E-News: Issue 14

WALKING ON SUNSHINE This weekend’s forecast calls for CALLING ALL MOMS! sunshine and well deserved relaxation! It’s time to celebrate all of our fearless moms this Mother’s Day, for the great things they do, each and everyday, especially these past few weeks! We want to feature you/your Whether you’re firing up the grill, spouse/your mom in next Friday’s Newsletter, as well as on our Instagram. tackling a gardening project, or Please share photos with Kerry Sullivan or on the ET News Teams page. going for a walk, safely venture outside and take advantage of the KEEPING SPIRITS HIGH FLASH BACK FRIDAY warmer weather (that seems to be everyday in LA ☺). Sip on this hassle-free cocktail Each week we’ll feature a different decade! this weekend! We’re kicking things off in the 80’s! Today is the start of May, which is filled with lots of celebrations. Beginning with a Cinco de Mayo happy hour next Tuesday! If you want to celebrate early, check out John McKenna’s guac and marg of choice on page 3! Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and we want to celebrate all of our great moms in a big way. Read more about that in this issue. Lastly, next week begins the semi-finals of our Poker Tournament. Check out who’s advancing to round 2! Have a great weekend! “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” - A.A. Milne Evergreen Trading Vo l . 1 4

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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT – JOHN MCKENNA ! Hola ET Family ¡ STARTER KIT TO A SPICY CINCO DE MAYO I hope everyone is doing Spicy Mango Guac Jalapeno Margarita well as we enter what seems like week 20 of Click for recipe Click for recipe quarantine. LAZY TIP: If you don’t want to go through all What better way to close the trouble of making your own margarita, out April and transition into you can always enjoy a nice cold Mexican May than by celebrating Cinco de Mayo! cerveza, like my pup Reese! Selfishly, I have always Shout out Constellation, very on loved this holiday because brand in this household! it’s the perfect pre-game to my birthday, which is May 6th ������. Anyway, here are two things that will be on my table as soon as it hits 5pm Tuesday to spice up the day. If you make them too then we can celebrate during happy hour! Enjoy! - John Evergreen Trading Vo l . 1 4

EVERGREEN POKER TOURNAMENT UPDATES QUARANTINE And that’s a wrap to the first round of our tournament, with the CUP 16 semi-finalists advancing to the play-offs next Tuesday! The unlucky 120 will be drowning our sorrows at the Cinco De Mayo Happy Hour… with heavy hearts, cervezas, and margaritas in hand. Best of luck! We’ll be cheering you on in-between guac dunks! POOL G – THE RUNDOWN POOL H – THE RUNDOWN Although Pool G’s players had different winning tactics, their Last night’s game was off to an impressive start, battle cry was loud and clear “I’m going down with this ship!” with minimal trash talking, aside for Bets were high, and confidence levels, even higher! Chris Ross (shocker) whose scare tactics One end of the table housed the silent killers, had been in play for weeks! It took 1hr 40 minutes to Nadiya & Joo, whose fierce poker faces never knock the first player out (sorry Andrea) but a strong start by all!!! revealed their coming strikes. At the other end sat Jess Chappell, unafraid of a good face off! As the night progressed some players fell to aggressive bets (driven by exhaustion), while others returned after cooking a Mark and Sharon donned seriously fashionable hats that 5-course meal (seriously impressive). unfortunately brought them limited luck. With emotions high and stakes even higher, As the stakes grew higher, the trash talking kings of the night the final table came down to: (Gary McCory and Barry Green), stoked the fire calling out the • Christian Mourao bluffs (note: apparently they need to work on reading the room • Cerissa Chin better as they lost the game calling out those bluffs). Speaking of • Chris Ross • Michael DiMaggio bluffing, word has it that C.C. could write a book on it! • Janet Lammers-Scudder • Robyn Simensky The final table came down to: • Ana Maria Del Real Joo, Gordon, YouYou, Ben, Moira, and Nadiya. • Sarah Flores And there was no attempt from this group to flatter our Cerissa’s phenomenal “go big or go home” performance boss…Gordon was of the first to go on the final table. eventually got the best of her, driving the table down to: It was Ben, Moira, and Joo neck-to-neck until the end! Just when Janet, Chris, and Christian. they thought he was a goner, Ben came back placing 2nd, and Moira reigned in as the night’s top winner! All 3 came to the table with varying game play strategies— but ultimately the two ends of the spectrum won out. Christian placed 2nd with his conservative approach and Chris Ross was numero uno with his reign of terror! Evergreen Trading Vo l . 1 4

EVERGREEN POKER TOURNAMENT UPDATES QUARANTINE WEEKLY WINNER’S CIRCLE CUP CONGRATS TO OUR SEMI-FINALISTS! POOL A ADVANCERS POOL B ADVANCERS POOL C ADVANCERS POOL D ADVANCERS POOL E ADVANCERS POOL F ADVANCERS POOL G ADVANCERS POOL H ADVANCERS Evergreen Trading Vo l . 1 4