RAPS Group Reports The RAPS Book Group, having read two substantial non-fiction books in the spring, has selected fiction for our summer reading. In July we will dip for the first time into science fiction with The Martian by Andy Weir, the tale of a member of a space exploration accidentally left behind on Mars. We will meet at the home of Nancy Chapman, 4214 NE Hazelfern Place, Portland, OR 97213; call Nancy at 503-234-0162 or email her at chapmannj@comcast.net to RSVP and get directions. And in August we will leave the distant past and the distant future and return to something closer to our own time with Annie Barrows’ The Truth According to Us, a story of an inquisitive young girl in a small town in West Virginia in the late 1930s. (Of course, one has to be a RAPS member to feel that the 1930s are close to our time.) We will meet at the home of Felicia Wirtz, 16344 NW Avamere Ct., Portland, OR 97229. Contact Felicia at 503-628-2252 or feliciawirtz@gmail.com to let her know whether you can be there, and for directions. Our selection for September is Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival by Peter Stark. This is the story of the 1810 Astor Expedition, a three-year journey which opened the Pacific Northwest to exploration and settlement. 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 meets in the afternoon on the first Tuesday of each month. We begin play at 12:15 pm. We try to finish up by 4 pm. We meet in Smith Center, usually on the second floor, but sometimes on the third floor. Please mark your calendars for the following upcoming months; bridge dates and times: Tuesday, July 5, 2016; 12:15 in SMSU 294 Tuesday, August 2, 2016; 12:15 in SMSU 294 Tuesday, September 6, 2016; 12:15 in SMSU 294 I will send out the reminder email notice closer to each date we play. The RAPS bridge group members are very 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 has scheduled monthly hikes through the summer. In order to save space in the summer RAPS Sheet, the hikes’ details can be viewed on the hikers’ page of the RAPS webpage. The link is as follows: http://www.pdx.edu/raps/RAPS-Hikers. The June 14th hike was on the Wilson River in the Tillamook Forest. The July 12th hike is up Table Rock. The August 9th hike is to the Bull of the Woods Lookout Tower (short route). The September 13th hike is to Elk Meadows near Mt. Hood Meadows. If you are interested in any of these hikes, contact Larry Sawyer at 503-771-1616 or larry_sawyer@comcast.net. --Larry Sawyer 3
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