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ONLINE:
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wildflowers, too.
Dues: $12, includes monthly programs
on various topics and six Special Interest
Groups (listed below).
Special Interest Groups:
See Club
Calendar on the website.
Amphibians and Reptiles:
JimChris-
tiansen, 512-868-3504
Astronomy:
Micheal Starch, 512-868-
1076 and EdWiley, 512-688-1071.
Meet-
ing
: Monday, March 23, 7 p.m., ACA.
First, we’ll present current astronomy
items of interest; then, member Ken Ruehl
will present “The Observable Universe.”
A Great Courses DVD lecture on cosmol-
ogy will follow.
Birding:
Karen McBride, txmotmot@
suddenlink.net; Ed Rozenburg, 512-
869-7303.
No March meeting. Walks:
Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 a.m., and
Wednesday, March 18 at 8 a.m. (DST).
Meet at LHPP to walk or carpool. Any
changes TBA by email to Nature Club
members.
Butterflies:
Ed Rozenburg, 512-869-
7303.
Meeting:
Tuesday, March 3, 2:30
p.m., ACMR 3/4, “Brushfoot Butterflies,
Part 2.”
Walk:
Wednesday, March 25,
9:30 a.m. Meet at LHPP.
Native Plants:
Art Gibson, 512-943-
0173.
Walk:
Tuesday, March 10. Walk
Nature Trail. Meet at 9 a.m. at trail head
of Quarter Moon Trail, Sun City Blvd
and Rio Grande.
Rockhounds:
Bill Blodgett, 512-948-
7088; Paul Swetland, 512-943-8592.
Meeting:
Tuesday, March 10, 4 p.m.,
AC MR 3/4. Program TBA.
FREE REPTILE REMOVAL
See page 4.
Oldies but Goodies Dance
Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m., SCB
Contact: Bill Smith, 512-591-7016 or
The OBG Dance Club is “Where the
Young at Heart Dance to the Golden Old-
ies.” The club is a newly sanctioned CA
Chartered Club and is open to any Sun
City resident who would like to become
a new member. We have four dances per
year featuring the classic sounds of the
’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Our next dance will
CHARTERED CLUBS
be on Saturday, April 11 featuring Little
Beverly and the Shades, a rock-n-roll
band specializing in the oldies from the
’50s and ’60s. Our fall dances will be on
Friday, September 18 and Saturday, No-
vember 14 to recorded music. All dances
will be held in the Social Center Ball-
room. Doors open at 6:30 and all dances
begin at 7 p.m. Dues are $10 per person
or $15 per household. All dances are free
to members. BYOB and snacks; ice and
water will be provided. Non-members and
guests are welcome to attend any dance
at $5 for recorded music dances and $10
for live bands.
Pet
Contact: Tom Olsen, 512-639-2085 or
The next round of dog training will be-
gin in April. As usual, there will be an
informational meeting for individuals
who have not yet taken classes through
the Pet Club. This meeting will be held
in Rooms 1 and 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ac-
tivities Center, which is directly across
from the Social Center Ballroom located
on Texas Drive.
One of the issues that the Pet Club pro-
vides assistance with in Sun City is find-
ing lost cats and dogs. Should you lose
an animal or find a stray, please contact
the Pet Club for help in bringing this pet
home. Please also notify the Monitors at
Texas Drive and Cowan Creek (numbers
available on page six of your Resource
Guide and Directory).
If you want to learn more about train-
ing your dog, consider signing up for a
training class either with the Pet Club
or another training facility. We suggest
enquiring about the type or style of train-
ing used, whether it is positive or nega-
tive reinforcement. Instructor RuthOlsen
uses only positive reinforcement, which
is the best form of training.
Photography
Wednesday, March 4, 2 p.m., CCF/G
Contact: Cheryl Cook, President, 281-
382-7760 or
General Meeting:
The March meeting
will be on Wednesday, March 4, start-
ing at 2 p.m. in the Georgetown/Florence
Rooms at Cowan Creek Amenity Center.
Visitors are welcomed. This month we
host the third installment of our “Photog-
raphy Improvement Program,” in which
Mr. Royce Blair will present, “MilkyWay
Nightscapes Photography.” We will also
have club announcements.
Photographs on Display:
Members’
photos are exhibited at the Activities
Center, Cowan Creek Amenity Center,
The Oaks, the Photo Studio and the club
website.
Special Interest Groups:
SIGmeetings
are held in the Photography Studio. Cur-
rent SIGs are: Advanced, Competition,
Light Room, Nature, Novice, Beyond the
Basics, Photoshop, PSA and Elements.
Field Trips:
Monthly field trips offer
members great photographic opportuni-
ties. A brief session prior to the field trip
covers trip details and logistics; another
get-together takes place after the trip to
share experiences and photographs taken.
Membership:
2015 dues are now pay-
able online. Dues are $12 for the first
person and $5 for each additional fam-
ily member. You may join through the
Sun City Texas website, at the monthly
General Meeting or by contacting a Board
member.
Pickleball
Contact: Nancy Grafton, 512-417-0627
or
“Fun, Friends and Fitness” is the Pick-
leball Club motto – come and experience
it all firsthand!
Pickleball is an active game combining
elements of tennis, badminton and ping
pong. Played on a doubles’ badminton
court with paddles and a perforated plas-
tic ball, all it requires are workout clothes,
court shoes and a desire to play the game.
Whether you are new to pickleball or are
a seasoned veteran with tournament ex-
perience, we have a level of play suited
to your needs.
Our club offers a free introductory train-
ing class for beginners, which provides a
fundamental overview of the skills needed
to play the game. We also sponsor a men-
tor program, in which some of our more
experienced players assist beginners
with rule assimilation and suggestions
on technique. Of course, the best way to
become proficient at pickleball is to actu-
ally play the game. Courts five and six are
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