Annual club membership is still only $10 per household. Visit the website for PayPal or debit/credit card options.

Democratic Club Richard Kopp 520-342-6633 richardkopp@mac.com Next meeting, Sat., Sep. 11, 1 PM, Zoom

We will meet again on Zoom, Saturday, September 11, 1 PM, with a round-table discussion of the state, county and world issues that trouble us the most. And we hope to bring to light how we can move forward together. Please watch for the link to our meeting and join us. Everyone is welcome.

Dining - Prepare & Share Pres. Debbie Kotlarek 262-899-5810 dlkotlarek@gmail.com VP Sandra Fisher 208-860-3431 sandrafisher2703@gmail.com www.scovprepareandshare.weebly.com

Many people in SCOV have been fully vaccinated, so we are optimistic that we will likely be able to resume our inhome dinners in the fall. The board will be communicating with membership about the conditions under which members would feel comfortable hosting. As our name implies, our members usually prepare meals that follow an agreedupon theme and share our dishes in the home of a host. The board is considering a club activity in September and possibly earlier. Anyone interested in joining the club should email Debbie dlkotlarek@gmail.com to get on our email list.

Dog Club - Fido’s Friends Membership Chairs: Peggy Perkins 650-279-0347 peggyandpups@comcast.net or Carol Tombre 208-961-1133 mctombre@yahoo.com Membership meetings and lectures will resume in the fall www.scovff.weebly.com

Follow the leader

Hope everyone had an enjoyable July 4th and are enjoying your summer. Our club membership has increased 11% in just the last four months, which is fantastic considering the pandemic is just now subsiding and it is our slow season. Utilization of the small dog and large dog park is consistently increasing even with hot weather. People are adjusting their schedules to come earlier or later in the day to avoid the hottest times.

Remember, please clean up after your pet whether inside the dog park, walking in the neighborhood or anywhere your dog goes. I know almost everyone follows this rule while in busy places, but please be courteous and pick up even if hiking out on the remote trails.

Garden Club Co-Pres. Joyce Wisbey 520-825-5425 bwisbey90@msn.com Co-Pres. Peggy Knapp 520-825-0664 pegnap@gmail.com VP Charlotte Herbert 541-580-6289 charlotte.h12@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/view/scov-garden-club/home

Harlow Gardens has the following recommendations for August instant color: Continue to plant summer annuals, especially for instant color and for containers. Popular varieties include angelonia, sweet potato vine, pentas, periwinkle and dusty miller. Palms: This is a great month for planting palms, which thrive in our hot climate. The most popular palm is the Mediterranean Fan Palm. Watering: Generally, monsoon rains are not a substitute for your regular summer watering schedule. Continue to water established trees and shrubs about once a week. Water slowly and deeply, allowing water to penetrate to the entire root system of your plant. We are planning some desert-focused information speakers for our monthly meetings and some great tours, too. Check out the club website for upcoming events in the fall. We begin taking new and renewing memberships for 2022 in October. If interested in receiving club communications, contact Annette Munoz queenanne9@yahoo.com.

Havurah Pres. Barbara Hamm 928-210-4735 www.havurahscov.org

There still may be tickets available to our Summer Movie Night, Saturday, August 7, 5:30 PM, Catalina Vista. For $5 pp, attendees will be treated to a baseball-themed evening: hot dog dinner, popcorn and a viewing of The Yankles, a fun film about a yeshiva high school baseball team trying to make it big.

Next month’s Tipster will include details about our Break the Fast buffet dinner at The Views Restaurant, Thursday, September 16, 6:30 PM. Be sure to check our website for updated club news. Stay healthy and happy. Summer Movie Night tickets on sale Tue., Aug. 3, 10-11:30 AM, Catalina Vista lobby Mindfulness Meditation Club Bonnie Grant Baird, bjgrantb77@gmail.com Tues., 3 PM, Catalina Vista

Attention: Mindfulness Meditation will not meet during the month of August and will resume in September, Tuesdays, 3 PM, Catalina Vista. Please continue to enjoy your sitting and walking meditation on your own this next month.

Peace is every step.

Questions? Contact Bonnie.

Republican Club Pres. Marilyn Rego 520-575-4022 mmrego@centurylink.net Second Mon., 3 PM, Catalina Vista Scovrepublicanclub@gmail.com

Our first meeting will be Monday, October 11.

St. Philip’s Social Club Abby Marier 520-825-4878 absma@comcast.net

Scandinavian Heritage Club Sigrid Flatness 425 213-6689 sigridkf@gmail.com

Mark your calendars. Due to the closing of the Activity Center, the date and time for our annual dinner will be held Sunday, January 30, 1-4 PM, Catalina Vista. We’ll have use of all three meeting rooms and the patio.

Singles Clubs

Active Solos Club

Leslie Fisher 520-955-4258 leslieafisher@yahoo.com or Jane Fairchild 520-909-5069, janemail11@yahoo.com.

If you are an active, non-partnered single, we are looking for you. Meet other like-minded singles and make new friends in the newly formed Active Solos Club. We get together monthly at various social and recreational venues in metro Tucson. See “This Week in SCOV” to find out about upcoming events, or become a member to join our mailing list.

