ROSSMOOR NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA
VOLUME 45, NO. 25 • 50 CENTS
GRF Board continues to hear voices against Event Center location
move the Event Center.
None of the speakers this
time came out in favor of
building the Event Center in
front of Dollar Clubhouse.
A couple of speakers let
their vehemence carry them
over the allotted three-minute
limit and continued speak-
Director Clair
Weenig defends
Board’s decision
By Wilma Murray
Staff writer
E
ven though it was not
the focus of the agenda, the Event Center
still dominated much of the
two-hour span of the GRF
Board meeting Aug. 25. Between the Residents Forum, a
nearly one-half-hour speech
by Director Clair Weenig
and a lengthened Golf Advisory Committee (GAC) report during which Chairman
Mike Fleck proffered suggestions for an alternative placement of the Event Center, the
controversy showed no signs
of abating.
But the actual agenda business was dispatched quickly
without much comment. Of
the five items, three were
passed unanimously. The
Board approved installation
of a surveillance system; new
Management Agreements
designating GRF as managing agent for Second and
See page 7
on how Event
Center will
be financed
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Golf Advisory Committee Chairman Mike Fleck, left, tries to make a point about the Event Center
placement but Director Melvin Wall objects.
Fifth Mutual and Mutuals 28,
59 and 65; and the renewal
of an agreement to purchase
natural gas from Commercial
Energy of California.
Director Melvin Wall held
out on the other two items. Although he had no issue with
the proposed geotechnical
services for the Event Center
building, he said he thought
this could wait until further
decisions had been made about
going forward.
Secretary Barbara Jordan
also held out on this vote. She
said she had heard from only
three residents in her district
(B) in favor of the Event Center and hundreds against. “I
will vote as my residents want
me to vote,” she said.
Wall was the only director,
however, to oppose the development of a water well for
the golf course. Again, it was
not the well itself he took issue with, but the timing. The
“whereabouts of the Event
Center” had to be considered
before moving ahead with the
well, he said.
Residents Forum
Though less than a third as
many speakers took to the podium during the Residents Forum this month as last month,
the message was still pretty
much the same: Halt, delay or
ing after the microphone had
been squelched.
One of those was Kathleen Solaris who challenged
the Board for its lack of response to residents’ feelings
and thoughts. “It’s as if those
voices never existed,” she
said.
She also argued that, despite claims by directors that
the Del Valle Theatre is not
for sale, residents have gone
to the “school” (the Acalanes
School District owns the
property) and learned otherwise.
Continued on page 10
Volunteer
CB radio base station
for city’s
now has a new location
Community In Gateway Multipurpose Room 3
Service Day
ue to problems with several months, the base stareception, Rossmoor’s tion could not receive mes-
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Sungho Suh putts on the putting green on the golf course. Is
he practicing for the Rossmoor Games? Residents who want to
take part in the putting contest should start warming up.
Rossmoor Games highlights
community’s sports, games
Residents can now register for the Rossmoor Games–seven
days of events emphasizing sports, games and activities in the
community. The Rossmoor Games will be held Sept. 23 and 24
and Sept. 26 through 30.
Rossmoor residents can register for events and tournaments
featuring chess, golf putting, recreation activities, lawn bowling,
billiards, bocce ball, tennis, aquatics and table tennis.
To make registration easier, forms are on the Rossmoor webContinued on page 4
Registration is under way
for Walnut Creek’s first Community Service Day on Saturday, Oct. 1.
With 45 projects to choose
from, there is something for
everyone, from winterizing
Rossmoor Garden Club plots
to helping at the Walnut Creek
Library.
Projects will take four hours
or less to complete. The program benefits a wide array of
nonprofits, schools and other
organizations, including the
Rossmoor Activities Council and the Rossmoor Garden
Club.
Community Service Day
kicks off with a free pancake
breakfast, courtesy of the Lions
clubs of Walnut Creek. Breakfast is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
at Heather Farm Park Community Center. From there, volunteers will fan out across Walnut Creek to work on a variety
of projects.
Space is limited in many of
the projects; volunteers are encouraged to register as soon as
possible.
Project hosts include the
Rossmoor Activities Council,
Continued on page 3
D
emergency CB radio
base station has been moved to
a new location at Gateway.
In a major emergency, volunteer CB radio operators will
relay messages from out in
the field to emergency workers at Gateway. The emergency network has been in place
for years and every Saturday
morning volunteers go through
drills.
However, during the past
sages, although it could send
them.
The CB base station had
been in the temporary Gateway offices of Rossmoor’s security service provider, Securitas. The radio antenna was
mounted adjacent to Securitas’
portable building. When Securitas staff moved to Creekside
in October, the base station
was relocated to a small stor-
Continued on page 4
INSIDE THE NEWS
Arts and Leisure ............. 18-26
Arts and Leisure listings ..... 37
Bridge ............................. 42, 47
Calendar.......................... 32-36
Classified ......................... 48-59
Channel 28 TV Guide ......... 38
Clubs ....... 27, 30, 37-39, 43, 46
Health .............................. 44-46
In Memoriam.................. 29-30
Maintenance ........................ 47
Movies ............................. 20-21
New Residents...................... 16
Op/Ed Columns ................... 17
Religion .......................... 28-29
Residents Forum ............ 15-16
Sports .............................. 40-42
Security tightens at gate.
See page 3.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
HICAP will help residents with Medicare
questions – make an appointment
Rossmoor residents who
need help deciding whether
to change or join a Medicare
prescription drug plan or
Medicare HMO or PPO plan,
or if they could be eligible for
the Extra Help plan to pay for
prescription drug coverage,
can get help from the Health
Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP).
HICAP representatives will
be in Rossmoor on Monday,
Oct. 24. Residents can make
an appointment with a representative on this day. Residents will be able to meet with
a registered HICAP counselor
to discuss any Medicare questions at this special enrollment
event.
Medicare’s annual enrollment period for these plans
runs from Oct. 15 through
Dec. 7. Based on information
provided about prescriptions,
HICAP will identify the plans
that will provide the best cov-
erage for the lowest overall
cost. HICAP will also identify
opportunities to lower costs
through various public or discount programs.
Contact HICAP at 1-800510-2020, option 2, to get a
worksheet for a personalized
plan review or to find out
where one can be picked up
at a nearby location. HICAP
will give a notification of the
time of the appointment on
Oct. 24.
News has early deadline
this week due to Labor Day
The Rossmoor News will
have an early deadline for
the Sept. 7 issue due to the
Labor Day holiday on Sept.
5.
All articles for that issue
are due no later than Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m.
All classified and display
advertising, letters to the
Residents Forum and obituaries are due no later than
Thursday, Sept. 1, at 10 a.m.
For information on the
early deadline, call the News
at 988-7800.
Blood Donation Awards
Committee says thanks
The Rossmoor Blood Donation Awards Committee would like
to thank everyone that showed up for the ice cream social on Aug.
20. There was a steady flow of ice cream seekers all during the
event.
This event was one of the committee’s most successful in years
due to those that bought social tickets, raffle tickets and made
donations. Music was donated by Bob Boring, Frank Como, Don
Hall, Les Peterson and Bob Sutherland.
Winners of the raffle were Billie Lenox, Jean McConnell, Marlene Miller, J.P. Sangenitto and Susan Swartz.
The donations keep coming in. The committee thanks the following: Robert and Terry Heath, Edward King, Bruce Little,
Milton and Betty Marquard, Loraine Shaefer and Francine Zimmerman.
Donations are still being accepted. Make checks out to John
Muir Health Foundation and mail to Gene Wilson, 2612 Saklan
Indian Drive No. 2.
For information, call Ed King at 942-9511.
Residents can get information from the
Rossmoor website: www.rossmoor.com.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
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Golf on Labor Day and
donate to a good cause
The Rossmoor golf courses will be closed to walkers on Labor
Day, Sept. 5. Both courses will only be open all day to golfers.
On Labor Day, the Rossmoor golf course will take part in the
PGA of America and the United States Golf Association’s Patriot
Golf Day. Golf courses across the country have joined together
to collect funds for Folds of Honor Foundation. This foundation
provides post-secondary educational scholarships to children
and spouses of military men and women killed or disabled while
serving in the military.
Check the Golf Shop News column in Sports this week or stop
by the Pro Shop at Creekside to find out how to participate in this
program from Sept. 2 through Labor Day.
Volunteers to help community
Continued from page 1
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Backup at the gate means enhanced security
Securitas has tightened up security at the gate since Rossmoor has had recent incidences of thefts
and vandalisms. If a barcode is not opening the gate, the Securitas staff will check it in the system
and not just automatically open the gate for the driver. All guests and contractors are checked, and
if the resident has not called to give clearance and the resident can’t be reached by phone, the visitor will be turned away. Residents can help make the process run more smoothly by calling ahead
for guests and workers or purchasing a barcode for a guest that comes into Rossmoor daily. The
gate guest clearance number is 988-7843.
Rossmoor Fund gives money for gift cards
When Counseling Services
reported to the Rossmoor Fund
that its Safeway Gift Card program was depleted, the directors voted to provide a grant of
$2,000 to support.
Safeway gift cards are offered to low-income residents
through Counseling Services.
Manager of Counseling Services Priscilla Tudor said that
last year, Counseling Services
provided $6,600 in Safeway
gift certificates to 77 households. This year, as of Aug. 3,
Counseling Services has already given out $5,300 Safeway
certificates to 59 households.
Anyone wishing to donate to
the Safeway Gift Cards Fund
may make tax-deductible contributions to Rossmoor Fund,
P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek,
CA 94595.
Donations may also be
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Care and the Diablo Actors
Ensemble Theater, plus Walnut Creek schools, the libraries
and more.
For a list of projects and online registration, visit www.
walnut-creek.org/service or
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city newsletter.
Persons without Internet access may volunteer for a project
by calling the Community Service Day hotline, 256-3505.
For information, e-mail
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at vassar@walnut-creek.org or
call 943-5895.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
It’s easy to sign up
for the Rossmoor Games
Continued from page 1
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Dennis Bell, public safety coordinator, in the storage room that was turned into the new CB base
station
Rossmoor’s CB radio base station finds
a new home in multipurpose room
Radio frequency can be lifesaver in disasters
Continued from page 1
age room in the Gateway Clubhouse. The antenna was also
moved.
The move was not ideal.
There was so much interference
that the base station couldn’t
hear incoming messages from
the radio operators.
A consultant with REACT
(Radio Emergency Associated
Communication Teams) recommended moving both the
base station and the antenna.
The base station was moved
to a small storage room in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway.
The antenna was also moved.
This fix worked. However, the base station shares
the space with various clubs
that meet in the multipurpose
room. So that there aren’t two
competing programs in the
room at once, the room has
been booked for the time on
Saturday when CBers check in
with the base station.
Residents who would like
information about the emergency CB radio base station
can call Jerry Priebat at 9359488.
site. Go to the Rossmoor website at www.rossmoor.com,
hit the Resident Info tab, and scroll down to the Rossmoor
Games tab on the right. The forms can be completed and emailed to Juliet Lee at jlee@rossmoor.com. Forms are also
available in the Recreation Department at Gateway, at the
Pro Shop and at the Del Valle Fitness Center and pool.
Residents can sign up for more than one event. Registration runs through Friday, Sept. 9.
The Rossmoor Games offer a way for residents to try out a
new club before joining. The games are sponsored by Kaiser
Permanente and Service Champions. Spectators are welcome. The following is the schedule of events:
Friday, Sept. 23
Chess Club men’s tournament, 12:30 p.m., Dollar
Saturday, Sept. 24
Chess Club women’s tournament, 10 a.m., Dollar
Monday, Sept. 26
Golf putting contest, 9 a.m., Creekside
Noodling around, 9 a.m., Fireside Room, Gateway
Baby rattle, 10:30 a.m., Fireside Room, Gateway
Lawn bowling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hillside
Tuesday, Sept. 27
Billiards, 1 p.m., Billiards Room, Gateway
Bocce ball, 1 p.m., Hillside
Tennis women’s doubles, 10:30 a.m., Buckeye tennis courts
Aquatics events, 11 a.m., Del Valle pool
Lawn bowling river game, 9 to 11 a.m., Hillside
Wednesday, Sept. 28
Billiards, 1 p.m., Billiards Room, Gateway
Bocce ball, 1 p.m., Hillside
Cookie face, 1 p.m., Fireside Room, Gateway
Name that tune, 2 p.m., Fireside Room, Gateway
Lawn bowling tournament, 9 a.m., Hillside
Thursday, Sept. 29
Bocce ball finals, 1 p.m. Hillside
Table tennis, 9:30 a.m., Hillside
Friday, Sept. 30
Closing ceremonies – all paid participants, 12:30 p.m., Hillside
Barbecue and awards program
For information, contact the following team captains: Don
Powell, aquatics, 988-7854; Larry Keifer, billiards, 295-0226;
Bob Dickson, chess, 934-1405; Mike Devlin, golf, 939-3341;
Lionel Guiterres, lawn bowling, 934-1829; Bill Dabney, table
tennis, 944-5331; Kent Croswell, dominoes, 937-5318; Juliet
Lee, Recreation Department, 988-7766; Mercedes Voss, bocce, 946-9960; and John Lee, tennis, 935-8006.
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Treasurer’s report: As of the end of July,
GRF budget is $10,000 unfavorable
By Kenneth Haley
GRF Board treasurer
For the month of July, GRF
operating results before depreciation were $10,000 unfavorable to budget. Total revenue was $16,000 favorable
to budget and expenses before
depreciation were $26,000
unfavorable.
Cumulative for the first
seven months of the year,
revenues were favorable by
$104,000 and expenses, excluding depreciation, were
below budget by $89,000, for
a combined positive cumulative variance for the year of
$193,000. All amounts are
rounded to the nearest thousand for this report.
Revenues
Favorable variances in rec-
reation revenue of $19,000
and miscellaneous revenue of
$18,000, which included interest income received from
the Trust Estate and payment
of utilities by the Creekside
Grill, were partially offset by
a $27,000 unfavorable variance in golf revenue.
Expenses
• Total operating expenses
for July were over budget by
an accumulation of small variances totaling $12,000.
• Total contractual services
were over budget by $18,000
primarily from newspaper
printing service.
Trust Maintenance expense
Year-to-date trust maintenance expenses were $512,000
as compared to a budget of
$360,000. Maintenance expenses are seasonal in nature
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$273,000
compared
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$280,000 in July 2010. Yearto- date fees are $1,750,000
compared to $1,645,000 in
2010.
Total expenditures for the
month were $144,000, which
included $74,000 for the
Creekside project.
Learn about fire insurance
coverage at Emergency
Preparedness meeting
Rossmoor residents who are concerned about the adequacy
of their fi re insurance coverage will have the opportunity to
hear a presentation on the subject at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
15, in the Fireside Room at Gateway. The meeting is sponsored by the Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO).
Joan Petterson, risk analyst for the Golden Rain Foundation, will provide insurance information and coverage considerations.
The forum will take the place of EPO’s regularly scheduled
meeting, which is on the first Monday of the month.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Republican Club meeting features
attorney from Pacific Legal Foundation
Dinner event will be held at Fireside Room Sept. 14
Timothy Sandefur, principal
attorney at the Pacific Legal
Foundation, will be the speaker for the monthly Republican
dinner meeting on Wednesday,
Sept. 14, in the Fireside Room
at Gateway.
Dinner doors open promptly
at 5:15 p.m. along with anticipated hosted wine bar.
Sandefur will discuss methods to protect businesses and
private interests against abusive government regulations
under the restraints of eminent
domain.
Sandefur is the lead attorney
at the foundation’s Economic
Liberty Project and has litigated significant eminent domain cases, including Kelo vs.
New London, which received
press coverage throughout the
world.
Tony Sandefur
He has published two books
and 40 scholarly articles ranging from eminent domain to
legal issues of slavery and the
Civil War.
His articles have appeared
in Liberty, the National Review
Online, Forbes Online and the
San Francisco Chronicle. He is
an adjunct professor of law at
the McGeorge School of Law.
In February 2006 he became
one of the youngest attorneys
ever featured on the cover of
California Lawyer Magazine.
The Republican Journal is
mailed to all club members
and contains a dinner reservation form with the details.
The cost of the dinner is $25
for club members and $27 for
guests.
Reservation checks should
be mailed to Republicans, 1708
Golden Rain Road No. 6.
For information, call Tom
Fryer at 947-5878.
Recycle this paper
and ad inserts.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Creekside Grill has fundraiser
for Multiple Sclerosis benefit
More than $3,000 was raised at a benefit dinner on Aug. 22 at
Creekside Grill for the “Waves to Wine” bicycle ride on Sept. 17
and 18 for Multiple Sclerosis. Rob Lytle, pro in the Rossmoor golf
shop, is riding in the event to support his wife, Denise, who has
Multiple Sclerosis. Owner Stan Gedeon, left, presents the check
to Lytle, while the grill’s chef, Jose Campos, second from left, and
owner Ann Gedeon, right, look on. In addition to supporting this
cause, the Gedeons helped out the Running Springs Road fire
victims on the night of the fire on July 22.
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Mutual 30
to hold its
annual meeting
The 39th annual meeting
of the membership of Mutual
30 will be held on Wednesday,
Sept. 21, at 9:30 a.m. in the
Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
In addition to hearing reports
from the officers and committees, incumbent Harriett-Lee
Keller will be reseated on the
board of directors. Keller was
elected by acclamation of the
membership to serve a threeyear term.
Mutual 30 members are
encouraged to attend this important annual event. Light refreshments will be served.
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
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CEO explains how the Event Center will be financed
Second in
the series
By Warren Salmons
GRF CEO
T
he second in the series
of articles about the
Event Center project
will focus on financing.
For many years now, the
Golden Rain Foundation has
collected a membership transfer fee from each transaction
involving the resale of a manor.
There are some exceptions,
as enumerated in Golden Rain
Foundation Policy 102.1.4
most notably, when the purchaser of a manor is currently,
or was within the past 120
days prior to the purchase, a
member of the Golden Rain
Foundation and had previously paid a membership transfer fee. A recently adopted
amendment to the California
Davis-Stirling law re-enforced
and reconfirmed the Golden
Rain Foundation’s ability to
continue to collect the membership transfer fee.
The membership transfer
fees that are received are deposited in the Golden Rain
Foundation’s Trust Estate
Fund, the source of money
used to pay the cost for designing, constructing, and outfitting new facilities, such as the
Event Center, which will serve
the entire Rossmoor community. Money from the fund can
be used directly to pay costs
incurred in developing such
projects or to pay debt service
for money the GRF might borrow to build them.
Periodically, the Golden
Rain Foundation Board and
the Golden Rain Foundation
Finance Committee review an
analysis of the Trust Estate
Fund to determine the capac-
ity to undertake projects. The
most recent review was last
month. The analysis is based
on very conservative assumptions about membership transfer fee revenue and loan terms
for any borrowed funds.
The analysis takes into
consideration all current obligations, including paying
off loans for projects already
completed: Del Valle covered
pool, the corporation yard
and the first three Creekside
buildings, and other already
approved expenditures. The
analysis then forecasts how
much money will be available
in future to undertake additional projects.
The most recent analysis
found that by 2014, assuming
use of no more than 70 percent of the available money,
the Golden Rain Foundation
would have the capacity to finance as much as $12.15 million in new projects and in
addition, have $2.45 million
in cash, between now and the
beginning of 2014, available
to pay for additional project
costs.
To provide a reference point
relative to the GRF’s capacity
to undertake new projects, we
can look at our recent experience with the three Creekside
buildings and the corporation
yard project. Those first three
buildings of the Creekside
project cost about $11.2 million in total for design, construction, and furnishing. The
corporation yard project cost
a little over $2 million, for a
total construction cost in the
range of approximately $13.4
million.
Of that amount, the Golden Rain Foundation needed
a commercial loan of about
$6.2 million. Without trying
to predict the cost of an Event
Center building, it would seem
self evident that, with the pro-
jected available funds, the
community would be able to
afford the Event Center project, plus other projects such
as the table tennis facility, upgrades to the Buckeye tennis
courts, and even some initial
renovation projects for existing clubhouses.
The recent action by the
Golden Rain Foundation
Board with respect to the
Event Center allows us to proceed with the design of it so
that, once the plans and specifications are complete, we can
get construction bids. With
that very detailed project cost
information, the Board, sometime in early 2012, will be in a
position to decide if we should
proceed to construct the Event
Center project.
Of course, the Trust Estate
Fund analysis will be updated
at that same time to help the
Board evaluate our financial
capacity.
Policy Committee will discuss News
editorial policy proposals in October
The GRF Policy Committee is not meeting in September and, therefore, there will
not be a discussion of the
News policy on political columns until the meeting on
Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in
the Board Room at Gateway.
The Policy Committee
plans to review the wording
of a proposed policy on not
allowing political columns in
the News. Residents are invited to attend the meeting and
take part in the discussion.
The Policy Committee can
decide to make a recommendation to the GRF Board, or
it can leave the policy as is
and make no recommendation.
If there is a recommendation, it would be made at
the Sept. 29 meeting. There
would not be a vote on a policy change until the October
GRF Board meeting.
Aquatics Advisory Committee has opening
There is an opening on the
GRF Aquatics Advisory Committee for a committee member to serve until May 2012.
Residents interested in serving on this committee are in-
vited to apply by submitting
their names and qualifications
to Assistant Secretary Paulette
Jones in the Board Office at
Gateway complex by Sept. 12.
For information, call her
at 988-7710.
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Community Club topic is the impact of politics
Peter Schrag, former editorial page editor of
the Sacramento Bee, will be the Community
Club’s guest speaker on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 3
p.m. in the Fireside Room. His topic is “California: America’s High-Stakes Experiment,” which
also is the title of his paperback book that will be
available to residents at the meeting.
Following the talk, there will be a questionand-answer session and a social hour.
After his retirement in 1996, Schrag wrote a
weekly column for the Bee. He now does a weekly piece for the blog California Progress Report.
A former editor of Saturday Review magazine,
he is the author of articles and reviews in the Atlantic, Harper’s, the Nation, the New Republic,
the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and
other publications.
His book, “Paradise Lost: California’s Experience, America’s Future,” was chosen as a New
York Times Notable Book. He has also written
“Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America’s Schools,” and most recently “Not Fit for Our
Society: Immigration and Nativism in America.”
Schrag has taught at Amherst College, where
he also served as a college administrator. He was
also a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference,
and UC Berkeley, in both the School of Journalism and the School of Public Policy. Since 1998,
he has also been a visiting scholar at Berkeley’s
Institute of Governmental Studies.
Rossmoor’s Community Club has about 500
members, and meets the second Tuesday of each
month with the exception of December, July, and
August. The club has invited a number of wellknown people who have spoken on a variety of
issues of interest to residents. The annual dues
are $15 a manor.
For information, contact Membership Chairwoman Vickie Hipkiss at vhipkiss@comcast.net.
SECURITY REPORTS
F RO M S E C U R I TA S
The following are the major
incidents reported to Securitas,
Rossmoor’s security service provider. They appear here as they
were initially reported to Securitas. After investigation, details
of a case may indicate a lesser
or different incident description.
If the case warrants it, the News
will do a follow-up story.
To see all of the incident reports, go to the Rossmoor website at www.rossmoor.com. Hit
the Resident Info tab on the home
page. Click on Public Safety Services, then click on Daily Logs.
Friday, Aug. 19
Theft: A resident reported
that his stepdaughter took his
box containing his wife’s ashes.
Miscellaneous: At about
6:40 p.m., Pine Knoll, Entry
5, residents began calling to
report a tree branch had fallen
on top of a bus stop at Golden
Rain Road and Pine Knoll.
The branch was found on
Golden Rain Road, Entry 29.
The bench was damaged.
Monday, Aug. 22
Animal: A Tice Creek Drive,
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Entry 14, resident reported at
11:30 p.m. that a raccoon was
in trash cans.
Tuesday, Aug. 23
Miscellaneous: A Mutual Operations Department
(MOD) employee reported at
1 p.m. that a service truck was
dumping water in the drain.
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Theft: A Golden Rain Road,
Entry 24, resident reported a
missing composter.
Theft: A Waterford resident reported a theft from her
manor.
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returned by a board member),
or through Rossmoor Counseling Services at 988-7750.
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Safeway gift cards
The Rossmoor Fund supports Counseling Services’
program that provides Safeway gift cards to low-income
families. To donate to the special fund that has been set up
for the Safeway gift cards, taxdeductible contributions can
be mailed to Rossmoor Fund,
P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek,
or placed in the Rossmoor
Fund box in the Administration Building. Checks should
be made payable to Rossmoor
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ROSSMOOR MEETINGS
9
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GOLDEN RAIN FOUNDATION AND MUTUALS
All Golden Rain Foundation, Mutual and committee meetings listed
here are open to Rossmoor residents. Meeting times and locations are
subject to change. For information on GRF Board meetings, call Senior
Manager of Executive Services Paulette Jones at 988-7711; for information on Third Mutual meetings, call 988-7718; and for information on all
other Mutual meetings, call Dyann Paradise at 988-7775.
Sept. 5:
Sept. 7:
Sept. 7:
Sept. 8:
Sept. 9:
Sept. 12:
Sept. 12:
Sept. 12:
Sept. 13:
Sept. 13:
Sept. 13:
Sept. 14:
Sept. 14:
Sept. 14:
Sept. 15:
Sept. 15:
Sept. 16:
Sept. 19:
Sept. 19:
Sept. 19:
Sept. 21:
Sept. 21:
Sept. 21:
Sept. 22:
Sept. 23:
Sept. 23:
Sept. 23:
Sept. 26:
Sept. 27:
Sept. 28:
Labor Day, all offices closed
9:30 a.m.
Third Mutual finance committee
Board Room, Gateway
10 a.m.
Audit Committee
Multipurpose Room 3, Gateway
1:30 p.m.
Aquatics Advisory Committee
Board Room, Gateway
9 a.m.
Golf Advisory Committee
Board Room, Gateway
Third Mutual board
9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Mutual 68 CIC
4 p.m.
Multipurpose Room 1, Gateway
Mutual 22 board
10. a.m.
Terra Granada meeting room
9 a.m.
GRF Board/ Finance Committee
Joint meeting to review 2012 GRF budget
Fireside Room, Gateway
Mutual 59 board
1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
First Mutual new resident orientation 7 p.m.
Delta Room, Del Valle
9 a.m.
GRF Board/Finance Committee
Joint meeting to review 2012 GRF budget
Fireside Room, Gateway
Fitness Center Advisory Committee 9:30 a.m.
Delta Room, Del Valle
Mutual 48 board
2 p.m.
Mutual Operations meeting room
9:30 a.m.
Fifth Mutual finance committee
Ivy Room, Dollar
Fifth Mutual board
2 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
GRF Trust Revision Committee
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
Mutual 29 budget meeting
Multipurpose Room, Gateway
10 a.m.
First Mutual 2012 budget review
Fireside Room, Gateway
1:30 p.m.
Fourth Mutual board
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
First Mutual safety committee
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
Mutual 30 annual meeting
Vista Room, Hillside
11 a.m.
First Mutual finance committee
Board Room, Gateway
9 a.m.
Second Mutual board
Peacock Hall, Gateway
9 a.m.
GRF Finance Committee
GRF 2012 budget review
Peacock Hall, Gateway
Noon
Mutual 68 special meeting
Board Room, Gateway
First Mutual board
1 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Mutual 68 board
9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Mutual 61 board
3 p.m.
Vista Room, Hillside
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The golf course crew recently put down the sod for the replacement putting green near the
nine-hole course, and now is giving that green tender loving care so it can open within four to six
weeks. David Ramirez of the golf course crew rolls over the sod so it has a nice flat, even service
for putting.
10
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Event Center issue gets more air time at GRF Board meeting
Continued from page 1
People, she said, are beginning “to wonder about the
credibility of the Board.”
Karen Perkins also spoke
beyond her time allowance, accusing CEO Warren Salmons
of being condescending in his
recent News article about the
Event Center, its history and
plans. She quoted Salmons
as stating that in the future,
the new building “will be the
norm, it will just be part of the
landscape.”
Her response to that was a
question: “Fellow residents, do
you want a big, pricey, glitzy
building blocking most of the
landscape or do you want the
landscape?”
While a supporter of the first
two phases of Creekside, Bob
Dickson suggested that building the Event Center would
be “a tragedy.” Most of Dollar
Clubhouse and pool activities
would be “severely affected by
the increased traffic and parking problems,” he said.
Rose Marie Kirkpatrick said
this community was designed
for “low- to moderate-income,
older residents.” Many can’t
use the facilities already in
place. She has been talking to
people, she said, and “nobody
wants it (the Event Center).”
Besides, she said, Rossmoor
already has facilities. “There
are so many possibilities with
what we already have,” she
said. “It’s just a big mistake.”
Facilities already in place
was the theme of Jane Viator’s
comments, when she asked
the Board to slow down on the
Jane Viator
Rose Marie Kirkpatrick
Bob Dickson
Though most of his comments were aimed at the medical center revenue distribution,
Philip Wesler brought them
full circle to the Event Center,
as well. He disputed how the
medical center rental monies
were being handled – going
into the Trust Fund instead of
into Operations (the coupon).
“I would not like to believe
that this policy unjustly enriches the Trust Fund, enabling
the Board to satisfy its edifice
complex and build an Event
Center on the Dollar grounds,”
he said.
Only Hugh Grey took on a
new topic. He suggested the
Trust Agreement Review and
Revision Committee work to
revise the Trust Agreement to
include residents and not only
Mutuals as beneficiaries.
Weenig’s comments
In an unusual change of
protocol, President Susan Williamson allowed Weenig to
take to the podium to offer his
comments on the Event Center
and surrounding controversy.
Weenig said that since he had
missed last month’s meeting,
he did not have the opportunity to speak to why he would
have voted with the majority
of the Board to move forward
with the Event Center plans.
One by one, Weenig took
on some of the various arguments that had been presented
against the Event Center. He
also challenged those who, he
said, were not among the reasoned, constructive opponents
but were, instead, “derogatory,
inflammatory and insulting.”
Specifically, he called out
Continued on next page
News photos by Mike DiCarlo
Director Clair Weenig stepped up to the podium to offer his
points of view on the Event Center and his reactions to the
more negative responses from the community. Directors, from
left, Melvin Wall, Jim Giffin, Don Liddle and Ken Haley look on.
building and concentrate on
what is already here.
“A basic principle of good
management is to take care of
what you already own before
you buy new,” Viator said. “I
assume that few of us here go
out to purchase new clothes
just because the laundry bas-
ket is full.”
Dollar and Hillside, she
said, must first be renovated.
“Will these urgent needs wait
until the properties we already
own have so badly deteriorated that they can’t be rescued?”
she asked. “Is that, in fact, part
of the Master Plan?”
GRF BOARD ACTIONS
Following are the actions taken by the GRF Board on
Thursday, Aug. 25:
1. Referred the Audit Committee’s recommendation that all
persons serving on GRF committees be required to complete
a Conflict of Interest Policy Disclosure Form to the Policy
Committee for consideration.
2. Referred the Finance Committee’s recommendation that
the Board adopt Guidelines to Differentiate GRF Trust Revenues and Expenses from Operating Revenues and Expenses
to the Policy Committee for consideration.
3. Approved a proposal for geotechnical services for the
Creekside Event Center project and authorized the CEO to
execute a standard professional services agreement for the
work.
4. Approved the development of a water well to augment the
golf course, authorized a total project budget, and authorized
the CEO to execute the necessary contracts and agreements to
complete the project.
5. Approved funds for the installation of a digital video
surveillance system for the front Gateway parking lot and
authorized the CEO to execute the necessary contract for the
project.
6. Approved new Management Agreements between GRF
and Second Walnut Creek Mutual, Fifth Walnut Creek Mutual, Mutual 28, Mutual 59, and Mutual 65.
7. Authorized the CEO to renew an agreement for the purchase of natural gas.
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
11
Board director challenges Event Center and Board critics
GAC chairman says to move Event Center to
nine-hole course, but comments called inappropriate
Continued from page 10
those individuals who have
allegedly aligned themselves
with Save Our Stanley (SOS),
but who have veered off into
vitriol instead of sticking with
the “constructive, well-stated
and level-headed” suggestions and concerns that have
arisen from most members of
the group. He calls those peripheral individuals “Stop the
Event Center at Any Cost By
Any Means Coalition,” aka the
Coalition.
“Some of the Coalition say
that they did not vote for their
seated director and thus are not
rightfully represented; others
go to the hyperbole of calling
the GRF directors dictators,
tyrants, autocrats and worse,”
he said. But, “while one is certainly entitled to one’s personal opinion, he is not entitled to
his own personal set of facts.”
Weenig went back over the
history of GRF Board elections
and said the current Board was
made up of members who all
stated that they were in favor
of the Event Center prior to
the election, so residents cannot say that they didn’t know
the position of their directors
in advance.
There are “valid concerns,”
Weenig said, and they “deserve recognition.” Issues with
the golf practice area and 18th
hole need to be addressed and
golf-knowledgeable people are
being enlisted to offer their input.
Traffic congestion, parking
and emergency safety issues
are all worth looking at, but,
he said, the city’s experts have
reviewed these things and approved the Master Plan.
The rumors that Dollar
Clubhouse will be razed are
unfounded, Weenig said, and,
in fact, the goal is to enhance,
not destroy the clubhouse.
Weenig suggested that instead of SOS, an alternate
group could be formed and
named “Improve Our Stanley,” with the intent of working
to make the Event Center enhance rather than detract from
the Dollar Clubhouse.
Golfers have a say
While presenting his report
on the GAC meeting, Fleck
discussed a plan he said committee members support – to
move the Event Center to the
south side of Gateway, taking
up some of the space on the
nine-hole (Creekside) course
and reconstructing that course.
This is, he said, because the
practice area, that would be
displaced by the Event Center
should it be built in front of
Dollar Clubhouse, is pivotal
to the golfing community. In
fact, he said, if practicing golf
could be considered a fitness
activity, “the people that play
on that (practice green) on a
regular basis, would generally
equate to the numbers who
visit the Fitness Center in a
month – in the range of 10,000
visits.”
Fleck said he and Rossmoor
Men’s Golf Club member Sam
Chu had discussed the need for
an alternative site for the Event
Center “sacrificing the least
of the existing golf facilities.”
That, they determined, was the
nine-hole course, which could
be adjusted to make room for
the Event Center between the
second and sixth greens.
This should be considered
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and should have the “benefit
of a thorough review” by the
Board prior to the GAC’s next
meeting in September, Fleck
said.
Salmons interrupted Fleck’s
report. “There’s a protocol
that’s being missed here,” he
said. What Fleck was bringing
to the Board had not yet been
vetted through the GAC, he
said, but rather was being presented by the chairman alone.
Wall’s displeasure with
Fleck’s statements was also
evident. “I think your attitude
– your committee – about this
golf course is inappropriate.
I think you should share with
this community and be able to
take a few hits here,” he said.
“You don’t want tennis courts,
you guys don’t want anything.
I think you’ve gotta give.”
By Fleck’s own figures,
Weenig said, 14,000 people
played golf on the nine-hole
course this year. Considering
Fleck’s plan to cut into the
nine-hole course, he asked,
“Are the nine-holers thrilled
with this?”
Director Jim Giffin said the
Board is trying to meet the
needs of all Rossmoor residents, and “that means we’ve
all got to sacrifice some.” Golf
is very important to the com-
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
After the Board’s vote at the August meeting, two security cameras will be installed atop the Gateway Clubhouse on each side
of the pergola, pictured. The digital surveillance system will cover
the Gateway parking lot 24/7. This program is part of an effort to
provide more security in the community. More cameras can be
added elsewhere if this trial is successful.
munity, he said, and he would
“do anything that is rational to
help golf.”
However, the word “center”
is important in the term Event
Center, he said. “This is an
area (Creekside) planned as
an entity,” and it should stay
as an entity. By suggesting a
redesign, Giffi n said to Fleck,
“I think you’re stepping out of
your role.”
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Rossmoor Can Be
“Greener” Than It Is!
By Char Howard, Rossmoor resident
Lois Courchaine, program manager,
Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority
The concept of recycling has been around since the
1970s, and there are constant reminders around us. For example, when we walk through a museum or an airport or
through a regional, state or city park, we see a series of permanently placed cans with labels for trash, for bottles, cans,
paper, etc. When we take our waste out to our trash area, we
have a choice of both trash and recycling containers, clearly
marked. And in Walnut Creek we don’t even have to separate out paper, plastic, glass or aluminum; it all goes into the
same receptacle.
Recycling couldn’t be easier, could it? One would think
that it would be automatic to empty out our cans and bottles
and place them in the recycling container. But, for some
reason, some people still refuse to do that simple task even
though it takes no more energy to place an item in one receptacle than in another. Do you suppose the people who
refuse to take responsibility for recycling are the same
people who speed on our Rossmoor streets or run the stop
signs?
In Rossmoor we have over 200 clubs and organizations, many of which have large dinner parties and dances
throughout the year. Although some of these organizations take great care to recycle their bottles, cans and
cardboard, many do not make the extra effort. Can you
imagine how many bottles and cans might be tossed into
the trash after a large holiday dinner dance unless someone
takes responsibility to recycle them? Among the organizations taking responsibility for recycling are the Rossmoor
Rotary Club, the Cotillion Club, the Bacchus Society and
the Trails Club.
The caterers who serve the Rossmoor community should
also be encouraged to recycle. A member of a commonly
used caterer here recently said, “I guess I never got into that
(recycling).”
During the past several months, members of Rossmoor
administration have made a special effort to increase the
number of recycling receptacles throughout our large meeting rooms and at the picnic grounds, and they are to be commended. We still need more cans strategically located and
with better labeling. Ideally, we need our trash and recycling
receptacles to be permanently placed throughout our community, just as they are in an airport or in a museum, so that
decision-making becomes automatic.
Just like in earlier times, people need to be reminded that
recyclable materials are actually “natural” resources and
need to be treated that way. For example, according to the
Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), tossing your aluminum
cans into the recycling container instead of the trash will
save 95 percent of the energy used to produce cans from virgin materials.
Some say that recycling “is a good idea!” It’s not only a
good idea; it is a responsibility! It is important that we all
take responsibility to do what we can to make the world a
better place for the generations that follow. And Rossmoor
can be a lot “greener” than it is!
This column will continue to focus on ways that all of us
can take responsibility for recycling in our daily lives. Residents who would like to participate in a recycling educational campaign here at Rossmoor should contact Char Howard
at channh2@att.net.
Save Our Stanley group expands its website
Save Our Stanley (SOS),
the ad-hoc group opposed to
building the Event Center in
front of Dollar Clubhouse, has
expanded its website, www.
saveourstanley.com.
In addition to information on
the history of the project and
reasons for opposing it, there
is now a section for residents’
letters. Readers can also view
project plans and download a
copy of the petition form. Visitors to the site can receive email updates automatically by
joining the SOS mailing list.
Residents who want to help
SOS in its efforts to stop the
Event Center plan can pick up
blank petition forms and flyers
from the YourRossmoor club
mailbox in the Administration
Office at Gateway.
SOS partners with the Your
Rossmoor Chatboard, (http://
groups.yahoo.com/group/yourrossmoor/ or Google “your-
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The fire in Rossmoor on Running Springs a couple of weeks ago was
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it on Entry 4. I asked Isabell, who lived in the first condo of
that Unit, if she was able to salvage anything. She told me
she was able to save a few things, one of which was an
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“That rocking chair came to Oregon City over the Rocky Mountains, on
the last Wagon Train from Missouri in the late 1800’s. My mother-in-law,
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The Rossmoor Fund, in partnership with the Elder Law Center and Contra Costa County Bar
Association, will hold a workshop on “Durable Powers of
Attorney and Advanced Health
Care Directives” on Thursday,
Sept. 8, at 4 p.m. in the Las
Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Information will be provided regarding the importance
of certain documents and the
powers they can bestow on the
agents of one’s choosing. Anyone interested in having a power of attorney and/or advanced
health care directive prepared
and notarized free of charge, an
appointment will be made to return to the second workshop on
Thursday, Sept. 22 (between 4
and 6 p.m.).
Reservations may be made
by calling Theresa Hurley of the
Contra Costa County Bar Association, 370-2548. Space is limited.
Samantha Sepehr, Elder Law
Center’s staff attorney, is the
organizer of the workshop. She
will also lead the workshops.
The Rossmoor Fund is able to
provide this program as well as
pro bono legal assistance through
a grant to The Law Center, made
possible by the generosity of its
donors.
For help with financial abuse
or other legal questions, call the
Elder Law Center, which is under the auspices of the Law Center. The phone number is 1-866543-8017.
Callers will be asked to press
2 on their phone if they are 65
years or older. They will then be
prompted to leave a message so
that an Elder Law Center staff
can return their call and conduct
a phone interview to determine
what needs should be met.
The staff attorney will then
either provide representation if
legal help is required; or refer
the matter to the appropriate
agency or volunteer attorney for
pro-bono assistance.
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furniture that survived. Now it sits in storage waiting to be refinished due
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ongoing discussion of issues
surrounding the Event Center.
Because of the volume of messages this topic has generated,
July saw the highest volume
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nine-year existence.
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TALK OF ROSSMOOR
Celebrating 100 Years
By Wilma Murray
t a June lawn party at
her son and daughterin-law’s home in Fair
Oaks, Rossmoor resident
Ruth Foster Lee was feted
by family and friends as she
turned 100 years old.
More than 85 guests
turned out to wish her a (belated) happy birthday. Some
traveled from as far away as
Illinois, Oregon and Arizona
to join the celebration.
Lee and her twin brother
were born May 28, 1911 in
Nez Perz, Idaho, into a family with eight more children.
At age 8, the family moved
to Washington, then later to
Bonanza, Ore., where she
graduated from high school.
She attended college for a
year in Idaho, then returned
to Bonanza and married Earl
Reinhart, who was a teacher.
They had one son, Bill, but
when they divorced, Lee, her
twin brother and their parents moved to Chico where
Lee went to work at the Log
Cabin Bakery. There she met
and married Ernest Mullnix
and the duo had two children.
Together they owned and operated the Chico Park Florist
Shop for 10 years.
After that, Lee worked
as a head cook at a Chico grammer school for 12
years. While there, her second husband died and about
a year later she met and
married Farrar F. Foster.
They moved to Albany,
where they lived until 1976 at
which time Foster died. Lee
moved to Rossmoor in 1977.
Lee kept busy with church
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Ruth Foster Lee
activities, horseback riding,
(when the stables were in
Rossmoor), swimming onehalf mile a day and walking
three miles every other day.
She went on cruises, trips,
visits to family and entertained a lot of company.
In 1982, she married Hub
Lee. They were married a
year and a half before he,
too, died, after which her
sister Faye came to live with
her.
Lee continued to travel,
entertain, cook, bake, knit,
crochet, embroider, sew, quilt
and cultivate orchids and
other flowers. She always had
a cake fresh out of the oven
for guests and she has always
set her table with a monthly
theme, much to the enjoyment of all who join her for
meals.
In addition, she is an avid
reader, reading several books
a month, and she loves to play
gin rummy.
Her daughter, Cheryl,
sums Lee up with a simple
sentence: “She loves to laugh
and always enjoys herself!”
The waste-handling facility on Rockview Drive at the corporation yard is open Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.; closed Sundays and holidays.
The waste-handling facility is for GRF vendors and residents only; no resident contractors may use the Dumpsters,
nor may anyone without a valid resident ID. Those who wish
to use the site must be ready to show their IDs to employees
staffing the site.
Residents may use the site during its operating hours only,
and should not leave items outside the Dumpsters.
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Democrats will hold second annual
Turner School fundraising party
Elementary
school is
in Antioch
The Democrats of Rossmoor’s second annual tapas and
drinks party to benefit Turner
School will kick off Tuesday,
Nov. 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the Vista
Room at Hillside.
This party will provide not
only elegant (homemade) food,
wine and dessert, but also entertainment by the ever-popular Sonia Christopher and her
group.
Tickets at $25 each (limited
to 60) will go on sale at the
Democrats’ Labor Day picnic
on Sunday, Sept. 4.
Party proceeds go towards
the Democrats’ support for education through financial contributions and volunteer work
for young students at Turner
Elementary School in Antioch,
now in its fourth year. Starting
with just one first grade class,
the project has now grown to include supplying money for supplies and field trips for the entire
first grade of four classes.
Volunteers assist teachers
Turner School party planners, from left, are Anita Vandenburg,
Maria Rieger and Emily Ehm.
on a weekly basis with reading
and other class projects, normally four volunteers per day
throughout the week.
Ticket sales are being handled by Jeanne Thomas, 937-
4613. The committee is determined to avoid over-selling, as
happened last year.
Anyone interested in volunteering at the school may call
Irene McKeever, 932-6475.
Mutual 22 holds quarterly meeting
The Board of Directors of Walnut Creek Mutual 22 will hold its
quarterly meeting on Monday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. in Club 22, 4033
Terra Granada Drive. Mutual members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Safer Rossmoor Club looks
to improve community safety
Sign up now for November Fall Bazaar
The Fall Bazaar, which is
co-sponsored by the Activities Council and the Rossmoor
Recreation Department, will
be held on Saturday, Nov. 5,
in the Fireside Room, Oak
Room and Arts and Crafts
studios from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Fall Bazaar is an opportunity for Rossmoor residents to sell handmade arts
and craft items they have
made themselves. This event
is not for selling used or
commercially manufactured
items.
Applications are now available at the Excursion Desk at
Gateway. Applications will
be processed on a first come,
first serve basis.
The first meeting of Toward a Safer Rossmoor Club was
held Aug. 23 at Dollar Clubhouse. The purpose of the club is to
achieve improvements in the fire and safety hazards that exist in
Rossmoor. The group was encouraged by the meeting.
Fire safety, gate security and curbing vandalism and thefts
seemed to be the priority of those residents attending the meeting. Better communication would address some of these issues
and the club has already taken steps in that direction.
A committee has met with Public Safety Coordinator Dennis
Bell and Securitas Manager Justin Stebbins, and new communication models may be forthcoming.
The club will form task forces to investigate how best to deal
with these problems and will work with police and fire chiefs,
GRF Board members and Securitas personnel to achieve improvements in all these areas that reduce safety, security and
peace of mind.
The next meeting of Toward a Safer Rossmoor will be held
on Monday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse.
Dues are $10 per household and checks can be sent to Stephanie
Asker, 5201 Terra Granada Drive No. 1B; phone 932-2505.
All Rossmoor residents who are concerned with their safety
and security are invited to attend. Especially welcome are those
who have backgrounds in fire, police, security, insurance and
finance.
Become part of a great group
of Rossmoor senior volunteers
who tutor students in a special
reading program (ages 11-13)
at Oak Grove Middle School in
Concord Tuesday mornings.
What residents know is
valuable to a child who needs
a volunteer tutor to help him
or her learn English as a second language. It’s not neces-
Mutual 68 ballots due
Mutual 56 seeks board candidates
At the July 25 regular meeting, the Mutual 68 board of
directors voted to hold an
election for the adoption of
proposed bylaw and CCandR
amendments. These proposed
amendments and ballots were
mailed out on Aug. 9 to all
members of Mutual 68 and
ballots are due to the inspector
of election no later than Friday,
Sept. 16.
The ballots will be counted
at an open meeting on Friday,
Sept. 23, beginning at noon
in the Board Room at Gateway.
For information, residents
may contact the Mutuals’
Board Office at 988-7718.
Expecting guests? Call the guest clearance system – 988-7843
Join other residents in volunteering to
teach English as a second language
There will be an election
for one director on the board
of Mutual 56 (Lakeshire) for a
three-year term. This position
is currently held by Jean McConnell, who will be retiring
this year after many years of
service to the Mutual.
Any other member in
good standing who wishes
to subm it his or her name
for membership on the
board should contact Board
sary to have a teaching degree
to make a big difference in a
child’s life and future – just be
a senior who likes children and
an interesting challenge, with a
couple of free hours one morning a week.
Student lesson plans will be
provided by the reading teacher, leaving time for the tutors
to assist students with reading,
Services Coordinator Dyann
Paradise at 988-7775 in the
Mutuals’ Boa rd Office in
Gateway by Monday, Sept.
19.
Each candidate should
submit a written notice of
intent to run. The statement
should be no more than 300
words and should express the
candidate’s qualifications
and interest in serving on the
board.
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writing, and reading comprehension.
The bus leaves from Gateway at 8:15 a.m. and returns
at 12:15 p.m. The camaraderie
between the tutors and the satisfaction of doing something
good for the world are added
benefits.
For information, contact
Lynne Crittondon at 947-6190.
The election for the director
will take place by ballot and
will be distributed to members at least 30 days prior to
the annual meeting. The winning candidate will be seated
at the annual meeting, which
is scheduled for Wednesday,
Oct. 19, in the Vista Room
at Hillside Clubhouse. More
information will follow in
the weeks prior to the annual
meeting.
Wellness
symposium
held in
Rossmoor
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A wellness symposium,
“Navigating the Path to
Healthy Living,” will be held
Friday, Sept. 9, from 9:30 a.m.
until 2 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway.
The symposium is sponsored by the Rossmoor Brain
Boosters Club in conjunction
with Manor Care and Eldercare Services.
The workshop will feature
the following topics and speakers:
• “Naturopathic Medicine:
Anti-Aging at its Best” by Dr.
Jaspreet Mundier, Surat Naturopathic
• “Brain Gym: Wake up
Your Brain and Put It in Drive”
by Pam Whitman of Brain
Boosters
• “Living Well With Chronic Illness” by Eileen Nevitt,
LCSW, of Eldercare Services.
Reservations must be made
by Thursday, Sept. 1, by calling 975-5000. Lunch will be
provided.
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MONEY BURNING A HOLE
IN THEIR POCKETS
I was surprised to learn Rossmoor has 19 meeting
rooms and halls, with a total seating capacity of 1,321.
And this excludes the five new rooms at Creekside that
hold over 300. Think about that – 24 meeting venues
seating over 1,600 people – half of which are empty
50 percent of the time or more – all of which we pay
to maintain through our GRF coupon.
The unabated push for a new massive center at
Dollar/Creekside is not only ecologically unsound,
it is managerially and fiscal irresponsible by CEO
Warren Salmons and the GRF Board, as eventually this massive new facility will add to the GRF
coupon.
However, as long as they have unlimited taxing
authority, through the GRF coupon, they will always
behave like sailors on shore leave, with our money
burning a hole in their pockets.
Nicholas J. Sten
Leisure Lane
HE MISSED SOME FACTS
At the Aug. 25 meeting of the Golden Rain
Board, Board member Dr. Clair Weenig made a
detailed characterization of those in opposition to
the building of an event center and parking lot on
the Dollar Clubhouse grounds.
However, while degrading the Del Valle Theatre
(owned by the Acalanes Union High School District), which has been suggested for possible purchase by Rossmoor, he conveniently forgot some
rather important items. First, although his description of the exterior of the present Del Valle Theatre was essentially accurate (it is in fact unattractive and in need of repair), he never mentioned the
interior. It is a first-class, fully equipped theater,
seating 384, with many amenities and in excellent
condition.
Second, he said that all the other buildings on
the site appear derelict, abandoned and rusting.
That is true. But he failed to mention that a bond
issue (for which Rossmoor residents voted in large
numbers) has allocated $25 million to build a new
building starting this month, restore some existing
buildings and demolish others, as well as provide
for additional parking.
Dr. Weenig obviously spent a great amount of
time in preparing his lengthy remarks. I think the
least he could have done was to include all the pertinent facts.
Phil Wesler
Canyonwood Court
GRF IS SPENDING TOO
MUCH MONEY
In the same meeting in which the GRF Board
voted to spend $1.5 million on preliminary studies
on the proposed Event Center, the Board also voted
to increase employee salaries, provide bonuses, etc.
In addition, we would pick up the extra cost of the
employee medical benefits, due to large increases
in premiums.
Their reasoning – if we do not give our employees all these extras, they will quit. In the real world,
there are huge numbers of unemployed, and people
with impressive skills and degrees who are willing
to take on any job. In the real world, companies and
governments are cutting salaries, cutting staff, cutting benefits. Rossmoor employees would be lucky
just to maintain the current level of pay and benefits.
Seniors have not had a cost of living increase in
Social Security for three years, while our Medicare
premiums have increased, as have co-pays for doctors and prescriptions. Our own children, who used
to be able to help with some of our expenses, now
need help themselves.
