• Published On: June 22nd, 20200 Comments on Inaugural 500 MP Game

    Inaugural 500 MP Game

    Congratulations to Toni Brown and Carol Schaafsma who were the Overall winners of our inaugural 500 MP game Monday evening. Ned and Bev were winners the other direction. We had a nice 7-table turnout. Next week, same time, same bat channel.

  • Published On: June 20th, 20200 Comments on Kim’s Address

    Kim’s Address

    Here is Kim’s address. 950 7th St. Springfield, OR. 97477. Spoke with him Friday evening and he is doing well though gets tired easily…as to be expected. He is looking forward to playing online one of these days.

  • Published On: June 20th, 20200 Comments on Club Status – Update on Where We Are from Don and Sherri

    Club Status – Update on Where We Are from Don and Sherri

    We are sure you have received the notice from ACBL that all Sectionals and Regionals are cancelled through the end of the year. This was not an easy call for them to make though we think it is a reasonable one.

    There are a few clubs around the country opening back up. To us, that seems very premature. We would all love to be back at the tables, but we are not expecting that until well into 2021. David Brower from the Portland Bridge Club said he wasn’t expecting to open before the fall of 2021.

    Until then, we have EBC Virtual. We are fortunate that ACBL has created this venue. Without it, we would have no source of income to pay monthly expenses. The money that was contributed to the Unit’s special support fund helped with expenses until we were able to get Virtual EBC up and running. If table counts hold, right now we are self-supporting. This means that some amount of those funds that were contributed can remain as a “Rainy Day” cushion since none of us clearly knows what is down the road.

    We would expect that the Board would provide an accounting of amount of money collected, expenses to-date and current status of the special account.

    We are grateful for all those who are playing in the Virtual games.

    We miss seeing all of you. Stay safe…and healthy.

  • Published On: June 19th, 20200 Comments on Kim Update

    Kim Update

    Medical update on Kim. He has begun training for a marathon. Well, not quite. He is doing great. We will post his address here as soon as we get it from Kim so you can send him a card.

  • Published On: June 19th, 20200 Comments on Another Mac video

    Another Mac video

    Here is another great video from Mac. He is playing in another club and they are playing a Big Club system so may not be of interest to all. We are certainly hoping to have more of these in the future as well as the possibility for some post-mortem sessions after some of our games. We are working on it. Stay tuned.
     
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    I found clicking on Mac’s photo was easiest way to start the video.
  • Published On: June 14th, 20200 Comments on Virginia

    Virginia

    We “previewed” Virginia’s 99th birthday on Saturday. She was playing online with Roy. Monday is the big day. Happy birthday, Virginia. We are so fortunate that you are part of our group.