Monday Morning Memo - 8.19.24
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Postcarding to Swing States on Tuesday, August 20, 10:30 am. All scribes are welcome, all materials supplied. Oxbow Bakery, 2307 24th Ave East, side streets for parking. Our last postcarding event will be September 24.
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening, per usual, this Thursday, August 22, at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Sunday Arboretum Walk, August 25, led by Dick Zerbe. Meet at 9 am at the Graham Visitors Center.
Michael Kischner wishes you all a happy rest of the summer and observes that because it is high summer, with attendant scheduling complications, there was no meeting of Charles Heaney’s third Friday group this month. The September Men’s Coffee dates are as follows: First Wednesday (Michael), September 4 at 10:30 at Victrola; Third Friday (Charles), September 20 at 10:30 at Victrola.
The next Women’s Coffee is on Wednesday, September 4, 10:30 am at the home of Susan Fleischmann.
Who is interested in a Travel Group? It could include talking about travel; sharing travel tips; making plans to travel together—whatever you want. Let me know.
Sharing
From Naomi Shiff: Immerse yourself in a celebration that pays homage to the ancient Japanese tradition of honoring the autumn moon! See the attached PDF that describes events the evenings of September 12 and 13 at the Japanese Garden in the Arboretum.
One of our members wants you to beware of a call purporting to be from the King County Sheriff’s office about a summons to jury duty. It is a scam! Hang up at once!!! Law enforcement offices are way to busy to call you about such matters, but scammers use that ploy to make you fearful. Read more at this link: https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/depts/sheriff/news-media/scam-alert. And, in general, hang up immediately on any caller that seems suspicious. You can let them call back and listen to a message; then, more than likely, you should block that caller. Scammers prey on the natural anxiety that many elders have—especially where law enforcement appears to be involved.