4 The RAPS Sheet January 2022 Several members of the Hiking Group met at Larry and Diane Sawyer’s house in December for a potluck and 2022 planning session. Left to right: Terry Rohe, Deve Swaim, Cilla Dieterich, Tom Dieterich, Mary Lane Stevens, Pati Sluys, Tom Hard, and Diane Sawyer. RAPS Group Reports Book Group THE BOOK GROUP was scheduled to meet on December 28—a week later than usual. We were unable to picture ourselves settling down to read a book in the week before Christmas. Our plan was to discuss Elizabeth Kolbert’s Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future. It is the sequel to her prizewinning The Sixth Extinction, which we read earlier. In January we will to discuss The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, a novel about Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian. The daughter of the first Black gradate of Harvard, she was hired to curate a growing collection of rare manuscripts, artwork, and books. She became an important person in New York society, while hiding her identity as a Black woman. The Book Group meets the third Tuesday of each month, traditionally in the homes of various members. Currently we are using Zoom for our meetings. Any RAPS member is welcome to join the group. —Joan Shireman Bridge Group THE BRIDGE GROUP has not played in person for well over a year. I have been looking forward to a time when case counts declined to a low level before restarting in-person bridge sessions. COVID-19 cases in Multnomah County do not seem to be declining to a “moderate risk” level. In fact I believe the omicron variant will take over from the delta variant in the Portland area. I think we will not be playing in person until late spring, if then. Let’s hope I am wrong! When we do start playing again, we will need additional players; do you want to join us? I would like to hear from any interested RAPS members or others you know who might want to play in our group. The RAPS Bridge Group does not require RAPS membership; your friends and relatives would be welcome to join us. Please contact Steve Brennan, 503-889-0146. My email address is: the.steve.brennan@gmail.com. —Steve Brennan Hiking Group NINE OF THE HIKERS met a Larry and Diane Sawyer’s house on December 14 for a potluck followed by a 2022 hike planning session. We discussed several hiking options and chose 11. Because not all of our hikers are as strong as they were a few years ago, we selected a range of hikes from easy to difficult. The first hike will be an easy one on Tuesday, January 25, to Oxbow Metro Park on the Sandy River just beyond Troutdale. We will find a food place or lunch in the Troutdale Factory Stores shopping center. More information about the hike is available from Larry Sawyer at larry_sawyer@comcast.net. or from the following link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Asvnw2QV39fajkqL3AJfGZ7jlPsC?e=z7 4Wxo On the link, choose the hikers directory and the calendar sub-directory. If that link doesn’t work, try this one: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Asvnw2QV39fanF7PMuhHoLmdizet?e=NzP5WM
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