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| SUNRAYS MARCH 2015
ONLINE:
SCTEXAS.ORG
French
– Contact Mar ielle at
German
– Contact Ursula Pinner at
Hebrew
– Contact Pamela Lager at
or 512-240-4213
Italian
– Contact Reeta Wadzeck at 512-
591-7199. Beginning and Intermediate
classes are being offered in 2015.
Portuguese
–Beginning Portuguese
starts March 17. Contact Martha Pat-
terson,
.
Russian
– Contact Nancy Grafton at
. To brush
up on your Russian, please sit in on our
beginner classes, Fridays, 11 a.m.-12:30
p.m. before registering for the fall 2015
Intermediate Class. Contact Nancy for
more information.
Spanish
– SIG Director Ginny Hahn,
. Curriculum
Director, Judy Harries, jbharries@juno.
com. Spanish 101 and 103, 201, 203, 301,
and 401 are offered in March. See the
NRO Bulletin for more information, or
read descriptions of all our classes on
the Spanish SIG website. Contact Judy
Harries,
for further
information.
Garden
Wednesday, March 11, 12:30 p.m.
(social), 1 p.m. (meeting) CCF/G
Contact: Carol Parsonage,
Meeting
Come to the Garden Club’s monthly
meeting for garden tips, our plant of the
month and educational programming. Ar-
rive early for coffee, cookies and an op-
portunity ask a question of experienced
local gardeners. You can also check out a
gardening book or find a plant or garden
item on the sharing table. Our March
speaker will be Catrin Dubois, Landscape
Superintendent for the Sun City Texas
Common Areas. Catrin has 17 years of
experience in watching how perennials
perform after cutbacks. She will share
her knowledge on why, when and how to
prune landscape plants in this area. Her
“Pruning Do’s and Don’ts” program will
surely help you create a beautiful yard.
CHARTERED CLUBS
Continued from the previous page
Membership
We invite all Sun City residents to join
the Garden Club. From amateurs to ex-
perts, our gardeners all have one thing
in common – a yard! New and renewing
members can pay their 2015 dues either
at the meeting (bring a check made out
to SCTXCA) or online via the Sun City
Texas website. Individual dues are $12,
and a second person in the householdmay
join for total family dues of $20.
Garden Tour
Preparations are underway for our Sev-
enth Annual Sun City Garden Tour,
“Beauty by the Yard.” This year’s tour
will take place May 2 – 3, and offers a
great opportunity to gather ideas for your
garden.
March Yard of the Month
Congratulations to Jeff and Wanda
Kanode of 520 Davis Mountain Circle.
A photo of their beautiful yard is in the
“Around Sun City” section of this month’s
Sun Rays
.
Hiking
Contact: Jan Woolheater, 512-868-
5573 or
The Hiking Club has nearly 90 hikes
planned for 2015, as well as social events
like our Spring Fling and Fall Festival.
We hike sites near (the San Gabriel River
Trail and the Lake Georgetown Goodwa-
ter Loop) and far (Colorado Bend State
Park and Enchanted Rock State Natural
Area). Our hikes range from easy, brief
excursions on level ground, to challenging
treks which stretch over rocky and hilly
terrain. Special events in March include
a dozen hikes, plus our marathon and
half marathon around Lake Georgetown.
Check out our calendar online for details.
Our next general membership meeting is
Tuesday, March 10 in the Atrium – all are
welcome. Interested folks may join us on
an introductory hike. See you on the trail.
Horseshoes & Washers
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m.
Horseshoe Courts
Contact: Tom Minor, 512-863-9811
Newly arrived homeowners have been
joining our club, but we need more play-
ers. Long-time residents are missing out
on fun and fellowship! Many of you have
played horseshoes in parks and at family
picnics, so what are you waiting for to
join us? Our club maintains 10 well-kept
courts, so come on down!
Shuffleboard SIG
Sun City Texas has an active Shuffle-
board group; approximately 20 indi-
viduals belong to the Shuffleboard SIG
and 20 other residents also play at the
two courts (adjacent to Bocce Courts,
and next to Horseshoes and Washers).
The courts are open every day to resi-
dents. Although there is no league play,
members of the SIG and other residents
gather at the courts at
9 a.m.
every Tues-
day and Thursday to play for one hour.
Newcomers are welcome to join us any
time. If you have not played in the past
and would like to be introduced to the
game at a time other than 9 a.m. Tues-
days and Thursdays, email Tom Rice at
Horticulture/Sun City
Organic Gardens
Tuesday, March 3, 1 p.m., ACA
Nursery and Greenhouse open
Thursdays and Saturdays, 9-11 a.m.
Contact: President: Randall Brown,
512-508-8015 or randy.brown@
suddenlink.net , New Members:
Vern Gonion, 512-869-1129 or
March will be a busymonth at the garden!
The
Spring Plant Sale
will take place on
Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m. until 1
p.m. at the Sun City Community Garden,
located at 141 Sun City Blvd. We will have
all sorts of landscape plants and shrubs,
vegetables, herbs, iris, mulch and compost
available. Please join us for this event. Our
regular monthlymeeting will be onMarch
3, featuring a Williamson County Master
Gardener discussing vegetable gardening.
Hunting & Fishing
Tuesday, March 10, 2 p.m., SCB
Contact: President Jim Key, 512-943-
9595 or
Meetings:
Our guest speaker, Kyle
Simank from Guns Plus, will talk about
competitive sports shooting.
Membership: Annual dues are $12 per
person; sign up and pay online through
or at the Member Ser-
vices Office. Contact John Pettitt, Mem-
bership Director, at 512-943-0618.