Residents who moved in years ago find that expenses have rocketed, while their pensions have not.
Others have lost a spouse, and with them, part of
the Social Security or other pension income. Many
of the recently retired boomers are finding their
expenses are rising so fast that retirement income
is inadequate and are seeking to return to work.
Many who were still working when they moved
into Rossmoor have lost their jobs.
Yet, the GRF Board is spending money as if it
lived on a different planet.
Charlene Wilcox
Ptarmigan Drive
ROSSMOOR DOESN’T NEED
ANOTHER BUILDING
My husband and I are residents of Rossmoor,
first as renters and then as owners. We are happy
to have made the decision to live in this beautiful
area. Of course, we realize there is no such thing as
perfect, but the staff of Rossmoor makes every effort to attain a splendid oasis for seniors.
However, there seems to be a new project being
considered, namely the Event Center. Presently,
Rossmoor has every type and form of facility to suit
the needs of our community. Another building?
My husband and I suggest fire sprinklers installed
in every building. Surely that should be number one
on your list after the recent fire. Families have been
disrupted and left homeless.
Please do give serious thought to installing more
fire alarms, theft alarms and safety devices. We
need to go to bed at night and not be frightened or
concerned. We could be a homeless family.
Adele Avruch
Golden Rain Road
OTHER SITES FOR THE
EVENT CENTER
It is a myth the only site for an event center is the
golf practice area’s .75 acres.
It is a myth the land has to be flat to build an
event center. It is a myth an event center must be at
the golf course and Creekside. Dollar and Creekside
do not need any more facilities contributing to
scheduling conflicts, traffic congestion and parking
problems.
There are two locations in Rossmoor with enough
land to build an event center with parking:
A .8 acre portion of the park along Golden Rain
at Tice Creek Drive is recognized in the LongRange Planning Task Force Site Tour Report, June
22, 2010. At Tice Creek walking into the park onethird of the way, the park widens and provides an
exceptionally large building site. The whole park
will provide for parking as well as a walking trail
among the landscape.
Hillside provides two options. First, rebuild Hill-
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side Clubhouse with a second story to provide twice
the space. Second, build an event center in the west
Hillside location where Shady Glen or Sportsmen’s
Park is located. Table Tennis if needed could be relocated to the park at Golden Rain and Tice Creek
Drive.
The Event Center does not need to be located
anywhere on golf course land or the golf practice
area. See for yourself, take a walk and look at both
locations.
Jackie Bateman
Tice Creek Drive
OPPOSITION TO EVENT
CENTER IS STRONGER NOW
“Just take your medicine, it’s good for you” is the
message delivered by CEO Warren Salmons in his
series on the Event Center.
Salmons points out that residents always gripe
about change, but eventually they calm down and
just accept it. His message: Just accept the Event
Center, and someday, somebody will appreciate it.
After all, we, the GRF Board members, are much
wiser than you; we know what you need.
Salmons does not realize that he is talking to
experienced seniors, not children. By now, we all
know what we need, and what we can afford. We
don’t have a lot of time left for “some day” and we
don’t have a lot of money we can waste on something somebody might appreciate “some day.”
Yes, the population here changes a little every
day, but there will always be a huge majority who
have been here and know the “history.” The history,
by the way, is that we have protested the Event Center from its first conception, in 2003. If anything, it
is less popular now, even though we have had population shifts.
Many baby boomers are experiencing economic
problems; losing jobs, inadequate retirement funds,
etc. The older retirees have seen escalating coupons and cost of living erode already depreciated
retirement income. If anything, opposition to the
Event Center is stronger. In these perilous financial
times we should not be assuming a long-term debt
for which we residents are ultimately responsible,
and which definitely will increase our coupon.
Karen Perkins
Canyonwood Court
MUTUALS SHOULD
CONDUCT POLL
We need a poll to ascertain whether our owners
are for or against building a new, costly and, in my
opinion, unneeded Event Center. Since the GRF
Board won’t conduct a poll, we who are interested
must turn to our respective Mutuals and urge them
to poll their members on this urgent matter.
I planned to do this at my Mutual’s September
meeting but unfortunately I have a conflict and
can’t be there to present my notes. However, it occurs to me that these notes could be useful to anyone who agrees that each Mutual should conduct its
own poll.
The bylaws of all Mutuals set out the responsibilities of board members. Article 2(1) includes these
words: “to provide for maintenance of our manors,”
and goes to say “…including the … value thereof.”
That means that the responsibilities of Mutual board
members include preventing anything happening to
the value of our manors.
I sincerely believe the GRF’s plans put the value
of our manors in jeopardy by increasing our indebtedness by millions of dollars. It will also increase
our coupon by the amount needed for its insurance
and maintenance needs.
I believe it is the responsibility of every Mutual
to conduct a poll immediately by mailing questionnaires to ascertain the position of the majority of
its members on a new event center to be built in the
vicinity of Dollar Clubhouse. Then, each Mutual
should apprise GRF of its findings.
Pasquale A. Quarto
Skycrest Drive
– More letters on page 16 –
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More letters
Continued from page 15
BRING IN A NEUTRAL PARTY
The “proposed” new Event Center is creating a
tension within Rossmoor of a much greater concern
than global warming! May I suggest that each side
prepare a list of areas of concern/attributes, then
have them reviewed by a neutral party and have
these issued items placed on a ballot for all residents
of Rossmoor to vote on their preferred solution.
Rossmoor residents should not have to feel they
are being ignored by the Golden Rain Foundation
nor should the foundation feel that its position is
not appropriate.
Money is “always” an area of concern, whether
being spent now or later. We must all remember:
Money is a loyal servant, but a cruel master.
John L. Ostrowski
Tice Creek Drive
DEL VALLE THEATRE
IS AN OPTION
Last week, my letter ran with a headline provided
by the editor, “GRF Should Buy Del Valle Theatre.”
Actually, this was a little misleading. The intent of
the letter was to point out that a viable option was
being ignored and all such options should be considered before making the decision to proceed with
building the Event Center in front of Dollar.
Moreover, it is clear that without prodding from
Save Our Stanley (SOS), the Del Valle Theatre
would never have been discussed by the CEO and
the Board. I appreciate David Smith’s apology in
last week’s News and am glad that we were able to
correct his misinformation.
This points up something that was lacking in
CEO Warren Salmon’s account of the history of
this project. There has been no research on the use
of the current facilities – who uses them, how often and in what numbers. SOS and IRV have asked
staff for these figures and have been told they are
not available and would take too long to compile.
This is perplexing. How can the Board make
a decision about what facilities are needed without knowing the current use? How have those usage patterns changed since the Creekside meeting
rooms were added? Is there excess capacity, or are
users prevented from reserving the space they need
because of competing uses at the same time? All
very basic questions.
Our group, SOS, is simply interested in the facts.
These are sometimes lacking in the current debate.
Francesca Johnson
Golden Rain Road
Editor’s note: The Recreation Department does
have statistics on the use of all rooms and facilities
in Rossmoor. The department recently received a
request for information regarding use of existing
facilities and was able to provide use statistics for
the various rooms at each clubhouse. The request
also asked what clubs are reserving the various
rooms and how many people attend each event.
The department does not provide specific information on which club or resident is renting facilities,
as they may wish to keep this information private.
On reservation forms, the department requires the
renter to provide the number of guests anticipated
will attend; however, it does not track this information for annual reports.
RESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS
PROTESTED AGAINST
EVENT CENTER
CEO Warren Salmons, in an initial article on the
Event Center, seeks to persuade residents that we
really want it. “During 2003 through 2005, there
were many meetings with the community,” states
Salmons, but he does not mention the strong opposition from the community at those meetings. A
survey done by Berardi-Michaels in 2005 reported
three-quarters of the residents opposed an event
center. Another more recent survey commissioned
by the Board confirmed that the majority still gave
an event center low priority.
“In 2008, the city of Walnut Creek conducted a public hearing process for the master plan,”
Salmons said. Unfortunately, no residents attended that hearing because the hearing notice was
posted on three lampposts near the phase 1 and
2 (north) on the Creekside site, and printed once
in the Rossmoor News – just before Christmas. It
was a notice which, even if one saw it, misled into
thinking it concerned only Creekside phase north
of Stanley Dollar Drive.
“The city approved the master plan with certain
conditions,” Salmons said. To one of those conditions, the Board promised it would schedule events
so that the proposed, inadequate parking lot would
suffice – an impossibility where golf, Dollar Clubhouse, pool, picnic grove, Creekside Grill, many
multipurpose rooms, Securitas, Rossmoor News,
golf maintenance vehicles, delivery trucks and
through traffic would have to be “scheduled.”
It is insulting to insinuate that we had our chance
to protest, but failed. We did protest; we still protest. This Board, deaf to the overwhelming resident
opposition, is determined to ram the Event Center
through.
Rose Michaels
Terra California Drive
RESIDENTS SHOULD
BE BENEFICIARIES
I would like to see the GRF Trust Agreement revised to include residents as beneficiaries. The current Trust Agreement only recognizes the Mutuals
as beneficiaries.
I have suggested the following wording to the
Trust Agreement Review and Revision Committee for its consideration: “The beneficiaries of this
Trust shall be the Mutuals (common interest developments) and their members.”
This revision would reflect the realities of our
current situation. The Mutuals benefit by using
GRF Trust facilities for meetings as do residents,
but only residents actually swim, golf, dance, etc.
This revision would provide several benefits. It
NEW RESIDENTS
TOM AND ANGELA NORTON moved
to Stanley Dollar Drive in August.
He is from San Francisco and has also
lived in San Mateo, Danville, San Ramon
and Walnut Creek. He attended CSU San
Jose and Santa Clara University. He used to
work for Topcon Positioning Systems. His
hobbies and special interests include golf,
hiking, fishing and traveling. He is a member of various clubs for bowling, poker and
hiking.
She is from London, England and has also
lived in Palo Alto, Danville, San Ramon and
Walnut Creek. She attended Diablo Valley
College, Hayward State (CSU East Bay) and
University of Phoenix. She used to work for
Safe Storage Management Company. She
enjoys hiking, golf, bowling, skiing, rollerblading, snorkeling, zip-lining, reading and
travel.She is a member of a bowling club,
hiking club and a book club. She is also a
member of the San Ramon Valley United
Methodist Church.
ALICE BAUER moved to Tice Creek
Drive in August. She is from Detroit, Mich.
and has also lived in Rochester, Mich. and
Danville. She used to work for several banks
in Walnut Creek and Roseville. Her hobbies
and special interests include antiques, bible
study, sewing and quilting.
would give legal standing to residents and the Mutuals to challenge adverse actions by the GRF trustees. I doubt there would be many legal challenges
considering the infrequency of adverse actions by
the GRF trustees and the costs of litigation. The
revision would remind the GRF trustees of their
responsibility to the residents who elected them to
the GRF Board.
I hope residents will contact their GRF and Mutual directors to express their views pro and con
regarding this suggested revision. Residents won’t
get to vote on the Trust revisions. All the Mutuals
through their boards and the GRF Board must agree
to any Trust revisions before they can take effect.
Hugh Grey
Golden Rain Road
THEY CAN HANDLE IT
I want to commend Maria Rieger on her excellent
letter (Aug. 24) stating her reasons against discontinuing political columns in the Rossmoor News.
Why is this proposal even being considered?
I hope the GRF Policy Committee does not conclude this adult community is unable to handle
differences of opinion in an open forum. To discontinue the political columns is just hindering the
opportunity for civil discourse.
Decidedly, the Rossmoor News would be demoted to an in-house/activity paper if this proposal is
adopted.
Joy Hicks
Ptarmigan Drive
ARCHITECT SHOULD
COVER THE COSTS
I see that improvements have been made in Meeting Room 3 at Creekside. I was shocked to read this
sentence in the article: “The money for the changes
came from the Creekside project fund.”
Didn’t we have some very expensive architects
on this project? I’m sure they were paid tens of
thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to
design this project. We didn’t change the use of the
room. Why aren’t they paying for this? Clearly they
did a poor job of design. We do have some leverage
since they are now contracted to do the first phase
of the Event Center. I suggest we urge them to cover
these costs if they want to stay in our good graces.
Bob Kelso
Tice Creek Drive
GRATEFUL FOR THE
COMPUTER
I am very grateful to the Rossmoor Counseling
Services for the excellent and fantastic service it
provided me when I requested a reconditioned computer as indicated on the News item last week. Not
only was the response prompt, but the technician
that was sent was so very competent and efficient.
He installed it and made sure that it worked well.
This is a wonderful and fantastic service. Thank
you.
Harry Jayasingha
Pine Knoll Drive
Activities Day applications
now available at Gateway
Popular event scheduled for Sept. 17
Activities Day, which is
sponsored by the Rossmoor
Activities Council, will be
held on Saturday, Sept. 17,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Gateway complex.
This event gives all
Rossmoor organizations that
are members of the Activities Council the opportunity
to promote their club to residents and display their activities at a table in the patio area
near Peacock Hall and the
workshops.
Entertainment will be provided by Rossmoor groups
such as the Happy Hoofers and Hot Flashers, the
Rossmoor Squares, guitarist
Jim Freeman and more.
Creekside Grill will be
selling lunch in the patio
area.
Registration forms can be
picked up at the Recreation
Department at Gateway Clubhouse.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
JUST THINKING
Cities and the
Accidents of History
By Eric Anschutz
e are all subject, at least
now and then, to stray
thoughts. Here are two that
I thought worthy of column space:
first, our woeful neglect of cities;
second, the accidents of history.
CITIES: Our cities are neglected – policies at the local level too often get short
shrift. We give insufficient attention and vastly insufficient resources to our urban centers. As a consequence, the quality of urban (and suburban) life,
which is to say our daily life, is less happy and less
safe and less wholesome than it could or should be.
We read on a daily basis about cities in California and
elsewhere on the brink of bankruptcy, about reduced
funding for already poorly financed schools, about
deferral of desperately needed construction of bridges
and tunnels and levees, and about the deterioration
of publicly financed health care and aid to our handicapped.
Policies at the national level, such as foreign affairs,
defense matters and fiscal strategies, while of critical
importance, are of less immediate and direct relevance to most citizens. On a day-by-day basis, most of
us are more concerned about whether our trash gets
picked up with sufficient frequency, and whether local schools are staffed with first-rate teachers, than we
are with most issues at a national or global level.
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PROGRESSIVE VIEW
Toward a Rational Gun Law
By Bob Hanson and Clifford Straehley
erhaps you have noticed that almost every day
now someone is shot to death in Oakland, Richmond, Antioch or some other close by city. Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford was nearly killed by a
gunman. She has survived, but six others at the event
in Tucson, Ariz., weren’t so lucky.
Why is it that people in the United States are three
to 10 times more likely to die from a gunshot wound
than someone in Europe, Canada or New Zealand?
The National Rifle Association (NRA) would have
people believe that the more guns there are, the safer everyone will be. The number of handguns in the
hands of private citizens continues to grow each year
at a rate far exceeding the growth in population.
In the United States in 2006, there were 30,896
deaths from firearms. The number of non-fatal injuries is considerable – over 200,000 a year. The expense of treating these patients is about a $1 billion a
P
TOSSING IT AROUND
Living Life in
the Cheap Lane
By Nancy Kaye
W
hat goes down, must come
up. I know that’s the reverse of the song title. But
in these days of economic meltdown, what isn’t in the reverse?
The economy has seriously reversed my shopping style and methods. It used to be Nordstrom. Next year, it might have
been the still-incomplete Neiman Marcus –might. But
for the last several years it’s been Ross.
Not that there’s anything wrong with Ross. It’s just
that for some reason everything seems underpriced.
For instance, recently I purchased two pairs of long
pants for a total of $25. A bargain, right?
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I raise this issue to make a point: Our cities, the
place in which we spend our lives, do not receive the
attention warranted by their relevance to our immediate well-being. That should change. The quality of our
lives has far more to do with the beauty of our parks,
our public buildings and our neighborhoods, with the
efficiency and convenience of urban roadways and
mass transit, and with the reliability and excellence
of civic services, than it does with suppression of the
Taliban in Afghanistan. The (too small) emphasis
given in Obama’s stimulus package to sending stimulus funds to cities and states is an important and welcome shift in emphasis. A good school system is in
the long term the most important and most effective
weapon in America’s arsenal.
THE ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY: The course
of history is often greatly affected by the actions of
people who themselves had no power to influence the
direction of global policies, yet who had major negative impact on the world. Three examples come to
mind: Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan and Monica Lewinsky. Each of them had massive impact on
the course of history.
First, consider the case of Oswald. By assassinating President John Kennedy, in 1963, it might be said
that Oswald brought about the Vietnam War. Here’s
my logic: though JFK had in 1961 committed several
thousand U.S. troops to South Vietnam, their mission was limited to providing advice and training to
the South Vietnamese army. Most historians believe
that had JFK survived in office, he would never have
escalated that commitment. It was Lyndon Johnson,
who by virtue of Oswald’s terrible and vile deed, ascended to the presidency in 1963 and who then took
us (starting in 1964) from several thousand “advisory” troops to more the 400,000 troops engaged in
direct combat. Thus, absent Lee Harvey Oswald, the
United States would almost certainly not have gotten
itself embroiled in the war in Vietnam.
Second, we turn to Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy’s assassin. It can be said that Sirhan, by his foul
deed, extended the Vietnam War, counterproductively, for some four years. RFK, running in 1968
on an anti-war platform, was assassinated by Sirhan
on the very night of Kennedy’s decisive win of the
California primary. RFK, then well ahead in the delegate count, would have gone on to be the Democratic
nominee, and would probably have defeated Nixon to
become our next president. Had that happened, Kennedy would certainly have pulled our troops out of
Vietnam in 1969. Instead, Nixon won, and to achieve
the illusory quest for “peace with honor,” the war continued until 1973. Because of Sirhan’s assassination of
Robert Kennedy, the Vietnam War went on for about
four more years, thereby raising the fatality count by
another 20,000 to an end total of 58,000.
Third, and last, we turn to Lewinsky, Clinton’s unlikely paramour. Lewinsky can arguably be said to
have brought about the war in Iraq. My reasoning here
is that absent Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky, Al Gore
would have brought Clinton into his 2000 campaign,
and would thereby almost certainly have won Arkansas, whose six electoral votes would have been sufficient to put Gore over the top. (Note: with a win in
Arkansas, the electoral count would have been 272 for
Gore to 265 for Bush.) Indeed, with Clinton at his side,
Gore would probably have won in other closely fought
states (Florida comes to mind!). Had Gore won the
presidency in 2000, the United States would not have
gone to war in Iraq. So, it can be said that the tragedy
of the ill-fated war in Iraq is attributable, however indirectly, to Lewinsky and her ill-fated blue dress.
Eric Anschutz can be emailed at ericsr@yahoo.
com.
year, while $13 billion or so in lost productivity.
Why are we so much safer the streets of Canada?
People who want to buy a gun in Canada must first
pass a national firearms safety test. Then they will
have to obtain a license. Registration of all firearms
is required and few people are allowed to carry guns,
other than police officers and money transporters.
In the United States, societal insanity hinges
upon a misinterpretation of the Second Amendment, largely due to the propaganda successfully
put out by the NRA. This organization, which has
duped hunters into joining for fear that the government will take away their shotguns and rifles, is the
largest and best financed political action committee in the country.
The NRA has consistently misrepresented the intent
of the Second Amendment, and has totally ignored
the words “well-regulated Militia.” It has consistently opposed all forms of federal legislation regarding
guns. For awhile, the United States had a ban on assault weapons, but Congress refused to renew it under
pressure from the gun lobby. It does little good to have
strict gun laws in one state or city when gun runners
can easily transport them from one place to another.
Gun dealers now are required to check backgrounds
on potential buyers to prevent guns from falling into
the hands of mentally disturbed individuals or felons,
but how can this law be effective when anyone can
buy a gun from his neighbor, at a gun show or from
an ad in the paper.
No one feels put upon by the fact that all professionals and most tradesmen must be licensed in the
United States. One must possess a license to drive
a car or an airplane, and the vehicle itself must be
licensed. Doesn’t it seem reasonable that gun owners
should have a permit to possess firearms and that all
handguns should be registered? Only licensed dealers should be permitted to sell arms. Bullets can be
marked so that one used in a killing can be traced
back to who purchased it. “Cop killer” bullets can
be outlawed. Magazine clips holding more than six
bullets can be prohibited. Other common sense rules
could be put in place if our congressmen would only
listen to reason instead of the gun lobby.
Some of us had hoped that the situation would improve under President Obama, but he is obviously too
much of a politician to take on the high paid lobbyists
of the NRA. Might defeats right once again.
Bob
Hanson
can
be
e-mailed
at
doctoroutdoors@comcast.net.
Wrong! Both needed shortening. Alteration charge?
$26.
I keep telling myself it would be better to do without. Who cares if I have new pants? Probably nobody
notices. But how come I can’t convince myself of
that?
It isn’t just clothing. Think about food. Yes, I think
about it – too much for my body’s good. And I think
about the new Whole Foods that recently opened in
Lafayette. That’s about as close as I get –thinking
about it. I haven’t bothered, or perhaps dared, to go
in.
Of course, there’s always Safeway. No real bargains
there either. And the atmosphere, or should I say atmospheres have some real problems.
The Rossmoor Safeway apparently wants to reflect its customers: It needs a bit of overhauling. The
Lafayette Safeway, for my taste, is too dark. Sort of
depressing.
Then there’s the Alamo Safeway. Gorgeous but too
far out of the way to simply pick up a quart of milk.
Financially, the only good deal around is Costco.
But how’s a one-or-two-person family expected to
consume an entire salmon or a crate of strawberries?
Maybe I sound stingy. Nope. Just practical. And in
these recessed (depressed?) times, practical is the best
we can do.
One doesn’t have to buy clothes or food in order to
realize our economic lives could stand a bit of overhauling. Simply reading the business section headlines of the Contra Costa Times can be a real downer.
“East Bay home sales cool.” And the subhead: “Economic jitters keep buyers at bay …”
And lower down on the page, “Stocks fall on global
worries.”
So what are we supposed to do? You could try doing what I did: Again, go to the CC Times and check
the double-page ad that shouts, “BUYING! Gold *
Silver and Platinum.”
They want coins, sterling flatware, jewelry, and of
all things, dental gold. Now if they think I’m going to
remove and give them my inlays, they’ve got another
think coming.
So California’s unemployment rate is at 12 percent?
So what! Remember how the song really goes: “What
goes up, must come down.”
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
A RTS & LEISURE
Broadway star Lisa Vroman The ‘Andrea Bocelli of Tango,’ Naresh
presents concert at Hillside Michael, to perform at Sunday Showcase
Broadway and opera star Lisa Vroman
will make a rare, intimate concert appearance on Saturday,
Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in
the Diablo Room at
Hillside.
Vroman’s concert
will include selections from her new
CD, “Broadway Classic,” as well as favorite songs from many
of her memorable
performances.
Known in the Bay
Area for her Theatre
Critics Association
Award-winning performance as Christine Lisa Vroman
Daae in the recordbreaking San Francisco run of “The Phantom of the Opera,” she
also starred in the same role for several years on Broadway and
in the Los Angeles run at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Vroman’s Broadway debut was in “Aspects of Love,” and
she was the first to portray both Fantine and Cosette in “Les
Miserables.” Recently she starred as Rosabella in “The Most
Happy Fella,” making her New York City Opera debut with Paul
Sorvino in the title role.
For PBS she was featured with Colm Wilkinson and Michael
Ball in Cameron Mackintosh’s “Hey, Mr. Producer!” at the
Lyceum Theatre in London, a Royal Gala attended by Queen
Elizabeth, and sang the role of Johanna in the San Francisco
Symphony’s Emmy award-winning Sweeney Todd in Concert,
with Patti Lupone and George Hearn.
Vroman starred as Laurey in a production of “Oklahoma”
filmed live in concert for the BBC’s Proms festival at the Royal
Albert Hall in London.
With a repertoire that ranges from Stravinsky to Weill to
Broadway, Vroman is a frequent guest soloist with theater and
opera companies and orchestras around the world. She performed at the Hollywood Bowl with Dick Van Dyke singing a
medley of songs from the film “Mary Poppins.” She also sang
at the Profiles in Courage Award dinner in Boston at the JFK
Library as a guest of the Kennedy family.
Tickets for this event are $15 in advance at the Excursion
Desk at Gateway. If tickets are still available the night of the
show, they can be purchased at the door for $20.
This event is sponsored by the Recreation Department and
produced by Esses Productions. This event is open to all residents and their guests.
Saturday Recreation Dance
features Nob Hill Sound
This month’s dance on Saturday, Sept. 3, in the Sierra
Room at Del Valle Clubhouse,
will feature music for dancing
and listening by the renowned
San Francisco-based dance
band Nob Hill Sound.
The dance begins at 7 p.m.
and continues until 10. Complimentary mixers and soft
drinks are provided. Bring a
beverage of choice if desired.
This event is sponsored by
the Recreation Department
and is open to all Rossmoor
residents and their guests.
Big Band presents free dance
Join Frank Como, Bob Sutherland, Les Peterson, Herm and
Jan Cordes, Charley Reider, Nick Longo and other Rossmoor
seniors for an evening of fun, music, and dance with the 30-member Big Band of Rossmoor on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Del Valle
Clubhouse.
Doors open at 7 and the entertainment begins at 7:30.
The band features Rossmoor residents and friends playing music of the 1940s and 1950s. Most of the band’s musical arrangements are by Como, who was an arranger for jazz great Lionel
Hampton for 20 years.
The Big Band of Rossmoor also features student musicians
from area middle and high schools.
The dance concert is free. Root beer floats and ice cream will
be served.
For information, call Sutherland at 933-9754.
Naresh Michael, who
has been described as
“The Andrea Bocelli of
Tango,” will perform at
the Sunday Showcase
on Sunday, Sept. 4, at
5 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway.
Join Michael on an
imaginary trip to Italy,
France, Germany and
Argentina, as he serenades with his romantic international repertoire ranging from
opera, jazz, and Broadway standards to Latin
music and contemporary “popera.”
Performing nationally and internationally, he has given benefit
concerts for large company events such as the
Mountain View Hotel
and Spa’s winter holiday party and various
wine makers of Napa
Valley. A professional Sunday Showcase this weekend will
singer and musician “Andrea Bocelli of Tango.”
with a classy look and
sound, Michael sings
$5 and may be purchased at
and plays the guitar and
the door. The Lions Club of
bandoneon.
Rossmoor will be hosting the
Tickets for this event are
program this month.
feature Naresh Michael, the
This event is sponsored
by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
Sierra Chamber Society celebrates
25th season, announces lineup
Season and individual concert tickets are now available
for the 25th season of the Sierra Chamber Society. Founded
by Stevan Cavalier, pianist and
pediatrician, the society has a
diverse repertoire. Most of the
musicians are members of the
San Francisco Symphony.
All concerts are on Sundays
at 3 p.m. at nearby Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice
Valley Blvd.
The schedule includes:
Oct. 23: The Haydn String
Trio presents Gershwin’s “An
American in Paris” as originally arranged for two pianos
and Beethoven’s String Quartet Op 18 No. 3
Dec. 11: Schumann Fantasiestucke Op 73 for Cello and
Piano, Schulhoff Concertino
for Flute, Viola and String
Bass and Dvorak String Quartet in F “American”
Jan. 29: Ligeti Bagatelles
for Wind Quintet, Francaix
Quintet for Winds and Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Winds
April 22: The Afiara String
Quartet, now quartet in residence at the Juillard School of
Music, will return to play Brett
Stevan Cavalier, pianist and founding director of the Sierra
Chamber Society
Abigano String Quartet No
2 (2010), Carl Nielson String
Quartet No. 4 and Jean Sibelius String Quartet Op 56 “Voces Intimae”
May 20: Bach Sonata No. 2
A BWV 1015 for Piano and Violin, Vaughan Williams Fantasy Quintet and Dubois Piano
Trio No 1
Season tickets are $96 (regular) and $84 (senior). Individual tickets are $24 (regular)
and $21 (senior).
A reminder, season tickets
are Flex Tickets, meaning they
can be used at any concert –
one at a time, or all five at a
time.
For information, to obtain
a brochure or to order tickets, call Mary Harvey at 9529040.
Past programs and information about musicians can be
viewed on the Sierra Chamber
Society website, www.sierrachamber.com.
Dynatones change name to Music Jammers
The Dynatones group has changed its name.
The group is now called Music Jammers.
Members, consisting of singers and musicians, meet Saturdays from 10:30 to noon in the
Las Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Newcomers are welcome.
For information, call Bette Spinrad at 9353929.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES Singer/guitarist presents
Onstage Presents
Heartwarming Story of
Five Unforgettable Women
By Charles Jarrett
he Onstage
Theatre i s
currently presenting an entertaining and, at times,
a sweetly poignant
and often fiercely
humorous comedy, “The
Dixie Swim Club,” in Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center
for the Arts.
Producer/Director Helen
Means has attracted a talented
cast to bring this well-written
story of middle-aged female
friends to full fruition. If you
have been a fairly regular aficionado of Onstage’s theatrical productions, you will find
that this group of five women
familiar.
“The Dixie Swim Club”
is the story of five Southern
women, former members of
their championship college
swim team, who have managed to stay connected after
graduating from college by
having an annual “girls gettogether” once a year, every
year. Free of jobs, kids, husbands and work demands,
these five delightfully different and unique women
have promised each other
that come hell or high water nothing is going to get
in the way of their annual
gathering in the same beach
cottage on North Carolina’s
Outer Banks.
The play brings the audience along for four of the
annual gatherings, spanning
a period of 33 years.
This play is the heartwarming story of five unforgettable women. It is a
tribute to the resiliency and
power of women, including
the hilarious and touching
and powerful message about
friendships that can and does
last forever.
Their former swim team
captain, Sheree Hollinger
(Lynne Elizondo), still maintains the group’s organizational and objectives chart,
only now it prescribes what
duties are necessary to this
year’s gathering success and
which duties are to be performed by whom. Yes, she is
still the team’s leader, perhaps even its drill sergeant!
Lexie Richards (Rhonda
Taylor) is still in love with
herself, her looks, her independence and is determined
above all else not to set aside
her pursuit of love, lust and
licentious behavior. Lexie
loves the institution of marriage but unfortunately her
marriage institution seems
to be a house made of sand,
frequently washed away by
prevailing winds and tides
of challenge and change.
Dinah Grayson (Siobhan
O’Brien) is an over-achiev-
T
ing, career focused
type A personality,
a highly successful
courtroom attorney
who has directed almost all of her energies toward achieving
success in the courtroom. On the other hand, her
personal life seems to drift
aimlessly, without any real
purpose, year after year.
Jeri Neal McFeeley (June
McCue), for the greater portion of her life after graduation, has been in a life of
religious servitude as a nun,
but she still comes to the
gathering every year to support her friends and to revitalize their relationships.
This year, her friends are in
for a big surprise.
Finally, we have Vernadette Simms (Babette Bilger), a sadder but wiser woman, whose chaotic, poignant
and pain-filled life reads
like a cheap repeat, verse for
verse, of every “somebodydone-somebody-wrong”
country song in existence.
On the surface, Vernadette
is tough-talking, a redneck
and acerbic, but on the other
hand she is a simple, downhome, loveable Southern
character.
On the real side of the
coin, she is a spineless pushover, ruled and overruled by
her husband and children
and their inappropriate actions and judgments. When
asked about her children
shortly after her arrival at
the beach house, her opening
remark was, “I hate to brag
about my children, but Eddie
Mac was just served with an
arrest warrant.” And that’s a
high note in her good news
from home.
The play offers a healthy
dose of humor, poignancy
and appreciation for true
friendship, even “tough love”
friendship.
The authors of this frequently repeated community
theater production, “The Dixie Swim Club,” include the
talented Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten.
Wooten honed his skills as a
producer, editor and writer
(1990 and 1992) on the prolific award-winning comedy
“The Golden Girls” and “The
Golden Palace,” a spinoff following “The Golden Girls.”
These three writers are considered the most successful
playwrights in motion today,
with over 1,500 productions
going at one time.
I must also credit the superbly simple and well designed set to the excellent
artful set design by Diane
McRice. Super job!
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Fun Day entertainment
Vacaville singer and guitarist Denis Colleret will perform at
Fun Day on Thursday, Sept.1, at noon in the Sierra Room at Del
Valle.
His program will feature vocal and instrumental performances
of classic country favorites, folk and gospel music.
Colleret has been a working musician in Northern California since 1978 as both a recording artist and performer. He has
opened shows for such legends as Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and Trace Adkins. He is featured on studio albums by Mike
Bush, Rick Harris and Nashville artist Todd Bolton.
His first solo CD, “Trains Go By,” was released in 2010. Since
2007 he has been the lead guitarist for James Garner’s Johnny
Cash tribute band Cash Tribute.
Café Mocha will offer a wide variety of food items for sale
prior to the show, such as sandwiches, salads, doughnuts, cookies
and more. Stay after the show and play bingo for the benefit of
Friends of Meals on Wheels from 1 to 2:30 p.m. There is a small
fee to play bingo.
Fun Day is a free program sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
Denis Colleret
Drawing
Chamber Music Society
Made Easy announces new season
begins in
September
The class Drawing Made
Easy is designed to give beginners confidence as well
as new skills, while also enhancing the skills they already possess. This class will
run for six weeks on Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. until noon
in Art Studio 1 at Gateway
beginning Sept. 21.
The instructor, Cassandra
Antkowiak, has been making art all of her life, with
a huge variety of classes
in high school and college.
Since then, she has successfully completed countless art
workshops in Mendocino,
North Light Art School, Oregon, France, Italy and Mexico. For many years she has
been teaching drawing and
painting both privately, and
through the adult education
system.
She is a patient and supportive teacher, helping students relax and enjoy their experience. She helps students
take the fear out of art. All
levels are welcome, because
everybody learns from others
in the class. Bring a sketchbook (8x10 or 9x12) and a
pencil or two.
The tuition is $50 per sixweek session. Students are
welcome and encouraged to
take the class as many times
as they wish and to bring a
friend.
Students must be members
of Rossmoor Art Association.
The annual fee is only $8 for
single and $10 for couples.
Checks for tuition and RAA
dues should be made payable
to RAA and mailed to instructor Cassandra Antkowiak, No. 1 Westminster Place,
Lafayette, CA 94549 before
Sept. 17. Include phone number on the check.
For information, call 9472019 between the hours of 4
and 7 p.m.
Five chamber music ensembles, considered among the
best in the Bay Area, will perform in the Rossmoor Chamber Society’s 2011-2012 Rossmoor concert series.
The season will include groups that have been audience
favorites in the past, as well as first-time performers in
Rossmoor.
All concerts are on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in the Fireside
Room. Performance dates are as follows: Sept. 19, Alexander String Quartet; Oct. 3, Bridge Virtuosi Players; Nov.
21, Ives String Quartet with pianist Gwendolyn Mok; Jan.
16, Stanford Woodwind Quintet; and Feb. 27, San Francisco Piano Trio.
The price for the five-concert series remains at $55. Single tickets may be purchased at the door for $15.
To order tickets, fill out the subscription form below and
mail it, with a check, to Treasurer June Bechtel. Payment
may also be turned in to the Chamber Music Society box at
Gateway Clubhouse.
Subscribers furnishing e-mail addresses will be sent
concert reminders by e-mail. (Addresses will not be shared
or sold.) Season tickets will be mailed to subscribers in
early September.
ROSSMOOR CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
SUBSCRIPTION FORM 2011-2012 SEASON
Name(s)_______________________________________
Address_______________________________________
______________________________________________
Phone __________ E-mail ________________________
No. of season subscriptions _______@$55 each.
Total ________
Send checks, payable to: Rossmoor Chamber Music Society
June Bechtel, Treasurer
1233 Oakmont Dr. No. 4
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Community Chorus to start
fall rehearsals Wednesday
The Rossmoor Community
Chorus will begin rehearsals
for the fall semester on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the Las Trampas
Room at Hillside. Rehearsals
are from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The chorus will sing seasonal holiday music, selections
from “The Messiah” and songs
by its composer in residence,
Daniel Nelson.
Anyone who likes to sing is
welcome. There are no auditions. The semester will end on
Sunday, Nov. 27, with a concert
at 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room
at Gateway.
For information, contact
Betty Loeb, publicity chairwoman, at 945-1625.
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES
EYE O N DVDS
‘The Conspirator’ shows Thursday, Friday
‘Queen to Play’
The 2011 drama “The Conspirator” will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Thursday, Sept. 1, at 1, 4 and
7 p.m. and again on Friday,
Sept. 2, at 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m.
The showings at 1 will feature
language captions.
Robert Redford directs this
historical drama that follows
the efforts of young lawyer
Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) as he defends Mary Surratt (Robin Wright Penn), a
Confederate sympathizer accused of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Realizing that Surratt may in fact be
innocent, Aiken defies public
opinion and risks everything
to get her acquitted.
This film is 123 minutes
long and is rated PG-13. This
free program is sponsored by
the Recreation Department
and is open to all residents and
their guests.
The 2009 drama “The Perfect Game” will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Saturday, Sept. 3, at 1, 4 and
7 p.m. The showings at 1
and 4 will feature language
captions.
A seem ingly impossible
dream of playing baseball
in the Little League World
Series becomes reality for a
group of youngsters from an
impoverished Mexican city
in this drama based on actual events. After convincing ex-player Cesar (Clifton
Collins Jr.) to coach them,
Angel Macias (Jake T. Aus-
tin) and his fr iends establish a team and set off for
America.
This film is 118 minutes
long and is rated PG. This
free program is sponsored
by the Recreation Depa r tment and is open to all residents and their guests.
Saturday drama is ‘Perfect Game’
about Little League World Series
Carell and Fey in Sunday’s ‘Date Night’
The 2010 comedy “Date Night,” starring
Steve Carell and Tina Fey, will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on Sunday, Sept. 4,
at 4 and 7 p.m. The showing at 4 will feature
language captions.
This comedy tells the tale of mild-mannered ma r r ied couple Phil (Ca rell) and
Claire (Fey) who fear their relationship may
be falling into a r ut. Dur ing their week ly
date night, they impetuously steal a dinner
reservation, which leads to a case of mistaken identity.
This film is 88 minutes long and is rated PG13. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents
and their guests.
Oscar’s ‘A Beautiful Mind’ shows Tuesday
The 2001 drama “A Beautiful Mind,” starring Russell
Crowe and Jennifer Connelly,
will be shown in Peacock Hall
at Gateway on Tuesday, Sept.
6, at 1 p.m. The showing will
feature language captions.
The story of prominent
mathematician John Forbes
Nash Jr. is the subject of this
biographical drama from di-
rector Ron Howard. Crowe
stars as the brilliant but arrogant Nash, who seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early
1950s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Connelly)
and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations
of “game theory,” taking him
to the brink of international
acclaim.
This film won the Academy
Award for best picture of 2001.
Connelly also won the Academy Award for her portrayal of
Nash’s wife.
This film is 136 minutes
long and is rated PG-13. This
free program is sponsored by
the Recreation Department
and is open to all residents and
their guests.
‘Wit’ shown by End of Life Issues Club
“Wit,” a 2001 film based on a Pulitzer-Prizewinning drama by Margaret Edson, will be
shown in Peacock Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at
4 pm.
Directed by Mike Nichols, the film runs 99
minutes; it will be shown with captions for the
hearing impaired.
This showing is sponsored by End of Life Issues Club, which welcomes new members. Dues
through 2012 are $10; application forms will be
available at the door. A donation of $1 will help
defray costs.
Vivian Bearing (played by the brilliant Emma
Thompson) is a disciplined, distinguished and
daunting English professor with a biting wit
who learns she has ovarian cancer. She agrees to
undergo an eight-month series of brutal experimental treatments to try to beat the cancer. No
longer a teacher but a subject for others to study
and a patient to be cared for, Bearing bears her
treatment with wit, and learns who and what
have been truly important in her life.
For information about the club and the film,
call Evalyn Segal at 705-7124.
Swedish drama ‘As It Is In Heaven’
shown in Peacock by 30s/40s/50s Club
The Swedish film, “As It Is
In Heaven,” will be shown on
Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The film is sponsored by the
30s/40s/50s Couples Club’s
Flick Fans.
The film was originally
to be shown in June. All
Rossmoor movie fans are invited.
This Oscar nominated drama tells the story of Daniel
Dareus (Michael Nyqvist), a
small town boy who escaped
his tiny village to become a
famous conductor. A tragic
mishap sends him back home
in search of a fresh start, and
he ends up leading the local
choir.
Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjoholm and Lennart Jahkel costar in writer-director Kay
Pollak’s heartwarming tale.
This film is in Swedish
with subtitles.
Everyone is encouraged to
stay after the film for a short
discussion of the movie with
facilitator Murphy Nieman.
The 30s/40s/50s club is for
married couples born in the
decades of the 1930s, 1940s
or 1950s. It is a way to meet
others in the same age group
with similar interests.
To join, or for information
about other club activities,
contact Membership Chairwoman Janey King at 9320727.
(‘Joueuses’)
Excellent
By R.S. Korn
This is a Cinderella story in which the ignored and disrespected maidservant is transformed not by a prince but
through her own native ability. Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire)
has two jobs, a femme de ménage, a cleaning woman for a
wealthy widower, Dr. Kroger, and a chamber maid in an upscale resort.
Years before, she fell in love with her handsome husband
Ange (Francis Renaud) and followed him to Corsica where
they live. He’s a blue-collar worker who is barely aware of
her. They have an adolescent daughter Lisa who is ashamed
of both of them for their lower-class status and for being poor.
In both her work and her family life Hélène is a non-entity,
ignored, unseen and taken for granted.
Entering a hotel room to clean it, she is transfixed by the
scene outside the window. There a young handsome couple are
playing chess. Watching them, she, like a Sleeping Beauty, is
awakened by the sight of how these two people relate. Their
rapt concentration is competitive but is also shared. She sees
that the challenge between them is also a form of seduction.
When the woman triumphs, she shares with Hélène a private
show of conspiratorial pleasure.
The couple leaves, but the woman (Jennifer Beals) forgets
her silk nightgown. As if this will allow her to capture for
herself what she has seen, Hélène takes it home, but when she
wears it that night, her husband doesn’t even notice.
For his birthday she gives him an electronic chess set and
tries to teach him. She explains how the various pieces move
and that the queen is the most powerful of all. He soon tires
of the complexity of the game. She, disappointed and sleepless, gets up in the middle of the night and starts studying by
herself, playing against the electronic opponent.
At work cleaning Dr. Kroger’s home, she finds a beautiful wooden chess set and asks if he plays and if so, would he
play with her. He (Kevin Kline, almost unrecognizable with
grizzled hair, bushy beard and granny glasses, and performing in his first French speaking role) is querulous, detached
and short tempered, living an isolated life surrounded by his
books. Since he had never before noticed her, he is even more
startled by her request. When she volunteers to clean his house
in exchange, he reluctantly agrees to try it just once.
He easily defeats her, but rather than being discouraged
and withdrawing, she realizes she needs help, and asks him
to teach her.
Once they begin, her inner world changes. At work, she
sees the black and white tile floor she is mopping as the chess
board and dances across it as if she is a living chess piece.
When she brushes her teeth, she arranges the bottles on the
sink, practicing various moves.
Her husband tells her that people are talking, saying she is
two-timing him. Her response is one of the themes of the film:
it’s not a crime to have something for herself.
The metaphor of the queen in the chess game is apt. This
is a story of female empowerment on a personal level but also
on a societal level, for the chess world is one dominated by
men. Moreover, unlike, for example, a tennis match, where the
competitors are facing each other across a large court, chess is
played across a small table, close up and intimate. It is largely
silent, except for the force in which the pieces are moved and
the force of the timer being hit. Toward the end of the film
there is a long confrontational sequence without any dialogue
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Documentary about occupied
Palestine sponsored by Jewish Voice
Anna Baltzer’s documentary, “Life in Occupied Palestine:
Eyewitness Stories,” will be shown on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 4
p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway. The program is sponsored by
Jewish Voice for a Just Peace.
All Rossmoor residents and their guests are welcome. A $1
donation at the door is requested to help defray costs.
Baltzer is the Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, a graduate of Columbia University and a Fulbright scholar.
She has volunteered with the International Women’s Peace Service,
documenting human rights abuses in the West Bank and supporting the nonviolent movement against the Israeli occupation.
She has published a book, “Witness in Palestine: A JewishAmerican Woman in the Occupied Territories.”
Jewish Voice for a Just Peace welcomes new members. Dues
through 2012 are $10. Application forms are available in club’s
mailbox at Gateway. Applications will also be available at the
film showing.
For information, call Marvin Cohen, president, at 944-1757.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Rossmoor Film Club to see
award-winning Swiss film
By Stanley Vernon
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Film Club will view the 2006 Swiss film,
“Vitus,” on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m. in Peacock Hall at
Gateway.
The running time is two hours and three minutes. The film
is in Swiss and German with English subtitles. It is PG rated.
Six-year-old little Vitus has rare gifts: in kindergarten, he
reads the encyclopedia and at the piano, he plays with such
dexterity that his parents’ friends speak of Mozart and suggest
he enter an academy.
As a 12-year-old, played by real-life piano prodigy Teo
Gheorghui, Vitus is a genius trapped by his British mothers’
expectations. When he intentionally blows an audition at a
prestigious music school, she takes it personally.
His father and grandfather (the irresistible Bruno Ganz,
from “Bread and Tulips”) put no pressure on him and love him
unconditionally.
In an accident, Vitus suffers a concussion that, according
to expert tests, lowers his IQ by 60 points. When he plays the
piano, Superman has gone back to being Clark Kent.
Vitus’ father is an ambitious and fast-rising designer at a
firm that makes hearing aids. His success keeps him increasingly busy, allowing Vitus to grow closer to his crinkly-eyed
grandfather, a cabinet maker who keeps Vitus well grounded,
even as he harbors his own dreams of flying a plane.
Confiding in his grandfather allows Vitus to clearly see what
needs to be done to keep his life normal, and he makes a bold
and enterprising move that has far-reaching consequences.
So few films successfully capture the wonders of childhood
or the challenges faced by families with gifted children. “Vitus” does just that and combines complex relationships with a
winning style of storytelling.
Membership in the Rossmoor Film Club is $1 per showing
and may be paid at the door. After meeting expenses, all proceeds go to supporting needy charities.
Two Puccini operas to be
shown by Opera/Ballet Club
Films of ‘Manon Lescaut’ and ‘Turandot’ aired
By Gene Gordon
Club correspondent
The Opera/Ballet Club will
present two Puccini operas in
September in Peacock Hall at
Gateway Clubhouse.
On Monday, Sept. 12, at 4
p.m., a film of “Manon Lescaut” will be shown. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 4 p.m., a film
version of “Turandot” will be
screened.
“Manon Lescaut” is the story of a beautiful young woman,
on her way to a convent, who
gets side-tracked into a life of
self-indulgence, sex and crime.
She dies a convict.
Kiri Te Kanawa is the lovely
Manon and Placido Domingo
the lovesick Des Grieux. Te
Kanawa is in gorgeous voice
and her acting is breathtaking.
Domingo with his emotional
ringing voice gives a touching
portrayal.
The sexy love duet of these
two performers, the heartrending music, Manon’s death
scene ... all makes for a moving experience.
The “Turandot” to be
shown has a new ending. Puccini died before finishing the
music to this beloved opera. It
was completed by Franco Alfano, and for many years the
world has heard his ending.
Now, a young Chinese composer, Hao Weiya, has written a new ending to this love
story set in ancient China.
This version was filmed at its
world premiere at the National Grand Theater in Beijing, a
new building that cost 3 billion yuan (about 410 million
in United States dollars). It
stands next to the prestigious
Great Hall of the People.
The club has the DVD of
this world premiere thanks
to Rossmoor resident Ellie
Mao Mok.
All Rossmoor residents
and their guests are welcome.
A donation of $1 will be requested and a raffle will be
held.
Eye on DVD: ‘Queen to Play’
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at all. Yet all these scenes are filled with tension and excitement.
Hélène has met both her match and her opportunity with
Dr.Kroger. They affect one another. The film dramatizes that
this queen has learned to play not only chess, but the game of
life as well.
The movie is based on the novel by Bertina Bottaro, “The
Chess Player.” The setting on Corsica is stunning. It is an accomplished debut for the director for Caroline Bottaro.
This is a 2009 film, not rated and is available on Netflix.
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Bloom Duo presents classical music
The Bloom Duo will perform a program
of classical music on Friday, Sept. 2, at 7
p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. The
program will include works by Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Barber.
Jonathan Bloom began his cello studies
in Berkeley and was already playing professionally as a member of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra at age 16. While an undergraduate at Princeton University, he played
recitals in the university concert series, and
he also pursued his cello studies at the Juilliard School of Music.
Bloom has performed in numerous cellopiano recitals and chamber music concerts in
Europe and the United States. Upon moving
to France in 1988, he toured as a member of
several Parisian chamber orchestras, including the Stajic Chamber Orchestra for which
he played principal cello. He was a member
of the Turin Radio Symphony (RAI) that
gives weekly broadcast concerts and tours
extensively in Italy and he continues to play
chamber music in Europe.
He has given a number of concerts in the
Bay Area with his sisters, Madeline and
Claudia.
As a scholarship student at the San Francisco Conservatory Preparatory Program,
Madeline Bloom worked with Sharon Mann.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from the
Manhattan School of Music and her master’s
degree from the Juilliard School. She has
performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada and South America. She
was a founding member and the first music
director and pianist for the Queen’s Chamber Ensemble, a New York based chamber
group.
This free concert is sponsored by the
Recreation Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
Four plays performed in free presentation
of ‘Remember the Ladies’ in Fireside Room
A free presentation of four
plays for actresses by playwright
James Keller, “Remember the
Ladies” will be presented in the
Fireside Room at Gateway on
Sunday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m.
Here is a brief synopsis of
the four stories:
In “The Waitress Who Read
Proust” an accidental encounter with Proust’s “In Search
of Lost Time” gives a young
waitress a new perspective.
“That’s My Chair” explores
whether or not a lifelong learning class for senior citizens
could be a return to the territorial conflicts of the first grade.
“A Lifetime in Madrid” is a
portrait of three women whose
long lives together pass in 10
minutes.
“All at Sea” asks if package
cruises are really restful.
This presentation is written
and directed by James Keller
and will feature Elinor Bell,
Anne Hallinan, Kate Jopson,
Janice Leone and Martha Luehrmann
The running time for this
program will be about 90
minutes. This free program is
sponsored by the Recreation
Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
Dwight Stone, composer
pianist, presents concert
Composer and pianist Dwight Stone will perform a free
solo piano concert on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
The concert will begin with classical composers, including pieces by Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy and Rachmaninov, followed by Stone’s original compositions for
piano specially selected for this event.
Stone’s compositions reflect his lifelong experience in
all facets of music, including vocal, choral, brass, orchestra and piano. Audiences particularly like his recent commission “Whither Thou Goest,” written in 2010 for a wedding in Austria.
In spring of this year Rossmoor’s Harmony women’s
ensemble commissioned a piece that will be premiered
later this year.
This free concert is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
Poetry Circle
will meet on
Labor Day
The Rossmoor Poetry Circle will meet on Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 5, from 3 to 5
p.m. in the Ivy Room of Dollar
Clubhouse. Bring 20 copies of
a poem.
The circle exists so members can read and discuss poetry in a supportive, encouraging atmosphere.
For information, contact
Marc Hofstadter at 451-5610 or
mhofstad@ifn.net.
Please recycle this
newspaper
Dwight Stone
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
September Special Events sponsored by Recreation Ballroom
dance classes
The following are the September Special Events sponsored
by the Rossmoor Recreation Department. For more information on any of these events during the month, check the
Special Events listing on the calendar page each week, look
for the article in the Arts and Leisure section of the News, or
call the Recreation Department at 988-7732. Events are free
unless otherwise noted. This information is posted throughout the month of September on the Rossmoor News website at
www.rossmoornews.com.
