Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

• 8 • The Pinecone | April 2022 Congratulations to our EMPLOYEE of the Month RUDY SELMON Floor Tech Don't Miss Our First Kirby Pines Cornhole Tournament! Rudy exemplifies the values that Kirby stands for integrity, patience, kindness and community. He is never self-serving and can always be counted on to go above and beyond to provide the best care for our residents. He treats everyone like family and has never meet a stranger. My department and Kirby are proud to have Rudy on our team. - Jada Mullins, Director of Environmental Services Describe Your Family: Loving and caring. Describe yourself in five words: Loving, caring, respectful, honest and helpful. What is something you are proud of: Being part of the Kirby Pines Environmental Services Team. What do you do for fun: Perform on stage with my band. What are your hobbies or interests: Playing guitar. What is your favorite thing about your job: I get along with everybody. What is your favorite food: Chicken. What is your favorite song: The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King. What would you like people to know about you: That I am very kind and easy to get along with. Cornhole (also known regionally as bags, sack toss, or bean bag toss) is a lawn game in which players take turns throwing 16 ounce fabric bean bags at a raised platform (board) with a hole in the far end. A bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the board scores 1 point. Play continues until a team or player reaches or exceeds the score of 21. Cornhole matches are broken down into innings, or frames of play. During each frame, every player throws four bags, alternating teams between each throw. A player must deliver the bag from either the left or right pitcher's box, and remain in that designated pitchers box for the duration of the game. Cornhole can be played as singles or doubles. In doubles play, four players split into two teams. One member from each team pitches from one board and the other members pitch from the other. The first side of players alternate pitching bags until both players have thrown all four of their bags, then the players pitching from the opposing cornhole board continue to alternate in the same manner until all four of their bags are delivered and the inning or frame is completed. In singles play, two players play against each other. Delivery is handled in the same manner as doubles play. Both contestants pitch from the same cornhole board and alternate their pitches until all of their bags have been pitched, completing the inning or frame. In order to score, the bags must either be tossed into the hole or land on the board. A bag that falls through the hole is worth three points. The bag can be tossed directly into the hole, slide into the hole, or be knocked into the hole by another bag. A bag that lands on the board and is still on the board at the end of the inning is worth one point. If a bag touches the ground and comes to rest on the board, it is removed from the board prior to continuation of play and not worth any points (commonly referred to as a "dirt bag"). Scoring is done by cancellation (e.g., if Team A scores 12 points in the frame and Team B scores 10 points in the frame, Team A is awarded 2 points). Play continues until a player or team reaches or exceeds 21 points. A cornhole match is played until the first player or team reaches 21 points at the completion of an inning. The winning team does not need to win by two or more points. 3 points 1 point 0 points CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Friday, April 22 | 2:00 pm | Grounds You may sign up in the Resident Program's Department. Sign up in teams of two, or someone can be paired with you. We plan to have a few practice / training sessions before the tournament, so look for details to come and try something new! If you don't want to participate, at least come cheer on your friends! THROWER'S BOX THROWER'S BOX BOARD 1 THROWER'S BOX THROWER'S BOX BOARD 2 THROWER'S LANE 1 THROWER'S LANE 2 FOUL LINE FOUL LINE 40 FEET 27 FEET 8 FEET 3 FT 4 FT