On Thursday night, December 19th,the club held the Chuck Stenger Crown Royal-Wine team game at the Labor home. Every year in early December, Chuck hosts a fundraiser Christmas party at his home to raise money for cancer research. Elaborate decorations with a dozen Christmas trees, wine, hors d'oeuvres, and piano music played by volunteers on Chuck's baby grand. Every year there are multiple baskets of donated goodies that are raffled off to raise money for cancer and SIDS research. !Over the years he has raised over $3 million! Each year, many members of our club pool money to buy raffle tickets and this year won the basket containing bottles of blackberry, caramel and regular Crown Royal along with glasses and miscellaneous accompaniments. What can you do but have another party? 40 members of the club participated in the team game with Crown Royal, potluck hors d'oeuvres, wine, and an ugly sweater contest - won by Theresa Kornwolf.  Oh, and Greg Nastrom, Jane Curtis, Alex Warzecha, and Win Anderson won the team game (and a gift card)!

Sometimes all the bids are right, every finesse works, and you have a great game, maybe even more than 65%! On December 13th, Charlie Maternus and John Selden joined the select group who had a 70+% game, the fourth pair since September 1!. Congratulate them when you have a chance!

We offer five regularly scheduled, ACBL-sanctioned, face-to-face events each week:

• Open Monday Afternoons, 12:30 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud
• TwoNinetyNiners Game Monday Evenings 5:30, Sartell Community Center, 850 19th Street South, Sartell
• Open Tuesday Mornings, 8:30 a.m., Sartell Community Center, 850 19th Street South, Sartell
• Open Thursday Evening, 6:00 p.m. St Cloud Labor Home, 1903 4th St N, St Cloud (Team Game on Third Thursday of Month)
• Open Friday Afternoons, 12:30 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud
• Team Game First Friday Morning 8:30 Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud