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 ~ The People of Scrabble® Club #276 ~

 

SANDEE BLOOM, Director

• Director of Scrabble® Club 276 since 1986 
• NSA Member since 1985
• Occupation:  Retired-Advertising & Marketing
• Interests include Scrabble®, ISC, painting,  computer graphics,  music, theater, movies, creating memory DVD's....actually creating anything and everything...projects upon more projects! canasta, mah jongg, reading and enjoying the company of family and friends
• Favorite Quotes:                                           "When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."        -William Arthur Ward-

          "Every day is an opportunity to make a new             happy ending."          -Anonymous-

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LARRY "P." GRADUS, Acting Assistant Dir.

• NSA member since 1971
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since its inception
• Occupation:  Land Developer
• Interests include Scrabble® and blackjack tournaments
• Favorite Quote:                                                "May all your bingos be phoneys and may all your phoneys be "good."   -Larry P. Gradus-

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 ANN ROBIN, Assistant Director-Emeritus

• NSA Member since 1986
• Scrabble® Club #276 member since 1986                      *** Original Director! ***

• Occupation: Retired Bookkeeper

• Interests include Scrabble®, swimming, reading, puzzles (crossword & acrostics)

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SANDRA BROMBERG (Snowbird)

• NSA member since 2009
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2009
• Snowbird from New York
• Occupation:  Retired and Part Time Teacher NYS Teaching License, N-6-Speech
• Interests include Scrabble®, dance, theater, reading, writing, swimming, helping community, art member of Art Student's League

MITCHELL BROWN 

• NSA Member since December 2005
• Joined Scrabble® Club #276 in 2004; took a hiatus because of job hours and returned to club in 2010
• Occupation:
• Interests include Scrabble® and collecting sports memorabilia
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MARY CAPALBI 

• NSA Member since 1978 (Played in first tournament in '77)
• Scrabble® Club #276 member since 2000
• Was a member of Club #5!  Waaay back!
• Occupation: Retired Principal 
• Interests include Scrabble®, golf, swimming, bicycling, trivia games, reading, travel and poker
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 LARRY CAPLAN 

• Scrabble® Club #276 member since July 2009
• Occupation: Attorney 
• Interests include Scrabble®
• Favorite Quote:  "I knew it was a phoney!"

  

  ANGEL DUPREE

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2002

 

MELISSA EDELSON

• NSA Member since 2005
• Scrabble® Club #276 Member since 2005
• Occupation:  Acupuncture Physician, Physician Liaison
• Interests include Scrabble, music, movies, travel
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MICHAEL EL-DIERY

• NSA member since 2003
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2004
• Occupation - Professor
• Interests include Scrabble®, reading, movies
• Favorite Quote:                                                        "The harder I work, the luckier I get."                                                        -Samuel Goldwyn-
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 DONNA FORMAN

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since June 2009
• Occupation - Retired.  Part-time Insurance Agent LTC
• Interests include Scrabble®, music, dancing, reading, nature
• Favorite Quote:                                                        "I create my reality. I experience my creations."

JUDITH A. (JUDY) FORD

• NSA member since 1995
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1997
• Occupation:  Retired Attorney
• Interests include Scrabble®, reading, traveling, grandkids,  getting together with cousins from all over the globe, Mensa, Nova Singers, crossword puzzles, volunteering in Israel, bird-watching, nature walks
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JEFF GARRETT

• NSA member since 1985
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1985
• Occupation:  Travel Agent
• Interests Include Scrabble®, photography, world travel
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 BILL GLABERMAN (Inactive)

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since August 2009
• Occupation:  Retired - Carpet Business
• Interests Include Scrabble®, 3-Cushion Billiards, Tennis
• Favorite Quote:  "I can dream, can't I?"

 

 

ED GORDON (Moved to Texas - Dec. 2008)

• NSA member since 1996
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1996
• Occupation: Software Development Lifecycle Consultant
• Interests include Scrabble® and films  
• Visit my web site for more information about me  http://www.edgor.com/ 
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   DOUG HALPER (Inactive)

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since July 2009
• Occupation - Musician, Artist, Creator, Entertainer 

• www.DougHalper.com

  Hammered Dulcimer Weddings, Conventions, Events

  www.DouglasScissorhands.com

  Douglas Scissorhands - kirigami creations

• Interests include Scrabble®, and other than the above...ultralights, simplicity, and blondies (it's a dessert from Ruby Tuesday)
• Awards won: The "Hairiest Legs Award" in high school orchestra.  I haven’t shaved since, so maybe I’d still be in the running.

