RAPS Group Reports RAPS Book Group met on July 21 at the home of Eileen Brennan and had an intense discussion of Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Eric Larson. It is the story of the torpedoing of the passenger liner Lusitania in World War I, told in great detail and from many perspectives, and there was much to discuss. In August we discussed All the Light You Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It is a tale of occupied France during World War II, and examines the forces shaping a German soldier and a French partisan, two very young people whose paths briefly collide. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. We met at the beach home of Marge Terdal, enjoying lunch and a walk on the beach as well as a discussion of a good book. On September 15, we will meet to discuss The Residue Years by Mitchell Jackson, a Portland author who writes about growing up as a black youth in a neglected part of the city. The meeting will be at the home of Joan Shireman, 13584 SE Snowfire Dr., Happy Valley. If you plan to attend, contact her at 503-698-9951, or joanshireman@gmail.com. The book group meets at 1:30 pm on the third Tuesday of each month. New members are always welcome. --Joan Shireman The RAPS Bridge Group will meet (or has already met) on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. We meet regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. Given the timing of the monthly RAPS Sheet, let me inform you of upcoming bridge sessions: October 6, 2015 and November 3, 2015. 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 at 26th and Thurman. Playing begins at 1:00 pm and continues to about 4:30 pm. I am gathering comments on a central location for our monthly bridge gathering. Players have suggested the following criteria for a new location: 1. Close to MAX and bus service 2. No cost to rent the room. Please respond if you have suggestions for a new, centrally-located place to play. We are 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 will be hiking again in the Mount Hood National Forest on September 11. We hope it will not be on fire at that time. The hike will be to Mirror Lake and continuing on to Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain summit. We will have a sack lunch at the summit. This hike is #76 in Sullivan 4th edition. If you wish to do the short hike to Mirror Lake, the round trip is 3.2 miles with a 700 foot elevation gain. The full hike to the summit will be 6.4 miles with an elevation gain of 1500 feet. From the summit on a clear day looking south, you can see several major mountains. To the north, you will see Mount Hood and look down at Mirror Lake. This will be a carpool hike, leaving the SE corner of the Gateway Transit Parking Garage at 9:30 am. The October 9 hike will be local, in the Cooper Mountain Nature Park. Meet at the park’s parking lot at 9:30 am. We will select a local restaurant for lunch. If you plan to participate in these hikes, or want more information about them, please contact Larry Sawyer at 403-771-1616, or email him at larry_sawyer@comcast.net. (There is an underscore between “larry” and “sawyer” in that internet address.) --Larry Sawyer 4
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