NIKKEI CLUB The first Nikkei meeting will be on Saturday, July 17, at 1 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 2. This will be a sing-along meeting that anyone can attend. Sing-along meetings are something new to the Nikkei Club. Song sheets will be provided. The group will sing popular old and new Japanese songs and, of couse, serve sukiyaki. Members are encouraged to come out and support the new meeting.

The Where We Live Club will host its first in person meeting on Monday, July 19, at 6:30 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 2. The club hopes to foster honest debate about how residents can help keep Leisure World affordable while making the necessary upgrades to amenities and maintaining the value of each residential investment. Over the past decade, the club has championed a number of issues for the

Mary "Katie" Wait of Mutual 12 (center) celebrated her 100th birthday in July with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the picnic was attended by family com - ing from away as far as North Carolina, Massachusetts and Washington state. Pictured is Katie's son Douglas Wait (l), and daughters Carolyn Wait Davenport, Martha Wait Hubner and Pamela Wait Miles.