PML AERO CLUB
CATHERINE SANTA MARIA
The PML Aero Club LLC was formed January 2009 with the purpose of supporting general aviation, promoting flying as an enjoyable activity, and making flying as safe and affordable as possible for all members. We have now rolled into our 16th year and are proud of our Club and the number of new pilots that have earned their wings with the help and training provided by our certified flight instructors.
The PML Aero Club members are involved in our local community including but not limited to participating in the EAA Young Eagles Program (some are members of the Experimental Aircraft Association), participation in the Pine Mountain Lake Aviation Association, and the Aircraft Owners Pilots Association (AOPA).
We are a fully operational flying club and have a website: https://pmlaeroclub.org. On the website there are numerous press releases, Club Bylaws, Club Operating Rules, Officer information and photos. The Aero Club is the happening place for pilots and student pilots. We meet on the first Saturday of the month at 9:30am at the Jobe Hangar and in the summer months we meet at the Club hangar located at hangar one at the Pine Mountain Lake Airport (E45). We wish to thank outgoing President, Paul Gibson, for his support and leadership over the last few years. We all wish him Blue Skies and congratulate him on the purchase of his own airplane. We are always looking for new members and Certified Flight Instructors to join our Aero Club. If you are interested in joining the Aero Club please contact Bob Hornauer at 209-402-0005, or Catherine Santa Maria at 209-962-7904 or visit our website at pmlaeroclub.org where you will find a wealth of information about our organization and applications you can complete if you are interested in joining the club.
PML Aero Club members starting from top row left to right: Paul Gibson, Nora Feddal, Dennis Smith, Mike Gustafson, Lionel Hunt, Leon Liebster, Ralph McLaughlin, Bob Hornauer, Joe Juszkiewicz, Catherine Santa Maria and Phil Boortz.
PML MEN’S GOLF CLUB
DAVE FERNANDEZ
Ended our Winter Season Tournaments with our March Madness event. Great turnout and congratulations to our winners
MARCH MADNESS
1st place- Ben Rebiskie, Bryan Eshagh, Larry Torres, Jon Rivera
2nd place- Dave Berthold, Bud Roberts, Jeff Sera, Dave Gibson
3rd place- Michael Thoben, Les Fondy, Allen Craig, Dave Hart
4th place- Will Hoppner, Gus Climent, Chuck Obeso-Bradley, Tony Pavlakis
5th place- Ted Toffey, Marc Allyn, Mark Lofstrand, Rod Raine
Closest to the pin
#3- Gus Climent 10’11”
#7- Dan O’Connor 2’10”
#14- Craig Herendeen 3’2”
#17- Marc Allyn- 7’4”
TOURNAMENT TEE SELECTION
Many of our tournaments allow players to select what tees they will play from. It is important that players sign up for the correct tees. Any player can play from the Gold tees, regardless of their age or index, if they so choose. But only players that qualify may play from the Purple/Green tees. To qualify a player must be 70, or older, or have an index of 18.7, or higher. It is very difficult for the Golf Shop to make tee changes at the last minute. Any player that plays from incorrect tees risks disqualification. Typically, one team member will sign up a 4-man or 2-man team, so it is imperative that that team member sign up their team from the correct tees.
WEBSITE TOURNAMENT SIGN UP
Please continue to use the website, www.pmlmgc.com, to sign up and pay for tournaments. Using the website for tournament sign up and payment makes it easier for the club and the Golf Shop to manage tournaments. Go to pmlmgc.com to see the tournament schedule.
JOIN THE MEN’S GOLF CLUB
Any male persons who are current property owners, their siblings, sons, nephews, sons-in-law, and PMLA employees are eligible to join the men’s golf club. Go to pmlmgc.com and click on the button, Join the Club, to see the many benefits of club membership, as well as the ability to sign up on line. Applications are also available in the Golf Shop, or you can contact our Handicap/ Membership Chair, Ted Toffey. Email Ted at handicap@pmlmgc.com , if you have any questions about club membership, or, if you’re a current member, your NCGA handicap index.
FRIENDS OF THE LAKE TO LEARN ABOUT GOLDEN MUSSELS
VIRGINIA RICHMOND
The Friends of the Lake Club announces its 2025 summer schedule and you’re invited! Friends of the Lake is a PML social club open to everyone who is committed to enjoying our beautiful lake and ensuring safe and equitable usage. Membership is just $20 per family/year and includes all our events.
First up this year is a presentation on Sunday, May 18 by Dr. Stephen McCord on the Golden Mussel and other invasive species that threaten Sierra lakes. Dr. McCord is the lake biologist who monitors our lake and handles all the required state reports. We’ll meet for a potluck supper at 5:00pm at Lake Lodge, followed by the presentation. Free; everyone welcome. Bring your plates and a dish to share.