Sept. 1
Sept. 1-2
Sept. 2
Sept. 3
Sept. 3
Sept. 4
Sept. 4
Sept. 6
Sept. 8
Sept. 8-9
Sept. 9
Sept. 10
Sept. 11
Sept. 11
Sept. 14
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Denny Colleret Band
Noon, Sierra Room, Del Valle
Thursday and Friday Movie
“The Conspirator” 2011 drama 123 min. PG-13
1, 4 and 7 p.m. (9/1) 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m. (9/2)
Peacock Hall, Gateway
Bloom Duo Concert
Classical music concert -violin and piano
7 p.m. Fireside Room, Gateway
Saturday Movie
“The Perfect Game” 2009 drama 118 min. PG
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Saturday Dance
Nob Hill Sound, 7 to 10 p.m. Sierra Room, Del Valle
Sunday Showcase
Naresh Michael
5 p.m. Fireside Room, Gateway host: Lions Club
Tickets: $5 at the door. Includes wine, juice, snacks
Sunday Funnies
“Date Night” 2010 comedy 88 min. PG-13
4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
And the Oscar Goes to:
“A Beautiful Mind” 2001 drama 134 min. PG-13
1 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Rossmoor Rhythm Revue
Noon, Sierra Room, Del Valle
Thursday and Friday Movie
“Hereafter” 2010 drama 129 min. PG-13
1, 4 and 7 p.m. (9/8) 10 a.m., 1, 4 and 7 p.m. (9/9)
Peacock Hall, Gateway
Dwight Stone Piano Concert
7 p.m. Fireside Room
Saturday Movie
“The Five People You Meet in Heaven”
2004 drama 133 min. Not rated
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
“Remember the Ladies”
Four short plays, 3 p.m. Fireside Room, Gateway
Sunday Funnies
“Broadcast News” 1987 comedy 132 min. R
4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Meet the Author-Anita Venezia
“Crosswinds at Campo Carcasso”
1:30 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Sept. 15
Sept. 15-16
Sept. 17
Sept. 17
Sept. 17
Sept. 18
Sept. 20
Sept. 22
Sept. 22-23
Sept. 23
Sept. 24
Sept. 25
Sept. 26
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Sept. 29-30
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Mark Stevens-vocalist
Noon, Sierra Room, Del Valle
Thursday and Friday Movie
“Last Night” 2010 drama 90 min. R
Peacock Hall, Gateway
1, 4, 7 p.m. (9/15) 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 p.m. (9/16)
Activities Day: Meet reps from Rossmoor clubs
Entertainment, food
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gateway plaza
Saturday Movie
“Secondhand Lions” 2003 Drama 107 min. PG
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Rossmoor Spotlight Concert-Lisa Vroman
7 p.m. Diablo Room, Hillside,
Tickets $15 in advance
Sunday Funnies
“Being There” 1979 comedy 130 min. PG
4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Bonnie Weiss
Dazzling Dames of Broadway: Ethel Merman
1:30 p.m. Vista Room, Hillside
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Jack Convery-banjoist
Noon, Sierra Room, Del Valle
Thursday and Friday Movie
“Jane Eyre” 2011 drama 121 min. PG-13
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Vagabond Players Present
“Fabulous Follies Fall Revue”
7 p.m. Sierra Room
Saturday Movie
“Diner” 1982 drama 170 min. Rated R
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Sunday Funnies
“Blast From the Past” 1999 comedy 111 min. PG
4, 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Musical Monday
“Phantom of the Opera”
2004 Musical 143 min. PG-13
4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Art House Movie
“Mademoiselle Chambon” 2009 French drama
101 min. NR 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Bettina Devin-vocalist
Noon, Fireside Room, Gateway
Thursday and Friday Movie
“Barney’s Version” 2010 drama 134 min. R
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Language captions are offered at the 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
movies unless otherwise noted. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Have comments or suggestions or wish to receive this calendar by e-mail? Call Brian Pennebaker at 9887732, or e-mail him at bpennebaker@rossmoor.com
Acalanes Adult Education announces fall classes
The Acalanes Adult Education Center offers a variety of
classes that begin in September. The classes include:
• Creative writing (course
06-5320): Thursdays, Sept. 15
through Nov. 17, from 1 to 3
p.m. The instructor is Nancy
Henderson. Class fee is $65.
• Poetry (course 06-5324):
Tuesdays, Sept. 13 through
Nov. 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The instructor is Jerald Ball.
Class fee is $35.
• Silent film/early film history (course 06-5027): Mondays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 17,
from 1 to 3 p.m. The instructor
is Kit Fisher. Class fee is $35.
• Stormin’
Normans
(course 22-2020): Wednesdays, Sept. 7 through Oct. 5,
from 10 a.m. to noon in Rossmoor’s Vista Room at Hillside.
The instructor is Cecily Majerus. Class fee is $30.
• Trusts and estate planning
made simple (course 05-7520):
Thursdays, Oct. 20 and 27,
English. Class fee is $85.
To see a listing of all the class
offerings at the Acalanes Adult
Education Center, go to www.
acalanes.k12.ca.us/adulted.
Download a registration form
from the website and mail, fax
or bring it to the nearby adult
center office, 1963 Tice Valley
Blvd., Room C-11. Or call 2803980 ext. 8001.
Conversational French offered at Acalanes
Three levels of conversational French classes are offered by Acalanes Adult Education beginning Monday,
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Sept. 12. The instructor is
Gayle Christensen. All classes
are on-going, but new students
are always welcome.
A continuing elementary
level class will meet Mondays.
Tuesday’s class is intermediate level and Wednesday and
Thursday classes are advanced.
All levels will include grammar review, a novel to be read
and discussed in the language
and vocabulary building.
Classes will meet from
9 a.m. to noon at Acalanes
Adult Education, located near
Rossmoor at 1963 Tice Valley
Blvd., Room D4. Fee for the
10-week quarter is $85.
For information, call Gayle
Christensen at 837-5202.
offered in
September
Beginning through advanced ballroom dance classes are offered.
Beginners’ classes will
teach tango and swing on Fridays, Sept. 2, 16, 23 and 30,
from 3:30 to 4:40 p.m. This is
a chance to learn the basics of
these popular dances, which
are included in almost every
ballroom dance program.
Classes for two skill
levels in rumba and West
Coast swing will be held on
Wednesdays, Sept. 14, 21 and
28. The intermediate class
will begin at 3:45 p.m. and
the more advanced class for
continuing students will start
at 4:45.
All classes will be held in
the Shasta Room at Del Valle. Cost for a single drop-in
class is $10 or save with two
consecutive classes for $15,
three consecutive classes for
$20 and four consecutive
classes for $25.
Couples are preferred but
some singles can be accommodated. Private lessons are
also available.
Classes are taught by Gail
Enright, a well-known Bay
Area ballroom dance teacher.
New students are welcome in
any class. For information,
contact Enright at 284-1003
or at gail@sfwaltzingsociety.
org.
Ballroom
Dance Club
offers lessons
The Ballroom Dance Club
sponsors a series of five, onehour classes in ch cha cha and
the waltz on Mondays, beginning Sept. 12.
These classes are open to
all Rossmoor residents (including nonclub members)
and guests. This is an opportunity to learn two great
dances. Students are welcome who want to brush up
on what they already know or
if they’re a beginner.
The classes are held in
the Diablo Room at Hillside.
The beginner class is from
7 to 8 p.m. and the intermediate and advanced class is
from 8 to 9.
The teacher, Alberta Bagneschi, will be assisted by her
husband, Adrian. She always
has new and exciting dance
patterns for any level of dancer. She has taught dance for
more than 25 years. She will
give tips to help dancers look
terrific on the dance floor.
The fee for Rossmoor residents and Ballroom Dance
Club members for all classes
is $56 a couple for one level
class and $84 a couple for
two. There is an additional
fee of $5 for nonresidents.
For information, call Alberta Bagneschi at 687-5270.
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MODERN CLASSICAL CDS Drama Association offers classes on
improv and character development
Violin Sonatas by Czech
Composer Erwin Schulhoff
By Robert Moon
L ate romantic and
early modern violin
sonatas by Czech
composer
Er win
Schulhof f, sumptuously per for med
and recorded.
SCHULHOFF: Violin
Sonatas – Suite for violin
and piano; Sonata No.
1 for violin and piano;
Sonata for solo violin;
Sonata No. 2 for violin
and piano. Tanja BeckerBender, violin, Markus
Becker, piano. Hyperion
CDA67833 – 67’10”
E
rwin
Schulhoff’s
(1894-1942) roots as a
Czech of Jewish-German origin is reminiscent
of Gustav Mahler, who once
famously said “I am thrice
homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and
as a Jew throughout all the
world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.”
Schulhoff’s ability to integrate the different musical
and political cultures that
seethed in the decades between the two Great Wars,
is one reason that his music has been recovered and
performed after his premature death in 1942. At age
eight, as a child prodigy,
Schulhoff was admitted to
the Prague Conservatory to
study piano at the recommendation of Dvorak, who
had little interest in prodigies. He was rewarded with
a piece of chocolate. The
works on this disc cover the
early and middle periods of
Schulhoff’s composing life.
The Suite for violin
and piano (1911) is a student work that expresses
the composer’s love for the
dance. Three of the movements are dance forms (Gavotte, Minuet and Waltz).
It’s a deliciously tart late
Romantic work that ends
with an especially beautiful
and clever Scherzo. The Sonata No. 1, written two years
later, is more harmonically
sophisticated and shows
the inf luence of Debussy,
with whom he briefly studied. It’s dreamy, wanders at
times, and is less rhythmi-
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it’s emotionally effective because of its
long lyrical lines. In
both of these works,
the Becker-Bender
duo’s collaboration
is richly romantic
and the full, clear sound is
most appealing.
In his middle period (after World War I), Schulhoff
was a brilliant pianist who
championed the avantegarde, performing Berg,
Scriabin, Schoenberg and
Webern, among others.
The Sonata for solo violin
(1927) ref lects these contemporary artists. It makes
use of the solo violin’s
musical possibilities from
rhythmic fireworks to chromatic lyricism.
Later, his music veered
towards jazz, Dadaism,
French neoclassicism and
Slavonic folk music. At one
time, he had one of the largest jazz LP collections in
Europe.
The Violin Sonata No.
2 begins in a rhythmically
exuberant manner that suggests a jazz inf luence, but
it’s more akin to Bartok
with its acerbic chromaticism and motivic spikiness.
The intense and slow burning Andante sticks in the
memory. The composer’s final years saw him compose
music in the style of Social
Realism, motivated by his
passion for communism.
Unfortunately, it led to imprisonment and death in a
Nazi concentration camp at
the age of 48.
Violinist Tanja BeckerBender and pianist Markus
Becker demonstrate an astonishing ability to perform
the diverse musical and stylistic demands of these engrossing works. Schulhoff is
a composer who is deservedly becoming better known
and this superbly performed
and recorded CD is an excellent place to make his acquaintance.
Rossmoor resident Robert Moon is a classical music journalist and author of
the internationally recognized book on London/Decca classical records.
Jean Wilcox, artistic director of the Drama Association
of Rossmoor (DAOR), announces two new classes to
be offered this fall.
One will be the first evening course the club has ever
scheduled. It is an improvisation class taught by Dave
Dyson starting Monday, Sept.
19, and running for eight sessions through Nov. 7. This
class will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
in the main room at Dollar
Clubhouse.
While learning the foundations of improvised scene
work, participants will have
fun playing improvisational
games like those seen on
“Whose Line Is It Anyway.”
Focusing on spontaneity, teamwork, acting and storytelling,
Dyson will create a fun, safe
environment, in which students will learn to trust their
creative instincts, build and
practice the skills needed to
be expressive, connect with
others and create entertaining, spontaneous theatre.
Dyson has performed in
hundreds of shows with East
Bay Improv, BATS Improv, the
Fibbs, the Un-Scripted Theater Company and the Super
Dupers. He has offered adult
improv classes independently
as well as taught through UnScripted and East Bay Improv.
Dyson currently teaches teen
improv classes for the city of
Pleasanton, and is excited to
bring his love of improv to the
Rossmoor community.
The other new program
is “Developing Character
Through Shakespeare” taught
by Bob Lane. This class begins
Thursday, Sept. 8, and running
for five sessions through Oct.
13, from 10 a.m. to noon in the
Vista Room at Hillside.
Using monologues from
selected Shakespeare plays,
students will work on developing character, focusing on
fully understanding the characters they are portraying.
Lane will then direct them on
how to bring all of themselves
– their own characters, expe-
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riences and imaginations – to
Shakespeare’s characters and
the lines they speak.
In addition, Lane will help
participants focus on Shakespeare’s language and how to
use it to fully express character. And he will show how
such character work is applicable to any play, not just
Shakespeare.
Before the first class, participants will be asked to choose
a verse monologue of 20 to 30
lines from one of these plays:
“Henry IV, Part 2,” “King
John,” or “Henry VIII.” For
information about this, contact Lane at boblane01@aol.
com or 426-1226.
Lane has taught drama
in high school and been an
acting coach. He has taught
and directed Shakespeare at
North Carolina State University, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, the California
Shakespeare Festival, Imagine Performing Arts and the
Tri-Valley Young Performers
Academy. He has performed
many roles in Shakespeare
plays and others throughout
the Bay Area and in the Research Triangle area of North
Carolina.
Tuition for each class is $35
for DAOR members, $50 for
nonmembers. For information,
contact Wilcox at 937-6524 or
jdwilcox@sbcglobal.net.
Spotlight on
Jean Georgakopolis
Jean Georga kopolis is a
DAOR boa rd member actively involved in production of plays, schola rship
selection, artistic directing
and teaching.
She was born in the Pacific
Northwest where the natural
beauty of the region fired
her imagination. Later she
moved to the Bay Area where
she graduated from the University of California, raised
two sons and taught English
and drama at San Lorenza,
De Anza and Kennedy (Richmond) high schools. In that
capacity, she has produced
and directed 25 shows.
Favorite shows she produced and directed are: “The
Madwoman of Chaillot,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Anything
Goes,” “Guys and Dolls,”
“The Crucible,” “Arms and
the Man,” “Our Town” and the
“Corn is Green.” Her favorite
acting role was Madame Arcati in “Blithe Spirit.”
She is currently working
on “The Wine Tree,” a threeact play, and “Hugo the Giant Red,” a novel for young
people about a one-of-a-king
creature left over from another time that is discovered
and befriended by a spirited
young girl named Annabelle.
Of her current job with
DAOR, she says that the students are vibrant and open,
willing to try anything. She
says they work hard to understand and practice the craft.
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‘Antony and Cleopatra’ read
by Book Discussion Group
The Rossmoor Book Discussion Group will start its 12th year
on Wednesday, Sept. 14, with one of Shakespeare’s finest works,
“Antony and Cleopatra.” The group meets from 10 a.m. to noon in
Creekside Clubhouse Meeting Room 4.
Cleopatra is considered Shakespeare’s most subtle and interesting female character, although beyond that critics can never agree
much on what she really thinks and feels about Antony or the rest
of her world. Indeed, she is considered by many to be as complex
as Hamlet but with more humor.
The group will discuss this complexity and other aspects of
Shakespeare’s world in relation to their own.
The Book Discussion Group is a small gathering of friendly,
kind and fun-loving people who enjoy good literature and welcome new members. The cost is $5 per session.
The teacher, Conrad Montel, is a published author who has
conducted literature courses at Rossmoor for more than 11 years.
Contact him at 510-995-8316 or at cmontell@comcast.net.
Live performance offered of
Shakespeare’s ‘Winter’s Tale’
Sponsored by Shakespeare Society
The Rossmoor Shakespeare Society will sponsor a live performance of the play, “The Winter’s Tale,” on Thursday, Sept. 8, at
6:30 p.m. in Dollar Clubhouse.
The group to perform, the Subterranean Shakespeare Company of Berkeley, has just concluded a marathon series of all 37
Shakespeare plays over the past two years.
“The Winter’s Tale” is a story set in two very contrasting locations. In Sicily, the insanely jealous King Leontes accuses his
pregnant wife of infidelity with his best friend. So obsessed is
Leontes with the conviction that his wife Hermione is carrying
the child of his boyhood companion, that he throws her in a dungeon.
The story then jumps 16 years and the scene shifts to Bohemia
where all is sunny and joyous. The Rossmoor audience too will
shift from the Solarium to the Churchill Room.
Admission is $10 at the door. Residents and their guests are
invited to enjoy live theater and to socialize with the actors after
the show.
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A common e-mail scam that is ongoing involves a hacker
stealing e-mail contacts.
Every person on the contacts list receives an e-mail supposedly from a friend, purporting to be robbed in a foreign capital
and needing money to be wired.
A simple phone-call or the “sniff test” will indicate whether
this is possibly true. It isn’t and it’s a scam. Don’t fall for it.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Rossmoor quilters have been busy. Pictured with some of their work are, from left, Sonia Chang,
Barbara Brown, Joan Blackshear, Virgene Mosier, Ruth Schauer and Evelyn Provaznik.
Quilters plan for a variety of events
The Rossmoor Quilters have a busy schedule.
On Friday, Sept. 2, Pauline O’Connell of
the Diablo Valley Quilters will visit the Sewing Studio at Gateway at 10 a.m. to present the
Opportunity Quilt made by fellow members.
She will sell raffle tickets and discuss events
planned by her quilting guild.
On Friday, Sept. 16, many quilters will attend the Rossmoor Sewing Arts Club annual
luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Dollar Clubhouse.
The cost of the catered luncheon is $8 for
members. There are only a few tickets left.
Call Meredith Van Schoick at 934-3473 for information.
The show and tell portion of the luncheon is
always popular. Many varied sewing art forms
are represented by needle workers, knitters,
stitchers and quilters.
On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25,
the Diablo Valley Quilters will present its an-
nual quilt show at the nearby Tice Valley Community Gymnasium at 2035 Tice Valley Blvd.
The show is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
on Sept. 24 and from 10 until 4 on Sept. 25.
Rossmoor Dial-a-Bus is available to take
residents to and from the show at no cost. Call
988-7676 before Friday, Sept. 23, to make arrangements.
Tickets are $8. A $1 discount is given to
those who ride the bus.
On Thursday, Oct. 13, the Sewing Arts Club
has arranged for two buses to take members to
the Pacific International Quilt Show in Santa
Clara. The first bus leaves Gateway at 9 a.m.
and returns at 3 p.m. The cost is $39 for the
bus and admission to the show. The second bus
leaves Gateway at 9 and returns at 6. The cost is
$49 for the bus and admission. Call the Excursion Desk at 988-7731 to reserve a space.
Contact Barbara Brown at 287-1811 for information about any of the events.
Center Rep performs ‘Smokey Joe’s Café’
Center Rep will present the songs of Leiber
and Stoller in “Smokey Joe’s Café,” the allsinging, all-dancing celebration of chart-topping hits.
Performances begin Friday, Sept. 2 (8 p.m.),
and runs through Sunday, Oct. 9. Ticket prices
range from $38 to $47.
Center Rep is located at 1601 Civic Drive in
Walnut Creek.
This Tony Award-winning tribute to legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller is a
fast-paced nostalgic trip through 39 of rock
‘n’ roll’s greatest hits from “Stand by Me” and
“Fools Fall in Love” to “Spanish Harlem” and
“Yakety Yak.”
Award-winning Director Robert Barry
Fleming returns to Center Rep where he previously helmed such hits as “Ain’t Misbehavin’,”
“All Shook Up,” “She Loves Me” and “Blues
in the Night.”
For tickets or information, go to www.CenterREP.org or call 943-SHOW (7469); visit the
box office at 1601 Civic Drive; or go to the
ticket office outlets at Barnes & Noble in Walnut Creek and the Downtown Walnut Creek
Library.
Center Repertory Company, the resident professional theater company of the Lesher Center
for the Arts (LCA), is currently celebrating its
45th subscription season.
Free at Center Rep
Director’s Night: Join Center Rep Artistic
Director Michael Butler for an engaging discussion of the evening’s performance. He often enlists some of the show’s designers to add
their perspectives.
Teacher’s Night Out: Center Rep hosts area
teachers from elementary schools, middle
schools, high schools and colleges for a night
out at the theater. By participating in the director’s pre-show discussion and then enjoying
the performance, teachers are provided tools to
broaden their students’ understanding of live
theater.
For information or to reserve a ticket, call
295-1420 and press 1.
Square dancing class offered by Acalanes
Experienced square dance
caller/instructor Bert Swerer,
along with other members of
the Rossmoor Squares, will
teach 10 consecutive classes
on square dancing in the Las
Trampas Room at Hillside
Clubhouse.
The class begins Monday,
Sept. 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The cost is $45 per person
and registration may be made
through Acalanes Adult Education Center (280-3980) or at
the first day of class.
There is no dress code for
the class, except to wear comfortable shoes and clothes.
Square dancing is a great way
to get some low impact and
beneficial exercise for the body
and mind.
Participating in the class
will provide students with a
fun learning experience and
the enjoyment of meeting and
socializing with Rossmoor
Squares members and others
learning to square dance.
Couples and singles are
welcome. Single women may
choose to also learn the male
part for greater assurance of a
dancing position.
For information, contact
Nancy Leite at 934-5471
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Diablo Symphony Guild to hear Wildlife advocate speaks to Nature Association
about orchestra’s new season
The Rossmoor Nature
The Diablo Symphony Guild will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at
noon in the Garden Room at Dollar Clubhouse. A salad luncheon
will be provided by the Creekside Grill at a cost of $10.
Reservations for the lunch must be made by Sept. 9 with Janet
Mendenhall (952-4013). Members choosing to attend the business
meeting and program, which will start at 1 p.m., are welcome.
This meeting will kick off the guild’s activities in support of the
49th season of orchestral performance by the Diablo Symphony.
This season promises to be pivotal for the orchestra as it plays under
the batons of five candidates for the position of music director and
conductor—one of whom will be selected to lead the orchestra into
its golden anniversary season and beyond.
The speaker will be Bill Eich, principal horn player and chairman of the conductor search committee. He will give an insider’s
look at the process of developing qualification criteria, reaching
out to the community of professional musicians, and narrowing the
field to the five candidates.
Membership in the guild is open to all music-loving Rossmoor residents. Dues are $20 and are due at the start of the season. Members are
entitled to free admission to the five seasonal Rossmoor concerts that
are scheduled for Sept. 30, Nov. 28, Feb.10, March 16 and May 11. Mail
dues to treasurer Lindy Boyes, 3441 Tice Creek Drive No. 1.
Ballroom Dance Club hosts
dance lessons in cha-cha, waltz
The Ballroom Dance Club is sponsoring two classes in a series
of five one-hour sessions teaching the cha-cha and the waltz, starting Monday, Sept. 12.
The classes, which will be held in the Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse, are open to all Rossmoor residents and guests,
whether they are beginning dancers or want to brush up on what
they already know.
The class for beginners is from 7 to 8 p.m. and the class for intermediate and advanced dancers is from 8 to 9 p.m. The teacher,
Alberta Bagneschi, will be assisted by her husband, Adrian. She
always has new and exciting dance patterns for all dance levels.
She has over 25 years of teaching experience in dancing and will
show lots of dance know-how tips to help dancers look terrific on
the dance floor.
The fee for Rossmoor residents and Ballroom Dance Club members for all five sessions is $56 per couple for one class (beginning
or intermediate/advanced) or $84 a couple for both classes. There
is an additional fee of $5 for nonresidents.
For information, call Bagneschi at 687-5270.
Join Friends of Animals
Rossmoor Friends of Animals invites pet owners to join
the club.
It’s simple to become a
member: Application forms
may be picked up at the dog
park in the white box posted
there, and at the club mailbox
at Gateway. After filling the
application out with name, address, phone and pet type and
name(s), mail with $10 annual
dues to the new treasurer, Maxene Johnson, 2801 Ptarmigan
Drive No. 2.
The next dog park party
takes place on Sunday, Sept. 4,
to celebrate Labor Day.
POETRY CORNER
FROM THE ROSSMOOR POETRY CIRCLE
“Poetry Corner” is a biweekly column with poems contributed by members of the Rossmoor Poetry Circle.
Thanksgiving Day
By Don Hardin
Even the Infinite One
Can have patience worn thin
From places of worship
Large sports stadiums
Halls of legislation
Political conventions
Holiday gatherings
It’s God Bless America
Damn it! Declares the Divine
America consumer of blessings
Always mooching for more
You have an abundance
Use what you have with equanimity
Thanksgiving Day should be
Your most celebrated day of each year
Even a faint whisper, thanks
Would be a delight to hear
Association will present a
lecture and slide show on
Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7
p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The speaker is Brian
Murphy, a wildlife activist
and resident of Rossmoor.
Murphy’s topic is “Nature Is
Good Medicine.”
Murphy’s program is intended to show experiences
people can learn to enjoy by
simply paying more attention
to their surroundings.
Murphy not only grew up
in Walnut Creek but is also
an engineer for the city. His
involvement with nature-related organizations includes:
Walnut Creek Open Space
Foundation, Mt. Diablo
Audubon Society, Ruth Bancroft Gardens, the Gardens
at Heather Farms, Lindsay
Wildlife Museum and California Native Plant Society in
Tilden Park.
In the past few years, Murphy has worked with Gary
Bogue and other notable area
naturalists on many diverse
projects, including habi-
Brian Murphy with a duckling
tat restoration. Among these
projects are nestboxes for
bluebirds, kestrels, barn owls
and bats.
In addition, Murphy has
worked with area Boy Scouts
to create wooden nesting
blocks for native bees, which
are vital for the pollination of
important food crops.
Peacock Hall’s doors will
open at 6:30 p.m. and the
program will begin at 7. The
length of the presentation will
be approximately 60 minutes
with time for questions afterward. Visitors are always welcome.
For information about the
program series, contact Penny Ittner at 891-4980 or at
pennyittner@comcast.net.
Sterling silver ring-making class offered
Learn basic jewelry-making
techniques or practice those
techniques in a new class in
silver ring making offered by
the Lapidary Club. The class
will cover soldering, sawing,
filing, finishing and basic stone
setting for metal jewelry-making.
The ring will be made of
sterling silver and have a small
fused glass piece set as a stone.
Bring a small glass piece or
cabochon to set, or use one donated by club members.
The materials fee is $18 for
the silver and is payable at registration. The class fee is $87
for five meetings. Be sure to
register early. The first class
must be attended. Classes will
be held in the Lapidary Studio
on five consecutive Saturdays,
beginning Sept. 3. Classes are
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The class will be taught by
Karen Ehrhardt who has been
a jeweler for more than 30
years and has taught jewelrymaking for most of that time.
She has taught classes and held
workshops throughout the Bay
Area.
Her teaching style lets people
Lapidary Club seeks leaders
The Lapidary Club reaches out to all of its members, and
prospective members, to become a part of next year’s board
of directors. All positions are available, including president,
two vice presidents, treasurer, recording secretary and three
directors at large.
This is an opportunity to step up and assume a greater role
in the club. Fresh ideas and energetic, can-do leaders are welcome.
Generally, the board meets once a month to plan and schedule activities, including classes and social events.
Club membership gives members access to all of the equipment in the Lapidary Studio at Gateway. The club is multidimensional and supports various art forms, including stonework; cabochons and faceted stones; stained glass; fused glass;
and enamelware. Members also work with silver, gold, copper
or other metals. One of the most popular activities is beading.
For information, contact Pat Soler at pj.soler@hotmail.
com.
Formal nominations and voting will be at the annual meeting dinner on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 10 p.m.at Dollar.
explore their design expression
through first acquiring basic
techniques of traditional jewelry-making. Her classes are
good for beginners and also
for those who want to continue
building their skill level.
This is a follow-up class for
those currently taking the sil-
ver pendant class, but it is open
to all club members.
Sign up in the studio. The
class size is limited to a maximum of eight students and a
minimum of five.
For information, contact
Ehrhardt at Ksehrhardt@aol.
com or 510-635-7182.
Bruno Kark teaches ceramics classes
Well-known local potter Bruno Kark will conduct
classes on creating ceramic
art on the wheel on successive
Thursdays, Sept. 15, 22 and
29 as well as Oct. 6, in the Ceramics Studio at Gateway.
He has taught many class-
es, not only in Rossmoor but
also for Walnut Creek Civic
Arts Education.
A class for beginners will
be in the morning from 9 to
noon. A class for intermediate and advanced students
will be in the afternoon from
1 to 4.
These classes are open
only to members of the Ceramic Arts Club (CAC).
The cost is $40, payable by
check only to CAC. Members
must sign up and pay in the
Ceramics Studio.
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CAC to hold ice cream Norman Weiner offers drawing classes
social, demo, workshop Human figure
The Ceramic Arts Club’s
(CAC) annual ice cream social
will be held on Tuesday, Sept.
13, and will be preceded by
a meeting conducted by new
President Carol Curran at 1
p.m. Following the meeting,
there will be a demonstration
by Jenni Smith.
All members are encouraged to attend.
Smith has eight years of experience teaching art to high
school students. She has also
managed her own studio and
has extensive experience in
many art mediums.
She will be demonstrating
bird houses as well as other
projects that members may
make for the annual Fall Bazaar in November. She will
follow up the demonstration
with a hands-on workshop the
next day, Wednesday, Sept. 14,
at noon.
Workshop
Smith will conduct a handson workshop for members
wishing to make items previously demonstrated for the Bazaar. The focus will be on bird
houses. This workshop will
teach many techniques that
will be valuable to new as well
drawing class
Jenni Smith
as experienced members.
Pizza and drinks will be
furnished by CAC at noon. The
bazaar is the primary fundraiser for the club and there will be
two more workshops Tuesdays,
Sept. 20 and 27, where members will have fun getting together to make items to sell at
the Bazaar.
There is no charge for these
workshops.
For information, call 9471241.
Sewing Arts Club to hold
Show and Tell luncheon
The Sewing Arts Club will have its annual Show and Tell
luncheon on Friday, Sept. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
Dollar Clubhouse.
All members are invited to attend the luncheon and bring
their latest creations to share. Members enjoy seeing other’s
work and hearing the stories behind them.
This year, the luncheon will be catered. The menu will include a choice of entree, cobb salad with homemade chips or
chicken Waldorf half sandwich with citrus salad. A beverage
and dessert is also included.
The cost to members is $8 and nonmembers, $15. Tickets
can be purchased from supervisors in the Sewing Arts Studio
weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets need to be purchased
by Friday, Sept. 2. Entree choice should be noted with ticket
purchase.
There is a Hawaiian theme so members should consider adding a bit of the islands to their attire; leis will be provided.
The Sewing Arts Club has a number of groups that meet
weekly to focus on various areas of the textile arts. Monday
afternoon has a group dedicated to needle workers. Wednesday
mornings, there is an ever growing knitters group. The Thursday morning group makes things for charity. Friday mornings
are for quilters.
For information on ticket purchase and club activities, contact Meredith Van Schoick, 934-3473.
Short stories topic of Writers Club
The speaker for the Mt. Diablo Branch, California Writers
Club’s (CWC) next luncheon meeting is Victoria Zacheim, who
will present “From Sex to Senility: In Anthologies, Anything
Goes!” The meeting is Saturday, Sept. 10, at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill.
Zacheim will share her expertise on how short story writers can
be published in anthologies. She is the author of the novel “The
Bone Weaver” and has edited five anthologies, which include
some noted writers such as Jane Smiley and Malachy McCourt.
She teaches creative nonfiction in the UCLA Writers Program.
Check-in begins at 11:30 a.m. for the noon meeting, and buffet
luncheon with the program following.
The cost is $20 for CWC members, $25 for guests. Reservations are required and must be received no later than
noon on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Contact Jean Georgakopoulos at
jeaniegpops@comcast.net, or 934-5677. Expect confirmation
only if e-mailing a reservation.
The California Writers Club Mt. Diablo Branch web address is
http://cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com/.
The Rossmoor Art Association (RAA) offers a class
in figure drawing taught by
Norman Weiner, a graduate
of Chouinard Art Institute,
Los Angeles.
Weiner has studied with
many world-renowned artists. His paintings, drawings, etchings, sculptures and
prints are in hundreds of collections and he has operated
galleries and studios in Los
Angeles and Sausalito.
Learn how to draw the
human figure in six weeks
of classes on Fridays, from
Sept. 9 through Oct. 14, from
1 to 4 p.m. in Art Studio 2 at
Gateway.
The human figure has always been revered as symbol
of perfection since the time
of ancient Greeks. Students
will enjoy learning to draw
the human body in its various
shapes and positions through
the process of observation
and training.
Live professional female
and male models are used in
the class. Everyone will work
at his/her own pace and ability. Beginners and advanced
students are welcome.
The beginning art supplies
are: a 12-inch by 18-inch
sketch pad, 2 and 4b graphite
pencils and a kneaded eraser.
Any additional supplies will
be announced during the
class.
The fee is $95.
Each class is limited to 16
students, so early registration
is recommended. The cutoff
date for registration is Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Registration checks, payable to RAA, should be mailed
to Weiner at 3108 Rossmoor
Parkway No. 3. There are no
refunds.
Be sure to include a telephone number and note the
title of the class.
Nonmembers of the RAA
must join to take classes. Membership is $8 for an individual
and $10 for couples. Send a separate check, payable to RAA, to
RAA, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut
Creek 94595. Note on the check
that it is for membership.
For information, call Weiner
at 933-5182.
Portrait
drawing
The Rossmoor Art Association (RAA) offers a class
in portrait drawing taught by
Norman Weiner, a graduate of
Chouinard Art Institute, Los
Angeles. Weiner has taught the
class for nine years.
Weiner has studied with
many world-renowned artists.
His paintings, drawings, etchings, sculptures and prints are
in hundreds of collections and
he has operated galleries and
studios in Los Angeles and
Sausalito.
This is a six-week course
where participants will learn
how to draw human portraits
of both males and females
from live models. They will
capture likenesses by learning the structure of the human
skull, individual facial fea-
tures and planes of the face.
Students will also learn the
skills necessary to accurately
assess proportion and shape
and gain an understanding of
shading in order to create the
illusion of a three-dimensional reality.
Beginners and advanced
participants are welcomed.
Everyone will proceed at his/
her own pace and ability.
The Tuesday classes will
begin on Sept. 6 and end on
Oct. 11. Classes are from 1
to 4 p.m. in Art Studio 2 at
Gateway.
The initial suggested art
supplies are: an 11-inch by
14-inch sketchpad, 2B and 4B
graphite pencils and a kneaded eraser. Any additional material will be announced during the class.
The fee is $50.
Each class is limited to 16
students, so early registration is recommended. The
cutoff date for registration is
Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Registration checks, payable to RAA, should be mailed
to Weiner at 3108 Rossmoor
Parkway No. 3. There are no
refunds.
Be sure to include a telephone number and note the
title of the class.
Nonmembers of the RAA
must join to take classes.
Membership is $8 for an individual and $10 for couples.
Send a separate check, payable to RAA, to RAA, P.O.
Box 2070, Walnut Creek
94595. Note on the check that
it is for membership.
For information, call Weiner at 933-5182.
Portrait models needed for drawing classes
Each segment of posing is
20 minutes, with a rest in between, during which the model can view how each artist is
proceeding.
No experience is necessary
and it’s fun. There is a payment of $25 for models.
Interested parties should
contact G. Roman at 1687
Ptarmigan Drive No. 1A or
call 933-6262.
Public employee pensions
discussed at JCC Forum
RAA film
is on
Courbet
Men, women and/or mature grandchildren are sought
to pose in Norman Weiner’s
portrait class. The classes are
held Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
in Art Studio 2 at Gateway.
CC Times reporter will speak
“Understanding Public Employee Pensions” is the topic of
Tuesday Morning Forum at the Contra Costa Jewish Community
Center (JCC) on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m. Award-winning
columnist Daniel Borenstein will be the speaker.
For three years now, Borenstein has explained to readers how
public employees’ pensions work. He will outline the inner-workings of retirement plans, delving into how they are funded, and
why they are leaving billions of dollars debt for future generations to pay.
Borenstein’s columns and editorials appear in the Contra Costa
Times, Oakland Tribune and other East Bay newspapers of the
Bay Area News Group. He has worked for the Times and its affiliate newspapers since 1980, including previous assignments
as political editor, Sacramento bureau editor, projects editor and
assistant metro editor.
A luncheon will follow the presentation. The menu includes
eggplant Parmesan, mixed green salad, fresh dinner rolls, dessert, coffee and tea.
The cost for the lecture and lunch is $17 to JCC members, $20
to public. Reservations are required by Sept. 9. Call 938-7800 ext.
239 to reserve by phone.
The JCC is located at 2071 Tice Valley Blvd, just outside the
Rossmoor gate.
The Rossmoor Art Association will show a film on the art
and life of Gustave Courbet on
Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 1 p.m. at
Peacock Hall.
Courbet loved to present
himself as a hard-drinking, radical-thinking peasant artist in
mid-19th century Paris. While
his public image was largely a
creation his own, his greatest
paintings showed his radicalism.
It is recommended that attendees arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the showing.
Following the presentation of
the film, there will be a hospitality gathering in Art Studio 2.
For information, contact Norman Weiner, 933-5182.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Boomers Forever to hold barbecue
A western-themed barbecue schmooze is
planned by Boomers Forever for Wednesday,
Sept. 7, at Dollar picnic grounds. Bring something to grill, a beverage or snack/side dish to
share and a glass.
The club will be prepping the grills and providing plates, napkins and utensils. Bring steak
knives if necessary.
Since this will be the first Wednesday of the
month, all September birthdays will be celebrated with a birthday cake provided by the
club.
This schmooze will start earlier than usual,
at 5:30 p.m., to allow plenty of time for grilling, eating, and dancing. Event co-coordinators, Mary Ann Shields and Dave Leichter, are
planning a mixture of country and rock music
for dancing and western/cowboy wear is encouraged.
As the event may extend past dusk, bring a
candle in a container, lantern, or flashlight to
light the night. All residents born in the ’40 to
the ’60s and their guests are welcome at this
event and all Wednesday schmoozes.
Boomers Forever is a social club for both
singles and couples born in the ’40s, ’50s, and
’60s. Attendance at schmoozes and access to
the club chat board are free and open to all
boomer age residents and friends. Newcomers
generally join after attending once or twice.
Members get discounts for all club events.
Dues are $10 a person annually and may be
paid at any Wednesday schmooze or Boomer
event or by picking up an application from the
club mailbox at Gateway and sending a check
with the completed application to Boomers
Forever, 1001 Golden Rain Road, or by dropping it in the club mailbox.
The Boomers Forever club has a chat board
where members can post information about
a wide variety of informal get-togethers, announcements of local events, or recommendations for repair workers. Recent postings, for
example, have included an invitation to a local
country club dance, announcement of a cruise
on the bay, the monthly book club meeting, petsitting referral, a discussion on insurance coverage, etc.
To subscribe to the chat board, which is the
main communication method used to announce
events and items of interest, send an e-mail to:
ribbit94595-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Western theme set for TGIF dinner dance
TGIF’s next dinner dance is Western Night
on Friday, Sept. 16, in the Sierra Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse. Dress for the evening is western attire, if desired. Note that the information
in the Aug. 24 News was incorrect.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres by Simple Elegance Catering will be served at 6 p.m. and will
include teriyaki meatballs, stuffed mushrooms
and bacon and cheese sourdough melts.
Dinner begins at 6:45 and includes split pea
soup, pot roast with sautéed mushrooms and
caramelized onions, peas and carrots, roasted
red potatoes, carrot cake, coffee, tea and wine.
The vegetarian selection is Portobello mushroom. Note vegetarian choice on the check and
the envelope. Dancing for the evening will be
by Johnny G’s Big Band.
The cost is $25 per person for members and
$30 for nonmembers. Cash will not be accepted.
Reservations will be filled in the order received.
Reservation checks, payable to TGIF, should be
sent to Sue Fleck at 1905 Cactus Court No. 1,
Entry 4. The TGIF drop box is also at this address at the base of the steps. Do not put checks
into the Fleck mailbox or in the club mailbox
at Gateway.
Guests are welcome with a club member.
Those who want to sit together must send all
checks in the same envelope. Also note on the
envelope the contact person in case a question
arises concerning the reservation.Reservations
will not be accepted after 5 p.m. Sept. 9. To
cancel a reservation by the deadline, call Fleck
at 949-9771.
After the deadline, if unable to attend, call
Bob May at 906-0793 by 5 p.m. on the day of
the dinner. Arrangements will be made to pick
up a take home dinner from the caterer at 7:30.
This procedure must be followed or dinners
will not be released.
Singlaires have Sunday potluck at Dollar
Singlaires invites members
and their guests to a potluck
dinner on Sunday, Sept. 4, at
Dollar Clubhouse.
Registration is at 5 p.m.
with the potluck dinner at 6.
Come early to meet new and
old friends and socialize before dinner. There will be a
post-dinner social hour featuring jokes and funny stories.
Attendees should bring a
casserole, salad, appetizers
or dessert to serve eight to
10 people. Hot dishes may be
insulated or reheated in the
clubhouse ovens or microwaved. If possible, cut into
individual servings and bring
a serving utensil.
Anyone unable to bring
food may pay $6; an additional $4 is charged nonmembers,
even when food is brought.
For information, call Merle
Wolfe at 938-3054 or Carmen
Osuna at 939-2489.
New members are always
welcome as well as former
members who want to renew
their membership. Annual
dues are $10. Singlaires is a
social group that brings single people together for activities.
Rossmoor Democrats hold Labor Day barbecue
The Democrats of Rossmoor
Club will hold its annual Labor
Day Barbecue on Sunday, Sept.
4, at Sportsman’s Park at Hillside Clubhouse.
Social hour begins at 3 p.m.
with the dinner at 4. After dinner at 5, Sonja Christopher will
entertain on her banjo.
Catering will be provided
by Simple Elegance and will
include ribs, smoked chicken
and baked beans, green salad
with Italian dressing, red potato salad and fruit salad, and
rolls and butter. There will also
be chocolate and carrot cake
for dessert.
The cost is $25 for members
and $27 for nonmembers.
For reservations, call Gloria
at 891-4430 or Irene at 9326475.
The deadline is Thursday,
Sept. 1.
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FRIDAY LUNCH
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R O S S M O O R
Menu for Sept. 9
Call 988-7703 for a reservation
Friday Lunch is served at a suggested
donation of $2. Deli bags are provided for
an additional suggested donation of $2. You
must attend Friday Lunch to get your deli bag.
Deli bags must be ordered in advance. Lunch
is served at 11:30 a.m. at Hillside. Reserve
a space for Friday Lunch in person right
after lunch for the following week’s lunch
or call 988-7703 no later than Wednesday by noon. To cancel a
reservation, call 988-7703. Please leave name and phone number
when cancelling. If you are unable to make lunch, cancel your
reservation so another resident can take your place.
The menu:
Frankfurter with cheese; baked beans; potato salad; and apple
pie or fresh fruit.
Options
Hamburger plate or chef’s salad. Please specify the entree
of your choice; otherwise, you will receive the menu item for
that day.
Deli bag:
The deli bag for Sept. 9 features a mock crab salad sandwich on
french bread; four-bean salad; pears; and orange juice.
Italian Club to hold
September dinner dance
The Italian-American Club
will have a dinner dance on
Friday, Sept. 9, at Del Valle
Clubhouse.
The hosted bar will be open
from 5:15 to 6 p.m. Dinner,
catered by Il Pavone, will be
served at 6:30.
Music will be provided by
Leonard Rossi. Hosts for the
evening will be Bob and Fran
Long.
The menu will include Italian-Americano antipasti; insalata mista salad; farfalle
pasta con porpetti (small meat
balls); Italian pot roast; and for
dessert plato forte (plate of assorted desserts). Red and white
wine, decaffeinated coffee and
tea will also be included.
The cost is $25 for members
and $29 for guests. Send reservation checks to Yolanda Jubina at 1200 Rockridge Lane
No. 3. Those who want to be
seated as a group must send
checks and names in the same
envelope. Deadline for reservations is Friday, Sept. 2.
Membership is open to
Rossmoor residents of Italian origin and to those whose
spouse is of Italian descent.
Also included are residents
who are widows or widowers
of Italian spouses, who have
met the club lineage require-
ment. They must also have
been married to the deceased
spouse for a minimum of 10
years.
Applications for membership will be reviewed by the
board.
Membership forms may be
obtained from Fran DeGaetano, 2873 Ptarmigan Drive No.
2, or call 932-8944. Annual
dues are $15 per person.
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RELIGION
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
EPISCOPAL
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church invites all Rossmoor residents
to a service of “caring and sharing through inspirational worship and fellowship” on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 10 a.m. in the Diablo
Room at Hillside Clubhouse. On this 12th Sunday after Pentecost, the Rev. Deacon Patricia Pearson will offer a sermon titled
“Where Two or Three are Gathered in My Name,” based on Matthew 18:15-20. The service will include Morning Prayer and
Holy Eucharist; all are welcome to participate fully, and to stay
for refreshments and fellowship at the coffee hour following the
service. Bible study is held each Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the church
office in the Rossmoor Shopping Center. Call the church office
for more details: 937-4820.
METHODIST
Tice Valley United Methodist Church invites all Rossmoor
residents and guests to the weekly Sunday worship service at
11 a.m. in Peacock Hall. Sunday worship is wheelchair accessible with large-print bulletins and aids for hearing. Rev. Joanne
Peterson’s sermon title for Sunday, Sept. 4, is “The Problem With
Miracles,” based on Matthew 14:13-21. After worship, worshipers are invited to stay for fellowship and light refreshments in
the Fireside Room. Everyone who comes is greeted with “open
hearts, open minds and open doors.” For information, call the
church office at 937-4535, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, or visit the website at tvumc.org.
CATHOLIC
St. Anne’s Catholic Church Masses for this weekend, Sept.
3 and 4, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9
a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Fr. Alex Snyder will preside at the
9 a.m. Mass on Saturday and the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Fr. Joseph will preside at the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, and the 11:15
a.m. Mass on Sunday. The Rosary is recited before each weekday
Mass. Confessions are every Saturday from 4 to 4:30 p.m.
PRESBYTERIAN
Grace Presbyterian Church invites everyone to worship on
Sunday, Sept. 4, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Roger Reaber will be preaching this Labor Day weekend and the sacrament of Communion
will be celebrated with an open table – everyone is welcome.
There will be a special time with children at the beginning of the
service before they are invited to Sunday School. After worship,
all are encouraged to enjoy refreshments in the Fireside Room.
Wednesdays are busy days at Grace Church: Exercise With
El is at 9 a.m. in the Oak Room, Bible discussion is at 10 a.m. in
the library, and bridge is at 1 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Grace
Church. Come and enjoy a game of bunco on Saturday, Sept. 3,
from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Grace Church.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
A T
R O S S M O O R
B’NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Friday Evening Service 8 p.m.
Vista Room–Hillside Clubhouse
For information call
932-4592 or 274-0304
HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Worship: 10:30 a.m. each Sunday
Delta Room, Del Valle Clubhouse
For info, call the church office:
709-4673
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2100 Tice Valley Blvd. at Rossmoor Prkwy.
935-2100
Sundays: Worship 10 a.m.,
Pastors: Roger Reaber, Charie B. Reid
ROSSMOOR PILGRIM
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Daryl J. Clemens
10:30 a.m. each Sunday
The Vista Room, Hillside
287-1500
ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Masses 9:00 & 11:15 a.m.
Sat. 5 p.m., Weekdays 8 a.m.
Confessions Sat. 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Father Joseph Parekkatt
1600 Rossmoor Prkwy. 932-2324
TICE VALLEY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 11 a.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway
Rev. Joanne Peterson • 937-4535
New Office: 1944 Tice Valley Blvd.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service 10 a.m.,
Diablo Room, Hillside,
Rector: the Rev. Anne Cox Bailey
937-4820 (Office)
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
SOCIETY OF ROSSMOOR
Weekly Emailed Sermons • 3 Monthly Meetings
Call Tom Mesetz 939-2132 (Sermons)
or Joy Hicks 939-3316 (Meetings)
N E A R B Y
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
#2 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek (corner of Eckley Lane and Walnut Blvd.)
Sunday 9:30 and 11 a.m. • Wednesday Evening 7:30 p.m. 934-4527
SAINT JOHN’S ANGLICAN MISSION
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Santa Maria Church Chapel, Orinda 925-386-6393
info@saintjohnsanglican.org www.saintjohnsanglican.org http://anglicanchurch.net
TO ADVERTISE YOUR RELIGIOUS SERVICES,
CALL DARLENE AT 988-7809
JEWISH
B’nai Israel Congregation will hold Sabbath services on
Friday, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Vista Room, Hillside Clubhouse.
Cantor Rachel Brott will conduct the service. The hostess, Eileen Teitel, will recite the blessing over the Sabbath candles. The
greeter, Hannelore Ballin, will recite the blessing over the Sabbath bread. An Oneg Shabbat, provided by Eileen and Murray
Teitel, will follow the service.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Rossmoor invites all
Rossmoor residents to receive a weekly e-mail transcript of a
Sunday sermon by a leading Unitarian Universalist minister by
sending name and e-mail address to uurossmoor@gmail.com.
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with theological
perspectives encompassing: Atheism/Agnosticism, Buddhism,
Christianity, Humanism, Judaism, paganism and others. Inquiries are welcome at www.uua.org. For information contact Tom
Mesetz at 939-2132 (sermons) or Joy Hicks at 939-3316 (meetings).
CONGREGATIONAL
Rossmoor Pilgrim Congregational UCC Church’s Sunday
worship service will be held Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m. in the Vista
Room at Hillside Clubhouse. The Rev. Dr. Daryl Clemens’ will
give the sermon. A social time will be held after the service.
Bible study will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m. in Meeting
Room 5 at Creekside Clubhouse. A cordial invitation is extended
to all to participate in the activities of the Rossmoor Pilgrim
Congregational United Church of Christ. For information or for
pastoral concerns, call 287-1500.
LUTHERAN
Hope Lutheran Church invites everyone to gather for a spirited liturgical worship service in the Delta Room at 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday, Sept. 4. Pastor Jack Niemi will be leading worship and
speaking on Matthew 18:15-20. Wayne Anderson will be the
organist, and Don Gurley serves as cantor.
The people of Hope Church gather in the Delta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse to be transformed by a warm and friendly time
of liturgical worship and high-spirited fellowship. Rossmoor
Dial-a-Bus delivers attendees to the Del Valle drop-off loop
outside the Delta Room. Large-print bulletins and hearing aid
T-coil complement the accessibility of worship at Hope.
Arrive early for a time of fellowship and stay for coffee and
conversation after the service. For information or pastoral concerns, contact Pastor Niemi at 349-5111.
LOPC to celebrate Homecoming
The Rossmoor parishes of Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian
Church (LOPC) invite all members and friends to Dollar Clubhouse following Homecoming Sunday events at the church on
Sunday, Sept. 18.
A champagne lunch will be served at 1 p.m. sharp. Entertainment will be provided by the Tice Valley Jazz Band.
The cost is $22 per person. Tickets may be obtained by contacting Catherine Gallinger at 937-3599.
Regular bus service is available on Sundays
between 10 and 11 a.m. for residents who
wish to attend church services. Check bus
schedules for times of pick-up.
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Jay Lewis (FDR#3301)
Managing Funeral Director
(925) 962-3636
3415 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
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Pre-need funeral arrangements available
www.sinaichapel.org
Friends of
Grace Church
host barbecue
Friends of Grace Church
will host a barbecue on Monday, Sept. 26, at 1:30 p.m. at
Dollar Clubhouse. Those attending will be supporters of
Grace Presbyterian Church
who live in Rossmoor, and
their guests.
Reservations are required;
capacity is 60.
The
country/westernthemed afternoon party will
include a menu of hamburgers and hot dogs with all the
fixings, potato salad and fresh
fruit salad, chips and beverages. Attendees are encouraged
to wear denim, enjoy country
music, and expect prizes and
surprises.
The event is free of charge.
Each member brings a guest as
their “ticket” for admission.
The barbecue follows a
highly successful cheese/
wine tasting held in May by
the same group, where 29
Grace members entertained
35 guests.
Rossmoor Friends of Grace
meets four times a year to
socialize and hear about upcoming church activities. All
who attend will receive a
booklet describing welcoming
church events. Grace Church
is located at 2100 Tice Valley Boulevard, just outside the
Rossmoor gate.
Rossmoor residents interested in connecting with the
church and attending the barbecue should contact hostesses June Allen at 932-9169
or Dorothy Miller-Nelson at
934-8745 before Sept. 14.
St. Anne’s
Society to
hold picnic
St. Anne’s Society’s annual
picnic will be held on Sunday,
Sept. 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. in
the Fireside Room at Gateway
Clubhouse.
