An article in last week’s paper should have said FEMA coverage for COVID-related funeral expenses is for anyone who died on or after June 20, 2020.

Muddy footprints on the lid of a dumpster are a clue that raccoons have visited. To ensure raccoons don’t become a problem, make sure dumpsters are not overflowing and consider locking dumpsters every night by pulling up the bar that hangs across the front. Photo from Sustainable Rossmoor

Owner hopes to return to five days a week starting May 2 The Creekside Grill will temporarily close the restaurant for in-person dining on Mondays, starting Jan. 17. Owner Stan Gedeon said he hopes the move is temporary. “Our business, just like most restaurants, has dropped off over 50% in the last week due to COVID,” he said. “I do not know if th...

On a recent rainy Tuesday afternoon, people expecting to hear a lecture by Mazin Qumsiyeh about socio-political issues in the state of Palestine instead walked up to the Vista Room at Hillside to see the lecture had been postponed. A posted notice said Qumsiyeh and his wife canceled a trip to the U.S. out of COVID-related concerns. In the nearby La...

Die-hard golfers were out of luck last week when Rossmoor had to close its two courses again after they became waterlogged. “It’s soggy – totally saturated,” said Golf Course Superintendent Blake Swint, noting that there are two factors at play: Because the Dollar and Creekside golf courses are in a valley, the runoff from surrounding hills flows o...

Ruth Bond is Rossmoor’s new administrative assistant for executive services, and her duties will center on offering support for her supervisor, Executive Services Senior Manager Deborah Rose, and for Rossmoor CEO Tim O’Keefe. But it was learning about one of her backup jobs, delivering mail to various GRF departments within Rossmoor, that helped gi...

Resident reflection While the rest of the world was transfixed by the sights and sounds of two men walking on the moon for the first time, Neal Eddy almost couldn’t bear to look. “I was scared to death,” said the 88-year-old Rossmoor resident, recalling that historic summer day when Apollo 11 softly came to rest on the lunar basalt basin known as t...

A Voices for Justice in Palestine article that published Dec. 8 should have included the byline “By Marvin Cohen, Club correspondent” and not just the club’s name.

Rossmoor’s Wood Shop at Gateway Center will again be offering its popular knife-sharpening service on Friday mornings, Jan. 7 and Jan. 21, and continuing on alternate Friday mornings through February beginning Feb. 4. The sharpening meisters, Al Kaufman and his brother John, will be there from the shop’s opening at 9 a.m. until noon. Knives can be ...

Join Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) President Fran Gibson as she welcomes disaster insurance experts on how to fully provide for household insurance needs following a major disaster or emergency here in Rossmoor. The Zoom meeting will be held Monday, Jan. 10, at 9:30 a.m. The link to register and attend: https://tinyurl. com/EPO...