It seems like every year the same things reoccur, but in different forms and colors. We have lots of jackets and sweaters that have been hanging on the hooks most of the summer (Yup, they are not the same ones that were left last year, but there are 4 or 5 of them, and all this time I thought Bridge Players had such good memories). I know one of the owners likes Merlot and Cabernet, and shops at 'Beverages and More.' Also, the same day you bought an item at Home Depot. sound familiar? Well, your green jacket is still there, and if you claim it soon (before the end of the month), you won't have to go to the store and buy another one! Or should we keep them for all the cold people in the book exchange room?

Talking about books, we have lots of new titles if you haven't noticed. Take a book to a friend, or....

We had our NAP play off on Sunday, October 30th, and the results are posted at the Club and at www.sjbridge.org. Thanks to our director John Prior, who I think was slightly overwhelmed by having 19 tables of people, all wanting something at the same time. I have never heard so many Director calls before! I guess it was because of the Halloween weekend, and all the ghouls from all over the Bay Area came down to the last chance to "Q" for the District finals.

Mark your calendars for STaC week in December. We will be having an extra Unit game so you people needing SILVER points can accumulate more, or for all of us who want higher rewards for doing well!

December 18 is going to be our Holiday party, another time for extra points, also, a great time to eat great treats fixed by some of our culinary artists! This happens to be one of my favorite games, because I'm on a "See Food Diet", I see it, I eat it, and what better time to try out this diet, than our Holiday Party.

Hopefully, by the time you read this, I will have all the new Life Master's names engraved and mounted on our new Life Master Board. The lady at the trophy shop was a bit surprised, and slightly overwhelmed, at the number of plaques to be engraved. She said, "You need it when?" Thanks to all of you patient people, your name will soon be up on the wall.

That's it for this month, so I'll see ya at the tables.

Big Club News

Friday Nights by Carole Dietz

Our Pro-Am was once again very successful with 17 tables of enthusiastic players enjoying the mental challenge. We thank everyone who attended and look forward to next year's game.

Friday, December 9th will be a STaC game with extra points (silver) awarded to the winners. As you know, all Friday night games in District 21 will be playing the same hands so it will be a feather in your cap if you can come in the overalls that evening.

We will be having a Christmas Party on Friday, December 16th. Please plan on attending and help us celebrate the holiday season. We truly appreciate your support this year.

The Friday night game is really coming along.

Late October–Early November Winners

Sunday 5:20 PM San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)
10/16	Team 3 (Webb, Meikle, Faulkner, Johnson)
10/23	Ben & Fia Bosklopper A/B 65.77% David Sisson - Bruce Scott A/B Bob Martin - Louise Faulkner C
11/6	Alexander Tampilang - Mike Sullivan A Linda Caren - Nadia Nilsson A Phyllis Gaffney - Happy Fordham B/C Mary Harvel - Randy Rice B/C

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC
10/17	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A 66.86% David Gambelin - Gigi Spinazze B 65.72% Madie Horton - Tina Pearson A Louis Martin, Jr - Jeffrey Hack B Maxine & Ray Lubow C
10/24	Diane Shannon - Harriel Shea A 69.86% Bert Hsu - Paul Chang B Barbara Harkleroad - Tania Moalem A Dan Turkus - George Humphrey B Maxine & Ray Lubow C
10/31	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A Paul Nelson - Irene Shibuya A/B Ken Anderson - Bruce Scott B/C
11/7	Elaine Erickson - Anne Struthers A Faye Parsons - N Hatfield A Bert Hsu - Paul Chang B Maxine & Ray Lubow B

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC
10/17	Samuel Shat - Cassandra Leung
10/24	Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon 68.75% Kamen Nedeltchev - Chris Lazarovici
10/31	Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon Douglas Hong - Ken Anderson
11/7	Norma Epler - Eileen Kotecki

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC
10/11	Beverly Wright - Virginia English A Bob Coughlin - Richard Sarsfield A/B
10/18	Diane Shannon - Lynn Yokel A 66.20% Paul Lee - Cassandra Leung B/C Tania Moalem - David Gambelin A
10/25	Team 1 (Humphrey, Langlois, Dietz, Dobbs) A
11/1	Barbara Harkleroad - Annette Powers A 65.28% Virginia English - Olive Tangney A Gary Yang - David Chang B Dee Dobbs - Richard Sarsfield C Billee Giansiracusa - Barbara Barlow B
11/8	Jean Power - Mary Touris A/B Wayne Stuart - Lynn Yokel A Paul Nelson - Read Kitson B

