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ROSSMOOR NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA
Emergency Preparedness Organization
receives a $900 grant from the county
Will purchase
FRS radios
for entries
Deadline is Friday to submit
petitions to run for GRF Board
Directors sought for four districts
T
R
ossmoor’s Emergency
Preparedness Organization (EPO) applied for
a grant from the Contra Costa
County Community Awareness and Emergency Response
(CAER) group, and was recently awarded $900.
Marcelle Indelicato, a senior emergency planner in the
Sheriff’s Emergency Services
Division and a member of
CAER’s Emergency Preparedness Action Team, presented a
check to EPO President Rose
Kasmai.
Kasmai says that EPO plans
to use the funds to purchase
FRS radios (Family Radio
Service or walkie-talkies). Approximately one-half of the
290 entries in Rossmoor do not
have FRS or CB radio coverage.
EPO’s goal is to provide
FRS radios to more entry coordinators especially in areas
of the community with little
or no radio network coverage.
The entry coordinator may
choose to operate the radio or
ask a resident to be the radio
operator for their entry.
Following a major disaster,
the entry coordinator quickly
assesses the condition of residents in his/her entry, and com-
VOLUME 47, NO. 52 • 50 CENTS
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
Presenting the check to Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) President Rose Kasmai, second from left, is Marcelle Indelicato, second from right, a senior emergency planner
in the Sheriff’s Emergency Services Division, and a member of
CAER’s Emergency Preparedness Action Team. Flanking them
are Sheila Gorsuch, left, secretary of EPO, and on the right
Steve Adza, who is involved in CERT/FRS radio communication
within Rossmoor.
municates the urgent needs of
neighbors to the emergency
response team via FRS or CB
radio and listens for instructions. The FRS radio may also
be used to communicate within the neighborhood.
he deadline to submit
nominating petitions
to run for the GRF
Board in districts B, C, F and
G is Friday, March 15, at 4 p.m.
Nominees to the Board
must be members in good
standing of the Golden Rain
Foundation of Walnut Creek
and reside in the election district.
Nominees must obtain a
nominating petition and have
it signed by members representing 10 percent of the
voting membership in the
election district in which the
nominee resides.
Signed petitions must be
returned to Jones at the Administration Office. Petitions
must be accompanied by the
candidate’s statement of 300
words or less setting forth
background and qualifications and views on the issues
that are expected to be part
of the election.
The following is the
breakdown of each district:
District B
District B has 751 man-
ors. Barbara Jordan currently
represents this district and is
eligible to run for re-election
for a three-year term.
District B includes Golden
Rain Road, entries 16 through
29; Pine Knoll Drive, Entry
9; and all of Skycrest Drive.
District C
District C has 742 manors. Alice Lau currently represents this district. She was
appointed last year to fill the
vacancy created by the death
of Rita Fredlund and serve
until the next election in May
2013. She is eligible to run
for re-election for a two-year
term, the unexpired portion
of Fredlund’s term.
District C includes Golden
Rain Road addresses on Oakmont Drive, entries 2, 4 and
8; Fairlawn Court, entries 3
and 5; Pine Knoll Drive, entries 4 and 6; Oakmont Drive,
entries 2 through 7 and 10
through 16; Oakmont Way,
Entry 8; Rockledge Lane, entries 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
10; Tice Creek Drive, entries
Continued on page 2A
Creekside noise should lessen
after acoustical work is done
Radio operators make it
possible for residents to receive care and at the same
time facilitate the work of the
In an effort to make the Creekside Grill less noisy, work to imemergency response teams by prove the acoustics is expected to begin at the end of the month.
providing timely information
When the restaurant was designed and built, there was no plan
in the aftermath of a disaster. for acoustical dampening. Since the restaurant opened some two
years ago, diners have complained that the restaurant is too loud
and that it’s hard to carry on a conversation.
To help soak up noise, an acoustical blanket will be attached
San Francisco’s Juvenile Court. to the ceiling. A new wood ceiling will cover the acoustical blanOne day she entered the unit ket. The new ceiling will have gaps between the planks so sound
for first offenders and a young can get to the blanket and be absorbed. Sound soak panels will
man approached her and asked also go on both sides of the fireplace facing the dining room.
if she would be his tutor.
The work was recommended by the same consultant who
From that innocent question is providing acoustical services for the Event Center, said Jeff
bloomed an idea that was to be- Matheson, director of Resident Services.
come the award-winning proWork will take about a week. It will be done at night so it
gram, Senior Tutors for Youth doesn’t disturb the restaurant business.
in Detention (later shortened to
The cost is $65,000. The money will come from $35,000 that
Senior Tutors for Youth as the remains in the Creekside project budget. The other $30,000 will
Continued on page 12A come from the Trust Estate Fund.
Senior Tutors program reaches 30-year mark
By Wilma Murray
Staff writer
To call them tutors is to too
narrowly define them. For the
boys and girls under their “tutelage,” the Senior Tutors are
much more than that; they are
mentors, friends, counselors
and grandparent figures.
This March marks the 30th
anniversary of a program that
has given joy and satisfaction
to many hundreds of seniors
as they have given of themselves to thousands of young
people who needed them.
A program born of need
In 1983, Sondra Napell was
in the process of changing careers from educator to attorney. Her law school internship
found her clerking for Judge
(now Justice) Harry Low at
Residents are invited to comment on the
expansion of the Fitness Center at Del Valle
The Fitness Center Advisory Committee invites comments, questions and general
feedback regarding the planning for the future of the Del
Valle Clubhouse.
The top goal of the GRF
Board for the 2012/13 board
year was to initiate the planning process for renovation of
the Del Valle Clubhouse as an
expanded Fitness Center.
The first step in this effort
has begun by seeking proposals from architectural firms to
help create schematic design
alternatives based on ideas for
programs, features and activities. The design alternatives
will be developed based on input from resident committees,
many Rossmoor user groups,
the individual residents
(non-users as well as current
users) and the GRF Board.
The Fitness Center Advisory Committee (FCAC) will
also generate ideas for programs, features and activities
that may be considered for
the clubhouse. The committee
would like to hear additional
ideas from the community.
Residents who would like to
provide comments, suggestions
or ask a question about the future of Del Valle Clubhouse
may attend a meeting of the
FCAC or send an email to Jeff
Matheson, Resident Services
director, at [email protected]. The FCAC meets
the second Wednesday of each
month at 9:30 a.m. in the Delta
Room at Del Valle.
The FCAC meetings will
not be the only opportunity
to provide input. Once a design team is hired, there will
be public workshops and preContinued on page 7A
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Arts and Leisure........... 16-27A
Arts and Leisure listings....13B
Bridge....................................4B
Calendar.......................... 8-13B
Classified....................... 32-43A
Channel 28 TV Guide........16B
Clubs.......... 27-28A, 5-7B, 13B
Health............................ 30-31A
In Memoriam................ 14-15B
Maintenance.......................29A
Movies........................... 24-26A
Op/Ed Columns..................15A
Religion........................ 14-15B
Residents Forum................14A
Sports................................ 1-3B
He’s honored on the Wall of
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Submit GRF petitions for B,C,F, G
Continued from page 1A
A and AA and addresses on
Entry 1 of Oakmont and Entry
2 of Rockledge.
District F
District F has 748 manors.
Don Peterson currently represents this district and is eligible to run for re-election for a
three-year term.
District F includes Avenida
Sevilla, Entry 2; Ptarmigan
Drive, entries 6 through 20;
and Terra Granada Drive, entries 1 through 8.
District G
District G has 734 manors.
Clair Weenig currently represents this district and is eligible to run for re-election for a
three-year term.
District G includes Avenida
Sevilla, Entry 1; Terra Granada
Drive, entries 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
A and B, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21
through 25; Tice Creek Drive,
entries 13 through 15, 16 A and
B and 17; and Mutual 22 (Ter-
ra Granada Drive); Mutual 59
(Horsemans Canyon and Autumnwood Court); and Mutual
61 (Heritage Oaks on Horsemans Canyon).
Election procedure
Candidates’ statements and
ballots from all four election
districts will be mailed to
members on Friday, April 19,
and must be returned to the auditors by the close of business
on Thursday, May 9.
The GRF Board Annual
Meeting of Members will be
held Monday, May 13, at 9:30
a.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway. The new and re-elected members of the Board will
join the Board at the organizational meeting following the
Annual Meeting.
For information on the districts and the election, call
the Board Office at 988-7710.
Questions can also be emailed
to Jones a pjones@rossmoor.
com.
To contact the GRF Board
Residents who would like to contact the GRF Board
can do so in the following ways:
• E-mail:[email protected]
• Mail: GRF Board, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek,
CA 94595
• Message phone: 988-7710
• Drop-off: Board Office at Gateway
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March 13, 2013
3A
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers offer free
help with preparing resident tax returns
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are now preparing free
income tax returns in the
Vista Room or Las Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
To make an appointment,
come to Hillside on the following days: March 14, 21
and 28, between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m.; March 19 and 26, from
9 a.m. and 1 p.m.; and April
2, 4, 9 and 11, from 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available.
Allow enough time for the
appointment as it is sometimes necessary to wait.
When coming to an appointment, bring all important tax information:
last-year’s tax return, Social
Security statements, W2s,
forms 1099, 1099-R and
1098s, interest, dividends.
Those who receive a broker statement and had stock
sales in 2012 should make
sure the cost basis of the
stock is listed.
K1 income with interest, dividends, capital gains
and royalties, and business
income with up to $5,000
expenses can now be filed
with Tax-Aide. Organize
and add up deductible expenses, property tax, medical/dental, health insurance,
mortgage interest, car license-fee, contributions to
charities etc.
Volunteers are not trained
to deal with rentals, depreciation, foreign income,
foreign tax paid over $300/
single person or $600/married couple, married filing
separately or out-of-state returns. For those who itemized deductions last year and
deducted only a partial property tax, an Amended Return
for 2011 can be filed as the
tax ruling has been reversed.
This year all who wish to
have taxes done must bring
a picture ID.
Tax-Aide volunteers are
trained every year by the
AARP and have to pass a
tax-law test to become certified counselors and be allowed to prepare tax returns
within the limits set by the
IRS. All information is
confidential and encrypted
on IRS computers. Returns
will be electronically filed,
and the taxpayer receives a
printed copy to take home.
For information, come
to Hillside Clubhouse. For
shut-in visits, call Ingrid at
979-5450 and leave a message. Calls will be returned
as soon as possible.
Judy Box and Lori Graham
will be preparing taxes at the
Grace Presbyterian Church
(across the street from the
former Jewish Community
Center), on Thursdays and
Saturdays. This will be the
same free AARP Tax-Aide
program. For an appointment
with them, call 405-6278.
Take the Rossmoor bus to Sunvalley Mall
Rossmoor’s Bus Transportation Department will offer
a Sunvalley Mall/Crossroads
Mall shopping trip on Friday,
March 15. The target arrival times are 9:45 and 11:45
a.m., 1:45 and 3:45 p.m.
All rides are scheduled by
request the day before the
event. To reserve a seat, call
Holly Hildebrand at 9887670 on Thursday, March
14, between 8 a.m. and noon.
She will need name, street
address with entry number
and phone number. Seating
is limited, first-come, firstserved.
4A
A disaster is not the ideal time to meet your neighbors
By Alan Cunningham
MYN correspondent
A dozen Rossmoor residents
sat in a circle in a living room
on Saklan Indian Drive, their
eyes focused on the television
set.
They weren’t watching a ball
game or a talk show. Instead,
their attention was on a video
of another group of people, like
themselves, gathered in another living room and focused on
a remarkable woman named
LuAn Johnson who gives them
all – the people in the video
and the Rossmoor neighbors –
information that can save their
lives, and the lives of others, after a disaster strikes.
The scene, which took place
in several living rooms in
Rossmoor in recent weeks, was
the latest presentation of a program called Map Your Neighborhood (MYN). It has been
presented more than two dozen
times in the last three years,
ever since a carload of people
from Rossmoor drove down
to Hayward and witnessed an
amazing presentation by Johnson, a nationally-recognized
disaster readiness expert from
Washington state’s Emergency
Management Division.
Dennis Bell, Rossmoor’s
Public Safety manager, was accompanied by several people,
including Ellen Dietschy, who
was then president of the Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO). They were highly
impressed and came back to
Rossmoor with a determination to put the program to work
here.
Dietschy set out to make it
happen and now facilitates the
meetings, sponsored by EPO,
in which neighbors introduce
themselves to neighbors, sometimes for the first time – ever.
She is assisted by this reporter,
co-facilitator, who sets up and
operates the video and helps
moderate the discussion.
Disaster survival program
MYN is a grassroots approach to disaster survival, a
helpful first step for new and
experienced emergency coordinators, leading them to realize
that neighbors who know each
other are better able to help in
times of crisis.
With MYN, a neighborhood
usually consists of no more
than 20 homes, a small enough
number to allow neighbors to
reach anyone who needs help
within an hour – which Johnson refers to as “the golden 60
minutes” when there is the best
chance for survival.
One of the most valuable aspects of the program is that the
relatively small number of participants allows neighbors to
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Map Your Neighborhood facilitators prepare specially
designed street-view maps of
buildings in each neighborhood
where the program is presented. No more than 20 homes
are represented in each meeting, giving participants the opportunity to get to know each
other in a comfortable setting.
get acquainted with each other,
Dietschy said. She has found
that people who have lived for
years within a short distance of
each other sometimes have never met. By coming to know one
another in this way, they have a
much better chance of helping
each other at a time when professional help is not available.
The program starts when a
resident is willing to personally invite his or her immediate
neighbors to a gathering in a
near-by home. Dietschy observes that people like to get
together in a home-like setting
and are unlikely to forget the
personal invitation to a MYN
gathering that they receive.
Once they gather and introduce themselves, they watch
and discuss an interactive DVD
in which Johnson leads a meeting in a living room in Washington state.
Johnson spells out the program’s nine-step plan for responding to an earthquake, with
particular emphasis on the importance of neighbors checking
on each other quickly. She emphasizes that in such a situation,
first responders – firefighters, police, medical personnel and utilities – won’t be able to respond
quickly, perhaps not for days.
Thus, she says, the most likely first responders in any neighborhood will be the residents
themselves.
Each time Johnson asks the
people in the video to share information about themselves, the
DVD is paused and the people
in the Rossmoor living room
begin to do the same. In the
next couple of hours, they will
fill out an inventory of skills
and supplies that each can bring
to the group in a time of need.
They will also use a comput-
Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) program co-facilitator, Alan
Cunningham, shows MYN host Marilyn Wilson the location of
the water shut-off valve for her four-unit building on Saklan Indian Drive.
Marie and Harry Lowell hosted a Map Your Neighborhood
meeting in their home on Golden Rain Road. Those attending were, from left Kendra Anderson, Lilian Andrade, Lonnie
Pannell, Ralph Atkins, Eleanor Hoskins, Leath Brook and Marie
Lowell.
er-generated map to record information provided by each of
them including names, phone
numbers and e-mail addresses,
as well as details about pets and
issues that might cause some of
them to have extra difficulty
getting out in a hurry.
Next, they will agree on a
neighborhood gathering place
for all to go after they have
made sure their families are
safe. In addition, they’ll see if
someone will volunteer their
home as a shelter for anyone
who is in extra need of comfort
and care.
The video winds up with
a simulated earthquake drill,
showing how the neighborhood
comes together, checks each
home and looks after those who
need help.
By now, everyone watching the DVD has been given a
handout that includes a large
page that says “OK” on one
side and “HELP” on the other.
The idea is to tape the page in a
window that is visible from the
street so that the group touring
the neighborhood can quickly find out who is “OK” and
can focus on the homes with
“HELP” signs or no sign at all.
Of course, a home may not
display any sign because the
resident is out of town. Thus,
when residents tell a trusted
neighbor about their vacation
plans, even just a few days out
of town, this knowledge will
speed the neighborhood survey,
allowing the group to pass by
those homes quickly.
Johnson developed the program while working for the city
of Sunnyvale, and was there
when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit in October 1989. She
later was hired by the state of
Washington, where she continued to refine it.
It has since been presented
widely throughout that state but
has also made its way to other
states as far away as New England.
As one Massachusetts facilitator put it in describing the
program to a newspaper reporter, “A disaster is not the time to
meet your neighbors. You need
to know your neighbors before
you need them.”
Dietschy says those who have
already participated in MYN
are encouraged to consider becoming facilitators so that more
neighborhoods can be reached.
Training sessions will be held
for those who are interested.
For more information, email
Dietschy at ellenalan@comcast.
net.
Rossmoor N ews
Sign up for
the May 4
Flea Market
The Rossmoor Activities
Council in cooperation with
the Recreation Department
will be hosting the Activities
Council Flea Market on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. in the Fireside Room and
Oak Room at Gateway.
Applications are available
now for this popular event at
the Excursion Desk at Gateway. Table fees are $10 for
a card table; a six-foot table
is $20; and a 12-foot table is
$30.
Payment is either by a check
made out to the Activities
Council or by cash. Tables are
reserved on a first come, first
serve basis. This event is only
for selling used items.
The Contra Costa County
Fire Protection District has
put together this fire safety
checklist for older people:
•Install and maintain
smoke detectors.
•Use smoking materials
safely.
•Pay attention when
cooking.
•Heat the home safely.
•Practice electrical safely.
•Keep matches and
lighters away from
children.
•
March 13, 2013
5A
Second Mutual is in good financial shape
By Clay Dunning
Secretary/Treasurer
The regular meeting of
the Second Mutual was held
Feb. 21, with 12 residents in
attendance along with board
members President Barbara
El-Baroudi, Vice President
Frank Mansfield, Secretary/
Treasurer Clay Dunning, Assistant Treasurer George Detre and Director Pat Dulmage.
Treasurer’s report
Chief Financial Officer
Rick Chakoff reported that
year to date through January
2013 the preliminary financial report indicates the Mutual fund balances at $243,677
in the operating account and
$1,440,359 in reserves. Operating expenses were favorable to budget in the amount
of $48,000 due primarily to
expenses that were less than
budgeted in utilities and
building maintenance. This
is very likely a timing matter. Overall the Mutual started the year in good financial
condition.
There were 11 resales in
January with a median price
of $150,000.
Residents forum
A Tice Creek Entry AA resident reported that his building appears to have shifted,
as his closets no longer close
fully. Building Maintenance
Manager Mark Marlatte stated he would follow up with
the resident on this matter.
Laundry rooms
being evaluated
Dulmage reported that
laundry room maintenance by
the CSS crew has improved
greatly due primarily to the
appointment of two new crew
leaders who seem very capable.
She noted that the CSS crew is
prohibited from using power
equipment, which means that
they cannot thoroughly clean
the floors as needed.
The dryer filters also
need to be cleaned and some
of the sinks need a thorough
cleaning to remove paint
splatters and stains. Dulmage is soliciting contractors to determine what can
be done to improve the condition of the laundry rooms
and the costs involved.
Dulmage said that Second Mutual needs to make
the laundry rooms more cash
flow positive, which may result in an increase in the
cost of a wash and dry cycle.
She said that rates outside
Rossmoor are considerably
higher than in Second Mutual
for similar laundry services.
She is also investigating the
usage of each laundry room to
determine the actual number
of washers and dryers needed, which may result in the
elimination of a one or more
machines
Maintenance report
Landscape Manager Rich
Perona encouraged everyone to
take a trip around the valley to
see all the lovely daffodils that
are in bloom. Entry maintenance crews are concentrating
on leaf clean up, spot spraying of weeds and rejuvenation
pruning of oleanders. Small
trees will also be pruned, as
necessary. All crape myrtle
trees have been pruned and
a permit has been applied for
to remove two dying Aleppo
pines on the back slope of Leisure Lane, Entry 6. The landscape rehab crew completed
work in Singingwood Court,
Entry 3 and will now start
Singingwood, Entry 5.
Marlatte reported the carpentry and painting maintenance crew has moved to Canyonwood Court, Entry 7. The
roof replacement program began early this year due to favorable weather starting with
carports. Bridges and stairs
are being inspected for possible replacement this year as
part of the Mutual’s program
to redo three to four of the
worst each year.
Deck coating is being
scheduled as required in the
rehab areas as needed. Roof
and gutter cleaning is 100
percent complete. Additional
cleaning is on an as needed
basis. The 2012 manor lube
program is 90 percent complete. Letters have been sent
to residents that have not responded to phone or post card
notices. Paving a seal coating
is being evaluated for 2013
project.
Reconstruction of the
fire-damaged building on
Running Springs Road is ongoing.
Emergency preparedness
Emergency Preparedness
Coordinator Rose Kasmai reported that a protocol needs
to be established for distribution of entry resident lists to
entry coordinators. The Mutual presidents and staff will
follow up on this matter.
Work order reminder
Residents requiring work
to be performed at their manor or complex should call
the Work Order desk at 9887650 or send an email to [email protected] to create a work order. Work orders
are created, assigned to staff
or contractors, and tracked
until completed. A resident
can call the Work Order desk
to track the status of a work
order once it is issued.
Upcoming meeting
The next regular meeting of
the Second Mutual board will
be Thursday, March 21, at 9 a.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
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Third Mutual seeks candidates for board
Several director positions are available in June
The Third Walnut Creek
Mutual board of directors has
several openings starting in
June. All currently serving directors are eligible to run for
another three-year term.
Board service requires
attending monthly board
meetings, various committee meetings and two annual
membership meetings, as well
as directing Mutual Operation
(MOD) staff on maintenance,
landscaping and budget issues. Potential candidates
must live in the designated
district.
The district directors
whose terms are expiring are:
District IX, Project 45 –
Rob Rothway, which includes
Rossmoor Parkway, entries 2
through 8
District V, projects 23,
33, and 53 – Richard Bishop, which includes Avenida
Sevilla, Entry 1, and Terra
Granada Drive, entries 9 and
14
District XV, projects 27, 31,
and 32 – Lynn Martin, representing Ptarmigan Drive, entries 10, and 13 through 16;
District XI, projects 40
and 41 – Steve Zahn, which
encompasses Terra California Drive, entries 9 through
12 and 14; and Saklan Indian
Drive, entries 2, 6, 8 and 10
Candidates will be asked
to submit a statement of no
more than 300 words setting
forth their qualifications for
serving on the Third Walnut
Creek Mutual board of directors. Candidates are also required to obtain a nominating
petition. Nominating petitions
are available at the Board Office.
