ROSSMOOR NEWS
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Walnut Creek, California Volume 47, No. 30 • 50 cents
Learn about Medicare
options at Oct. 23 event
Are you in a Medicare
Advantage plan or Medicare
HMO in Contra Costa County? Have you gotten a notice
that your plan may be changing or leaving the area? Do
you wonder how to choose the
plan that is best for you?
Learn about Medicare
changes and options for 2015
on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 10
to 11:30 a.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway. Registered
Health Insurance Counseling
and Advocacy Program (HICAP) volunteers will discuss
plan changes and options.
HICAP is a volunteer-based
program that provides impartial third-party information. It
is not associated with the insurance industry and is sponsored by the federal Administration for Community Living,
the California Department of
Aging, and the Contra Costa
County Area Agency on Aging.
Medicare open enrollment
is Wednesday, Oct. 15, through
Sunday, Dec. 7.
The Rossmoor program is
co-sponsored by Rossmoor
Counseling Services.
Confidentiality, publicity
are key ingredients in
Rossmoor Fund success Upcoming Rossmoor Men’s Conference
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Planning the first Men’s Conference for Rossmoor are, seated from left, Dick Powell and Ed
Wessling, and standing Adi Adins and Penny Reed from Counseling Services.
By Fritzie Davis Noble
Rossmoor Fund correspondent
M
arking five years
of service to the
Rossmoor community, the Rossmoor Fund board
has identified five reasons for
the fund’s high profile and
success. This is the second in
a series of articles discussing
those reasons.
Faced with the challenge of
encouraging those in need to
apply to the Rossmoor Fund,
the board focused on the unusual combination of confidentiality and publicity; two
Rossmoor organizations have
been instrumental in achieving
the fund’s goals: Counseling
Services and the News.
Partnering with Counseling
Services was an important step
in identifying potential grantees.
A valuable resource for residents,
Counseling Services offers a
range of services, including (but
not limited to) finding resources
for residents in financial need.
The professional staff assists individuals who have emergency
expenses such as medical and
dental expenses, medications,
medical equipment, short-term
caretaker costs, etc. in applying
for a grant.
As it is difficult for residents used to being self-sufficient to ask for help, applicants are guaranteed that their
requests remain confidential.
Counseling Services assisted the Rossmoor Fund in developing a process that protects
the identities of applicants and
grant recipients. A single-page
application is available through
Counseling Services or can be
found on the Rossmoor Fund
website (RossmoorFund.org).
Nancy Coxwell, supervising social worker, said “The
Rossmoor Fund is truly a gift
to our community.”
The News has also been an
important resource. Weekly
reminders that financial assistance is available have resultContinued on page 8A
INSIDE THE NEWS
Section A
Arts and Leisure........... 20-30A
Classified....................... 31-43A
Main News...................... 1-17A
Movies........................... 28-29A
Op/Ed Columns..................18A
Residents Forum................19A
Section B
Arts and Leisure listings....15B
Bridge.....................5B and 17B
Calendar.........................10-11B
Channel 28 TV Guide........16B
Clubs................... 6-9B, 15-17B
Excursions..................... 12-14B
Health............................ 18-19B
Religion............................. 8-9B
Sports................................ 1-5B
focuses on promoting male friendship
By Bill Leary
Men’s Conference correspondent
M
en are lousy at creating
and maintaining close
friendships with other
men. That was the view of the
men who gathered in June to help
Counseling Services plan the
first-ever for-men-only Rossmoor
Men’s Conference, now scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7.
It’s a view shared by many
experts and, while impacted
by cultural differences, seems
to apply most to white hetero-
sexual men. This has many
troubling implications, not the
least of which is that having
close friends can reduce our
risk of death by 60 percent.
Only smoking is as great a
risk factor as the absence of a
friend network.
By close friendships, these
experts are not talking about
golf or poker buddies, but real
confidants whom you trust to
share personal matters with.
Why are these friendships
hard? Early on, men are taught
to be strong and independent.
Closeness with other guys
can be seen as weakness and,
though things are changing,
appearing gay. We compete
with other men in the workplace and in finding a mate.
Some of us cling to old
friendships, but most of us
watch them fade away over
time. When we marry, we
tend to turn the social calendar over to our wives.
Like most men, I’ve had
my share of golfing, soccer
and tennis buddies, but I can
Continued on page 9A
Resident runs for school board
By Wilma Murray
Staff writer
R
ossmoor resident Robert Hockett likes to run.
He runs from his home
on Cactus Court to Acalanes
High School. He also runs to
Las Lomas High School.
Now he’s running for both
schools at the same time, but
in a very different way: Hockett wants to be on the Acalanes
Union High School District
governing board and he’s running for that post. Election day
is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
For 33 years Hockett taught
history and government. For a
handful of those years, he also
participated in government.
Now he wants to do it again.
Born and raised in
Lafayette, Hockett is a graduate of Acalanes High School.
So his connection goes way
back. Though he moved away
for many years – first to Chico
to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and teaching credential there – and then in the
opposite direction, to Yucca
Valley, where he taught high
school for over three decades,
this area still feels like home.
It’s partly why he returned
here after retirement and
moved into Rossmoor in 2008.
During his tenure down
south, he got a taste of government action firsthand. From
Continued on page 15A
Scholarship Foundation fundraising underway
By Jan Geahry
Scholarship Foundation trustee
Harry Lowell is Lion of the
Year.
See page 5A.
www.rossmoornews.com
The fund drive to raise
monies for 2015 scholars is underway. The Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation thanks residents for their generous donations. Remember to use the
coupon in today’s paper for a
contribution so that deserving
students can achieve their college dreams.
Two of the 2014 Diablo Val-
ley College (DVC) DVC winners extend their gratitude for
Rossmoor residents’ contributions as well.
Christina Wan, currently at
San Francisco State University
with a Rossmoor scholarship,
challenged herself at DVC
with speech and debate. She
wrote, “Joining the team was
far from my comfort zone but
it has truly impacted my life.
You have given me the opportunity to accomplish one of my
biggest goals: to finish school
and obtain my degree.”
Wan is a confident and responsible young woman. The
foundation is proud of her and
how she approaches challenges.
A second winner, Walter
Munoz, wrote, “I would like to
extend my gratitude to you and
the entire Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation … for contributing to make my dream of
Continued on page 16A
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Get help from volunteers
to determine the best Medicare
prescription plan on Oct. 29
Medicare advises that you review your prescription drug plan
each year. Medicare open enrollment is from Wednesday, Oct.
15, through Sunday, Dec. 7.
Registered Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) counselors will be in Rossmoor on Wednesday,
Oct. 29, to review Medicare drug or Medicare Advantage plans
and help you decide about the best coverage. The counselors
will be at Creekside Clubhouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
HICAP may be able to save you money. Based on information you provide about your prescriptions, HICAP will identify
the plans that will provide you the best coverage for the lowest
overall cost.
Some factors to consider are the plan’s list of approved drugs,
generics vs. brand name drugs, preferred pharmacy or mail order. HICAP may also identify opportunities to lower your costs
through various public or discount programs.
Residents will need to complete a worksheet in advance and
schedule a personal appointment for this event. Pick up a worksheet with a business reply envelope from Counseling Services
at Gateway. Once HICAP receives the worksheet, you will be
called to schedule an appointment. For information, call HICAP
at 602-4163.
HICAP is a volunteer-based program and is sponsored by
the federal Administration for Community Living, the California Department of Aging and Contra Costa County Aging and
Adult Services. Learn more at www.cchicap.org.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Prudential Realty marches in parade
More than 30 agents of Prudential California Realty, calling themselves the “Briefcase Brigade,”
marched in the Rossmoor parade wearing their bright blue shirts, led off by a 1964 Mustang
carrying Floyd Taylor, a longtime Rossmoor resident who celebrated his 102nd birthday. They
marched to the Beach Boys song “I Get Around.” Thanks to Prudential for its donation to the
pancake breakfast. In addition, Prudential staff volunteered at the breakfast earlier in the morning.
CERT
plans a
drill for
Rossmoor
The Rossmoor Area Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) will meet Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 10 a.m. in the
Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Final preparations will be
made for the Saturday, Oct. 25,
CERT graduation drill for new
volunteers. The drill will be
from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dollar
Clubhouse and grounds.
Rossmoor CERT members
who plan to participate in the
drill should attend the Oct. 21
meeting. CERT members who
did not participate in the May
31 drill are especially invited
to attend, join a team and assist
in the planning and preparations.
Participation will keep the
members’ Disaster Service
Workers Certification current.
The Oct. 25 drill will finish
the training and certification of
the latest Walnut Creek CERT
training class graduates. There
are 37 Walnut Creek residents
who attended this training session. Five of these trainees are
Rossmoor residents.
Rossmoor residents are invited to come to the Oct. 21
meeting and learn more about
Rossmoor area CERT. Volunteers aid in the community’s
response to an emergency like
an earthquake, or other disaster.
CERT is sponsored by the
city of Walnut Creek. Information about CERT is available
from the city website: www.
Walnut-Creek.org/CERT.
For information or questions about CERT, contact Carl
Pischke at 286-9211 or Carl4CERT@sbcglobal.net.
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Lions invite residents
to donate eyeglasses for
poor in developing countries
Residents may wonder where the Rossmoor Lions Club
gets the eyeglasses it donates to Lions Club International’s
Lions in Sight program.
The program distributes eyeglasses to people in need in
developing countries.
Some glasses are donated by residents who drop them into
the club’s white mailbox at Gateway. Club members clean and
condition the donated eyeglasses.
The eyeglasses are taken to the collection center in Vallejo, where they are prepared for delivery to eye clinics where
they are dispensed by volunteer doctors and Lions Club members. They travel to more than 31 countries to perform free
eye examinations and fittings.
The club also receives returned new prescription eyeglasses from an Internet company. These glasses need to be unpacked from their eyeglass cases and polishing cloths.
Rossmoor residents are invited to join Lions Club members who will unwrap these new eyeglasses on Thursday, Oct.
16, at 10 a.m. in the Diablo Room at Hillside.
A sandwich lunch will be available for $5 for those who
attend this work event. Lions District 4C3 Governor Vince
Lipinski will be visiting the club on that day.
After the eyeglasses have been unpacked, they will be taken to several area prisons.
Inmates will read the lens prescriptions and package the
individual eyeglasses in plastic bags for distribution by the
Lions in Sight program. Most of these clients cannot afford
proper eye care and the eyeglasses can literally change their
lives.
Lions in Sight established a permanent clinic in the Philippines and is working on a second permanent clinic in India.
Each of those clinics require a startup inventory of 100,000
pairs of glasses.
This is in addition to the eyeglasses needed every year for
clinic mission trips to Mexico and Central America.
For information about this effort, contact Sandy Weber,
sight chairman for the Lions Club of Rossmoor, at 949-7571.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Better Homes staff parades a surrey
Staff of Better Homes and Gardens Realty/Mason-McDuffie walked in Rossmoor’s 50th Anniversary parade alongside a surrey and two horses – Bo and Honey. Also with the group was a
1931 Ford roadster. The News misidentified the company’s parade entry in last week’s News and
apologizes for the error. Better Homes and Gardens provided water bottles at the Anniversary
Beach Boys tribute band concert. Thanks to Better Homes for its donation.
Creekside tennis courts close for CERT drill
The Creekside tennis courts will be closed mal Rescue Team to practice taking care of pets
on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
during a disaster. This is part of the CERT Drill
The courts will be used by the CERT Ani- being held at Dollar Clubhouse.
DON’T MISS THIS BIG EVENT!
Rossmoor News
The Rossmoor News (927080), established April 15, 1965, is published every Wednesday, for a subscription rate of $45 per year, by the Golden Rain
Foundation, 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Periodical
postage is paid in Walnut Creek, CA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes
to the Rossmoor News, 1006 Stanley Dollar Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
TELEPHONE: General information and display and classified
advertising: 925-988-7800 Fax: 925-988-7862
MISSED PAPER: Report missed papers by Thursday noon to ensure
delivery. Call 988-7800 and give complete address with entry.
ADDRESS: 1006 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
E-MAIL ADDRESS: news@rossmoor.com. News articles and letters to
the editor can be submitted to this email address: news@rossmoor.
com. Classified ads and payment information can be emailed to
newsdesk@rossmoor.com or faxed to 925-988-7862. Articles
and ads cannot be submitted through the website. All emailed
ads and articles will receive a confirmation from News staff.
WEB SITE: www.rossmoor.com and www.rossmoornews.com
STAFF: Editorial: Maureen O’Rourke, Manager
Chrissa Basbas, Editor/Administrative Assistant; Wilma Murray,
Staff Writer/Editor; Cathy Tallyn, Staff Writer/Editor. Production:
Lance Beeson, Kerry Curran, Celeste Fitzsimmons, Production
and Graphic Specialists; Mike DiCarlo, Photographer. Display
Advertising: Darlene Dotson, 988-7809, Account Representative; Cheryl Dillard, 988-7811, Account Representative. Office:
Jacqueline Blaauw, reception, classified and legal advertising.
Contributing Writers: Doug Hergert, Ad Lib and Off the Shelf;
Charles Jarrett, Entertainment Notes; R.S. Korn, Eye on DVDs;
Tom Mader, At Wit’s End; Robert Moon, Modern Classical
CDs;John Nutley, 40 Years Ago.
Volunteers: Tom Fryer, Judie Huse, and Marilyn Allen.
DEADLINES:
• Wednesday at noon – Religion notices and Club Trips
• Thursday at noon – press releases, club news and event
announcements
• Friday at 10 a.m. – Display and classified ads, letters to the
Residents Forum and obituaries
The Rossmoor News is legally adjudicated to publish legal notices and
fictitious business name statements. The News reserves the right to
reject or discontinue advertisements or articles that the manager deems
unsuitable. All articles are subject to editing.
“neighbors helping neighbors!”
2nd Annual
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October 20, 2014
Benefiting
10:30 am Registration and Lunch
12:00 pm Shotgun Start
4:30 pm Cocktails and Auction
6:00 pmDinner
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Residents with cart
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Speakers: Sandra Melero, Habitat home recipient,
Bob Frick, Habitat for Humanity EB/SV board member
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or Call Today 925-953-4402
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Free Health and Wellness
Harry Lowell
Fair is Nov. 5 at Event Center named Lion
A free Health and Wellness Fair will be Wednesday, Nov.
5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Tahoe Room at the Event
Center. The program is sponsored by Rossmoor Counseling
Services.
Numerous community agencies will have representatives
available to answer questions and provide written materials.
The topics will include community support groups, Alzheimer’s, cancer prevention and emergency services as well as
help for those with low vision and hearing impairment.
Because pets have been shown to promote wellbeing, ARF
will have animals for adoption in their mobile unit, which
will be located in the Event Center parking lot.
Free bone density and blood pressure checks will be provided by registered nurses.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided throughout
the event and are sponsored by Atria Senior Living and Precious Home Care.
All interested residents are invited to attend this free event.
No registration is required.
For information, call Counseling Services, 988-7750.
of the Year
In recognition of his many
years of service, the Lions
Club of Rossmoor named Harry Lowell Lion of the Year.
Lowell has been a member
of the Lions Club since Aug.
1, 1999. He was recognized
for his over 12 years of service
collecting donated eyeglasses from the white mailbox in
front of Gateway and from
the donation boxes at various
businesses and Rossmoor locations. Last year, he collected
over 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses
for the Lions in Sight program
and has collected over 4,000
pairs to date this year.
The Lions Club prepares and
distributes the eyeglasses at eye
clinics in foreign countries.
Lowell is not only an active
participant at the Lions Club
meetings with his piano-playing talent and at other Lions
events, he is also a member of
Golf tournaments will be held on the Dollar Ranch Course the Table Tennis Club. He lives
every Monday afternoon in October. The course will be closed the Lions motto “We serve.”
to walkers on the dates listed below. All the tournaments will
have a noon start.
The Rotary Club charity tournament was on Oct. 6; the Lee
Silverstein event will be on Oct. 13; the Davis Home Pros HabThe next Walnut Creek Poitat for Humanity charity event will be on Oct. 20; and the El lice Department Coffee With
Sobrante tournament will be on Nov. 27.
a Cop in Rossmoor was schedThe Creekside Course will be open to walkers all day on uled to be held on Thursday,
these Mondays. The Dollar Ranch Course will be open to walk- Oct. 16.
ers only in the morning. For information, call the Pro Shop at
However, the department
988-7861.
has inspections and a celebra-
Dollar Ranch Golf Course
closed to walkers every
Monday in October
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Harry Lowell, center, was named Lion of the Year for 2014.
Shown with him are, from left, Carolyn Sheridan and Dottie
Birmingham.
Coffee With a Cop cancelled this month
tion that day and the Coffee
With a Cop has to be cancelled.
Coffee With a Cop was
introduced by Police Chief
Thomas Chaplin as a way to
enhance the police presence
in Rossmoor. These meet-andgreets are held in Rossmoor
the third Thursday of every
month through the end of the
year.
The next Coffee With a Cop
will be held on Nov. 20.
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Activities Council puts the spotlight
Club insurance is
the Rossmoor Square Dance Club
demystified at Activities on
The Activities Council is the umbrella organiThe club meets on the first four Mondays
zation
for
Rossmoor’s
200-plus
clubs.
Partnering
of
every month from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Las
Council Oct. 21 meeting with the Recreation Department, the Activities Trampas
Room at Hillside Clubhouse. Addition-
The Activities Council’s next general meeting will be held
on the third Tuesday of the month, Oct. 21, at 9 a.m. in the
Fireside Room at Gateway Clubhouse. The social half-hour
with coffee and doughnut holes will be followed at 9:30 by
the brief business meeting and then by the speaker.
John Pastor of Gallagher Insurance Services will speak on
the topic of liability insurance, with specific reference to the
coverages that Rossmoor clubs and organizations purchase
on behalf of their members. This insurance protects against
claims that may arise as a result of club activities. Pastor’s presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Rossmoor clubs and organizations carry liability insurance, paid by members through their dues. The cost to each
covered individual is small, but the potential benefits are
extremely important in case of a claim or lawsuit against the
organization. Activities Council aggregates and handles the
payment of premiums for member clubs and organizations.
The Activities Council is here to help the Recreation Department serve everyone in Rossmoor. The bimonthly general meetings are open to all.
Clubs that want to be profiled in an upcoming article may
contact publicity Chairwoman Jane Viator at viatorcomm@
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Council provides a forum where Rossmoor’s
clubs can discuss common issues, and residents
can learn about the various organizations and
their activities.
This month, the council features the Rossmoor
Square Dance Club. This lively group goes back
to 1965, when a class in beginning square dancing was held in the old art studio. Today, there
are 48 members, and new participants are urged
to join the fun.
The purpose of the club is simple, straightforward and satisfying: to make recreational square
dancing available to any interested residents.
Single individuals and couples are welcome.
The only requirements for membership are
to pay the $45 quarterly dues, which pay for the
professional caller, Bert Swerer, and an interest
in having a good time and getting some low-impact exercise.
al activities throughout the year include occasional holiday dinners and parties, as well as an
annual hoedown.
Periodically, the club hosts new-dancer classes, taught by the club’s professional caller. There
is a nominal charge for the 10-week course.
Those who are interested in joining may contact
Ruth Koehler (930-9635) or Bob Mayne (482-0511).
To share your organization’s story. Send the
name of a contact person to Jane Viator, Activities Council publicity, at viatorcomm@aol.com.
The Activities Council meetings are on the
third Tuesday of October, December, February,
April and June at 9 a.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway. These meetings, which are open to all members of all Rossmoor clubs, offer an opportunity
to socialize, learn about club activities and hear
presentations on issues that concern residents.
Second Mutual to hold annual meeting
The board of directors of
Second Walnut Creek Mutual
will hold its annual meeting
of members on Tuesday, Oct.
21, at 9:30 a.m. in the Diablo
Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Two positions are scheduled
for election this year. Direc-
tors Richard Unitan and Sandy
Skaggs currently hold those
positions and each agreed to
run for another term. No other
candidates came forth by the
filing deadline of Sept. 2.
Unitan and Skaggs have
been declared elected by ac-
clamation of the membership
and will be seated at the annual meeting.
Mutual members are encouraged to attend this important annual event.
Light refreshments will be
served.
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Can Someone Put You in a Home
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Incapacity Provisions in a Trust
Recently, my mother passed away and I was
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cases it is like a heart to heart talk or diary
telling you their innermost desires and wishes
of the Grantor. In the case of my mother, one
of her biggest concerns was her care if she
should become either physically or mentally
incapacitated. She wanted to be sure she
could maintain her independence as long
as possible and on her terms. In order to
accomplish these objectives, her Trust outlined
what she wanted done in great detail.
First, she wanted to make sure her incapacity
(if she did not agree voluntarily) would be
established by two licensed physicians who
were not related by blood or marriage to her
or her beneficiaries.
Second, she wanted to make sure that
her assets were used first and foremost
of her health, education, support and
maintenance.
Third, if she was not able to care for herself,
she had specific directions for the Trustee to
provide a standard of living and care. In her
case, it was her desire to remain in her home
as long as it was medically practical and
that the Trustee was authorized and directed
to provide in-home services so long as the
cost to provide such care did not exceed
200% of the cost to provide such services in
residential care.
Fourth, if it was necessary for her to be in
a residential facility, she wanted a person to
be hired to visit her regularly, at least one a
week, unannounced, to evaluate the level of
care that she was receiving. In the event that
the care was determined to be deficient, she
was then to be moved.
Fifth, she specifically provided that if she
were to live in a residential facility, the facility
chosen should be the smallest one with the
fewest number of patients available.
Finally, my mother was very concerned
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that the Trustee or doctor might determine
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second opinion and to pay for said treatment
if it was determined to be in her best interest.
Further, she directed the Trustee to employee
a professional advocate to negotiate with
the medical organization for the purpose of
obtaining coverage for the treatment.
In conclusion, if you have a Trust or
Will, you should review its terms regarding
incapacity. If the Trust or Will provisions are
not what you want, you should consider
amending the documents to correctly reflect
your wishes and desires. While my mother
was very fortunate to die at home after a
short illness, that will not be the case for
many of us. We may not be able to control
our physical or mental health, but we can
control how our assets are used to care for
us. If you would like me to review your Will
or Trust, I see people every day for a FREE
30 minute consultation in Walnut Creek and
Brentwood.
This article provides only general legal
information, and not specific legal advice.
Information contained is not a substitute for a
personal consultation with an attorney.
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PHONE (925) 939-1680 • 1600 S. Main Street, Suite 100, Walnut Creek, CA 94513
© 2014 Joan Grimes
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Blue Star Moms 10th annual Treats for Troops drive gets started
Runs from Oct. 15 through 21,
at Gateway and Creekside
The 2014 Treats for the
Troops drive in Rossmoor will
begin on Wednesday, Oct. 15,
and will run through Tuesday,
Oct. 21. The effort is sponsored by Blue Star Moms, a
nonpartisan, nonprofit entity
that consists of the mothers of
the men and women who are
serving in the military, and
will be handled by Rossmoor
resident volunteers.
During the drive, donated
items may be placed in the
clearly marked containers located at Gateway Clubhouse.
In addition, on Friday, Oct. 17,
Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21, collection tables
and containers will be set up
outside Gateway to facilitate
drive-by donations.
There will also be collection tables right inside the entrance of Creekside Clubhouse
on Oct. 17 and 21.
All received items will
be turned over to the nearby
Danville chapter of Blue Star
Moms, who will package the
donations into Christmas or
holiday gift boxes and send
them overseas.
Individual or travel sizes
are preferred for all donations.
This year’s list of preferred gift
items includes the following:
Just add water (individual
serving sizes): hot chocolate,
spiced cider, tea bags (individually wrapped); instant coffee
packets, sugar and creamer packets; Propel, Crystal
Light, Mio, water enhancers;
hot cereals, oatmeal, Cream of
Wheat; Cup of Noodles, Top
Ramen, individual soup mixes, etc.
Proteins (individual serving sizes): tuna or chicken in
foil pouches or pull top cans;
beef jerky or Slim Jims; beef
sausage rolls; nuts (all kinds);
protein bars, Power Bars,
Cliff Bars, Muscle Milk Bars;
Jiff to-go (peanut butter); and
ready-to eat chili, pasta, soup
in pouch/pop-top lid, etc.
Snacks
(individually-wrapped packages): crackers (plain or with cheese);
cheese packs (non-refrigerated
types); mints, gum, hard candy; trail mix, sunflower seeds,
granola bars (no multi-grain);
Pop Tarts; Fruit Snacks, fruit
roll-ups, dried fruit; Chex
Mix; corn nuts; microwave
popcorn; cereal boxes/cups;
pop-top canned fruit (no plastic); Kraft easy macaroni and
cheese cups, etc.
Clothing: black or white
all-cotton long athletic socks;
white all-cotton crew neck teeshirts (medium or large sizes); dark-colored knitted caps,
beanies, etc.
Fitness Center hours
The Fitness Center at
Del Valle is open Monday
through Friday from 6 a.m. to
9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Personal items (travel size):
Tylenol, bug spray, foot and
baby powder, baby wipes, lip
balm with SPF, sunscreen, waterless hand sanitizer, dental
floss, toothbrush, toothpaste,
eye drops, liquid body soap,
mouthwash, shaving lotion,
Q-Tips, pocket tissues, aspirin,
shampoo, deodorant, lotions,
disposable razors, hand and
foot warmers, ice/hot patches,
batteries (preferably AA), etc.
Entertainment: Silly-Putty,
Nerf/tennis balls, yo-yos, playing cards, crossword puzzles,
word search and Sudoku puzzles, current paperback books,
CDs, DVDs, etc.
Specialty items: ground coffee (Peet’s and Starbucks are
popular), Ziploc freezer bags
(all sizes), local grocery store
gift cards, etc.
Blue Star Moms cannot
send religious or pornographic material, perishable foods,
pork, fireworks, firearms and
aerosol cans. They also cannot
ship glass containers (plastic
or metal containers only).
Brief notes or letters are always welcomed by the young
men and women serving in
dangerous overseas locations.
All such correspondence
should be brought to and
placed in special mailboxes
set up at the collection tables
at Gateway Clubhouse on Oct.
17, 20 and 21. Or, they may be
delivered to the Creekside collection tables on Oct. 17 and
21. All letters or notes received
will be included inside the gift
packages that will be mailed.
Because Blue Star Moms
pays about $15 for each package it mails overseas, donations of money are also most
welcome. (All donations are
fully tax deductible because of
Blue Star Moms 501.c.3 status
under IRS rules.) Checks, payable to Blue Star Moms, may
be sent to Devon or Noel Olson, 6200 Horsemans Canyon
Drive.
Anyone who would like to
donate items, but cannot deliver them to Gateway Clubhouse
for any reason may call 9437905. A volunteer will pick up
the items.
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Community Club hears memory expert
Adam Gazzaley at Tuesday’s meeting
Attention and memory expert Adam Gazzaley will be the Rossmoor Community Club’s
speaker on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 3 p.m. in the
Fireside Room at Gateway.
Gazzaley holds both a M.D. and a Ph.D. in
neuroscience from the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine in New York.
He will explain how the brain and mind
change as people age. He will give an inside
look into state-of-the-art scientific research
aimed at understanding the interaction between
attention and memory.
In addition, he will talk about his discoveries of increasing susceptibility to distraction in
older adults. Finally, he will indicate what older
adults can do to keep their minds fit and nimble
as they get older.
Gazzaley spoke at Rossmoor in 2009 to an
overflow audience, some of whom volunteered
to participate in his studies. Gazzaley will discuss the results of those studies, some of which
were discussed by him on the local PBS television stations a few months ago.
He will again ask for volunteers to talk to
his assistants in depth about ongoing studies.
Residents who participated in the past may do
so again this year.
Gazzaley’s doctoral research focused on receptor plasticity in the hippocampus in normal
aging. This research earned him the prestigious
1997 Krieg Cortical Scholar Award. He then
completed a clinical residency in neurology at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Following his residency, he won a cognitive
neuroscience research fellowship and a clinical
fellowship in cognitive neurology at the UC San
Francisco Memory and Aging Center. He is the
director of the cognitive neuroscience laboratory
at the UCSF Mission Bay campus that focuses
on attention, memory and aging. He is also the
director of its Neuroscience Imaging Center.
The Community Club has about 300 members and looks forward to attracting new members by inviting guest speakers who are both
interesting and experts in their fields.
The annual dues are $15 a manor. Membership checks, payable to the Rossmoor Community Club, should be sent to the club treasurer,
Jim Hartnett, at 3146 Grey Eagle Drive. He can
also be contacted at jjhartnett@sbcglobal.net or
at 935-3763.
Monthly meetings are free to all club members; nonmembers are asked to donate $5 for
each monthly meeting. If the nonmember decides to join the Community Club, that $5 will
be applied to the membership fee.
The Community Club has eight monthly
meetings, a holiday party in December and an
end-of-the-year party in June. The club does
not meet in July and August.
Rossmoor Counseling Services staff, from left, Penny Reed, Nancy Coxwell and Ann Pagliaro, works well with the Rossmoor
Fund to ensure confidentiality for the recipients of financial help.
Rossmoor Fund a success
Continued from page 1A
ed in the Rossmoor Fund being
viewed as an integral part of
the community.
“Maureen O’Rourke and her
staff have been so supportive,
providing the visibility that is
needed to get the word out and
by covering our events,” said
David Smith, Rossmoor Fund
president. “It is largely because
of the assistance of the News
and Counseling Services that
we have achieved so much.”
Since
inception,
the
Rossmoor Fund has approved
more than 200 grants totaling
more than $200,000: $161,287
to individuals for emergency
expenses, $9,820 in Safeway
gift cards, $5,367 for emergency response systems and
$23,781 to organizations providing services to residents in
need. An endowment fund of
$93,600 has been established.
A future article will provide details of the fund’s grant
guidelines and the types of
grants made.
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Rossmoor Men’s Conference designed to enhance male friendships
Continued from page 1A
play with the same group of
guys every week for years and
not be able to tell you much
about them. Their job or favorite sport, sure; wife and kids,
probably not. Personal problems? Please! It’s why many
women believe men don’t really have friends.
Men are said to have shoulder friends, meaning we do
things together. Women have
face friends who engage in conversation and share intimate
experiences and feelings. It
helps explain why women live
longer. Some men rely entirely
upon their wives while women
often rely upon a daughter or
other female friend for emotional support.
Recent widows often have
a social network upon which
to rely. Many widowers do not.
So we’re different. Why
does it matter?
Well, many studies reveal
the deeper your social connections, the longer and happier
you live. Close friendships
reduce risk of disease by lowering stress, blood pressure,
heart rate and cholesterol.
Those men with close friendships have more effective immune systems and less risk of
infection, cancer, heart attacks
and strokes. Close friendships
boost our happiness, improve
our self-worth and lead us
from unhealthy habits.
At least one study showed
that even close attachment to
one person, like a wife, did
not provide as much protection
from death as multiple friendships. It is not quantity, but
quality that matters.
So what to do? At the
Men’s Conference, Christopher Kyle from the Mankind
Project International, who
knows Rossmoor well, will
talk about the power of men’s
groups – not the same as support groups.
I recently joined a group of
six Rossmoor men who gather
every two weeks not for support, but to talk about stuff
deep and controversial, great
and small. We are learning
about our unique and interesting lives. We exchange honest
opinions and feelings because
ROSSMOOR MEN’S CONFERENCE 2014
Pre-registration required by Monday, November 3
Tickets are $10 for Rossmoor men and $12 for outside guests
Name:_______________­­­______________________________ Phone:_____________
Checks payable to Golden Rain Foundation
Rossmoor Counseling Services 1001 Golden Rain Rd. Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Please turn in this form with your payment
Sign up now to be in the Rossmoor phone book
Residents who want to
be in the 2014-15 Rossmoor
phonebook will need to complete the yellow card that
was inserted in the Rossmoor
News on Sept. 17.
The card needs to be
completed and returned by
Wednesday, Oct. 22, in order to get a listing in the
Rossmoor phone book.
Residents need to complete
the card with name, address
and phone number. Be sure to
print clearly. The return ad-
dress is on the card and the
card needs postage. The card
can also be dropped off at the
UPS store in the Rossmoor
Shopping Center.
Listings are not automatically put in the directory
each year. A card must be
completed each year to have
a name, address and phone
number listed in the directory.
The Rossmoor directory is printed by an independent company, American
When walking on Rossmor sidewalks, be aware of
entering or exiting service vehicles, especially garbage
and landscaping trucks. Often the driver cannot see
pedestrians because of foliage and other obstructions.
Directory Company, not the
Rossmoor News. United Yellow Pages contracts with the
Rossmoor News to deliver the
books in November.
Residents who have misplaced the listing card can get
extra ones at the News office
at Creekside or the Administration Office at Gateway.
we trust our discretion and
good will.
These men boost my happiness and reduce my stress.
They are becoming what Geoffrey Greif, the author of “The
Buddy System,” calls “trust”
friends. I’m also trying to reconnect with some old “rust”
friends I had abandoned because you can’t create those. I
don’t need more “just” friends.
For information about
the Men’s Conference, contact Counseling Services at
988-7750, or email me at
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Below left is the registration
for the conference. Cut out the
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to the Counseling Services office at Gateway.
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First Mutual to hold review of 2015 budget on Oct. 20
By Sheryl Almon
FWCM Budget and Finance
Committee chairwoman
First Walnut Creek Mutual
invites its residents to the 2015
budget review on Monday, Oct.
20, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. in the
Fireside Room at Gateway. Residents are invited to hear what
the board is proposing and to
share their thoughts and ask
questions. The Mutual Operations staff, First Mutual Budget
Committee and directors have
been working hard on the proposed 2015 budget.
At this time, the proposed
coupon increase for First Mutual, GRF and cable TV will be
$20 per manor, per month. The
Mutual portion of the coupon is
proposed to increase for 2015
by $18.39 (or 4.9 percent), which
covers both operating costs and
reserve assessments. There will
be a 1.7 percent increase in operations and 10.4 percent increase in reserves.
For the past two years, the First
Mutual board has cut reserve increases to keep the coupon down.
This level of percentage increase
is the adjustment required to get
the Mutual back on track.
The Mutual’s reserve fund
has been spent down by about
$1 million over the past two
years. For example, the Mutual
has been spending more than it
is collecting. By law, the Mutual pays to have a study done (by
the Helsing Group) to ensure
that it is collecting and maintaining the correct amount to
do the capital work required to
maintain the infrastructure.
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currently at $4,106,720. Over
the next few years, the Mutual
would like to get its reserves
back to about half the recommended reserve level.
Through Aug. 31, 2014, First
Mutual had a $79,756 overrun
in operations due to an increase
in the cost of insurance, plus
fire deductibles in other Mutuals and for legal services, postal
costs and copying expenses for
bylaws and policy revisions.
Residents are invited to see
the proposed budget numbers
and get an understanding of the
process and factors that are considered when creating a budget.
The reserve fund activities will
finish catching up on roof and
bridge replacements and painting so as to return to an even
schedule. A new project of replacement of the water air conditioners will begin and will be
discussed after the budget meeting (see accompanying story).
The First Mutual board will
vote to accept the recommendations at its regularly scheduled
meeting on Friday, Oct. 24.
First Mutual seeks resident input
on replacing water air conditioners
First Walnut Creek Mutual (FWCM) wants
resident input on the water air conditioner replacement project process.
There are 542 units in 91 separate buildings
that have water-cooled air conditioners (AC),
which is about 29 percent of FWCM units. The
machines are at an age where they need to be
replaced.
Water AC units are no longer available for
purchase. The Mutual Operations Department
(MOD) has been making repairs to keep them
working. A long-term solution is required. This
new project would establish a schedule to begin
replacing water AC, by building, to avoid the
long delays to residents on future AC failures.
The Mutual board wants to minimize possible water leaks that could cost FWCM more
money for added water damage repairs. The
funding for all of this work is in the FWCM
reserve fund. The general process for replacing
electric AC units is to replace them when they
fail to work.
The FWCM Budget and Finance Committee
recommends that in 2015 the Mutual begin this
replacement project, which would be similar to
the bridge replacements and building painting
that are currently underway.
The proposed process is:
• Hold a town hall meeting to introduce the
project and obtain comments from residents.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 20,
at 11:15 a.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
• Identify a small group of buildings for replacement in 2015 to test the process, to obtain
better cost estimates and refine the process.
• FWCM maintenance staff will establish the
priority of buildings to have the water AC replaced each year.
• Every effort will be made to maintain AC
location consistency within FWCM for ease of
long-term maintenance. The new electric AC
units will be placed in the same locations as
current electric AC units for each building style.
• During the conversion project, residents
will be required to let the contractors into the
unit to complete the removal of the water AC
units and complete the electric and plumbing
work, in addition to the city of Walnut Creek
permit inspectors.
• FWCM and MOD staff will be responsible
for all group conversion process costs and communication of schedules. They will coordinate
with the contractors, provide all materials and
obtain permits.
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Rossmoor N ews • October 8 , 2014
Planning begins for Fall Bazaar
A visit with
Vida Blue
Rossmoor residents Deanna Leong, left, and Chuck
Leong, right, stopped by to
see former Major League
Baseball left-hander Vida
Blue at the Comcast event
last Tuesday at the Event
Center. During his 17-year
career, Blue pitched for the
Oakland A’s, the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas
City Royals. The Comcast
event also featured Comcast ambassadors answering questions and giving
demonstrations on their
products and services.
The Fall Bazaar, which is cosponsored by the Activities
Council and the Recreation Department, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 in the Fireside Room, Oak Room and arts and crafts
studios from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Applications for the Fall Bazaar are now available in the Recreation Department at Gateway.
There will be over 70 Rossmoor resident vendors selling a
wide variety of handmade items and baked goods.
This free event is open to all residents and their guests.
TWCM holds orientation
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Channel 28 asks residents to submit
photos for its ‘Post-It’ programming
Rossmoor Channel 28 wants to give residents a chance to participate in a new segment on “Post It” called “Life in Rossmoor.”
Any resident who has a camera can participate in this program.
Channel 28 would like residents to take
photos that reflect the landscapes, beauty and
people in Rossmoor and email them to the
station as jpg files.
In every nook and corner of Rossmoor,
there’s a chance for a photo opportunity. If
one sees something cute at the dog park, take
a photo and send it off. Hiking, jogging, sitting on the balcony, at a club meeting, wan-
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dering around one of the clubhouses – if one
sees something interesting along the way,
take a photo. Take photos of animals, people,
scenery, anything.
The station staff will crop, color and post
the picture. Just provide your name and the
names of the people in the photo. Send up to
four pictures per email to Channel 28 at tvoffice@rossmoor.com.
All pictures broadcast will be submitted to
the Rossmoor Historical Society and placed
in its archives for future generations. It’s a
fun project that you can do alone or with a
friend.
Third Mutual‘s (TWCM) resident orientation meeting is set
for Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Las Trampas Room at
Hillside. Residents who have moved into TWCM since April
2014 have received individual invitations, but any resident of the
Mutual is welcome to attend.
An overview of the Mutual will be presented and this will
give residents an opportunity to meet their district director. Refreshments will be served.
While this event is complimentary, RSVPs are required for
proper planning. For information and to RSVP, call the Board
Office at 988-7718 or email twcm@rossmoor.com.
Security Reports
F RO M S e c u r i tas
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.
Saturday, Sept. 20
Theft: A Ptarmigan Drive, Entry 13, resident reported to Walnut
Creek Police the theft of her purse
from her unlocked vehicle sometime in the last four days.
Saturday, Sept. 27
Theft: A Canyonwood
Court, Entry 8, resident reported her red cart was stolen
from her carport. The cart
wasn’t secured.
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Second Mutual board wants residents
to keep their carports clean and tidy
Second Mutual Policy 6.0, Carports and
Parking, governs the use of carports and was
adopted with safety and cleanliness in mind.
Residents who need a copy of the policy can
pick one up at the Mutual Board Office at
Gateway complex.
Second Mutual’s Carport and Parking
Committee periodically inspects carports
throughout the Mutual on an entry-by-entry
basis and responds to complaints received
from neighboring residents. Violators are
subject to fines that increase with additional
violations.
Second Mutual advises its residents to
clean up their carports. Cleaning up means
removing any improper storage cabinets,
storage boxes, open storage items, posters,
hanging items, flammable material and any
other prohibited items.
Carport spaces are intended for passenger
cars or golf carts. A truck that does not exceed the size of a passenger car and is used
only for transportation (and not commercial
purposes) may be parked in such a space. A
gasoline-powered vehicle parked in a carport
space that is under a manor (G-11-type building) must not extend beyond the ceiling portion that has been lined with fire-retardant
material. With some limitations, spelled out
in the policy, motorcycles, bicycles, mobility
equipment, shopping carts and battery chargers may also be placed in a carport. Such
items should be secured to prevent theft.
Open carports may not be used as storage
areas or workshops. No storage of any kind is
permitted. No posters, art, wall decorations
or hanging items are permitted. An auxiliary
storage cabinet, approved by the board under
an Alteration Agreement and properly maintained, may be placed in a carport stall as
long as it does not prevent the vehicle from
pulling all the way into the space.
Auxiliary storage cabinets, manufactured
for such purpose, already in place as of Nov.
25, 2013, and in good condition and appearance, may, at the discretion of the Second
Mutual board, remain until such time as the
manor is sold, at which time they must be removed. An item of household furniture intended for use in one’s home may not be used
as an auxiliary storage cabinet or stored in a
carport.
No f lammable material may be stored in
a carport area. Storage cabinets and closets
must not include any liquid flammable material.
For information or to register a complaint,
contact Anne Paone, Mutual board services
coordinator, at 988-7775 or apaone@rossmoor.com.
Hear about wildfires from fire captain
Learn how to be prepared for a grass fire
from Capt. George Laing of the Contra Costa
County Fire Protection District. He will speak
on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Oak
View Room in the downtown Walnut Creek
Library.
The free event is sponsored by Walnut
Creek’s Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT).
Laing will provide an overview of the na-
ture of hill fires. He will also answer questions, such as, lessons learned from the Oakland hills fires, how much firefighting help is
available, the water shortage impact, how to
protect homes, advance warning, what to take
with you and how far to evacuate.
Laing will also offer additional details for
reducing the chances of loss during a fire.
The library is located at 1644 N. Broadway,
adjacent to Civic Park.
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I heard this statement on my car radio the other day and it really struck
my funny bone. It was a BMW car ad and of course they were referring
to fast driving. And of course it was a play on those other TV
commercials.
As I got to thinking about it, maybe we should ask
our doctor if we are healthy enough to drive. I’m
a car doctor and I can fix anything on a car but
I had to tell my dad to stop driving when he
started exhibiting some strange behavior
behind the wheel. Surprisingly he agreed.
He hired a junior college gal to drive him
around Rossmoor a couple times a week.
And of course we’ve all seen those
Rossmoor drivers who have a way of
administering shock therapy to our daily
routine. In 50 years of serving the Rossmoor area, I’ve seen some bizarre
driving faux pas; like folks driving through the front plate glass windows at
Safeway, driving through the side wall at the US Post office, knocking over
3 or 4 fire hydrants, crashing into the guard gate entering Rossmoor, just
to name a few.
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Rossmoor Meetings
BOARD, MUTUAL AND COMMITTEE
MEETING DATES
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 Sharon Fees at 988-7718; and
for information on all other Mutual meetings, call Anne Paone at 988-7775.
Oct. 9: Third Mutual governing documents.... 9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 9: Aquatics Advisory Committee............. 1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 10 Trust Agreement Review/Revision Cmte..9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 13 Third Mutual board.................................. 9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 15: Mutual 56 annual meeting................... 9:30 a.m.
Vista Room, Hillside
Oct. 15: Mutual 48 board........................................ 2 p.m.
Mutual Operations meeting room
Oct. 16: Mutual 70 Finance Committee.................10 a.m
Mulligan Room, Creekside
Oct. 16: Mutual 70 board........................................ 2 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 20: Mutual 68 landscape committee............... 9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 20: First Mutual 2015 budget review.............10 a.m.
Fireside Room, Gateway
Oct. 20: Fourth Mutual board........................... 1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Oct. 21: Second Mutual annual meeting........... 9:30 a.m.
Diablo Room, Hillside
Oct. 21: GRF Audit Committee......................... 1:30 p.m.
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Oct. 21: Mutual 8 board..................................... 1:30 p.m.
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Oct. 22: Third Mutual budget meeting.................. 9 a.m.
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Oct. 22: Mutual 30 board................................... 9:30 a.m.
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Candidates speak at Republican Club dinner meeting
At its monthly dinner meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, the
Republican Club of Rossmoor
will hear four candidates for
public office, including one
who is running against House
Democrat Majority Leader
Nancy Pelosi.
The candidates are Ron
Nehring, candidate for California lieutenant governor; Catharine Baker, candidate for the
California Assembly; Judge
Phan Quang Tue, running
for the United States House
of Representatives; and John
Dennis, candidate for Pelosi’s
seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Nehring has served as chairman of the California Republican party and as a member of
the Republican National Committee. He is a businessman, lecturer and international trainer.
Baker is an attorney specializing in helping small
businesses and non-profits get
started and succeed. She is
also a community activist and
has tirelessly volunteered for
pro-bono work.
Tue is a refugee from Vietnam and retired in December
2012 from the San Francisco
Immigration Court. As a penniless refugee in the U.S., he
began his new life here as a
dishwasher and then as a shoe
repairer. He returned to school
and earned a law degree from
Drake University.
Dennis is a former partner
in the office ergonomics company, Humanscale. He founded
Foundation Real Estate, a real
arrive by 6:50.
An event registration form
is included in the Rossmoor
Republican, which is mailed to
all club members each month.
Reservations, with checks payable to the Republican Club of
Rossmoor, should be mailed to
Republican Club of Rossmoor,
1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Alternatively, they may be hand-delivered to the Republican Club
mailbox at Gateway. All reservations must be received by
noon, Thursday, Oct.16.
For information, call 9370125.
Phan Quang Tue
John Dennis
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The evening begins at 5:15
with a hosted wine and beer
bar in the Donner Room of the
Event Center. Hors d’oeuvres
will be served. Dinner is at 6
in the Tahoe Room.
The menu includes Caesar
salad, beef stroganoff over
noodles with seasonal vegetables and tiger stripe brownies
with caramel for dessert. The
vegetarian entrée is mushroom
stroganoff over noodles.
The cost of the evening is
$26 for members and $28 for
nonmembers. The dinner will
be served by Creekside Grill.
