Tabletop games will be held on Friday, Dec 16, from noon-4 p.m. in Clubhouse 2. Members and friends are welcome to bring and/or join their favorite games. Refreshments will be served, as well as sweet treats, coffee and hot water for tea and hot cocoa. Some of the club’s gamers like to bring their own lunch. Everyone is asked to donate $1 to help support the Woman’s Club philanthropies.

The Garden Club Christmas Luncheon will be held Monday, Dec. 19, in Clubhouse 2 at 11:30 a.m. In addition to a delicious buffet lunch, there will be musical entertainment provided by Mike Simpson and lots of door prizes and opportunity drawings for many gift baskets donated by the club’s board members. Festivities start at 11:30 a.m.

The winners on Nov. 19 were Jim Kasper, first, 11,580; Antonia Zupancich, second, 10,400; Peggy Kasper, third, 9,350; and Donna Gorman, fourth, 9,160. The winners on Nov. 21 were: Marilyn Allred, first, 12,380; Suzanne Tester, second, 11,980; Margaret Smith, third, 11,210; Chung He Scharschmidt, fourth, 10,640. The winners on Nov. 26 were Gayle Codden, first, 11,180; Donna Gorman, second, 9,730;

The Poker Club will host a Texas Hold ‘Em Casino Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 17, in Clubhouse 6 at noon. Advanceentryforclubmembers is $20 at the door, $25 for guests. Advance registrations are accepted on all regular tournament days. The tournament is limited to 50 players. Lunch, check-in and registration will begin at 11 a.m., and play begins at noon. No late seating will be allowed.

The newly remodeled woodshop in Clubhouse 1 is open and gaining in popularity. In hopes of extending the hours to accommodate more residents, the Recreation Department is looking for a few good woodworkers to join its roster of volunteer supervisors. In particular, it’s looking for woodworkers who can commit to a few hours on one or two Saturdays a month, which would enable residents who still work

Residents are invited to come and watch the highly imaginative musical “The Magic Flute” on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the Learning Center of Clubhouse 3. The piece is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera from 1791, based on the allegorical librettoofEmanuelSchikaneder, wherein musicologists have been trying to decipher its meaning for over 200 years. The club’s own Beverly Emus will introduce

The Stamp & Collectible Club will no longer meet due to dwindling membership. The club was formed many years ago as The Stamp Club, but over the years fewer and fewer people collected them. The club later decided to include collectibles and they continued meeting for about eight more years. The club’s last meeting was Dec. 7 —Club President Edward Hickman