The deadline for receiving
nominations is Friday, April
26, at noon. Individuals interested in volunteering for any
of these important positions
should call the Board Office
at 988-7718 for information.
Mutual 70 will take an important vote
on newly drafted governing documents
By Eldon Rowe
President, Mutual 70
The Mutual 70 board of directors sent out the latest draft
of the New CC&Rs and bylaws
for the membership to review
for a vote. The draft was sent
out today.
These documents represent
many hours of work on the part
of the board and member volunteers, as well as a large investment of financial resources
on the part of the Mutual.
All of the people who have
worked to bring this Mutual,
Rossmoor’s newest, to this important vote are hoping that
the membership will vote to
accept these new documents.
The Mutual has only been in
existence as Mutual 70 since
June 2012. During this period,
the Mutual has been operating
under the documents inherited from its earlier associations
with Third Mutual and Mutual
Five.
These new documents incorporate all of the latest California laws and regulations
associated with homeowners’
associations. Also, new language is incorporated to make
it easier for insurance and lending institutions to better serve
members’ needs.
The board has scheduled a
general membership meeting
on Wednesday, March 27, in
the Fireside Room at 10 a.m.
for members who might want
to ask questions, make comments, or just get more information before they vote.
The deadline to the return
of the ballots is Monday, April
15. Joel Kass, Mutual 70’s director of elections for this balloting, will review the returned
ballots during the voting period
to monitor the response from
members. The Mutual needs
to receive 130 yes votes for the
CC&Rs to be adopted.
Members are asked to return
ballots as soon as they are comfortable in doing so. This will
help those volunteers who will
follow up on those members
who have not returned their
ballots by early April.
Guidelines on how to
apply for Rossmoor Fund
Rossmoor Fund grants are limited to individuals whose
annual income is less than $21,780 or to two-person households with combined incomes under $29,424. Other assets
are also taken into account in determining eligibility. (Information about grants to organizations can be found on line at
RossmoorFund.org.)
Grants are intended to help people with financial emergencies rather than ongoing expenses and typically cover
expenses such as medical bills, medications, essential dental
care, temporary home health care, medical equipment, ambulance service, eyeglasses, etc.
To request the one-page application, call the Rossmoor
Fund directly at 567-3863. Calls will be returned by a board
member who will answer questions and offer assistance in
filling out the form. Applications are also available through
Counseling Services at 988-7750, or can be found on-line at
RossmoorFund.org.
The board meets twice each month so that it can respond
quickly to requests.
The Rossmoor Fund is a nonprofit public-benefit corporation qualified to receive tax-deductible gifts and welcomes
donations. Memorial and tribute gifts are accepted and acknowledged. Checks should be made payable to Rossmoor
Fund and sent to P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek 94595, or
placed in the box at Gateway.
Activities Council hears
from landscape manager
The Activities Council will
meet on Tuesday, March 19, at
9 a.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway Clubhouse. The speaker is Rich Perona, Rossmoor
landscape manager.
Coffee and doughnut holes
will be served before a brief
business meeting. The presentation will follow.
One of the distinguishing features enjoyed by both residents
and visitors in Rossmoor is the
varied outdoor environment.
While nature has generously
endowed northern California,
Perona and his hard-working
team are constantly maintaining, improving and enhancing
Rossmoor’s public spaces.
Perona will outline plans for
landscaping in the coming year.
Included are several projects related to new construction.
He will also introduce the
audience to some of his favorite spots in Rossmoor. There
are many “secret gardens” to be
discovered.
A graduate of Cal Poly San
Luis Obispo, Perona has been
at Rossmoor for 20 years, the
last 12 with the Golden Rain
Foundation. Among the major
projects he has seen through
to successful completion are
the construction of the bocce
courts, the re-landscaping of the
rebuilt Gateway Clubhouse and
the renewal of Berm, Fairway
and Bird Watchers’ parks.
The Activities Council
works in conjunction with
the Recreation Department to
serve Rossmoor residents. To
have a club profiled in an upcoming article, contact the publicity chairwoman, Jane Viator
at 935-7853 or at viatorcomm@
aol.com.
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consultant for Toyota. I would
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Democrats hear Federal
Reserve’s vice president
Meeting to be held March 28
Federal Reserve Vice President Reuven Glick will talk
about monetary policy at the
Democrats of Rossmoor’s
Thursday, March 28, monthly membership meeting.
Glick’s presentation will begin
promptly at 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Everyone is welcome regardless of
political affiliation or belief.
Glick is group vice president in charge of International
Research within the Economics Research Department of
the Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco. He served as
director of the bank’s Center
for Pacific Basin Monetary
and Economic Studies as well
as chief of the International
Research Section from 1992
through 2004.
Prior to joining the bank
staff in 1985, Glick was a
professor of economics and
international business in the
Graduate School of Business
at New York University. He
has also taught in the Economics Department at UC
Berkeley, served as a consultant to the World Bank on
international debt issues, and
worked as an economist in
the Research Department at
the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York.
He is the author of many
journal articles, several edited volumes, and other professional writings. His current research interests include international macroeconomic policy, financial crises and capital
flows, and Asian economic
developments. He received a
doctorate degree in economics from Princeton University
and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of
Chicago.
The Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the
Fed, is the central banking
system of the U.S. It was created on Dec. 23, 1913, with
enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response
to a series of financial panics
at the time.
There will be time for questions following the presentation and refreshments will be
served. Call Gary Hansen at
954-8425 with questions.
Walnut Creek celebrates
its centennial in 2014
Walnut Creek officially became a city on Oct. 21, 1914,
after residents voted 127-67 to incorporate as a way of raising
money to pave streets.
Ninety-nine years later, the Walnut Creek Centennial
Steering Committee is looking for ways to celebrate in 2014.
Steering Committee co-chairs are Mayor Pro Tem Kristina
Lawson and residents Steve and Mackenzie Lesher.
In a bit of historical synchronicity, Steve Lesher’s grandmother, Margaret Lesher, was co-chair of the city’s 75th Diamond Jubilee anniversary celebration in 1989.
Among the Centennial Steering Committee members is
Rossmoor resident and GRF President Don Liddle.
Community suggestions for ways to celebrate Walnut
Creek’s 100th birthday are encouraged. Visit www.WalnutCreek100.com to share ideas, sign up for updates and learn
how to get involved.
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March 13, 2013
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Fitness Center Advisory Committee seeks
resident feedback on future of clubhouse
sentations to seek additional ideas from residents who
may or may not be current
users of the Fitness Center.
GRF will also reach out to
contact those residents who
have never used the Fitness
Center.
Workshops and other key
dates will be published in
the News. In addition, a web-
site is being developed with a
link on the Rossmoor website
(www.rossmoor.com) and the
Fitness Center website (www.
rossmoorfitness.com). The
website will have meeting notices, progress reports, question and answer documents,
sketches as they are developed and summaries of each
public workshop.
Residents will have the
opportunity to email questions, comments or recommendations. These will be
posted to the website with
responses.
Resident input in the early
development of ideas is important. The Fitness Center
Advisory Committee looks
forward to input now and
throughout the planning process.
State of the city by mayor aired on Channel 26
The 2013 state of the city
presentation by Walnut Creek
Mayor Cindy Silva will be aired
on Walnut Creek TV at the following days and times throughout the month of March: Tuesdays at 5 p.m.; Fridays at 7 a.m.
and 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 11
a.m.; and Sundays at 7 and 11
a.m.
For other air times, visit
www.walnutcreektv.org .
Walnut Creek TV is the
city’s government access channel, paid for through specific
cable company fees. In addition
to broadcasting all City Council and commission meetings,
Walnut Creek TV produces
original programs such as “Living History” and “Creek Currents” and covers community
and civic events such as “Live!
From the Library,” the Walnut
Festival parade, and Veterans
and Memorial Day ceremonies.
Walnut Creek TV is on
Comcast 26 in Rossmoor. In
addition, Walnut Creek TV is
streamed at www.walnutcreektv.org, and original programming is available at Youtube.
com/cityofwalnutcreek.
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Rossmoor Rotary’s Blood Donation Awards
Committee honors schools for blood drives
By Nancy Flautt
Club correspondent
In 1972, the Rossmoor
Blood Donation Assistance
Committee (RBDAC) was
established by residents. It
developed a unique and creative goal of raising money
to provide cash prizes to high
schools competing to have the
highest participation of eligible donors. Awards are presented to winning schools determined by the Red Cross.
The committee has been
conducting this special and
creative program for about 40
years. It has provided an opportunity to thousands of high
school students to learn life
skills and the value of giving
to others, especially such a
precious gift as blood. Studies
show that if people don’t start
giving blood by the time they
are about 21, they probably
will not ever give blood.
The Rossmoor Blood Donation Awards have evolved
over the years. Currently seven awards are given. Three
are given to East Bay winning
schools with 499 or less eligible donors. These include
awards for most registered
eligible donors, second most
registered eligible donors, and
greatest improvement in participation. Three are given to
schools with 500 or more eligible donors.
Each receives awards for
highest percentage of eligible
donors, second most registered
eligible donors and greatest
improvement in participation. One award is also given
to a winning South Bay High
School.
The committee was part of
the nonprofit Rossmoor Medical Center Corporation until
John Muir Physicians Network (JMPN) took over their
facility in July 2005. In 2012,
the committee merged into
Rossmoor Rotary Foundation
and became the Blood Donations Awards Committee.
The committee funds were recently transferred from Muir
to the foundation, which has
assumed most of the overall
responsibilities for collecting
income and distributing funds.
The Blood Donation Awards
Committee of Rossmoor Rotary Foundation is planning to
hold an Ice Cream Social on
Sunday, Aug.17, to help raise
money for the competition
prizes for the 2013-14 school
year. The social features all the
ice cream with toppings, live
danceable music, raffle and
a chance to meet high school
students who help organize the
high school blood drives.
March is Red Cross Month
and a good time to appreciate
and support the efforts of the
Red Cross especially concerning their blood donation program.
Send a donation to the
Committee c/o Rossmoor
Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box
2177, Walnut Creek 94595. For
information, contact Nancy
Moschel, committee chairwoman, at 938-1571.
Residents who wish to donate blood should contact the
American Red Cross at 1-800733-2767.
Low-income residents eligible for computers, help
Reconditioned computers
and PC repair services are
available free to low-income
Rossmoor residents who are
unable to afford purchase or
repair services. Installation
and/or services will be provided at no charge.
Resident must meet eligibility requirements, have ba-
sic knowledge of computer
use and provide Internet access.
Contact Rossmoor Counseling Services at 988-7750.
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 in GRF Board
and committee 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 Dyann Paradise at
988-7775.
March 14:Second Mutual work session...........................9 a.m.
Mutual Operations meeting room
March 14:Aquatics Advisory Committee...................1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 18:Mutual 29 annual meeting.........................9:30 a.m.
Multipurpose Room 3, Gateway
March 18:Fourth Mutual board..................................1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 20:First Mutual safety committee...................9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 20:First Mutual budget committee.................... 11 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 20:Mutual 48 board............................................. 2 p.m.
March 21:Second Mutual board......................................9 a.m.
Peacock Hall, Gateway
March 21:Mutual 70 budget committee.....................9:30 a.m.
Ivy Room, Dollar
Board Room, Gateway
March 22:Third Mutual building maintenance............10 a.m.
March 22:First Mutual board........................................ 11 a.m.
Delta Room, Del Valle
Board Room, Gateway
March 26:GRF Finance Committee................................9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 26:First Mutual new resident orientation.........10 a.m.
Delta Room, Del Valle
Vista Room, Hillside
March 27:Mutual 68 Landscape Committee..................9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
March 28:GRF Board ......................................................9 a.m.
Peacock Hall, Gateway
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CERT to brainstorm at meeting
New training class will be held in April
Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT)
members will meet Thursday, March 21, at 10 a.m. in
meeting rooms 1 and 2 at
Creekside.
Cheryl Musgrave, longtime
administration team leader,
and Ron Wehrenberg, Rossmoor’s new CERT incident
commander, will facilitate the
meeting along with a brainstorming session on the future
role(s) CERT might play in
Rossmoor. Carl Pischke, the
new area coordinator, cannot
make the meeting.
Now is the time to join
CERT and create constructive
action for affecting the com-
munity’s response to a major
emergency. In order to lessen
the injuries, mayhem and pain
from any major emergency,
as many residents as possible
need to be enlisted for their
emotional and physical preparation to act calmly and in an
organized fashion to be able
to endure the stress brought
about by an emergency or catastrophic event.
Now is the time to register
for this spring’s Walnut Creek
six-week evening CERT certification class, complete with
lifesaving hands-on exercises.
The class begins Wednesday,
April 10. The class teaches
how people can take care of
themselves in an emergency
situation as well as how to be
helpful to those less able to
take care of themselves.
There is a $25 program
fee, payable on the first day of
class. To register, email cert@
walnut-creek.org or call 2563556. Space is limited.
For information about
CERT, contact Pischke at
[email protected] or
286-9211 or Wehrenbert at
[email protected] or 937-4937
Watch for the April team
meeting
announcements.
These meetings will review
each team’s activities.
Rossmoor’s participation is
essential for CERT’s success.
TASR to hold panel discussion with board
of Walnut Creek Police Association
Toward a Safer Rossmoor
(TASR) will hold a meeting on police presence in
Rossmoor on Wednesday,
March 27, from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. in the Fireside Room at
Gateway.
Four members of the board
of the Walnut Creek Police
Association will speak at the
meeting. The association is
comprised of Walnut Creek
officers and managers, except the chief of police. The
topic of the meeting is “How
to Restore Police Presence in
Rossmoor – All You Need to
Know.”
There will be a panel discussion conducted by
Stephanie Asker, president
of TASR. The Police Association board will answer all
questions.
TASR believes that the
elimination of police patrols
in Rossmoor has been accompanied by an increase in
burglaries and other crimes.
After the discussion, TASR
will present a plan that can
restore the police protection
in the community. There will
be a question and answer period, open to all residents.
The goal of the meeting is
to get the Walnut Creek City
Council to provide more police services to Rossmoor.
For information on the
meeting, call Asker at 9322505.
Mutual 68 seeks candidates for its board
An election will be held
for one director for the Mutual 68 board. Mary Hufford,
whose term expires this year,
has chosen to run for an additional term.
Any other member in good
standing who is interested in
running for the three-year
term on the board of directors should contact Sharon
Fees at the Mutual Board Office in Gateway at 988-7718.
The deadline for filing is
Friday, March 29.
Gateway Clubhouse.
Each candidate should
submit a written notice of
intent to run. The statement
should be no more than 300
words and should express the
candidate’s qualifications
and interest in serving on the
board.
Following the election,
the winning candidate will
be seated at the annual meeting on Monday, June 10, at 3
p.m. in the Fireside Room at
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Talk Of Rossmoor
Book Review for
S.Y. Huang’s “Twilights”
Longtime Rossmoor resident S.Y. Huang received a pleasant surprise when he found a review of his book, “Twilights
in Rossmoor,” (expanded edition) published online in the
latest issue of the Quarterly Bulletin of the Association of
Former International Civil Servants in New York. Huang,
a former United Nations employee, is a life member of the
association. The review not only provides a survey of the
highlights of the book, but also offers a remarkable insight
into the good retirement life in Rossmoor based on impressions gained by an outside journalist from reading the book.
The review says that the book “vividly portrays various
aspects of life (in Rossmoor) and offers profiles of interesting
people Huang has met over the years. Whether a resident’s
tastes run to tennis, golf, dancing, music, painting, mahjongg, bridge or trips abroad or organized tours, the panoply
of activities offers something for everybody.”
Huang donated a copy of the book to the association library. The book is also available in the Rossmoor Library.
Residents can purchase the book from Huang by emailing
him at [email protected]. He donates all proceeds to the
Rossmoor Fund.
A Valentine gift
George Ramas of Ptarmigan Drive is a generous soul.
When he’s not providing food to the local firefighters at
the Rossmoor station on holidays, he’s at the local hospital
making sure the
kids are happy.
For Valentine’s
Day, he dropped
off a big bag of
stuffed animals
to the John
Muir
Hospital Pediatrics
Department.
At right, Ramas is pictured
presenting the
stuffed toys to
head nurse Joanna Halpern.
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Former Alcatraz guard to
speak to Volunteer Exchange
Program March 26 is at Gateway
The Volunteer Exchange will meet on Tuesday, March 26,
from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
The speaker is Frank Heaney, a former Alcatraz Prison guard
and a Rossmoor resident.
Heaney, the youngest correctional officer in Alcatraz history,
worked on the island prison for three years, from 1948 to 1951.
He will share tales of his time as a guard and the many interesting encounters he had with notorious inmates.
All Rossmoor residents are welcome to attend the meeting.
Volunteer Exchange members trade a variety of short-term
services, such as transportation to doctor’s appointments, plant
and pet care during vacations and friendly visits to homebound
residents.
General meetings are usually on the fourth Tuesday of the
month. For information about the Volunteer Exchange or to become a member, contact Deborah Ott at 988-7750. Membership
is $15 a year.
Hillside and Dollar pools
open after winter closure
Friday is first day to swim
Hillside and Dollar pools will open on Friday, March 15,
after being closed for the winter. The hours for the pools
from March 15 through 31 will be 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. On
April 1, the pools will be open on the spring, summer and
fall hours of 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Hillside pool is closed for cleaning on Tuesdays until 1
p.m. and Dollar pool is closed for cleaning on Wednesdays
until 1.
Del Valle pool hours are Monday through Friday from 6
a.m. to 9 p.m. (except Thursday when it is closed for cleaning
until 1 p.m. – no longer 10 a.m.) and Saturday and Sunday
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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.
AARP Driver Safety Program offered
AARP Driver Safety Program classes are offered in
Rossmoor to help residents
refresh their skills and learn
the latest laws when it comes
to the road.
After taking the course,
many residents are eligible
to receive discounts on their
car insurance rates. (It is
advised that residents call
their own insurance carriers
to find out about AARP discount rates.)
The eight-hour course is
broken up into two sessions.
Both classes must be attend-
ed to receive credit.
The next sessions will be
offered on Tuesdays, April
16 and April 23, from 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and on
Fridays, May 17 and May 24,
from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The refresher class is offered to residents who have
taken the eight-hour class
within the last three years.
The next refresher courses
will be offered Friday, April
26, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and
Tuesday, May 28, from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Classes are taught in Mul-
tipurpose Room 3 at Gateway.
The cost is $12 for AARP
members and $14 for nonmembers. Payments must
be made by checks only.
All students are required to
bring their driver’s license to
the class.
Residents must sign up in
person in the Recreation Department at Gateway. Members of AARP must bring
proof of membership when
signing up.
For information, call Deborah Ott at 988-7766.
Entry coordinators learn about networking
Colene Trinterud will present a great networking opportunity for Rossmoor’s emergency entry coordinators, their
assistants and would-be entry
coordinators on Friday, March
15, from 10 a.m. to noon. The
program will be under the auspices of the Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO)
and will be held in Meeting
Room 3 at Creekside.
It is a part of EPO’s mission
to help residents prepare for an
emergency and train residents
to become entry coordinators.
All Rossmoor residents are
welcome.
As an informal gathering
to review entry coordination,
volunteers will sit at different
tables to share experiences
and learn from the wealth of
experience within the ranks
of Rossmoor’s entry coordinators. Trinterud will emphasize
that entry coordinating is a
team effort, recruiting assistants from each building in an
entry, so that the primary coordinator is not working alone.
Coming on May 31, Trinterud will host a formal class on
the entry coordinator’s manual. For information, call Trinterud at 933-3016.
Retired Public Employees will see
their long-term care coverage increase
Residents who are retired
teachers or other public employees and have purchased longterm care coverage from the
California Public Employees’
Retirement System (PERS),
may have received a notice that
their coverage is subject to a
premium increase of approximately 85 percent. Since PERS
is not under a regulative board,
its staff can make unilateral decisions with impunity.
Residents who are on a fixed
income and cannot pay the increase may lose their coverage
or have it greatly decreased, and
will not be able to get their money back or even a portion of it.
The San Francisco Chronicle covered this change in an
article titled “Retirees Stunned
by Increase.” The article can be
found at www.sfgate.com by
typing in Marie Benedetto and
pressing search.
Residents who wish to help
retirees organize for legislative
support and action and receive
updates, should email the following address: LTCaction@
gmail.com to contact Marie
Benedetto who is quoted in the
article.
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This Week
Environmental Impact Report
and Third Mutual Incorporated
By John Nutley, Rossmoor historian
My last column mentioned the environmental impact report prior to the construction on the east side
of Rossmoor (streets are Terra California, Saklan
Indian and Cactus Court). However, I did not mention the native animals that lived on that side of the
valley. There were deer, raccoons, skunks, gray foxes, moles, weasels, rabbits, ground squirrels and gophers, as well as the cattle owned by Hap McGee,
which came to feast on the spring grasses.
In addition, there were robins, California quail,
woodpeckers, juncos, towhees, turkey vultures,
hawks, finches, doves, hummingbirds, jays, blackbirds and sparrows. The area also has a lot of wild
grasses native to the valley. What an environmental
study of today would say about building on the east
side might not be the same as in 1973.
In February 1973, Third Walnut Creek Mutual became activated. At its Dec. 7 meeting, the GRF Board
authorized the Mutual’s incorporation and appointed
a five-person board of directors. A draft articles of
incorporation was drawn up and several condominium Mutuals merged into the new organization. New
residents in developed and future Mutuals would be
required to sign a “consent to merge as part of the
new Mutual.” By merging into the new Third Mutual,
residents and projects would gain certain advantages,
common protection and maintenance terms.
There were plans to improve the intersection of
Tice Valley and Olympic boulevards. An additional
right lane onto Olympic and a left lane on Tice would
be added at a cost of $85,000. The street also needed
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to be widened to eliminate the bottleneck in the area.
