Rash bidding and a risky overcall at one spade
Bridge column analyzes a passable yet dangerous one spade overcall by South with favorable vulnerability. North misreads, three spades doubles, West takes a penalty. After a sequence of leads and ruffs, declarer loses two tricks. Notes Jacoby books from Pharos Books.
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South
North
West
East
Declarer
James Jacoby
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
Pharos Books
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Polo seniors honored at commencement exercises
Polo Community High School honored 53 seniors on June 4 at the commencement. Valedictorian Eric Martin and salutatorians Susan Ditzler and Dan Klock addressed the crowd. Ditzler and Martin received DAR and SAR awards. Illinois State Scholars included Ditzler, Martin, Klock, Kruse, Phillips and Stivers. National Honor Society members introduced were Ditzler, Kruse, Martin, Phillips and Stivers. Three scholarships were awarded: the Charlie Award to Martin, the Dick Gibbs Memorial Scholarship to Amy Smith, and honors to Ditzler as Student of the Year with a plaque and $250.
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Polo Community High School
Eric Martin
Susan Ditzler
Dan Klock
DAR
SAR
Ditzler
Martin
Illinois State
Martin, Klock
Tamra Kruse
Michelle Phillips
Anthony Stivers
National Honor Society
Kruse
Phillips
Stivers
Charlie
Rotary
Charles Wolf
Dominador Martin
Dick Gibbs
Amy Smith
Douglas Smith
Kenneth Ditzler
Notable Nonfiction and Fiction Titles From 1990s Biographies
A roundup of recent nonfiction and fiction releases highlights biographies of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Gilda Radner, plus self help and humor titles. Other works include Leo Buscaglia’s tribute to fathers, Bernie Siegel’s body mind healing, Sammy Davis Jr and Andrew Rooney memoirs, Jon Erickson’s weather volumes, Eugenia Price’s Savannah novel, and a Washington power intrigue by Lawrence Sanders.
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Jackie
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
C. David Heymann
FBI
CIA
Secret Service
Gilda Radner
Comedienne
Gene Wilder
Papa
Leo Buscaglia
Bernie Siegel
Sammy Davis Jr
Andrew A. Rooney
Jon Erickson
Savannah
Eugenia Price
Browning
Mackay
Stiles
Lawrence Sanders
John Tollinger
White House
Rasputin
Washington
Patterson graduate Lance Patterson plans college study
Lance W. Patterson, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Patterson of Dix, graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School on May 30. He will attend San Antonio University in San Antonio Texas to major in Computer Science and join ROTC in the fall.
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Lance W. Patterson
Roger Patterson
Dixon
Douglas MacArthur High School
San Antonio University
San Antonio
Texas
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Aki
By James Jacoby
Polo
Lance Patterson
Dixon Woral Co
Delores Pitzer
Dixon AW
Beauty
Beauty Academy
N. Galena
Sterling Furniture
4Th Street
Sterling, IL
SEARS
Kroger
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Mary Ann Polascik, M.D
Joseph Elie
M.D
McNichols Clinic Ltd
S. Galena Ave
Dixon, Ill
eLaser
DR. Martin
Polo Clinic
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