Committee members
BK Koch
Verde Sputters was off to a good start with 57 players and three guests. Five Sputters got the low score of 38: Laura Berkley, Opal Larkin, Sue Ryan, and Sue Spaniol. Close behind were Nancy Bowersock and Cathy Howard with a low score of 39. Cathy Howard and Ellane Jepson each got three holes-in-one. Lee Kump and Georgianne Zigarowicz each got two holes-in-one. There were 20 holes-in-one by our Sputters: Helen Bellacqua, Carolyn Bewalda, Kathy Bigos, Nancy Bowersock, Mary Ellen Clark, Jan Deschamp, Pam Elvy, Connie Kotke, Opal Larkin, Mickey Levich, Linda Lewis, Jean Matheson, Lydia O’Connor, Shauna Rand, Kathie Roberts, Sue Ryan, Sue Spaniol, Penny Stowe, Karen Taylor, and Vicki Wermager, and our one guest, Bobbi Nicholas, also had a hole-in-one. Finally, there was a money hole winner. Who was it? you ask. Jean Matheson—and inquiring minds want to know, did she do her little dance when she got the hole-in-one and again when she won the money hole? If you think the course was too easy or too hard, you only have Carolyn Bewalda to thank.
After Sputting, 51 members and one guest arrived in the Vista Room to dine on a trifecta of tuna, egg, and chicken salads on a bed of lettuce. It was delicious. I cleaned my plate and was ready for the chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream. Judy Anick won the free lunch. She said it was her first time in the 30 years she has been a member.
Helen Bellacqua opened the meeting with announcements about ordering your shirts, jackets, and name tags. Donna Bujnovsky presented the 2023 awards. Marilyn Palatas won the awards for Lowest Score (34), Lowest Average (38.1), and Most Improved Player (-2.6). Laurie Miller received an award for Most Holes-in-One (26). Penny Stowe received her Star on Feb. 12.
We sang “Happy Birthday” to our birthday Sputters: Sue Bartholme, Jeanne Moehn, Barb Rempel, Joni Campbell, Judy Lancaster, and Carin Nerseaian.
The committee members Marilyn Palatas, Sue Ryan, Donna McPherson, Sue Gerlach, and Janet Knowles then took over the meeting with the theme “Love Yourself.” This committee is also donating a big share of its budget to the Food Bank in Mammoth. They have created Valentine bags to give to middle school girls including emery boards, combs, lotion, soap, a book, a toothbrush, and toothpaste. Then the committee handed out bags to all of us with 3×5 love cards with messages such as “Don’t take yourself seriously,” “Wine is cheaper than therapy,” and “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” Next, sheets were passed out with baby pictures of the board members. We had to guess who each one was. One table guessed six. I think the rest of us were lucky to get one, and that one was Ms. Sue Leasure. She couldn’t hide that smile, even as a baby!
Our next luncheon is on April 1. See ya there!