{"id":25790,"date":"2022-03-21T20:45:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25790"},"modified":"2022-03-21T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:45:30","slug":"25790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25790","title":{"rendered":"Raising Money for LLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pickleball community came together for a great cause earlier this month. On March 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsoftheyear.org\/soy-candidates\/5656\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LLS Students of the Year<\/a> candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/events.lls.org\/mid\/wichitasoy22\/jmorris\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josie Morris<\/a> hosted a pickleball tournament at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chickennpickle.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicken N Pickle<\/a> to raise money for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lls.org\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leukemia &#038; Lymphoma Society<\/a>. As you can tell from this short video, everyone had a great time and the tournament was a huge success!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/74lCpmOGEM4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"1\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I am pretty sure Chris Heck had the most fun out of everyone. He was drinking the entire time! I don&#8217;t think there was ever a moment that he didn&#8217;t have a beer in his hand. Actually, he wasn&#8217;t playing with beer in hand (that&#8217;s a totally different pickleball tournament) but his drink was always close by so he could take a drink every couple of points. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51924085352\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51924085352_4648fba083_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, he wasn&#8217;t even supposed to play with me. I had signed up for <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=24083\" >Noi Sourinthone<\/a>, my friend from Tennessee who recently moved to Wichita run pickleball programs for the city, and I to play together. However, he ended up having to fly back to Tennessee for a funeral the weekend of the tournament so he had Chris take his spot.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51924085357\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51924085357_3ec85670c1_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It worked out great that we already had <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23307\" >matching shirts<\/a>. Karen thought I had them made special but they are actually shirts we had from 2020. In fact, they are so old that rule #2 on the back is now wrong and needs to be revised.   <\/p>\n<p>Chris and I ended up winning the tournament. Chris is one of the best players in Wichita so the outcome wasn&#8217;t a surprise. I think it would have been more of a shock if we didn&#8217;t win. Although, I think the result would have been the same had Noi been able to play. Being new in town, he hasn&#8217;t met everyone and they have no idea what an amazing pickleball player he is.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51925059846\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51925059846_5bbf61c879_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides raising money for LLS, my main goal that day was not to let Noi down. I was goofing around mostly and almost messed it up. Thankfully, I had a great partner and we ended up taking first place and earning a couple of gift cards to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.6ssteakhouse.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6S Steakhouse<\/a> donated by our friend <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19096\" >Jen Reifschneider<\/a>, who is the executive chef at the restaurant. You&#8217;ll probably remember her as the old executive chef at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansasstarcasino.com\/dine\/woodfire-grille\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woodfire Grille at the Kansas Star Casino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51950126207\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51950126207_b390ef69a9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night, a bunch of us got together for dinner at 6S to support Jen&#8217;s restaurant and also so Chris and I could use our gift cards. However, Chris forgot to bring his gift card so I guess we&#8217;ll just have to go back. LOL. <\/p>\n<p>6S is a special occasion sort of place but, if you go during &#8220;first call&#8221; from 4:30 to 6:00 pm when they have $5 drinks and $8 appetizers, you can actually get out of there without spending too much. I might have to take Brian there on a date another night soon. Until then, GNG. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pickleball community came together for a great cause earlier this month. On March 6, LLS Students of the Year candidate Josie Morris hosted a pickleball tournament at Chicken N Pickle to raise money for the Leukemia &#038; Lymphoma Society. 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