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Welcome to the Euchre Club of Chicago weekly newsletter,
a wacky, entertaining collection of things about the club,
upcoming events, and occasional things that amuse us from
the Internets. And there's no truth to the rumor that we're
buying Chrysler.
If you have ideas, gossip to divulge, humorous thoughts,
abject praise, rampant criticism, or ideas to improve the
club, send a note to
euchrechicago@yahoo.com.
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Coming Soon: A New Website! |
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Some exciting news on the
Euchre Club of Chicago Website! We are currently
hard at work creating a new, more user-friendly
version of the website, and we need your help.
What features would you like to see on the new
website? What would you use most often? What can we
dump that you'll never miss?
Send your Website ideas to
euchrechicago@yahoo.com.
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TTwo worthy causes need your help! |
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Two ECC members are working hard to raise money for
AIDS Ride Chicago and AIDS Foundation Chicago.
AIDS Ride Chicago takes place on the weekend of June
2nd and 3rd. 100% of the proceeds go directly to two
AIDS service organizations, BEHIV and Test Positive
Aware Network (TPAN). ECC member Gary Bucher is the
vice president of the board of directors for TPAN,
and has aggressive goal of raising $5000 so all of
your help is deeply needed and greatly appreciated.
Please make a donation -- any amount would be
greatly appreciated. To donate to AIDS Ride Chicago,
simply
click here and securely donate online.
And please
click here to donate to AIDS Foundation of
Chicago in support of Jim Selegean's upcoming
marathon.
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This Week's Weather: Delicious! |
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Your weather for the week, provided by the
meteorologists at
WFLD-TV Fox Chicago.
TUESDAY - 73 / 53 Thunderstorms
WEDNESDAY - 63 / 43 Partly Cloudy
THURSDAY - 66 / 48 Sunny
FRIDAY - 71 / 51 Sunny
SATURDAY - 76 / 54 Partly Cloudy
SUNDAY - 78 / 55 Cloudy
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Dates to remember |
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Sunday, May 27 - Next Board Meeting, 4:30pm @
Charlie's
Saturday, June 2 - Voting Begins
Sunday, June 17 - Next Variation Night
Sunday, July 15 -- Annual ECC Anniversary
Party at Sea!
Don't forget we're now accepting your annual $15
membership dues!
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Congratulations! |
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Congratulations to the following recent winners!
Wed May 7- Paul Zehren with a 54!
Sat May 5 - David Rothen with a 53!
Sun May 6 - Paul Zehren with a 53!
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Good Riddance |
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Please join us in wishing ECC member John Love a
fond farewell before he moves away to Boston (we
hear they play Euchre there too). John's official
going away party is Saturday, May 19 at 3pm, T's Bar
and Grill (on Clark st.). If you'd like to go,
please send an e- mail to John's great friend
Enrique
"Pinata" Nieto (we've fixed the link) and let
him know you're coming so he can get an idea of the
crowd. Good luck John, and we hope you've had the
time of your life.
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Ask Hoyle |
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Dear Hoyle,
When you're the dealer, how do you know what card
to discard when you're ordered up trump? - Slow
Thinker
Dear Slowmo:
Finally! A question about Euchre strategy. When
you pick up the upcard, there are a few basic
strategies on discarding: 1) don't discard trump
(you'd be surprised...); 2) the fewer suits you have
in your hand once you've discarded, the better
(makes it easier to trump -- and yes, it's okay to
discard an Ace); 3) Get rid of any card in the same
color of trump (because of that whole "Left Bower"
rule, there is one less card in this suit -- making
that suit more prone to getting trumped.) Now on
that last point, it's no hard and fast rule -- if
you're opponents know you always short-suit yourself
in the "next" suit, they can play against you and
ruin your day.
If you have a question about Euchre strategy,
ECC club rules, relationships or just
life in general, send an e-mail to resident
expert Hoyle at
euchrechicago@yahoo.com. We promise all e- mails
are anonymous, and the answers may just surprise
you.
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Let's Keep it Moving
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We've heard some rumblings about the recent slowness
at the card tables, so we wanted to take this
opportunity to remind everyone of a few club rules
-- well, not really rules, but more etiquette:
- Please don't leave a game to get a cocktail,
have a smoke, talk on the phone -- until after
one team has reached 10 points or more
- If you have a tiny bladder, try and take
potty breaks between games -- not during them
- The ECC is non-smoking, so please keep the
cigs in the main bar at Chick's and away from
the dance floor at Charlie's
AND A NEW RULE: Should any table take an
excessive amount of time to complete a game (and
excessive is decided by the director), the director
may designate that table as "Stick the Dealer" until
the game is won. This means that no hands may be
thrown in -- the dealer must always call trump if it
comes around twice to him or her. Please realize
that this will not be an easy decision for the
director, but he or she has final say, and thank you
in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
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