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CHARTERED CLUBS

 • First Wednesday monthly club meet-         Ballroom Dance                               Billiards
   ings (January-November)
                                              Monthly Dance                                Billiards Center Hours
 • Wednesday morning coffee and “tech-        Saturday, Aug. 8, BBQ Dance,                 Weekdays: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
   talk” group at City Market                 BBQ from 6-7 p.m., dancing to                Weekends: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
                                              recorded music from 7-10 p.m.                Contact: Phillip Pensabene, 512-868-
 • Second Saturday monthly radio ‘Fox         Members $10, Guests $20                      0103 or [email protected]
   Hunt’ direction-finding field event
                                              Tea Dance                                    Pool is cool! Especially when you are
 • “Open-shack” operating sessions            Sunday, Aug. 23, SCB, recorded mu-           playing in our air-conditioned Billiards
Members’ benefits: Unique 24/7 acess          sic, 1:45-3:45 p.m.; social time             Center during the hot days of August.
to SCARS’ fully equipped ham shack with       1:15-1:45 p.m.
new state-of-the-art HF/6m and software-      Refreshments served                          We are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
defined (SDR) transceivers, and dual-band     Members $2, Guests $5                        weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on week-
VHF/UHF rig. In addition, SCARS main-                                                      ends. The Billiards Center is located
tains the 441.625 MHz. Sun City repeater      Social Dances, every Tuesday,                adjacent to the Veteran’s Memorial and
(+ offset, pl tone 103.5) – open to any FCC-  6-8 pm in the Atrium                         Pickleball courts.
licensed amateur radio operator.              Members free.
Public Service-minded? SCARS mem-                                                          The Billiards Center is open to all Sun
bers are available to assist Sun City Texas   Contact: John Moore at 303-956-7646          City residents. Monday night is Social
and the Georgetown fire and police de-        or [email protected]                            Billiards, a great opportunity for ladies,
partments during local or regional emer-                                                   couples and beginners to play with no
gencies, and help with local and county       We have two regular dances each month.       competitive pressure. Drop in and have
special event communications when addi-       Both dances feature a wide range of danc-    some fun.
tional radio resources are needed. (When      es such as Foxtrot, Waltz, Rumba, Cha
normal communication modes are down,          Cha, East and West Coast Swing, Bolero,      For club members, we have an 8-ball
ham radios still work and can contact         Samba, Night Club Two Step, Tango, and       tournament every Wednesday at noon
outside resources locally, regionally and     Merengue.                                    and a 9-ball tournament at 5:30 p.m on
worldwide.)                                                                                Thursdays. Members are also eligible for
Drop in! First Wednesday club meet-           Light refreshments will be provided for the  lessons, league play and periodic special
ings normally start at 6:30 p.m. with         Tea Dance on August 23. You are encour-      billiard parties.
an informal meet and greet (an “eyeball       aged to bring your own special teacup for
QSO”). The formal business meeting            the Tea Dance. We also schedule a third      Our stereo system plays background mu-
starts at 7 p.m., topped off by a radio/      “Social Dance” every Tuesday from 6 to       sic, the television shows financial news
tech presentation.                            8 p.m. during the summer (June 23-Sep-       in the mornings and sports events other
                                              tember 5). Guests are very welcome to        times. We are a wi-fi hotspot too!
Aviation                                      these dances. Please come and dance
                                              with us!                                     Our players range from beginner to ex-
Saturday, Aug. 8, 8:30 a.m., ACA                                                           pert. Annual dues are $11 per year. Ap-
Contact: Jeff Champion, 210-383-1459          Dance Classes: We offer a variety of         plications are available in the Billiards
                                              dance classes at various levels, from        Center or online at the Sun City website.
Become a member of one of Sun City’s          beginning to advanced, on Monday and
first chartered clubs. Aviation brings        Tuesday evenings for current Ballroom        Bocce
folks together to reminisce about days        Dance Club (BDC) members. For more
when they, their friends and their col-       information, refer to the BDC website or     Play: Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m.
leagues were more actively involved           contact Jean Ann Moore (Chair, Dance         and 1 p.m., BC
in the industry. All are invited to           Instruction Committee) at moorejean15@       Contact: Russ Ruff, 512-639-1419 or
visit. Membership is not limited to           gmail.com or 720-320-5942 (cell) or 512-     email: [email protected], or
pilots, but to anyone with an interest        943-4734 (home).                             visit the club’s website.
in aircraft, aviation history or the avia-                                                 New players and guests are always wel-
tion community. Dues are $12 a year.          Membership is $14 annually and covers        come to play with us. Members play at 8
Members meet on the second Saturday of        admission to the monthly dances that         a.m. Monday through Saturday during
each month at 8:30 a.m. for a social time     have recorded music. Additional fees         the summer months and at 1 p.m. when
of coffee and donut holes in the Atrium       may be charged for monthly dances that       the weather is colder. Members are al-
of the Activities Center.                     feature live bands.                          ways ready to teach anyone interested
                                                                                           in learning how to play the game.
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                                                                                           Our club dues are only $6 for the re-
                                                                                           mainder of the year, and bocce balls and
                                                                                           yardsticks are available in the small bin
                                                                                           next to the club shack for guests to use.
                                                                                           Try the game and then consider joining
                                                                                           our club.

                                                                                           Our high scorer for this month was Stan-

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