To hear the speaker without the dinner, the cost is $5
per person. Reservations are
required; walk-ins cannot be
accommodated. Those attending for the speaker only should
TWCM Project 40 discusses budget
Residents of Third Mutual Project 40 are invited to meet their
neighbors and hear a status update about the project’s 2015 budget. The meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m. in the
Club Room at Creekside.
There will be a five-year projection for the rehabilitation of
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Assembly candidates debate sponsored by Democrats, Republicans
Held tomorrow at Event Center
The
Democrats
of
Rossmoor and the Republican
Club of Rossmoor will jointly sponsor a debate featuring
the Democratic and Republican candidates for California’s
16th Assembly District.
The debate will be held in
the Event Center on Thursday,
Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. Seating will
be available at 12:30.
The 16th District, which
includes Rossmoor, is one
of 80 California Assembly
districts. Democrat Joan Buchanan has held the Assem-
bly seat since 2008, and terms
out this year. Campaigning
for the seat are Democrat Tim
Sbranti and Republican Catharine Baker.
Sbranti is a teacher, coach,
and former Dublin mayor. He
was first elected to the Dublin City Council in 2002,
and was elected mayor in
2008 and re-elected in 2010.
The city of Dublin enjoyed a
budget surplus in 2012 after
several years of an economic
downturn.
Baker is a local attorney
AAUW hosts session
on ballot propositions
Getting overwhelmed and confused by the language of all the
propositions on this year’s election ballot? Interested in more indepth analysis? The Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette branch of American
Association of University Women (AAUW) will host an informative program on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Holy
Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, 1700 School Street in Moraga.
At this meeting, the League of Women Voters will present the
pros and cons of the propositions that are on the ballot and provide materials with more specific information about each issue
so voters can make an informed choice at the polls. There will be
small group discussions.
The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome. Free
coffee and tea will be served.
For information, contact Diane Bell-Rettger at dbellrettger@
gmail.com. For information about the AAUW-OML Branch, go
to http://oml-ca.aauw.net/.
with Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel and has received awards for
her pro bono work. In 2011, she
received the Wiley W. Manuel
Certificate for Pro Bono Legal
Services from the California
State Bar Association, one of
the most prestigious awards of
its kind. Baker is vice president
of the Dougherty Elementary
School Site Council, and has
served on the school’s Safety
Committee for five years, two
as chairwoman.
The debate will be moderated by the nonpartisan League
of Women Voters. The debate
will continue until 2:30. It will
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Questions from Democratic Club members should
be emailed to Jane Walter at
walterjane4@yahoo.com or
mailed to her at 1832 Golden
Rain Road No. 3.
Questions will also be gathered from the audience on note
cards and organized by representatives of the League of
Women Voters.
There is no charge to attend
the debate and everyone is welcome. For information, contact
Fran Cavenaugh (Republican
Club) at 945-7211, or Jane Walter (Democrats) at 945-1429.
Political analyst to predict November
election outcomes at Democrats’ meeting
Political analyst and columnist David McCuan will
share his predictions for November’s midterm election at
the Democrats of Rossmoor’s
monthly membership meeting
on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the
Event Center.
McCuan has spoken to the
club before other elections
and was enormously popular
and entertaining.
He is a political science
professor at Sonoma State
University, where he joined
the faculty in 2003. His ex-
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He earned his doctorate
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McCuan was also a Fulbright
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attendees. McCuan’s presentation will be at 3. Refreshments
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Resident runs for Acalanes Union High School board
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1994 to 1998, he served a term
on the Town Council in Yucca
Valley. He also took a year’s
sabbatical from teaching and
went to Washington to work
for his congressman, getting
lots of close-up experience in
the workings of the country’s
government.
But, he said, “Local government is where things happen.”
And he would like to return to
that.
In his heart, it is education
that matters and combining
his education and government
seems the way to go. “I miss
teaching; I miss interacting
with students,” he said. Now
he would like to use his experience in the classroom to work
on the bigger picture for those
students, to ensure they get
what they need.
Being a student advocate is
“number one,” Hockett said.
What would he advocate
for? His conversations with
local teachers have given him
insight into their major concerns and that’s part of what
will drive him. Of course, he
said, the budget is always the
issue.
But within the budget’s constrictions, the focus has to be
on answering the questions
of how to remain competitive
and retain the high quality of
Candidates for Acalanes
High School board
Besides Hockett, there are three other contenders for the
seats on the governing board of Acalanes Union High School
District. Two are incumbents: Susie Epstein and Nancy
Kendzierski. Hocket and Kristen Correll are both newcomers.
The following are brief bios of the other candidates.
Kristen Correll came from Texas six years ago and has
been involved in her four children’s education since her arrival. She has a background in education, with a doctorate in
curriculum from the University of Houston. Her board service
credits include Town Hall Theatre Company and Miramonte
High School, and she is a special education parent representative for the Moraga School District.
Susie Epstein has served on the governing board since
2010 and was a board member of the Miramonte Parents Club
from 2010 to 2013. She has held a variety of positions supporting Orinda schools – funding campaigns for Del Rey, Orinda
Intermediate School and for Miramonte High School; she was
also a classroom volunteer. She has two kids who have gone
through the public school system. She was awarded the Su
Stauffer Friends of Education award in 2010. She attended the
University of Colorado, Boulder.
Nancy Kendzierski was appointed to the governing board
last September. Her elder son graduated from Campolindo
and her younger son is a junior there. She received a computer
science degree, summa cum laude, from Iowa State University. She currently is serving on the executive board of the Moraga Education Foundation and is the auditor of the Las Trampas Creek Council of PTAs. She was also the treasurer of the
AUHSD Measure A parcel tax campaign for the May, 2014
election. She has been a longtime volunteer in various positions at Los Perales, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, the
Moraga School District and Campolindo High School.
teachers the district has; ensuring class sizes remain manageable; and maintaining a wide
variety of student programs,
including electives. He is also
a strong believer in the co-curricular offerings of music, art
and athletics, he said.
Hockett is proud to be
a Rossmoor resident aiming for this position. He said
Rossmoor has been very supportive of education. “This
community has been so good
to the schools,” he said.
He hopes his background in
teaching and government will
be a plus. He knows about educational funding and about the
Brown Act and so much more.
“It’s not like I’m walking in
blind,” he said.
Hockett is in competition
with three other people to fill
three open positions on a fiveseat board. He said all the candidates are qualified, but he
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
hopes he will be among the
Rossmoor resident Bob Hockett seeks a seat on the Acalanes
chosen.
“That desire to serve has al- Union High School District governing board. The election by
mail-in ballot is underway and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
ways been there,” he said.
Walnut Creek Education Foundation holds
meeting to meet school board candidates
The Friends of the Walnut
Creek Education Foundation
(WCEF) invites Rossmoor
residents to the club’s next
meeting on Thursday, Oct. 16,
from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Fairway
rooms at Creekside Clubhouse.
At this meeting, there will
be an opportunity to meet
and talk with local school
district candidates from both
Acalanes Union High School
and Walnut Creek School (K-
8) districts.
The candidates include
Kristen Correll, Susie Epstein, Bob Hockett and Nancy
Kendzierski running for the
Acalanes governing board; and
Heidi Gatty, Sherri McGoff,
Aimee Moss, Barbara Pennington and Stacey Schweppe
running for the Walnut Creek
governing board. Bring questions. Refreshments will be
served.
The Friends of WCEF is
organized to allow Rossmoor
residents to keep abreast of
current news and issues related to Rossmoor’s two school
districts.
All Rossmoor residents are
invited to attend club meetings. There are no membership
fees.
Contact Elizabeth Davis at
933-9233 or eadavisus@yahoo.com for information.
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higher education a more attainable one.”
Munoz is at UC Berkeley
and is “excited about this new
world of possibilities that I
have just started to discover.”
He is the first in his family to
attend college.
“I believe that with perseverance and dedication, success will always follow,” he
wrote.
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his family in Costa Rica. The
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Bucks are challenging each other on the Dollar Ranch Course between the fourth tee and the
third fairway.
Bucks vie for dominance on golf course
Area residents have been
observing rutting-season confrontations by several bucks
on the fourth tee of the 18-hole
Dollar Ranch Course.
Over the weekend of Sept.
27, a second gaping hole appeared in the protective netting
between the fourth tee and the
third fairway.
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likely due to bucks challenging
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Mutual 56 to hold annual meeting Wednesday
The annual meeting of members of Mutual 56 (Lakeshire)
will be held on Wednesday,
Oct. 15, at 9:30 a.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
The purpose of the meeting is to seat one director to
the board to serve a three-year
term; to hear reports from the
officers and committees; and
to discuss any matters that
may properly come before the
assembly.
An organizational meeting
to elect officers will be held
immediately following the annual meeting.
Nominations for one board
position were open until Sept.
12 to any qualified member
of the Mutual. Sitting board
member Claudia Edwards was
the only candidate nomination.
Pursuant to the bylaws of
the Mutual, Edwards has been
qualified and declared elected by acclamation and will be
seated at the annual meeting.
Mutual members are encouraged to attend this important
annual event.
Light refreshments will be
served.
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Mutual 59,
Pinnacle
Ridge, to
hold annual
meeting
The board of directors of
Mutual 59 (Pinnacle Ridge)
will hold its annual meeting of members on Monday, Nov. 3, at 9:30 a.m. in
the Vista Room at Hillside
Clubhouse.
The purpose of the meeting is to seat two directors
to the board, each to serve
a three-year term; to hear
reports from the officers
and committees; and to discuss any matters that may
properly come before the
assembly.
Directors Chuck Walls
and Vic Vigil volunteered
to run for another term. No
other nominations were received by the Aug. 29 deadline; therefore, both Walls
and Vigil were approved by
acclamation of the membership pursuant to bylaws
section 5.7 and will be seated on the board of directors
at the annual meeting. The
board thanks Walls and
Vigil for volunteering their
time to the Mutual.
Mutual members are
encouraged to attend the
meeting.
Learn about Habitat for Humanity at dinner
Golf tournament
is also part of
fundraiser
Davis Home Pros, in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley, is proud to sponsor an
informational gathering and
fundraiser on Monday, Oct. 20,
in the Club Room at Creekside.
The event begins with a nohost cocktail hour at 4:30 p.m.
and a Creekside Grill catered
dinner at 6.
Speakers will include Sandra Melero, Habitat home recipient, and Bob Frick, Habitat
for Humanity EB/SV board
member.
During the evening, there
will also be an auction and
raffle to raise funds for Habitat. To donate items, contact
Jordan Picasso at jordan@davishomepros.com.
Melero is a single mother of two daughters, Bianca
(22 years old) and Madelyn
(5 years old). She works as a
screening clerk for the Children’s Protective Services of
Contra Costa County. Frick, at
age 75, made history by completing his second cross-country bicycle trip (along with
his friend, Len Holmes), raising $150,000 for the Pleasant
Creek Habitat development.
Now, just two years later, Frick
is planning his third such trip
(Cycle of Hope III) with a goal
Youth Homes Auxiliary
sells Georgia pecans
Youth Homes Auxiliary is
once again selling the popular
“fancy mammoth” Georgia
pecan halves for holiday cooking and eating enjoyment.
A 12-ounce bag of pecans
sells for $10 and six-ounce
bags of sugared pecans are
available for $6.
To order one or more bags
of pecans for delivery in
Rossmoor, call Sandy Weber
at 949-7571 or Edie Henchey
at 939-3409. The pecans will
also be sold at the Youth
Homes table at the Rossmoor
Fall Bazaar on Saturday, Nov.
1.
Youth Homes Auxiliary, a
nonprofit organization, supports Youth Homes, which
provides a family living situation in four homes for troubled, sexually abused and neglected youth in the community.
The youths receive necessary treatment and counseling to aid them in becoming
self-sustaining and responsible young adults.
The auxiliary supports the
homes by providing birthday
cakes, Christmas gifts, holiday
dinners and pies and financial
assistance for special school
and recreational activities.
The auxiliary helps with
other special individual needs
that arise especially for stu-
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WRONG ACTION FOR
FITNESS CENTER
One of the main reasons I moved to Rossmoor
was the availability of exercise facilities with pools,
equipment, space and a variety of available classes,
which I use on a regular basis at Del Valle. Along
with use of the equipment and pool, I have taken
numerous classes from independent instructors
who come only for their hours of teaching, are specifically trained and certified to teach their specialty and who charge very little for their classes. This
system enriched class offerings without necessitating the hiring of extra specialists at an increased
expense of salary and benefits to all of our coupons.
Now GRF has decided to increase charges to
these instructors for use of our property knowing
that the increase will be passed on to the users and
probably result in the cancelling of the small classes (less than 10 users) as being too expensive for
teachers to give. Teachers who were grandfathered
in when fees were started have now been told that
promise will no longer be honored.
And so GRF chips away at our great variety of
services to net very little and to disadvantage the
users. I hope this is not the start of a campaign to
turn our athletic facilities into a copy of a yuppie
athletic club, because it is inevitably more likely
going to increase operation costs for fewer services.
Joyce Ladar
Tice Creek Drive
Editor’s note: In 2015, the fee for instructors will
increase from $2 per class session to $10 per class
session. Many instructors have already been paying $10 per session.
SET A PROGRAMMING GOAL
FOR THE FITNESS CENTER
The GRF Board hiring a fitness facility consultant is a right action, but the pace must be accelerated.
As a premier senior community, we want to build
a state-of-art fitness center; following professional
procedure is critically important. The first step of
design and construction process is programming.
The task force did a great job on collecting residents’ requirements. Next is to get professional input, including staff and outside consultants. Then,
based on this information, the Board should set the
goal of the project, conclude programming and start
the next step: Select a design team. The goal in pro-
These instructors are providing a service that
many residents are willing to pay for to be in smaller classes, have the specialized instruction and
more personal attention. By our willingness to pay
for classes, we are relieving the Fitness Center from
the necessity of staffing them. We are saving GRF
money.
We are already paying for the Fitness Center
with a portion of our coupon payment.
It seems to us that by charging the instructors
more, we will have to pay more to cover their costs.
In effect, we are paying twice for using our Fitness
Center. Is that fair?
In our case, our instructor, Cathy Steen, was
grandfathered in at the 2008 look at this issue.
She has been teaching at Rossmoor for 20 years.
Cathy’s charge per class was $2 per class then and
is only $3 per class now. If the GRF Board forces
her to pay more for the use of the room, the cost to
us will have to rise.
How will many fixed-income members of her
classes (some over 90 years old) deal with that? We
strongly feel that the Board should honor its agreeJiayi Zhou ment with Cathy and other independent instructors!
We have heard that the Fitness Center is beGolden Rain Road
ing viewed as a profit center. This is an important service for our residents. It draws new people
into Rossmoor and helps current residents be more
FITNESS CENTER: GOOD
physically and mentally fit. That’s quite a service!
AND GETTING BETTER
Karl and Betsy Livengood
Terra California Drive
Our Fitness Center: Can it soon enjoy yet another
past-due upgrade?
Like many Rossmoorians, over the past 15-plus
RECONSIDER THE CLASS FEE
years we have been enjoying the several reincarnations of our ever-improving Fitness Center. RunI’ve often scoffed at all the complaining letters
down equipment has been replaced, new gear add- in the Rossmoor News. Now I have to eat crow: I’m
ed, staff coverage and staff training increased. (We mad!
do miss the open-air hot tub prior to enclosure of
Our excellent strength-training instructor Cathy
the pool area. Not sorely missed, though, are those Steen has had her GRF fee (to use the exercise
pre-2008 “mine is bigger” spa soakers bloviating room) raised from $2 per class to $10 per class. She
over their headier-than-thou investment returns.)
and others had been grandfathered in at her current
Surveyed residents have voiced their wants and rate. Surely, it must be illegal or at least unethical
needs, including yet more staff coverage, longer to raise such charges so much after such a promise.
weekend hours and more floor space. Past expanShe would be forced to pass this increase on to
sions have helped both to alleviate and to promote her students, Rossmoor residents who of course althe increased utilization of our “health club”: daily ready pay for the Fitness Center in our coupons. I
use has nearly tripled.
ask GRF to reconsider this.
We residents have a good deal going here.
Emily Ehm
Friendly, helpful and super-competent staff, strong
Ptarmigan Drive
supervision, no membership contract issues and
no billing disputes. No candy at the front desk, no
pizza parties, no bagels – the Fitness Center really
AN IMPROVED GRF
does have our best interests at heart.
BUDGET PROCESS
Let’s hope the good soon gets even better.
Robert and Elizabeth Frey
Members of the GRF Board are to be conPtarmigan Drive gratulated for approving a budget for 2015 that
fulfills almost every request to improve resident
services while increasing the monthly coupon by
DON’T WASTE MONEY
little more than a dollar. Directors considered detailed information from the Finance Committee
ON CONSULTANT FOR
and various resident advisory committees.
FITNESS CENTER
The majority of the credit must go to GRF
Having personally witnessed in my business ca- staff. Under the leadership of CEO Warren Salreer how consultants can and do produce damaging mons, senior staff once again found ways to rerecommendations–recommendations often seem- duce expenditures and increase revenue. Their
ingly designed to feather their own nest, to advance presentations to the Board during two days of
their preconceived ideas and that can delay or dis- budget meetings were comprehensive and detort the obvious–I believe it is time to move forward tailed. As each Board member asked pertinent
with all of the information now at hand regarding questions and information was exchanged, it bethe Fitness Center.
came obvious that the process was one of mutual
Come on Board, show some resolve. At this respect – all parties patiently working together
stage we don’t require another study by outside, so- toward a common goal.
called “experts.” The needed studies and informaThis was a significant improvement over the
tion gathering have already been done. Let’s get contentious atmosphere at last year’s meetings.
some constructive plans from an architect famil- Looking forward to next year, the process could
iar with fitness centers. Let’s not waste money on a be further improved and abbreviated if members
time-consuming and unnecessary consultant report of the Finance Committee would ask only relethat will only serve to confuse the situation.
vant questions, review the back-up material beJohn Cooper forehand, and write down Jeff Matheson’s and
Terra Granada Drive Judith Perkins’s answers to this year’s questions
about bus grants, personal trainer compensation
and workers compensation eliminating the need
PAYING TWICE FOR
to ask the same questions year after year.
Linda Herron
FITNESS CENTER
Ptarmigan Drive
We question the logic of the GRF Board’s vote to
charge higher fees to the independent fitness class
instructors serving the Fitness Center.
gramming should guide subsequent steps and be
followed by designers. We have learned lessons on
omitting programming.
The Event Center was a legitimate project. Unfortunately, for political reasons, the project pretended “off the table” but snuck in under the title
of Creekside master plan. The project started with
schematic design and jumped over programming.
Lack of an explicit multipurpose goal, the architect
just copied the Sierra Room layout, which was a
high-school gym, not suitable for performance. In
my opinion, this caused serious negative results.
The Board didn’t do a good job of supervising
this $12 million project and let project manager and
architect dominate the design process. The most
expensive sound system was selected. Behind the
grand appearance of the Event Center, unnecessary
construction items and expensive operating budget
cost millions.
Compare this to Laguna Woods Villages functional and convenient 800-seat theater. The “tail
wagging the dog” was another lesson. Due to 250word limit, more will be in next week.
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Columns & Opinions
Progressive View
A Woman President –
Good or Bad?
By Mary Lou Schram
t seems more and more likely
that Hillary Clinton will run
for the presidency next year.
And, if she runs, it seems a good
chance she will win. At least, at
the moment, there is no opponent
of equal strength. Bonfires are being set in certain feminist havens.
There are women who cannot forget that, in our
mothers’ lifetime, a group of middle- and upper-class
American women were force-fed, held down while a
tube was forced down their throats, in a Washington-area prison because they had the temerity to march in
front of the White House demanding the right to vote.
But if Clinton runs and wins and becomes the
leader of the United States – the strongest nation in
the world led by a woman – what will that do to our
policies and actions? Women often consider themselves peacemakers, a group that would not carry on
the wars that men engage in. Will Clinton and her
followers create a more peaceful world?
What is the record of countries led by women?
Women who inherited the position from their fathers do not have a good record. Benazir Bhutto in
Pakistan was never in a strong enough position to set
policy. Indira Gandhi, president of India from 1966
to 1984, toyed with having her son inherit the posi-
I
Ad Lib
Devil’s Slide Trail
By Doug Hergert
O
ne Wednesday morning a
couple of weeks ago we
decided to take the day off
from work. We got in the car and
drove south along the coast toward
Half Moon Bay, a small beach
town about 28 miles from San
Francisco. The town is famous for its annual October
Pumpkin Festival. Downtown is full of shops, restaurants and boutique hotels. South of town, the elegant
Ritz-Carlton hotel has a beautiful coastal trail that is
open and free to the public.
Some miles north of Half Moon Bay there is a
sleepy town called Moss Beach, known for a restaurant called the Moss Beach Distillery. This was our
first destination, because all three of us were getting
hungry for lunch. The restaurant is located on a cliff
above a secluded cove beach. Diners look out at vast
ocean views.
Originally called Frank’s Place, the Distillery
was built in 1927, in the midst of Prohibition. The
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LAUNDRY ROOM NEEDS
A POWER WASH
We request that the f loor in the laundry room
that serves entries 3, 4 and 5 on Golden Rain
Road be power-washed. A mop or even a brush
does not do the job. No, a wet mop does not do it;
it only smears.
The folks who come once a week do a great job
of cleaning, but do not wash the floor. It is a cement floor with a rough surface and has collected
dust and dirt with a vengeance for over 20 years
as some residents can testify. We have contacted
the Mutual and maintenance to no avail. All we
get is “We will get back to you.”
We the undersigned residents of entries 3, 4,and 5
on Golden Rain Road are asking at this time that this
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tion. Both were assassinated.
The woman who breaks that mold is Aung San Suu
Kyi of Burma who became the true icon of her people by submitting to house arrest for almost 20 years,
teaching the lesson of passive resistance. And now she
has won and has joined a functioning Parliament.
Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel between 1969
and 1974, was elected to her office. Seeking peace
was not an option, but as a leader she represented
strength, resolve and good sense. Mary Robinson
was the president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997. She
was a liberal leader who would get high marks from
feminists. She served on Dublin’s City Council and
became both famous and infamous for sponsoring a
wide range of liberal issues. Coming as she did from
a family that represented all factions in Ireland, when
she became president, she was regarded as a transformative figure for the country. She left this post two
months early to take up the position of high commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations.
A model from the other side of the political spectrum was the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher of Great
Britain, prime minister for 11 years, longer than any
other 20th century prime minister. The time when
her political position ruled her country lasted from
her election to Parliament in 1959 to her resignation
in January 1991.
From the beginning, she had strong convictions
on the conservative side. She fought to eliminate all
remnants of the welfare system that had been left by
the Labor Party. She also took vociferous international positions. She supported Ronald Reagan and the
United States, kept Great Britain out of the European
Union and went to war over the Falkland Islands.
A more recent example of a strong woman head
of government is Angela Merkel of Germany. Merkel
entered politics in the wake of the revolution of 1989
and served as spokesperson for the first democratically elected East German government. Having
grown up in the former GDU (East Germany), she got
a lesson in what poor government can create. When
the GDU finally gave up, it was bankrupt, the whole
country was badly polluted and its citizens were unemployed and leaving for other countries as fast as
they could get out.
She was elected chancellor in 2005. In 2007, she
was president of the European Council and chaired
the G8. She played a crucial role in managing the
financial crisis at the international level and is now
called the de-facto head of the European Union. In
2013, she led her party to a 41.5 percent victory and
was named the most powerful woman in the world by
Forbes Magazine.
A great deal of Merkel’s time in office has necessarily been spent untangling the differing financial
and immigration problems of the European countries. Whether she could be called “hard” or “soft,”
she did not hesitate to rap the knuckles of the United
States when our spies tapped her personal phone.
Some Rossmoor views on what differences would
occur in a Clinton presidency:
Jane Walters: “I expect she would concentrate
more on family issues such as early childhood education.” Otto Schnepp: “She would be more aggressive
with Congress than Obama has been. A woman has
to try harder to prove herself.” Jane Stallings: “Hillary tries to be a peacemaker but she came across like
a hawk in the Senate.” Bud Lembke: “There would
be more women and more people from education in
government offices.”
Mary Lou Schram can be emailed at
marylouschram@att.net.
cove below was an ideal stop for Canadian rum runners. You could always get a whiskey with dinner
at Frank’s Place. When Prohibition ended in 1933,
the restaurant remained successful and is still a busy
place today, under its new name.
We sat on the patio downstairs and ate our lunch in
the fresh air, looking down at the cove and the ocean
beyond. I had a big bowl of steamers – manila clams,
steamed in a sauce of tomatoes, garlic, butter, and
white wine, and accompanied with an ample supply
of pesto-garlic bread for dipping. Elaine had the fish
tacos: buttermilk-battered Pollock topped with spicy
lime aioli, with homemade corn tortillas. Audrey, of
course, had the Distillery Burger with French fries.
After lunch we drove around to the nearby Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, where we went down the steps
to the beach. We took off our shoes and walked along
the sand for a while, admiring the animal life in tide
pools. Here is a description from the brochure that
we picked up at the Visitor Center: “As waves pound
the former sea floor, they wear away the softest materials. Retreating tides leave the low areas full of
seawater. These tide pools and the surrounding rocks
provide homes for organisms tough enough to withstand stresses from both land and sea.”
But the best part of our day-trip was still to come.
The drive along Highway 1 between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay has recently been much im-
proved by the opening of the Tom Lantos Tunnels in
2013. The tunnels are located just south of Pacifica
and they replace what had been a perilous stretch of
Highway 1 known as the Devil’s Slide promontory.
The name says it all. Before the tunnels, major
rockslides would regularly close down Highway 1 in
the winter rains. There had been controversial proposals for alternate routes, but finally the community
settled on the idea of the tunnels, which took eight
years to complete.
What came as a surprise to us is that the former
1.3-mile stretch of Highway 1 has now become the
Devil’s Slide Trail, opened just this year and available to hikers, runners, cyclists, or equestrians. Convenient parking lots have been built at the north and
south ends of the tunnels to accommodate the Trail.
(The northern parking lot is accessible only to southbound traffic, but you can enter the southern parking
lot either northbound or southbound. Both lots are
small and probably fill up on weekends. Public transportation options are available from SamTrans and
the City of Pacifica.)
Elaine was driving. When she noticed the turnoff
to the Trail, she said, “I wonder what this is.” She
made the turn. On a Wednesday afternoon the parking lot was not full. We got out of the car and walked
toward the highway, which in years past we had driv-
unhealthy eyesore of a problem be resolved as soon
as possible.
pay for one premium channel with Comcast and mine
is a promotion price. I pay close to $37 on my coupon
every month (with an increase due) plus an additional
$117 with Comcast Internet and TV (no phone). That
is much more than I would ever choose to pay if I
had options. In fact, having previously lived both in
New York City and Los Angeles, I have never paid
this much.
The AT&T service with every premium channel,
sports, HBO E and HBO W, Cinemax, Showtime E
and Showtime W, etc. with Internet, costs $100 per
month! This is all-inclusive. I was stunned.
We need competition; it is the only way to keep
vendors honest. Comcast has a captured audience in
Rossmoor. When the merger with Time Warner is
approved, we will likely see further increases. Time
Warner customers in New York City are against the
merger for this reason so perhaps we need to be more
proactive beginning with our basic contract.
Joyce M. Gell
Golden Rain Road
Grete Sorensen
Wilma Jones
June Levine
Gene Gordon
Irma Brunak
Karen Parrish
Barbara Ivan
Ann Guastella
Palma Lawrence
Suzanne Baxter
Marion Manos
Connie Tompkins
Golden Rain Road
CANCEL COMCAST–
COMPETION NEEDED
I am with Virginia Ponsford (Residents Forum,
Oct. 1). Cancel the Comcast contract.
Most of us never give our current Comcast coupon
portion another thought. However, I recently had the
pleasure of AT&T U-verse TV and Internet service
while staying in Piedmont over a few weekends. Every premium channel was represented. I know what I
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A rts & Leisure
Farallon Quintet performs in Chamber Music Society concert Oct. 20
The second concert of
the Rossmoor Chamber Music Society 2014-2015 season will feature the Farallon
Quintet on Monday, Oct. 20,
at 7:30 p.m., in the Tahoe
Room of the Event Center.
The program will include
Mozart’s Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings,
K. 581; Herrmann’s “Souvenirs de Voyage”; and Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew
Themes, Op. 34.
The Fa rallon Quintet,
founded in 2012, is a dynam ic Bay A rea ensemble
focused exclusively on the
clarinet quintet (string quartet plus clarinet) repertoire.
In addition to playing the
classics, the quintet seeks to
perform rarely heard works,
innovative a r rangements
and new music by living
composers.
Natalie Parker, clarinet, a
native of South Carolina, is
currently principal clarinet
of the San Francisco Ballet
Orchestra. Since arriving in
San Francisco, Parker has
played frequently with the
San Francisco Symphony as
well as several regional orchestras and enjoys performing chamber music throughout the Bay Area.
Dan Flanagan, violin,
born in New Jersey, currently serves as concertmaster of
the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera; lecturer of violin at UC Davis; and instructor of violin at UC Berkeley.
In 2008 he founded the Sacramento School of Music,
where he is currently director
and instructor of violin.
Matthew Oshida, violin, a San Jose native, has
performed with orchestras
throughout the country, accompanied such popular artists as Sarah Brightman, Michael Bolton and Harry Connick, and has demonstrated
the link between music and
leadership in performances
at training seminars for many
companies (eBay, Chevron
and Intel, for example).
Elizabeth Prior, viola, a
South African native, is principal violist with the Santa
Rosa Symphony and a season
substitute with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. She is
also associate principal with
the Marin Symphony and
performs regularly with the
New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony.
Johan Kim, cello, made
his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003
and the same year appeared
with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington,
D.C. He is currently associate principal cello of the San
Francisco Ballet Orchestra,
of which he is also the youngest member.
Tanya Gabrielian, guest
pianist, has delighted audiences worldwide with her
captivating performances.
Her orchestral performances
include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra and the
The Rossmoor Chamber Music Society presents its second
concert featuring the Farallon Quintet Oct. 20 at the Event
Center.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra. San Francisco on March 16.
She currently resides in New
For information, call Rita
York City.
at 945-1087, or visit the webOther Rossmoor Chamber site, rossmoorchambermusic.
Music Society concerts this org. Subscriptions for the
season will include: Bridge season are $65. Single tickChamber Virtuosi, Jan. 19; ets, for $18, will be on sale at
Feeney-Bogas-Wyrick Piano the door starting at 6:30 the
Trio, Feb. 16; and Quartet night of the performance.
‘World of Webber’ presented in the Tahoe Room tomorrow night
“The World of Webber” Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Tahoe
show returns to Rossmoor by Room at the Event Center.
popular demand on Thursday,
The show celebrates the
songs and musicals of Broad- Webber. Performed in intiway and musical theater mate cabaret concert style
composer Sir Andrew Lloyd by three outstanding singers
with piano accompaniment,
the revue features Webber
classics like “Music of the
Night” (“The Phantom of the
Opera”), “Memory” (“Cats”),
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
(“Evita”), as well as selections
from many of his other shows
including “Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,”
and “Sunset Boulevard.”
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Webber has won seven
Tony awards, three Grammy
awards, an Academy Award,
a Golden Globe Award, was
knighted in his native England
and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2006.
Known for composing and
combining all genres of music from classical to rock, and
country to jazz, the performers
in this show reflect Webber’s
musical range.
Tielle Baker is a musical
theater and opera star who has
appeared in over 50 productions with over 20 different
companies, including performances at the Kennedy Center,
Carnegie Hall, and in international music festivals in Italy
and Germany.
Kelly Brandeburg performs
on stages throughout the country and has starred in such
shows as “Jekyll and Hyde,”
“The Wizard of Oz” and “The
Secret Garden.”
A Sonoma County native,
she holds musical theater de-
Music class
offered at
Acalanes Adult
Part 1 of the class “How
Music Is Put Together” begins
at the Acalanes Adult Education Center on Friday, Oct. 17,
from 1 to 3 p.m. The course
runs for four weeks; the fee is
$36 for seniors.
Diane Mauch, president of
the Opera Club, will teach the
course. This class will explore
the basic tools of music composition. The class will examine
how the three major aspects of
music – melody, rhythm, harmony – are organized and combined. The language of music
notation will be explained as
students learn how it is written.
Terminology will also be
de-mystified as the class studies
scales, the key system and how
to build chords. There will also
be an introduction to intervals
and to modulation – moving
from one key to another.
Although some listening
will be part of the sessions,
this is not just a listening or appreciation class. Students will
learn how to grapple with the
materials that composers use
to construct pieces.
The class is open to anyone
who loves music and would
like to become more literate in
discussing one’s favorite pieces and in expressing one’s experience and appreciation in a
clear, communicative manner.
Mauch was a professional
singer of opera, concert and
oratorio and is a retired professor of voice from the University of Miami. She has lectured
extensively on music history
and literature and given master
classes in vocal technique and
repertoire. She also served as
director of education for Florida Grand Opera. She has a
master’s degree in music theory, with a principal in vocal
performance from the University of Michigan.
grees from both the New
School University in New York
and the American Musical and
Dramatic Academy.
Kyle Martin performed
the starring role of the Piano Man in Broadway’s Tony
Award-winning smash hit
“Movin’ Out” for the musical’s
national tour throughout the
country for over two years. He
continues the Billy Joel legacy
to this day in his own popular
band, Joel: A Tribute to the
Songs of Billy Joel.
Musical Director Evan
Alparone is a conductor. He
has worked on over 35 musicals including recent productions with Tri Valley Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare
Festival, Boxcar Theater, and
the Douglas Morrison Theater.
This is an Esses production.
Tickets for this show are $10
in advance at the Excursion
Desk. Tickets will be $15 if
purchased the door. This event
is sponsored by the Recreation
Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
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Dixieland Jazz Club concert features
Mike Slack’s San Francisco Feetwarmers
The Dixieland Jazz
Club will host Mike
Slack and his San Francisco Feetwarmers on
Wednesday, Oct. 22,
at 7 p.m. in the Tahoe
Room at the Event
Center. This evening
of music is for listening
and/or dancing.
Admission (paid
at the door) is $10 for
club members and $15
for nonmembers or Mike Slack’s San Francisco Feet Warmers will play for the upcoming
guests.
Dixieland Jazz Club program.
These legendary
Bay Area musicians
strong, Morton, Bechet, Duke Orleans favorites.
Rossmoor residents, their
play joyful classic jazz from Ellington, and Fats Waller.
the foot-stomping roaring
The band has been featured friends and family are wel’20s. Formed in 1993, this is at the Sacramento Jubilee and come. Attendees should
bring their own snacks and
the hot band of jazz festivals the Fairmont on Nob Hill.
and clubs all over the Golden
The San Francisco Feet- libations. There will be a
State. The Feetwarmers will warmers will get toes tapping drawing for door prizes at inentertain with their unique and their driving four-beat termission.
For information, contact
mix of wonderful music from rhythm will get everyone
the great jazz artists: Arm- dancing to Dixieland and New Bob Burch at 934-1337.
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Rossmoor N ews • October 8, 2014
Penguin Dance Club to hold its
autumn dinner dance at Gateway
The Penguin Dance Club will have
its Autumn Leaves Ball dinner-dance on
Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Fireside Room at
Gateway.
Beginning at 6 p.m., there will be a social hour with appetizers along with a fully
hosted bar staffed by Ced Ferrett and his
crew. Dinner will be served at 7 by Simple
Elegance Catering. Entrée choices are roast
prime rib of beef with scalloped potatoes,
grilled salmon with wild rice pilaf or stuffed
Portobello mushroom vegetarian dish.
Accompanying the entrees will be baby
carrots and a mixed greens salad. Dessert
will be vanilla ice cream with chocolate
sauce and orange sprinkles. Decaffeinated
coffee and hot tea will be served, and red
and white wine will be on each table.
Entertainment will be provided by the
Manny Gutierrez Quartet, playing a variety of music for listening and dancing.
Creative decorations by Barrie Elrod and
her assistants will be on display.
The cost for the evening is $60 per
member couple, or $75 per guest couple.
Reservation checks, payable to the Penguin Dance Club, should be mailed to
Sally Kennedy, 1114 Skycrest Drive No. 3.
Note entrée choices on the check.
All reservations, including those for
guests, must be received by Saturday, Oct.
25. There will be no refunds after Monday, Nov. 3.
Couples who want to sit together must
submit their checks together. Member couples may invite one guest couple per dance.
Guests are always welcome. Guests are
Jim Griesemer and Sheryl Ruzek, members of
the Penguin Dance Club, danced in the 50th Anniversary parade.
seated on a space available basis after members
are accommodated. First time guests will be
given priority before returning guests.
Dress for the evening is formal. Attire for
women is a long gown, cocktail dress or elegant
pants suit. Men’s attire is a tuxedo, dinner jacket
or a dark suit with a white shirt and dark bow tie.
For information about this dance, call Sally
Kennedy at 934-7720.
Residents are invited to join the Penguin
Dance Club. This is the only formal dinner-dance club in Rossmoor. Members meet
new friends, enjoy excellent food and listen and
dance to great music in a beautiful setting. For
information about membership, call Katherine
Cheema at 216-9405.
Martin Kelp created cubes that configure to make nine different sets for the DAOR New Plays Festival that will be presented in November in the Event Center. The photo was taken at
DAOR’s annual meeting where Martin and Linda Kelp demonstrated how the cubes fit together to make sofas, beds, chairs,
tables and ledges.
DAOR’s technical wizard
prepares sound effects, lights
By Peg Rimler
DAOR correspondent
When sets are needed for nine
distinctly different short plays,
and you need to quickly change
these sets during each performance, how do you smoothly
pull it off? You enlist the aid of
a technical director with some
innovative ideas: Enter the Drama Association of Rossmoor’s
(DAOR) Martin Kelp.
Kelp is currently busy designing and building 12 unique
modular cubes that can be connected horizontally or stacked
to Miriam.”
To register for the program, vertically in small group configcall Emeritus College at 969- urations to create sofas, chairs,
tables, patio sets and more.
4316.
These modules will be
smartly finished 18-inch cubes
with a clever design feature of
slots into which backs can be
inserted for the furniture the
actors sit on. Flat, backless
cubes will make convincing
tables; and several linked and
stacked cubes can be made into
a platform to stand on and give
the appearance of height.
The cubes are designed to
be remarkably lightweight and
easy for stagehands to move, assemble and disassemble. Each
short play will have its own special ambience, whether a period
piece, or set in the modern era.
Holocaust survivor speaks at Emeritus College
Dora Sorell, a 93-year-old
retired physician, Holocaust
survivor and author, will relate her remarkable story on
Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 1:30 p.m.
in the Vista Room at Hillside
Clubhouse. Sorell is the author
of “Tell the Children: Letters
By adding props such as coverlets, throw pillows, lamps, pictures and plants, a new setting
will be created before the audience’s eyes in as little as two or
three minutes.
And for convenience and
economy, the modules can be
stacked and stored in a small
space, ready for re-use in a future
Drama Association production.
Kelp is also busy collecting a
bevy of sound effects such as a
ringing doorbell, a dance band
playing a waltz, howling wind
noises and creepy bat shrieks.
As for lighting techniques,
the lights used to simulate the
look of a dinner on a sunny
summer patio must be quite
different from the effects needed for indoor lighting in a cabin at night. That is why Kelp
will be arranging the lighting
for all nine plays.
See Martin Kelp’s technical
wizardry at work by coming
to the New Plays Festival on
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.
12 and 13, at the Event Center.
Tickets go on sale in the
Redwood Room at Gateway beginning Monday, Oct. 13, and
will continue to be sold there
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through Monday, Nov. 10.
Tickets will also be available at
the performances.
Friday Lunch
I N
R O S S M O O R
Menu for Oct. 17
Call 988-7703 for a reservation
Friday Lunch is served at a suggested
donation of $2. Lunch is served at 11:30
a.m. at Hillside. Reserve a space for Friday
Lunch for the following week in person right
after 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:
Vegetarian lasagna, California blend, tossed green salad
with Italian dressing and strawberry gelatin with strawberries
Options:
Hamburger plate or chef’s salad.
Please specify the entree of your choice; otherwise, you
will receive the menu item for that day.
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RAA Soirée des Artistes features resident Judy Schavrien
By Cecilia Wambach
Soirée des Artistes correspondent
The first Soirée des Artistes of the fall season will
take place on Wednesday, Oct.
15, at 7 p.m. at the Event Center. The soirée features music, wine, mingling and art of
Rossmoor artists. This month
the Rossmoor Art Association
(RAA) will present the paintings of Judy Schavrien.
Schavrien was nominated
for Oakland artist of the year
and has been featured in a cover story for the international
journal On the Issues. She has
received 15 awards in the arts.
Her first fields of study were
psychology and literature. After finishing her doctorate on
sex and metaphysics in James
Joyce’s dreambook, “Finnegans
Wake,” she lived in the Netherlands where she was a poet.
“In Amsterdam, Van Gogh
and Rembrandt are everywhere; they live and speak,”
Schavrien said. “The people
they paint live as well, enfolded in a sacred cosmos, a lemonyellow day or a winedark
night. I began to convert from
poet to painter.”
When she returned to the
United States, she taught philosophy and the arts at University of Chicago. It was here
that she suffered a trauma: she
was shot in the face. This event
had a profound impact on her.
She began to travel and to
study the faces of people in
many diverse cultures. It was
very broadening and deepening. “There’s more room in a
broken heart,” she said.
She could take in everything she was seeing. She began to draw faces.
Schavrien’s paintings are
mostly portraits. She has a collection of small framed faces
she knows intimately – friends,
colleagues, lovers, family.
Other paintings capture the
portraits of the “everyperson”:
faces that she has created from
her own imagination.
She works out of her home
studio in Rossmoor, creating
paintings using oils, enamel
spray paints and digital processes. Some of her pieces are
vastly large, “my epics,” she
calls them, painted on accordion window screens, creating a
multi-dimensional experience.
Others are small digital drawings she calls “my haiku.”
Her most recent work is an
iPad journal called “Alice at
the Rabbithole Café,” which
will appear on Amazon as a
book and eBook in November; it focuses on café life and
captures the faces, poses, and
“Kiss,” by Judy Schavrien
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Las Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse. Tickets, for $5, will
be sold at the door starting at 1:30.
Come relive that time when everything was groovy, cool and
a gas. Whether flower child or square, there is a story here for
everyone from one of the most polarizing and unifying eras in
the history of America. Hear personal riveting stories of the civil
rights movement, resisting the draft, women’s rights and riots.
This production is directed by Kirk Waller, director of storytelling programs at Stagebridge, and teacher of storytelling for
DAOR.
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from the traditional image of decline to a new vision of continuous growth. This mission is accomplished with nationally recognized and award-winning landmark Creative Aging programs
that offer older adults opportunities for lifelong learning and
participation in the performing arts.
Stagebridge’s unique position as a theater company “for, by
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Camera Club awards photographers in creative, nature categories
By Lynn Letteris
Club correspondent
On the first and third
Wednesdays of each month,
the Rossmoor Camera Club
hosts a meeting wherein members who enjoy competition
submit their photos either in
the print format, viewed in a
light box, or as a digital presentation where it is shown on
a large screen.
The Sept. 17 competition
featured the digital categories
of Creative and Nature, as well
as the print categories Creative
and Nature.
To those who wonder how
a photographer’s ranking is
achieved, it is established for
competitors based on a point
system. Winning photographs
earn the photographer specific
points depending on where the
image placed in a competition.
These points are accumulated
and evaluated at the end of the
year, at which time an updated
ranking is assigned to the competitor.
An experienced photographer/judge, usually a professional, is hired to critique and
grade the entries as they are
either projected on a screen or,
in the case of prints, viewed
physically in a light box, as
well as on the screen.
All members are encouraged to participate, particularly new photographers as there
is no better way to increase
understanding of your work.
Critiquing of entries is anonymous, so the judge’s comments
“Zion National Park” by Jack Zins
“The Piccary” by Richard Nicholes
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“Young Moose” by Ed Langthorn
do not result in any embarrassment to the photographer, but
do provide useful tips on improving skills.
For members and nonmembers alike, competition nights
are a wonderful venue for
learning more about the art
form that is photography.
Whether shooting with a
smart phone or a DSLR, the
meetings can be entertaining
and gratifying. Photographers
of all skill levels are invited.
This event’s judge was
Terry Toomey whose photographic outlook is to assist
the photographer by suggesting, where necessary, what the
photographer could have done
differently to produce a better
image.
This event’s winners are:
Creative prints
Basic: first place, Richard
Nicholes for “Peacock Spin”
Continued on next page
“Expanding Light” by Jack Zins
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Performing Arts Guild October performances
Several of Rossmoor’s performing arts groups have established a Performing Arts Guild of
Rossmoor (PAGR). Participants include the Chamber Music Society, The Drama Association
of Rossmoor (DAOR) and the Shakespeare Society. The following are groups’ events for October:
Oct. 14: Opera Club: Verdi’s Aida..................................................... 4 p.m., Peacock Hall
Oct. 20: Chamber Music: Farallon Quintet .................................... 7:30 p.m., Event Center
Oct. 21: Drama Association of Rossmoor.............................................. 3 p.m., Creekside
Berkeley Rep docent, “Party People”
Oct. 22: Shakespeare Soc.: Shakespeare on the Peace March............ 1 p.m., Peacock Hall
Oct. 27: Shakespeare Soc.:Shakespeare on the Peace March............. 7 p.m., Peacock Hall
Oct. 28: Shakespeare Soc.:Shakespeare on the Peace March............. 7 p.m., Peacock Hall
Oct. 30: Shakespeare Soc.:Shakespeare on the Peace March..............4 p.m., Event Center
For information on any of these events, look for articles in this issue of the News or email
Marilyn Sampair at mesampair@comcast.net.
