Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The website shows 22 classmates who live in Florida,    
(and below the Floridians, one who lives in South Carolina).
   Lois Ditkowsky
   Dale Doniger
     Bonnie Glass
     Myrna Glass        
     Diane Goch        
   Merle Hilfman      
     Barbara Lynn Johnson      
   Madelon Kahn      
   Trudy Karp      
   Dean Katz      
   Charmaine Klein    
   Robert Kleinzweig      
     Russell Lain      
     Robert Lamberty      
     Stanton Levin    
     Stuart Levin    
   Marcia Pinkwater    
     Gary Rebbe
   Ronald Schiller      
   Julie Schulman      
   Sarita Shapira    
   Mark Sorokin

 - and -

  in South Carolina,  Alexander Guba

  Be Safe.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."      
-- from Leonard Cohen's "Anthem"

That is the beauty of cracks -

"It is in the process of embracing our imperfections that we find our truest gifts: courage, compassion, and connection...  "
-- Brene' Brown

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Take courage          
to forgive and be forgiven,   
to heal and be healed,       
to serve and be served.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I am grateful for those who look in their hearts to see what is therein

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and do what is right.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Imagine a fictional game: Facts Don't Matter

"Sorry Arthur, your answer was correct, but Louis shouted his opinion louder so he wins the point.       
"And, Arthur, a bonus point goes to Sue because she was offended by your answer."

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The Mississipps River is at record low level in Memphis.

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             Brexit Alert

🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

          🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

(The dysfunction in our country is unwieldy.)      
 Let's break the grip.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

When does Karma catch up with Putin?

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October is a spooky month in America; pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns are everywhere.
Pumpkins are so popular that October 26 is National Pumpkin Day.      
Today and for the next two days, Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh is sponsoring
                SMASH AWAY CANCER
Past and present cancer patients and their family members are invited to smash a pumpkin in the healing garden at the hospital. Participants can write the name of a particular cancer on a pumpkin and SMASH it.

Hope, strength, and love are important in the fight against cancer.      
Sometimes strength takes on a different look than we expect. It's OK to not be OK.    
Cancer should not rob us of joy.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."      
-- Albert Einstein 

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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man (woman) who points out how the strong...stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man (woman) who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself (herself) in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he (she) fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his (her) place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

-- Teddy Roosevelt

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It is absolutely amazing how possessed with ourselves we in America are:

We are living in the midst of a period of global inflation,     
yet totally unaware     
that others,        
around the world,        
are suffering higher inflation than we.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It's November - I'm thinking of DK as his birthday approaches.

I and others are missing news of senior golf tournaments.

DK, if you're reading this, please get back to us.

Someone: If you're in touch with DK, please share the message.

Donald Henry Kuehn

Okay, Janis,you asked for it!  My season ended today  with a tournament in Tucson. Unfortunately I was only able to finish sixth among the field of 65+ year-olds. Had a good first day, but the second and third days were tough.

I have won seven titles this year, including the MO Senior Amateur (Super Senior Division), The Porter Cup in Niagara Falls, Kansas City Amateur (70+ flight), the Maumelle Classic in Little Rock and the MO Senior Fourball.

That said, I do have other good news to report: On November 19, I am being inducted into the Kansas City Golf Hall of Fame. This is, as you can imagine, a great honor.

The Hall was established in 2012 as part of the Centennial of the Kansas City Golf Association. To date there are 21 honorees. Among them a few names you might recognize: Tom Watson, Jim Colbert, 1927 US Women's Amateur Champion Miriam Burns Horn, LPGA founder Opal Hill, and a host of individuals who made a mark in Kansas City area golf, but whose names are known mostly only to folks who are golf junkies, like me.

There were five nominees and the top three were elected after voting by about 52 people including the Board of Directors of the golf association, living members of the Hall, representatives of the Midwest Section PGA, and the Golf Course Superintendent's Association.

So, you're asking yourself, what did he do to deserve this? Well, a brief summary: I have won 44 championships, was runner-up in 32 others, won the "Kansas Senior Slam"which includes the Senior Amateur (3x), Senior Fourball (5x), the Senior Match Play (2x) and "The Railer"Stroke Play  Chamionship. When I won The Railer I set records for the lowest score (10 under par),margin of victory (14 strokes) and was the oldest champion at 71yrs, 7 months.

I could go on...there's more, but you get the picture. It is a humbling honor to have been on the ballot. Even more to have been selected. 

BTW: It's easy to throw numbers around when discussing this, but there is another number that is equally important: 51. .. on November 27 my wife, Pat, and I will mark 51 years of marriage (and they said it wouldn't last!). She should be in the wives' Hall of Fame.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

You're right, DK, I asked for it,    
and I'm glad I did.        
Wow! another season ends auspiciously with lots of history to celebrate.

first,      
      Congratulations to you and Pat      
for marking 51 years of marriage November 27.    
Pat has easily earned a trophy      
and induction into the Wives' Hall of Fame    
for her tireless support of an itinerant golf champion.

You have been given an honor as an inductee into the Kansas City Hall of Fame.      
Thank you for sharing the joy of your well deserved honor - there's lots to celebrate with you and Pat. 
You done good.

Janis

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Hear ye, hear ye!
There are signs inflation is cooling.

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Thank you to our Veterans.      
We must lighten the emotional load our Veterans are carrying. 
 

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  Glory to Ukraine.    

          🇺🇦  

Kherson City residents have been living without water and electricity.

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Securing/maintaining democracy is NOT easy. 

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Whatever the occasion,        
Dolly's message rings true:          
"Love is more contagious than a virus so let your best self shine in a glorious light and others will be inspired by you."

Dolly Parton received a $100 million grant to "Do Good Things" as recipient of Bezos Courage and Civility Award.      
Congratulations to Dolly Parton, a beloved American and philanthropist.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Many of us are familiar with the term "mulligan" -        
a word that has special meaning for golfers playing a friendly game and the score and rules don't much matter. If a golfer hits a particularly bad shot, another player might say, "take a mulligan"... in other words, hit another shot, or take a redo or second chance.

No doubt, there are times apart from golf, when we all might wish a redo or to have a second chance...
a second chance to say something different, or maybe NOT to say something.      
A second chance to make the most of an opportunity that came our way or to chase a dream we deferred;      
a second chance to follow through on a responsibility we avoided, or to repair a relationship.

For sure, I can think of more than a few things for which I'd like a second chance... to "take a mulligan".

As we gather with family and friends, this (post) COVID Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to offer a "mulligan" and to accept one too.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It was some time after moving to Oshkosh that I learned how to pronounce DK's name...

He's Don Kuehn, pronounced Keen (in Oshkosh for sure).

YouTube is the next best thing to being a fly on the wall -

Suffice it to say: the golfers in my family, and in my new environs are wowed by our Niles West classmate.

https://youtu.be/Mb9wPVZsnPQ

video of the Hall of Fame presentation

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           A T T E N T I O N:
      Measles outbreak in Ohio    
      Driven by misinformation  
       and lack of vaccination.

 --- A word to the wise:    
       Get your COVID booster.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   President Volodymyr Zelenskyy    
       and "the spirit of Ukraine"    
           is 'Time' magazine's     
      2022 Person of the Year

  'Time' is praising the president,        
   and honoring "the spirit of Ukraine"      
   as its person of the year.      
   In an ongoing race, Ukraine tries    
   to repair faster than Russia bombs.