Among our other activities this year will be a poker run by boat on June 122, “Music at the Marina” and the lake swim in July, a Pictionary puzzle search by boat in August and bingo on the beach in September. Most of our events are on Sunday evenings preceded by a potluck supper.
Friends of the Lake also organizes the annual Independence Day Boat Parade – the highlight of the PML summer season. This year’s parade is on July 5 and the theme is “Under the Sea.” To join Friends of the Lake and receive information on each upcoming event, please send your contact information and a check for $20 per family to Friends of the Lake, PO Box 591, Groveland, CA 95321. Be sure to include your email address, as all club communication is by email.
Dr. Stephen McCord
PML LADY NINERS
TAMMY TALOVICH
Quote of the month: “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
If you would like to learn more about becoming a member of the Lady Niners contact Stacie Brown at happygem529@gmail.com We play 9 holes on Tuesday mornings; it only takes a few hours and is a great opportunity to meet some awesome ladies!
MARCH 4TH: WE HAD 9 PLAYERS AND PLAYED POINT BOGEY
1st place: Tammy Talovich
2nd place: Anne Toner
3rd place tie: Susan Dwyer, Barb Lenorak, Mary Steinkamp
Pars: #10, #11 Christina Baines
Low putts: Anne Toner w/15
Low Net: Tammy Talovich w/34
Low Gross: Susan Dwyer w/51
MARCH 11TH: WE HAD 11 PLAYERS AND PLAYED BLIND HOLES
1st place: Anne Toner
2nd place: Marci Cress
3rd place: Mary Steinkamp
4th place: Linelle Marshall
5th place: Nancy Brewster
Chip-ins: #3 Nancy Brewster, #5 Christina Baines
Low putts: Christina Baines w/15
Low Net: Anne Toner w/33
Low Gross: Dani Schaffer w/53
MARCH 18TH: WERE RAINED OUT
MARCH 25TH: WE HAD 19 PLAYERS AND PLAYED WACK AND HACK
1st place team: Stacie Brown, Claudia
Day, Linelle Marshall, Debbie Torres
2nd place team: Chris Balak, Nancy
Brewster, Barb Lenorak, Deanie Martini
Pars: #9 Susan Dwyer
Low putts: Linelle Marshall w/14
Low Net: Linelle Marshall w/ 39
Low Gross tie: Lindsey Lorant and Susan Dwyer w/49
Ace of Aces for March: Linelle Marshall w/30 net
Queen of Clubs for March: Lindsey Lorant w/49 gross
Putters of the month: Linelle Marshall w/14, Christina Baines and Anne Toner w/15
PML KIDS’ WATER SKI DAYS RETURN
BRUCE THOMPSON
Save the Date! Friday ONLY. July 11, 2025. Registration will ONLY be online. Registration will be limited to 25 kids. Online website information will be forthcoming. Reminder, this event is limited to kids who are family members of PML property owners. Proof of such will be required.
PML LADIES 18 HOLE GOLF CLUB
THELMA FAUX
Here are the results of the recent tournament play:
MARCH 20, 2025 – SOLO BALL + SCRAMBLE
First Place: Paula Parisi, Jodi Awai, Helena
McMillian, Lisa-Brown-Jimenez - 154
Second Place: Marcee Cress, Marilyn Scott,
Linda Sarratt - 158
Third Place: Kitty Edgerton, Sara Hancock,
Anne Clark, Thelma Faux - 165
MARCH 27TH – INDIVIDUAL POINT BOGIE
First Place: Marlene Drew - 38
Second Place: Sue Perry - 38
Third Place: Pricilla Park – 37
APRIL 3, 2025 – PUTTS ONLY
First Place: Laura Kramer – 32
Second Place: Tari Skelley - 34
Third Place: Sara Hancock – 34
Fourth Place: Marcee Cress – 35
Fifth Place: Priscilla Park - 36
Sixth Place: Lisa Brown-Jimenez -36
APRIL 10, 2025 – 2 PERSON BETTER BALL
First Place: Laura Kramer, Tari Skelley – 63
Second Place: Marcee Cress, Marlene Drew – 64
Third Place: Sue Perry, Blind Draw – 65
Fourth Place: Priscilla Park, Anne Clark – 68
Birdies
Larua Kramer - #1
Elisa Hoppner - #2
Sally Wrye - #7
At the recent 18 Hole Ladies invite the Niner’s Ladies Par 3 tournament our very own Marlene Drew had a Hole-In-One on hole #9 with a distance of 60 yards! While not meeting official NCGA Hole-In-One rules we celebrate her achievement.