“Male American Robin” by Beth Branthaver
“Mountain Majesty” by Ed Langthorn
Camera Club winners announced
Continued from page 24A
and second, Nicholes, “Aliens”
Advanced: first place, Jack
Zins, for “Fighting Flames”
and second, Ojars Kratins,
“Forgetting”
Creative projected images
Basic: first place and best in
show, Ken Lezin for “Listen”;
second, Jessica Attiyeh, “Cello Sonara”; and third, Lezin,
“Chelsea Papaya”
Intermediate: first place,
Ed Langthorn for “Mountains
Majesty”; second, Bill Rauch,
“Layer”; and third, Langthorn,
“Staircase”
Advanced: first place, Zins for
“Expanding the Light”; second,
Lynn Letteris, “Petals Aflame”;
third, Kratins, “Views”; and
honorable mention, Barrie Bieler, “Half Dome”
Nature prints
Basic: first place, Nicholes
for “Bald Eagle”; second,
Nicholes, “The Lion”; and
third, Hamid Kasmai, “Big
Sur”
Advanced: first place, Zins
for “Zion National Park”
Nature projected images
Basic: first place and best
in show, Beth Branthaver for
“American Robin”; second,
Attiyeh, “Sea Lion”; third,
Andy Neureuther, “Bald Eagle”; and honorable mention,
Attiyeh, “Ground Squirrel”
Intermediate: first place,
Langthorn for “Young Moose”
and second, Langthorn, “Canary Spring”
Advanced: first place, Nicholes for “The Piccary”; second, Steve Goodall, “Male
Lemur”; third, Bieler, “Concretion Eroding”; fourth, Letteris, “Male Mandrill”; and
honorable mention, Letteris,
“Female Gibbon”
The club invites all
Rossmoor residents to attend
all of its events. New photographers with entry-level skills
are particularly encouraged to
join. For information, call Stan
or Carol Scott at 934-9998.
The next competition evening is today, Oct. 1, and will
feature color and monochrome
prints and pictorial digital.
Marlon Green and band
present free concert Oct. 16
Marlon Green and his band will perform a free concert
of music for dancing and listening on Thursday, Oct. 16, at
7 p.m. in the Tahoe Room at the Event Center.
Green is a native Californian. He first became interested
in the rhythms of marching bands when he was a young
boy. He initially began to study the saxophone and then
began to concentrate wholly on playing the drums.
Over the past 25 yea rs, Green has contr ibuted his
skills and enthusiasm to many major Bay Area rhythm
and blues, jazz and gospel groups, and he has toured
with many talented entertainers throughout the United
States, Canada and Japan.
This free program is open to all residents and their
guests.
Walnut Creek celebrates 100 years at Shadelands
Enjoy the party of the century when Walnut
Creek officially turns 100 in October.
The public is invited to celebrate at the Centennial Birthday Festival on Saturday, Oct. 18,
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the historic Shadelands Ranch Museum, 2660 Ygnacio Valley
Road.
Partygoers will find live music, food trucks,
local artisans, museum tours, activities, crafts
and, of course, birthday cake.
The Shadelands Ranch Museum, built in
1903 and the former home of Hiram Penniman (1824-1907), will be open to the public.
Today, the house is home to the Walnut Creek
Historical Society and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
There will be a full day of live music and
dancing to Locust & Main, featuring an allnew take on popular music from the 1960s to
today. The Devil Mountain Chorus will stroll
among partygoers.
There will be more than 50 booths, includ-
ing artisans, vendors and community service
groups. The community groups will include
the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek
Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT), Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue
Foundation (ARF), Ruth Bancroft Gardens,
Lesher Center for the Arts, Save Mount Diablo
and the Walnut Creek Library Foundation.
The Artists’ Market will feature educators;
artists from the Civic Arts Education Program,
Clay Arts Guild and Fiber Arts Program; and
local independent artists and vendors. Demonstrations will go on throughout the day.
There will also be the Centennial Store,
and the History Alley tribute to Walnut Creek.
Shadowbrook Winery, the official centennial
winery, will be sampling and taking orders for
its Centennial Blend.
The free celebration is sponsored by Broadway Plaza.
For information and updates, go to WalnutCreek100.com.
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Ceramic Arts Club holds general meeting, Entertainment Notes
garden art classes to start Friday
“Pippin” Revival Has
Ceramic artist Ellen
Sachtschale will provide a garden art hand-building class for
the Ceramics Arts Club (CAC)
on four Fridays: Oct. 10, 17 and
24, and Nov. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Sachtschale works predominately with the soft slab
and pinch pot approach, then
whacks and pushes organic
textures into the clay. The results are bulbous, organic and
richly textured vessels. Visit
her site at www.gardenvessels.
com.
The cost is $40, payable by
check only made out to CAC.
Sign-up sheet and check drop
are at the front of the studio.
Contact: Shulenberger at 510882-1964.
Workshop, meeting
and bazaar
The CAC Studio will offer
one more in-house mini-workshop this month. Explore handbuilt projects with guidance
from experienced members on
Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m.
to noon. The workshop is limited to four to eight members.
Cost is $10, nonrefundable,
payable by check only at time
of sign-up. The fee will be returned at the workshop. Check
drop and sign-up sheet are at
the front of the studio. Contact:
Shulenberger.
The general meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, Oct.
14, at 1 p.m. in the studio. After club business, local artist
Andrea Ciak will give a lecture and demonstration on
naked raku and saggar fire
preparation. Visit her site at
smokeandclay.com to view
more of her work.
Superb Circus Performances
By Charles Jarrett
h e r ev iva l
of the 1972
B r o a d way
musica l “Pippin,”
winner of the 2013
Tony Award for
the Best Musical
Revival, recently arrived in
San Francisco at the Golden
Gate Theater and is receiving
standing ovations from appreciative audiences. The musical introduces us to a mysterious circus performance
troupe led by a Leading Player (Sasha Allen).
The Leading Player narrates the story of Pippin, a
young prince on his search
for a meaningful live, a life
of significance as he would
define it. His father is Charlemagne (or King Charles). The
plot in this musical provides
little historical accuracy regarding either of these characters as they were in real life.
This musical begins with
an opening scene that resembles the big top of a circus,
with a plethora of fear-defying
acrobatic events demonstrating that this story is certainly
meant to look and feel as if it
were a circus fairytale. Pippin (Matthew James Thomas)
comes home from school and
attempts to get re-acquainted
with his father, Charles (John
Rubinstein), and his “trophy-wife stepmother,” Fastrada (Sabrina Harper) and
her lame-brained son, Lewis
(Callan Bergmann).
Pippin is offered an opportunity to make his family mark as a warrior soldier
in his father’s kingdom, but
when he discovers the true calamity and suffering brought
upon the average man in that
society, by the hands of his
father’s reign, men who were
forced to give their lives with
little or no just reward, Pippin decides that this is not
his idea of fulfillment and a
meaningful life.
Pippin then flees to the
countryside where he stops to
see his grandmother, Berthe
(Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of
Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz),
in his exiled grandmother’s
home. Berthe tells Pippin to
take life less seriously and
get a little more lighthearted,
which he decides to attempt
to do.
To him, taking life less seriously means having a little
gratuitous sex, but his intervening sexual encounters leave
him even less satisfied with
life than he was before and he
then decides to fight tyranny
instead. However, since his
father is the number one tyrant in this part of the world,
he finds that he has to murder
his father, which he does, then
takes over as the new king, He
quickly discovers that being
a king is not as easy as one
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A sample of some wares that will be available at the Fall Bazaar
in the Ceramics Studio.
General meetings are open wi ndow d isplays wil l be
to all Rossmoor residents and a n nounced in adva nce a nd
members can work individdemonstrations are free.
The Fall Bazaar is sched- ua lly or in groups on projuled for Saturday, Nov. 1. CAC ects related to the theme for
members Patty Taylor and Bet- display. Studio window disty Baker are co-chairing studio plays a re usua l ly cha nged
bazaar efforts and with a theme t he f i rst Monday of t he
month. Any change of date
of “Ceramics We Treasure.”
The money made from the wil l be a n nounced i n adannual bazaar is used to keep vance. Contact: Elaine Plathe studio and club running. tias at 926-0757.
The CAC website, www.
These funds supplement and
lower the cost of all workshops rossmoorceramics.com, proand socials, pay for local artist vides information about the
studio and membership and
demonstrations and more.
The bazaar committee vol- also has a blog about what’s
unteer sign-up sheets are post- happening at the studio.
All classes and workshops
ed on the bulletin board at the
front of the studio. Contact: are open to CAC members
Taylor at 998-9122 or Baker at only. In addition to the website, the calendar at the front
891-4316.
of the studio lists all current
Other
Suggested t hemes for and upcoming events.
Stitchers get ready for Fall Bazaar
The Rossmoor Stitchers are
busy making hand-made items
that will be for sale at the Fall
Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 1.
The Sewing Studio at Gateway
will be open for sales.
The items that will be for
sale include baby quilts and
sweaters, little girl’s dresses,
Christmas items, placemats,
pot holders and pillows. Proceeds are donated to charity.
The Stitchers meet in the
Sewing Studio each Thursday
from 9 a.m. to noon to sew for
needy children and the bazaar.
Visitors are always welcome
and experienced sewers are
encouraged to join the group.
Donations of yarn and new
fabric suitable for children’s
clothing are appreciated.
For information, contact
June Gailey at 256-6862.
would imagine; thus
he prays for his father’s
return to life (which
miraculously happens).
When he realizes that
his plan to fight tyranny was not such a great
idea, he finds himself
in great despair.
While barely living, a despondent wreck on the street,
a beautiful widow, Catherine
(Kristine Reese), finds him,
takes him home, nurses him
back to health and falls in
love with him. She tries to encourage him to stay with her
on her country estate, to help
her run the place and also become a fatherly figure for her
son, Theo (Lucas Schultz on
the night I saw the show). But
will that be enough to satisfy
Pippin’s need for greater selfworth? His search for self-fulfillment is not over yet.
The music is thoroughly
delightful, the circus performances are superb, the set is
stunning, the story is rich in
lighthearted comedy, although
a bit heavy with sexual overtones (displaying some of the
most beautiful and sexually
provocative bodies and costumes that would be permissible for a modern family show).
“Pippin” continues through
Oct. 19. Tickets range between $45 and $210 each.
Go to the official website at
www.shnsf.com/online/pippin to buy tickets. The Golden
Gate Theater is located at 1
Taylor Street, at the corner of
Golden Gate Avenue, just two
blocks south of the Powell
Street Bart Station on Market
Avenue.
“Are You Married?”
musical coming up
Many of my readers should
be familiar with the name
of Robin Taylor as an actor,
or perhaps more so as a previous artistic director of the
Role Players Ensemble in the
Village Theater in Danville.
Taylor is a special individual,
widely respected and loved in
the theater community for his
dedication to the arts among
his many supportive activities
for others in the Bay Area.
It was only recently that I
learned that while Taylor was
spreading his good work and
good will for the benefit of
others in East Bay communities, he was enduring the horrific trials, financial disaster,
humiliation and victimization
of being forcibly excluded
from attending to the needs
of his critically ill partner by
his partner’s family.
Even after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down legal maneuvers to deny people
of the same sex to enjoy the
full benefits of being “married” in America, many people are still asking why samesex couples cannot be satisContinued on page 30A
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Free concert presented by the National Broadway Divas tribute
Organization of Teachers Singing Oct. 19 presented by Town Hall
A recital of classical, art song, opera and musical theater will be presented on Sunday, Oct.
19, at 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
The recital is presented by the National Organization of Teachers of Singing (NATS). The
program will feature students of several NATS
teacher members.
Music will range from opera and art song to
musical theater and jazz. Some of the composers represented will be Mozart, Wolf, Puccini,
Tchaikovsky, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and
Harold Arlen.
NATS is an international organization with
local chapters throughout the United States and
some countries in Europe. The Bay Area chap-
ter is a very active part of this organization.
Members are voice teachers and other music
professionals (many of whom perform professionally) who are dedicated to excellence in the
teaching of singing and to giving the best possible training and opportunities to those students
pursuing a career in singing. To that end, NATS
holds several major events during the year that
include symposiums, master classes, an adjudicated singing festival covering art songs to musical theater, and student recitals held throughout the Bay Area.
This free event is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents
and their guests.
Berkeley Rep docent will talk about
‘Party People’ in DAOR presentation Oct. 21
The second Berkeley Repertory Theatre docent presentation of the 2014-2015 season
will be on Tuesday, Oct. 21,
from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Mulligan Room at Creekside. Note
that this is a change in venue
for this date only.
The overview is about “Party People” by Universes (Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
and William Ruiz), developed
and directed by Liesl Tommy.
The explosive theatre ensemble treats the legacy of
the Black Panthers and Young
Lords, combining story, song,
live media, hip hop, jazz, rock,
gospel, blues, Latin rhythms
and spoken word.
The show is based on many
interviews and poses the question of what is the price of being a revolutionary.
All are welcome to the free
presentation hosted by the Drama Association of Rossmoor.
The production runs from
Friday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 16, on the Thrust
Stage, 2025 Addison St.,
Berkeley. Call the box office at
510-647-2949.
For information on the docent presentation, call Joanna
Kraus at 939-3658.
Town Hall Theatre and
Esses Productions present
the Broadway Divas, a cabaret tribute to the songs and
shows of Angela Lansbury,
Bernadette Peters, Ethel
Merman and Mary Martin on
Saturdays and Sundays, Oct.
18, 19, 25 and 26 at Town
Hall Theatre in Lafayette.
The show will feature
songs from many of their
classic shows including
“Mame,” “Annie Get Your
Gun,” “South Pacific,” “Gypsy,” “Sweeney Todd,” “The
Sound of Music,” “Anything
Goes,” “Peter Pan” and more.
The show will be performed in concert style by a
stellar cast featuring Tielle
Baker, Kelly Brandeburg,
Natalie Buster and Deborah Del Mastro. The show is
filled with stories, trivia and
fun facts about each of these
Broadway divas.
Each performer will take
the stage in segments of
solo tributes, duets, trios
and group numbers with pi-
Deborah Del Mastro
ano accompaniment provided by Musical Director Joe
Simiele.
The Saturday performances will be at 8 p.m. and the
Sunday performances will be
at 2. The theater is located at
3535 School Street, Lafayette.
Tickets are $23 to $25. For
tickets, call the box office at
283-1557 or check the website
at www.townhalltheatre.com.
Ballroom Dance Club features the Bob Danville Community Band
Gutierrez Quartet at the Oct. 18 dance presents free concert Sunday
The Bob Gutierrez Quartet will provide the
music for the Rossmoor Ballroom Dance Club’s
“Jack -o’-Lantern Ball” on Saturday, Oct. 18, at
7 p.m. in the Tahoe Room at the Event Center.
The club furnishes refreshments and some
light snacks. Alcohol is not served so bring
your own.
The attire for dances is semi-dressy. Jeans,
shorts and flip-flops are not allowed.
Admission is $5 per couple for members;
nonmembers pay $20 per couple.
Where else can you go to be so wonderfully
welcomed and entertained with a live band, refreshments, a show and a great dance floor, plus
great people for such a minimal price?
Rossmoor residents can join the club at any
time during the year with no waiting list. This
is a “couples” club, but singles may join and
bring a dance partner.
Members and guests admire and appreciate
those who offer to perform an exhibition of
their dance skills. To participate, contact the
co-president, Rosie Davis, at 934-3039 or at
rosie@davishomepros.com.
Dances are held the third Saturday of each
month from 7 to 10 p.m. For information on
membership, contact the treasurer, Katherine
Cheema, at 216-9405.
Every Monday evening at the Hillside Clubhouse, dance classes are taught by Alberta
Bagneschi. The club sponsors these classes so
dancers can enhance their skills. For information, call Bagneschi at 687-5270.
The club officers include Co-presidents Richard and Rosie Davis, 934-3039; Vice President
Jay Francis, 906-9532; Secretary Bob Shelton,
465-1100; and Treasurer Katherine Cheema,
216-9405 or kbcheema@gmail.com.
Putin discussed by Int’l Affairs Book Club
Rossmoor residents are
invited to join members of
the International Affairs
Book Club as they read and
discuss “The Man without a
Face: The Unlikely Rise of
Vladimir Putin” by Masha
Gessen. The group will meet
on Friday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m.
in Multipurpose Room 3 at
Gateway.
anisms of democracy.
Within a few brief years,
virtually every obstacle to
Putin’s unbridled control was
removed and every opposing
voice silenced, with political
rivals and critics driven into
exile or to the grave.
Gessen has experienced
and reported this history first
hand, bringing it up to its
present moment of unrest and
In 1999, Boris Yeltsin went
uncertainty.
looking for a successor to his
Gessen is a journalist and
ailing and increasingly unthe author of several other
popular president. He settled
on the almost unknown Vladimir Putin, a faceless person
they believed they could mold
in their own image.
Russia and the West were determined to see in him the progressive leader of their dreams,
even as with ruthless efficiency
Putin dismantled the country’s
media, wrested control and
wealth from the business class
and destroyed the fragile mech-
books. She is the editor of the
Russian-language Snob magazine and has contributed to
Vanity Fair, the New Republic, Granta and Slate, among
other publications.
Club
members
have
worked together to get a handle on current developments
as the new global economy
evolves. The discussions are
animated and informative.
For information, contact
Gary Hansen at gmustang61@
aol.com or at 954-8425.
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The Danville Community Band will present a free concert
titled “Remembering the Heroes” on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m.
in the Tahoe Room at the Event Center.
The band will play “633 Squadron,” “At Dawn They Slept,”
“Like a Sentry Stands a Solitary Oak,” “The Armed Forces Salute,” “Rosie the Riveter,” “Big Band Spectacular” and “American Patrol.”
The Danville Community Band (DCB) met for the first time
in 2001 under the baton of founder and director Dr. Lawrence
Anderson. In 2008, Anderson passed the baton to Robert Calonico, director of bands at UC Berkeley, who joined DCB as associate director in 2007. Although a relatively new band, the
musicians have already proven to be one of the premier musical
groups in the Tri-Valley area.
The Band’s 85-plus members, who give freely of their time,
are dedicated volunteers from Danville and surrounding communities. They represent many diverse professions, students and
retirees, and ages range from 13 to 80-plus.
For information about this group, visit www.danvilleband.org.
This free concert is sponsored by the Recreation Department
and is open to all residents and their guests.
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Drama ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ is the
featured film for Thursday, Friday
“Barcelona”
The 2014 drama “The Fault in Our Stars”
will be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Thursday, Oct. 9, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.; and on Friday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m.
Captions will be utilized on Thursday at 1 and
7 and on Friday at 10 and 1.
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share
an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey.
Their relationship is all the more miraculous
given that Hazel’s other constant companion is
an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic
leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer
support group.
This film is two hours and six 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.
‘Far From Heaven’ will show Saturday
The 2002 drama “Far From
Heaven,” starring Julianne Moore
and Dennis Quaid, will be shown
in Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Saturday, Oct. 11, at 1, 4 and 7
p.m. The showings at 1 and 4 will
feature language captions.
When she finds her husband
with another man, a housewife
in 1950s Connecticut must deal
not only with infidelity but racial
tension, as she copes with her
emotional turmoil by developing an unlikely friendship with
her African-American gardener.
This film is one hour and 48
minutes long and is rated PG13. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents
and their guests.
Sunday’s comic presentation is ‘Rushmore’
The 1998 comedy “Rushmore,”
starring
Jason
Schwartzman and Bill Murray, will be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Sunday, Oct. 12, at 4 and 7
p.m. The showing at 4 will
feature language captions.
Wunderkind Max Fischer, a sophomore at upscale
Rushmore Academy, sees
his world turn topsy-turvy
when he’s smitten with widowed first-grade teacher
Rosemary Cross. To win her
heart, Max enlists the aid of
school benefactor Herman J.
Blume.
This film is one hour and
33 minutes long and is rated R. This free program is
sponsored by the Recreation
Department and is open to
all residents and their guests.
Boomers Forever Club’s Cinema Under
the Stars presents ‘Woodstock’ Sunday
All Rossmoor residents and their guests
are welcome to attend an outdoor movie with
the Boomers Forever Club on Sunday, Oct.
12, weather permitting. The movie will be
“Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Love,”
part 1.
This Academy Award-winning documentary chronicles the music and happenings at the
1969 music festival on a dairy farm in upstate
New York, attended by more than 500,000 people. Featuring such artists as Richie Havens,
Joan Baez, the Who, Santana, Jimi Hendrix,
Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, this was the
mother of all music festivals. Part 2 of the movie will be shown at a later date, indoors.
Beginning at 5 p.m., the Dollar picnic
grounds will be available for all to bring a picnic supper and/or barbecue. Attendees should
bring their own food, beverages, paper goods
and charcoal, tools, etc. Just before 7, the stage
will be set up with an HD screen and sound system to provide a great movie experience. There
will be freshly popped popcorn.
The evening may turn chilly, so attendees
are encouraged to bring jackets, blankets, etc.
for comfortable viewing. Bring a flashlight or
lantern for the end of the evening as there is no
outdoor lighting at the Dollar picnic area.
There is no charge for this event but contributions to the club’s Feed the Pig Fund, which helps
low-income Rossmoor residents, are always appreciated. Funds collected are used to buy Safeway gift cards or other assistance. Distribution is
handled through Counseling Services and/or the
Rossmoor Fund.
For general information about the club, or
to contact one of the board members, send an
email to boomersforever1@gmail.com.
Italian clubs host Cinema in Italiano film
‘Bianca Come il Latte, Rosse Come il Sangue’
The Italian-American Club and the Italian
Conversation Group continue their Cinema in
Italiano series with the film “Bianca Come il
Latte, Rossa Come il Sangue” (“White as Milk,
Red as Blood”), released in Italy in 2013.
The film will be shown on Monday, Oct. 20,
at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The film will be in Italian with English subtitles, lasts 101 minutes and is not rated. The film
is free to Rossmoor residents and guests.
The film centers around Leo, who is 16 years
old. For him, life has only two colors: black and
red. He never combs his hair, plays soccer and
listens to music at full volume, so as not to think.
White is absolute emptiness, silence, boredom and scary – and to be avoided. Red is the
blood pulsing through his veins before a game
and is the color of the hair of Beatrice, the girl
of his dreams. He would do anything for her because he is in love with her, although she does
not know.
When he finally finds the courage to approach
the girl, he discovers that Beatrice is going
through great pain. In the face of her suffering,
Leo finds himself growing and making choices.
For information and links to trailers and reviews, visit the website www.ItalianAmericanClub.org/events. To be included in an email distribution list that will link to the film’s trailers and
to all others events of the Italian-American Club
of Rossmoor, contact Joe Casalaina at JoeCasalaina@ItalianAmericanClub.org or 482-0919.
Recreation offers free class at Gateway
The Recreation Department
will offer a jar-luminary-making class on Thursday, Oct.
16, from 10 a.m. to noon in
the Fireside Room at Gateway.
Students will make a fall-inspired jar luminary out of a
Mason jar, acrylic paint, paper
and Mod Podge.
Paint can stain clothing, so
Specialized appeal
By R.S. Korn
Writer/director Whit Stillman has a decidedly off-beat
distinctive voice, which is what makes his work interesting. His earlier film, “Metropolitan,” featured debutant prep
school students in New York City during their Christmas
holidays. In “Barcelona,” the characters are a bit older, in
their 20s, working, but equally self-absorbed and clueless.
Set in the last decade of the Cold War, Ted (Taylor Nichols)
is living in Barcelona and employed in sales for an American
company making engines. With no advance notice, his cousin Fred (Chris Eigeman) descends upon him, assuming he
can just move in. He’s a junior lieutenant in the Navy, having
been sent as an advance man for the Sixth Fleet.
It’s fair to say that if America’s diplomatic efforts were in
the hands of this young man, we’d be in terrible trouble. He
can’t believe that people would have any views about NATO
other than positive. As he marches around the city in uniform and encounters left-wing graffiti and shouts of “fascist”
directed at him, he is astounded and offended. After all, he
protests, “we died to protect against the fascists.”
The night of Fred’s arrival, Ted drives him around Barcelona at night, pointing out the sites, the grand main city
street, the impressive cathedral, the ruins of a Roman wall,
none of which seems to interest or impress him in the least.
Fred has no awareness of how obnoxious his behavior is.
He is incredibly gifted, however, for weaseling out of taking any responsibility. Thus, he has no problem freeloading
in Fred’s apartment, “borrowing” his money, wearing his
clothes. To promote himself and disparage Fred with the
beautiful fair trade girls with whom they socialize at a local
club, he tells them that Fred engages in sadomasochistic bizarre sexual behavior.
In contrast, Ted, who as Fred mentions with some mixed
feelings since he did poorly, scored a perfect 800 on the college board exams. He studies and theorizes about every aspect of his life. He reads books about effective methods of
salesmanship and ponders all his life issues whether relating
to work or romance. He is very earnest, looking for, and formulating, precepts to guide him. He has studied and memorized Dale Carnegie’s principles on salesmanship as well as
self-improvement books because sales provide such a real
service to the culture. As for relationships with women, he
announces his theory that beauty is actually an impediment
to finding the right woman. Physical attractiveness prevents
seeing her soul, her real qualities, so he resolves only to fall
in love with a homely woman with character.
In violation of this principle, he has a relationship with the
strikingly beautiful Monserrat. Then Fred decides that he,
too, is in love with her. It becomes even more complicated
when it turns out that she had been, and is, involved with a
journalist, Ramon, who speaks and writes against American
power.
Both Ted and Fred manage to be blissfully unaware of the
political turmoil around them. The American library had
been bombed and Fred’s take on it is that anti-Americanism
has its roots in European sexual impotence. The two continue to party on until there is a bombing of the USO building.
A sailor is killed, followed by a second incident in which
Fred is shot and goes into a coma. Ted loyally spends days
and nights at his hospital bedside reading to him, in the belief that hearing the human voice may revive him.
More trouble for Ted arrives with the news that that Dickie
Taylor, from the home office in Chicago, whom he doesn’t
like, is being sent over to Barcelona. He is convinced he is
going to be fired.
Not to worry. All ends well, for, after all, this is a comedy. The humor comes from the dialogue and the characters,
the interplay and contrast between them, how seriously they
take themselves, their absolute lack of self-awareness, their
innocence and untouched quality. At the same time there is
another level, a disconcerting undercurrent, a nagging subtle
sardonic suggestion that they represent American naiveté
about the complexity of the foreign world.
This is a 1994 film, rated PG13 and is available from Netflix.
Republicans show ‘FrackNation’
The Republican Club will show “FrackNation” on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway. The film is a
wear clothing that can get dirty. politically incorrect documentary on “fracking,” a controversial
There is no fee for the class. method of natural gas extraction.
There is a class maximum of 20
The film is free to all Rossmoor residents, rated PG, 77 minstudents. To reserve a spot, call utes long and shown with language captions.
Elena Ybarra at 988-7766.
For information, call John Littig, 256-8558.
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End of Life Concerns presents ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’
“Tuesdays With Morrie” will be shown on
Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. in Peacock Hall at
Gateway. It will be followed by a conversation
with all who want to participate.
The film offers the life philosophy of Morrie,
a retired professor, in a series of conversations
with his former student, Mitch Albom, who
recorded their conversations for a book of the
same name.
The book was made into a movie, which won
awards with Jack Lemmon playing Morrie. The
book revealed what Mitch learned from Morrie.
In addition, the film presents Mitch’s struggle
with his failing marriage and how Morrie’s phi-
losophy empowered him and his wife to find
love again.
The film offers Morrie’s thoughts such as,
“The most important thing in life is to learn how
to give out love and to let it come in.” And, “Buddhists ask, ‘Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to
do? Am I being the person I want to be?’”
The film presents uplifting ideas that are
relevant to all of us, in a somewhat sweet way
as Morrie approaches death from ALS while
cared for by his wife and revered by Mitch.
The film is presented by the End of Life Concerns Club. For details, call Anita King at 9341813.
Chinese-Americans show ‘Goddess of Mercy’
The Chinese-American Association of Rossmoor will
show “Goddess of Mercy,”
a 2003 suspense-drama, on
Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The film’s plot revolves
around the main character, An
Xin, whose relationships with
three very different men puts
her faced with difficult choices
between her sense of duty and
her best intentions.
The film is adapted from a
popular Chinese novel that is
based on the everyday lives
of a rural police team fighting
drug trafficking. Its director,
Ann Hui, and actress Zhao
Wei both received accolades at
several film festivals.
As An Xin, Zhao’s heartfelt
performance weaves flashback
and present pieces together to
tell an intriguing and tragic
story.
Filmed in Beijing and Yunnan, the 110-minute movie is
rated PG-13 for some scenes
of violence. It will be shown
in Mandarin Chinese language
with English subtitles. All
Rossmoor residents and guests
are invited to attend.
For information, contact
Gloria Kern at 808-542-4602.
MEICOR will show film on Israel Monday
The Middle Eastern Information Council of
Rossmoor (MEICOR) will show the film “Israel: Birth of a Nation” on Monday, Oct. 13, at 4
p.m. in Peacock Hall.
This film is the saga of a country with courage and determination and of a people finally returned to the land from which they came.
Following a historic vote by the United Nations, Israel declared its sovereignty on May
14, 1948. One day later, armies from Lebanon,
Syria, Transjordan, Egypt, and Iraq invaded.
With only 600,000 people in the infant nation,
Israel not only survived, but in 1949 began armistice negotiations that ensured the existence
of the Jewish state.
Overflowing with rare footage, photographs,
and interviews with those involved in the War
of Independence, this documentary captures a
pivotal point in modern history. The extraordinary filming of Bernard Beecham, a British
soldier, depicts the reality of the fledgling nation when efforts were devoted toward war.
Sir Martin Gilbert, a prolific author and host
of A&E’s “Jerusalem,” narrates this account of
Israel’s difficult first years during which Israel
took in thousands of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, as well as thousands more Jews fleeing persecution in the Moslem lands which had
been defeated in their attempt to eliminate the
Jewish state at its birth.
For information, contact Stan Newman, 9395168.
San Francisco general strike featured in
Grandparents for Peace film presentation
Will be shown Monday at Dollar Clubhouse
A film on the 80th anniversary of the San Francisco general
strike will be shown on Monday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. in the
Dollar Clubhouse by Grandparents for Peace and Justice (note
change of location).
On May 9, 1934, San Francisco longshoremen went out
on strike against West Coast
ship owners, flaming a movement of 35,000 maritime
workers of the International
Longshoremen’s Association
that shut down 2,000 miles of
coastline from Bellingham,
Wash., to San Diego, Calif.
Driven by the grievances,
determination and militancy
of the rank and file members,
this 83-day struggle defied the
ship-owner employers, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
federal mediators, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
union leadership and culminated in the San Francisco
general strike.
Prior to the strike, the longshoremen were organized by
individual port agreements
and separated by many craft
unions. In San Francisco, a
company hiring structure prevailed, meaning employers
could pick those who would
work. For workers that meant
accepting poverty wages, unsafe working conditions and
irregular employment.
Refreshments and coffee will
be served. All are welcome.
Dues for joining Grandparents for Peace for the 2015 year
are $10 per person. For more
information, call Chairwoman Bobbie Rabinowitz at 9397384.
30s/40s/50s Couples Club will present
the film ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ Tuesday
“Finding Vivian Maier” will be shown
Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall
at Gateway. The film is sponsored by the
30s/40s/50s Couples Club.
When Vivian Maier died only few knew it
or cared. She was secretive and private and
obsessed with her hobby, photography. She
usually kept her photos to herself and left a
unique body of work.
T h is f il m is t he t r ue stor y about Ma ier by the amateur historian John Maloof.
After finding her work at a thrift auction,
he set about uncover ing Maier’s myster ious life story.
Her images merit comparison with giants
such as Diane Arbus, Weegee, Robert Frank
and Henri Carter-Bresson. Maloof constructs
a compelling and eye- opening introduction
to Maier’s body of work.
The film, released in 2013, is 1 hour
23 minutes long. The film is free and all
Rossmoor residents are invited.
For information, contact Jackie Smith at
279-3346.
Dogs are not allowed in any of Rossmoor’s clubhouses unless
they are trained special-needs pets, such as guide dogs.
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Shakespeare Society films
highlight Great Peace March
By Gene Gordon
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Shakespeare Society will present
an exceptional program in
October: a series of 14 short
films to be shown over four
days in the month.
The theme is the 1986
Great Peace March across
the United States, an epic
adventure of nine months
and 3,700 miles. I was one of
the 500 people who walked
from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
The purpose of the march
was to press the U.S. government to “Take Down the
Bombs” and to strive for global nuclear disarmament. I,
however, wandered far from
this path. Early in the march
I met Rhoda Evans from Seattle and we began to read
the Shakespeare plays aloud
to each other. “Antony and
Cleopatra” across the Mojave
Desert, “The Winter’s Tale”
over snowy Rocky Mountains, “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” on the Great Plains
… “Troilus and Cressida,”
“Timon of Athens,” “Cymbeline,” “Coriolanus …” Would
we read all 37 plays of William Shakespeare, even the
unfamiliar ones?
The answer will be found
in colorful and musical
videos to be shown in two
Rossmoor screening rooms.
The first program will be
presented on Wednesday,
Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. in Peacock
Hall at Gateway Clubhouse.
Two peace march videos
(each 14 minutes) depict the
delirious departure from Los
Angeles, the march’s death
in the desert, its resurrection
in Barstow, and its jubilant
arrival in Las Vegas. Two
additional shorts will be
shown featuring James Cagney who on March 30, 1986
died just as the peace march
was reborn. As we walked,
a number of marchers ran
through all the songs from
Cagney’s film “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
Program two, on Monday,
Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Peacock
Hall, will include two more
peace march videos, both set
in Utah where momentous
events took place. The terrible
nuclear accident at Chernobyl
occurred while the march was
in Utah. A peace marcher died
in Utah. Program two will
also include animated versions
of “Romeo and Juliet” as well
as “Hamlet.”
In program three, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall, the Great Peace
March, in Colorado and in
high spirits, crossed the Continental Divide and arrived
in Denver. But soon after,
the marchers are exposed to
massive rain storms, dreadful
thunder, blinding lightning,
and a frightening tornado.
Nevertheless, with incessant
walking – many days a brutal
25 miles – the march pushed
on. Program three will include “The Tempest” in animation plus the storm scene
from “King Lear.”
The march would have
sunk many times but for the
generosity of Paul Newman,
Casey Kasem, and others
who bailed it out. Pete Seeger, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse
Jackson, Holly Near, Allen
Ginsberg, Ram Das, Tiny
Tim, Yoko Ono and many
more visited the march to
speak, entertain, or walk a
few days.
A prominent part of the
video story shows the march
reaching Chicago, a major
stopover with four days of
intense peace work. But Evans and I were AWOL; we
ran around the city from one
Shakespeare play to another.
The final program on
Thursday, Oct. 30, at 4 p.m.
will move to the Event Center. There viewers will see the
Great Peace March in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
New York City. After a half
hour of video the rest of the
afternoon will be given over
to a potluck party. Attendees
are asked to bring drinks,
desserts, salads and main
dishes, preferably vegan.
All Rossmoor residents
and their guests are invited
to all four programs. Raffles
will be held at all four and
a dollar donation will be requested at the three Peacock
Hall programs.
An easy-to-read schedule
is printed below.
Great Peace March
schedule of films
The schedule for the Great Peace March videos is:
Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway:
Peace March videos No. 1 and No. 2 and a James Cagney
biography along with Cagney as Bottom in “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.”
Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall: Peace March
videos No. 5 and No. 6 plus an animated “Hamlet” and an
animated “Romeo and Juliet.”
Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall: Peace March
videos No. 7 and No. 9 plus an animated “Tempest” along
with the storm scene from “King Lear.”
Thursday, Oct. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Event Center: Peace
March videos No. 12 and No. 13 followed by a potluck party.
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Addie Mattox celebrates publication of Modern Classical CDs
first novel ‘Hot Air and Love’ Oct. 21
Addie Mattox will celebrate the publication
of her first novel, “Hot Air and Love,” at a book
party on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. in
the Fireside Room of Gateway Clubhouse. She
will be on hand to sign and sell her book at $10
a copy.
All interested Rossmoor residents are invited
to attend, but are asked to RSVP by Oct. 13 to
amattox@atdoc.com. Light refreshments will
be served.
Mattox will also be the Published Writers
of Rossmoor’s Featured Author in the Library
throughout October.
In 2012, Mattox went on safari in Kenya and
met Sidney, a hot-air pilot who took her group
flying over Serengeti. This young woman was
the inspiration for “Hot Air and Love.” The novel explores this adventurous woman’s decision
to become a hot-air balloon pilot and follow her
lover to Kenya. Her relationships there with an
American man and a Kenyan present her with
very different and absorbing challenges.
The book also offers insight into living in the
Kenyan bush as an expat through Sydney’s introduction to a Maasai village and relationship
with a run-away Maasai girl.
Mattox is well known in Rossmoor as the
pickleball ambassador for the East Bay. She
teaches pickleball and has won many tournaments, including the nationals in 2013. Before
she discovered pickleball, she was a dedicated
tennis player. When she was 17, she played Billie Jean King in a juniors tournament. She says
she was quickly dispatched.
Mattox attended the University of Toronto and later graduated from California State
University. She completed UCLA’s master’s
program in English as a second language and
taught foreign adults to speak English in Los
Angeles. In 1971, she joined IBM as a market
support analyst and went on to earn an MBA
from Pepperdine after attending night classes.
She later opened an independent consulting
firm, specializing in automated office systems.
Her clients included several oil and gas companies who hired her to work in Scotland, Peru,
France, Canada and England. In the 1980s, Addie
and her husband Gray opened a bed and breakfast
in Glen Ellen, just north of Sonoma. She describes
these years as most challenging, as she continued
to work as a full-time consultant, as well as cooking “gourmet” breakfasts for her guests.
The couple moved to Rossmoor in 2006
to be close to their daughter, son-in-law and
two granddaughters, who live in Orinda. She
is currently collaborating with one of these
granddaughters on a novel about Vietnamese
refugees who have made successful lives in
the United States.
“Hot Air and Love” may now be purchased
through Amazon and is available for check-out
at the Rossmoor Library.
Entertainment Notes: ‘Married’ in Danville
Continued from page 26A
fied with being formally wed
as “domestic partners.”
After hearing the incredibly painful true-life details of
Taylor’s experience following
a vacation he and his partner,
John, took to France and the
tragic events that followed,
(John suffered a near totally
debilitating stroke), I now understand and am completely
empathetic to same-sex couples need to enjoy the full and
complete safety of being “married” in America.
After the Supreme Court
struck down California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense
of Marriage Act in June of
2013, Taylor wrote a poignant,
touching, at times delightfully
humorous musical “Are You
Married?” to share his true-
life tale in a positive way with
the broader community.
While I have not seen the
entire production, I have heard
from others who have seen and
raved about it. This musical
will be performed at the Mt.
Diablo Unitarian Universalist
Church at 55 Eckley Lane in
Walnut Creek on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18, at
Continued on page 44A
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Available Now
Monday thru friday
830 AM to 430 PM
Rossmoor Medical Associates
1210 Rossmoor Parkway, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
(925) 933-1210
ALL PATIENTS WELCOME
Medicare, Affinity HMO and most PPO insurances will be billed.
Call for an appointment, or drop in
Epi DeLeon, M.D., Javier DeLeon, M.D., Jonathan Frank, M.D.,
Edgar Kwan, M.D., Elizabeth Seet, M.D.
Rossmoor Medical Associates physicians are Board Certified in Internal and Geriatric
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Composer Represents Transition
From Romanticism to Modern Style
GEORGE ENESCU: Complete Works for Violin and
Piano. Volume 1. Violin Sonatas 2 and 3, Violin Sonata in
A minor “Torso,” Impromptu Concertant, Axel Strauss,
violin, and Ilya Poletaev, piano. Naxos 8.572691, 67:21
By Robert Moon
he attraction of
this CD is the
wonderful performances of violinist
Axel Strauss and Ilya
Poletaev of the music
by one of the 20th century’s great violinists. Rossmoorians might remember
Strauss as he played here as a
member of the San Francisco
Piano Trio in March 2013 a s
pa r t of the
Rossmoor
Chamber
Music Society’s series.
He taught
at the San
Francisco
Conservatory of Music
from 2001
to 2012, has
won the Naumburg Violin Award and
was a student and teaching assistant for the esteemed violin
teacher Dorothy DeLay at the
Juilliard School. Here, Strauss
and his partner Ilya Poletaev
play these works with an exuberance and ravishing tone
that introduced to me the melodic, yet modern violin and
piano works of a significant
composer, George Enescu (often spelled Enesco).
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin,
who was a pupil of Enescu,
called him “the greatest allround musician I ever met
in my entire life” and Pablo Casals said he was “the
greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart.” George
Enescu (1881-1955) was one
of three great members of the
French-Belgian school of violinists, known for its polished
technique, vibrant tonal beauty and nobility of spirit that
arose in the early 20th century (the others were Jacques
Thibaud and Carl Flesch).
His importance as a teacher is evidenced by the careers
of his students, Arthur Grumiaux, Christian Ferras, Ida
Haendel and Ivry Gitlis. He
made his living by playing
the violin, but did not enjoy
it. “Poor devils! They are just
like convicts (condemned to
hard labor), martyrs….sometimes saints,” he once remarked about violin virtuosos. Nevertheless, he became
one of the great violinists of
his age, playing with Brahms
as his conductor and partnering with Alfred Cortot, Pablo
Casals and Jacques Thibaud.
Enescu was also an excellent conductor. Blessed with
a prodigious memory–it was
said that he recalled most
works of Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms–he loved
T
to lead an orchestra.
“How marvelous to
make music without being obliged
to occupy yourself
beforehand with fastidious scales which
spoil your pleasure,”
he commented, referring to
the endless hours of practice
required of a violinist. In
1937 he was a guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic and
was so successful that
he was reengaged for
two years as
a guest composer and
conductor.
As a composer, Enescu represents
a transition
between the twilight of Romanticism and the development of a more individual,
complex and modern style.
He loved to compose, so it
must have been a source of
disappointment that his small
output–33 works–was largely
forgotten in his lifetime, except for the popular orchestra favorites, the “Rumanian
Rhapsodies.” But in our digital age of classical music
recordings, Enescu’s other
compositions are being discovered. His music reflects
“the drama and complex organizational procedures of
German music, the refinement
of harmony and colour of the
French school and the vitality, variety and sophistication
of the folk-music of Romania,
with its unusual scales and
fluid rhythms,” states pianist
Poletaev in unusually perceptive program notes.
The Violin Sonata No.
2 (1899), written at age 18,
shows the influence of the
French– Faure and Franck–
and Brahms. Simultaneously chromatically lyrical and
complex, its cyclical design
provides the intellect with a
familiarity that sticks in the
mind, yet there’s complexity in the polyphonic writing
that’s typical of Enescu’s later
output. There’s drama in the
slow movement that is a contrast to its meditative and lyrical characteristics. The final
movement is contrapuntally
rich, and loaded with virtuoso challenges and passionate melodies which violinist
Strauss meets convincingly.
To be continued
Robert Moon is author of
Copland, Gershwin & Bernstein: Celebrating American
Diversity and can be emailed
at moon2780@comcast.net
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Personals............................... 10
Lost........................................ 20
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Resident Seeking................... 30
Autos For Sale....................... 40
Autos Wanted....................... 45
Carports & Garages For Rent...... 50
Carports & Garages Wanted........ 55
Free Stuff.................................. 60
For Sale.................................. 65
Wanted.................................. 70
Business Opportunities........ 90
Business Services................ 100
Professional Services.......... 110
Seeking Employment.......... 120
Help Wanted....................... 125
Real Estate Information.... 140
Real Estate For Sale........... 145
Real Estate For Rent.......... 150
Real Estate Wanted............ 155
Room/Shared Housing....... 160
Vacation Rental.................. 165
Travel................................... 170
Pets....................................... 180
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The ad deadline is Friday at
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to holidays will be printed in
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For information, call the News
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Note regarding classified ads for leases and rentals:
All Rossmoor leases and room rentals are invalid
unless approved by the appropriate Mutual Board.
70 Wanted
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 1950S FURNITURE! Danish
modern, Widdicomb, Herman Miller, Knoll, Dunbar, etc. One 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, pot ter y, cameras,
watches, toys, jewelr y, photos,
glass, furniture, etc. Anything old.
Hauling services available. 925324-1522.
BUYING JEWELRY: Mexican / Indian silver, costume, rhinestone,
watches, sterling, purses. Monica
at Sundance Antiques, 2323 Boulevard Circle, Walnut Creek, 925930-6200. Anything old!
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.
Better Business Bureau member.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. Go to www.sf-bay-area-collectible-coins.com or email kingfisher.94556@yahoo.com.
20 Lost
65 For Sale
“GOOD MORNING MR. MANDELA”
book lost during week of Sept. 22.
Reward offered. Call Joan, 9340114.
JAZZY 600 POWER CHAIR Like new,
barely used. 4500 RPM. $1,200.
You pick up in Walnut Creek near
Rossmoor. 925-253-9142.
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. 925-6834010 or email adreamcometrue@
pacbell.net.
40 Autos For Sale
INVACARE ALL ELECTRIC XL Hospital Bed. Like new with upgraded
foam mattress. Only used 7 days.
$ 950 OBO. Call Chris, 530-5187364.
90 Business
Opportunities
ESTATE SALE All furniture for sale.
Owner is moving end of October.
Many antiques, custom-made pieces, primarily wood. For information
and details, call (home) 925-7057790 or (cell) 619 -253- 0547 or
email itubelle@comcast.net.
TIRED OF BANKS PAYING less than
1 percent? Looking to refinance
my $190,000 mortgage secured
by $440,000 Brentwood primary
residence. Full income verification
and terms negotiable. Call Lewis
925-368-7738.
1993 LEXUS LS 400 4-door sedan,
silver. 215K miles. Excellent condition. Serviced by Lexus dealer.
$ 3,500. In Rossmoor. Call 925200-1881 or 925-937-1797.
1996 TOYOTA CAMRY Green, good
condition. 117K miles. Can be
seen at Golden Rain Road Entry
19. License No. 3TBX881. Asking
$2,100. Call 925-279-1296.
45 Autos Wanted
STEVE PAYS THROUGH the nose
for cars, running or not. Local family dealer: 2551 Stanwell Drive,
Suite C, Concord. Call Steve 925766-6205.
65 For Sale
2010 EZGO RXV GOLF CART New
48v batteries w/ watering system,
19 MPH, lots of power, lights, cooler, club and ball washer, seat cover. $3,900. Call Dickey, 925-4786525.
OUTDOOR HARMAR STAIR LIFT
Originally set up for a 9-step unit
in Rossmoor. Only used a dozen
times. Like new! Selling for $1,250
($7,000 new, with installation).
Please call 707-374-4040.
DRIVE KNEELING SCOOTER For
injury or surgery of either foot. Excellent condition. $185. Electric
lift car carrier for 3- or 4-wheeled
chair or scooter, fits trucks, RV’s
and full-sized cars. $250. Call 925287-0191.
OVA L W O O D D I N I N G TA B L E ,
7-foot, 4-inches by 3-foot, 6-inches wide with six matching chairs;
and a large china hutch, 7-foot,
4-inches by 3-foot, 6-inches wide
with interior lights. French styling.
In Rossmoor. Very good condition.
Asking $699 OBO. Call for photo
925-278-1846.
70 Wanted
I BUY ANTIQUES AND collectibles.
From pottery, lighting and glass,
thru silver, furniture, jewelry and
paintings. Estates are welcome
and conducted professionally. Free
phone evaluations. Call Mel at 925229-2775 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.
PRIVATE LOAN DESIRED Prominent local business man seeks
$400,000 secured by first loan with
120 percent real estate security. 6
percent interest only, $2,000 paid
monthly, all due in 5 years. Interested investors send inquiries to:
news@rossmoor.com. Put “Private
Loan” in subject line.
100 Business Services
Auto
WWW.GOODBYEDENTS.COM We
come to you! Minor dents and those
annoying scratches 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.
Expecting guests? Call the guest
clearance system – 988-7843.
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100 Business Services
Auto
Computers
BODYWORK AND PAINT scratches,
minor bodywork, panels, bumpers.
Half cost of body shops and $100
off. Free estimates, free pick-up,
personal care with Rossmoor customers. Save money and time.
Call Mike, 925-584-7444, or email
paintbymike57@gmail.com for details.
COMPUTERS’ BEST FRIEND :
Hardware/software trouble shooting and repair. Internet and email
problems, Windows tutoring, help
with Windows 8, very friendly service. Home visits and telephone
suppor t. Excellent references.
925-682-3408 www.computersbestfriend.com.
Beauty /Fashion
MANICURE PEDICURE SERVICES
Licensed, professional manicurist over 15 years. Specializing
in in-home manicures and pedicures. Relax at home and enjoy
my friendly service and comforting
touch. Gift Certificates available.
Call Sue, 925-349-8616. License
No. M222359.
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL esthetician and manicurist. Specializing in in-home waxing, manicures, pedicures, shellac - gel.
Rela x at ho me an d enjoy my
highly-experienced services. Call
Kristen at 510-229-7763. License
No. Z60957, No. M236265. Thank
you.
Carpet
CARPE T CLE AN I N G ; Fast and
professional service. Same-day
appointment available. Spot specialist. Low, low price. Sell new
carpet. Licensed. Call today, 925383-1253.
C A R P E T R E PA I R : P a t c h i n g ,
seams, re-stretching, transitions. Install cable, telephone
and speaker wires under carpet.
S m a ll j o b s we l c o m e. S er v i n g
Rossmoor 25 years. Floor covering license No. 704323. Aimtack
Carpet Repair. Call John, 925676-2255.
Computers
ROSSMOOR COMPUTER Services.
H ar d ware setu p, re pair s, u p grades, software and application
training. New systems and software sales. All windows and MAC
OS. Data Recovery! All service.
No charge if not fixed. Call 925899-8211.
ERIC’S COMPUTERS- Need help?
We set up new computers, Internet
connections, email. Troubleshoot,
repair, replace internal /external
devices, upgrades, consulting.
Digital photography specialist. We
make house calls. www.ericscomputers.com. 24 hours, 925-6765644.
NEED COMPUTER HELP? Call Harry, 788-8006, 926-1081, Rossmoor
resident. Certified, Over 30 years
experience. Resurrect dead computers, problem resolution, upgrades, data backup, migration,
recover y, Internet connectivity,
Broadband, wireless setups, new
hardware and software installations, instruction. Resolve virus,
worm, spyware problems. Support Windows 7, 8 and Apple. Free
computer performance audit. Used
computers and cables for sale. Go
to www.compconssupp.com for
additional information.
BE COMPUTER SAV V Y TODAY!
Pleasant and patient woman will
teach you how to use email, Internet, Word, iPad and other computer/electronic functions. Can
also troubleshoot. $ 36 /hour (1hour minimum). Many satisfied
Rossmoor clients! 510-517-3179.
TECHMOMMY… “a high-tech brain
with the patience of a mother.” I
teach computers with no tech talk.
I specialize in working with seniors and their computers. Repair
and teaching. No Macintosh. Call
925-377-7711 and ask for Alison
(techmommy).
PERSONAL IPAD AND IPHONE
Lessons. Learn how to use the New
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Learn how
to take pictures, play Words with
Friends and use Facebook. Mary,
925-482-0280.
I CAN HELP YOU LEARN how to use
the computer, iPad, iPhone, Facebook, social networks, pay bills online and much more in the comfort
of your home. Rate: $ 35/hr. Call
Lilly, 925-891-4851.
Contractor
LIMITED TIME ! $ 35 / HOUR All
trades- Call now for bath, kitchen,
laundry, windows, doors and more!
Licensed contractor No. 775026.
Free estimates! Rossmoor references and EPA-certified renovator.
Call Cal at 925-200-3132.
Electrical /Lighting
L I C E N S E D E LEC T R I C I A N A N D
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.
A-1 ELECTRICAL 20 percent off holiday special. Kitchen fluorescent
lamps flicker or dim. We replace
lamps /bulbs, switches, outlets,
breakers or repair table and floor
lamps etc. Install fans, flat screen
TV wall mounts. Cal/State Electrical License No. 150192. Call John,
925-497-0449 or 925-228-6190.
Flooring /Tiling
TILE ENTRYWAYS: A beautiful one
could enhance the value and the
appearance of your home. Special
pricing for a limited time! Examples and references in Rossmoor.
License No. 775026. Phone Cal
directly today for a free estimate.
925-200-3132.
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ossmoor is my neighborhood, I live here
R
and love it. With 19 years of real estate
experience, I know how to get the job done.
You are my priority.
Thinking of selling or buying? Call me.
Linda Cribbs SFR, SRES
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100 Business Services
Food /Chef /Catering
Handyman
Moving /Packing /Hauling
TV/Audio /Video
PERSONAL COOK Has 15 years of
study and experience in nutrition
and cooking. I will teach you how
to make healthy food choices, meal
planning. I will also cook delicious
healthy meals in your home or deliver to you weekly or monthly. Contact Linda 925-899-7040 or email
juice-lady@earthlink.net.
Anyone performing construction work in California
that totals $500 or more in labor or materials must be
licensed by the Contractors State License Board.
BOB & TERRY’S JUNK REMOVAL
Specializing in home and estate
cleanups, big and small. No minimum charge - free estimates - price
reduction for salvageable items.
Ser ving Rossmoor for over 30
years. 925-944-0606.
ABOVE IT ALL- AUDIO video, telecommunications. Installation, service, maintenance, residential,
commercial, restaurants. 40 years
experience. Free estimate: Call David, 925-783-7757. david@avoveitallavt.com. Bonded and CA license
No. 793768. BBB accredited. Local
and Rossmoor references.
Furniture /Upholstery
GEORGE’S FURNITURE REPAIR
Service. Antiques and high-end
furniture specialty. Refinishing and
caning. Formerly of Bonynge’s.
925-212-6149. No job too small.
Channel 28 DVDs
Health programs aired on Channel 28 in the last year are available
for checkout at the Rossmoor Library at Gateway. These includes
presentations by groups such as
Medical Friends of Rossmoor and
the Wellness Group.
“HANDY-HARDY” CALL LEE: Experienced, dependable and reasonable rates. No job too small.
Replace door or window screens.
Unlicensed, Rossmoor resident
with Rossmoor references. Call
925-944-5990.
CRANE’S HANDYMAN SERVICES,
LLC. “Your small project expert”
serving Rossmoor for nearly 10
years ! Electrical, plumbing, furn i ture a s s e m b l y, b a s e b o ar d s,
crown-molding and more! The only
handyman you’ll need ! Insured.
Business License 018239. Call David, 925-899-7975.
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.
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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.
H A N DY M A N A N D CA R PE N T RY
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, 925-671-2917.
HANDYMAN REPAIR SERVICES
Specializing in home electrical,
tile, painting, flooring, wall coverings, window cleaning and light
housekeeping. No job too small.
Rossmoor resident discounts. Call
Rick (Rossmoor resident) at 925639-8333.
FAIR AND HONEST I work and live in
Rossmoor. No project is too small,
I love small jobs. I do repairs, maintenance, carpentry, installation and
odd jobs. Changiz, 530-870-2845.
Home Décor
RO N ’S W I N D OW COVER I N GS
Blinds, drapes, valances, shutters
and shades. Free in-home consultation. Free personalized installation. Quick reliable service. Serving Rossmoor for over 25 years.
Call 925-827-0946.
NEED HELP PACKING? For an hourly fee I will come to your home with
packing supplies for moving, storage, etc. Rossmoor references. To
schedule, call Nancy at 925-2168975 and vermy@comcast.net.
Painting
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 No. 507098. Free estimates. Pacific Bay Painting, 925932-5440.
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 No. 677208.
David M. Sale 925-945-1801.
E XCELLENT PAINTING Experienced, reliable, bonded. Affordable rates. Rossmoor references.
Paintinghomesbeautiful@yahoo.
com or Paintinghomesbeautiful.
com. CA License No. 982306. Call
925-395-6109 ask for Dan.
TV/Audio /Video
Moving /Packing /Hauling
Serene Santa Clara
This lovely Santa Clara condo is totally level-in
making it accessible for all. There is no one above or
below and only one shared neighbor. The property
has been updated throughout with granite counter
tops in the kitchen and bathrooms, smooth ceilings,
a new shower and fixtures throughout. You won’t
have to do a thing before you move in as the
home is in pristine condition with new flooring and
fresh paint throughout. Located in a great small
independent mutual. Offered for $485,000.
Agents/Owners
ANN CANTRELL
639-7970 BRE 01058289
ELIZABETH HASLAM
899-5097 BRE 01494942
www.yourrossmoorrealtor.com
1950 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek
“RENT-A- GENT” House, garden,
repair, clean home/garage, hauling. Just name it! Young, strong,
reliable, reasonable. References.
Walnut Creek resident. Steve,
925-822-3863. Thank you!
AUDIO CONVERSIONS Have music on LPs, 8 track tapes, cassette
tapes? I can convert them to CDs
or MP3s to stop loss of sound quality. Reasonable rates. Call Skip
(Rossmoor resident). 502-5283512.
“One of a Kind” Remodel
Completed in 2013
Magnificent ‘Saratoga’ with Granite Counters in Kitchen,
Glass Backsplash, Stainless Appliances, Gorgeous Vinyl
Flooring & a State of the Art Skylight.
Y boasts Granite
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Vinyl Flooring & Skylight.
U Pane Windows, Recessed
REDDual
and Rope Lighting, Coffered Ceilings, Crown Moldings
& Baseboards, Designer Carpeting , Fireplace, Custom
Doors & Much More!!!! . ............... NOW $399,000
MJ Madden
BRE 00793299
(925) 980-1664
mjmadden444@gmail.com
The only trick to
selling your home is
enlisting the help of the
right real estate agents.
30+ Years Experience ... Makes a Difference
Rossmoor Welcomes
Call the 2
golden girls.
Sheron and Yvonne
925.482.6311
The strength of our team is proven
by OUR reputation for results!
email: team@the2goldengirls.com
a small independently owned real estate brokerage.
We are excited to visit with you and provide personal care
and attention to detail in your next real estate transaction.
You will experience the highest level of customer service
and professional excellence developed over 90 years of
combined Old Harbour real estate experience.
David Bonde,
Broker Associate, is your local expert and a
Rossmoor resident for nearly 2 decades. CA BRE #00329357
510-663-1924
Cal BRE # 00931939
Cal BRE # 01365641
Benefit from our Experience
Windows
WINDOWS 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.
Yard /Gardening
YARD MAINTENANCE : 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
925-682-8389 today.
LET ME REJUVENATE your patios, atriums and balconies. I have
worked for hundreds of residents
for over 20 years. Reliable vacation watering also. Jane, 925-9388256.
“RENT-A- GENT” House, garden,
repair, clean home/garage, hauling. Just name it! Young, strong,
reliable, reasonable. References.
Walnut Creek resident. Steve, 925285-6993. Thank you!
110 Professional
Services
Health
HOME VISIT MASSAGE for muscle
relief or relaxation. Excellent professional service. 19 years in local
practice. CA state certified, WC license. Call Edward McGee, CMT:
925-943-1638. www.aperfectmomentmassage.com.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE for seniors, tailored to your needs. Gentle relaxation, pain relief and more.
Minutes from Rossmoor, free parking, handicap accessible. 25 years
experience. Gail Johns, 925-9393833. Feel better now!
PILATES AND YOGA PRIVATE lessons available at your home. Master instructor with 30 plus years experience and a Rossmoor resident.
Call 510-290-6768 for information
and to schedule an appointment.
ARE YOU OVERWHELMED by our
healthcare system? Do you have
questions regarding your health
issues? Rossmoor resident and
registered nurse available for consultations. Call Alexis at 925-9548802 for more information.
Legal
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.
NOTARY PUBLIC DICK HARROW
Rossmoor resident. I make house
calls and will come to your home.
20-plus years experience. Special
expertise in real estate documents.
Cell: 510-459-5770, basigningser
vice@yahoo.com.
Writing /Editing
PROFESSIONAL EDITOR for writers
and storytellers. Fiction, nonfiction,
memoirs, screenplays, stage plays,
speeches, even an occasional love
letter! Plus desktop publishing. In
person or online. Paul Weisser: 510710 -2249. Or editinggg@gmail.
com. My website, http://editor-writ
er.net, links to a TV interview.
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120 Seeking Employment
Caregiver
H A R D - W O R K I N G t r u s t w o r t h y,
caregiver with multiple years of
caregiving experience including
Rossmoor. Completed medical
assistant program and internship.
Fluent in English and Portuguese
and very comfortable in Spanish.
Housekeeping and meal preparation also available. Please call
Mirian, or Roy at 925-444-3001.
THE CARING HAND Home Care Referral Agency has a registry of professional caregivers who can provide non-medical services which
includes personal care and light
housekeeping services. Call Beth
Sanchez for assistance at 925899-3976, 510-352-8041.
WE CARE AT HOME Care service for
elderly with excellent experience.
Provides 24/7 care or hourly. Will
assist with activities and daily living, doctors appointments, medication etc. Excellent Rossmoor references. Please call 925-246-3970
or 775-420-8990.
ELDERLY CARE WITH 20 years
experience. Excellent references,
care for stroke, Alzheimer’s, emphysema, diabetes, heart problems, hospice care, etc. Cooking,
errands, exercises, medicine, light
housekeeping. Live-in, long and
short hours. Sylvia 925-768-0178
or Mary 925-676-9309.
I N D E PE N D E N T E X PE R I E N C E D
caregiver- full or part time. Excellent Rossmoor references. Efficient
and can help with medication, diet
and exercise. Reasonable rates.
Call 925 -216 - 0757 or 925-3256677.
HENRY STEVENS HOME HEALTH
Care- Known for being one of the
most dependable, reliable, reasonably-priced Filipino caregivers.
Experienced with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, hospice. Bonded
and insured. Henry, 925-639-8116,
or Elizabeth, 925-719-3084.
PRECIOUS HOME CAREGIVERS
Quality ser vice of non-medical
care since 1990. Dependable, fully screened, criminal background
check. Rates start at $18 /hour,
live-in $180/day. Free assessment.
Please call 925-939-0197.
FREE FIRST 2 HOURS Your personal caregiver and advocate! Over 20
years of competent, dependable,
trusted, loving experience specializing in all your needs and wants
24/7. Bay Area native with highest recommendations. Bonded and
have all clearances. 925-698-6312.
www.allaboutyoucaregiving.com.
HONEST, LOVING AND TRUSTED
caregiver. 15 years experience, excellent references. Will do doctor’s
appointment, cooking, light house
cleaning, nonsmoker, own car, livein or out. Please call Felita, 925999-0167.
CA R E G I V E R S , M A L E / F E M A L E
Filipino, excellent, experienced,
mature, honest, reliable, punctual, caring, personal care, driving,
s h o p p in g, c o o k in g, e d u c ate d,
speaks clear English. References,
live-in, sleep-over or hourly. Louie
Cell-925-818-9645.
CARING CAREGIVERS - Over 10
years of vast experience providing
total patient care. We are 3 professional native Californians. 4-hour
minimum. Call Priscilla 925-3300192, Susan 925-788-9605, Betty
(not an agency) 925-274-3866.
ACTIVE CAREGIVERS reliable, caring, dependable in-home care services. Fully screened with criminal
background check. Rates negotiable. Starts $16/hour (live-out) or
$160/day (live-in). Please call 925939-4085.
PRIVATE CAREGIVER 20 years experience highly trained in all levels
of health with the ability to make
seniors feel comfortable and safe
in their home. I can do errands and
light housekeeping. I will do hourly
and live-in. Rates are negotiable.
Sophia Scott, 510-586-2932.
CAREGIVER LOOKING FOR work. I
can help with bathing, medication
reminders, local errands and companionship. $13/hour with a 4-hour
minimum. Call Leesa, 925-7088508. References available upon
request.
EXPERIENCED CAREGIVERS We
treat loved ones like family. Honest,
reliable, nonsmokers, 10+ years,
dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s.
Transportation, meal-prep, companionship, transfers/lift, exercise,
medication, hospice, grooming and
housekeeping. Call Isabel, 925961-2711.
I WILL WORK DIRECTLY for you.
E xperienc ed, depend able and
c o m p a s s i o n ate c a r e. Pr ov i d e
personal care and meals, also
housekeeping and companionship
at your home. Reasonable rates.
Please call Rachel, 707-933-6678.
Not an agency.
Caregiver – Resident
CARING CAREGIVERS - Over 10
years of vast experience providing
total patient care. We are 3 professional native Californians. 4-hour
minimum. Call Priscilla 925-3300192, Susan 925-788-9605, Betty
(not an agency) 925-274-3866.
CAREGIVER, COMPANION HOME
health aid. Available for private
duty. Please call Anna, 925-9472893.
CF SENIOR CARE SERVICES Qualit y, non-medical care. Skilled,
compassionate caregivers provide
customized daily living assistance.
Free assessments and affordable
rates. Fully screened criminal background. Please call Lina, 707-2460867.
ELDERLY CARE With extensive experience. Freelance, dependable,
reliable and accommodating with
references from Rossmoor clients.
Very affordable rate and with flexible schedule. Please call 925-2852427. Leave a message.
PASSIONATE HOME HEALTH Care.
Serving the elderly back to health.
Providing 24/7 live-in care, direct
hourly care. Highly educated, loving, trained as RN, over 7 years in
PT, dementia care. Assists with exercise and PT. Excellent Rossmoor
references. Mia, 510-593-7066.
Classy Kentfield $329,000
2 bedroom 1 bath, Kentfield plan has panoramic views
of Hills, feels very private and boasts a walk in tub with
jets, new carpet and paint and a wall bed system in the
guest room. Move right in!
Palatial Piedmont Panoramic Views
of Mt. Diablo $595,000
PENDING
2 story, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhouse, dual pane windows throughout, Gourmet Kitchen with Electrolux
Induction range. Granite in kitchen and baths. Huge
master suite.
Affordable View Sequoia $239,000
2 bedroom, 1 bath cooperative, enclosed porch for extra space, light and bright, Mt. Diablo views, Mirrored
wall in dining area, shutters in bedrooms.
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.
NEED A RIDE? DOOR-TO -DOOR
service for seniors. Personalized,
safe prompt driving. Local /long
distance airports. Accommodates
some wheelchairs, all walkers. Will
stand by for doctor visits, etc. Affordable rates. Scheduling by appointment only. References. Jay,
925-457-7125.
Companion /Home Aid
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.
DRIVER FOR SHOPPING medical/
dental appointments and airports.
Safe, reliable, licensed, insured.
Rossmoor resident. Scheduling
by appointment preferred but will
accommodate short notice if available. Wheelchairs /walkers OK.
Gary, 925-954-8802 or 510-4598307.
LOOKING FOR FULL TIME work as
live-in caregiver providing companionship, assistance, housecleaning, driving and miscellaneous errands. Call 510-260-6242.
Play Channel 28 Bingo at home on the first Tuesday of the month. It’s free.
CHOICES
CARMEL OF ROSSMOOR
Unique one-of-a-kind golf course location that not
only has a 10++++ view, but is located walking
distance to Creekside restaurant, Event Center and
Dollar Clubhouse and pool. What more can you ask
for? Two sparkling bedrooms, beautiful bath with
new washer and dryer. Wonderful expansive front
patio and rear patio with view all for only $328,000.
ROBERT PARRISH
BRE No. 01349900
rparrish444@gmail.com
BRE No. 00986923
Exercise daily to Rossmoor TV
Channel 28’s 9 a.m. fitness show.
More Classifieds on page 36A
TR AN SPORTAT ION - R IDE in my
comfortable sedan. I’m friendly, reliable, safety-trained and insured. I
can do wheelchair to car transfers
for you. Let’s go! Contact Suzy at
925-323-7640.
Driver /Errands
I AM A RETIRED HOSPICE nurse
and a Rossmoor resident to provide companionship, light housekeeping, errands, meal preparation, assist with personal care and
medications. No minimum hours/
days. Call Ann 925-947-0473.
925.360.5889
DRIVE WITH MIKE Rossmoor resident, to all airports, doctor’s and
dentist’s. Competitive rates. References available. 925-286-1551.
Rossmoor Realty, 1641 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek CA 94595
Realtor®, SRES®, BRE#00482614
TOP PRODUCER LORI YOUNG TOP PRODUCER LORI YOUNG TOP PRODUCER
QUALIT Y ELDER- CARE Ser ving
Rossmoor since 1991. 20+ years
vast gerontology experience
with physically disabled, stroke,
post-surger y, dementia, Alzheimer’s, hospice. Skilled, professional, cheerful and affordable. Excellent references. Licensed/bonded.
Fifth generation native Californian.
Carolyn, 925-933-6475.
I AM A COMPASSIONATE caregiver, experienced in all phases of
healthcare, any hours. Licensed
and bonded. Excellent references.
Will drive to all entertainments and
appointments. $15/hr. Call Susan,
925-849-5611.
Driver /Errands
Companion /Home Aid
WONDERFUL HOMES
Captivating Costal Oak
in Heritage Oaks Neighborhood
2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathroom, Spacious Den
~Private, tranquil setting
~Gourmet Kitchen
~Granite Galore
~Den with Built-in Murphy Bed
and desk with organizing perfection
Custom Features are Endless...Call for more details
$1,450,000
Pristine Pinehurst
2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathroom, Plus Sun Room
~Breathtaking Views
~Large Eat-in Kitchen
~Spacious Master Bedroom Suite
with expansive walk-in closet
$525,000
Stunning Sonoma Wrap
2 Bedroom, 2 Full Bathroom
~Stunning Views of Rolling Hills
~Overflowing with Lots of Natural Light
~Additional Built-in Custom Cabinets
~Many Updates Throughout
$349,000
Lori Young
Rossmoor Specialist
CalBRE #01363672
Please call me for any of your
real estate needs.
(925) 787-6357
Lori@LoriYoung.com
www.LoriYoung.com
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, INTEGRITY = RESULTS
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Rossmoor Realty
1641 Tice Valley Boulevard, Walnut Creek CA 94595
Rossmoor Realty is a Division of Rossmoor Properties Inc. CalBRE License No.
No.012779936.
012779936.
Agents
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EXCLUSIVE LISTING AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH ROSSMOOR REALTY
VILLA NUEVO – WALK RIGHT IN! Ground floor 2 bedroom,
2 bath plus den and 2 balconies condo with wonderful views of
woods and Mt. Diablo. Remodeled kitchen. Huge living room with
dining area, fireplace and balcony access. Spacious master suite
with walk-in closet. Garage and carport.
............................................................................ $649,000
SEQUOIA – GORGEOUS VIEWS & GREAT LOCATION. Updated kitchen
and bathroom, mirrored closet doors, 4-panel doors, convenient
stack washer & dryer & stall shower with extra linen cabinets. Living
room has built-in custom bookcases, smooth ceilings and many other
updated features throughout. Walk to Del Valle clubhouse, fitness
center, and farmers market............................................ $252,000
MLS LISTINGS - COOPERATIVES
MARY JANE
MADDEN
REALTOR R
CalBRE License #00793299
(925) 908-1664
“Mary Jane was highly
recommended to us by a
friend who raved about
her wonderful service.
We agree! She is straight
forward with answers, very
courteous and pleasant to
work with. We always felt
she had our best interests at
heart and was very
knowledgeable in her real
estate information.”
Dianna P.
3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS
2 BEDS, 1 BATH
PIEDMONT TOWNHOUSE – VIEW! VIEW! VIEW!! Smashing
panoramic view by day and twinkling lights by night. Some newer
appliances. Fabulous walk-in tub, huge living room and master
suite. Have a pet? Walk out to lush lawn. Take a peek, you won’t
want to leave! NEW PRICE!!...........................................$489,000
PIEDMONT TOWNHOUSE – SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE
GOLF COURSE. 1700+ sq ft. Golf course view and view of hills,
from patio & living room and from the extra large master bedroom.
Newly painted, new carpet and vinyl, new toilets and light fixtures.
Full size washer/dryer. Light and bright, ready for move in. Carport
near by. NEW PRICE!!....................................................$498,500
CARMEL – UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND GOLF COURSE LOCATION that not only
has a 10+++++++ view, bu tis located walking distance to Creekside
restaurant, Event Center and Dollar Clubhouse and pool. What more can you
ask for? Two sparkling bedrooms, beautiful bath with new washer and dryer.
Wonderful expansive front patio and rear patio with all for only $328,000. NEW
PRICE!!........................................................................................ $328,000
2 BEDS, 2 BATHS
TAMALPAIS – IMMACULATE HOME IN STUNNING SETTING. New
carpet. New paint. Granite counters. Spacious upper loft master suite.
Cathedral window and dramatic high ceilings in living room. Private
patio with wonderful outlook. Close to carport...............$399,000
MLS LISTINGS - CONDOMINIUMS
2 BEDS, 2 BATHS
GALLOWAY – OUTSTANDING GOLF COURSE VIEWS. Top floor
beauty featuring vaulted ceilings, new carpet and paint. Kitchen
with breakfast nook and gas stove. Formal dining room with balcony
access. Fireplace in living room. Spacious master suite with walk-in
closet, alcove with seat and access to sunny, view balcony with
panoramic golf course views..........................................$589,000
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS
BELVEDERE – WONDERFUL PRIVATE SETTING. Popular level
in model with double patio for entertaining. Spacious floor plan
with approx. 1234 sq.ft.! Beautifully updated kitchen with Shaker
cabinets, granite countertops/designer backsplash, and all new
stainless steel appliances and sink. New hardwood floors in living/
dining and hall. New carpet in bedrooms. Freshly painted. Tile floors
and corian counters. Formal dining room with gas fireplace. Dual
Pane windows & sliders. Full Size GE Profile WD............$564,500
1 BED, 1.5 BATHS
CHATSWORTH – ENJOY YOUR MORNING COFFEE from
the sunny patio. New paint and carpet, light and bright well
maintained unit. Close to parking & bus. Convenient first
floor - no elevators! NEW PRICE!!.....................$229,000
CHATSWORTH - A delight to show! Fully equipped
kitchen. Very close to elevator and dining room. FURTHER
REDUCTION!...................................................$229,000
CHATSWORTH – LIGHT & CHEERFUL close to elevator
and dining. Neutral carpet, fully equipped kitchen, attractive
window coverings. Nice deck with view of trees. ....$275,000
CARMEL – SUMPTUOUS REMODEL AWAITS. Thoughtfully remodeled by
L’Estrange Construction this beautiful home features: stainless steel Frigidaire
appliances & sink, Woodmark glazed maple cabinetry, slab granite counter with
travertine backsplash. Reconfigured bathroom offers large shower with travertine
floors & surround, stack WD. Slate surfaced patio in front & tiled, fenced patio in
back. Brushed nickel hinges, fixtures, faucets, two-panel doors, crown molding,
designer baseboards. NEW PRICE!!................................................ $395,000
GOLDEN GATE – END UNIT, LEVEL-IN, NO ONE ABOVE. New carpet and
freshly painted. All white kitchen with new sink and stove. New light fixtures.
Convenient to bus stop and Rossmoor activities. Light and bright. Close to
parking and bus............................................................................$275,000
SOLD
GOLDEN GATE – LIGHT & BRIGHT in WONDERFUL SETTING. Currently one
bed + den closet on second bedroom was removed, easily converted back to two
bdrms. Travertine tile throughout, full size washer/dryer, smooth ceilings, open
kitchen to living room. Close to carport. NEW PRICE!!......................$359,000
KENTFIELD – BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED. Kitchen features beautiful
cabinets, granite counter and stainless steel appliances. Bath updated with W/D,
vanity & sink. New carpet & fresh paint.Enclosure for extra space. Pleasant
view of hills & trees. Carport directly across from property with ample guest
parking........................................................................................$275,000
SARATOGA – COMPLETELY REMODELED in 2013. Upgrades include designer
front door, vinyl, flooring in entry, kitchen & bath. Rope lighting in entry.
Upgraded designer carpeting, coffered ceilings, crown moldings & baseboards.
Dual pane windows, mirrored closet doors, recessed lighting. Kitchen boasts
granite counters, glass backsplash, stainless appliances & a unique skylight. Bath
has marble counters, marble surround in shower with bench seat and another
incredible skylight. NEW PRICE!!................................................... $399,000
SEQUOIA – BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED HOME featuring updated kitchen with
skylight, bosch DW, built-in microwave and side by side refrigerator. recessed
lighting in living room, mirrored closet doors, updated bath with stack WD, tile
around tub. It’s a beauty! FURTHER REDUCTION!!........................... $299,000
SEQUOIA WRAP – FABULOUSLY UNIQUE REMODEL – ONE OF A KIND!
Everything top of the line! Reconfigured kitchen/dining room, granite counters,
stall shower with tuscan tiles, recessed lighting, coffered ceilings, double pane
windows, and much more!............................................................. $354,000
SOLD
SEQUOIA – BEAUTIFUL REMODEL IN LOVELY SETTING. Brand new kitchen
and bath. Gorgeous cabinets, granite counters, crown molding, smooth
ceilings, mirrored closet doors, closet organizers, new paint, recessed lighting,
beautifully tiled walk-in shower, stack WD. New HVAC. Only one building in entry.
Conveniently located directly across from Hillside Clubhouse and pool. NEW
PRICE!!.........................................................................................$329,000
SONOMA – PRIVATE END OF CUL-DE-SAC LOCATION. New carpet, good
condition, full sized stack W/D, stall shower, tiled kitchen counters, crown
molding. Pleasant view from open Veranda, light/bright. Carport is close by. Mail
delivery to front door!................................................................... $237,500
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Rossmoor Realty Means More!
SHOWCASE
Buyers for Homes are Searching the Internet. They find us first because
Rossmoor is our name. Not just our middle name but our “first” name. We’ve had
the same name for 47 years because its what we do - we sell Rossmoor, first and
foremost. Call your Rossmoor Realty agent today; you’ll be glad you did.
Captivating Coastal Oak in Private Premium Location.
2 bed, 2 full bath single family home offers spacious den, formal dining & living room plus family great
room situated in prestigious Heritage Oaks. Picturesque views from every window. 10-foot volume ceilings.
Gourmet kitchen with granite counters and tumbled marble back splash. Den offers built-in Murphy bed &
desk with organizing perfection. Master bedroom suite retreat with access to patio, handsome crown moldings,
ceramic tiles throughout & the list of fine quality features go on & on............Offered at $1,450,000
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Truly Unique, 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Beautifully Remodeled Sonoma
Gorgeous home! Toupin over the top remodel! Reconfigured kitchen with stainless steel appliances, stacked washer dryer, custom cabinetry with granite counters, unique
island, under cabinet and recessed lighting. Incorporated enclosure, coffered ceilings, plantation shutters. Beautiful tiled shower with glass accents, double sink custom
vanity in bathroom. Mirrored closet doors, ceiling fans, crown moldings and baseboards plus much, much more.............................Offered at $425,000
PRE S E N T E D BY SA L LY R O B E R TS. C A L L SA L LY AT ( 925 ) 334- 6277.
SPOTLIGHT
LISTING
SPOTLIGHT
LISTING
2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH
PINEHURST
Breathtaking view of
Rossmoor Valley & Rolling
Hills. Large eat-in kitchen,
separate defined dining
room & generous laundry
room with full size W/D.
Rare large walk-in closets,
master tub, dual pane
windows in sun room.
Chair lift, great plus!
Offered at $525,000
PRESENTED BY LORI YOUNG
CALL LORI ( 925 ) 787-6357.
SPOTLIGHT
LISTING
2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH
MONTEREY
Ideal location with
wooded views. Enclosed
veranda. Window in
kitchen & bathroom.
New carpet & fresh paint.
Wall of built-ins in living
room. Close to laundry
and carport.
Call Sally Roberts
for More
Information
PRESENTED BY SALLY ROBERTS
CALL LORI ( 925 ) 334-6277.
2 BEDROOM,
2 BATH SONOMA WRAP
Pristine condition with
lovely view of rolling hills.
Updated kitchen; custom
tile counters, built in
microwave, high quality
hardwood floors, crown
molding. Bathrooms
feature resort style
vanities, mirrors
& lighting in baths.
Much more!
Offered at $349,000
PRESENTED BY LORI YOUNG
CALL LORI ( 925 ) 787-6357.
Call The Rossmoor Experts Today at
(925) 932-1162
www.rossmoorrealty.com l 1-800-980-7653 (SOLD)
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Rossmoor N ews • October 8, 2014
120 Seeking Employment
Housecleaning
Miscellaneous
“DUST-NO-MORE” Your housekeeping solution. We cater to your individual cleaning needs. Reliable,
dependable, quality service with
Rossmoor references. Licensed
and Bonded. Call Barbara, 925228-9841.
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.
Better Business Bureau member.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. Go to www.sf-bay-area-collectible-coins.com or email kingfisher.94556@yahoo.com.
“ELISA’S HOUSECLEANING” Over
20 years experience in Rossmoor
with many repeat clients. We’ll
clean your home back to tip-top
shape, from rooms to inside oven
and patio. Call 212-6831 or email
elisazuniga18@yahoo.com or ariellisa.ez@gmail.com.
W E P R OV I D E H I G H Q UA L I T Y
housecleaning services, reliable,
hardworking at your service. We
also offer special discounts for repeat customers and when you refer
a friend. 925-207-9683 or queenofcleaningca.com.
EXPERIENCED, RELIABLE friendly housekeeper available noon to
3 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and
Fridays. Excellent references. Reasonable rates. Call Tera at 925408-1342.
HOUSE CLEANING Walnut Creekbased and independently-owned
house cleaning service. Rossmoor
resident referrals available upon
request. Call Roxana at 925-2120330 or visit www.roxanashousecleaning.com.
Miscellaneous
“RENT-A- GENT” House, garden,
repair, clean home/garage, hauling. Just name it! Young, strong,
reliable, reasonable. References.
Walnut Creek resident. Steve,
925-285-6993. Thank you!
125 Help Wanted
H E L P WA N T E D A b l e - b o d i e d
Rossmoor resident only. Set up/
take down church paraphernalia,
Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30
p.m. at Peacock Hall for Tice Valley UM Church. Gross pay, $25/
week, paid monthly (1099 at end of
year.) Call Dick Ward, 939-6848.
INTERIM HEALTHCARE Staffing:
“When it matters most, count on
us.” 1717 North California Blvd,
Suite 2C. Walnut Creek , CA .
94596. Phone 925-482-9200 or
Fax 925-944-7011. walckstaffdirect@interimhealthcare.com or
www.interimhealthcare.com/eastbay.
CSS HOME CARE is in need of
caregivers in Alameda county and
Contra Costa County. Must have 1
year of experience or CNA license.
Interested? Fill out an application:
css.clearcareonline.com/apply.
Call 925-368-7738 ext. 4.
NANNY/HELPING HAND Lafayette
family looking for someone to help
with cooking meals, errands, driving kids and other small projects.
Email your experience and salary
expectations to wheelershm@hotmail.com or call 609-203-7035.
Transition Support Group
For single women new to Rossmoor. Meets for eight weeks,
with four new groups a year. For more information, call
Penny Reed, MSW, at 988-7752.
Nel Aguas
Realtor/Rossmoor Resident
St. Anne’s Church Parishioner
Call now or tell a friend who is
thinking of selling or buying!
925-984-5552
E-mail: rossmoorlink@yahoo.com
BRE#00815675
“ Providing Service from the Heart ”
140 Real Estate
Information
155 Real Estate
Wanted
WE PROVIDE OPEN AND honest
real estate expertise. Call the 2
golden girls Sheron or Yvonne, of
Better Homes and Gardens Mason
McDuffie. Call us now 925-4826311. email: team@the2goldengirls.com.
SOUTH DAKOTA WOMAN would like
to rent in Rossmoor during January
and February 2015. Non-smoker
and no pets. Please contact me at
605-545-1094. Will take good care
of your home.
145 Real Estate
For Sale
COMING SOON, GOLDEN GATE
model, end unit with remodeled
kitchen and bath, recently carpeted
and painted, great location, close
to Gateway Complex and carport.
Also featuring a full sized washer
and dryer, a half bath and an added
picture window on the side of the
living room. Asking $374,880. Call
Betsy Sanders, Coldwell Banker for
more information. 925-381-3992.
PRIVATE LOCATION Two bedrooms,
new carpet, crown molding, washer/dryer, stall shower, deck, view.
Carport close. Asking $ 237,500.
Betty Case, Rossmoor Realty, cell
360-0693, direct 287-3347.
150 Real Estate
For Rent
READY TO BUY 2 BD/2 BA Need an
elevator building. Cash. Independent buyer. Call 415-585-1207.
WOULD LIKE TO RENT 1 bedroom
co-op or condo in Rossmoor from
Oct. 20 to Dec. 15 (dates can vary).
I have sold my home in Kensington
and will be looking for a condo in
Rossmoor to buy. Contact patriciaquick@earthlink.net. Thank you.
I AM INTERESTED IN renting a 1- or
2-bedroom apartment in Rossmoor
for three months, beginning October 15. Please contact Ellen at
egee8@optonline.net or 631-5530245.
RENTING TO LEASE Semi retired
couple needs to rent as soon as
possible. Unfurnished 2 or 3 bedroom, patio and carport/storage.
Nonsmokers. Lafayette residents
with great references. Call 925323-7453.
165 Vacation Rental
All Rossmoor leases and
room rentals are invalid
unless approved by the
appropriate Mutual Board.
SENIOR COMMUNITY HOME Available January and February. 2 BD/2
BA and carport. Will consider pets
and outdoor smoking. References
are available. $1,000/month. Email
tarheel61@yahoo.com or call 925798-7528.
MENDOCINO OCEAN-FRONT
Beautiful custom home, dramatic
views. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Hot
tub. One level. All amenities. Special Rossmoor resident rates. Owner, 925-947-3923 or 707-964-2605.
Leave message.
180 Pets
ENJOY MY PRET T Y MANOR for
the holidays! Available Nov. 1 to
Jan. 15. Sequoia Wrap, partially
enclosed and fully furnished with
washer/dr yer close by. $ 2,000 /
month plus deposit. 916-769-1323.
ELI Z ABE TH ’S PE T AN D HOM E
Care. Dog walks and cat sitting.
Experienced in veterinarian care.
I also can assist you with appointments, errands and chores. Call
925-944-5603.
155 Real Estate
Wanted
OVERNIGHT DOG SITTING in my
home with pick-up and delivery
available. Bonded and insured.
Enjoy your vacation without worrying about your darling dog. Auntie
Pat’s Pets. References available.
925-930-8871.
UNFURNISHED TWO BEDROOMS
for nonsmoking gentleman whose
lease expires Nov. 14. Need approx. Nov. 15 for one year. Excellent references. Call Betty Case,
Rossmoor Realty, (cell) 360-0693
or (direct) 287-3347.
FURNISHED RENTAL NEEDED 1-12
months. Any size. Chris Folger,
Broker, 925-200-2032, CalBRE No.
00702917. Sue Choe, Agent, 925212-2605, CalBRE No. 01030514.
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate-Mason McDuffie.
DOG AND HOME WATCH: Retired,
local teacher available for livein home/pet care: walks, special
needs are fine. Also, included while
you’re away are a clean home,
laundry and a stocked refrigerator.
References. Dede, 925-699-7722.
PAWS ‘N’ PURRS PET SERVICE
Loving attention for your pets. Dog
walking, cat care and claw clipping.
Call Kathy, 932- 073 4 ; Angela,
997-4795; or Debra, 925-708-2719
Rossmoor residents.
New ROSSLYN at Rossmoor Greens.
Upper level luxury condo with spectacular panoramic
views from private deck. Approx. 1725 sq. ft. with
3 bdrms and 2 baths. Bright modern kitchen with
breakfast nook. Huge master suite and formal dining
room. High ceilings, dual pane windows, and fireplace.
Garage plus carport.......................................$725,000.
Upper Level Signature TAHOE.
Approx. 1540 sq. ft. with 2 bdrms, 2 baths, and DEN.
Pristine condition with all new carpets and paint.
Beautiful master suite with walk-in therapy tub. High
ceilings and fireplace. Huge deck with wooded setting
and spectacular views of the western hills.....$575,000.
SAN FRANCISCAN Near Gateway.
Unique Level-In and No Stairs. Approx. 1330 sq.
ft. with 2 bdrms, bright kitchen, and updated bath.
Beautiful laminate floors and enclosed atrium with
skylight. Superb location across from Gateway and
very close to carport...................................$349,000.
DAVE CARON
Broker Associate
BRE #00427819
Commitment, Trust & Integrity
(925 )
708-6034
180 Pets
THE CAT WHISPERER would love to
care for your cat/s. I promise that I
will know his/her personality before
you return. Rate $10/visit. Please
email me at nancy warner 69@
gmail.com or call me at 389-1129.
TRAVEL PLANS COMING UP? I’ll
give your pet the loving care they
so deserve. My home or yours, can
take care of yard or indoor plants
too. Dog walking or cat care anytime. Rossmoor resident, excellent
references. Debra Marcus, 925708-2719.
DOG POOP CLEAN-UP We come to
your house. We offer a weekly service at a low monthly rate of $49.
We offer a $10 gift card in September. Call 565-5085.
LOVING CAT needs new home. Senior indoor cat, female, has long
white fur with dark brown spots.
Neutered, de- clawed. Living in
Rossmoor. Please call Diane, 6838664.
Legal Notices
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 2, 2014
J Parangan, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005470-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: 680 Movers, 1) 1410 Lesnick
Ln., Walnut Creek, CA 94597. Contra
Costa County and 2) 1332 San Mateo
Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080
San Mateo County.
1) Ilya Kudrin
1888 Geneva Ave. 504B
San Francisco, CA 94134
and
2) Ruslan Vdovin
1888 Geneva Ave. 504B
San Francisco, CA 94134
Business conducted by a General
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on Sept. 2,
2014.
s/ Ilya Kudrin, Partner
This statement was filed with
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
of Contra Costa County, on date
indicated by file stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5712
Publish Sept. 17, 24, Oct 1 and 8, 2014
—————————————————
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 2, 2014
M. Neal, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005421-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing
business as: Closet Secrets – Gently
Reused Fashions, 1031 Canyon Oak
Drive., El Sobrante, CA 94803. Contra
Costa County.
1) Firdi Phillips
1031 Canyon Oak Drive,
El Sobrante, CA 94803
and
2) Renata Phillips
1031 Canyon Oak Drive,
El Sobrante, CA 94803
Business conducted by a Married
Couple.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/ Firdi Phillips
This statement was filed with
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
of Contra Costa County, on date
indicated by file stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5713
Publish Sept. 17, 24, Oct 1 and 8, 2014
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Tell the merchants on these
pages that you saw their ad in
the Rossmoor News.
Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
37A
1830 Tice Valley Blvd., in Tice Valley Plaza
(925) 280-4920
www.pruca.com
Serving the needs of our Rossmoor clients for over 35 years!
THE PRUDENTIAL NEWSBOARD
Prudential California Realty is becoming a part of Warren Buffett’s
Mary Beall
Broker Manager
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES GROUP
Diane Wilson
963-2278
Watch for the changes beginning December 2014
CURRENT LISTINGS
Cheryl Beach
324-4599
Gina Bethel
408-9908
James Collins
640-8818
Tony Conte
708-1396
Cal Darrow
285-3256
SMASHING NEW SIERRA LISTING!
This 2-bedroom condo features 2 updated baths, a RECENTLY remodeled kitchen by Toupin Construction, a separate
formal dining room, dramatic fireplace
and vaulted ceilings, plantation shutters
throughout and beautiful western views. .................... $579,000
AN EXCITING Sequoia Wrap.
Sparkling 2 Bedroom home with a Panoramic view! Large fully enclosed Veranda
with separate heat pump offers approximately 290 s.f. of additional living space.
Updated kitchen and bath............ $299,000
A WELL-LOCATED SONOMA
Gorgeous views of hills from this
2-bedroom Sonoma CO-OP. This
updated home features laminate
flooring in the entry and kitchen. The
bathroom features a washer/dryer. Locked storage space in
carport and plenty of guest parking. ........................ $279,950
AFFORDABLE EXPANDED VIEW SEQUOIA
This newly Listed, 2-bedroom co-op has
an enclosed veranda that brings its total
living space to over 1200 sq. ft. Enjoy the
views of Mt Diablo and the rolling hills of
Central Contra Costa while you update and upgrade......$239,000
NOW AVAILABLE: A PRISTINE YOSEMITE
This 2-bedroom, 2-bath Yosemite
co-op is all freshened up with smooth
ceilings, new paint, flooring, lighting
and granite counters. This home faces
a lawn area and has a charming patio
and is close to carport and guest parking.................. $325,000
AN AFFORDABLE EXPANDED SONOMA
Please don’t miss this beautifully
located, cozy 2-bedroom co-op that’s
waiting for your own touches. This
unit with over 1200 sq. ft. of living
space is waiting for your personal changes and upgrades.
.........................................................................................$225,000
A SPECTACULAR CLOSE-IN CASCADE
These 2-bedroom, 2-bath condos feature large rooms and are one of the
most desirable units in Rossmoor. This
home has a beautiful Toupin kitchen,
updated baths, new “LEES” carpet and an enclosed garage
and carport. Walking distance to everything Rossmoor.
.................................................................................... $573,000
A BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED SONOMA
Exceptional craftsmanship puts this
Sonoma above all the rest. This 2-bedroom co-op provides fabulous features
from floor to ceiling and includes an
inside laundry, stall shower and all
new kitchen appliances. This is a MUST SEE.
