Pinochle Club

Pinochle is played in Clubhouse 1 every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The warmup game starts at 11:30 a.m., with the regular game beginning at 12:30 p.m. The club provides cards, score cards, pens, tablets and other equipment. It costs $2 per person to play, and the top four scorers of each day win cash prizes.

The following are the winning scores from recent games.

Feb. 14: First place: Marilyn Allred, 12,190; second: Oscar Moya, 10,910; third: Lynn Sorum, 10,700; fourth: Nancy Wheeler, 10,660.

Feb. 17: First place: Peggy Kasper, 11,990; second: Oscar Moya, 11,300; third: Ron Olsen; fourth: Don Kramer, 10,750.

Feb. 19: First place: Joan Taylor, 10,820; second: Diana Lambert, 10,390; third: Gayle Calden, 9,890; fourth: Peggy Kasper, 9,720.

Feb. 21: First place: Margaret Smith, 11,230; second: Marge Dodero, 10,800; third: Howard Bleakley, 10,640; fourth: Tony Dodero: 10,010.

Lessons to learn to play or to brush up on the game are available on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. in Clubhouse 1. Call Joan Taylor at (562) 240-5416 for more information.

Anyone interested in playing pinochle should call Marge Dodero at (310) 968-9509.