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC
10/11	Will Watson - Gary Porter A John Oswalt - Cindy Gilbert A/B Derek & Teddi Fiero B
10/18	Richard Sarsfield - Paul Nelson A Cai Gao - NongYu Li A/B/C Kenneth Yip - Andy Andrews B/C
10/25	Dana Brown - Bruce Luttrell A Henri Farhi - Kit Humphrey A Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich B/C Derek & Teddi Fiero B
11/1	Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher A/B Mike Roney - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey A
11/8	Judy Fisher - Tania Moalem A Derek & Teddi Fiero A/B Jewel Schimke - Vinny Mcloughlin B/C

Wednesday 11:00 AM SJBC
10/12	Joan Simpson - Dan Hoffman A/B Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt A/B Boris Ginzburg - Timothy White A/B/C Phyllis Gaffney - Happy Fordham C Bob Ward - John Newman C
10/19	Lee Dimmitt - Jerry Lundquist A/B Jesse Merlin - Bruce Scott A/B/C Victor Rivkin - Malcolm Stewart A/B Colette & Art Quaife C Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A Rita Tingley - Timothy White B
10/26	Colette & Art Quaife A/B/C Linda & Robert(Chris) Caren A Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A/B/C Eileen Edwards - Jeffrey Hack A/B Norma Epler - Eileen Kotecki B/C
11/2	Helen Chao - Cassandra Leung A/B/C 76.88% Joan Simpson - Dan Hoffman A/B 72.08% Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B/C Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt A/B Norma Epler - Eileen Kotecki C
11/9	Diane Shannon - Harriel Shea A Donna Armstrong - Sioux Atkinson A Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir A/B Lynn & Bob Shannon A Colette & Art Quaife B Malcolm Stewart - Timothy White B/C Mary Sanders - Joyce Miller B/C

Top Ten Games Oct 11-Nov 10

1	76.88%	Helen Chao - Cassandra Leung	11/2 AM
2	72.08%	Joan Simpson - Dan Hoffman	11/2 AM
3	69.86%	Diane Shannon - Harriel Shea	10/24 AM
4	68.75%	Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon	10/24 Eve
5	68.45%	Anne Boboricken - Edward Barlow	10/26 Eve
	Tie	Paul Nelson - Hiram Shen	10/26 Late
7	68.23%	Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd	11/4 Eve
8	68.07%	Mike O'Connor - David Sisson	10/21 Eve
9	67.26%	Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd	10/14 Eve
10	66.86%	Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr	10/17 AM

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC
10/12	Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A 65.77% Mike Roney - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey B Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin A/B/C
10/19	Derek Fiero - Mike Roney A/B Ashraf El-Sadi - Panette Talia A
10/26	Anne Boboricken - Edward Barlow A 68.45% Tien-Chun Yang - Bruce Luttrell A Kathleen Keener - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey B
11/2	Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A Tania Moalem - Panette Talia A Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher B/C
11/9	Jack Verson - Marshall Yancey A Ashraf El-Sadi - Panette Talia A Paul Nelson - Jeffrey Hack B Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg C Z Kadah - Walid Baroudi B/C

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood
10/12	John Prior - Joseph Chui A/B/C Mervin & Shirley Falk A/B/C
10/19	Dan Turkus - Ruthann Critchfield A Ann & Fred Carlson A/B/C Erin Gove - Joseph Chui B Laura Walters - Lorraine Rodich C
10/26	Paul Nelson - Hiram Shen A 68.45% Mike & Dave Shuster B Bill Yetter - Bill Traver A George Pledger - H Zoellner B Ann & Fred Carlson C
11/2	Steve Bosma - Mostafa Hafezi A Erin Gove - Joseph Chui A/B Shirley & Mervin Falk B/C
11/9	Jerry Lundquist - Leon W Lee A/B Dan Turkus - Ruthann Critchfield A Mike Sullivan - Joseph Chui C Dan ONeal - Marilyn Campbell B

