On The Bay | December 2021

December 2021

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ON BAY December 2021

GET IN TOUCH Richard Mogensen, General Manager 305.964.4048 - gm@dbycc.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President.................................. Leo Chomiak Vice President.......................... Rob Sperber Treasurer................................. Domingo Moreira Secretary..................................John Marshall Directors.................................Gary Alvo

Gary Sandler Steve Jacobson Robert Vernon MPOA Representative..............Edith Neuwahl

Fran Roach, Interim General Manager 305.964.4048 - fran.roach@troon.com

Controller

305.964.4042

Kathy Villamizar, Member Billing - memberbilling@dbycc.com

305.964.4044

Luz Sarabia, Accounts Payable 305.964.4043 - ap@dbycc.com

COMMITTEES Finance ....................................Domingo Moreira Fitness & Tennis......................Rob Sperber Golf & Greens........................Leo Chomiak House.....................................Gary Alvo Legal & By-Laws.....................Leo Chomiak Membership.............................John Marshall Grievance...............................Leo Chomiak

Daniella Tosta, Director of Membership & Marketing 305.964.4049 - d.tosta@dbycc.com

Kylie Bringola, Communications Manager

305.964.4053 - communications@dbycc.com

Craig Corcoran, Director of Golf

305.256.2500 - c.corcoran@dbycc.com

Julio Canales, Director of Food & Beverage 305.964.4045 - j.canales@dbycc.com

Jessica Terry, Catering Manager

MAIN DIRECTORY Clubhouse....................................305.254.2111 Dining & Social Reservations......305.278.8688 Fitness Center..............................305.469.9731 Front Gate Security....................305.256.2518 Golf Shop....................................305.256.2500 Member Billing............................305.964.4044 Tennis Shop..................................305.256.3366

305.964.4051 - j.terry@dbycc.com

Jonathan Rodriguez, Dining Room Manager

IN THIS ISSUE

305.964.4045 - j.rodriguez@dbycc.com

Daniel Stover, Director of Golf Course Maintenance 305.256.2516 - d.stover@dbycc.com

Renny Ramirez, Director of Fitness

305.254.2111 - fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

Pedro Leon, Director of Tennis

786.287.2660 - p.leon@dbycc.com

Cheryl Porter, Head Tennis Professional 305.256.3366 - c.porter@dbycc.com

Erik Ruiz, Building Maintenance Manager 305.254.2112 - e.ruiz@dbycc.com

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3 A Letter From The President 4 A Letter From The GM 5 December 2021 Calendar 6 2021 Annual Holiday Party 7 News From Membership 9 January 2021 Calendar 10 News From Golf 12 News From Golf Course Maintenance 13 News From Food & Beverage 15 News From Tennis 17 News From Fitness 18 Member Birthdays #dbycc

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A Letter From The President Dear Members, 2021 has gone by very quickly and we all have had a lot to deal this past year both personally and in business. As we wind down the year, I just wanted to say that it has been a pleasure to serve as the President of the Board of Directors and I believe your Board has accomplished a lot despite the tremendous obstacles faced.

Leo Chomiak Board of Directors President

We are very pleased that our Membership at Deering Bay continues to grow and that we have such great interest in joining the Club. This year we have added 88 Members to date going into December, one of the best years since the club’s inception. We are making a mark in our financial success and growing our new culture. The Board of Directors continues to look to making this club one of the best in the market.

We realize all that the Members have had to sacrifice during this past year with the summer closure and delays in completing projects. The challenges in the markets today with labor, supply chain issues, and inflation have created a need to embrace new strategies going into 2022.

Our Clubhouse renovation projects have continued to run into a few challenges. We are still working on a delay in opening our new Restaurant/Bar due to a fire safety requirement regarding egress through the construction area. We believe we have resolved the issue and hope to re-open the space very soon.

Although hard to believe, the 19th Hole is still in the Permitting process with the City of Coral Gables as well and we hope to be able to break ground by the end of the year or in January 2022. We are still working on the planning and re-design of the pool and pool deck to be constructed concurrently with the 19th Hole project.

As I mentioned last month and in other communications, the Board of Directors has also approved the complete replacement of the Clubhouse and Main Entrance roofs due to age and wear. We will begin this process by January 2022 and the project should run about 5 months.

