Joyful Line Dance Club meets on Thursdays in Clubhouse 2 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The club will have a special class from 10-10:30 for newbies to learn easy and simple dances. The club’s leaders make this process easy and enjoyable for new members. They are Albert and Gladys Comia, Anna Derby, Chung Cha Lewis, George Pinada, Gina Baik, Karen Kei, Nak Soo Kim, Elizabeth Kim and Sunny Kim.

Mutual 16 resident Lita Lewis, 92, shared her go-to recipe for a minestrone soup. “It’s so easy and good! With colder weather just around the corner this would be a good soup to have on hand” said Lewis. Quick Minestrone Soup 1 (16-oz) package of frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrot blend; 2 (15-oz) cans of stewed tomatoes; 2 (14 1/2-oz) cans of broth (beef, vegetable or chicken);

LW BIRTHDAYS My friend and neighbor Anita Smart turned 100 years old on Nov. 5, 2023 and she has lived a long and very interesting life. She was born in Los Angeles and went to Benjamin Franklin high school in Highland Park. She had three brothers and has outlived them all. She met her husband, Bob, at a meeting when she was 16 years old and they were married on Sept. 7, 1943. Bob enrolled

Fourteen family members and Hector Galvez, her caregiver, came together to honor and celebrate Lucille Martin’s upcoming 96th birthday on Nov. 8. In attendance were her six children, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Two of her children traveled from as far as Colorado and Washington. Martin, of Mutual 15, has been a resident of Leisure World since 2006 and has been involved

The Golden Age Foundation’s (GAF) battery recycling program returns on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the Clubhouse 2 parking lot from 10 a.m.-noon. A GRF ID is required. GAF will collect approved batteries including alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel cadmium, nickel metal-hydride, lithium ion, lithium metal, silver oxide, button cell batteries and all other dry cell batteries. People are asked place each

GOLDEN AGE FOUNDATION The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) will hold the last shredding service of the year on Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Clubhouse 2 parking lot. In order to have the best service possible, the GAF reminds residents of the following rules: • Residents are asked to put documents in untied plastic or brown paper bags. • Do not arrive earlier than 10 a.m. • Put

Helen Sanders of Cat Protection and Welfare Society (CatPAWS) will speak at the Paws, Claws and Beaks meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 9. CatPAWS is a Seal Beach nonprofit cat rescue organization that does much more than rescue, foster and adopt cats to loving homes. CatPAWS has several new and exciting programs including, pet therapy for seniors, mobile spay/neuter