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Mah jongg tourney planned

Hadassah Southern Arizona will sponsor a mah jongg tournament on Sunday, Feb. 15, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Skyline Country Club, 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. The entry fee of $40 includes lunch. There will be cash prizes for the top three scorers, plus each round winner will receive a prize. There will also be a silent auction.

Proceeds will help fund research at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where professor Yoav Mintz recently won the International Prize from the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology for his research on Type 2 diabetes and nonsurgical gastric bypass (see http://tinyurl. com/m98aynt).

Payment is due Feb. 3. To register, contact Phyllis Harris at 797-5519, 665-1872 or montague1@comcast.net.