The Board of Directors recently completed a review of the 2022 Annual Budget and we have addressed the rising cost of materials, increasing labor costs, and product availability issues due to the severe national procurement market conditions to try and minimize the impact as much as possible while improving our many services. We appreciate all of your patience while we get these projects done.

The Fitness Center is expected to be completed by January as well as we have encountered some existing structural leakage which delayed the planned completion in December. That has now been corrected and we are moving forward with completing the Fitness Center.

Our Annual Holiday Member Event is scheduled for Wednesday, December 8th this year. We look forward to another wonderful Holiday event this after the COVID challenges cancelled our event last year.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding this year, and we are all looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming member events.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we all wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year in 2022.

Leo Chomiak President of the Board of Directors

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A Letter From The General Manager Dear Members, On behalf of the entire team here at Deering Bay, we want to wish all of you very Happy Holidays with your loved ones.

2021 has been a very difficult year for most of us. COVID is still out there and everyone is hoping that this year, as things loosen up, that we can all enjoy a better holiday season than in 2020 with our family and friends.

The Annual Holiday Party is scheduled for Wednesday, December 8th. Please make your reservations with our team as soon as you can. This should be a great event to get reacquainted with your friends this year.

Richard Mogensen General Manager gm@dbycc.com

Director of Food and Beverage Julio Canales has planned some fun dining events over the next couple of months. We have a DAOU Wine Dinner and a Caviar Tasting coming up in early December. Please make your reservations for these events early.

As we have been mentioning in our other update letters and notes, the delays in some of our projects continue to be challenging for the Club. Permits, inspections, material availability, and staffing issues are a mountain we are still climbing.

The New Bar and Restaurant is still in progress as we are awaiting materials to finish the bar.

We believe we have resolved the fire safety issues with the restaurant egress and that fix should be installed in the next week. The opening of the restaurant is now expected later in December. We will announce an opening date when we have it.

The Fitness Center opening has been delayed until January due to leaks in the original foundation walls discovered during construction. That situation has been repaired and we are progressing with the completion of the Fitness Rooms. Fitness equipment will be installed in early January and we will get the facility set up shortly after.

Due to a prior family commitment I will have to be away from Deering Bay for a month starting on Monday, December 6th. Mr. Fran Roach, a very qualified Troon General Manager will be managing the club for the month and into the first week in January while I am gone.

Please contact Fran with anything you may need.

On behalf of the staff, we thank you for your support during this past year and for being such supportive members of this great Club.

We wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year.

Richard Mogensen General Manager

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December 2021 Calendar of Events SUN

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-MemberMember Round 2

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-Ladies Interclub @ Doral

Club Closed

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FRI

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-Member Open Forum & Annual Meeting

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THU

-Holiday Party 7:00pm -Dining Closes at 3:00pm

-WGA Blue vs. White -WTA Holiday Party

-MemberMember Stag Dinner

-WGA Game -Caviar Day Master Class -Tennis Night Out -DAOU Wine Dinner

-WGA Holiday Play

-MemberMember Round 1

-MGA

Club Closed

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-Santa Brunch

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-WGA Open Play

-Club Closes at 2:00pm

Club Closed

Club Closed

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Club Closed

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-WGA Open Play

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-Club Closes at 3:00pm -NYE Dinner & Countdown Party 6:00pm

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News From Membership Tis The Season!

GIVE TIME: With all of the newcomers to our Club, who better than other members to guide them through life at Deering Bay! From the different plays you can do on the golf course so you don’t lose too much money, to which one is your favorite tennis court, each of you can be a tremendous resource for new members.

Daniella Tosta Director of Membership & Marketing d.tosta@dbycc.com

GIVE BACK: Thank you so much to all the members who supported us. We really appreciate the donations to the DBYCC Holiday Fund.

GIVE SMILES: Deering Bay is partnering with Kristi House this year, serving as the only Children’s Advocacy Center providing free care to children victims of abuse and sex trafficking. You can drop off unwrapped holiday gifts and gift cards at the Club’s front desk or at the Dining Room entrance for children up to 16 years old through December 12th.

