Barbara Van Alen, Larry Rand, and the Phoenix club hosted their 35th annual tournament. Held over Presidents’ weekend, it was the usual gathering of old friends and some new ones. We remembered two of our recently-deceased; Joan Mocine and Jim…
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It’s February – We have new words
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Our Lake Oswego group was honored to be the first to try out the new word list in tournament play. It was a calm beginning, with an occasional EW, Scott Smith hosted us and shared the performance prize with Joanne…
Cruising on the Caribbean
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In a recent post, Larry Rand said, “we welcomed in the 2019 New Year with a seven night sailing on Celebrity’s newest ship, Edge. Technologically, it is the best cruise ship in the world. You may wish to google it…
Joan Mocine Memorial
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From Joan’s sister Mary via Mike Baron: From: Mary Mocine <mmocine@sbcglobal.net>Dear friends and family,Joan’s Memorial will be on Sunday afternoon, February 24 at 3:30 p.m. at her apartment, 488 Merritt Avenue in Oakland. If you know of folks who would like to come, please go…
Jim Fischer
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From Mike Stevens: I’m saddened to report the passing of my long time friend, Jim Fischer, from Parkinson’s disease, on January 19, 2019. Jim was the co-founder, along with Mike Howlett, of the Utah Scrabble® Club in 1982. The club is…
Long Beach 2019
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From Dave Postal: With co-director Paul Rickhoff, twenty four Scrabblers forewent New Orleans, the Rams football playoff game, local illness and seasonably cool weather to play in our first Long Beach tournament of 2019. The winners of div A were…
Joan Mocine
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From: Mary Mocine <mmocine@sbcglobal.net> Subject: My sister Joan Date: January 20, 2019 Dear friends, My sister died this evening at 6. It was peaceful. We will have a Memorial later, probably February. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and memories. Those…
Holiday Specials
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Players in Englewood, New Jersey, and Lake Oswego, Oregon, celebrated with tournaments today. Tempe, Arizona, gets into the holiday spirit this weekend.
Division 2 second place finisher Kathy Sutrov next to winner Alan Meyer. She’s playing Betty Cornelison, who finished third.
In Lake Oswego, 12 of us participated in a 5-game tournament held at the local adult community center. We had two divisions of 6 players each. The number 4 seed won in each division. That was Alan Meyer in division 2. I was exceedingly lucky and won division 1, Gunther Jacobi was second, and our versatile director Rich Moyer was third.
Congratulations to Howard Baldwin, who in his first tournament earned a rating of 1107.
Alice Van Leunen and Gunther Jacobi.
December One Day Fun Day Results
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From Lynda Finn: 8 players came to play on this short notice tournament. No prizes were awarded, but players brought pot-luck lunch items and gifts to exchange for various fun prize categories. Bryan Benwitz went undefeated in the 7-game Round…
Friday Games in West Linn, Oregon
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Fourteen players took part in a five-game tournament at our favorite West Linn pizza place. On a normal Friday afternoon, our gathering here consists of two to eight players. We were delighted to have a number of friends join us…