Several actions were taken at the Feb. 22, 1973, GRF
Board meeting. The Board received a request from the
High-12 Club for a new place to store two large bins
for newspapers collected from residents. The money
gained from selling the papers was used for several
charities. The city of Walnut Creek was given an EIR
OK for the new stables and trailer storage construction
area. GRF borrowed $1,670 from First Mutual to upgrade wiring in the Ceramic Arts Studio.
The Rossmoor Blood Bank was $250 richer thanks
to the States Club. Treasurer Bill Gellatly presented
a check to the Blood Bank president. The money was
raised from ticket sales to “The Nutcracker.”
The Shriners were holding a pancake breakfast on
March 3, 1973. This was a fundraiser for the Shriners
Hospital for Crippled Children. Breakfast included
ham, eggs, pancakes and breakfast for $1.50.
One of the first residents of Rossmoor, Ruth Rushton married William Gibson in February 1973 at the
home of her daughter in Lafayette.
Republican Club will see a documentary
film on the war in Afghanistan
The Republican Club of forward operating base in Af- mentary very revealing of how
Rossmoor will show the Sun- ghanistan. There are no profes- soldiers live, fight and survive
dance-winning documentary sional actors or narrator – only at the “tip of the spear.”
“Restrepo” on Wednesday, the soldiers themselves.
The film is R-rated for
The Rossmoor Lions Club will offer free eye screening for March 20, at 4 p.m. in Peacock
There are intervals of rest and strong language and runs apresidents 55 years and older on Tuesday, March 19, from 10 a.m. Hall at Gateway.
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Residents who want the 15-minute screening may call Sandra a front-line airborne platoon scenes are real, not re-enacted.
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Viewers will find this docu- residents.
The leading cause of blindness in America is age-related degenerative eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. Seniors are most at risk
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Many hundreds of residents
have taken a turn at tutoring
Senior Tutors celebrates 30 years
program expanded to schools).
To get the program in gear,
Napell reached out to a couple of friends who lived in
Rossmoor. Both women were
former educators themselves
and were happy to help.
Using fundraising connections she made through Low,
Napell was able to acquire the
use of buses to drive seniors to
the city to Juvenile Hall. Then
she began reaching out to service and other organizations in
Rossmoor to drum up interest
in Senior Tutors.
There were some 50 attendees at the workshops she put
on to introduce potential tutors
to the program, but the first
bus only took nine Senior Tutors to meet the young detainees in San Francisco. That was
on March 5, 1983.
By 1987, though, Juvenile
Hall had become less safe. At
that time, a Contra Costa judge
asked Napell why the tutors
went all the way to San Francisco when there is a need in
this county – specifically at
Byron Boys Ranch (now the
Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility). Thus, a shift was
made and the long tenure of
Thursday treks to Byron began.
Since 1987, Rossmoor Senior Tutors have been traveling by bus every Thursday,
51 weeks a year (skipping
Thanksgiving), where they
spend two hours with their
young charges. On the way
there, for many of those years,
Napell would encourage and
prepare the tutors for their upcoming roles.
Then, for two hours, each
Senior Tutor would be alone
with his/her charge, helping
with schoolwork, reading together, playing games together
or just talking. Multi-generational friendships were formed
and the learning went both
ways.
On the way home, the tutors
would have a joyful “debriefing” session where they read to
each other notes that their boys
had written them.
The philosophy of the program, Napell said, is to “befriend in a nonjudgemental
way” and to allow the youth
to have a grandparent figure
in their lives for sharing problems, concerns and joys.
While the boys’ program at
the ranch has been the mainstay of the Senior Tutors program, there have also been
other offshoots. For a time,
the tutors also helped at the
Boys’ and Girls’ Treatment
Centers and Pride House in
Contra Costa County. Also,
over the years, Tuesdays were
added for reaching out to various schools. Some years were
spent in Berkeley helping with
English as a Second Language
program (ESL) students; currently the tutors work at a middle school in Concord.
Sondra Napell with the Jefferson Award
But the ranch program has
been the one with staying power. “That ranch program is the
jewel in the crown,” Napell
said. “It is so rewarding.”
Benefits
Napell said she watched
Rossmoor’s Senior Tutors grow
as they got more involved with
the program. Some who started out with strong opinions
one way, softened and became
more sympathetic and compassionate after working with the
youth, she said.
The program was so important to volunteers that they
would often postpone important events – such as surgeries
– to be sure they were there
for their “boys.” Some volunteers continued to tutor despite
physical difficulties because
they got so much out of it.
Senior Tutors have expressed their appreciation for
the program in many ways.
“I wouldn’t miss my Thursdays,” wrote Pearl Esko. “Our
Senior Tutors group is like a
family. I enter the bus and feel
so welcome.”
“Every new youth presents a
new challenge. Meeting these
challenges keeps us young,”
Elva Brown wrote.
Ed Meneley wrote “I didn’t
realize that after I retired I’d
stopped learning. It took this
program to awaken me to the
realization that I’d been getting
stagnant. I love the stimulation
of being exposed to new challenges.”
“You can’t help but feel good
when you see the boys’ happy
smiles of greeting as they realize you’ve kept your promise
and come back to spend time
with just them,” Bert Krawetz
wrote.
And from the boys’ notes,
it’s evident they, too, were
reaping great rewards. The following are snippets from notes
from some of the youth:
“I found out that people well
(sic) help you if you let them.
I also got to express myself
about how I feel. I was also
able to tell Ruth something
that I wouldn’t tell know (sic)
one.” – Carlos
“I have grown to love you
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News photos by Mike DiCarlo
Longtime Senior Tutor Bob Viator, front row left, sits next to Edith Henchey, who gives
instructions to the other tutors on the bus to the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility
Center (Byron Boys Ranch).
Senior Tutors of today
What’s it like tutoring at Byron Boys Ranch?
By Bob Viator
Senior Tutors correspondent
When someone from
Rossmoor decides that they
want to become a Senior Tutor,
they have a lot of questions.
On their first 45-minute ride
out to Byron Boys Ranch, one
of the tutors briefs the newbie
on what to expect. After eight
years in the program, my answers to questions go something like this:
Who will I tutor?
When the bus arrives at the
Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility, which we all
refer to as “the ranch,” one of
us will introduce the tutor to
Wendy Roberts, the staff coordinator of the program. She
will pair the tutor up with one
of the boys on the waiting list.
The boy has earned this privilege by observing the rules and
earning points for good behavior. All the “wards” (of the
court) at Byron are between
the ages of 13 and 18.
Why are the boys at the
ranch?
Typical infractions are car
theft, burglary, taking a gun
to school (for self defense)
or repeated truancy. They’re
serving out a “program” (sentence) of three, six, nine or 12
months, depending on the seriousness of their offense. The
boys come in all sizes, shapes
and colors. Of recent months,
the racial and ethnic mix at the
ranch has pretty much tracked
the mix of society as a whole.
Typically, boys are from
single-parent families. The
cities of Richmond, Antioch
and Pittsburg are overly represented, but kids come from
all over Contra Costa County.
The kids are pretty normal
teenagers. The serious offenders and psychiatric cases serve
out their sentences at Juvenile
Hall in Martinez. The reaction
we hear from new tutors most
often is, “My kid seems very
bright–a really nice boy.”
Where do the tutors and
the boys meet?
Meetings typically are spent
in the Recreation Hall, sitting
at a table across from your boy.
But it is common to have a
boy show the tutor around the
ranch–a collection of one-story brick buildings clustered
around a parade green and
paved basketball courts. Many
tutors and their wards play
games together in the Recreation Hall. There is a cart with
all kinds of games that serve
as ice breakers, but the goal of
the program is to get the kids
to open up and talk.
What do you talk about?
Anything the tutor and the
boy decide will be productive. Typical conversations,
triggered by questions cover
the boy’s age, grade in school,
favorite subjects, family situation and goals in life. Once the
tutor and the boy are comfortable with one another, the conversation usually gets into why
the boy got in trouble with the
law, how he is going to arrange
his life to avoid trouble once he
gets out, and what behaviors
he needs to avoid to keep from
screwing up his future: smoking, drinking, doing drugs and
having unprotected sex.
As one young man recently
told me, “When I get out, I’m
gonna be smooth.” Once the
tutor gets to know the lad, the
conversation will lead where
you need to go. A young man
whose responses are mono-syllabic initially is likely to
be pouring out his heart nonstop a few weeks later, once
the trust has been earnedt.
How do I earn his trust?
My standard spiel when I
first meet a new lad goes like
this Me: How much do you
think they pay me to come out
here every Thursday? He: I
thought you were a volunteer.
Me: That’s right. I’m not here
for the money. I don’t report to
anyone here on the staff. I’m
here to serve you. Anything
you tell me is just between you
and me. The only exception is
if I thought you were going
to harm yourself or someone
else. Then I’d have to tell. But
anything else is just between
the two of us. You can ask
me anything. I’ll give you a
straight answer. If you ask me
my bank card password, I’ll
tell you that I’d rather not give
out that information. If I ask
you anything that makes you
uncomfortable, just say, “I’d
rather not talk about that.”
But, please, play straight with
me. I won’t lie to you, and I
don’t expect you to lie to me.
Okay?
I then spend a few minutes
running through my vital statistics and interests. Then I
ask him to share similar information about himself.
What’s appropriate dress?
Casual and comfortable,
but the tutors need to keep in
mind that they are there as a
role models. The boys have
color-coded uniforms–something like hospital workers’
scrubs. The color code is modeled after Olympic medals.
Boys who are newly arrived at
the ranch (and at higher risk of
flight) wear orange, known as
bronze. Boys who have settled
in earn silver, which is actually beige. And once a boy has
proven he can be trusted, he is
rewarded with gold status, and
gets to wear blue scrubs. Major infractions of the rules can
cause a boy to lose points and
be demoted back to orange.
What are the rules?
No gifts. Tutors do bring
books and magazines that we
think will get the young man
thinking about his future and
how to prepare for it. No food,
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Senior Tutors program has longevity
over these five months as a
grandmother. I will write. To
show that I have succeeded in
something leagel (sic).” – Efren
“I think a whole lot about
this program and special people like you who give kids like
us another chance.” – Andrew
Program draws attention
The Senior Tutors program
has not gone unnoticed. Since
its inception, it has garnered
attention from TV news channels and a national documentary. It was thrice recognized as
the volunteer group of the year
by the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors; received
several JC Penney Golden Rule
Awards; and picked up the Jefferson Award for making a
difference in the community
in 2005 (that award was given
to Napell for her direction of
the program).
Though Napell, now 81, retired from riding the buses after about 13 years, she is still
the program’s director. The
ranch portion of the program is
now run by Rossmoor resident
Beth Gannon and the school
portion by Diane Muldoon.
Gannon has happily taken over the reins for managing the group’s visits to the
ranch. “I love the Senior Tutor
program because it unites seniors with youth in a setting
that provides the opportunity
for listening and supporting
teenagers who are dealing
with serious life issues,” Gannon said. “When I arrive at
the ranch and my young man
greets me at the bus with a
smile, my day becomes worth
it and our time together becomes focused on helping
him understand the need for
change in his life. We also
have fun when he beats me in
dominoes. Thursday is always
the ranch day for me.”
And there is also much appreciation on the side of the
Orin Allen facility. Wendy
Roberts, Orin Allen program
coordinator, who has been in
charge of the ranch’s side of
the Senior Tutors program for
12 years, said the program is
very important to the ranch
and its inhabitants.
“We love having them (the
Senior Tutors) here,” she said.
The program is voluntary
for the kids, but Roberts said
they all want in on it and “I
have a long wait list.”
Sometimes kids that have
particular trouble getting along
in a dorm setting will show a
“whole other side” when their
tutors show up – “sweet and
caring,” she said.
“It’s one of the most important programs out here,” Roberts said. “We’re very happy to
have the tutors come.”
Though it has “not always
been a nonbumpy ride,” Napell
said, the Senior Tutors program has been well worth the
effort.
“In the 30 years that this
organization has been in existence,” she said, “it has only
done good.”
Sal Blasquez uses one of the strength-training machines at
the Fitness Center.
Tutoring makes a difference in the lives
of youth and those who are Senior Tutors Sal Blasquez honored on
nal Thursday of each month.
And if tutors bring newspaper
articles with uplifting messages, scan the backs of pages to
make sure there is nothing relating to crime here in Contra
Costa County. It’s important
that the young man not read
about a killing or other gang
violence affecting people he
knows that might cause him to
act out there at the ranch.
And finally, the most important rule of all for Senior
Tutors. These boys have been
disappointed by adults too
many times in their pasts. If
the tutor promises something,
follow through. If the tutor
starts with a boy, stick with
him until he “graduates” from
the ranch. It’s usually only a
matter of four to eight sessions.
How long are sessions?
Tutors spend two hours at
the ranch each Thursday. The
first hour-and-a-half is spent
one-on-one with the assigned
boy. The final 30 minutes tutors and boys meet as a group
in a giant circle, each tutor
standing beside his or her boy.
The circle is intended to give
the boys experience in public
speaking to build their self esteem.
Does tutoring put me at
risk?
In 30 years, there’s never been a problem. But we do
have some safeguards in place
just in case. Tutors are on a
first-name only basis with their
students. Tutors don’t give out
addresses, and when tutors
write the students, the Senior
Tutors Office is used as the return address.
What if I don’t like being a
Senior Tutor?
We ask each new tutor to
commit to four weeks up front.
By that time, usually the tutor has broken through to the
student and a bond has been
formed. Tutors usually commit
to staying with their boy until
he goes home from the ranch.
Is this a waste of time?
The Juvenile Justice System
doesn’t think so. There is such
a positive change in boys participating in the program that
it is very evident to the staff.
Boys in the program begin
to focus on making positive
changes in their lives. Thursdays are the staff’s favorite day
of the week at Byron because
there are fewer behavior problems that day. To the juvenile
courts judges, the worth of the
program is so evident that each
year they commit to chartering
the Byron bus from Rossmoor
despite really tight budgets.
The Senior Tutors program
benefits all concerned.
Participation
in
the
Rossmoor Senior Tutors program is limited by the 24-seat
capacity of the bus, and the
bus currently is close to capacity. However, there is an
opening from time to time as
tutors have to leave the program for reasons of health or
other commitments. So there
is a waiting list. If this sounds
like a group that you would
like to be associated with, call
Beth Gannon at 933-6638.
Companion Program sponsored by
Counseling Services may continue as club
The Counseling Services
Office of Rossmoor is no longer sponsoring the Companions Program. However, there
is a wish to keep this group
of people intact and there is
a meeting planned to discuss how this can be accomplished.
An initial meeting to discuss all the ramifications of
forming a new club will be
held Friday, March 22, from
2 to 4 p.m. in the Las Trampas Room at Hillside.
A response from anyone
planning to attend is appreciated. Those on the list from
A to H can call Fran Barry at
938-3675. Those on the list
from I to P can call Catherine Herdering at 708-7302
and the remainder of the list,
from Q to Z, may call Gail
Strack at 296-0866.
This first meeting will
have an agenda regarding
naming a new club, should
that be the desire, discussing legal issues, formulating bylaws, discussing fee
schedules, 1099s, subcontractor status vs. employee
status, breaking the group
into smaller groups for easier
communication, how to get
and give referrals, etc.
Caroline Thomas of the
Counseling Office and GRF
General Counsel Tony Grafals have been invited to
answer questions and make
whatever suggestions they
feel comfortable making.
This meeting is only for
members who are on the
latest (September 2012) list.
Rossmoor residents who are
interested in joining can attend the meeting as well.
This meeting will be open
only to Rossmoor residents
and not to anyone outside
our community.
Fitness Center Wall of Fame
Sal Blasquez was honored for his accomplishments in the past
year by being added to the Fitness Center’s Wall of Fame for his
incredible work and commitment to walk again.
In 2011, Blasquez lost his ability to walk and was bedridden
for several months. Last year he began his rehabilitation with his
personal trainer and “buddy” Mel. The two of them began visiting the Fitness Center every day or every other day depending
on doctor appointments.
Now, after one year of working out in the Fitness Center using
a variety of strength-training machines, stretching exercises and
walking, Blasquez is up and walking on his own. In addition,
the two of them, Blasquez and his trainer can be seen walking
up and down the aisles of hardware and grocery stores, taking
over the household shopping for the purpose of working and
strengthening his legs.
They also have added billiards to their daily activity.
Blasquez was born and raised in Monterey and will be 90
years old in October. He learned how to play golf by working
as a caddy at a very young age at the premier golf courses in
Monterey, Pebble Beach, etc., and he worked in the Monterey
canneries.
During World War II, he served as a tech sergeant in the 8th
Air Force Glider Division and landed at St. Mere Eglise in the
invasion of Normandie in France. Later, he built a career in the
furniture business, working for Sterling Furniture in Walnut
Creek then later owning his own furniture store and business,
International Interiors.
From 1963 to 1964, Blasquez was president of the Rotary
Club. He traveled to Chile and Argentina representing the Rotary Club and provided training in many cities.
Blasquez and his wife, Ruth, moved to Rossmoor 15 years
ago. Married for 19 years, they have a large family of five children, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren living in
various states.
The Blasquezes have enjoyed a lifestyle that included world
travel, taking three major trips a year. Both are well known at the
golf course, Sal as a member of the Men’s Golf Club and Ruth
a Niner. Sal made a hole-in-one on the Dollar Course on hole 4.
With his trainer, Blasquez walks and exercises daily at home.
This commitment to hard work has certainly produced results.
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QUESTIONS FOR GRF
BOARD CANDIDATES
Informed Rossmoor Voices (IRV) suggests questions for residents to ask the candidates running for
the GRF Board this year. The first three questions
pertain to building plans: What do you think should
be in a new Fitness Center? How would you prioritize new construction and upgrades among the Fitness Center, Hillside remodeling and tennis court
expansion? How much would you be willing to have
the coupon increase for operation and maintenance
of each of these facilities?
The next questions pertain to election policy: Would you support a bylaw change allowing a
candidate statement to be longer than 300 words?
Would you support a bylaw change requiring a yes/
no vote when a candidate runs unopposed? Would
you support a bylaw change requiring winning a
majority of the votes to be elected (instead of a plurality) when there are more than two candidates?
The next questions pertain to the Trust revision
As You Write It
Women in the Military:
Residents Respond
WOMEN MAKE MILITARY STRONGER
An unbiased and balanced response is important
when addressing John Littig’s (Republican Prospective, Feb.13) three issues concerning lifting the ban
on women serving in combat.
When it comes to strength and performance, I suggest that if women were allowed the same leadership positions as men, methods of enhancing physical
abilities would be developed for everyone in combat.
Frequent deployment has been shown to cause negative long-term psychological consequences for everyone; physical strength alone is not the only measure
of combat readiness.
Many societal norms are violated in combat.
Ryan Smith’s account of his transport conditions
into Baghdad does not portray our societal norms for
anyone and demonstrates poor planning on the part
of our military. We should all be embarrassed and
humiliated for what he endured as a member of our
armed forces.
Denial of combat service to women also denies
them access to the rank elevation and the leadership
positions that determine appropriate planning. Any-
that is under way: Would you support requiring a
supermajority of Mutuals to approve large building
projects? Do you think replacements and renovations of existing facilities should be funded from the
coupon or the transfer fee?
And finally, would you support a policy change
requiring the Rossmoor News to print news, opinions and letters pertaining to candidates during the
campaigning period?
It’s important to understand Board candidates’
positions on these and other important topics. Let’s
not be surprised about whom we elect.
Dick Locke
Chairman, Informed Rossmoor Voices
Rockledge Lane
NOT A FAN OF GEESE
When some Canada geese landed on my roof
to discuss the suitability of the site for laying their
eggs, I could hear them through the exhaust above
the stove. I interrupted them by turning on the fan.
They discussed this at some length.
Several ons and offs of the switch put a stop to
their conversation and they decided to seek an alternate location. They have not been back to my
roof, but have been checking out some nearby roofs.
My neighbors and other residents might want to
try out being a “fan” of geese.
John Nutley
Golden Rain Road
LIFEGUARDS SAVE THE DAY!
Often critics question expenses related to the
pools and Fitness Center. If they had been at the
Del Valle pool on Tuesday, March 5, they would
have observed their money at work.
Due to the vigilance of Michele and John and
the assistance of Bev, a woman’s life was saved.
This is the third time in three years I have observed the lifeguards jumping in the pool, fully
clothed, to accomplish a “save.” Thanks to a most
competent staff.
Beatrice Pressley
Terra Granada Drive
THANK YOU
Many thanks to my friends and neighbors for
their kind words and good wishes on my recovery.
Fay Glass
Leisure Lane
one who has seen the documentary “Invisible War”
will realize that women have a far greater chance of
being raped within the ranks of their own military
than with capture by the enemy, and there is a serious
lack of recognition and response when these incidents are reported to their ranking officers.
Denial of combat service to
women also denies them access
to the rank elevation and
the leadership positions that
determine appropriate planning.
President Obama spoke the truth when he stated
our military will be stronger with women playing a
greater role in protecting our country. Women will
also be less willing to send their sons and daughters
into combat for anything less than survival and will
demand a plan for long-term consequences. Ultimately, of course, our country will achieve true victory
only when we can survive without combat.
Judith Foley
Golden Rain Road
BRING REPUBLICAN
PARTY INTO 21ST CENTURY
Louis M. Missud of Rossmoor says no to American women in combat. I will quote the last sentence of Mr. Missud’s letter to the Resident’s Forum
THE BEST FITNESS CENTER
Through the Del Valle expansion, we should
make the best Fitness Center within senior communities. We have a huge former high school gym
building and an open-air world-class pool enclosure. None of the other communities have such a
good pre-condition. Why not set a high goal for
ourselves?
This goal could include five components:
It will best serve existing users’ needs and
maximize their satisfaction. Users arrive on the
site, check in, attend different programs, use machines, take classes, use pools, get instruction and
training, socialize with fellow residents, shower
and change, then walk out fresh and happy. The
whole facility should have an integrated design,
making all these functions work together seamlessly.
