Pinochle
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.
April 11: First place: Marilyn Allred, 13,050; second: Charlotte Westcott, 10,520; third: Howard Bleakley, 10,400; fourth: Marge Dodero, 10,070.
April 14: First place: Julia Troise, 13,700; second: Irene Perkins, 11,400; third: Pat Blum, 11,340; fourth: Keith Clausen, 11,320.
April 16: First place: Donna Gorman, 14,170; second: Ruth Bonnema, 11,000; third: Nancy Wheeler, 10,890; fourth: Irene Perkins, 10,870.
April 18: First place: Marilyn Allred, 13,860; second: Keith Clausen, 11,170; third: ChungHe Scharschmidt, 10,570; fourth: Gene Smith, 10,470.
Lessons to learn to play or to brush up on the game are available by appointment. Call Joan Taylor at (562) 240-5416 for more information. Anyone interested in playing pinochle should call Marge Dodero at (310) 968-9509.