Entertainment will be provided by the East Bay Banjo
Club.
The menu will include barbecue ribs, barbecue chicken,
Caesar salad, potato salad,
baked beans, fruit salad and
assorted rolls and butter. Dessert, decaffeinated coffee,
wine, beer and soft drinks
will also be served.
The cost for the picnic is
$25 per person.
Checks, made payable to
St. Anne’s Society, should be
mailed to Mary Lou Delpech,
2916 Tice Creek Drive No. 8.
Those wishing to sit together
should send their checks in
one envelope.
For information, call Marilyn Derdevanis, 937-5730.
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IN MEMORIAM
HAZEL HORTI
A service for Hazel Horti, who
died on Aug. 18, will be held
Saturday, Sept. 3, at 11 a.m. in
the Fireside Room at Gateway.
SANDY RAPPY
Sandy Rappy, a 10-year
Rossmoor resident, died Aug. 19
of heart failure and complications following minor surgery.
She helped on the Ceramics Club Totem Pole Project.
She was a forceful member of
Grandparents for Peace, serving
as president and often participating in the regular Friday vigils
just outside of Rossmoor. Most
recently, she founded a new progressive discussion group for the
Democrats of Rossmoor.
She grew up in Minnesota
and later moved to San Francisco where she was a computer programmer. She settled in
Walnut Creek, and received a
master’s degree in clinical psychology from JFK University.
Her interests included travel,
reading and politics.
She is survived by her partner of 27 years, Colin Guiver;
a sister, Donna Irwin; and a
brother, Gary Rappy.
V. GLORIA SIDDENS
V. Gloria Siddens, 88, died
on Aug. 18 at her home in
Rossmoor, in the company of
her son and daughter.
The native of Portland, Ore.,
lived in Vancouver, Wash., for
Unitarians
present two
speakers from
Fresh Start
The Unitarian Universalist
Society of Rossmoor will begin its fall programming Friday, Sept. 9, by presenting two
speakers, Joanne Lagerstrom
and Horace Crawford, from
Fresh Start, a Walnut Creek
nonprofit organization now in
its 14th year.
Presiding director and director of counselors, respectively,
they will introduce and illustrate their mission to empower
and serve the homeless and sheltered poor, whether working,
unemployed, underemployed or
uncounted. Fresh Start creates
a family-like atmosphere where
the homeless and working poor
find help with their daily lifeneeds: food, shelter and jobseeking skills.
This organization distinguishes itself from other agencies because of its friendly approach to people’s needs and
low overhead as it is run by a
group of volunteers.
There will be a questionand-answer period following.
The group meets in the Vista
Room at Hillside Clubhouse at
11:30 a.m. For the traditional
lunch before the presentation,
those who attend bring a casserole, salad or dessert to share.
Coffee, tea and table service
are provided.
All Rossmoor residents and
guests are welcome.
14 years prior to moving to
Rossmoor with her husband
six years ago to be closer to
their children.
She was predeceased by her
husband of 70 years, William
B. Siddens. She is survived by
daughter Carol Siddens Quint
of Rossmoor; son William
Michael Siddens of Palo Alto;
four grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Memorial services were held
Aug. 29 at St. Anne’s Catholic
Church in Walnut Creek.
MYRON TOBENKIN
Myron L. Tobenkin, 82, a
Walnut Creek resident for over
40 years, died peacefully on
Aug. 18. He was a pharmacist
for 55 years.
He is survived by Joyce, his
wife of 55 years; a daughter,
Patti, of Pleasant Hill; and a
son, Steve of Trabuco Canyon;
and two grandchildren.
Donations in his memory
can be made to Temple Isaiah
or a charity of choice.
EVELYN WESTLYE
Evelyn Westlye, died peacefully in Monterey on Aug. 21.
She graduated from UC Berkeley, earned a teaching creden-
tial at Cal State Hayward and
was a substitute teacher in the
Acalanes High School District.
She was interested in civic
and community affairs. She
was active in the World Affairs Council, ACLU, League
of Women Voters and American Association of University
Women (AAUW). She also
supported the National Trust
for Historic Preservation.
She was predeceased by
her husband, Rei Westlye, in
2005. She is survived by sons
Mark, Kevin and Brad and
their families.
In keeping with her wishes,
there will be no services.
Obituary policy
The News offers free obituaries of about 120 words. A
sample is available from the
News office. Obituaries with
photos are charged at a rate of
$9.50 per column inch. For information, call 988-7800.
More obituaries on page 30
Seventieth Anniversary
Vignette – Full Circle
My father passed away on April 2nd of this
year. My mother was exhausted and having
trouble breathing by the time he died, but
she had insisted that only she was going
to take care of him while he was dying,
as she had taken care of him for 70 years.
Three days after he died, she had a terrible
fall that required x-rays, and we learned
that she had metastatic breast cancer. On
April 18, the day of my father’s funeral, my
mother was admitted to hospice care.
Helen V.
Christensen
Helen V. Christensen of Walnut Creek, California,
passed away in her sleep on August 19, 2011. Helen celebrated her 95th birthday in May and her 67th wedding
anniversary in January.
Helen was born in Portland Oregon, raised on Beacon
Hill in Seattle, Washington and moved to San Francisco in
1940. There she met the love of her life, Merle, a young naval
officer, and was married after a two month courtship.
During the war she worked for the Headquarters of the
4th Airforce and was dubbed “The Blonde Bomber.” In addition to modeling for Livingston Bros. and The City of Paris,
she opened up a beauty shop in St. Francis Woods and could
proudly roll up a perm in five minutes.
Merle and Helen were stationed in many different
places during his naval career and Helen always loved
being a navy wife. They settled in California in 1960, first
in San Jose, then Los Altos, and in 1990 moved to Walnut
Creek’s Rossmoor Community.
Helen was a long-time member of the Federated Women’s Club of Los Altos and held many different offices. In
Walnut Creek, she was a member of the same club and was
a 15 year volunteer for the Discovery Shop.
She loved fashion and enjoyed modeling well into her
80s. Helen also loved to entertain and set a beautiful table.
She belonged to several dinner and dance clubs and was a
duplicate bridge player. Helen liked to say that she was an
ordinary woman who led an extraordinary life. She loved
to read politics and history but never any “trash.”
Helen is survived by her husband, Merle; son, Merle
Jr.; daughter, Lynn Eager (Tom); and grandchildren, Donald,
Katie and Erik. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday,
September 9, 2011 at 11a.m. at the Stanley Dollar Clubhouse in Rossmoor.
PAID OBITUARY
In spite of her own illness, she thought
about him constantly. Even though she
now had people caring for her, she missed
looking after him, cooking for him, baking
his special treats. I could tell, as I’ve been
told people do when they are grieving,
and dying themselves, that she was doing
a life review.
She developed a new goal, and that was
to write the story of how she and my dad
met, and then publish it in the paper. She
wanted to let others know that it was
possible to still be in love with each other
after 70 years of all the ups and downs
that a committed marriage entails. And
she wanted it to be such a touching story,
that it would make people cry.
That story was published in the Rossmoor
News on June 22. She was thrilled with a
letter to the editor that let her know she
had accomplished her goal. She missed my
dad every single day of the 141 days that
she survived him. Close to the end, I asked
her if she was afraid. She said, “A little
– you know, anybody would be.”
Then I asked her specifically what she
was afraid of. She told me that she was
afraid that my dad would not be waiting
for her. Reminding her of the story she
published, I reassured her that my father,
in no uncertain terms, let her know the
night before he died how much he had
always loved her.
Our sad loss is my father’s gain.
Paid Remembrance
V. Gloria Siddens
V. Gloria Siddens, 88, died on Aug. 18 at her
home in Rossmoor, in the company of her son and
daughter.
The native of Portland, Ore., lived in Vancouver,
Wash., for 14 years prior to moving to Rossmoor
with her husband six years ago to be closer to
their children.
She was predeceased by her husband of 70 years,
William B. Siddens. She is survived by daughter
Carol Siddens Quint of Rossmoor; son William
Michael Siddens of Palo Alto; four grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
Memorial services were held Aug. 29 at St.
Anne’s Catholic Church in Walnut Creek.
Paid Obituary
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Deadline is Friday for Red Hat luncheon Hawaii State Club to hold
Events through November are announced
The Red Hat luncheon will
be held on Saturday, Sept. 10,
at 11:30 a.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway Clubhouse.
Menu choices are spaghetti
with meatballs or crispy chicken salad with banana split for
dessert.
Checks, $14 for members
and $16 for guests, should
be mailed to Rossmoor Red
Hatters, Joan Lockhart (9390206), 2001 Pine Knoll Drive
No. 1, or turned in to the Red
Hat mailbox at Gateway. The
check should also include the
entrée of choice.
The deadline for checks is
Friday, Sept. 2.
Any Rossmoor woman
willing to wear a red hat is
welcome to join the Red Hatters group. Annual dues are
$15 and payment may be sent
to Joyce Towner, 2140 Cactus
Court No. 3 (or leave in the
box at Gateway).
New members will be contacted by Queen Ruth Koehler
(930-9635). Members are advised to call her if they know
of a member who is ill or in
need.
For information about the
Rossmoor Red Hatters, go to
www.rossmoorredhatters.net.
The information is provided
by Wizardess of the Web Priscilla Helmes.
Upcoming events
When signing up for events,
the event name or entree choice
should be written on the front
of the envelope. Anyone that
needs to cancel from an event
should call event coordinator
Nancy Sealy, 933-3480.
• Wednesday, Sept. 21:
breakfast at Creekside Grill,
9:30 a.m. To reserve, sign up
at the luncheon or leave a note
in the Red Hat box.
• Saturday, Oct. 1: Special
performance of Center Rep’s
“Smokey Joe’s Café.” 2:30 p.m.
at Lesher Center. $20. Carpool
leaves Gateway at 1:30.
• Thursday, Oct. 6: “Purple
Undies” in Vacaville. $50.
Vendors from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
lunch at noon and the show
from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Carpool
leaves Gateway at 9:30 a.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 12: Luncheon and semi-annual sale of
Red Hat items. Members are
asked to bring clothing, hats,
etc. that they no longer want
to the September and October luncheon or call Sandie
Hawkins, 934 6587 to arrange
an in-home pick up.
Federated Women’s Second Tuesday
Lunch Group gathers at Dollar Clubhouse
The Second Tuesday Luncheon Group will
meet Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Dollar Clubhouse.
The social hour begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch
served at noon.
The menu is ham, potato salad and chocolate
cream pie.
Chairwomen for this event are Ardyce Webster and Joanne Giusti.
The cost of $15 includes wine and sparkling
cider. For reservations, call Webster at 932-1312.
Doris Guhr
H ankel
A reminder: All reservations must be paid.
The annual dues of $5 may be paid at the luncheon.
The Second Tuesday Luncheon Group meets
every second Tuesday of the month, September
through June. It is a continuation of the Gourmet Lunch Group of the Rossmoor Federated
Women’s Club. All Rossmoor women are invited to join for friendship, fellowship and good
food.
Doris
was born in Goldendale, Washington.
In 1940, a day before her seventeenth birthday,
she married Robert William Hankel of Tacoma,
Washington. They were together sixty-five years,
until his death in 2005. Together, they had three
children: Johnny, Barbara, and Jimmy. In 2009,
she moved to the Waterford manor left to her by
her aunt, Civilla Denning.
Doris was the first female licensed bartender in
Kirkland, Washington and the first female licensed
realtor in Bellevue, Washington. She was also an
accomplished seamstress.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband and
her youngest son, James Hankel. She is survived
by her oldest son, Johnny William Hankel of
Orange Park, Florida, and her daughter Barbara
Hankel King of Gunnison, Colorado, as well as six
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
September 27, 1921 August 19, 2011
A private family service will be held for Doris and
her husband later this year at Riverside National
Cemetery in Riverside, CA. In lieu of flowers, the
family respectfully asks that donations be sent to
Hospice of East Bay.
PAID OBITUARY
autumn party at Del Valle
It has been a hot, steamy summer and the Hawaii State Club
has planned a Ha’ule lau paina (Hawaiian falling leaves party)
to hurry the coming of the cooler autumn season. Guests can
enjoy a Hawaiian night in the cool of the Sierra Room of the Del
Valle Clubhouse on Saturday, Sept. 10.
The party will begin at 5 with thirst quenching offerings of
mai tais, wine and soda. There will also be ono pupus (delicious
hors d’oeuvres) of bacon and cheese sourdough melts; stuffed
mushrooms with chicken, bacon and spinach; and meatballs
with teriyaki sauce.
Following at 6 is dinner by Simple Elegance Catering. The
entrée is a choice of roast pork tenderloin with warm apricot
sauce or a vegetarian option of spinach and ricotta cannelloni.
The dinner also includes Waldorf salad, scalloped potatoes,
candied parsley carrots, Hawaiian sweet rolls, banana cream
pie, coffee and tea.
In keeping with a club tradition, there will be a Polynesian
show at 7 featuring the Hula Halau Te Mau Tamari’i A Tiare
under the directorship of kumu hula (master teacher) Marlo
Caram.
He is not only a creative choreographer, but a skilled musician with a melodic voice and plays any and all Polynesian
instruments. His explanations of the dances performed will
enhance everyone’s enjoyment of his program.
His halau (school) has appeared in countless venues in California and has been invited to perform abroad as well.
The cost of the dinner and show is $26 per member and $29
per guest. No cash will be accepted. Reservation checks, payable to the Hawaii State Club, should be sent to Reservations
Chairman Michael Herr at 1817 Skycrest Drive No. 2 or placed
in the club mailbox at Gateway. Indicate the entrée choice on
the check.
Group reservations for tables of eight or 10 are accepted,
but all checks must be submitted in the same envelope with an
accompanying list of attendees’ names and whether they are a
member or guest. Early reservations are urged as table assignments are made upon the receipt of checks. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The aim of the club is to provide programs which will foster
the appreciation of the culture and arts of Hawaii. The club invites all Rossmoor residents who want to further their interest
in Hawaii to join the club.
The only requirement for membership is an understanding of
the aloha spirit and a desire to practice it. Membership dues are
$12 for the year and $6 for a half year. Application forms are
available in the club mailbox.
Those who join now may come to the Sept. 10 party as members as well as to the Kalikimaka Aha’aina (grand Christmas
party) in December. Send membership applications and checks
to Herr. If paying for both the dinner and membership dues,
remit separate checks.
For information, call Herr at 938-6215.
Prime Time Couples
set September dinner
The Prime Time Couples
Dinner Club’s next dinner is
on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Dollar
Clubhouse. There will be a social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
with a variety of hors d’oeuvres
served. Attendees should bring
their own beverage. Dinner, by
Hamilton Catering, is at 6:30.
Dinner will include green
salad, baby back ribs, baked
beans, corn on the cob, rolls
and fresh strawberries with
sorbet and cookies. Wine, coffee and tea will also be served
with the meal.
The cost is $18 per person
for members and $20 per person for nonmembers. Reservation checks must be received
by Thursday, Sept. 15. They
can be left in the club’s mailbox at Gateway or mailed to
the treasurer, Tom Mesetz at
2132 Golden Rain Road No. 1.
Seating, as usual, will be determined by a random drawing
to mix couples and promote
maximum acquaintanceship.
The Prime Time Couples
Club is a social club for couples
that meets the third Tuesday of
every month for a catered dinner and conversation. There
are membership openings.
For information, call Phil
Blakeney at 933-6007. Couples
are invited to learn more about
the club by coming as paying
guests.
Piedmont High plans dinner
A gathering of the clan of Piedmont High School alumni is
Friday, Sept. 16, at Dollar Clubhouse. The social hour begins at
5:30 p.m. followed by a “Scottish table,” catered by Hamilton, at
6:30.
Dinner tickets are $24 each and guests are welcome. Send reservation checks to Marilyn Evans, 1901 Skycrest Drive No. 2.
For information, call Betty Hagstrom at 934-7250.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Navigating the Path
to Healthy Living
A Wellness Symposium
WORKSHOP FEATURES:
Naturopathic Medicine:
Anti-Aging at its Best
Awaken your health consciousness
Dr. Jaspreet Mundeir, ND,
Surat Naturopathic
Brain Gym
Wake up your brain and put it in drive
Pam Whitman, MA, Brain Boosters
Living Well with Chronic Illness
Lift your spirits and find joy in your life
Eileen Nevitt, LCSW, ACSW, CMC,
Eldercare Services
Friday, September 9, 2011
9:30 – 2:00 pm
Rossmoor Community, Fireside Room
1001 Golden Rain, Walnut Creek
RSVP by Thursday, September 1
to 925-975-5000
Lunch Provided
Sponsored by the Brain Boosters Club with
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
he following calendar information is provided to the News by Room Reservations at the Recreation Department. Residents or groups that would like to make changes
to the listing should contact Room Reservations at 988-7780 or 988-7781.
2011 SUMMER POOL HOURS/ ALL POOLS OPEN
• Dollar pool is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, except Wednesday, when
it is closed for cleaning until 1 p.m.
• Del Valle pool is open 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Thursday
when it opens at 1 p.m. after cleaning; and 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
• Hillside pool is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, except for Tuesday,
when it is closed for cleaning until 1 p.m. Note: The Masters Swim Program takes
place at Hillside Mondays and Thursdays from 8:45 to 10:15 a.m., so the pool is not
open to other swimmers during that interval.
• Family swim is at Hillside pool on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and weekends and holidays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no
family swim on Tuesday.
• Fitness Center is open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For information on pool hours, call 988-7854.
D=Dollar Clubhouse
G=Gateway Clubhouse
H=Hillside Clubhouse
MPR=Multipurpose Room
DV=Del Valle
C=Creekside
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
TIME
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EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, H ........................................... Rec. Dept.
Strength Circuit .................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv .............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Diablo Rm., H .............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Medical Qigong - Beg. .........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Stretch/Strength ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Low Impact Dance ..............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Open Draw .......................Lawn Bowling Greens, H ...... Lawn Bowling Club
Master’s Swim Class ...........Pool, H .................................Masters Swim Club
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
Medical Qigong - Inter. ........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Open Tennis ......................Buckeye Grove Tennis Courts .......... Tennis Club
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Stitchers ..........................Sewing Rm., G ........................ Sewing Arts Club
Watercolor .......................Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Qi Gong ...........................Shasta Rm., DV ..........Chinese-American Assoc.
Light Stretch .....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Mat Science ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Fun Day ...........................Sierra Rm., DV ................................... Rec. Dept.
Italian Conversation ............MPR 3, G ................................ Ital. Convs. Group
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Osteoporosis Class .............Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Piano by Serena .................Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Railroad Roundhouse ..........Main, D....................................R.R. Roundhouse
Acrylic/Oil Painting .............Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Beg. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Meeting ...........................MPR 1, 2, G .................................. Writers Group
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Oster/Balance ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Bridge .............................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Parkinson Group ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Atheists/Agnostics..............Las Trampas Rm., H ...... Atheists and Agnostics
Inter. Tap .........................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Line Dance .......................Diablo Rm., H ............................ Line Dance Club
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music/ Beg. .........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Picnic .............................Picnic Area 1-3, D .................................. Wet Set
Moving to Music.................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Strength Yoga ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Circuit Training ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
AA Open Discussion ............Garden Rm., D ...................................AA/Alanon
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
TIME
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EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Group Cycle ......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, DV, H .................................... Rec. Dept.
ABS Back .........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Las Trampas Rm., H ................... Luk Tung Kuen
Rhythmrobics ....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water ......................Pool, H ............................................... Rec. Dept.
Men’s Exercise Class...........MPR 1, 2, G ...................... Men’s Exercise Group
Strength ..........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
9 a.m.
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10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
noon
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
9 p.m.
Deep Water ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Harmonica Practice ............MPR 3, G ................................... Harmonica Club
Keeping Fit Club .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Farmers Market .................Parking Lot, G .................................... Rec. Dept.
Hands On Quilters ..............Sewing Rm., G ........................ Sewing Arts Club
Flexible Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Hoarders/Clutterers Mtg. .....Chess Rm., D .................................... Counseling
Water Exercise ..................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Muscle Movers ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Men’s Cribbage..................MPR 2, G .................................... Men’s Cribbage
Hanna Somatics .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Line Dance .......................Fitness Center, DV..................... Line Dance Club
Joint Efforts ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Friday Lunch .....................Diablo Rm., H ..................................... Rec. Dept.
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Twinges in Hinges ..............Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Cardiac Rehab ...................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Chess Play .......................Chess Rm., D .................................... Chess Club
Inter. Players ....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Life Drawing .....................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Mat Science ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Int. Folk Dancing ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Argentine Tango .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Beg. Ballroom Dance ...........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Singalong with Bob .............Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Int. Ballroom Dance ............Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Partnership Bridge .............Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Bloom Duo Concert .............Fireside Rm., G .................................. Rec. Dept.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Services ..........................Vista Rm., H ...................................... B’nai Israel
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
TIME
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
6 a.m.
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
6 a.m.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, DV, H .................................... Rec. Dept.
6 8:30 a.m. Open Draw .......................Lawn Bowling Greens, H ...... Lawn Bowling Club
8:45 a.m. Trails Club Hike .................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
9 a.m.
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
9 a.m.
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
10 a.m.
Chess Play .......................Chess Rm., D .................................... Chess Club
10 a.m.
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
10:30 a.m. Dynatones Rehearsal ..........Las Trampas Rm., H ................. Music Jammers
11 a.m.
Cardio Mix........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
noon
Dominoes.........................MPR 2, G ........................................ Domino Club
noon
Power and Balance .............Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
1 p.m.
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
4 p.m.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
4:30 p.m. Moving to Music.................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Dance .............................Sierra Rm., DV ................................... Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
12:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, DV, H .................................... Rec. Dept.
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
St.Luke’s .........................Diablo Rm., H ..........................St. Luke’s Church
Pilgrim Sunday Service ........Vista Rm., H ......................Pilgrim Cong. Church
Sunday Service ..................Delta Rm. A, DV ..............Hope Lutheran Church
TV Methodist Service ..........Peacock Hall, G. ................Tice Valley Methodist
Rummy Play .....................MPR 1, G ............................ Progressive Rummy
Line Dance .......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Hi Intensity Cycle ...............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
French Social Group ............MPR 1, G ............................. Cercle Francophone
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Singlaire Pot Luck ..............Main, D........................................Singlaires Club
Sunday Night Showcase .......Fireside Rm., G .................................. Rec. Dept.
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Group Cycle ......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, DV, H .................................... Rec. Dept.
ABS Back .........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Diablo Rm., H .............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Functional Conditioning .......Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Rhythmrobics ....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
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8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Deep Water ......................Pool, H ............................................... Rec. Dept.
Men’s Exercise Class...........MPR 1, 2, G ...................... Men’s Exercise Group
Master’s Swim Class ...........Pool, H .................................Masters Swim Club
Scouting Hike ....................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
Strength ..........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
Deep Water ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Keeping Fit Club .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Walk ...............................Court of Flags, G ................................ Trails Club
Discussion .......................Cardroom 1, D................................. Great Books
Qi Gong ...........................Shasta Rm., DV ..........Chinese-American Assoc.
Water Exercise ..................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Muscle Movers ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Function & Movement ..........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Light Stretch .....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Joint Efforts ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Needle Workers .................Sewing Rm., G ........................ Sewing Arts Club
Osteoporosis Class .............Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Twinges in Hinges ..............Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Cardiac Rehab ...................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Inter. Players ....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Mat Science ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Newcomers Meeting ...........Main, D............................................... Rec. Dept.
Parkinson’s Group ..............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Beginning Tap ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................... Happy Hoofers Tap
Piano by Joyce ..................Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Bal-A-Vis-X .......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Flexible Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Dominoes.........................Oak Rm. A, G ................................. Domino Club
AA Open Meeting ...............Vista Rm., H .......................................AA/Alanon
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Discussion Group ...............MPR 2, G ........................ Unitarian Univ. Society
Meeting ...........................Garden Rm., D ..................... LDS Studies Group
Square Dance ....................Las Trampas Rm., H .............Square Dance Club
Yiddish Club .....................MPR 3, G .........................................Yiddish Club
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
noon
12:30 p.m.
12:45 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D,DV .......................................... Rec. Dept.
Strength Circuit .................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv .............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Diablo Rm., H .............................. Luk Tung Kuen
AARP Driver Safety .............MPR 3, G ..................................Rec. Dept./AARP
Stretch/Strength ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Exercise Group ..................Diablo Rm., H ...........................Yang 24 Exercise
Low Impact Dance ..............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Open Draw .......................Lawn Bowling Greens, H ...... Lawn Bowling Club
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
Open Tennis ......................Buckeye Grove Tennis Courts .......... Tennis Club
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Pinochle Play ....................MPR 2, G ......................... Men/Women Pinochle
Women’s Cribbage..............Garden Rm., D ......................Women’s Cribbage
Water Color A.M. ...............Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Women’s 4-Part Harmony .....MPR 1, G .............................Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Qi Gong ...........................Shasta Rm., DV ..........Chinese-American Assoc.
T’ai Chi Chih .....................Diablo Rm., H ..........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
Ballet Club .......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Gentle Yoga ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Sirs Luncheon ...................Sierra Rm., DV ............................................ SIRS
T’ai Chi Chih .....................Diablo Rm., H ..........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
Gait/Balance .....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Beginning Line Dance ..........Diablo Rm., H ............................ Line Dance Club
Beg. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Jazz Guitar/James Freeman ..Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Open Workshop .................Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Oscar Movie .....................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Party Bridge .....................Cardroom 1, 2, D.............................Party Bridge
Pool Open ........................Pool, H ............................................... Rec. Dept.
Portrait Drawing ................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Inter. Tap .........................Shasta Rm., DV ...............................Hot Flashers
Social Dance .....................Diablo Rm., H ......................... Social Dance Club
Moving to Music/ Beg. .........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music.................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Vegan Potluck ...................MPR 3, G ........................................... Vegan Club
Circuit Training ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Partnership Bridge .............Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Bridge .............................MPR 1, 2, G ...................................... Bridge Club
Golf Fitness ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Connection .......................Delta Rm. A, DV .........................The Connection
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Group Cycle ......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, DV, H ......................................... Rec. Dept.
ABS Back .........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Diablo Rm., H .............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Functional Conditioning .......Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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Rhythmrobics ....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water ......................Pool, H ............................................... Rec. Dept.
Exercise Group ..................Diablo Rm., H ...........................Yang 24 Exercise
Men’s Exercise Class...........MPR 1, 2 G ....................... Men’s Exercise Group
Strength ..........................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Trails Club Hike .................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
Deep Water ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Keeping Fit Club .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Drawing & Painting .............Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Knitters and Crocheters .......Sewing Rm., G ........................ Sewing Arts Club
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Qi Gong ...........................Shasta Rm., DV ..........Chinese-American Assoc.
Stormin’ Norman class ........Vista Rm., H ........................Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Water Exercise ..................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Muscle Movers ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Function & Movement ..........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Gentle Yoga ......................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Rotary Luncheon ................Diablo Rm., H ................................... Rotary Club
Joint Efforts ......................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Piano with Jean Autrey ........Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Twinges in Hinges ..............Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Cardiac Rehab ...................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Bridge .............................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Hula ...............................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Inter. Players ....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
NCJW .............................MPR 3, G ........... Nat’l Council of Jewish Women
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Pool Open ........................Pool, D ............................................... Rec. Dept.
Community Chorus .............Las Trampas Rm., H ................... Comm. Chorus
Beg. Folk Dancing ..............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Brain Exercise ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Film Club .........................Peacock Hall, G. ................. Rossmoor Film Club
Spanish Conversation ..........Mtg. Rm. 4, C .......................................La Charla
Ballroom Dance .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Bible Study .......................MPR 1, G ....................Chinese-American Assoc.
Ballroom Dance .................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Boomers Meeting ...............Picnic Area 4-8, D ................... Boomers Forever
Boomers Meeting ...............Redwood Rm., G ..................... Boomers Forever
Alanon ............................MPR 1, G ............................................AA/Alanon
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Camera Competition ...........Vista Rm., H ....................................Camera Club
Rehearsal ........................Diablo Rm., H ........................................Big Band
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
noon
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ........................ ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ..........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, D, H ........................................... Rec. Dept.
Strength Circuit .................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv .............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise .......Diablo Rm., H .............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Medical Qigong - Beg. .........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Stretch/Strength ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Low Impact Dance ..............Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Open Draw .......................Lawn Bowling Greens, H ...... Lawn Bowling Club
Master’s Swim Class ...........Pool, H .................................Masters Swim Club
Adv. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
Medical Qigong - Inter. ........Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Open Tennis ......................Buckeye Grove Tennis Courts .......... Tennis Club
Open Workshop .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G .......... Art Association
Stitchers ..........................Sewing Rm., G ........................ Sewing Arts Club
Watercolor .......................Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Qi Gong ...........................Shasta Rm., DV ..........Chinese-American Assoc.
ARF Pet Adoption ...............Parking Lot, G .................................... Rec. Dept.
Light Stretch .....................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Mat Science ......................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Fun Day ...........................Sierra Rm., DV ................................... Rec. Dept.
Italian Conversation ............MPR 3, G ................................ Ital. Convs. Group
Library Open .....................Library, G .............................Library Association
Osteoporosis Class .............Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Piano by Serena .................Redwood Rm., G ................................ Rec. Dept.
Acrylic/Oil Painting .............Art Classroom & Gall., G............ Art Association
Beg. Players .....................Table Tennis, H ........................ Table Tennis Club
DVC: Museums of Washington Las Trampas Rm., H .......................... Rec. Dept.
Meeting ...........................MPR 1, 2, G .................................. Writers Group
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Oster/Balance ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Bridge .............................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Dominoes.........................Mtg. Rm. 4, C ..................................... Trails Club
Parkinson Group ................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Inter. Tap .........................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Line Dance .......................Diablo Rm., H ............................ Line Dance Club
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music/ Beg. .........Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Admissions Day Dinner ........Sierra Rm., DV ....................... Golden State Club
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Picnic .............................Picnic Area 1-3, D .................................. Wet Set
Moving to Music.................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
Gluten-Free Potluck ............Vista Rm., H ...........................Gluten Free Group
Meeting ...........................Main, D.............................. Shakespeare Society
Strength Yoga ...................Shasta Rm., DV .................................. Rec. Dept.
Circuit Training ..................Fitness Center, DV.............................. Rec. Dept.
AA Open Discussion ............Garden Rm., D ...................................AA/Alanon
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ............................................. Rec. Dept.
Duplicate Bridge ................Oak Rm. A, G ........................................... Bridge
Movie .............................Peacock Hall, G. ................................. Rec. Dept.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
EXCURSIONS
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
E
xcursion tickets are on sale in the Administration Office at Gateway, Monday
through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cash, check, Mastercard or Visa payments
can be made in person. Mastercard or Visa
payments can be taken over the phone.
Excursion participants are assumed to
be able to manage independently. Neither
the Excursion Desk nor the trip escort can
accept responsibility for residents who cannot do so.
The Excursion Desk has the right to
cancel a trip in advance for any reason.
A full refund will be given for all day-trips
canceled by the Excursion Desk. If residents
cancel their personal reservations, they are
guaranteed a refund if cancelled at least fifteen days before the day-trip departure. Refunds will only be available after that time if
a ticket is able to be resold.
Times listed in the news and on the
ticket are the actual time of departure.
Names will be called to board the bus 15
minutes prior to this time. For information,
call 988-7731.
DAY TRIPS.
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Sunday, Sept. 4
Support the Bay Area’s favorite team,
the San Francisco Giants, as they take on
the Arizona Diamondbacks. One of the oldest professional baseball teams and the defending World Series champions, the Giants
have won the most games of any team in
the history of baseball. Their 2011 season
is punctuated by pitching, speed and defense. Currently in first place in the National
League Western Division, the Giants have a
great chance at capturing a second consecutive NL West title and making attempts
at defending their crown. Also known as
the D-backs, Arizona has one World Series
title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season
since their inaugural season in 1998. The
Diamondbacks feature star players such as
catcher Miguel Montero. As of mid-season,
the Diamondbacks are in second place behind the Giants. Enjoy watching the game
from the club level seats (section 232) at
AT&T Park in San Francisco. The bus will
leave at 11:30 a.m. and return at approximately 5:30 p.m. The cost is $73.
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
Thursday, Sept. 8
Extensive walking
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of
the largest aquariums in the world. This
award-winning exhibit holds 35,000 plants
and animals representing 623 species. Visit
the new Open Sea Gallery and get a new
perspective on the vast, unexplored ocean
waters. The ocean sunfish, or mola mola,
is a crowd favorite and an iconic exhibit
animal. Molas are one of the largest bony
fishes in the ocean. In the wild, molas can
reach 14 feet long and tip the scale at 5,000
pounds. Molas will be joined by sharks, yellow fin and blue fin tuna, bonito, barracuda,
sea turtles, pelagic rays and many other
species. Also on display a new diving bird
exhibit, with tufted puffins, horned puffins
and a pigeon guillemot. The exhibit features
never-before-seen deep-sea jellies along
with black nettles, Pacific sea nettles,
moon jellies and more. The bus will depart
Gateway at 8 a.m. and return around 5:30
p.m. The cost is $59.
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Wednesday, Sept. 21
Moderate to extensive walking
Carmel is one of the most endearing
seaside towns of the West Coast. It is carefully nurtured with artistic ambience. It is
tidy and almost impossibly tasteful in its
collection of landscaped cottages, elegant
lodging and upscale restaurants. The community covers one square mile, but most
visitors find themselves mainly in its cen-
ter, the stretch of Ocean Avenue that inches
downward from Junipero Avenue to the
white-sand beach, and the colorful side
streets that radiate off it. The bus will depart Gateway at 8 a.m. and return around 6
p.m. The cost is $45.
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DUTCH AND FLEMISH MASTERWORKS
Thursday, Sept. 22; Thursday, Sept. 29
Extensive walking
One of the world’s best private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish
paintings, including masterworks by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Jan Steen
and others, will be on view at the Legion
of Honor in San Francisco. The collection
belongs not to a museum, but to RoseMarie and Eijk van Otterloo, who have
been called “the most important collectors you’ve never heard of.” The paintings
– over 70 portraits, still-lifes, landscapes,
history paintings, maritime scenes, city
profiles and genre scenes—depict life in
the 1600s as the Dutch Republic increased
in maritime strength and came to dominate
international trade. In the Netherlands, the
grand history and religious subjects favored in much of Europe fell out of fashion;
Dutch artists began to create portraits not
only of individuals, but also of the cities,
buildings, landscape and society of this
prospering nation. The bus leaves Gateway
at 7:30 a.m. and will return around 2 p.m.
Cost is $37 for museum members and $49
for nonmembers.
APPLE HILL
Friday, Sept. 23; Tuesday, Sept. 27
Moderate to extensive walking
Apple Hill in Camino near Placerville is
a great place to visit any time of the year,
but it’s at its very best during the fall, when
the fruit is ripe, and the weather is still
warm. The Apple Hill Growers Association
includes more than 50 ranches, orchards,
Christmas tree farms and wineries. Get
ready for apple overload. There is apple
pie, apple butter, apple strudel, apple cake
and apple bread. Upon arrival at High Hill
Ranch, have a snack of apple pie or apple
fritter with coffee. Take a loop-tour through
rolling country hills and visit two or more
apple orchards with a guide that will give
a running commentary on the history and
development of Apple Hill. After the tour,
enjoy a hosted barbecue chicken lunch including special homemade apple dessert.
Don’t forget to visit the gift shop and craft
fair. The bus will leave Gateway at 8:30 a.m.
and return at 5 p.m. The cost is $57.
CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER
Friday, Sept. 30
Moderate to extensive walking
Experience the wonders of the Universe
at Chabot Space and Science Center in
Oakland. A Smithsonian affiliate, Chabot
is an educational science center whose
mission is to educate students of all ages
about Earth and the universe. This 86,000square-foot center offers interactive space
and science exhibitions, immersive digitaldome planetarium shows, and giant screen
MegaDome shows. Join the docent-led tour
of the Chabot Center. Later, enjoy the “SolarMax” show at the Tien Megadome Theater. Featuring live images of the sun and
footage from around the world of solar observatories of the past, present and future,
Solarmax tells of humankind’s struggle to
understand the sun. Travel around the world
to visit historical sites of sun worship, see
scientists studying the sun, and view the
majesty of a total solar eclipse. Experience
“Tales of the Maya Skies,” a new digital fulldome planetarium show featuring jungles
of Mexico, presenting the rich history and
culture of the ancient Maya. The bus leaves
Gateway at 9:15 a.m. and will return around
3:15 p.m. Cost is $ 47.
SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK
Saturday, Oct. 1
Moderate to extensive walking
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is the
last of the great seaside amusement parks
remaining in the United States and home
to two National Historic Landmarks, the
1911 Looff Carousel and 1924 Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster. In fact, the entire
property is also a state historic landmark.
The park offers rides, four arcades with
both vintage machines and modern video
games, food vendors, indoor miniature golf
and many gift shops with everything from
beachwear to sunglasses. Admission to the
boardwalk is free; attraction fees apply.
bring friends for a fun and exciting evening
in Santa Cruz. The bus will depart Gateway
at 4:45 p.m. and returns around midnight.
The cost is $37.
“SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ”
THE SONGS OF LEIBER AND STOLLER
Saturday, Oct. 1
Minimal walking
“Smokey Joe’s Café” at the Lesher Theatre in Walnut Creek is the hottest joint in
town. Presented by Center Repertory Company, this Tony Award-winning tribute to
legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller
is a fast-paced nostalgic trip through 39 of
rock-and-roll’s greatest hits from “Stand
by Me” and “Fools Fall in Love” to “Spanish Harlem” and “Yakety Yak.” Award-winning Director Robert Barry Fleming returns
to Center Repertory where he previously
helmed such hits as “Ain’t Misbehavin’,”
“All Shook Up” and “She Loves Me.” This
is an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of
chart-topping hits! Rossmoor Transportation Department will provide free transportation for the first 16 participants. The
show is at 2:30 p.m. Cost is $25.
SAFARI WEST
Tuesday, Oct. 4
Moderate to extensive walking
Nestled on 400 acres in Santa Rosa, Safari West is not a zoo, not a drive-through
park; it’s a wildlife preserve where visitors can experience some of nature’s most
beautiful animals in a natural habitat. This
place is home to over 400 animals and
birds, including zebras, giraffes, lemurs
and big cats. Established by Peter Lang
in 1989, Safari West gained membership
in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. Go on a 90-minute Rhino Trek tour,
led by one of the experienced safari guides.
Guests will board one of the colorful trek
vehicles for a journey through the Sonoma
Serengeti. Then it’s time to explore on foot.
The second half of the tour allows visitors
to walk through the inner grounds to encounter lemurs, cheetahs and birds in the
open-air aviary. A safari ranch-style barbecue lunch is included. The bus will leave
Gateway at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 4 p.m. The cost is $98.
FLEET WEEK AIR SHOW CRUISE
Sunday, Oct. 9
Moderate walking
Since 1981, San Francisco Fleet Week
has been an annual opportunity for Northern Californians to honor the men and
women serving in the United States Navy,
Coast Guard and Marines. Take part in this
event aboard the Hornblower Cruise featuring the air show highlighted by the Blue Angels. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps flight
team, the Blue Angels, have been inspiring
and dazzling audiences across the world
since 1946. Do not miss this chance to get
the best views of the Blue Angels as they
perform precision maneuvers in the Bay
Area. Before the show, enjoy a lunch buffet
including free-flowing champagne, juices,
soda, coffee, tea and water. Then step out
onto the deck, relax in the sun, and watch
the Blue Angels. Dress attire: dressy-casual, such as nice slacks and collared shirts
(no torn jeans, shorts, tank tops, haltertops, gym shoes or flip-flops). The bus will
leave Gateway at 12:45 p.m. and return at
approximately 6. The cost is $119.
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL
Thursday, Oct. 13
Extensive walking
Pacific International Quilt Festival celebrates 20 years. This well-recognized and
largest quilt show on the West Coast is
held at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Visitors to the show will view a magnificent
competition of the finest quilts created
by talented artists from across the globe.
Fashionable entries from the Wearable Art
Competition will also be on display. The
event also offers a wide array of workshops
and lectures presented by world-renowned
instructors. Get an early start exploring the
aisles of the 300-booth Merchants Mall
with the best in fabrics, notions, machines,
wearable art and everything for the quilter,
artist and home seamstress. The bus will
depart Gateway at 9 a.m. and return around
3 p.m. The cost is $39 (includes admission
for the Merchant Mall and quilt show). Not
enough time? Stay longer and come back at
6 p.m., for the cost of $49.
OKTOBERFEST
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Minimal walking
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival
held each year in Munich, Germany. Famous
for its traditional folk music, polkas and
beer drinking, Oktoberfest attracts six million people every year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world.
Instead of going to Germany this year, head
to Santa Rosa and celebrate Oktoberfest at
Café Europe Restaurant. There will be a traditional German lunch (choice of sausage,
schnitzel, chicken or trout) and one complimentary glass of beer is included. Live
music entertainment is provided – get out
there and polka. Costumes are welcome.
The bus will leave Gateway at 10:30 a.m.
and returns at 4:30 p.m. The cost is $79.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL
Monday, Oct. 24
Minimal walking
Celebrate San Francisco Symphony’s
100th season with most distinguished
American orchestras. Welcome Music Director Gustavo Dudamel as he conducts
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall. The Los Angeles Philharmonic continues its reinvention of the
concept of 21st century orchestra under the
vibrant leadership of Dudamel. Dudamel’s
infectious energy and exceptional artistry
have made hem one of the world’s most
sought-after conductors. The program includes John Adams’s rhythmic and lively
“Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” Stravinsky’s
neoclassical Symphony in C filled with color and vitality that bears Stravinsky’s mark,
and Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” a
passionate outpouring of love and frustration. Seats are in rear orchestra. The bus
will depart Gateway at 6:15 p.m. and return
at 11. The cost is $107.
NEW LISTING
PETALUMA RIVER CRUISE
Thursday, Oct. 27
Moderate walking
Experience the charm of historic Petaluma, one of the oldest cities in California.
Victorian homes and iron-front buildings
surround this riverfront town. Start the day
with a narrated cruise on Petaluma River.
Departing downtown Petaluma with views
of the commercial and industrial aspects of
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this waterway, and passing under the “D”
Street drawbridge, the boat soon enters a
different world as the river winds its way
through the meadows and oxbows of the
wetlands down towards its mouth near the
Highway 37 overpass. Participants learn
about the history of the river and its importance to the town of Petaluma and the surrounding countryside. Enjoy hosted lunch
onboard. After lunch visit the Petaluma
History Museum (former Petaluma’s Carnegie Library) for a self-guided tour. The bus
will depart Gateway at 8:30 a.m. and return
at 4:30 p.m. Wear clothing in layers and be
sure to include a warm jacket and windbreaker. The cost is $89.
“SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” LIVE
Sunday, Oct. 30
Minimal walking
The show, “So You Think You Can
Dance” has established itself as one of
TV’s top reality programs. Conceived by
the creators of “American Idol,” “So You
Think You Can Dance” feeds from nationwide auditions leading to the discovery of
the next big star. The six-time Emmy winning, number-one- rated show in summer
2006 offers dancers prizes and the title of
“America’s Favorite Dancer.” While watching the dancers on television is highly entertaining, the ultimate experience is seeing the performances live at HP Pavilion
in San Jose. The “So You Think You Can
Dance” season- eight tour will give viewers the opportunity to catch their favorite
contestants. The touring shows are comprised of group routines as well as solo
performances, giving the dancers a chance
to relive their favorite moments from the
season while offering viewers astounding
contemporary and traditional moves and
music. The bus will leave Gateway at 5:30
p.m. and return at 10:30. The cost is $75.
NEW LISTING
DAY AT THE RACES
Friday, Nov. 4
Minimal to moderate walking
Rossmoor’s Excursion Desk is off to the
races! Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley provides one of the best entertainment deals
around. Experience the thrill of the race
as horses and jockeys compete to win, in
a beautiful park-like setting. The track is
located on the bay with spectacular views
from the Turf Club. Enjoy a fine buffet meal
in the Turf Club and get the ultimate view
of the track. Each table also has a monitor
to view the racing action up close. A select
few will also be chosen to take a picture in
the winning circle with a winning jockey
and horse. The bus will leave Gateway at
10:45 a.m. and return at 5:30 p.m. The cost
is $59.
EXTENDED TRIPS
HAWAII CRUISE
Oct. 22 to 31
It’s time to get on board for a 10-day
cruise/tour featuring an eight-day cruise on
board the gorgeous Pride of America. The
trip will feature the following ports of call:
Kahului, Hilo, Kona, Nawiliwili and Honolulu. The Pride of America is a vibrant Americana-themed ship full of freestyle choices.
It also includes 11 restaurants, nine bars
and lounges and views of Hawaii’s waterfalls, beaches and volcanoes. Board ship in
Honolulu for the first destination of Kahului,
Maui. Explore the town of Lahaina or walk
along a pristine beach. The next stop will be
Hilo, a city that is like one giant greenhouse
with spectacular flowers at every turn.
See Kona, which offers the quintessential
Hawaii experience. The lovely Nawiliwili,
Kauai, port is the gateway to what many believe to be Hawaii’s most beautiful island.
Disembark in Honolulu, Oahu, and check in
to the Marriott Hotel for two nights. Visit
the Hawaii Plantation Village and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Prices start from $2,550 per person, which
will include a seven-night cruise including
all meals and entertainment aboard ship, a
two-night stay at the Marriott, round- trip
airfare from the Bay Area to Honolulu, port
taxes, government fees and Hawaii tax,
and Travel Guard Cancellation Insurance.
Receive one bottle of wine per cabin and
$25 per person shipboard credit. A $500
deposit is due with application. Final payment is due by July 27. Stop by the Excursion Desk for an itinerary.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
Nov. 1 through 3
Travel through the fall foliage of Sierra Nevada mountains to beautiful South
Lake Tahoe. The accommodations for two
nights will be at Park Tahoe Inn. Enjoy a
hosted lunch while cruising on Lake Tahoe
on the MS Dixie II. Visit the Taylor Creek
Stream Profile Chamber. Experience what
it would be like to go below the surface
of Taylor Creek without getting wet. The
floor-to-ceiling glass bay windows, waterfall, creek-bottom-like walking surface
and sound effects allow for au unforgettable experience. Travel to Apple Hill for a
guided tour and delicious barbecue lunch
at High Hill Ranch. Enjoy free time to shop
for apples and apple pies. The cost per person is $325 for double occupancy ($375
for a single) and includes two nights deluxe
lodging, four meals, touring per itinerary,
motorcoach transportation, and luggage
handling. A deposit of $100 is due with application. Detailed itinerary is available at
the Excursion Desk.
MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND THEATER
Nov. 7 through 11
American Stage Tours and Rossmoor
Excursion Desk are offering a trip to Southern California to explore many interesting
sites. Accommodations for four nights will
be at the Double Tree Hotel in Claremont.
Explore the Getty Center in Los Angeles,
home to the Getty collection of Western art
from the Middle Ages to the present against
a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views. Visit
the Disney Concert Hall, the home of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In the
evening, after a hosted dinner at Kendall’s,
enjoy the chamber music concert by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the
Disney Concert Hall. Travel to Simi Valley
for a hosted lunch and self-guided tour of
the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The museum focuses on life and times of
the president. In addition, tour Air Force
One and full-scale replica of the president’s
Oval Office. Enjoy a hosted dinner at Buca
di Beppo. Explore the Nothercutt Collection with a guided tour. The Nothercutt Collection is a world-class treasure house of
prize-winning automobiles, auto-mobilia,
mechanical musical instruments and antique furniture. After a hosted dinner at the
Candlelight Pavilion, enjoy the performance
of “Cats.” The cost is $895 per person double occupancy, and $1,115 for a single. The
tour includes four nights deluxe lodging,
six meals, sightseeing per itinerary, luggage handling, motorcoach transportation,
taxes and gratuities. A deposit of $100 per
person is due with reservation. Stop by the
Excursion Desk for an itinerary.
CARIBBEAN CRUISE
Nov. 12 through 19
Cruise from Miami to the sun and bliss
of the Caribbean onboard the brand new
Norwegian Epic – the largest, most innovative ship. Epic has 128 single studio rooms
with its own lounge called the Living Room.
At last, no single supplement! The rooms
are small but have a queen sized bed and
private bathroom and shower and a window
on the corridor. The Living Room is open
only to studio guests and is a place to relax,
have a snack and meet other single people.
Even two friends traveling together may
prefer to have their own room and bathroom. The ship sails an Eastern Caribbean
itinerary to St. Maarten, St. Thomas and
Nassau. It features 20 different restaurants
and 20 different bars plus entertainment
including the Blue Man Group from Las Vegas, a casino, library, movies, pools, spa
and gym. Price for a single room including insurance is $1098.62. A balcony cabin
sharing is $1188.62 including insurance
per person. Note: No single supplement.
There are many other categories including
inside, ocean view and Spa Villas with their
own restaurant, 24-hour concierge and hot
tub. Deposit is $339. As the studio rooms
have become popular, it is advised to book
early. Visit Rossmoor Excursion Desk for
a flyer.
CHRISTMAS IN DIXIE
Dec. 3 through 10
Travel to the American Southeast for
Christmas in Dixie. The motorcoach will
transport the group to the San Francisco
airport for the flight to Georgia. Accommodations will be at the Hampton Inn in
Marietta. Visit the Cracker Barrel Country
Store for hosted dinner and shopping. Travel to Lake Lanier for their Magical Nights
of Lights Christmas Lights display. Head
to Nashville, the heart of country music,
with two-nights’ accommodations at the
famous Gaylord Opryland Resort. Enjoy the
Radio City Rockettes in the Opry House.
Visit Winter Wonderland and enjoy a hosted lunch and show on the General Jackson
Showboat and cruise down the river. There
will be Country Christmas Dinner Show at
the Opryland Hotel starring Louise Mandrell. Visit the Fontanel, the 27,000-squarefoot log home built by Barbara Mandrell.
Travel to Pigeon Forge with accommodations for two nights at Country Cascades
Hotel. There will be a hosted dinner at the
Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant and the
Smokey Mountain Opry Christmas Show.
Enjoy multitalented entertainer Patty
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Waszak. A hosted buffet dinner is followed
at the Smith Family Dinner Theater. There
will be a chance to see the Tennessee Shindig Christmas show. The next destination
is the misty mountains of Asheville, N.C.
After a hosted dinner at the historic Deer
Park Restaurant, visit the famous 250room Biltmore House owned by George
Vanderbilt. There is a Christmas tree in every room decorated with antique toys and
flowers. Travel back to Georgia. A hosted
dinner will be held at the Callaway Gardens.
On the final day, visit the Martin Luther
King Jr. Center. The cost per person double
occupancy is $2,395 ($2,750 single). A
$500 deposit is due with application. Price
includes seven nights lodging, 13 meals,
round-trip air to Atlanta, motorcoach
transportation, shows and sightseeing per
itinerary, luggage handling, taxes and gratuities on all hosted meals. An itinerary is
available at the Excursion Desk.
“PETER PAN” IN RENO
Dec. 13 through 15
Travel over the snow-capped Sierra
Mountains to Reno. First stop will be at
Boomtown to play and have lunch ($5 cash
and $5 food coupons will be provided).
Accommodations in Reno will be at the El
Dorado, which is connected to the Circus
Circus and the Silver Legacy. Next day,
visit John Ascuaga’s Nugget with free time
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SPECIAL EVENTS & MOVIES
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
T
he following are the current
special events sponsored by the
Rossmoor Recreation Department.
For more information on any of these
events during the month, check the
Special Events listing on the calendar
page each week, look for the article
in the Arts and Leisure section of
the News, or call the Recreation
Department at 988-7732. Events are
free unless otherwise noted. This
information is posted throughout the
month on the Rossmoor News website
at www.rossmoornews.com.
FUN DAY
Thursday, Sept. 1
Guitarist and singer Denis Colleret
will perform at Fun Day in the Sierra
Room at Del Valle at noon. Stay after
the show and play bingo for the benefit
of Friends of Meals on Wheels. This free
program is open to all residents and
their guests.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MOVIE
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 1 and 2
The 2011 drama “The Conspirator”
will be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway on Thursday at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. and
again on Friday at 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m. The
showings at 1 p.m. will feature language
captions. This film is two hours and 3
minutes long and is rated PG-13. This
free program is open to all residents and
their guests.
