October 2012

The Senior Athlete
Hewlett-Packard
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Volume 21 No. 4
October 3, 2012
It’s time to sign up for basketball!
Inside this issue:
Personality Profile
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Tait Tournament Photos
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Spring Softball
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Standings
65+ Action
70+ Action
MCSSA together with the Montgomery County Recreation Department will
offer both a 65+ and a 70+ basketball league starting the first week in December. The
65+ league will play on Sunday mornings and the 70+ league will play on Friday afternoons. The 70+ leagues will play their games at 12:30 and 1:45 at the Bauer Drive
Community Center, 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD.
Arrangements for the 65+ league are being finalized at press time but will
play at a TBD facility near the Bauer Drive Recreation Center. Sunday 65+ game
times will be 9:30 and 10:45.
You are eligible to play in the 65+ league if you were born in 1948 or earlier.
You are eligible to play in the 70+ league if you were born in 1943 or earlier. Cost is
$120 ($115 league fee plus $5 MCSSA dues) per league. If you want to play, please
fill out the registration form located in the back of the current edition of The Senior
Athlete, then send it and a check made out to MCSSA, to MCSSA, 14320 Fairdale
Road, Silver Spring MD 20905. Registration deadline is November 11. You may play
in both leagues if you meet the age criteria.
All senior basketball league games are 5 on 5 full court played with professional officials, a timekeeper, and a scorekeeper. Both the 65+ and the 70+ league
will be “draft” leagues with seven or eight players selected for each of four (or five)
teams. The season will consist of nine scheduled games plus one or two playoff
games. Players will be assigned to teams in late November and the season will start
the first week of December.
Spread the word. We need enough players for a minimum of four teams in
each league. The leagues will play only if there are enough interested players. Some
of you may be asked to coach and help draft or assign players to teams. For more
Newbury Award Nomination form
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Olympic Medalists
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MCSSA Registration Form
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Dates to Remember
Oct 27 MCSSA Annual Meeting
at Seibels Restaurant
Nov 2 MCSSA Holiday Party.
Newbury Award presented
Nov 11 Registration deadline
for both 65+ and 70+ Basketball
Dec 2 Basketball season begins
Jan 3 Indoor softball begins
(Tuesdays and Thursdays)
The Senior Athlete
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From the Editor’s Desk:
It was too bad that our Annual Picnic got rained out
on the original date. We rescheduled the Picnic and the All
Star Games for two weeks later and had good weather and a
decent turnout. Thanks go out to Susan Lake for making the
picnic a success.
This is the first time during my tenure as President of
MCSSA that we got rained out. In the future we will use the
announcement the Manager of Olney Manor Park makes to
announce field conditions. That is to say, if the fields are not
playable, then the picnic grounds are probably not fit for a
picnic either. Hopefully we will not need to cancel this event in
the future.
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With the Fall season of the year, we once again
get back to some of our favorite winter sports. Bauer Drive
Recreation Center is the venue for two of the popular programs. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 to
11:30 (most people arrive around 9:00 and play gets underway as soon as the first eight players arrive) it is walk-in
basketball. On Monday and Wednesday mornings from
10:30 until 12:30, you will find walk-in volleyball for both
men and women. On Fridays from Noon until 2:00 pm,
volleyball is played at the Mid County Recreation Center,
located just off Layhill Road. And, don’t forget-indoor softball begins on January 3, 2013 at Champions Field House,
same time, same place as last year.
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In the last issue of The Senior Athlete we put out
a call for someone to take on the job of Treasurer that John
Rice has been performing for more than twenty years. He
announced that he is retiring from that job on April 1, 2013.
We need to get a move on and get him replaced. The window for learning while looking over John’s shoulder is narrowing. We need a person with Accounting experience to
step up and take on this role. Call John at 301-231-7822 to
review the duties that are required.
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Similar to John Rice’s plea, Dick Rothenberg has
asked for a replacement as MCSSA Secretary. The job primarily revolves around taking and producing minutes of the
MCSSA Annual Meeting.
