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APRIL 2015
The Stillwater Club
MEMBERSHIP
PUBLICATION
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EDITED BY
ED KRAMER
Our Thursday, April 23, 2015Luncheon is in the Pebble Beach Room at The Lodge
11 AM Happy Hour; Noon - Lunch, followed at 1 PM by our program; 2 PM - Nap
The luncheon fee is $44 per person. Proper attire for men is jacket and tie
We recommend prepaying at least four luncheons in advance. Your account will be debited as you attend. Make
checks payable to the
Stillwater Club, P.O.Box 933, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
Our April 23rd speaker ...... Commander Bruno Dias, Seaside
PD and Commander of PRVNT (violent crimes and gang task
force for the Monterey Peninsula).
Commander Bruno Dias, Seaside
Police Department. Commander Dias is
currently assigned as the lead supervisor
of PRVNT - Peninsula Regional Violence
Narcotics Team. Commander Dias is a 13
year veteran of the Seaside Police Department, serving as an Officer, Sgt and
now Commander. Commander Dias has
earned his Bachelor and Master's degree,
both while working full time with Seaside
P.D.
Commander Dias is a graduate of the
FBI National Academy, where only elite
law enforcement professionals, from
around the world are invited to attend by
the FBI.
Among his many awards are commendations, Commander Dias, has been
recognized as the Officer of Year, by Seaside P.D. and recently received the Commander of the Year, as the Commander of
PRVNT, as recognized by the Northern
California Law Enforcement Association.
EVENT AT PEBBLE BEACH TO BENEFIT
OPERATION FREEDOM PAWS
We were all impressed and moved by Mary Cortani’s
presentation at our March luncheon of Operation Freedom Paws that serves our military heroes and others with
disabilities.
The annual Pebble Beach “Table Affair”
event at the Conference Center this year will benefit this
fitting charity. It takes place immediately following our
luncheon on April 23rd. See more complete information
on Page 5.
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Membership in the Stillwater Club continues to evolve as expected. As of this
writing in 2015 we have eight new
members, some of whom have attended
luncheons and been introduced to everyone present. As a reminder, they are
Bob Webster, Ric Handler, Dave Barrett,
Fred Siegel, Taum Dell’Armo, John Alich, Michael Addison and Rob Gallaway. Please make them welcome. You
can c hec k out their biographical
sketches on the following pages.
We have multiple new member applications in process, and one former member will renew his membership. Unfortunately, one member has been removed
because he no longer can be contacted.
We are now close to 180 active members with a near-term goal of 200.
The new member application form and
instructions are on the Stillwater Club
website [www.stillwaterclub.org]. Ask
your prospects to complete the form and
to mail it together with their check, 50100 word bio and “head shot” photo to
The Stillwater Club, P O Box 933, Pebble Beach, CA 93953. If anyone has
any questions, contact me at
rljcompany@aol.com or 831/250-7592.
Bob Jenkins
Membership Chairman
CHARLIE DELAHAY - DIRECTOR
At our March meeting, the Board of
Directors voted to have Charlie fill the
unexpired term of Howard Colehower
who has relocated from our area. His
term lasts through the end of 2015.
Closest to Pin: Maurie Gardnert
Longest Putt:.Mark Giudici
First Place: Mark Giudici, Spence Myers, Que Spaulding, Jan Valtr. Chip-In: Jan Valtr.
Second Place: Bob Webster, Dick Hughes, Stacy Smith, Chuck Olsen.
9 HOLE GOLF
Del Monte Mar. 3 (above)
Corral de Tierra Mar. 17 (below)
Winners: Jesse Kahn, Bob Webster, Peter Stern
Peter Stern: longest putt. Charlie Delahy: closest to pin
18 HOLE GOLF
MPCC Dunes Course
1st Place: Dick Ely, David Day, Kent Farnsworth,
and Jan Valtr
2nd Place: im Fuqua, Jeff Riehl, Art Jacobs,, and
Jake Vigil
Third Place: Charlie Delahay, Kent Farnsworth
(blind draw), Miles Lindquist, and Dennis Riley
Closest to Pin: Peter Henning on hole #7, and
Matthew Myers on hole #10
Second Place: Steve Wheeler, Jeff Riehl, Jake Vigil
9 HOLE GOLF
Recent
18 HOLE GOLF
O u r s p o nsored activities include:
Golf - 18 and
9 h o l e o u tings, Contract
Bridge and
Bicycling.
O t h e r s p o nsored activities among
our members
a r e e n c o u raged and
we’d
be
happy to help
you get them
organized.
