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INTEREST GROUPS

DAR - Robert Gilbert                           about the local Kadima chapter, contact      Club. Occasionally we have outings, pot-
Livingston Chapter                             Sarah Christiansen, 512-868-3504 or          lucks, and bocce games. Contact Eddie
                                               [email protected]; Geri Scheer,        Verdecanna at 512-868-0704, cell 512-426-
Daughters of the American Revolution,          512-864-0212 or [email protected].        3041 or [email protected].
Robert Gilbert Livingston Chapter will
have their next meeting on Thursday,           Hawaii                                       Kansas
September 10, at the Sun City Activities
                                               Members met in August in celebration         If you have lived in Kansas or just wish
Center Atrium, 1 Texas Drive. Coffee           of Hawaii’s Statehood Day for a summer       you had, you are invited to join us as we
and refreshments will be served at 9:30        potluck and ice cream social.                share information, stories, and memories
and the business meeting will begin at 10                                                   of Kansas. The Kansas Group gets togeth-
a.m. For more information, call Catharine      The Hawaii club consists of members          er at least annually. Watch the Kansas
Browning at (512) 864-7544.                    who were born or raised in Hawaii, those     Group page on the Sun City Texas web-
                                               who have lived or worked in Hawaii or        site for upcoming events. For additional
Firefighters                                   who possess a real love for the state and    information, contact Jim Wayland at 512-
                                               its culture. Do you visit Hawaii often?      864-9319, Reg Bessmer at 512-686-0140,
Are you a former firefighter, either career    Then this club is for you. Please contact    or Larry/Jonene Pruitt at 512-591-7268.
or volunteer? If you’re interested in casual   Karen Meredith Lindholm at hulagal98@
gatherings with other former “smoke eat-       hotmail.com or 686-1906, or Martha Toler     Latin/Hispanic
ers” contact Ken Phipps at kenwphipps@         [email protected] or 868-3639.
gmail.com.                                                                                  Are you Latin or of Latin heritage? Have
                                               Illinois/Chicago                             you spent a number of years living in
French Social                                                                               Latin America? If you are interested in
                                               The Illinois/Chicago club is for those       meeting with others to practice Spanish or
Born, lived or worked in French-speaking       with Midwest values, Illinois connec-        exchange cultural experiences in a casual
countries? Want to keep up the language?       tions and memories and a fondness for        social setting, contact Fran at 512-930-
Join our group on the second Thursday          Chicago foods, sports teams and Windy        8180 or [email protected].
of the month at 2 p.m. For the location,       City neighborhoods. We meet four times a
please contact Claudia Shelton by email at     year for fun, friendship and food! Contact   Life Sciences
[email protected].                           Jim Bonk at [email protected] or Linda
                                               Dwyer at [email protected] to         We meet on the first Saturday of the
Garland Groupies                               be added to our email list.                  month. Contact Norm Ford at 512-868-
                                                                                            0098 or Bob Hazelwood at 512-864-0311.
If you previously lived in Garland, Texas      Indiana
and are interested in fun and fellowship                                                    Michigan
with others who have lived there, you          Please keep Sunday, Oct. 25, open from
should become a member. Call Charlie/          1-4 p.m. for a Hoosier get-together!         If you have lived in Michigan, have ties to
Margie Swearingen at 512-864-0306 or                                                        or an interest in Michigan, please join us
Ed/Bettye McCrary at 512-864-0471.             Former Hoosiers and others interested        to share information, stories, and memo-
                                               in Indiana are invited to join us. Contact   ries of the Great Lake State. For further
German                                         Barbara Wolford at 512-948-7182 or bj-       information or to be included on our email
                                               [email protected].                             and notification list, contact Will Wright at
Second Thursdays, Noon                                                                      512-240-4325 or [email protected].
                                               Iowa
This spirited social club comprises native-                                                 Minnesota
born and German-Americans with a desire        Are you an Iowa expat? Come join other
to share mutual experiences in all things      Iowans on Monday, October 13, from 5:30      If you are a former Minnesotan and in-
Germanic; the language, peoples, culture,      - 8 p.m. at the Legacy Hills Pavilion for    terested in meeting other Golden Go-
prevalent in its diverse regions. Interest is  a potluck dinner. For more information,      phers, this interest group is for you. For
keen regarding the migration of German         contact Pat Sampson at 512-863-8219 or       more information and to be added to our
settlers to Texas and their contributions      [email protected], or Jan Miller at       mailing list, contact Marcia Whittier at
to the Lone Star state. Luncheons are on       [email protected].                   [email protected] or Betty Jean
the second Thursday of each month, with                                                     Steinke at [email protected].
dialogue in German and English. Contact:       Italian Social
Jerry Faulkner, 512-868-1847.                                                               Mississippi
                                               We meet on the second Friday of the month
Hadassah - SC Kadima                           at the V.F.W. (1000 College Street, George-  Calling all Mississippi folks – join our
                                               town) for all the spaghetti and meatballs    Mississippi Club. Come meet other Mis-
Hadassah is the largest women’s Zionest        you can eat. Dinner starts at 5 p.m.; cost   sissippians living in Sun City. Contact
and volunteer organization in America.         is $8 per person.                            Bunny Petty at [email protected] or
Hadassah is dedicated to improving                                                          512-864-0683 or Mary Lou Harrington at
the lives of people in Israel, supporting      If you have Italian heritage, have lived     [email protected] or 512-864-1949.
women’s health issues and women’s rights       in Italy, or just love everything Italian,
in the U.S. To find out more information       join us for the Italian Social and Cultural    SEPTEMBER 2015 SUNRAYS | 123

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