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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | DECEMBER 2019 61 Tennis Club Paddle Tennis For all you Four Seasons residents who are looking to play an exciting game that will get your heart rate up, why not try Paddle Tennis? The game was invented way back around 1915 by Epsicopal Minister Frank Peer Beal. Beal, wanting to create a recreational game for children in Lower Manhattan, convinced the Department of Parks and Recreation to build the courts. In 1941, the modern game with new rules and tournaments evolved to where we see the game today. With lower nets, smaller courts, a fast ball, and the server quickly moving up toward the opponent you will find yourself trying to reach for a short shot just over the net, moving backwards to get a lob shot over your head, or dodging a ball that is slammed right at you! With this game you will definitely get your daily workout. With the colder weather upon us now we start playing at 3 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. With a little luck you might get on the text message system and get a few players to try maybe an early Friday or Sunday morning start. For more info, you can contact Alex Castanon at (909) 746-7529 or Alan Chan at (310) 251-9269. ~ Alan Chan The Silent Partner is not a reference to the perfect spouse; it's a new tennis ball machine. Howard Lyon is thanked for arranging for the purchase and set-up of the new automated ball machine. The stockholder co-owners of the ball machine are the current Tennis Club members who contributed at least $25 to the purchase and maintenance of the previous ball machine and those who contributed to the purchase of the new ball machine. Additional co- owners, who are the exclusive authorized users of the machine, may participate by joining or continuing their Tennis Club membership and by contributing at least $25, one-time, for the maintenance and eventual replacement of the new machine. Operation of the new machine, which is battery-powered, is different from the operation of the old plug-in one. So, users are expected to participate in training by a committee member and to agree to follow the procedures and instructions for the ball machine. This is not a right-wing fanatical or a left-wing radical mind-control abuse of our liberty and Constitutional rights, just a reasonable expectation that "active adults" can cooperate to assure that this expensive electronic machine will be available and usable for many years to come. If you haven't spent all of your discretionary funds on becoming a ball machine co-owner, how about spiffing up your tennis attire. We now have available for order Tennis Club shirts with the new club logo. The shirts are available as collared polo-style, crew-neck, V-neck, and for Thanksgiving only, turkey neck styles. Priced at only $20, the shirts are a good deal; the order form is available on our website and may be turned in to the attendant at The Courts, along with your check for payment. The deadline for our initial order is Dec. 14. The committee thanks Howard Levine for the new logo, Laura Emerson for managing our website, and Darrell Imoe for coordinating the logo shirt effort. Looking forward, the Tennis Club's annual membership dinner and meeting will be at 6 pm on Saturday, Jan. 25 in the RCN Main Room. At this meeting, annual dues of $20 for the 2020 year will be due. That will also be the biennial election for the five-member committee. All seats will be up for election, and every club member is eligible and qualified to run for election to the two-year terms. Please consider running to serve as a leader of your Tennis Club. See our website at https://sites.google/view/tennis-fourseasons/ home. ~ Steven Hovey, sahovey47@hotmail.com