Bio for Ken Schaebethal
Upon graduation from college in 1963 my wife and I married
and I entered the Air Force where we spent the next 28 years. Most of my career I was associated with the
intercontinental ballistic missile systems in one aspect or another, starting
as a missile crew member, then spending about five years as an instructor and
then moving into staff positions at intermediate and major command levels.
After retiring I worked as a seasonal tax preparer for four
years and also began to work fairly seriously in stained glass. For the next ten years I was associated with
two different co-op galleries where I sold my work and assisted with the
financial operations of both organizations.
My first exposure to pickleball occurred four years ago which
was our first year here at Palm Creek, and I've been hooked on it since the
first day. We have about a dozen men and
women in our small home town of Custer, SD who also play so I'm able to stay
with it over the summer a couple days a week although all the play is indoors.
I am well aware that keeping the pickleball program alive and
well at place the size of Palm Creek takes a lot of work by many
volunteers. Between maintenance of the
courts, setting up the schedule, monitoring round robins, scheduling and having
the tournaments run smoothly all require a lot of effort by a large number of
volunteers. I believe it is the task of
the board of directors to make sure that the courts are used to accommodate the
maximum amount of players while at the same time making sure that all skill
levels have an adequate amount of time to play with others at their skill
level. I can see that these goals may often conflict with each
other and there is no change that you can make to the way the courts are
scheduled and operated which will make everybody happy.
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