BLOOM DUO IN CONCERT
Friday, Sept. 2
The Bloom Duo will perform a free
concert of classical music for piano and
cello at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway. This free program is open to all
residents and their guests.
SATURDAY MOVIE
Saturday, Sept. 3
The 2009 drama “The Perfect Game”
will be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway
at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The showings at 1 and 4
p.m. will feature language captions. This
film is one hour and 58 minutes long and
is rated PG. This free program is open to
all residents and their guests.
SATURDAY DANCE
Saturday, Sept. 3
This month’s dance in the Sierra Room
at Del Valle, will feature music for dancing
and listening by the renowned San Francisco-based dance band Nob Hill Sound.
The dance begins at 7 p.m. and continues
until 10. Complimentary mixers and soft
drinks are provided. Bring a beverage of
choice if desired. This free event is open to
all Rossmoor residents and their guests.
SUNDAY FUNNIES
Sunday, Sept. 4
The 2010 comedy “Date Night” starring
Steve Carell and Tina Fey will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway at 4 and 7 p.m.
The showing at 4 p.m. will feature language captions. This film is one hour and
28 minutes long and is rated PG-13. This
free program is open to all residents and
their guests.
SUNDAY SHOWCASE
Sunday, Sept. 4
Naresh Michael will perform at the
Sunday Showcase at 5 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway. Tickets for this event
are $5 and may be purchased at the door.
The Lions Club of Rossmoor will be hosting the program this month. This event is
open to all residents and their guests.
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO:
Tuesday, Sept. 6
The 2001 drama “A Beautiful Mind”
starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly will be shown in Peacock Hall at
Gateway at 1 p.m. The showing will feature language captions. This film won the
Academy Award for Best Picture of 2001.
This film is two hours and 16 minutes long
and is rated PG-13. This free program is
open to all residents and their guests.
DWIGHT STONE PIANO CONCERT
Friday, Sept. 9
Composer and pianist Dwight Stone
will perform a free solo piano concert at
7 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
This free concert is sponsored by the
Recreation Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
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CLUB TRIPS
FROM ROSSMOOR CLUBS
T
he trips listed below are sponsored by Rossmoor clubs and organizations and not by the
Recreation Department. The trips are open
to all Rossmoor residents, not just members of
the specific club. For information, contact the
person listed with each trip. Do not contact the
Recreation Department.
Rossmoor clubs and organizations wishing to be included in this column must submit
a typewritten article to the News by Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Due to space restrictions, the
News reserves the right to edit or delete the
articles.
RED HAWK CASINO WITH
THE CITY OF HOPE – FIVE-HOUR TRIP
Thursday, Sept. 8
Join in the fun at Red Hawk Casino and
support cancer research at the City of
Hope. Stay five hours at the casino. Leave
Gateway at 9 a.m. and return about 5:45
p.m. Play bingo on the bus for fun prizes,
including a free future trip. Bring friends
and neighbors. Casino gives $15 credit.
For reservations, call Lynne Keefer at 9457665. Send checks for $30, made payable
to the City of Hope, to Keefer at 1830 Tice
Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek CA 94595.
CACHE CREEK WITH ORT
Monday, Sept. 12
Travel with ORT to Cache Creek Casino
for five hours of fun and games. The bus departs Gateway at 9:30 a.m. and returns to
Gateway at 5:30 p.m. Casino bonus includes
$10 to play at table or machines and $5 food
coupon. The cost is $28 inclusive and is open
to all Rossmoor residents. Friends are welcome. Make checks out to ORT and mail to
Lorraine Wunsch, 1225 Singingwood Court
No. 1 Call 939-7117 or 935-5716. ORT helps
train and rehabilitate people in 58 countries
worldwide and is open to everyone.
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ter a hosted buffet dinner, enjoy the performance of “Peter Pan” at the El Dorado
Showroom. Discover the magic that carries
off the flights, fights and acrobatics that
make “Peter Pan” mesmerizing. On the way
home, visit Thunder Valley Casino ($10 slot
play and $5 food vouchers are included).
The cost per person, double occupancy, is
$230 ($270 for single) and includes two
nights deluxe lodging, one dinner, ticket for
“Peter Pan” show, casino packages, motorcoach transportation and luggage handling.
A deposit of $50 is due with application. An
itinerary is available at the Excursion Desk.
ROSE PARADE NEW YEAR’S BY RAIL
FEATURING AMTRAK’S COAST
STARLIGHT TRAIN
Dec. 30 to Jan. 4
Board Amtrak’s Coast Starlight Train for
a relaxing scenic journey to Southern California. The rail journey goes along parts of
the Pacific coast and through the Central
Valley. Upon arrival in Los Angeles, transfer
to the hotel in downtown Long Beach. On
New Year’s Eve, take a city tour of Los Angeles featuring Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive,
Hollywood, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the
Walk of Fame, Century City and L.A. Farmers Market. Enjoy the Monte Carlo style New
Year’s Eve party filled with dining, dancing,
music, games and champagne toast to ring
the New Year. On New Year’s Day board the
historic Queen Mary for brunch and tour
of this famous ocean liner. Next morning,
experience the Tournament of Roses Parade from grandstand seats. After the parade, enjoy lunch at the famous Lawry’s
Restaurant in Beverly Hills. Next day, take
the opportunity to view the fragrant Rose
Parade floats on display. Visit the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
The library also features the Air Force One
used by President Reagan. There will be a
farewell dinner with fellow travelers. Next
morning, board Amtrak’s Coast Starlight
Train for the return journey. The cost per
NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA CRUISE
Oct. 5 through 15
Escorted by Father Anthony Hannick
and benefiting St. Anne’s Church, this 10day cruise features sailing on the deluxe
six-star Crystal Symphony from New York
to Montreal, all meals and entertainment
on board the ship, signing bonus (including
in prices), private cocktail party on board,
bon voyage orientation party, prepaid gratuities onboard, one complimentary photo
per guest’s choice per stateroom, $1000
per stateroom ship board credit, extra $100
per person ship board credit. Prices start
at $3,270. A deposit of $300 per person
with registration may be made by check,
payable to Orinda Travel and mailed to 2
Theater Square, Suite 160, Orinda, 94563,
or by credit card. For information, call Gale
Lydecker at 937-7748.
FESTA ITALIANA IN RENO
Oct. 7, 8 and 9
Join St. Anne’s Church for a fun-filled
trip to the Silver Legacy for the “Festa
Italiana,” a celebration of all that is Italian
in Reno, with delicious food, great beverages and fantastic live music. There will be
three outdoor stages featuring live entertainment. There are also outdoor booths
where fiesta goers can shop. Depart Oct. 7
at 7:30 a.m. and return Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. Payment is due by Sept. 1. The cost includes
round-trip deluxe motorcoach transportation, overnight accommodations at the
Silver Legacy and baggage handling. The
cost per person is $241 double occupancy,
$344 single. Casino bonus includes $5 free
play, $3 food credit. Contact Fran Long at
939-5151 and make check payable to Travel
Center Trust Account, mail to Fran Long at
person double occupancy is $1,799 ($550
single supplement). A deposit of $300 per
person is due with reservation form to secure reservations. Final payment is due Oct.
13. An itinerary is available at the Excursion
Desk.
NEW YEAR’S AT WONDER VALLEY
Dec. 30 through Jan. 3
Enjoy a fun and relaxing New Year’s getaway to the central valley. Wonder Valley
Ranch near Fresno is home for four nights.
First stop will be at the Reedley’s Opera
House for a hosted lunch and show. Later,
visit the World Handcraft store to see their
Mennonite Quilts. Next day, travel to Clovis.
The day in town will include a tour of the
1888 Meux Home Museum, which was built
by a Civil War surgeon for the Confederate
Army. Enjoy a hosted gourmet lunch at the
Victorian Rose Tea House. After lunch, visit
the Museum of Valor. This museum honors
those who received the Medal of Valor since
its inception. In the evening, ring in the New
Year with 1950s-theme celebration that includes a hosted dinner, mock casino and
auction, live music, dancing and champagne.
On New Year’s Day relax, enjoy the time at
Wonder Valley Ranch and activities. Breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner at the
ranch will be followed by evening entertainment. Next day, visit the Riata Ranch, home
to an amazing group of young cowgirl. After
the hosted lunch, explore the historic town
of Exeter where the brick buildings provide
the canvas 30 giant murals. The downtown
is thriving with specialty shops and stores.
Enjoy a happy hour and dinner at the ranch,
followed by the entertainment. On the way
home, visit the Hilmar Cheese Factory for a
tour and a hosted lunch. The cost per person, double occupancy, is $895 ($1,050 for
single). A deposit of $150 is due with application. Tour includes: deluxe lodging for
four nights, 13 hosted meals, evening entertainment, touring per itinerary, deluxe motor coach transportation, luggage handling
and gratuities. A deposit of $150 is due with
application. An itinerary is available at the
Excursion Desk.
1621 Ptarmigan Drive, No. 1C. The show
“Hairspray” and buffet dinner tickets may
be purchased at an additional cost of $49
per person.
RED HAWK CASINO
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Join the Lawn Bowling Club on a trip
to the Red Hawk Casino, which features a
floor level of nonsmoking for playing and
dining. The bus leaves Gateway at 9:30
a.m., stays five hoursreturns at 6. The cost
is $30. Receive a casino bonus of $15 upon
arrival. The trip is open to the community.
Reservations are necessary. Call Elsie Napoli at 937-6290.
NEW LISTING
CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA
Wednesday Dec. 7
St. Anne’s Society will attend a show
and enjoy lunch at the Fratatellanza Club in
Oakland. Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon on this
trip. The cost of $49.50 includes lunch and
show. There will be an option of carpooling or taking motorcoach transportation
(an additional $15).Lunch menu consists
of salad, pasta, entrée (possibly roasted
chicken) vegetables, special dessert, bread
and butter, served with coffee or tea and a
glass of wine. Make check payable to St.
Anne’s Society and mail to Fran Long at
1621 Ptarmigan Drive. No.1C. For information, call 939-5151.
NEW LISTING
SECOND ANNUAL CRECHE FESTIVAL
Dec.10
St. Anne’s Society is planning a trip to
Christ the Light Cathedral. This holiday
THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND INCLUDING
OTAVALO, THE ANDES MOUNTAIN
TRAIN AND QUITO
March 3 through 13
Follow the footsteps of Darwin on a
thrilling 11-day adventure that includes
a five-day cruise of the Galapagos Archipelago. On this Exploration tour, designed
for a smaller group, delight in one stunning
discovery after another. The Galapagos Islands offer a dramatic geological history
and one of the world’s most remarkable
collections of plant and animal life. Travel
to mainland Ecuador and to Imbabura. Accommodations will be at a 300-year-old
Andean hacienda. Visit a rose plantation
hacienda, experience the sights and sounds
of the Otavalo Market, and a folkloric music
and dance show. Take a train ride through
the Andean landscapes to community of
Salinas where lunch features regional
specialties and traditional Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance. Tour Quito and visit
the Presidential Palace and 17th-century
church of La Compañía, the Equatorial Line
Monument and Museum at the “Middle of
the World.” Fly to Baltra Island, gateway to
the Galapagos. Board the m/v Galapagos
Legend for a five-day cruise. Spot colonies
of marine iguanas, lava lizards, tequila and
various cacti. Snorkel and see penguins,
sea turtles and white-tipped sharks. Visit
Isabela Island’s fossil beach and coral area.
Sail on to wondrous Fernandina Island to
see oversized marine iguanas mingling with
Sally Lightfoot crabs and sea lions sharing the beach with Galapagos penguins. At
Santiago Island, look for birds like the great
blue herons, lava herons and oyster catchers. Visit the island of Rabida; its volcanic
beach is covered in dark red sand and sea
lions. Hike to the scenic salt water lagoon,
frequented by graceful flamingos. Visit the
Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa
Cruz Island. See the famous giant tortoises that are part of the station’s breeding
program. Leave the Galapagos and fly to
Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, and enjoy
a city tour. The cost per person, double occupancy is $6,349. Price includes round-
event will exult the family tradition of the
nativity scene. Several parishes will create
a unique crèche to be displayed in the event
center in the cathedral’s lower level. Professionally created nativity scenes will also
be on display. Leave Gateway Clubhouse
and 10 a.m. and return at 2 p.m. The cost
is $20 per person. Lunch if you wish will be
on your own at the Cathedral Café. The gift
shop will also be open. Make check payable to St. Anne’s Society, and mail to Fran
Long, 1621 Ptarmigan Drive No. 1C. All are
invited and seating is limited to 24. For information, call 939-5151.
VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS IN NEVADA CITY
Dec. 14 and 15
The Railroad Club sponsors this trip to
the quaint, gold country town of Nevada
City for its annual Victorian Christmas celebration festivities. This overnight event is
jam- packed with sights, sounds and feasts.
Stay at the Gold Country Inn in Grass Valley.
Take a private tour of the Nevada Narrow
Gauge Railroad Museum, home to a steam
engine made famous in many Hollywood
movies. Visit two private homes with train
collections and elaborate operating layouts.
The highlight of this trip is the slow stroll
through the highly decorated downtown
pedestrian-only streets filled with Victorian- costumed choral singers, musicians
and dancers who provide continuous entertainment. The town is lined with local artist/craftspeople displaying and selling their
handmade articles. This tour includes a
lunch upon arrival, a restaurant dinner that
evening, a hot breakfast the next morning,
and a restaurant lunch before departing for
home. The cost is $190 per person; single
supplement is $40. Seating is limited. Call
Ralf Parton at 256-7078 for information.
trip air, hotel accommodations, MV Legend
Superior Cabin, comprehensive sightseeing, 23 meals, taxes and fees (subject to
increase until paid in full). A $250 deposit is
due with application. Stop by the Excursion
Desk for an itinerary.
NEW LISTING
SHADES OF IRELAND
March 11 through 20
From vibrant and history-filled Dublin,
across rolling green hills to the dramatic
coast, experience all of the charms of Ireland on this 10-day tour of the Emerald
Isle. This comprehensive tour introduces
Ireland’s natural beauty, turbulent history
and hospitable culture. The adventure begins in Dublin with an Irish dinner complete with traditional entertainment. Enjoy a
sightseeing tour of Dublin, visit St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, O’Connell Street, Grafton Street,
Phoenix Park and see the city’s trademark
magnificent rows of stately Georgian townhomes. Travel to Kilkenny to explore this
medieval gem. Arrive in the historic city of
Waterford and visit the new House of Waterford Crystal factory with a store housing
the largest collection of Waterford crystal
in the world. Journey to historic Blarney
Castle and kiss the famous Blarney Stone.
A tour of the Muckross House and Gardens offers a glimpse into the elegant lifestyle of the Victorian gentry. Travel along
one of the most beautiful coastal routs in
the world, the Ring of Kerry. At the Gap of
Dunloe, shop for Irish goods handcrafted
by local artisans. See views of the Lakes
of Killarney. Continue to Limerick for a city
tour showcasing King John’s Castle and the
Treaty Stone. Experience the custom and
daily life of a traditional Irish family during a
visit to the Molanna Dairy Farm. Journey to
the 700-foot-high Cliffs of Moher for views
of the Atlantic and the Aran Islands. Travel
through the vast limestone landscape of the
Burren, known for its stark beauty and Neolithic tombs. Travel to Galway, where a brief
city tour introduces “The City of Tribes.”
Travel across country to Tillamore and visit
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Macintosh classes starting in September at Acalanes
NCJW to
learn about
Shelter, Inc.
By Dian Overly
Club correspondent
The National Council of
Jewish Women (NCJW) will
meet on Wednesday, Sept.
21, in the Delta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m.
with coffee.
The speaker at 10:30 is
Timothy O’Keefe, executive
director of Shelter Inc., which
helps homeless families.
There are an estimated
15,000 homeless in Contra Costa County each year.
Among them are 1,625
school-age children. O’Keefe
will talk about homeless
children, foster care and support services, among other
things.
The meeting is open to
all.
NCJW serves the community by volunteering at
the Millman Adult Care Program, Reutlinger Home for
Jewish Living, Crestwood
Healing Center, County Hospital, Veterans Hospital and
the Shalom Bayit Center for
Domestic Violence against
women and children.
S
ign up now for Macintosh classes beginning
the week of Sept. 13 at
the Acalanes Adult Education
Center, held in cooperation with
the Rossmoor Mac User Group
(RMUG). Classes take place on
the Del Valle campus, Tice Valley Boulevard in Room D-9.
Preregistration is required for
all classes except workshops,
where students register in class.
Fees are $65 per semester for
each class. Workshops are $15
for the semester, payable at first
one attended. The new Mac Lab
fee is $25 one hour per week
for the 10 week semester. John
Gilmore is the instructor for all
Mac education.
Check an Acalanes Adult
Center schedule or view it online at www.acalanes.k12.ca.us
(under computer courses), or
call 280-3980 ext. 8001.
Class listing
Beginning Mac 1A assumes
no previous experience with a
Mac or any computer. Instructor Gilmore will start with the
most basic elements of using a
computer, the keyboard and the
mouse, plus opening and closing programs and files and to
create and delete documents.
Classes are on Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 13, from 9 to 11
a.m.
Beginning Mac 1B is geared
to students who have used other
types of computers but not a Macintosh. The emphasis will be
on similarities and differences
between OS X, the Mac operating system, and Microsoft Windows environment. Students
will learn many fundamental
techniques of the Mac. Previous
experience with a computer is
required. Classes are on Thursdays beginning Sept. 15, from 9
to 11 a.m.
Intermediate Mac Level 1
is a slightly more advanced
approach to the Mac and becoming comfortable with basic
techniques. Gilmore will cover
saving and organizing documents, sending e-mail, printing,
Internet searches and sharing
pictures. Classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 11:15 to 1:15
p.m.
Intermediate Mac Level 11
will venture beyond the basics and fundamentals to explore additional techniques and
topic areas such as downloading, searching, customizing emails and opening attachments.
Classes are Thursdays, begin-
ning Sept. 15, from 11:15 to 1:15
p.m.
Intro to Digital Photography
on a Mac is open to anyone curious about how to use a digital
camera and a computer. Class
covers taking pictures, importing images, using iPhoto software, and creating slide shows
with music, basic methods of
printing and burning photo albums to CDs and DVDs. Classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 13, from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Mac Workshop will explore
a variety of topics, and attendees will have the opportunity to
focus on advanced features of
common programs. Topics may
include iLife, Microsoft Office
for Mac or iWork. Workshops
begin Thursday, Sept. 15, and
run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Mac Lab provides a supervised hands-on environment
where students can gain improvements in their skills and
techniques by following practice
exercises in the Mac Lab Guide.
Students are encouraged to sign
up for one hour of lab time per
week. The lab begins Friday,
Sept. 16, from 8 to 11 a.m.
Focus session
The first fall no-fee RMUG
focus session, held in the Delta
Room next to the Fitness Cen-
ter at Del Valle Clubhouse in
Rossmoor, begins on Monday,
Sept. 19, at 9:30 a.m. and will
feature Lynn Letteris explaining Internet security and e-mail
phishing. At 10:30 there will be
a help session with volunteers
from the RMUG club on hand.
Look up RMUG’s website
and see how the club operates.
Go to http://web.me.com/ophyllis/rmug/. Click on the URL
(address). Save as a bookmark.
Be sure to check the new active
Del Valle map there.
For volunteer in-home help
or for basic tutoring in the
home, call Dian Overly at 9456055.
Excursions
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Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre to learn how Irish whiskey is
made. Stay on the magnificent
grounds of Cobra Castle in Kingscourt. The cost per person, double occupancy is $2,799 ($3,199
for single). Price includes roundtrip air, eight nights hotel accommodations, comprehensive sightseeing, 13 meals, taxes and fees
(subject to increase until paid in
full). A $250 deposit is due with
application. Book by Sept. 30 and
save $50 per person. Stop by the
Excursion Desk for an itinerary.
ARTS & LEISURE
AROUND THE BAY AREA
BEDFORD GALLERY in Walnut Creek presents
“Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature” through
Sept. 4. In the exhibit, contemporary artists explore themes
of nature, ranging from a tiny speck of a garden to a global
view of the world. The gallery is open Tuesday through
Sunday and is located at 1601 Civic Drive, inside the Lesher
Center for the Arts. For information, check the website at
www.bedfordgallery.org.
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE docent gives
the back story of the show, “Rita Moreno: Life without
Makeup,” on Sept. 21 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Lafayette
Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Free.
For reservations, go to reserve@lllcf.org. The theater
company will present the show with Moreno from Sept.
2 to Oct. 30.
CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY presents “Smokey
Joe’s Café,” a fast-paced nostalgic trip through 39 of rockand-roll’s greatest hits, Sept. 2 through Oct. 9 at the Lesher
Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Tickets
are $38 to $47. For information, go to centerrerp.org. For
tickets, call 943-7469 or go to www.lesherartscentere.org.
COMMONWEALTH CLUB presents Donald Van de
Mark, author and former CNN anchor, on Sept. 13 from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lafayette Library and Learning
Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. His topic is “The Good
Among the Great.” Tickets are $12 for members and $22 for
nonmembers and are available at commonwealthclub.org.
CONTRA COSTA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
launches its new season Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lesher
Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek.
The theme, making overtures, refers to the orchestra
welcoming back old friends and inviting new ones. There
will be six overtures, including Mozart’s overture to “The
Marriage of Figaro” and Aaron Copland’s “An Outdoor
Overture.” Tickets are $10 to $30. Call 943-7469 or go to
www.lesherartscenter.org.
DEVIL MOUNTAIN COFFEE HOUSE at the Mt.
Diablo Universalist Church presents performances by
Sabrina and Craig as well as Driftwood Fire on Sept. 16
from 8 to 11 p.m. at Bortin Fellowship Hall at the church,
55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek. The groups sing and play
folk-pop original songs. Tickets are $10 at the door. For
information, go to www.mduuc.org.
DIABLO BALLET presents “Inside the Dancer’s Life:
‘Black Swan’ and Beyond” Sept. 7 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the
Walnut Creek Library at 1644 N. Broadway. Ballet dancers
Erika Johnson and Derek Sakakura will share their stories.
Joining the dancers will be moderator Lauren Jonas, Diablo
Ballet artistic director, and local dance critic and author
Toba Singer. Free. For information, contact Diablo Ballet
at 943-1775 or at www.diabloballet.org.
DIABLO VALLEY QUILTERS present a quilt show at
the Tice Valley Community Gym, 2055 Tice Valley Blvd.
in Walnut Creek, on Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The featured quilt artist
is Judy Mathieson. There will be more than 200 quilts
on view along with free demonstrations, vendors and a
boutique. For information, go to www.diablovalleyquilters.
com or call 935-1098.
DIABLO THEATRE COMPANY presents “The Wizard
of Oz,” infused with a sense of modernism with the help
of Funkmode, a Bay Area production company, from
Sept. 9 through Oct. 1 at the Lesher Center for the Arts,
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Call 943-7469 or go to
lesherartscenter.org.
FALL WINE WALK, presented by the Downtown
Business Association, is Sept. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. Guests
are invited to stroll through the many downtown shops
while enjoying wines from local wineries. The walk starts
at Pro Home Systems, 1561 Civic Drive. Tickets are $30
in advance and $35 the day of the event. For information,
go to www.walnutcreekdowntown.com. In addition, eight
Walnut Creek auto dealerships will host their own wine
tasting with live music while showcasing new cars for
guests to view. The dealer’s showcase will be at the corner
of Mt. Boulevard and N. Main Street.
LAFAYETTE FLAG BRIGADE 10th annual 9/11
remembrance and candlelight vigil is from 3 to 8 p.m. Sept.
11 at the El Curtola Bridge overcrossing at Highway 24
and Freeway 680 in Lafayette. A large flag will hang from
the overpass; there will be speakers, including a retired
New York Fire Department firefighter; performances; and
a display of 9/11 artifacts from ground zero. Members of
the Blue Star Moms and local Boy Scouts will also be on
hand. For information, go to www.neverforget911.com.
LAS LOMAS HIGH SCHOOL presents a classic car
show Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school parking
lot at 1460 S. Main St., Walnut Creek. There will also
be food, entertainment and exhibits by police and fire
departments as well as AAA. Admission is $3. Proceeds
benefit the class of 2012. For information or to register a
car, go to www.llhscarclassic.org.
MEALS ON WHEELS and Senior Outreach Services
present the second annual Walk for Fall Prevention
and Resource Fair on Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at
500 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill. There will be food,
entertainment and prizes. Walk registration begins at
9 a.m. with the walk, which is less than a half mile, at
10. Free for children and those 60 and older and $25 for
younger adults. Go to www.FallPreventionWalk.org for
information.
RUTH BANCROFT GARDEN offers docent-led tours
Fridays and Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Sundays
from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Sept. 3, the topic is the
history of the garden, located at 1552 Bancroft Road,
Walnut Creek. For information, call 210-9663.
SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE Preforming Arts
Department presents “In My Corner,” the tale of a Puerto
Rican/Italian boy growing up in a family dominated by
an ex-boxer father. The performance is Sept. 22 at 8 p.m.
in the college’s LeFevre Theatre, 1928 St. Mary’s Road,
Moraga. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for
those 65 and older. For reservations, call 631-4670.
SAVE MT. DIABLO presents a 40th anniversary
celebration, “Moonlight on the Mountain,” Sept. 10 at
Mt. Diablo’s China Wall. There will be dinner, auctions,
entertainment and presentation of Mountain Star awards.
Tickets are $250 a person. Call 947-3535.
TOWN HALL THEATRE presents “Picasso at the Lapin
Agile,” by comedian Steve Martin, Sept. 22 through Oct.
15 at the theater, 3535 School St., Lafayette. In the farce,
Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meet in a Paris café and
muse about the nature of life, love and creativity. Call the
box office at 283-1557 or go to www.townhalltheatre.com.
VALLEY OAK RESPITE CENTER in Danville will
be the beneficiary of proceeds from “Fall into Fashion,” a
fashion show and luncheon, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 in a Danville garden. Fashions are from Coldwater
Creek in Broadway Plaza. The models include Valley Oak
volunteers. Tickets are $35 through Sept. 9 and available
at Coldwater Creek or by calling 956-9269 or 945-8040.
Rossmoor residents can have free rides to and from the
garden from Rossmoor Shopping Center. To reserve a
space, call 945-8040 by Sept. 1.
WALNUT CREEK AQUANUTS annual swim show is
Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. at the
Clarke Memorial Swim Center in Heather Farm Park,
Walnut Creek. This year’s event is a tribute to Michael
Jackson. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for
those 62 and older. For tickets, visit www.aquanuts.org or
email walnutcreekaquanuts@astound.net
WOODMINSTER SUMMER MUSICALS presents
“Finian’s Rainbow” Sept. 2 through 11 at the outdoor
Woodminster Amphitheater in Joaquin Miller Park, 3300
Joaquin Miller Road, Oakland. Tickets are $26 to $42 with
a $2 senior discount available. Call 510-531-9597 or go to
www.woodminster.com.
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DAR visits
Oakland
Museum
DAR (Daughters of the
American Revolution) will
tour the Oakland Museum on
Wednesday, Sept. 14, for a docent-led tour of the history and
art of California.
Group members will be
able to visit other galleries afterward. The Conquistadores
helmets and gold doubloons
stagecoach, and period clothing are among the many interesting museum artifacts.
The bus will leave the
Safeway parking lot (at the
Rossmoor Shopping Center) at
10:45 a.m. Lunch is planned at
the Lake Chalet Seafood Bar
and Grill, followed by the tour.
Lunch choices are Lake Chalet
burger with fries and chicken
Caesar salad or Ahi tuna burger with green salad.
The cost is $50. Anyone
interested should respond
to Holly Markel, 946-0497.
Checks, made payable to Mt.
Diablo Chapter DAR, should
be mailed to 2101 Ptarmigan
Drive No. 2. The lunch preference should also be written on
the check.
There are a few spaces left,
so reservations should be submitted by Friday, Sept. 2. Nonmembers are welcome to join
DAR and sign up for this outing.
The National Society
Daughters of the American
Revolution was founded in
1890. There are 116 chapters
in California with more than
8,500 members.
With the exception of the
November meeting, the Mt.
Diablo Chapter’s regular
monthly meetings are on the
second Tuesday of the month,
October through June, at 11:30
a.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Prospective members are
welcome to attend the meetings.
Anyone who has an ancestor who fought in or rendered
aid in the American Revolution may be eligible for membership.
For information, contact Regent Catherine Phillips-Olsen at
254-7025 or send an e-mail to
mt.diablo.chapter@gmail.com.
Genealogical
Society meets
at US Bank
The Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society will meet on Friday, Sept. 16, at 1:15 p.m. at the
US Bank on 1910 Tice Valley
Blvd. (in the Rossmoor Shopping Center).
The meeting room is entered
through the main entrance of
the bank.
New members and visitors
are welcome to attend.
For information, contact
Laura Sanchez, 946-1620.
TV GUIDE FOR CHANNEL 28
R O S S M O O R C O M M U N I T Y C H A N N E L 28
Programs running from Sept. 1 through 7
The following programs are all scheduled to be broadcast
this week. For information about programs on Channel 28,
please call 988-7820.
■ POST IT! is a community bulletin board that allows residents to
view activities within Rossmoor, including trips, movies and club
events. This program runs between other programs when possible.
■ CLASSIC Arts Showcase includes video samplings of animation, architectural art, ballet, chamber and choral music, dance,
folk art, museum art, musical theater, opera, orchestral, recital,
solo instrumental, solo vocal and theatrical performances, as well
as classic film and archival documentaries.
■ FITNESS Fun. Exercise. 30 minutes. This program is scheduled every day at 9 a.m. The program changes daily to vary the
exercises.
■ TV BINGO. Fun, games and prizes. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5 p.m.
One hour. Play Bingo at home. Pick up a free bingo card at Channel 28’s office at Creekside and play along the first Tuesday of each
month. Win prizes donated by local merchants for dinners, theater,
haircuts and even fresh flowers. Must be a resident to play. Channel
28 offers one free card per person.
■ SUMMER Fishing in Alaska.Travel. 30 minutes.
No one can beat one of Len Ambrose’s fish tales as he shares beautiful pictures from one of his legendary hunts for king salmon and halibut in the cold and pristine waters of Sitka, Alaska. Ambrose and his
wife, Nellie, have been September TV Bingo callers for many years,
always treating the residents to fresh Alaskan salmon from his recent
excursions. Play Bingo with the Ambroses on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 5
p.m., as he calls TV Bingo live.
■ HOUSE Blend. Barbershop quartet. 50 minutes.
The versatile and highly entertaining group, House Blend, featuring
Kent Parr, Douglas Emigh, Bill De Garmo and Jim McGuire,
perform a variety of styles including gospel, wop, pop, jazz, folk and
country. The quartet moves smoothly through this program, presenting rich a cappella harmony, rhythm and humor.
■ Hatshepsut: The QUEEN who would be King. Lecture. Two
hours, 20 minutes. Jehon Grist, Ph.D., offers an in-depth view of
the life and reign of Hatshepsut, the mysterious queen who claimed
the throne of Egypt nearly 500 years ago. She was the fourth female
pharaoh in Egyptian history. Grist is the executive director of Lehrhaus Judaica and has conducted many field research projects into the
Valley of the Queens in southern Egypt.
■ “Remembering WHOLENESS.” Book discussion. One hour.
Carol Tuttle’s first book was a bestseller that helped people in initiating their recovery from childhood abuse. “Remembering Wholeness: A Personal Handbook for Thriving in the 21st Century,” offers
readers the spiritual self-help and healing they may need for a better
future outcome.
■ MIRAMONTE High School. Orchestra music. 40 minutes.
Located just down the road in Orinda, the 50-member string ensemble from Miramonte High School Orchestra recently performed in
Rossmoor. This production is based on the string literature from the
Baroque era to the present. The high school orchestra is under the
direction of Rick Meier.
■ PROSTATE Cancer. Health. One hour, 10 minutes.
Dr. Stephen Taylor, a prominent urological surgeon, discusses the
diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Taylor is a pioneer in the
field of urology. He has performed over 5,000 ultrasound-guided
prostate biopsies. He is also a pioneer in robotic surgery and has done
hundreds of robotic prostatectomies.
■ HISTORY of Rossmoor, part one of 10. 15 minutes.
“The Saklan Indians” is the story of Native American life in the
period before the arrival of the Europeans. It covers Indian life, where
they lived, how they lived, their dwellings, food, clothing and relationship with their neighboring tribes. This program is written and
narrated by Rossmoor’s Historical Society’s President John Nutley.
This program is followed by part two.
■ HISTORY of Rossmoor. Part two of 10. 25 minutes.
“Spanish Influence and the Missionaries.” This program covers the
Spanish-Mexican period (1772-1850). It recounts the arrival of the Hispanic explorers, missionaries and settlers to Contra Costa; and the introduction of new animals, food, religion and clothing into their lives.
■ MARY Stark Quartet. Jazz music.55 minutes.
Mary Stark, with her trio, performed at a recent Fun Day. For 20
years, Stark has been delighting audiences with her unique blend of
jazz standards, popular show tunes and light comedy. Stark has produced, hosted and performed comedy throughout the Bay Area.
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Time to pay Antiques Club dues Computer Club offers classes and seminars
The Antiques Club’s new year begins in September with Nano
Barnett as the club president. Dues of $10, payable to Rossmoor
Antiques Club, should be sent to Membership Chairwoman Hansje Van Ardenne, 656 Terra California Drive No. 1.
Dues must be received before Thursday, Sept. 15, to be included in the roster for 2011-2012.
The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month, January through June and in September and October, at 1:30 p.m.
in the Delta Room at Del Valle Clubhouse. The next meeting is
Sept. 28.
The club also has a Victorian tea and a December holiday luncheon. The club has had luncheons and day trips to San Francisco,
Napa, Sonoma, the Oakland Museum and Sacramento governor’s
mansion, just to name a few places.
The Rossmoor meetings include speakers on topics such as
vintage jewelry and from places such as the Fine Arts Museum
of San Francisco and Clars Auction Gallery. There is also the
popular Show and Tell, Buy and Sell event.
The club welcomes new members, however, membership is
limited to Rossmoor residents. Prospective members may contact
Van Ardenne at 256-9247.
Officers also include Vice President Vera Costella; Treasurer
Marigene Mainland; Corresponding Secretary Barbara Martini;
publicity, Marlene Maroulas; refreshments, Betty Burton; historian, Mary Happ; tours, Beverly Potter; other events, Barbara
Woods; and Past President Jan Dietrich.
Grandparents for Peace to
show film ‘War Made Easy’
Grandparents for Peace and Justice will meet Monday, Sept.
12, at 10 a.m. in the Delta Room in Del Valle Clubhouse. The
meeting will feature the powerful film, “War Made Easy.”
The film is based on a book by Norman Solomon. Narrated by
Sean Penn and featuring Solomon, the film gives special attention
to parallels between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq.
It raises questions about the role of journalism and political
communication in democratic societies. The film makes the point
that people have to learn from past history and then try not to
repeat it.
The film is especially significant as it is being shown one day
after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 catastrophe.
All are welcome. Grandparents for Peace meets monthly,
hosts programs about peace and justice and organizes weekly
peace vigils on Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the entrance to
Rossmoor. Dues are $10 a year.
For information, call Bobbie Rabinowitz, co-chairwoman,
939-7384.
Members to talk about future
of Three Cups of Tea Society
The future and purpose of CAI, the Three Cups of Tea Society,
will be discussed at the group’s meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 14,
at 1 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway.
Members are urged to attend if they have any interest in continuing support for the Central Asia Institute or in showing films
about life in the countries of Central Asia and in Muslim society.
Members will discuss the Central Asia Institute’s response to
allegations of malfeasance, its ongoing activities in Afghanistan
and Pakistan and future plans. Members will also determine the
distribution of cash on hand, whether the group should change its
name and purpose and whether to continue fundraising efforts.
Also to be determined is whether to continue exhibiting films
on the second Monday of each month and how that effort should
be funded.
For information, contact Sue De Carlo at 210-1039.
Rotary Club will hear about
wealth transfer options
Rossmoor Rotary Club will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the
Diablo Room of Hillside Clubhouse. The speaker is Matt Barr.
He will present information about setting up trusts, reviewing
existing estate plans and lending money to family members.
Residents and potential new members are invited to attend this
luncheon program. Social hour begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch
and the business meeting at noon. The speaker will be introduced
at 1 p.m. The cost of lunch is $14.
RITS: The Rossmoor Information Telephone Service (RITS)
line, offered by Channel 28 on a daily basis, 24 hours a day,
offers info on upcoming Recreation Department events; GRF
Board meetins and other activities; emergencies or changes
in programs; as well as what's on Channel 28. The service is
updated twice a week. Call the RITS line at 988-7878.
By Jim Bradley
Club correspondent
The Computer Club of
Rossmoor offers a variety of
classes and seminars in September. The programs are offered at the nearby Acalanes
Adult Education Center, 1963
Tice Valley Blvd.
Students should note the
change in classroom location.
All classes will be in Room D7 on the upper level. This is a
temporary move while rooms
A and B are made earthquake
safe.
During this time, access
is not available through the
gate behind Rossmoor’s Del
Valle Clubhouse. Drive to the
school’s parking lot or take a
Rossmoor bus there.
There are three classes with
each offering 12 hours of instruction. The cost is $30 for
club members and $45 for nonmembers. Club dues are $15
per household per calendar
year.
The classes are:
• Beginner-1: This class is
offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 13 to 29, from 10
a.m. to noon. This is the first
class any beginner should take,
providing they are familiar
with the mouse. (A free mouse
class is available once each
month. Check with the club office for the date and time.)
Instruction includes the keyboard, basic Windows skills,
the use of various programs,
entering and editing a letter,
saving and retrieving a file, understanding computer storage,
acquaintance with the Internet
and introducing email.
• Internet and Email: This
class is offered Tuesdays and
Thursdays, Sept. 13 to 29, from
1 to 3 p.m. Students will learn
about files and folders, how
to copy and paste, word processing, Excel spreadsheets,
searching the Internet and email attachments
• Digital Photo-1: This class
is Mondays and Wednesdays,
Sept. 12 to 28, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Students will learn to understand and use a camera, how
to take better pictures, how to
transfer images from a camera
to a computer, how to print the
images and how to send and
receive photo attachments.
There are three seminars
offered and the cost is $15 for
each two-hour seminar. All are
held from 10 a.m. to noon. The
seminars are:
• Introduction to Digital
Cameras: Wednesday, Sept.
14
• Food on the Internet:
Wednesday, Sept. 21
• When You Have a Computer Problem: Wednesday,
Sept. 28
Register at the Computer
Center at the Gateway Clubhouse or at classroom D-7, just
prior to the beginning of the
class or seminar.
Tip of the week
There is a website that de-
scribes itself. It’s www.seniorsguidetocomputers.com. This
is an ideal site for all seniors.
Take a few moments to see
what it contains. Definitions
are clear with drawings easy to
understand.
Other matters of interest
• The club continues to accept volunteers for the Computer Center at Gateway. Those
interested are asked to call the
office at 280-3984. Volunteers
able to substitute from time to
time are welcome, too.
• For free home pickup of
electronic waste, call 1-800449-7587.
• The club’s house call team
is looking for additional volunteers. These are people who
enjoy solving members’ personal computer problems in
their spare time. Call the office, if interested.
• A few volunteers are
needed, too, in the classrooms.
There is a specific need in the
beginner and Internet classes.
If interested, call the office or
drop by the Computer Center
at Gateway.
• The e-mail address for the
Computer Center is rossmoor
computercenter@comcast.net.
The center’s telephone numbers
are 947-4527 and 947-4528
• The club’s website is www.
carossmoorcomputerclub.com.
Click on “Our Services” for
class schedules.
• The club’s blog is at
www.rossmoorcomputerclub.
blogspot.com .
Connection to hear about financial abuse
The fraudsters and scammers aiming especially at seniors can be clever at their vicious schemes. Also, there is
increased incidence of abuse
of seniors’ assets by relatives,
caregivers and so-called
friends.
How does one protect oneself from becoming a victim
of such efforts? The Connection is offering a free seminar on this topic on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Delta Room at Del Valle
Clubhouse.
The speakers are Howard
Thomas and Robert Lawrence, two Walnut Creek attorneys with more than 20
years’ experience in protecting seniors from fraud, abuse,
and neglect. They will speak
on “Financial Abuse of Seniors – How to Spot It, Avoid
It, and Recover Your Money
If It Happens to You.”
This seminar will be the
first program of the Connection’s new membership year.
All members and their guests
are invited, as well as those
who have never attended a
Connection program before.
This event will be an excellent opportunity for newcomers to Rossmoor to find
out about the many ongoing
activities the Connection club
offers to Rossmoor women of
all ages.
Annual dues are $16. On
this evening, a membership
table will be hosted to answer
any questions about the organization.
For information, call Claire
Carter, 256-7161.
Chinese Club celebrates Moon Festival
The Chinese-American Association of
Rossmoor will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, on Sunday, Sept. 11, in the Sierra Room at Del Valle
Clubhouse. The social hour will begin at 5:30
p.m. followed by dinner, catered by Shanghai
Gourmet.
Host and hostess for the occasion are James
and Louise Chien and the master of ceremonies
is Victor Chang. Entertainment will be a variety
show. For information, call David Kwok at 9380888.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important festivals in China. It celebrates the full
moon at its brightest on the 15th day of the
eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It
is a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest,
for the gathering of family and friends and for a
great feast.
Bright lanterns are hung on tree branches
to light up courtyards where tables are set for
banquets. Children run around with lanterns in
hand, chasing each other merrily. For dessert,
small round moon cakes are served.
These are cakes with a variety of fillings. Egg
yolks, lotus seed paste, red bean paste and coconut are common with walnuts and dates included as well.
The legend for the moon cakes came from
the Yuan Dynasty in the 13 century when the
Mongol hordes of Ghengis Khan subjugated
the Chinese. The Chinese, resentful at being
ruled by a foreign regime, rose to rebellion in
the 14 century, led by Liu Bouwen, advisor to
the rebel leader Zhu Yuan Zhang. He knew
that the Mongols did not eat moon cakes so he
timed the rebellion to coincide with the Moon
Festival.
He asked for permission to distribute moon
cakes to thousands of households. In each of
these cakes was hidden an outline of the attack.
This proved an excellent ploy and the rebels
succeeded in overthrowing the Mongol government.
The Ming Dynasty was established under
Zhu. It is said that from then on the Mid-Autumn/Moon Festival was celebrated with moon
cakes.
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
ROSSMOOR SPORTS
Explore places close by
and not so close with the
Trails Club in September
By Marian Herndon
Club correspondent
September is an excellent time to get out on the trail with the
Rossmoor Trails Club. The fall colors begin to show and the
weather becomes more predictable. Old friends are back from
their summer wanderings.
The club’s September hikes explore the hills close by and
around the Bay Area. Some hardy members will even go so far
as Mammoth Lakes on safari with Harriet Schwartz from Sunday, Sept. 11, through Thursday, Sept. 15. Since her focus is also
to help first time hikers, anyone who is considering trying the
club out should call Schwartz at 934-7402.
News of all events and details of unusual hikes are available
on the Trails Club website, rossmoortrailsclub.weebly.com.
Hikers meet at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays behind Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway to divide into groups
according to energy level and destination interest.
Amblers go 3 to 5 miles on good trails with some elevation
gain and at a leisurely pace. Ramblers go 4 to 8 miles on more
challenging trails with steeper climbs, but they’re always ready
to pause for photo opportunities and wildflowers. Scramblers
relish more challenge and hike up to 8 miles with a possible
elevation gain of 2,000 feet.
One hiker’s mistake can ruin the day for others, so there are
stringent guidelines. Hikers must wear sturdy boots; use sun
protection; and bring lots of water, snacks and a lunch. (Hikes
often last until midafternoon.) Hiking sticks are recommended
and bring some money. Hikers carpool to trailheads and share
the cost of gasoline. Hikers can always check with the leader of
the day for details.
The schedule includes:
Saturday, Sept. 3: Amblers will follow Jim Hartnett into
Tilden Park, while Harriet Schwartz will lead Ramblers in Bollinger Canyon. Scramblers will go with Ta-Hsia Kuo on Redwood Park trails.
Wednesday, Sept. 7: Amblers will explore a trail in the Mt.
Diablo area with Brian Healy, Ramblers will drive to the San
Francisco Presidio with Sumner Walters leading and Diane
Hinds and Adrian Roth will lead Scramblers from the embarcadero to Sausalito.
Saturday, Sept. 10: Barbara Hallmeyer will lead the Amblers
along the Acalanes Ridge. Ramblers will follow Russ Munn in
the regional park’s newly opened Fernandez Ranch area. Scramblers will explore the Tilden/Wildcat Canyon area with Sara
Spence.
Wednesday, Sept. 14: Amblers will explore Sibley Park with
Marian Herndon leading. Ramblers will start at Tilden Nature
Center and climb to Wildcat Peak with Meg Fox and Idelle Lipman. Bob Celso will introduce the Scramblers to four San Francisco neighborhoods.
Saturday, Sept. 17: The Amblers and Joe Callahan will hike
Mitchell Canyon while Linda Ritz leads the Ramblers in Claremont Canyon and on trails adjacent in Tilden. Scramblers will
hike in Pacifica with Tony Watkin leading.
Wednesday, Sept. 21: Charlotte Katz will lead the Amblers
in Joaquin Miller Park, while Pat Trapani leads the Ramblers on
the Goldenrod and Cascade trails in Chabot. Don Geahry will
take the Scramblers 6 to 7 miles around Lake Anza in Tilden
Park.
Saturday, Sept. 24: Amblers follow Nora Furey in the
Bear Creek area of Briones. The Ramblers with Marvin and
Rochelle Schulman drive to Tennessee Valley in Marin and
walk to the Muir Beach overlook. Scramblers, with Mary
Anne Garvey, will take the same hike extending it into Muir
Beach.
Wednesday, Sept. 28: Tunette Steiner leads the Amblers on
nearby East Ridge. Carolyn Yandle will take the Ramblers to
Pleasanton Ridge. Wayne Emrich and the Scramblers will explore Las Trampas.
Lionel Guterres tops Hanson in Lawn
Bowling Club’s Four-Score Tournament
By Bob Lewis
Club correspondent
Lionel Guterres, duplicating his victory in the July
Rossmoor Lawn Bowling
Club Men’s Championship
Singles, captured this year’s
Four-Score Plus Singles
Tournament on Aug. 24, during his first year of eligibility. Guterres dominated Bob
Hanson 15-3.
On Aug. 23 in semifinal
play, fourth qualifier Guterres
edged out first qualifier Bob
Penman, 15-13, in a game
that had its swings. Winning
1 shot in each of the first 5
ends, Guterres then fell behind 5-8 to Penman, who
took 4 in the sixth, 1 in the
seventh and 3 in the eighth.
Now, it was again Guterres’
turn. He scored 1 in each of
the ninth, 10th and 11th ends,
then added 3 more in the
12th, to go up 12-8. Penman
scored 3 in the 13th to trail by
just a shot. at 11-12. Guterres
bounced forward again, finishing off the contest with 3
shots in the 14th end.
The other semifinal game,
too, had its reversals. Third
qualifier Bill Lee went up
4-0 on second qualifier Hanson, then on to a 5-1 lead at
the end of four. But Hanson
won the next 7 shots: singles
in each of the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth ends, plus
3 more in the ninth, to lead
8-5 at that point.
Lee took 3 shots in the
10th, to tie the score at 8-all.
Hanson, though, won the next
6 shots, so that by the end of
14 he led 14-8. Lee added 1
more in the 15th, but Hanson
tallied the winning shot in
the 16th, for a final score of
15-9.
The final game was closely
contested, although the score
did not indicate this. Hanson
had a bowl or two close to the
jack consistently. His only
problem was that Guterres
far too often had one or two
just a tad closer.
The morning of Aug. 24,
a dozen-and-a-half spectators gathered in front of the
mat house to watch the play
on green one. Jody Allison
marked and Nancy Richard
flipped the scoreboard spotted in the shade along the
east side of the green.
Hanson started play by
delivering a long jack; but
Four-Score Tournament semifinalists, from left, Lionel
Guterres, Bob Penman, Bob Hanson and Bill Lee
Guterres took the shot, delivered a medium jack, and added
2 more. Now bowling medium
long, he gained another single
in the third end. Hanson scored
1 shot in the fourth, and chose
a hog-line jack. Each player
inspected the head carefully
before rolling his last bowl.
Guterres took the shot, and the
score was now 5-1 at the end
of five. Guterres set a medium
long jack, and Hanson added
another shot. Now, at 5-2 in favor of Guterres, Hanson delivered a medium short jack.
This didn’t help. Guterres
added 3 shots, to advance to 82. Hanson gained 1 more in the
eighth. With Guterres holding
2, Hanson bumped 1 of them
out and held its position for the
score. But still he trailed 3-8.
The rest of the contest was
bowled to long or moderately
long jacks, and Guterres continued his separation, scoring
all the remaining shots. In the
11th end, with Hanson holding
2, Guterres’ last bowl tipped
one of Hanson’s bowls, and
held its position. Then Hanson’s last bowl scratched that
of Guterres, but failed to take
it out. In the 13th, with Hanson up 1 and trying for a second point with his last bowl, he
clobbered his own point bowl,
and Guterres scored the coup.
Chris and Sue Yahng
Chris and Sue Yahng, two
recently certified members
of the Lawn Bowling Club,
were unavailable for the interviews published in the Aug.
10 Rossmoor News. Chris
was born in China, but his
family moved to New Haven, Conn., when he was 5-
Four-Score Champion Lionel Guterres
years-old. Sue was born in
San Francisco.
Chris graduated from the
University of the South, a
small liberal arts school in
Sewanee, Tenn. After completing a tour of duty in the
Army — all served in this
country about 40 years ago
— Chris accepted a job with
Crown Zellerbach in San
Francisco. Later, and until recently, Chris, a certified public accountant, and a partner
owned and operated a small
accounting firm in Oakland.
Sue, who graduated from
UC Berkeley, was for many
years the school librarian
at Piedmont High. She and
Chris met at Iceland, the old
ice skating rink in Berkeley.
The Yahngs, having long
lived in Oakland, and wanting a warmer climate, moved
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Bocce Club to hold playoffs and barbecue at Sportsmen’s Park
The Bocce Club will hold its
annual barbecue and evening
league playoff at Sportsmen’s
Park on Sunday, Sept. 11.
The first place teams from
Tuesday and Wednesday eve-
nings will hold a playoff for
the best of three games beginning at 3:30 p.m. Members
are welcome to watch these
games.
Awards for evening league
play will be given at the barbecue dinner, which will be held
at 6 and be catered by Back 40
Texas Barbecue.
The club will provide cokes,
water and beer. Diners are wel-
come to bring other beverages.
The cost of the dinner is
$18 for members and $20 for
nonmembers. Checks should
be made payable to Rossmoor
Bocce Club and sent to Mary
Hufford at 2814 Saklan Indian
Drive. Dinner payment must
be received by Sunday, Sept.
4.
For information, call Hufford at 979-9611.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
GOLF SHOP NEWS
FROM THE GOLF PRO
Labor Day Golf for a Cause
By Mark Heptig, golf course director
The Labor Day weekend is here! This is a chance for
families and friends to spend valuable time together enjoying great weather, barbecues and outdoor activities, like
golf. It will probably be another busy weekend here at the
Rossmoor golf courses. However, over the past three years,
the Labor Day weekend has taken on an even more important meaning for Rossmoor golfers.
The PGA of America and the United States Golf Association have created a joint initiative called Patriot Golf Day.
Golf courses across the nation have joined together to collect funds for what is called the Folds of Honor Foundation.
This foundation provides post-secondary educational scholarships to children and spouses of military men and women
killed or disabled while serving our great nation.
To participate it is simple: Between Friday and Monday,
Sept. 2 to 5, we will collect donations at the front counter
of the golf shop. If you donate $1 when you come in to play
golf, our club can make a sizeable donation at the end of the
weekend. In the five years this program has existed, this national program has been able to provide 2,100 scholarships
through the Folds of Honor Foundation.
