Page 5 - Jupiter Spotlight - March '22

Jupiter Spotlight, Page 5
Jupiter’s Senior Softball

When it comes to “star power” Jupiter’s Senior Softball fortunate to have a total of eleven players
program has it, thanks to nearly a dozen standout players, all as National Hall of Fame honorees,
in their 80s, who have been inducted into the National Senior and added: “Their accomplishments
Softball Hall of Fame (HOF) in the last 25 years. on the national level reflect great
Three of the honorees are longtime Jupiter players who are credit on themselves and as well as on
participating in the Jupiter Senior Softball Association’s (JSSA) Jupiter’s Senior Softball program and we
2022 Winter League. They are: Rocco Cambareri, inducted in congratulate them.”
2006, Norm Haltrich, inducted 2017, and Scott Logan, a 2021 The National Senior Softball Hall
honoree. Ted Battistone, who died in 2020, was a 2005 inductee of Fame, founded in 1995, is based in
and was the inaugural inductee in the JSSA’s Hall of Fame. Mustang, Okla. It recognizes players
JSSA Commissioner Tom Cosentino said the association is who have achieved the highest honors in
Senior Softball. Eligibility requirements
include having earned a specified number
of points from awards received in National Rocco Cambereri Scott Logan and Norm Haltrich
or World Senior Softball Tournaments.
Nominees must submit other documentation, including letters exercise. He was inducted into the HOF as a player in 2006.
of recommendations from managers, and be voted into the Hall And he also is to be inducted as a manager into the the 2022
of Fame by members. Softball USA Hall of Fame. Cambareri has represented the
Cambareri, 85, a retired general contractor, said, “Softball United States in international tournaments, including Spain,
saved my life.” He cited his previous lifestyle that included Ireland, Scotland, Italy and England.
Tournament championship rings smoking cigars, being overweight and getting very little Haltrich, 86, was a 2017 Hall of Fame inductee and has
played in Jupiter’s senior softball league since 1988, a couple
years after retiring from AT&T management. In addition to
Award-Winning Artists Paint Local Scenes from page 4 Park. The mini-workshop will focus on painting sunset and playing in Jupiter, he, Logan and Cambareri all travel to play
dusk and will include a slide presentation, demonstration, in tournaments around the country at least six or seven times a
9 to 11 a.m., Mary Hertler Tallman will be using pastels and a group paint-out during the sunset with individual year. And they’ve earned numerous tournament championship
to show the light and shadow in the picturesque DuBois help. Then on April 3, Erin Dertner is offering a full day rings over the years.
Park. Thursday, March 31, artist Richard Sneary will be of oil painting instruction, demonstrations, and painting Logan, 83, the 2021 National HOF inductee, is a retired
doing a watercolor paint demonstration at the stunning in “Afraid of Color and Texture?” school principal from Pennsylvania. He credits softball with
Port Salerno Waterfront District. All of the paintings keeping him healthy. “It keeps me in shape, keeps me active
can be viewed and will be available for purchase at the and keeps me young,” he said.
Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery. Real-time updates are Other former Jupiter senior league players enshrined in
available on Instagram @lighthousearts. the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame, and their year of
Three of the exceptional artists will be offering in- induction are: Larry Callaway, 1997; Dave Robertson, 1997;
person workshops for all levels starting at $125. Neil Arden Siegendorf, 1997; Warren Watson, 1999; Pat Devine,
Hughes is offering a two-day workshop, “Interpreting the 1999; Milton Graphe, 2002; and Bob Fuhst, 2005.
Landscape,” March 30 to 31. The workshop will discuss The Jupiter Senior Softball program is open to persons 55
and demonstrate technique and various approaches to the and over and is sponsored by the JSSA in cooperation with the
applications of the paint giving students the opportunity Town of Jupiter. Games are every Monday, Wednesday and
to paint and receive individual instruction. Carl Bretzke’s Friday at 8:30 a.m. at Jupiter Community Park. New players
“Painting Sunset and Dusk,” takes place April 2 from 4:30 are always welcome. To register, or for information visit www.
to 8:30 p.m., starting at the LAC and traveling to DuBois leaguelineup.com/jssa.
Photos by Johnny Moore