Sue Graham had back surgery today.  Her husband Jim reports that it went well, though she is still pretty groggy.  She hopes to be discharged Saturday.

She's at Oak Hill Hospital if you want to call, write or visit.  Her home address is
4003 Indian River Street, Spring Hill, FL  34609

Sunday, February 14th, is the date set for our next Swiss Team event.  Click for details.   Since Sunday falls in STAC week, the points awarded will be silver.

You must sign up in advance to play in the Swiss Team Game.  The deadline for signing up is Saturday, February 13th at 9:00PM.  These all day games are like a mini-vacation to us bridge players.  To sign up, email me or sign up on the sheet at the club.

At first the Senior Citizen Club didn't want our players to join the SCC because they knew we would outnumber their present membership.  Now they are asking us to join to help assure they will have the funds they need to maintain the building.

The building's assessed valuation is over $1,200,000.  Their insurance premium is close to $20,000 per year.  We have seen their electric bills which range from $300 per month to over $800 per month.   Member­ship will give us voting priviledges and a big enough membership will give us representation on the SCC board.  Member­ship is $25 per year renewable each January.

NCBC officers are unamimous in recommending it for all our members.

Next week is STaC, (sectional tournament at Clubs), week.   All points awarded by our club will be Silver.  You should plan to play as much as possible if you need silver points for that next masterpoint level, or even if you don't.  Our scores are compared against everyone in the Unit and if the score is high enough, we win extra points.  Let's get that Silver!

On Tuesday, we'll have the regular 299er game, with silver point awards, and we hope for enough tables on Wednesday to offer another.

Newplicates, don't forget the mini lesson at 12:00PM on Tuesday.  We'll be continuing the Use of the Convention Card with Responses to Major Openings. 

Over a hundred people jammed into the funeral chapel to pay their final respects to our friend and fellow bridge player, Janet Moses, who died a week ago today after a long struggle with several different cancers.  She was nearly 82.