Abig help in pool accessibility are aquatic lifts in all three pool areas in Rossmoor: indoors at Tice Creek Fitness Center and outdoors at the Dollar and Hillside pools. Aquatics staff recently had refresher training on how to operate the lifts, Fitness and Aquatics Manager Jackie Carlisle noted during her report at the May 8 Aquatics and Fitness ...

Club tables will now be found in Peacock Plaza The Rossmoor Farmers’ Market returns this Friday, May 16, with a new look when it comes to the presence of Rossmoor clubs and organizations. Tables for clubs will now be found around Peacock Plaza on Farmers’ Market Fridays. In recent times, the tables had been located across the main entry sidewalk to...

Program would partner with Lyft for short trips The Planning Committee has thrown its weight behind a new weekend ride service for Rossmoor residents. At its meeting on May 8, the committee voted unanimously to recommend to the GRF Board a weekend ride service through a partnership with rideshare company Lyft. The board will consider the new initia...

Officials’ due diligence prevents theft The email from a “Jessica Edwards” that was sent to the Rossmoor LGBTQ+ Alliance on March 17 showed no obvious signs of being tied to a scam. But that’s exactly what it was. Though the Alliance eventually figured out that what initially appeared to be a generous donation offer by a sup-porter of the LGBTQ+ mo...

Decades after an emotional blow seemingly left a young Dwight Stone not wanting anything to do with music or performing, he now can say he crushed it April 30 at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall with his first entry into the Sound Espressivo competition. Growing up in Missoula, Montana, Stone recalled his grandmother paying for piano lessons for him ...

Walter Barr and Mark Rossi form new band Walking to the side of the de facto stage in the Redwood Room, Walter Barr stood with his trumpet and beamed a broad smile. Barr was basking in the joy of his bandmates’ soloing. That evening was just the fourth show played to date by Just Friends, a new music project involving Barr, fellow Rossmoor resident...

Committee recommends name change Residents Forum might soon become Members Forum to describe more accurately what the public comment period is during GRF Board and committee meetings. Jeff Beaumont, legal counsel for the GRF, signed off on most of the changes the Policy Committee is considering for providing public comments during the meetings – wi...

Susan Hildreth won by a large margin last week and will become the GRF Board director for District F. Hildreth earned 312 votes to finish ahead of Cheryl Hines with 151 after tabulation of the election votes. Hines was the incumbent. The election results will become official at the Annual Meeting of the Members on Monday, May 12. Hildreth joins Jan...

The extensive tale of libraries is as diverse and complex as those who have graced their thresholds and perused their shelves for just the right read – or come in search of other offerings – for nearly 200 years. A pair of Rossmoorians, coming to the topic from different perspectives, contributed their unique insights to the development of a docume...

50THANNIVERSARY OF FALL OF SAIGON Resident Loc Barnes reflects on journey of fleeing Vietnam, building new life in United States For Loc Barnes, April 30 always brings memories, and a powerful sense of gratitude. This particular April 30 has added significance for Barnes and others who fled Vietnam. It’s the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon a...