Pinochle Club

Pinochle is played in Clubhouse 1everyMonday,Thursday and Saturday. The warmup game starts at 11:30 a.m., with the regular game beginning at 12:30 p.m. The club provides cards, score cards, pens, tablets and other equipment. It costs $2 per person to play, and the top four scorers of each day win cash prizes.

Thefollowingarethewinning scores from recent games.

Feb. 24: First place: Chung He Scharschmidt, 11,740; second: Peggy Kasper, 10,460; third: Nancy Wheeler, 10,350; fourth: Ron Olsen, 10,220.

Feb. 26: First place: Antonia Zupancich, 11,020; second: ChungHeScharschmidt,10,110; third: Gayle Colden; fourth: Jim Kasper, 9,060.

Feb. 28: First place: Joan Taylor, 12,670; second: Margaret Smith, 11,900; third: Marilyn Allred, 11,650; fourth: Don Kramer, 9,900. Lessons to learn to play or to brush up on the game are available on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. in Clubhouse 1. Call Joan Taylor at (562) 240-5416 for more information. Anyone interested in playing pinochle should call Marge Dodero at (310) 968-9509.