Here's a draft column for the unit board to review. Tom if there are
corrections, I'll send an update. Dear board, please review for
corrections and omissions!
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I'm home from Providence, Rhode Island, where I spent two full weeks
doing bridge activities. (And came back healthy this time.)
The trip started with the first in-person meeting of the American Bridge
Teachers Association since Las Vegas 2019 (I'm currently their Recording
Secretary). I received my Master Teacher pin, and ABTA gave out awards
for Teacher of the Year and Books of the Year. If you're looking for a
new bridge book, this is a great place to start. https://abtahome.com
Following was a ten-day binge of bridge, receptions, evening activities,
and even a new play called /Bridge to Nowhere/ by playwright / bridge
pro Adam Parrish.
If you have friends who have been thinking about learning the king of
card games, there will be new face-to-face classes for absolute
beginners starting in September at Arcadia Bridge Center on Saturday
mornings and through Pasadena City College Extension on Wednesday
evenings. I'll update the schedule on https://bridgemojo.com/class as we
get closer to class dates.
In July we held two Unit Games, though the second game is happening just
as this column goes to press. Winners on July 17 were North/South A
strat: *Fredy Minter* and *Lulu Minter*, B strat *Madhu Sudan* and *Stan
Majcher*; East/West A strat: *Arthur Moore* and *Dominique Moore* in A
(Overall winners), and B strat *Miriam Harrington* and *Mark Hartzell*.
Unit Game results can always be found on ACBL Live for Clubs by
searching for "Unit 559," or bookmark this link for club results:
https://my.acbl.org/club-results/905596 (ACBL promises that hand records
will be included in the results after fixing some bugs.)
Congratulations to new Sectional Master *Liza Billington*. (I'm the
proud teacher as well.)
August Unit Games will be held on Sundays the 14th and 28th. Game time
is 12:30 p.m. and reservations are required. Contact MIriam Harrington
to save a seat for your partnership (626) 232-0558. (I'll suggest that
we make those games NAP qualifiers instead of Unit Championships.)
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
They should put all that creativity into something positive and legal.
On July 5, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Linda Stuart <geohnze(a)gmail.com> wrote:
WOW.....what will they think of next!!!! 😡
On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 2:10 PM Morris Jones <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com> wrote:
BTW if you ever get a message like this and question it's authenticity (justifiably so) ... take a look at the actual email address it came from. In this instance, it's "my4(a)pjpolkecm.org" which is certainly not a Jan email address.
Mojo
On 7/5/22 2:08 PM, Morris Jones wrote:
If anyone gets a message like this, be aware that it's "spearfishing" looking pilfer some gift cards.
Jan is sitting right across from me here at the tournament.
Mojo
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:59:42 -0400 (EDT)From: Jan Wickersham <my4(a)pjpolkecm.org>To: mojo(a)whiteoaks.com <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com>
Hello Mojo
Are you available to assist? I'm unavailable for now but I've got credence in you taking care of this. ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559 needs some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice and Palliative care units for preventive items from Corona Disease(COVID 19) due to their vulnerability.
I will be responsible for the reimbursement.
Thank you for your confidence and support.
Jan Wickersham
President
ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
www.acblunit559.com
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers
Mojo's Blog
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If anyone gets a message like this, be aware that it's "spearfishing"
looking pilfer some gift cards.
Jan is sitting right across from me here at the tournament.
Mojo
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:59:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jan Wickersham <my4(a)pjpolkecm.org>
To: mojo(a)whiteoaks.com <mojo(a)whiteoaks.com>
Hello Mojo
Are you available to assist? I'm unavailable for now but I've got
credence in you taking care of this. ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley
Unit 559 needs some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice and
Palliative care units for preventive items from Corona Disease(COVID 19)
due to their vulnerability.
I will be responsible for the reimbursement.
Thank you for your confidence and support.
*Jan Wickersham*
President
ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
www.acblunit559.com
