3 RAPS club reports RAPS hikers relax in the home of Rudi and Laureen Nussbaum following their March 11 hike in Forest Park. The Nussbaums, who organized the hike, invited the group to lunch at their home in the West Hills overlooking Portland. RAPS Hikers set sights on Silver Falls The April RAPS Hike is set for Friday, April 8 at Silver Falls State Park near Silverton. With the heavy rainfall this spring, the falls should be especially beautiful—and the trails muddy. Silver Falls is Oregon’s largest state park and has 10 beautiful falls on the canyon trail. Bring your cameras, hiking boots, raingear, a sack lunch, and water. We will meet at 8:30 am on the roof of Parking Structure 1 (across Broadway from Neuberger Hall) to form carpools. Marge Terdal is leading this hike and needs to know who is going and who is able to drive. Call her at 503244-5714 or email her at terdalm@pdx.edu. Marge will be out of town March 30 to April 6 but will check messages. --Larry Sawyer Book Club: ‘The Other Wes Moore’ The RAPS Book Club will meet Tuesday, April 19 at 2:30 pm at the home of Maxine Thomas, located at 6535 SW Canyon Court in Portland. NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. Contact her at 503-291-1279 or ondangwa@yahoo.com to RSVP and for directions. We will discuss the Multnomah County Library Everybody Reads selection The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. The book is described on the back cover as follows: Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question. In alternating narratives that take readers from heartwrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other West Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world. Looking ahead to May, we will read The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, published in Italian in 1958 and translated into English in 1960. --Mary Brannan Bridge Group plays on second Tuesday The RAPS Bridge Group meets at 1:00 pm Tuesday, April 12. For further information, including the venue, call Colin Dunkeld, 503-292-0838. Please call by Friday, April 8. --Colin Dunkeld PAST TENSE Name that PSU person PAST TENSE usually focuses on a person, place or event in Portland State’s history. For a change of pace, this month’s offering features photos of four people with enduring ties to the institution. Which of these Portland State personalities do you recognize? Email the RAPS editor (whited@pdx.edu) with their names and positions. Those who correctly identify all four people will be recognized in the next RAPS Sheet. #1 #2 #3 #4 PAST TENSE features glimpses into Portland State’s history. To submit a story (or an idea for one), email the RAPS History Preservation Committee at raps@pdx.edu.
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