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MCSSA Annual Meeting will take place on Saturday,
October 27, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. at Seibels Restaurant in Burtonsville. Breakfast will be provided.
The Senior Athlete is a publication of the Montgomery
County Senior Sports Association (MCSSA) and is published
four times a year, at the beginning of each quarter (January,
April, July and October) to members in good standing.
MCSSA is a not-profit organization exempt from Federal Income Taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code. Submit articles and/or changes of address to:
MCSSA
14320 Fairdale Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20905
The Newbury Award
It is time to submit your recommendations for the
William E. (Bill) Newbury Memorial Award. The award will
be presented at the MCSSA Holiday Dinner, on Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Golden Bull Restaurant in Gaithersburg, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The evening begins with a “No
Host” cocktail hour (with a cash bar), followed by dinner at
6:30 and Awards Program at 7:30. The cost will be $33.00
per person.
The criteria for nominating people for the award is
listed below. The award is presented to individuals whose
contributions are recognized in one or more of the following
areas:
1) By outstanding athletic ability and performance which would tend to reflect on MCSSA (such as a
league Most Valuable Player, or recognition by a National
program or organization, or sustained high level of performance;
2) By voluntary service to the organization
through sustained involvement in a superior and noteworthy
endeavor;
3) By virtue of a significant financial contribution or through services in-kind.
The committee that will evaluate nominations and
make recommendations for selection consists of Jerry
Cohen, Chair; Bob Gessert, Spike Bauroth and last year’s
recipient Bill Birmingham. Nominations can be sent directly
to any member of the committee, or to MCSSA. A nomination form, for your convenience and for the ease of evaluating the contenders, is available on Page 7 of this edition of
The Senior Athlete.
In Memoriam
Joyce Hanula
1948-2012
Jill Audet
Wife of Mike Audet
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MCSSA Personality Profile Alan Reffkin
briefed and argued cases, twice appearing before Justice
Warren Burger when he was Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Alan was born in Providence, Rhode Island
in 1935. He attended Hope High School and the
University of Rhode Island where he proudly pitched
for the Rams until an elbow injury shortened his college career. His teammate, Dave Stenhouse, however, went on to pitch for the Washington Senators,
becoming the first and only Washington Senator and
Rookie pitcher to ever start a major league All Star
game. What a thrill it must have been to witness
that. Perhaps an equal thrill for Alan was helping to
form and be a part of a rhythm and blues singing
group that appeared weekends in Woonsocket,
Rhode Island in a night club that was opened up by
Johnny Rae and the Four Lads. Alan said, “We were
pretty good, and were invited to come to Brooklyn,
New York to record the song ‘Fools Rush In’ made
popular by Diana Washington. No group had ever
recorded that number and who knows what might
have been had they accepted that invitation.” But, it
was off to Suffolk Law School in Boston where he
won several awards, participated in the school’s first
National Moot Court Competition and graduated with
honors. He married his college sweetheart, Carole,
and in 1961 they headed to Washington where
Carole taught school and he had to choose between
several legal opportunities. He turned down a position to be legal assistant to an NLRB Commissioner,
appointed by President Kennedy, in favor of becoming an appellate attorney with the FCC, where he
Since he really wanted to be a trial lawyer he
interviewed with Paul Rand Dixon, Chairman of the FTC,
and was hired by the Bureau of Competition’s Merger
Division. He successfully tried antitrust cases and was in
charge of investigating mergers and acquisitions in a
number of key industries. In 1971 he was off to Philadelphia to join a litigation law firm to aid in the trial of antitrust and SEC type matters. But Philadelphia was no
Washington and in no time he was back in D.C. where he
was hired as special counsel to the Office of Economic
Opportunity, successfully defending Don Rumsfeld, then
the head of that agency, in a discrimination suit, as well
as representing the government in a fee determination
case which directly involved Ronald Reagan, then governor of the State of California and indirectly involved Richard Nixon. Next, he was legal counsel to the Office of
Operations at the Federal Price Commission, and then it
was back to the FTC and its Bureau of Consumer Protection, where in 1975, he brought suit against a major retail
establishment that followed a nationwide practice of routinely confiscating customer credit balances. The case
resulted in $50 million being returned to consumers and
an amendment to the Fair Credit Billing Act basically preventing that practice from ever happening again. He
said, “I am particularly proud of that case, since it corrected a pervasive practice that had cheated consumers
for a long, long, time.” He was the first project manager
of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and authored
three volumes of interpretations of that statute which the
government sold “for something like $65 a set.” In 1982
he left government and joined a law firm that specialized
in accounts receivables management, published a national newsletter that bore his name and spearheaded an
effort that led to the passage of the Debt Recovery Act of
1986, one of only 12 pieces of authorizing legislation
passed by the 99th Congress of over 12,000 bills that
were introduced. “Getting that legislation passed and
signed into law by President Reagan over the objection
of both the Justice Department and The Office of Management and Budget, was perhaps the most significant
achievement of his professional life.”
