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MAY YARD OF THE MONTH This year Linda is debating trying Afri- PHOTO BY DEVON NUNEMANN
can daisies in a front bed and would like
BILL AND LINDA ATLEE to do something more with the shady changes – adding, removing and rear-
side yard. Like many people who enjoy ranging. Their already beautiful yard
214 RIVER ROCK DRIVE (N31) gardening, Linda and Bill often make is, for them, a work in progress and, for
all of us, a pleasure to behold.
The first thing I notice about Bill and ~Carol Parsonage
Linda Atlee’s yard is how the use of
green, white and red underpins their
striking landscape. Linda tells me this
came about over time and somewhat
by chance. Foundation plantings of pale
boxwood and darker hollies plus a bit of
lawn created a green living background.
The builder introduced white, in the
stones that separate the back lawn
from an area of trees. It also appears
in a bright back patio, installed by the
Atlees, and borders a front yard bed.
Red entered the picture as a happy
mistake. Bill brought home the wrong
mulch. Linda tried it and liked it.

Against this colorful backdrop the Atlees
try to always have something in bloom.
In early spring, last year’s dianthus is
blooming across the front of the house
and variegated vinca major and ajuga
provide spots of blue out back. Two
special sights - a gorgeous red Japa-
nese maple perfectly placed by the front
kitchen window and, on the edge of the
trees, a statue of a sweet boy surround-
ed by boxwood and flowers.

POKER FACES PHOTO BY DON LANDRY
The Poker Club held a Texas Hold’em M AY 2 0 1 6 SUNRAYS | 125
no limit tournament on Tuesday, March
8 with 36 members participating in the
event. Congratulations to Mike Leviant
for winning the tournament with
George Najarian placing second, Ernie
Sydow placing third, Verda Conner
placing fourth and Carl Miller placing
fifth. Other winners: High Hand – Carl
Miller (Full House - Aces full of Kings);
Bounty – Mike Leviant, George Najarian,
Ernie Sydow and Dale Wakefield.

March 2016 Texas Hold’em tournament:
Front row: Second place – George
Najarian; First place – Mike Leviant;
Third place – Ernie Sydow.
Back row: Fourth place – Verda Conner;
Fifth place – Carl Miller.

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