Pinochle

Pinochle is played in Clubhouse 1 every Monday, 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. The following are the winning scores from the game on June 9: Marilyn Allred, first place, 13,510; Sylvia Clinton, second, 11,060; Ron Olsen, third, 10,790; and Nancy Wheeler, fourth, 10,020.

June 11 winners are: Diana Sambert, first place, 12,400; Howard Bleakley, second, 12,040; Chung He Scharschmdt, third, 11,050; and Irene Perkins, fourth, 10,830. The winners from June 13 are: Tony Dodero, first, 12,230; Julia Troise, second, 11,450; Nancy Wheeler, third, 11,050; and Marilyn Allred, fourth, 10,690.

Lessons to learn how to play or to brush up on the game are available by appointment. Call Joan Taylor at (562) 240-5416 for more information. Anyone interested in playing pinochle shouldcallMargeDoderoat(310) 968-9509.

—Marge Dodero