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 the game on June 16: MarilynAllred,firstplace,12,970; Jeff Perkins, second, 11,230; Ruth Bonnema, third, 11,070; and Irene Perkins, fourth, 11,030.
June 18 winners are: Ruth Bonnema, first place, 11,570; Nita Dickon, second, 10,680; Marge Dodero,third,10,420;andChung He Scharschmidt, fourth, 9,860.
The winners from June 20 are: Suzanne Parks, first, 11,920; Suzane Tester, second, 11,190; Jane Haass, third, 11,090; and Marilyn Allred, fourth, 10,840.
Lessons to learn how 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 shouldcallMargeDoderoat(310) 968-9509.
—Marge Dodero