“Late February days; and now, at last, It is WAY too early in my opinion, but Pollen I has started. The yellow stuff is starting to dust across everything. It's not even MARCH yet. But, this means that in my house, we don't get to open the windows again for MONTHS. Maybe for a few days between pollen seasons, but not for very long. We give an official welcome to our newest full-fledged member, David Hachey! Though he’ll only be with us for a few months each year, he’s the newest newly minted member of Club 58! He was one of 21 peggers who came out to play this week. As such, we paid out 5 places and 3 teams. We had a tremendous 9 players earn GRPs tonight -- and none of the 12s or 13s made it into the place money. Larry Phifer took 1st (again) with a 17 / 7 / 87. That's six weeks in a row of earning GRPs. Way to go, Larry! Ernie Hodgson took 2nd with a 15 / 7 / 59 Frank Abernathy took 3rd with a 15 / 7 / 39 Welcome back from vacation, Stephen Podolski, who took 4th with a 14 / 7 / 103 And Tom Goeschel rounded out the place winners, taking 5th with a 14 / 6 / 59 First Team was Jeff Raynes (12) and Jerry Gooden (11) Second Team was Jennifer Johnson (13) and Bob Hewitt (8) Third team was Pete Amacher (11) and Brian Wilson (6) Jennifer's 13 points gets her to within 2 of her Bronze. Joe had a heartbreaker 1-point loss, keeping him at 10 points for the week, and holding him at 16 for his bronze. Let's get 'em, Joe!!! Larry's pretty card extends his lead over Frank, but not by much. He's still within one good week of taking the lead again. Joe's only two weeks behind... The full results are on the cribbage.org website, but the too 10 are below: On this day in history, we lost an icon of my childhood: Fred Rogers passed od on this day in 2003. Fred Rogers, best known for his revolutionary show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” has left a lasting legacy behind following his sad death in 2003, at age 74. His show, which spanned across three decades, garnered a following so strong that for so many of us, Mr. Rogers shall live on forever. Fred Rogers broke boundaries with his children’s show, which aimed not just to entertain but to educate and communicate wonderful messages of inclusiveness and compassion. But what made Mr. Rogers truly special was simply put —him. He always made sure to deliver important messages to his audience in a gentle, extremely graceful and yet straightforward manner. He somehow managed to tackle huge issues, such as racism, divorce and even death, with utmost insight and compassion. Mr. Rogers seemed to just always know how to make children and adults alike feel better. Here are some of his most memorable quotes. “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” “Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like “struggle.” To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” “The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.” Jerry Gooden had a heart flush. Liz Henderson had pair of Jacks. Jennifer Johnson had two pairs, Aces and Deuces. John Morch has a nice full house, Jacks full of Aces. Andy Wagner had trip Aces. Alright my friends, that's it for me this week.
Just a reminder that if you're coming to the Spring Fling and want a hotel room, the cribbage rate is only good through March 9th. Later 'gaters! ~ Jennifer
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Late February days; and now, at last, No, I'm not crazy. The weather here is in the mid-to-upper 70s. In February. Wow. It's not stopping us from coming out to play, though. First Pollen is right around the corner, though, so stock up on your Allegra and Claritin! We had 20 folks come out this week, including (welcome back) Allan Simpson, to whom we were not very nice. We had a slew of big cards again this week, so all the 12s had to draw for teams. We paid out four places and three teams*: Larry Phifer took 1st with a 15 / 7 / 97 Jennifer Johnson took 2nd with a 14 / 7 / 82 Tom Goeschel took 3rd with a 14 / 7 / 41 and Bernard Whitfield took 4th with a 14 / 6 / 129 * I messed up the payouts this week, so Tom, I'll make it right next week. First Team: Joe Greiner (12) and Megan Player (9) Second Team: Kristy Haught (11) and Frank Abernathy (10) Third Team: Heather Chilsen (12) and Al Robinson (8) Larry's 15 card put him back at the top of the heap, but only by a very slim margin. Joe is right on his tail, with Frank right behind him. Nail biter! Jen's 14 card brought her back into the top-10 (at the bottom, but it still counts) and puts her at 15 points to bronze. Joe's 12-card this week has him at only 16 points away from bronze. With 11 weeks still to go, we may make it! Also potentially in the running for getting an award this season is Brian, who only needs 87 for his bronze. That's 7 weeks (at most) of making 12 or better. I have faith in us! The full results are up on cribbage.org, but the top 10 are below: On this day in 1792, President George Washington signed legislation creating the U.S. Postal Service. Before the American Revolution, letters were exchanged mainly via private couriers or through the help of friendly travelers. Some colonies set up “post offices” in taverns and shops where carriages or riders could pick up and drop off mail. In 1707, the British government had established the position of postmaster general, although mail still moved largely through the hands of private individuals. In 1737, Benjamin Franklin at age 31 became postmaster general of the colonies for the Crown. He carried out his duties in England until he was fired as a subversive colonialist. Franklin then returned to America and created a comparable postal system. The 1792 act reinforced the power of Congress to establish official mail routes. It specified that newspapers should be included in mail deliveries and made it illegal for postal officials to open mail. The cost of sending a letter over some 2,400 miles of postal routes ranged from 6 to 12 cents. Heather Chilsen had a straight to the 7. Joe Greiner had a full house, 7s full of Kings. Jennifer Johnson had three of a kind in 6s. John Morch had a straight, King high. Megan Player had a full house, 7s full of 5s That's what I've got for today. Tonight. Whatever :)