Sun City Singles

Pres. Anthony Delprete 520-989-0120 Ticket Sales Gail Brandt 520-825-7480 Dinner meeting second Thu., 5:30 PM; happy hour last Fri., 5:30 PM

First-time visitors may purchase a ticket to one of our activities without becoming a member. After attending one time, you must become a member in order to attend any of our activities. On Thursday, August 5, dinner will be catered by Catalina International. Social hour, 5:30 PM, seating 6 PM, Desert Oasis. Menu: Caesar salad, grilled breast of chicken/ Durango sauce, refried beans, Mexican rice, Kahlua cake. Bring your own favorite beverage. Entertainment: Rene Taylor, jazz vocalist. Happy hour, Friday, August 27. Social hour, 5:30 PM; seating 6 PM, Desert Oasis. Bring your own favorite beverage. Entertainment: Robb Resetar, keyboard, and Sheryl Ann McKinley, vocalist. Ticket sales, Thu., Aug. 5, 10 AM-Noon, Desert Oasis Dinner tickets, $20 pp; happy hour appetizers, $10 pp. Checks only, payable to Sun City Singles.

Spanish Cultural Club (SCC) Gary/Carolyn Lerch 520-818-3319 gclerch@comcast.net Oct., Nov., Jan.-Mar., Apr. (Cinco de Mayo Fiesta) Fourth Mon., 7 PM, Catalina Vista

We will see you back, hopefully in person, for our first meeting of the season October 25.

Dues $10 pp. Contact Carolyn Lerch for Spanish language classes.

States

New England Club

Pres: Walt Swap, 520-623-3847, wswap@tufts.edu Claude Janus, ahj0523@aol.com, Allie Angeloni, alrogangeloni@hotmail.com Marjorie Gerdes, gerdesm14@gmail.com

Hold the date. Do you have a geographic or sentimental attachment to one or more of the six New England states? Then you are automatically a member of the no-dues New England Club. And, at long last, we have an event to announce: On October 6, 4 PM, we will be holding a free social at the home of Marjorie Gerdes. More information will be forthcoming in future Tipsters, but we will provide wine and beer and appetizers. Attendance will be limited. Stay tuned, or contact any of the officers listed above.

Anne Rusch 920-202-0008

Wisconsin Club

Save the date: Sunday, April 3, 2022, Catalina Vista, for the Wisconsin Club annual party. Note that this will be an afternoon event with exact times to be determined. Hope to see you there.

Sun City Variety Theatre Summer membership contact: Ada Shopa 260-349-5468 Sep.-Apr., Third Thu., 10 AM, Desert Oasis

Come join us. We will perform Big Guns in the spring of 2022. Watch this space for more details in the near future. It’s been a long wait, things are starting to open up and we are looking for you. We welcome new and existing members to help with all things theatrical: sound, lighting, sets, costumes, readers, singers and dancers. Do you have an itch to try backstage work or performing? We are a friendly group and share all our good ideas. Contact Ada Shopa; she will get you started in our friendly and fun club.

Our first meeting of the season will be in September. Watch for news in “This Week in SCOV” for up-to-date information.

Heads-up all existing members: Your theatre company board has been serving well for a number of years, serving two, three and one for four years. We call on you to step up and run for office to help out our club. September is the first meeting of the season and we will discuss nominations at that time. Elections are in October with new board assuming their roles in January.

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Go to scovaz.com > About Us > Join Email List, and complete the form. Then you’ll be in the know about all the happenings in SCOV. Veterans Club of SCOV Pres. Mike LaBarbera 812-431-7427 mclabarb@aol.com www.vbscov.weebly.com

Veterans clubs from SCOV, Marana and Sunflower held their first joint meeting on July 3 at the Barnfire Grill. There were 58 guests, where 16 SCOV club members and spouses en- Local veteran club presidents, l-r: Tom Shambo, Sunflower joyed the ca- Club, Keith Jones, Marana Club and Mike LaBarbera, SCOV maraderie and friendship of meeting veterans from other local clubs.

We have guest speakers who cover a range of topics and inform club members of VA compensation and entitlements, relevant issues by email and during monthly meetings. Our current membership is over 220 veterans.

If you have an unserviceable U.S. flag, leave it by Mike LaBarbara’s front door wrapped inconspicuously.

Purchase your Legacy Brick and support SCOV, your favorite SCOV club and local veterans. Over 155 sold with order cutoff date of November 15 before installation. Email Mike LaBarbera mclabarb@aol.com for a Legacy Brick order form.

Women’s Action Group of Oro Valley (WAG OV) Facilitator Anne Munoz 253-905-7747 queenanne9@yahoo.com Communications Kris Sigford 612-747-0487 raykris@aribo.com First Fri., 11 AM, Catalina Vista/Mt. Kimball

WAG OV’s mission is to promote positive, progressive political change on issues affecting women and families.

SCOV Women’s Auxiliary 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 520-825-4723 jkhrd2@aol.com Meetings second Tue., 9-10:30 AM, WC3

Our Auxiliary benefits Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse and IMPACT of Southern Arizona Food Bank. We do not meet in the summer, but you may go to the Emerge! website www.emergecenter.org for information regarding inkind and monetary donations.

The Auxiliary plans to host our Accessories Boutique on October 30 at Catalina Vista. Instead of a luncheon, finger snacks, sweets and wine will be available for a donation. Donations of gently used jewelry, purses, hats, shoes, fashion jackets and sweaters are requested. You may contact Elaine Deeter 209-985-6663 or Vicki Gushwa 701-367-3298 for jewelry, Linda Wilkes 520-395-2370 purses, Kathy Hrdy 520-825-4723 or Winnie Doerfer 520-275-9441 shoes, Chris Curtis 585-203-7824 hats, Debbie Francis 402-216-4227 jackets, Kathy Patterson 616-350-6443 sweaters.

Meetings will resume on Tuesday, September 14.