It will attract potential users, changing their
lifestyle, improving their health and extending
their life expectation.
It will come with the best technology as possible. It will not only have new workout machines,
but also cutting-edge information technologies
incorporated to each function to improve efficiency and save management labor and cost.
It will realize residents’ desire to protect the
environment and save the earth. Del Valle gym
is the biggest energy user in the valley, so there
is the largest saving potential to explore, as well
to water conservation. It will be the first green
building in Rossmoor.
It will be one of the best examples for marketing Rossmoor. It will increase our property
values. It will be the symbol of Rossmoor enters
boomers age.
Rossmoor is America’s premier active adult
community. We do the best.
Jiayi Zhou
Golden Rain Road
Residents who would like to contact the GRF
Board can do so in the following ways:
• Mail: GRF Board, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek,
CA 94595
(2/27/13). It’s a doozy. “By the way, did it ever occur
to our president and Secretary Panetta, if they ever
participated in a combat, that women, in addition to
all the calamities that could befall them on this subject have to contend with the monthly inevitable and
inopportune onslaught nature has fostered on them
starting with poor hapless Eve?”
What?
Sister Mary Veronica would have called this “a
major run-on sentence.” She would not have discussed the subject matter.
This decision is not “mindless” or “misguided.” It
was recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It overturned a rule prohibiting women from being assigned
to smaller ground combat units. Senator Carl Levin,
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said “It
reflects the reality of 21st century military operations.”
Women don’t belong in combat? Tell that to the
American women of Bataan, Corregidor, Korea,
Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Tell it to Lieutenant
Colonel Tammy Duckworth who was awarded a
Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal and Army
Commendation Medal. She was the first female double amputee from Iraq War combat. Tell that to Army
Specialist Monica Brown who was awarded the Silver Star for her gallant actions during combat in Afghanistan.
The Republican Party should follow the military’s
lead by attempting to move into the 21st century.
Kevin Kelly
Rossmoor Parkway
Columns & Opinions
Progressive View
in our son-in-law’s.
Ten to 15 percent of young people who have had
recurring incidents of major depression go on to develop a manic episode and become bipolar. A deep
depression where there is a loss of interest or pleasure
in all activities can bring on the idea of suicide and
By Mary Lou Peters Schram
attempts at it. A following manic episode brings on
violent behavior.
n my middle-America upMedical care
bringing, I don’t think I knew
There is no known prevention of the disorder, but
of anyone who was mentally
early diagnosis and treatment is when medical interill. Some people were “odd”’ and
vention is the most likely to be successful. Finding
a few were confined to mental
the right medication early may prevent it from escainstitutions but this was far away
lating. When it is offered, and when it is the right one.
from my everyday experience.
Now it seems as if I know many individuals with this Drugs do not work the same on all patients. There are
illness and have met many more who have friends or a number of possible drugs and they are given in varfamily with the disorder. Has the incidence of mental
illness really climbed this extremely or is it a matter
of perception, of greater openness in identifying and Ten to 15 percent of young people
naming the problem?
who have had recurring incidents
The possibility of mental illness came into my
of major depression go on to
sight only at college when I learned that my small
develop a manic episode and
school had a psychiatrist on staff and she was kept
very busy. Later on, the reality slid silently into my
become bipolar.
family via my marriage.
My first husband was erratic, highly anxious,
sometimes depressed but at the same time brilliant ious combinations. It often takes experimentation to
and charismatic. His parents were always angry with find a combination that is effective for a new patient.
him for his behavior. He had left two universities Across the United States, the incidence of bipolar
without graduating, joined the Socialist Party, and disorder is guessed to be 1 to 2 percent of the whole
spent his time with the beats and poets of San Fran- nation. The number of those being treated is far less.
Ninety percent of those people who have had one
cisco or New York. His parents thought these facts
were signs of destructive behavior. I applauded them episode of mania go on to have future ones. As the
patient ages, episodes come closer together and progas evidence of his deeply held convictions.
Once married, our life was always very difficult. nosis becomes poorer.
Here is another problem. To most sufferers, the
When we had been married 12 years, we divorced.
This was in 1970 and it was another 20-plus years drugging is unwelcome. With it, they feel dumbed
before I knew that one source of our difficulties was a down and mildly depressed. In contrast the beginning
bipolar disorder. I knew that because the disease had of mania is exciting, then they are energized and all
things seem possible. American adolescents are not
been passed onto our first grandchild.
Bipolar disorder has been shown to have strong a wired to accept the limitations of the drugged view of
genetic component. New research puts it on the same life. They often feel the adult world is refusing them
gene with schizophrenia. It most often strikes first in admittance. Why do they have to feel so bad?
All around them, widely available, are liquor, maradolescence. Patients who have a close relative who
is bipolar most likely have an early onset. We found ijuana and cocaine, all of which give promise of an
that it was not only in my husband’s family but also escape and a desirable high. Dropping the doctors’
Mental Illness
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Ad Lib
Eating Rossmoor
By Doug Hergert
L
ast autumn, Elaine and I decided to grow winter crops
in our Rossmoor garden
plot. It was all a bit experimental,
mind you. We’d had a remarkably
unsuccessful summer season,
thanks to the appetites of indigenous garden fauna: In short, the gophers and turkeys ate nearly all our produce.
We’re really still novices in the gardening business. But this time around we decided to be a little more systematic, and even to invest a bit on
capital improvements. I went online and ordered
some raised garden boxes, along with 50 feet of
gopher wire mesh – designed to be spread underneath garden beds. All these items were delivered
to our Rossmoor doorstep in September. Elaine,
the chief gardener in the family, worked several autumn weekends preparing the site. Then together
we spread out the gopher wire and installed our new
garden boxes over the top.
I spent a grunting weekend lugging sacks of soil
from the parking lot up to our plot. We poured a
mix of soils into our boxes. Elaine planted seeds:
fava beans, several kinds of spinach, butter lettuce,
radishes, carrots, two varieties of kale, red mustard, endive, mâche – all items that we love to cook
with, but which are sometimes not very easy to find
in grocery stores. Oh, yes, and broccoli rabe – but
more on that later.
Would these plants survive the winter, all those
mornings when we wake up to a frozen-over
Rossmoor? Yes, everything survived, though growth
has been a little slower than we expected. We were
hoping to harvest some vegetables for our Thanksgiving table, but nothing was really available until
around Christmas. Now, in March, we have a great
supply of greens to eat, and we expect to continue
harvesting through the spring.
The underground wire mesh seems to be working
fine for keeping gophers away from our vegetables.
The turkey situation required a little more imagination. In the fall, before the toms show up to distract
them, a large population of turkey hens spend the
night in a huge oak tree just behind the Rossmoor
gardens. (Taking the trouble to fly up into an oak
tree presumably reduces the likelihood of nocturnal
encounters with coyotes and other predators, even
if you’re a bird that’s not really built for successful
long-term flight.)
At dawn – when Elaine and I typically arrive at
our garden plot to begin work – scores of turkeys
soar down gracefully into the gardens to eat their
breakfast. In the quiet of the early morning they can
do a lot of damage, pecking at leaves and flowers,
eating any crops that appeal to them.
What to do to keep them away? We came up
with the idea of embedding dozens of wooden kebab skewers vertically into our soil, sharp end up.
The skewers don’t interfere with plant growth, but
they provide a disincentive for hopping up into the
garden boxes. (Animal protection note: No turkeys
were harmed in this enterprise. They just stayed
away.)
So, let’s talk about food. One of our favorite garden vegetables is broccoli rabe, also known as rapini. It’s a leafy green plant with clusters of small
yellow flowers. Commonly used in Italian cuisine,
the entire plant is edible: leaves, stems, and flowers.
Broccoli rabe is good for you, rich in vitamins
and minerals. Despite its name, it doesn’t taste anything like broccoli. It has a distinct flavor, hearty
and slightly bitter. If you don’t grow it in your own
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drugs and self-medicating with the above is very
frequent. But the negative effects on the disease are
severe. Withdrawal may take as long as four weeks
leaving the patient subject to more depression.
There is another problem with adolescents. They
have not yet developed the real possibilities of their
lives. They haven’t found acceptance of their value in
the world, or satisfaction with a career. They have little appreciation of what they can make of their lives
if they make peace with the medication they need.
They have no anchors.
We found out the devastation that mental illness
can wreck on a bright and beautiful child. We lived
with a hurricane for some 14 years before she succeeded in suicide. Devastation was also wrought on
marriage, siblings and family finances.
A happier side
There are some more hopeful aspects. The new
law mandating that mental illness must also be covered by insurance has helped. There is more treatment
available and the shame of mental illness is lowered.
The medical world is only a small way along in understanding mental illness and its treatment. There
may not be much that can be done about causes but
medication is becoming more accurate. I know of
people for whom medications worked, the patient
accepted it and went on to a reasonable life within
limits.
The placing of mental illness insurance on an
equal footing with physical illness is having a good
effect on getting people to treatment. More understanding among the general public should help with
getting young patients to accept and work with their
disease.
Is the incidence of bipolar disorder increasing in
the United States? Is there something in our air or
blood or national psyche that is driving our children
crazy? Certainly the identification of it is increasing.
A study in 2007 put the increase among adolescents
at 40 percent while the increase among adults was
leveling off. Whether this figure is only a statistical
anomaly is not yet known. In the meantime, we need
to see that Obamacare provides the attention mental
illness needs.
Mary Lou Peters Schram can be emailed at [email protected].
garden, you can find it in upscale grocery stores
around the neighborhood.
Elaine first discovered broccoli rabe in her favorite North Beach Italian restaurant in downtown
San Francisco. As usual, when she eats something
she likes in a restaurant, she comes home and cooks
it for me. The following recipe is quick and simple,
and produces a wonderful complete meal in a single
pot.
Elaine’s broccoli rabe pasta
Boil a quart and a half of chicken stock over the
stove. (We make our own stock whenever there’s a
leftover roasted chicken in the refrigerator: Drop
the entire carcass into a large pot, and cover it with
water. Add about a cup each of chopped onions, carrots, and celery, and boil for several hours. Drain
the stock into a large bowl.)
When the stock begins to boil, pour in a pound
of dried orecchiette pasta. Stir occasionally, as the
pasta cooks to al dente.
Select four cooked sausages of different flavors.
For a healthy diet, choose sausages based on chicken or turkey. Elaine favors Italian sausages and kielbasa. Cut each link into quarters the long way, and
then slice them into small pieces. Sauté the pieces
in a deep frying pan.
Chop a pound of broccoli rabe – including the
flowers – into small pieces. If you like, add some
other greens to the mix, such as kale, spinach, or
collard greens. Toss the chopped greens into the hot
pan with the sautéed sausages.
Flavor with fresh-ground pepper, salt, and olive
oil, to taste. Cook until the greens are wilted.
When the pasta is cooked, drain it into a colander placed inside a bowl to retain the chicken stock.
Add the pasta to the mixture of sausages and broccoli rabe. Pour in about a cup of the chicken stock.
Serve hot with fresh grated cheese. Buon appetito.
Doug Hergert can be emailed at [email protected].
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A rts & Leisure
Celtic Heart Band featured in
St. Patrick’s Day show at Del Valle
Trio Brillante will present a classical concert for Fun Day.
Trio Brillante presents
classical music for Fun Day
Trio Brillante will perform a program of classical music
at Fun Day on Thursday, March 14, at noon in the Sierra
Room at Del Valle.
Cla r inetist Tom Rose, the longtime orchestra personnel manager with the San Francisco Ballet, will be joined
by viola player Emily Onderdonk and pianist Betty Woo.
The tr io will per for m works of Mendelssohn, Francaix,
Reinecke and Khachaturian.
Trio Brillante gave its first performance in 2009 at Holy
Names University, where Woo and Rose are members of the music faculty. Because of their unusual instrumental combination,
they are able to explore less-performed repertoire by major composers, as well as transcriptions that can highlight the unique
quality of such instrumentation.
Family Kitchen Catering will have a wide variety of food
items for sale prior to the show, such as sandwiches, fresh fruit,
doughnuts, cookies and more. Fun Day is a free program sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents
and their guests.
Vagabond Players present
‘The Unexpected Guest’
Christie play comes to Rossmoor
The Vagabond Players will
present a live theatrical presentation of Agatha Christie’s
“The Unexpected Guest” on
Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. in
the Fireside Room at Gateway.
The show features Kate Patton, Randy Nott, Teresa Grosserode, Aland McElroy, Bill
Dietz, Stuart Miller, David
Westphal and Loren Combs.
The Vagabond Players are a
group of energetic adults who
believe there is a need for artistically satisfying senior theater in the community. The
group promotes healthy aging
as well as educating the community by promoting the skills
of older adults.
This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
Play by Graves and Barnes
read in library theater group
Support East Bay theater arts through a special free theater discussion program at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette. Generally, the
meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month; this month
it is March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Teen Center at the library.
The group will select two plays a month, discuss them
and then attend the plays, if desired. All levels of theater
knowledge are welcome. Anyone who is not sure may simply
come and listen.
This month’s selections are “The Grand Inquisitor,” by
Gary Graves, to be performed by Central Works; and “The
Ruling Class,” by Peter Barnes, to be performed at the
Zellerbach Playhouse.
The following month, the meeting is on April 25. The
plays are “Shipwreck,” by Tom Stoppard, and performed
by Shotgun Players; and “The Life of Galileo,” by Bertold
Brecht, and performed at the Masquers Playhouse.
For information, contact Richard Zoller at rszoller@aol.
com, or call the Lafayette Library’s general number at 3852280.
The Celtic Heart Band will perform a
special St. Patrick’s Day show on Sunday,
March 17, at 3 p.m. in the Sierra Room at
Del Valle.
Bringing together a unique combination of
experiences and talents, Celtic Heart is one
of the rising stars on the Celtic and acoustic
music scene in California today.
Celtic Heart performs a hybrid of traditional and contemporary Irish and American folk music, combining and moving
skillfully between ancient melodies and
cutting-edge original songs, fiery instrumentals and pristine four-part vocals, serious composition and engaging humor, all
presented with a warm, approachable and
friendly stage presence. The combination of
guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle,
and bodhran (Irish drum) has long been recognized as the essence of the Irish sound,
but Celtic Heart has managed to bring new
meaning to the old music pleasing the ear
and stirring the heart.
The songs range from award-winning
originals to contemporary songwriters such
as Jimmy McCarthy, Eric Bogle, Thom
Moore and even Kenny Loggins, to the
hand-clapping songs of Tommy Makem, and
even a dash of tin pan alley from Irving Berlin thrown in for good measure.
Tickets for this program are $10 in advance at the Excursion Desk at Gateway or
$15 at the door. This is an Esses Production
and is sponsored by the Recreation Department. This event is open to all residents and
their guests.
Solo Opera presents Opera Obsession
Fine, young Bay Area singers perform at Hillside
Solo Opera, the Bay Area’s
newly reopened chamber opera
company, will be performing at
Rossmoor for the fifth time with
the concert Opera Obsession on
Saturday, March 23, at 3 p.m. in
the Diablo Room at Hillside.
The 90-minute concert will
feature some of the Bay Area’s finest young singers performing favorite opera arias,
duets and ensembles. Highlighted on the program are
pianist Jonathan Mann; sopranos Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai,
Diane Squires and Christine
Jarc; mezzo-sopranos Amy
Bouchard and Molly Mahoney; tenors Michael Desnoyers and Miguel Evangelista; and bass-baritones William
O’Neill and Rolfe Dauz.
The concert’s program will
be filled with favorite operas
and composers: Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and Bizet, to name
a few. To celebrate Solo Opera’s reopening, the company
will also be offering a free
raffle of prizes. Prizes will be
given at the end of the show.
Most noted for its high-quality chamber operas performed
at the Lesher Theater, Solo Opera has produced the following
successful operas: “The Telephone” (2000, 2003), “The
Medium” (2000), “Amahl
and the Night Visitors” (2001,
2002, 2003), “Riders to the
Sea” (2003), “The Old Maid
Rolfe Dauz
William O’Neill
and the Thief” (2004), “A
Hand of Bridge” (2004), “The
Impresario” (2004), and “Bastien and Bastienna” (2004).
The company also has a
rich outreach program, Scenes
from Opera and Light Opera,
that travels performing opera
throughout the community as
well as offering training experience to young singers.
To find out more about Solo
Opera, go to the website at
www.soloopera.org.
Tickets are $10 in advance at
the Excursion Desk at Gateway
or at the door. This program is
sponsored by the Recreation
Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
Michael Desnoyers
Diablo Symphony concert celebrates birthday
The Diablo Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Matilda Hofman, will premiere “Celebrate Today!” at its concerts in
Rossmoor and the Lesher Center for the Arts
this month.
Concerts are Friday, March 22, at 8 p.m. in
the Fireside Room at Gateway, and Sunday,
March 24, at 2 p.m. at the Lesher Center in
Walnut Creek.
“Celebrate Today!” is a special composition
by Joyce Johnson Hamilton, the former conductor of 31 years, honoring the symphony as it
celebrates its 50th birthday.
In addition, Yu Gong, 2013 Young Artist
Competition winner, will be the featured artist
playing the Violin Concerto in D minor by Jean
Sibelius, and Walnut Creek Mayor Cindy Silva
will guest conduct the “Thunder and Lightning
Polka” by Johan Strauss. The Symphony No. 1,
“Spring” by Robert Schumann will complete
the performance.
The cost of the Rossmoor concert is $10
donation and tickets can be purchased at the
door. Lesher Center tickets can be purchased
by calling 943-SHOW or go to the website at
www.lesherartscenter.org. The cost is $25 for
seniors and adults.
For information about the symphony, call
Diane Mauch, board member, at 988-9898 or
email [email protected].
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Entertainment Notes
Vagabond Players Do a Good Job
With Christie Classic
By Charles Jarrett
V
agabond
Players is a
traveling theater company that
brings live theater to
the senior community by staging its
productions in senior centers,
retirement homes, assisted
living centers and health care
facilities throughout Contra
Costa County.
In addition to these senior
locale-specific shows, the
company performs regularly
in the beautiful El Campanile
Theater in downtown Antioch.
Since the performances are at
many locations, generally for
one or two days at each location, it has always been rather
difficult to review their shows
far enough in advance to so
my readers can purchase tickets to see their shows.
This past week I visited
the Montecito Oakmond Senior Living facility on Clayton
Road in Concord to check out
the Vagabond Players’ current
production of Agatha Christie’s
“Unexpected Guest” before it
open at the El Campanile Theater on March 16 (and coming
to Rossmoor after that).
I am happy to report that
this is a most enjoyable play
by a community theater company that provides entertaining shows conveniently located and at a reasonable price
to many who would probably
not have much opportunity to
see live theater otherwise.
The story opens on a foggy evening as Michael Starkwedder (Randall Nott) enters
the country estate of the Warwick family in frantic search
for aid, as he has recently
crashed his car in a ditch near
the mansion. He enters the
house through French doors
to seek help and walks into a
murder scene. He practically stumbles over a murdered
man in a wheelchair.
When he turns the lights
on, he discovers a woman
standing in an apparent state
of shock, holding a revolver.
The woman reveals that she
is the murdered man’s wife,
Laura Warwick (Kate Patton),
and when asked if she killed
the man in the wheelchair,
she blurts out that she has.
Starkwedder tells Laura
that there is little point in trying to get an immediate response from the police, as the
roads in the area are nearly
impassible due to the severe
fog conditions.
He finds Laura quite attractive and inexplicably doubts
her confession of murder. He
proceeds to help her construct
an alternative death scenario,
where perhaps someone else
could have sought vengeance
against a man whom he now
discovers has many enemies.
In short order, other mem-
bers of the household
begin to emerge from
the other parts of the
mansion. They include
the deceased man’s
mother, Mrs. Warwick
(Teresa Grosserode);
the mentally retarded
half-brother of the murdered
man, Jan Warwick (Alan
McElroy); and a caregiver for
the handicapped half-brother, Mrs. Bennett (Mrs. Ben
Walker).
Two police officers eventually arrive – Inspector
Thomas (Bill Dietz) and his
assistant, Sergeant Cadwallader (Debra Telles). As the
investigation continues into
the next morning, it becomes
more and more apparent that
Laura Warwick is not the
murderess and that others,
including neighbor Julian
Farrar (David Westphal) and
self-serving servant, Henry
Angell (Stuart Miller), may
have had good reasons to terminate Mr. Warwick, .
The acting is pretty darn
good, with the unmistakable
gem of the production, Alan
McElroy, who has the audience in stitches again and
again as the immature, mentally deficient, easily excitable, half-brother, Jan. McElroy has absolutely nailed this
character, making us hold
our breath one minute and
causing us to erupt in laughter a minute later.
Granted, a few lines were
flubbed or slow in developing,
but for the most part the play
was quite intriguing and well
presented. While many actors
in this company range from
neophyte to semi-professional
level, under Sharon Redman’s
direction they never seemed
to disappoint their audiences.
Christie wrote many memorable plays and while this
1958 gem is not considered
one of her best, it is a classic,
stalwart, frequently humorous, often produced play and
with a terrific twist at the end
– a twist that generally catches everybody off guard.
I don’t believe I have ever
seen a poor production by
this company. It generally
has to use community rooms
as the entire theater staging
and audience seating area. At
the same time, the company uses meager but well-designed sets that actually convey the setting. This means
they have to select plays that
do not require tons of props
and set changes. It all has
to be simple, simple, simple
and moderately well done, to
keep the audience engaged.
When this play opens in
the El Campanile Theater this
coming Saturday, you will be
in for a double treat, seeing a
well-polished show in a truly
beautiful theater restored to
Members of the Jelly Roll Jazz Band are, front row from left, Glen Calkins on trombone, Virginia Tichenor on piano, Ted Shafer on banjo, Ken Keeler on banjo, Pete Main on clarinet, and
back row, Bert Thompson on drums, Jim O’Briant on tuba, Leon Oakley on cornet and Rick
Holzgrafe on cornet.
Jelly Roll Jazz Band plays for
Dixieland Jazz Club at Del Valle
The Dixieland Jazz Club will host Ted Shafer and the Jelly Roll Jazz Band on Wednesday,
March 27, at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse. The evening of music is for
listening and/or dancing. Admission is $5 for
club members and $10 for guests.