Walt
Conley
Jeff Riehl
Que Spaulding
Del Monte
3-3-15
Stillwater 18 Hole Golfers Meet
MPCC Dunes Challenge on Mar 9 Six teams squared-off at Del Monte hoping to tame the old course. The outcome:
we’ll keep trying. At two-over the winners were Spence Myers, Que Spaulding, Jan Valtr, and guest Mark Giudici.
From this stellar team also came a 60
foot birdie chip-in by Valtr and Longest
Putt by Giudici of 19 feet. Second place
went to the team of Bob Webster, Stacy
Smith, Dick Hughes, and Chuck Olsen.
Closest to Pin honors went to Maurie
Gardner with a 13 footer on hole #4.
Early fog, a peek of mid-morning
sun, and then chilling wind made
the MPCC Dunes Course a formidable challenge for the 18 Hole
Golf Group. Twenty-four players
braced themselves and charged
forth. The foursome of Dick Ely,
David Day, Kent Farnsworth, and
Jan Valtr posted a best two of four
balls “123” to best the field and
garner first place. After a tie
breaking card playoff, the second
place prize went to the team of Jim
Fuqua, Jeff Riehl, Art Jacobs,, and
Jake Vigil. Golfers Charlie Delahay, Kent Farnsworth (blind draw),
Miles Lindquist, and Dennis Riley
proudly took third place. Peter
Henning hit a shot 5’10.5” from the
flagstick on hole #7, and Matthew
Myers placed his shot 16’11” from
the pin on hole #10 to grab closest
to the pin honors. Players reported
having an enjoyable experience,
which was for most a last chance to
play the classic Dunes Course before renovation begins in April. The next 18 Hole Outing is scheduled for the East Course at Rancho
Cañada Golf Club on April 6,
2015. Corral de Tierra
3-17-15
Six teams faced-off on St. Patrick’s Day
at Corral de Tierra. There was apparently some Irish luck in the team of Peter
Stern, Jesse Kahn, and Bob Webster as
they took first place with a sizzling twounder par. Stern was especially full of
blarney as he also sunk the longest putt
of the day at 38’9”.
The team of Jeff
Riehl, Jake Vigil, and Steve Wheeler took
second with a one-under par. Closest to
the pin was Charlie Delahay with a 12.5
footer on #8 leading his team to a birdie.
The 9 holers played March 31 (too late
for the presses) and will meet April 14 at
Quail, and April 28 at Pacific Grove.
Fred Siegel - his interests include sail-
NEW MEMBERS
BRIDGE
Chuck Olsen
Activities
ing, golf,
fishing and
traveling. He
and his wife
Diane are
residents of
Carmel and
w a s s p o nsored by
C h a r l i e
Dunbar. Fred
has a BA
from Michigan State and attended Cal
poly. He owned and operated a printing and swatch sample business in San
Francisco. When not fishing, traveling
or playing golf, he volunteers at The
Carmel Youth Ctr., and the Carmel
Residence Association. Additionally he
is a Marshal and Starter at Quail
Lodge.
The bridge group maintains an email list
of SWC members that expressed interest
in play Chicago Style Bridge. We every
Thursday, excluding our SWC meeting
day. We send out an email every Sunday evening to see who wants to play
and have lunch. We typically draw anywhere
from 8 to 16 players. If we draw an uneven number, we attempt to fill the tables
with subs. The upcoming bridge games
for the next few months are: 4/2; 4/9; 4/
16; 4/30; 5/7; 5/21; 5/28; and 6/4.
We play at Del Mesa. For those that are
interested, several members have lunch in
the Del Mesa dinning room at Noon.
Our game starts at 1300.
We are always interested in having SWC
members that haven’t played with us before to join in. Our SWC membership is
rich with duplicate players … including
some ACBL life masters. We could use
your expertise in helping to raise the
quality of our game. Please give some
thought to joining us.
To put it in golfing terms, our ‘green fees’
are only $3.
If you want to play send an email to
Wa
l
t
C
o
n
l
e
y
(walt.conley@gmail.com) or use the old
fashioned method and give him a call
(831)206-9385. He’ll be happy make
room for you.
Taum Dell’Armo - from the Bronx, NYC,
got his BBA from CCNY and a Masters from
Columbia before earning a Masters in Marketing from William and Mary. In
addition to acting
on stage and TV,
Taum had a long
career, starting at
age 21, in Advertising and Marketing, including the
VP of West Coast
Ops. for Ogilvy
and Mather (the
world’s largest Ad
Agency). He served in the USAF during the
Viet Nam war. His interests include Martial
Arts (Samuri Sword), tennis and movies. He
and his wife Diane live in Carmel. He is
sponsored by Mel Kleb and Tom Hill.
