The GRF Board voted to allow the outdoor pools to remain open without lifeguards. By Sam Richards Staff writer Rossmoor s outdoor swimming pools now .will have times with no lifeguard on duty, after the GRF Board on Thursday voted to open those pools even when there isn’t a lifeguard available to cover all pool open hours. The Board voted 6 to 3 (w...

hike up the waterfalls trail What drives the Trails Club’s hardiest group, the Scramblers, to tackle preposterously challenging hikes like their annual New Year Day’s trek to the Mount Diablo summit? It’s about being in the moment. “When you are outside and you are hiking, you are being in the present,” Shirley Wiegand, a member of the club since 2...

form bond on Trails VOLUME 56, NO. 4 • 50 CENTS Scramblers 6,2022 WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, APRIL Photo by Lori Wong weeks ago. Diablo two on Mount Continued on page 14A News photo by Dan Rosenstrauch

Scramblers form bond on Trails Club’s hikes By Mike Wood Staff writer What drives the Trails Club’s hardiest group, the Scramblers, to tackle preposterously challenging hikes like their annual New Year Day’s trek to the Mount Diablo summit? It’s about being in the moment. “When you are outside and you are hiking, you are being in the present,” Shir...

Kris Peterson has extensive background in property management By Mike Wood Staff writer Kris Peterson already is impressed with how effectively Rossmoor operates. “Everything here is so well organized, and everybody has their role,” said Peterson, who is taking on a vital position with the Mutual Operations Department (MOD). Peterson is the new MOD...

By Susan Steele Club correspondent A brief scan of a list of Rossmoor’s social and cultural clubs - for example, the Chinese American Association, the Filipino American Association, the Greek Club, the Persian Club - gives some sense of the diversity of our community. The many cultural and historical backgrounds found here is something to appreciat...

By Sam Richards Staff writer The long-term Facilities Master Plan remains bogged down in debate, with the possibility of increasing the Membership Transfer Fee now adding a wrinkle to the proposal. Saying they want more choices both for projects for inclusion on the long-term Facilities Master Plan and for what the Membership Transfer Fee (MTF) sho...

Kris Peterson has extensive background in property management By Mike Wood Staff writer Kris Peterson already is impressed with how effectively Rossmoor operates. “Everything here is so well organized, and everybody has their role,” said Peterson, who is taking on a vital position with the Mutual Operations Department (MOD). Peterson is the new MOD...

By Richard L. Rubin Club correspondent The Republican Club is co-sponsoring a 2022 Nonpartisan Primary Candidate Forum with the Diablo Valley League of Women Voters. It will be held Wednesday, April 6, in the Tahoe Room, in the Event Center, from 4 to 7 p.m. All the candidates who filed for the offices of district attorney, sheriff and county clerk...

By Sam Richards Staff writer Rossmoor’s outdoor swimming pools now will have times with no lifeguard on duty, after the GRF Board on Thursday voted to open those pools even when there isn’t a lifeguard available to cover all pool open hours. The Board voted 6 to 3 (with “no” votes from Dale Harrington, Paul Moderacki and Leanne Hamaji) to allow the...