The Jelly Roll Jazz Band’s nine-piece,
two-trumpet band recreates the sound and
style of one of the great classic jazz bands of
the 1920s, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band,
in which Oliver played first cornet and Louis
Armstrong second cornet. The Jelly Roll Jazz
Band is dedicated to traditional jazz music. The
band’s repertoire not only includes the recognizable tunes of the period but also presents
some little known tunes.
Jazz reached its peak during this era, languished in the 1930s, then was revived at the
Dawn Club in San Francisco by Lu Watters’
Yerba Buena Jazz Band. Watters’ band drew
its inspiration from old phonograph records
of the Creole Jazz Band. This revival of clas-
sic jazz became known as San Francisco
Jazz. The Jelly Roll Jazz Band continues this
tradition.
The music has a full-ensemble sound with a
solid beat great for dancing. This is a musical
opportunity to relive the glorious 1920s, and
should be an enjoyable and exciting evening for
dancers and people who enjoy just listening to
great music. Jelly Roll Jazz Band CDs will be
available for purchase during this event.
Rossmoor residents, their friends and family
are welcome. Soft drinks, mixers and snacks
will be provided. Those who desire a different
type of beverage can bring it with them. There
will be a drawing for several door prizes at intermission.
For information, contact Nancy Moschel at
938-1571.
Now is the time to pay club dues of $30 per
person for 2013. Pay dues at the door or send
a check to Lola Crawford, 1840 Tice Creek
Drive, No. 2135.
Ashmoleans prepare for cabaret show
The singing waiters of the
Ashmoleans, dressed in formal
black attire, will stage their
fourth annual cabaret dinner
show in the Fireside Room on
Monday, April 8. The doors
will open at 5:30 p.m. with the
music starting at 6.
Always a sellout, this popular dinner show will be a reservation-only event. Tickets
for the sit-down dinner and a
full evening of musical entertainment will be on sale for
$32 from Wednesday, March
20, through Friday, March 22,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and on
Saturday, March 23, from 9
a.m. to noon in the Redwood
Room at Gateway.
A four-course meal prepared
by Englunds Catering will include an hors d’oeuvres course
of fruit platter with cream dip
and cheese and crackers; a pear
gorgonzola salad; chicken Kiev
with red-skinned garlic mashed
potatoes and green beans amandine. Dessert will be lemon
bundt cake. Rolls, coffee, and
wine before and during dinner
will be included.
Waiters will take the spotlight on stage to perform num-
Golden Follies revue
presented at Town Hall
The Golden Follies, a high-energy Las Vegas style revue
featuring senior performers ages 60 through 86, will present
the show “Dazzle” on Saturday, March 16, at 7 p.m. at Town
Hall Theatre in Lafayette.
The show will feature guest chanteuse Darla Wiggington,
lavish costumes and stylish choreography. The women kick,
strut and tap to all the classics. This entertaining show is
reminiscent of those old great variety shows.
Reserved seating is $25 for adults and $22 for seniors. For
tickets, call Town Hall box office at 283-1557 or go online to
www.townhalltheatre.com. Town Hall Theatre is located at
3535 School Street.
bers from “Chorus Line,” “Annie,” “Music Man,” “Carousel,” “Cabaret,” “Fiddler on the
Roof,” “Pirates of Penzance,”
“Gypsy,” and “Li’l Abner.” Familiar composers will include
Simon and Garfunkle, Henry
Mancini, Irving Berlin, Jerome
Kern, and Rodgers and Hart.
The night will end with the
Ashmolean Singers, under the direction of Artistic Director Gordon Addison, singing the toe-tapping “New York, New York.”
Bonnie Weiss
shares rare
clips of song
and dance men
Bonnie Weiss will present
her program “Song and Dance
Men of the Silver Screen” on
Tuesday, March 19, at 1:30
p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse. Note
this alternate location.
Weiss will screen rare video
clips and share amusing anecdotes about men from the musical side of movies.
This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
18A
Cotillion Dinner Dancers plan Dance
of April Showers at Hillside Clubhouse
The Rossmoor Cotillion Dinner Dance
Club will host the Dance of April Showers on
Friday, April 5, at Hillside Clubhouse.
The festive evening will begin at 6 with the
cocktail hour. Hot hors d’oeuvres of Florentine stuffed mushrooms, teriyaki meatballs
and hot crab and shrimp on crostini will be
passed. The hosted bar will be under the direction of Lyle Morton and his efficient and
friendly committee.
Dinner, by Sunrise Catering, will be served
at 7. The entrée is a choice of braised lamb
shanks with gravy and mint sauce or salmon
with lemon butter sauce.
The menu also includes salad, fresh baked
egg and herb rolls, mashed potatoes, asparagus and coconut crème cake. Red and white
wine will be on the tables as well as decaffeinated coffee and tea.
Barbara Courier will decorate with her usual creativity.
Music for listening and dancing will be
provided by the Manny Guitierrez Quartet.
The appropriate dress for the evening is
party attire for the women and jacket and tie
for the men. (Jeans, shorts and T- shirts are
unacceptable.)
The cost is $64 for a member couple and
$74 for a guest couple. Guest couples may attend when invited by a member couple and
may attend one dance during the calendar
year, if space is available. Guest couples are
eligible to fill out a membership application
if they have attended one previous dance. For
membership information, call Pam Lee at
932-2323.
Member reservations will be accepted beginning Friday, March 15. Member reservations received after March 22 will be accepted
on a space available basis. Guest reservations
will be accepted after the 22nd, if space is
available.
Members who want to sit together must
mail their checks together in the same envelope and a table will be assigned. Table assignments will be posted at the name tag table.
The deadline for all reservations is Friday,
March 29. There can be no cancelations or
refunds after Monday, April 1. Mail reservation checks with entrée choice noted to Ced
Ferrett at 3466 Tice Creek Drive No. 1. Reservations will be assigned as to the postmark
on the envelopes.
If unable to attend, paid-for meals may be
picked up the night of the dance by calling
Geri May at 906-0793 to make arrangements.
RAA watercolor class starts tomorrow
Explor i ng Watercolor,
taught by Casey Rasmussen
White, will be held for six
weeks on Thursdays from
March 14 through April 18,
from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Art
Studio 2 at Gateway.
The cost of the class is $75.
Beginners pay an additional
$25 lab fee to the instructor for
a start-up kit.
The class will work together on a series of little paintings
using the transparent magic of
watercolor to create the artist’s
voice. Discover the personal
palette of colors and shapes
unique to each artist.
The class must have eight
students; 12 student maximum.
Students must be Rossmoor
Art Association (RAA) mem-
bers. Pre-pay by mail. Make
checks payable to RAA and
mail them to Casey Rasmussen White, 1136 Brown Street,
Martinez 94553.
For information, call Rasmussen White at 285-3803.
Supply list can be emailed before class begins.
Rasmussen White has
been teaching painting since
1996, helping artists along
the path to finding their creative voice.
Opera/Ballet Club to
see ballerina perform
The Opera/Ballet Club of
Rossmoor will have its quarterly event on Wednesday, March
20, at 1 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway Clubhouse.
Lauren Jonas, co-founder
and artistic director of Diablo
Ballet, will speak. Jonas
trained at the Marin Ballet and
performed with the Milwaukee
Ballet, the Oakland Ballet and
the Southwest Ballet, dancing
a wide range of repertoire.
Jonas toured the United
States with the Moscow Ballet
and danced in a PBS film documentary about Isadora Duncan. She has taught at various
schools and colleges throughout California and nationally.
Jonas was honored with
the 1998 Contra Costa County Woman of Achievement
Award for the Arts.
On the program as well will
be Diablo Ballet’s principal
dancer Hiromi Yamazaki, who
will perform. She received her
ballet training at the Marin
Ballet and the San Francisco
Ballet schools. In 1994, she
won first place at the Spotlight
Award Competition in Los Angeles.
Yamazaki has performed
with the Houston Ballet and
BalletMet Columbus, where
she danced a wide variety of
soloist and principal roles in
such works as “The Firebird,”
“The Sleeping Beauty,” “Coppelia,” “The Nutcracker,” “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream”
and “Don Quixote.”
All Rossmoor residents and
Lauren Jonas, co-founder and
artistic director
Hiromi
dancer
Yamazaki,
principal
their guests are invited. Members of the Opera/Ballet Club
are asked to pay $5 and nonmembers, $10. Refreshments
will be served.
Drama
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biannual
meeting
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The next general membership meeting of the Drama Association of Rossmoor is Tuesday, March 19, at 2 p.m. in the
Fireside Room at Gateway.
On the agenda is the recognition of Jean Wilcox who
is retiring as artistic director.
President Jean Georgakopoulos will present an update on
where the Drama Association
is, how it got where it is and
where it’s going. Suggestions
for future programs are welcome.
Entertainment will be provided by Alan Cunningham
and Gail Wetherbee in a comic
scene and by the just formed
Improv Troupe.
Hors d’oeuvres, wine and
nonalcoholic beverages will be
served. All are welcome.
Watch Fun Day entertainment
on Channel 28.
19A
Mystery Book Club discusses
Resident’s work featured in Civic Arts
Education Spring Market March 22 to 24 Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo
More than 45 Civic Arts
Education instructors and students, including Rossmoor residents, will offer a wide variety
of treasures at the Spring Artists Market in Walnut Creek
on the weekend of March 22
through 24.
Walnut Creek Civic Arts
Education will hold its annual Shadelands opening night
reception Friday, March 22,
from 5 to 9 pm. View art, chat
with artists and enjoy wine, refreshments and live music.
The Arts Center, 111 Wiget
Lane at Ygnacio Valley Road,
will have paintings, art to wear,
ceramics, greeting cards, glass
art, gourd art, jewelry, photography, textiles and more when
the sale continues on Saturday,
March 23, from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. and Sunday, March 24,
For information, call 9435846, or go to www.arts-ed.
org. Proceeds benefit the city’s
The Mystery Book Club will meet Monday, March 18, at 7
p.m. in the Ivy Room at Dollar Clubhouse. The author to be
discussed is Jo Nesbo.
He is a Norwegian writer who specializes in crime fiction,
mysteries and children’s books. His other talents include songwriting and singing with a rock band.
He is most noted for his Henry Hole novels. Hole is a Norwegian detective with excellent detecting skills and a problem
with alcohol.
New members are always welcome. The club meets on the
third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Dollar.
Art by Mary Ellen Ratcliff, a Rossmoor resident who is a selftaught re-use assemblage artist
Arts in the Schools programs.
Along with other demonstrators, watch Ellen Sachtschale
preview her upcoming handbuilt clay workshop, which is
coming to Rossmoor Ceramics
Studio on April 6, 13 and 20.
See her at work on March 23
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Rossmoor resident Mary
Ellen Ratcliff, a self-taught reuse assemblage artist, has been
making wall art for 25 years.
She welcomes requests; her fa-
vorite pieces spell names and
words.
Coinciding with the sale,
the Pottery Studio at Civic
Park is holding an overproduction warehouse sale featuring functional and display
ceramics, including dinnerware, vases, sculptures,
stoneware, raku and salt and
pit-fired items at rock-bottom prices. For information,
check the website at www.
clayartsguild.com.
International Affairs to discuss birth rate
Monday night Great Books
discusses Wharton short story
The next meeting of the
Monday night Rossmoor
Great Books group will meet
March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Ivy
Room at Dollar Clubhouse.
The group will discuss
the short story “Roman Fever,” by Edith Wharton.
It’s the third story in “The
7 Deadly Sins Sampler.”
The discussion leader for that
evening is Wayne Brock.
There is no charge to participate and all are welcome,
but the selection should be
read beforehand.
For information, contact
Joanna Kraus, 939-3658.
Poetry Circle meets at Dollar
The Rossmoor Poetry Circle will meet on Monday, April 1,
from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Ivy Room at Dollar Clubhouse. This is
an opportunity to read and discuss poetry in a supportive, encouraging environment.
For information, contact Marc Hofstadter at 300-6474 or
[email protected].
The International Affairs global economy evolves. The
Book Club will meet on Fri- discussions are animated and Gary Hansen at gmustang61@
aol.com or 954-8425.
day, March 22, at 7 p.m. in informative.
Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway.
Club members will discuss
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warned about the looming danger of overpopulation. However, the population bomb never
exploded. Instead statistics
from around the world make
clear that since the 1970s the
world has been facing exactly
the opposite problem: people
are having too few babies.
In Japan and Italy, there
are already more deaths than
births and China’s one child
policy is creating an impending population contraction. In
America, the middle class has
its own informal one child policy these days.
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Shakespeare Society begins RAA presents a travel sketching
workshop in April with David Savellano
reading ‘Julius Caesar’
The Rossmoor Shakespeare Society will meet on
Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in Dollar Clubhouse. Members will embark on a Roman journey with a reading of
“Julius Caesar.”
The literary voyage will proceed for the remainder of the
year. Members will continue to read “Julius Caesar” at subsequent sessions until they turn the final page of the play.
In October, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will
present, in Rossmoor, a live performance of “Julius Caesar.” And in November, Bill Harlan will give a talk about
“Julius Caesar.”
All Rossmoor residents and their guests are welcome to
attend the meeting and all future gatherings.
Harmony vocal ensemble
looking for women singers
Harmony, Rossmoor’s premier women’s vocal ensemble,
is looking for new singers,
particularly high sopranos.
Women who love to sing,
have choral singing experience, can read music and want
to explore the wide vocal repertoire available to women
ensembles should think about
joining the group.
Harmony has performed
The Rossmoor Art Association (RAA) will offer a
two-day workshop on travel
sketching taught by David
Savellano on Saturday and
Sunday, April 27 and 28.
Learn quick sketching and
watercolor painting techniques for recording trip
memories. Traveling with
a sketchbook allows one to
draw and paint when the inspiration hits and to see the
world in new, creative ways.
Discover how to economically pack essential supplies,
work in public without being
noticed and work outdoors in
different kinds of weather.
Practice techniques in
class and outdoor locations.
In order to sketch rapidly, one must have a basic
knowledge of drawing. The
workshop will cover structure in drawing, perspective, human figure, build-
elements with spontaneous
lines and color.
The class runs from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., including an
hour for lunch at noon, on
Saturday and Sunday, April
27 and 28.
Fifteen class members are
allowed, with preference for
Rossmoor residents. New
painters are welcome.
The cost is $125 per person for RAA members, $140
for nonmembers. Checks are
to be made out to RAA and
sent to Treasurer Jean Autrey. They can be placed in
the mailbox at Gateway.
The cutoff for signing up
for the class by Rossmoor
residents is Friday, April 12.
The supply list is posted
“Yosemite” by Savid Savellain Studio 1, at Gateway and
no. He will offer Rossmoor Art
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moorart.com after March
sketching workshop.
15. Contact person is Shirla
ings, and city and landscape Klenk, 945-0802.
within Rossmoor and for organizations such as the California Symphony Alliance,
the Walnut Creek Senior Center and various churches in the
area.
Preparations are now under way for the spring concert
on Wednesday, May 15. Call
Music Director Meriel Ennik
Anna George invites new, intermediate
at 287-9550 to arrange for an
and advanced painters to join her on Tuesaudition.
days from 1 until 4 from March 26 through
April 30. She encourages developing one’s
own personal style using the medium of
choice–oils or acrylics.
Color and composition will be at the fore,
The Grace Notes, a women’s four-part harmony chorus, will with focus on values, combinations of warm
begin its spring semester with Acalanes Adult Education. The and cool light and application techniques inchorus will meet Tuesdays, March 26 through June 4, from 9:30 cluding painting knife and brushwork in repto 11:30 a.m. in Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway.
resentational and abstract work. ConcentratRossmoor women are encouraged to join.
ed attention to student work is paramount;
Members sing four-part arrangements from Sweet Adelines demonstrations will be integrated, and handInternational. The director, Dolores Mendenhall, has directed outs offered to expand on these.
seven of their choruses and been of member of five.
Experienced and intermediate painters are
The 15-year-old chorus likes to perform short 30-minute pro- welcome to enjoy a relaxed and cordial atmograms to groups in surrounding communities. They will sing sphere in the company of other artists. All
for Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church seniors on Thursday, progress is at one’s own level with as much
April 11.
or as little structure as desired. Enjoy experFor information, call Mendenhall at 934-1096.
imenting with techniques which cross the
Anna George to teach painting Tuesdays
Grace Notes begins new
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Drama Association Friday Salon this week
The Drama Association of Rossmoor’s Friday
Salon will be presented March 15 at 2 p.m. in
the Las Trampas Room at
Hillside. Scenes from the
last Director’s Intensive
Workshop, conducted by
Julian Lopez-Morillas,
will be featured.
A scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” will
feature Roanne Butier and
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George studied fine art in East Coast colleges and universities, and currently produces work on canvas, board and silk. She currently works in oils, does plein-air painting
and offers her silk at annageorgeonline.com
and by appointment. She is an enthusiastic
instructor whose goal is for all to have fun
while developing skills and styles of expression.
Class size is limited. A materials list will
be sent to students whose tuition, phone, and
email are received by March 24 at 2956 Tice
Creek Drive No. 3. Class tuition is $85, payable to Rossmoor Art Association, or $100
for nonmembers.
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There is no admission
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Poetry Salon
to discuss
troubadours
The Rossmoor Poetry Circle
Salon will meet Monday, March
18, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Garden Room of Dollar Clubhouse.
Poet and critic Jannie Dresser
will lead a discussion about the
troubadour poets and the courtly love tradition.
A small donation will be requested.
Marc Hofstadter at 300-6474
or [email protected].
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Five Sundays in March, but
dance is on the fourth Sunday
March may have five Sundays but the Fourth Sunday Dance is
still on the fourth Sunday of the month–on March 24 – from 7 to
9:30 p.m. at Del Valle Clubhouse.
Residents and their guests enjoy the waltz, fox trot, the swing,
tango and more at this popular dance. It features music played by
MC and disc jockey, Gere Foley.
For each dance, gentlemen hosts work around the room and
ask single women to dance, just as they do on the major steamship lines. This format has been successful in the interest of
good camaraderie and breaking the ice.
More and more people are dancing and enjoying the music. A
special invitation is extended to people with mobility problems
who might enjoy the music, the camaraderie and watching the
dancing.
There will be no charge for these guests and their caregivers.
Men are especially welcome and don’t have to worry about their
dancing abilities because there are plenty of women who can
offer assistance. The Fourth Sunday Dance offers a great opportunity to learn to dance.
The club’s hospitality extends to the provision of soft drinks,
door prizes and setups for the guests’ drinks. The cost is $3 per
person.
The aim of the club is to provide the sounds of the big bands,
a great dance floor, and the ambience of an upscale cabaret or
an ocean liner. Single men especially are urged to attend. Newcomers to Rossmoor are in for a welcome and the opportunity of
meeting new people.
For information, call President Diane Goldsmith at 944-5070.
Art Association
members asked
to submit art
for show at
Creekside
The Rossmoor Art Association is asking members to
submit art work for the upcoming Creekside juried show
on Monday, April 1, from 10
to 11 a.m. Work should be
brought to the entryway of the
Creekside restaurant.
Paintings should be between of 16” x 20” and 50” x
50” in size, dry to the touch,
simply framed or matted in a
light neutral shade, and signed
on the front by the artist.
Plexiglass should be used on
matted paintings, glass on pastel paintings only.
Three paintings may be
submitted, but only one painting per member will be displayed. Artists are asked to
return to Creekside after 2 that
day to either pick up paintings
or complete paper work for accepted paintings.
The juror is Richard Lindenberg of Novato. His works are
shown in many collections and
he is the recipient of numerous
awards. A popular painting
instructor, Lindenberg gives
many workshops and is known
for his beautiful plein-air oil
paintings of Northern California. He is marketing director
for the prestigious Plein Air
magazine.
The public is invited to view
the new exhibit beginning on
April 2 and continuing Aug. 5,
when a new show will open.
The Creekside show is
the only juried art show in
Rossmoor. Those at Gateway
and the John Muir Clinic are
non-juried and open to all
work submitted by members.
For information, call Nan
Lovington at 930-6503 or Vilma Patterson-Antoine at 9472850.
21A
Ballroom Dance Club ball is Saturday
The Rossmoor Ballroom
Dance Club’s Shamrock Ball is
Saturday, March 16, from 7 to
10 p.m. in the Sierra Room at
Del Valle Clubhouse.
The Delish Band will provide
music for dancing. During intermission, there will be an exhibition of tango dance by Shirley
Wang and Michael Day.
Admission is $5 per couple
for members, $20 per couple for
resident nonmembers and $20
per couple for nonresident couples (as guest of a member).
Rossmoor residents, whether
beginner, intermediate or advanced dancers, are welcome to
join the club. Even though this
club is a couples’ dance club,
single residents may join and
bring a guest.
The club dances every third
Saturday of the month from 7
to 10 p.m. in the Sierra Room.
The attire for the dance is dressy
casual – no jeans, shorts or flipflops.
Rossmoor residents may contact Pat Duarte at 300-3708 for
information about the club.
The club invites couples to
perform an exhibition of their
dance skills. They should contact Rosie Davis at 934-3039
or at rosie@davishomepros.
com. The goal is to have a mix
of competitors, performers and
regular social dancers. The club
furnishes light refreshments.
Members are welcome to bring
their own libations or snacks.
The club sponsors Monday
night dance classes at Hillside
Clubhouse. For information
contact Alberta Bagneschi at
687-5270. The club’s board
meetings are held on the first
Wednesday of each month at 10
a.m. in Multipurpose Room 3
at Gateway. The club welcomes
any comments, suggestions or
questions.
The club contacts are: Jeannie
Francis-Gomes and Peter Gomes
co-presidents (930-0751); RichShirley Wang and Michael Day ard and Rosie Davis, co-vice
will give an exhibition of the presidents (934-3039); Lynne
tango at the Ballroom Dance Fry, secretary (256-4245); Pat
Duarte, treasurer (300-3708).
Club ball on Saturday.