When I went to the Northern California semiannual
meeting this year in July, the national spokesperson for this
upcoming Patriot Golf Day was there. It was the widow of
a major in the Air Force. Her husband was shot down over
Afghanistan while providing air support to ground troops
that were pinned down in a valley. Although his effort saved
many lives, his plane was hit and it spun into the ground
– just days before Christmas.
He left behind his wife and five children. She received a
videotape from her husband four days after Christmas wishing the family a happy holiday and telling them he would be
home soon. He had probably sent the tape just a couple of
days before he died.
Her story had the entire room of 250 golf professionals
in tears. So, let us not forget those who make the ultimate
sacrifice for our freedom and support the Patriot Golf Day
program.
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to Rossmoor about a year-and-a-half ago.
Both Sue and Chris are golfers. Although they joined the
Bocce Club when they first moved to Rossmoor, because of
their involvement in various remodeling projects, they have
never played bocce in Rossmoor.
In addition to golf, Chris enjoys his weekly poker games, and
Sue plays duplicate bridge every Tuesday morning. They both
enjoy traveling, but don’t get to do as much as they’d like. Chris
is a member of Golden Rain Foundation’s Finance Committee.
They have one married daughter, but no grandchildren.
Coming events
The Cakebread Cellars Triples Draw will be on Labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 5. It is hosted by Vera Belton, Roe Hazelwood
and Sylvi MacDonald. There will be no fee for the handicap
bowling. There will be cash prizes using money raised from the
sale of bowls donated by Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford.
Check in for morning bowling is at 8:30. Lunch in the Diablo
Room at Hillside Clubhouse will follow the bowling, and will
include lasagna, salad and wine donated by Cakebread Cellars
as well as other beverages. The charge for lunch is $6 per person.
The Women’s and the Men’s Handicap Triples Draws, which
were rained out in March, are scheduled for Tuesday through
Thursday, Sept. 6 through 8. Sign-up sheets are posted, and
close Saturday, Sept. 3.
New lawn bowlers’ instruction classes led by Jeanne Lauritzen and Ed de Assis will resume on Wednesdays and Fridays,
starting Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 1 p.m. For information, call
Lauritzen at 937-3658.
CALL TO FIND OUT IF YOU MAY WALK THE GOLF COURSE
Residents may walk Rossmoor’s golf courses on days
when they are closed. To find out if the course is closed,
call the Pro Shop, 988-7861. The shop is open daily at
7 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday and on Mondays when
tournaments are held. Don't walk on the course during
golfing days even if nobody is golfing. Serious injuries
can result from golf balls, as well as cart accidents.
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Tennis Club plans busy September
Cocktail party,
Wild Card and
two tourneys
Rossmoor Tennis Club
(RTC) players will be busy next
month with their cocktail party
on the Saturday, Sept. 24, Wild
Card on Saturday, Sept. 3, and
two tournaments.
Checks for the cocktail party need to be mailed to Sally
Nordwall no later than Monday, Sept. 12, in the amount of
$25.
The tournaments will be
against Summerset on Saturday, Sept. 17, and a men’s
doubles tournament Saturday,
Sept. 24.
Mike Cavenaugh is organizing the match with Summerset
and Mark Patterson will head
up the men’s doubles. Players
need to check the Buckeye bulletin board for details.
These upcoming matches
18ers’ Shin
awarded pin,
Hiebert shoots
hole-in-one
By Buff Silveria
Club correspondent
There was some mighty
fine shooting on the 18-hole
Dollar Ranch Golf Course last
week. Rossmoor 18er Agnes
Shin took home the WGANC
pin for the day with a low net
64. Helen Hiebert put her ball
in hole 10 (where many dunk
balls in the creek), for a holein-one.
Continuing on the first
flight, Sil Jung came in second and Pat Deisem was
third. Jodi Rice took first in
the second f light with a net
70 followed by Linda Scheffer and Mary Hufford.
Katie Pittman was the
third f light low-net winner
with a 67, Urcil Commons
placed second and Marilyn
Treppa was third. The fourth
flight winner was Casey Dixon with a net 69, followed by
Madeline Diero and Marsha
Belcher.
Pil Choo chipped in from
off the green on hole 10 to
sink the only birdie of the
day on hole 10. Pittman and
Deisem each chipped in on
hole 13; Del Poirer, hole 16;
and Peggy Farrugia, hole 4,
followed suit.
Playing from the gold tees,
three 18ers scored pars: Farrugia on hole 4; Marg Bones
on holes 10 and 16; and Commons on holes 10, 14 and 16.
Coming up
Thursday, Sept. 1, is the
start of the three-day Championship Tournament, which
continues on Tuesday, Sept.
6, and Thursday, Sept. 8. An
awards luncheon will follow
play on the third day. Players will bring bag lunches, or
they can order a sandwich in
the restaurant.
Showing off the new score-keeping post are, from left, Tennis
Club members Barbara Dominic, Mary Kay McClure, Suzanne
Eldridge and Gloria McBeth.
will welcome a new addition
to the Buckeye courts. After a
long wait, the worn and defective scoring cards have been
replaced with a tower model
that uses balls to indicate
scores of the home and visitors’ teams.
Niners finish one tourney,
look forward to another
The Niners tournament on Aug. 25 was low net. The winners
were:
First flight: first, Gerda Peterson $3, second, Elaine Matsui $2
and third, Mary Federico $1.
Second flight: first, Lorrie McCurdy $3 and second, (tie) Doris
Eggers and Louise Angerer $1.50 each.
Third flight: first, Inge Ravenstad $3 and second, (tie) Therese
Novak and Sharon Birdsall $1.50 each.
Gisela Martin got a chip-in on hole 4 for $1.
On Thursday, Sept. 1, registration envelopes for Guest Day on
Thursday, Sept. 22, will be available in the Pro Shop. The sponsor is Better Homes Real Estate – Rossmoor. The cost is $25 per
person and covers breakfast, lunch and prizes.
Check-in time will be at 7 a.m. in the Pro Shop. Breakfast is at
7:30 and tee off for the nine-hole scramble is at 8:30.
The Niners are limited to three guests (no handicap required),
and the cutoff date is Sunday, Sept. 18. Reservation checks, payable to Rossmoor Niners, and the entry envelope may be left in
the drawer in the Pro Shop. The chairwomen for this tournament
are Sharon Birdsall and Lorrie McCurdy.
Early sign up is advised as there are only 60 spots available.
Happy Hackers hold
scramble tournament
The Happy Hackers September scramble tournament is set
for Saturday, Sept. 10. Golf will be played on the Creekside
Course and tee-time will be a new time of 2:30 p.m.
Sign-up sheets will be in their regular place in the Pro
Shop. Sign-ups begin Saturday, Aug. 27, and end Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Dinner will be at Creekside, rooms 1 and 2, after golf
play, at approximately 5:30.
Member dinners are $22, which includes beverages and
prizes, and dinner only guests are $17. This is getting close
to the end of the playing year so members are urged to come
out and play and have fun.
Happy Hackers is a fun organization and welcomes those
who are new to Rossmoor and would like to try golf. One
must be a member in order to play.
For information, call Muriel Wyro, membership, at 2564484, and Mary Lou Delpech, tournament, 932-6742.
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
All golfers are invited to
play in Labor Day tourney
Make Labor Day a special day by playing in a friendly
Rossmoor holiday golf tournament open to all Rossmoor golfers and golf club members on Monday, Sept. 5. Guest players are
welcome.
The fun begins with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start on the 18-hole
Dollar Ranch Golf Course with an optional barbecue buffet dinner following the tournament.
The format will be two best net balls of a four-person team
open to men and women. Threesomes, couples and singles may
sign up and they will be assigned to a four-person team by Pro
Shop staff.
The entry fee is $5 per person and prizes will be awarded to
winners in each flight and for closest to the pin on holes 2 and
14. Winners will be announced at a barbecue buffet dinner at the
Court of Flags or the Fireside Room at Gateway at approximately
5:30 p.m.
The cost is $16 per person for the dinner. Attendees should
bring their own choice of beverage as only ice tea and water will
be available. Nongolfing guests of golfers are encouraged to attend dinner.
Sign-up envelopes are in the Pro Shop and should be completed
by Thursday, Sept. 1, and placed in the Men’s Club drawer.
Domino Club meets twice a week
The Domino Club meets regularly twice a week. Experienced
players meet on Monday evenings in the Oak Room at Gateway
Clubhouse. Participants should plan to arrive at 6:30 as play begins promptly at 6:45.
Beginners or rusty players meet Saturdays at noon in Multipurpose Room 2 at Gateway. This is an opportunity to learn and
practice rules and etiquette.
The Domino Club plays a game called Five-Up. Because the
player can use all of the doubles to play from, it is a faster, higherscoring game than the other Fives versions. Play is with partners,
but it is not necessary to bring a partner.
Five games (with a 28 minute time limit per game) are played
each session. A player is awarded one point every time he makes
a play that results in the open ends of the tiles in play adding up
to an amount divisible by 5. (There is 1 point for each multiple of
5. For example, 5 equals 1 point and 10 equals 2 points.).
A player also earns points from the total dominos left in the
opponents hands when “dominoing” or playing the last domino in
a player’s hand before the other players.
Multiple hands are played to reach a game total of 60 points
and five games are played for a potential score of 300 or better.
Everyone is welcome to play and learn about dominoes.
The domino winners for Aug. 22 were: Kent Croswell, 348; Joe
Blyskal, 338; Carl Pischke, 315; Sally Lowry, 312; Pat Quarto,
309; and Jim Ford, 309.
The domino winners for Aug. 20 were: Kent Croswell, 312;
John Fenske, 295; and Mary Stuart, 295.
Tip of the week
If your opponent had to draw the pile, your partnership should
focus on playing doubles and putting out as many new numbers as
possible to allow your side to go out and collect all of your opponents
remaining points. Also, you can try to get the ends back to the number on which the opponent drew thereby making him pass.
Partnership Bridge
On Aug. 23, 44 persons
played partnership bridge in
the Oak Room at Gateway.
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John and Dolores Clark
topped the winners with 4620
points, including a small slam
in diamonds.
Other winners were: Joan
and Jim Chenevey, 3680; Sue
Adams/Gail Strack, 3460; Eva
and Dick Bockius, 3400; John
Hyde/Dave Howell, 2950; Barbara Stewart/Hirsh Morton,
2920; Louise Sheets/Marie
Nelson, 2840; Sid Moss/Tunette Steiner, 2790; and Jo
Elia/Betty Dawes, 2750. Low
score was 1180.
Directors John and Dolores
Clark were assisted by Louise
Sheets.
For information, call Dolores Clark at 947-1767.
More
Partnership Bridge
is on page 47
Roadrunners RV Club planning
trip to Carmel in October
The Rossmoor Roadrunners RV Club is
planning its fall rally to Carmel by the River
RV Park in Carmel Valley from Sunday, Oct.
23, through Sunday, Oct. 30. A couple of miles
inland from Carmel, this RV park is secluded,
shaded and welcoming.
In addition to Carmel, the towns of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Big Sur will be available to explore. The group is scheduled to have
a behind-the-scenes tour of the Monterey Bay
Aquarium and golfers will play at the Pacific
Grove Municipal Golf Course. Another outing will be movie locations (“Cannery Row,”
“Play Misty for Me,” “From Here to Eternity,”
“Turner and Hooch” and “A Summer Place”).
In addition to the Roadrunners’ group activities, there will be time for people to explore on their own. Point Lobos is a beautiful
park to visit. Drop in to the Mission Ranch and
often find Clint Eastwood at the bar listening
to jazz. There are restaurants for all tastes,
the Carmel Mission to visit, Monterey County
wines to taste and shopping in Carmel.
Carmel’s Ocean Avenue and the side streets
have galleries, restaurants, specialty shops,
a small city park, clothing stores, Europeanstyle coffee and pastry shops.
Anyone interested in joining the Roadrunners on this rally should contact Bob Korsan,
650-759-4148. For those over 65, the park fee
will be $47 per night for six nights and the
seventh night is free. There is also a rally fee
of $30 per person. There is a limit on rigs over
38 feet long, so register early.
Members who have not received their rally
application form should call Korsan.
Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday, Aug.16
Section A
N/S 1. R. Williams/P. Barretta 2. B. Starin/F. Howard 3. C.
Franson/E. Franson 4. D. Wolfe/
J. Erickson
E/W 1. L Chien/A. Mattox 2.
N. Wells/C. Daar 3. A. Murray/
T. Szymczak 4. R. Lehman/B.
LaCour
Section B
N/S 1. B. V. Smith/J. Bechtel
2. P. Tolins/J. Granich 3. K. Hammond/B. Sankary 4. B. Handelsman/C. Handelsman
E/W 1. J. Michnoff/R. Becker
2. M. L. Armsby/B. Ballin 3. L.
Clemens/E. Black 4. M. K. Neff/
D. Langhorn
Wednesday, Aug. 17
Section A
1.D. Grupenhoff/M. Suchman
2. A. Petersen/C. Franson 3. D.
Terris/I. Darroch 4. C. Warner/J.
Francis
Section B
N/S 1. D. Wolfe/L. Daley 2.
B. Price/N. Wells 3. M. Sabol/M.
Powell 4. V. Low/H. Oke
E/W 1. R. Flink/B. LaCour 2.
J. Bateman/J. Taylor 3. S. Teta/F.
Owre 4. M.L. Armsby/E. Lang
Thursday, Aug. 18
Section A
N/S 1. C. Warner/R. Liu 2. A.
Johnson/T. Johnson 3. E. Weiner/R. Weiner 4. E. Beltran/J.
Borsuk
E/W 1. A. Murray/T. Szymczak 2. P. Taylor/A. Petersen 3. M.
Suchman/W.Y. Leong 4. R. Juo
Cunha/G. Cunha
Section B
N/S 1. L. Chien/A. Mattox 2.
D. Christiansen/D. Thompson 3.
L. Assoni/R. Boss 4. B.V. Smith/
J. Bechtel
E/W 1. P. Boss/M. Marty 2.
N. Wells/C. Daar 3. E. Chiang/J.
Low 4. J. Johnston/B. Ballin
Saturday, Aug. 20
Section A
N/S 1.M. Koch/N. Rosenberg
Fire prevention:
smokers
• Don’t smoke while in
bed.
• Put out cigarettes at
the first sign of sleepiness.
• Don’t throw matches
and butts in the trash unless they are doused with
water first.
2. C. Warner/S.Y. Huang 3. H.
Schick/M. Newman 4. B. Felder/
L. Grawoig
E/W 1. G. Karoly/V. Low
2. W.Y. Leong/M. Suchman 3.
P. Barretta/T. Szymczak 4. G.
Cunha/R. Juo Cunha
Monday, Aug. 22
Section A
N/S 1. A. Finkelstein/C. Nevin 2. B. Felder/D. Grupenhoff
3. V. Petersen/H. Sprague 4. L.
Grawoig/Z. Cooper
E/W 1. R. Flink/B. Price 2.
M. Livingston/P. Taylor 3. S.Y.
Huang/N. Goelkel 4. I. Darroch/
A. Murray
Section B
N/S 1. B. Handelsman/C.
Handelsman 2. B. Mantel/J. Cohen 3. L. Chien/J. Chien 4. A.
Eastman/C.Hugus
E/W 1. C. Gould/E. Gould 2.
W. Weinshelbaum/J. Mailman 3.
H. Oke/V. Low 4. R. Stabbe/G.
Koomok
Section C
N/S 1. D. Christiansen/D.
Thompson 2. J. Chenevey/J.
Chenevey 3. B.V, Smith/E.Lang
4. S. Burnett/C. Kearney
E/W 1. N. Donaldson/J. Autrey 2. M.L. Armsby/B. Ballin
3. L. Kwok/D. Kwok 4. V. Helenson/K. Bernard
For additional information,
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BRIDGE BITES
FROM THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
The Only Card
By Brian Gunnell
NORTH
♠ K 10 9 5 4
♥2
♦QJ653
♣94
WEST
EAST
♠QJ87
♠62
♥Q6
♥J 8 7
♦ K 10 8 2
♦A974
♣KQJ
♣ 10 8 7 2
SOUTH
♠A3
♥ A K 10 9 5 4 3
♦♣A653
Vulnerable: Both
SO.
1♥
4♥
WEST
Dbl
Pass
NO.
1♠
Pass
EAST
Pass
Pass
You are West, looking at
the N-W hands, there must be
something on your breakfast
table to cover the S-E hands.
Against ♥4 you lead the ♣K,
and that holds the trick, Partner playing the Two. Now, at
Trick 2, there is only one card
in your hand that will defeat
this contract. What is it?
Before you play to Trick 2,
let’s analyze Trick 1. Partner
played the Two, and in standard carding methods that is
discouraging. In other words,
partner does not like the suit
and it is safe to assume that he
does not have the Ace. So Declarer has the Ace, yet she did
not win the trick. What is she
up to? That’s right, she would
just love for you to continue
with Clubs, allowing her to
win the Ace and get a ruff in
Dummy.
It goes against the grain to
lead away from certain trump
holdings, and leading from
Qx has potential for blowing
a trump trick. Nonetheless,
stopping the ruff is paramount, so you bite the bullet and shift to a trump. But
which one? Leading a low
trump would deprive Declarer of a trick by stopping his
Club ruff, but it might return
the trick by destroying Partner’s trump holding. Time to
remove that diagonally placed
(pre-syrup) waffle from your
morning newspaper, and take
a peek at the S-E hands.
Yes, at Trick 2, the only card
in your hand that will beat the
contract is the ♥Q! Not only
does it deprive Declarer of his
ruff in Dummy, but it also preserves Partner’s natural trump
trick. In the fullness of time
the defense will score three
Clubs and a Heart, and that is
down one.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
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Camera Club announces winners of digital, color, monochrome prints
On the first Wednesday of
each month, the Rossmoor
Camera Club hosts a meeting
wherein members who enjoy competition submit their
photos for judging under the
category of digital/pictorial
and color and monochrome
prints.
These categories allow the
photographer to manipulate,
crop, change lighting and alter the image in any way desired – or just leave it as photographed – as long as the result can be properly assigned
to the category.
Because other categories
have more defined parameters, the resulting efforts in
these venues are often exciting and imaginative.
Competing members move
up in ranking based on the
number of points accumulated as their photographs
earn entry into the winner’s
circle. The beginning photographer submits images under
the rank of basic, and then
graduates to intermediate, advanced and masters as points
are won.
An experienced photographer/judge, usually a professional, is hired to critique the
entries as they are projected
on a screen.
All members are encouraged to participate. The entries are anonymous, so the
judge’s comments do not result in any embarrassment to
the photographer, but do provide useful tips on improving
skills.
New photographers will
find submitting their images
for “professional” evaluation
an extraordinary way to enhance their store of photographic knowledge.
For members and nonmembers, competition nights are a
wonderful venue for learning
more about the art form that
is photography. Visitors are
always welcome.
The judge on Aug. 3 was
Joan Fields. She competes in
the Contra Costa Camera Club
where she enters her work under the masters ranking. She
looks for strong composition
and the use of innovation in
the pictorial category.
Pictorial winners
Basic: first place, Alan
Katsura for “Can’t Remember
Fido’s Name”; second, Hamid
Kasmai for “Mt. Whitney”;
third, Richard Nicholes for
“Old Number 7”; and fourth,
Katsura for “Big, Black
Wolf”
Intermediate: first place,
“A Foo-Foo Dog” by Kathy
Katsura
“Pig in a Poke” by Stephen Shields
“Can’t
Remember
Fido’s
Name” by Alan Katsura
“Hunter” by Tim Christoffersen
“Landeck Castle” by Kathy Konesky
“Wharariki Still Life” by Mike
Portnoff
“Beached” by Sean McDonough
“Art Deco Building” by Richard Nicholes
Stephen Shields for “Pig in a
Poke”; second, Stan Scott for
“A Bright Spor”; third, Stan
Scott for “Bald Eagle”; fourth,
Carol Scott for “Spring Color”; and honorable mention,
Shields for “Spring Rains”
Advanced: first place,
Kathy Konesky for “Landeck
Castle”; second, Lynn Letteris for “The Bliss Lady Gambols”; third, Victoria Richardson for “Right on Target”;
fourth, Norman Nielsen for
“Cardio Stars”; and fifth,
Barrie Bieler for “Framed”
Masters: first place and
best in show, Mike Portnoff
for “Wharariki Still Life”;
second, Sean McDonough
for “Last Stop”; third, Tim
Christoffersen for “Suncrest
over Mono Lake”; and honorable mention, Ojars Kratins
for “Coastal Sunsets”
Color/print winners
Basic: first place, Katsura
for “A Foo-Foo Dog”; second,
Kasmai for “Lake Ellery”;
and third, Angie Martin for
“Blacksmith Shop”
Intermediate: first place,
Ed Langthorn for “Tennis
Anyone?”; second, Don Hardin for “Zen Garden”; and
third, Hardin for “Rain Coming”
Advanced: first place,
Christoffersen for “Hunter”;
second, Portnoff for “Free
Bird”; and third, Christoffersen for “Spring Sunset”
Monochrome print winners
Intermediate: first and sec-
Thrift Shop to hold summer clearance sale
The Way Side Inn Thrift
Shop will have its summer
clearance sale Tuesday, Sept.
6, through Saturday, Sept. 10.
The thrift shop, operated by
Assistance League volunteers,
is located at 3521 Golden Gate
Way in Lafayette.
Tuesday, Sept. 6, through
Thursday, Sept. 8, all merchandise will be marked at
half price. (Shoppers can take
advantage of the extended
store hours on Thursday, Sept.
8, when the thrift shop will remain open until 7 p.m. to coincide with the Lafayette Farmers’ Market.)
On Friday, Sept. 9, all merchandise will be priced at $2.
On Saturday, Sept. 10, shoppers
can fill an entire bag for $5.
Fall merchandise will be on
the floor beginning Tuesday,
Sept. 13.
Donations are welcome and
appreciated.
The Way Side Inn Thrift
Shop is the primary fundraiser
for the Assistance League’s
eight philanthropic programs.
For information, go to diablovalley.assistanceleague.org.
ond place, Nicholes for “Art
Deco Building” and “Pinnacle Peak”
Advanced: first place,
McDonough for “Beached”;
second, Konesky for “Smith
Rock State Park”; third, McDonough for “Spring Storm”;
fourth, Christoffersen for
“Woman, Cooking Fuel”; and
honorable mention, Bieler for
“Rose of Elms” and Konesky
for “Passing Storm”
The club welcomes anyone
with an interest in learning
about cameras or anyone who
“Tennis Anyone?” by Ed Langthorn
wants to adopt a new hobby.
New photographers with entry-level skills are encouraged to join.
For information, call Stan
or Carol Scott at 934-9998.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
HEALTH & FITNESS
Brain Booster Club, Manor Care, Eldercare
join for healthy living program in September
Rossmoor’s Brain Booster Club will host a
healthy living program on Friday, Sept. 9, from
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway Clubhouse.
This free program, “Navigating the Path to
Healthy Living,” will offer snacks and lunch
along with talks by three experts in the aging
field. It will be presented as a joint effort of
ManorCare of Walnut Creek, Eldercare Services on Tice Valley Road, and Pam Whitman,
of Transition Point, provider of the Brain Gym
program at Rossmoor.
A reservation is needed to attend this program. Call ManorCare at 975-5000 between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. The deadline is Friday, Sept. 2,
in order to plan for materials and lunch.
The program’s speakers and their topics
are:
• Dr. Jaspreet Mundeir, ND, on naturopathic
medicine, “Anti- Aging at its Best – Awaken
Your Health Consciousness”
• Pam Whitman, MA, on Brain Gym, “Awaken Your Brain and Put it in Drive”
• Eileen Nevitt, LCSW, ACSW, CME, Eldercare Services, on “Lift Your spirits and Find
Joy in Your Life”
Mundeir is a licensed naturopathic doctor.
She owns Surat Naturopathic. She focuses on
helping patients achieve their optimal health
state using homeopathy, hydrotherapy, nutraceuticals, botanical medicine and bio-identical
hormones.
Whitman is a Brain Gym instructor, life
coach and Speaking Circles facilitator. She
serves on the Brain Gym International Foundation Board and has been conducting Brain
Gym and Bal-A-Vis-X classes at Rossmoor for
two years.
Nevitt has worked extensively in the areas
of psychiatric and medical social work in both
hospital and community-based settings for 32
years. She has been with Eldercare Services in
Walnut Creek as a professional geriatric care
manager for over 13 years.
The mission of The Brain Booster Club is
to provide resources for Rossmoor residents so
they can learn and apply the principles of integration and stimulation of the brain and body.
For information on the program, call Ellen
Doerfer at 943-7879.
Fall Sprint Triathlon sponsored by Fitness Center
Residents can swim, ride a bike and walk/run on Oct. 4
The Fitness Center will hold
its annual Sprint Triathlon,
consisting of a 250-yard swim,
eight-mile bike, and two-mile
walk/run on Monday, Oct. 4.
The purpose of the event is
to promote fitness within the
Rossmoor community, and to
give residents a goal around
which to focus their fitness activities.
The event is open to
Rossmoor residents only. Residents can sign up to participate either individually, or as
a team of two or three. This
is to encourage greater participation, since some people
may feel comfortable with
one or two activities, but not
all three.
For residents needing assis-
tance, the Fitness Center staff
is available to provide training
tips as well as personal fitness
training. Interested residents
can call the Fitness Center or
inquire at the front desk.
Sign-up forms are available in the Fitness Center.
For information, contact Bob
Huff at 988-7850 or e-mail
bhuff@rossmoor.com.
Parkinson’s Support Group to meet
The Parkinson’s Network
of Mt. Diablo Support Group
will meet on Saturday, Sept.
17, from 10 a.m. to noon at
Grace Presbyterian Church,
2100 Tice Valley Blvd.
A time for refreshments
and information will precede
the speaker.
The speaker is Dr. Thomas
Edwards, UCSF Department
of Neurology senior faculty
member. Edwards is on the
cutting edge of research into
the origins of Parkinson’s.
All are welcome and there
is no charge.
For information, call Ro-
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such as Medical Friends of
Rossmoor and the Wellness
Group.
Hematologist will speak to
Medical Friends about
stem cells, clinical trials
Paul Holland M.D., will be the featured speaker at the
next Medical Friends of Rossmoor meeting to be held Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
Holland will focus on the state of the art of stem cells
and clinical trials, offering insight into the “Future of
Regenerative Medicine.” Regenerative medicine is the
process by which stem cells can be utilized to repair damaged organs and tissues, something of interest to all senior
citizens.
A Rossmoor resident, Holland graduated from UCLA
Medical School, began his internal medicine residency at
UCLA and completed it at UCSF. He is board certified in
internal medicine with a sub-specialty in blood banking/
transfusion medicine. His interest in blood bank and blood
transfusions led to a distinguished career at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), as chief of the Department of
Transfusion Medicine.
Holland retired from the NIH and became the medical
director and CEO of the Sacramento Medical Foundation
of Blood Centers, now called BloodSource, until his second
retirement in 2004. He continues as professor of medicine
and pathology at the UC Davis School of Medicine and is
the scientific director of the Delta Blood Bank in Stockton
and medical director of PacifiCord, an umbilical cord blood
bank in Irvine.
He has published 260 articles in the medical literature,
mostly relating to transfusion medicine risks and complications, especially prevention of viral hepatitis and AIDS.
Holland is a well-credentialed specialist in the field of
hematology, the specialty from which much of the knowledge and progress regarding stem cell research has been
developed.
Medical Friends of Rossmoor is a club of 200 members,
whose dues sponsor these talks six times a year, on the third
Tuesday of the odd-numbered months of January, March,
May, July, September and November at 1 p.m. in Peacock
Hall.
All Rossmoor residents are invited, member or not, and
there is no cost or obligation to attend. The group’s goal is to
present talks by recognized medical experts regarding subjects of interest to senior citizens. DVDs of past talks from
meetings are available in the Rossmoor Library.
Those interested in the club or who have topics they would
like to suggest for meetings are invited to e-mail Dr. Clair
Weenig, president, at csnjmweenig@comcast.net.
Director of Lions Center
for the visually impaired
to speak to Beyond Eyes
Edward Schroth, executive
director of the Lions Center for
the Visually Impaired in Pittsburg, will speak to Beyond
Eyes on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2
p.m. at Del Valle Clubhouse.
The center sends representatives to Rossmoor to assist
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Beyond Eyes is a social
club for the blind and sightimpaired, their friends and
families. Sighted persons are
needed to assist with the club.
which meets the second Sunday of the month. Dues are $5
a year. Reservations are not
required. All are welcome.
Refreshments are always
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
FORF gets
ready for
upcoming
events
Friends of Rossmoor Fitness (FORF) will participate
in the first annual Rossmoor
Games, sponsored by the Recreation Department. These
Olympic-style games will
take place Monday, Sept. 26
through Thursday, Sept. 29, at
various locations throughout
Rossmoor.
Closing ceremonies for the
games will be held Friday,
Sept. 30, at Sportsmen’s Park
and will include awarding of
prizes and a barbecue. Watch
Channel 28 and read the News
for information.
FORF encourages those
members not participating in
the games to volunteer. Call
Sherry Smith at 979-1808 to
find out more about volunteer
opportunities.
Triathlon
Following closely behind
the Rossmoor Games, the triathlon will take place on Monday, Oct. 3, at 8 a.m. After a
one-year hiatus, the Fitness
Center is again sponsoring this
event.
Bob Huff, trainer at the Fitness Center, is coordinating
the triathlon with the assistance of Barbara Leonard and
Jim Eklund. The event will
consist of a 250-yard swim at
Del Valle Pool, an eight-mile
bicycle course on the Dollar
Golf Course, and a run/walk
of two miles, also on the Dollar Golf Course.
Any Rossmoor resident can
sign up as an individual or as
part of a team. If individuals
want to be part of a team and
do not have teammates, the triathlon organizers will coordinate teams of people.
Participants will be given
tee shirts and certificates.
Prizes will be awarded for
first, second and third places
in each age group and in each
category.
It’s not too early to sign up.
Registration forms and course
maps are available at the Fitness Center front desk.
FORF sponsored a kick-off
potluck dinner for this event
on Aug. 8. Volunteers will
be needed to ensure that the
triathlon runs smoothly, and
FORF is enlisting the help of
its members. For information,
contact Huff at the Fitness
Center 988-7850.
Turbosonic
The Turbosonic machine
is a much-used and popular
piece of equipment at the Fitness Center.
However, the Turbosonic
is only on loan to the Fitness
Center by the distributor and
can be taken away any time.
The purchase of this machine
is not included in the budget
for the Fitness Center.
FORF has pledged $1,000 to
help purchase the Turbosonic
and has posted a sign-up sheet
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SHRINK’S RAP
Tips on Adapting to Aging
By Marsha Young,
Psychologist
In this column, I
will offer tips on how
to use and exercise
the brain and the
mind. The brain, like
the rest of the body, responds
positively to exercise, stimulation and nurturing. Neuropsychologists and scientists have
helped us learn about how to
do this. Future columns will
explore thinking processes,
emotion and behavior. To be
in good health is to pay attention to more than just the
body. In the process I’ll explore many facets of everyday
life from basic movement, listening, seeing, sleeping, anxiety, anger and remembering
to enjoying films, books, the
arts and even chocolate tasting. Tips will also apply to
golf or tennis games or dancing lessons.
A
fter age 35 and increasingly so after
age 50, our senses
diminish and our responses
slow. Eyesight and hearing
abilities decrease so gradually that we may not be
aware there have been great
changes. We are less and less
aware of important clues in
the immediate environment.
Thinking and memory slow.
With knowledge of this, we
can adapt and function better. Willingness to focus on
these changes, rather
than remain stuck in
patterns that no longer
work as we age, is essential to adapting to
and gracefully embracing the aging process.
The old adage is that
change is difficult. Through
focus and practice, most of us
CAN change. One can train
the mind to focus more intently. It takes a little more effort
at this stage of life but it is so
worth the benefits. It will keep
you younger and safer longer.
In future columns, I will offer more specific, concrete tips
on how to actually accomplish
keener awareness. Tasks, like
driving, that we once did automatically without thinking,
now require less automatic,
more conscious, involved focus. The mind does not shift
as quickly and the foot on the
pedal does not react as accurately. The mind and the body
have to work together so that
thinking is actively happening
while driving or reacting in a
fire. As the body grows less
able to react, sharpening the
mind can help us compensate.
Bridge players are probably
better drivers, since paying
close attention to the numbers
on cards is important momentto-moment practice for cultivating keen awareness. One must
make a concerted and aware
effort to transfer skills from
one area like bridge, or golf to
another like driving or internet
Mental illness support
group meets at JCC
The mental health project P’tach Libeynu, “Open Our Hearts,”
offers a monthly support group for family members of adults with
mental illness. The next meeting is Monday, Sept. 26, from 7 to
8:30 p.m. at the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, 2071
Tice Valley Blvd., next to Rossmoor.
All faiths are welcome. There is no charge to participate. For
information or to respond, call 945-7272 or visit www.openourhearts.net.
PL E A S E R E C YC L E T H I S N E WS PA PE R
surfing. We want to keep safe,
keep alert and keep happy.
To further “train the brain,”
adopt the intention to examine
the daily tasks that have been
done habitually, without thinking. Revisit the intention four
times daily, or more. This creates a space in thinking where
you can change from automatic reactivity to conscious decision-making. This improves
performance everywhere
from the board room to the
classroom to the golf course
to grand-parenting. Old, bad
habits are breakable within 60
to 160 days if you are willing
to practice. Darwin wrote: “It
is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most
intelligent, but the one most
responsive to change.” To be
responsive is to be “responseable.” An intentional response
is better than an unconscious,
automatic or accidental response.
Tip: repeat your intention
Before a task, take 5 seconds to repeat your intention
in a very specific way. For example, sit in your car before
starting it and repeat out loud,
with deep and committed intent: “I will stop fully at each
red light and stop sign.” Know
the details of the meaning,
for example: “I will depress
the brake fully, wait until the
vehicle stops completely and
take a conscious breath before releasing the brake.”
If you habitually slide
through stop signs, perhaps
this is inertia: the property of
a body by which it remains at
rest or continues moving in a
straight line unless acted upon
by a directional force. If you
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make an intention to change
this, you can defeat inertia.
Try this approach with different tasks each day. Have
a general goal like “I want
more control, or more peace
in my life,” or “I want to
sharpen my senses.” Write it
down, keeping it in a prominent place. Then break it into
smaller tasks and practice the
intention tip to carry out each
task.
To sharpen taste buds: Before each meal repeat your
intention aloud. “I will hold
each bite in my mouth longer
before chewing. I will focus
my attention on really experiencing each taste.” Sharpening senses increases brain
power.
At first changes can feel
annoyingly slow, confusing
or difficult. Be patient with
yourself. Persist. You are taking important steps to capture
youthful alertness, but with
more wisdom than when you
were younger.
I welcome questions you
would like addressed. Send by
e-mail to Dr.young@yahoo.
com
•••
Marsha Young, a Rossmoor
resident and a retired psychologist, will have a column
in the News every other week.
For 20 years, she specialized
in 17 anxiety disorders including panic disorder for psychiatry at Kaiser San Francisco,
where she also served on the
hospital’s Ethics Committee.
She was a consultant to the
state of California Medical
Board and president of Alameda County Psychological
Association.
Resident wants to start a
Cannabis Discussion Club
A Rossmoor resident, Erika
Whiteway, is interested in forming a Rossmoor Cannabis Discussion Club and is looking for
other residents to join.
The purpose of the club is to
help de-stigmatize cannabis use,
provide information to the “cannabis curious” (there will be no
sampling) and discuss where to
find a doctor who will prescribe
cannabis or a medical card.
Whiteway anticipates that it
can be a group of like-minded
people who can share their
knowledge of and experience
with cannabis in a safe, nonjudgmental setting.
For information about joining the Cannabis Club, e-mail
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
SIR will learn about
Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore
The Rossmoor SIR (Sons in
Retirement) branch 81 meets
Tuesday, Sept. 6, in the Sierra
Room at Del Valle Clubhouse.
The full-service hosted bar
opens at 11:15 a.m. with lunch at
noon.
The speaker is Ivy Morrison, a state public information
officer for the Caldecott Tunnel
fourth bore project. It’s slated
for completion in late 2013 or
early 2014 at an estimated cost
of $391 million.
Morrison will discuss some
of the challenges and interesting highlights that have been
encountered. She will also talk
about the efforts of geologists,
archeologists, paleontologists
and anthropologists to learn
more about the history of the
site.
Cost of the lunch is $12.
SIR is a retired men’s social
organization with no membership dues or assessments. The
Rossmoor branch meets on the
first Tuesday of the month. The
meeting is an opportunity to
maintain old friendships and
make new acquaintances.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Rossmoor
SIR and its programs and activities may contact Stu Bolinger
at 937-7988 or C.H. Nixon at
933-6175.
Hadassah will test new
recipes at luncheon meeting
The Rossmoor group of Hadassah invites residents to join it
for lunch on Tuesday, Sept. 13, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Vista
Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Attendees will taste selected recipes from the “Hadassah
Holiday Cookbook” and the new “Hadassah Everyday Cookbook.”
The guest speaker is Faith Kramer. Her topic is “The History
of the Special Foods We Eat at Rosh Hashanah.” Kramer is a
member of the Oakland chapter, a freelance food writer and a
regular contributor to the “J” food column.
Anyone who wants to prepare a recipe from the new cookbook for the tasting should contact Leslie Rupley by Tuesday,
Sept. 6, at 382-2330 or leslie2745@astound.net. Members may
also use their own special holiday recipe. Cooks attend for
free.
The cost is a $12 donation to Hadassah. The reservation
deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 7. Contact Sandie Lawrence at
935-3624 or djmsl@silcon.com.
Hadassah is the women’s Zionist organization of America.
For information, go to www.hadassah.org.
FORF announces events
Continued from page 45
near the machine for monetary
pledges. Just sign name and information for contact at a later
date regarding the amount of
money to be donated.
FORF is a club formed for
the purpose of having fun and
raising money for the Fitness
Center and pools. Proceeds
will support those needs of the
Fitness Center and pools that
are not covered by the budget.
Membership is $12 per
person per year. Membership
forms are available at the Fitness Center or may be downloaded from the website at
rossmoorfitness.com. Mail
checks made out to Friends of
Rossmoor Fitness to Bev Louie, 4153 Terra Granada Drive
No. 3A, or place them in the
FORF mailbox at Gateway.
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Lawyers who helped free battered
woman Debbie Peagler speak to AAUW
Two of the lawyers who worked to help free
battered woman Debbie Peagler from prison after more than 20 years will speak at a brunch
meeting of the Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek
AAUW.
The brunch is Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Crow Canyon Country
Club, 711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville.
Peagler was in prison from 1983 to 2009 for
her vague connection to the murder of the man
who beat her, forced her into prostitution and
sexually abused their daughter.
The guest speakers are Nadia Costa and
Marisa Gonzalez. Costa is senior counsel in
Miller Starr Regalia’s Walnut Creek office. She
and another attorney in the same practice volunteered through the Habeas Project to help get
Peagler out of prison.
They uncovered a trail of prosecutorial misconduct that began with her arrest. Their discoveries launched a movement that not only
advocated for Peagler’s own freedom, but that
also raised a banner for battered women and the
wrongfully imprisoned around the globe.
Peagler’s story and the battle to secure her
freedom have been made into a documentary
movie, “Crime After Crime.”
González, staff attorney at Legal Services for
Prisoners with Children, also directs the Habeas
Project.
The brunch cost is $27, if received before Friday, Sept. 2, and $30 afterward. The reservation
form is available at www.aauw-da.org/brunch2.
Mail the reservation form and check, payable to
Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek AAUW, to P.O
Box 996, Alamo, 94507.
Political analyst to speak to ORT
ORT will have an open
meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20,
in the Sierra Room, Del Valle
Clubhouse. Refreshments will
be served at 12:30 p.m. with
the program at 1.
John Rothmann, an ardent
Zionist, will talk about “Chaos
in the Middle East and Else-
where.” He is a talk show host
on ABC affiliate KGO-AM
Newstalk Radio in San Francisco.
Rothmann is a political and
foreign policy consultant specializing in the United States,
the former Soviet Union and
the Middle East. He is a fre-
quent lecturer on American
politics and has spoken at more
than 150 campuses throughout
the United States, Canada and
Israel.
Raffle tickets for gift certificates to local restaurants will
be sold. The proceeds benefit
ORT schools.
Lions Club to hold picnic tomorrow
The Rossmoor Lions Club
will have its annual picnic
on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 4
p.m. at Sportsmen’s Park at
Hillside.
The barbecue is $5 a person for members and guests.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, potato
salad, baked beans, chips and
ice cream novelties for dessert
are included in the cost. Soda,
water, beer (regular and light)
and red and white wine will
also be supplied.
Dinner will be served at
5:30. Horse races begin at
4:30. A $1 horse race wager
will help support a Lions char-
ity to be chosen by Lions Club
President Rex Fraser.
Club members will be available with golf carts to transport Lions and guests up to the
picnic area.
For reservations and information, call Dave and Sandy
Weber at 949-7571.
Atheists and Agnostics discuss morality
Atheists are often accused
of having no basis for their
morality. At the next meeting
of the Atheists and Agnostics
Group Thursday, Sept. 1, at 2
p.m. in the Las Trampas Room
at Hillside Clubhouse, that
contention will be questioned.
The sources of morality
have been a subject of philo-
sophical discussion for ages
but modern scientific investigations have added new information on the topic. Studies
in animal behavior as precursors of human morality will
be presented. A new view of
the evolutionary process will
be described where cooperation and mutualism replace
aggression and violence.
In addition, the rational justifications for moral action of
Emmanuel Kant and Baruch
Spinoza will be presented.
Warm drinks and cookies
are available at 1:30. Visitors
are welcome. For information,
call Richard Golden at 9333133.
Gait and Balance offered Tuesdays
Maintaining the ability to
move and walk is one of the
main goals of the Gait and
Balance classes taught every Tuesday in the Aerobics
Room at the Fitness Center.
Other goals include improving flexibility, coordination,
breathing, and also thinking
and sensing.
Through use of the Feldenkrais method of gentle movements and attention to the
sensations in the body during the lessons, one’s brain
and nervous system can have
a choice of additional and
more efficient and comfortable ways of moving. These
benefits carry over into daily
lives in walking, reaching for
an item on a shelf, or turning
to see to the side or behind
while driving.
Lessons begin at 11:30 a.m.
and are done sitting on a chair
or standing at the barre. The
cost is $7 per lesson or $25 for
four lessons.
Classes are taught by Edie
Hedgecock, certified Felden-
krais practitioner. To register,
call Hedgecock at 932-2618.
CHESS FORUM
Each week, the Rossmoor
Chess Club offers a chess
problem or a clever opening
as well as the answer for the
previous week.
The answer for the Aug.
24 problem was 1…Bb2
…If 2.Bxb4…Qa1 mate...if
2.Bxb2…Qa2 mate.
In addition to the problem this week, the club seeks
Rossmoor chess players for
the Rossmoor Games, which
are planned for Friday, Sept.
23, and Saturday, Sept. 24.
Currently, there are eight
players in the men’s tier and
four players in the women’s
tier.
Players at all levels are
welcome at the Chess Room
on the first floor of Dollar
Clubhouse on Fridays from
12:30 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come
join the fun.
Call Bob Dickson at 9341405 with the solution and any
questions or comments.
ROSSMOOR N EWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Entertainment Notes
Continued from page 19
cellent job bringing this articulate and professionallevel cast together, to bring
the authors’ words to life.
Each actress has fulfilled her
role with purpose, humanity
and sterling silver humor. I
am not sure one could have
found a more perfect cast.
Each one truly becomes her
character and the audience,
in turn, falls in love with
each one.
“The Dixie Swim Club”
plays Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays through Sept. 11.
The Lesher Center is located
on the corner of Civic Drive
and Locust in Walnut Creek.
For tickets, call the box office
at 943-7469.
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Medicine disposal is available at Gateway
A prescription drug drop-off box is located at
Gateway between the Library and the Oak Room.
The box is only for prescriptions and over-thecounter medicine and vitamins in pill or capsule
form. The box is tamper-proof and is identified as
a prescription drop-off for medications no longer
needed.
Liquid medications and needles cannot be put
in the box.
Pills can be left in their original prescription
bottles.
In an effort to assist residents in disposing
of expired and unwanted medicines in an
environmentally safe way, the Golden Rain
Foundation has enlisted the help of Curbside, Inc.
in creating this drop-off collection box.
Curbside, Inc. retrieves the medications in a
timely manner and burns them.
Do not dispose of medicines into the toilet
or sink. Medicines in wastewater cannot be
removed by treatment plants, and directly enter
the environment.
LEGAL NOTICES
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: August 1, 2011
Myrna Barajas, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005241-00
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: August 9, 2011
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005440-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: PowerHouse Designz, 2655
Monument Blvd., Concord, CA 94520,
Contra Costa County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Lamorinda Nails, 3502-D
Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549,
Contra Costa County.
Geoffrey Steven Jung
1104 Kaitlin Pl.
Concord, CA 94518
and
Robert Steven Hartmann
1362 Mt. Pisgah Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Loan Kim Pham
1509 Beechwood Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94579
and
Nhung Tuyet Ma
1317 Orchard Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94577
Business conducted by: Co-Partners.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above.
s/Robert Steven Hartmann and Geoffrety
Steven Jung, Co-Partners
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4879
Publish Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2011
Business conducted by: a General
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above.
s/Loan Kim Rham, Nhung Tuyet Ma
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4884
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: July 26, 2011
Lisa Woods, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005111-00
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: July 22, 2011
B. Basch, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005061-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Troika, 107 Phoenix Ct.,
Danville, CA 94506, Contra Costa
County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: JDV Home Staging & Interiors, 4498 Sweet Shrub Ct., Concord,
CA 94521, Contra Costa County.
Vishal Bali
107 Phoenix Ct.
Danville, CA 94506
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Vishal Bali
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4880
Publish Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2011
Jennifer JD Villena
4498 Sweet Shrub Ct.
Concord, CA 94521
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Jennifer Villena
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4882
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
Partnership Bridge
Continued from page 42
On Aug. 19 at partnership
bridge, the scores were: Pat Guthrie/Carolyn Nelson 3710, Barbara
Stewart/Hirsh Morton 3340, Eva
and Dick Bockius 3110 with a
small slam in hearts, Judy and
Ted Augustine 3090, Shari Siegel/Gail Strack 2780 with a small
slam in spades and John and Dolores Clark 2770. Low score was
1260.
For information, call Helen
Dailey at 934-1902 or Carolyn
Nelson at 256-0144.
Partnership bridge on Aug. 25
had these winners: Helen Dailey/
Dick Bockius 5300, Jane Kadner/
Barbara Klein 4710, Tillie Mol-
ho/Lillian Katzburg 3810, Joan
and Jim Chenevey 3310, Virginia
Przyborowski/Jo Malanowski
3170 and Barbara Smith/Nicky
Hoaglund 2810.
Partnership bridge on Aug. 24
had these winners: Louise Brown/
Toshi Tsuchitani 3990, Jane Kadner/Harvey Oxman 3720, Edna
Nabbinger/Neal Monasch 3600,
Dawn Howell/Brucie Carter
3600, Wynette and Frank Greer
2740, Lila Kennedy/Jerry Werner 2360 and Vicki Chu/Luciana
Young 3210.
Partnership bridge on Aug.
19 had these winners: Pauline
Blackman/Susan Jaye 4100, Louise Brown/Shari Siegel 3480,
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: August 1, 2011
D. Acuff, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005239-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Bay Area Linux, 909 Cayce
Ct., Concord, CA 94518, Contra Costa
County.
James Douglas Hoadley
909 Cayce Ct.
Concord, CA 94518
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: June 30, 2011
Jose Gonzalez, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0004519-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Ruggie's Restaurant,
Simple Elegance Catering, 3191-L Crow
Canyon Pl., San Ramon, CA 94583,
Contra Costa County.
Ruggie's Inc.
227 Arthur Ct.
Danville, CA 94526
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above on 8/1/11,.
s/J.D. Hoadley
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4881
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Rutger Edwards Van Muijen, President
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4885
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: July 12, 2011
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA,
County of Contra Costa
725 Court Street
Martinez, CA 94553
FILED: Aug. 24, 2011
Courtney Dias, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0004767-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Incontro, 455 Hartz Ave.,
Danville, CA 94526, Contra Costa
County.
Stefano, Inc.
7075 Commerce Circle, Unit C.
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on July
8, 2011.
s /Stefano Giovacchini, President
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4883
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
Wynette and Frank Greer 3210,
Barbara Smith/Nicky Hoaglund
2570, Jerry Werner/Lila Kennedy
2550 with a slam in 6 no trump
and Luciana Young/Lillian Sodetani 2461.
Partnership bridge on Aug. 18
had these winners: Dawn Howell/
Brucie Carter 3640, Mary Keeler/
Vicki La Batt 3390, Edna Nebbinger/Yolande Smith 3300, Eva and
Dick Bockius 3210, Val and Marian Grohoski 3150, Lillian Sodetani/Machi Kaya 3110 with a slam
in 6 hearts and Carolyn Nelson/
Helen Dailey 2880 with a slam in
6 hearts.
For information, call Shari Siegel at 287-1720.
K. Torre, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: N11-1337
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Taiwo I. Agbontaen filed a petition with this court for a decree changing
names as follows: Present name: Taiwo
Igbinosun Agbontaen; Proposed name:
Charles Taiwo Agbontaen.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court at 9 a.m. on October 24,
2011, in the courtroom in Department 60,
Room 102, located at 725 Court Street,
Martinez, California, to show cause, if
any, why the petition for change of name
should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described
aobe must file a written objection that
includes the reasons for the objection
at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely filed, the
court amy grant the petition without a
hearing.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks prior to the
date set for hearing on the petition in
the Rossmoor News, a newspaper of
general circulation printed in the County
of Contra Costa.
Dated: August 24, 2011
/s/ Judith A. Sanders
Judge Protem of the Superior Court
Legal RN 4895
Publish Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 14, & 21,
2011
MUTUAL MAINTENANCE
FROM THE MUTUAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
FOR SERVICE, CALL 988-7650
Order Desk e-mail: workorder@rossmoor.com
Schedule through Sept. 7
LANDSCAPE ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
Mutuals 1-4: Once a month routine maintenance, fertilize
all shrubs and ground cover.
LANDSCAPE ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
INDEPENDENT MUTUALS:
Monday: Mutuals 28, 29, 48 and 61
Tuesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 22, 30, 65, 68
Wednesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 29, 48, 59, 68
Thursday: Mutuals 5, 28, 30 and 65
Friday: Mutuals 8, 29, 48, 56 and 59
TREE MAINTENANCE: Bldg. clearance by Waraner Bros.
PEST CONTROL: Call 988-7640 for service order.
LAWN MAINTENANCE: Mow weekly, fertilize with sulphur coated urea.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING: To report exterior walkway carport
lighting problems, call Mutual Operations at 988-7650.
TRASH AND RECYCLING PROBLEMS: 988-7640.
For an explanation of maintenance services,
call Tess Molina at 988-7637.
FOR ASSISTANCE REGARDING
THE FOLLOWING, CALL:
Billing inquiries and information .................... 988-7637
Building and manor repairs:
interior/exterior .............................................. 988-7650
Bus information .............................................. 988-7670
Dial-a-Bus ....................................................... 988-7676
Landscape maintenance and pest control ........ 988-7640
Manor alterations and resales.......................... 988-7660
FWCM = First Mutual SWCM= Second Mutual
TWCM = Third Mutual 4WCM = Fourth Mutual
48
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
CLASSIFIED ADS
10 PERSONALS
INCOME TAX ADVISORY and prior
return review by IRS-licensed enrolled agent (EA) tax practitioner.
Rossmoor resident, MBA, over 35
years tax experience, bonded and
E and O insured. Call Tom Mesetz
at 925-939-2132 (Rossmoor) or
925-283-0130 (Lafayette offi ce) or
www.diablotaxservice.com
NEEDED-VACATION HELP! A loving
home with no pets for my cat, Frankie
while I am away. He is a pretty, declawed Persian and would be much
happier not to be alone for two weeks.
The dates are Sept. 9 to Sept. 23.
Please call me at 925-938-8818.
20 FOUND
BARBARA BECKER WILL enh a n c e yo u r o c c a s i o n w i t h h e r
b e au t i f u l p i a n o m u s i c t a i l o r e d
to your event. Call 925 -954 8 8 0 8.