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC
10/13	Patricia Hannah - Mary Touris A/B Harriel Shea - Diane Shannon A Lynn Yokel - Keith Burnett B
10/20	Mostafa Hafezi - Paul Nelson A Kathleen Keener - Art Fonda A/B Sunny Chiu - Paul Chang B
10/27	Y.E. Chen - Paul Chang A/B
11/3	Gigi Spinazze - Wayne Stuart A Samuel Shat - Cassandra Leung B Tania Moalem - Carole Dietz A P.S. Santhanam - G. Srinivasan B
11/10	Dan Turkus - Kou-Ping Cheng A Anne Boboricken - Olive Tangney A Robert Ritz - Derek Fiero B Dolores & Jack Clinch B

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC
10/13	Kamen Nedeltchev - Jody Praklet A Shaila & Hemant Mandpe A/B Pete Read - Bill Garfield B/C Kat Wesolowska - Joseph Poppo C
10/20	Pete Read - Bill Garfield A/B/C Joel Koransky - Kat Wesolowska A/B/C
10/27	Ravi Thomas - Michael Fleisher A Hemant & Shaila Mandpe A/B Pete Read - Bill Garfield B/C Chris Lazarovici - Kamen Nedeltchev C
11/3	Al Chase - Marc Epsten A/B/C Suresh Sane - Thomas Scharf A Chris Lazarovici - Kamen Nedeltchev B/C
11/10	Nadia Nilsson - Dolores Halden A/B Ravi Thomas - Rekha Nirula A Shaila & Hemant Mandpe B Bob Reinthaler - Bob Martin C

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC
10/14	Marilyn Campbell - Harriet Rounds 66.67% Julie Joyce - Harry Shannon
10/21	Dan Turkus - Harry Shannon Doris Oelberg - Consorcia/Ching Ravelo
10/28	Molly Kaufman – Janice Scott Rita Randolph - Phyllis Vierra
11/4	Julie Joyce - Bernard Hoyt Miwako Wong - Roberta Murai

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC
10/14	Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd A/B/C 67.26% Shih-Wei Lu - Gary Kao A David Sisson - Mike O'Connor B
10/21	Mike O'Connor - David Sisson A/B 68.07% Manju & Raghu Agarwal A/B
10/28	Teddi Fiero - Joe Chui A/B Fred Kurzweil - Bill Garfield C Jeffrey Hack - Paul Chestnut A/B John Prior - Art Quaife C
11/4	Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd A/B/C 68.23% Mary Harvel - Randy Rice A/B Pam Meckenstock - Coleen McNeal C

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC
10/15	Charlotte Miller - Don Rubio Evelyn Meyer - Janice Flowers-Sonne
10/22	John & Robert Newman Timothy White – Sabina Siem
10/29	Mich Ravera - Sharon Sava
11/5	C.H. & S.Y Wang Fung Bao - Neeru Mehra
Unit NAP Qualifier 10/30 SJBC
Morning		Lynn Yokel - Ronald Siegrist A/B 65.43% Arkadivsa Sitek - Vicky Chang A Jeffrey Hack - Paul Nelson B John Barth - Mike Develin C
Afternoon		Faye Parsons - Mostafa Hafezi A Larry Mohr - Bob Sanner B John Barth - Mike Develin A/B/C

A Sad Good-bye to Sally McLane
by Al Becker and Jewel Schimke

We are sorry to lose Sally McLane, who died on November 6 after a 4-month bout with cancer. Sally was a regular at our club who in the 1980s played with Sally Nakashima on Friday monings and more recently on Monday mornings for more than 10 years with Barbara Marleau, and also on Fridays with Jewel Schimke for the past 3¹/₂ years.

We’ll miss Sally’s sweet, gentle disposition at the table as well as her ability to play well and quickly. She took suggestions as graciously as she did everything else. She was, in other words, an ideal partner. In her last game on July 8, she finished in first place.

Sally often spoke of her family. She left two children and three grandchildren, most of whom live in California. Her daughter is a circuit court judge and her son is a criminal attorney. When her grandson was 10, she play Bridge on the internet with him.

She left us much too soon.

Idioter’s Corner

John Kenneth Galbraith said, “If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.” In addition to a rough description of my preempting style, this applies equally well to almost anything else in Bridge (and to most things in life).