22A
Zins, Malone, Konesky awarded Camera Club’s best in show
By Lynn Letteris
Club correspondent
On the first and now 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 or as a digital
presentation where it is shown
on a large screen.
The change to the third
Wednesday from the fourth
will begin in April. The last
competition meeting of that
month will be April 17.
The categories that were
up for competition on Feb. 27
were Creative and Nature in
the print category. In the projected category, Monochrome
was added for the first time, as
well as Creative and Nature.
A ranking is established
for competing photographers
based on a point system. Winning photographs give the
photographer specific points
depending on where the image
placed. These points are evaluated at the end of the year at
which time a ranking is awarded to the competitor.
An experienced photographer/judge, usually a professional, is hired to critique the
entries as they are either projected on a screen or, in the
case of prints, viewed physically in a light box.
All members are encouraged to participate. Critiquing
of entries is anonymous, so
the judge’s comments 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 and
improving one’s skills.
The Feb. 27 event’s judge
was Rose Bower who has been
a professional photographer for
many years. She is a member
of the Contra Costa Camera
Club where she competes at the
master’s level. She has traveled
extensively in Europe, Africa,
Asia and Central America.
Winning entries are:
Nature/prints
Basic: Hamid Kasmai, first
place for “Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker,” and second, Angie
Martin, “Lady Bug Guttering”
Advanced: Don Hardin,
first place for “Mohave Yucca”; second, Jack Zins, “Ferns
and Petals”; and third, Zins,
“Bryce National Park”
Creative/prints
Basic: Martin, first place for
“Window Reflection” and second, Martin, “Downtown San
Francisco”
Advanced: Zins, first place
for “Mission Courtyard”;
second, Tim Christoffersen, “Middle Ages Friar”; and
third, Zins, “Moraga Stairway”
Nature/projected
Basic: Martin, first place for
“Marigold”
Intermediate: Ed Langhorn,
first place for “Tide Pool”; second, Hetta Malone, “Gannet
in Flight”; and third, Richard
Nicholes “The Kingfisher”
and best in show for “Zion
National Park”; second, Lynn
Letteris, “Yellow Warbler”;
third, Barry Bieler, “Desert
Floral Carpet”; and honorable
mention, Flo Hendry, “Acorn
Woodpecker”
Creative/projected
Basic: Gerry Brush, first
place for “Painted Poppies”
Intermediate: Langhorn,
first place for “Cruise Ship
Terminal”; second, Martin,
“Aged Piano”; and third, Martin, “Water Fountain”
Advanced: Malone, first
place and best in show for
“Surf at Sunrise”; second,
Letteris, “Unleashed Flames”;
third, Ojars Kratins, “Ikon”;
honorable mention, Letteris,
“Birth of a Star”; and honorable mention, Vicky Richardson, “Playing with Time” and
“Whimsical Moment”
Monochrome projected
Intermediate: Malone, first
place for “Oakland Cathedral”;
second, Malone, “Reflections;
and third, Langhorn, “Courtyard Restaurant”
for “Homeless”; second, Steve
Goodall, “Old Cowboy”; third,
Hendry, “Blind Adjustment”;
honorable mention, Richardson, “The View”; and honorable mention, Goodall, “Patrol
Boat”
Masters: Kathy Konesky,
first place and best in show
for “Rushing Tide”; second,
Christoffersen, “Subtle Affec-
tation”; and third, Christoffersen, “Monument Valley”
All Rossmoor residents
are invited to attend any club
meetings. Those with an interest in learning about their
camera or who want to adopt a
new hobby are welcome. New
photographers with entry-level
skills are encouraged to join.
Curious? Come to a competition meeting.
For information, call either
Stan or Carol Scott at 9349998.
“Tide Pool” by Ed Langhorn
“Zion National Park” by Jack Zins
“Marigold” by Angie Martin
Acalanes offers Spanish classes
The Acalanes Adult Education Center offers Spanish 1
this spring. Students with some
knowledge of the language
may enroll.
Classes will be Wednesdays,
beginning March 27, from 1 to
4 p.m. or Thursdays, beginning
March 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The cost for the 10-week class
is $94 for seniors.
For information, call Marcella Skubna, a Rossmoor resident and the teacher, at 818317-7819.
The adult center is located
nearby at 1963 Tice Valley
Blvd.
Dogs are not allowed in any of Rossmoor’s
clubhouses unless they are trained specialneeds pets, such as guide dogs.
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CAC welcomes new members, announces workshop and class
The Ceramic Arts Club
activities slow a bit during
March, giving members plenty
of studio time to explore their
creativity while experimenting
with techniques garnered from
recent classes and workshops.
The club welcomes a new
group of studio orientation
participants for membership
this month. Support of new
members is always encouraged
as they familiarize themselves
with studio flow and operation.
Classes and workshops continue. The most current offerings are listed below. All activity dates are posted on the new
club calendar at the front of the
studio.
Glazing workshop
One glazing workshop will
be offered this month, on Saturday, March 23, from 1 to 3
p.m.
The workshop is two hours
in duration and limited to six
members’ participation. Each
participant can bring up to two
bisqued pieces to discuss and
Cha-cha,
rumba
lessons
offered
Beginner cha-cha and rumba dance lessons are offered
Sundays, March 24 through
May 26, from 1 to 2 p.m. in the
Shasta Room, upstairs at Del
Valle. (Note that classes are
not held on Easter, March 31,
or Mother’s Day, May 12.)
Cha-cha comes from Cuba.
Discovered by the outside
world in the 1950s, it has become one of the most popular
Latin dances. Many rumba figures are similar to those done
in cha-cha.
Rhythms will be taught
from the beginning so that no
prior dance experience is required. Most of the dancing
will be done to pre-choreographed routines under guidance of the instructors.
This facilitates the maximum amount of learning in the
shortest amount of time.
However,
unstructured
dance time will also be provided for practice in leading and
following.
Singles and couples are welcome, although partners cannot be guaranteed for singles.
The price per lesson is $3 for
residents and $5 for nonresidents, payable by the week, so
there is no charge for missed
lessons. Preregistration is not
required but is requested.
The class instructors will
be Jay and June Rosenthal,
Rossmoor residents and members of the International Association of Round Dance Teachers.
The class is sponsored by
the Rossmoor Square Dance
Club.
glaze during the workshop;
however, it is not necessary
to have glazing work to complete for participation. It is
sometimes helpful to simply
observe the process and participate in discussions.
This month Roger Yee will
focus on the use of wax resist
and basic glazing techniques
and considerations.
The cost is $10, nonrefundable, payable by check only
made out to CAC. Sign-up
sheet and check drop are at the
front of the studio. Contact:
Nonette Swedberg at 510-5209660.
Handbuilding class
Local
artist
Ellen
Sachtschale will provide a
handbuilding class in April.
The class will be held from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on three Saturdays, April 6, 13 and 20, to
accommodate those still working.
Sachtschale works predominately with the soft slab and
pinch pot approach then works
A vessel by Ellen Sachtschale
in texture by whacking and
pushing organic textures into
the clay. The results are bulbous, organic and richly textured vessels.
In addition to surface treatment, Sachtschale will focus
on how clay holds itself together and the dance with drying
time, i.e., when to let clay rest
and dry, when to add more clay
and when to add texture. Visit
her site at www.gardenvessels.
com.
The cost is $30, nonrefundable, payable by check only
made out to CAC. Sign-up
sheet and check drop are at the
front of the studio. Contact:
Swedberg.
Minding the dates
The third and final winter
orientation class meeting is
Saturday, March 16, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Studio glazing
fundamentals will be covered
and participants are encouraged to review and bring along
their studio Clay and Glazing
Book for notes. Contact: Deb
Van Laak at 934-2842.
CAC’s informal Show and
Tell is always the last Friday
of each month from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. March 29 is the date
this month and the discussion
focus will be alternative firing
methods used by the studio,
e.g., raku, saggar and pit firing.
The studio will have its annual pit fire in the near future
so the discussion with examples should be robust.
CAC members are welcome
to bring up to three pieces they
have made to discuss with the
group. It is not necessary to
sign up ahead of time. Contact: Anne Shulenberger at
954-1429.
All classes and workshops
are open to CAC members
only.
Extras
CAC has diligently been upgrading and building its DVD
library and has just recently
added several videos of classes
given in the studio within the
last year. The DVD library is
an opportunity to view any of
these classes or “talks” members may have missed.
Members may either view
videos in the studio or check
them out for personal viewing
at home.
When removing videos
from the studio, remember to
use the sign-out and return log
at the front of the studio.
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The comedy ‘Shadrach’ shown
by End of Life Concerns Club
“Shadrach,” a comedy about moonshining,
loyalty, Jim Crow, death and burial, will be
shown Wednesday, March 20, at 1 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway. The film is 90 minutes
and will be followed immediately by a discussion for those who wish to stay and participate.
The film is sponsored by End of Life Concerns Club. All Rossmoor residents and their
guests are welcome. Admission is free for club
members; others may wish to donate $1.
Harvey Keitel stars as a foul-mouthed
no-account moonshiner who lives with his
booze-swizzling wife, played by Andie MacDowell, and their children on the shambles of a
grand Virginia cotton plantation the moonshiner
had inherited from his slave-owning ancestors.
One day, an old black man, Shadrack,
comes shuffling down the road. He had been
born on the plantation in slavery days and
sold as a little boy to a plantation in Alabama,
Now, at the end of his days, he has walked all
the way from Alabama to Virginia to die and
be buried where he was born.
The moonshiner’s family takes him in and
cares for him lovingly until his death. Then
the problems start: The town won’t let him
be buried on the plantation and orders him to
be buried in the segregated cemetery for Negroes. The last part of the film deals with how
the family overcomes this hindrance.
Warning for the faint of heart: Every other
word out of Harvey Keitel’s mouth is an obscenity. For information, contact Eve Segal at
[email protected].
Eye O n DVDs
“Teddy Bear”
Worthwhile
By R.S. Korn
The basic story of this contemporary Danish film “Teddy Bear” is remarkably similar to the 1955 Oscar-winning
American film “Marty.” In both, the central character is
a man a bit older, lonely for a relationship with a woman,
still living at home with his mother, and dealing with the
struggle to break away and make an independent adult
life.
Dennis is a gentle 38-year-old weightlifter, not just portly as was Marty, but a veritable giant. In spite of his formidable appearance and immense muscles, it’s his mother,
Ingrid, a pint-sized master of passive aggressiveness, who
recognizes no boundaries between them and controls his
life. She feels completely comfortable coming into the
bathroom while he is showering and doing her own bathroom business in his presence.
After a dismal evening out with a young woman, he
tries to return home unnoticed, but Ingrid is on the alert,
and he is unable to escape her interrogation about where
he has been. They attend a family celebration together
where his Uncle Ben is happily marrying a much younger
woman from Thailand. He encourages Dennis to go there
too, suggesting that it is easier to find women there than
in Denmark.
At dinner, rather than tell Ingrid the truth, Dennis says
that he is going to Germany for a bodybuilding competition.
Although she instantly loses her appetite and takes to her
bed, Dennis is adventurous enough to leave her and make
the trip. Once he arrives in Pattaya, a city of hotels on the
shore of a lake, he finds himself in a very different world.
Whereas in Sophia Coppola’s film “Lost in Translation,”
the characters have no interest in exploring the foreign city,
Dennis does engage with the culture. He ventures out and
finds himself a virtual Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians, attracting a great deal of attention. In this exotic
world, suddenly throngs of very tiny, very young, women
swarm around him like bees whom he has to swat off.
He goes to a shop to have a jacket custom made where
the tailor can barely manage to maneuver his tape measure
around his enormous chest and arms. Dennis has the usual
tourist problem of dealing with the difference between the
original price quote and the final charge at the time he places his order.
All that pales beside what he encounters when he follows
Uncle Ben’s advice to go to a bar where the American owner, a particularly toad-like man, had introduced Uncle Ben
to his wife. He is eager to do the same for Dennis, to find a
girl who will please him. As Dennis looks around, he sees
unattractive older men with young women. Then he has his
own encounters and realizes what is really going on, that
this is simply a tourist sex industry and that all these girls
are prostitutes.
Inside this hulk of a man covered with tattoos is actually a sensitive soul. His encounter with this tawdry world
seems to indicate that his adventure will completely end in
failure until he finds a bodybuilding gym. There he is welcomed, recognized and honored as a prize winner in world
competitions.
This is the beginning of Dennis’s path toward an actual
adult life, one which requires him to meet various challenges including his mother’s remarkable repertoire of manipulative behavior that illuminates how little Ingrid has
managed to control her huge son and suggests why his development has been so limited.
The director, Mads Matthiesen, had made several short
films before this, including one called “Dennis” in 2007.
“Teddy Bear” is his first full-length feature and was developed from that short with the same two main actors. Ingrid,
the mother (Elsebeth Steentoft), has appeared in a number
of Danish TV series and films including “Italian for Beginners.”
The gentle giant is played by Kim Kold, who actually
is a super heavyweight bodybuilder who has won national
and international titles. He effectively conveys the contrast
between his physical size and his stunted emotional development, as well as the inherent goodness that lies within.
This is a 2012 film, not rated and is available from
Netflix
More movies are
on page 26A
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Movies Movies Movies Movies Movies Movies
Saturday’s drama is ‘The Prestige’ ‘The Master’ is featured
The 2006 drama “The Prestige,” starring Hugh Jackman
and Christian Bale, will be
shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway on Saturday, March 16, at
1, 4 and 7 p.m. The showings at
1 and 4 will feature language
captions.
At the dawn of the 20th cen-
tury, rival magicians Robert
Angier (Jackman) and Alfred
Borden (Bale) endeavor to reveal each other’s secrets. Obsessed by the escalating competition, the two illusionists
begin to perform increasingly
risky tricks, which soon turn
deadly. Michael Caine, Scar-
lett Johansson and David Bowie also star in this psychological thriller.
This film is two hours and
10 minutes long and is rated
PG-13. This free program is
The 2012 drama “The Master,” starring Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, will be shown in Peacock Hall
at Gateway on Thursday, March 14, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.; and on
Friday, March 15, at 10 a.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m.
The showings at 1 and 7 on Thursday and the showings at 10
and 1 on Friday will feature captions.
Freddie (Phoenix) a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who
suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster
Dodd (Hoffman), the charismatic leader of a new religion he
forms after World War II.
narrative film in 1905.
This film is two hours and 24 minutes long and is rated
As the story unfolds, the young photographer
R
for
sexual content. This free program is sponsored by the
finds that his passion for moving pictures has
Recreation
Department and is open to all residents and their
put his loyalty to employer, duty to family and
guests.
love for a girl all at risk.
This visually-rich film was directed by
Ann Hu, who also produced it and co-wrote
the screenplay, which won at the 2000 Golden
Horse Awards in Taiwan.
The film runs 115 minutes, and is in English
and Mandarin Chinese (with English subtitles).
All Rossmoor residents and guests are welcome.
For information, contact Gloria Kern at 808542-4602.
‘Shadow Magic’ sponsored by CAAR
The Chinese-American Association of
Rossmoor (CAAR) will show a historically inspired film, “Shadow Magic,” on Wednesday,
March 20, at 7 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
Set in 1902 imperial Peking, during the last
years of the Qing Dynasty, this 2000 film tells
the story of how the technology of moving pictures was introduced to China. This was a period soon after the Boxer Rebellion, when Chinese resentment and fear of Western influence
and inventions were felt deeply and widely.
The main character in the film, a young photographer named Liu, is based on a real photographer, Liu Zhong Lun. He partnered with
Western film pioneers to create the first Chinese
Italian clubs present ‘Habemus Papem’
The Italian-American Club
and the Italian Conversation
Group continue their Cinema
in Italiano series with the film
“Habemus Papam” (We Have a
Pope). The film will be shown
on Monday, March 18, at 7 p.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway. It
is in Italian with English subtitles.
In this film, Nanni Moretti joins forces with the great
French actor Michel Piccoli to
tell the story of Melville, a cardinal who suddenly finds himself elected as the next Pope.
Never the front runner and
completely caught off guard, he
panics as he’s presented to the
faithful in St. Peter’s Square.
To prevent a worldwide crisis, the Vatican’s spokesman
calls in an unlikely psychia-
film Thursday, Friday
trist who is neither religious
nor all that committed, played
by Moretti, to find out what is
wrong with the new Pope.
As the world nervously
waits outside, inside the therapist tries to find a solution.
Cardinal Melville is adamant;
he does not want the job, or
at least needs time to think it
over. What follows is a marvelous insight into the concept of
a human being existing behind
the title of God’s representative
on earth.
The film is unrated and lasts
for 104 minutes. It is free to
Rossmoor residents and guests.
For information, call Mary
Bell, 9446567.
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Movies Movies Movies International Film Showcase will
show French film Friday in Orinda
‘I Could Never Be Your
Woman’ is Sunday comedy
The 2007 comedy “I Could
Never Be Your Woman,” starring Michelle Pfeiffer and
Paul Rudd, will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Sunday, March 17, at 4 and 7
p.m.
The showing at 4 p.m. will
feature language captions.
(The release date for “This Is
40,” originally scheduled for
this date has been delayed.)
Rosie, a divorced woman
in her 40s (Pfeiffer) meets a
younger man she falls in love
with (Rudd). The story is also
about youth-obsessed Holly-
wood, celebrity culture and
the inevitability of aging. Rosie is the mother of a teenage
daughter who is struggling to
raise her daughter apart from
the narcissistic values of Hollywood, while being in a position of perpetuating those
same values (Pfeiffer plays the
creator and producer of a teen
TV show).
This film is one hour and
37 minutes long and is rated
PG-13. This free program is
Dutch drama ‘Antonia’s Line’
shows Monday and Tuesday
The 1995 Dutch drama “Antonia’s Line” will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on Monday, March 18, and Tuesday,
March 19, at 4 p.m. Both showings will feature English language captions.
Winner of the 1995 Academy Award for best foreign language film, this heartwarming drama is the remarkable story of
a strong-willed woman who builds a new life with her teenage
daughter in a quiet Dutch village after World War II. As she
challenges the local customs, she begins to win her neighbors’
affections.
This film is one hour and 42 minutes long and is rated R for
sexual content. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents and their guests.
Documentary ‘5 Broken Cameras’
shown by Voices for Justice
Voices for Justice in Palestine invites Rossmoor residents and
their guests to a showing of the Oscar-nominated film for Best
Documentary, “5 Broken Cameras,” on Tuesday, March 26, at 4
p.m. at Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The film tells the story of the residents of Bil’in, a small village
in the West Bank, and their fight to stop the expansion of the Israel
separation wall on their land and the continued spread of Jewish
settlements.
There are five cameras – each with a story of its own. When his
fourth son is born, a self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village
of Bil’in, a separation wall is being built and the residents begin to
resist this decision.
For the next year, Burnat films this struggle. Events begin to
affect his family and his own life. Daily arrests, violent attacks,
bulldozers knocking down olive trees, night raids in his village all
scare his family. His brothers, friends and even he are either shot or
arrested. One camera after another used to document these events
is shot or smashed. Each camera unfolds a part of his story.
In 2009, Burnat approached Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker,
and together from these five broken cameras and the stories they
represent the two filmmakers created the film. With growing interest in Bil’in, Emads’s footage gained international recognition and
was used by international news agencies. The film won the World
Cinema Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.
The film runs 90 minutes. It is in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.
The mission of Voices for Justice is to inform the community
about the current conditions in Palestine and to promote peace in
Israel and Palestine.
New members are welcome. For information, Marvin Cohen at
944-1757 or Wint Mather at 891-4107.
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The International Film
Showcase presents the French
film, “Three Worlds.” It will
be shown at the Orinda Theater for one week, starting
March 15.
Show times are at 1, 3:45
and 6:30 p.m. On Friday and
Saturday, there will also be a
9:10 p.m. show.
Senior tickets are $7 and
there is validated parking. For
information, call the theater at
254-9060.
A psychological film noir,
“Three Worlds” melds moral
issues with a work of suspense.
A young man, Al, is on the
brink of personal and career
success. He is about to marry a woman who loves him,
his boss’ daughter. Moreover
his prospective father-in-law
is turning over the leadership
of the luxury car dealership to
him. However, he has a hit and
run accident that he believes
no one saw, but someone did.
There is an emotional and
complex series of twists and
turns that, at the same time,
raises contemporary, contradictory and complex questions
of responsibility.
The theater is located at 4
Orinda Square.
Camera Club hosts well-known photographer
Gary Crabbe speaks next Wednesday at Hillside
The Rossmoor Camera Club will hold a special meeting with guest speaker, well-known
photographer Gary Crabbe, on Wednesday,
March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside. This is a return visit for Crabbe after a
well-received talk two years ago.
After graduation from Humboldt State University, he spent nine years working with noted
photographer, Galen Rowell. Through this association, Crabbe became sought after by the
best agencies, magazines and publishers. He
began his passion in the art form that is photography after the birth of his first child when he
opted to become a stay-at-home dad.
Since then, his credits include National Geographic, the New York Times, Sunset Magazine
and the North Face, among many other publications. He has seven published books to his cred-
it covering major areas and topics primarily in
Northern California. His latest book is “Photographing California: Vol.1-North (2012).”
His talk will be illustrated by projections of
his work. Open discussion will follow. Questions are encouraged regarding methods and
equipment.
All Rossmoor residents are invited to attend
any of the Camera Club meetings. Residents
who have an interest in learning about their
camera or want to adopt a new hobby will find
that the club is open and welcoming. New photographers with entry-level skills are especially
encouraged to join.
Competition meetings take place in the Vista
Room at Hillside at 7 p.m. on the first and fourth
Wednesdays of each month. For information,
call either Stan or Carol Scott at 934 9998.
Rossmoor Library features well-known
author and resident Muriel James
Among Rossmoor’s many
published writers, retired
transactional analyst Muriel James has perhaps greater recognition, worldwide,
than most. Her co-authored
best-selling book “Born to
Win” (1971, 1996) has been
translated into 26 languages,
and her name is well-known to
individuals, couples, families,
professionals, and non-profit
organizations alike.
Some of James’s acclaimed
published work will be on display in the Rossmoor library
through March 22.
