The Rossmoor News staff will provide insight on how to get articles, columns and photos into the newspaper during a meeting sponsored by the Rossmoor Activities Council. The program will be held on Tuesday, April 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. The editors, writers and photographer of the newspaper will share information a...

A candidates’ forum for the GRF Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, April 8, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Peacock Hall. The four candidates running for the GRF Board of Directors have been invited to participate. The candidates include Janet Seldon in District B, Susan Hildreth and Cheryl Hines in District F, and Adrian Byram in District G. A...

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Seldon, Byram elected directors by acclamation; Hildreth and Hines running for seat in District F The candidates who have qualified to run for the GRF Board this spring are Janet Seldon in District B, Susan Hildreth and Cheryl Hines in District F, and Adrian Byram in District G. All candidates were officially certified to run for election by Assist...

Pickleball and pipe project shouldn’t affect golfers GRF officials hope that, perhaps as soon as this week, GRF will get its plans for the pickleball structure near the Event Center approved by the city of Walnut Creek. And at that point, some of the prep work that doesn’t need further permitting can begin. One example of such prep work is the requ...

A rebranding of the longstanding Fitness Center Wall of Fame is underway, which the Aquatics and Fitness Advisory Committee discussed at its March 14 meeting. Efforts have begun to rename the periodic honor in which a user of the Fitness Center is profiled in the Rossmoor News and has their photo displayed in the Fitness Center. This began with a d...

Attorney explains how stringent ‘asset test’ no longer required There are situations where Medi-Cal can be viable for some Rossmoorians, elder law attorney Brian O’Toole told a group of residents on March 18 in the Fireside Room. O’Toole spoke about Medi-Cal, this state’s version of Medicaid, at an Optimal Wellness Lecture presented by Rossmoor Cou...

$2,000 in assets to qualify was eliminated. That old provision caused many Rossmoor residents to figure they were ruled out for Medi-Cal. “In 2023, in the ‘old days,’ you had to have less than $2,000 in your bank account,” O’Toole said. “California got rid of that on Jan. 1, 2024. You live in a $5 million house; that’s no effect on your Medi-Cal. A...

A Scenes Around Rossmoor photo on Page 27A of the March 19 News should have identified Sweet Pea as Mary Chapman’s dog. The photo was taken by Thia Steding.

Weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meditation and discussion meetings are held three times a week: Saturdays from 5 to 6 p.m. in Creekside’s Mulligan Room; Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside; and Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 1 at Gateway and on Zoom. The Zoom ID is 441 759 4186 (no password). For more information, g...