Sun City Clubs

Canasta

Mae Connelly and Pauline Cunningham took first place in triple play canasta March 13 with a score of 92,760.

Duplicate bridge

Winning duplicate bridge March 14 were Kay Burda and Arvind Shah playing north-south while Carolyn and Bob Peterson won for east-west. Second place for north-south went to Dave Germaine and Dolores Vonder Haar, while Paul Clark and Irene Crawford tied with Gini and Harry Leopold for third place. For east-west, Candy Goldfarb and Vivian Kilozer placed second and Mary Ann Harju and Bill Macomber came in third. Marilyn Bailey and Holly Borkowski took fourth place.

Caralee and Ron Hopman captured first place in duplicate bridge March 10. Heike and Bill Kingery placed second. Ann Durgin and Karen Richardson were third. Dolores Vonder Haar and Geri Kaiser came in fourth.

Contract bridge

John Papaleo scored 5,730 points to claim first place in contract bridge. Bill Macomber came in second with 4,650; Paul Clark was third with 4,320 and Harry Leopold was fourth with 4,220. Also finishing in the top seven were Isobel Martin, fifth with 4,190; Geri Kaiser, sixth with 4120 and Norene Purcell with 4,020.

In contract bridge for pairs March 11, Ann Dlugos and Jan Koerner took first place with 4,370 points. Harry Leopold and John Papaleo placed second with 4,280. Bill Macomber and Jan Zimmerman were third with 4,010. Carolyn and Bob Peterson scored 3,240 to place fourth. Irene Crawford and Betty Smith came in fifth with 2,570.

Euchre

Scoring 71 points gave Bill Wiederkehr first place in euchre March 13. Bud Curtis took second place with 70. Ralph Wehnes came in third with 65. Carol Charpentier and Joe Piotrowski tied for fourth with 58.

Bowling

Results of the Sun City Bowling League at Brunswick Zone in Algonquin for March 5 gave the Warriors first place with a 48-29 win-loss record. The Suns, Hornets and Kings tied for second place at 47-30 each. Third place went to the Trail Blazers with 46.5-30.5. The Jazz placed fourth with 45-32. In women's individual scores, Rose Marie Zakula took high game scratch with 206. Trini Gutierrez scored 259 for high game with handicap. Pat Rzeszutko bowled 535 for high series scratch. Sharon Pierone scored 682 for high series with handicap. In men's scoring, Harry Mandell scored 227 for high game scratch. Al Branecki tied with Jim Czelatko at 256 for high game with handicap. Bob Crom took high series scratch with 610. Leo Priebe scored 684 for high series with handicap.

Cribbage

With 17 players competing in cribbage March 12, Tom Fleming, Bill Hernke, Jerry Jarvis and Sandi Mis came out as winners with perfect scores of 484. High hands were played by Don Glasgow, 24 and 21; Ralph Wehnes, 24; Sue Chiodo and Bill Macomber each with a single 21. Wally Bartels, Carol Charpentier, Marge Herschberg, Jerry Jarvis and Pete Moseler all had single hands of 20. There were two skunks.

Pinochle

Bernie Rodeo took the high score of 611 in pinochle's morning session March 10. Jerry Pajak was low scorer with 399. Marilyn Burhite, John Maralla and Ed Serafin each took a double pinochle. Marg Adolfson, Carol Love, Gene Oostdyk, Bernie Rodeo, Marlene Tresp and Dick Wagner each played an all-trick hand. There was no round house. In afternoon play, Bill Eisenmenger was high scorer with 658. Elaine Hanson scored low with 370. Taking a double pinochle were Eisenmenger, Don Engeriser and Joyce Johansen. There were no all-tricks and no round house.

Current Events

Eugene Klein initiated discussion of the negative campaign for the 14th Congressional District seat. Marcus offered reasons why he thought Oberweis lost: misleading attacks, his "extreme" positions, the district's changing demographics and President Bush's lack of popularity. Jim Kerrigan offered the opinion that Oberweis turned people off with excessive phone calls and mailings. Many in the audience expressed agreement with this sentiment.

Other topics discussed were former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer's escapades with a prostitute; progress on State Rep. Jack Franks' proposed addition to the state constitution regarding recall elections; Agent Orange; confiscation of Drew Peterson's weapons despite the fact he's not been charged with a crime; the Space Shuttle Endeavour; asbestos at Oak Street Beach; rising food prices; the bank robbery at Huntley's Castle Bank and why $1 million the state intended to give to a church was received a school, why Illinois hasn't gotten the money back and why taxpayer dollars are going to a church in the first place.

--Garry Winter