 

JOHN HAMWEY

• NSA member since 2006
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2006
• Occupation:  Retired - Graphic Design
• Interests include Scrabble®, card games, travel and retirement!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAUL HAYNES (Inactive)

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since May 2007

• Occupation:  Student & Film Maker
• Interests include Scrabble® and film 

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*** In Memoriam ***

• NSA member since 1985
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2003
• Occupation:  Retired Attorney and College Professor
• Interests were Scrabble®, grandkids, pussycats, reading, travel, cold weather, gambling 
• Favorite quote:                                                  “God willing and the Creek don’t rise!”                                                          -Benjamin Hawkins-
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ROBERT KAHN

• NSA member since its formation
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1992
• Occupation:  Attorney
• Interests include Scrabble® and movies
• Awards won:  Three-time Florida State Champ.  
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ADRENE KING (Inactive)

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since May 2009
• Occupation:  Currently Secretary in a real estate development/property management company.  Thirteen years as Administrative Support in commercial real estate firms
• Interests include Scrabble® , dancing, swimming, bowling, new age spirituality
• Favorite quote:                                                  “Be the change that you want to see in the      world."       -Ghandi- 

  

LYA KORDA

• NSA member since 1995
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1997
• Occupation: Designer
• Interests include Scrabble®, people with heart, brains and a little time for me
• Have received awards in painting, fencing, javelin and shotput
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CAROLYN KOSLEN

• NSA member since April 2009
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since April 2009
• Occupation:  Affiliate Marketing - Webmaster - Jewelry Designer
• Carolyn Koslen Jewelry Design of Key Biscayne, Florida - Wholesale & Retail Jewelry
• Interests include Scrabble®, cycling, travel, singing, languages
• Favorite Quote:                                                      "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power.  You just take it."   

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CHERYL LEVIN

• NSA member since 1989
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since mid 1980's
• Occupation:  Attorney
• Interests include Scrabble®, ACLU, history walking tours, reading history, politics, biography, eating--then working out at the gym
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• Favorite quote:                                              “Be careful what you wish for-you might get it."   

   RUTHIE LEVITTS  (Inactive)

• NSA member since1989
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since its formation
• Occupation:  Retired
• Interests include Scrabble®, art, painting, crafts
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   OSSIE MAIR

• NSA member since 1990
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1995
• Occupation:  Retired Photographer
• Interests include Scrabble®, photography and traveling 
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SHAHNAZ MALLAT

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2003
• Occupation: Accounts Payable Coordinator
• Interests include Scrabble®, movies, beach and walking

 

JED MARTINEZ

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2002

• Member of Scrabble® Club 276 since: 2002

• Occupation:  Jack of all trades, master of none (literally); Currently unemployed (but subject to change without notice)

• Interests include Scrabble®,  creating other word puzzles and games (mostly for the National Puzzlers' League), cartooning, collecting comic books, comedy recordings, rubber stamps, animation art, and puzzle memorabilia.

KAREN MATLES

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since June 2009 
• Occupation:  Retired - RN
• Interests include Scrabble®, card games, gardening, stock market, cooking, and my grandchildren

 

ELAINE PATTERSON

• NSA member since 1984
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2003 
• Occupation:  Retired - Medical Assistant
• Interests include Scrabble®, reading, movies, socializing with friends
• Favorite Quote:                                                        "The past isn't dead, it's not even past."                                                         -Faulkner-

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TRIP PAYNE 

• NSA member since 1995
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2003 
• Occupation:  Freelance Puzzlemaker
• Interests include Scrabble®, puzzles, pinball, home organization, Oscars
• Awards:  Ft. Lauderdale Scrabble® Tournament-5/2007, American Crossword Puzzle tournament - 1993, 1998, 2004
• Won $32,000 on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"
• Featured in movie "Wordplay"

• Visit my web site  http://www.tripleplaypuzzles.com/
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HOWARD PISTOL 

• NSA member since 1989
• Scrabble Club® 276 member since 1997
• Occupation - Finance
• Interests include Scrabble® and travel
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STEVE POLATNICK 

• NSA member since 1977
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1994
• Occupation - Attorney
• Interests include Scrabble®, tennis, bicycle touring, foreign languages
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MARSHAL RESNICK  (Snowbird)

(A work in progress)

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2006

 

GEORGE ROGERS 

• NSA member since 1992
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1991
• Occupation - Retired Cameraman
• Interests include Scrabble® and coin collecting
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MARTY ROSEN 

• NSA member since 1997
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1996
• Occupation:  C.P.A.
• Interests include Scrabble®, poker, movies, theater and good food
• Favorite Quote:                                                        "Life is truly beautiful!"   -Marty Rosen-
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MAXINE SAPERSTEIN 

• NSA member since 1989
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2001
• Occupation:  Retired - Teacher
• Interests include Scrabble®, reading, travel and good food
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JOHN SCALZO (Snowbird)

• NSA Member since 1999
• Scrabble® Club #276 member since 2005
• Snowbird from New York 
• Occupation: Retired  New York City Transit Auhority Bus Dispatcher 
• Interests include Scrabble®, music-oldies, walking, bicycling, fishing
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HILDA SIEGEL (Inactive)

