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Vol I, Issue 35 - September 16, 2002
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The Joy of Bocce Weekly
The FREE weekly Ezine for bocce aficionados everywhere
Volume #1, Issue #35 September 16, 2002
Publisher: Mario Pagnoni Copyright 2002 http://www.joyofbocce.com
Come visit us often at www.joyofbocce.com. We have bocce info, merchandise, links to other great bocce sites, and the best selling bocce instructional book in the USA. Order Now @ $12.95 by clicking on the bookcover to the right.
I hope you will like this electronic newsletter. To be deleted from my list, you can Unsubscribe at the end of this issue. One of our enthusiastic readers suggested that “…bocce and unsubscribe are mutually exclusive terms.” If you know others who would enjoy and benefit from this Ezine, encourage them to sign up. You could forward this issue to them so they can decide for themselves if they want to "opt in". I promise that I will never be in the business of selling or trading your email address or other personal information.
A word about ads: Like any entrepreneurial type, I'd love to turn a profit from something I really enjoy. For now, I have decided not to accept paid advertisements. If I pitch a product here, it is something I have examined and tested and deem it beneficial to our readers.
PLEASE – we are always looking for bocce photos and feedback from all over the USA. We want to connect bocce fans everywhere. You can email (author@joyofbocce.com) or snail mail (Mario Pagnoni, P.O. Box 608, Methuen, MA 01844).
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{Publisher’s comments in brackets}
Paula Byers, of Special Olympics South Carolina, is the
District Two Development Director from Charleston. She sent the excellent photo to the right of Special Olympics Bocce Buddies. It was taken at the recent Bocce Bash held in Charleston to benefit Special Olympics.
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“Nicely done. Enjoyed your memorial.”
{Thanks for the many positive comments such as Tom Coyle’s above concerning our tribute to my friend, 9-11 victim Ken Waldie, that ran last week instead of the usual bocce ezine.}
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A reader asks…
“What exactly is that Har Tru court material made of?”
{More and more I am hearing people rave about the Har Tru surface. I’ve decided to put a one-inch topping over my existing court’s stone dust surface. They tell me that 76’ by 10’ by 1” requires 4.5 tons of the stuff. I’m rounding up a crew and a truck to pick up 113 eighty-pound bags of the material (to eliminate shipping charges) and will report back when the new surface is in place. Rather then clay, Eric Magers of SportsTech tells me that it is “pulverized slate with binder” and will drain well after rain. Robert Fumagalli from Valley Stream, NY tells me that his group has had great results with the Har Tru surface and I am attending a State of the Art Bocce Court Kick-off next week at New York’s A. J. Hendrickson Park. I’ll report back next issue with photos.}
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Players from the Long Island Bocce Club recently asked “What is some of the cool terminology bocce players around the country use?”
{They had suggestions of their own. For example, when a team gets all four points in a frame with a neat cluster around the object ball they call that “four on the floor.” Pallino advantage to them is “pallino power” or “power of the pallino”. In Massachusetts players talk about “running the rail” for bank shots or rolls that hug the sideboards, and on the south side of Chicago they “toots it up” when they want to tap their previously played ball a tad closer to the object ball. Do you know of or use colorful language that adds to your enjoyment of the game? Please REPLY and share with our readers.}
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From Bocce Anonymous (yahoo groups)
”I thought I'd let all of you know that I've recently completed construction of a court at my home in Waterboro, Maine. I'm director of Parks & Recreation for the Town of Waterboro and we are in the process of
building 2 courts in town. They should be done soon. Look me up if you’re nearby.”
Mike D
Also from Bocce Anonymous
“For anyone passing through the Show-Me State, we are getting our first bocce court in St. James. A local winery is putting one in and planning the grand opening for September 27th. St. James is located on Interstate 44 about half way between St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri.”
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This from our friend Bob Whitlow...
“Thanks for the ink for our Human Services Foundation. Our 2002 Tournament is in two weeks. Client Day is on the 19th of September and our Corporate fundraiser is on the 20th at the Herrinfesta Italiano courts complex in Herrin, Illinois located in deep Southern Illinois.
Again, thanks”
{Bob, thank YOU for writing and PLEASE send photos}
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