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30 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | MARCH 2026 | Shuffleboard Our season may be over but a few of us still like to play. Come join us. Fresh air, a little exercise and a few laughs and play when you can. We play on Tuesday and Friday mornings at 9 am. If you would like to play on your own just stop at The Lodge desk and they will set you up. REMINDER stay off the courts, they become slippery after the beads are spread. Hope to see you at Bocce this season. ~ Toni Harris (951) 325-8357 Remember years ago, when you and your best friend invented a game to cure boredom and involved other kids in the neighborhood, a game that had evolving rules that always caused numerous arguments, but it was fun. So, too, is the origin of the game of cornhole. The Europeans say that Matheus Kueperman during the 14th century was the first to formalize a semblance of the cornhole game by watching children toss rocks into a hole; or, Heytges de Windt who patented the "parlor quorts" game with a slant board with a square hole. Predating the Europeans the children of the North American Blackhawk tribe played a similar game by filling animal bladders with beans and tossing those bags onto a targeted blanket. I even heard about Hawaiian kids creating a game known as "gordo," by filling a bag with seashells and tossing them into a gord. The scoring was like that of horseshoes, three points for "holing" the bag and one point for being close. The loser got to clear the dinner dishes. The common factor of this game is that it was created by kids. It was only half a century ago that we modernized this game by putting corn kernels in a stitched bag and using a slant board with a round hole. Standard rules were established: the dimension and weight of the bags, the size of the board, and the size of the hole. The game has grown from backyard gatherings to a competitive game to complement the beer kegs at tailgate parties. Just a few years ago, the international community picked it up, formulated the WCO (World Cornhole Organization), and now are working to make it an Olympic sport. Cornhole at Four Seasons is a kid's game that we seniors playfully compete each Wednesday morning at 9 am on the Plaza. Anyone can play cornhole. Come out and enjoy fun and the company of your neighbors. Interested in playing cornhole, call or text Dan Ramos at (503) 860-0547, Greg/Nancy Wisniewski at (951) 375-9937. You can request more information by sending an email to brider2084@ gmail.com. Cornhole