I’ve commented before in this space how great tournaments don’t just happen. Well, sometimes they don’t. Sunday October 30, unbeknownst to me and the other board members, was designated by some rather nasty people as “Whine and Pick on a New Director until he Bleeds” day. If the board had been aware of this, we would have provided the director with a Stun Gun for subduing unruly contestants and given broadest possible authority for its use. (We’re still checking with legal counsel and with Memphis on this one.) I saw an instance of the need and actual deployment of such a device at a Bridge tournament a few days earlier in Las Vegas, but Nevada’s law is considerably different from California’s on this. Caught in the middle of all of this foolishness was John Prior. People behaved so poorly and were just in general so nasty that John refused payment for his services and resigned from the Board and as Unit Treasurer and suspended his Saturday Evening game. I hope to Hell that all of you nasty people are satisfied! The board voted unanimously not to accept his resignation, but who could really blame John, if he were to simply avoid Bridge clubs for the rest of his life.

On a related note, I have some good news for these people, in a little known joint proclamation by the Governor and President, the 38 seconds beginning at 10:16:19 AM Pacific Time on Wednesday November 28, have been officially designated “Crybaby Month”. In an era of limited government, they couldn’t afford a full 30 days of whining, so please make your displeasure about anyone and anything known to someone during those precious 38 seconds.

After that, can we get on with having some fun please?

Unit 507 Board Officers
President	Dan Turkus
Vice President	Ray Yuenger
Secretary	Erin Gove
Treasurer	John Prior
Sergeant at Arms	Art Fonda
Membership	Will Watson
Ethics	Bill Langlois
Unit Recorder	Carole Dietz
*Forum* columnist	Ray Yuenger
Unit Game Coordinator	Rekha Nirula
Tournament Coordinator	Tania Moalem
*The Di-Rek’Tor* Editor	Michael Angelo Ravera
Education/NAOP	Lynn Yokel
District 21 Representatives	Jeff Hack Stu Goodgold
New Player Representative	Mich Ravera

Promotions and Titles

JUNIOR MASTER	Ashok Chandra Melanie Kakalec Larry Lee Alan Malloy Janet Meagher Karen Paffendorf David Tuo Jin Zhu
CLUB MASTER	Carolyn Drozdiak Josh Parees L John Postas Mischel Postas Lynn Shannon Samuel Shat
SECTIONAL MASTER	Manju Agarwal Raghu Agarwal Stacie Bowman Lee Dimmitt Happy Fordham Mack Johansen Maralyn Smith Andrzej Wierzbicki
REGIONAL MASTER	Ronald Baron Norma Epler Kamen Nedeltchev
NABC MASTER	Mike Carney Shirley Foreman Cassandra Leung
LIFE MASTER	Connie Dunckelmann
BRONZE LIFE MASTER	Russell C Brewer Rollin E Cutts
SILVER LIFE MASTER	Peter Sun
GOLD LIFE MASTER	Will Watson

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

November

16 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Rita & Bernie’s Stratified 299er & Stratified Open Game w/separate sections and hand records: 11AM

Jim’s Superchart Game With Hand Records: 7PM

Bill’s Open Stratified Game Hand Records @ Oakwood: 7:30PM

Lynn’s Open Game with Hand Records: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Open Game 7PM

Denver NABC Begins

18 Al’s 0-1500 Handicapped Game 11AM

Carole & George’s Lesson: 6:30PM

Carole & George’s Stratified 299er Game with Hand Records: 7PM

NABC Day 2

19 Al’s 0-1500 Handicapped Game 12:45 PM

NABC Day 3

20 Faye’s Lesson 5PM

Faye’s

Swiss Teams: 5:20PM

NABC Day 4

21 Bill’s Stratified Open Pairs with Hand Records: 11AM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

Al’s Handicapped 799er Game: 7:30PM

NABC Day 5

22 Carole & Judy’s Stratified Open Pairs with Hand Records: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Open Pairs: 7:30PM

NABC Day 6

23 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Two-Section Game: 11AM

Superchart Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

NABC Day 7

Both Games: CLOSED

NABC Day 8

25 Al’s Game 11AM

Lesson 6:30 PM

299er Swiss Teams: 7PM

NABC Day 9

Al’s Game 12:45PM

NABC Day 10

27 Faye’s Lesson 5PM

Faye’s 499 Pairs Game 5:20PM

NABC Ends

Bill’s Open Game: 11AM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

Swiss Teams: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3PM

Open Pairs: 7:30PM

30 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Two-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

