Debbie Dezarn's Stockton Unit report
in the D21 Diamond in the Ruff June 2026 newsletter
June is the annual month for holding The Longest Day fundraising
activities for ending Alzheimer’s disease. Although the Stockton Club is
not holding any special games we all appreciate that the game of
bridge is helping our brains stay sharp–especially the socialization
part–so I encourage everyone to donate generously.
Our Unit has a new member, Margaret Kawai, who plays on
Thursdays in Stockton. Welcome!
Lots of Rank Advancements to celebrate this issue! Betty Dailey of Arnold reached Club Master and Bobby Ilse earned his remaining needed “colors” for Silver Life Master.
Two players finally crossed the finish line to Ruby Life Master after being close for several months. Congratulations to Glo Klinger Williams and Debra Klohs DeZarn.
David Clement became a Life Master at the Sacramento Sectional playing on a
team with his wife Marina, mom Sherrie Barakatt, and Sue Vogtlin. Dave and Marina (Kong) are Sacramento Unit members but played quite a few times in the Stockton Club when they were first starting their ACBL journey. It is so fun to see the next generation take up the game! Sherrie, herself a Silver Life Master, only began the “tournament trail” in 2015. Other known “next gen” players are Sue Barnes, Earl Jones, Lorna Crooks’ son David, and some social players like Glo’s daughter Shelly and Cissy Hilken’s daughter Hillary.
June 2026 Page 37 of 38The May STaC games had quite a few players who got point “bumps” by scoring high in the District Overalls as well as winning points at the Club level. Congratulations to those who played on Monday, Wednesday, and/or Friday mornings and won extra silver points: Jack Fitzgerald (twice), Stephen Tu, Mikki Kindelberger, and Carole Seed (three times), Darlene Barnes and Rose Knutson, Richard Bianchi and Mort Horn, Mary Hill, Lynette Foppiano and Debbie Greenberg, Frank Klo and Terry Nagode (twice) and Earl and Walter Jones.
The Sacramento Regional didn’t seem to get as many Unit 510 players or big
winners as it has in the past but when looking at the totals, there were actually quite a few of our members who went for at least one day and picked up red or gold points.
The most was by Sue Vogtlin who won just over 17 points. The others who won points, in descending order, are Rose Knutson, Joy Gotelli, Carole Seed, Mary Westin, Stephen Tu, Deb DeZarn, Wendy Buchanan, Zhimin Lin, Marcia Laird, Sherrie Barakatt, Mikki, Terry Nagode, Earl Jones, Walter Jones, and Margaret Stovall. Past Unit members or frequent visitors to Stockton and former Oak Park Club players who won points are Byron Barclay, Helen Wood, Mike Saeler, Fran Tabak, Natalie, Cliff, and Tim Crew, and Sharon McDougall.
A big Thank You to Lynette who has brought boxes of cherries and walnuts to
share and to Joy for different varieties of cherries and the many people who have brought cookies, including Frank who brings a dessert at least once a week. I was happy to snag one zucchini recently that was enough for many meals and by the time you read this there should be peaches at the club as well. The perks of living in the SanJoaquin Valley.
The Foothills Clubs have to report sad news with the passing of Shirley Sodergren, the move of Roger Hanlon to Redding, and Darryl Rosenheim giving up f2f bridge. In addition, we have Carrie Zetterburg, Bill Saul, and Sonny Bailey all laid up, and we wish them all the very best. Mort Horn is accepting visitors at Meadowood in Stockton. We hope to see our long-term players returning as soon as possible to the clubs.
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