Marlene has been a member of both the Lady Niners and the 18 Hole Ladies groups for over 32 years. Marlene will celebrate the 92nd birthday in May.
The Pine Mountain Lake Ladies Golf Club plays every Thursday and is open to all women residents and owners of property in the Pine Mountain Lake community. Our club would love to add some new members and have modified our bylaws to
allow female family members of property owners to apply for membership. If you are interested in becoming a member, we can arrange for you to join us as a guest, so that you can meet and play with some members and see what our club is all about. If you’re interested, please contact our PML Head Golf Professional, Mike Cook at 209-962-8620.
PINE MOUNTAIN GARDEN CLUB
LINDA NEUSCHWANDER
So, Spring is really here! The air is cool and fresh, the fields are green as Ireland and touched with bright local wildflowers, and we are all itching to get our veggie starts in the ground! So let’s get to it!~~~~~
The PML garden club kicked things off with a fun and helpful 3-hour hands-on gardening workshop at the Lake Lodge covering transplanting shrubs & trees for pots, along with a handout listing general tips for repotting with successful Pruning & bonsai tips, soils & fertilizer with Andrew Carmichael, Arborist, Master Gardener, Aesthetic Pruner and member of the Modesto Garden Club. It was great to actually get our hands in the soil and also improve our clipping and pruning skills. Thank you Andrew for the skills and information you shared! By the way, did you notice that Mountain Sage Nursery has stocked up with plenty of healthy and happy California native starts as well other drought tolerant and colorful plants appropriate for our area? Check it out. Their offerings look fresh and healthy.
May 4th - Meet Jail Garden at 8:30am for a Field trip To Jamestown & Sonora Tour plus --Sierra Rock Garden Society, including a tour of Rebecca Lance’s stunning display garden. Then on to Standard Nursery & Solomon’s Nursery For planting supplies.
Our next big event for dear old Groveland is our annual pre-Mother’s Day plant sale on May 12 from 10 - 3. As usual our sale will offer a wide variety of colorful potted plants, houseplants, garden art, veggie starts and anything else we can grow for you. And of course, we will have plenty of baked goods for sale! You won’t want to miss it! Many more interesting plans are in the works. SO STAY TUNED! And you are so welcomed to join us at the jail garden at 9:00, May 1st for our morning work day if you like. Get to know us, pull a few weeds and thin out a few of our lovely perennials (perhaps taking one or two home with you!
Want to learn more about Local native plants and gardens? Join us! Let’s be friends! (and have fun in the garden...)
Questions? contact club one of
us at 650-773-2207 or 209-770-6063. We meet most months, the 2nd
Monday at 1:00 at the PM Lake Lodge. We can be reached at P.O. Box 167,
Groveland, CA 95321
PICKLEBALL CLUB
PAM RODGERS
WHAT DO BODY BAG, ERNE, DILLBALL, FALAFEL, FLABJACK, KAMIKAZE & NUTMEG HAVE IN COMMON?
Well, PICKLEBALL of course. The fastest growing sport in the Country. See below what some of those words mean and a few other popular Pickleball terms. But most important… Come out to Play. PML Pickleball Club is a friendly group of all levels willing to teach, laugh and have fun. A great multi-generational sport.
Direct quote from recent 20-something “It’s the only sport where I find myself continually getting my butt kicked by senior citizens.”
TERMS:
Body bag or Tag: Hitting an opponent with the ball.
Centerline: The line that extends from the Non-Volley Zone to the Baseline and divides the service court into two equal halves.
Champion Shot: A pickleball shot that bounces twice in the Non-Volley Zone.
Chop: Slice from high to low to put backspin on the pickleball.
Dillball: Shot that is inbounds and has bounced once; a live ball.
Dink Shot: A soft shot that arcs over the net and falls into the opposing non- volley zone.
“Down the Line”: A pickleball shot that travels near and parallel to the sideline.
Drive: A forehand shot hit straight and low, deep into the opposing backcourt.
Drop Shot: A soft shot that clears the pickleball net and then falls short of the opposing players.
Erne: When a player lunges over the corner of the kitchen (Non-Volley Zone) out of bounds to get closer to the net and smash the ball without breaking the rule of placing one’s feet in the Non-Volley Zone before the ball hits the ground.
Falafel: “Dead paddle” or a short shot due to hitting the pickleball ball with little or no power.
Fault: A fault is any action that stops play because of a rule violation.
Flabjack: A midair pickleball shot that must bounce once before it can be hit during one of the first two shots of any point (the return of serve or return of the serve return). After the third shot, no bounce is necessary, and it can be volleyed (hit in midair without bouncing).
