The Rotary Club of Rossmoor presents guest speaker Paul Holland, M.D., for its Wednesday, Aug 2, meeting at the Diablo Room at Hillside. Holland, a resident of Rossmoor, will speak on the topic, “Alaska, Salmon and a Blood Banker.” The Rotary Club meets every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Social time is from 11:30 a.m. to noon. At noon a c...

Paul Donner arrived at Rossmoor in 1991, interviewing for the vacant landscape field supervisor position. He was made no promises about what that job might morph into if he took it. “When I interviewed for the job, I was told its future was still up in the air,” Donner recounted last week. “They said they weren’t sure what the job would look like, ...

Roxanne Stallings navigates through vision loss to help others in Rossmoor For Roxanne Stallings, coping and adapting came later. First came the grieving process. Stallings, now 80, was diagnosed more than 25 years ago with retinitis pigmentosa. It ended up forcing her to give up her career as a psychotherapist before she planned to retire. She now...

A female driver escaped serious injury on Monday when a large eucalyptus tree branch suddenly broke and crashed through her front windshield while she was driving down Stanley Dollar Drive at approximately 11 a.m. The woman, a physical therapist, was driving a white health care company sedan toward Rossmoor Parkway when a branch from one of five eu...

The formal retirement party for Paul Donner, for the past 24 years the GRF director of Mutual Operations, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. All Rossmoor residents are invited to this gathering, where light refreshments will be served. Aug. 1 will be Donner’s final day on the job in Rossmoor after 31 yea...

A lengthy debate over the frequency and fact-checking of Rossmoor News political columns may be winding down. By a 3-0 vote, the Policy Committee recommended at its July 10 meeting that the GRF Board make changes to GRF Policy 601.2 regarding the News’ resident-authored political columns. Committee member James Lee was absent due to travel. In addi...

The Rossmoor Landscape Department is continuing the plant replacement program in 2023, and the window is open for residents to submit requests. If a resident has a plant that has died near their manor, they can email plantreplacement@rossmoor.com to submit their request. In order to qualify for a plant replacement, the vacant area must be 4 feet by...

Event to start with town square social The Democrats of Rossmoor will welcome U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier to the Event Center on Friday, Aug. 4. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for a town square social; the club will provide snacks. At 7 p.m., Congressman DeSaulnier will give an update on the state of the Congress. DeSaulnier represents California’s 10...

Residents are reminded that they should not enter any facilities in Rossmoor if they have COVID. Business should be conducted by phone or email instead. Recently, a resident visited the front desk of a GRF office and revealed that he had COVID. Such in-person visits put staff and other visitors at risk of contracting the virus. The Centers for Dise...

The yellowing polycarbonate panels are clear (or not-so-clear now) evidence the roof of the pool at Tice Creek Fitness Center swimming pool needs replacement. A partly open roof revealing a bright blue sky throws the dingy 15-year-old panels into stark relief. Less visible, but equally in need of replacement, are the aging motors that power the ret...