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Fwd: ACBL - Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Unit 559
by Morris Jones 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

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

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Draft: Unit 559 column
by Morris Jones 28 Jun '22

28 Jun '22

Please review for omissions and corrections! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit Morris Jones We're continuing to hold two great Unit Championship games (also known as a "unit game") every month on alternate Sundays. The dates for this month will be *July 17 and 31*. Game time is 12:30, and we're finished by 4:00. Space is limited, so reservations are required! Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558. The game will be seeded, as best we can, for a fair competition. North-South seats can not be reserved if your pair is able to move from table to table. Winners from the June games: June 12, North-South *Peter Szecsi* and *Amr Elghamry*, East-West *Arthur Moore* and *Dominique Moore*. June 26, North-South *Fredy Minter* and *Lulu Minter*, East-West *Gregory Tapia* and *Hanna Zhuang*. Congratulations to new Junior Master *Denise Botsford*, and new NABC Master *Janelle Morton*! Looking forward to seeing you all at the Bridge Week regional in Long Beach! After that I'll be traveling to Providence, Rhode Island, for the American Bridge Teachers Association convention and the NABC. -- 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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draft bridge news column
by Morris Jones 23 May '22

23 May '22

Please review for corrections and omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559 Sorry for missing last month's Bridge News! April was a weird month for me. Let me start with the Mini McKinney and Ace of Clubs winners for 2021. There was lots of bridge to be played last year, and here's who did the best in our unit. The Mini McKinney is for most points overall, including club games and tournament play: Starting Rank Name Points >10000 John Jones 167.2 7500-10000 Lulu Minter 663.0 5000-7500 Rae Murbach 284.4 3500-5000 Ernie Wong 568.9 1500-2500 Cathy Martin 97.9 1000-1500 Fredy Minter 155.7 500-1000 Sadika Elewy 69.7 300-500 Paulette Burkitt 144.5 200-300 Hilary Clark 69.5 100-200 Kim Ebner 153.4 50-100 Mariann Nolan 86.3 20-50 Ming Hu 28.3 5-20 Julie Miller 25.9 0-5 Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman 22.8 The Ace of Clubs is for most points earned in regular club or VACB games: >10000 Rebecca Clough 80.1 7500-10000 Lulu Minter 601.3 5000-7500 Rae Murbach 268.5 3500-5000 Dominique Moore 135.3 2500-3500 Ernie Wong 497.1 1500-2500 Cathy Martin 97.9 1000-1500 Fredy Minter 146.8 500-1000 Sadika Elewy 69.7 300-500 Paulette Burkitt 139.1 200-300 Hilary Clark 67.9 100-200 Kim Ebner 134.2 50-100 Mariann Nolan 81.0 20-50 Ming Hu 27.4 5-20 Julie Miller 23.7 0-5 Susan Kane / Jonathan Fuhrman 21.2 Our Unit 559 players who did best in 2021: 1 Lulu Minter 662.6 2 Ernie Wong 568.9 3 Rae Murbach 284.4 4 John Jones 167.2 5 Fredy Minter 155.3 6 Kim Ebner 153.4 7 Paulette Burkitt 144.5 8 Dominique Moore 143.9 9 Mike Connell 130.4 10 Angela Peters 123.9 We had great attendance at our four Unit Games in April and May: April 10: N/S Madhu Sudan and Stan Majcher. E/W Greg Tapia and Hanna Zhuang (First overall). April 24: N/S Peter Szecsi and Amr Elghamry. E/W Karen Arase and Gitta Earll (First overall). May 1: N/S Lulu and Fredy Minter (First overall). E/W Bob Shore and Kevin Lane. May 22: N/S Elliott Mazur and Rose Boot (First overall). E/W Arthur Moore and Dominique Moore. *June Unit Games* are scheduled for June 12 and 26. Reservations required! Contact Miriam Harrington (626) 232-0558 to reserve a seat. Games are held at the Arcadia Bridge Center, with boards ready to play at 12:30 p.m. *Rank changes*: Congratulations to new Club Masters *Nina Huang* and *Premi Thomas*, new Advanced NABC Master *Karmen Armoudjian*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- 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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DRAFT May column
by Morris Jones 01 May '22

01 May '22

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May unit games
by Morris Jones 22 Apr '22

22 Apr '22

First, a reminder about this email list server: I've updated the list members to include Richard. Welcome (back) to the board! When writing to the board, if you address your email "To: *unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com*" it will be forwarded to all of the board members. Replies will also be sent to the list, and forwarded to all board members. Be careful about replies -- if you intend for a message to go only to the original author, be sure that "unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com" is not in the To: or Cc: lists. My personal calendar only has May 1 as a Unit Game date. I also see that May 8 is Mother's Day. But I wanted to point out that May 8 is also within the week of the Western Conference STaC. So we might find it worthwhile to hold the May games on May 8 and 23 rather than May 1 and 15. How does it balance out for you? Best regards from Barcelona, Mojo (home Saturday night) -- 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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Website
by Roy Wilson 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

First, an apology to Karmen for inadvertently leaving her name off of the list of board members on our website, and second, thank you, Lisa, for catching it. Now…. Have I left anyone else off the list? I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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Draft: Unit 559 Pasadena San Gabriel
by Morris Jones 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

