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Triple play

Capturing first place in triple play canasta Aug. 16 were Candy Goldfarb and Barbara Schiff scoring 102,155 points.

Duplicate bridge

Winning at duplicate bridge Aug. 17 in the first of two sessions were Nancy Berg and Grace Selby playing north-south. Lottie and Sig Konarski won for east-west. Playing north-south, Heike and Bill Kingery placed second, Jay Kadakia and Ron Schwarz, third and Mike Elliott and Arvind Shah were fourth. For east-west, Yvonne and David Petty were second, Betty and Bob Zimmerman, third, and Lois and Bill Kilian, fourth.

In the second session, Irene Crawford and Jan Koerner placed first for north-south. John Papaleo and Bob Westrich were second, and Liz and John Rozwat took third place. Mary Ann Harju placed first for east-west. Carolyn and Bob Peterson were second and Marilyn Bailey and Alice Crumley were third. Playing duplicate bridge Aug. 13, Shirley Bruns and Irene Crawford took first place. Janet Clark and Barb White placed second. Bill Macomber and Ron tenggren came in third. Sandy Johnson and Fran Logan were fourth.

Contract bridge

Sig and Lottie Konarski scored 4,440 points to take first place in contract bridge for pairs Aug. 14. Tom and Chere Anderson were second with 3,990. Carol Smith and Janice Apel placed third with 3,710. Dan Bressler and Steward Ellis were fourth with 3,670. Liz and John Rozwat came in fifth with 3,590.

Contract bridge on Aug. 15 went to Pat Danna who was first with 5,140 points. Lottie Konarski was second with 4,940. Jan Koerner was third with 4,780. Fourth place was a tie with Julie Carobene and Candy Goldfarb both scoring 4,540. Dan Bresler was sixth with 4,430 and Rhoda Kagan placed seventh with 3,720.

Current events

Should church be sanctuary? Whether the church should act as sanctuary returned for discussion at the Current Events club meeting Aug. 14. The previous week's moderator, Barry Marcus, left the club with the question about churches acting as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants. The discussion centered on Elvira Arellano who has been living in a Chicago church under sanctuary for the past year. The discussion brought out that Arellano broke the law by entering the United States illegally and having false credentials when she worked at O'Hare Airport. Club member Mannie Tucker expressed his opinion that no church, synagogue or other organization should break the law. Lou Morris pointed out that the church has no immunity from being served with an arrest warrant. The consensus of opinion was that churches and other organizations should not be permitted to protect from prosecution those who break the laws.

U.S. Cellular tower: A member brought an article about a cellular telephone tower that was to be constructed in Huntley near Diecke Park. Club member and Village Trustee Jay Kadakia informed the club that it has not been approved but the village board is looking into it.

Karl Rove's exit: Marcus asked the group what if any affect on our country will the resignation of White House political adviser Karl Rove have. Tucker gave his opinion that it will have none since Rove's job was political and not involved in policy decisions. Marcus disagreed and stated that Rove started out as a political adviser then became involved in policy decisions with the Bush administration. Some members also were of the opinion that with a Republican president and a Democratic Congress nothing will get done until after the next election in 2008.

Universal health care: Herman Faubl brought up discussion of an article about how the United States no longer has the world's tallest people. American men now rank ninth and American women rank 15th. Also brought up was the fact that Americans are not living as long as people in 41 other countries, slipping to 42nd from 11th two decades ago. Members brought up discussion that this is a result of our diet and that nearly a third of U.S. adults are obese and about two-thirds are overweight.

Also discussed was the fact that we do not have a national health program. Jim Kerrig an informed the club about the health program Wisconsin is implementing at a cost of $15.2 billion, or $3 billion more than the state currently collects in all income, sales and corporate income taxes.

Discussion then turned to pros and cons about a national health insurance program and interjected were opinions on Medicare and Medicare supplemental programs.

Tainted products from China: Alan Mogilner informed us that China is the largest holder of American debt and it would not be feasible to stop imports of these products from China. Discussion centered on products such as toothpaste distributed to hotels and toys sold by Mattel. Stan Hoff said companies contracting with China to manufacture these products should be held responsible and should oversee quality control at the manufacturing location.

Euchre

Marsha Carter took first place in euchre Aug. 16 with a score of 62. Jim Elder placed second with 58 points. Don Glasgow and Bill Wiederkehr tied for third place at 55. Jean Helsper and Carol Charpentier tied for fourth place at 54.

Cribbage

Carol Charpentier tallied a perfect 484 score to win at cribbage Aug. 16. Bill Hernke placed second with 477. Sue Chiodo played two high hands of 24 points and Ralph Wehnes had one. Hernke, Mary Lou Chiodo, Tom Fleming, Don Baden and Charpentier each had a hand of 21. George Mikell, Charpentier, Jim Jemilo and Wehnes each turned in a hand of 20. There were six skunks.

Pinochle

High score in the morning session of pinochle Aug. 13 was 628 scored by Barb Hoppensteadt. Jan Diebold was low scorer with 420. Al Brewer and Carol Ziwiski played double pinochles. Dan Bressler, Ed Serafin, Norma Schroepel and Helen Szybowski played all-trick hands. In the afternoon session, Dorothy Schlanger was high scorer with 667. Clarice Ericksen had the low score of 398. Double pinochles went to Ken Mundt, Paul Sorce, and Dick Wagner. Jack Gilhooly and Schlanger won the round house.

-- Garry Winter