If you are planning to come to the Spring Fling cluster, and planning to stay in the hotel, the cribbage rate is only good through March 9th, so please book your rooms soon! See ya'll Monday! ~ Jennifer "In the cookie of life, friends are chocolate chips." Our cookie had 21 chips in it this week, including a newly minted Club 58er -- Micah! He is the proud owner of ACC #NC856. Hooray! With 21 players, we had 5 places and three teams win some cashola. We also had an abundance of big cards again, so most of the 12s had to draw for partners (!!) Larry Phifer took 1st with a 15 / 7 / 71 Tom Goeschel took 2nd with a 14 / 7 / 22 Roger Doenges took 3rd with a 14 / 6 / 43 Joe Greiner took 4th with a 13 / 5 / 77 Frank Abernathy took 5th with a 12 / 6 / 35 First Team: Jennifer Johnson (12) and Tracy Brackett (10) Second Team: Liz Henderson (12) and Ernie "Broken Wing" Hodgson (8) Third Team: Glenn McMahon (10) and Jerry Gooden (9) With Joe's 13 points, he is now only 28 points away from the Bronze. Jennifer's even dozen puts her 29 points away. SO CLOSE WE CAN SMELL IT!!! Brian Wilson is the next person behind Joe and Jen coming up from his Bronze -- he's only a mere 87 ponts away. Frank is maintaining the lead in the club, but by a narrow margin; Larry and Joe are hot on his heels! The last dozen weeks of club will be fun to watch! The top-10 through this week is below; full results on cribbage.org: If we get into our way-back machine, and travel to 1633, we would see Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrive in Rome for trial by Inquisition for his assertion that the Earth revolves around the sun. Called the Father of Modern Science by Einstein, Galileo was born into a musical family in Pisa. After studying mathematics and natural philosophy he was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics in 1589 before moving to the University of Padua where he made major discoveries in Fundamental and Applied Science. These included a military compass and an improved version of the telescope. With the later he was the first to identify the moons of Jupiter and describe the topography of our Moon. In Physics Galileo conducted experiments with gravity concluding all objects accelerate at the same rate. In 1633 Galileo was found guilty on heresy charges for supporting the view that the earth orbits the sun and sentenced to house imprisonment. Galileo published many works throughout his life including The Starry Messenger and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Today the moons of Jupiter are named the Galilean Moons and the Galileo Spacecraft was the first to orbit the planet Jupiter. This date in 1866 is believed to be when Jesse James held up his first bank, stealing from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri. Bandits pistol-whipped a cashier at the Clay County Savings Association and made off with almost $60,000 in bonds, paper currency and gold and silver coin. The culprits, who got away after killing a passer-by, were assumed to be ex-bushwhackers and the James brothers may have been among them. The bank was owned by Republican former militia officers who had recently conducted the first Republican Party rally in Clay County's history. During the gang's escape from the town, an innocent bystander, 17-year-old George C. "Jolly" Wymore, a student at William Jewell College, was shot dead on the street. It remains unclear whether Jesse and Frank took part in the Clay County robbery. After the James brothers successfully conducted other robberies and became legendary, some observers retroactively credited them with being the leaders of the robbery.[14] Others have argued that Jesse was at the time still bedridden with his wound and could not have participated. No evidence has been found that connects either brother to the crime or that conclusively rules them out. And, in news from THIS century, Just a few hours after the death of Minnesota native Charles Schulz, his readers found a farewell in their newspaper. Schulz’s final original Peanuts comic strip appeared in Sunday papers on February 13, 2000. It featured Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and a message from the man who brought the characters to life for almost 50 years. The night before the comic’s final run, Schulz died peacefully in his sleep at home due to complications of colon cancer. He had announced his retirement just two months earlier at Camp Snoopy inside the Mall of America. “There’s a clause in my contract that says if I retire or die, the strip ends,” Schulz said during the December 1999 announcement. The Peanuts phenomenon began in 1950 after Schulz signed with United Features Syndicate. At the time of his retirement, Peanuts was featured in 2,600 newspapers, reaching 335 million readers in 75 countries. In his final comic strip, he shared a message to his fans and thanked them for the wonderful support and love throughout his career. Jerry Gooden had two pairs, 6s and 3s. Joe Greiner had a pair of 9s. Liz Henderson had a diamond flush, Queen high. Jennifer Johnson had two pairs, 7s and 5s. John Morch had Jacks and 9s. Andy Wagner had two pairs, Kings and 5s. That's all for me tonight. I'll see some of you fine chocolate chips this weekend in Virginia Beach. Hopefully I'll see the rest of you on Monday!
