Resident shares insights on preventing fraud When Ken Jonah moved to Rossmoor in July of last year, this community gained an expert on senior scams. Jonah has been quite in demand in recent months in and around Rossmoor. He’s been a regular contributor to this newspaper’s Scam Alert articles. He’s been giving presentations, perhaps to a Mutual that...

Although the GRF Finance Committee still had no financial reports to review, Chief Financial Officer Todd Arterburn told them at last week’s meeting that the finance team is making “huge progress” and is “really, really close” for producing reports after delays tied to the implementation of NetSuite, Rossmoor’s new enterprise resource planning syst...

Seldon, Byram elected directors by acclamation; Hildreth and Hines running for seat in District F The candidates who have qualified to run for the GRF Board this spring are Janet Seldon in District B, Susan Hildreth and Cheryl Hines in District F, and Adrian Byram in District G. All candidates were officially certified to run for election by Assist...

Pickleball and pipe project shouldn’t affect golfers GRF officials hope that, perhaps as soon as this week, GRF will get its plans for the pickleball structure near the Event Center approved by the city of Walnut Creek. And at that point, some of the prep work that doesn’t need further permitting can begin. One example of such prep work is the requ...

A rebranding of the longstanding Fitness Center Wall of Fame is underway, which the Aquatics and Fitness Advisory Committee discussed at its March 14 meeting. Efforts have begun to rename the periodic honor in which a user of the Fitness Center is profiled in the Rossmoor News and has their photo displayed in the Fitness Center. This began with a d...

Attorney explains how stringent ‘asset test’ no longer required There are situations where Medi-Cal can be viable for some Rossmoorians, elder law attorney Brian O’Toole told a group of residents on March 18 in the Fireside Room. O’Toole spoke about Medi-Cal, this state’s version of Medicaid, at an Optimal Wellness Lecture presented by Rossmoor Cou...

Flowers burst into season throughout Rossmoor Spring is near, and nicer weather brings more opportunities to see the beauty of flowers throughout Rossmoor. With many varieties here, whether those are annuals, perennials, shrubs or trees, often something is in bloom, or close to it. Right now, daffodils are quite the visual, said Jesus Morales, Land...

Work would include evaluation of Creekside site The GRF Planning Committee voted March 13 to recommend to the Finance Committee spending $59,100 in capital fund money for Synergy Restaurant Consultants to do the next phase of work on the Food and Beverage Study project. That work will include an evaluation of the physical Creekside Grill and Bar si...

A proposal to increase exclusive usage time for Rossmoor Table Tennis Club members for that facility at Hillside received unanimous support from the Policy Committee. By a 4-0 vote, the committee recommended at its March 10 meeting that the GRF Board approve a plan to increase club-only hours, particularly during weekdays. Currently, time allowed t...

Dwight Wa l ker sa id launching a website that effectively markets Rossmoor Walnut Creek is the Marketing Task Force’s biggest and most important job, and that the work toward that end has only just begun. “This is a monumental task, but it is the most important task of this group, in my opinion,” said Walker, chair of this task force, at its March...