........................................................................................ $399,000
A WONDERFUL CLASSIC CLAREMONT
A 2-bedroom beauty with a view
of trees in front yard and from the
open back patio plus a view of the
golf course too! Super clean and crisp
looking with new d/w, counter tops,
sink, fixtures and new paint and carpet. This one’s a bargain
......................................................................................$240,000
UNBELIEVABLE GOLF COURSE GOLDEN
GATE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO STAIRS
This new listing is it – that
combination of spectacular design and
workmanship by Toupin Construction
and the most amazing golf course location in Rossmoor. This
2-bedroom, 2-bath home is the newest complete rebuild by
Rossmoor’s most respected builder.............................. $529,500
SOPHISTICATED VIEW SEQUOIA
This BRAND NEW LISTING with 2 bedrooms has been completely remodeled
with the exceptional craftsmanship of
western construction. Featuring “top
of the line” custom cabinets, high-end appliances and Anderson windows and doors. Sleek and modern finishes throughout PLUS inspiring Mt Diablo views from the enclosed terrace.
.......................................................................................$380,000
John Davi
787-4756
F E AT U R E D L I S T I N G of t h e wee k
Virginia Dempsey
708-5855
WAT E R F O R D
Nancy Deverel
949-9499
Maria Eberle
478-7190
Marsha Wehrenberg
787-7625
Danny Smith
699-8404
Sabrina Siojo
575-0612
Kathryn Sabah
642-0415
Jim Olson
788-2143
George Naeger
260-0723
STYLISH EXPANDED SEQUOIA
Sophistication meets cosmopolitan chic! Here’s a home that should only be shown to clients who
want a designer showcase in a fabulous location. Modern touches, plush high-grade carpet, built-in
cabinets, updated kitchen and bath, extra living space with half-enclosed balcony overlooking redwoods and greeted by lush green lawn.............................................. Priced at a remarkable $299,000!
A CHARMING CHATSWORTH CONDO
In the incomparable Waterford. This
1-bdrm. 1-1/2-bath home with approx.
920 s.f. has a bright, cheery and
convenient third-floor location. It offers
custom built-in shelving, new carpet,
fresh paint, a fully equipped kitchen, thermal pane windows
and carport parking. ............................. Reduced to $249,900
Sandy Foreman
408-1119
Jackie Giffin
951-7021
Nancy Granberg Mary Ellen Highfield Lynne Keefer
200-3374
216-8988
330-3356
Sheryle Morgan
209-4798
NEWLY LISTED CYPRESS
This 2-bdrm, 1-1/2-bath home
with approx. 920 s.f. has a
northeastern exposure and
lovely panoramic view. It offers
new carpet, fresh paint, large
entry foyer, fully equipped kitchen. Garage parking
..................................................................... $315,000
Kim Kokes
787-0351
Rolf Kvalvik
788-1613
Joanne Mendoza
510-409-7914
Linda Landgraf Mary Beth MacLennan Cindy Maddux
285-7903
324-6246
876-0311
38A
Rossmoor N ews • October 8, 2014
Legal Notices
Title Order No.: 1407814 Trustee Sale No.:
14-00384A Reference No.: 13-10071 APN
No.: 257-370-061-0 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT
DATED 11/26/2013. UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY,
IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
On 10/15/2014 at 1:00 PM , A.S.A.P.
Collection Services, as the duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant to Notice
of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on
12/2/2013 as Document No. 2013-0279755
Book n/a Page n/a of Official Records
in the Office of the Recorder of Contra
Costa County, California, property owned
by: Rose Schaffer Plant, trustee of the
Rose Living Trust U/T/D May 27, 2009
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at
time of sale in lawful money of the United
States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by
a State or national bank, a check drawn by
a state of federal credit union, or a check
drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or
savings bank specified in section 5102
of the Financial Code and authorized to
do business in this state.) At: Behind the
Civic Center designation sign at the corner
of Willow Pass Road and Parkside Drive,
1900 Parkside Drive, Concord, CA 94519
Said sale shall be subject to a 90 day right
of redemption period per the requirements
of the California Civil Code section 5715(b).
All rights, title and interest under said Notice
of Delinquent Assessment in the property
situated in said County, describing the land
therein, under Assessors’ Parcel Number:
257-370-061-0 The street address and
other common designation, if any of the
real property described above is purported
to be: 139 Miramonte Drive Moraga, CA
94556-1003 The undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. Said
sale will be made, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding
title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay
the remaining principal sum due under said
Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with
interest thereon, as provided in said notice,
advances, if any, estimated fees, charges,
and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit:
$13,394.70 Estimated Accrued Interest and
additional advances, if any, will increase this
figure prior to sale The claimant, Miramonte
Homeowners Association under said Notice
of Delinquent Assessment heretofore
executed and delivered to the undersigned a
written Declaration of Default and Demand
for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and
Election to Sell. The undersigned caused
said Notice of Default and Election to Sell
to be recorded in the county where the
real property is located and more than
three months have elapsed since such
recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on
this property lien, you should understand
that there are risks involved in bidding at
a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a
lien, not on the property itself. Placing the
highest bid at a trustee auction does not
automatically entitle you to free and clear
ownership of the property. You should also
be aware that the lien being auctioned off
may be a junior lien. If you are the highest
bidder at the auction, you are or may be
responsible for paying off all liens senior
to the lien being auctioned off, before you
can receive clear title to the property. You
are encouraged to investigate the existence,
priority, and size of outstanding liens that
may exist on this property by contacting the
county recorder’s office or a title insurance
company, either of which may charge you
a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should be
aware that the same lender may hold more
than one mortgage or deed of trust on the
property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:
The sale date shown on this notice of sale
may be postponed one or more times by the
mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court,
pursuant to Section 2924g of the California
Civil Code. The law requires that information
about trustee sale postponements be made
available to you and to the public, as a
courtesy to those not present at the sale.
If you wish to learn whether your sale date
has been postponed, and, if applicable,
the rescheduled time and date for the
sale of this property, you may call (714)
573-7777or visit this Internet Web site at
www.priorityposting.com using the file
number assigned to this case 14-00384A.
Information about postponements that
are very short in duration or that occur
close in time to the scheduled sale may not
immediately be reflected in the telephone
information or on the Internet Web site.
COMING
SOON!!
Cute, affordable
Sonoma
Sue DiMaggio
Kathie DiMaggio
SueRCal@aol.com
Kathie@kathiestein.com
(925)AdamsStein
207-9212 (925) 699-6258
BRE #00820932
BRE #01942595
1641 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek 94595 • (925) 932-1162
New listing, Carmel
The best way to verify postponement
information is to attend the scheduled
sale. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT
COLLECTOR Date: 9/8/2014 For Sales
Information Please Call (714) 573-7777
or go to www.priorityposting.com A.S.A.P.
Collection Services, as Trustee by: Platinum
Resolution Services, Inc., as Agent PO Box
576766 Modesto, California 95357 209661-4368 Stephanie Strickland, President
P1111584 9/24, 10/1, 10/08/2014
Legal RN 5718
Publish Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and 8, 2014
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Trustee Sale No. 14-001106 CXE Title
Order No. 02-14010420 APN 246-152-017
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
04/27/07. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF
THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10/14/14
at 9:00 am, Aztec Foreclosure Corporation
as the duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to the power of sale contained
in that certain Deed of Trust executed
by James Mes and Mary Shileikis Mes,
Husband and Wife, as Joint Tenants, as
Trustor(s), in favor of Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., solely as
Nominee for Homecomings Financial, LLC
(f/k/a Homecomings Financial Network,
Inc.) a Delaware Limited Liability Company,
as Beneficiary, Recorded on 05/07/07 in
Instrument No. 2007-0133517-00 of official
records in the Office of the county recorder
of CONTRA COSTA County, California;
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans,
Inc Pass Through Certificates 2007-QH5,
as the current Beneficiary, WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the United States,
by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a
state or national bank, a check drawn by
a state or federal credit union, or a check
drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or
savings bank specified in section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do
business in this state), Corner of Willow
Pass Road and Parkside Drive behind
the Civic Center designation sign, 1900
Parkside Drive, Concord, CA 94519, all
right, title and interest conveyed to and
now held by it under said Deed of Trust
in the property situated in said County,
California described as: 3986 NORTH
PEARDALE DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, CA 94549
The property heretofore described is being
sold “as is”. The undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. Said
sale will be made, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding
title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal sum of the
note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust,
with interest thereon, as provided in said
note(s), advances, if any, under the terms
of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee and
of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust,
to-wit: $2,012,987.32 (Estimated good
through 10/7/14) Accrued interest and
additional advances, if any, will increase
this figure prior to sale. The undersigned
caused said Notice of Default and Election
to Sell to be recorded in the county where
the real property is located and more than
three months have elapsed since such
recordation. DATE: September 17, 2014
Elaine Malone Assistant Secretar y &
Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure
Corporation 20 Pacifica, Suite 1460 Irvine,
CA 92618 Phone: (877) 257-0717 or (602)
638-5700 Fax: (602) 638-5748 www.
aztectrustee.com NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on
this property lien, you should understand
that there are risks involved in bidding at
a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a
lien, not on the property itself. Placing the
highest bid at a trustee auction does not
automatically entitle you to free and clear
ownership of the property. You should also
be aware that the lien being auctioned off
may be a junior lien. If you are the highest
bidder at the auction, you are or may be
responsible for paying off all liens senior
to the lien being auctioned off, before you
can receive clear title to the property. You
are encouraged to investigate the existence,
priority, and size of outstanding liens that
may exist on this property by contacting the
county recorder’s office or a title insurance
company, either of which may charge you
a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should be
aware that the same lender may hold more
than one mortgage or deed of trust on the
property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:
The sale date shown on this notice of sale
may be postponed one or more times by the
mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court,
pursuant to Section 2924g of the California
Civil Code. The law requires that information
about trustee sale postponements be made
available to you and to the public, as a
courtesy to those not present at the sale.
If you wish to learn whether your sale date
has been postponed, and, if applicable, the
rescheduled time and date for the sale of this
property, you may call or visit the Internet
Web site, using the file number assigned
to this case 14-001106. Information
about postponements that are very short
in duration or that occur close in time to
the scheduled sale may not immediately
be reflected in the telephone information
or on the Internet Web site. The best way
to verify postponement information is to
attend the scheduled sale. www.Auction.
com or call (800) 280-2832 Or Aztec
Foreclosure Corporation (877) 257-0717
www.aztectrustee.com P1113015 9/24,
10/1, 10/08/2014
Legal RN 5719
Publish Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and 8, 2014
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TSG No.: 8449030 TS No.: CA1400259298
FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 270-131-0084 Property Address: 18 LIND COURT
ORINDA, CA 94563 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST, DATED 11/27/2006. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT
A LAWYER. On 10/28/2014 at 01:00 P.M.,
First American Title Insurance Company, as
duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant
WATERFORD
Large 1-bedroom, 1-½ bath first floor Chatsworth.
Enjoy your morning coffee on the sunny patio.
New carpet and paint. Close to parking. Reduced
to $229,000!
GOLDEN GATE
2 bdrms 2 full baths. Complete remodel, open spacious kitchen w granite & SS appliances. Smooth ceilings & walls, crown mouldings. 2 new showers, inside
full size W/D. Slate patio in front and back. $459,000. End unit, level-in 2-bedroom, 1-bath with new carpet
and paint. Very convenient
ING activities and
ENtoDRossmoor
bus stop. AffordablyPpriced. Reduced to $265,000.
MOTHER DAUGHTER TEAM
KENTFIELD
2-bedroom, 1-bath with remodeled kitchen and bath.
Washer/dryer in unit. Enclosed porch for extra space.
Lots of guest parking and carport very close. Priced
to sell at $275,000.
For information call
Karen Carnegie-Stochl, Realtor
PHERNE SHREWSBURY, Realtor
BRE 00671700
BRE 00272616
200-1184
977-3586
1160 Alpine Rd., Walnut Creek
Office: 938-7090
Professional Independent Real Estate Brokers
Valerie Petersen
Realtor Associate
BRE #00974130
932-1162 or direct 287-3327
or 925-623-3076
to Deed of Trust recorded 12/05/2006, as
Instrument No. 2006-0387328-00, in book
, page , , of Official Records in the office
of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA
County, State of California. Executed by:
DONALD T. LARWOOD AND CAROL A.
LARWOOD, HUSBAND AND WIFE, WILL
SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST
BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/
CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of
payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable
at time of sale in lawful money of the
United States) At the corner of Willow
Pass Road and Parkside Drive, behind
the Civic Center designation sign, 1900
Parkside Drive, Concord, CA All right,
title and interest conveyed to and now
held by it under said Deed of Trust in
the property situated in said County and
State described as: AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED
DEED OF TRUST APN# 270-131-008-4
The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 18
LIND COURT, ORINDA, CA 94563 he
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the street address
and other common designation, if any,
shown herein. Said sale will be made, but
without covenant or warranty, expressed
or implied, regarding title, possession,
or encumbrances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured by
said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon,
as provided in said note(s), advances,
under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee and
of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
The total amount of the unpaid balance of
the obligation secured by the property to
be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the time of the
initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$1,103,073.83. The beneficiary under said
Deed of Trust has deposited all documents
evidencing the obligations secured by the
Deed of Trust and has declared all sums
secured thereby immediately due and
payable, and has caused a written Notice of
Default and Election to Sell to be executed.
The undersigned caused said Notice of
Default and Election to Sell to be recorded
in the County where the real property is
located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:
If you are considering bidding on this
property lien, you should understand that
there are risks involved in bidding at a
trustee auction. You will be bidding on a
lien, not on the property itself. Placing the
highest bid at a trustee auction does not
automatically entitle you to free and clear
ownership of the property. You should also
be aware that the lien being auctioned off
may be a junior lien. If you are the highest
bidder at the auction, you are or may be
responsible for paying off all liens senior to
the lien being auctioned off, before you can
receive clear title to the property. You are
encouraged to investigate the existence,
priority, and size of outstanding liens that
may exist on this property by contacting the
county recorder’s office or a title insurance
company, either of which may charge you
a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should
be aware that the same lender may hold
more than one mortgage or deed of trust
on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: The sale date shown on this
notice of sale may be postponed one or
more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary,
trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section
2924g of the California Civil Code. The law
requires that information about trustee sale
postponements be made available to you
and to the public, as a courtesy to those
not present at the sale. If you wish to learn
whether your sale date has been postponed,
and if applicable, the rescheduled time and
date for the sale of this property, you may
call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet
http://search.nationwideposting.
Web
com/propertySearchTerms.aspx,
using
the file number assigned to this case
CA1400259298
Information
about
postponements that are very short in
duration or that occur close in time to
the scheduled sale may not immediately
be reflected in the telephone information
or on the Internet Web site. The best way
to verify postponement information is to
attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set
aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the
sale shall be entitled only to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no
further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Date: First American Title Insurance
Company 5 First American Way Santa Ana
CA 92707 First American Title Insurance
Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR
TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE
CALL
(916)939-0772NPP0236773
To: ROSSMOOR NEWS 10/08/2014,
10/15/2014, 10/22/2014
Legal RN 5724
Publish Oct. 8, 15, and 22, 2014
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Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
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CONDOMINIUMS
​ ERENE SANTA CLARA ​
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This lovely Santa Clara condo is totally level-in making
it accessible for all. There is no one above or below
and only one shared neighbor. The property has been
updated throughout with granite counter tops in the
kitchen and bathrooms, smooth ceilings, a new shower
and fixtures throughout. You won’t have to do a thing
before you move in as the home is in pristine condition
with new flooring and fresh paint throughout. Located
in a great small independent mutual. Offered for
...................................................................$485,000
SAN FRANCISCAN NEAR GATEWAY
Unique level-in and no stairs. Approx. 1330 sq. ft.
with 2 bedrooms, bright kitchen and updated bath.
Beautiful laminate floors and enclosed atrium with
skylight. Superb location across from Gateway and
very close to carport................................. $349,000
WELL-MAINTAINED EXPANDED
KENTFIELD
Don’t miss out on this lower unit with patio to enjoy the
G of trees behind you.
INvalley
serenity of the green grass
and
Dthe
EN
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Two bedrooms, 2 baths, den, vaulted kitchen light, wood
floor in entry. Don’t wait. This will go fast ..........$445,000
UPPER LEVEL SIGNATURE TAHOE
Approx. 1540 sq. ft. with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and
DEN. Pristine condition with all new carpets and paint.
Beautiful master suite with walk-in therapy tub. High
ceilings and fireplace. Huge deck with wooded setting
and spectacular views of the western hills. ....$575,000
NEW ROSSLYN AT ROSSMOOR GREENS
Upper level luxury condo with spectacular panoramic
views from private deck. Approx. 1725 sq. ft. with 3
bedrooms and 2 baths. Bright modern kitchen with
breakfast nook. Huge master suite and formal dining
room. High ceilings, dual pane windows and fireplace.
Garage plus carport. ....................................$725,000
COOPERATIVES
POPULAR YOSEMITE MODEL
Conveniently located to Gateway Clubhouse with
an open space view from the spacious, gated and
covered patio. This 2-bedroom, 1-and-a half-bath
NG
unit is tastefully updated
PENDIwith fresh paint, newer
tile, carpet and vinyl flooring, 2 panel doors and
hardware, trim, fixtures, mirrors and bathroom
countertops. Dual-paned windows, smooth ceilings
and a washer/dryer are a big plus. A very nice unit
offered for................................................. $369,500
MONTEREY WITH A VIEW
Two-bedroom, 1-bathroom Monterey tastefully
updated and surrounded by trees with views of Mt.
INGmoulding, granite
Diablo. Smooth ceilings,
crown
PEND
counters, stall shower, stainless steel appliances and
lots of storage. Very close to carport, guest and street
parking. Near Hillside Clubhouse. ............. $309,000
LOVELY MONTEREY
This lovely Monterey features peek-a-boo views of
golf course and surrounding hills. This special endunit is a little larger than your average Monterey. The
home is beautifully updated with a remodeled kitchen
and bathroom. .......................................... $365,000
LEVEL-IN CYPRESS!
This lovely level-in Cypress co-op is a spacious
1-bedroom/1-bathroom property with no steps
Gbeen updated with
to the door. The property
has
ENDIN
P
crown molding and granite counter tops. Walking
distance to Creekside and close to everything! Offered at ..................................................... $170,000
RARE MONTEREY
Two bedrooms and 2 full baths. Upper corner unit.
Enclosed balcony for extra living space. Skylight in
guest bath. Window in master bath. Crown molding.
Dual-pane sliding patio door. Washer and dryer in unit.
Carport is very convenient, #1103/2. Plenty of storage
in carport. View of golf course and hills....... $355,000
SONOMA MODEL​
This unit will wow you! Custom archways, beautiful
crown molding, jet tub, recessed lighting, designer
front door, covered deck with view, in unit laundry,
mirrored closets and lovely remodeled kitchen an bath.
................................................................. $325,000
PIEDMONT WITH A WOW FACTOR
Hardwood floors downstairs, new kitchen just this
summer with great granite counters and back splash,
removed popcorn with crown molding, neutral paint,
recessed lighting above crown molding in entry,
plus an open niche. Open staircase with fan. Three
bedrooms plus remodeled 2.5 baths, Solar Brite
tubes in bathrooms, newer stackable washer and dryer,
stainless appliances, double-pane windows through,
views of golf course and hills amazing! A must see.
................................................................. $559,000
SEQUOIA WRAP
Beautiful updated and renovated two bedroom one
bath Sequoia Wrap. Designer carpets and vinyl
throughout. Two skylights, one in kitchen and one
in bathroom. Mutual has just renovated the building.
................................................................. $299,000
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415-662-3674
323-9966
Curtis Nunnally
250-3970
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510-326-5344
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997-9981
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415-748-2491
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457-9231
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768-6623
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788-4744
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Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
Legal Notices
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 9, 2014
J Gonzalez, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005620-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: The Bay Wash, 4426 Marsh
Elder Ct., Concord, CA 94521. Contra
Costa County.
Eugene A. Christopher White
316 Oakland Ave. Apt. #7
Oakland, CA 94611
Business conducted by an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/ Eugene White
This statement was filed with
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
of Contra Costa County, on date
indicated by file stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5710
Publish Sept. 17, 24, Oct 1 and 8, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 9, 2014
J Gonzalez, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing
business as: Vitality Bowls Lafayette,
at 1) 3413 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Unit A1.,
Lafayette, CA 95469. Contra Costa
County and 2) 1 Annabel Lane, Suite
#108, San Ramon, CA 94583, Contra
Costa County..
Brendan Moran
3653 Citrus Ave.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Business conducted by an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Brendan Moran
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5715
Publish Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8 and 15, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 29, 2014
C. Dias, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005429-00
Gladius One
1 Annabel Lane, Suite #108,
San Ramon, CA 94583
Business conducted by a Corporation.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/ Shachar Gilad, President
This statement was filed with
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
of Contra Costa County, on date
indicated by file stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
Legal RN 5711
Publish Sept. 17, 24, Oct 1 and 8, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Aug. 26, 2014
C. Dias, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005322-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: Jagsolution, 3221 Brookwood
Drive, Lafayette, CA 94549. Contra
Costa County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing busi-
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: Nurse Next Door Walnut Creek,
3001 Golden Meadow Dr., Alamo, CA
94507. Contra Costa County.
GK Wells Enterprises, LLC
3001 Golden Meadow Dr.
Alamo, CA 94507
California
Business conducted by a Limited
Liability Co.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Karen Wells, Managing Member
Jill Adri
3221 Brookwood Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
Legal RN 5717
Publish Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8 and 15, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept.5, 2014
P. Cornelius, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005575-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: James Thomas Tile and Stone,
2994 Roundhill Rd., Alamo, CA 94507.
Contra Costa County.
James Thomas
2994 Roundhill Rd.
Alamo, CA 94507
Business conducted by an Individual
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/James Thomas Tallarico
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla, County Clerk
Legal RN 5721
Publish Oct. 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2014
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Legal RN 5716
Publish Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8 and 15, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 8, 2014
P. Corneilius, Deputy County Clerk
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FILE NO. F-0005598-00
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Legal Notices
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 22, 2014
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005914-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: Sweet Beginnings Adoption
Services, 4349 Briarcliff Ct., Concord,
CA 94521. Contra Costa County.
Lisa Sweet
4349 Briarcliff Ct.
Concord, CA 94521
Dean Sweet
4349 Briarcliff Ct.
Concord, CA 94521
Business conducted by a Married
Couple.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above on 1/1/2010.
s/Lisa Sweet
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5720
Publish Oct. 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 24, 2014
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005984-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: Casa De Gracia, 458 Tahos
Road, Orinda, CA 94563. Contra Costa
County.
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5722
Publish Oct. 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 22, 2014
C. Dias, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0005928-00
Emily J. Ibabao-Marley
458 Tahos Road.
Orinda, CA 94563
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) are doing business as: T.R.E. Investment Team, 2801
Pinole Valley Rd., Ste. 210, Pinole, CA
94564, Contra Costa County.
Lilia F. Ibabao
458 Tahos Road.
Orinda, CA 94563
Kenneth Taylor
5223 West St.
Oakland, CA 94608
Ron Baniqued
332 N. Wildwood Dr.
Hercules, CA 94547
Eric Wanene
2801 Pinole Valley Rd., Ste. 210
Pinole, CA 94564
Business conducted by a General
Business conducted by a General
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced
to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on
11/24/1998.
s/Emily J. Ibabau-Marley,
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above.
s/Ken Taylor
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5723
Publish Oct. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2014
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Sept. 29, 2014
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0006101-00
The registrant(s) commenced
to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on
9/10/2007.
s/Ruben Kalra, President
This statement was filed with Joseph
E. Canciamilla, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Joseph E. Canciamilla,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5725
Publish Oct. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2014
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The following person(s) are doing business as: Pain Medicine Consultants,
2250 Morello Ave., Pleasant Hill, CA
94523, Contra Costa County.
Pain Medicine Consultants, Inc.
2250 Morello Ave.
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Business conducted by a General
Partnership.
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MIRIAM GLICKMAN moved to Golden Rain
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York and California. Miriam attended Brandeis
University and Bank Street College. She is currently a math tutor, and she enjoys square dancing, bridge and politics. She is a member of the
Rossmoor Squares.
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Dilhar is from India and has also lived in Texas,
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MANHAR AND DILHAR GOHEL moved to
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NADINE USTICK moved to Terra California
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and she used to work as a teacher and real estate
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JOSH AND BARBARA FENDEL moved to
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His hobbies and special interests include duplicate
bridge, photography and singing. He is a member
of American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)
Barbara is from Denver and has also lived in
New Jersey, Queens and Huntington. She attended
University of Michigan and Columbia University
School of Social Work. She owned a private psychotherapy practice. She enjoys duplicate bridge
and is a member of a book club and ACBL.
Ad Lib: Devil’s Slide Trail How to get help from the Rossmoor Fund
Continued from page 19A
en many times, always a white-knuckle experience.
It’s much more fun to walk. The ocean views are incomparable, looking down the cliff from the highway. The geology
lessons are also fascinating, as described by the Trail brochure:
“At the south end of the Trail, the weathered rock face is the
granitic rock of Montara Mountain. In contrast, at the north end,
rough sedimentary layers of shale and sandstone – once ocean
floor – have been thrust up and folded over millions of years.”
It’s also a prime spot for observing California wildlife, including birds (raptors, songbirds, seabirds), some nesting on
offshore rocks. Also marine life: “Offshore, you may see marine
mammals, including gray whales migrating from their winter
breeding grounds in Mexico and their summer feeding habitat
in the Arctic.”
We highly recommend a visit to Devil’s Slide Trail. It opens
every morning at 8:00 a.m. Bring your sweaters, binoculars and
cameras, and maybe a picnic lunch. Or go down to the Moss
Beach Distillery after a morning hike.
Doug Hergert can be emailed at dah@msn.com.
The Rossmoor Fund stands ready to assist
the Rossmoor community in various ways as
needed. Grants to individuals may be available
for significant, unanticipated expenses. These
are intended to help with emergencies, such as
medical expenses and equipment, dental care,
eye glasses, temporary caregiving, ambulance
services, orthopedics, etc.
Such grants are typically limited to those
whose annual income is less than $23,340 (or
two-person households with combined income under $31,400), other assets are also
taken into account.
Anyone who needs and qualifies for such assistance may contact the Rossmoor Fund at 5673863 to request a one-page application. Counseling Services, 988-7750, can also supply the
application, as well as help completing the form.
The Rossmoor Fund board meets twice each
month, so it can respond quickly and confidentially to requests.
Grants may also be available to organizations
within the community that provide services
to residents of Rossmoor. Both the individual
grant application and information on the application process for organizations can be found
on the Rossmoor Fund website, RossmoorFund.
org, or by calling 567-3863.
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7:30 p.m. and again as a matinee performance on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. A donation of $10 is suggested.
Refreshments will be available and the
donation will provide a substantial benefit
to the ”Marriage Equality USA” organization. Ticket donations will be gathered at
the door at each performance.
For information, call the producer at 9376524 or by email at davewilcox@mduuc.org.
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Rossmoor NewsWednesday, OCTOBER 8, 2014Section B • Page 1B
SPORTS
Napoli leads lawn
Fun-filled
month
awaits
Niners
bowling Fun Social race Four tourneys
By Bob Lewis
Club correspondent
Frankie Napoli, with 163
points, continues to lead his
nearest competitor by a comfortable 15 points in the annual accumulated points race in
the Rossmoor Lawn Bowling
Club’s monthly Fun Socials
through September.
The top five bowlers and ties
through Sept. 25 are: Napoli,
with 163 points; Bob Lewis,
with 148 points; Carolyn Choy,
with 146 points; Suzie Eriksen,
with 144 points; and Horatio
Carion and Magdalen Pereira,
each with 140 points. Napoli,
last year’s Fun Social winner,
has led since May, when he
was tied with Horatio Carion.
Although overnight rain
threatened to cancel the September games, the downfall
quit about 8:45 a.m. to allow
the start of bowling just after 9,
with 40 bowlers competing in
six triples games and one pairs
game. By 10, the sun broke
through and play was completed in bright, warm sunshine.
The remaining top 30 bowlers and ties, through September, with their respective accumulated point scores, are: Vera
Belton, 139; Virginia Carion,
139; Ed Guterres, 139; Wayne
Sampson, 135; Robert Remedios, 131; Ed de Assis, 130; Mary
Kung, 128; Pauline de Assis,
127; Bob Reiner, 127; Francis
Carion, 126; Espe Manqueros,
120; Mimi Rodrigues, 117;
Dan Belton, 116; Miguel Roliz,
116; Rick Oliveira, 115; Marcia
Cozens, 113; Peter Souza, 113;
Margaret Cross, 107; Micki
Remedios, 107; Glenn Hogg,
106; Dick Kramer, 105; Mel
Fredlund, 104; Sue Yahng,
104; Melina Carion, 102; Carol Lee, 102; Jackie Purdy, 102;
and Mike Ying, 102.
Carol Moyes was among the
bowlers out for the September
Fun Social. It’s great to see her
back out on the greens.
Ten bowlers are leading the
parade in the daily draw competition, through the end of
September. The bowlers and
their respective scores are Bob
Reiner, 104; Jody Allison, 97;
Dick Kramer, 80; Joe Masinas,
76; Frankie Napoli, 67; Rick
Oliveira, 67; Chris Yahng, 67;
Ozzie Ozorio, 64; Mike Ying,
63; and Chuck Fung, 61.
The Championship Mixed
Pairs Tournament is currently
in play through Thursday, Oct.
9. Preliminary results will be
available next week.
Coming events
The Veteran-Novice Handicap Pairs Tournament will be
next week, Oct. 14 through 16,
with sign-ups to close Saturday, Oct. 11.
The club will sponsor a
fundraising, fun-filled bus trip
to Red Hawk Casino near PlaContinued on page 3B
are scheduled
By Mary Beth Hodge
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Women’s
Nine-Hole Golf Club is
looking ahead to four funfilled October tournaments.
Thursday, Oct. 9, will be a
Throw-Out-One-Hole Tournament, randomly selected
by the golf pros. Hopefully,
it won’t be your best hole.
On Thursday, Oct. 16,
there will be a Low-Net (2
putt maximum) Tournament. This will be followed
by a general meeting at
11:30 a.m. in the Fairway
Room at Creekside.
The lunch menu will be
salad with chicken, beverages and dessert. Cost of
the lunch is $15. The signup sheet for lunch is on the
Niners’ counter.Reservation
checks, payable to Rossmoor
Niners, should be put in the
counter drawer. Members
may also bring their own
bag lunch. The Fairway
Room will open at 11:30 for
those who wish to attend the
lunch meeting only.
Last year’s hat and visor winners, from left, Susie Sockol, Karen Wener and Carolyn Hensley
awards and election of 2015
officers, which includes the
captain, co-captain, secretary
and treasurer. The committee
chairwomen of the Niners’
board will also present their
final reports for the year.
On Thursday, Oct. 23, there
will be another Cha, Cha, Cha
Tournament.
And the Mad Hatters Tea
Par-Tee Tournament and lunch
will be on Thursday, Oct. 30.
This is an important Sign up envelopes are now
meeting and the final one for available at the Niner’s count2014. The agenda includes er in the Pro Shop.
The Niners are encouraged
new members’ day, eclectic
to wear hats of any kind. The
Pro Shop staff will judge
which hats are the “maddest”
and prizes will be awarded
for the top three. Last year’s
winners were Susie Sockol,
Karen Wener and Carolyn
Hensley.
Sign up as a single for the
scramble tournament; the Pro
Shop will assign foursomes.
Or sign up for the tea lunch
only and still participate in
the hat contest. The reservation deadline is Saturday,
Oct. 25. Checks should be
payable to Rossmoor Niners.
RMGC hosts
Trick or Treat
Mixer Tourney
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf
Club (RMGC) is the sponsor
for the Halloween Trick or
Treat Mixer Tournament set
for Sunday, Oct. 26, at 1:30
p.m. and is open to all men and
women golfers with handicaps.
All players may sign up as
individuals, twosomes, threesomes or foursomes. The Pro
Shop will make up foursomes
for those not signed up as a
foursome.
The play is a nine-hole shotgun on the Creekside Golf
Course. Team scoring will be
for the two net scores from the
foursomes.
The golfer in each foursome
will be identified by a symbol on their score card: witch,
black cat, pumpkin or ghost.
After each hole is played,
on the following tee golfers
will see which two scores will
count. At the players’ ninth
and final hole, golfers must
go to the next tee to locate
their symbol to identify which
scores will count for the final
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News photo by Mike DiCarlo
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Low gross, low net winners in the Beat the Pros Tournament, Low net winners in the Beat the Pros Tournament, from left,
from left, Harry Paleologos, Don Geahry, Mark Lynch, Rich Ron Binder, Colin Ferrett, Bill Knapp, Don Egan, John McDonnell and Mel Simpson.
Mohr, Curtis Mitchell and Don Carpiaux.
Half of teams beat pros in RMGC Better Ball event
The Better Ball/Beat the Pro Tournament resulted in half of the teams
beating the Rossmoor pros on Sept. 24.
The tournament was sponsored by the
Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club.
With Mark Heptig and Brent Mulanax playing the Dollar Ranch Golf
Course and posting a net score of 68, 12
teams of Rossmoor members beat the
two pros.
In flight one, John McDonnell and
partner Mel Simpson posted a net 62
to win the flight. Curtis Mitchell and
Don Carpiaux, Dan Gonzales and Bart
Moore, Dallas Amos and Pat Kelley, Harry Laiolo and Rich Fuller, Cecil Chang
and Chuck Leong, Jay Shin and Seung
Hong also bested the pros. Mitchell and
Carpiaux won the low gross portion of
the tournament with an even par 72.
In f light two, Ced Ferrett and Ron
Binder posted a 59 to win their flight.
Other teams in this f light beating the
pros were Jim Graham and Dick Walsh,
Alan Brown and John Newman, John
Shannon and Bob Mcivor and Don
Geahry and Harry Paleologos.
On the nine-hole course with Heptig
and Chris Andres posting a net 35, all
players in the field beat the pros. Low
gross was won by Mark Lynch and Rich
Mohr shooting a 41. Other players beating the pros’ net score of 35 were Mike
Wener and Abe Abramson, Don Egan
and Bill Knapp and Greg Harvey and
Stan Phillips.
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Tennis Club’s BALL season underway; Jarvis, Robinson win Mixed Doubles
By Dave Kern
Club correspondent
In the first match of the
season, the Rossmoor Tennis
Club’s (RTC) women’s Oak
team of the Bay Area Ladies League (BALL) soundly
whipped Harbor Bay of Alameda on Sept. 21 at the Buckeye courts. Pauline Hanley and
Shin Kim, playing as team 1,
started out a little slow, but
soon found their groove and
won in two sets 7-5 and 6-0.
Playing on team 2, Judy Corliss and Patty Richardson had
a very close match with great
points. They lost the first set,
came back to win the second
and then barely lost the third set
in a 7-point tie-breaker.
At the third position, Mary
Ann Shields and Nelly Sawczuk played a very steady
game and won easily 6-3, 6-3.
Team 4, consisting of Mary
Kay McClure and Eppie Ying
had a very tough match with
the score staying very close.
They kept plugging away, and
finally won the first set in a
7-point tiebreak and the second set 7-5.
The women’s Buckeye team
traveled to Orindawoods Sept.
29 and played in the wind and
fog, also their first match of
the season, but unfortunately
did not come out on top, losing
10-2. It was an unexpected loss
since the Buckeyes have beaten Orindawoods in previous
years.
Cheryl Patterson and Barbara Schwartz lost 6-4, 6-2. Angie Dometrovich and Gay White
lost 6-4, 7-5. Joyce Neibur and
Joan Warner lost in three sets
6-4, 1-6 and 5-7. Loc Barnes
and Carol Pillsbury lost in
The winners of the RTC’s annual Mixed Doubles Tournament
are, from left, Murray Veroff, Judy Corliss, Linda Jarvis, Jerry
Robinson, Judy Stillman and Mike Ying.
The Buckeyes team that played Orindawoods included, from
three sets 6-3, 5-7 and 6-10 in dy Kuhl, ably assisted by his left, front row, Loc Barnes, Gay White, and Joyce Niebur; and
wife Lil. Mike and Eppie Ying back row, team captain Barbara Schwartz, Joan Warner, Angie
the third set tie-breaker.
In spite of the loss, team cap- helped with cleanup.
Dometrovich, Carol Pillsbury and Cheryl Patterson.
tain Barbara Schwartz thought
the team played very well.
There will be a revenge match
at home on Monday, Nov. 10,
and the team hopes to have a
super cheering squad that day.
Mixed Doubles
Twelve women and 12 men
played in the annual RTC
Mixed Doubles Tournament
on Sept. 27 at the Buckeye tennis courts. Doubles teams were
paired by a random draw with
each competitor playing with
seven different partners.
Each doubles match consisted of a four-game, no-add set.
Each game won scored a point.
The women’s side was very
close with only one point separating each of the first six
places. New RTC member
Linda Jarvis took first, closely followed by Judy Stillman
and Judy Corliss at second and
third, respectively.
The Oaks team players who beat Harbor Bay are, from left, Patty Richardson, Judy Corliss,
Jerry Robinson placed first Nelly Sawczuk, Mary Ann Shields, Shin Kim, Pauline Hanley, Mary Kay McClure, team captain
on the men’s side with Mur- Jan Perez and Eppie Ying.
ray Veroff taking second and
Mike Ying third.
The tournament was organized and executed by RanThe Rossmoor Men’s Club (RMGC) will host
Membership in the Men’s Golf Club is rethe senior golfers from Mira Vista and Moraga quired to play in home and home tournaments.
country clubs on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Check in Sign up for the club in the Pro Shop. A remindwill be at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30. er, priority for away tournaments is determined
To pay your green fee, check in at the Pro Shop. by the number of home tournaments played.
Envelopes are now available in the Pro
Warm up with range balls provided by
the men’s club counter at the Shop. The cost is $28. The fee includes break- Rossmoor Realty.
Pro Shop. Checks should be fast, lunch and prizes for winners. Reservation
Soft spikes are required. There is no
payable to RMGC. Green fees checks should be payable to RPMG. Cash is un- Rossmoor “bump” this season; play the ball
are charged at the member acceptable.
down. Pick up your ball if by doing so you don’t
rate and are payable at the Pro
Last sign-ups for this event will be taken affect the score for that hole for your team.
Shop prior to play. All players on Saturday, Oct. 11, at noon. A player roster
Players with a handicap of 30 or higher must
must register at the Pro Shop will be posted on Sunday, Oct. 12, in the Pro play from the gold tees. Members should reon the day of the tournament.
Shop. Checks for players not selected will be member to wear their Men’s Golf Club shirt.
Players select the course on destroyed.
Rossmoor players must provide their own
which they want to play. There
Players who need to cancel after the close cart or rent one to share with a guest player.
are separate prize pools for the of sign-ups will forfeit their payment unless an
For information, contact Mark Weiss at 310
nine-hole and 18-hole events. alternate can take their place.
500-7956 or at mwfootdr@gmail.com.
The double event format is designed to provide playing opportunities for all club members.
The Rainbow Scramble for- Continued from page 1B
encouraged, but are optional. guests for dinner will sit with
mat involves using different hole. (For example: Those Sign-up deadline is Wednes- the foursome of the spouse or
colored tees on each hole. On who finish on the sixth hole day, Oct. 22.
friend. There will be prizes for
the 18-hole course, there are must go to the seventh hole
After golf there will be golf and best costumes.
four drives from each player tee to identify which scores cocktails at 5 p.m. and dinner
The cost is $29 for golf and
and on the nine-hole course, count; the ninth hole will go at 6 in the Fireside Room at dinner or $21 for dinner only.
two drives. The player whose to the first tee.)
Gateway. Golfers will sit with For information, call Joe Tracy
ball is used must sit out for the
Halloween costumes are their foursome. Nonplaying at 954-7801.
next shot up until the green.
All players putt; there is a twoputt maximum.
Sign-ups will close Saturday, Oct. 18. There will be no
refunds for cancellations after
Here is how residents can find out more information during water and power outages and
that date. Foursomes will be
emergency situations such as a fire: Tune in to Channel 28 and watch for a “crawl” across
made up by the Pro Shop staff
the bottom of the screen that runs a continuous announcement of the emergency. Check the
and posted on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Rossmoor website, www.rossmoor.com. Hit the News and Events tab and then Breaking
For information, contact
News. Or Call the Rossmoor Information Telephone Service at 988-7878. At least one of
Burke Ferrari, event director,
these forms of communication should have the information.
at 510-316-3330.
RMGC hosts Mira Vista and Moraga
RMGC to hold Rainbow
Scramble on both courses
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf
Club (RMGC) members-only
Rainbow Scramble is Wednesday, Oct. 22, on the Dollar Ranch
and Creekside golf courses.
The cost is $20 for either
course. The fee includes lunch
at the Event Center, sodas,
beer, wine and prizes.
Sign-up envelopes are on
RMGC Trick or Treat Mixer set for Oct. 26
How to get information
during outages and emergencies
Rossmoor N ews • October 8 , 2014
Golf Shop News
F R O M T H E g o l f p ro
New Virus Alert
By Wayne Weckerlin, golf professional
There is a new virus attacking Rossmoor residents. It has
been gaining momentum over the past couple of years, so
I guess it isn’t really “new.” It is extremely contagious, but
unlike Ebola or the bird flu, it actually prolongs longevity. It
is called “the Golf Bug.”
During Rossmoor’s 50th Anniversary Games, it was evident that quite a number of residents had been bitten. Participants were given the opportunity to compete in any or all
of the three contests. There was an accuracy contest on the
range with two targets to hit. There was a nine-hole short
game course (pitch/chip/putt) set up at the Lakeside Short,
with a couple of wicked holes, set up at the practice green by
the first tee of the Dollar Ranch Course.
More than 100 players of all abilities ended up participating over the four-hour period, many of whom were first-timers. Putters, wedges and balls were provided to those without
equipment. For those seasoned players, it was a great opportunity to evaluate needed areas of improvement.
Based on residents’ feedback, these challenges will no
doubt be incorporated into our 2015 golf event schedule.
One resident commented that he had never seen so many
people having so much fun on the course and more than a
few friendships were forged during the day.
That’s what golf is all about. If you only play with the
same people each time, you are missing one of the ultimate
benefits of golf.
And you don’t have to get out on the course to enjoy the
health benefits of golf. We have a premier short-game area
that offers the player the opportunity to get up off the couch
and head outside and enjoy the beauty of Rossmoor. Deer
saunter across the grass, turkeys cross the road, and ducks
are on the pond.
It’s hard to imagine anyone not being giddy or not wanting to share the Rossmoor experience with others. I’m sure
the majority of residents do appreciate what Rossmoor has to
offer and those that don’t wouldn’t be happy anywhere.
Speaking of appreciation. Thank you to all of the 50th
Anniversary Committee members for a job well done. A
special thanks goes out to Senior Manager of Communications Maureen O’Rourke whose unselfish and tireless efforts
can’t be overstated and ensured that the week was a resounding success.
This event wouldn’t have gotten off the drawing board
without the participation of many others. It’s the same for
the four golf clubs at Rossmoor. Without participation, there
would be no tournaments, outside events or donations to our
charities.
So if you haven’t been exposed to someone who has the
“Golf Bug” virus, get to know someone new and catch it.
You won’t ever have any regrets.
Board members sought
for Men’s Golf Club
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf
Club seeks candidates for
four positions on the board.
Members serve a three-year
term. The election will be at
the annual meeting on Monday, Nov. 10.
Interested members should
contact Chuck Moran at 843870-4717 or at chuck.r.mo-
ran@gmail.com.
Moran, as past president,
chairs the Nominating Committee. Other nominating
committee members are John
McDonnell, Jim Pingatore,
Mike Devlin and Bob Montgomery. If interested in serving, contact any of the committee members.
RMGC will use gold tees
on the Creekside Course
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club (RMGC) has voted to use
the gold tees when playing tournaments involving the ninehole Creekside Course. This has been decided to honor the
“tee it forward” philosophy of enjoyment of the game without playing 18 holes.
All Rossmoor men are invited to join the club to golf and
have some fun. Contact Membership Outreach Chairman
Mike Wener at 415-203-5500 or Jerry Severance at 944-4829
with any questions or comments or for information.
Dues will be paid in full until the end of 2015 for anyone
who joins the RMGC in October.
3B
New Pickleball Club for residents only
A new Pickleball Club has
been formed and is open to
Rossmoor residents only.
Information about the club
and the schedule for play in
the Sierra Room at Del Valle is
available on the Rossmoor website under sports and activities.
A board was elected and
includes President Steve Ritz,
Vice President Bill Sederowitz,
Secretary Linda Bower, Treasurer Roger Svoboda and member-at-large, Jean Howard.
Dues from now until the end
of the year are $8. Dues for
2015 are $15.
Pickleball Club officers are, from left, Roger Svoboda, Jean
Pickleball has been called Howard, Linda Bower and Steve Ritz. Missing is Bill Sederowitz.
the fastest growing sport in
America. All Rossmoor resi- this fun and exciting sport.
Steve Ritz at 349-8576 or at
dents are encouraged to try
For information, contact stevesvolt@gmail.com.
Happy Hackers plan year’s final scramble
The final scramble of the year for the Happy Hackers will be on Saturday, Oct.18, on the
Creekside Golf Course. Tee off time will be
2:30 p.m. Dinner and awards will follow.
The signup sheet for the scramble is in the
Pro Shop. Dinner and golf is $24, golf only is
$7 and dinner only is $17. Green fees will be
collected at the Pro Shop. Include a reservation
check at sign up.
This year’s Happy Hackers’ annual meeting
and dinner will be on Thursday, Nov. 6, in the
Tahoe Room in the Event Center. At this event,
there will be a wrap up of the year’s events, in-
formation regarding next year’s events and the
election of the club officers for 2015.
Dinner, beverages and a raffle will be included for $5. The sign-up sheet will be in the Pro
Shop on Tuesday, Oct. 21. All Happy Hackers’
members and former members are encouraged
to attend.
The Happy Hackers is open to golfers
of all playing abilities. Handicaps are not
required to play. Membership applications
are in the Pro Shop. For information, call
Muriel Wyro, membership chairwoman, at
256-4484.
Crane wins 18ers’ charm, qualifies for playoff
Forty-two members of the Rossmoor
Women’s 18-Hole Golf Club played last
Thursday in a multi-formatted event: individual eclectic, the Women’s Golf Association of Northern California (WGANC) Pin
Day and Charm Day.
