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Pinochle

Morning pinochle Aug. 20 left Marilyn Burhite high scorer with 616 points. Rich Heidorn took the low score of 424. John Wronski took two double pinochles and DeWayne Klein one. Jean Miller and Bob Ziwiski played all-trick hands. Joe DeMay won the round house. In the afternoon session, Rosemary Haskins was high scorer with 627. Fred Senft was low scorer with 406. Judy DeMay and Heinz Toeppich each took a double pinochle.

Duplicate bridge

Winning at duplicate bridge Aug. 20 were Heike and Bill Kingery. Nancy Berg and Janet Clark came in second. Third place went to Kay Burda and Naomi Cartwright. Walter Figge and Arvind Shah came in fourth. Liz and John Rozwat took fifth place.

In two sections of duplicate bridge Aug. 24, Caralee and Ron Hopman won for north-south in the first section. Lottie and Sig Konarski placed first for east west. Runners-up for north-south were Frank Coronelli and Harry Leopold in second place. Paul Clark and Irene Crawford placed third. Geri and Larry Dale were fourth. For east-west Ruth Kelley and Marge Pisces placed second. Liz and Joh Rozwat placed third. Jim Howard and Joan Mudd tied with Carolyn and Bob Peterson for fourth place.

Playing in the second section, Jan Koerner and Gini Leopold took first place for north-south. Marie Nugent and Norma Thompson won for east-west. North-south runners up were Heike and Bill Kingery, second, Jay Kadakia and Ron Schwarz, third, and Aiyar Chander and John Papaleo, fourth. For east-west, Elaine Peck and Lucy Smith placed second, Doris Kopp and Kay Schuckert, third, and Marilyn Bailey and Alice Crumley, fourth.

Contract bridge

Pairs play in contract bridge Aug. 21 ended with Ed Schuckert and Bob Zimmerman scoring 6,750 points to capture first place. Dan Bressler and Stewart Ellis came in second with 5,170. Annabelle Gombar and Jean Grunow were third with 3,710. Ann and Pat Danna scored 3,680 to place fourth. Also in the top seven were Lottie and Sig Konarski, fifth, 3,570; Nancy and Wally Carlson, sixth, 3,450 and Joan Iwinski and Norma Thompson, seventh, 3,390.

Winning contract bridge Aug. 22, Harry Leopold scored 6,200. Irene Crawford was second with 5,670. Roger Clausen came in third with 5,370. Stewart Ellis placed fourth with 5,200. Also finishing in the top seven were Wally Westphal, fifth, 4,980; Loren Stuvick, sixth, 4,830, and Betty Beard, seventh, 4,770.

Euchre

Scoring 65 points gave Bill Wiederkehr first place in euchre Aug. 23. Ruth Brownstein and Don Glascow tied for second place at 64. Jeanne Boddy was third with 58. Fourth place was also a tie with Don Ferrari and Pearl Heaps each scoring 57.

Cribbage

A perfect 484 score gave John Kerechek first place in cribbage Aug. 22. Ralph Wehnes placed second with 481. Kerechek and Bob Ferraris posted high individual hands of 24. David Petty, a hand of 22. Sue Chiodo played three hands of 21 and Sandy Mis a single 21. Ferraris had two hands of 20 and Kerechek one. There were eight skunks.

Current events

Matt Titus reported to the Current Events Club Aug. 21 that the Hampshire Township property tax assessments have been posted and residents have until Sept. 10 to file a formal complaint with the Kane County Board of Review if they feel their assessment numbers are not in line with other assessments in their model group. Residents can obtain a complaint form online at the Sun City web portal under Prosperity Assessments Council. A copy of the assessments will be available in the library in the Prairie View Lodge. Rutland Township's assessments will be available Sept. 30.

In further discussion about assessments on a model-to-model basis, Hampshire Township seemed to be higher than Rutland or Grafton. Some exchange took place with regard to the difference in assessments from one township to the other for the same model home. Matt was asked if he had employed the help of area state representatives. He stated they were about ready to.

Governor's money: The second topic was Gov. Rod Blagojevich raising his own salary and those of the legislators as a bribe to back his favorite programs, one of which is his health care program.

Illegal immigration: The hot topic of the day was Elvira Arellano, the illegal immigrant who has been making a fool of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Within the Current Events group it was very difficult to find any sympathy for her cause.

The group as a whole was outraged at politicians for allowing this to happen. A given example was Governor Blagojevich signing a law making it illegal for employers to use employment eligibility verification systems that would help them meet tougher federal rules against hiring illegal workers.

One member suggested that cities that claim to be sanctuary cities be denied federal aid. Chicago, Elgin and Carpentersville are some examples. One member suggested that the government has a secret plan on how to handle the problem since he has sent several letters to our federal representative but has only received one reply indicating his letter was received.

Sweeter side: On the sweeter side, one member informed the group that because of price increases in milk, cocoa and cocoa butter, chocolate candy prices will be up sharply.

Artificial life? Out of Washington on the Associated Press was a story about artificial life likely in three to 10 years.

Triple play

First place in triple play canasta went to Pat Garcia and Carl Macione who scored 109,065 points Aug. 23.

-- Garry Winter