Pat Foster will be bringing about 20 of her Port Richey friends and students to visit and play with us on Thursday 5/30 and on Wednesday 6/5.  To make them welcome we've decided to offer a free lesson and lunch on those days.  All of our regular Thursday and Wednesday players are very welcome to join in the festivities, too.  Here's the schedule for both days:

11:00--A lesson on establishing long suits.  Mary Ann Dufresene will teach on 5/30 and Sue Graham will teach on 6/5.

11:45--Lunch

12:30--Our regular game.

Hope you can be there!

In order to draw some working people to the club I'll be offering a course of beginner lessons on Thursday evenings, starting 5/30.  The course will run for six consecutive weeks from 6:30-8:30.  The cost is $50 but the first lesson is free so people can get an idea of what the game is like and whether it's for them.

If you or any of your friends might be interested in these lessons, please let me know--(352) 592-4882 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   If you've taken beginner lessons at the club before but would like to review, the cost is just $25.

You may have heard recently that pace­maker users going to sleep while using an Apple iPad and allowing it to fall to the chest can be harmed. It turns out that an iPad generates enough magnetism when laid on the chest to cause the pacemaker to enter "service" mode. In such a state, a pacemaker will pace at a "default" rate which may be different than your cardiologist has programmed. A defibrillator in that state will not deliver shock therapy.

The manufacturer of my defibrillator recommends keeping all household magnets at least 6 inches away from the device. For me, since it is at my left side, I should wear the club's magnetic name tag on my right side. Some people's device is in the abdomen, and would be more than 6 inches from a normal name tag location.

Once the magnet is removed, the device will exit service mode and resume normal oper­ation. 

But in any case, if you have a pacemaker or defibrillator, you should check with your cardiologist.

The name badges I've been ordering for our members have been well received and we're getting become better acquainted with each other as we greet each other by name.

Recently a few of you have asked me to order a name badge for you but I need a few more requests before I place the order so that a good shipping rate is applied. Of course the savings is passed on to you. The cost of the medium size badge with magnetic backing is $4.75 plus the shipping cost.

Please let me or a director know if you'd like a badge.  Thanks.

I. Call to Order –Jerry

II. Minutes--Sue

III. Treasurer’s Report and Budget—Margie

IV. Club Managers Report—Mary Ellen/Lois

V. Committee Reports:

A. Education—Mary Ann
B. Publicity--Annabelle
C. Membership—Zada/Sue
D. Community Outreach--Jerry
E. Forward Planning

VI. Old Business:

A. Status of 1099s for teachers
B. 0-20 game
C. Sectional or Fundraising Ideas

VII. New Business

A. Suggestions—Sue
B. Directors Pay
C. Stratification--Bev
D. Miscellaneous--Board

VIII. Adjournment—Jerry