The Pickleball Club elected new officers at its annual meeting and barbecue. New officers include Treasurer Betsy Barnier, Secretary Jeff Burnett, President Donna Gambol and Vice President Luann Jester. The pickleball courts, located behind Clubhouse 2, are open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. All Leisure World residents are eligible to play. Residents who wish to learn to play the game are encouraged

GUYS AND GALS TOURNAMENT A warm, humid morning greeted the golfers in the Guys and Gals Tournament on Sept. 17. Thirty teams of one man and one woman teed off starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Turtle Lake Golf Course. Each team competed for best net scores (gross score minus handicap), as well as four circle holes (shots within a 5-foot radius rewarded), and two closest to the pin challenges.

Sept. 16 brought 29 women of the LW Women’s Golf Club to the Turtle Lake Golf Course for the weekly tournament. Play was for low gross and net, and fewest putts. A flight winners: Sophia Kim, 26, low gross; Nancy Tye and Clara Suh, 25, low net; Veronica Chang and Pam Krug, 11, putts. B flight winners: Janice Turner, 31, low gross; Susie Kim, 26, low net; Susie Kim, 11, putts. C flight

LW MEN'S GOLF LEAGUE Eight golfers of the Leisure World Men’s Golf League competed at the 4,000-yard par 62 David L. Baker Golf Course in Fountain Valley on Sept. 12. Comfortable weather and good playing conditions led to seven of the eight golfers shooting net at or under par with several very good scores. There were two birdies—one each by Sam Choi and Ron Jackson. Won Park was

ROLLIN' THUNDER GOLF CART CLUB Early morning on Sept. 13, the Rollin’ Thunder Golf Cart Club prepared for its final Air and Water Service of 2025, a free service for club members and Leisure World residents. Volunteers quickly set up service lanes with bright orange cones, positioned distilled water bottles, and readied the air compressor for the day ahead. By 8:30 a.m., carts were

Sisters Regina Costello of Mutual 2 and Kathy Moran of Mutual 11 recently were patients at UCI Los Alamitos at the same time but on different floors. They were able to stay connected thanks to FaceTime, a call that Moran’s daughter arranged. The sisters were happy to see each other on their phones and their faces lit up while they had a pleasant conversation in this high-tech universe. Costello