Speaking recently about
first getting published, James
related how in the late 1960s,
while lecturing in San Francisco to a group of Army officers,
she was approached by a representative of book publisher
Addison-Wesley, who asked
for a copy of her lecture notes.
According to James, when
the publisher subsequently dismissed her work with the question, “Why doesn’t she write
something about mothers and
kids?” the persistent representative took James’s notes and
ideas overseas where “a few
thousand copies” were published containing the thesis of
“Born to Win,” a seminal work
in transactional analysis.
With a doctorate from UC
Berkeley, James held a psychotherapy practice in Lafayette
for many years prior to moving
to Rossmoor about six years
ago.
She has co-authored and authored numerous articles and
19 books on subjects as diverse
as psycho-therapy, training,
counseling, spirituality and
religion, management, family
life and history, and is currently working on four more titles.
Now “retired” and in the
middle of her ninth decade,
James still receives visitors
from around the world and is a
member of the Published Writers of Rossmoor (PWR) club.
For information about
James, visit the Rossmoor Library and view the Featured
Author display.
For information about PWR,
contact Helen Munch, membership, at [email protected] or 934-6319.
Friday Lunch
I N
R O S S M O O R
Menu for March 22
Call 988-7703 for a reservation
Friday Lunch is served at a suggested
donation of $2. Deli bags are provided for
an additional suggested donation of $2. You
must attend Friday Lunch to get your deli
bag. Deli bags must be ordered in advance.
Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. at Hillside.
Reserve a space for Friday Lunch in person
right after lunch for the following week, 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:
Hot dog with cheese; minestrone soup; mixed vegetables; seasoned potato wedges; and orange gelatin.
Options:
Hamburger plate or chef’s salad.
Please specify the entree of your choice; otherwise, you will
receive the menu item for that day.
Deli bag:
The deli bag for March 22 features a chicken salad sandwich on
whole wheat, spinach salad with poppyseed dressing, diced fruit
and orange juice.
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Modern Classical CDs
Leonard Bernstein:
Choosing to Conduct
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: “The Art of Conducting,”
one of seven Omnibus programs presented on live television between 1954 and 1958. Archive of American Television, 4 DVDs.
By Robert Moon
eonard Bernstein’s father,
Sam, had fled
Russia with millions
of other Jews and
settled in New York
City, later moving to
Boston. Love of learning,
self study and teaching were
primary values that pervaded
the Yiddish environment of
his youth.
When Bernstein first discovered the piano at age 10,
playing it became a myopic
focus of his early years, despite his father’s resistance to
a musical career for his son.
At 13, he performed the first
movement of the Grieg Piano
Concerto at his temple. However, he was 16 before he went
to his first symphony concert.
His musical influences were
as Catholic as America in the
1930s – Klezmer and Cantorial music, the Broadway of
Kern and Gershwin, jazz and
popular songs.
At Harvard, Bernstein
was bored by academic theory classes and was known
for his piano playing in different venues – accompaniment to silent films and
waltzes at dance parties. He
loved to play Copland’s difficult Piano Variations as a
demonstration of his pianistic brilliance. “I could empty
a room, guaranteed, in two
minutes,” he boasted.
In 1937, he met the mercurial conductor Dmitri Mitropoulos, whose mutual attraction opened the door to
the possibility of conducting
as a career. He befriended
Aaron Copland, who gave
him feedback on his compositions and introduced him to
America’s leading composers and musicians. George
Gershwin provided him with
a model of composer as performer, and Bernstein was
devastated by his sudden
death in 1937.
After a year studying
with a strict Fritz Reiner at
the Curtis Institute, he met
Serge Koussevitzky, the temperamental conductor of the
Boston Symphony. As with
Copland, and Mitropoulos, there ensued a frisson
between Koussevitzky and
Bernstein that merged the
professional with the erotic.
Bernstein was young, beautiful and a brilliant student.
When Koussevitzky accepted him as one of five stu-
L
dents in his master
class at the newly
established Music
Center at Tanglewood, the die was
cast, and Bernstein
knew he was going
to be a conductor.
Koussevitzky convinced
Artur Rodzinsky to name
Bernstein assistant conductor
of the New York Philharmonic, and that led to his famous
big break, the last minute replacement of an ailing Bruno
Walter on Nov. 14, 1943, as
conductor of a subscription
program.
“Here were players in their
50s and 60s with long experience. And this little snotnose comes in and creates a
more exciting performance.
The orchestra stood up and
cheered,” violinist Jacques
Margolies
remembered.
The concert was nationally
broadcast, and the rest of the
world discovered Bernstein,
the conductor.
At age 25, he became a
prominent man-about-town
figure in New York City. Tallulah Bankhead famously
commented after watching
him conduct a rehearsal at
Tanglewood, “Darling, I have
gone mad over your back
muscles. You must come and
have dinner with me.”
He conducted, without
pay and much critical acclaim, the New York City
Symphony for three years,
and became the first American to conduct at La Scala
(with Marie Callas, no less).
He guest conducted the Boston Symphony and the New
York Philharmonic. In 1951,
he gave the American premiere of iconic composer
Charles Ives’ Second Symphony. Ives, then 71, refused
to attend, but listening to the
performance on the radio at
a friend’s house, “danced a
little jig.”
Finally, in 1958, he replaced Dmitri Mitropoulos
as conductor of the New York
Philharmonic. The orchestra had stagnated, audiences
declined, and the advent of
stereo and the new medium
of television gave the maestro an opportunity to launch
one of the greatest periods
in America’s classical music
history.
To be continued
Robert Moon can be
emailed at [email protected].
Residents are reminded to consider the
benefits of carpooling to popular clubhouse
events and for excursion parking.
Stamp Club
members enjoy
philatelic
library
Visiting the Western Philatelic Library in Sunnyvale on
Feb. 23 were members of
the Rossmoor Stamp Club,
above from left, President
Rich Kirby, Laura Beck, library host Roger Skinner,
Pauline Hartman, Richard
Vohs, Rene Michaud and Dan
Chiappone. The library is
the largest philatelic library
in Northern California and
is beginning its move to a
new, much-needed larger
space to house its collection
of worldwide stamp journals
and ephemera. This photo
on the right shows why the
move is necessary.
De Young docent will speak about
Holland’s golden age with Antiques Club
The Antiques Club will
meet Wednesday, March 27, at
1:30 p.m. in the Delta Room at
De Young Museum docent
Kay Payne will present “Visiting Vermeer: A Journey to the
17th Century.”
She will talk about Holland’s golden age.
The audience will hear
about everyday life and share
time with Johannes Vermeer,
Pieter De Hooch, Jan Steen
and many other artists whose
glorious works reflected their
17th century world.
Payne started docent training in 1979 and has been a docent and lecturer since 1981 for
the Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco.
She is coordinator of the
Community Speakers Program
for the Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco for which she
received the prestigious 2012
McNeil Volunteer Recognition
Award in 2013. She schedules
all docent community lectures
in the Bay Area.
She graduated from UC
Berkeley in education with a
special interest in art history.
Guests are welcome.
For get well and sympathy
cards to be sent to club members, call Barbara Martini at
935-5925.
Join Stitchers on Thursday morning
The Rossmoor Stitchers
meet every Thursday from
9 a.m. to noon in the Sewing
Studio at Gateway. A brown
bag lunch follows work.
The Stitchers create items
for needy children. Some of
the group works at sewing
machines making pants and
nightshirts for The Closet
at Hillcrest Congregational
Church. Others work at the
stuffing table making dolls for
kids in Children’s Hospital.
Still others make baby afghans
to sell at the Fall Bazaar to
raise money for supplies.
Anyone interested in being
a part of the Stitchers is invited
to drop-in any Thursday morn-
ing to check out the activities.
Baby quilts and sweaters are
also available for sale at that
time.
Donations of fabric and
yarn are always welcomed and
can be dropped off Thursday
mornings.
For information, call President June Gailey at 256-6862.
Genealogical Club topic is legacy planning
The new Rossmoor Genealogy Club will meet on Friday, March 15, at 1:15 p.m. in
Meeting Room 3 at Creekside
Clubhouse.
The speaker will be Patricia
Burrow, whose topic will be
“Gen-Legacy Planning: What
Will Happen to Your Research
After You’re Gone?” She willhave many suggestions for preserving family history work.
Note that this speaker is different from the one announced
in last week’s News.
Before the meeting, members may join Cooke for lunch
at 11:30 a.m. in meeting rooms
1 and 2 at Creekside. Reservations are due by Wednesday
evening, March 13.
Contact Laura Sanchez at
[email protected] or at
946-1620.
Guests and visitors are welcome for the lunch and the
meeting.
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Boomers Forever will Members of Wine and Food Society
enjoy the music of
to visit Sebastiani vineyards, winery
CruiseTones Saturday
“Dancing in the Streets,” a song popularized in the 1960s by
Martha and The Vandellas, was chosen by the Boomers Forever
Club as its official theme song.
The first dance and potluck on the Boomers’ calendar will
have the song as its theme. The dance is Saturday, March 16, in
the Fireside Room at Gateway. Attendees will rock out to music
of the ‘60s, ‘70s and beyond with the new band, The Fabulous
CruiseTones.
Chosen “Best of the Bay – Band” by Diablo magazine, members have played and sang with, among others, the Drifters,
Genesis, Muddy Waters, Huey Lewis, The Doobie Brothers,
Grace Slick and Booker T.
Boomer-age residents and their guests are welcome to attend.
The potluck event starts at 7 p.m. Attendees should bring a potluck dish, such as finger food, appetizers, sandwiches, salads
or dessert. Dishes can be reheated in the kitchen. There will be
outlets for crockpots.
The cost for the bash is $12 for members, $16 for guests and
$25 for anyone without a potluck item. Admission is paid at the
door.
Attendees should also bring a beverage and a glass. The club
will provide soft drinks and paper goods.
The next big Boomer event on Saturday, April 13, is a karaoke dance bash. Featuring DJ and fellow boomer Eddie Davins,
the dance will give people a chance to sing and dance to hits of
the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. More information will follow and will
be posted on the club chat board.
The Boomers Forever Club hosts weekly schmoozes, which
are informal get-togethers in the Redwood Room at Gateway
on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for boomer-age residents
and their guests. Bring a snack or beverage to share and a glass.
Newcomers are given a special name tag to ensure a warm
welcome. Membership is not required to attend a schmooze,
though most people join after attending once or twice. Membership is $10 per person and runs from January through December, regardless of the date a person joins.
Membership benefits include: discount admission to most
events, special member-only activities and email notification
of club activities. The club has also created several sub-groups
– the Book Salon, Sunday Movie Congregation, Monday Night
Football and, coming in the spring, a Boomers Bocce League –
all of which are open to members.
Renewing members only need to submit payment; no form is
required. Reservation checks may be mailed to Boomers Forever,
1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, dropped off in
the club mailbox at Gateway or handed in at any schmooze. New
member forms are available at all schmoozes and club events and
are on the chat board and in the club mailbox.
The club also has a chat board with access open to any boomer. Chat board membership is not automatic; to subscribe, send
an email to: [email protected] and follow the instructions.
The chat board is a place where boomers can contact others,
plan get-togethers, announce local events of interest and utilize
the growing database of referrals for services such as pet sitters,
repair people and professional services, among other things.
Recent posts have included: a request for bathroom remodel,
movie invitation and announcement of a water dance class at
Del Valle.
For general information about the club, or to contact one of
the board members, send an email to boomersforever1@gmail.
com.
Ladies Who Lunch will
dine at Los Panchos
The Ladies Who Lunch group of the 30s/40s/50s Couples
Club will gather for lunch at Los Panchos Restaurant in Danville on Wednesday, March 27. This family restaurant features
authentic Mexican dishes plus traditional favorites, served in
cantina-like surroundings.
The group will meet in the far corner of Gateway parking lot
at 11:30 a.m. to form carpools to the restaurant, located at 480
San Ramon Valley Blvd. The restaurant is in a small mall at the
south end of Front Street.
To attend the luncheon, call Sandy Cavallo at 930-6555 no
later than Monday, March 25. For last minute cancellations, call
Joann Tracy at 954-7801.
The 30s/40s/50s Couples Club is for married 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 Membership Chairwoman Janey King at 932-0727.
Members of the Rossmoor Wine and Food
Society will visit the historic Sebastiani Winery in Sonoma County on Thursday, April 18.
With captivating Tuscan architecture, this
extraordinary vineyard enjoys over a century
of wine making experience. The focus is on
crafting small lots of super-premium wines.
In 2000, the winery divested itself of the
bulk wine production in order to focus on
small production wines sourced from the appellations of Sonoma County. The company
has transitioned into one of Sonoma County’s
premier quality wine producers.
Upon arrival at Sebastiani, participants
will be greeted with a glass of “special mystery” white wine to be selected by the host
from wines newly released prior to the visit.
While enjoying this wine, visitors will have
the option to sit and learn about the history of the winery or to take a walking tour
through the winery while hearing about the
history.
Lunch at the vineyard will be a “steamer
basket” beautifully prepared and presented by
Kinyon Catering. It features a breast of chicken roulade stuffed with house made pesto, an
Israeli couscous salad tossed with Meyer lemon vinaigrette and grilled seasonal vegetables
dusted with fresh herbs. The finishing touch
will be house-made chocolate chip cookies.
The wine selections paired with lunch will
include the 2010 Sonoma County chardonnay,
which displays a nose of a luscious blend of
lemon curd, apple, vanilla and caramel and a
moderately creamy palate with hints of butterscotch. The 2010 pinot noir, Sonoma Coast,
delivers a more “Oriental spice” in the nose
and highlights of cherries, strawberries, mocha and sandalwood. A 2008 merlot, Sonoma
Coast, is a balanced and delicious wine with
an aroma of black cherries, black tea, vanilla,
mocha and plums. The host will describe each
of these luscious wines as they are poured and
provide tasting notes.
The bus will depart from Gateway at 9:30
a.m. to arrive at the winery in time for the
tour and tasting at 11 a.m. The group will depart for Rossmoor at 2 p.m.
Only 47 persons can be accomodated, so
early reservations are advised. All reservations must be received no later than Thursday,
April 4. No refunds can be given after that
date since all monies must be paid to the winery and caterer at that time.
The complete cost for this experience is
$95 for members and $105 for guests. Membership forms and invitations are in the club
mailbox at Gateway. Send the check and reservation form to Rossmoor Wine and Food
Society, Attn: Reservations, 1001 Golden
Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595 or place
it in the club mailbox.
For questions about reservations, call Sue
De Carlo at 210-1039. For information about
the club, call Louise Ng at 934-1879. Visit the
website at rossmoorwineandfood.com.
Rossmoor French Club meets Friday
Le Cercle Francophone –
the club for people who love
French culture and enjoy
speaking French – meets on
Friday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in
Multipurpose Room 1 at Gateway.
The format is casual and
friendly. Although there is no
fixed agenda, members often
discuss topics related to France
– politics, literature, music,
culture, food, regions, movies
and tourism. The meeting is
always conducted entirely in
French.
A light snack is often
shared, along with wine. The
goal is to enjoy the companionship of like-minded people
who have happy memories of
France.
Some members were born
in France. Others have learned
French in school or elsewhere.
Membership requires good
comprehension and speaking
skills.
For information, call Elaine
Andersson at 300-6329.
San Ramon Museum needs volunteers
The Museum of San Ramon in the Southern
Pacific Railroad Depot in Danville on Railroad
Avenue runs a program every fall for fourth
grade students of all the San Ramon Valley
schools, from late September to early November. The program presents the life and times of
the local American Indian people of a thousand
years ago to the present time during two weekday morning classes.
The museum needs people for those classes
and other museum duties.
A new volunteer is completely trained through
reading and active participation in steps from
observing to assisting an experienced assistant to
being an assistant. The final step to being a presenter (teacher) comes only when the volunteer is
completely comfortable in handling the position.
Residents interested in learning about the history of the local Indian people and in sharing
their knowledge with young people and their
teachers should contact Graig Miller, a Rossmoor
resident, at 287-8984 to set up an interview. The
museum also has many positions and places for
talents besides the Indian Life Program.
St. Anne’s to hold bake sale this month
St. Anne’s Church will
hold a bake sale on Palm Sunday weekend, March 23 and
24, at the Parish Center at the
church. The church is located
right outside the Rossmoor
gate.
The bake sale will start
on Saturday, March 23, at 4
p.m., before and after the 5
p.m. Mass, and before and
after the Sunday Masses at 9
and 11:15 a.m.
Margaret Orme and Lori
Cuttle will co-chair the
event. For information, call
the church at 932-2324.
Baked goods may be deliv-
ered to the Parish Center after 2 p.m. on Saturday, March
23 and also before and after
the 5 p.m. mass, and after the
9 and 11 a.m. masses on Sunday.
On Sunday, someone will
be available to receive baked
items after 8 a.m.
Health DVDs available for checkout from Channel 28
Due to popular demand,
Channel 28 has made available DVDs of some of the
health programs it’s filmed
during the past year. The 20
DVDs are available for checkout at the Rossmoor Library at
Gateway.
The programs were filmed
by Channel 28 videographers
at meetings of such Rossmoor
organizations as the Wellness
Group and Medical Friends
of Rossmoor. The tapes were
also edited by the videographers.
The subjects range from
minor ailments to how to deal
with Alzheimer’s. Other topics include arthritis, neurop-
athy, heart conditions, cancer
and supplemental medications.
The programs run from one
hour to two and have all appeared on Channel 28.
The programs only go back
about a year, so the information is current. Each DVD
contains one program.
Library Corner
T i t l e s R E C E N T LY A D D E D
FICTION
The Aviator’s Wife, by Melanie Benjamin
The Burn Palace, by Stephen Dobyns
Deadly Stakes, by J.A. Jance
The Drowning House, by Elizabeth Black
11th Hour, by James Patterson
The Good House, by Ann Leary
Guilt, by Jonathan Kellerman
Habits of the House, by Fay Weldon
Hit Me, by Lawrence Block
Lost Empire, by Clive Cussler
Love is a Canoe, by Ben Schrank
Mad River, by John Sandford
The Painted Girls, by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Political Suicide, by Michael Palmer
Proof of Guilt, by Charles Todd
The Sound of Broken Glass, by Deborah Crombie
Touch and Go, by Lisa Gardner
Until the End of Time, by Danielle Steel
A Week in Winter, by Maeve Binchy
The Wrecker, by Clive Cussler
NONFICTION
The Inventor and the Tycoon, by Edward Ball
Master of War, by Suzanne Simons
ROSSMOOR AUTHOR
Embracing the Other, by Pearl M. Oliner, ed.
Saving the Forsaken, by Pearl M. Oliner
A Son of Notre Dame, by James J. Gillis
Trio, by Ted Courtright
The Rossmoor Library is located at Gateway. The hours
are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.;
Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. Call 988-7704.
Mutual Maintenance
F R O M T H E M U T U A L O P E R A T I O N S D I V ISI O N
For service, call 988-7650
Order Desk email: [email protected]
Schedule through March 20
landscape ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
Mutuals 1-4: Once a month routine maintenance, fertilize
all shrubs and ground cover areas.
landscape ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
INDEPENDENT MUTUALS:
Monday: Mutuals 28, 29, 30, 48 and 61
Tuesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 22, 30, 65 and 68
Wednesday: Mutuals 5, 8. 29, 48, 59 and 68
Thursday: Mutuals 5, 28, 30 and 65
Friday: Mutuals 8, 29, 48, 56 and 59
TREE MAINTENANCE: Building clearance by Waraner Bros.
March: Mutuals 8, 22, 28, 29 and 30.
PEST CONTROL: Call 988-7640 for service order.
LAWN MAINTENANCE: Mow two to three times, aerate
and fertilize with 16-6-8.
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
FWCM = First Mutual SWCM= Second Mutual
TWCM = Third Mutual 4WCM = Fourth Mutual
Residents who would like to contact the GRF Board can do
so in the following ways:
• Mail: GRF Board, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
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Everyone is welcome to try yoga
Classes are Monday through Friday for all levels
The Rossmoor Fitness Center offers a variety of yoga
and directed movement classes, from Monday through Saturday. Classes are for all levels and accommodate those
with physical limitations.
Participants are advised
to wear loose clothing and
come with a relatively empty
stomach. Props, used when
needed, may include chairs,
blocks and straps. The following is a list of all the classes
with times, location and style.
Contact the instructor for information.
MONDAY
Flexible Yoga
Time and place: 5 to 6 p.m.
in 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 stretches
using props will be practiced when needed.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker
has been a yoga instructor
for 32 years. For information, call 934-7857.
Fees: $6 per class. Drop-ins
welcome at $7 per class.
TUESDAY
Gentle Yoga
Time and place: 11 a.m. to
noon in the Shasta Room at
Style: Hatha yoga (based on
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.
Stretch Yoga
Time and place: 5 to 6 p.m.
at the Fitness Center at Del
Valle
Style: Iyenagar approach,
with emphasis on correct
alignment in postures,
while developing strength,
balance, ease of movement
and endurance.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker, yoga instructor for 35
years. For information, call
934-7857.
Fees: $7 for drop-ins or $6 for
weekly commitment.
WEDNESDAY
Gentle Yoga
noon, Aerobics Room at
Del Valle.
Style: Seated and standing
yoga. Options for the floor
for those who wish.
Instructor: Bonnie Maeda,
who has been a certified
yoga practitioner for seven
years. She is a registered
nurse and works with students during the healing
process. Call 510-5489566.
Fees: $10 per class or $8 each
for four classes.
THURSDAY
Healing Chair Yoga
Time and place: 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle
Style: Yoga poses, breathing
exercises and meditation
methods. The class will
also practice qigong to en-
hance vitality, calmness
and focus the mind.
Instructor: Lee Ballen, certified integral yoga instructor. Call 831-588-3199.
Fees: $10 per class
Strength Yoga
Time and place: 5:45 to 6:45
p.m. (5:30 to 6:30 beginning
Dec. 6) in the Shasta Room
at Del Valle Clubhouse
Style: Stretch to relax and
build up strength. All are
welcomed.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker,
who has been a yoga instructor for 32 years. For
information, call 934-7857.