OK, let's go with this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I happy to see March behind me this year. I spent 10 days at the Reno NABC -- some of it playing, some of it "working." I gave a talk at the teacher's breakfast about teaching online, and even took along my equipment to teach some of my classes from the hotel room. Bridge wasn't great for me, and I managed to catch COVID. (I can't help but think I caught it in the casino where the guests were uncurated and not the playing area where everyone had their wrist bands.) Rather than bring it home with me, I extended my stay at the Eldorado, and spent five days not leaving the room and eating drop-off room service. My symptoms included a day of a mild fever, and a runny nose that's still dragging on a bit. Nevertheless, eleven days after testing positive, I'm again testing negative, and I'm on my way to work a Sectional at Sea on the Regent Seven Seas Splendor, traveling from Miami to Barcelona. I have the weirdest luck and timing. At the March 13 Unit Game we held elections for unit board members. Long time member Peter Szecsi is leaving the board, and Richard Halverstadt is returning to fill his seat. Our officers remain *Jan Wickersham* as President, I'm being relieved as Vice President by *Lisa Walker*, with Treasurer *Miriam Harrington* and Secretary *Linda Stuart*. Winners at the March 13 game were *Peter Szecsi* and *Amr Elghamry* N/S, *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. The March 27 game is one I had to miss, not wanting to bring my COVID infection into the bridge club. We did have two players who tested positive shortly after playing on March 27. Winners at the March 27 Royal STaC game were *Patrick Cardulo* and *Carolyn Cohen* N/S, and *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. I haven't yet seen updates for STaC-wide awards, but there was certainly a rainbow of point colors available for that game! We have unit games scheduled for Sundays at 12:30 on April 10 and April 24. Reservations are required! Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Don't forget that proof of full vaccination is required, and honestly I think it'd be a good idea to wear a mask during the game. Don't go through what I had to go through! Rank changes for this month: New Club Master *Nina Huang*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- 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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Draft: Unit 559 Pasadena San Gabriel
by Morris Jones 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Well here I am in an airport lounge writing a column for the Bridge News. We're all running behind. I know that my email reflector for unit559board is out of date, and so is my own memory of what the changes were. So I'm not catching all of the new board members. Please review my draft column below, help me out with who left and who joined the board, and at some point this week I'll also update the email reflector so the new members are in the list, and old ones taken off. It's been a weird and crazy month for me. Lew I need help from the unit board, I'll get this to you as soon as I can. Best regards, Mojo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I happy to see March behind me this year. I spent 10 days at the Reno NABC -- some of it playing, some of it "working." I gave a talk at the teacher's breakfast about teaching online, and even took along my equipment to teach some of my classes from the hotel room. Bridge wasn't great for me, and I managed to catch COVID. Rather than bring it home with me, I extended my stay at the Eldorado, and spent five days not leaving the room and eating drop-off room service. My symptoms included a day of a mild fever, and a runny nose that's still dragging on a bit. Nevertheless, eleven days after testing positive, I'm again testing negative, and I'm on my way to work a Sectional at Sea on the Regent Seven Seas Splendor, traveling from Miami to Barcelona. I have the weirdest luck and timing. At the March 13 Unit Game we held elections for unit board members. Our thanks to /(who?) /and /(who?)/ who are departing the board, and welcome to /(who?)/ and /(who?)/ who have volunteered to serve for the next two years. Our officers remain *Jan Wickersham* as President, I'm being relieved as Vice President by *Lisa Walker*, with Treasurer *Miriam Harrington* and Secretary *Linda Stuart*. Winners at the March 13 game were *Peter Szecsi* and *Amr Elghamry* N/S, *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. The March 27 game is one I had to miss, not wanting to bring my COVID infection into the bridge club. We did have two players who tested positive shortly after playing on March 27. Winners at the March 27 Royal STaC game were *Patrick Cardulo* and *Carolyn Cohen* N/S, and *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. I haven't yet seen updates for STaC-wide awards, but there was certainly a rainbow of point colors available for that game! We have unit games scheduled for Sundays at 12:30 on April 10 and April 24. Reservations are required! Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Don't forget that proof of full vaccination is required, and honestly I think it'd be a good idea to wear a mask during the game. Don't go through what I had to go through! Rank changes for this month: New Club Master *Nina Huang*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- 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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Here's a new zoom invitation for the board meeting
by Morris Jones 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Morris "Mojo" Jones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Unit 559 board Time: Mar 3, 2022 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82678834277?pwd=a3Y2Rk1Ya3lmUVE0VEFTNmtCTHpMdz09 Meeting ID: 826 7883 4277 Passcode: 583710 -- 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 BOARD MEETING THURSDAY 1:00. 3/3/22
by Morris Jones 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

I'll be there ... Redirecting to the unit email listserv Mojo -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: UNIT BOARD MEETING THURSDAY 1:00. 3/3/22 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:50:09 -0800 From: janet wickersham <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com> To: MARY W FALVEY <lvopera(a)aol.com>, Miriam Harrington <miratpf(a)aol.com>, Michael Rodrigues <rodfallbrook(a)yahoo.com>, Linda Stuart <geohnze(a)gmail.com>, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net>, Katherine Cresto <mysuki(a)att.net>, Roy Wilson <roywilson.dlm(a)gmail.com>, Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com>, Karmen Armoudjian <karmenbalian(a)hotmail.com>, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> janet wickersham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: janet wickersham's Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2651587976 Meeting ID: 265 158 7976 One tap mobile +16699009128,,2651587976# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,2651587976# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 265 158 7976 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxfwW2s2h > On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:49 PM, janet wickersham > <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I’m still struggling. Please save the date and time and I’ll get you > the invite tomorrow. Thanks. > >> On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:42 PM, janet wickersham >> <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >

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