03 November 2021

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LWer’s helpful hands make Happy Hats

LWer’s helpful hands make Happy Hats


by Patty Marsters pattym@lwsb.com Janice Turner never considered herself a creative person. “I’m more an analytical person,” she explains with a shrug, “a bookworm.” But a little side project for members of her bowling league led to bigger, more important projects, and now, she is part of a team whose goal is to bring smiles to kids undergoing cancer treatment at Miller Children’s

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Long Beach Symphony

Long Beach Symphony


The Long Beach Symphony is pleased to announce its reopening of its 2021-2022 Series on Nov. 13 with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Included in that night’s program in the Long Beach Terrace Theater is Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and “Ballade for Orchestra” by highly acclaimed British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The season features five concerts, plus a special

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Barnum wins Mano-a-Mano

Barnum wins Mano-a-Mano


POOL CLUB The Leisure World Pool Club played a special Mano-a-Mano Tournament on Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. It was a double elimination competition, with 16 players vying for the title of best eight-ball player in Leisure World. They played two out of three matches in the winners’ bracket, and when a player went to the losers’ bracket, it was done. Bob Barnum defeated Bob Gronski, Eunis “Wildfire!”

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Cribbage

Cribbage


On Oct. 26, 46 Cribbage Club players were treated to ice cream cups by Myrna Baker, Patti Smith, Margaret Smith and Gene Smith before play began. Winners this week were: First place: Norman Martin, with a score of 832 out of a possible 847; second: Donna Morgan, 829; third: tie bewteen Rosemary Wu and Barbara Wilke, 823; fourth: Ron Jackson, 822. The big winner for the day was Alma Zamzow, who

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