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See also News Media LinksClub 651 Awards and Recognition for 2007
Jim Kramer finished in first place in a very hotly contested race. Jason Vaysberg ran away with "Most Improved Player of the Year" honors. [Read more]
Club 42 Awards and Recognition for 2007
Lisa Odom was the big winner, as 2007's Club 42 Champion, but director Steve Pellinen recognized more than 25 different club players in a variety of categories. [Read more]
Tournament Players of the Year
Jim Kramer used the statistics posted at Cross-tables.com to compile a nine-year history of Minnesota player tournament bests. He awarded five-dollar prizes to the best performances of 2007. [Read more]
Jeff Lande—Call him "Doctor Dad"
Jeff Lande is the proud papa of a beautiful baby girl. Jeff's wife Jennifer did the heavy lifting but Jeff takes credit for being a "great coach" ... [Read more]
Steve Goes Deep in the DO Deux
Club 42 director Steve Pellinen played in the second annual Dallas Open -- dubbed the DO Deux -- March 9-11, 2007.[Read more]
Changes in 2007
A new club and a new director for an old clubIn a series of e-mail annoucements sent to our club mailing list, Carol Dustin and Steve Pellinen announce two big changes for 2007 [Read more]
Muriel Linton
Long-time club 42 player Muriel Linton passed away on December 10, 2006. She will be missed by all of her friends at the club, who will remember her as a delightful person: cheerful, optimistic, and kind. [Read more]
Wednesdays at Nina's
Joyce Lundeen organizes a weekly session of SCRABBLE® and fun at Nina's Coffee Shop. These sessions tend to be less formal than the Tuesday and Thursday night club sessions ... [Read more]
Rob Robinsky Breaks Three-game Series Record
Rob's 654-point Game and Club-record 1624 SeriesRob Robinsky set a new club record by scoring 1624 points in a three-game series on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. This bested the 1614 recorded by Lisa Odom in the year 2000. Enroute to the record ... [Read more]
Joe Gaspard's record-setting performance
Per-turn average of 62.7 points sets new recordAt the May 24, 2005 Minneapolis club session, Joe Gaspard scored 627 points in ten plays against Steve Pellinen to set a new NSA record. His 62.7 points-per-turn broke the single-game record that was held by another of our club players, Jim Kramer. Kramer still holds the tournament record, which was set in a March 2000 Waltham, Massachusetts tournament. [Read more]
Club 42 trio to play in WSC
Jim, Lisa, and Tim are going to London!Club 42 players Jim Kramer, Lisa Odom, and Tim Adamson have been selected to represent the United States at the 2005 World SCRABBLE® Championships (WSC). The tournament will be held November 16-20 in London, England and is expected to include 104 players from 41 countries. [Read more]
Muriel is in the news (again!)
A new piece about Muriel Linton is on the Internet. There is a nice photo, and an article about one of her paintings at the Evangelical Covenant Church news magazine site.Eighty-three-year old Muriel Linton apologizes on the telephone - "I'm sorry," she says, "but this cold gives me an old lady voice" - before launching into her story. A resident of Bethany Covenant Village for the last 10 years, Linton is bursting to tell someone about her painting called He Leadeth Me. [Read more]
Club 42 in The Rake magazine, January 2005
Tim Bewer, who has occasionally played SCRABBLE® with us, wrote a piece on our club for the Twin Cities' monthly, The Rake:It was still early in the game, but Mary Atwood was feeling confident. She had just stacked "NOVA" atop "VOX" to take a 177 to 62 lead over Jim Kramer, and the triple word was blocked. But Jim's fortunes shifted when he ran "POETIZER" down the center of the board for 54 points. [Read more]