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	Mary Rhoades, Director of the Mid-Cities club since its inception in 1984. A resident of Bedford, Mary is a member of the Texas SCRABBLE® Hall of Fame and was national Director of the Year in  2000. In addition to being club director, Mary also plays in and directs tournaments both locally and nationally.
	Dee Segrest, Co-Director. Dee lives in Grand Prairie and is a charter member of the Mid-Cities club. Dee has retired from the City of Dallas Parks Department and directs and plays in tournaments. She was Texas State Champion in 1996 and is a member of the Texas SCRABBLE® Hall of Fame.
	Our other Mid-Cities players, alphabetically:
	Rana Afeiche - Rana was born in Beirut, Lebanon and is a school psychologist. She enjoys (other than SCRABBLE® of course), reading, cooking, creative writing, power-walking and traveling. Her favorite movie is Forest Gump, and her favorite author is John Grisham. She joined the Bedford club in 2006.
	Shirley Apley - Shirley is a genealogical librarian at the Fort Worth Public Library. More bio to follow.
	Laura Bartholdt - Bio to follow.
	Mike Chitwood - Mike started a club in North Dallas which he handed over to Bryan Pepper when Mike moved to Tyler temporarily. He has placed first in Division 2 of 10 tournaments, including two Texas State Championship tournaments.
	Karen DaCosta - Karen lives in Grand Prairie and joined the Bedford club in 2006.
	Carl Davis - Carl lives in Fort Worth and Atlanta with his wife Mo and works for Delta Air Lines as an aircraft mechanic. He has placed 1st in Division 2 in many tournaments and also placed 4th in Division 4 in the National SCRABBLE® Championship in Providence, RI in 2000.
	Michelle (Mo) Davis - Carl and Mo met at SCRABBLE® club and dated for several years before taking the big step. Several Scrabble® friends were privileged to attend their wedding, after which they took a honeymoon which incorporated a tournament in Portland, OR.
	Sammy Dick-Onuoha - Sammy, a native of Nigeria, lives in south Dallas. He works in a dialysis center. He was an expert SCRABBLE® player in Nigeria and when he moved to Texas, joined our club. He was accustomed to the combination (British and N. American) dictionary and had to "unlearn" the British-only words.
	Mike Early - Mike lives in south Fort Worth and plays in a number of tournaments yearly. He is a musician and courier and contributes quarterly to the Mid-Cities SCRABBLE® Players Newsletter. Mike was the 1994 Texas State Champion.
	E.B. Holschuh - E.B. Holschuh is a retired Navy linguist and an English and Russian teacher at Mansfield High School, where he sponsors a campus SCRABBLE® club for students and faculty.  He has been playing SCRABBLE® competitively since the summer of 2003.  E.B. lives in Arlington with his wife and two daughters.
	David Isgitt - David is a stay-at-home dad and trained musician with degrees in  trombone and music theory. He enjoys writing music in his spare time. His ISC handle is mriz. He and his wife have been married for 9 years and have a 3-1/2 year old son with another baby on the way.
	Kyle Martin - Kyle is a student at the University of Kansas majoring in Sport Management. He started seriously playing Scrabble in the summer of 2006 and first came to the club in December 2006. Kyle plays often online as well. His ISC handle is KMart4488.
	Pat Oppenlander - Married to a retired Army officer, Pat & hubby have three children & three grandchildren. Her favorite military assignment was the two tours (7 years) they spent in Alaska. After retiring from Sprint in 1998, most of her time was spent with her two moms, who have since passed away. Pat is currently rediscovering everything, from books to movies to (of course!) Scrabble. She also likes sewing and gardening.
	Harold Pennigan - Harold is originally from Barbados. He drives a school bus for the city of Dallas.
	Bryan Pepper - Bryan lives in Bedford and works for Lab Corp in Dallas as a fleet manager. He plays in and directs tournaments both locally and nationally. Bryan directs a club in North Dallas weekly.
	John Redding - John works in tech support for ComUCom. More bio to follow.
	Dave Rubin - Dave was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1948 and grew up and was attended school in Lancaster, Texas. He attended UTA with a B.A. in history. He has worked as an outside service representative for Lab Corp of America since 1979. He started playing club SCRABBLE® in 1996.
	Cecelia Smith - Cecelia, originally from Seattle, came to us via Washington D.C. where she studied for her Masters in Cognitive Linguistics at Gallaudet University.  By day, she is a project assistant for a construction firm and by night she is a Sign Language Interpreter at a local community college, which is why she is only able to make rare appearances at the club.  She enjoys playing SCRABBLE® at the "fun level" and doesn't see herself in a tournament any time soon, but really enjoys the atmosphere of the monthly club.
	Mary Lou Thurman - Bio to follow.
	Linda Villarreal - Linda, a resident of Bedford, was so excited when she was shown an article about a Bedford tournament, that she called Mary and exclaimed that she would be happy to pay $10 a week just for a chance to play! Fortunately, it costs her much less than that. Linda works for Capitol One.