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MEMBER NEWS
ATTENTION
BOWLERS!!!
The Polish Falcons in conjunction with the Polish National
Alliance (PNA), the Polish Roman Catholic Union
of America (PRCUA) and the Polish Women’s Alliance
(PWA) will sponsor the first Annual Inter Polonia Bowling
Tournament. The event will be held in the Pittsburgh
area. This tournament is open to Members of any of the
four fraternals; one must be a Member at least 45 days
before the tournament. It is a moral support tournament
which means one does not need to be sanctioned in
order to participate.
Date: May 21 and May 22, 2010
Place: Teams will be bowled at Noble Manor Lanes
with Singles and Doubles at Mt. Lebanon Lanes
Times: Teams Friday or Saturday, 10:00 a.m. and
1:30 p.m., Singles & Doubles, Friday and Saturday at
9:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $17 per person, per event. All events-$1.50 per
person, $2.50 per person insurance fee. Total cost for
Bowling Teams, Singles and Doubles and a Saturday
night party including dinner and an open bar is $95 per
bowler.
Housing: Room rate at both hotels is $93.00 per night
plus taxes. Each hotel has internet access in all rooms,
a fitness center and a swimming pool. Host hotel is the
Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South, which is located near
Mt. Lebanon Lanes. Their phone number is 412-833-
5300. Rooms are also available at the Radisson Hotel
Pittsburgh, Green Tree, located near Noble Manor
Lanes. Their phone number is 412-922-840.
Evening festivities will be held at the Sokol Club on
East Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side.
Deadline for applications is April 15. Information
and entry forms will be mailed to each Nest. Applications
are available from our website at: http://www.polishfalcons.org/polonia
Teams can be all female, all male, or mixed. One does
not need to be a sanctioned bowler to participate.
To bowl doubles, one must also bowl singles.
Tournament Co-chairs are Druh Bobby Joe Gorny,
574-289-2140 (W) or 574-243-1726 (C) or
crumstown@sbcglobal. net and Druhna Trish Del
Busse, 1-800-535-2071 (W) or 724-747-3179 (C) or
vptrish@polishfalcons.org.
This year, we’ll be able to meet and bowl in April and
then again in May. Sounds good to us!
Czolem,
Druh Bobby Joe and Druhna Trish
FAMILY TOGETHERNESS
On December 12, my children Jeremy, age nine, and Samantha, age six, attended the Children’s
Party at Polish Falcons Nest 610 in Erie, PA. Even though Jeremy is almost ten years
old, he still believes in Santa Clause and loves Christmas. This is the fourth time Jeremy and
Samantha have been to Nest 610 at see Santa. They had a blast of fun. There was face
painting, coloring, music, the Christmas tree decorated in the corner with the big wooden
chair right near it waiting for Santa’s arrival. The banquet room was packed as usual with
over 80 children, parents, and some grandchildren attending. It made for a true family day
shared with friends we’ve met and grown with over the years at Nest 610. My husband Andy
was a past Director for many years, and I started as a social member, bartender, then National
Member and now the Club’s 2nd Vice-President. Both of our children feel right at
home, because they have literally been at the club since before they could walk. As for me,
my husband Andy, Jeremy & Samantha, Nest 610 makes us feel right at home. Not being at
“the Club” as Jeremy refers to it, for most of 2009, the Children’s Christmas party made me
realize the impact “the Club” has had on me, Jeremy, Samantha and Andy, (family togetherness).
The Children’s Christmas Party is one tradition Jeremy and Samantha will always
take part in and remember forever. Thank you to everyone who helped put it together. It was
fantastic!! You know something is a success when everyone is smiling, you can barely hear
yourself talk, and you see for yourself the many happy kids singing and talking with Santa.
Great job, let’s continue the tradition.
Druhna Lisa Smith, Nest 610
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