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Midwest Monitor October 2006 MIDWEST MONITOR OCTOBER 2006 OCTOBER 2006 NOVEMBER 2006 -3 Jane Johnson Club 3-5 Charleston Sectional Appreciation Games Charleston, WV 6-8 Owensboro Sectional 6-2 LEXINGTON-LOUISVILLE Owensboro, KY REGIONAL Louisville, KY 3-5 Cincinnati Sectional 6-26 NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE Cincinnati, OH CHAMPIONSHIPS Honolulu, HI 4 NAOP District Finals 20 ACBL-wide Charity Game Cincinnati, OH 20-22 Columbus Sectional Columbus, OH DECEMBER 2006 27-29 Barren River Sectional Lucas, KY -3 Dayton Sectional Dayton, OH -3 Portage Sectional Portage, IN JANUARY 2007 5-7 Columbus Sectional Columbus, OH 2-4 Indianapolis Sectional Indianapolis, IN 9-2 Lexington Sectional Lexington, KY 22-28 Dayton District 11 STaC FEBRUARY 2007 3-4 Grand National Teams Cincinnati, OH 0-11 Owensboro Sectional Owensboro, KY 6-8 Louisville Sectional Louisville, KY 23-25 Dayton Sectional Dayton, OH Permit No. 1477 No. Permit Louisville KY Louisville US Postage US PRSRT STD PRSRT MARCH 2007 PAID 2-4 Huntington Sectional Huntington, WV 2-4 Ft. Wayne Sectional Ft. Wayne, IN 8-8 NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS St. Louis, MO CENTRAL OHIO NEWS Mark Bullimore, Reporting Flying Buckeye Regional Continues to Soar Friday Evening Open Pairs, A: Jim Bachelder Thanks to everyone who attended the Flying - Jeanne Martin X: Shan Au - Siraj Haji. Buckeye Regional, August -6, at the Hope Con- Friday B/C Pairs: B: Raymond De Colibus - ference Center in Fairborn. Highlights included John Hosterman C: Anita Osmer - Lee Caryer. great bridge, great hospitality, and a great lecture Friday Evening Future Master Pairs, D: from World Champion Jeff Meckstroth. Sharon Maul - David Maul D: Donald Rose Sectional Tournaments - William Zielenbach E/F: Alberta Stevens - The Columbus Fall Sectional will be held Diane Russell. October 20-22 at the Haimerl Center. See the Saturday Morning Pairs, A: Robert Sulgrove flyer in the July issue of theMonitor . The Winter - Richard Rudolph B/C: Harry Wickstrom - Mar- Sectional will be held January 5-7, 2007. See the cia Daneman. flyer in this issue. Saturday Open Pairs, A: Anita Torrence - COBA Summer Sectional Results William Lipton B: Mae Hill - J. Michael Hill C: Thanks to everyone who attended the Sum- Leah Rexford - John Rexford. mer Sectional at the Haimerl Center, June 9-11, Saturday Future Master Pairs, D/E: Dace and 2006. Here are the winners: Howard Sprecher. Friday Afternoon Open Pairs, A: H. Eikle- Saturday Handicapped KO Teams, A: Shan berry - Siraj Haji B/C: Steve McCafferty - Marsha Au, Cheryl Schneider, Gregory Potts, Charles Reall. Kopp, Sheryl Langner. Friday Afternoon Future Master Pairs, D: Sunday Bracketed Swiss Teams, A: Shan Martin Seltzer - Nancy Moore D: Joan Borger Au, Charles Kopp, Terry James, Gregory Potts, - Margo Olson E: Mary Stainbrook - Harriett Sheryl Langner B: M. Gaffin, Ralph Moore, Eric Essex F: Pat Herold - John Whittle. Kahn, A. Susan Pietrzak. DERBYTOWN HAPPENINGS Gail Slater, Reporting Our big event for the quarter was to celebrate Other LBA’ers in the top 25 were Henry Charlie Bauer’s 50th year as a Life Master. There Blakeman, Harry Scalos, Irene Barker, Sheryl are very few people that accomplish this! A spe- Yoffe, and Mary Ott. cial