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Part II - Encore! - Our Ken Strikes Again

Our Ken (see below) struck again on Sunday, May 4 with yet another work party! Here is Ken's report (thank you to Ken for Part II): Eleven volunteers gathered at the PHTC courts for Work Party #3 with paint rollers, brushes and other tools. By early afternoon the backside of the backboard was scraped anew, primed and top coat painted, the court benches were spruced up, the bulletin board was improved and given a final coat, and the Pleasant Hill Tennis Club sign on the playing side of the backboard was renewed. Tom Butler showed up (and stayed late) with goodies, coffee and hot chocolate, ice for water and soft drinks. Strong wind prevented use of Jerry Vurek's power paint sprayer (as usual), but the rollers went into action and did the heavy work. The goodies gave us an excuse for mixing work with eating, making the time spent more enjoyable. A big hand for the volunteers, some of whom have been involved with earlier work projects this year: Tom Butler, Ken Castleton, Orlando DeVita, Sharon Doherty, Mario Novelo, Wayne Quan, Dick Reed, Larry Sanders, Bill Sherrard, Jerry Vurek and Judith Zinke.

Red Square and the Great (Green) Wall

Ken Castleton, our Maintenance guru organized a super colossal work party for us at the courts on Thursday and Friday, April 10 and 11. Ken made sure that everything worked in the most efficient (and correct) manner. Fourteen of us worked on sanding, painting and stenciling the seven benches, repairing the windscreens, staining the bleachers, cleaning red square, replacing our worn out signs, eliminating the weeds, patching the courts and, in an almost unbelievable endeavor, the enormous green wall was scraped and repainted. Even the parking lot side received some scraping. Ken, Tom Butler and Sherry Liu provided coffee, pastries and a lovely lunch highlighed by Sherry's delicious entree. Workers were: Ken (Chief), Sherry, Tom, Ed Cohn, Dick Reed, John Kaigas, Jerry Vurek, Jack Moskowitz, Larry Jubelirer, Dee Ferris, Wayne Quan, Lou Pappas, and Rita and Jim Utz.