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62 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2017 Ping Pong Ping Pong at Four Seasons is growing by leaps and bounds! Since the move to The Courts, residents have discovered that playing ping pong is so much fun and provides a great form of fitness. Many residents who have not played since their teenage years said playing on the three new tables in the multipurpose room brought back great memories from their youth. Others have said that they felt intimidated by such high quality players, but after giving it a try, were surprised to see that the ping pong members were friendly and helped them improve their game. We have also started a training class on Thursday mornings to work on the basics of ping pong or in an area where they felt they needed to improve in our advance play on Tuesday afternoon is bringing about some excellent play. These players are sharpening their skills and if you are ready for some slamming competitive ping pong come out and take a look, but don't be surprised if you can't keep your eye on the ball. Several club members played in the OLDlympics in September. We had four medalists including one gold medal winner. Roni Tordesillas won a bronze medal in men's singles, Pete Antoine won a bronze in both men's singles and men's doubles, Lian Lee won a silver medal for woman's singles and our gold medal winner was Jeanine Baker in woman's singles. Congratulations to our medalists! Our hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm; Tuesdays from 10 am to 2 pm.; Tuesdays advanced players from 2 to 4 pm; Thursdays 10 am to 12 noon training; Thursdays 12 to 3 pm is regular club hours. We also want to encourage all residents to come out during non club hours and give the game a try. I believe that you will find this game lots of fun and it is a great way to meet new friends and have a work out. ~ Alex Castanon Fishing Club Jeanine Baker Gold Medal, Pete Antoine two Bronze Medals, Lian Lee Silver Medal Tuesday afternoon advanced players Thursday morning training class Well summer is over and so is catfish season. It is now time to get out your trout gear and get to some of our local lakes to show off your fishing skills. Most of my fishing buddies know that catfishing is my favorite kind of fishing. I bait my hook, throw out my line, open a cold one and sit down and wait for the fish to bite. Sometimes the action is hot and heavy and sometimes I get a really great tan. Ron Erickson went catfishing with Dennis Boozer and me at Yucaipa Regional Park. He caught three Bluegill that weighed about 2 oz. each. We were able to use them for bait. I caught one nice catfish that weighed 3 lbs.,11 oz.. I know that because Ron brought a scale to weigh our fish that we caught. If Ron would not have brought the scale I would have said the fish weighed 5 lbs. Thanks Ron! I was finally able to catch a fish on my new rod and reel. It was a 5 lb. grass fish that I released back into the lake. I also made the mistake that no fisherman that fishes for catfish would ever want to make. My wife came into the house and told me there was a bad smell coming from the garage. I told her that I would go out and find out where the smell was coming from. It turns out that three days earlier, after the fishing trip, I put all my fishing stuff away. Well, almost everything. I forgot to put some shrimp in the freezer and left it in the garage. My wife gagged and almost threw up. She told me to never do that again — or else. Enough said. I had to bury the bait in the yard. I was going to use it again, but I would need a gas mask to put it on the hook. Tight lines to all my fishing friends and remember don't forget to put all your fishing stuff away after a trip or else! ~ Richard Carrasco

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