game was held — and CHARLIE WON. Louisville did well at the Chicago Nationals: Louisville also held the second annual 299er Mike Sloan, Marty Weinberg, Kit Overpeck, Paul Sectional Tournament, thanks to Hannah Davis Cuffe, Barbara and Ron Tommasini, Susan Cox, and her helpers Mary Jane Alioto, Nancy Ander- Shirley Mueller, Hannah Davis, Vangie Smith, son, Irene Barker, Alice Hicks, Aurelia Huffman, Tinker Zimmerman, Gail Slater, Beth Englehart, Mary Jane Masarich, Kack Scott, Norman Smith, Susan Brown, Bob and Diane Johnson, Elizabeth Vangie Smith, and Bob Youngblood. Winners Rosenberg, Carol Jansing, Bruce Neikirk, and were awarded Mint Julep Trophy Cups sponsored Dorsey Brown all came away with points. by Nancy Abrams, Millie and Ken Aschbacher, We are proud of all our people reaching new Hannah Davis, Jean Donoho, Charlie Dorenkott, levels. We have two new Silver Life Masters, Ted Flach, Aurelia Huffman, Marsha Kyle, and Barbara Hunter and Elizabeth Moore along with Sheryl Yoffe. We also thank Verna Goldberg and three Regional Masters, Phil Koshewa and Gayle Betty Mattison for their support and help. and John Holmes. We have added seven Sectional People from several states competed and Masters, Mary Ott, Kenny Chamberlain, Nevel- everyone enjoyed the contest. Winners were: len Craddock, Sandy Harroff, Carol Jansing, and Open Pairs, A: Bill Toutant and Steve Blank Barbara and Ron Tommasini. Eugene Froelicher, (twice!); B: Barbara and Ron Tommasini and Veronica Norman, Cheryl Overy, and David Toth Nancy Anderson and Hannah Davis; C: Eleanor became Club Masters while Elizabeth Dohramn, and Stuart Kane and Katherine Schaefer and Kent Harris, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Peggy Kristi Karow. Putney are now Junior Masters. Congratula- Swiss, A:Tinker Zimmerman, Perry Moore, tions! Cheryl Klein, Gail Slater; B: Steve Blank, Don’t forget the Barren River Sectional, Oc- Rex Swauger, Norman Smith, Bill Toutant; C: tober 27-29 in Lucas River. Also the Blue Grass Larry Bryant, Milton and Regina Jerabek, Jack - Derby City Regional November 6-2. As in the Madsen. past two years, it will be held at Caesars Casino 2 COLUMBUS WINTER SECTIONAL January 5-7, 2007 Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Rd., Columbus, Ohio Exit 116 on I-71 (Morse Rd), East on Morse for 1/2 mile GREAT HOSPITALITY: Free coffee, sodas, and snacks Friday, January 5 1:30 PM Open Pairs (A: 2000+, B: 750-2000, C: 0-750) Future Master Pairs (D: 200-500, E: 100-200, F: 0-100) 7:00 PM Flighted Open Pairs (A1: 3000+, A2: 0-3000) (B: 750-2000, C: 0-750) Future Master Pairs (D: 100-500, E: 50-100, F: 0-50) Saturday, January 6 9:00 AM Bracketed Handicap KOs (continues at 1:30 PM, and 7:00 PM) Half-Price Pairs: only $4 (A: 2000+, B: 500-2000, C: 0-500) 1:30 PM Open Pairs (A: 2000+, B: 750-2000, C: 0-750) Future Master Pairs (D: 100-500, E: 50-100, F: 0-50) 7:00 PM Open Pairs (A: 2000+, B: 750-2000, C: 0-750) Future Master Pairs (D: 200-500, E: 100-200, F: 0-100) Sunday, January 7 12:00 Noon Bracketed Swiss Teams (play through) Teams seeded into brackets based on team’s average masterpoints NON SMOKING TOURNAMENT Tournament Chair: Mark Bullimore 614-202-0299 or [email protected] 3 NORTHERN INDIANA — UNIT 154 Jim Pelletier, Reporting The Unit 54 annual meeting was held this for the District 8 