Foot Fault: On the pickleball serve, at least one foot must be behind the foot fault is when volleying a ball, the player steps in the Non-Volley Zone or steps on the line of the NVZ.
Game: A series of points played until one team has accumulated 11 points (winning by 2 points). Some pickleball tournaments play games to 15 or 21 points (win by 2).
Jammed up: The player is forced to hit the ball close to their body so their swing is impeded.
Kamikaze: A player who charges the non-volley line aggressively while the opponent hits the ball, often to intercept a shot quickly.
Kitchen: Slang term for the Non-Volley Zone.
Lob: A return shot sent as high and deep as possible, thereby forcing the opposing side back to the baseline.
Non-Volley Zone (NVZ): The 7-foot section of court on either side of the net. Pickleball players are not allowed to volley the ball in this zone. It includes all lines surrounding the zone. Also known as “The Kitchen” or NVZ.
Nutmeg or 5-hole: When a player hits the ball through the opponent’s legs, a tricky and often surprising shot.
Paddle: The equivalent to the racket in racquetball or tennis. Pickleball paddles are made of wood, composite or graphite.
Party: What Pickleballers do often to get together with friends and fellow Picklers Pickled: The equivalent to getting “skunked” in other sports, scoring zero points in a whole game. If you lose a pickleball game 11-0, you’ve been “pickled”.
Pickler: A pickleball addict. A pickleball freak who can’t stop talking about the sport.
Poach: In doubles pickleball, to cross over your partner’s side of the court to hit a shot.
Put Away: A shot with no chance of being returned.
Resetting (or Reset): To stop a hard/fast rally and bring it back into the kitchen for dinking.
Serve: An underhand stroke used to put the pickleball into play. Serving team has two attempts to serve the point. Paddle must contact the ball under the server’s waist level.
Server Number: The number (1 or 2) indicating which server is serving for each team in the pickleball serving sequence.
Service Out Side Scoring: The current scoring system used in Pickleball where you need to be serving to score points.
Side Out: Declared after one side loses its service and the other side is awarded the serve.
Slammers: Hard-hitting aggressive players who rely on overpowering shots to put points away.
Smash: Shot that is hit above the hitter’s head with a serve-like motion. It is also referred to as an overhead.
Third Shot: The second return after the serve, often strategically used to gain an advantageous position.
Two Bounce Rule: In pickleball: after the ball is served, the receiving team must let the ball bounce before returning, and then the serving team must also let it bounce before returning. After the third hit, the ball can be volleyed (hit midair without bouncing).
Unattackable ball: A good drop shot or dink shot or reset shot that does not bounce high enough to be attacked (bounce height is lower than the net).
To Play go to: PlayTime Scheduler for Pickleball to for current times. To Join the PML Pickleball Club email Tammy Talovich at TamTally1@gmail.com or call 209.605.7904
PINE NEEDLERS QUILT GUILD
SANDY SMITH
May is always an exciting time of year...winter is gone, and warmer temps are here, that means more outdoor activities, and creative juices are flowing.
This is also National Bee Month. Giving a big shoutout to all Bees everywhere.
Bee positive...Bee helpful...Bee kind...
Bee respectful...Bee creative...Bee Unique...and last but not least, Bee peaceful. Now it’s your turn, how many Bee’s can you add to the list. A special thank you to our Queen Bee’s...Wina, Leslie, and Jean.
Bees play a key role in our Guild by fostering friendships, promoting learning, laughter, caring, and encouragement.
May also brings a new slate of officers to the Guild. We will celebrate both outgoing and incoming officers by having a lunch and installation in the park. It’s going to be a beautiful day...the only thing you will have to bring is a comfortable chair. The outgoing officers will be providing lunch.
Catherine Santa Maria will be doing the duty of installing our new Board.
May 20th is the date of our next meeting, regular time 10.00 a.m.at the park...no meet and greet this day. Pine Needlers Quilt Guild meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, at 10.00 a.m. under the Library. We do have a meet and greet at 9:30 and an after meeting sew and lunch group. Bring your lunch, a project and join the fun.
I know it’s early, but it is time to think about what quilt you want to share at the Quilt Show in October, times flies by in the summer.
Pine Needlers Quilt Guild new officers: President...Judi Kuhn V. President...
K aren Hopk ins Treasurer...Cathy Shakespeare Recording Secretary...Dee Small Corresponding Secretary...Lynn Sigafoose Directors...Carol Willmon/Leslie Timmons. Congratulations one and all.
Check out this wonderful website https://NCQC.net - teachers classes...very informative.
Also, if you are in Stockton Check out Quilters Hollow quilt show.
