Club Information - Sun City Anthem

Club InformationRVNothing really exciting happened last month - except anexhilarating powered-raft trip down the roaring ColoradoRiver. This was all part of the fun-filled “Tom Sawyer”Rally hosted by Tom and Diane Smith. We spent threehours exploring the 12 miles of history as we passedthrough the canyon walls that in some places rose 2,000feet above the river’s edge. We experienced the waterfalls,hot springs and other geological wonders including DesertBig Horn sheep, Osprey, Great Blue Heron and muchmore. Someone even said they saw an American BaldEagle. During our adventure, we even had a chance toswim in the beautiful waters of the Colorado. This was oneof the more popular rallies the club has undertaken in thenine-year history of the club. We had a fabulous Italianpot-luck dinner created by Tom & Diane.Future scheduled trips include Santa Maria,California/Napa wine country/Reno, north centralOregon/Crater Lake/Columbia River Valleyand Washington, Paso Robles wine country, Rocky Point,Mexico, and Albuquerque Balloon Festival. Stay tuned!Our meetings are held at 4:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday ofthe month (except December, June and July) in the PennRoom at Independence Center. If you are interested,please come to any of our meetings and see first-hand howmuch fun we have or contact our Membership Chair JackWiseman at 407-4042, or President George Ormsby at492-2542. If you are RVers & want to make some greatfriends, the SCA RV Club is the way to go!The Scrabble Plus Club meets each Friday afternoon from1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Emerson/Franklin Room atAnthem Center. Anyone not a member is welcome to joinus as a guest for a friendly game of Scrabble. If you want tojoin, membership is open to all SCA residents for only $10a year.The Scrabble “Word of the Day” is NINJA, a covert agentor mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized inunorthodox warfare.Now for some Scrabble trivia: Since this is an election year,here’s an interesting tidbit. A local ordinance inAtwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playingScrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.A new high point score was made by 50 year old JoelSherman, Bronx, NY, in December 2011. He scored sevenbingos to get this score but a fourteen year old, BradleyRobbins, tied him also with the most bingos in a game. Nota newcomer to Scrabble, Joel was a participant in the 2011National Scrabble Championship.As stated in previous Spirit issues, there are words in oureveryday vocabulary that are names as well havemeanings allowing their play in a Scrabble game. There isa boy’s nickname which means stylish. The word itderived from means “precious.” It is also the commonname, but not the official name, of a theatre acting award.The TONY Awards, officially the Antoinette PerryAwards, are given for theatrical productions annually inthe United States. TONY is an adjective: having anaristocratic, expensive or stylish presentation.Spring has sprung and Mother’s Day isapproaching. The members of the Sun CityAnthem Sewing and QuiltingingClub are busy with manyfun activities. The DollyMommas make dollclothes for the AmericanGirl Doll and the BittyBaby doll. Some of theproceeds from these sales go to charity. We are also makingpillow cases this year for ConKerr Cancer. This is aprogram where pillow cases are made and given tochildren who are in the hospital and dealing with cancer.The Happy Hookers are a crochet group whomake blankets and afghans for new moms and veterans.We have a busy andactive embroiderygroup as well as aquilt group calledL o o s e T h r e a d swhich does manyfun and creativethings. We also havea knitting groupcalled Chicks withSticks. Our sergergroup helps newserger owners learnhow to use their newm a c h i n e s . O nThursday afternoons, we have a craft group that meetsand makes all the wonderful items you see displayed inthe windows of our sewing room.As you can see, we have a variety of activities available formembers at all skill levels from beginner to experiencedsewers. If you are interested in joining our fun group, stopin and visit us sometime. You can also check out ourwebsite at www.scasaq.org. You will be glad you did.May 2012 •