RAPS Group Reports The RAPS Book Group will meet at the home of Joan Shireman, 13584 S.E. Snowfire, Happy Valley, on Tuesday, September 16, at 1:30pm. This month’s selection is The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. It is described as “a sweeping evocative epic of two women’s intertwined fates and their search for identity that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village.” Please let Joan know if you plan to attend. Her telephone number is 503-698-9951, and her email is joan.shireman@frontier.com. --Maxine Thomas The RAPS Bridge Group will meet (or already has met) on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. We meet regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. Given the timing of the monthly RAPS Sheet, let me inform you of a couple of upcoming bridge sessions: October 7, 2014 and November 4, 2014. We gather in the conference room of Friendly House’s Anderson Building. (This building is on the north side of NW Savier Street, around the corner from the main entrance to Friendly House.) Play begins at 1:00 pm and continues to about 4:30 pm. We are pretty friendly and are always looking for new players. If you wish to join us, please contact Steve Brennan, 503-646-6297. My email address is the.steve.brennan@gmail.com. --Steve Brennan The RAPS Hiking Group – On Tuesday, August 12, a flash flood wiped out the bridge across the Sandy River on the Ramona Falls trail, sweeping one hiker downstream to his death, and stranding 23 others, who were rescued by emergency crews. More information is available at this site: http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2014/08/12/deputies-called-ramona-falls-trail-sandy-riverwashout/13973927/. In peaceful contrast to the above, the RAPS hike on August 8 had perfect weather. The six hikers (Tom and Cilla Dieterich, Leif and Marge Terdal, Tom Hard and Mary Lane Stevens) took Cilla’s excellent suggestion to do the trail loop clockwise. We hiked uphill along the shadier creek side and downhill on the riverside trail, breaking for lunch at Ramona Falls. Photos from the hike appear on the next page. --Tom Hard Scholarship Contributions complete list of scholarship contributions since June 1, 2014 will appear in the October issue of the RAPS Sheet. I offer my apologies to those contributors whose gifts have not yet been acknowledged. The givers and the gifts are important to us and we appreciate your contributions. --Mary Ricks 3 A
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