by Dave LaCascia LW Contributor Carl Richard Wiggins, a longtime LW resident and golf course starter, has hung up his spikes and retired. Carl was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. He joined the Navy and served for four years on a destroyer after WWII, part of the time off the coast of Korea during that war. After leaving the service in 1951, he toured California with a shipmate and

SHUFFLEBOARD From March 7-28, the Shuffleboard Club will open the Courts Building (located behind Clubhouse 1 on Burning Tree Lane) on Tuesday afternoons from 2-3:30 for training in the art of shuffleboard and providing members an opportunity to practice specific strategies to improve their game. All club members and LW residents are welcome to visit and find out what the low-impact sport is

On Feb. 20, In the Money won 10-3 over the Renegades. This extended their league lead to 31 wins and only 21 losses. Ken Harpham and Kurt Bourhenne both won its two singles matches. The Cue Crew beat PJJ 8-5. Gary Monahan of the Cue Crew won six of his seven games and both of his singles matches. The Rail Runners had a good night beating Right on Cue 10-3. Guta Basner was perfect for the Rail

The Fitness Fusion Club added a Saturday morning class at 10:30 in Veterans Plaza. The club also meets on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. in Clubhouse 6 upstairs, and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. in Veterans Plaza. Each class provides a full body workout incorporating 18 types of exercises to improve balance, flexibility, and strength to motivating music. People can bring their own weights to the Veterans

Joyful Line Dance meets on Thursdays in Clubhouse 6 upstairs from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and has multiple leaders teaching the class. They are Albert and Gladys Comia, Jojo Weingart, Kelly Johnson, Da-vid Powell, Carmel Atkinson, Anna Derby, Chung Cha Lewis, George Pinada, Gina Baik, Jinna Yoon and Sunny Kim. For safety, classes are limited to 35 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Exercise

On Feb. 1, Meals on Wheels of Long Beach (MOWLB) received a generous $35,000 donation from the Golden Age Foundation, which will be used to provide low income and homebound LW residents with fresh, home delivered meals. Over the past ten years MOWLB has been making weekly deliveries of hot dinner,

Everyone is invited to an hour-long session of laughing for no reason on Wednesday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m. at the HealthCare Center Conference Room. Participants will leave destressed and happy. Best of all, it’s fun, free and non-fattening. Masks are required. Bev Bender is a certified laugh leader who helps people improve their lives through laughter.