He continues to counsel clients and takes pride
in assisting minority enterprises in obtaining government
contracts. His most recent success happened this year,
(Continued on Page 8 Reffkin)
The Senior Athlete
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ALL STAR TEAMS
TAIT Tournament Champions
Ross Emerson League All Stars
75+ Champions Hamel
Wednesday Night 60+ All Stars
70+ Champions Montgomery 70s
Ron Schell League All Stars
65+ Champions Bowie Sixties
Volume 21 No. 4
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Spring Softball Final Standings
Friday Night Men’s Draft League 50+
Tied
CoRec Wednesday Morning League
Team
Won
Lost
Points
Green Machine
14
5
28
Team
Midnight Special
12
7
24
Blue Crew
7
13
14
Legends
6
14
12
Senior Moments
Super Senior League Monday Mornings
Won
Lost
Bobcats
14
4
Panthers
13
4
1
27
Lions
12
5
1
25
Tigers
7
11
14
Cougars
5
13
10
Jaguars
4
14
Tied
Points
28
4
8
Commissioner: Ed Guillette
Tuesday Night Men’s 50+ League
Division “AA”
Won
Lost
Gaithersburg Rentals
15
3
30
Spicer
14
4
28
Athletic House
12
4
24
Team
Won
Lost
Tied
Points
The Tavern
15
3
30
PJ’s Sports
12
6
24
7
12
1
15
CoStars
14
5
1
29
Eagles
6
14
12
Rockers
3
17
6
Division “B”
Commissioner: Jeff Bender
Team
Division “A”
Tied
Points
Commissioner: Don Juran
Women’s Monday Night League
Won
Team
Lost
Tied Points
Stein, Sperling&Bennett 15
3
30
TST
12
6
24
Pumphreys
10
8
20
Like a Fine Wine
9
9
18
Judy’s Hallmark
5
13
10
Tornados
2
16
4
Commissioner: Carmen Campbell
Ross Emerson Men’s 60+ League
Division “A”
Won
Lost
Senators
26
10
1
53
Upstarts
21
14
2
44
Centurions
19
17
1
39
Armands
7
11
14
Team
Motley Crew
6
14
12
Hamel Commercial
0
18
0
Division “B”
Tied
Points
Silverado
13
3
26
Bird Men
17
18
2
36
Marauders
12
4
24
Good Guys
15
19
3
33
6
10
12
Patriots
11
25
1
23
Commissioner: Marshall Kramer
Meyers Meighan
Stylers
6
10
12
10
6
20
Raiders
9
9
18
Blue & Gold
5
11
10
Union Jack
3
11
6
Division “C”
Nats
Commissioner: Bud Marshall
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2011 Spring Final Standings Continued)
2012 CoRec League “A” Division Champions
Wednesday Night Men’s 60+ League
Won
Lost
Ron’s A/C
18
2
Blue & Gold
12
5
3
27
Members Car Stars
10
8
2
22
Mustangs
6
12
1
13
Fossils
0
19
Team
Tied
Points
36
0
Commissioner: Joe Fry
The Tavern. Front Row L to R: Dave Cooper, Al Sparks, Mgr.
