Mr. & Mrs. Joe and Jeannie McDaniel
1416 S. Marion Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74112-5923
918-834-3259 • 918-633-1510 • okrunjoe@cox.net
 

Dear Joe and Jeannie,

I want to express my appreciation for the excellent checker tournament you and Missouri (George and Darlene Stallsworth) hosted.  It, no doubt, will be the checker event of the year, not to mention the Grandmaster talent and prize money.  I thank you personally and on behalf of North Carolina Checker Association and its members for your generous support and effort to preserve our Grand Ole Game of Checkers.  It has not gone un-noticed. 

I enjoyed the renewal of checker friendships, top-notch competition, and all the fun.  Ozark Valley Inn was a comfortable stay and offered a nice venue for the tournament.  My wife and I dined at several nice restaurants and enjoyed several shows.  We visited Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Table Rock State Park, and did plenty of sightseeing in Branson 3 days prior to the tournament.

We drove out so we took in a few spot on the way to Branson and back home.

Hopefully we will plan a van trip of checker players next year as the enthusiasm, interest, competition, and prize fund builds for another wonderful checker tournament.

A Checker Friend,

JR Smith, Secretary of NCCA
cell 336-209-5656

cc: Teal Stanley, Jeff Webster, Mike Ross, Larry Michael, Roger D. Cline, Clint Pickard, Raleigh Johnson, John Webster

NCCA Correspondence