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Interested in joining pickleball club ?
We ’ re reading book about London cholera outbreak in 19th century
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Sports Center

By CHARBONNEAU SPORTS CENTER COUNCIL

Interested in joining pickleball club ?

By CHARBONNEAU SPORTS CENTER COUNCIL
The Charbonneau pickleball group is an amazing collection of people who enjoy all the physical and social aspects of this fun , new sport . They also care about each other and their community . Just like Carol Hill , a longtime Charbonneau resident and retired nurse . She is the social director for pickleball on the Sports Center Leadership Council and can be found playing pickleball with her friends , as well as attending to minor injuries on the court as a first responder would . Carol also volunteers for the Charbonneau Sunshine Service , an organization that partners with the Wilsonville Community Center and loans home and sick room equipment to our residents . As if that isn ’ t enough to keep one busy , with her heart of gold , along with many of her treasured pickleball friends including , but not limited to , Dee Dutoit , Korren Dir , Zig Zakovics , Alice Swartz , Radah and Jim Friesz , and Lou Traeger , they thought that when they have a pickleball function they would request donations for the Wilsonville food bank . Just like that , it happened thanks to the generosity of the fabulous pickleball group ! The folks at the Wilsonville food Bank are most appreciative and have shared with us what is most needed at various times of the year . This year , the pickleball group has collected 118 jars of peanut butter , 36 containers of deodorant , two large bags of groceries , over 20 bags of laundry pods , many bottles of shampoo

Charbonneau Nonfiction Book Club

By DAVE MAUK

We ’ re reading book about London cholera outbreak in 19th century

The next meeting of the Charbonneau nonfiction book group is in front of the fireplace in the Clubhouse at 1:30 p . m .. Jan . 8 . The book is “ The Ghost Map ” by Steven Johnson . It ’ s about the cholera outbreak in London in the mid-19th century and how it
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Carol Hill , left , and Dee Dutoit are pictured at the pickleball holiday party .
and cash donations for the food bank ! We thank Carol and the pickleball group for all their generous efforts .
If you are looking for some physical activity while having a great time , and to make a difference for your community , this opportunity might be for you ! Currently Charbonneau Sports Center has 200 pickleball members and is growing . To join you must be a Charbonneau resident . Membership forms are available at the Country Club office . The cost is a one-time $ 100 initiation fee and an annual membership fee of $ 120 for a single , or $ 150 for a family membership . For more information , please contact Donna Roisom at dkroisom @ comcast . net .
changed the future of cities , medicine and science .
The book reads like a mystery thriller , as the story unfolds with death spreading over Victorian London during the summer of 1854 , causing confusion , terror and suffering . What does the map have to do with the story ? What are the consequences of the disease on that Dickensian time and place ? How does this epidemic change the world as it was then , and how we live today ?
The group ’ s previous two books were “ Isaac ’ s Storm ” by Erik Larson , and “ Longitude ” by Dava Sobel . Both were about individuals who were important to scientific discoveries in the fields of navigation and meteorology . The book group welcomes new readers who can learn more by contacting Dave Mauk through his email in the directory .

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