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W e l c o m e ! New

David & Kathleen Baum Full Golf

& Returning Members

Tom & Alina Bezold Associate

Goran & Kristina Lindahl Full Golf

David & Lucero Rosales Preview

Rolando & Sabina Vazquez Associate

Thierry & Britta Moser Full Golf

Josh & Christine Kotler Preview

Upgrading Members Juan Carlos & Laurence Marino Preview to Full Golf Enrique & Madeleine Sosa Associate to Full Golf

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January 2022 Calendar of Events

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MLK Jr. Day 24 25

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-Member Mixer 6-7:30pm

-WGA Themed Event

-Movie Night

Club Closed

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-Adult/Child Scramble

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-WGA Match Play Round 1

-Sunshine Saturday -Men’s Team Qualifying Championship

Club Closed

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-Men’s Team

Championship Quarter-Final -Men’s President’s Cup 2nd Round Ends

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-Men’s Team Championship Qualifying

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-Men’s President’s Cup 3rd Round Begins

Club Closed

-WGA Match Play Round 2 -Ladies Interclub @ FLCC

-WGA Match -Comedy Play Final Night

-Movie Night -Men’s Team Championship Semi-Final

-Movie Night

Club Closed

31 Club Closed

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News From Golf Dear Members, As the holiday season continues to creep up on us, remember that the Golf Shop is always a great place to pick up a gift! There is no better time to do this than the Annual Holiday Party on December 8th. Come pick out some merchandise, pop a balloon, and walk out a winner!

Craig Corcoran Director of Golf c.corcoran@dbycc.com

Our golf tournaments are in full swing and we are looking forward to our first major of the year with our Men’s Member-Member tournament being held the first weekend of December. We also have our Men’s President’s Cup in progress, second MGA event, and a couple interclubs scheduled for December.

Our WGA continues to get stronger and I would like to congratulate and thank our five ladies that will be representing the WGA committee. Susan Elliott – President; Shari Spector – Vice President; Karen Baron – Treasurer; Eileen Alvo – Secretary; Geraldine Blakely – Events Coordinator. This committee will be the voice of the WGA and will continue making our ladies program a success. If you have any questions please reach out to myself or a member of the committee.

We continue to welcome back our members to Deering Bay! In the lead-up to the season we also welcome a number of new employees so please stop in and say hi to the new faces on our staff. As we getting busier into the season, we will be asking our members to ride two in a cart, however not mandatory; doing this will help increase the number of carts available throughout the day.

Thank you and Happy Holidays, Craig Corcoran Director of Golf

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Golf Events Holiday Gift Guide From the Pro Shop

Mark Your Calendars ... upcoming golf events Thursday, December 2nd WGA Blue vs. White December 3rd - December 5th Fall Member-Member Tuesday, December 7th Ladies Interclub @ Doral Thursday, December 9th WGA Game Day Wednesday, December 15th Men’s Interclub @ Ocean Reef Thursday, December 16th WGA Holiday Saturday, December 18th MGA #2 Thursday, December 23rd WGA Open Play Thursday, December 30th WGA Open Play

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News From The Golf Course Hello Everyone, After a cloudy and rain-filled November the golf course is finally getting some long awaited sunshine. The course held up well considering the amount of successive cloudy days we did have. That being said, we still are very wet and I would ask to please avoid driving over any low-drain basin areas as many are still completely saturated. We are still pumping continuously from holes 6, 8, 9, and the driving range due to the 8 inches of rain we have received this November.

Daniel Stover Director of Golf Course Maintenance d.stover@dbycc.com

After a long wait, our pine straw is finally going to be delivered to us and spread on December 6th. The long wait was due to heavy rains that happened in upstate Florida and Georgia earlier this year. Harvesting pine straw during this period was impossible and it held back production for several weeks. The lack of production during this time set back all scheduled deliveries for the remainder of the year.

Our Thor Guard lightning detection system has been installed and is up and running. The horns are working properly and you will hear one long 15 second horn blast to seek shelter, and three 5 second blasts for an all clear signal. The maintenance building is now the main hub with holes 3, 5, and 14 all having new repeater units. The pool will be getting a new unit as well as soon as the parts arrive. Along with the horn blasts there will soon be an automated message to all carts if inclement weather does approach. I have contacted EZGO technical support for assistance to get this process started so hopefully this will not take a long time to implement.

