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Membership loss
by Roy Wilson 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Darn…. I just updated our website and once again we have lost members. I cannot remember the year, perhaps 10 or more, but I recall that we once had almost 800 members in our unit. The latest number is 357. Sigh. Mojo, can you please add Mike Marcucci to this mailing list? As our Unit Historian I believe he should be included. nstarmgm(a)att.net Roy I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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October Bridge News Unit Column
by Morris Jones 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Please check for corrections and especially omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit *Important schedule change for the November Unit Games!* We wanted to take advantage of the fall STaC tournament running Oct. 31 through Nov. 6, so we're moving the Sunday Unit Games to *November 6 and 20 *this month. Especially for these games, be sure to reserve your seat with Miriam Harrington before the game! Our space is limited. Call Miriam at (626) 232-0558. *Save the date!* Our unit is reviving the traditional Holiday Party and bridge game on *December 11*. We'll have lunch, and a great bridge game at the Arcadia Community Center. We're happy to welcome visitors from anywhere in District 23. Winners in October ... well how about that, the same pairs won both games: October 9 AND October 23: * N/S: Peter Szecsi, Amr Elghamry * E/W: Arthur and Dominique Moore Our next round of beginning bridge classes will be starting after the first of the year. They'll be on Wednesday evenings, starting January 11, offered through PCC Extension, and taught at Arcadia High School. Keep it in mind for friends and family who might like to learn our game. Lots of players climbing the rank ladders this month! New Club Masters: * Linda Carter * Beth Hollander * Stuart Soldate New Bronze Life Master: * Nancy Nakanishi New Gold Life Master: * Marilyn Kogan Congratulations all! Unit 559 currently has 359 active members. Wouldn't that be a fun group for a holiday party! Make your plans now. :) -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Fwd: Unit Game Dates
by Roy Wilson 26 Oct '22

26 Oct '22

Hi, everyone, I just got this from Kathy Cresto, and I have a concern… every month I seem to have an error with the unit game dates, and it’s a little embarrassing. Before we added a second game each month it was very easy - always the first Sunday of the month, unless something special was happening. So… whoever is in charge of our schedule, can you please help me out? Also, can someone confirm Kathy’s request? Should the dates be changed that she is requesting? Roy ————————— > Roy, > > Please make the following corrections to the Unit Game dates posted as follows: > > delete the date November 13 and substitute November 20 > delete the date December 3 > > tks > Kathy

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Holiday Flyers
by Katherine Cresto 11 Oct '22

11 Oct '22

Attached are the flyers for the Holiday Party in December. Roy, could you post one on the website? Mojo, could you post on your website?

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bridge club space
by Morris Jones 08 Oct '22

08 Oct '22

649 N Fair Oaks, two minute video https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1a2ihqur0s40n7/2022-10-06%2011.47.13.mp4?dl=0 I didn't venture into the shared kitchen and community room, but this is the main space. Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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BOARD MEETING
by janet wickersham 06 Oct '22

06 Oct '22

Greetings, one and all, I would like to call a board meeting October 6th at 1:00 for the board. Thanks so much. I’ll be sending out the notice shortly. Thanks.

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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit column
by Morris Jones 01 Oct '22

01 Oct '22

All, please proofread for corrections and (especially) omissions ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 Face-to-face bridge is alive and well! I have two classes of beginning bridge students, each one has 17 students. We're having some "supervised play" sessions on Friday evenings at the Arcadia Bridge Center, and hopefully this group will help revive the Saturday morning rookie game at the Bridge Center. I know games are coming alive at Valley Hunt Club and other private clubs around Pasadena. I really love playing and teaching in person, and it warms my heart. Our twice-monthly Sunday unit games have been well attended, with ten tables at both games in September. On September 11, NS winners were *Carolyn Cohe*n and *Stephen Licker*. EW winners *Arthur and Dominique Moore*. On September 25, NS winners were *Fredy and Lulu Minter*. EW winners *Ming Hu and Sherry Warmuth*. Online we still have an active player group with five games a week, pooling with the Santa Clarita, Glendale, Pomona, and Downey units. You can find our game schedule at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556 Congratulations to new Club Masters *Linda Carter*, *Beth Hollande*r, and *Stuart Soldate*. New Bronze Life Master is *Nancy Nakanishi*. Special congratulations to new Gold Life Master *Marilyn Kogan*! For October, our unit games are scheduled for October 9 and 23. Dates for November haven't yet been set, but we may hold a game during the STaC week on November 6. As always, our space at the Bridge Center is quite limited, so *reservations are required* to attend the unit games. Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558. Our October game conflicts with the NAP District Final, but if you qualified I hope to see you in Long Beach. I won't be playing in the game this year, but I'll be there to get Brandon started. Then I'll be driving back to Arcadia to direct the unit game, and back to Long Beach to finish up later. It'll be a long day, but a worthy one! -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit column (revised)
by Morris Jones 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

