SHORT TAKES
Ray Scott, Renaissance Club member and former player and coach for the Detroit Pistons, celebrates his induction into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. The Pistons selected Scott with the fourth pick in the 1961 NBA Draft. He then had an 11-year career in the NBA and ABA. In 1974, he won the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA’s coach of the year after leading the Pistons to their first 50-win season. … Spotted: During one week at Center Club in Costa Mesa, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former White House chef Walter Scheib both make appearances at the club. Schwarzenegger appeared to speak about his proposed 2008 budget. Scheib prepared a special dinner for Liberty Mutual’s Client Appreciation Program. Click here for a photo of the governor with Center Club executive chef Bruno Massuger. … More than 600 members gather to inaugurate the new clubhouse at Ohio’s Quail Hollow Country Club. … Dr. Phil McGraw plans to be on hand for a couple’s wedding at Countryside Country Club in Florida that his crew will film for an upcoming episode of his popular TV show. … Members of Texas’ Wildflower Country Club toast the naming of Docs, the club’s new pub, in memory of member Dr. Ralph Wilson Jr. … Author, Author: Novelist Bill Bass signs copies of his latest, The Devil’s Bones, at Club LeConte in Knoxville; and Ethan Becker, third generation author of The Joy of Cooking, and his wife and publisher Susan, dine at Florida’s University Club following an area book signing of the famed cookbook’s 75th anniversary edition. Dr. Bass, a pioneer in forensic anthropology, created the world’s first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition.… To mark his 50th birthday, Mark Hinson, a member of Tennessee’s Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, reboots his triathlete roots by running 50 miles. … Ned and Terri Ann Sokoloff, members at Treesdale and Diamond Run, both make an impact in Pennsylvania — he being named associated member of the year by the state’s restaurant association; and she being recognized as one of the top 50 businesswomen in Pennsylvania. … At North Carolina’s Piedmont Club, world-acclaimed solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie draws an overflow crowd for a “music lovers luncheon.” … Members of Virginia’s River Creek Club make “Martinis Matter” as the cocktails raise thousands for charity. Click here for photos from the Martinis Matter event. ... Philly’s Business Journal selects Pyramid Club member Jane Firth as one of its Women of Distinction.