December Forum Article

Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanza! Feliz Dia de Reyes!  By the time you get this the annual Holiday Party will have come and gone.  I hope that your holidays are merry and bright. I will report on the Midwinter Regional results next month.

Out and About:  Nels Erickson is back from watching Ultra Blend run in the Breeder’s Cup at Churchill Downs.  There was a huge contingent of unit members that showed up for the Puerto Vallarta Regional: Addie Wells, Evie Almeleh, Cathy Johnson, Rene Reid, Cynthia Swezey, Mark Lundblad, Bobbi Kornbluth and Rick Weiss.  Of course Myrlen Ann Knaeflc was also there as she winters in Puerto Vallarta.  Cathy Johnson is back from a road trip to Houston.  Mona Fleischmann is back from enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday in Southern California. Kathy Lane is back from China.

Disabled list:  Great month, I haven’t heard of any new developments.

New member: The In-N-Out Report was not available at press time.  We’ll catch up next month.

BIG GAME:  On Tuesday November 29th in a 12 table game, Bob Luebkeman and Rene Reid had a 75.69% game.  Wow!!!

The November Unit game was held on November 27th.  There were 9 tables and lots of good food. First overall in A were Nels Erickson and Conrad Evans.  In 2nd were Satish Gupta and Irene Harlow. In 3rd were David Weinberg and Dan Green.  In 4th were Addie Wells and Sheila Wimer. In 5th were Rich Scoggin and Mike Mendell. In Flight B, Edwin and Regina Straver were 1st.  Paul Ringer and Roni Maktenieks were 2nd.  Kaz Nojima and Diane Bishoff were 3rd.  

The charity game on November 20th was a team game won by the team of Steve Print, Steve Kirschenbaum, Nels Erickson, and Conrad Evans with the slimmest of margins – a single victory point.  First in B went to the team of Ann Little, Mike Slattery, Andy Wallace and Jill Wallace.

The club participated in the ACBl Wide Charity Game on Monday, November 21st.  The game was won by Nels Erickson and Conrad Evans.  Once again Conrad and Nels got the win by the slimmest of margins.  This time they were first by .11% over the second place team of Charlotte Falk and Lin Goldstein.

The club membership game on November 25th was won by Sybil Lucks and Kathy Evans. The special Unit game on November 6th was won by Bob Luebkeman and Charlotte Falk.

There were 8 club championship games during November.  The evening game on November 2nd was won by Charlotte Falk and Virginia Kellermeyer.  The game on November 3rd was won by Jim and Pat Peterson.  The game on November 8th was won by Joyce Remsen and Jackie Chandler. The game on November 11th was won by Lin Goldstein and Satish Gupta. The game on November 13th was won by Gil Ramirez and Neal Moore.  The game on November 16th was won by Nels Erickson and Conrad Evans.  The game on November 19th was won by Jinny Anderson and Reba Jo Berland. The game on November 21th was won by Gil Ramirez and Rich Scoggin.

The In-N-Out Report was not available at press time so we’ll catch up next month on the Unit rank changes.

Mark your calendars: The Unit game in January is on January 22 at 1:15 p.m.

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