Barbara Crane captured the monthly
charm with a low net of 67. She will compete
with all of this year’s Charm Day winners
to determine the overall winner who will be
awarded a nice prize.
Results for low gross and low net are:
Flight 1: low gross, Janet Choi, 85; low
net, Claudia Terry, 70; and second low net,
Sil Jung, 72
Flight 2: low gross, Betty Cunaberti, 97;
low net, Aileen Choi, 75; and second low net,
Gail Ramirez, 77
Flight 3: low gross, June Lee, 97; low net,
Linda Pritchett, 69; and second low net, Linda Scheffer, 75 (after a tie-breaker with Teddi
Swanson, also 75)
Flight 4: low gross, Nikki Balkujian, 118;
low net, Lori Lynn, 81; and second low net,
Donna Rhodes, 86
Linda Pritchett had the only birdie on hole
No. 2. Diane Matoney had the only chip-in on
hole No. 9.
Lawn bowling’s Handicap Pairs coming up
Continued from page 1B
cerville on Friday, Oct. 24.
The cost is $30, and the casino provides a bonus of $15 for
slot machine play or $20 for
table play.
This trip is open to all
Rossmoor residents, their
guests and family. Reservations are necessary; so call either Elsie or Frankie Napoli at
937-6290.
Ed and Pauline de Assis
coach free training classes for
new lawn bowlers on Monday and Wednesday mornings
at 10. Anyone interested in
this relaxing and intriguing
Call it in
See something that
doesn’t seem right? Witness a person or persons
behaving suspiciously?
Call the police.
The Walnut Creek Police Department encourages residents to make
those calls. The number
is 943-5844.
sport, which nearly anyone
of any age can readily enjoy,
should call either of them at
943-2003. Or, simply show
up at the mat house at Hill-
side at about 9:45 Monday or
Wednesday morning to join
the on-going class. Bowls are
provided at no charge for use
during the training.
4B
Rossmoor N ews • October 8, 2014
Trails Club revisits Sequoia, Kings Canyon national parks
By Linda Ritz
Club correspondent
It has been seven years since
the Trails Club of Rossmoor
journeyed south and east to
Kings Canyon and Sequoia
national parks. Forty-two hikers left on Sept. 8, car pooling
their way to Fresno and then
east to the parks.
Whenever the Trails Club
goes off to hike for several
days, the event is called a “safari.” As was true seven years
ago, this safari was led by one
of the club’s most revered hikers, Sumner Walters, who has
been a member since 1968. He
was assisted by other members, Joe and Mary Alice Stadum, Carolyn Yandle and Don
Geahry.
Sequoia National Park is the
second-oldest national park in
the United States. It was created by Congress on Sept. 25,
1890. General Grant National Park (the area now called
Grant Grove), was designated
soon after. Only Yellowstone
National Park, created in 1872,
is older.
Sequoias impress
After meeting at the Grant
Grove Visitors Center in
Kings Canyon that afternoon,
the group took a short two
mile walk to see their first Sequoiadendron giganteum, aka,
a giant sequoia or giant redwood. Wonder filled the hiker’s eyes as they gazed at the
General Grant tree, reaching
up into the sky 268 feet with
107.5 feet in girth and a diameter of 28.9 feet.
It was then time to head
nine miles south on the General’s Highway to the Montecito/
Sequoia Lodge. The lodge had
a big dining room and was as
rustic as one would hope in a
mountain lodge. Rooms were
comfortable and the food was
incredible.
Breakfast and dinner offered buffets with many delicious choices. For three days,
the lodge’s staff packed the
hikers’ sack lunches with a
choice of a meat or veggie
sandwich. Not only did the
food satisfy member’s hunger,
it was varied and delicious.
The hikers were grateful to
the chef and staff.
For the Sept. 9 hike, the
group car-pooled south to the
largest-by-volume tree in the
world. The General Sherman
sequoia is 274.9 feet tall, 102.6
feet in circumference at the
ground with a maximum diameter of 36.5 feet. It is difficult to appreciate the size
of the giant sequoias because
neighboring trees are so large.
It is also difficult to understand
that many of these enormous
golden brown trees are 1,800
to 2,700 years old.
From the General Sherman
tree, the club split into groups
and hiked into the Giant Forest to enjoy more of these giant trees. The stronger hikers
went out on a 10-miler, and
the moderates hiked a seven-miler. They met for lunch
in Crescent Meadows.
Another view of the General
Sherman sequoia
Black bear sighted
To their delight, on the way
back from Crescent Meadows,
several hikers saw a black bear
roaming near the trail. He
could care less about the group
as he went about searching for
food. It wasn’t long, and he
was out of sight.
Before hiking on Sept. 10,
most of the club members
climbed the 172 steps to Buck
Rock Lookout secured at 8,503
feet. Offering a 360-degree
view, club members viewed
miles of forest and mountains.
The lookout is staffed from
early spring until the first
snow in the fall, watching for
lightening fires. It’s a cute one
room bungalow with a stove,
sink with water, counter and
drawers.
Later that morning, the
group hiked in the Redwood
Grove, where many unnamed
sequoias grow to mammoth
size. This forest is where UC
Berkeley has engaged in research. Data has been collected for many years as the large
trees and the forest that surrounds them are studied.
The moderate group hiked
up into the forest about three
miles where members enjoyed lunch under the canopy of the majestic sequoia.
Birds chirped and squirrels
ran around hoping for a bite or
two. A breeze cooled the skin
and tickled noses with a clean,
woody smell.
Into Kings Canyon
From the lodge, the hikers
drove down a windy 35-mile
road into Kings Canyon on
Sept. 11. They stopped often
to gaze at the awe inspiring
view of the ragged Sierra
Crest rising up to more than
14,000 feet.
Jagged and barren, the
mountains tell of another time
when a glacier moved through
the area to create Kings Canyon. Made famous by John
Muir, it is one of the deepest
canyons in the United States.
The moderate hikers
walked a distinctive path
along Kings River, where
there are many really large
boulders that had fallen from
the mountainsides, most many
years ago. It was warm in the
canyon, but hikers enjoyed
their packed lunches beside
the cool, mesmerizing river.
The hikers posed in front of the giant General Sherman sequoia on the second day of their trip.
The 42 members of the Rossmoor Trails Club that went on a safari to Sequoia and Kings Canyon
national parks
Club members, from left, Sumner Walters, Bill Dorman, Stanley Scott, Carol Scott, Carolyn
Yandle and Steve Batill took the 172 steps up to the lookout.
Five of the stronger hikers left early to hike out of
Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon. Wayne Tam, Marcella Welch, Barry Grossberg,
Angela Norton and Charlene
Liu scrambled up a 10-plus
mile round-trip hike, gaining
2,500 to 3,000 feet elevation
in five to six miles. There was
a water fall and a 360-degree
breath-catching view.
Relaxing after hike
After hiking, several of the
hikers relaxed in the comfort
and heat of the Jacuzzi along
with a glass of wine. The stories of the day brought laughter and great discussions.
Many chose to nap or read.
As the sun bid goodbye on
another enchanting day, the
group met for happy hour,
first inside the lodge, but then
outside on the wrap-around
deck. Laughter and chatter
continued as hikers munched
on chips and dips. Once the
clock climbed to 6 p.m., hikers
abandoned the chips and dips
for the dinner buffet.
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Rossmoor N ews • October 8 , 2014
Trails Club offers lots
of hikes in October
The Rossmoor Trails Club offers a variety of hikes every
Wednesday and Saturday, and a walk around the golf course
each Monday morning, when the course is closed to golfers.
Hikers are divided into four groups. Generally, Amblers hike three to five miles at a moderate pace with up to
500-foot-elevation gain. Ramblers hike five to seven miles.
Trekkers hike six to eight miles, and Scramblers six to nine
miles. Each succeeding group may hike areas with more
elevation gains or at a faster pace.
To join, go to trailsclubofrossmoor.com. Go to Club Information, then Membership. Print application packet and send
to registrar. Those who are interested can call Bob or Linda
Virden at 300-3719 for club information and an explanation
of how the club works.
Monday walkers meet at 8:45 on the large patio between
Peacock Hall and Gateway Clubhouse. Amblers, Ramblers,
Trekkers and Scramblers meet Wednesdays and Saturdays
behind Gateway Multipurpose Room 3 at 8:45 a.m. to arrange car pools to trailheads; departure is at 9.
Hikers should bring cash to share gas costs with the driver. Most trips are $2 to $6 based on roundtrip distance (and
occasional park fees). Also, bring a lunch to eat on the trail.
Hikers are usually back by 2 to 3 p.m.; some hikes return
later and the leader will advise in advance. Pets are not allowed.
Bay Area weather is unpredictable, so hikers are advised
to dress in layers and be prepared for heat, wind, and rain.
Wear comfortable hiking boots and bring lots of water, hiking poles, and sun protection.
All hike destinations are weather dependent, but leaders
will be ready to take hikers elsewhere if the scheduled hike
is rained out or too muddy, or too exposed in hot weather.
In addition to the hike schedule printed here, the schedule
along with changes and updates, is available on the web page
(trailsclubofrossmoor.com). Go to Monthly Hike Calendar
and click on Agenda.
Saturday, Oct. 11: Amblers, Barbara Wackett, Shell
Ridge (Twin Ponds Loop); Ramblers, Linda Ritz, Mt. Diablo;
Scramblers, Jean O’Neill, Redwood Park; Trekkers, Richard
Rex, Nejedly Staging Area
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Amblers, Linda Virden, Rossmoor
East Ridge; Ramblers, Albert Beraha, Redwood Park;
Scramblers, Keith Alley, Wild Creek; Trekkers, Carolyn
Yandle, Frog Pond
Saturday, Oct. 18: Amblers, Bob Virden, Rossmoor
West Ridge; Ramblers, Gloria Kern/ Christine Barclay, Shell
Ridge; Scramblers, Marcelle/Bill Welch, Mt. Diablo; Trekkers, TBD
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Amblers, Dick Pierce, Mt. Diablo;
Ramblers, Shirley Wiegand, Mt. Diablo (Juniper and Summit); Scramblers, Larry Prud’homme, Orinda to Cal Campus, lunch at Alumni Club; Trekkers, TBD
Saturday, Oct. 25: Amblers, Earl Sawyer, Redwood Park;
Ramblers, Annette Stiefbold and Ed Bell, Las Trampas;
Scramblers, Ta-hsia Kuo, Bollinger Canyon; Trekkers, TBD
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Amblers, Betty Boege, Briones;
Ramblers, TBD; Scramblers, Charlene Gonzales, Tilden;
Trekkers, Steve Batill, TBD
5B
Trails Club holds potluck, meeting tomorrow
The Rossmoor Trails Club will have its annual meeting and potluck dinner on Thursday,
Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
Members are encouraged to attend and approve the club’s proposed slate of officers for
2015 and new board nominees to represent the
four hiking groups.
Club members are also invited to help with
the decorating this year by carving or decorating a center-piece size pumpkin to bring to the
dinner. The club will vote for their favorites
and winners will receive Creekside Grill gift
certificates of $50 for first place, $25 for second place and $20 for third place. Call Sally
Allen at 954-1647 to participate in the contest.
Members whose last names begin with A
to D are asked to bring a side dish; E to J,
appetizers; K to Q, salads; and R to Z, a main
dish. Remember to bring a serving utensil for
your dish.
The club will provide apple and pumpkin
pies for dessert, as well as tea and coffee.
Bring your own beverages, as there is no bar.
Silver Bullets win at Mountain View meet
Swimmers look forward to meet this weekend
Rossmoor’s Silver Bullets
swim team participated in
a short-course meters swim
meet in Mountain View recently.
Dolly Ackerman won the
50-meter backstroke and
placed second in the 100- and
200-meter freestyle.
Ann Hirsch won the
200-meter freestyle, the 50and 200-meter breaststroke
and the 200-meter individual
medley.
Judy Morton won the
400-meter individual medley
and received a special medal,
commemorating Allen Lui,
one-time coach of the Mountain View Masters.
Look for more swimmers
to participate in the shortcourse meters championship
meet at Heather Farm Park
in Walnut Creek this Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 9
through 11.
Bocce Club plans November meeting
Rossmoor Bocce Ball Club members are
invited to the general meeting on Thursday,
Nov. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Las Trampas
Room at Hillside.
The 2015 officers will be elected. The
nominees are Allen Pedersen and Mercedes
Voss for president; Allison Howells and Jeanette Mungiole, vice president; Mary Jean
Odmark, secretary; and John DeBenedictis,
treasurer.
To add a nominee, call a member of the
nominating committee: Jim Ford at 2960622, Marsha Dean at 932-8292 or Richard
Sheridan at 287-9698.
Members must be present at this meeting
in order to vote.
Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday, Sept. 23
Section A
N/S 1. D. Kriens/K. Miller 2.
G. White/A. Petersen 3. B. Johnsonbaugh/J. Cassell 4. V. Leavitt/A. Smith
E/W 1. M. Suchman/O. Edor
2. T. Szymczak/N. Rosenberg
3. A. Murray/C. Nevin 4. B. LaCour/C. Daar
Section B
N/S. 1. N. Donaldson/M. Powell 2. B. Evans/J. Smith 3. M.
Kelley/M. Dachs 4. B. Handelsman/C. Handelsman
E/W 1. B. Sankary/J. Mailman 2. B. Dunn/J. Perez 3. D.
Langthorn/V. Mills 4. R. Long/A.
Long
Wednesday, Sept. 24
Section A
N/S 1. M. Suchman/A. Murray
2. B. Atkins/J. Taylor3. V. Low/J.
Bechtel 4. B. LaCour/M. Stoops
E/W 1. L. Weisenberg/S. Rob-
inson 2. A. Eastman/B. Price 3. P.
Miettiner/E. Chiang 4. M. Powell/M. Sabol
Thursday, Sept. 25
Section A
N/S 1. C. Griffin/L. Ferrell 4.
E. Drew/B. Legler3. I. Darroch/J.
Gosnell 4. W. Jasper/L. Miller
E/W 1. A. Petersen/V. Petersen 2. L. Moura/G. Aiyar 3.
O. Edor/M. Suchman 4. J. Sherwood/J. Sherwood
Friday, Sept. 26
N/S 1. J. Bennie/A. VanBoeschoten 2. C. Casassa/S. Bryant
3. M. Hall/C. Shannon
E/W 1. J. Durie/B. Kivel 2.
M. Rosen/S. Christoffersen 3. M.
Laing/J. With
Saturday, Sept. 27
Section A
N/S 1. A. Murray/J. Guillen
2. A. Petersen/T. Szyczak 3. K.
Miller/D. Kriens 4. B. Felder/D.
Terris
E/W 1. P. Krock/V. Petersen 2.
H. Ajmani/R. Bhalla 3. P. Zieger/M. Suchman 4. D. Barker/A.
Eastman
Monday, Sept. 29
Section A
N/S 1. L. Grawoig/P. Zieger
2. A. Murray/D. Terris 3. P. Taylor/E. Beltran 4. J. Lowe/J. Dolgin
E/W 1. A. Mattox/A. Smith
2. G. Cunha/R. Juo Cunha 3. A.
Petersen/T. Szymczak 4. I. Darroch/I. Darroch
Section B
N/S 1. N. Donaldson/D.
Thompson 2. S. Oppenheimer/ R.
Becker 3. J. Moreau/C. Ferrett 4.
P. Reagan/T. Blankfeld
E/W 1. M. McArthur/J. Mailman 2. R. Scheffer/L. Scheffer
3. K. Stevens/P. Compton 4. E.
Lang/J. Durie
For additional information, see
posted results or go to http://julialowe.bridgeforyou.com.
Large group from Trails
Club announces winners
Club enjoys national parks Domino
The domino winners for Sept. 29 were entire 2 ½ hour session.
Continued from page 4B
tain before heading home.
The giant sequoias and the
forests they live in left the
group with a quiet content and
the satisfaction of exercising in
such rugged beauty.
The hikers are grateful to
Walters and his team for showing the group the wonders of
the area. They are also thankful to the men and women who
fought to keep this place for
generations to enjoy.
Carol Thom 323, Mike Flanagan 319, Howie Graul 317, Connie Mitchell 316, Jeannie
Johnson 309 and Joe Blyskal 307.
T he dom ino winners for Sept. 27 were
Mitchell 343, Kent Croswell 336, Greger
Johnson 331, Thom 326 and Janice Ottey
319.
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
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Multipurpose
Room 2 at Gateway. This is an opportunity
to learn and practice the rules and etiquette
of Five-Up, the domino game played at the
All golfers are encouraged to use the new lighted golf cart club. A teacher is available for new players,
crossing in front of the driving range entry and crossing to the but all attendees are asked to commit to the
Dollar Golf Course near the Event Center.
To activate the lights, look for the yellow boxes on sign poles
and push the button as indicated.
Cross when the lights flash. As usual, look both ways before
attempting to cross this or any crosswalk in Rossmoor.
ner, everyone met to hear announcements and to hear about
the hikes for the next day.
Several enjoyed games, star
gazing and roasting marshmallows around the camp fire
outside the dining hall. Many,
however, just went to bed.
On Sept. 12, many left to
drive the four hours back to
Rossmoor. Some stayed to taake a short hike to Bald Moun-
Use golf cart crosswalk
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, higher-scoring game than the other Fives versions. Play is with partners, but it is not necessary to bring a partner.
Experienced players who want a more
intense, higher-stakes game are invited to
meet with the Brown Baggers on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. in the Garden Room (behind the
kitchen) at Dollar Clubhouse.
Tip of the week
There is no good reason to ever start with
the 6-1. It is a good scoring domino later in
the hand, and does nothing as a starter except give the opponent two good scoring opportunities.
More bridge news on page 17B
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Clubs & Organizations
Stamp Club trades Saturday
Bring duplicates, unwanted for trade
The Rossmoor Stamp Club, also known as the Rossmoor
Philatelic Society, will hold its monthly trading session on
Saturday, Oct. 11, in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway. The
meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 11.
Members are encouraged to bring their duplicate and unwanted stamps to the meeting for trade. Members have wide
collecting interests. There are usually stamps from many
countries and some from standard topical themes such as animals, trains, flowers and art.
The club has a basic collection of Untied States stamps and
many worldwide stamps available for purchase at pennies per
stamp. It’s possible to build a collection of interesting stamps
for very little money. Only the imagination is the limit.
All are welcome at the club’s trading sessions and meetings.Those who are interested in starting or renewing their
philatelic interests may stop by.
At this month’strading session, members will also prepare
for the club’s fall auction.The auction will be on Saturday,
Oct. 25, between 9:30 and 11 a.m. in the Bunker Room at
Creekside. Forms for listing member’s items to be auctioned
will be available at the trading session or may be obtained
from the club president, Rich Kirby at 324-6328 or at richardwkirby@aol.com.
Apple computers, devices
discussed at Mac Users Group
Apple Computers and iOS devices have a strong presence in
Rossmoor. The technology has led to the development of MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac, and the iOS devices known
as the iPod, iPad, and iPhone that are enjoyed by PC users as
well as Mac users. Users of any of the Apple devices are welcome to join the Rossmoor Mac User Group (RMUG).
User groups were formed in the early years of Apple development for mutual aid and support for the new technology that differed from the classic PCs in use around the world. The Diablo
Valley Mac User Group is helpful to RMUG and shares many
presentations, as well as co-sponsoring the Film Fest each year.
The Computer Room at Gateway has an RMUG member
ready to answer questions and give help every Wednesday morning to Mac users.
There are no dues to join RMUG, as the group relies on donations to cover costs of focus sessions and special meetings. It is
easy to join the group by emailing jimruss2@earthlink.net and
including an address and phone number in the body of the letter.
Weekly emails are sent out on Sundays describing the next
week’s activities. Go to the website at rossmoormacusers.org, to
find out more details of the organization’s future plans, or call
Dian Overly, 945-6055, to set up home visits.
Tip of the week
Don’t forget the easy way to learn about an iOS device. For
example, iPad questions can be answered simply by going to the
Apple website: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/essentials/.
Time to pay Antiques Club dues
Members who pay the Antiques
Club dues now will get four extra
months. The Antiques Club has
changed its calendar year; the year
used to run from September to June,
but now is January to December.
Everyone who paid by Sept. 15
will be included in the roster and
their dues are paid up until Dec.
2015.
Those who pay dues after Sept.
15 will also receive paid dues
through Dec. 2015, and depending
on when dues are paid, they will
receive extra months on their dues,
but will not be included in the roster.
Send checks in the amount of
$15, payable to the Antiques Club
of Rossmoor to Diane Casey, 552
Spotted Owl Court. Do not put
checks in the club mailbox at Gateway Clubhouse.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Officers on the new board of the Antiques Club for 2015 are, from left, seated, Vice President
Nano Barnett and President Marlene Maroulas; and seated, Treasurer Vera Costella, Beverly
Potter (tours), Pennie Needham (historian), Marigene Mainland (holiday event) and Barbara
Woods (refreshments). Not pictured: Diane Casey (membership), Betty Burton (refreshments), Barbara Britt (tours) and Mimi Knox (January event).
Antiques Club to visit San Francisco
Fall Antiques Show this month
The Antiques Club will visit the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show at the Festival Pavilion in Fort Mason Center on Thursday,
Oct. 23. The bus leaves promptly at 10 a.m.
from Gateway Clubhouse and will return at
approximately 5 p.m.
The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
is the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West coast. The
show features approximately 70 dealers from
across the United States and Europe.
There will be all styles and periods including American, English, continental and
Asian furniture, with an emphasis on gold
and silver.
A prix fixe luncheon will be served at
11:30 in the Café Girandole. After lunch,
there is free time to view the exhibits. At
2:30, there will be a lecture by Kevin Jones,
curator at the Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising. The subject will be fashion
commodities.
The cost of this tour is $60 and includes
transportation, admission, a souvenir catalogue, lunch and lecture.
Send reservation checks, payable to the
Antiques Club of Rossmoor, to Diane Casey,
552 Spotted Owl Court. Do not put checks in
the club mailbox at Gateway. The reservation
deadline is Friday, Oct. 17.
Reservations will be made in the order
received until the bus is filled. Refunds will
not be given after the reservation deadline.
Members have priority but other Rossmoor
residents are invited on a space available basis at a cost of $70.
For cancelations or to be put on a waiting
list, call Casey at 210-1273.
30s/40s/50s women will International Club to host party
eat at Don José’s Oct. 22 with French theme at Event Center
The Ladies Who Lunch group of the 30s/40s/50s Couples
Club will have lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Don Jose’s in
Alamo. The restaurant serves a wide variety of Mexican dishes.
All 30s/40s/50s club women are invited to attend.
The group will meet at the far corner of the Gateway parking
lot at 11:30 a.m. to form car pools to the restaurant.
For reservations, call Sandy Cavallo at 930-6555 no later than
Sunday, Oct. 19. Those who will not be carpooling should let
Cavallo know when the reservation is made. For last minute cancellations, call Joann Tracy at 954-7801.
The 30s/40s/50s Couples Club is for couples born in the decades of the 1930s, 1940s or 1950s. It is a social group, whose
purpose is to meet others in the same age group with similar
interests.
For information about other activities or to join the club, contact the membership chairwoman, Judy Nixon, at 286-6175 or
Patty Smith at 949-8325.
Want to exercise later in the day?
All exercise programs produced by Channel 28/Rossmoor
Television are available in the Rossmoor Library for check
out or duplication.
The International Club invites residents to an
evening in France on Sunday, Oct. 19, from 5 to
8 p.m. at the Event Center.
Hors d’oeuvres include brie in puff pastry,
fig and olive tapenade on toasted rounds and
stuffed mushrooms.
The entree is a choice of chicken a la crème
or beef bourguignon served over egg noodles.
A vegetarian option is an individual quiche of
tomato, cream cheese and fresh basil. French
green beans almandine, an arugula and fennel
salad and chocolate éclairs complete the meal.
Entertainment will include music by Duo
Gadjo with French native Isabelle Fontaine and
San Francisco born Jeff Magidson. Their music,
inspired by the sounds of the 1920s and 1930s,
is a blending of the two cultures. Entertainment
will also be by Jest 4 Fun, a talented group of
singers, dancers and entertainers.
A French quiz will be offered at each table
for a table fee of $5. The winning table will receive two bottles of French wine to enjoy with
dinner.
The cost is $30 for members and $35 for
guests. Reservation checks, payable to the International Club, should be left in the club mailbox
at Gateway or mailed to the International Club
at 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA
94595. Those who want to sit together should
include all their checks in one envelope. The
reservation deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 14.
For information about the dinner, contact
Lydia Bernhardt at 287-1258 or Peggy York at
935-2551.
The International Club brings together residents who are foreign born, lived or traveled
abroad and who share an interest in the customs
and traditions of foreign countries. The club’s
dinner events feature different countries’ food
and entertainment.
Membership applications are available in the
club mailbox or at the club website at ic-rossmoor.com.
For those joining now, membership will be
for the balance of the year. Dues are $20 per
person. For club membership, contact Dorie
Gallinatti at doriegallinatti@gmail.com or at
465-2451.
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TGIF will hold Ghosts and Car Club Show ‘n’ Shine a success,
Goblins event Oct. 17
to meet Friday and elect officers
The TGIF Club will host a Ghosts and Goblins dinner dance
on Friday, Oct. 17, in the Event Center. The attire for the evening
will be optional costumes (no shorts).
At 6 p.m., the hosted bar will serve cocktails and hors d’oeuvres including teriyaki meatballs, fiesta chicken salad on crostini
and focaccia bread with roasted peppers and cheese.
Dinner will begin at 6:45 with a Greek salad with feta, tomato
and black olives served family style. The entrée will be chicken
cordon bleu served with roasted rosemary red potatoes and green
beans with roasted shallot butter. The vegetarian selection is
cheese tortellini with marinara sauce. Dessert is cherry pie with
whipped cream and each table will have a compliment of assorted rolls, red and white wine, and decaffeinated coffee and tea.
Returning to the Event Center stage is the Jambalaya Swing
Band, led by trumpeter Ken Brock. The Jambalaya Swing Band
consists of 11 multitalented musicians. The selections and arrangements for Dixieland jazz, swing, blues and much more fit
the definition of jambalaya.
The cost is $25 for members and $33 for guests. Each member
may invite one guest. Reservations will be accepted beginning
Wednesday, Oct. 1, and will be filled in the order received.
Make reservation checks (no cash) payable to TGIF and note
entrée selection(s) on the check. Send the check to Sue Fleck at
1905 Cactus Court No. 1, Entry 4, or place the envelope in the
drop box at the same address. Do not place the check in the mailbox on Cactus Court or in the club box at Gateway Clubhouse.
Those who wish to sit together must send all checks in the
same envelope. The reservation and refund deadline is Friday,
Oct. 10, at 5 p.m.
To cancel reservations by the deadline, call Fleck at 949-9771.
After the deadline anyone who is unable to attend should call
her by 5 p.m. on the day of the dinner. Arrangements will be
made for a take-home dinner from the caterer to be picked up at
7:30. This procedure must be followed or the dinner will not be
released.
It is time to renew membership in TGIF. The TGIF dues for
2015 will be $30 per person. Members may send checks to Ann
Peterson, 2209 Ptarmigan Drive No. 3, or payment may be made
at the October or November dinner dance.
Send separate check for dinner reservations. Indicate any
changes in address, phone, emails or errors in the roster with the
check. Membership renewal deadline is Monday, Dec. 1. Bills
will not be sent out and there is a long waiting list to fill any
spaces that may occur.
TGIF Club membership information can be obtained by
emailing Ann Peterson at anntpete@comcast.net or calling 9498371.
Sunday Salon invites all
to Thursday happy hour
Tomorrow it is at Opa
Each Thursday, Sunday Salon members gather at a designated
restaurant for a YIT (Yea, it’s Thursday) happy hour, beginning
at 4:45 p.m. This is a very popular event for friends, old and new,
to meet for wine, cocktails, food and conversation.
Nonmembers are encouraged to attend a couple of these
events. The evening provides a wonderful opportunity to meet
Sunday Salon members, ask questions and experience this unique
Rossmoor singles organization.
On Oct. 9, the YIT will be at Opa and on Oct. 16, at Scott’s
Seafood Grill. Both locations are in Walnut Creek. For information about YIT events, call Bill Race at 459-0960.
Sunday Salon is an active social organization for single men
and women who enjoy a variety of activities, including catered
events at the Dollar Clubhouse every other month. Themes for
these events run from a casual barbecue to a semi-formal gala
during the holidays.
Alternating with the Dollar Clubhouse events is the Dinner
Group, which enjoys cuisine complemented by fine wine, fun
and friendships at the homes of selected members.
There are two to three private homes selected with six to eight
attendees at each. The host and cook select the menu and assign
menu items that attendees contribute to the dinner. A theme is
sometimes chosen. The goal is to have an enjoyable evening. All
Dinner Club events are coordinated by the Dinner Club Committee, chaired by Rose Rodrigues.
Once a month, members meet for a night out at a local restaurant. This event is open, as space allows, to nonmembers who
may be interested in joining Sunday Salon.
Club members also enjoy art, music, movie and local theater
events. Membership is comprised of equal numbers of men and
women.
For information about Sunday Salon, call the membership
chairwoman, Dione Williams, at 933-9077.
Anyone who passed by the
corner of Golden Rain Road
and Tice Creek Drive last Friday afternoon couldn’t help
but notice the Rossmoor Car
Club’s Show ‘n’ Shine event
in the Gateway parking lot.
The newly revived Car
Club’s first event brought out
a number of beautiful classic,
antique and unique automobiles that attracted admiring
and curious spectators. Owners answered questions about
their vehicles and represented
the club.
Exhibited vehicles were a
1925 Rover (Kenneth Gundry), 1947 Chevrolet woody
convertible (Jim Ashworth),
1955 T-Bird (Jack Starr), 1961
Jaguar XK150 (John Owen),
1963 T-Bird (Chris Bang),
1965 Mustang fastback (Bill
Reiley), 1974 Jaguar XKE
(Rod Place), 1985 Toyota Supra (Derek Liecty), 1992 Infinity convertible (Anne Lenkert) ,1997 Jaguar XK8 (Joan
Leonard) and 2007 Cadillac
XLR (Ed Spencer).
The next club meeting
will be Friday, Oct. 10, at 7
p.m. in the Bunker Room at
Creekside. All current members and anyone interested
Jack Starr with his 1955 red T-Bird convertible.
in joining are encouraged
to attend. Officers will be
elected and future events
will be discussed. Officers
will be responsible for membership, publicity, events
and finance.
In addition, attendees will
consider a number of exciting
event proposals. The events
will involve day trips, exhibitions, car shows, picnics and
seasonal parties in Rossmoor
as well as in Carmel, the Delta, Laguna Seca, Woodside
and other Northern California
areas.
The Rossmoor Car Club
is established for individuals who have an interest in
automobiles. These can be
antiques, original classics,
restored oldies, special and
unique cars of any age.
Join the group at this meeting or request a membership
application from Joan Leonard. The annual dues are $25.
For information about
the club and events, contact Leonard at 322-5744 or
at bossjoan@yahoo.com or
Anne Lenkert at 254-9195 or
at alenkert@sbcglobal.net.
Prime Time Couples dine at Dollar
The Prime Time Couples Dinner Club will
have its next dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at
Dollar Clubhouse.
There will be a social hour from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. on a bring your own beverages
basis. Members and guests will be served a
variety of hors d’oeuvres. Dinner, served by
Hamilton Catering, is at 6:30.
Dinner will include a green salad, beef
Burgundy with noodles, carrots and pumpkin
pie with whipped cream. A fish or vegetarian
option is available on request. Wine, coffee
and tea will also be served with the meal.
The cost is $46 per couple for members
and $50 per couple for nonmembers.
Reservation checks must be received by
Thursday, Oct. 16.
Checks can be dropped off at the club’s
mailbox at Gateway. Or, they may be mailed
or delivered to the club treasurer, Tom Mesetz,
at 2132 Golden Rain Road No. 1, Entry 13.
Late phone reservations are sometimes possible. For information, call Mesetz at 939-2132.
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, followed by humor and trivia.
For information, call the club president,
Phil Blakeney, at 933-6007.
Couples (married or not married) are invited to learn more about the club by coming to
dinner as paying guests on a space available
basis.
Save Mt. Diablo to hold reception
The annual Save Mount
Diablo Rossmoor reception
is Thursday, Oct. 16, from 5
to 7 p.m. at the organization’s
office, 1901 Olympic Blvd.,
Suite 320, Walnut Creek.
East Bay Regional Parks
District naturalist Mike Moran will talk about “Delta
Gateways: Heritage and Habitat.”
He can answer some of the
questions about current water
issues.
Moran has been with the
park district for 20 years,
interpreting the Delta. He is
now assisting in the development of the new Big Break
Visitors Center at the Delta.
He attended San Francisco State University and UC
Berkeley. He has a master’s
degree in wildland resource
science.
He was awarded the National Master Frontline Interpreter Award in 2012.
Refreshments will be
served at the reception.
For reservations, contact
Jeanne Thomas at 937-4613
or at JeanneThom@aol.com.
30s/40s/50s Club holds wine social
All members of the
30s/40s/50s Couples Club
are encouraged to attend the
general meeting, election and
wine social on Sunday, Nov.
9, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in
the Fireside Room at Gateway.
Residents will elect a president, second vice president,
secretary and two event coordinators. The 2015 events
calendar will be unveiled and
sign ups taken.
The afternoon will include
hors d’oeuvres, chardonnay
and zinfandel wines (or bring
your own beverage), music by
Dick Bertrand and door prizes.
The cost is $10 per person,
members only. Send reservation checks, payable to the
30s/40s/50s Couples Club,
to Alan Seder at 3144 Grey
Eagle Drive. The deadline is
Oct. 31; no refunds will be
given after that date.
For information, call Jean
Geyer at 323-6183.
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RELIGION
Religious Services
JEWISH
B’nai Israel Congregation Sabbath services led by Cantor
Rachel Brott will be held on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Vista Room, Hillside Clubhouse. Greeter Tillie Molho will say
the blessing over the challah. Mike and Betsy Rosenheimer will
provide the oneg in celebration of Mike’s birthday and Betsy
will say the blessing over the Shabbat candles. After the service, Judy Vida will share a few of the many customs related
to Sukkot, the most joyous holiday of the Jewish year. All are
welcome to attend the service, the program and enjoy the social
hour afterwards.
CONGREGATIONAL UCC
Rossmoor Pilgrim Congregational Christian United
Church of Christ’s Sunday worship service will be held Oct.
12, at 10:30 a.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse. The
Rev. Dr. Daryl J. Clemens, pastor and teacher, will officiate at
the service and preach. A social time with refreshments and
conversation circles will be held after the service. Holy Communion is served the first Sunday of every month. Bible studies,
except for July and August, are announced and held in the Mulligan Room at the Creekside complex. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to participate in the activities of Pilgrim Church.
For information or for pastoral concerns, call 287-1500 or email
rossmoorpccucc@aol.com.
LUTHERAN
Hope Lutheran Church invites everyone to gather for a spirited worship service in the Fireside Room at Gateway Clubhouse at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12. Pastor Jack Niemi will
preach on Matthew 22:1-14. Wayne Anderson serves as director
of music and grand pianist, and Don Gurley serves as cantor.
Marisa Barley will provide special music. Immediately following worship, all are invited for refreshments and fellowship.
The people of Hope Church gather in the Fireside Room
to be transformed by a warm and friendly time of liturgical
worship and high-spirited fellowship. Rossmoor Dial-a-Bus
delivers attendees to Gateway Clubhouse. Large-print bulletins and hearing aid T-coil complement the accessibility of
worship at Hope.
For information or pastoral concerns, contact Pastor Niemi
at 349-5111.
EPISCOPAL
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church invites all Rossmoor residents to a service of “caring and sharing through inspirational
worship and fellowship” on Sunday, Oct 12, at 10 a.m. in the
Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse. On this 18th Sunday after
Pentecost, the Rev. Beth Lind Foote will offer a sermon based
on Matthew 22:1-14. The service will include a Sung Eucharist; all are welcome to participate fully, and to stay for refreshments and fellowship at the potluck coffee hour following
the service. Bible study is held each Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the
Bunker Room at Creekside Clubhouse. Call the church office
Religious Services
A T
R O S S M O O R
B’NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Friday Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
Vista Room–Hillside Clubhouse
For information call
287-9997 or 300-3225
HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Worship: 10:30 a.m. each Sunday
Fireside Room, Gateway 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
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)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF WALNUT CREEK
Sundays: Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
2336 Buena Vista Ave., WC
934-2139
N E A R B Y
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
#2 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek (corner of Eckley Lane and Walnut Blvd.)
Sunday 10 a.m. • Wednesday Evening 7:30 p.m. 934-4527
for more details: 937-4820. Visit the website: www.stlukeswalnutcreek.org, and on Facebook: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
Walnut Creek-Rossmoor.
METHODIST
Tice Valley United Methodist Church invites everyone to a
joyful and hope-filled worship experience on Sunday mornings
at 11 in Peacock Hall. This Sunday, Oct. 12, Pastor Joanne Peterson will preach on Exodus 14:5-15. Her sermon title is “Trusting
God to Go Forward.” Loni Williams is the music director. The
choir sings each Sunday from September through June. Holy
Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month.
Weekly worship is wheelchair accessible with large-print bulletins and aids for hearing.
After the service, worshippers are invited for conversation
and light refreshments in multipurpose rooms 1 and 2. For more
information or pastoral care, contact the church office at 9374535, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursday, or visit the
website at tvumc.org.
CATHOLIC
St. Anne’s Catholic Church schedule of Masses for the
weekend of Oct. 11 and 12 is as follows: Fr. George DaRoza
will preside at the 9 a.m. Mass on Saturday and the 11:15 a.m.
Mass on Sunday. Fr. Joseph Parekkatt will celebrate the 5 p.m.
Mass on Saturday and the 9 a.m. on Sunday. The Sacrament of
Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturdays, 4 to 4:30 p.m., or by
appointment. Everyone is welcome at St. Anne’s Church, celebrating faith, hope and love since 1965.
PRESBYTERIAN
Grace Presbyterian Church invites everyone to worship
on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Roger Reaber’s sermon
“Just Because” will be based on John 13 and Philippians 2. It
will explore the nature of Christ, why he died on a cross and how
this shapes the ministry of his followers. After worship, there
is a time to socialize in the Fireside Room at Grace. The adult
study, “Physics and Faith,” led by seminarian, Denia Segrest,
will continue on Sundays at 11:20 a.m. and Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
in the library. On Wednesdays everyone is invited to the Bible
discussion at 10 a.m. in the library and to play bridge at 1:30 p.m.
in the Fireside Room at Grace.
Interfaith Council workshop
features Robin Caton of Dharma
Robin Caton, director of
Dharma College in Berkeley, will lead a workshop
titled “Inner Light: Understanding Our Minds
and Hearts,” on Saturday,
Oct. 18, from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. in the Club
Room at Creekside. The
program is sponsored by
the Rossmoor Interfaith
Council.
What might life be like
if people could forgive
themselves for the past,
resolve to start afresh and
begin to understand their
deepest values and needs?
This workshop will explore
ways to understand minds
and hearts more fully.
Based on “Revelations
of Mind,” the newest book
by Tibetan Lama Tarthang
Tulku, this workshop will
include lecture, discussion
and gentle practices to
guide a positive journey.
The cost is $25, cash or
check only if paying at the
door. To reserve a space or
pay by credit card in advance, call 510-809-2010,
ext. 676, or email robin.caton@dharma-college.com.
St. Anne’s to
hold pizza,
bingo night
The Church of St. Anne
will host a pizza and bingo evening on Monday, Oct.
27, in the Parish Center of
the church just outside the
Rossmoor gates. This popular
event will begin at 5 p.m. and
all Rossmoor neighbors and
friends are invited.
Pizza Oliva will provide a
selection of meat, cheese and
vegetable pizzas. Salad, soft
drinks, wine and beer will
also be offered.
One bingo card will be included and extra cards can be
purchased for $1 each.
Send reservation checks
for $15 per person to Mary
Lou Delpech at 2916 Tice
Creek Drive No. 8. Checks
should be made payable to St.
Anne’s Society.
For information, contact
Mary Lou Delpech at 9326742 or by email at delpech@
att.net.
Unitarians
topic is secular,
spiritual road
The Unitarian Universalists
will present a talk by Duke
Robinson, a Rossmoor author
of several books, on Friday,
Oct. 10. He will talk about his
newest book,“A Middle Way:
The Secular/Spiritual Road to
Wholeness.”
Robinson writes for those
who cannot believe what they
were taught as children and
who, while they may have lost
their way, know that, without
betraying their best interests,
they cannot believe nothing or
just anything.
The event will begin at
11:30 a.m. in the Vista Room
at Hillside, with a short gathering time. A potluck lunch will
begin at noon and the talk at
12:30. There will be plenty of
time for questions.
Bring a main dish, side, salad
or dessert for six to eight people.
A voluntary contribution to cover costs is $2. All are welcome.
For information, call Margaret Woodside at 818-0687.
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Bible Study Group to
Mt. Diablo Genealogy Society to hear
discuss Lot and Sodom about land and property records
The Rossmoor Bible Study
Group will continue its study
of the “Life and Times of
Abraham” on Thursday, Oct.
9, at Dollar Clubhouse. The
group meets each Thursday
from 9 to 10:40 a.m.
The study this week shows
some of the consequences Lot
faces as a result of moving
down to Sodom. Also, it will
show Abraham’s response to
the predicament Lot’s family
faces.
This illustrates how a believer in Jesus Christ should
respond to help others. Class
members are encouraged to
identify these situations and
apply the solutions to the
problems being faced today.
This is a nondenominational, evangelical study
with the main and only focus
being the text of Scripture
and how these teachings apply to life. Whether a member is a longtime student of
Scripture or a novice doesn’t
matter because everyone in
the class is a learner.
For information, call the
lecturer, Earle Fries, at 9260307.
Pet blessing in honor of St.
Francis will be at dog park
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will offer a blessing of the
pets in the spirit of St. Francis on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 3:30
p.m. at the dog park, near Del Valle Clubhouse. Pets of all
types are invited.
The Rev. Beth Foote, a priest at St. Luke’s, will lead a brief
prayer of St. Francis and give each pet an individual blessing,
if desired.
St. Francis lived in Assisi, Italy, in the 1200s, and was
known for his humility and loving service to others. A peacemaker and champion of the poor, Francis is known for his
ability to communicate with animals.
Many churches throughout the world host blessings of the
pets in his honor around the time of his feast day, Oct. 4.
All are invited. For information, call Foote at 510-205-9843.
Learn more about St. Luke’s at its website at www.stlukeswalnutcreek.org or on Facebook.
Jewish Partisan Education
Foundation
is ORT topic
The Rossmoor chapter of up to oppression everywhere.
ORT meets Tuesday, Oct. 21,
in the Donner Room at the
Event Center. Refreshments
will be served at 12:30 p.m.
with the meeting at 1.
The speaker is Sheri Pearl,
development manager of the
Jewish Partisan Education
Foundation.
A short film about the organization will be shown. The
narrator is actor Liev Schreiber. There is a discussion of
the organization’s mission and
goals. It teaches young people
about resistance and standing
“Women in the Partisans,”
a short film narrated by Tovah
Feldshah, will also be shown.
The film is about female empowerment.
Pearl has a bachelor’s degree
in Judaic studies from UCLA,
and a master’s in Jewish studies and public administration
from Brandeis University. Her
undergraduate thesis focused
on Jewish resistance and Jewish moral dilemmas during the
Holocaust.
Everyone is invited to the
ORT meeting.
The Mt. Diablo Genealogy Society will meet
on Friday, Oct. 17, at 1:30
p.m. in the Club Room at
Creekside.
The speaker will be Vera
Broyles, a genealogist who
has been researching for
over 35 years. She is also
speaking at the upcoming
Digging for Your Roots
Family History Seminar in
October. Her topic will be
land records and maps.
She will talk about how
to locate land and property
records and how to use the
information they contain for
genealogical research. Land
records, including deeds,
land warrants and land
grants, are some of the most
complete records available
and can often provide valuable clues to family relationships.
Members and guests are
also invited to attend the op-
Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society President Stan Wells, left,
presents three books to Geri Willinger, a librarian in the
Heritage Room of the county’s Pleasant Hill library. The donation is in memory of three former board members who
passed away recently.
tional no-host lunch with the
speaker at 11:30 a.m. at the
Rossmoor Diner, 1908 Tice
Valley Blvd., in the Rossmoor
Shopping Center. Lunch reser-
Shalom Club will have dinner and
entertainment event at Hillside
The Shalom Club’s dinner and entertainment
event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 6
p.m. in the Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Jack Convery, better known as the Banjo Man,
will sing and tell stories while he engages the
participation of the audience to sing along.
Dinner will be catered by Sunrise Bistro
and will comprise of turkey, roast beef, cashew
chicken sandwiches and Aram sandwiches.
Also included will be roasted veggies, Thai
veggie pasta, bulgur wheat, fruit, Caesar salad
and a variety of dessert and drinks.
The cost for the evening will be $20 per person, and the deadline for reservations is Tuesday, Oct. 14 (no refunds).
Checks (payable to Shalom Club of
Rossmoor), along with an email address and
phone number, should be mailed to Ed Goldberg, 888 Terra California No. 4 or drop it off at
the Shalom box at Gateway Clubhouse.
For information about this event, contact
Sarene Zimmerman at 944-9414 or sarenez13@
yahoo.com.
The Shalom Club serves as a social gathering place for Jewish Rossmoor residents to meet
new and old friends and enjoy participating in
multiple activities. For information about the
club, call Larry Silver at 954-8823. Visit the
new website at www.rossmoorshalom.com for
club information and upcoming events.
DAR to hear from Leslie Pfeifer at Creekside
The Mt. Diablo chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution (DAR) meets
on the second Tuesday of the month, September th rough May, in Fair way rooms 1
and 2 at Creekside Clubhouse. The next
meeting will be on Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m.
with a light lunch brought by members, followed by a business meeting and the speaker of the day.
Leslie Pfeifer from District IV will speak
about the Flying Tigers and Vietnam.
The National Society DAR was founded in
1890.
There are 116 chapters in California with
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) meets on
more
than
8,500 members. DAR is dedicated
Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the Donner Room at the Event Center.
to
promoting
patriotism, preserving American
The speaker will be Dr. Laurel McClure. She will talk of her
involvement with the California Clean Money Campaign.
The campaign’s vision is to achieve an open and acceptable
Rossmoor’s Community
government that is responsive to the needs of California.
