Sun City Clubs

Cribbage

A perfect 484-point score put Yvonne Petty in first place in cribbage Oct. 24. Jim Jemilo placed second with 481. Posting high individual hands were Ralph Wehnes, 24, Carol Charpentier, 21 and Jerry Jarvis, 20. There were five skunks.

Duplicate bridge

Taking first place in duplicate bridge Oct. 26 were Kay Burda and Mike Elliott for north-south while Jan Koerner and Betty Smith placed first for east-west. Playing north-south, Jay Kadakia and Ron Schwarz placed second. Nancy Berg and Grace Selby came in third. Gini and Harry Leopold finished fourth. For east-west, Dolores Vonderhaar and Jan Zimmerman took second place. Paul Clark and Irene Crawford were third. Mary Ann Harju and Bill Macomber took fourth place.

In duplicate bridge on Oct. 22 Karen Richardson and Arvind Shah took first place. Marilyn Bailey and Mary Ann Harju were second. Third place went to Shirley Bruns and Irene Crawford. Bill Christian and Hank O'Neil came in fourth.

Contract bridge

Doris Kopp rolled up 5,280 points to capture first place in contract bridge Oct. 24. Lottie Konarski took second place with 4,760. Harry Leopold was third at 4,620. Also among the top seven finishers were Joan Mudd, fourth, 4,590; Jean Clifton, fifth, 4,550; Larry Dale, sixth, 4,240, and Norma Thompson, seventh, 4,220.

In pairs contract bridge Oct. 23 Jean Clifton and Jean Grunow scored 5,110 points to take first place. Ruth Kelley and Marge Piszczek came in second with 5,040. Geri and Larry Dale were third at 4,910. Finishing in the top six were Nancy and Wally Carlson, fourth, 4,650, Bill Macomber and Jan Zimmerman, fifth, 3,680 and Lottie and Sig Konarski, sixth, 3,660.

Pinochle

Morning pinochle Oct. 22 ended with Wally Frese taking the high score of 583 while Jerry Pajak was low with 403. Carol Charpentier took a double pinochle. Wally Frese and Sharon Pieroni each played an all-trick hand.

In afternoon play, Rose Curylo was high scorer with 639. Frank DePino played the low score of 393. Taking double pinochles were Bill Eisenmenger, Ed Redker and Anita Williams. All-tricks went to Don Engeriser, Judy Engeriser, Ralph Hinson, Betty Smith, Paul Sorce and George Venturi. Anna Peldiak won the round house.

Euchre

Don Ferreri scored 64 points to take first place in euchre Oct. 25. Jeanne Boddy came in second with 62. Marilyn Burhite was third with 60. Pat Neal and Don Glasgow tied at 57 for fourth place.

Bowling

Standings of the Sun City Bowling League at Brunswick Zone, Algonquin as of Oct. 24 had the Sonics in first place with a 30-12 record. The Clippers took second place with 25.5-16.5. Sharing third place at 25-17 were the Pacers, Bucks, Suns, Celtics, Rockets and Heat. The Magic were in fourth place with 24.5-17.5. Ginny Belpedio took high individual scores for women with high game scratch, 192; high game with handicap, 252, high series scratch, 491 and high series with handicap, 671. Bud Reyes took all men's high scores with high game scratch, 221; high game with handicap, 256; high series scratch, 611, and high series with handicap, 716.

Triple play

Winners of triple play canasta Oct. 25 were June Pacet and Gina Schintgen with score of 102,760.

Current events

Current events members Allen Pollack and Jerry Pospisil at the club's meeting Oct. 23 discussed a local map showing areas contiguous to, and in some cases, virtually surrounded by Sun City that may eventually be non-Sun City residential developments.

Dorothy Pospisil indicated that Horizon Properties Group, believed to be the owners of the property, have placed it on the market. Others questioned whether some of the land may be designated as wetlands, not eligible for development.

Homebuilding collapse has local implications: Moderator Barry Marcus noted the surprise bankruptcy filing by Neumann Homes was not the only local effect of the downturn in residential construction. Ryland Homes and Lennar Homes have both reined in new home starts at the Talamore subdivision on Huntley's north side. The village of Gilberts and Community Unit School District 300 are faced with not receiving transition and infrastructure payments from Neumann, some of which were designated for the recently completed school on Galligan Road.

So many residents and so few candidates: Member and board president Don Kundich responded to criticism of the three position- three candidate election by expressing disappointment at what he perceived as the level of apathy by residents toward board service. Other members felt that there were additional, competent residents who would serve if the well publicized time requirements were not so great. Other members felt that the requirement for excessive hours by board members was because of a failure to adequately delegate and a tendency to micro manage rather than function as a board of directors.

--Garry Winter