3 RAPS club reports Bridge Group: Cuts the decks on Oct. 12 The RAPS Bridge Group meets at Willamette View at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12. For further information, please call Colin Dunkeld, 503-292-0838. Please call no later than Friday, Oct. 8. --Colin Dunkeld Book Club: ‘Little Bee’ The RAPS Book Club meets Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 3:30 p.m. at the home of Dez Roberts, 2610 SW 84th in Portland. NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. Please contact Dez at dezrob@comcast.net or 503-292-6095 to RSVP and for directions. We will discuss Little Bee written by Chris Cleave. The book is described as follows (Bookmarks Issue: 40-May-June-2009 at www.bookmarks magazine.com/book-review/little-bee/chris-cleave): While on an ill-advised holiday to Nigeria to repair their failing marriage, Andrew Rourke, a journalist, and his wife, Sarah, editor of a fashion magazine, meet Little Bee, a 16year-old girl, and her older sister, Kindness. The girls are running for their lives from the men who have ransacked their village for oil. Even after suffering an act of unimaginable violence that day, the participants can hardly imagine how their lives will intertwine—and be irrevocably changed. As Andrew spins out of control and Sarah struggles to raise the couple’s child, the appearance of Little Bee, now a refugee who has come to London in search of the Rourkes, her last best hope, forces both women to make difficult choices. Looking ahead to November, we have selected A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. --Mary Brannan RAPS Hikers: Wahkeena to Multnomah Falls Our Tuesday, October 26 hike will be in the Columbia Gorge: a loop from Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls. The trail is open year round, but we will have an alternate available if the Gorge weather turns cold and windy. The hike will start at the Wahkeena Falls parking lot and travel to the ridge line, along the ridge to the top of Multnomah Falls, down to the Multnomah Falls Lodge Restaurant for lunch, and finally 0.8 mile along the return trail back to the cars. This hike is listed in several books: it’s hike 57 in 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland by Paul Gerald and hike 43 in 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington by William L. Sullivan (third edition). Both books list it as a moderate hike. Total distance is 5.4 miles with a 1600 foot elevation gain. As is usual for out of town hikes to the east, we will meet at the SE corner of the Gateway Transit Center parking garage at 9:00 a.m. to form a carpool. Contact Larry Sawyer if more details are needed on the Gateway meeting place. Confirm with Larry Sawyer at 503-771-1616 or larry_sawyer@comcast.net no later than Monday, Oct. 25. --Larry Sawyer Alumni Assoc. calls for nominations nom·i·nat [ˈnɒməˌneɪt] To propose for an honor, award, or the like. sa·lute səˈlut [suh-loot] To pay respect to or honor by some formal act. You nominate. We salute. Go to http://www.pdx.edu/alumni/psu-salutes to nominate a PSU alumnus, student or faculty member (current or retired) for outstanding career achievement, service to others or excellence in teaching. Awards will be presented at the PSU Salutes event in February 2011. Award descriptions and a list of past recipients are available on-line. The deadline for receipt of nominations is Oct. 8 --Mary Coniglio, Alumni Association
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