Additionally, the mangroves on holes 2, 5, and 9 have been trimmed and we are now trimming mangroves that are encroaching upon cart paths. The work should be completed no later than the end of next week along with some additional trimming of select trees adjacent to greens.

I hope you have a good Thanksgiving and If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact me directly at d.stover@dbycc.com.

Daniel Stover Director of Grounds

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News From Food & Beverage Happy Holidays!

We are excited for the opportunity to serve you and celebrate this special time of the year with you. Food and Beverage is a dynamic department that requires a team effort to be successful. We are working on building a team and creating a culture of excellence. During the times that we are living in, it is challenging to recruit the quality staff members that our department requires.

Julio Canales Director of Food and Beverage j.canales@dbycc.com

However, the team members that we do have are putting forth a great effort to continue moving forward and improving.

Please keep supporting our department, and we welcome your valuable feedback.

We are excited to announce different events for you in December. Keep an eye on your email as we give you more details of the events to celebrate with us.

Wednesday, December 8th - Annual Holiday Party Thursday, December 9th - DAOU Wine Dinner Friday, December 10th - Complimentary Caviar Master Class With Bemka House of Caviar Sunday, December 19th - Santa Brunch Friday, December 31st - New Year’s Eve Dinner & Countdown We are confident that we will have the grand opening of our New Restaurant and Bar in December, and we will announce a date as soon as possible.

Also, I’m glad to share with you that we will start our Wine Tasting Class with Mr. James Hilferty, sommelier from Republic National Luxury Division, in January. The classes will be hosted once a month, and you will have the experience of tasting six wines each class. Dates and more details will be provided at the end of this month.

I wish you a wonderful holiday season and guarantee that we will continue developing our team to provide a world-class experience at our Club. Thank you, and have a great month of December.

Best, Julio Canales Director of Food and Beverage

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News From Tennis Happy Holidays from the Deering Bay tennis staff!

As of this writing we are just about to complete our Ladies Fall Tennis Program, where we had a record number of six teams competing in the USTA league and South Florida Womens Doubles Tennis League. This is the most teams that have ever played out of Deering Bay, which by the way is more than any other private country club in the county.

Our women’s 55 & over 6.0 team is currently tied for first place, with one remaining match. Our 55 & over 7.0 senior Pedro Leon team is going to finish in 2nd place. The ladies 40 & over Director of Tennis 3.0 USTA has improved tremendously, with so many new p.leon@dbycc.com members joining this team. They will finish in 4th place, but gave the team that won the league their only loss! This team will have a great chance to win the spring league and compete for the county championship in May. The most improved team for us this year is the 40 & over 3.5 USTA team, where we admittedly had a couple of poor years, finishing at the bottom. The new format for this league is now one singles position and 3 doubles positions. We are currently in 5th place out of 12 teams.

This is all due to a few added new members to our roster, who have given us that “one extra good player” we needed in order to compete with the top teams. Look for this team to be TOP 2 come Spring league!

We round out our tennis league, with what is considered inter club play (SFWDTL). We have an Alpha 2 team (we WON the Alpha Beta division in 2020 along with the sportsmanship award), and got moved up to this tough level, Alpha 2. We are right now with a record of 1-2, with 8 more matches that run now through April. This team is new to this division, but already showing they can compete.

Our new addition this year is the B1 team, which we added because we have so many women (over 40 players) who are wanting to compete and play matches. It was our decision to add another team to the SFWDTL with the purpose of getting all our ladies lots of match play experience. We can brag a little here and say we are 4-0 and in FIRST PLACE in this league of 8 teams. We play a home and away schedule, with 14 matches total, and a season that runs through May. Besides having 6 teams that are all proving to be winners, we have the nicest, friendliest, best sportswomen in the city! Every team loves to come play at our beautiful facility, where we can also boast about having the best courts in town.

