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The Bridge Gazette

May 2015 Kim Howard, Editor

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Vero Beach Bridge Center

1520 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL. 32960

772-562-3008

www.verobridge.com

From the Bridge Coordinator’s desk The April Sectional Tournament was a big success

with 192.5 tables played over the weekend of April

24 -26. Many thanks to Dell Hatten, Ellen Gelberg,

Arnie Summers, Karen Adelman, Carol Branand,

Marilyn Cance, Barbara Lowry, and

Maureen O’Brien. These wonderful volunteers

further enhanced our Club’s reputation as having

the best hospitality on the Treasure Coast! Future

Sectionals include October 9-11, 2015 and

December 11-13, 2015.

Lyn Giuffrida is leaving her position as Education

Coordinator. Lyn has been serving the VBBC for

years as a volunteer, a teacher, a mentor and

most recently as head of all of our educational

opportunities. Fortunately, Lyn will continue her

teaching and will remain involved with our

education efforts. Thank you Lyn!

The Longest Day, a campaign for the Alzheimer’s

Association is off to a great start. The VBBC

members raised $1100 at our April 13th game.

Thank you to our generous members for helping

with this important cause. We will also host

events on June 21st and 22nd.

We have Club Championships on Thursday, May

7th, on Tuesday, May 19th and on Saturday, May

23rd. These games do not cost players more and

they pay higher points. Do not miss out on these

great games.

The snowbirds are leaving for the north and the

crowds are thinning out. The Indian River Shores

Games will continue through May 19, will

discontinue over the summer months and will

resume again in November. Make your

reservations for those remaining May games with

Jamie by Email at JPORTELL1957@aol.com. The

regular schedule will be played throughout the

summer months at the VBBC. We look forward to

seeing you at the Club!

Martha Glassmeyer

From the president’s desk The basic project for renovation of our roof has

been completed. During this past week the

contractor, Altec, received an inspection from the

material supplier which rated the completed roof

a "ten", the highest rating given and gave us an

extended warranty. Once again I would like to thank

the many members who have supported this work

with contributions toward the cost. Also, thanks to

those members who have put in long hours

defining and supervising the project. Particularly,

I should mention John McClenathan among these

individuals. There are some relatively small

follow-up jobs remaining to be done. The most

important of these is to correct erosion along the

north wall of our building. Thanks to all members

for their tolerance during the many months these

remedial steps have been in progress. It is

impressive that we have maintained a good turnout

of players during this period.

David Garfield

The Bridge Gazette Editor: Kim Howard Contributors for this issue:

David Garfield, Leslie Phelps, Martha Glassmeyer,

Kim Howard, and Joanne Matchette

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Visit our web site at:

www.verobridge.com • for daily game results • for tournament schedules • to locate a member’s e-mail address • For hand records • For partnership’s

May 1 Jay Connnors, Martin Diament, Paulette Liebman

May 2 Ruth Browning, Hannah Gould, Susie McSorley,

Bob Thompson

May 3 Jay Prillaman, Barbara Thompson

May 4 Robert Rubinstein, Martha Willoughby

May 5 Donna Nesbitt, Jan Ward

May 6 Barbara Longfellow, Christina Rhoads, Edna Thornton

May 7 Nancy Eppel, Gator Laing

May 8 Herb Crowder, Laurence Farley, Al Schmidt

May 9 Paula Hallam, Doris Leigh

May 10 Bob Fetter, Andrea Molloy, Lynn Wiksten

May 12 Annette Cullingham, Anne Grealis, Norma LeBlanc

May 13 Rosemary Cournoyer, JoAnn Daniel

May 15 Bob Flynn, Peggy Long, Lockwood Rianhard,

Theresa VanDeCarr

May 16 LeeAnn Daly

May 18 Anita Bull, Barbara Simpson

May 19 Thomas Allan, Neva Crosby, Barbara Greene,

Betty Paul

May 20 James Craig, Mary Ellen Davis

May 22 Jody Connors

May 24 Alexandra Howard, Janet Petersen

May 25 Deanna Helms, Della Morris, Tom Pierpoint

May 26 Ann Espy, Bob Greene, Bill Regan

May 27 Jamie Abrams, Paul Bubendey, Elizabeth Cross,

Mary Dill, Jeff Jones, Bess Peterson, Hank Swiftney,

Holly Thomas

May 28 John Colmey, Charlie Kline, Ilse Scheible

May 29 Maureen Hendricks, Kathleen Johnston,

JoAnne Matchette, Mary Ann Thomas

May 30 Beverly Arce, Didi Lamborn, Gale McMullin

May 31 Daley Coulter, Ray Mitchell, Bob Rheinheimer

Phone extensions for fast access 201 Kim’s desk

202 Director’s desk

203 Courtesy phone by the bookcase

204 Cashier’s desk

205 Martha’s desk

206 Education’s desk

May Birthdays

April Birthday Pictures

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Card Sharks for April Martha Glassmeyer

0–5 Walter Bissell

6–20 Antonia & Keith Cracknell

21–50 David LeBar

51–100 Jack Hughes

101–200 Rob Middleman

201–300 Joe Davis

301–400 Boots VanNostrand

401–500 Sue Weller

501-750 Norma Oringel

751–1000 Joanne Matchette

1001-2500 Griff McClellan

2501+ Debbie Drury

CLUB STATS FOR APRIL 2015 TOTAL PLAYERS - 697

Total Club Masterpoints – 1987.74 (black)

Bridge Education

May Courses During May we are offering the following courses:

Mondays and Thursdays 9:30 - 11:30

Beginning Bridge

Declarer Play

Two over One

Bidding Review Classes Every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30, we hold a

class on basic bidding topics. The cost for each class

is $15 and no partner or reservation is required.

