Event teaches how to get up after a fall There is considerable attention paid in Rossmoor to preventing falls, to staying on one’s feet to avoid what can be an inconvenience at best, or for some seniors, life-altering injuries at worst. But when someone does fall, what is the best way to FALLS: Fitness trainers show how to get back up on your feet ...

Some residents came to the Rossmoor’s Dog Park on May 14 to check out the visitors. Some came to take a test ride. Others just needed a fix … of dogs. Contra Costa Animal Services brought its mobile pet adoption vehicle to the Dog Park for a couple afternoon hours to see whether it could make some matches between five dogs needing homes and Rossmoo...

Issue remains undecided at Aquatics & Fitness meeting A proposed fee of $5 for certain Fitness Center classes defined as “specialty classes” remains on hold for now. A newly formed subcommittee of three members of the Aquatics and Fitness Advisory Committee – Joan Boyle, Catherine Robinson-Walker and Mary Lou Thompson – will be reviewing the is...

More specific details about initial options for renovation of Rossmoor facilities at Gateway, at 800 Rockview Drive and the Dollar House were presented Thursday at the monthly Planning Committee meeting, ahead of today’s Open House at the Event Center to gather specific written feedback about those three proposed options. About 50 people came to th...

Each individual has his own unique story Just before 7 a.m. on Monday, as many as nine people will gather along the Rossmoor Parkway median just south of the guard shack. Waiting for them will be 11 American flags, hauled out of the guard shack where they’re stored by Securitas staffers, which will be set up in long-established polesized ground sle...

Golf Advisory Committee Golf Advisory Committee members want to understand why membership in two of Rossmoor’s four golf clubs has been going down in recent years, even as the overall number of rounds played on Rossmoor’s two courses has increased. The matter was discussed as part of Chairman Burke Ferrari’s report at the commit- GOLF: Rounds playe...

Most people want to stay home where they’re most comfortable as they age, two experts in home health care told a packed Fireside Room on May 7. But aging, of course, can be unpredictable, and health issues frequently interfere with people’s plans to live at home without outside intervention as they age. Lorna Van Ackeren of Aging Care Concierge and...

Two updates pertaining to online privacy policies for Rossmoor’s websites were recommended last week by the Policy Committee to the RWC Board for consideration. However, a proposed overhaul of how Rossmoor clubs and organizations are defined will need more discussion. The same goes for proposed rules for the new pickleball facility at Dollar as wel...

Ignazio “Nace” Ruvolo in District H, Nan Warren in District I and Sara Spence in District E have been elected to three-year terms on the RWC Board of Directors and were formally installed Monday during the Board’s annual Meeting of Members. In District H, Ruvolo had 272 votes, defeating Rober t Shiau, who tallied 166 votes. District I winner Warren...

Strawberry led to series of paintings Rose Wright gushes when talking about Rossmoor’s Farmers’ Market. Her fondness for the Farmers’ Market has inspired her to create a series of paintings for a special project. The Farmers’ Market’s opening day is this Friday at Gateway – exciting news for Wright and other fans of the market. It’ll be open from 9...