Emergency
Response Team
McClure received her medical degree from Stanford
(CERT)
offers
the following
University, School of Medicine. She has been in practice
sources
for
emergency
supplies:
for 25 years. She is a volunteer for the California Clean
•
Ready
Care
Company:
Money campaign.
Contact Lisa Katzki, 937She shares her concerns about the growing role of dark
5288, or go to the website at
money in the political system. Dark money is a term that
www.ReadyCareCo.com
refers to funds used to pay for an election campaign that
• FEMA: Disaster supplies
are not disclosed to voters prior to voting.
checklist at this website:
McClure has been following efforts to address this prob- www.ready.gov/are-youlem since 2011 when the Citizens United decision opened ready-guide
the floodgates to unregulated spending on political ads.
• Emergency Essentials: 1-800Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. followed by a 999-1863 or go to the website:
brief business meeting at 10. McClure will begin her pre- www.BePrepared.com
sentation at about 10:30.
• Red Cross:
NCJW is a grassroots organization of volunteers and adwww.RedCrossShop.org
vocates who turn progressive ideals into action.
NCJW to hear about California
Clean Money Campaign
vations need to be made by
Thursday, Oct. 16.
Contact Susan Rush at
674-0929 or at gen4you@
astound.net.
history and securing America’s future though
better education of all children.
Membership is open to women (18 years
or older), regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent
from a patriot of the American Revolution.
Members of the chapter are willing to help
with the process of investigating family heritage and genealogy. Anyone interested in attending should go to mt.diablo.chapter@gmail.
com or call Jennifer Langan, 280-0081.
Anyone who has an ancestor who fought in
or rendered aid in the American Revolution
may be eligible for membership in the DAR
and is welcome to come to a meeting.
10B
Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
D=Dollar Clubhouse G=Gateway Clubhouse EC=Event Center H=Hillside Clubhouse MPR=Multipurpose Room DV=Del Valle C=Creekside
pool And Fitness Center hours
• Del Valle pool is open from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, except
Thursdays when it opens at 1 p.m. after cleaning; and 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.
• Dollar pool is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Wednesdays when it opens at 1
p.m. after cleaning.
• Hillside pool is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Tuesdays when it opens at 1
p.m. after cleaning. The pool is also closed Mondays and Thursdays from 9 to 10
a.m. when the Masters practice.
• Family swim is at Hillside pool Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. There is no family
swim on Tuesdays when the pool is closed until 1 p.m. for cleaning.
• 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.
Thursday, October 9
TIME
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
6 a.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, D, H.......................................... Rec. Dept.
6 a.m.
Strength Circuit...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
7 a.m.
Luk Tung Kuen....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
7 a.m.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv...............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
8:30 a.m. Aerobic Dance....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Masters Swim.....................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
9 a.m.
Open Workshop...................Art Studio & Back Rm., G...........Art Association
9 a.m.
Stitchers...........................Sewing Rm., G....................... Sewing Arts Club
9 a.m.
T’ai Chi.............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
9 a.m.
Watercolor.........................Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
9:30 a.m. Zumba..............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
10 a.m.
Opera: Great Female Singers..Las Trampas Rm., H.......................... Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
11 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Light Stretch......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Mat Science.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
noon
Italian Conversation.............MPR 3, G............................... Ital. Convs. Group
noon
Osteo/Balance Rehab............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
noon
Stretching..........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
12:15 p.m. Balance............................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
1 p.m.
Meeting............................MPR 1, 2, G................................. Writers Group
1 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Oil and Acrylic - Beginners.....Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
1 p.m.
Partnership Bridge...............Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
1 p.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Super Circuit Clinic..............Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
1:45 p.m. Parkinson’s Group................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
2 p.m.
Beg. Line Dancing................Diablo Rm., H........................... Line Dance Club
2 p.m.
Beg. Tap...........................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Int. Line Dancing.................Diablo Rm., H........................... Line Dance Club
3 p.m.
Int. Tap.............................Shasta Rm., DV....................Happy Hoofers Tap
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
4 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
5 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
5:30 p.m. Strength Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Circuit Training...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
AA Open Meeting.................Garden Rm., D.........................Counseling Dept.
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
7 p.m.
DVC: World of Webber...........Tahoe Rm., EC................................... Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Sing-along Chorus...............MPR 3, G........................................Sing For Joy
7:30 p.m. Moving to Music..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Friday, October 10
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 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.
9:15 a.m.
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
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....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Luk Tung Kuen....................Las Trampas Rm., H................... Luk Tung Kuen
Rhythmrobics.....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Pickleball Play....................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Men’s Exercise Class............MPR 1, 2, G..................... Men’s Exercise Group
Res. Band Training...............Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Strength............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Farmers Market...................Parking Lot, G................................... Rec. Dept.
Keeping Fit Club..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
Quilters............................Sewing Rm., G....................... Sewing Arts Club
9:30 a.m. Bridge Class.......................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
10 a.m.
Flexible Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Meeting............................Fairway Rm. A, C............................... Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Water Exercise....................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
10:05 a.m. Muscle Movers...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
10:30 a.m. Cribbage Play.....................MPR 2, G................................... Men’s Cribbage
11 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Line Dancing......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11:15 a.m. Joint Efforts.......................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
11:45 a.m. Gentle Yoga.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
noon
Mah Jong..........................Oak Rm., G................ Chinese-American Assoc.
noon
TRX Clinic.........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
12:15 p.m. Twinges in Hinges................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Cardiac Rehab....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Chess Play.........................Chess Rm., D...................................Chess Club
1 p.m.
Beg/Int Mat Science..............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Life Drawing......................Art Studio & Back Rm., G...........Art Association
1 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
1:45 p.m. Int. Folk Dancing.................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
3:45 p.m. Chair Challenge..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
4 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Partnership Bridge...............Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
8 p.m.
Services............................Vista Rm., H..................................... B’nai Israel
9 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Saturday, October 11
TIME
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
6 a.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, D, DV, H.................................... Rec. Dept.
8 a.m.
Food Addicts Spt. Group........MPR 2, G.................................Counseling Dept.
8:45 a.m. Trails Club Hike...................MPR 3, G........................................... Trails Club
9 a.m.
Ballroom Dance..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Chess Play.........................Chess Rm., D...................................Chess Club
10 a.m.
Domino Play......................MPR 2, G....................................... Domino Club
11 a.m.
Cardio Mix.........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Pickleball Play....................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
11:30 a.m. Luncheon..........................Fireside Rm., G......................... Red Hat Society
12:30 p.m. Ballroom Dance..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
1 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Moving to Music..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Sunday, October 12
TIME
6 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
Pool Open.........................Pool, D, DV, H.................................... Rec. Dept.
Church Service....................MPR 3, G........................ Siloam Comm. Church
Chess Play.........................Chess Rm., D...................................Chess Club
Sunday Service...................Diablo Rm., H......................... St. Luke’s Church
Pilgrim Sunday Service.........Vista Rm., H.....................Pilgrim Cong. Church
Sunday Service...................Fireside Rm., G............... Hope Lutheran Church
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Sunday Service...................Peacock Hall, G................ Tice Valley Methodist
Mindful Mat.......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Rummy Play.......................Garden Rm., D..............Prog. Rummy/Shanghai
Chair Sit/Stretch..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Round Dance......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Sunday Showcase................Tahoe Rm., EC................................... Rec. Dept.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Monday, October 13
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
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....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Fall Prevention...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
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.
Deep Water........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Keeping Fit Club..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Masters Swim.....................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Monday Walk......................Court of Flags, G............................... Trails Club
Calendar information is provided to the News by Room Reservations at the Recreation Department.
Residents or groups who would like to make changes to the listing should contact Room Reservations at 988-7780 or 988-7781.
Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
9 a.m.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
9 a.m.
Open Studio.......................Art Studio & Back Rm., G...........Art Association
9 a.m.
T’ai Chi.............................Sierra Rm., DV.......... Chinese-American Assoc.
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Sierra Rm., DV.......... Chinese-American Assoc.
10 a.m.
Water Exercise....................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
10:05 a.m. Muscle Movers...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
10:30 a.m. Singing Class.....................Diablo Rm., H.............................Comm. Chorus
11 a.m.
Fall Prevention...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Light Stretch......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11:15 a.m. Joint Efforts.......................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
noon
Guitar with Jim...................Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
noon
Needleworkers....................Sewing Rm., G....................... Sewing Arts Club
noon
Osteo Assess......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
noon
TRX Clinic.........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
12:15 p.m. Twinges in Hinges................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Cardiac Rehab....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.........................................................
1 p.m.
Beg/Int Mat Science..............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Shakespeare Class...............Fairway Rm. B, C............................... Rec. Dept.
1:45 p.m. Parkinson’s Group................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
2 p.m.
Int. Tap.............................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
3 p.m.
Piano by Joyce....................Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
4 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G............Middle East Information
4 p.m.
Super Circuit Clinic..............Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
4:15 p.m. Basic Hula.........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
4:30 p.m. Weight Watchers.................Fairway Rm. A, C............................... Rec. Dept.
5 p.m.
Flexible Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
6 p.m.
Round Dance......................Las Trampas Rm., H.......................... Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Dominoes..........................Oak Rm., G.................................... Domino Club
6:30 p.m. Poker...............................Pine Rm., H..............................Angeline Murray
6:30 p.m. Specialty Clinic...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
AA Meeting........................Vista Rm., H............................Counseling Dept.
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Bible Study........................Garden Rm., D..................... LDS Studies Group
7 p.m.
Square Dance.....................Las Trampas Rm., H.............Square Dance Club
Tuesday, October 14
TIME
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
6 a.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, D, DV........................................ Rec. Dept.
6 a.m.
Strength Circuit...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
7 a.m.
Luk Tung Kuen....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
7 a.m.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv...............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
8 a.m.
AARP Driver Safety...............MPR 3, G........................................... Rec. Dept.
8:30 a.m. Aerobic Dance....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
9 a.m.
Pinochle...........................MPR 2, G......................................Pinochle Club
9 a.m.
T’ai Chi.............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
9 a.m.
Watercolor.........................Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
9:30 a.m. Women’s 4-Part Harmony.......MPR 1, G............................ Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
9:30 a.m. Zumba..............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Beg. Tai Chi Chih.................Diablo Rm., H.........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
10 a.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
10:30 a.m. Ballet Club.........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Gentle Yoga.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m. Cont. Tai Chi Chih................Diablo Rm., H.........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
11:30 a.m. Luncheon..........................Main, D.......................... Second Tuesday Lunch
11:30 a.m. Meeting............................Fairway Rm. B, C................. Daught. Amer. Rev.
Mah Jong..........................MPR 1, 2, G............... Chinese-American Assoc.
noon
12:15 p.m. Active Yoga........................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
12:15 p.m. Balance............................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
1 p.m.
Int.Adv Acrylic....................Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
1 p.m.
Party Bridge.......................Cardroom 1, 2, D............................ Party Bridge
1 p.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Int. Adv. Tap.......................Shasta Rm., DV..............................Hot Flashers
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
Community Club..................Fireside Rm., G........................ Community Club
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
4 p.m.
Opera/Ballet Club................Peacock Hall, G................................ Opera Club
4 p.m.
Social Dance......................Diablo Rm., H........................ Social Dance Club
5 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
5 p.m.
Stretch Yoga.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Circuit Training...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Partnership Bridge...............Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Flick Fans Movie.................Peacock Hall, G......................30s/40s/50s Club
7 p.m.
Meeting............................Vista Rm., H..................Medical Marijuana Club
7 p.m.
Supervised Bridge Play..........MPR 1, 2, G..................................... Bridge Club
7:30 p.m. Moving to Music..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Wednesday, October 15
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
Group Cycle.......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Pool Open.........................Pool, DV, H........................................ Rec. Dept.
ABS Back..........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
Fall Prevention...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Rhythmrobics.....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Men’s Exercise Class............MPR 1, 2, G..................... Men’s Exercise Group
Res. Band Training...............Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Strength............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Trails Club Hike...................MPR 3, G........................................... Trails Club
Deep Water........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Drawing............................Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
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9 a.m.
Keeping Fit Club..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
9 a.m.
Workshop Chinese Brush Ptg...Art Studio & Back Rm., G...........Art Association
9:30 a.m. Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
9:30 a.m. Knitters Group....................Sewing Rm., G....................... Sewing Arts Club
10 a.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
10 a.m.
T’ai Chi Chaun....................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Water Exercise....................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
10:05 a.m. Muscle Movers...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Fall Prevention...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Gentle Yoga.......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Rotary Luncheon.................Diablo Rm., H..................................Rotary Club
11:15 a.m. Joint Efforts.......................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
noon
TRX Clinic.........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
12:15 p.m. Twinges in Hinges................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
12:30 p.m. Cardiac Rehab....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
1 p.m.
Keeping Balance.................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Partnership Bridge...............Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
1 p.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, D.............................................. Rec. Dept.
1:30 p.m. Ballroom Dance..................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
1:30 p.m. Community Chorus...............Las Trampas Rm., H...................Comm. Chorus
1:45 p.m. Beg. Folk Dancing................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
2 p.m.
Ballroom Dance..................Diablo Rm., H...........................Sunday Dancers
2 p.m.
Hula................................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
3:30 p.m. Chair Challenge..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
3:30 p.m. Spanish Conversation...........Bunker Rm., C.....................................La Charla
3:45 p.m. Ballroom Dance..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
4 p.m.
Film Viewing......................Peacock Hall, G.............................. Republicans
4:30 p.m. T’ai Chi.............................Diablo Rm., H............ Chinese-American Assoc.
4:45 p.m. Ballroom Dance..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
6 p.m.
TRX Clinic.........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Bunco Play........................Oak Rm., G...................................... Bunco Club
6:30 p.m. Specialty Clinic...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
6:45 p.m. Meeting............................Vista Rm., H.................................. Camera Club
7 p.m.
Al Anon.............................MPR 1, G.................................Counseling Dept.
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Movie Night.......................Peacock Hall, G......... Chinese-American Assoc.
Thursday, October 16
TIME
EVENT..............................LOCATION.........................ORGANIZATION
6 a.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, D, H.......................................... Rec. Dept.
6 a.m.
Strength Circuit...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
7 a.m.
Luk Tung Kuen....................Diablo Rm., H............................. Luk Tung Kuen
7 a.m.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv...............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
8:30 a.m. Aerobic Dance....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Masters Swim.....................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
9 a.m.
Open Play..........................Bocce Courts, H...............................Bocce Club
9 a.m.
Open Workshop...................Art Studio & Back Rm., G...........Art Association
9 a.m.
Stitchers...........................Sewing Rm., G....................... Sewing Arts Club
9 a.m.
T’ai Chi.............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
9 a.m.
Watercolor.........................Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
9:30 a.m. Zumba..............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
Opera: Great Female Singers..Las Trampas Rm., H.......................... Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
Qi Gong............................Shasta Rm., DV......... Chinese-American Assoc.
10 a.m.
Kid Swim..........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Light Stretch......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Luncheon..........................Diablo Rm., H....................................Lions Club
11 a.m.
Mat Science.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
11 a.m.
Italian Conversation.............MPR 3, G............................... Ital. Convs. Group
noon
Osteo/Balance Rehab............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
noon
Stretching..........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
noon
12:15 p.m. Balance............................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Crisis Response..................Sanctum Rm., D..................... Interfaith Council
1 p.m.
Meeting............................MPR 1, 2, G................................. Writers Group
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Oil and Acrylic - Beginners.....Art Classroom & Gall., G............Art Association
1 p.m.
Partnership Bridge...............Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
1 p.m.
Pool Open.........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
Super Circuit Clinic..............Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
1:45 p.m. Parkinson’s Group................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
2 p.m.
Beg. Line Dancing................Diablo Rm., H........................... Line Dance Club
2 p.m.
Beg. Tap...........................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
3 p.m.
Int. Line Dancing.................Diablo Rm., H........................... Line Dance Club
3 p.m.
Int. Tap.............................Shasta Rm., DV....................Happy Hoofers Tap
3 p.m.
Meeting............................Vista Rm., H............................Counseling Dept.
3 p.m.
Open Play..........................Table Tennis, H....................... Table Tennis Club
4 p.m.
Meeting............................Meeting Rm. 1, C.................Friends of W.C. Ed.
4 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
5 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
5:30 p.m. Strength Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Circuit Training...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
6:30 p.m. Meeting............................Fairway Rm. B, C................. Filipino-Am. Assoc.
7 p.m.
AA Open Meeting.................Garden Rm., D.........................Counseling Dept.
7 p.m.
Aquacise...........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Concert.............................Tahoe Rm., EC................................... Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Duplicate Bridge..................Oak Rm., G.............................................. Bridge
7 p.m.
Movie...............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
7 p.m.
Sing-along Chorus...............MPR 3, G........................................Sing For Joy
7:30 p.m. Moving to Music..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
See following pages for Excursions, Club Trips,
Special Events and Arts and Leisure listings.
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Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
Excursions
Sara Moore, the brilliant San Francisco-based clown, and her Thrillride Mechanics troupe star in “Wunderworld,” a stunning new re-imagining of the “Alice in Wonderland” story. Told through music, dance
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
and her “hyper-comical Theatre of Human
Animation,” “Wunderworld” tells the story
xcursion tickets are on sale in the Adminis- teriors. Enjoy a hosted buffet style lunch at of an 80-year old Alice drawn back down
tration Office at Gateway, Monday through the Yaya Cuisine Restaurant (Middle East- the rabbit hole for yet another adventure. It
Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cash, ern) The bus will depart Gateway at 10:45 is exquisitely wistful, heartbreakingly hilarcheck, MasterCard, Visa and American Express a.m. and return at 6 p.m. The cost is $95.
ious theater. The Rossmoor Transportation
payments can be made in person. Credit card
Department will provide free transportation
ALCATRAZ ISLAND
payments can be taken over the phone.
for the first 18 participants. The cost is $30.
Excursion participants are assumed to Featuring “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz”
be able to manage independently. Neither Tuesday, Oct. 21
“BYE BYE BIRDIE” at
the Excursion Desk nor the trip escort can
the Lesher Center
Extensive walking up/down hill
accept responsibility for residents who canSaturday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m.
not do so.
Take a trip to The Rock -- Alcatraz IsThe Excursion Desk has the right to can- land. The infamous and notorious prison
Minimal walking
cel a trip in advance for any reason. A full was home to the likes of Al Capone, George
A musical theatre classic, “Bye, Bye Birdrefund will be given for all day-trips cancelled “Machine Gun” Kelley and Robert “The Birdie”
is coming to the Lesher Center in Walnut
by the Excursion Desk. If residents cancel their man” Stroud. While on the island, enjoy an
Creek. It is being presented by the Contra
personal reservations, they are guaranteed a
refund if cancelled at least 15 days before the orientation video with historical footage, Costa Musical Theatre. The story, based on
day-trip departure. Refunds will only be avail- an award-winning audio tour in the prison a book by Michael Stewart, was inspired by
able after that time if a ticket is able to be resold. Cell House with actual interviews of former the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his
Times listed in the News and on the tick- guards and inmates. Make sure to visit the draft notice into the Army in 1957. It’s the
et are the actual time of departure. Names Gardens of Alcatraz. These historic gardens late 1950s. The town of Sweet Apple, Ohio,
will be called to board the bus 15 minutes with colorful plants gathered decades ago goes bonkers when the nation’s most popprior to this time. For information, call 988- from around the world are complemented ular singer and heartthrob, Conrad Birdie,
by newly introduced plants that illustrate arrives to give his biggest fan “one last
7731.
the importance of gardens to the human kiss” before going into the Army – and on
DAY TRIPS...
spirit along with the ecological benefits of the Ed Sullivan Show, of course! “Bye, Bye
sustainable gardening. Also on display “@ Birdie” features tuneful songs like “HonPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” exhibit fea- estly Sincere,” “One Last Kiss” and “A Lot
Thursday, Oct. 16
turing seven site-specific installations by of Livin’ to Do.” It has been described as
the Chinese conceptual artist and political the first rock & roll musical. The Rossmoor
Extensive walking
activist Ai Weiwei. Weiwei is internationally Bus Transportation Department will provide
The Pacific International Quilt Festival renowned both as a maker of provocative free transportation for the first 18 particireturns to Santa Clara Convention Center art and as a passionate advocate for human pants. The cost is $49.
with a spectacular collection of over 800 rights and freedom of expression. His art
quilts and works of wearable and textile and ideas find a compelling new context in KEITH HARING: THE POLITICAL LINE
art. This highly anticipated quilt show is this exhibition of works created specifically Wednesday, Nov. 12
the largest on the West Coast. Visitors to for Alcatraz – a 19th-century military forExtensive walking
the show will view a magnificent competi- tress, a notorious federal penitentiary, a site
tion of the finest quilts created by talented of Native American heritage and protest, and
“Keith Haring: The Political Line” will
artists from across the globe. This year’s now one of America’s most visited national have its U.S. premiere at the de Young Muquilt competition theme, “The Whole Nine parks. Food is not available on Alcatraz but seum in San Francisco and is the first major
Yards,” asks textile artists how their art al- visitors can bring their own picnic lunch or Haring show on the West Coast in nearly
lows them to go the whole nine yards with order a box lunch from Landing Café ($16 pp two decades. Many of the works are on
their works. Fashionable entries from the additional). Lunch can only be eaten on the loan from the Keith Haring Foundation, New
Wearable Art Competition will also be on ferry or on the dock area at Alcatraz. Wear York, with supplemental loans from public
display. The event also offers a wide array layers and comfortable shoes. The bus will and private collections. Several pieces have
of workshops and lectures presented by leave Rossmoor at 9 a.m. and return at ap- not been published or on public view since
world-renowned instructors. Get an early proximately 5 p.m. The cost is $64.
the artist’s death, in 1990. The Political Line
start exploring the aisles of the 300 booth
will feature more than 130 works of art, inMerchants Mall with the best in fabrics, HOUGHTON HALL: PORTRAIT OF AN
cluding large-scale paintings on tarpaulins
notions, machines, wearable art and ev- ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE
and canvases, sculptures and a number of
erything for the quilter, artist and home Tuesday, Oct. 28
the artist’s subway drawings. The exhibition
seamstress. The bus will depart Gateway
will create a narrative that explores Haring’s
Extensive walking
at 8:30 a.m. and return around 4:30 p.m.
responses to nuclear disarmament, racial
“Houghton Hall” exhibit at the Legion inequality, the excesses of capitalism, enThe cost is $45 (includes admission for the
of Honor in San Francisco showcases the vironmental degradation, and other issues
Merchant Mall and Quilt Show).
history and elegance of one of England’s of deep personal concern. Haring’s work
THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE HOUSE TOUR grandest country houses, built in the 1720s has long been a part of San Francisco’s viby Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), Brit- sual culture. He created works for diverse
Sunday, Oct. 19
ain’s first prime minister. Rossmoor will venues in San Francisco during his lifetime,
Extensive walking – nine blocks and have a private docent-led tour. Constructed including murals for DV8, an underground
stairs
in the Palladian style by architects James club once located in the South of Market
The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco Gibbs and Colen Campbell and decorated neighborhood and a huge, multi-panel
will hold a house tour in the Haight-Ashbury by the influential designer William Kent, painting for the South of Market Childcare
district of San Francisco. The cable cars it has survived through the centuries in a Center. Haring’s outdoor sculpture “Untiof 1883 transported San Franciscans to a remarkably well-preserved state. Tucked tled (Three Dancing Figures),” located at
sparking array of newly minted homes in away in Norfolk, England, Houghton Hall Third and Howard Streets, is a prominent
the Haight-Ashbury district, alongside the was built as a setting for Walpole’s spectac- feature of Moscone Convention Center, and
Panhandle of Golden Gate Park. Having es- ular collection of old master and 18th-cen- his triptych altarpiece “The Life of Christ”
caped the devastating fires of 1906, these tury paintings, tapestries and Roman an- is installed in the AIDS Chapel at Grace
homes have also survived the housing par- tiquities. His strong tradition of artistic Cathedral. The bus leaves Gateway at 7:45
titions of WWII and the psychedelic sub- patronage and collecting was continued a.m. and will return around 2 p.m. The cost
culture of the 1960s and 1970s, although by members of the Cholmondeley family is $37 for museum members and $57 for
the Good Earth hippie commune is often when they inherited the estate in 1789. This non-members.
credited with saving the neighborhood from exhibition captures an intimate look inside
the wrecking ball. Today’s Haight-Ashbury Houghton Hall amid a re-creation of some
offers some of the city’s most colorful of its spectacular interiors. See rarely-ex“painted ladies,” restored to their original hibited treasures and exquisite furniture.
Victorian elegance and updated to today’s Highlights include works by British painters
lifestyles. This year’s tour will showcase Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynthe interiors of eight lovingly maintained olds and William Hogarth; Italian painters
homes, including a stately residence with Artemisia Gentileschi and Andrea del Saran intact carriage house and one of a dozen to; and American painter John Singer Sarhomes occupied by the commune. Knowl- gent. There is a collection of 18th-century
edgeable docents will provide historical silver, Roman marble busts, 17th-century
background on each house’s architect, con- Mortlake tapestries, Sèvres porcelain and
Keith Haring
tractor, craftsmen and the families who set- objects reflecting the present owner’s role
as
hereditary
Lord
Great
Chamberlain.
The
tled the Haight-Ashbury in the 19th century.
I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE At the CurA separate Victorian property will provide a bus leaves Gateway at 7:45 a.m. and will re- ran Theater in San Francisco
respite where complimentary light refresh- turn around 2 p.m. The cost is $37 for mu- Tuesday, Nov. 18
ments reward tour guests. The tour houses seum members and $49 for non-members.
Minimal walking
are spread over nine mostly level and easily
“WUNDERWORLD” At the Lesher
walkable blocks. Restrooms are available
“I Love Lucy Live on Stage” is the brandCenter
throughout the tour. Comfortable dress and
new hit show adapted from the most beSunday, Nov. 2, at 2:15 p.m.
shoes are recommended. Note that home
loved program in television history. Amervisits require stair climbing to enjoy the inMinimal walking
ica’s favorite foursome – Lucy, Ricky, Fred
E
and Ethel – are live on stage and in color
for the very first time. It’s 1952 and the
audience becomes members of the studio
audience awaiting the filming of two hilarious and oh-so-familiar “I Love Lucy” episodes. Imagine stepping back in time onto
the Desilu Playhouse soundstage where a
charming host entertains and enlightens
the audience to the behind-the-scenes filming process, the 1950s hi-fidelity technology and this brand-new thing called “television.” The episodes begin the side-splitting
antics of that crazy redhead in the Ricardo’s
New York apartment and thrill to the Cuban
sounds of “The Ricky Ricardo Orchestra” at
the famed Tropicana Nightclub. In between
scenes, the Crystaltone Singers perform
live advertising jingles of the show’s newest sponsors in perfect 1950s-style harmony. The bus leaves Gateway at 5:30 p.m.
and will return around 10:30. Rossmoor
has great center orchestra seats. The cost
is $107.
DAY AT THE RACES
Thursday, Nov. 20
Minimal to moderate walking
Horse races are returning to Golden
Gate Fields. Golden Gate Fields has offered
exciting thoroughbred horse racing in the
Bay Area since 1941. The track is located
right along the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley with spectacular bay views. Horse racing offers a unique, interactive experience
like no other sport. Learn the terms and
techniques to place a bet. Be sure to check
out the beginner’s guide to horse racing,
which explains betting procedure, horse
racing results and horse-racing terminology. Watch the horse races from reserve
seats (tables of four) at the elegant Turf
Club and get the ultimate view of the track.
Each table also has a monitor to view the
racing action up close. Enjoy a fine buffet
meal in the Turf Club. A select few will also
be chosen to have their picture taken in the
winners 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
$65.
“DEATHTRAP” At the Lesher Center
Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2:30 p.m.
Minimal walking
Don’t miss the revival of one of Broadway’s greatest hits, “The Deathtrap,” presented by the Center Repertory Company.
This ingeniously constructed thriller packs
gasp-inducing surprises and spontaneous
laughter into two hours of nerve-wracking
adrenaline and tension-smashing hilarity.
Dealing with the devious machinations of
a writer of thrillers whose recent offerings
have been flops and who is prepared to
go to any lengths to improve his fortunes,
“Deathtrap” provides twists and turns and
sudden shocks in such abundance that
audiences will be held spellbound until
the very last moment. The Rossmoor Bus
Transportation Department will provide
free transportation for the first 18 participants. Cost is $32.
LIVERMORE PREMIUM OUTLETS
Tuesday, Dec. 9
Extensive walking
Visit Livermore Premium Outlets for
afun and safe holiday shopping. Livermore
Premium Outlets boasts a second-to-none
collection of 130 leading designer and
name-brand outlet stores including Saks
Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, Bloomingdale’s the
Outlet Store, Last Call by Neiman Marcus,
Armani, Barneys New York, Coach, DKNY,
Elie Tahari, Kate Spade New York, J.Crew,
Lacoste, Michael Kors, Prada and Tommy
Hilfiger. Take advantage of the “50 Plus
Shopper Perks” program. Shoppers at
least 50 years of age are eligible for added
10 percent savings on Tuesdays by simply
presenting a photo identification with proof
of age to the cashier at participating stores.
In addition, all participants will receive a
complimentary VIP coupon book filled with
hundreds of dollars in added savings and
special offers at participating outlet stores.
Enjoy lunch on your own at one of many
restaurants. The bus departs in front of
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Excursions
Continued from page 12B
Gateway at 9:30 a.m. and returns around 3
p.m. The cost is $27.
• Sedona
• Oak Creek Canyon
• Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
• Mob Museum
• Hilmar Cheese Factory
The cost per person, double occupancy
is $2,395 ($3,075 single). A $500 deposit
is due with reservation. Price includes 10
nights deluxe lodging, 14 meals, extensive
touring per itinerary, luggage handling,
motor coach transportation, taxes and gratuities. Please stop by the Excursion Desk
for a complete itinerary and reservation
form.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CRUISE
Jan. 13 through 28, 2015
Livermore outlets
NEW LISTING
“KINKY BOOTS”
Wednesday, Dec. 10
Minimal walking
Don’t miss a chance to see “Kinky
Boots” at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. Winner of six Tony Awards including
best musical, this inspirational musical follows a struggling shoe factory owner who
works to turn his business around with help
from Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need
of some sturdy stilettos. Together, this
unlikely pair finds that they have more in
common than they ever dreamed possible.
The bus leaves Gateway at 12:15 p.m. and
will return around 6 p.m. Great orchestra
seats. Cost is $145. Tickets will be on sale
starting Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 8 a.m. Two
tickets per person maximum.
EXTENDED TRIPS.
SANTA FE HOLIDAY Featuring four
nights at one hotel
Dec. 3 through 7
Tour highlights:
• Santa Fe City Tour
• Loretto Chapel and Palace of the
Governors
• Albuquerque City Tour
• Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
• Old Town Albuquerque
• San Felipe de Neri Church
• High Road to Taos
• Chimayo village and Santuario
• Historic Taos City Tour
• Taos Pueblo Native America community
(UNESCO World Heritage Site)
The tour includes roundtrip airfare, motorcoach transportation, four nights deluxe
lodging, six meals (four breakfasts and two
dinners), sightseeing per itinerary, professional tour director, baggage handling.
A deposit of $300 per person is due with
application. The cost is $1,325 per person
double occupancy, $1,750 single. Stop by
the Excursion Desk for a complete itinerary
and reservation form.
NEW YEAR’S IN THE SOUTHWEST
Dec. 28, 2014 through Jan. 7, 2015
Travel to the beautiful Southwest to
ring in the New Year! This 11-day/10-night
journey will cover Palm Springs, Phoenix,
Sedona and Las Vegas. First night accommodation is at the Spa Hotel and Casino in
Palm Springs.
Tour highlights:
• Palm Springs Spa Hotel and Casino
• Phoenix
• Biltmore Fashion Park
• The Hall of Flame Fire Museum and the
National Firefighting Hall of Heroes
• Desert Botanical Garden in Papago Park
• Musical Instrument Museum
• New Year Celebration at Kokopelli Winery
• Sonoran Desert
• Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse & Microbrewery
• African Bush Safari Tour
Enjoy the wonders of the Hawaiian Islands in style on board the Star Princess
sailing round trip from San Francisco.
The Star Princess is an ideal-sized ship
with great amount of amenities and a full
itinerary of events at sea. Your days and
nights will be full of endless opportunities
for fun. Choose from traditional, anytime,
specialty or casual dining. Take a personal
enrichment class, do yoga, go duty-free
shopping, or just relax with a dip in one
of the pools or spas. In the evening, enjoy
live theater and movies on the big screen,
plush lounges, swanky casinos and dance
clubs. After four busy days and nights at
sea, you will enjoy four different Hawaiian
Islands.
EXPLORING SOUTH AFRICA, VICTORIA
FALLS AND BOTSWANA
March 4 through 17, 2015
GARDENS AND MANSIONS Featuring
New Orleans and Cajun Country
March 22 through 28, 2015
South Africa’s epic scenery, winding coastlines, remarkable cultural diversity and abundant wildlife come together in this incredible
adventure designed for a small group.
Tour highlights:
• Cape Town
• Table Mountain
• Hermanus (optional Great White Shark
Experience)
• Entabeni Conservatory
• Soweto tour
• Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
• Chobe National Park
• Wildlife Safaris
The tour includes: all transfers, roundtrip
airfare, 12 nights first-class hotel accommodations, 23 meals (12 breakfasts, five
lunches and seven dinners), sightseeing
per itinerary, professional tour director and
baggage handling. The cost per person,
double occupancy is $7,149 (single accommodations are extremely limited). Book
before Sept. 4, 2014 and save $250 per
person. A deposit of $250 is due with application. Travel protection Plan is available
for additional $270. Final payment is due by
Jan. 3, 2015. Stop by the Excursion Desk for
a complete itinerary and reservation form.
Experience the old-world charm of New
Orleans and Cajun Country. This seven-day
tour combines the best of Cajun and Creole
cultures with its well-preserved collection
of antebellum mansions, pristine gardens,
delicious food, the bayou and the magic of
the French Quarter.
Tour highlights:
• Three nights in French Quarter
• French Quarter walking tour
• Steamboat Natchez River Cruise
• Court of Two Sisters dinner
• New Orleans School of Cooking
• New Orleans city tour
• Longue Vue gardens and house
• Baton Rouge
• Natchez Area tour
• Antebellum mansions
• Bayou cruise
• Vermillionville
• Jean Lafitte Cultural Center
• Avery Island – Tabasco Factory
• Point Breaux’s farewell dinner
The tour includes all transfers, roundtrip
airfare, motorcoach transportation, six
nights first-class hotel accommodations,
touring per itinerary, 10 meals (six breakfasts, four dinners), professional tour director, baggage handling. The cost per person, double occupancy is $2,095 ($2,695
for a single). A deposit of $300 is due with
application. Final payment is due by Jan.
6, 2015. Stop by the Excursion Desk for
a complete itinerary and reservation form.
Ports of call:
• Hilo, Big Island
• Honolulu, Oahu
• Nawiliwili, Kauai
• Lahaina, Maui
• Ensenada, Mexico
Included in the price: 15-night cruise
aboard the Star Princess, round-trip transfers from Rossmoor to San Francisco pier,
all meals and entertainment aboard ship,
luggage handling, driver and stevedore
tips, port taxes and government fees, Travel Guard Group Protection Plan, one bottle
of wine per cabin and two onboard cocktail parties. Prices start from $2,260 per
person depending on stateroom choice.
Single rates are furnished upon request. A
deposit of $990 per person is due to secure
reservations. Final payment is due by Oct.
16, 2014. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a
complete itinerary and prices.
TROPICAL COSTA RICA
Jan. 24 through Feb. 1, 2015
Travel to Costa Rica, one of Central America’s hidden gems, a haven for
eco-tourism. Experience the lush forests,
magnificent waterfalls, rumbling volcanoes, endless coastlines and diverse ecosystems in a place that preserves its delicate ecology.
Tour highlights:
• Doka Coffee Plantation
• Tamarindo Beach
• Monteverde Cloud Forest
• Hanging Bridges walking tour
• Lake Arenal Cruise
• Cano Negro Nature Preserve
• Zarcero topiary garden
• San Jose tour
The tour includes: all transfers,
roundtrip airfare, motorcoach transportation, eight nights first-class hotel accommodations, touring per itinerary, 14 meals
(eight breakfasts, six dinners), sightseeing
per itinerary, professional tour director,
baggage handling. The cost per person,
double occupancy is $2,349 ($2,849 for a
single). A deposit of $250 is due with application. Final payment is due by Nov. 25.
Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete
itinerary and reservation form.
HOLLAND/BELGIUM TULIP RIVER CRUISE
April 6 through 14, 2015
Wildlife Safari
Enjoy a seven-night Holland and BelContinued on page 14B
Special Events
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.
7 p.m. This free program is open to all
residents and their guests.
DANVILLE COMMUNITY BAND
Sunday, Oct. 12
The Danville Community Band will
perform a free concert at 3 p.m. in the
Tahoe Room at the Event Center. This free
program is open to all residents and their
guests.
MARLON GREEN BAND IN CONCERT
Thursday, Oct. 16
Marlon Green and his band will perform a concert for dancing and listening
in the Tahoe Room at the Event Center at
NATS STUDENT VOCAL RECITAL
Sunday, Oct. 19
A free recital of classical, art song,
opera and musical theater will be presented at 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway. The recital is presented by the
National Organization of Teachers of
Singing (NATS). Music will range from
Opera and Art Song to Musical Theater
and Jazz. This free program is open to
all residents and their guests.
Movies
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MOVIE
Thursday and Friday Oct. 9 and 10
The 2014 drama “The Fault in Our
Stars” will be shown in Peacock Hall at
Gateway on Thursday at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.
and on Friday at 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 and 9
p.m. Captions will be used on Thursday
at 1 and 7 p.m. and on Friday at 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m. This film is two hours and six
minutes long and is rated PG-13. This free
program is open to all residents and their
guests.
SATURDAY MOVIE
Saturday, Oct. 11
Costa Rican Hanging Bridge
13B
The 2002 drama “Far From Heaven”
starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid
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 48 minutes long and
is rated PG-13. This free program is open
to all residents and their guests.
SUNDAY FUNNIES
Sunday, Oct. 12
The 1998 comedy “Rushmore” starring
Bill Murray 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 33 minutes long and
is rated R. This free program is open to all
residents and their guests.
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Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
Excursions
Continued from page 13B
gium river cruise aboard the AmaLyra. These river cruises offer the beauty of Holland at tulip time, along with
some of the best scenery Belgium has to offer.
Tour highlights:
• Amsterdam Canal Cruise
• Volendam Harbor
• Airborne Museum in Arnhem
• Het Loo Palace (Holland Royal Residence)
• Nijmegen city tour
• Antwerp city tour
• Ghent with a visit to the Castle of the Counts
• Zeeland Delta Works
• Willemstad walking tour
• Kinderdijk windmills
• Keukenhof Gardens
The tour includes: all transfers, roundtrip airfare,
seven nights cruise in deluxe outside cabin, 20 meals
(seven break fasts, six lunches and seven dinners),
wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, sightseeing per itinerary, onboard entertainment, baggage
handling and port charges. Prices var y based on the
cabin categor y and accommodation and range from
$4499 to $5799. A deposit of $500 per person is due
with application. Final payment is due by Jan. 6, 2015.
Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete itinerary and
pricing information.
ELEGANT IRELAND
April 7 through 16, 2015
Behold those famous shades of green that stretch as
far as the eye can see. This is Ireland. Explore a timeless
destination while touring the Cliffs of Moher and Blarney
Castle and staying two nights at the stunning medieval
Ashford Castle.
Tour highlights:
• Dublin city tour
• “Irish Night” traditional entertainment
• Kilkenny
• Visit with Irish family and farmhouse lunch
• Castlemartyr Resort
• Old Midleton Distillery
• Blarney Castle
• Ring of Kerry
• Adare
• Limerick city tour
• Cliffs of Moher
• Ashford Castle
• Elegant private dinner
• Galway
• Castletown House tour
This tour requires average physical activity including
climbing stairs and walking over uneven grounds and cobblestone streets. The tour includes all transfers, roundtrip
airfare, motorcoach transportation, eight nights first-class
hotel accommodations, 15 meals (eight breakfasts, one
lunch and six dinners), sightseeing per itinerary, professional tour director, baggage handling. The cost per person, double occupancy is $4,349 ($5,049 for a single).
Book before Oct. 7, 2014 and save $250 per person. A deposit of $250 is due with application. Final payment is due
by Feb. 6, 2015. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete
itinerary and reservation form.
CALIFORNIA COASTAL CRUISE
April 12 through 19, 2015
Voted “Best Cruises from the West Coast” by Cruise
Critic, the Princess’s California Coastal cruise hugs the
shores of the sun-kissed Pacific Coast, where inviting
beaches, fascinating cities and exciting attractions await.
Wander through Santa Barbara’s historic mission, indulge
in the cross-cultural atmosphere of San Diego and savor
flavorful wines from Ensenada’s burgeoning wine country.
Roundtrip from San Francisco, this convenient cruise is a
great value. International dining, comfortable accommodations, world-class entertainment, a Vegas-style casino
and endless ocean views are all included in your fare.
Ports of call: Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ensenada,
Mexico, San Diego
Included in the price: seven-night cruise aboard the
Star Princess, round-trip transfers from Rossmoor to San
Francisco pier, all meals and entertainment aboard ship,
luggage handling, driver and stevedore tips, port taxes
and government fees, Travel Guard Group Protection Plan
and one bottle of wine per cabin. Prices start from $1,235
per person depending on stateroom choice. Single rates
are furnished upon request. A deposit of $400 per person
is due to secure reservations. Final payment is due by Jan.
20, 2015. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete itinerary and prices.
PRAGUE AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DANUBE
– A charter River Cruise
Oct. 11 through 21, 2015
Enjoy this exclusive river cruise experience featuring
seven nights aboard the Amadeus Royal. See the breathtaking views and discover grand cities and quaint villages
along the Blue Danube. Savor the tastes of authentic dishes, learn about local legends and understand why Strauss
immortalized the “Blue Danube” in his famous melody.
Tour highlights:
• Two-night hotel stay in Prague
• Prague city tour
• Seven-night cruise, outside cabin
• Onboard lectures and entertainment
• Passau tour
• Vienna tour
• Bratislava tour
• Budapest tour
• Durnstein tour and Melk Abbey visit
• Welcome and farewell dinners
The tour includes: all transfers, roundtrip airfare, twonight hotel stay in Prague, seven nights’ cruise in deluxe
outside cabin, 22 meals (nine breakfasts, six lunches and
seven dinners), wine with dinners, sightseeing per itinerary, onboard entertainment, professional tour and cruise
manager, baggage handling and port charges. Prices start
at $4,395 per person double occupancy and vary based
on the cabin category. A deposit of $500 per person is
due with application. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a
complete itinerary and pricing information.
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 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 email an article to the News at
news@rossmoor.com by Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Due to
space restrictions, the News reserves the right to edit or
delete the articles on any given week.
TRAVEL CLUB TRIP SUMMARY
At the request of the Travel Club, the News lists the following
summary of upcoming Travel Club trips. Details of each trip are
in the regular Club Trip listings.
ITALY:TUSCANY, ALPS, RIVIERA, LAND TOUR
April 22 through May 6, 2015
Contact Barbara Crane, 300-3358.
THE GREAT RIVERS OF EUROPE, RIVER SHIP CRUISE
June 4 through 18, 2015
Contact Hal or Roberta Davis, 510-919-0037
PANAMA CANAL CRUISE AND PANAMA LAND TOUR
Oct. 30 through Nov. 10, 2015
Contact Sally Day, 300-3332.
REGULAR LISTINGS
CACHE CREEK WITH ORT
Monday, Oct. 13
Travel on a spacious bus 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 $15 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 Joyce Kearney, 2909 Ptarmigan
Drive No. 2. For information call 935-5716 or email joycekearney@yahoo.com or call 932-8448. ORT helps train
and rehabilitate people in 58 countries worldwide and is
open to everyone.
RED HAWK CASINO
Friday, Oct. 24
Join the Lawn Bowling Club on their trip to the Red
Hawk Casino. Enjoy a floor level of smoke-free gaming and
dining. The cost is $30. Receive casino bonus of $15 slot
machine play or $20 table game play. This trip is open to all
Rossmoor residents, their family or guests. Reservations
are necessary. Call Elsie or Frankie Napoli at 937-6290.
Thunder Valley CASINO WITH THE CITY OF HOPE –
Five-hour Trip
Monday, Nov.3
Join in the fun at Thunder Valley 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
player credit and $5 food credit. For reservations, call
Lynne Keefer at 945-7665 or email Lynne.Keefer@pruca.
com. Send checks for $30, made payable to the City of
Hope, to Keefer at 1830 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek,
CA 94595.
SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Join the Chinese-American Association on its trip to
San Francisco Chinatown. Leave Gateway at 8:30 a.m. on
United Charter Tours and return about 5:30 p.m. Places to
be visited are the Chinese Cultural Center and the Chinese
American Historical Society of America museum. A docent
from City Guides, part of the San Francisco Library, will
lead a tour of the highlights of Chinatown. Walking will be
moderate. The cost is $40 (for transportation, docent-led
tour, and donations to the museum); lunch is not included.
For information and to reserve, call Sharon Fong at 9541943 or e-mail fongsrae@yahoo.com before Oct. 15.
2015 Trips
ART and TULIP CRUISE TO HOLLAND and BELGIUM
April 6 through 14
April in Holland is like April in Paris except with only
tulips and windmills. This trip is fully escorted by Ralf
Parton, emeritus professor of fine art, CSUS, for the 21st
anniversary of the first Rossmoor art tour. This tour is
co-sponsored by the Rossmoor Railroad Club. All participants receive a one-year free membership in the Railroad
Club. Cruise is by AMAWaterways on the Ama/Lyra with
all deluxe outside cabins. Includes complimentary beer,
wine and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, daily shore
excursions, onboard entertainment and lectures. With 35
signups, Rossmoor will have its own bus for all shore excursions. Cabin categories by deck begin at $2,799 per
person double occupancy.
Highlights:
• Keukenhof Gardens with its tulips and sculptures
• The Kroller-Muller museum with the largest private collection of Van Gogh paintings and a sculpture garden filled
with art from Auguste Rodin to the present
• Ghent, Belgium, Ghent Altarpiece (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) by Jan van Eyck
• Antwerp, Belgium, Peter Paul Ruben’s house and studio
and the Cathedral of Our Lady housing three of his master
paintings
Optional two nights include visits to the Rijksmuseum
with all the Dutch masters and Rembrandt’s Night Watch
and Van Gogh museum. There will be free time to view
other sights. For information and a day-by-day itinerary
and registration form, call Parton at 256-7078.