Goodwill Committee award. year on Sunday morning, June 8, at the Kokomo Chuck ran a fine tournament in Portage. He was Sectional. The meeting started at 9:30 a.m. just also able to successfully establish a December prior to the Swiss Team game. The following is tournament date to accommodate the unit’s President Jim Davis’s Annual Report. scheduling. His cooperation was appreciated. Your current Board of Directors (6-8-06) President’s Annual Report are: President, Jim Davis; Vice-President, Jim June 2005 thru May 2006 Pelletier; Secretary-Treasurer, Dick Ellis; Past Our Northern Indiana Unit 54, District President, Bob Carteaux; Recording Secretary, 8, held four sectionals and one regional dur- Jody Castillo. Area Representatives are Joe Shull, ing the last fiscal year. Many thanks go to the Dale Shepherd, Dorothy Harrell, Jody Castillo, Jo chairmen of these tournaments, Dick Ellis at Ann Steigmeyer, Charles Schultz, Steve Watson, Kokomo, Jim Pelletier, Bob Carteaux, and Joe and Chuck Briggs. We thank Marilyn Weisbach, Shull at Fort Wayne, Raj Kohli at South Bend Jack Spring, and Jim Feinstein, who resigned and Chuck Briggs at Portage. They and their their board positions, for their past service. volunteer staffs put in many hours of effort for This fiscal year (June 2006 thru May 2007), your enjoyment. We would also like to thank all we are planning sectional tournaments in Koko- of our club managers and helpers for their work mo, South Bend, Portage, and Fort Wayne and throughout the year. our ever popular regional tournament in Fort The financial condition of our unit continues Wayne. Hope to see an active participation by our to be sound, thanks primarily to the very success- membership and surrounding bridge community. ful annual Fort Wayne Fall Festival Regional. We If you have any comments concerning our Unit have been able to subsidize many of our special 54, contact me at [email protected]. games at the clubs and participation at the North Respectfully submitted, Jim Davis, Presi- American Pair/Grand National team events at the dent district and national levels. Special congratulations to Bob Carteaux, our I have selected Chuck Briggs as the recipient first Grand Life Master from Unit 154. APPALACHIAN UNIT 227 Bessie Haley, Reporting Mini McKenney Standings for Unit 227 as Robert Allen - F. Lyle Sattes; Harry Messinger- of August 2006, 0-5: Dr George Ide, Paula Hack- William Schaefer. C: Harry Messinger - William worth, and Kathi Diehl. 5-20: Joann Guthrie, Schaefer; Joann Guthrie - Philip Lewis. Vicki Johnson, and E. Ross Allen and Diana Saturday Afternoon Pairs: A: Ed Mairs Allen. 20-50: John Cochrane, Tim Agarwal, and - Larry Long; Robert Allen - F. Lyle Sattes. B: Ellen Mohler. 50-00: Barbara Clark, Robert Robert Allen - F. Lyle Sattes; Barbara Clark Tweel, and Jeanette Baker. 00-200: Sally - Carolyn Hundley. C: Barbara Clark - Carolyn Duncan, Celeste Fraley, and Frank Hubbard. Hundley; Nithi and Kevin Sivaneri. 200-300: Sara Hawkins, Dixon Cool, and Lil- Saturday Evening Pairs: A: James and Ellen lian Hubbard. 300-500: Lois Kaufman, Joline Olson; William Schaefer - Harry Messinger. B: Osborn, and Roger Diederich. 500-000: Carroll William Schaefer - Harry Messinger; Robert Al- Givens, Arthur Altman, and John Mairs.
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