November 22, 1963 Residents recall how assassination of Kennedy affected their lives President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, had many effects on those who lived through it. Paul Grassman learned a valuable lesson thanks to a university professor who was given to wearing a suit and tie and speaking in a “clipped, crisp voice.” On...

Lorna Lasky is quite thankful for those daily morning calls to see how she is doing. Lasky is among more than three dozen residents who are recipients of daily Telecare calls. It’s a free, resident-driven program in which a rotation of volunteers makes morning calls, between 8 and 9 a.m., off a list of Rossmoorians who sign up to have someone check...

Members of the Policy Committee took on the role of wordsmiths at their Nov. 13 meeting as they clarified a draft procedure, signaled support for renaming Rossmoor’s trails, and looked to provide guidance for plaque wording for bench dedications. The committee emphasized wanting to reduce confusion with changes to a procedure on GRF Board nominatio...

Human rights, and the devastating results when they are violated, were examined at a daylong forum Nov. 15 that brought numerous experts and scholars in the field to the Event Center. Put together largely by Rossmoor residents Katha Hartley and Harvey Weinstein, the forum drew around 200 people to hear guest speakers and panelists who discussed the...

Rossmoor buses will have limited service because of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24. Buses will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on those days. Limited service also will include downtown service times of 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. To schedule a ride for either Nov. 23 or 24, residents should call Dial-A-Bus at...

The Fitness Center and pool will have early closing times and full closures during some of the upcoming holidays. On Wednesday, Nov. 22, the pool will close at 3:30 p.m. and the Fitness Center at 4 p.m. On Thursday, Nov. 23, both will be closed all day for Thanksgiving. On Sunday, Dec. 24, the pool will close at 12:30 p.m. and the Fitness Center at...

Last week, an email was inadvertently sent asking residents who had an email address on file to activate their DwellingLive account. The email went out before GRF staff were ready to move to this phase. DwellingLive/Frontsteps is the front gate software-management program that GRF rolled out to make Rossmoor safer. While some features of the progra...

Rossmoor EPO tip: Close to 9,000 home fires are caused by grill fires in America, leading to close to 6,000 structure fires an-nually. Each year, grilling injuries send 22,000 Ameri-cans to emergency rooms. Charcoal or other solid-fueled grills are not al-lowed in any of our 23 Rossmoor Mutu-als. Propane grills should be operated outside manors wel...

Milner-Brage earns spot in national juried exhibit in S.F. Still relatively new to Rossmoor and the Bay Area, artist Marcía Milner-Brage is getting a warm welcome, and honor, from the arts community. Milner-Brage, who moved to Rossmoor a year ago with her husband, John, has had her drawing “Sycamore” selected for a national juried exhibit in San Fr...

Tips focus of EPO meeting Safety experts will tell you it’s always good to have a fire extinguisher around. Some, like Noell Crosse, may also tell you that using that fire extinguisher isn’t always the best idea when the heat’s on. “If the fire’s still at the source, like a pot on the stove, you can use it,” said Crosse, fire education coordinator ...