This is a good opportunity to cement your

understanding of basic bridge. This is the upcoming

schedule:

• May 6 – Responder’s Rebids

• May 13 – Overcalls

• May 20 – Takeout Doubles

• May 27 – Stayman

• June 3 – Preemptive Opening Bids

• June 10 - Jacoby Transfer

Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenn Here are the Ace of Clubs ACBL nationwide (not Unit)

standings of our members for points earned at the club

level through Mar 2015for the top 30 in each division.

Our club should be proud of the fine accomplishments

of these members: Leslie Phelps

MP

Level

ACBL-

Wide

Rank

Ace of Clubs VBBC Member

MP

thru

Mar

2015

0-5 7th Dewey Greger 12

20-50 20th

20th

Joan Clark

George Bowman

19

19

200-

300

2nd

Boots VanNostrand 44

7500-

10,000

12th Rob Colton 85

500-

1000

20th Joanne Matchette 47

1000-

2500

14th Susan Mayo 69

2500-

5000

4th

23rd

Bob Schives

Harold Phillips

96

75

ACBL-wide Master Point

MP Level ACBL-

Wide Rank

Mini-McKenney VBBC Member

MP thru

March

2015

N/A

APRIL 2015 RANK CHANGES Junior Master:

Elaine Bush, Susan Moore

Club Master:

Ann Clarkson, Kris Ell, Dee Gaddy, David Gubitosi,

Nancy McKown, Joan Rhame

Sectional Master:

Susan Bell, Barbara Clemson, Patricia Cole,

Phyllis Dillon, Mary Grimm, Rosemary Haverland,

Damon Martin, Martha Moore, and Pat Nick

Regional Master:

William Crowder III, Andy Cruce, Doug Ell,

Pat Forsdick, Mary Rianhard, Norm Thomas

Life Master:

Adele Cunningham

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ABC CLUB Kim Howard

Congratulations to the following C players who came in first

in all strata (C, B, A) in an open game during April:

4/01 Ginny Hall & Honey Lee Richless

4/07 Don & Cherie Everett

4/08 Helga Woodard & Sue Weller

4/10 Kathy & Doug Johnston

Tina Cole & Polly Swiftney

4/13 Michael Williams & Doug Ell

Norma Oringel & Jan Rusu

4/15 Norma Oringel & Gloria Sinni

4/17 Peggy Laurencelle & Wayne Decker

4/21 Bob & Mary Sullivan

Beverly Mogensen & Peggy Dennis

4/23 David LeBar & Marie Malloy

Ann & Dick Bottelli

4/27 Norma Oringel & Jan Rusu

Brian & Flo Fischer

4/28 Pat Brinkerhoff & Mary Lou Zearo

4/29 Barbara Bromberger & Sally Holt

70 percenters for April Congratulations to the following who achieved 70%

or more games in April: 4/03 Bill Higgins - Yauheni Siutsau 72.45%

4/06 Pat Forsdick - Ginger Winkler 70.08%

4/07 Michael Cote - Peter Prezzano 75%

4/17 Reanette Frobouck - Debbie Drury 72.45%

Thayer Baine - Lindsay Eakin 70.63%

4/28 John Hoppin - Keith Manzer 73.39%

4/29 John Hagood – Bunny Frey 72.65%

PLAYER PROFILE FOR MAY 2015

Martha Glassmeyer

New York and visiting Vero, than living in Vero and

visiting New York.

Besides working at VBBC, Martha enjoys playing

bridge, reading, walking and of course travelling.

Recent trips include Burma and Kathmandu.

When asking others to describe Martha I heard

competent, kind, fun loving, interesting and

interested. She says she’s happiest when she’s

productive.

JoAnne Matchette

This bio is being done at the request of a few

members who want to know a little more about

our Club Manager, Martha Glassmeyer.

Martha was born in Jackson, Michigan and raised

in Bloomington and Belleville Illinois. She might

have put the heart in Heartland! Coincidentally,

club members, David Hamman and Jay Prillaman

are from Bloomimgton and Jamie Portell is from

Belleville.

Martha’s Alma Maters include Cornell College in

Mt. Vernon, Iowa, St. Louis University Law School

and Columbia University, MBA.

After practicing Law for several years in Missouri,

Martha moved to the Big Apple to start a career in

Investment Banking.

Travel has always been a big part of Martha’s life.

In 1981 she travelled to China. one of her fellow

tour group members was Ed Glassmeyer. They

married four years later and Martha had an instant

family of four children and eleven grandchildren.

In 1987 Ed and Martha bought a place in Vero

Beach. For a few years they continued working in

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