Larry Thompson, Richard Skinker and Ray Miller. Back Row:
Rick Silas, Bob Kuykendall, John Cottrell, Tired Tom Hobbs,
Dave Burton and Joyce Kraimer.
Thursday Night Men’s 55+ League
Division “A”
Won
Lost
ReMax
9
3
18
Spicer Properties
3
5
6
Hamel
9
5
18
Marauders
6
5
12
Rapid Permit Service
3
7
6
Meyers Meighan
7
3
14
Blue & Gold
2
11
4
Team
Tied
Points
Photos from Friday Night Ron Schell League
Division “B”
Division “C”
Commissioner: Bud Marshall
Arrel Godfrey gets ready to do some serious harm to that
softball
Charlie Clary gets his arms full extended on this drive.
Remember what your Coach always told you, to use both
hands when catching the ball? Mike Sciannella demonstrates
what he was talking about.
Volume 21 No. 4
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Nomination Form
7th Annual
William E. (Bill) Newbury Memorial Award
I would like to Nominate __________________________________
List in detail why your nominee’s contributions should be considered for this award (The more information you can provide, the better):
1) _________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
3) ________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting Narrative: (Use additional pages if necessary)
All nominations must be received by Tuesday, October 10, 2012
To submit a nomination, simply send by e-mail to
Or, send through the U.S. Postal Service to:
one (or all) of the following committee members:
Jerry Cohen
2901 S Leisure World Blvd #531B
Bob Gessert—[email protected]
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Spike Bauroth—[email protected]
[email protected]
Bill Birmingham—[email protected]
Your name: __________________________
Signature: ___________________________
The Senior Athlete
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(Reffkin Continued from Page 3)
Photos from Maryland Senior Olympics
having instituted a class action suit against a major lender
that tried to foreclose on a property in Florida, which resulted in a settlement that prevents the foreclosure and
assures that the residents will remain in their home forever;
and seeing to it that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services honors its commitment to afford citizenship status
to one of his clients. Yet, he finds time to manage and play
softball with P.J. Sports in the Wednesday morning CoRec
league and he gets in a round of golf with his teammates at
least once a week.
Alan’s sons Gary and Brian still live in the area and he is
proud of their individual achievements and their careers in
the area of computer sciences.
Cloverly Cannons, Gold Medal winners (70-74). Front Row
L to R: Bill Nalley, Ron Dustin, Ray Miller, Tom Coulby and
Rick Silas. Rear: Larry Thompson, Jebby Wells, Dave Burton, Charles Murkey, Lew McIntyre, Tom Hobbs, Vinny
DelVecchio and Clarence “Pooch” Lewis.
Golden Girls, Gold Medal winners (50-54) Gold Division led by
their manager, Kathy Collett, front row on far left.
The “A’s” Silver Medal Winners, (50-54) Silver Division, also led
by Thom Urick, Front Row, Far Right.
Vintage Maryland, Gold Medal winners (50-54) Silver Division, led
by their manager, Thom Urick, Far Right, Back Row.
Montgomery Cougars, Gold Medal winners, (50-54) Silver
Division, Led by their manager, Glenn Monroe, Front Row
Center.
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Maryland Senior Olympics
Individual Medal Winners:
Nancy Callan
Carmen Campbell
Gloria Hong
Jim Condell
George Izumi
Lawn Bowling Mixed Doubles
Gold
Lawn Bowling Triples
Gold
Shuffleboard Doubles
Gold
Shotput
Gold
Softball (Metro Slammers)
Silver
10 Pin Bowling Doubles
Bronze
Lawn Bowling Singles
Gold
10 Pin Bowling Doubles
Bronze
Volleyball
Gold
10 Pin Bowling Doubles
Gold
10 Pin Mixed Doubles
Gold
Lawn Bowling Singles
Gold
Team Medal Winners (Softball):
Women
50-54
Women
Men
55-59
50-54
Golden Girls
Gold (Gold Div)
Vintage Maryland
Gold (Silver Div)
Maryland Road Runners
Gold
Metro Slammers
Silver
Montgomery Cougars
Gold
“A’s”
Silver
Men
55-59
St. Mary’s
Gold
Men
65-69
Spicer’s
Gold (Gold Div)
L & W Supply
Gold (Silver Div)
Senior Sages
Silver
Oldlimpians
Bronze
Cloverly Cannons
Gold (Silver Div)
Montgomery 70s
Silver
St. Mary’s
Bronze
Maryland Baysox
Gold (Silver Div)
Senior Moments
Silver
Men
Men
70/74
75-79
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The Senior Athlete
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MCSSA Board of Directors
MCSSA members enjoying the Annjual Picnic on the
makeup date.
