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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2020 57 Just in case: Check with your club contact to confirm meeting place, date, and time. Join us for an afternoon of friendship and fun while playing a game of Hand and Foot Canasta. We meet Thursdays in the RCN Main Room from 12:45 to 4 pm. Table assignments are distributed at 12:45 pm. Each week you may play with someone different, giving you an opportunity to meet new friends and/or visit with old friends. We supply the cards, so just bring yourself and a desire to have fun. If you don't know how to play, we are always happy to set up a teaching table — by the end of the afternoon you will have mastered the game. Come join us. ~ Pam Morales Three Thirteen 20,000 Canasta Will this be the month we are able to resume our regular card- playing ways? Who knows? I know I miss all of you and hope to see you (and meet any new players interested in learning the game) in the near future. Here's to a star-spangled month! In case you want to try the game at home, the rules of the game are simple. The game is played in 11 rounds, from threes to Kings. Players meld, using sets and runs of at least three cards. Starting with round one, each player gets three cards and threes and jokers are wild. With each subsequent round, one more card is added. So in round two, each player receives four cards and the fours and jokers are wild. Round three, five cards and fives and jokers are wild. This repeats through round 11 in which players receive 13 cards and Kings and jokers are wild. Aces are low and never played as a high card. In each round, the player to first lay all cards down (and a discard) receives no points. The remaining players then lay down their cards — either on the first player's cards or with their own runs and/or sets. Any cards left in a player's hand are then counted. Aces are one point, threes to nines are face value, and 10s and face cards are 10 points each. The player with the least amount of points wins the game. Hopefully you will give Three Thirteen a try, either at home or in the Game Room at 3 pm on the first and third Tuesday of this month. If the stay-at-home order is still in effect or if we are advised it's not safe to congregate, then we won't. If you have any questions or want a score sheet emailed to you, contact Mike Corbett at micedcor1@ gmail.com. ~ Mike Corbett We hope those of you who joined us to play 20,000 Canasta last month enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed that you came. Please join us again this month and bring a friend. We play the first and third Fridays of each month from 1 to 4 pm. If you never played 20,000 Canasta we can set up a teaching table. Hope to see you there. ~ Leona Davisson, (951) 489-7745 Bunco We play every second and fourth Friday at 1 pm in the RCN Main Room. Bunco is very easy to play and it's a great way to meet new friends. For more information, contact Bre Moreland at Bredyluv@ gmail.com. ~ Bre Moreland Uptown Divas Bid Whist Uptown Divas Bid Whist Group meets on the first and third Friday every month from 2 to 4 pm in the Game Room. ~ Deborah Garner, kenyakiki@aol.com Phase 10 We meet every second Monday and every third Saturday at 3 pm in The Lodge Game Room. For more information, contact Cheri Howard at (951) 756-1216. ~ Cheri Howard Canasta Dominoes We are now in the month of July and we are still dealing with the coronavirus. At some point in time, I do not know what month or have a date yet, we will play dominoes and shoot pool again. So everyone try to stay positive, keep your heads up, masks on and keep practicing social distancing and safety. In time, the coronavirus will go away and hopefully they can develop a vaccine for it very soon. For more information, call Jesse at (951) 769-2035 or Reggie at (951) 743-3584. ~ Marvin Gaines Bridge For Fun As I write this month's article we are still unable to resume many of our activities here at Four Seasons. Hopefully, by the time you read the July Breeze we will once again be able to play cards as well as other activities we all so enjoy. When we are able to resume it seems we will be looking for new things to do. So if you are considering bridge we hope you will check out the only party bridge group we have in our community. We play each Wednesday in The Lodge Game Room at noon. For more information contact Verina Rector at (951) 769-1687. From all of us in the Bridge for Fun group stay safe and we look forward to seeing everyone again at The Lodge. ~ Tom Halley The Dominoes Group in the good ol' days

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