~ Jennifer “Why, what’s the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” ~ William Shakespeare After the “arctic blast” that touched us a little bit this weekend, maybe the frost-face is melting and we can smile again 😊 We always seem to have an evening of smiles and laughter when we play, and tonight was no different. Welcome to the ACC to Linda Thompson-Brennan! She is the proud owner of tag NC855. Hooray! We had 23 players come out this week. Joining us for the first time was guest Tracy Brackett's husband, Joe, and Bruce Richey. Welcome, Gentlemen! If you're not keeping score, that is SEVEN new players in the last four weeks coming to check us out. Linda has already joined, and Micah is not too far behind her. We're so thrilled to have new players (and some young ones, too!) joining our ranks. Though we had 23 players, two paid the guest fee, so we paid like we had 21:: we had five places and three teams. NONE of the 12s placed tonight; they all made good partnerships, though. First-timer Bruce Richey took 1st prize with a 16 / 7 / 128. Jumped right in there, didn't ya, Bruce! Well done!! Brian Wilson entered the winner's circle again, taking 2nd with a 15 / 7 / 53. Third went to Tom Goeschel , with a 15 / 6 / 114. Another new player, Micah Protzman, took 4th with a 14 / 6 / 81. Great job, Micah! And Curtis Barbour, who we were very happy to see tonight, took the final payout prize with a 13 / 6 / 15. First Team went to Larry Phifer (12) and Jerry Gooden (12) Second Team went to Kristy Haught (12) and John Morch (6) Third Team went to Al Robinson (12) and Pete Amacher (6) Larry's 12 points brought him to within FIVE points of passing Frank for club lead. We have a close race in the top three as we enter our final 13 weeks of play. The full results are up on cribbage.org, but our top 10 can be seen below: Monopoly is a board game that most people know and love. The objective of the game is fairly simple: purchase properties throughout the game in an attempt to drive out competitors with a land monopoly. Today, the Monopoly game board and pieces can be considered iconic, but in the early 20th century, the game was only the underdeveloped brain child of Elizabeth Magie. On this day, February 6th, in 1935, the board game Monopoly went on sale under its present day name for the first time. Prior to being purchased by Parker Brothers, the game had been developed by Elizabeth Magie under the name, “The Landlord’s Game.” Magie intended the game to give an economic lesson about land value tax. Parker Brothers initially rejected the game, claiming that it was too complicated and took too long to finish, but later changed their opinion based on the game’s popularity in Pennsylvania. Monopoly has grown into one of Parker Brothers’ most successful board game franchises. Monopoly has been released in a variety of versions and themes and has spawned several spin-off games. Monopoly’s popularity would become so great that U.S. and Worldwide Monopoly tournaments were held from 1973 to 2009. On this date in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II succeeded King George VI to the British throne and was proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch in British history, Elizabeth was the constitutional head of 16 sovereign states and head of the Commonwealth of Nations. In her capacity as British monarch she also ceremonially headed the Church of England as its Supreme Governor. In 2017 she became the first British monarch to reach her Sapphire Jubilee, marking the 65th year of her reign. Her Majesty passed on September 8, 2022.
Jerry Gooden had a pair of 5s. Joe Greiner had a club flush to the Jack. Jennifer Johnson had two pairs, 6s and 2s. John Morch had two pairs, Queens and 8s. Megan had a full house, Queens full of 10s. A reminder that the Spring Fling Cluster is coming up at the end of March -- March 31 through April 2. Three full days of events: A one-day tournament (12 game main with a 7-game consolation) on Friday, a singles satellite Friday night, 22-game Main on Saturday, Canadian Doubles Saturday night, and a 9-game consolation on Sunday. Whew!
All of the events are separate -- you can play one, some, all, or none of the events -- whatever suits you. That's the update for this week; hope ya'll have a good rest of the week! ~ Jennifer |
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