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POKER FACES
The Poker Club held a Texas Hold’em
No Limit tournament on November 8
with 40 members participating in the
event. Congratulations to Alan Bourdo
for winning the tournament with Dale
Wakefield placing second, Barnie
Gilmore placing third, Mary Stevens
placing fourth and Linda Posey placing
fifth. Other winners: High Hand – Sandy
Fichtner & Connie Hughes (Full House
– Kings full of Tens); Bounty – Alan
Bourdo (2), Sandy Fichtner and Linda
Posey.
Tournament winners, front row: Dale
Wakefield, Alan Bourdo, Barnie Gil-
more. Back row: Mary Stevens, Linda
Posey.

JANUARY YARD OF THE MONTH but for the moment was enjoying all PHOTO BY DEVON NUNEMANN
JUDY PHILSON the activity. And chilly evenings were
proving perfect for enjoying the fire pit. and their seed heads will provide visual
301 MCKITTRICK RIDGE RD. (N57) As fall passes into winter the grasses interest as the flowers fade. This is a
Last spring, when Judy Philson’s yard in Judy’s landscape will turn golden lovely yard with consideration given
was featured in the 2016 Sun City to all seasons.
Garden Club Annual Garden Tour, ~Carol Parsonage
club member Nancy Hontz had this
to say about the outstanding land- JANUARY 2017 SUNRAYS | 103
scape: “Judy’s property delivers both
a beautiful landscape and a wonderful
area for entertaining at the rear of the
property. Grasses, succulents and pops
of color grace the front of the home.
Judy has introduced a collection of
potted and inground succulents that
frame a wandering path of dark gray
stone leading across the front yard and
through a gate into the back yard. The
rear entices with a softly musical water
feature and next to it sits a lovely fire
pit for those chilly winter days.” Judy’s
yard was equally lovely when we vis-
ited late in the fall. Purple lantana and
blue plumbago continued to bloom
out front. Along the dry stream bed
in the back yard a rogue batch of tropi-
cal milkweed was attracting scores of
butterflies. Judy planned to remove it

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