• NSA member since 1984
• Scrabble® Club 276 "Snowbird" member    since 2005 
• Occupation:  Retired
• Interests include Scrabble®
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CHARLOTTE SIMEONE 

• NSA member since 1989
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1989
• Occupation:  Part owner and manager of landscaping company
• Interests include Scrabble® , gambling, poker, stock market, politics and watching all spectator sports such as baseball, football, basketball and tennis
• Awards:  Placed 1st in my division in six or seven Scrabble tournaments over the years
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CARL STOCKER 

• NSA member since its beginning, 1979
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2005
• Occupation:  Retired professor of physical sciences
• Director of Scrabble Club #432
• Interests include Scrabble®, volunteerism, tennis, piano, computer, investments, travel, reading
• Awards:  Original Southeast Regional Tournament held in Miami in the late 1970's.  Most recently I won several club tournaments, including one recently held at Tim Wise's club.
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 CATHY SUTTER (Inactive)

• NSA member since 2000
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2001
• Occupation:
• Interests include Scrabble®
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JOHN THOMASON 

• NSA member since August 2007
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since May 2007
• Occupation: Film critic (Orlando Weekly) and entertainment beat reporter (Forum Publishing weekly newspapers
• Interests include Scrabble®, film theory and criticism, record collecting, media, politics, blogs, stand-up comedy, literature (Tom Wolfe!!!), tennis, racketball.
• Favorite sites: www.huffingtonpost.com, www.orlandoweekly.com, www.mediamatters.org, www.slantmagazine.com
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RON TIEKERT (Inactive)

• NSA member since 1978
• Scrabble® Club 276 occasional "Snowbird" visitor since 2004
• Occupation:  Editor
• Interests include Scrabble®, table tennis, walking, swimming, zoos and parks
• Awards:  NSC 1985 (or NASO or whatever it was called then)
• Favorite Quote:                                                        "My wife is a saint."   -Ron Tiekert-
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 SUSI TIEKERT (Inactive) 

• NSA member since 1981
• Scrabble® Club 276 occasional "Snowbird" visitor (but more frequently than Ron!) since 2004
• Occupation:  Retired - Legal secretary/editor
• Interests include Scrabble®, reading, crossword puzzles
• Favorite Quote:  "There is no staircase to Heaven, only one to Hell."  -Susi Tiekert-
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 MICHAEL VACIANNA 

• NSA member since 2001
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2009
• Occupation:  Flight Instructor
• Interests include Scrabble® and movies
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FRED WEINSTEIN

• Scrabble® Club 276 member since August 2009 
• Occupation: Professor of Business Administration 
• Interests include Scrabble®, ping pong, exercise, current events, reading pharmacy, medical and business journals

  

IAN WEINSTEIN 

• NSA member since 1989
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1993
• Occupation:  Physician
• Interests include Scrabble® , transcendence, medicine, law, bridge, poker and the quest for Prajna (enlightenment/insight-wisdom)
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 SHEREEN WEINSTEIN

• NSA member since 2000
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2000
• Occupation:  Retired - Chemistry Teacher
• Interests include Scrabble®, family, friends, reading novels, exercise, plants, hand sewing, and piano
• Awards:  Scrabble Club #275 Most Improved Scrabble Player Award for 2000
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 DAVID WEISBERG

• NSA member since 1996
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1999
• Occupation:  Student
• Interests include Scrabble® , reading, writing, music, movies, internet, etc.
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LOU WITONSKY (Inactive)

• NSA member since 2005
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 2005
• Occupation: Physician
• Interests include Scrabble® , tennis, piano 
• Favorite Quote:                                                      "Only the strong survive"       -Anonymous-
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STEVEN (WOLFIE) WOLF  (Inactive)

• NSA member since 1996
• Scrabble® Club 276 member since 1996
• Occupation:  Retired - Owned my own travel agency, taught biology at the high school level,  executive for ELAL Israel Airlines and IBERIA Airlines.
• Interests include Scrabble® , chess, stamp collecting, reading, puzzles, traveling to exotic destinations.
• Favorite Quote:    "When your get up and go got up and went, that's when you must find the strength to overcome your inequities or else you will lose to depression."      -Steven Wolf-

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MIKE WOLFBERG (Snowbird)

• NSA/NASPA member since 1980
• Scrabble® Club 276 occasional "Snowbird" visitor during a few weeks almost every Fall since 1993
• Occupation:  Software Developer, including the WHAT program for Scrabble and other
  word game players
• Interests include Scrabble® , recreational badminton (both a player and organizer), cooking, attending concerts, webmaster for Scrabble® and badminton in the Boston, MA area
• Since early 1980's - Statistician of the Lexington, MA Scrabble® Club
• Several Scrabble accomplishments including:
  21 tourney wins,  played some 6-bingo games, 5 consecutive bingos, exceeded 700 points 3 times (unique in North America), made a 239-point play in a national tourney,  highest game = 737, highest loss = 479
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