Seven games of cribbage are played on Tuesdays in Clubhouse 1. Refreshments are served at noon and the play begins at 12:30 p.m. The club welcomes more players, who should arrive by 12:15 to be assured of a place at a table. Pat Blum led a high scoring week by winning all seven games played and earning her first star with a perfect score of 847. Other winners for the day were Suzanne Parks with

The Photo Arts Club will meet on Thursday, Aug. 11, at 1:30 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. The assignment is to practice taking and editing photos with a camera, iPhone and/or Android. People should also bring recent photos to share. Resource members will be available to help with specific camera or cell phone issues at the end of the meeting. Everyone is welcome. Formoreinformation,callRegineSchumacherat(562)430-7978.

types of food scraps. The American Organics composting facility converts organics waste into nutrient-rich soil amendment. Athens Services has owned and operated the American Organics composting facility since 2009. Today, it is renowned as one of Southern California’s highest-tech composting facilities with state-of-the-art methods for organics waste recycling. The resulting compost is used

This week’s puzzle is checkmate in three moves. White moves first and any answer by black the white’s third move is checkmate. Solution to this week’s puzzle is first move qg8. The white queen moves to g8, black king to g8, white rook to h8, black king to h8; the next move by white is check mate. The club meets on Fridays in Clubhouse 3, Room 7, from 1:30-6 p.m.

The club had a surprising karaoke night when it welcomed fournewvocalists.BothMonCho and Gene Benitez had strong, smoothvoices.KathyEnglehardt sang a beautiful “I Honestly Love You;”MicheleVallensandArleen Cullison had fun singing “Green Grass of Home” and “Boots Were Made for Walking.” Thirty karaoke singers entertained with Hawaiian tunes sung by Ren Villaneauva and Don Hamasaki.

Hui O Hula, the LW Hawaiian dance club, is enjoying an eventful August with a new hula and seven performances. A song named “Kaneohe” is currently being taught in class. Kaneohe is located on the windward side of the Oahu island. Dancers are learning by using their hands and expressions. Those who are happy to volunteer will share their aloha in hula at Alamitos West Health Care Center this