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14 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER August 2021

Solo Sisters

By CANDY FERGUSON
Last month it was so much fun getting together with the Solo Sisters again ! In the past when we have had a Game Night , where we had several games being played at once . This time we switched things up a bit and everyone played Bunco .
The great thing about Bunco is that at the end of each round , the winners and losers move around , so you are always sitting with a different group of players and getting to know each other better . We couldn ’ t have asked for a better mixer if we ’ d tried ! And with four tables of players , there were some great monetary prizes to play for , sending the winners home with big smiles on their faces . Shout out to Cherryl Chandler for her help in organizing us .
Meeting new people who may want to join Solo Sisters has also been so much fun ! Every month we seem to
get several inquiries regarding our group — 14 in the last six months

Charbonneau
alone ! On Aug . 13 , Charbonneau
Country Club will be hosting a Newcomers

Arts Association
Welcome and Community In-
formation Day , and once again , Solo
By CATHI MCLAIN
Sisters will have a table set up . Please stop by and meet our planning committee and we will be happy to tell you about our organization .
A very popular event in 2019 , that was so much fun , was our Wine Tasting

Charbonneau Festival of the Arts comes this November
Party , which we will hold again
this summer . I ’ m not sure how it happened , but Trader Joe ’ s Two Buck
Chuck came in either first or second in both the red wine and white wine tastings that year . Hopefully this year , we will be much more sophisticated tasters and will choose better wines to be the best . If you are a single woman
( and wine aficionado ), living in Charbonneau and are looking for new friendships , look no further .
Contact Deanna Morgan , our membership chairman , at deannamorgan @ gmail . com and she will be happy to add you to our mailing list . Hope to see you Aug . 13 at our information table .
As I write this , I ’ m sitting in our air-conditioned travel trailer on a hot day in Mancos , Colorado , where we are
MCLAIN staying in an RV resort on the river , halfway between our children ’ s homes in Dolores and Durango . Such a joy to be with family after the long COVID interruption .
A month-long road trip by the CAA president and the Festival Organizing Committee chair , with questionable
COURTESY PHOTO
Benjamin Mefford is growing pumpkins from seeds as he sculpts an artist ’ s version from granite . wifi along the way , probably wasn ’ t the best idea during key planning periods for the Charbonneau Festival of the Arts . But thanks to the skills and dedication of Elaine Swyt , our vice president , web master and communications chair , everything that needs doing is getting done ! Collaborating with Shirley Hoem , who is chairing
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