Club News and Activities

At a club meeting in February and in the February bridge column, it was announced by Vice-President and Nominating Chair, Tim Whiteis that nominations were open for open positions on the Board for the March election. We have received seven nominations for the seven Board positions. In a late development, Lynne Birdt has announced that […]

For the past couple of months, I’ve been reading articles on the internet about endgame theory. Here are some of the interesting points I came across. There doesn’t seem to be a clear definition of when the endgame begins. There are three stages in a chess game: the opening (perhaps the first 15 moves); the […]

All who attended the 13th Annual Landings Music Festival had a good time. The Blues Brothers were the headliners, although they had to rely on the Lee County Sheriff’s Department to spring them from jail in order to perform. Riverside’s Perhaps to atone for the stress they had caused by keeping Jake and Elwood in […]

Twin Peaks, Canadian Style Don Stoppelmann and Tim Egan were showstoppers. A video presentation featuring Oscar-worthy performances held the Landings Fishing Club members spellbound for almost an hour. Family members of each family were spotlighted and highlighted on their separate Canadian fishing trips. Twelve-year-old grandkids, wives, sons, and daughters combined to show off their skills […]

Busy Month for Racquet Sports February is peak Season in the Landings and this year it has seemed especially busy. After the Davis Cup on February 9, the next big event was the High School Girls’ Tennis Tournament. The fourth annual tournament was a big success with a record number of schools and girls competing. […]

Hello 9-Holers! After three years Michele Cavanagh has stepped down from reporting and I, Debra Bates, am replacing her. She contributed to this article and I thank her and others who have served our group and are stepping down. Our biggest event of February was our Sweetheart Tournament, which this year fell on February 14! […]

Hello Spring! Where are the months going? Before we know it many of our seasonal golfers will go to their other home courses, some returning to snow and cold wishing they were back with us, others enjoying some early golf with temperatures in the 70s. Our month was full of color and anticipation as we […]

During the past 10 months here at The Landings we’ve experienced quite the roller coaster of weather. Over the summer we experienced three hurricanes, record heat days (index of over 110 degrees), heavy rainfall (70 inches from June through September) followed by some severe weather changes from October through March. We’ve had both record heat […]

The season rolls on as I write. Yesterday, February 1, we had a huge turnout for our first Saturday of the month. Of course, it was “bacon day” as we fondly call it and that’s always cause for a big turnout. A total of 110 golfers hit the links and there was plenty of great […]

Hazel Jones, [email protected] Reason to celebrate at Ariel The Social Committee’s Game Night in February provided an extra reason to celebrate. The party was staged in the Taeping Room for the first time since Hurricane Ian did so much damage to Ariel. Although owners are still waiting for chairs and barstools as well as decorative […]