ITALY: TUSCANY, THE ALPS AND THE RIVIERA
April 22 through May 6
For the first time, the Travel Club is sponsoring a trip
to Italy in partnership with Grand Circle Travel, beginning in Rome and ending in Venice 13 days later. Stops
include Florence, Siena, Pisa, Verona, Portofino and the
Dolomites. Travelers will also have an opportunity to visit
the five small villages at Cinque Terre. This trip offers a
variety of included and optional tours. One such tour is
across the Austrian border to Innsbruck. Another goes
to Genoa, birthplace of Christopher Columbus. A threeday pre-trip to Rome and a three-day post-trip to Venice
are available at additional cost. All hotel stays are at least
three nights. Pace will be leisurely with opportunities to
experience Italian art and culture. This is an unhurried
journey, which may appeal to first-time visitors to Italy, but
also to those who have “been there, done that.” The Travel
Club provides an additional benefit to its members through
discounts only available to its members. Round-trip transportation between Gateway and SFO will be arranged if
at least 11 passengers sign up. For information and dayby-day itineraries, contact Barbara Crane at 300-3358 or
barbaracrane@aim.com. Flyers are also available in the
Travel Club box at Gateway.
THE GREAT RIVERS OF EUROPE
June 4 through 19
This Grand Circle Cruise Line trip, sponsored by the
Rossmoor Travel Club, departs from Amsterdam and concludes in Vienna 15 days later. This river cruise is leisurely
and comfortable. Enjoy scenery, history and culture from
Holland, through Germany and ending in the cultured city
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Arts & Leisure
AROUND THE BAY AREA
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE presents
“Party People” Oct. 17 through Nov. 16 on the Thrush
Stage, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. The theater ensemble
Universes unlocks the radical and complicated legacy of
the Black Panthers and Young Lords. It combines story,
song, live media, hip hop, jazz, rock, gospel, blues, Latin
rhythms and spoken word. The show is based on many
interviews and poses the question of what is the price of
being a revolutionary. Call the box office at 510-647-2949.
CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY presents the
Broadway hit “Deathtrap,” a comedic thriller, Oct. 24
through Nov. 22 at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601
Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Tickets are $33 to $58. For
information, go to CenterREP.org. For tickets, call 9437469 or go to lesherartscenter.org.
DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE Drama Department
opens its 2014-15 season with the musical comedy
“The Wedding Singer,” Oct. 24 through Nov. 9 in the
Performing Arts Center on campus at 321 Golf Club
Road, Pleasant Hill. The musical is based on the movie of
the same name. It’s 1985 and rock star wannabe Robbie
Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. For tickets,
call 969-2358.
FANTASY FORUM ACTORS ENSEMBLE presents
its 43rd season. Performances include “The Legend of
Club Trips
Continued from page 14B
of Vienna, Austria. Rivers traveled are
the Rhine, Main and Danube. The ship, M/S
River Harmony, only carries 140 passengers, and this cruise is one of the most
popular of all the Grand Circle cruises.
The Travel Club has reserved space for
14 cabins, with two of those single cabins
(supplement required). All cabins are exterior, and are about 160 square feet – large
enough for two to share comfortably. There
are pre-trip and post-trip options available
for Bruges, Belgium and Vienna. This trip
includes nine tours of cities and towns
along the route, as well as the opportunity to join several optional focus tours.
All meals and beverages served during
the meals are included in the cost. Grand
Circle provides highly skilled local-based
program directors who manage activities
while off the ship and who travel the entire cruise. The cost ranges from $4,195 to
$5,295 per person for the cruise. Airfare,
purchased from Grand Circle, is $1,700
round trip from SFO. The Travel Club provides additional discounts only available
to its members. Round-trip transportation
between Gateway and SFO will be arranged
if at least 11 passengers sign up. For details and booking information, contact Hal
or Roberta Davis at 510-919 0037, or email
at halrob3@yahoo.com. To reserve a cabin,
contact Grand Circle Cruise Line at 800597 2452 (2).Trip brochures are available in
the Travel Club mailbox at Gateway.
2015 AFRICAN WILDLIFE SAFARI
Aug. 22 through Sept. 5, 2015
After 14 years of consecutive suc-
Banbury Cross” Oct. 15 through 18; “The Biggest Gift”
Dec. 18 through 21; “Pinocchio” March 12 through 15,
2015; and “The Crimson Pirate” May 7 through 10,
2015 at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive,
Walnut Creek. Tickets are $14. Call 943-7469 or go to
lesherartscenter.org.
GOLD COAST CHAMBER PLAYERS present
“Brahms to Brazil” Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lafayette
Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Tickets are $32.50. Call 283-3728 or go to www.gcplayers.
org.
ROLE PLAYERS ENSEMBLE presents the classic
comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Oct. 31 through Nov. 16
at the Village Theatre, 233 Front St., Danville. Mortimer
Brewster fears he may be going crazy. It seems to run in
the family. Tickets are $20 to $28 at www.RolePlayers
Ensemble.com at the Danville Community Center, 420
Front St., or at 314-3400. A sneak peak will be Oct. 21 at
7 p.m. at the Danville Library, 400 Front St. Admission
is free for this look at the production process with the
show’s creative director, actors and designers.
SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE presents “Anyone Can
Whistle,” a Stephen Sondheim musical, Oct. 30 through
Nov. 8 in LeFevre Theatre on the Moraga campus. The
musical tells the story of a corrupt mayor who fakes a
cessful Rossmoor safaris, Ralf Parton
and his son have perfected and settled
on the perfect itinerary for seniors to see
and enjoy the animals, geography, people and culture of East Africa. The group
stays at the best hotels and game lodges
in Kenya and goes at the most favorable
time of the year to take advantage of the
annual mass migration. This 1,500-mile
trek, on the plains of the Serengeti, is the
biggest movement of large animals on the
planet. View the spectacular crossing of
thousands and thousands of wildebeest
and zebras as they swim across the Mara
River loaded with hungry crocodiles. This
group is right there, watching what National Geographic photographers and the
Discovery Channel have made famous.
Many extras are also included, such as
visits to Karen Blixen’s “Out of Africa”
estate and museum, a Maasai village, the
Elephant Orphanage, a hippo pool bush
breakfast and more. Visit and stay in five
of the best game reserves known and
praised for their geographic and animal
diversity. There are daily game drives
(mornings and most afternoons) with
everyone guaranteed a window seat. Amboseli National Park, below the Equator at
the foot of snow-covered Mt. Kilimanjaro,
is known for its many large-tusked elephant herds. At Sweetwaters north of the
Equator, view the second tallest mountain in Africa, snow-covered Mt. Kenya.
This 15-day safari is fully escorted from
pick up in Rossmoor until back home.
The price of $7,995 includes everything
above and roundtrip air from SFO to Nairobi, a four-star hotel in Amsterdam, all
transfers, all multi-course meals in Africa,
three domestic flights between national
parks and game reserves, Flying Doctor
miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town. Senior tickets
are $12. Call Sharon Cahill at 631-4670 or go to www.
brownpapertickets.com.
THURSDAYS @ THE VT presents blues and jazz
by Slim Jenkins on Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Village
Theatre and Art Gallery, 233 Front St., Danville. Beer
and wine will be available for purchase. Tickets are $10 in
advance or $15 at the door. Call 314-3400 or go to www.
villagetheatreshows.com.
TOWN HALL THEATRE presents “Company”
through Oct. 11 at the theatre, 3535 School St., Lafayette.
The winner of seven Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk
Awards, “Company” focuses on Robert, a confirmed
bachelor celebrating his 35th birthday. The music and
lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim with the book by George
Furth. Call 283-1557.
TOWN
HALL
THEATRE
AND
ESSES
PRODUCTIONS present “The Broadway Divas” on
Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26 at the Town Hall Theater, 3535
School Street in Lafayette. This new revue celebrates four
of Broadway’s most celebrated, awarded and honored
leading ladies–Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters,
Ethel Merman and Mary Martin. Tickets are $23 to $25.
For tickets, call the box office at 283-1557 or check the
website at www.townhalltheatre.com.
service while on safari, cold bottled water
on all game drives. This safari is sponsored by the Rossmoor Railroad Roundup Club and is open to all Rossmoorians,
their relatives and friends.
Caution: This safari is strictly limited to
the first 19 deposits received. Call Parton
at 256-7078 to get a beautiful and elaborate color brochure and the registration
and release forms, or email ralfparton@
gmail.com.
PANAMA CANAL CRUISE AND PANAMA:
A CONTINENT DIVIDED, OCEANS UNITED
Oct. 30 through Nov. 10
The Rossmoor Travel Club is sponsoring a Grand Circle Travel 12-day
land and small- ship cruise to Panama
in 2015. The Panama Canal is the engineering mar vel that opened 100 years
ago, allowing civilian and military shipping to shave 9,000 miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific route around Cape
Horn. A significant expansion is scheduled to open in 2015. This land trip includes visiting Panama Cit y, Chorrera,
Chitre, Las Tablas, La Arena and Gamboa. There are multiple side excursions
and visits to significant cultural and
historical sites. Return to Panama Cit y
to board Grand Circle’s privately chartered 24-passenger catamaran, the M/S
Discover y. Complete the transit of the
canal in daylight over three days, making various stops and obser ving the
operations of the canal and its locks.
This trip offers a three-night pre-trip to
Bocas del Toro, Panama: Wild Archipelago ($795) and a five-night post-trip to
Cartagena Colombia: the Emerald of the
Caribbean ($1,045). The trip is limited
to 24 people and costs $3,295 including port charges, beverages (wine, beer
and sof t drinks) for the days onboard
the Discover y, and gratuities for local
guides and motor coach drivers. There
are three nights on the Discovery, three
nights in Panama Cit y, three nights in
Chitre and two nights in Gamboa. Single
supplement is $545. Round-trip air from
SFO is $1,000. For details or flyers,
contact Sally Day at 300-3332 or email
sday1045@comcast.net. Flyers are also
available at Gateway Administration in
the Rossmoor Travel Club mailbox.
REAL AFFORDABLE COSTA RICA
Nov. 1 through 13
This is a good time to leave the cold
weather and go to the sunshine to see the
flying Macaws of Costa Rica. This OAT
tour is sponsored by the Railroad Club
and is filled with unusual activities from
horseback riding, river rafting, nature
walks and cruising a river for crocodiles.
There is a choice to participate or not.
This small group tour, like all OAT adventures, is limited to 15 participants and is
fully escorted by Rossmoor tour conductor, Ralf Parton. It includes roundtrip air
with transfers from Rossmoor to SFO, 29
meals, all land transportation, 10 small
group activities including a visit to a coffee finca, a home-hosted meal, thermal
mud baths and more. New for 2015, gratuities for local guides, drivers and luggage porters are included; so are all government taxes, fees and airline fuel surcharges. The total cost for this two-week
adventure is $2,895. For a six-page color
brochure with pictures and a day-by-day
Itinerary, call Parton at 256-7078.
Boomers plan fifth annual Halloween party at Event Center
The Boomers Forever Club will hold its fifth annual Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the
Event Center.
This year, the featured entertainment will be
Dawn Coburn and the Sugarbeats Band. Coburn
played a smashing one-woman show at the Boomers’ Summer Solstice party and she returns with
the entire band at this event to delight dancers and
listeners alike.
The party will be held in the Event Center on
Saturday, Oct 25. The doors will open at 6:30 and
the band starts rocking at 7.
Attendees should bring snacks to share with tablemates. The club will provide trick-or-treat candy
and soft drinks. Bring other beverages to enjoy at
tableside.
Cost for this event is $12 members, $15 guests,
paid at the door. Newcomers will be invited to meet
other members at a special Newcomers table. Boomer-age residents (folks born in the ’40s through ’60s)
and their family and friends are invited to attend.
This event is for adults only.
Costumes are not required but in past years there
have been many fun and creative costumes worn.
There will be a costume contest with prizes awarded in the following categories: funniest, scariest,
best couple/group, and best overall.
Prudential California realtor Marsha Wehrenberg will sponsor a raffle to benefit the club’s Feed
the Pig Fund, which supports low-income Rossmoor
residents. A $100 gift card to a local restaurant is the
grand prize, along with several runner-up prizes.
Tickets can be bought at the party as well as at
schmoozes leading up to the event. Ticket holders
need not be present to win.
Boomers Forever is a social club for both singles
and couples born in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. There is
a free weekly schmooze held in the Redwood Room
at Gateway on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. until 9.
All boomer-age residents and friends are invited to
attend and schmooze with other boomers.
Bring a glass, and a snack and/or a beverage to
share. Newcomers will be made welcome with a
special nametag that lets everyone greet newbies.
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, recommendations for repair folks, etc.
To subscribe to the chat board, send an email to:
ribbit94595subscribe@yahoogroups.com, (be sure
to include the dash).
For additional information on the Boomers
Forever Club or planned events, send an email to
boomersforever1@gmail.com.
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Rossmoor News • October 8, 2014
Second Tuesday Lunch Group meets Oct. 14 Rotarians to hear about
The Second Tuesday Luncheon Group will 939-0875. A reminder, the reservation must be
have its October luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 14,
at Dollar Clubhouse. The social hour begins at
11:30 a.m. The luncheon will be served at noon.
The theme is Fall. The menu will include salad, ham, scalloped potatoes and cheese cake.
Hostesses for this event are Gloria Leavenworth and Ann Shaddle.
The cost of $15 includes wine and sparkling
cider. For reservations, call Leavenworth at
paid the day of the luncheon.
Dues of $5 are due at this October 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 former Rossmoor Federated Women’s Club.
All Rossmoor women are invited to join the
group for friendship, fellowship and good food.
Quick step taught by Round Dance Club
The Rossmoor Round Dance Club offers
quickstep lessons on Sundays, Oct. 12, 19 and
26 as well as Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. The classes will be from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Shasta Room
at Del Valle. The cost is $4 for residents and $5
for nonresidents, payable by the week.
The instructors are Jay and June Rosenthal.
Quickstep is a light-hearted ballroom dance,
fast flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. It
evolved in the 1920s in New York as a combination of foxtrot and Charleston.
Students will learn 16 figures and use them
in one or more complete dances. All dancing
will be to pre-choreographed and cued routines.
The class is best suited to dancers who are light
on their feet and have a good sense of timing. Al-
though prior dance experience is not required,
people with experience in intermediate-level foxtrot (for example, the chasse and spin turn), can be
more confident in their ability to excel in this class.
The class is open to residents, and nonresidents as partners of residents. Couples and
singles are welcome, although classes currently average two to three women for every man.
Women are welcome to dance together.
Pre-registration is requested. Contact the
club president, Jay Rosenthal, at 943-7173 or
at jaycan9@yahoo.com. Give your name, street
address, phone number and email address.
Note that free practice sessions are also offered on Mondays from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Las
Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Camp Royal students
Four Camp Royal students will share their camp experiences with the Rossmoor Rotary Club on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Camp Royal is Rotary’s youth leadership conference held
each June in the mountains of northern California.
Seventy Rotary clubs in District 5160 have provided this
leadership learning opportunity since 1979. In 2013, Rotary
hosted over 145 outstanding young leaders.
The Rotary Club meets weekly in the Diablo Room at
Hillside from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The speaker starts
promptly at 1. One does not need to be a Rotarian to attend.
There is a full buffet lunch available for $15. No reservations
are required.
For information, call Barbara Safran at 890-8970.
Home values are discussion topic
at Financial Forum meeting
The Financial Forum will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 3
p.m. in the Fairway Room at Creekside. The speaker is Chuck
Lamb, the sales manager for Rossmoor Realty.
Lamb has 35-plus years of real estate experience. He will
speak about the residential real estate situation, including
Rossmoor home values.
He will clarify the leading indicators that impact the residential real estate market and in doing so, will give a five to 10 year
forecast.
By the lecture’s end, members will be able to anticipate where
residential real estate is going, what various issues could threaten home values and regional trends.
The meeting will last between 60 and 90 minutes.
Red Hatters lunch in November
The Red Hat luncheon Saturday, Nov. 8, entrée choices are
turkey or roast beef with pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Extended Roots will provide the entertainment.
When signing up for events, write the name of the event and
luncheon entrée choice on the front of the envelope. Those who
must cancel from an event should call Sandra Hawkins at 7889124 or Pat Best at 944-1344.
New members will be contacted by Queen Ruth Koehler.
Members should call Koehler at 930-9635 if they know of a
member who is ill or in need.
Mutual Maintenance
FROM THE MUTUAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
For service, call 988-7650
Order Desk email: workorder@rossmoor.com
October Schedule
landscape ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
First through Fourth Mutuals: once-a-month for routine
ground cover and shrub trimming and weed control.
landscape ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
INDEPENDENT MUTUALS:
Monday: Mutuals 28, 29, 48 and 61
Tuesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 22, 30, 65 and 68
Wednesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 29, 48, 59, 61 and 68
Thursday: Mutuals 5, 28, 30, 65 and 68
Friday: Mutuals 8, 29, 48, 56, 59 and 68
TREE MAINTENANCE: Building clearance by Waraner Bros.
in SWCM, TWCM projects 49, 50 and 51; 4WCM, 5WCM,
Mutuals 28 and 65.
PEST CONTROL: Call 988-7640 for service order.
LAWN MAINTENANCE: Mow weekly, fertilize with 16-16-8.
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
Animal Control Contra Costa County.............. 335-8300
FWCM = First Mutual SWCM= Second Mutual
TWCM = Third Mutual 4WCM = Fourth Mutual
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Bring harmony to body, mind
senses with Tibetan yoga
The theme of this week’s Tibetan relaxation yoga class is
bringing harmony to body, breath, mind, senses and the environment. The class will be taught by Santosh Philip on Saturday,
Oct. 11, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Shasta Room at the Fitness
Center.
Philip, an architect and entrepreneur, has studied the Nyingma teachings since 1995. His primary area is Kum Nye Tibetan
yoga which he has taught here since 2009. Kum Nye exercises
help relax the body, calm the breath and still the mind, which
also helps deepen meditation.
The classes are offered twice a month on Saturdays with a
fee of $10 per class. All Rossmoor residents and their guests are
welcome as are both new and experienced students.
Exercises are done sitting or standing. Dress warmly.
The next class is on Oct. 25 and will be taught by Abbe Blum.
For information, call Endy Stark at 938-4681.
Wellness Group to hear
interactive talk on sleep
The Wellness Group will host an interactive talk on Monday,
Oct. 13, at 4 p.m. in Multipurpose Room 2 at Gateway.
The speaker will be Dr. Raphael Rettner, whose practice is
in Lafayette. His topic will be “Ten Secrets to a Good Night’s
Sleep Your Doctor Won’t Tell You.”
Rettner has been in practice for over 30 years and is one of the
most highly skilled and respected chiropractors in the United
States. He has made numerous radio and TV appearances, is the
author of over 30 ebooks and has produced 27 DVDs including
“Yoga for Deep, Restful Sleep.”
All Rossmoor residents are welcome to attend at no charge.
For information, contact Brad Waite, Wellness Group vice pres-
Deep-water exercise classes
offered at Hillside, Del Valle
Deep-water exercise classes are offered at Hillside and Del
Valle pools on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The class
runs from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at Hillside and 9 to 9:45 at Del Valle.
Water aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that requires water-immersed participants. Participants in the class wear a flotation device to keep them upright and make floating in the pool
easy.
Residents who take the class say that their balance, stability and muscle strength have improved. Water aerobics is nonweight bearing–there is no impact on joints. The classes focus
on aerobic endurance, resistance training and creating an enjoyable atmosphere with music.
As people age, exercise can get more difficult. But deep-water
exercise does not put stress on the joints, especially hips and
knees, making exercise easier. Exercising in water can get the
heart rate up, increase muscle mass and help build strength. It’s
easier to move in the water.
The buoyancy of the deep water reduces body weight by 90
percent, enabling participants to move in ways that strengthen
the core.
A two-month session is offered, which averages $4 per class.
Participants need to sign up by session.
The instructor is Janet Braue, who has been teaching the class
for 13 years. For information, call her at 253-9596. Students are
asked to pay for a session, which runs two months at a time.
Anniversary Game winners, from left, are, section A, Dean Kriens, Kit Miller, Al Petersen and
Bobbie Burgess; and section B, Mary Kelley, Bob Elgie, Betty Dunn and Jan Perez (not shown).
Anniversary Duplicate Games a success
The Duplicate Bridge Club sponsored
games with various formats of play during
Rossmoor’s 50th celebration.
Breaking from routine, players enjoyed
the variety and social aspect of these games.
In the Rossmoor Games competition
held on Sept. 15, there were 33 tables of
players. There were two sections determined by master point levels.
On Sept. 16, a more social game was
held where everyone played the basic yellow card. All levels were mixed together
Partnership Bridge
On Sept. 26 at partnership
bridge, the scores were Alvin and Francoise Buchignani
3530 making a small slam in
no trump, Nancy Magee/Joyce
Towner 3080, Dorothy and Jed
Crane 2960, Judy and Ted Augustine 2770, Patsy McAteer/
John deBenedictis 2640 and
Judy and Ted Augustine 2570.
Low score was 1350.
For information, call Helen
Dailey at 934-1902 or Carolyn
Nelson at 256-0144.
On Sept. 30, there were 36
players at partnership bridge in
the Oak Room at Gateway. John
and Dolores Clark topped the
How to save water during drought
1. If you wash dishes by hand, don’t leave
the water running for rinsing. If you have two
basins, fill one with rinse water. If you have
only one basin, use a spray device or short
blasts instead of running water.
2. When washing dishes by hand, use the
least amount of detergent possible. This reduces rinse water needed.
3. Let your pots and pans soak instead of letting the water run while you clean them.
4. Keep a bottle or pitcher of water in the
refrigerator for drinking rather than running
the faucet.
5. Don’t defrost frozen foods with running
water.
6. Don’t let the faucet run while cleaning
vegetables.
7. Use the garbage disposal less by putting
the garbage in plastic bags and disposing in the
refuse bins.
8. Showers:
a. Start taking “Navy” showers. That is done
by wetting down and TURNING OFF show-
and players changed partners with each
round.
The game on Sept. 17 was a partners
game, but with international match point
(IMP) scoring. Michael Gosnell, assistant
club manager, gave a brief description of
the strategy used to win an IMP scoring
game, which is different from match point
scoring.
The weeklong celebration wrapped up
on Sept. 21 with a unit game accompanied
by a light lunch.
er while soaping down. Then rinse off quickly
and turn off shower.
b. If that is too big a problem, at least shorten your shower. Even a 1 to 2 minute reduction can save up to 700 gallons of water per
month.
c. Take a short shower instead of a bath.
While a five-minute shower uses 12 to 25 gallons, a full tub requires about 70 gallons.
9. In homes with good water pressure, you
can save a lot of water by reducing the force of
the shower at the faucet level – just don’t turn
it on full blast!
10. Don’t use your toilet as a wastebasket.
11. Turn off the water when brushing your
teeth.
12. Men, switch to an electric razor if possible. If not then be sure to turn off water while
shaving. Fill the bottom of the sink with a few
inches of water to rinse your razor.
13. Run-only full loads in the washing machine. Set water levels at appropriate level for
the load you are washing.
winners with 4920 points. 0ther
winners were: Cedric Ferrett/
Arthur White 2930 including a
small slam in hearts, Joan and
Jim Chenevey 2750, Barbara
Murphy/Carolyn Nelson 2720
and Sam Raber/Joyce Townsend
2670. Low score was 980.
Directors John and Dolores
Clark were assisted by Ted Augustine.
For information, call Dolores
Clark at 330-8612.
Partnership bridge on Oct.
2 had these winners: Neal
Monasch/Velma Leavitt 3870,
Don Thompson/Don Christiansen 3780, Vicki LaBatt/Edna
Nebinger 3190, Jane Kadner/
Barbara Klein 3050, Liz Altgelt/Luciana Young 2680, Judy
and Ted Augustine 2660, Eleanor Blanton/Jewell Ward 2590
and Elizabeth Moise/Naomi
Filler 2570.
Partnership bridge on Oct. 12
had these winners: Shari Siegel/
Rita Hebert 3830, Tillie Molho/Natalie Stein 2940, Vicki
Chu/Luciana Young 2830, Neal
Monasch/Edna Nebinger 2520
with a small slam in 6 hearts
and Dawn Howell/Donna Prichard 2320.
For information, call Neal
Monasch at 933-9429.
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 Oct. 1
problem was 1...Qd1 check
2.Rxd1 …Nc2 check 3.
Nxc2…Rxd1 mate.
This week, another problem is offered to tease the
mind, black to mate in three.
The answer will be included
in next week’s column.
Players at all levels are welcome in the Chess Room on
the first floor back corner at
Dollar Clubhouse on Fridays
from 12:30 to 2 p.m. There’s a
nice crowd on Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Play is also
on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Call or email a player to
meet you there.
Call Bob Dickson at 9341405 with the solution and any
questions or comments.
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HEALTH & FITNESS
Qigong and tai chi chuan Keeping Your Balance offered Thursdays
offered at Fitness Center
Qigong and tai chi chuan classes are offered by the Fitness
Center.
The instructor is Adam Wallace, a certified master with over
25 years experience.
Both classes are offered in the Sierra Room at Del Valle. Qigong is on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and tai chi chuan is on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. The cost is $10 a class. Beginners are welcome
and may join in or observe anytime.
These are China’s most famous exercises that for centuries
have proven themselves profoundly beneficial to health, vitality
and longevity. There are also documented positive effects on
arthritis, blood pressure, circulation and chronic conditions, including asthma and bronchitis.
Both train and improve balance and stability (fall prevention)
and brain coordination (senility prevention), and improve digestion, respiration, the cardiovascular and nervous systems and
sleep quality.
Qigong is an internal training exercise connected with traditional Chinese medicine. There is a focus on breath, gentle
movement and relaxation, and qi (vital energy) of the internal
organs and channels.
Tai chi chuan, also considered a gentle exercise, has its roots
in the martial arts so the emphasis is in making the legs strong
and the body powerful.
Lin Housheng qigong is a set of 18 movements that can be
practiced as a system or individually. The 24-step Yang tai chi
is a complete sequence of movements that are performed as one
routine. Both are quite different from one another so it is worth
trying them both to see which is more suitable.
Classes are ongoing and open to all residents and their families. Classes are not affiliated with the Chinese-American Association.
Wallace can be contacted at 917-539-3068 or at wallace@
sifuwallace.com.
New supercircuit smallgroup training offered
New super circuit smallgroup training will be offered Mondays, beginning Oct. 13, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Sierra Room at
the Fitness Center. Residents are invited to join and challenge
their speed, strength and agility. The cost is $10 a session.
This small-group training mixes a variety of tools that work
well for all levels. Modifications can be made to exercises to suit
those who have physical limitations.
This type of high intensity training is also great for weight
and fat loss and for developing athleticism. Circuit training can
and should be highly functional so that the training transfers to
many aspects of life and sport.
The small group training is designed to develop endurance,
strength, stamina and agility. A variety of tools are used, such
as kettlebells, sandbags, jump ropes, dumbbells and medicine
balls.
Participants will perform at each station for 30 seconds to a
minute followed by a 30- to 45-second cardio period. Rest times
may be inserted as necessary. Participants can increase the work
time and decrease the rest time as improvement takes place.
The benefits of super circuit functional exercise include more
calories burned in less time, fast muscular tone and strength
gains, variable cardiovascular endurance for longevity and time
is saved.
For information, call Dino Giannakis at the Fitness Center,
988-7850.
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“Healing Touch Can Gently But Significantly Impact Your Life”
Keeping Your Balance, a six-week workshop series, will be offered on Thursdays,
from noon to 1 p.m., starting Oct. 16 in the
Aerobics Room at the Fitness Center.
The fee is $60 payable upon registration at
the second class. The first class on Oct. 16 is
free.
Guild-certified Feldenkrais instructor Peter Boffey will coach students in learning to
move with greater ease and to sit, stand, walk
and transition between positions with confidence. This course does not require getting
up and down from the floor. The benefits of
these classes can be immediate and are cumulative.
Boffey discovered the Feldenkrais Method
of Somatic Education® 16 years ago, after exploring various ways to reverse the effects of
his own deteriorating balance and long-term
debilitating pain. Based on his experience,
in 2012 he started offering his Keeping Your
Balance series tailored toward residents of
Rossmoor.
For information about the course, contact
Boffey directly at 395-1240 or email him at
peterboffey1@gmail.com.
Other than closed-toed athletic shoes required by the gym, no special attire is needed. It is suggested that students dress in layers
as the Aerobics Room is kept at 68 degrees.
Register by calling the Fitness Center at
988-7850.
Massage and Bodywork meets in Vista Room
The Massage and Bodywork Club now holds
its meetings at Hillside Clubhouse.
The club brings in different therapists each
month to give free sample sessions to club
members and guests. The purpose of the club is
to help Rossmoor residents find the right therapist.
The club will meet next on Saturday, Oct. 18,
at 1:30 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside.
Each therapist will briefly explain what he
or she does. Then members can sign up for a
sample session in the order that they check in.
Most times members will be able to have more
than one session to try different practitioners
and compare their work, especially if they show
up at the beginning of the meeting.
There will be two therapists doing individual
sessions and another doing group movement
classes simultaneously.
There is no better way to find the right therapist than to actually experience his/her work.
The sessions are about 20 minutes each. If the
therapist seems the right choice, residents can
schedule directly with him/her for more sessions.
The sessions themselves are free for members and guests and will start at about 2. Once
attendees have had a session, they can sign up
for another.
Membership is open to all residents and annual dues are $5. Guests are $5 per meeting. All
sessions are done fully clothed, so dress appropriately.
For information, visit the website at www.
rossmoorbodywork.com or contact Carl Brown
at 287-9993.
ChiWalking workshops offered at Fitness Center
ChiWalking workshops are offered on Sunday, Oct. 26, in the Sierra Room at Del Valle.
The workshops will be taught by Sally Mitchell, a certified ChiWalking and ChiRunning
instructor. The cost is $65 for each workshop.
ChiWalking is a graceful, low-impact and
pain-free way to improve health and fitness,
connect with the body and rediscover being active. Improving the way you walk can improve
the way you feel.
Part one of the workshop is from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. and includes lessons on posture, ankle lift,
core strength, energy efficiency, the upper body,
the lower body, stride length and cadence.
Part two is from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and includes body loosener exercises, breathing,
stretching, walking programs and mindful and
meditative walking. The prerequisite is com-
pletion of part one.
Participants will get personal attention and
feedback. There will be a maximum of 10 people in the workshop.
The ChiWalking technique emphasizes the
proper biomechanics of walking, including
good posture, loose joints, engaging your core
and relaxing the arms and legs. This approach
makes walking easier on the body and helps
to improve and eliminate aches, pains and the
discomfort of walking incorrectly.
For information and to register, email
Mitchell at sally@bodyflows.com or call her
at 917-913-1144. Residents may also sign up at
the Fitness Center front desk or call the center
at 988-7850.
Learn more about Mitchell on her website at
www.bodyflows.com.
Members of Peripheral Neuropathy Support
Group will share experience at meeting
The Peripheral Neuropathy
Support Group meets Friday,
Oct. 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
in the Las Trampas Room at
Hillside. All are welcome.
There will be no speaker
because at this meeting, members can share their experiences. They can talk about what
works and what hasn’t helped.
The group can also discuss
how symptoms are different
and how they have progressed.
At the last meeting, members were reminded by the
speaker that cures are elusive
and that it is very important
that people have a “can-do”
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attitude and a willingness to
stick with exercise and lifestyle changes to maximize
their abilities over time.
Come to the meeting and
learn how people have taken
responsibility for their condition and maintained independence. Often the things people
do each day can make a big
difference in long term function.
If feet tingle or are numb,
this may be a sign of peripheral neuropathy. The support
group meets on the fourth Friday of the month except in November and December.
For information, contact
David Woods at 287-8300
or at DavidLeeWoods2@aol.
com.
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Medical Marijuana Education Yoga classes offered at Fitness Center
The Rossmoor Fitness Center Instructor: Sarah Harvey. Call
and Support Group to hear offers
7857.
a variety of yoga and di510-639-4568
Fees: $7 per class, one class per
movement classes, from Fees: The drop-in fee for the
about cannabis policy reform rected
week; $6 per class, two to three
Monday through Saturday.
active yoga class is $8 per
The Medical Marijuana Education and Support Club will
hear Oaksterdam University
Executive Chancellor Dale Sky
Jones talk about the 2016 voter
initiative and affecting cannabis policy reform on Tuesday,
Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Vista
Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
All Rossmoor residents and
guests are welcome to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Jones is focused on developing education courses and
enhancing cannabis policy reform. She is chairwoman of
the board for the Coalition for
Cannabis Policy Reform and
was previously spokeswoman
for the Prop19 Campaign in
California.
She has served on the board
of directors for the National
Cannabis Industry Association, Californians to Regulate
Medical Marijuana and the
National C20 Cannabis Council, which is an organization of
policy reform leaders motivated to find unity in reform messaging and methodology.
Jones has interviewed with
thousands of news, entertainment and journalism sources,
both domestic and foreign,
Dale Sky Jones
such as Al Jazeera English,
BBC, CBS Evening News,
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC,
NPR and the Wall Street Journal.
Jones focuses on overall
civil rights issues, while developing avenues through which
patients, doctors, providers
and regulating authorities can
be more confident in the medical cannabis continuum, from
the plant to the patient.
For information, contact
Renee Lee, club president, at
979-9068.
Stroke Support Group to start
Resident seeks to open dialogue
Umberto Bellini, a resident who had a stroke three months
ago, has initiated the Stroke Support Group to share experiences and concerns.
According to an article published in the September issue of
the magazine Neurology Now, 800,000 Americans will have
a stroke each year; 130,000 Americans die from stroke every
year and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States; in 2009, nearly two-thirds of people with strokes
were age 65 or older; and $36 billion per year is the estimated
cost of stroke in the United States.
Anyone who is interested in joining this group may call Bellini at 280-6608 or email him at umbertobellini@sbcglobal.
net.
An invitation to join Keeping Fit
Rossmoor’s Keeping Fit morning exercise club provides
benefit and fun to members on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 9 a.m. in the Shasta Room at Del Valle Clubhouse.
It’s a diverse and friendly group, which is interested in becoming stronger, more flexible and better able to handle daily
activities. All residents are welcome to try out a class. If the
resident joins the club, dues are $10 for a year.
The exercises follow one of several videos used by the
group. The videos are especially geared toward seniors and
feature warm-ups, stretching, upper and lower body toning,
low-intensity aerobics, abdominal and back strengthening
exercises and some light weight and balance work as well as
a relaxation session.
For information, contact Marie Harp at 274-1318 or marieharp5@yahoo.com.
Gluten-Free Discussion Group
talks about Thanksgiving menus
The Celiac/Gluten Free Discussion Group will host another
informal meeting at the Lafayette Whole Foods Market on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. The topics of discussion will include a
gluten free Thanksgiving.
Bring favorite Thanksgiving recipes to share. Whole Foods
will provide information as well on gluten free Thanksgiving
items sold in the store.
Lunch will be available for purchase, but participants are
welcome to bring their own.
For reservations, contact Ellen Gilman at drellgil@gmail.
com or at 300-3209.
per week; $8 for drop-ins.
MONDAY
session. Participants also
WEDNESDAY
Integrated Yoga
have the option of buying a
Gentle Yoga
Time and place: 10 to 11 a.m.
series of four classes for $30, Time and place: 11 a.m. to
in the Shasta Room at Del
or eight classes for $55
noon, Aerobics Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse.
Stretch Yoga
Valle.
Style: Improve energy, focus, Time and place: 5 to 6 p.m. Style: Seated and standing
strength, balance and flexiat the Fitness Center at Del
yoga. Options for the floor
bility.
Valle
for those who wish.
Instructor: Leena St. Mi- Style: Iyenagar approach, with Instructor: Bonnie Maeda,
chael, who has more than
emphasis on correct alignwho has been a certified yoga
5,000 teaching hours. She
ment in postures, while depractitioner for seven years.
is trained in Mindfulveloping strength, balance,
She is a registered nurse and
ness-Based Stress Reduction
ease of movement and enworks with students during
methods.
durance.
the healing process. Call 510Fees: $8 per drop-in or four Instructor: Barbara Bureker,
548-9566.
sessions for $36.
yoga instructor for 35 years. Fees: $7 per class, one class per
Flexible Yoga
For information, call 934Continued on page 20B
Time and place: 5 to 6 p.m. in
(Formerly Nightingale of Contra Costa)
the Shasta Room at Del Valle Clubhouse
Style: Emphasis is on flexibility using Iyengar-style yoga,
which focuses on correct body
alignment. Hatha yoga with
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK TO SERVE YOU BETTER
stretches using props will be
practiced when needed.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker
has been a yoga instructor
1521 Contra Costa Blvd.
for 32 years. For informaPleasant Hill, CA 94523
tion, call 934-7857.
Fees: $7 per class, one class
per week; $6 per class, two
to three per week; $8 for
drop-ins.
TUESDAY
Integrated Yoga
Time and place: 7:15 to 8:30
a.m. in the Shasta Room at
We provide non-medical health care services under the supervision of
Del Valle Clubhouse.
a Registered Nurse to enable the client to remain in the home.
Style: Improve energy, focus,
strength, balance and flexibility.
1630 Contra Costa Blvd. Suite 215 • Pleasant Hill
Instructor: Leena St. Mi“Supporting independence, dignity and quality of life”
chael, who has more than
5,000 teaching hours. She
is trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Better Health Care
methods.
In-Home Care for Seniors
Fees: $8 per drop-in or four
Personal Care • Companionship
sessions for $36.
Housekeeping • Licensed • Insured
Gentle Yoga
Rates start at $10/hr
Time and place: 11 a.m. to
Live-In – Name Your Price
noon in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle Clubhouse.
925-330-4760
Style: Hatha yoga (based on
415-283-6952
Inyengar teachings) emphasizing correct alignment and
posture while developing
strength and balance. May
be done seated, standing
or on floor. Props (blocks,
straps) used when needed.
Each class ends with a relaxation period. Students
encouraged to work at own
pace and within own limitations and abilities.
Instructor: Sarah Harvey. A
certified yoga practitioner
for 15 years, Harvey believes
her class is a good match for
those new to yoga, or those
working through injuries or
other limitations. For information, call 510-639-4568.
Fees: $8 per class or $30 per
month for four classes.
Drop-ins welcome.
HWe offer competitive
Active Yoga
p r i c i n g and s e v e r a l
Time and place: 12:15 to 1:15
billing options with no
p.m. in the Shasta Room at
long term contract required.
Del Valle Clubhouse
HShort & Long Term Options
Style: This class is geared toFor A FREE Personal
ward current yoga students
Assessment, Call
who have taking class on a
regular basis for least two
We work with you.
years.
May We Have the Privilege
of Serving You?
925-685-5577
ComForcare
Home Care
925-429-8320
Care & Companion Services
(925) 325-0418
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Yoga classes
TV Guide for Channel 28
Continued from page 19B
week; $6 per class, two to three
per week; $8 for drop-ins.
Integrated Yoga
Time and place: 5 to 6:15 p.m.
in the Shasta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse.
Style: Improve energy, focus,
strength, balance and flexibility.
Instructor: Leena St. Michael,
who has more than 5,000
teaching hours. She is trained
in Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction methods.
Fees: $10 per drop-in or four
sessions for $36.
THURSDAY
Therapeutic Yoga
Time and place: 10 to 11 a.m.
in the Shasta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse.
Style: Deep therapeutic relaxation and energy renewal.
Instructor: Leena St. Michael,
who has more than 5,000
teaching hours. She is trained
in Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction methods.
Fees: $8 per drop-in or four sessions for $30.
Strength Yoga
Time and place: 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle Clubhouse
Style: Stretch to relax and build
up strength. All are welcome.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker,
who has been a yoga instructor for 32 years. For information, call 934-7857.
Fees: $7 per class, one class per
week; $6 per class, two to three
per week; $8 for drop-ins.
FRIDAY
Flexible Yoga
Time and place: 10 to 11 a.m.
in the Shasta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse
Style: This class puts an emphasis on flexibility with
strength, using Iyengar style
yoga with a focus on correct
body alignment. A more vigorous yoga class using props
is practiced when needed.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker.
For information, call 9347857.
Fees: $7 per class, one class per
week; $6 per class, two to
three per week; $8 for dropins.
Gentle Yoga
Time and place: 11:45 a.m.
to 12:45 p.m. in the Shasta
Room at Del Valle.
Style: This class emphasizes correct alignment of the
body and includes some
chair work, as well as basic
standing poses. Each session
ends with relaxation period.
Instructor: Sarah Harvey, a
graduate of Iyengar Yoga Institute. Call 510-639-4568.
Fees: $8 per class; $30 for four
classes.
SATURDAY
Tibetan Kum Nye Yoga
Two Saturdays a month
Time and place: 10 to 11:30
a.m. in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle
Style: Renew a spirit of ease
and appreciation through
gentle yoga. Relax the body
and mind.
Coordinator: Endy Stark. For
information, call 938-4681.
Fees: $10 per class.
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 Oct. 9 through 15
The following programs are all scheduled to be broadcast this
week. Check the grid below for days and times of programs. 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 and orchestral 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.
■ Al ‘AZIFOON Arabic Music/Dance. One hour
This chamber group of musicians, Yosifah Rose Craver, qanun,
percussion, and voice; Nathan Craver, oud and percussion; Cynthia
Rutherford, Egyptian tabla percussion, performed along with
dancer Khaliliah Samah, rhythmic Arabic music on traditional and
contemporary instruments.
■ HISTORY of Rossmoor Part 11. 30 minutes
Changes and More Changes.
This video covers the development that took place within the Rossmoor
community in the 1990s to early 2000s. The focus is on the adjustments
within Golden Rain Foundation, the Mutuals, and Medical Center.
Highlighted are lawsuits; the development of resident’s new community
concern groups; the changing structure of Golden Rain Foundation; and
the decision whether to continue to maintain the Medical Center. This
program was written and narrated by Rossmoor’s Historical Society’s
president, John Nutley.
■ Beginning PILATES Fitness/Exercise. 30 minutes
Bob Huff has been a fitness instructor for 15 years and has taught
in Rossmoor for over 8 years. He’s a certified medical exercise
specialist, personal trainer, athletic trainer and he is Pilates certified.
In this video, Huff shows beginning Pilates to explain the concept.
He welcomes residents to join him at the Fitness Center.
■ ELDER Court Information. One hour
Judge Joyce Cram introduces the program of “Elder Court” to the
residents of Rossmoor. This program brings together community
programs and is designed to make it easier for seniors age 65 and older
Thu
to get help with legal issues related to elder abuse. Panel speakers also
included Verna Haas, staff attorney at Contra Costa Legal Services,
and Tina Olton of Senior Peer Counseling. Supervisor Uilkema
introduced Judge Cram.
■ CENTENARIAN Chronicles. Interview. One hour
Five centenarians (100 years plus) are interviewed by resident Dr.
Edwin Cohen. Helen French, 1913; Benjamin Slomoff , 1913;
Jesse Kasdan, 1913; Sid Moss, 1912; Barbara Sanderson, 1912.
In this program, Cohen chats with each and tries to draws out
interesting stories for the viewers. This program was edited and
submitted by resident Gerry Swanstrom.
■ NICK Charo Trio. Standards/Latin. One hour
Darlyn Phillips performs with the Nick Charo Trio. The music was
reminiscent of the big band era with such favorites as “Satin Doll”
and “Frim Fram Sauce.” Phillips also includes some Latin tunes to
spice it up.
■ A MIDDLE Way Book discussion. One hour, 30 minutes.
Duke Robinson’s latest work, “A Middle Way: The Secular/
Spiritual Road to Wholeness,” is a book that spells out a coherent
worldview that can help people be real in the twenty-first century by
covering deep and diverse subjects.
■ Understanding Memory loss. Health. 45 minutes
Steven Holtz, Neurologist, is co-founder of neurology Medical
Group of Diablo Valley. Holtz has lectured extensively on
neurological subjects over the last 21 years and is the current
medical director of the Stroke Program of the John Muir
Neurosciences Institute in Walnut Creek.
■ JOHN Creighton Murray. Violin Classics. 40 minutes
John Murray began studying the violin at age three and by five was
winning important musical competitions. He made his debut at 17
in his native city, New York, receiving rave reviews. He has played
frequently at Carnegie Hall. He has made solo appearances with
leading orchestras throughout the music world.
■ MARK Twain Papers. Lecture. 55 minutes
Cal Alumni Club hosted Dr. Robert Hirst. Dr. Hirst has spent 35
years researching, editing and publishing the Mark Twain Papers.
Hirst earned his bachelor’s degree at Harvard, his graduate’s degree
at UCB and, to this day, continues to research one of the 19th
century’s most favorite American icons.
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6 a.m.
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
6:30 a.m.
7 a.m.
MEMORY
NICK CENTENARIANMIDDLE
AZIFOON HISTORY
JOHN
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
CENTENARIANELDER
MARK
MEMORY MARK AZIFOON
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
FITNESSFITNESSFITNESSFITNESS FITNESSFITNESSFITNESS
9:30 a.m.
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
POST IT!
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POST IT!
10 a.m.
MIDDLE
PILATES
JOHN
ELDER CENTENARIANMIDDLE HISTORY
10:30 a.m.
POST IT!
11 a.m.
NICK MARK PILATESAZIFOON MEMORY
11:30 a.m.
POST IT!
Noon
JOHN CENTENARIANHISTORY
MIDDLE
ELDER
MARK
MIDDLE
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
PILATES AZIFOONMEMORY
NICK HISTORY
1:30 p.m.
POST IT!
2 p.m.
NICK
MIDDLECENTENARIAN MARK
MEMORY PILATES
ELDER
2:30 p.m.
POST IT!
3 p.m.
MEMORY
ELDER
JOHN
HISTORYCENTENARIAN MARK
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
CENTENARIANHISTORY PILATES
NICK
MARK
MEMORY
JOHN
4:30 p.m.
POST IT!
5 p.m.
MARK
JOHN AZIFOON HISTORY MIDDLE
ELDERCENTENARIAN
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
ELDER MARK NICK AZIFOON
JOHNAZIFOON
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
AZIFOON ELDER MIDDLEMEMORY PILATESAZIFOON NICK
7:30 p.m.
POST IT!
8 p.m.
HISTORY MEMORY CENTENARIANJOHN
NICK PILATES
8:30 p.m.
POST IT!
9 p.m.
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