Robert Gallaway - a native of Sac-
ramento, a graduate of Stanford U,
attended HarvardUniversity Management Program. Owned and managed a real estate, development and
construction comany for 32 years
b e f o r e m ov i n g t o t h e C a r m e l
High,ands in 1999. Robert and his
wife Pamela have three children and
five grandchildren. Robert plays tennis, hunts ducks and fly-fishes and is a
past president
go the Wine
and Food Society of t he
Monterey Peninsula. He is
sponsored by
Mel Kleb and
C h a r l i e
Workman.
There is more money being spent on breast implants
and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This
means that by 2020, there should be a large elderly
population with perky boobs and huge erections and
absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be
available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi
Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer..
It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
BITS OF HUMOR ?
Thoughts for the day:
DITSY ??
2015 Officers, Directors
and Committee Chairmen
Officers & Directors
President & Director: Don Eastman
641-9580
don.eastmen@sbcglobal.net
Vice President & Director: Matthew
Myers 517-230-3101
mmyers7453@hotmail.com
Secretary & Director: Que Spaulding
qspaulding@sbcglobal.net
Treasurer & Director: Bon Abercrombie 626-3247
lebon@lgabercrombie.com
Director: Don Ryan 656-0359
donryan2@comcast.net
Director: Jim Heilig 624-6070
raffink4@aol.com
Director: Tom MacDonald 298-7380
tjmacdonald@earthlink.net
Committee Chairmen
Membership & Director: Bob Jenkins
250-7592 rjcompany@aol.com
Attendance: Charlie Delahay
647-0946 cdelahay@sbcglobal.net
Alt. Attendance: Tom Hill
Bridge: Walt Conley 206-9385
walt.conley@yahoo.com
Golf - 18 hole: Jeff Riehl 625-2513
stillwater18holegolf@gmail.com
Golf - 9 hole: Que Spaulding
qspaulding@sbcglobal.net
WAVE Editor: Ed Kramer 408-5050644 edkca@aol.com
Webmaster: Bon Abercrombie 6263247 lebon@lgabercrombie.com
Pebble Beach Catering Ombudsman:
Charlie Delahay 647-0946
cdelahay@sbcglobal.net
SPEAKERS & TOPICS
FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS
April - Commander Bruno Dias, Seaside PD and Commander
of PRVNT (violent crimes and gang task force for the Monterey
Peninsula).
May - Bill Meyer - Tesla Motors
2015 Luncheon Calendar Date Location
Apr 23* Pebble Beach Room
May 14 Pebble Beach Room
Jun 11
Pebble Beach Room
Jul 9
Pebble Beach Room
Aug 20* Pebble Beach Room
Sep 10 Pebble Beach Room
Oct 8
Pebble Beach Room
Nov 12 Pebble Beach Room
Dec 14** Spanish Bay - Mtg w. Spouses
*Luncheons are normally on the 2nd Thursday each month, with exceptions as noted.
** The December luncheon with spouses will
be held on a MONDAY to minimize conflicts
with other seasonal events.
NEW MEMBERS
Michael Addison - born in Chicago,
he holds an MSEE
from Stanford and
an MBA from
Harvard. He
served in the US
Navy on multiple
boats and served
two years as Engineering Officer
on a Ballistic Missile Submarine.
He spent many of
his civilian years as an entrepreneur small businessman. Now retired, he and
his wife Lori are residents of Carmel and
Michael’s interests include current events.
He is sponsored by Tom MacDonald and
Peter Stern.
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John Alich -
John Alich graduated from the US
Naval Academy
with an engineering degree and
then served in the
Navy Nuclear
Submarine Service. After receiving his MBA
John’s business
career included assignments as President/
General Manager of a variety of high-tech,
energy and mining equipment companies
within Baker-Hughes and Thermo Electron.
John and his wife Susan moved to Carmel
in 1999 to be near family in the San Francisco bay area. After a number of consulting and interim executive positions in turnaround assignments, John became a CFP®
Financial Advisor. John enjoys time with
family, volunteering, racquetball and golf.
STILLWATER CLUB CAPS - I'll have samples on display at our next luncheon. They are
available in 4 styles
and several colors.
The cost is $15-$16
depending on style
selected and will be
charged to the members Stillwater account.
Charlie Delahay
2014 Bridge Summary (see adjacent table)
Herb Reiman played more times last year than anyone else. He
also generated most raw points. Way to go Herb!
For 2015 Chuck Gibfried has played more times than anyone
else. He had 2 first place and two third place finishes in six
weeks. Herb Reiman finished first once and also 2 second place
finishes. Phil Grindstead finished second and third over the six
weeks. Jim Poland finished with two second place finishes. Harry
Hendon finished with one second place. Rick Ringler finished first
once.
Overall the games were competitive and fun. Hope you all can
find time to play some bridge with us.
We’ll publish the 2015 standings and totals next month.