December 2021 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 11
Charbonneau Tennis Club
By KATHI GRAY
Join the free tennis clinic in January
Charbonneau Tennis Club is very excited about reimagining our lifestyle here at Charbonneau . As new residents move in and want a more active lifestyle , we are anxious to be a partner in this new plan !
After months of meetings , I thought it would be a good time to clear up any misconceptions about the Charbonneau Tennis Club and the tennis facility that residents may have .
The original developers of Charbonneau believed that tennis , golf and swimming pools were necessary to sell the idea of resort living here in the northwest . The developer built two tennis courts covered with a clear “ bubble .” During a very strong storm , the “ bubble ” collapsed .
Instead of reinstalling it , they built the current building with insurance and other funds not associated with CCC . The tennis club was passed onto CCC debt free ! Tennis members even borrowed money ( without CCC money ) to add the restrooms and viewing area to the building . This loan was repaid through tennis member dues only . In order to maintain its financial stability , just like the golf course , non-resident members were allowed to join . They pay a higher fee and provide 75 % of the club ’ s operating income . The tennis club receives no money for operating or maintenance and has contributed funds for reserves to CCC . The tennis club has always been self supporting and has been successfully in the “ black ” for 40 years .
Moving forward , watch for new programs that will be coming out for residents and their families ! We plan free introduction clinics , summer kids camps , youth programs and summer outdoor memberships . Tennis is a healthy , noncontact sport that is a life time sport ! There is a free tennis clinic for Charbonneau residents at 10:30 a . m ., Sunday , Jan . 16 . Why don ’ t you join us ?
Wilsonville Library
By GREG MARTIN
Enjoy the peace and tranquility of the holiday season
Howdy library fans !
December is traditionally a quiet time for the library , and
MARTIN due to prevailing circumstance , it ’ s a quiet time for most of us as well . Since there ’ s nothing else to do about it , let ’ s enjoy the peace and tranquility of the holiday season and hope that the abundant rain continues . After all , we live in Oregon , and anyone who doesn ’ t like wet weather has surely already decamped for Arizona , with its snakes and scorpions — perhaps for the season , or perhaps forever . They can have it ! Here at the library , unless something unexpected has happened from the time I write these words until you read them , the library , along with all other public buildings , remains a mask zone . We have a mask for you at the entry if you don ’ t have one ! Sure it ’ s annoying , but if it bothers you to wear a mask for 10 minutes , just think about us — we are masked all day long , and it ’ s just wreaking havoc with my lovely peaches and cream complexion . Whatever shall I do ?
December also marks the first full month of work for our new ( albeit acting ) director , Shasta Sasser ! Shasta has
Kerry Eggers ’ latest book , “ Jerome Kersey : Overcoming the Odds .”
Meet the Author | Friday , December 10 , 4:00 pm | Charbonneau Country Club
Kerry will be giving a short presentation on the book project , Kersey , and the Blazers who made it to the NBA Finals in 1990 & 1992 . Kerry will then open it up for questions from the audience . Books will be available for purchase at $ 25 , and Kerry will be happy to sign them .
As Cinderella stories go , Kersey ’ s is at the top of the list .
Raised by grandparents in rural Virginia in the 1960 ’ s and ‘ 70s , Kersey was among the least likely of all eventual NBA stars . A late-bloomer as a basketball player , he was overlooked by college scouts . He signed with Longwood College in nearby Farmville , Va ., which was just making the transition from NCAA Division III to Division II . Kersey became a four-year starter and a small-college All-American but received little notice from NBA scouts . He was chosen with the 46th pick and taken in the second round of the 1984 draft by the Portland Trail Blazers .
Proceeds from the sales of the general edition of the book will go to the Jerome Kersey ’ 84 men ’ s basketball scholarship at Longwood University in Farmville , Va .
See LIBRARY / Page 12
Eggers , who retired in 2020 after 45 years writing sports for Portland newspapers , is a six-time winner of the Oregon Sportswriter of the Year Award . This is his eighth book . The others : Blazers Profiles ( 1991 ), Against the World ( 1993 , with co-author Dwight Jaynes ), Wherever You May Be : The Bill Schonely Story ( 1999 ), Clyde “ The Glide ” Drexler : My Life in Basketball ( 2004 ), Oregon State University Football Vault ( 2009 ), The Civil War Rivalry : Oregon vs . Oregon State ( 2014 ) and Jail Blazers : How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball ( 2018 ).