RAPS Group Reports The RAPS Book Group met on February 16 at the home of Eileen and Steve Brennan. We discussed A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The book’s focus on non-profit charitable fundraising, and on the impact an individual can have, provided interesting material for discussion. It also provides a challenge to all of us to be more thoughtful and generous in our giving. We will meet on March 15 and discuss The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. The Nightingale is a novel about the experience of women in World War II. It focuses on two sisters, each following her own path toward survival in German-occupied France. Amazon describes it as “a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.” We will meet at the home of Felicia Wirtz, 16344 NW Avamere Ct, Beaverton. Contact Felicia at (503) 628-2252 or feliciawirtz@gmail.com to let her know you will attend, and for directions. In April, we will meet at Nancy Chapman’s home to discuss The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. The Book Group meets at 1:30 pm 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, March 1, 2016. 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: April 5, 2016, and May 3, 2016. On March 1, we will gather in the Cascade Room (Room 236) of Smith Memorial Student Union at PSU. Playing begins at 1 pm and continues to about 4:30 pm. The RAPS bridge group is very friendly and 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 met on Tuesday, February 9. Four hikers did several short hikes at McIver Park. We visited the fish hatchery, walked the bat trail to the bat barn, and hiked a loop around the disc golf course. We ate our sack lunch at a viewpoint of Mt. Hood and the Clackamas River. The viewpoint was next to the field where Governor Tom McCall authorized a rock festival in 1970 organized by Vietnam war protestors. On Tuesday, March 8, we will hike to the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers via the Warrior Point trail. A link to information from hiking books can be found on the RAPS web page, http://www.pdx.edu/raps/RAPS-Hikers. Confirm your attendance with Larry Sawyer by Monday March 7. Contact him at larry_sawyer@comcast.net (there is an underscore between “larry” and “sawyer” in that internet address) or call Larry at 503-771-1616. Meet at the Warrior Trailhead at 9:30 AM. Parking requires a $7.00 Sauvie Wildlife Parking permit, available for purchase at the store near the island end of the bridge, or at sporting goods stores. You might want to carpool with another hiker even though it is a local hike. From the Sauvie island Bridge, follow NW Sauvie Island Road west for approximately 2.5 miles, turning right at the junction with NW Reeder Road; at 6.1 miles the pavement ends. Follow the unpaved road another 2.3 miles to the parking lot; the trail begins at its NE corner. There is a possibility of high water forcing the hike off the beach. Wear appropriate boots for mud and water. --Larry Sawyer 3
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