December

1 Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Open Game 7PM

2Al’s Game 11AM

Lesson 6:30 PM

299er Game: 7PM

Al’s Game 12:45PM

4 Faye’s Lesson 5PM

499 Pairs 5:20PM

5 Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

STaC Games 11AM &

7:30PM (799er)

6 STaC Games 10:30AM & 7:30PM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

7 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

STaC Games

11AM & 7PM

Oakwood STaC 7:30PM

8 STaC Games 10:30AM & 7PM

9 STaC Games 11AM (0-1500) &

7PM (299er)

Lesson 6:30 PM

STaC Games 12:45PM (0-1500)

& 7PM (Open)

11 Unit STaC 11AM

499er Potluck 4:30PM

499er STaC 5:20PM

Bill’s Christmas Party

Bill’s Open Game: 11AM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

13 Judy & Carole’s Holiday Party

Open Pairs: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Open Pairs: 7:30PM

14 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Two-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Christmas Party 6:07PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

15 Club Championship 10:30AM

Faye’s Open Game 7PM

Al’s Game 11AM

Lesson 6:30 PM

Bill & Carole’s Christmas Party

299er Game: 7PM

Al’s Game 12:45PM

18 Unit Holiday Potluck 5PM

Game follows

Bill’s Open Game: 11AM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

Open Pairs: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Open Pairs: 7:30PM

21 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Two-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Open Game 7PM

Al’s Game 11AM

Lesson 6:30 PM

299er Game: 7PM

Al’s Game 12:45PM

25 Christmas Day Closed

Bill’s Open Game: 11AM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

27 Swiss Teams: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Open Pairs: 7:30PM

28 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

Two-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Open Game 7PM

30 Al’s Game 11AM

Lesson 6:30 PM

299er Game: 7PM

Al’s Game 12:45PM

2006 Jan 1 Closed

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The Di-Rek’Tor is published monthly by Unit 507 of the American Contract Bridge League, Campbell Community Center, One West Campbell Avenue, Building J-68, Campbell, CA 95008. Opinions in articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Unit Board

Unit 507 Club Games

Day	Time	Game Type	Photo	Directors	Phone (408)
Sunday	5:20 pm	0-499 Stratified (Lesson: 5:00 pm) Monthly Potluck: 4:30 pm		Faye Parsons	378-4719
Monday	11:00 am	Open Stratified Hand records		Bill Traver	379-4490
Monday	7:30 pm	0-800 Handicapped (Lesson: 7:10 pm)		Al Becker	252-1426
Tuesday	10:30 am	Open Stratified Hand Records		Judy Fisher / Carole Dietz	/ 395-6360
Tuesday	3:00 pm	Lesson and Supervised Play		Lynn Yokel / Carole Dietz	374-4669 / 395-6360
Tuesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand Records		Ray Yuenger / Will Watson	379-7717 / (650)610-0225
Wednesday	11:00 am	Two Sections: Open and 0-299 Stratified Hand Records (Lesson 10:30 am)		Rita Tingley / Bernie Bertonis	261-0268
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Open Stratified Hand Records At Oakwood		Bill Traver	379-4490
Wednesday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified Hand Records Super Chart		Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken	292-2370 / 379-2805
Thursday	10:30 am	Open Hand Records		Lynn Yokel	374-4669
Thursday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified	See Sunday	Faye Parsons	378-4719
Friday	11:00 am	0-1500 Handicapped (Review: 2:30 pm)	See Monday	Al Becker	252-1426
Friday	7:00 pm	0-300 Stratified (Lesson: 6:30 pm) One “Teacher Lifeline” Hand Records		George Pledger / Carole Dietz	249-2674 / 395-6360
Saturday	12:45 pm	0-1500 Handicapped	See Monday	Al Becker	252-1426
Saturday	7:00 pm	Open Stratified STaC Week Only	Suspended	Call SJBC	871-1232

All games are held at the San Jose Bridge Center (408-871-1232) at one W. Campbell Ave, Room J-68, inside the Campbell Community Center except those identified as “at Oakwood”. The Oakwood game is held at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave, San Jose. All games allow methods and systems permitted by the ACBL General Convention Chart. Those games identified as “MidChart” or “Super Chart” also permit methods authorized by those charts with proper disclosure. Check club postings, visit our web site at http://www.SJBridge.org or call for the exact dates and times of the Special STaC and Special Unit games, and of the 499er Potluck.

Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.

Unit 507 Board Officers

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