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30 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2014 | CLUBS & GROUpS CLUBS & GROUpS | FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2014 31 The Spring Fling Dinner Dance will be Saturday, May 17, at 4:30 pm in our Ballroom. Featuring a full dinner by Thomas Catering (Vegetarian option), live entertainment by Sklyline Xpress, and lots of fun dancing – all for only $20. Ticket deadline is May 12. There's limited seating, and tickets sell fast. See the poster in the Lodge Lobby for ticket information, or call the contacts below. Recently we visited Hemet West, Sierra Dawn, and the huge Palm Springs Pavilion Ballroom, where live bands play a good variety of music for our dancing enjoyment. We are a friendly group, and have professional instructors that can take you from beginning dance to any level you want. Dance instructions Monday nights in our Ballroom from 6:30 to 7 pm for beginners, and from 7 to 8 pm for more advanced. We do this for fun, so give it a try. Contacts: Puring and Gary Stifter at (951) 922-8333, or at purings@verizon.net. ~ Willis Fagan Ballroom Dance Club Line Dancing None of us were born dancing. We all had to learn, whether in school, by watching TV or trying steps with close friends. Some of us, like me, loved music and could dance some, but had no real instructions. I went to my first "Hoe Down" here about six years ago and was frustrated, because although I liked the music, I didn't know how to dance to it. I signed up for lessons through the Beaumont Recreation Department. I felt like a klutz, but I took it one step at a time and then one dance at a time. For the first six months I couldn't recognize the steps to a single song without being shown all over again. Finally, gradually, I started to remember. That is why I started teaching line dancing here. Others needed to be shown how to do line dancing step by step, slowly and gradually. I have been teaching here for about four years now and it is rewarding to watch people I have taught or am currently teaching get up and line dance at our dances. If you have thought about trying, don't be bashful. Our classes are fun, great exercise and good for your health. Many of us moved here because we liked the opportunities we read about or that were discussed by the sales office. Yet some do nothing but stay home. Yes, it is hard for some people to join a new group or activity. There is an activity here for everyone, regardless of level of movement or proficiency. If you have an interest in a club, go to a meeting, see what it is about. If you don't like it, you don't have to go again. Everyone here is so friendly, give an activity a try. Be a joiner, meet people. Come give line dancing a try, or just come watch. Class is every Tuesday with beginner's from 3 to 3:45 and advanced from 3:45 to 4:30 pm. ~ Martha Franck The first decade of the new millennium is the time frame for Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. Described as a "modern day fantasy for super-nerds," Penumbra's action is mainly in a San Francisco all-night bookstore with unlikely hero Clay Jannon working as the night clerk for a sparse group of "customers," who never seem to buy, but just borrow some obscure books, before returning them. On further review, Jannon is able to unravel the beginnings of a secret society which started in the fifteenth century. He is assisted in his quest to unlock secrets of this strange society and the books they use by employing an unlikely group of people, ranging from our quirky, old-fashioned book store owner to a beautiful, thoroughly modern techie who can research with the best of other Googlers to a childhood friend who made it rich digitizing body parts. Together they are able to decipher the mystery behind this secret society. Computer take-over is one of the issues touched upon in this fantasy. Will the computer or human ingenuity save the day? We will discuss this novel on Tuesday, May 13, at the Lodge at 9:30 am. You do not have to be a techie to enjoy the discussion. For information, please contact Doreen Sanders at (951) 769- 1913. ~ Connie Johnson Book Club Jesus said what the requirement was to gain everlasting life. He said it was necessary to continuously cultivate accurate knowledge of the only true God and the one that he sent, Jesus Christ (John 17: 3). The Apostle Paul repeated the same words in his first letter to Timothy (1-Ti.2:4). He also urged the Philippians and Colossians to keep seeking such knowledge. (Php.1:9; Col.1:9). Prophets of Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) knew the importance of said knowledge. For example, Isaiah, 800 years before Paul, wrote that knowledge would be the reason peace would flourish between men of all races, peace between man and animals, (wild and domestic) and even peace among animals themselves (Isa. 11:9; 58:10; 65:25). At our weekly Spanish Bible class our goal is to cultivate continuous knowledge of God's purpose, that is registered in the Bible and in doing so we might gain everlasting life, as the prophet Zephaniah wrote: "… Probably you will be concealed on the day of God's anger" (Zep. 2:3). Join us Tuesdays at 7 pm. For more information you can call Tim at (951) 769-4238. ~ Timoteo Lovato Spanish Bible Class

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