Sun City Clubs

Triple play

For the second consecutive week, Rose Haskins and Marion Blaski won triple play canasta Dec. 3. The pair won with a score of 99,470.

Duplicate bridge

Winning duplicate bridge Dec. 14 were Diane and Ray Dushane for north-south and Ardythe Edwards and Betty Smith for east-west. For north-south Georgia Jacobson and Ed Kain took second place. David Germaine and Barb White placed third while Donna Cassavoy and Paul Clark took fourth place. For east-west, Heike and Bill Kingery were second. Naomi Cartwright and Karen Richardson came in third, and Janice Apel and Carol Smith were fourth.

Playing duplicate bridge Dec. 10, Shirley Bruns and Irene Crawford took first place. Bill Macomb and Ron Tenggren placed second. Yvonne and Dave Petty came in third.

Contract bridge

Ann and Pat Danna came in first place in contract bridge for pairs Dec. 11 with a score of 4,190. Bill Macomber and Jan Zimmerman came in second with 4,120. Ann Dlugos and Jan Koerner were third with 3,170. Walt Figge and Loren Stuvick scored 2,330 points to place fourth.

In contract bridge played Dec. 12, Harry Leopold captured first place with 5,160 points. Pat Danna was second with 4,380. Placing third was Arvind Shah with 4,290. Jean Grunow was fourth with 4,340; Anne Dlugos, fifth with 4,120, and Janice Apel, sixth, with 3,810.

Cribbage

Jim Jemilo took first place in cribbage Dec. 12 with a score of 479. Marge Herschberg and Sandi Mis tied for second place with 473. Posting high individual hands of 24 points were Wally Bartels and Harry Anderle. Bob Mis played two hands of 20. David Petty, Don Baden, Pete Moseler and Sue Chiodo each had a hand of 20. There were five skunks.

Euchre

Playing euchre Dec. 13, Ralph Wehnes scored 64 points to claim first place. Bill Palzkill came in second with 59. Carol Charpentier was third with 58. Bill Wiederkehr took fourth place with 56.

Bowling

Standings of the Sun City Bowling League at Brunswick Zone in Algonquin have the Sonics in first place with a 60-24 record as of Dec. 5. The Pistons were second with 56-28. The Heat took third place with 55-29. The Timberwolves were fourth with 51-33. In individual scoring, Judy Hall and Charlotte Cartina tied at 201 for women's high game scratch. Hall also took high game with handicap of 253. Jackie Cesarone had high series scratch of 535 and Donna Porto had 686 for high series with handicap. In men's scoring Bud Reyes bowled 209 for high game scratch. George Venturi had 242 for high game with handicap. Alan Schrader bowled 562 for high series scratch and Al Branecki had 648 for high series with handicap.

Current Events

Current Events' Dec. 11 meeting began with Rich Wille of SunCPac providing information on the sizeable projected levy increase for Huntley Unit District 158. Jerry McMahon took the microphone to contend that District 158 school board members Larry Snow and Aileen Seedorf were trying to keep taxes down but are outnumbered on the board. The moderator suggested that Snow, both in public statements and private conversations, has said that the most important thing is to improve educational outcomes, and that some of his proposals require increased expenditures.

McMahon then said that SunCPac should try harder to lower taxes. Wille explained that his organization is seeking to improve equitability and transparency in assessments, not lower taxes, and that lower assessments don't necessarily result in lower taxes. He said citizens who seek lower taxes should make their voices heard at D-158 meetings as well as those of other taxing bodies.

Several members commented negatively on the recent turmoil on the District 158 board, which was reported in the newspapers.

Bill Ziletti, Barry Marcus and Jim Henley of the Finance Advisory Committee answered questions about the Sun City Community Association's 2008 budget and the new monthly assessment. Marcus riposted the charge that the committee doesn't make an effort to save money by pointing to savings from reduced sidewalk snow removal, and use of an alternative electricity supplier. Ziletti responded to a question about the sales center conversion cost by explaining that money has been set aside based on a rough estimate. Other questions were asked and answered, such as the need for the reserve fund to avoid special assessments when a major expenditure arises.

--Garry Winter