The Third Mutual Board of Directors held its Annual Meeting of the Members on June 13 in the Fireside Room. The results of the election for District 13 (projects 34, 38 and 64) were announced. Florence McConnell will be the district’s new director, receiving 57 votes to 27 for Les Birdsall. President Nan Warren thanked all directors for their effor...

The Third Mutual Board of Directors held its organizational meeting June 13. Lucy Limón was appointed chairperson pro tem and assistant secretary. Tom Lauch and Bill Leary were each appointed to the board by acclamation for a three-year term. The election of officers were as follows: president, Tom Lauck; vice president, Marty Schwager; treasurer, ...

Mobility a major driver for in-home services House calls to see patients are so last century. Or are they? With a rapidly aging population where declining mobility is an increasing and unavoidable reality, a few local professionals in the health and personal care fields have carved out a niche that is harkening back to those simpler times when hous...

Susan Daniels went June 16 to Hillside to pick up a week’s worth of frozen meals, as she had done the eight to 10 previous Fridays. Using a walker, Daniels was moving slowly. “I have serious back issues,” she said. These prepared meals, she said, have been a godsend, as her physical problems make going to the store and preparing meals at home diffi...

Rossmoor’s largest multigenerational event is the Fourth of July celebration. Presenting this celebration of the nation’s birthday takes months of planning. Members of the GRF Recreation Department are putting the finishing touches together and preparing to set up the Dollar Picnic Grounds for the Tuesday, July 4, festivities, which start at 10 a.m...

John Nutley preserved history of Rossmoor John Nutley, widely acknowledged as Rossmoor’s preeminent historian and who was one of Rossmoor’s longest- tenured residents – at 50 years, quite possibly the lon- gest – died on June 12 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek. He was 98. His stepson, Rossmoor resident Don Thompson, said Nutley ...

Longtime Rossmoor resident Shing-Yi (S.Y.) Huang, 99, died June 21 after a brief illness. Huang, who would have turned 100 on July 12, was a career international civil servant with the United Nations Secretariat and a co-founder of the Chinese American Association of Rossmoor (CAAR). Huang and his wife, Carrie, discovered Rossmoor on the advice of ...

One of the Sustainable Rossmoor’s slogans is “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,” with the goal of reducing waste and greenhouse gases. On Tuesday, July 11, at 7 p.m., Sustainable Rossmoor will host a presentation by a local business focused on reuse and landfill diversion efforts. Savers Value Village, Inc., is a for-profit, purpose-driven thrift retailer...

The Acalanes Union High School District Governing Board will make a provisional appointment to fill the seat vacated by Kristin Connelly, who is resigning effective Friday, June 30 to focus on her responsibilities as Contra Costa County’s clerk-recorder and registrar of voters. The board will interview eligible applicants at a public special board ...

The Mystery Book Club meeting scheduled for Monday, July 3 has been moved to July 17. Meetings are normally held on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 1 at the Gateway Complex. Each month club members meet to discuss works by a previously chosen author. Club members may suggest mystery writers to read for future meetings.