D O YOU HAVE FAM I LY or c lose
fr i e n d s w h o wo u l d l i ke to v i s i t
yo u for t h e h o l i d ays? Lo o king to exchange my home for
c a t s i t t i n g f r o m 12 / 2 4 / 11 t o
1/ ? /12 . Re m o d e l e d 2- b e dro o m
n e a r G a t e w a y. C o n t a c t G a r d e n i a S a r a z i n , 9 2 5 - 9 3 5 -16 0 5
o r 510 - 5 4 9 -16 6 0 o r e - m a i l
being present@gmail.c om
MOTIVATED SELLER!
SUBMIT OFFERS!
• Only all NEW WESTCHESTER Condo on market
• 2 Bedrooms, Den, 2 Baths, 1,640 square feet.
• Rebuilt, updated, redecorated to perfection
• Dual-pane windows, master bed. w/2 closets, 1 walk-in
• Interior access to garage, plus carport
• Large Laundry/hobby room and store room
• All up to current code…one of a kind ......... $565,000
WANTED: SANTA CLARA
OR BELVEDERE
• With parking adjacent, view/good outlook
• Have well-qualified buyers waiting!
MOTHER DAUGHTER TEAM
KAREN CARNEGIE-STOCHL, REALTOR
200-1184
PHERNE SHREWSBURY, REALTOR
974-1157
1160 ALPINE RD., WALNUT CREEK
Office: 938-7090
Professional Independent Real Estate Brokers
We Are the #1 Realtor Team
Working in Rossmoor
We successfully closed 43 deals so far in 2011.
How Can We Help You?
F E AT U R E D PR O P E R T Y
Looking for a backyard? (New listing!)
This level-in Santa Clara has a backyard-like setting perfect for owners with pets or grandkids. The
large patio is surrounded by lawn and is very private with the hill nearby. This condo has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a den with no-one
above or below for the ultimate privacy. Parking
is a breeze right outside the front door with room
for multiple cars. Move-in condition and light
and bright with some updating. Lowest dues in
Rossmoor! Offered for $334,000
ANN
Elizabeth
899-5097
DRE 01494942
Cantrell
ELIZABETH
aslam
H
Ann
639-7970
DRE 01058289
A Mother/Daughter Team
www.yourrossmoorrealtor.com
51 MORAGA WAY, • ORINDA, CA 94563 • 925-254-0440
PA R A K E T- G R E E N & Y E L L OW
found 8/20 at Pine Knoll Dr. and
Oakmont. Call Kathy 925 -9320734.
40 MISCELLANEOUS
HELPING HANDS/PERSONAL Assistant. Transportation to doctor
appointments, grocer y / clothes
shopping, errands, etc. I am reliable, honest and caring. Rossmoor
references. I would love to help
you! Call Linda at 925-825-2181.
“MY BUTLER JOHN” Making life
easier for you with these services:
accompanying and transportation
for medical visits, shopping; errands; airports. Wheelchair accessible vehicle. Call John 925-9897113.
REGULAR TRASH PICK UP from your
front door to your entry dumpster.
Other services available: Home,
pet and plant care, organizing, light
housecleaning, errands and shopping. Call and leave message for
Perri at 925-969-1839. Rossmoor
references. 5 years experience.
OVERWHELMED WITH piles of papers? Important documents? Routine bookkeeping? Messy files?
Getting rid of stuff? For efficient
money and time-saving results, call
Krista 925-939-2336. Free introductory evaluation.
AVON CALLING! ROSSMOOR resident recently retired, wants to establish clientele at home. Will bring
makeup, skincare, bath and body,
hair care and gift products directly
to your door. Please call Susan
for friendly, reliable, personalized
service, 925-938-3278 or susan.
kasdan@sbcglobal.net
PE R S O N A L AS S I S TA N T- I c a n
help redecorate your manor, also
help plan your next par ty large
or small. I have traveled extensively and can accompany you on
your outings far or near. References available. 925-216-3517 or
janfoxdesign@sbcglobal.net
ARE YOUR ORGANIZED? If not, I’ll
show you how to help you simplify routine bill paying, set up fi les,
eliminate clutter and get control of
your paperwork. Additionally, I can
organize and simplify your records
and documents prior to your meeting with your income tax preparer.
I’m a 20 year Rossmoor resident
and can provide references from
my current Rossmoor clients. Call
925-937-8565.
GOLF CART Wanted. Rossmoor resident. Cell phone 707-486-9074.
Due to Golden Rain Foundation
policy, the News cannot print classified ads for estate or garage sales
in which the address and times of
the sale are listed in the ad.
CLASSIFIED INDEX HOW TO PLACE A
CLASSIFICATION CODE
Personals .............................. 10
Found .................................... 20
Lost ....................................... 30
Miscellaneous....................... 40
Autos For Sale ...................... 50
Autos For Sale/Dealers ....... 55
Autos Wanted ...................... 60
Autos Wanted/Dealers ........ 65
Carports & Garages For Rent ..... 70
Carports & Garages Wanted ....... 80
For Sale................................. 90
Travel.................................... 95
Business Services ............... 100
Professional Services ......... 110
Health Services .................. 115
Residential Care ................ 118
Seeking Employment......... 120
Help Wanted ...................... 130
Wanted ............................... 140
Business Opportunities ..... 145
Real Estate For Sale .......... 150
Real Estate For Rent ......... 160
Real Estate Wanted ........... 170
Pets...................................... 180
45 TRANSPORTATION
“EXPERIENCED, PROFESSIONAL
Driver” available to Rossmoor residents for door-to-door service to
doctors, dentists, shopping, airports and long distance. Wine tours
available. Licensed, Insured, safe,
dependable. Call “Jonny” 925-3958181. Excellent Rossmoor references! TCP 25475.
DRIVER: RELIABLE, SAFE, friendly.
Will drive you to doctor’s appointments, airports, shopping, even
trips. Call: Peter Johnson 925- 9697714. (great references available).
50 AUTOS FOR SALE
MOTORHOME, EXCELLENT Condition. 1996 Safari Trek, 29 foot long,
40,000 miles. Bed lowers from ceiling, so no wasted bedroom space.
$12,000 OBO. Call 650-759-4148.
Stored in Rossmoor RV lot.
CLASSIFIED AD
Classified ads in the Rossmoor
News are a minimum of $12.50
for 30 words or less for nonresidents and $8 for residents.
Each additional word is 25¢.
Phone numbers are one word.
Discount rates available for
long-term ads. Payment must
be made at the time the ad is
placed.
Place classified ads at the News
office located at the Creekside
complex, or mail to P.O. Box
2190, Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
Classified ads can be e-mailed
to newsdesk@rossmoor.com,
or faxed to 925-988-7862.
Staff will call back for
payment information and ad
confirmation.
The ad deadline is Friday at
10 a.m. for each Wednesday
edition. Deadline changes due
to holidays will be printed in
the News.
For information, call the News
Monday through Friday from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 9887800.
65 AUTOS WANTED /
DEALERS
CARSTIGE MOTORS- Steve pays
through the NOSE for cars, running
or not. Local family dealer: 2551
Stanwell Dr., Suite C, Concord. Call
Steve 925-766-6205 or go to CarstigeMotors.com.
66 AUTOS
SERVICE /REPAIR
WWW.GOODBYEDENTS.COM
We c ome to you ! Minor dents
and those annoying scratc hes
on doors, fenders, hood, quarter
panels and bumpers. We save
you time and money ! Save the
hassle of finding a body shop and
call 925-234-2336.
60 AUTOS WANTED
BAKER’S MOBILE AUTO Detailing.
We come to you ! Car wash and
detailing ser vice. Mention this
add get 10% off our detail packages. 925-435-4266.
WILL PAY $$$ FOR YOUR CAR Will
consider most vehicles, year and
condition. Why hassle with people
wasting your time and the expense
of advertising? Please contact me
and let me know what you have.
Also looking for gas golf carts too!
Walnut Creek resident. Please
leave a message 925-639-4715.
UNLIMITED AUTO SERVICES Call
“Rod” for advice or any of your
vehicle needs ! 20 years same
Walnut Creek business location.
Buy/sell/service/all vehicles/classic cars /motorcycles /golf car ts,
RVs, etc. We make house calls,
Rossmoor resident. Cell : 510 414-4593.
Just Listed – Serene San Franciscan – Fabulous natural
setting for this level-in end unit. Newer carpet and paint
and light and bright. Act fast! ...............Only $185,000!
Sweet Sequoia – Upgraded kitchen – stone counters,
stainless steel large refrigerator & sink. Bath with
Washer/Dryer & fabulous tiled walk-in shower. Directly
across from carport. ......... Priced to sell at $128,000!
Level-in Cypress – 1-bedroom, 1-bath nestled in the
trees in a park-like setting. Very quiet location.
...................................... Reduced to $79,500.
JDV HOME STAGING
& INTERIORS
JENNIFER VILLENA
jdvstaging-interiors.com
For more information call
Valerie Petersen
Realtor Associate
932-1162 or direct 287-3327
SERVICES
Home Staging
Interior Redesign
Move-in Solutions
415.310.9506
jdvstaginginteriors@gmail.com
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
80 CARPORTS &
GARAGES WANTED
NEED CARPORT; Will pay 1 year in
advance. Call Patricia at 925-9150067 or email at arvada80005@aol.
com
GARAGE NEEDED: Looking to rent
a garage in Rossmoor. Mary 925813-4573.
90 FOR SALE
2009 PC COMPUTER- H D- 75 GB;
Intel Pentium- 3.00 GHZ; Mem- 1
GB; 17” Monitor, keyboard, mouse,
speakers; HP 940c printer, software- MS XP 2002, MS Office 2007.
$400. 925-826-2530.
USED GOLF BALLS- Great condition
all brands. 200 for $50. Pick your
own. 400 for $90. 925-947-0899.
TWO-CASKET DEPTH INTERIOR
floor level crypt at Oakmont Cemeter y, Tr a n q u i l i t y M au s o l eu m,
Lafayette CA. inquiries 425-9225381, or e-mail tgy5895@gmail.
com after Aug. 31
ETHAN ALLEN FURNITURE Entertainment center, coffee table,
console table, mirror, side table
(all dark Cherry), $395 for group.
Sofa and 2 armless flowered chairs,
$295 for group. Lamps and pictures
available. 925-926-0389.
100 BUSINESS SERVICES
CARPET REPAIR
COMPUTERS
CONTRACTORS
ELECTRICAL
CARPET REPAIR: Patching, seams,
re-stretching. Small jobs welcome.
Owner operator. State license
#704323. Serving Rossmoor since
1975. John P. Jones, 925 - 676 2255.
NEED COMPUTER HELP? Call
H a r r y , 9 2 5 - 9 2 6 -1 0 8 1 , 9 2 5 788 - 80 0 6, Rossmoor resident.
Cer tified, 30 plus years experience. Resurrect dead computers. Install hardware, software,
problem resolution, upgrades.
Data backup. Migration, re c o v e r y. N e t w o r k i n g , i n t e r n e t
c o n n e c t i v i t y, DS L , b r o ad b a n d
s e t u p. R e s o l ve d v i r u s , w o r m ,
s py ware pro b lem s. Free c o m pu ter p er for man c e au d i t . Satisfac tion guaranteed. website :
www.compconssupp.com
LIMITED TIME ! $ 35 / PER HR. All
trades-Call now for bath, kitchen,
laundry, windows, doors and more!
Licensed contractor (775026). Free
estimates! Rossmoor references
and EPA certified renovator. Call
Cal at 925-200-3132.
LICENSED ELECTRICIAN- Electrical repairs; Lamps, sockets, wiring, switches, etc. All types of lighting, TV, DVD’s, computers, telephone, and DSL. Free estimatesRossmoor references. Call Romulo
925-705-2417. Seven days a week.
License 897615.
COMPUTERS
ROSSMOOR COMPUTER Services.
Hardware setup, repairs, upgrades,
software and application training.
New systems and software sales.
All windows & MAC OS. Data Recovery! All service. No charge if not
fixed. Call 925-899-8211.
ERIC’S COMPUTERS- Need help?
We set up new computers, Internet
connections, e-mail. Troubleshoot,
repair, replace internal/external devices, upgrades, consulting. Digital
photography specialist. We make
house calls. www.ericscomputers.
com 24 hours, 925-676-5644.
COMPUTERS’ BEST FRIEND :
All computer ser vices, trouble
shooting and repair. Hardware,
s o f t w a r e , n e t w o r k i n g . Tu t o ri n g ava i l a b l e. L ow c o s t v i s i t s
or telephone suppor t /remote
desk top ser vices. References.
www.computersbestfriend.com
C e l l : 51 0 - 9 3 8 -18 8 1. O f f i c e :
925- 682-3408.
LEARN TO E-MAIL TODAY! Pleasant and patient woman will teach
clients the basics of e-mail: sending, receiving, attachments (documents/photos). Help w/ Internetuse, Microsoft Word, basic computer-use, also available. $20/hour.
In Rossmoor. 510-517-3179.
THE COMPUTER NURSE is
fo r wo m e n by wo m e n t u to ring for senior adults in all
things computer related...
because we have mothers
too. Call 925 - 8 9 9 - 5818. $ 3 0 /
hr.wwwyourcomputermonkey.
com, a Walnut Creek business.
SONJA WEAVER
SONJA WEAVER
NEW RELEASE, SONOMA
★★★★
EXCLUSIVE & RARE VILLA CASTILE
Our Rossmoor Listings
Ptarmigan Dr – “Villa Francisco” Almost 1800 Sq
Ft. Asking $349,000
SOLD!
Pine Knoll Dr – “Mendocino” Level In, Cute 1
Bedroom. Asking $125,000 PENDING!
Canyonwood Ct – Sonoma Model, Clean! Asking
$79,000
SOLD!
Singingwood Ct – Sonoma model, with INSIDE
LAUNDRY! Asking $85,000 AVAILABLE!
Tice Valley Blvd – Townhome, just outside of
Rossmoor, with Volume ceilings, Low Dues
and great Walnut Creek Schools. Asking
$478,000 AVAILABLE!
Call us anytime – we actually answer the phone!!
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, cleaning
also spot cleaning from accidents
and spills i.e. wine, blood, urine
etc. Before any attempts of cleaning call Kevin of “Service First” for
suggestions or appointments 925689-4660.
INNOVATIVE CARPET/RUG Cleaning; Newly formulated foam. Dries
in-2-hours. Ideal for Rossmoor.
September special $79 (2 rooms) or
35% discount. Process uses excellent Electrolux shampoo machine
with low energy and low water usage. Free estimate. 925-285-0235.
More Business Services on page 52
LIKE new! NEW granite counters, refrig, sinks, nearly
G flooring &
ND&INcarpet
all new hardware
fixtures,
vinyl
ADY PE
AL&RE
sparkling newly painted cabs inside $94,000.
BEAUTY
TOM’S CARPET CLEANING and
Window Washing. I have been
steam cleaning Rossmoor carpets
for over 25 years. Son of Rossmoor
resident / Rossmoor references.
Call Tom at 925-876-4111.
F U R N I T U R E & CA B I N E T R ef i n ishing and repair in your home
or at my shop. Free pick-up and
delivery. Call 925-706-8517, 925779 -1356 or also visit my web s i t e : w w w. f u r n i t u r e f i n i s h . c o m
Doing business in Rossmoor for
20 years.
★★★★
100 BUSINESS SERVICES
CARPET CLEANING; Fast and professional service. Same day appointment available. Spot specialist. Low, low price. Sell new carpet.
Licensed. Call today 925 -383 1253.
LICENSED ELECTRICIAN & home
theater sales and installation. Dependable. Lamp repair, telephone
and television cable; quiet bath
fans, ceiling fans, can lights. No
job too small. Free estimates. Call
Bryan, 925-567-6384.
GEORGE’S FURNITURE REPAIR
ser vice. Antiques and high-end
furniture specialty. Refinishing and
caning. Formerly of Bonynge’s.
925-212-6149. No job too small.
WHAT A BUY!!! See across eastern ridge, south Walnut
Creek, Alamo, Danville, valley and hills beyond. It’s a
tidy fixer ready for your imagination. 2 BED/1BTH
SEQUOIA. Spacious living rm. and dining area with
25’ deck. Enjoy the VIEW of MT.DIABLO, too! Call
SONJA. Only $114,900.
ITEMS FOR SALE- Husband passed
away and I’m making some changes, selling my 35 x 50 mirror with
gold trim, misc. items, pictures,
large fan. Call 925-939-7942.
CARPET CLEANING
ELECTRICAL
FURNITURE
Outstanding
Achievement Awards
for Listing & Selling
FABULOUS PANORAMIC VIEW!!!
BEAUTIFUL OAK FRENCH provincial parquet top dining table. Six
matching chairs. 58 ½” x 38 ½”
Two leaves (19” each) extending
from table ends. Oak chairs /rattan seats. Perfect condition! $975.
925-935-6260.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES in
Rossmoor. Haircut, shampoo-set,
permanent, manicure and pedicure
women or men’s. Personal needs,
hou seke e p i ng, c o m pani o n s hi p
care. Days and night relief. Reasonable prices. Friendly, dependable,
energetic, honest. Call Mathilda
925 -933 - 0979. Leave message
anytime.
CROWN MOLDING Specialist-Master carpenter with over 30 years
ex p e r i e n c e. L i c e n s e d 7 70 5 2 6
and insured, with family and references in Rossmoor. Contac t
Cal directly at 925 -200 -3132 or
calbuilt@comcast.net
SONJA WEAVER
ELECTRIC SINGLE BED Feet and
head lowers and raises for perfect
position. 2-speed vibrator. Retails
$1,60 0. Selling for $ 50 0 OBO.
Rarely used. In Rossmoor. Can arrange for delivery. Call 925-9354589.
HOME SERVICE; LICENSED Manicures, $12. Pedicures, $ 20. Call
Benita Ochoa for appointment in
your home, also Mary Kay consulting. I can also take you to doctor’s
appointments. 925- 432- 6383 or
cell 925-759-5594. Companionship
care day/night.
49
WOW VIEW!!! Nearly all windows overlooking PEACE
Park, south end of valley and eastern hills. 1,633 sq. ft.
Very bright and cheerful. Kitchen includes newer appls.,
breakfast nook. 3BED/2BATH. 2 long, wide patios with
wrought iron fencing. Ideal for pet. Sparkling new paint &
carpeting. A must see! Call SONJA. Asking $369,000
★★★★
LEVEL-IN, SINGLE STORY MENDOCINO
Charming hideaway. 1BED/1BTH. Very lite, bright
and cheerful with large living room and cozy dining
area with easy care Pergo flooring. All white kitchen
with some new appls. Including microwave, 2 large
SKYLIGHTS. Have a pet or like to garden? Come take
a look. CALL SONJA, just $109,000.
★★★★
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Rossmoor Realty
1641 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Rossmoor Realty is a division of Rossmoor Properties Inc.
3 BEDS, 2 BATH
OUR CURRENT MLS LISTINGS – CONDOMINIUMS
SANTA CLARA – WONDERFUL, LEVEL-IN,
MOVE-IN READY HOME. Features updated kitchen
& baths, carport just outside w/tandem parking.
Nice Patio. ...................................$325,000
SOLD
VILLA CASTILE - GREAT VIEW OF PEACE
PARK, SOUTH VALLEY & RIDGE BEYOND. Kitchen
w/ breakfast nook. Some newer appls. Formal
dining w/wet bar. Huge master bedroom.
Fabulous views from nearly all windows.
.................................................. $369,000
VILLA NUEVO – VIEW! VIEW! VIEW!
Picture perfect Mt. Diablo view w/breathtaking
panoramic view in every direction!! Immaculate
home w/updated eat in kit w/oversized skylight
brings in abundance of natural lt. Volume 12’
ceilings, parquet flrs. NEW PRICE!!
............................................... $499,000
2 BEDS, 2.5 BATH
BRIDGEWATER – LOVELY, LEVEL-IN RARELY
AVAILABLE Single Story plan offers Peaceful,
Serene View of the Golf Course that is spacious and
handsomely detailed with dramatic living areas,
artfully framed marble fireplace in the living room,
vaulted ceilings, large gourmet kitchen, sunny
breakfast room and adjoining family room with
intimate fireplace. The den has a custom built-in
desk and cabinets. Beautiful natural light infuses
this home making each room shines on its own.
Attached Two-Car Garage with storage cabinets.
....................................................... $925,000
2 BEDS, 2.5 BATH
EUCALYPTUS – PREMIER PROPERTY TUCKED
AWAY IN CORNER COURT LOCATION. All level access
w/2 car attached garage. Travertine tile flooring,
skylights, hardwood flrg in kitchen & family rm.
Beautiful rose garden patio. PLUS MUCH MORE!!
........................................................$1,295,000
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
CASTLEWOOD – LEVEL-IN & LOVELY with
formal dining rm, enclosure/sunroom plus den.
Fireplace. Laundry rm. Large front patio for privacy.
Garage with storage loft. Golf cart space. Surrounded
by lawn & trees. ...................................$375,000
CASTLEWOOD – BEAUTIFUL VIEWS
OVERLOOKING 5TH GREEN & WESTERN HILLS.
Attached garage + Detached carport. New W/W plush
carpeting. Former Doris Gill remodel. Light & bright. A
REAL WINNER!! NEW PRICE!! .................. $495,000
EXP KENTFIELD - MOVE-IN READY! New
paint, carpet, vinyl, granite. Perfect park-like setting.
Updated. Gas Heat. NEW PRICE!! ............ $289,000
PINEHURST – QUALITY REMODEL, 2 master bdrms
plus enclosed sun room overlooking valley. Dual pane
windows, smooth ceilings, crown molding & baseboards,
4 solar tubes, quartz kitchen counter & custom cabinets,
separate dining room with wainscoting. Custom overhang
at entry deck. ............................................. $349,500
REDWOOD – EXPANSIVE VIEWS OF VALLEY
FROM DECK. Sought after 2/2+Den, vaulted
ceilings, new designer paint & upgraded carpets.
Dual fireplaces, private separate garage. Updated
appointments & special features makes it feel like
home. NEW PRICE!! .............................$465,000
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
ROSSLYN – UNIQUE LEVEL-IN. New paint, cpt
& lino. Lt & brite. Kit w/Corian cntrs, smoothtop
drop-in range/oven. Blt in micro. DR w/added door to
outside. Canned ltg in LR, gas FP. Completely enclosed
deck w/windows thruout. Skylite. PLUS MUCH
MORE…FURTHER REDUCTION!! SUPER VALUE!! TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK!! ...............................$480,000
ROSSLYN – VERY NICE HOME! Features hardwood
flooring in Dining/Living area & Den. Good views.
Very clean. Garage & Carport. Fully furnished &
shows great. NEW PRICE!! ...................$485,000
EXP SARATOGA – PRIVACY OF AN END UNIT,
GOOD VIEWS & TWO Baths!! Frsh paint, clean
carpets, quality enclosure. W/D, refrigerator incl.
NEW PRICE!! ....................................... $149,000
SUMMIT - SUPER SUMMIT WITH PLEASANT
VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HILLS. Very neat clean
light & bright. Kitchen has Corian counters w/pullout drawers. Dual fireplace in family & LR. New
heating & AC in 2010. 2 UNDERGROUND PARKING
SPACES + PRIVATE POOL ACCESS. FURTHER
REDUCTION!! GREAT VALUE!!! ......... $599,000
TAHOE – PREMIUM LOCATION, peaceful, serene &
exquisite views from almost every window. Remodeled
kit w/handsome European frameless custom cabs
full extension self closing. SS appls, granite, designer
paint, upscale carpeting. French plantation drs
entering den. .......................................$465,000
VILLA NUEVO – LOVELY LEVEL-IN, PEACEFUL,
SERENE views from almost every window of Mt.
Diablo. Tasteful updates. Beautiful natural light
filled. Designer pnt & upscale carpeting. Elegance
that flows from the moment you walk in. Newer
furnace. Garage & Carport...................$495,000
VILLA NUEVO – BEAUTIFUL 180 DEGREE
VIEWS OF MT. DIABLO & ROSSMOOR VALLEY. LEVELIN – NO STEPS. Dual pane windows, granite counters
in kitchen. New paint, carpet. Enclosed patio from
den. Garage & Carport. ........................$525,000
VILLA ROBLES – LEVEL-IN WITH LOTS OF
UPGRADES. Dual pane windows, new heating &
AC system. All new interior doors & hardware.
Remodeled master bath w/jacuzzi tub. Attached
garage. ...............................................$349,000
VILLA VALENCIA II – READY FOR NEW
OWNERS! Level-in thru passageway. Lots of wood
floors, new carpet & paint. Large deck with view
of eastern hills. A spacious floor plan. Lots of extra
storage. NEW PRICE!! ........................... $219,900
WHITNEY – TOTALLY LEVEL-IN HOME IN GREAT
SETTING. 2 garages. No steps. Grassy outlook. Light,
bright, quiet. ......................................$695,000
WOODBRIDGE - PRIVACY PLUS! Hills & golf
course views. Quiet stone patio surrounded by private
garden. New kitchen w/SS appls, powered sunshades,
dual pane windows, finished garage & carport.
........................................................... $825,000
1 BED, 1 BATH
DEL MONTE - CONDO !!!! RARE !!!! Beautiful
remodel from top-to-bottom; high quality custom cabs
w/self-closing draws that fully extend, granite counters,
s/s appliances, built-in micro, remote recessed lighting,
resort style high bath vanity, 3-part vanity mirror,
tile flring, nickel finish hardware, solid core doors,
handsome moldings, laundry rm off bath w/side-byside washer & dryer. Quiet location w/beautiful view.
SIMPLY A MUST SEE! NEW PRICE!! ............$110,000
CONGREGATE LIVING CONDOMINIUMS AT THE WATERFORD
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS
2 BEDS, 1.5 BATH
CONVERSION – IMMACULATE HOME w/new
carpet, fresh paint & new kitchen vinyl. Double condo
& one of Waterford’s largest homes. 3 BR, 2 full
baths, 2 parking spaces, 2 storage rms, laundry rm
w/full size W/D. Very convenient to transportation &
Clbhs. HUGE REDUCTION - EXCEPTIONAL VALUE!!
........................................................... $229,900
WESTBURY – IMMACULATE HOME WITH
LOVELY COURTYARD SETTING. New carpet, fresh
semi-custom paint, numerous new decorator
light fixtures, newer vinyl & new heat pump. Very
convenient to common area & transportation.
Beautifully staged. NEW PRICE!! FURTHER
REDUCTION!! ...................................$285,000
2 BEDS, 2 BATHS
1 BED, 1.5 BATH
WESTBURY – NICE, LIGHT & BRIGHT END UNIT.
Close to parking space & guest parking. Newer paint
& carpet. Beautiful built-in desk & cabinets in 2nd
BR. PRICED TO SELL. ...........................$299,000
FILOLI – PRISTINE FIRST FLOOR HOME
w/pleasant outlook & excellent convenience to
common area, transportation & parking. Very
spacious living/dining area & fully equipped eat-in
kitchen w/lovely oak cabinetry. New carpet & fresh
paint. ............................................... $325,000
SHELBURNE – LOVELY FIRST FLOOR HOME. New
paint. Carpets professionally cleaned. READY FOR
YOUR MOVE. ..........................................$159,500
SHELBURNE – IDEALLY LOCATED 3RD FLOOR
HOME w/a lovely treelined morning sun view. Very
convenient to dining area. HOA includes meals,
housekeeping, activities. ....................... $162,500
CHATSWORTH – IMMACULATE & CONVENIENT
to the common area & transportation. Fresh paint,
custom window treatments, walk in closet, excellent
storage, fully equipped kitchen & pleasant view. NEW
PRICE!! ................................................ $135,000
CHATSWORTH – JUST STEPS TO ELEVATOR
& DINING. New carpet and paint. Peaceful, private
outlooks. NEW PRICE!! .........................$139,000
1 BED, 1 BATH
BROOKGREEN – A REAL SWEETHEART
w/custom window coverings & a wlk-in Jaccuzzi
tub. Carpets like new & nicely painted. Close to
elevator down to carport just outside side door.
Lovely balcony protected by surrounding trees!
........................................................$92,500
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
OUR CURRENT MLS LISTINGS – COOPERATIVES (EQUITY PRICE)
3 BEDS, 2.5 BATH
2 BEDS, 1.5 BATH
2 BEDS, 1 BATH
PIEDMONT TH - BEAUTIFUL & INVITING WITH
PICTURESQUE VIEW. New paint and carpet. Laminate flooring
& a special master suite with lovely views. ........$280,000
SAN FRANCISCAN – ABSOLUTELY DYNAMITE
VIEW!! A 10++! Inside W/D. 3 skylights. Enclosed
atrium. Extra deck added for outdoor living. MUST SEE!!
..................................................................$299,000
SEQUOIA – MOVE-IN CONDITION tastefully staged,
lovely enclosure w/a bit of golf course view. Newer vinyl,
carpet & paint. W/D. Guest parking directly in front,
carport close. Pull out drawer in kitchen.
..............................................................$129,000
3 BEDS, 2 BATH
PIEDMONT TH – PRIVATE & SERENE NATURE
LOVER’S PARADISE. Enjoy the two private decks surrounded
by nature and a total wildlife view from the master bedrm.
FURTHER REDUCTION!! SUPERB VALUE!! ..... $307,000
2 BEDS, 2.5 BATH
PIEDMONT TH – WONDERFUL LOCATION WITH
BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE VIEW OF THE 17TH GREEN
FAIRWAY and lots of green grass right off your patio garden.
As you approach this home, your short walk from the carport
is framed by a canopy of trees. Once you enter the home
you are greeted with lots of easy maintenance tile floor, tile
kitchen counters, custom skylights for cheerful interior, full
side-by-side washer & dryer, ceiling fan and lots of storage.
Quiet location in an enjoyable setting – simply the home
you’ll want to call your own! ......................... $280,000
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
CARMEL – BEAUTIFUL CARMEL! No stairs, end unit.
Charmimg patio w/wrought iron gate, landscaping &
watering system. Freshly painted, quality carpeting, smooth
ceilings, crown molding and much more.........$205,000
CLAREMONT – REALLY NICE – GREAT OUTLOOK
FROM OPEN DECK. Remodeled kit w/Corian countertop,
new appls & vinyl. Tile flrg in entry & remodeled baths.
W/D in bath, crwn mldg & basebds, plantation shtrs in
BRs, smooth ceilings, mirrored closet drs. .....$177,000
MONTEREY – LOVELY END UNIT WITH PRIVACY.
Walk to Creekside. All new paint, carpet & vinyl. Priced
to sell quickly! Hillside views. NEW PRICE!! FURTHER
REDUCTION!! .............................................. $145,000
MONTEREY – CLEAN AS A WHISTLE! End unit looking
out to lovely trees. Pleasant, lite, brite............ $10K credit
in escrow for carpet & paint with full price offer. Encl deck.
W/D included. Kitchen w/window & lots of counter space.
Gas heat, central air. Carport w/storage. ......$155,000
TAMALPAIS – WATCH THE DEER AND WILDLIFE
OUTSIDE on your private patio as you enjoy the beautiful
setting on this serene townhouse. Newly painted, new
carpet and updated fixtures. Sweeping dramatic view from
the upstairs master suite looking down on the living area
and out the dramatic two story windows. Walking distance
to new Creekside clubhouse. LIGHT, BRIGHT & VALUE
PRICED! ......................................................$189,000
TAMALPAIS – BEAUTIFUL & SERENE. Very private setting.
A duplex building at the end of the entry. Updated kitchen
and baths, decorator paint and new carpet. The laundry and
carport are just steps away. Extra storage in the carport. NEW
PRICE!! TAKE ANOTHER LOOK – SUPER VALUE!!.$219,000
YOSEMITE – NO STAIRS, SINGLE STORY, END UNIT!
New carpet, freshly painted. Charming fenced patio off
living room. Kitchen features skylight, stainless steel sink,
refrigerator, white counters & cabinets. New laminate entry
& kitchen floors. W/D. NEW PRICE!! ............$189,000
SOLD
SOLD
2 BEDS, 1 BATH
CLAREMONT - NICE, BASIC HOME WITH W/D New
carpet, vinyl & touched up paint. FURTHER REDUCTION!!
LOOK AGAIN!! ...............................................
...............................................$85,000
GOLDEN GATE – LEVEL-IN, LOVELY OUTLOOK.
Bamboo flooring, W/D, smooth ceilings. Newer appliances.
White kitchen. Wood doors. NEW PRICE!! ....$149,000
MONTEREY – GOOD VALUE HERE! Remodeled bath
with full size stall shower, inside laundry including W/D.
Pleasant tree setting. NEW PRICE!! FURTHER REDUCTION!!
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK!! ................................$105,000
MONTEREY - SQUEAKY CLEAN. Pleasant view. New
carpet & paint. SS sink & faucet. Dishwasher. Exterior
redone 3 years ago. ......................................$107,500
MONTEREY – MOVE IN READY! New paint, carpet &
vinyl. New dishwasher, toilet & medicine cabinet. Carport
& laundry steps away.................................. $109,000
MONTEREY - LIGHT, BRIGHT & CHEERFUL ‘FEEL
GOOD PROPERTY’. View of large oak tree & golf course
from open balcony. Close to carport. Walk to everything.
NEW PRICE!! ................................................$119,000
SAN FRANCISCAN – SINGLE STORY, LEVEL-IN,
END UNIT. Beautiful park-like setting. Light & bright.
Newer paint & carpet. Extra storage cupboards in carport.
................................................................... $185,000
SARATOGA – LOWEST PRICED 2 BEDROOM UPSTAIRS
HOME ON MARKET! Walk to new restaurant and driving
range. Pleasant view of hills and trees. Close to carport
and laundry. .................................................$85,000
SEQUOIA – BEAUTIFUL WITH LOVELY UPDATES
throughout; Boron countertops w/ contrasting tumbled
tile backsplash, large double sink w/pullout faucet & soap
dispensor, updated bath & more. NEW PRICE!! ..$93,500
SEQUOIA - LOW MILES ON THIS ORIGINAL SEQUOIA!
Park-like outlook w/trees & hills. 2 skylights. Large
wardrobe mirror in bath. Some updating. Close to laundry.
NEW PRICE!! ................................................ $94,000
SEQUOIA – NICE OUTLOOK – A WELL LOVED HOME.
Skylite in kitchen & bath. Carport & laundry very close.
Southern exposure!!! NEW PRICE – SUPER VALUE!!
FURTHER REDUCTION!! ................................. $94,000
SEQUOIA – VERY NICE, CLEAN & FRESH. Nicely staged.
Skylights in kit & bath. 3 permitted ceiling fans. Updated
kit w/micro, SS sink, self cleaning oven, bath has new cntr
& sink. W/D in closet. Built in bookcase in bedrm. Carport
steps from door. NEW PRICE!!.......................... $116,500
SEQUOIA – LOVELY UPDATED WITH HILLS & PINES
VU. Kitchen updated w/limestone counter, SS refrig & sink.
Newer dishwasher. Stall shower & W/D in bath. Newer
vanity. Right across from carport. ...............$128,000
SEQUOIA – STUNNING – TOO MANY UPGRADES TO
MENTION. Kitchen has been modified. In a beautiful entry
with lawn, trees & lots of flowers. Very nice view. Really
one of a kind. New furnace/AC. Drive straight into carport
area. NEW PRICE!! ...................................... $129,000
SOLD
SONOMA – SUNNY & BRIGHT: New complete paint,
carpet & vinyl. All ready to go!!! Staged by Janis,
carport & laundry close by. NEW PRICE!!
............................................................... $85,000
SOLD
SONOMA – LOVELY VIEWS ENHANCE THIS BASIC
HOME. New carpet & tile in kitchen & bath. Open deck.
Close to laundry. NEW PRICE!! .................. $82,000
SONOMA – GREAT LOCATION WITH MT. DIABLO
VIEW. Park like view from front. New paint, newer
carpet. New oven, refrigerator. New light fixtures in
dining & bathroom. ...................................$89,500
SONOMA – PLEASANT DESIRABLE AREA, LOVELY
OUTLOOK! Open deck makes it light, bright, cheerful
inside. Neutral décor, good quality carpeting, newer
lino. Kit ceramic cooktop, newer oven, lg sink, matching
appl, newer formica counter. Mirrored furnace closet
doors. NEW PRICE!!
...............................................................$94,000
SONOMA – SPARKLING, LIGHT, BRIGHT & CHEERFUL
with numerous upgrades throughout. New granite
counters, sinks, refrigerator, carpet, paint & vinyl.
Nearly all new fixtures. Lovely view of lush landscaping
from deck. Walk to Gateway. Like new - it’s a beauty!
$94,000
...............................................................$94,000
SOLD
SONOMA - LOTS OF HIDDEN UPGRADES, Full size
W/D. Newer doors, upgraded kitchen, stall shower. Walk
to everything. A REAL GEM!
............................................................... $119,500
1 BED, 1 BATH
CYPRESS - LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! Living
-room looks out on park-like setting. Level-in, light &
bright. New stove, newer carpet & drapes. Extra cupboards
in carport. NEW PRICE!!
......................................................................$79,500
CYPRESS – THE PERFECT CYPRESS!! Remodeled
kitchen w/granite. New vinyl & Berber carpeting. End unit
w/private back patio view of green belts & trees. W/D.
Carport 1021-6 steps away. ............................
............................$87,000
SOLD
MENDOCINO - CHARMING, COZY, QUIET. Single
story, level in (no stairs). End unit. Large fenced patio.
Delightful area. Convenient location. Walk to clubhouses.
Light/bright. NEW PRICE!! .............................$97,500
MENDOCINO – CUTE, VERY LIGHT, BRIGHT &
CHEERFUL! Handsome Pergo flrg in living/dining rms. All
off white cabinets, 2 huge skylights. New cpt & pnt. Fenced
in patio ideal for gardening or pet. Extra close to carport &
bus stop. .....................................................$104,900
Whether you’re buying or selling or for a personal tour, call us today
(925)
932-1162
1-800-980-7653 (SOLD) • www.rossmoorrealty.com
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Manager
925-287-3342
John Russell, Jr.,
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1830 Tice Valley Blvd., in Tice Valley Plaza (925) 280-4920
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COMING SOON
★ ★ PRUDENTIAL NEWSBOARD ★ ★
BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED SONOMA WRAP
First time on the market for this extremely well-located Sonoma end unit.
This 2 bedroom, 1-bath unit was completely, professionally redone for the
current owner and features privacy, views, a beautiful white kitchen and
reconfigured bath with washer/dryer and big side window. ........... $129,500.
LEVEL-IN GOLDEN GATE
Great outlook to lawn and mature trees from this 2-bedroom, 1-bath with
updated kitchen featuring granite countertops, stainless steel appliances.
Peaceful atrium. Perfect for outdoor entertaining. .......................... $144,000.
CASCADE WITH STUNNING VIEWS
Two bedrooms/2 bath, 1589 square feet with an amazing view. This unit has
an enclosed deck and a spacious outside eating area. Four gentle steps to
this nicely updated unit with fresh paint and crown moulding throughout.
Garage and carport. .................................................................................$379,000.
WHAT A DEAL!!!
Desirable Cascade model! Sunny top floor end unit with pretty valley
views. Upgraded kitchen with newer walnut cabinets, sub-zero refrigerator, top-rated appliances and wood-like floor. .......................... $339,000.
To help you achieve the highest price for your home,
make sure it is listed on the Multiple Listing Service
(MLS). This will achieve the broadest exposure to potential buyers. Do not consider any offers until you are
sure your home is on the MLS, and avoid Realtors that
tell you to list your home on an exclusive basis with
their company or recommend that you negotiate offers before your home is on the MLS.
Think of it this way:
MLS=
MORE POTENTIAL BUYERS=POTENTIALLY HIGHER OFFER
Any suggestion for this space? Call Walt at 925-451-5864.
CURRENT LISTINGS
Mary Beall
Office Manager
Cheryl Beach
324-4599
UPPER WESTCHESTER
Two bedrooms, 2 baths, new paint, carpet and vinyl and open
balconies to sit and watch the golfers. Large laundry with oodles of storage. Attached garage with a chair lift and a carport.
This home is all ready for a new buyer. .....................$550,000.
UPDATED YOSEMITE
Walk just one block from Creekside restaurant to this spiffedup Yosemite. Washer/dryer hookup, close to carport and plenty
of street parking for your second car. ........................ $215,000.
PRICE REDUCTION
Delightful Del Monte. This is a great looking 1 bedroom unit
with serene treed view from the bay window. You will be
proud to bring your friends home to see this one. .....$62,500.
DETACHED HERITAGE OAKS!
Wonderful Coastal Oak model in serene location nestled up
against the hills and open space. This beautiful home has
many upgrades and decorator touches. Three bedrooms, 3 full
baths, French doors, granite, Schonbeck lights, wood shutters,
2-car garage, entertainer’s rear yard and much more.
................................................................................. $1,195,000.
AWESOME AUGUSTA
2 bedroom, 2 bath condo in ‘The Fairways’ Updated eat-in contemporary kitchen with Stainless Sub-Zero Refrigerator and laminate floors. Great views of hills. Bold living room with fireplace
for romance, master suite with dressing room. Separate Laundry.
Gas heat and air. Garage. Don’t miss out on this one. Price reduced ............................................................................... $289,000
EXCEPTIONAL SUMMIT HOME
In Pinnacle Ridge. Spacious indoor living, with extra-large wraparound deck overlooking hills and trees. Formal living, dining,
family room, den, master suite and guest room – an entertainer’s
delight. Two underground parking spaces. About 1900 sq. ft.
Attractively priced. ......................................................... $575,000.
UPSTAIRS VILLA ENCANTO
Tree views from every window. Over 1800 sq. ft., with two
bedrooms, plus den and finished loft for office or studio. Attached garage with lift plus carport. Priced to sell. Buy it now
before the renovations and save. ..............................$535,000.
RARE VILLA ENCANTO
Fully updated with over 1850 s.f. Three large bedrooms, 2
baths, huge living room, formal dining room, large bright
kitchen and nook, miles of new custom hardwood floors and
enormous covered terrace. Oversized 2-car garage with storage loft and interior access. ......................................$595,000
UPPER TAHOE WITH GREAT OUTLOOK
Reconfigured kitchen plus enclosed balcony for more space.
Newer heat pump/A/C. ...............................................$349,000
FABULOUS VIEW
Very rare Greenbriar. Lower unit with absolutely no steps.
1520 s.f. Large rooms. Gourmet kitchen with huge bay breakfast nook. Formal dining room. Garage and carport. Views of
the entire Rossmoor valley. ....................................... $379,500.
PENDING
Gina Bethel
408-9908
Cal Darrow
285-3256
Virginia Dempsey
708-5855
Nancy Deverel
949-9499
PENDING
PENDING
Maria Eberle
478-7190
Rex Fraser
325-6826
TAMALPAIS TOWNHOUSE
Private location, close to the new Creekside Clubhouse. New
carpet and paint make this home “move-in ready.”
Reduced to ................................................................. $185,000.
REDESIGNED SAN FRANCISCAN
Jack and Jill bath plus powder room. Kitchen like you haven’t
seen before and enclosed atrium. This is a must see.
....................................................................................$330,000.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION – REDUCED
Just steps away from Gateway, this level-in San Franciscan has
lots of upgrades plus a great enclosed atrium with a large
window on the back for lots of natural light. Skylights bring
natural light to the kitchen and bath. Motivated seller is willing to listen. Reduced to ........................................... $179,500.
WOW – LOOK AT THIS VALUE!
Sonoma with lovely views. Newly painted & carpets professionally cleaned. Close to carport. Now just .............. $84,500!
PERFECT YOSEMITE – REDUCED
Need level-in and a little garden? Nice private patio garden
adjoining the living areas is perfect for your green thumb and
even a small pet. Lots of light from garden windows/door and
skylights too. Park at the curb to bring in the groceries. Bring
your personal touches and make it your own. ......... $159,750.
LOWER LEVEL MARIPOSA
Freshly painted with neutral colors and new carpet, this two
bedroom two bath home awaits its new owner. Lovely private
back patio. The one car garage is just steps from the front
door. This unit has a great location that’s very close to the new
Creekside Clubhouse. All this and affordably priced at
....................................................................................$275,000.
SPACIOUS SONOMA WRAP
Enclosed wrap with entry door from dining area. Windows in
the kitchen and bath. Washer/dryer. Mt. Diablo views. Fresh
and move-in ready with decorator paint and carpet.
Reduced to .................................................................. $117,000
VERY RARE EXPANDED KENTFIELD
The new carpets and paint are almost ready in this really well
located 2-bedroom, 2-bath, hilltop VIEW unit with over 1,400
square feet of luxury living space. This is NOT a re-list; it is a
new listing that features a huge master bedroom suite, an expanded separate den and large private deck. Big Big Reduction
....................................................................................$225,000.
LASSEN PENTHOUSE
View of the valley. High ceilings and open floor plan make
this an entertainers dream. ....................................... $439,000.
PRIVATE VIEW MONTEREY
Motivated seller recently lowered price. Spacious 2-bed/2bath Monterey has it all. Wonderful private location with
tranquil wooded views. Updated kitchen, skylights, washer/
dryer hookups and much more. Time to buy now!
................................................................ Reduced to $159,950.
PENDING
PENDING
Serving the needs of our Rossmoor clients for over 35 years!
Jackie Giffin
951-7021
Debi Glosli
510-706-5534
Nancy Granberg
200-3374
Lynne Keefer
330-3356
Alex Kokes
788-7000
Kim Kokes
787-0351
Mary Beth MacLennan
324-6246
Debi Mackey
681-3324
Diane Wilson
963-2278
Marsha Wehrenberg
787-7625
Kathryn Sabah
642-0415
Ellen Osmundson
890-4276
Jim Olson
788-2143
George Naeger
260-0723
Joanne Mendoza
510-409-7914
Cindy Maddux
285-7903
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100 BUSINESS SERVICES
HANDYMAN
“ H A N D Y- H A R D Y ” C A L L L E E :
E x per ien c e d, d e pend ab le and
reasonable rates. No job too
small. Replace door or window screens. Unlicensed,
Rossmoor resident with
Rossmoor references. Call
925 - 94 4 - 59 9 0.
CRANE’S HANDYMAN SERVICES,
LLC. “Your small project expert” serving Rossmoor for nearly 10 years!
Electrical, plumbing, furniture assembly, baseboards, crown-molding
and more! The only handyman you’ll
need! Insured. Business License
018239. Call David, 925-899-7975.
Dial-a-Bus 988-7676
GET RESULTS
WITH THE LEADER
Don’t Miss These Condos
The Eucalyptus: Enjoy luxurious lifestyle in alllevel 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath with den. This property
has been beautifully updated and has a private
setting like no other. A true eagle’s nest!
............................................................................$1,295,000.
The Summit: All-level access, views, dual
fireplace, spacious kitchen, family room combo.
Penthouse living, 1,920 sq. ft. ................ $599,000.
The Villa Nuevo: Penthouse living. All-level
access. Beautiful Mt. Diablo views. 1,712 sq. ft.
garage and carport. ....................................... $525,000.
Perfect second floor location, new paint, Corian counters in kitchen, light and bright with Mt.
Diablo vistas. Garage and carport.
$499,000.
Rossyln: 2/2 + den. 1,725 s.f. Hardwood floors,
eat-in kitchen, dual-pane windows, garage and carport. Gas heat. ...............................................$485,000.
Sunny Inverness: condo in the Fairways. 2
bedroom, 2 bath and den with many nice features,
plantation shutters, stainless appliances, GAS heat
and fantastic views. ........................................$458,000
The Villa Robles: Upgraded throughout. Level-in,
no steps. Master suite with Jacuzzi tub. Lovely patio with side gate, perfect for pet. Attached garage.
........................................................................... $349,000.
Expanded Kentfield: Featuring new granite
kitchen counters, new paint, carpet, vinyl. Ideal
setting amont the trees. Gas heat ...........$289,000.
Don’t Miss These Co-ops
Super Sonoma: in park- like setting. Partial Mt.
Diablo views. New paint and carpet. Wonderful
condition. ...........................................................$89,500.
Sequoia: With southwest views, 2 skylights,
carport and laundry close. Reduced ........... $94,000.
Monterey: New paint, carpet, vinyl and
dishwasher. Very sharp! .............................$109,000.
Sequoia: Super clean with Mt. Diablo views. New
paint, carpet. Shows great. .........................$120,000
Carmel: Hillside Clubhouse
location. Walk to
ING
N Dsparkling
pool. 2 bedroom,P2E
bath,
clean.
............................................................................$121,000
GRAHAM DOES HONEY-DO’S Experienced, references, reasonable.
Expert repairs, refinishing, remodeling. Carpentry, electrical, plumbing, heating. Doors, baseboard,
crown molding, cabinets, windows,
walls, ceilings and floors. Free estimates, unlicensed. Call Graham
4-quality, 510-508-8005.
EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN, call
for all your repair needs. Electrical,
plumbing, painting, tile, drywall,
and more. 18 years experience.
Rossmoor references, licensed.
Call Richard and Patty, 925-9322773, Walnut Creek.
PROFESSIONAL POWERWASHING
Cleans all exterior floor surfaces:
patios, courtyards, “Trex” decks,
sidewalks, stairs, tile, outdoor carpet, carports, also expert window/
mirror cleaning. Serving Rossmoor
over 15 years. Kevin James, 925933-4403.
THE HANDYMAN CAN : Old fashioned pride in workmanship and
value for your dollar. Rossmoor
resident with many successful
years of maintenance and repair
in Rossmoor. Retired contractor, licensed, reliable, prompt, fast, neat
and courteous. Ask for John, 925330-3567.
HANDYMAN & CARPENTRY Fencing, painting, tile, linoleum, remodeling, bathrooms and kitchens,
landscaping, plumbing, electrical,
cabinet refinishing. Pressure washing for driveways and patios. Also
do window washing. Call Jaime,
925-639-0228.
H A N DY M A N R E PA I R S e r v i c e s .
Specializing in home electrical,
tile, painting, flooring, wall coverings, window cleaning and light
house keeping. No job too small.
Rossmoor resident discounts. Call
Rick (Rossmoor resident) at 925639-8333.
Thinking
of Selling?
Meet
Patti’s Team!
When
you list with
PATTI COMPTON
you don’t just hire a Real
Estate Broker, you have
the advantage of her
recommended:
• Packers
• Handyman
• Carpet Cleaners
• Movers
• Painters
• Carpet & Vinyl
Installers
• General Contractors
• House Cleaners
MOVING /PACKING /HAULING
PAINT/WALLPAPER
LEW ’S MOVI NG & HAULI NG
Prompt service. Starting at $ 22.
Rossmoor references available.
Call 925-639-7725.
DE MARTINO PAINTING Serving
the Rossmoor Community since
1977. We have reduced our prices,
not the quality of all our painting,
wallpaper, kitchen cabinet refinishing, dry wall, acoustical removal,
carpentry and repairs. No job too
small. All done in a fast, professional manner. We guarantee our
work, references, free estimates.
C.S.L 503646. Please call Pierre at
925-255-3352.
WE HAVE FAMILY In Rossmoor!
Friendly, efficient and reasonable.
Many references, BBB, licensed and
insured. www.e-zmove.com or call
EZ Move Moving Services for the
easiest move ever. 925-335-2222.
WILL HAUL AWAY Your throw-aways.
We will haul away your unwantables. No job too small, no job too
large. We have been serving the
Rossmoor area for over 25 years.
Call Bob: 925-944-0606.
TONY’S HAULING SERVICE, find us
in the phone book. We haul your junk.
Furniture, appliances, debris. We do
trash outs. Save this coupon for $30
off full load. $20 off half load. $10 off
quarter load. $90 minimum. Call 925382-6544. E-mail through website at
www.tonyshaulingservice.com
MOVERS & SHAKERS Making your
life easier. Lite fix-it up, Lite moving, Lite hauling. Over 20 years experience. Cleaning-Packing. Call
Les or Michelle. 925-852-9205 or
510-355-5592.
MUSIC LESSONS
FREE GUITAR LESSON Have you always wanted to learn guitar? Now’s
a perfect time. All Levels, all styles.
