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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
BRIDGE: Sisters
players hit the
Caribbean in cruise
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skipped on the last day of
the trip — but that just meant
an opportunity to play more
bridge.
Bridge is a popular card
game that evolved from the
centuries-old English game of
whist. It was immensely pop-
ular during the last century,
but its popularity declined
with the advent of electronic
entertainment. However, its
long-recognized ability to
enhance cognitive skills has
the game making something
of a comeback.
Fourteen players signed
up for the cruise, including
former Sisters Bridge Club
members who now live in
Portland, Roseburg, Mexico,
and Alaska. It was expected
that having an odd number of
playing pairs (seven) would
be a bit of an inconvenience,
since one pair would have
to sit out during play. As it
turned out, that issue was ser-
endipitously resolved early
on in the voyage.
Club member Warren
Spady, a resident of Eagle
Crest — who also happens
to be the sculptor who cre-
ated the Oregon-Oregon State
platypus Civil War trophy —
explained how the problem
resolved itself. “There was
this man who saw us play-
ing and came up to ask if he
could join us,” Spady said.
“He was a 60-year-old man
from Argentina with a young
trophy wife who was learn-
ing bridge. They were a very
nice couple.” That brought
the number of bridge players
to 16 for an even number of
four tables.
Nancy Loring is another
club member from Sisters
who made the trip. “I’ve been
on a lot of cruises, but not a
bridge cruise,” she said. “We
played a lot of bridge. It was
great.”
June Eidenberger of
Sisters also made the trip.
“Susan (Sandberg) asked if
I wanted to go; and, with all
the snow, it seemed like a
good time to leave Sisters,”
she said. “That big old fort
at Puerto Rico was pretty
interesting.”
While Eidenberger was
singing the praises of Puerto
Rico, Sandberg chimed in,
adding, “Don’t forget, we
went to the Bacardi Rum fac-
tory, too. They gave us free
rum drinks. That was pretty
fun!”
Sandberg not only orga-
nized the event, but she also
made sure that everything
went smoothly for everyone.
One early problem ended
up leading to an even bet-
ter experience for the seago-
ing bridge players. “They
couldn’t find us a place to
play because of a big conven-
tion on board, so they finally
gave us the Captain’s Crow’s
Nest. It’s a space with win-
dows all around and a 180
degree view above the ship’s
bridge.”
Sandberg told a little story
that was mentioned by other
cruisers, as well:
“We always met for din-
ner, and our group filled two
large oval tables,” she said.
“Our dinners were always
accompanied by lots of laugh-
ter, which has been a charac-
teristic of our group. As you
know, anyone can have as
much food as they want, and
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any item on the menu. One
night, one of the ladies could
not make up her mind about
which dessert she wanted,
so she ordered three differ-
ent ones. There were four
different ones on the menu
that night; so, the waiter also
brought her the fourth one,
just in case. We all got a big
laugh out of that. I won’t give
you her name because what
happens in the Caribbean
stays in the Caribbean…
“One of the most fun
things was that we were able
to open the doors between
the cabins on the balconies
and create one long balcony.
We could go from cabin to
cabin without going in the
hall. And, we had some great
cocktail parties out on that
deck.”
Sandberg was disap-
pointed when the stop in the
Bahamas had to be cancelled
due to a storm, “…but,” she
said, “we did what any bridge
club would do. We found a
vacant room, stole some card
tables and played bridge all
afternoon.”
Everyone had so much
fun on the adventure that the
bridge club is already talk-
ing about another cruise for
next winter. Sandberg said
that the leading contender at
this point is a 10-day Princess
Cruise to the Mexican Riviera
in February of 2018.
Bridge players who would
be interested in joining the
group are invited to contact
Susan Sandberg at 541-549-
9419. And, for those who
would like to become bridge
players, Sandberg will be
offering bridge lessons at The
Pines Clubhouse on Thursday
Jeff Jones
Principal Broker
541-480-7201
jeffjoneslcl@
gmail.com
PHOTO PROVIDED
Members of the Sisters Bridge Club took their card-playing skills onto the
high seas aboard Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam.
mornings starting next week
on April 13. Classes will start
at 9:30 a.m. and probably go
until about 11:30 a.m. The
Sisters bridge group plays in
The Pines Clubhouse every
Thursday afternoon at 12:30
p.m., except holidays.
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