Tag: Mah Jongg

Welcome, Mah Jongg class #20

Back row from left: Kathy Smith, Gloria Fulton, Gary Lord, Nancy McSwiggan and Pat Lipetzky; third row: Marilyn Phelps, Flora Conley, Barb Purpua and Beverly Hume; second row: Jan Ruder, Bev Cummings and Yvonne Little; front row: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Leslie Miller

Johanna Kaufman On November 9 twelve more Creekers completed the introductory Mah Jongg class joining more than 200 of their neighbors who have taken the course. Anyone walking by meeting rooms in Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse or Tuscany Falls Clubhouse on any given day might hear what sounds like a strange language including terms like “crak,”…

Pebble Jongg, anyone?

Sue Fortunato, Nancy Hume and Sue White

Three avid Mah Jongg players, Sue Fortunato, Nancy Hume and Sue White, were playing Marvelous Mah Jongg one morning recently and realized that they could develop a card just for PebbleCreekers who love to play Mah Jongg and gear the card specifically towards our community. They decided to call the card Pebble Jongg! What is…

More Mah Jongg players graduate

Back row from left: Mary McMahon, Dave Maybey, Linda Labenz, Tony Sacks and Patti Casey; Third row: Wendy Neely, Michelle Hundt, Jeannie Schimmelpfennig and Gladys Maybey; Second row: Kim Holmes and Charlotte Krause; Front row: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Liz Gray

Johanna Kaufman Millions of Mah Jongg players throughout the world are tackling this challenging game that originated in ancient China and has become very popular in the United States. As the game moved west, it emerged in many forms. In 1937 the National Mah Jongg League in the United States was formed to standardize the…