HUMOR My chia pet Nancy has been missing for several days now. Early Sunday morning, after she nosed me out of bed, we went for our usual walk, even though I was still half way between sleeping and dreaming. We decided to go to the community gardens. She knows many of the plants there, going all the way back to her seed packet days. After a chat with Okra and Arugula, we stepped out of the

INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE by Patty Marsters pattym@lwsb.com After 18 months, theatergoers will once again be treated to in-person performances at the International City Theatre starting this week with the opening of “Closely Related Keys.” Los Angeles-based playwright Wendy Graf ’s family drama is set in New York, shortly before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist

BOOK REVIEW by Linda Johnson LW contributor “Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen” by Bob Greene Nonfiction, May 2002 The time was December 1941. The place was North Platte, Nebraska. On Christmas Day, some residents decided they should do something for the servicemen/ women coming through their tiny town on the troop trains. They created the North Platte Canteen,

At the August meeting of the Photo Arts Club, Ben Benjamins delivered an excellent presentation on the evolution of modern cameras and the adjustment options available to photographers, with a particular focus on shutter speed. The next meeting of the Photo Arts Club will be Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 5. Benjamins will continue his review of camera basics, this time with a focus

TRAVEL by Joanna Matos LW contributor Powered by the urge to venture beyond Orange County, fellow Leisure Worlder Glenna Hoff and I chose a motorcoach day tour with Good Times Travel to Del Mar Racetrack for a exciting day of thoroughbred horse racing. Upon arriving at the beautiful, trilevel Spanish Colonial Revival venue, we took notice of the splendid flower beds and surrounding