Seal Beach Guitar Ensemble held its annual luncheon and Christmas party on Dec. 23 in Clubhouse 3, Room 6. Lunch included sushi, Korean rice cakes, potato chips, cookies and oranges, plus a variety of hot teas. The group will resume meetings today, Jan. 6, with guest instructor Kevin Kim, president of the Korean American Guitar Society of Orange County. Anyone interested in playing is invited to

by Peggy Beste LW contributor Pickleball has been played in Leisure World since 2016. It started indoors with one court set up one day a week in Clubhouse 1, the lines marked with blue painter’s tape. It soon expanded to several indoor courts, and a club was formed on Oct. 9 of that year. Among the initial 20 members were Connie Adkins, Penny Alberts, Bob Margie, Connie Deady, Sandy Bird and

The Leisure World Scrabble Club had an eventful December. In addition to weekly meetings, there was a Christmas luncheon on Dec. 15, and the club scoring record was broken when Bob Ruderman posted a 510. There were 36 scores above 300 and 13 bingos (i.e., the use of allseventilesinonemove).Diane Seeger led with nine scores above 300; her best was a 350. Ruderman was next, with seven scores higher