RAPS Group Reports The RAPS Book Group met on October 20 at the home of Brian Lewis and discussed The Round House by Louise Erdrich. Set on the Ojibwe Reservation in North Dakota, it won the National Book Award for fiction. The book has many interesting perspectives. The book group discussion tended to center on the Native American folklore and on the close family and reservation life that was described. The group has chosen David McCullough’s The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 to read next. Described on Amazon’s website as “a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama,” it has won many awards. A long book, it is divided into three sections, which the author labels “books.” When we realized at the October meeting how long the book was, and thought about the demands of the holiday season, we decided to read Books One and Two for November and Book Three for December. The November meeting will be at the home of Phyllis Leonard, at Vista St. Clair, 1000 SW Vista Ave, Portland. Let her know at 503-930-5672 or leonardpj@gmail.com if you would like to join the discussion. Our December meeting will be at Maxine Thomas’ new home at Rose Villa. The Book Group meets at 1:30 on the third Tuesday of every month. New members are always welcome. –Joan Shireman The RAPS Bridge Group will meet (or already has met) on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. 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: December 1, 2015 and January 5, 2016. On November 3, we will gather in Cascade Room (aka, Room 236) of Smith Center at PSU. Playing begins at 1 pm and continues to about 4:30 pm. Going forward from November, we are trying out Smith Center as a centrally located place to play bridge. The RAPS board has kindly offered to pay the room rent for our Bridge Group. We will see how the room fits our needs during this trial period. The RAPS bridge group is friendly and is 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 held our October hike at the Cooper Mountain Nature Park. It was a series of short loops, and we took most of them. They were all paved, and had very little elevation change. Deve Swaim and a friend hiked it about an hour before us, but there were still eight in the main group including a friend of Patty Sluys. We again just avoided the rain. After a lunch at Buddie’s Sports Bar at 185th and Farmington, five of us went back up the hill to the Cooper Mountain Winery where we tasted a sample of the wines. Marge Terdal will lead our last hike of 2015. It will be on Friday, November 13. Marge is planning the details, but it will start at Terwilliger Plaza, go up Marquam Hill, down the tram, over the new Max bridge, and back to Terwilliger Plaza by one of the waterfront trails. Lunch will be at a restaurant to be decided. Meet at 9:30am at Terwilliger Plaza. RSVP to Marge by November 12 at dbmt@pdx.edu or 503-808-7438. Diane and I will again host the December hike planning potluck at our house. Diane will find several days that work for us, and I will put them up for a vote. We have had more luck with dates earlier in December than close to the holidays. I will post the 2016 hike schedule on the RAPS website. It will remain there all year. --Larry Sawyer 3
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