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| SUNRAYS JUNE 2014
ONLINE:
SCTXCA.ORG
pate in any sponsored golfing event.
See the Golf section of the
Sun Rays
for
monthly MGA news.
Nature
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Tuesday, June 17, 3 p.m., SCB
Contact: Joe Bennett, President, 512-
869-4584 or
Junior Camp
Every June, Sun City Texas clubs provide
fun and educational events for the lucky
grandchildren at Junior Camp. This year,
the Nature Club SIG leaders will give
brief illustrated talks on the amazing
natural world of Sun City Texas to the
campers in the Ballroom. Stars, snakes,
birds, butterflies, plants and trees, and
rocks and minerals will be covered, so
that campers will enjoy and better un-
derstand their surroundings now and
on future visits.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS:
See
Club Calendar on the website.
Amphibians and Reptiles:
JimChris-
tiansen, 512-868-3504.
Astronomy:
Joe Bennett, 512-869-4584;
Micheal Starch, 512-868-1076. No pro-
gram scheduled for June, July, or August.
Programs resume in September.
Birding:
Karen McBride, txmotmot@
suddenlink.net; Ed Rozenburg, 512-869-
7303. No Meeting or BirdWalks in June,
July, or August.
Butterflies:
Ed Rozenburg, 512-869-
7303. No Meeting in June. Butterfly
Walk: Wednesday, June 25; meet at
LHPP at 9:30 a.m.
Native Plants:
Art Gibson, 512-943-
0173. Walk information TBA by emails
to Nature Club members.
Rockhounds:
Bill Blodgett, 512-948-
7088; Paul Swetland, 512-863-8822.
Meeting: Tuesday, June 10, 4 p.m., AC
MR 3/4. Topic to be announced.
FREE REPTILE REMOVAL
See page 4.
Pet
sctxca.org > Site Index> Pet Club
Contact: Tom Olsen, 512-639-2085 or
As summer arrives, most of us are try-
ing to think of activities to entertain the
grandchildren who will be visiting. Why
not put the weeks in June that Junior
Camp is in session on your calendar?
Each year the Sun City Texas Pet Club
tries to be a part of this wonderful pro-
gram and will again in 2014.
Eighty campers enroll in each of the ses-
sions and are divided into four groups
based on age. The Pet Club has been
assigned the two youngest groups: Lil’
Doggies and Pardners on Wednesday,
June 18 and Wednesday, June 25 from
12:45-2:30 p.m. at the Legacy Hills Park
Pavilion.
We will be helping the campers create
pet blankets that will be donated to the
local animal shelters. Didn’t your chil-
dren—and now grandchildren and great
grandchildren—have a special blanket
that they felt secure with? Homeless
puppy dogs are no different. Fabric
was purchased for 40 blankets, which
should keep the young people occupied
for a time.
In a “Rally” the campers will have fun
leading dogs through a simple course—
with adult assistance, of course. What
a great time the children have working/
playing with different doggies.
Then, reading time will be just that—
sharing simple books with the quiet, well
behaved dogs. This provides quiet time
for both animal and child.
Don’t these activities sound like fun?
Why didn’t “grown-ups” have camps like
this when we were little?
Photography
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Photography Club
Tuesday, June 3, 2 p.m., CCG/F
Contact: President, Ed Winter, 512-943-
0555 or
General Meeting:
The June meeting
will be Tuesday, June 3, starting at 2
p.m. with cookies and conversation in
the Georgetown/Florence Room at the
Cowan Creek Amenity Center. Visitors
are welcome. You will receive a name
tag indicating visitor or new member
and club members will greet you and
share information. The meeting agenda
consists of general club information, a
program pertinent to photography and
commentary on Subject of the Month
photos, which are projected for all to
enjoy.
Photographs on Display:
Members’
photos are exhibited at the Activities
Center, Cowan Creek, The Oaks, Photo
Studio and website.
Photography News:
To check on the
latest news and activities, go to the
website and click the Newsletter link.
The calendar of events is posted weekly
and other items of interest as they occur.
Special Interest Groups:
Monthly SIG
meetings are held in the Photography
Studio. SIGs include: In-Camera Photog-
raphy, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop
CS-CC, Lightroom, Nature, Competition
and Advanced.
Field Trips:
Monthly field trips offer
members great photographic opportuni-
ties. Typically, there is a brief session
prior to the field trip offering suggestions
about photographing the subject, and
one after the trip to share experiences
and participants’ photographs.
Membership:
You are welcome regard-
less of your level of expertise—casual
to advanced or type of camera—point
and shoot or DSLR. Annual Club dues
are $16. You may join through the Sun
City Texas website, at a monthly gen-
eral meeting or by contacting a Board
Member.
Pickleball
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Pickleball Club
Contact: Sue March,
Can We Turn Back the Clock?
Sort Of?
Excerpted From an Article by Barbara
Wintroub, USAPA Newsletter
As we become less active with age, “use
it or lose it” becomes a very real factor.
Yes, you are playing pickleball, but do
you claim a spot on the court and hardly
move from there? Have you ever tried a
few minutes of singles hitting? After age
50, there is a progressive loss of 1-2 per-
cent of muscle per year. At age 60, muscle
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