All, please proofread for corrections and (especially) omissions ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 *Save the date!* Our unit is going to have a good old-fashioned holiday bridge game and party on *December 11* at the Arcadia Community Center. It's a traditional event for our unit, and a great opportunity to reconnect with honored partners and opponents. I'll have more information in the November and December Bridge News. Face-to-face bridge is alive and well! I have two classes of beginning bridge students, each one has 17 students. We're having some "supervised play" sessions on Friday evenings at the Arcadia Bridge Center, and hopefully this group will help revive the Saturday morning rookie game at the Bridge Center. I know games are coming alive at Valley Hunt Club and other private clubs around Pasadena. I really love playing and teaching in person, and it warms my heart. Our twice-monthly Sunday unit games have been well attended, with ten tables at both games in September. On September 11, NS winners were *Carolyn Cohe*n and *Stephen Licker*. EW winners *Arthur and Dominique Moore*. On September 25, NS winners were *Fredy and Lulu Minter*. EW winners *Ming Hu and Sherry Warmuth*. Online we still have an active player group with five games a week, pooling with the Santa Clarita, Glendale, Pomona, and Downey units. You can find our game schedule at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556 Congratulations to new Club Masters *Linda Carter*, *Beth Hollande*r, and *Stuart Soldate*. New Bronze Life Master is *Nancy Nakanishi*. Special congratulations to new Gold Life Master *Marilyn Kogan*! For October, our unit games are scheduled for October 9 and 23. Dates for November haven't yet been set, but we may hold a game during the STaC week on November 6. As always, our space at the Bridge Center is quite limited, so *reservations are required* to attend the unit games. Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558. Our October game conflicts with the NAP District Final, but if you qualified I hope to see you in Long Beach. I won't be playing in the game this year, but I'll be there to get Brandon started. Then I'll be driving back to Arcadia to direct the unit game, and back to Long Beach to finish up later. It'll be a long day, but a worthy one! -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Pasadena San Gabriel bridge news column
by Morris Jones 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

Please review for corrections and (especially) omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 It's the season for beginning bridge classes, and it's certainly the year for them! We have two beginning bridge classes starting in September, both are six weeks long, using the Audrey Grant Better Bridge curriculum. /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ starts Sept. 10 on Saturday Mornings at 9:30 a.m. at the Arcadia Bridge Center. Another session starts on Sept. 14, Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., through PCC Extension at Arcadia High School. Information on beginning bridge classes is available on the BridgeMojo site: https://bridgemojo.com/class Online games continue with six games a week through the Unit 556+PPD group. The schedule is available at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556 I'll be taking over day-to-day club management for Paula Olivares in September and October. We send a reminder email and take reservations on the day before each game. If you'd like to be included in the email list, drop me a note to virtualclub(a)bridgemojo.com. We had two great unit games in August. The August 14th game was run as an NAP Qualifier. Winners N/S were *Fredy and Lulu Minter* and E/W *Robert Shore* and *Mike Savage*. Our August 28th game was a Western Conference STaC game. Winners N/S were Abby Triback and Sadika Elewy. E/W winners were *Robert Shore* and *Mike Savage*. Our September Unit Games will be held on September 11 and 25. The unit games feature a great playing field, extra masterpoints, and wonderful food and snacks provided by Unit 559. Games are Sunday at 12:30 p.m., and reservations are required. Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Congratulations to new rank achievements this month: new Junior Master *Stuart Soldate*. Special congratulations to long time unit member, director, and volunteer, *Cathy Martin*, who just achieved the rank of Gold Life Master. -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Re: aug 28 STaC rather than NAP
by K. A. Cresto 20 Aug '22

20 Aug '22

So, it's a STAC? On August 20, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote: I think I can manage :) Mojo On 8/19/2022 6:04 PM, janet wickersham wrote: Mojo, Miriam, Lisa and I will not be there. I was hoping Roy would welcome people, but, if not, Mojo, you could be a one man show. Sorry, it happens that so many of us will be missing. On Aug 19, 2022, at 12:16 PM, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: I vote for STac game. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote: I am neutral on the subject. I won’t be there. But I will vote for the STac game. Sent from my iPad On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote: Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP. (A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference) (B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :) Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Mojo's Blog _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Mojo's Blog

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