volunteers to step forward and lead the club. If you’d like to volunteer, please email Glenda Tonkin gt99673@gmail. com. I look forward to hearing from you. Stay well and keep reading.
Genealogy Pres. Holly Gibson 303-548-1299 ghgibson@live.com General meetings Oct.-May, Mon., 1 PM www.scvgs.org
A family genealogy is a great gift to give your family for the holidays. Check out this template available for free from Microsoft to help you organize your family history: https://templates.office.com/en-us/Family-history-bookTM10103059. Use the Genealogy Club’s computer lab to research your family (we have all of the top pay-per-view websites available) and add your family stories and photos. The template has suggestions for a family tree, family story, father and mother’s story, courtship and marriage. It also includes ideas about writing information on family traditions, military service and heirlooms. You may complete the gift with reminisces of vacations, weddings, family gatherings and reunions and all those wonderful photographs in your collection. 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
The Institute of Learning in Retirement (ILR) will be presenting six new classes this fall. All classes will be on Zoom and registration is now open. Registrations made after August incur a $5 late fee. Course descriptions, registration information and short video previews can be found on the club website. There you can register either online or download a printable form to submit via the U.S. Mail. Courses are $10 each and fees are nonrefundable. For a listing and complete description of course offerings, please go to the club website. While there are no Samplers in September, they will resume most Thursdays beginning October 7, 2 PM, on Zoom. You must be an ILR member to access the Samplers. Information on joining the club is available on the website.
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
With a virus variant causing renewed concern, even among the fully vaccinated, Zooming remains our best option for September. Newcomers are welcome to join in. Meanwhile, club poet Steve Lloyd reminds us to care for each other in this beautiful, inspirational poem called “Raincloud or Blue.” Life is a temple, Baudelaire says. / We are its pillars. / Our unending task: to carry the sky. Select then your section / of raincloud or blue / of peach dawn, noonday or night. Gather your strength / from mountain or vale / from ocean or stream, dewdrop or lake. Gather your tribe / from close by or far. / Care for each other: a balm of this life. Form a forest of pillars. / Move together as one / Rise to the task. Shoulder our sky.
SCOV Technology Club Pres. Paul Sherwood 520-329-7661 paulgsherwood@gmail.com Computer club help desk 520-329-7661, email scovtech@gmail.com www.scovcomputer.com
Regular Apple help sessions have resumed, every other Monday, 2 PM, in the Lab. No appointment necessary. Also, the club is presenting a series of technology updates intended to brief users on coming changes in Apple. These briefings will explore some of the changes we can expect during the fall. Membership is only $10/ household per year.
Cultural & Social Democratic Club Richard Kopp 520-342-6633 richardkopp@mac.com Next meeting, Sat., Sep. 11, 1 PM, Zoom Essential to our democracy are fair elections with procedures in which our citizens have confidence, and thus, accept the outcome. To help us better understand the recent changes in Arizona’s voting laws, we’ve asked Ret. Col. Hollace Lyon to tell us the impact these changes may have on voter turnout. Many of us admire Holly for her determined campaigning for a seat in the Legislature here in LD 11. She has been active in building energy among the Democratic clubs in our area. To expand voter participation, we will invite you to participate in our ongoing project to reach out to first-time voters. By writing post cards to potential voters during the year as part of the nationwide PostCards project, we hope to encourage them to stay involved and look toward the next election.
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