Let there be no strangers in the BUZZARD CLUB - 
Only friends that have yet to meet"

BUZZARD CLUB OF AMERICA - HOUSTON CHAPTER
FOUNDED OCTOBER 1961 - ORGANIZED MAY 1963
FOUNDER - THOMAS E. WALTERS, JR.                        CHIEF BUZZARD - ARLEN DEASON

DECEMBER 2001                               NEWSLETTER                                   VOLUME XXXX                          ISSUE 12

HELLO BUZZARDS:

WE HAD 69 BUZZARDS OF WHICH 6 DID NOT BOWL AND 2 PACERS. HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MONTH.

WE HAD 55 BUZZARDS, AND 2 PACERS. HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MONTH.

WE WILL BOWL DECEMBER 2, 2001 @ DYNAMIC LANES, 3121 TARNEF, 713-772-1063. REMEMBER THAT BOWLING BEGINS AT 2 P.M. AND THE MEETING STARTS AT 1 P.M. EVERYONE MUST BE SIGNED UP TO BOWL BY 1:30. (IN THE EVENT THE MEETING ENDS EARLY WE MAY START BOWLING A LITTLE EARLY…SO BE SIGNED UP AND READY) WE ARE BOWLING 4 TO A LANE. IF ADDITIONAL LANES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, JACKIE WILL FILL IN ADDITIONAL BOWLERS TO MAKE 5 ON A LANE. THE 4 PERSON FORMAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO FINISH ABOUT THE SAME TIME.. (REMEMBER TO PAY CASH (NO CHECKS PLEASE) FOR YOUR BOWLING AND BRACKETS AS THIS IS HOW JACKIE AND DENNIS PAY OFF THE WINNERS.)

BUZZARDS OF THE MONTH WERE:
BOB WERNER 8 SPLITS
SANDY BUGAJ 8 SPLITS
3-IN A ROW RE-QUALIFIERS
SANDY BUGAJ

DECEMBER CELEBRANTS


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
: MELANIE BRUBECK (3) BECKY BROWN (6) KEN NAFF (7) LINDA AMENDT (9) MARTHA SELF (9) CARROLL CURTIS (11) DEBRA BUSS (12) COLLEEN GREEN (20) SERGE SCHARF (29) (BOWL FOR $5.00)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: SHARON FOWLER (2) GAYLE MILLER (22) CANDY & LEONARD FERGUSON, JR. (28)

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM JACKIE

SANCTION CARD TIME AGAIN

WELL HERE IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR FALL LEAGUES TO START. IF YOU WILL NOT BE JOINING A LEAGUE, YOU STILL HAVE TO SANCTION IN ORDER TO BOWL BUZZARD CLUB. YOU MAY BUY THE CARD FROM ME - ABC CARDS ARE $16.00 AND WIBC IS $14.00. IF YOU KEED ONE SEE JACKIE BY THE OCTOBER MEETING. SANCTIONING MUST BE DONE AT THE START OF ANY LEAGUE OR SESSION IN SEPTEMBER - THAT IS WHEN THEY EXPIRE EACH YEAR. AND AS USUAL JACKIE NEED TO SEE YOUR CARDS WHEN YOU GET YOUR 2001-2002 CARDS. SHE WILL LOOK AND RECORD THE PROPER INFORTMATION UNTIL THE JANUARY MEETING. A GOOD TIME TO SHOW YOUR CARD TO JACKIE IS WHEN YOU PAY YOUR DUES TO BARBARA. DUES OF $12.00 A YEAR ARE TO BE PAID IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY - AFTER JANUARY IF YOU TRY AND PAY YOUR DUES - THEY MAY BE RETURNED - WE HAVE BEEN TOO LAX ON DUES AND CARDS AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO CRACK DOWN. PLEASE ABIDE BY THE RULES (OURS AND ABC/WIBC) - AND REMEMBER THAT IF JACKIE DOESN’T SEE YOUR CARD AND YOU DON’T PAY BARBARA YOUR DUES AND YOU BOWL AN AWARD GAME - YOU WILL NOT GET IT -

P L E A S E ! ! ! ! READ AND ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING.…

1) DO NOT SIGN ANYONE UP TO BOWL UNLESS THEY ARE IN THE BUILDING. ANY MEMBER SHOULD ALSO HAVE FIRST CHANCE TO BOWL OVER PACERS.
DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL SOME OF OUR MEMBERS DID NOT GET TO BOWL. DUE TO THE GREAT TURN OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET ADDITONAL LANE LATE BUT SOME MEMBERS HAD ALREADY LEFT. I DO THE BEST I CAN WITH THE NUMBER OF LANES GIVEN TO US EACH MONTH. IF YOU HAVE A PACER AND I NEED THE PLACE FOR A MEMBER, PLEASE UNDERSTAND AND BE CO-OPERATIVE – WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOWL BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. MANY OFFICERS AND OTHER MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR SPOT IN THE PAST TO ALLOW FOR OTHERS TO BOWL. JUST REMEMBER THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.

2) IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ON THE PAIRS I WILL ADD THEM– WE ALL WANT TO GO HOME AROUND THE SAME TIME – IF YOU HAVE A GROUP AND WANT TO BOWL TOGETHER – SIGN UP EARLY ENOUGH THAT IF YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE PAIR OF LANES YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO PUT THE OVERFLOW ON THE NEXT PAIR AND YOU WILL STILL ALL BE IN THE SAME AREA - WE HAVE RULES AND MUST ABIDE BY THEM FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL INVOLVED –

3) ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT DOWN YOUR SCORES, ADD YOUR SERIES AND INITIAL YOUR SCORE. MANY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THIS AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LESS AND LESS. IN THE FUTURE IF YOUR SCORES ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE RE-CAP – WE WILL JUST ASSUME THAT YOU DIDN’T WANT YOUR SCORES RECORDED AND IF YOU HAD AN AWARD GAME – SORRY – WE WILL NOT HAVE RECORD OF IT.

WELCOME TO THE FLOCK: ALAN ODOM, ANTHONY CONTELLO, JOY NALL PATTERSON & DANNY NUNLEY. HOPE TO SEE Y’ALL SOON.

ANY MEMBER THAT HAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS & IS NOT RECEIVING THE NEWLETTER BY EMAIL PLEASE LET BETH KNOW - THIS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL & SAVES US MONEY

EMAIL BETH @ bag@ev1.net

CHRISTMAS PARTY
12/16 - DELMAR LANES - BOWL AT 2 PM
BRING A COVERED DISH OR DESSERT
(MEAT PROVIDED BY THE CLUB)

CLASS A  151 & OVER AVERAGE

DONNA CASTELLESE   669  $9.00     LEONARD FERGUSION, JR  659  $9.00
MARY ANN PRICHETT  666  $7.00     JOHN RODGERS           657  $7.00
VICKIE CARLSON     645  $5.00     ROBERT WEEKS           648  $5.00
BLYTH STEELE       631  $4.00     JOHN HARPER            645  $4.00
ROSE STONE         619  $3.50     DENNIS DAVIS           643  $3.50
LYNN SHRODE        600  $3.00     CHRIS SMITH            641  $3.00


CLASS B  150 & UNDER AVERAGE

MELANIE BURBECK    714  $9.00     BERT WARNKEN           662  $9.00
PAM GRANT          662  $7.00     ALAN LONG              613  $7.00
MARTHA WARNKEN     620  $5.00     JONATHAN PARKER        595  $5.00
DEBRA ODOM         619  $4.00     DAVE PENDRAKY          560  $4.00
BARBARA CASTELLESE 612  $3.50     LEONARD FERGUSON, SR.  549  $3.50
KIM BLEVINS        609  $3.00     BRUCE BUSS             537  $3.00


PINS OVER AVERAGE - (1) DENNIS DAVIS    +56
                    (2) RODNEY JOHNSON  +61
                    (3) VICKIE CARLSON  +82

BUZZARD CLUB SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING

CAPTAIN EDDIE SALES
281-599-7301 (PAGER 713-909-3100)
PRICE IS AROUND $40.00

TOWELS AND OTHER ITEMS ALSO AVAILABLE

BCOA On-Line HAS ADVISED ME THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEB ADDRESS FIND THE BUZZARD CLUB ONLINE @ http://www.anglefire.com/tx4/houstonbuzzards
REMEMBER THAT AS YOU START GETTING YOUR SANCTION CARDS - SHOW THEM TO JACKIE - SHE HAS TO SEE THEM AND RECORD THE PROPER INFORMATION IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SANCTIONED WITH ABC/WIBC

IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY AND BOWL AN AWARD GAME YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE AWARD OR PRIZE MONEY

BCOA On-Line