Office
Incumbents
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Jim Ganz
Don Juran
Dick Rothenberg
John Rice
Other Board Members
League Commissioners
Women’s Masters (Monday Night) Carmen Campbell
Super Senior League (Mon a.m.) Ed Guillette
60+ Ross Emerson League
Marshall Kramer
Co-Rec Wednesday Morning
Don Juran
50+ Tuesday Night
Bud Marshall
60+ Wednesday Night
Joe Fry
55+ Thursday Night
Bud Marshall
50+ Ron Schell League
Dave Hyder
Basketball (50+, 55+ and 60+)
David Schardt
Basketball (65+ and 70
John Medford
Program Coordinators
Volleyball
Senior Olympics
Internet Advisor
Stan Way
George Huson
David Schardt
REGISTRATION FORM FOR MCSSA ACTIVITIES
Please indicate which activity you wish to participate in and enclose the proper amount as indicated below. Make check payable to MCSSA:
I want to play in the 65 and over Basketball League on Sunday Mornings ($120.00)…..$__________
(Please include an additional $5.00 for MCSSA Membership Dues as well)
I want to play in the 70 and over Basketball League on Friday Afternoons ($120.00…..$__________
(Please include an additional $5.00 for MCSSA Membership Dues as well)
MCSSA Dues.($5.00)…………………………………………………………………………..$__________
Optional: Donation to MCSSA to further the goals of MCSSA……………………………..$__________
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE
$__________
Name
Phone:_________________________
Adress:____________________________________________________________________
City:
State Zip
Date of Birth:__________________
Emer contact:
Phone:______________
E-mail address
The participant assumes all risks associated with participation in the above activities. MCSSA assumes no liability for injury or
damages arising from participation in these activities. Due to the strenuous nature of some activities, MCSSA encourages
each participant to consult his or her physician concerning fitness to participate in the program. The participant consents to
emergency treatment.
Signature____________________________________
Mail this form with a check for the TOTAL AMOUNT DUE made out to MCSSA to:
MCSSA - 14320 Fairdale Road - Silver Spring MD 20905
Montgomery County Senior
Sports Association
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MCSSA Annual Banquet,
Friday, November 2, 2012
The banquet committee is putting together plans to hold a trivia contest after the
MCSSA meeting is completed. The format is
simple and it should be great fun for all in attendance. Each table will be given a list of the
questions and will appoint a team captain.
That person will record the table’s answers for
all the questions. The team with the most correct answers will win a small prize, have bragging rights for the year 2013 and that captain
and his table mates will be first in the chow
line at the 2013 MCSSA Banquet.
Questions will be in some of the following categories: Movies; TV programs; music
and sports, etc. So have your table mates
cramming, as if for the SATs, and join us on
MCSSA
14320 Fairdale Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20905
Phone: 301-236-9130
E-mail: [email protected]
www.mcssa-info.org
Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Golden
Bull Grande Café. Flyers with all the details
will be going out to the membership around
the first week in October. For more information call John Rice at 301-231-7822.
Here is a sample trivia question:
From what Broadway musical did the song,
“Poor Judd is Dead,” come from? If you
answered “Oklahoma” you might be ready to
enter the MCSSA trivia contest. This is just
a sample of the types of questions you
might have to answer.