Patient experienced teacher tailors
lessons to fit student. Call 925-9547966 guitarguitar@comcast.net
PAINT/WALLPAPER
ROSSMOOR PAINTING SERVICE
by Al Welsh. Five-year guarantee
on workmanship. Most Rossmoor
residents prefer our neatness,
dependable, personal attention,
because we care. Rossmoor references, bonded and insured. License 507098. Free estimates. Pacific Bay Painting, 925-932-5440.
INTERIOR PAINTING, All painting
services: wallpaper removal; wall repairs and preparation; acoustic ceilings; cabinets. No job too large or too
small. You can rely on and will enjoy
my personal service. Well-established
in Rossmoor - 24 years experience.
Free estimates, consultation. License
677208. David M. Sale 925-945-1801.
APACHE PAINTING 22 years experience, clean, neat, dependable.
Free estimates. Attention to details, acoustic removal, texturing,
sheetrock repair. Rossmoor references, License number 880652.
Bonded, insured. Call Terry at 925207-2504.
REPAIRS
C R A I G’ S A P P L I A N C E R E PA I R
would love to help you. I work on
all appliances and brands. 25 years
experience, licensed and insured.
Reasonable rates, Rossmoor references. Please call 925-550-3586.
FINE CLOCK REPAIR- Repairing
Rossmoor’s fine antique and modern clocks for over 15 years. House
calls. Free pick-up and delivery.
I stand behind my workmanship.
Jonathan Goodwin, 925-376-4668.
TELEPHONE & TV
TV, DIGITAL, REMOTE Control support. Extensive Rossmoor references. DVR, DVD, VCR, Digital
Cable Box, new telephone and/or
Bose stereo system set-up. Assist
with “specific time recording” of TV
programs and remote control problems. Call Tim, “The Video-Assist
Guy.” 925-837-6682.
WINDOW CLEANING
E X P E R T W I N D OW & M I R R O R
cleaning. Serving Rossmoor for
14 years. Also, professional power
washing. Cleans all exterior floor
surfaces, patios, courtyards, “Trex
Decks,” sidewalks, tile, carports.
Painting, handyman work. Kevin
James 925-933-4403.
More Business Services –
Window Cleaning on page 54
Betty Case
Specializing in Rossmoor since 1983
• Committed to Your Satisfaction
• Reputation Second-to-None
• Buying or Selling, Call Me
www.YourRossmoorSpecialist.com
932-1162 or 287-3347
Prestigious Eagle Ridge
Highly sought-after Alder model.
Level first-floor end unit perched
on one of the highest peaks in
Eagle Ridge.
Presents
Many More Available
Offered at only $719,000
Ed Antenucci
United California Brokers
Virtual Tour available at
www.529SpottedOwlCt.dom.us
925 899-7468
Rossmoor Realty: 925.932.1162
Rossmoorpatti@aol.com
JIM M ARSH
PARK PLACE REAL ESTATE
Rossmoor resident serving Rossmoor
“When it is your move, call us”
jimtmarsh@comcast.net
330-6071 • 254-7782
DRE 01756741
Call
PATT I
COMPTON
(925) 351-8686
DRE License #00876592
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100 BUSINESS SERVICES
WINDOW CLEANING
YARD SERVICES
RELIABLE WINDOW CLEANINGWindow cleaning, gutter cleaning and pressure washing services. Ser vicing Rossmoor and
Lamorinda since 1983. Excellent
service and outstanding results!
Please call 925-254-7622 for a free
no-hassle friendly estimate.
YARD MAINTENANCE : Clean-up,
Landscaping, perennials, bulbs,
planting, pruning and weeding.
Personal attention to your garden
needs. Call Ed at 925-934-6487.
Thank you.
WI NDOWS, M I N I - BLI ND, carpet
and upholstery cleaning. Serving
Rossmoor since 1988 with guaranteed results. You will be 100 percent
satisfied or your money back. Call
“Service First” for appointments or
estimate. Kevin, 925-689-4660.
WINDOW COVERINGS
R O N ’ S W I N D OW C OV E R I N G S Blinds, Drapes, Valances, Shutters, and Shades. Free in-home
consultation. Free personalized
installation. Quick reliable service.
Serving Rossmoor for 25 years.
Call 925-827-0946.
3 HUNTER DOUGLAS Silhouette
window shades. Navaho white, 1
fits wide bedroom window, 2 for
sliding door entry. $ 300 or offer.
925-932-8545.
CUSTOM PLANTATION shutters. Enhance the elegance of your home,
reduce your energy bills and create
a healthier home. Owner provides
free in home consultation and oversees every detail of installation.
Amazing value for Rossmoor residents Guaranteed. 510-499-7454.
YARD SERVICES
YARD MAI NTENANCE ; pruning,
hedging, weeding, shrub removal,
planting and general cleanup service. Let me help make your garden one to be proud of. Dave’s Yard
Maintenance ser vice. Call 925682-8389 today.
“PARADISE” ALL TYPES of Fine
Gardening. Yard “Shape-up” and
“Maintenance”. Trimming, pruning, weeding, shrub removal, yard
design, planting, patio containers.
Dependable, on time. Quality results! Call Les at 925-639-7725.
SUMMER IS HERE! It’s time to start
thinking about it. Maintenance
gardening, decorative pruning,
fertilizing, drip and conventional
irrigation, installation and repair.
34-years experience. References
available. Wally: 925-671-2721. License 356488.
110 PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
ATTORNEY DOROTHY HENSON :
Living Trusts, Wills, Estate Planning and Probate. No charge for initial consultation. Will meet in your
manor at your convenience. Notary. Rossmoor resident. Call 925935-6494 or office 925-943-1620.
LAW OFFICE OF Philip P. Engler,
Phyllis A. Engler, Attorney at Law.
Probate, Wills, Trusts and Estate
Planning. Call 925-938-9909.
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S.
and world coins and currency. 36year resident of Moraga will come
to your home upon request. Bruce
Berman, Moraga Numismatics.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. www.sf-bay-area-collectorcoins.com
N O TA R Y P U B L I C D I C K H a r row Rossmoor resident. I make
h o u s e c all s an d w ill c o m e to
your home. 20-plus years experience. Special exper tise in real
estate documents. Home: 925 891- 4231, Cell : 510 - 459 - 5770,
basigningservice@yahoo.com
FINANCIAL ORGANIZER: I’ll gather
tax documentation, tackle paperwork clutter, pay bills, organize
files and more, in your home. Experienced. Confidential. Excellent
References. Relieve your mind.
Call Lisa Wiley 510 -749 - 8454,
consultwiley@yahoo.com
110 PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Organizer. 12 years experience, specialize in working with seniors and
estates. References. Moving, decluttering, filing, we make sense
of the mess! It’s about time. 925933-9737.
HELPING HAND BILL PAYING Service in the comfort of your home,
I will help you pay your bills and
organize your paperwork. “A proud
supporter against Elder Abuse”.
Bonded; 56 years in the Valley.
925-330-0953 Jan Huovinen.
111 WRITING /EDITING
LE T TERS , REPOR T S , memoir s,
books, ar ticles, promotions. 25
years experience. Rossmoor resident and references. Free estimates. Contact: Deborah, 925-9327522, StarFireExpress@aol.com.
“A talented writer and a pleasure to
work with—” Happy Client
115 HEALTH SERVICES
DR. BETH MARX D.C., L.A.C. Gentle
therapeutic massage, acupuncture, and gentle chiropractic care.
Licensed with 20 years experience.
Insurance. Medicare accepted.
House calls. 510-834-1557.
120 SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT
CAREGIVERS
“QUALITY ELDER-CARE” Skilled
c are g i ver s availa b le. O ver 20
year s Gerontology experience
caring for: physically disabled,
stroke, post-surger y, dementia,
Alzheimer’s and hospice. Professional, cheerful and affordable.
Excellent references. Bonded. No
fee. Call Contra Costa Caregivers, Carolyn 925-933-6475.
CARING CAREGIVERS - Over 10
years of vast experience providing total patient care. We are 3
professional native Californians.
4 -hour minimum. Call Priscilla
925-330 - 0192, Susan 925-7889605, Betty (not an agency) 925274-3866.
120 SEEKING EMPLOYMENT
CAREGIVERS
CAREGIVER- I AM THE ONE For
You! Experienced in all phases of
health care. No agency fee, any
hours, 4-hour minimum. Licensed
and bonded. Call Susan, 925-8495611 or 925-787-7485.
ELDERLY CARE WITH 20 years
experience. Excellent references,
care for strokes, Alzheimer’s, emphysema, diabetes, heart problems, hospice care, etc. Cooking,
errands, exercises, medicine, light
housekeeping. Live-in, long and
short hours, Sylvia or Mary, 925676-9309 and 925-768-0178.
TENDER LOVING CARE Elderly care
with extensive experience, freelance, dependable, reliable and accommodating, with references from
former Rossmoor clients. Very affordable rate and with flexible schedule.
925-330-4966 leave a message.
STRUGGLING TO STAY AT the comfort of your home alone? If it’s time
to consider hiring a professional
and caring aide, call 925-262-4200
and give your loved ones a peace of
mind knowing you’re in good hands.
Happy to provide references, testimonials and credentials.
COMPASSION & CARE ser vices.
Live-in, live-out, hourly. For seniors with special needs or care.
We have 15 years experience, good
references. We are honest and
trustworthy. Call Lyla or Marilyn at
925-818-2248.
BEST QUALITY CARE 27 years RN
experience. Excellent references.
20 years in Rossmoor. Dependable,
affordable, honest, loving, and kind.
Hourly/live-in 24/7, 50% discount
for new clients. Licensed, insured.
Clean DMV record. No agency fee.
Mary 925-497-7738.
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL,
caregiver. Trustworthy, conscientious, Dependable. Provide quality
home health care. PT/OT trained.
Exercises, meal preparation. Light
housekeeping. Has handled difficult
cases. Excellent references. Monday-Friday am/pm/sleepover. May
510-305-2371, Ding 510-329-0187.
EXCELLENT REFERENCES- experienced Rossmoor caregiver. Best
male companion. Dressing, driving,
shopping, light cleaning. I cook too!
Call Rich Mazaroff 925-945-0574.
HONEST & RELIABLE Caregiver- Will do personal care, cook,
h o u s e - ke e p i n g , a p p o i n t m e n t s
and grocer y shop. Good refere n c e s, n e g ot i a b l e wag e s a n d
friendly, loving care. Part or fullt i m e. V i o l e t 9 2 5 - 4 5 8 - 3 379 o r
925-457-8448.
PASSIONATE HOME HEALTH Care:
Serving the elderly back to health.
Advanced nursing student. Highly
educated, loving. Six-year experience with dementia. Assist with
daily activities, exercise therapy.
Excellent Rossmoor references.
Mia, 510-593-7066.
SERVING ROSSMOOR FOR more
than 10 years. Honest and trusted
caregiver. Has a record of longterm client-caregiver relationship.
Also provides light housekeep ing and transportation to appointments. Licensed and Bonded.
Call Elizabeth Sanchez of the
Caring Hand. 925 - 899 -3976 or
510-352-8041.
AN ANGEL IN YOUR HOME. No
ag e n c y fe e, H o n e s t , r e l i a b l e,
trustworthy, and caring. Can take
your to doctor appointments, grocery, Do bathing, cooking, laundry, light housekeeping. Worked
in Rossmoor and Waterford for 15
yrs. Rate is negotiable. Please call
Lourdes 925-933-3185 or 925-3958616, 925-212-4318.
Maria Napoli
Eberle
Thank you Rossmoor
– it’s my pleasure to serve you!
Please call me for a noobligation Home Market
Evaluation or a tour of
Rossmoor homes.
CAREGIVER FOR ROYALT Y- 11
years experience. Light housekeeping, cooking, errands. Honest and reliable European woman,
University education. Great references. No agency fee. Call Elena
925-300-6730.
NEEDING A RELIABLE, trustworthy, loving caregiver? Full or part
time, weekdays /weekends available. Please call a very affordable
caregiving agency, Care For Star,
925-407-2098 or 925-639-9766.
INDEPENDENT ROSSMOOR experienced caregiver- full or part time.
Excellent Rossmoor references.
Can help with medication, diet, reasonable rates. Call 925-216-0757
or 925-325-6677.
C O M PAS S I O N AT E , R E L I A B L E ,
caregiver will do personal care.
Meal preparation, house cleaning,
errands. Very dependable, friendly,
honest and trustworthy. Good references, affordable wages. Full time/
part time or live-in or out. Elsie or
Saye 925-300-5097.
CO M PAS S I O N AT E CAREG I VER
Hard worker with 15-year experience providing patient care, light
housekeeping. Can also take you
to appointments, do your shopping,
errands and most importantly take
care of you. References available.
Call Mayra 925-627-0567.
COMPANION & CAREGIVER with
years of experience and references. Light housework, prepare
meals, drive to doctor appointment
and outings. Hours 9 to 5, Monday
thru Friday. Call Charlotte 925-6804308.
EUROPE AN CAREG IVER / Companion. English speaking. Help
with ADLs. Light housekeeping,
prepare meals, shopping, medication management reminders, various errands. Can drive to appointments, outings. Excellent driving
record, honest, kind, reliable! Local
references available. Can do overnights. Please call to arrange an
interview at 925-708-4006. Start
date, Aug. 22.
RETIRED RN : 20 YEARS experience SF hospitals, recently retired
as visiting hospice nurse, available
weekends only for general nursing care. Minimum 2 hours. Call
Tralee at 510-705-1339 or e-mail at
tmrnbysea@aol.com
DO YOU NEED A LITTLE assistance
in your home? Then I am the right
caregiver for you! If it’s time to give
your family peace of mind knowing
you are not alone. Call Jenifer at
925-594-2288.
More Seeking
Employment
– Housecleaning
on page 56
Prudential Top Producer, Leading Edge Society
Winner 2010, Honor Society Winner 2009
Now Available
BEAUTIFUL SUMMIT HOME in Pinnacle Ridge on
Horseman’s Canyon, next door to private pool
• Sought after first floor location overlooking hills
• Expansive wrap-around deck
• Formal living/dining room
• Spacious family room off kitchen
• Bonus den or office
• Large master bedroom suite with walk-in closet
• Guest bedroom and guest bath
• Two deeded parking spaces in underground garage
• Over 1900 square feet!
• Amazing price - $575,000
Maria Napoli Eberle
DRE# 01798906
(925) 478-7190 cell
maria@mariaeberle.com • www.mariaeberle.com
If you know someone who wants to sell their home and move to Rossmoor,
I’d be delighted to help – that’s my specialty!
ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
Branch Manager
Clyde Allen, Jr.
435-1919
Diana Smith
817-7255
Loc Barnes
639-9594
Vikki Bearman
708-0008
1950 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek
Dave Caron
708-6034
Tammy Choi
510-962-2623
Sue Choe
212-2605
Paula Azeltine
899-3428
(925 ) 937-6050
Urcil Commons
937-3033
Greg Courtney
518-8872
55
Ladan B
899-6831
George Detre
360-7531
Meg Crosby
323-2139
Sisters Selling
Rossmoor and the
East Bay
Bernadette Dugan
683-7957
Jeanette Evans
408-5172
Susan Exline
997-4046
Yvonne Jakovleski
457-7229
Stan Joyner
470-7828
Vito LoGrasso
360-9143
April Pryor
530-524-3900
Kathryn Reeves
707-980-9767
Meet Paula Azeltine and
Meridith Zomalt, Rossmoor
residents, real estate partners, sisters and best friends.
Previously in the corporate arena and in real estate on
their own, they decided to team up in 2007 so they
could better serve their clients. Consistently recognized as Top Producers, their focus is on listening to
their clients, providing excellent service, being totally
honest and ethical, and keeping abreast of the everchanging real estate market. With 90% of buyers
starting their home search on-line, their marketing efforts are concentrated on the internet to provide maximum exposure of their listings. Call them for Twice
the Service, Twice the Value, and Twice the Fun!
Faye Ann Silva
457-9231
Mike Teifel
383-5900
CONDOMINIUMS
SPOIL YOURSELF
At the Waterford in this lovely, light and bright Brookgreen with a
peaceful outlook from the balcony through the mosaics of the trees.
.................................................................................................. $79,500.
STUNNING VIEWS
From this top-floor corner unit with parking below the building. Spacious Summit model with two bedrooms, plus office, large living and
dining rooms and family room with see-through fireplace. This is a
real jewel. ............................................................................... $575,000.
EXPANDED YOSEMITE MODEL
A real gem in lovely park-like setting. This 2-bedroom, 1+1/2-bath unit is totally updated with expanded living area, newer kitchen cabinetry with
Corian counters, updated baths with granite counters, hardwood floors, recessed ceiling, skylights, a
small patio and so much more. All-level access to
this single level unit and close to carport.
.................................................................. $289,000.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
Remodeled kitchen featuring granite counter.
Remodeled bath with large shower and full-size
BOSC washer and dryer. View form open deck. 2
bedrooms, 1 bath. Call Ann Cantrell at 639-7970.
...................................................................$185,000.
SAY “HELLO” TO A “GOOD BUY”!
Tastefully remodeled upper unit with upgrades to
delight you. Smooth ceilings, crown mounding,
newer doors, cedar kitchen cabinets, granite tile
countertips, newer vanity, shower, washer-dryer
and a spacious bonus room with shutters. Convenient location to carport, golf curse and Creekside
grill. Call today for a private showing. . $129,950.
HUGE PRICE REDUCTION
Fabulous light-filled Sonoma with smooth ceilings, wide baseboards and crown molding
throughout. Two lovely bedrooms, 1 updated bath
with walk-in shower, linen closet and stack w/d.
Updated kitchen features beautiful cabinetry,
solid surface counters, newer appliances, a nice
outlook and plenty of guest parking. This beauty
is move-in ready and value priced. ....... $133,900.
FANTASTIC MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS
This Piedmont has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, with
one bedroom and bath downstairs. Granite counters in kitchen and baths, natural carpet and tiles
throughout, new GE stainless appliance, balcony
and covered tile patio. ........................... $424,900.
G
PENDIN
Catherine Volkova
876-3517
Christine Folger Jackie & Michael Gerry Walt Hanson
200-2032
938-5162
209-5140
Suzanne Masella
788-5693
Clarence Wickers
588-6244
Sheron McCormick Kathryn Nusratty
510-508-0600
323-9966
Gay White
899-1885
Meridith Zomalt
899-3550
RENTALS
SARATOGA
Two bedrooms, 1 bath, beautifully furnished. Open deck with view.
Electric range/oven, microwave and dishwasher. Close to carport and very
close to laundry. Ready Aug. 15, 3-6 months. No pets. $1,400 a month.
Call Chris Folger at 200-2032.
MONTEREY
Two bedrooms, 2 baths, beautifully furnished (no kitchen dishes/utensils).
Very private location, open balcony, wooded view. Microwave, dishwasher
and inside laundry. Very close to carport.$2,000 a month, 12 months. No
pets. Call Chris Folger at 200-2032. Also for sale.
CO-OPERATIVES
PRICED TO SELL SARATOGA
Must see. 2 bed. and 1 remodeled bath with tile floors,
fresh paint throughout, neutral carpeting. Solid mirror walls in living and dining rooms. Enclosed patio
with nice views. Lots of cabinets. ............... $88,950.
GORGEOUS SINGLE STORY
Garden home with no steps or upstairs neighbors,
tucked into a quiet corner away from the parking
lot. This Mendocino features granite counters in
kitchen and bath, mirrored closet doors and solar
tube skylights. Designer colors and carpeting.
Low Mutual 1 dues. ................................ $125,000.
TOP OF THE WORLD
You’ll feel like you’re on top of the world in this
very well maintained Sequoia Wrap. This beautiful unit is move-in ready and waiting to bring joy
to its new owner for years to come...... $149,000.
SOS: SUPER OUTSTANDING SPECIAL!
Fabulous upper unit boasts numerous updates.
Scraped ceilings, crown moulding, wide wallboards, 2-panel doors with new hardware, mirrored closet doors, cedar kitchen with granite
tile countertops. Shower, washer/dryer and an
enclosed veranda for your extra-special furniture.
Located in a small entry near golf course and
Creekside Grill. ......................................$119,000.
LOCATION CAN’T BE BEAT
If beautiful outdoor space interests you, then look
no further. This fabulous Carmel model is move-in
ready with beautiful laminate flooring, two spacious bedrooms, one bath, slate patios in front and
rear with lovely garden space and views. $155,500.
LEVEL-IN GOLDEN GATE
Location, location, location! Walking distance to
driving range and Dollar Clubhouse. Two bedrooms, 1 bath, with washer/dryer in unit. This
home has a bright enclosed patio for private dining and entertaining. ............................. $189,900.
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WALK TO CREEKSIDE GRILL
Exquisite, completely level-in Yosemite model
with all the bells and whistles. Totally updated
unit with beautiful kitchen, stainless steel appliances, skylights, recessed lighting, hardwood
flooring, two baths, W/D, crown moulding and
wonderful patio. Just a short walk to Creekside
and Dollar Clubhouse. ........................... $315,000.
INSIDE LAUNDRY
Forced air and A/C in this Sonoma. Fresh paint,
including painted cabinets. Washer and dryer in
unit. Good outlook and open and bright!
..................................................................... $85,000.
EXCITING SONOMA–REDUCTION
This 2-bedroom, 1-bath Sonoma situated in a
quiet, serene park-like setting offers new paint
and new carpet, newer appliances, open deck and
is close to carport. There is a new heating unit and
newly installed washer and dryer with new bathroom vanity. Don’t miss this neat unit in move-in
condition. ................................................ $104,900.
VIEW OF BEAUTIFUL OAK
From open side deck of this Sonoma Wrap. Large
enclosure for more living space. Rare gas stove in
updated kitchen. Two Bedrooms, 2 baths. Carport
close. Call Ann Cantrell, 639-7970.......$139,000.
PRICED TO SELL MONTEREY
Two bedrooms, two baths, upper and corner unit.
Landscaped for privacy entry patio, balcony off
spacious living room, breakfast bar, granite countertops, maple cabinets, microwave, D/W, dome
lighting with fan. Washer/dryer in master bath.
Close to parking. Stunning remodel. ..$209,000.
LOCATED NEAR GATEWAY
This Sonoma has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with bright,
sun-filled spaces, large living and dining area
and open veranda with two storage units on the
veranda. ..................................................... $89,000.
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
120 SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT
HOUSECLEANING
“DUST- NO - MORE” Your house keeping solution. We c ater to
your individual cleaning needs.
Reliable, dependable, quality service with Rossmoor references.
Licensed and Bonded. Call Barbara, 925-228-9841.
“ E L I S A’ S H O U S E C L E A N I N G ”
O ver 2 0 ye ar s ex p er i e n c e i n
Rossmoor with many repeat clients. We’ll clean your home back
to tip-top shape, from rooms to
inside oven and patio. Bonded,
insured. Call 212-6831 or e-mail
lisazuniga@sbcglobal.net
EDITH’S HOUSECLEANING : Reliable, organized, honest, good
references. Move in and out. One
time only or regular cleaning. I do
windows. I provide supplies. Most
clients are in Rossmoor. Call 925207-9683. Bonded and insured.
BROTHER & SISTER HOUSE cleaning. Big and small jobs. One time or
scheduled appointments. Reasonable rates. Rossmoor references.
Call Cristina 925-324-4241.
20 YEARS IN ROSSMOOR Experienced woman available to clean
large and small homes. Reliable,
detailed, quality service. References available. Has Barcode. Call
Maria 510-928-5373.
ANDREYA’S HOUSECLEANING- 10
years experience, dependable, reliable, honest. References. Movein /move-out. Free estimate. Call
me at 925-339-2042.
140 WANTED
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S.
and world coins and currency. 36year resident of Moraga will come
to your home upon request. Bruce
Berman, Moraga Numismatics.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. www.sf-bay-area-collectorcoins.com
WILL BUY YOUR GAS GOLF cart.
Why pay for advertising and having to deal with multiple people and
wasting your valuable time? I will
pay cash for most any condition
cart, running or not. Also looking
for vehicles to purchase. Please
call Walnut Creek resident and
leave a message 925-639-4715.
SELL YOUR ITEMS ON EBAY I will
pick up your items and sell. Experienced in antiques, vintage and fine
jewelry, designer items, sterling and
china. Julie, daughter of Rossmoor
resident, EBAY registered trading
assistant. 925-683-4010 or e-mail
adreamcometrue@pacbell.net
ESTATES WANTED! Rossmoor resident providing estate sale services.
Direct purchase also; antiques, art,
silver, jewelry, glass, china, Asian
items. Courteous, prompt, professional. Over 25 years experience.
Call 510-506-1483, 925-899-7886
or 925-933-0479.
149 REAL ESTATE
INFORMATION
130 HELP WANTED
SELLING ROSSMOOR For 28 years.
I know Rossmoor well and can list,
market and sell your Rossmoor
home. I’ve lived here since 1983.
G i ve m e a c a l l. E ar l C o r d e r,
Rossmoor Realty 925-932-1162 x
3333 office. E-mail: ccloner@aol.
com
WORKING WOMAN LOOKING for
senior person to pick up my 12
year old son after school, take him
home, provide snack, and start
homework. Needed 2 to 3 days per
week, 2-3 hours per day. Hours
and times negotiable. Salary $15$ 20/per hour. For details please
call Lynne 925-947-6190.
THINKING OF BUYING OR leasing
in Rossmoor? Let me send you a
comprehensive informational brochure, which includes amenities,
floor plans, costs and answers
to many of your questions. Call
Patti Compton, Broker Associate,
Rossmoor Realty 925-287-3332, or
e-mail rossmoorpatti@aol.com
140 WANTED
150 REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
I BUY ANTIQUES & Collectibles.
From pottery, lighting and glass,
thru silver, furniture, jewelry and
paintings. Estates are welcome
and conducted professionally.
Free phone evaluations. Call Mel
at 925-229-2775 or 925-228-8977
or Lydia Knapp 925-932-3499.
COINS GOLD, SILVER BOUGHTExperienced buyer of estates,
collections and accumulations of
American coins, foreign coins and
gold jewelry. Professional, courteous service. Rossmoor house calls
since 1978. Please call Joseph T.
Silva 925-372-8743.
WANTED, OLD AMERICAN INDIAN
baskets, rugs and blankets, pottery, beadwork or other artifacts;
also California and Southwest
paintings; highly qualified and professional. Personal and corporate
references available upon request.
707-996-1820.
ESTATE LIQUIDATION- Full service
estate liquidation. Complete or
partial household. Experts in antiques, furniture and art. Trusted
family business for over 40 years.
Call the professionals at Hudson’s
Estate Liquidations. 510-645-5844.
Free assessment. Fully insured. License 2451174.
I BUY 1950’S FURNITURE! Danish
modern, Widdicomb, Herman Miller, Knoll, Dunbar, etc. 1 piece or
entire estate! Highest prices paid.
$ $ $ . Call Rick 510 -219-9644.
Fast, courteous house calls.
ANTIQUES ; ALL OLDER ITEMS
Wanted. Single items to entire estates. Full estate liquidation services. Highest prices paid. Paintings,
silver, pottery, cameras, watches,
toys, jewelry, photos, glass, furniture, etc. Anything old. Hauling services available. 925-324-1522.
BUYING JEWELRY: Mexican / Indian silver, costume, rhinestone,
watches, sterling, purses. Monica
at Sundance Antiques, 2323 Boulevard Circle, Walnut Creek 925930-6200. Anything old!
SONOMA- BEAUTIFUL AREA Two
bedrooms, quality carpeting, upgrades, huge deck, light bright, carport close. Reduced to $ 93,000.
Betty Case, Rossmoor Realty 925287-3347. Direct, 925-932-1162 X
3347.
MENDOCINO- Cute one bedroom,
one bath, no stairs, end unit. Large
fenced patio. Walk to clubhouses.
Reduced to $97,500. Betty Case,
Rossmoor Realty 925-287-3347.
Direct, 925-932-1162 X 3347.
YOSEMITE- Single story, no stairs.
Charming 2 bedrooms / 2 baths,
end unit. New paint/carpet, washer/dryer. Fenced patio. Reduced to
$189,000. Betty Case, Rossmoor
Realty 925-287-3347. Direct, 925932-1162 x 3347.
WATERFORD-LIVE STYLISHLY: Top
floor Middleton Model. Two bedroom, 1.5 bath condo with weekly
housekeeping. Great food, shuttle service and access to all that
Rossmoor has to offer. 24/7 staff.
Photos at www.WaterfordInRossmoor.com Call Susan Kingsley 925381-4693 Alain Pinel Realtors.
A L M O S T LE V E L- I N R O S S LY N :
$ 25,000 price reduction! Only 2
steps !! 2 bed plus office/2 bath,
plus garage. Huge deck with views
of valley. Updated and gorgeous.
Photos at www.5401TerraGranada.
com Call Susan Kingsley 925-3814693 Alain Pinel Realtors.
CARMEL- No stairs, 2 bedrooms/2
baths. Fenced front patio and
charming rear patio! New carpet/
paint, crown molding, smooth ceilings. Gorgeous! $205,000. Betty
Case, Rossmoor Realty 925-2873347. Direct, 925-932-1162 X 3347.
LEVEL-IN, EXPANDED, Yosemite
model. 2 bedrooms/2 baths, plus
family room with skylights, living
room, dining area, freshly painted,
clean. Asking $185,000. Call LA
Peter Fletcher, 510-521-1177 Prudential Ca. Realty.
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FOR SALE
170 REAL ESTATE
WANTED
MUST SELL TOWNHOUSE- At Tahoe Incline Village. Golf course
view, near shopping. 2 bedroom
plus large loft sleeps 6 - 8. 2 baths,
2 car attached garage and enlarged deck. Was $ 550,000 now
$349,900. Call 925-947-6003.
LONG-TERM RENTAL Looking for
long-term rental. We are currently renting in Rossmoor. We have
great references! Not in an immediate rush. Call Ted 925-300-5576.
MONTEREY- NEED MORE SPACE?
This is it ! 2 bedroom / 2 baths.
End unit, enclosed veranda! W/D,
$10,000 carpet/paint credit with full
priced offer. $155,000. Betty Case,
Rossmoor Realty 925-287-3347.
Direct, 925-932-1162 X 3347.
PALM DESSERT PROPERTY for sale;
Walk to El Paseo from Shadow Mountain Country Club, 650 sq. ft. 1 bath,
kitchen. Tennis club with golf, pool,
newly decorated, fully furnished.
$115,000. Call 310-883-3378.
EXPANDED SARATOGA, wonderfully updated. Two bedrooms, 1 bath.
Inside laundry and views! Walk-in
shower, new carpet, paint and really nice with a great room. $129,000.
Joan Pancoast, J. Rockcliff Realtors. 925-890-0250.
A SMASHING CARMEL , this one
stands above the rest. Totally updated with custom closets, newer
kitchen, double pane windows,
laundry, brick patios. $189,000.
Joan Pancoast, J. Rockcliff Realtors. 925-890-0250.
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FOR RENT
2 BEDROOM/1 BATH Sonoma. New
carpet, paint, open deck, carport
and laundr y nearby. One year
lease, $1,250/per month. No pets
or smokers. Call Peggy Martinez,
Rossmoor Realty, 925-330-0260.
BEST LOCATION IN Waterford –
Beautiful eastern view from 3rd floor
Chatsworth, expanded living room
with built-in bookshelves, large master suite, guest bath, freshly painted.
$1,950 rent includes restaurant style
dinner daily and weekly housekeeping, and all the amenities of Waterford living including entertainment
and exercise. Available now, lease.
Call Mary 925-286-5755.
CHARMING CHATSWORTH at the
Waterford. Expanded living room,
2 baths, master suite. Daily meal,
housekeeping, entertainment, exercise, amenities. Convenient location,
$1,950/month, will consider purchase offer. Danny 925-932-4055.
CHRISTMAS IN ROSSMOOR- Dec.
16 to 30 (2 weeks). Beautiful Sequoia model. One bedroom (queen),
den, 1 bath, view. Remodeled with
modern décor, utilities and amenities included. Post cleaning fee of
$75. $1,200. Liz 925-323-3050 or
lizgallen@gmail.com
SELDOM AVAILABLE VILLA Nuevo!
Fabulous views, 2 bedrooms, den, 2
baths, partially furnished, immaculate. Elevator. Pets? Six-month minimum. $2,500. Call 406-380-0044.
e-mail: bonnierutter@comcast.net
ROSSMOOR, 55 PLUS community. End unit, views, 3 bedroom/2
bath, 1 car garage plus carport,
inside laundry, balcony, no pets/
smoking, Sep. 1, occupancy, 1
year lease, $ 2,950 /month. 925876-8877, Steve Martin, Broker,
DRE00795686.
SPACIOUS PENTHOUSE on top floor
in Rossmoor. Wrap-around deck with
beautiful views. Two bedrooms, 2
baths, fully equipped kitchen. A very
special Waterford home. $2,500 per
month. Call Rich Nielsen, Rossmoor
Realty 925-287-3370.
THANKSGIVING IN ROSSMOOR
55 plus, gated community. 2 bed/2
bath, very lovely, completely furnished. No pets/smoking. Will send
pictures upon request. Available
Oct. 16, thru Nov. 30, 2011. $2400
per month. For appt. to view, 925939-7941 or 925-300-5225.
DO YOU HAVE FAMILY or close
friends who would like to visit
you for the holidays? Looking to
exchange my home for cat sitting
from 12/24/11 to 1/?/12. Remodeled 2-bedroom near Gateway.
Contact Gardenia Sarazin, 925935-1605 or 510-549-1660 or email beingpresent@gmail.com.
LEASE OPTION TO BUY- 2 bedroom / 2 bath, ground floor. Six
month lease or 1 year beginning
Sept. 1st. Or Oct. 1st. Excellent
references. Single person, nonsmoker/no pets. Call Paul 925933-9433.
EX-PATS RETURNING TO the U.S.
are looking for a bright, level-in unit
with patio for between $90,000 to
$120,000. We are pre-qualified for
a loan. Please contact Ana Resnik
at anaresnik@gmail.com
SEEKING SHORT TERM rental. Professional senior hoping to find a 2
bedroom, furnished or non, 1 year,
excellent references. Non smoker
no pets. Lynne 415-609-1861 or
lynnecrowell@comcast.net
WE ARE INTERESTED in renting a
2 bedroom Rossmoor townhouse,
approximately, 1-15-12 thru 2-1512. Prior 25 year W.C. residents,
we have friends currently residing
at Rossmoor. M / M Jack Wilcox,
Medina, OH. Call 330-725-4582.
I’M RELOCATING FROM Chicago
area looking for a furnished place.
3 to 6-month rental starting October 1. Prefer unit with bathtub.
Range $120 0 to $150 0 / month.
Please respond to Adriane at :
avanbergen@att.net or 847-2157519.
FEMALE LI BR AR IAN SEEK I NG
to share 2 bedroom, 2 bath nonsmoking unit, starting in September. Quiet and considerate; working
weekdays, away most weekends.
Rossmoor references. E- mail ;
BevM c Leo d@aol.c om Phone,
408-996-2742.
PROFESSIONAL NON SMOKING
c ou p le for mer ly from t he B ay
area are seeking a 2 bedroom,
1-2 bath ,minimum 1000 sq. ft.
rental home from 3/1 to 5/31/12.
No pets. Please e-mail ASAP to
marcia 2799@hotmail.com with
availability and rate. Call 503-6382799.
175 VACATION RENTAL
MENDOCINO OCEAN FRONT
H o m e ! Cu s to m / dr amat i c M e n d o c i n o. 3 b e d r o o m s, 2 b at h s .
Hot tub. One level. All amenities.
Special Rossmoor resident rates.
Owner 925-947-3923 or 707-9642605 leave message.
TIMESHARE AVAILABLE: Thanksgiving week (Nov 19-26) at West i n K a ’a n a p a l i O c e a n R e s o r t
V i l l a s N o r t h o n M au i, H awa i i.
Sleeps 4. Full kitchen, all amenities of a 4-star resort on beautiful
Ka’anapali beach. $1,500. Resident Bill Oliver 925 - 946 - 0 992,
cell 925-818-3469.
LOOK ING FOR A TAHOE House
Rental. If you own a house on
the nor th shore of Lake Tahoe
or in the Tahoe Donner area that
you’re not using this winter, a
nice local family would be interested in renting it for the winter.
Please call my cell phone 925 274-9099.
180 PETS
TLC FOR CATS & PL ANTS Cats
ar e s o c i a l a n i m a l s ; t h ey m i s s
yo u when you are away. T hey
need TLC service. Still only $12
per visit. Grete and Bill Trulock,
past president of Friends of Animals. 13 t h year in Ros smo or.
925-937-2284.
ELIZABETH’S PET & HOME Care.
Dog walks and cat sitting. Experienced in Veterinarian care. I also
can assist you with appointments,
errands and chores. Rossmoor
resident. Call 925-944-5603.
OVERNIGHT DOG SITTING In my
home with pick-up and delivery
provided ! Bonded and insured.
Enjoy your vacation without worrying about your darling dog. Auntie
Pat’s Pets. References available.
925-930-8871.
180 PETS
CATS-A-GROOMIN We specialize
in cat grooming and other special
services just for cats. Short-term or
vacation boarding available. Professional, quality service for your
feline friend. Serving Bay Area kitties for over 15 years. Call Brenda,
925-935-5177.
6 TAILS PET CARE Save money and
don’t kennel while you’re away! Let
me exercise your dog or provide
quality time to your pet(s) so you
don’t worry. 45-minute visits and/or
walks. Rossmoor References available. Kathy, 925-366-6641.
WENDY LOVES ANIMALS and will
dog walk, care for cats, birds, reptiles. Previously worked at Lindsey
Wildlife Hospital treated injured or
sick wildlife. Would love to work for
you. Call me at 925-899-3791.
SWEET, AFFECTIONATE, well-mannered female tabby cat with very
short hair. Mia is 5-6 years old and
in excellent health. Looking for loving companion. 925-285-5960.
LEGAL NOTICES
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA,
County of Contra Costa
725 Court Street
Martinez, CA 94553
FILED: Aug. 24, 2011
K. Torre, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: N11-1335
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Kimberly Ann Griffin filed
a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows: Present
name: Kimberly Ann Griffin; Proposed
name: Kimberly Ann Feebeck.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court at 9 a.m. on October 21,
2011, in the courtroom in Department 60,
Room 102, located at 725 Court Street,
Martinez, California, to show cause, if
any, why the petition for change of name
should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described
aobe must file a written objection that
includes the reasons for the objection
at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely filed, the
court amy grant the petition without a
hearing.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks prior to the
date set for hearing on the petition in
the Rossmoor News, a newspaper of
general circulation printed in the County
of Contra Costa.
Dated: August 24, 2011
/s/ Judith A. Sanders
Judge Protem of the Superior Court
Legal RN 4893
Publish Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 14, & 21,
2011
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St., P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 16, 2011
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005793-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Powerhouse Designz, 2111
Fremont Street, Concord, CA 94520;
1362 Mt. Pisgah Rd., Walnut Creek,
CA 94596, Contra Costa County.
Robert Steven Hartmann
1362 Mt. Pisgah Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Geoffrey Steven Jung
1362 Mt. Pisgah Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Business conducted by: a General
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on 8-2511.
s/Robert Hartmann
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4894
Publish Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 14, & 21,
2011
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • AUGUST 31, 2011
LEGAL NOTICES
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 2, 2011
Jose Gonzalez, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005289-00
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 4, 2011
P. Cornelius, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005346-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Guest House Acupuncture, 700 Ygnacio Valley Rd. ste. 210,
Walnut creek, CA 94596, Contra Costa
County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Anchor Apartments, 2024
Sierra Rd., Concord, CA 94518; 300F
Danville Blvd., Suite 123, 94507, Contra
Costa County.
Nikoo Rose Saleh Kasmai
175 Santa Rosa Ave, #201.
Oakland, CA 94610
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 12, 2011
J. Odegaard, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005550-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Mustang Baseball Club,
993 Tiffin Dr., Clayton, CA 94517, Contra
Costa County.
Craig Simpson
215 North Villa Way
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Nikoo Saleh Kasmai
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4888
Publish Aug. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7,
2011
Casey D. Coakley
993 Tiffin Dr.
Clayton, CA 94517
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above in 1972.
s/Craig Simpson
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4889
Publish Aug. 24 & 31 and Sept. 7 &
14, 2011
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 16, 2011
Lisa Woods, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005590-00
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 16, 2011
Jenny Pineda, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0005320-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Flame Spirit Photos &
Videos, 1617 Skycrest Dr. #24, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, Contra Costa
County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: KAP Enterprise (Keen Assortment of Products), P.O. Box 3170,
San Ramon, CA 94583, Contra Costa
County.
Mary Lee Dodd
1617 Skycrest Dr. #24
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Casey D. Coakley
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4890
Publish Aug. 24 & 31 and Sept. 7 &
14, 2011
Karen Andrea Pedersen
P.O. Box 3170
San Ramon, CA 94583
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on 8-1611.
s/Mary Lee Dodd
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4891
Publish Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 14, & 21,
2011
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on 7-272011.
s/Karen A. Pedersen
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4892
Publish Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, 14, & 21,
2011
BUSINESS SERVICES
INTERIORS
HANDYMAN
SINCE 1950
“CREATING CUSTOM WINDOW
TREATMENTS FOR YOUR HOME”
Call For
EXPERT DESIGN SERVICE
AND COMPETITIVE PRICES
(925) 283-2252
BUY IT! SELL IT! FAST!!
• DRAPERIES
• DUETTES
• SHUTTERS
• BLINDS
• BEDSPREADS
• UPHOLSTERY
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1299 Parkside Dr. Walnut Creek
(925) 927-6600
Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat. & 12-5 Sun.
7 FIESTA LANE, NEXT TO PETAR’S • LAFAYETTE CIRCLE
Tell the merchants on
this page that you saw
their ad in the
Rossmoor News.
Since
1946
Service
Home
Handyman Service
30 Years in Rossmoor
Painting
• Plumbing
• Electrical
Baseboards
• Dimmer Switches
Carpentry
• Faucets
Caulking
• Garbage Disposal
Grab Bars
• Smoke Detectors
Ceiling Fans
• Sliding Doors
Crown Moulding
• Drywall Repair
Deck Painting
• Weather Stripping
Flooring: Hardwood, Carpet, Vinyl, Tile
Hanging Mirrors & Pictures, etc.
Toilet Installation & Repair
No job too small
934-0877
CLEANING
Elizabeth’s
935-3836
Housekeeping
3291 Mt. Diablo Court • Lafayette, CA 94549
★
Let Us Do The Cleaning... ★
You Do The Living!
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Eli
aning
Housecyloeur home
(Between Hungry Hunter & Park Hotel)
Owner
RESURFACING
• RECOLORING • CHIP REPAIRS • NON-SKID BOTTOMS
• BATHTUBS • SINKS • TILE • SHOWER
• COUNTERTOPS • REPAIRS • TUB FRONT CUTOUTS
Fiberglass • Ceramic Tile
Porcelain • Formica & More
30 YEARS EXPERIENCE • ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Lic. #946767
aaapermaceram.com
(925)
634-0855
ARMAND'S
Since 1954
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We’ll mak e new again!
sparkle likars experience
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Over 20 y oor with many
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longtime
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Elizabeth Gudiño
Lic. #177588
TUB & TILE
INTERIORS
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CLEANING
Free Estimate!
EnvironmentallyFriendly Green Monthly, Weekly, Bi-Weekly
Cleaning Products. Ph: (510) 483-5315
Rossmoor References Cell: (510) 395-0571
TOP TO BOTTOM CLEANING
Weekly, Bi-monthly, Monthly,
One-time Super Clean
Assistance with: Moving
clean up and Errands
-6831
92B5on-d2ed1•2Insured net ★
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Tenant Ready
Move-in/Move-out Cleaning Service
We also do:
Post Construction Clean-up
Free Estimates
Faith Cleaning
For more information and rates,
Call Annie or Suzy
Insured and Bonded • Free Estimates
or visit us at www.tenant-ready.com
Call Diane 925-260-0564
★
925-289-9309
DRAPERIES, SHUTTERS & UPHOLSTERY
WE CARRY
PRODUCTS
DRAPERY & UPHOLSTERY WORKROOM ON PREMISES
• Roman Shades • Mini Blinds • Verticals & Silhouette® Window Shadings
Luminette® Privacy Sheers Duette® Honeycomb Shades • Bedspreads
Shutters (Indoor & Outdoor) • Outdoor Basswood Blinds
ROSSMOOR RESIDENT DISCOUNT
LAMORINDA
(925) 283-8717
W.C./CONCORD
(925) 939-4493
1-800-66-DRAPES
3391 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette www.armandsdrapery.com
The publishing of advertisements for goods or services in the Rossmoor News does not constitute
an endorsement or recommendation for said goods or services by the Rossmoor News. Residents are responsible for verifying claims, credentials, licenses and references of any advertiser
with whom they may do business. The Rossmoor News will not knowingly publish advertisements
unsuitable, untruthful or misrepresentative.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
PAINTING
Ralyn Drywall & Painting
Reasonable Rates • Honest
Reliable • Professional
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SPECIALIZING IN
HIGH QUALITY INTERIOR PAINTING
Lic./Bonded/Insured
Kitchen and Bath Remodels
Popcorn Removal
Home Preparation for Sale
Washer and Dryer Closets
Painting and Drywall
Crown Molding Baseboards and Trim
Mark Alexander, Owner.
10 years experience at Rossmoor, and I’m a very nice guy!
Serving Rossmoor Since 1995
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
FREE ESTIMATES
LET ME BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME!
925-200-8850
Cont. Lic. 560934
INSURED AND BONDED
(925)370-6558 • (925)787-6684 cell
grizzmark@sbcglobal.net
• Wallpaper removal • Drywall texture & repair
• Popcorn removal • Clean decks, porches and
carports • Crown molding & baseboards
Bonded & Insured • Lic. #945081
FREE ESTIMATES • 925-323-0543
CONSTRUCTION
Del Mar Electric Co., Inc.
GRF Approved
50 Years of Dependable Service
ASK FOR YOUR EXCLUSIVE ROSSMOOR DISCOUNT
Rossmoor Approved Electrical Contractor
• No Job too Small • Free Estimates
• Rewiring Specialists
Steve 925-212-4018 or 925-937-4404
Kevin Comerford
Founder,
Chief Client Officer
1 (888) 651-1847
VITALE
CONSTRUCTION
Hire our company for all your construction
needs from start to finish
INTERIOR TRIM • ACOUSTIC • KITCHENS
BATHROOMS • LAUNDRY ROOMS
SUN ROOMS • REMODELS
JOE VITALE
Free Estimates
925-595-6887
LIC. #725451
D.J. MILLER CONSTRUCTION
Kitchen • Bathroom Remodels
steve@delmarelectricinc.com
Lic.# 193014
Lafayette, CA
VALLEY GLASS
COMPANY
ROSSMOOR EXPERTS FOR ALL YOUR GLASS NEEDS
Insulated Glass Installed In Most Existing
Single Pane Windows and Doors
ALL TYPES OF GLASS REPLACEMENTS
Window & Picture Glass • Insulated/Thermal Glass
• Custom Mirrors Furniture & Tabletops
• Mirrored Walls & Doors • Shower & Tub Enclosures
933-2940
Fax: 933.2951 • Mon-Fri 8-5 • Sat 9-2
1177 Boulevard Way, Walnut Creek
• Crown moulding and baseboard
• Stone-tile-wood flooring
• Doors and windows
• Painting
• Home theatre and audio
• Closet Systems
Please recycle this newspaper
925-705-0607
CA Lic #951606
CARPET CLEANING
ONE CALL CLEANS IT ALL!
CARPET CLEANING & WINDOW CARE
• Windows • Tile and Grout
• Carpet
Cleaning
• Mini-blinds
• Upholstery
Made in the USA
SAVE 15% ON CARPET CLEANING
SERVICE FIRST
Serving the Rossmoor community for 21 years!
689-4660
“When Quality Matters”
FREE ESTIMATES
CARPET
CLEANING
Ask About Our Other Services
Free Estimates • Satisfaction Guaranteed
Rossmoor Specials • Rossmoor References
Call Toll Free
99
WHOLE
$
HOUSE
1-888-280-2627
Richard Beil, Owner
Cal Lic. #890083
SHOWROOM HOURS:
Mon.-Fri. 10 am-5 pm • Saturdays by appt.
925-681-1776
2170 Commerce Ave., Ste. A, Concord, CA
CAN’T BEAR DIRTY CARPETS?
New Truck Mounted Equipment
• Carpets • Upholstery
• Pet Stains • Pet Odors
• Fair Pricing • Free Estimates
Rossmoor
Approved
BRUCE’S
CARPET CARE
925-930-7549
Owner/Operator
www.westcoastwindowsanddoors.com
Residents can get information from the Rossmoor website: www.rossmoor.com.
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BUSINESS SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION
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HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
REPLACEMENT & SERVICE 925-886-6115
• Over 8 years in Rossmoor HVAC
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General Building Contractor
★ Rossmoor’s Trusted Contractor
★ New Home Buyer Specialist
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License #803925
www.davishomepros.com
Call 925-946-9746 for a Free Estimate
RICHARD & ROSIE DAVIS
Rossmoor Residents Since 2009
Advertisements support the newspaper.
When you patronize businesses, tell them you saw their ad
in the Rossmoor News.
PREMIER KITCHENS 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Whatever your inspiration,
t h e e x p er i e n c e d d e s i gn
professionals at Premier
Kitchens can help you
create the exact look you’ve
always wanted.
Visit our beautiful SHOWROOM and
receive a free personal consultation.
925-283-6500
WE CARRY A LARGE SELECTION OF PORCELAINS,
STONES, CERAMICS, GLASS, MOSAICS,
HARDWOOD FLOORS AND KITCHEN CABINETS
10% OFF GRAND OPENING SPECIAL
925-280-TILE (8453)
2073 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Across the street from Walnut Creek Ace Hardware Store
www.mtdiablotile.com
KITCHEN & BATH
REMODELS
• In Home Design Service • Laundry conversion
• Experienced in ALL phases of construction
SCOTT MAY
CONSTRUCTION & CABINETRY
800-445-0001
scottmayconstruction@yahoo.com
3373 MT.DIABLO BLVD., LAFAYETTE
WWW.PREMIERKITCHENS.NET
ROSSMOOR APPROVED • 11 YEARS IN ROSSMOOR
– Jerry & Joan, Rossmoor Residents, November 2010
• Diamond Certified Quality
• In Business since 1986
• Certified Design Staff
• Complete Showroom with
Cabinets, Countertops, Plumbing
& More, with parking nearby
HEALTH DVDS AVAILABLE:
Due to popular demand, Channel 28 has made available
DVDs of some of the health programs it’s filmed during the past
year. The 20 DVDs are available for check-out at the Rossmoor
Library at Gateway.
The programs were filmed by Channel 28 videographers at meetings of such Rossmoor organizations as
the Wellness Group and Medical Friends of Rossmoor.
The tapes were also edited by the videographers.
The subjects range from minor ailments to how to deal
with Alzheimer’s. Other topics include arthritis, neuropathy, heart conditions, cancer and supplemental medications.
The programs run from one hour to two and have all appeared on Channel 28.
The programs only go back about a year, so the information is current. Each DVD contains one program.
1079 Boulevard Way
(at Mt. Diablo Blvd.)
Walnut Creek, CA
(925) 938-1100
www.AlteraDesign.com
LANDSCAPING
Landscaping Services
Consultation for Decks, Patios,Gardens • Planting and Pruning
Installation, Conversion, Repair • Drip Irrigation • Pressure Washing
Rossmoor References
WALLY RUEDRICH
759438
• Check references
carefully on all workers
you hire, and conduct a
face-to-face interview.
Rossmoor Approved, Rossmoor Proven.
“This is the third project that they have completed for us. We are very
happy returning customers due to the fine work of each member of
the team. I highly recommend Altera Design to all of my friends. It is a
joy working with everyone and knowing that you will have top quality
service.”
LIC
lic# 356488
671-2721
• Contact Rossmoor’s
Office of Counseling
Services at 988-7750
for help in assessing
needs for caregivers
and homemakers.
GRF does not
endorse workers
who advertise in the
News.
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Service Champions is offering Rossmoor residents a
great opportunity to save money on home heating and
air systems. Please call us at 888-651-1847 and ask
about our service and replacement discounts.
(888) 651-1847
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