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News From Tennis Our court maintenance man is Jorge, we took him from the kitchen staff a couple of years ago and he has proven to be a hard worker, and keeps our courts in great shape. Some of you have noticed the courts are in need of clay, which as of this writing we have ordered the clay and will begin the maintenance of adding it to all 7 courts. We do this twice a year at least, but have to do it around hurricane season, and now we have to be able to do it around all the matches that the ladies are having. It is a full week of work to get this done but will still allow for play on enough courts so everyone is happy.

More good news, we are going to attempt to add an 18 & over mens 3.5 team to the USTA league come January. This will be a first as far as a mens team goes in at least 20 years.

We believe since COVID, the flood gates have opened up as far as men playing and taking lessons at the club, along with new members, and it looks like we can try to field a team.

This will be a league that plays on Thursday nights. If you fit the age requirement of over 18 years old, you are a man, and you play tennis like a 3.5 player, please reach out to us in the Pro Shop and get your name on this team! We would love to have you.

Pedro, Cheryl, and Randolph are also very busy every weekday with teaching kids privately, semi-privately, and in group settings based on ability. Reach out to any of us to get involved in our programming.

Happy Holidays, Pedro Leon, Director of Tennis (786) 287-2660 Cheryl Porter, Head Tennis Pro (305) 772-8342 Randolph Seivane, Teaching Pro (786) 955-4846

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News From Fitness

Dear Members, I wanted to start by wishing you all a very happy holiday season. I hope all of you get to enjoy these next few weeks with your loved ones.

Renny Ramirez Director of Fitness fitnesscenter@dbycc.com

With the winter weather settling in Miami, it is one of my favorite times of the year to exercise outside in the fresh air. Whether you are taking a walk, doing yard work, or decorating your house, there is no better feeling than a great outdoor workout.

On cooler days, stop by the Deering Bay pool for a water aerobics class or aquacycling class in our heated pool!

If staying inside the comfort of your own home sounds better to you, we would love to have you join one of our many weekly Zoom fitness classes. Zoom fitness classes are a great way to include the whole family in an exhilarating workout!

Once again, I hope you all have an amazing holiday season and I am looking forward to seeing many of you back in the Clubhouse soon!

Renny Ramirez Director of Fitness

*** For more details and an updated weekly fitness schedule, please visit the “announcements” section on your member homepage or contact Renny at fitnesscenter@dbycc.com ***

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Happy Birthday To Our Members!

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Tom Bezold Candace Borja Jacques de Sainte Phalle Ed Golden Alicia Hathaway Maria McDonald

2

Charles Herington Steven Sandler Randy Schenkman Noah Sperber Cal Thomas

4

Esther Goldberg Karen Holtzman Benjamin Leon Jr. Alexander Righetti Elizabeth Strombom

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Leo Chomiak Claudia Espinosa Joseph Weston

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Susan Freshman Colin O’Reilly Mia Schatz Paul Wong

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Sebastian Guinot Sofie Hammersmith Richard Jacobs Edward Mahler Laurence Marino Laura Parker 18

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Marilinda de Sainte Phille Linda Grant Ford Harrington Michele Kaplan

10

Kelly Docherty Todd Ehrenreich Robin Zagorski

11

Adam Block Donna Levine Kristina Lindahl Harrison Reale

12

Ryan Fluxman Shyam Kumar Michele Saverin-Sanders

14

Michael Bell John Figuerra

15

Nancy Quesada Barry Solowey Karen Torcise

16

Gary Dix Federico Humbert Steven Plotkin Ann Ulbricht Thomas Wood Jr.

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Carmen Correa John Lauria Hugo Mantilla Jessie Wolfson

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Joann Feldman Andrew Gross Alfred Zeller

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Yvonne Hershman Steven Kanter Melanie Wong

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Karen Buchsbaum Steven Ferreira Rebeca Righetti

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Rosa Bodoh Patricia Crompton

Joan Arnold Steven Elbaum Maria Sierra

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Agnes Bartha Yvonne Coy

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Bruce Behren Kathleen Mayes Daryl Shevin

Steve Hammersmith Heidi Katz

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Diandra Clavero Ingrid Marshall Elizabeth Vargas Richard Voell

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Joaquin Blaya John Eggert Joe Pallot

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Karen Dunn Christopher Thomas

30

Andres Bartha Jim Sloto Sam Weeman

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Jill Casuso

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