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.

The AARP Smart Driver Course is offered in Rossmoor to help residents refresh skills and learn the latest driving laws. Both classes are in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway. After taking the course, residents may be eligible to receive a discount on their car insurance rate. (Residents should check with insurance carrier.) The class is also available...

Donner, longtime director, to retire Aug. 1 Jeroen Wright already had a pretty good feel for Rossmoor when he got here, starting June 12 as GRF’s new director of Mutual Operations. He came over from BrightView Landscape Services, which does substantial contracting work with GRF. Wright was a vice president and senior branch manager there and had al...

New theater lighting ‘opens world of possibilities’ By David Scholz Staff writer Call it a riddle in the theater – what shines on stage but never says a word? Answer – stage lighting. Its presence at the Performing Arts Studio has taken a giant leap forward with a $20,000 upgrade. Enhancement of the stage lighting capabilities was more than three y...