Gentle Yoga
Time and Place: 7 to 8 p.m.
at Del Valle.
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; $30 per
month for four classes.
Drop-ins welcome.
FRIDAY
Flexible Yoga
Time and place: 10 to 11 a.m.
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.
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HEALTH & FITNESS
Healing Circles discussed
Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group
at Wellness Group meeting will meet March 22 in Las Trampas
The Rossmoor Wellness Group has invited Leonard Saputo,
MD, to speak at its Monday, March 25 meeting, which will be
held at 7 p.m. at Del Valle Clubhouse.
The emphasis will be on Healing Circles as health medicine, as the health care model that America needs now. Health
medicine is based on four principles: integrative, holistic, person-centered and preventive strategies.
Healing Circles are for individuals whose health is not getting better. The primary physician brings the patient together
with four to six health care practitioners for two hours to “listen
and care,” considering new treatment for underlying causes for
disease.
Saputo will bring some of his colleagues and have a panel
discussion on selected health problems, suggested by the audience.
There is no charge for Healing Circles, which are available
for Rossmoor residents.
The names of the panelists include Meg Jordan, PhD, RN,
chair of integrative medicine at the California Institute of Integral Studies; Paula Szloboda, RN, CNC, MBA, chair of holistic health at JFK University; Geoff Marx, CNC, health coach,
president of the Health Medicine Forum; Mike Buchele, MD,
previous chief of staff of John Muir Hospital, Concord Campus;
and Sarah Carlson, CNC, health coach.
This meeting is open to all Rossmoor residents and guests.
There is no charge and donations to the Rossmoor Wellness
Group are accepted.
Contact Jim Woollett for information at 287-0468.
Parkinson’s support group
meets Saturday morning
The Parkinson’s Network of Mt. Diablo support group
will meet on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon at
nearby Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd.
Refreshments and an informational time will be held at
the beginning of the meeting. During the second hour, participants will break into groups for those with Parkinson’s,
caregivers and those interested in deep brain stimulation.
All are welcome, and there is no charge.
For information, call Ronalee Spear at 284-2189 or Ronnie Wanetick at 933-6357.
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The Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group meets
Friday, March 22, from 10 to
11:30 a.m. in the Las Trampas Room at Hillside.
More than 20 million persons in America live with
the growing discomfort of
peripheral neuropathy. Some
don’t know they have it; others
think there is no way to fight
it. Usually it shows up first in
the feet and legs and then later
in the hands and arms.
The symptoms include
any one or more of the following: Tingling, numbness,
sharp stabbing pain, burning
and difficulty with balance.
There are many known
causes. About 30 percent of
cases are related to diabetes. Other known causes are:
Pre-diabetes, chemotherapy,
radiation, heredity, shingles
and certain chemicals or
medications, such as statins.
A large group of unknown
origin is referred to as idiopathic.
There are numerous approaches to help relieve
symptoms, but what helps
one person may not help
another. The variations in
causes and body responses
make finding solutions an
on-going challenge.
At the March 22 meeting,
educational information will
be presented, followed by
discussion where attendees
will have the opportunity to
share their experiences and
ask questions of each other.
The sharing of information can be one of the best
ways to empower and help
each other.
The support group meets
the fourth Friday of the
month from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
in the Las Trampas Room.
All are welcome.
For information, call Carolyn Cash at 254-8195 or
Bill Sheldon at 954-7895.
Stretching and Core Conditioning class
is under way at Del Valle Fitness Center
The Fitness Center Stretching and Core Conditioning
class is under way on Wednesdays in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle Clubhouse. The series will run from noon to 1
p.m. until April 24.
The class consists of opening of the joints, basic stretching, correct breathing and
core conditioning. Make daily
activities easier while improv-
ing flexibility, balance and
strength at a comfortable pace
while listening to nice music.
This is an excellent class for
active seniors. Props (floor
mats, elastic resistance bands,
towels) are used at every class.
To register, fill out the Fitness Center program forms
available at the Fitness Center
front desk or call 988-7850.
The cost is $10 per class.
Fees are to be paid directly to
series instructor Robert Hancock.
A nationally certified personal trainer, Hancock believes his class is a good match
for those getting re-introduced
to exercise and those who
wish to have a more individualized approach in a group
setting. For information, call
him at 510-375-9248.
Medical Friends will meet Tuesday
to hear John Muir medical director
Program is ‘Medical Home Case Management’
The Medical Friends of
Rossmoor will meet Tuesday,
March 19, at 1 p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway.
The speaker is Dr. Michael
Kern, senior vice president
and medical director of the
John Muir Physician Network.
His topic will be “Medical
Home Case Management.”
This is a patient centered,
coordinated approach to
health care. People work with
a team that includes their primary care doctor, medical assistant, case manager, heath
care coordinator and office
staff.
The team works with indi-
viduals to help them maintain
their health and keep them
out of the hospital. It works
to assess, plan, facilitate and
advocate for the care and
services people need to stay
healthy.
It can be particularly beneficial to anyone with multiple
medical problems involving
multiple organ systems and a
number of medical specialists.
As seniors advance to the
later decades of their lives,
such medical care coordination can be extremely beneficial.
Kern obtained his medical
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degree from the University of
Nebraska and completed his
family practice residency at
the University of Wisconsin.
He is board certified in family
practice.
He has developed programs
at John Muir that address issues such as chronic care,
healthy choices for kids, orthopedic quality, quality ambulatory care and in-patient
quality standards. Kern has
lectured at national meetings
as well as at seminars at UC
Berkeley and UCSF.
All Rossmoor residents are
invited to attend the meeting.
Medical Friends is a club
of 200 people that sponsors
talks by medical experts in
their field on subjects of interest to seniors. The lectures are
recorded and often rebroadcast on Channel 28 and are
available on DVDs from the
Rossmoor library.
Membership is $5 per year
and open to all. Application
forms are available at the club
mailbox at Gateway and at
meetings. Dues checks, along
with name, address, email address and phone number, can
be mailed to the club treasurer, Nancy Moschel at 1204
Whitehall Court. Dues are
now payable.
Hard-of-hearing, tinnitus
support group will meet
A support group for those who are hard of hearing or who
have tinnitus is offered on the third Thursday of the month in
April, May, June, July, September and October. The group meets
from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
For information, call Dr. Mimi Salamat at 937-4455.
RN Club will learn
about Rossmoor Fund
The RN Club will hear about the Rossmoor Fund at its meeting Thursday, March 14, at 3 p.m. in Meeting Room 5 at Creekside. The speaker is Barbara Jordan, a club board member.
Jordon will talk about what the Rossmoor Fund does and how
it helps residents. She will answer questions.
Jordon also serves as a Golden Rain Foundation director and
can give some insight as to how it functions.
For information, call Sheila Bolin at 939-3778 or Liz Taylor
at 933-2723.
Luk Tung Kuen classes offered
The Luk Tung Kuen (LTK)
exercise class is offered Monday through Friday at Hillside
Clubhouse. Now in its 17th
year, LTK meets from 7:15 to
8 a.m.
The exercise, taught by Bill
Lee, consists of 36 posture
movements. The routine consists of stretches and is a gentle
workout that increases range
of motion and circulation. It
is beneficial for all ages, yet is
gentle enough for seniors.
There is no fee to participate
in the class, but Lee requests
that residents give a donation
that will go to charity. So far,
with the donations collected,
LTK will give $200 to the
Rossmoor Fund, $100 to the
Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation, $100 to Love a Child
Mission and $100 to Blue Star
Moms.
When Lee started the class
16 years ago, there were only a
handful of participants. Today,
there are over 60 members on
the roster.
Hanna Somatic Movement
For information, call Edith
noon in the Shasta Room at Chiang at 932-9164.
Del Valle
Style: Based on the discoveries
of the late Thomas Hanna,
participants learn how to release stiffness and tightness
anywhere in the body, and
concurrently, anywhere in the
functioning of one’s mental
processes.
Instructor: Yahdi Beckwitt is a
certified Hanna somatic educator. She is a wellness educator and a life coach. For information, call 530-277-9135.
Fees: $10 per class or $55 for a
series of seven classes.
Gentle Yoga
Time and place: Noon to 1 p.m.
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; $39 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.
Yoga offered
for all levels
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Gluten-Free Discussion Group will
meet tomorrow in Multipurpose Room 1
The Gluten-Free Discussion Group meets to discuss
matters of health and how to
live a gluten-free life; gluten-free products, vendors and
restaurants; and other topics
of interest for people who are
diagnosed celiac or simply
wish to follow a healthy gluten-free diet.
The next Gluten-Free
Discussion Group meeting
will be Thursday, March
14, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.,
in Multipurpose Room 1 at
Gateway.
The topic of discussion
will be a discussion of information provided at the recent
Wellness and Gluten-Free
Expo held in Burlingame in
February. The new Getting
Started (Gluten Free) pamphlet obtained from the National Foundation for Celiac
Awareness will also be discussed and copies will be
available for new and exist-
ing group members.
A new copy of the “Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping
Guide,” published by Matison
and Matison, will be given
away free, compliments of the
publisher. See the publisher’s
website for details.
For information or to share
ideas about guest speakers
for future meetings, contact
Walter Moeller at [email protected] or phone
930-8875.
Massage and Bodywork Club hosts
a variety of therapists at meetings
Next session is Saturday in Shasta Room
The Massage and Bodywork
Club brings in different therapists
each month to give free sample
sessions to club members and
guests. The next meeting will be
Saturday, March 16, at 1:30 p.m.
in the Shasta Room, upstairs at
The purpose of the club is to
help Rossmoor residents find the
right therapist. There is no better way to find the right therapist
than to actually experience their
work. If residents find a person
they like, then they can schedule
directly with them for more sessions.
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.
The sessions will start about 2
p.m. 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.
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Rossmoor News • March 13, 2013
Here are some helpful hints on recycling waste, hazardous materials
Curbside, Inc. partners with Golden Rain Foundation for home pick-ups
The door-to-door Universal Waste Collection
Program is under way in Rossmoor and is provided
by Curbside, Inc., in partnership with the Golden
Rain Foundation. This program makes it possible for all residents to recycle potentially harmful
products.
Curbside, Inc. collects items that cannot be placed
in the trash or recycling bins such as aerosols, batteries (alkaline, NICAD), fluorescent lamps, thermometers and all electronics, such as computers and televisions. Home pickup is not available for ammunition,
Helpful hints for recycling
The following products can be recycled in the green
recycling containers within the garbage enclosures:
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Cardboard and paper
• Glass bottles and jars
• Aluminum cans and foil
• Plastic bottles
• Tin cans
Do not recycle containers with hazardous products.
medical waste, nuclear/radioactive waste, explosives
or commercial chemicals.
Residents can call 1-800-449-7587 to schedule the
collection of waste. Participant names and information will be requested. Prior to collection, residents
will be sent a special household hazardous waste kit
with further instructions, and a bag to help hold the
materials safely and securely. Residents will not be
required to be at home when materials are collected,
unless in-home assistance with gathering and packing
materials is required.
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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.
• Check references carefully on all workers you hire, and conduct
a face-to-face interview.
• Contact Rossmoor’s Office of Counseling Services at 988-7750 for
help in assessing needs for caregivers and homemakers.
GRF does not endorse workers who advertise in the News.
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Comcast offers free Wi-Fi at Rossmoor’s Clubhouses
By Maureen O’Rourke
clubhouses.
Comcast is offer ing the secure
Wi-Fi connection to its customers
and the unsecured business Internet
connection at no cost to Rossmoor.
The Xfinity secure Wi-Fi service is available in the Gateway
Clubhouse Administration Office,
extending into the Redwood Room;
however, it will not reach to Peacock Hall. Xfinity and Rossmoor
Wi-Fi is also available at Hillside,
News manager
Comcast is offer ing Rossmoor
improved Wi-Fi Internet service at
the clubhouses.
Comcast customers can now
log in to a secure Xfinity Wi-Fi
connection at all Rossmoor clubhouses. Or any and all residents
can continue to use the unsecured
Rossmoor Wi-Fi connection at the
BUSINESS
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Dolla r, Creekside and Del Valle
clubhouses and the Mutual Operations offices.
Residents who have a Comcast
Xfinity Internet account will need
to log onto their Comcast account
to have a secure Wi-Fi connection
at the clubhouses.
Rossmoor cur rently has a contract with Comcast to offer cable
television service to all Rossmoor
households.
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Don’t fall for e-mail scam
A common e-mail scam that is
ongoing involves a hacker stealing
e-mail contacts.
Every person on the contacts list
receives an e-mail supposedly from
a friend, purporting to be robbed in a
foreign capital and needing money to
be wired.
A simple phone-call or the “sniff
test” will indicate whether this is
possibly true. It isn’t and it’s a scam.
Don’t fall for it.
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Found..................................... 20
Lost........................................ 30
Miscellaneous........................ 40
Autos For Sale....................... 50
Autos For Sale/Dealers........ 55
Autos Wanted....................... 60
Autos Wanted/Dealers......... 65
Carports & Garages For Rent...... 70
Carports & Garages Wanted........ 80
For Sale.................................. 90
Travel..................................... 95
Business Services................ 100
Professional Services.......... 110
Health Services................... 115
Residential Care................. 118
Seeking Employment.......... 120
Help Wanted....................... 130
Wanted................................ 140
Business Opportunities...... 145
Real Estate For Sale........... 150
Real Estate For Rent.......... 160
Real Estate Wanted............ 170
Pets....................................... 180
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your home by IRS-licensed enrolled agent (EA) tax practitioner.
Rossmoor resident, MBA, over 35
years tax experience, bonded and
E and O insured. Call Tom Mesetz
at 925-939-2132 (Rossmoor) or
925-283-0130 (Lafayette office) or
www.diablotaxservice.com.
NEED A ROOM TO RENT 61-yearold male, semi-retired librarian,
wants a room in Rossmoor. Quiet,
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housemate. Love pets, could take
care of your dog/cat when you’re
away. Please call 925-788-8352.
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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.
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these services and so much more.
Bill-paying, light bookkeeping.
Closet, storage and records organization. Interior design, staging,
move-in, de-clutter, re-arrange,
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caring. Free consultation. Colleen
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For more information, call Cristina:
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ROOM NEEDED, TEMPORARILY
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Rossmoor resident. Excellent references. No cooking. Nonsmoker.
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CLASSIFIED AD
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News are a minimum of $12.50
for 30 words or less for nonresidents and $8 for residents.
Each additional word is 25¢.
Phone numbers are one word.
Discount rates available for
long-term ads. Payment must
be made at the time the ad is
placed.
Place classified ads at the News
office located at the Creekside
complex, or mail to P.O. Box
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Classified ads can be e-mailed
to [email protected],
or faxed to 925-988-7862.
Staff will call back for
payment information and ad
confirmation.
The ad deadline is Friday at
10 a.m. for each Wednesday
edition. Deadline changes due
to holidays will be printed in
the News.
For information, call the News
Monday through Friday from
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Seeking /Wanted
SMALL MOTOR HOME wanted by
Rossmoor couple. Approx. Aug.
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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,
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DRIVING IN ROSSMOOR 14 years,
reliable. All airports, cruise lines,
doctors, shopping, Call Pat 925939 -7942, Cell 925 - 3 0 0 - 5225.
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2004 LEXUS LS430 like new, excellent condition. Only 57,350 miles!
Black with tan interior. All records,
new tires and battery. Park assist
and many extras. $ 21,000. Call
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2004 TOYOTA PRIUS Excellent condition. One owner. All maintenance
records. Never in an accident. Average 44 miles/gallon. $9,950 or best
offer. Call 360-0840 or 954-7299.
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MOVING TO ROSSMOOR March
15, urgently need to rent a garage.
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but anywhere will work. Will pay 6
months in advance. Carolyn 925735-8971.
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1999 YAMAHA 48V Electric Golf Cart
in good condition. Includes winter
enclosure. $1,900 OBO. Call 925478-6525.
LENOX DINNERWARE Weatherly
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$5,000 for the pair. Call Dan 925938-5906.
FULL-SIZE SOFABED MATTRESS
L i g h t l y u s e d , f r o m L a - Z- B o y
w i t h 4 - i n c h a i r b l a d d e r. Ve r y
comfortable, includes air pump.
$100. Call Jeff 206-683-0267. In
Rossmoor.
BR AND NEW CHANDELIER Too
large for my manor. Dimensions:
23” wide and 26” high. Polished
chrome, milk glass shade; 4 low
wat t bulbs. $ 20 0 or best of fer.
Call 510-435-0321.
BEAUTIFUL OAK ANTIQUE dresser with glass fixtures $150. Pretty
small antique table with marble
top $75 and maple desk $150. In
Rossmoor. Call 925-938-8181 or
cell 925-285-8708.
100 Business Services
Beauty
HOME SERVICE; LICENSED Manicures, $15. Pedicures, $25. Call
Benita Ochoa for appointment in
your home, also Mar y Kay consulting. I can also take you to
doctor’s appointments. 925-4326383 or cell 925-759-5594. Companionship care day/night.
55 Autos For
Sale /Dealers
MANICURE PEDICURE SERVICES
Relax in the comfort of your own
home. Professional, licensed manicurist would like to pamper your
fingers and toes. Gift certificates,
group discounts available. Sue
925-349-8616.
STEVE’S AUTO CARE SALES Currently buying cars! Call for free appraisal. Also selling cars and will
bring them to you! Ask for Adam.
Steve Kahn, Campolindo graduate
(Owner). 510-730-4934.
HAIRST YLIST TO GO : 30 years
experience. Haircuts, blow dr y /
style in your home. Kind, caring,
and gentle. Experience working
with seniors. $5 off first visit! Call
Lauretta at 925-202-3485.
JIM M ARSH
Park Place Real Estate
Rossmoor resident serving Rossmoor
“When it is your move, call us”
[email protected]
330-6071 • 254-7782
35A
66 Autos
Service /Repair
DRE 01756741
CLASSIFICATION CODE
Beauty
Computers
WE’RE ALL AGING ALL THE time
but what that looks like is up to you.
Rodan + Fields Redefine is a comprehensive collection of formulated
products and tools that are clinically
proven to combat the visible signs
of aging. Free individual consultations and group events. Call 510333-7874 or email ssimon101@
msn.com me today to schedule an
appointment. 60-Day Money back
guarantee on all products.
LEARN TO EMAIL TODAY! Pleasant
and patient woman will teach clients: basics of email: sending, receiving, attachments (documents/
photos); Internet-use; Microsoft
Word ; and basic computer-use.
$ 28 /hour (1-hour minimum). In
Rossmoor. 510-517-3179.
Carpet Cleaning
CA R PE T C L E A N I N G ; Fa s t a n d
professional service. Same-day
appointment available. Spot specialist. Low, low price. Sell new
carpet. Licensed. Call today 925383-1253.
CARPET, UPHOLSTERY cleaning,
also spot cleaning from accidents
and spills i.e. wine, blood, urine etc.
Before any attempts of cleaning,
call Kevin of “Service First” for suggestions or appointments 925-6894660.
“K WIK DRY TOTAL CLEANING”
C a r p e t , u p h o l s t e r y, a n d t i l e /
grout. Detailed ecology-friend ly Citrus Cleaning Process, with
two-hour dry time. Mention ad for
Rossmoor 10 percent discount.
Check us out at www.bayareakwikdr y.com or Call Barr y today
- 800-825-2170.
Carpet Repair
C A R P E T R E PA I R : P a t c h i n g ,
seams, re-stretching, transitions.
Small jobs welcome. Owner operator. Serving Rossmoor 25 years.
State license #704323. Aimtack
Carpet Repair. Call John, 925 676-2255.
Computers
ROSSMOOR COMPUTER Services.
H a r d wa r e s e t u p, r e p a i r 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.
COMPUTERS’ BEST FRIEND :
Hardware and software trouble
shooting and repair. Internet and
email problems resolved. Low
cost tutoring available. Help with
Windows 8. Low cost visits or telephone suppor t. Excellent references. Www.computersbestfriend.
com. Cell: 510-938-1881. Office:
925-682-3408.
COMPUTER REPAIR SERVICES
Free estimates. No charge for
house calls. Free computer advice,
computer set-up and diagnostics.
Call us at 925-285-9457. Located
in downtown Walnut Creek. www.
saratogacomputers.com. Saratoga
Computer Repair.
Contractors
LIMITED TIME ! $ 35 / HOUR All
trades- Call now for bath, kitchen,
laundry, windows, doors and more!
Licensed contractor (775026). Free
estimates! Rossmoor references
and EPA-certified renovator. Call
Cal at 925-200-3132.
LICENSED GENERAL contractor
specializing in kitchens and baths.
Washer/dr yer installation. Reasonable rates, no subcontractors.
I will do it all for you! Rossmoor
approved. Local and Rossmoor references. Contact: Scott Rich 925216-5694.
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 #775026. Phone Cal directly
today for a free estimate. 925-2003132.
Electrical
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.
Food /Chef /Catering
CHEF MISSO OFFERS A RANGE of
menu options for all tastes and diets. Mouth watering healthy meals
are prepared in your home and
stored in your fridge for your use
throughout the week. If you love
great food try her exquisite meals!
Call today 925-323-3077 or email
[email protected].
Furniture
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.
More Business Services –
Furniture on page 36
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Yosemite on Leisure Lane
San Franciscan Level-in on Golden Rain
Kentfield on Terra Granada
36A
115 Health Services
Furniture
Moving /Packing /Hauling
Paint/Wallpaper
Yard Services
FURNITURE AND CABINET Refinishing and repair in your home or at
my shop. Free pickup and delivery.
Call 925-779-1356 or also visit my
website: www.furniturefinish.com.
Doing business in Rossmoor for
20 years.
E-Z MOVE MOVING SERVICES !
full-ser vice moving company
c el e br ate s 8 year s of ser v ing
Rossmoor residents. Large/small/
l o c a l / l o n g d i s t a n c e. L i c e n s e d
# 1 8 8 9 74 a n d i n s u r e d . W w w.e-zmove.com. To schedule, call
925-335-2222.
PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS Serving Rossmoor residents since 1977
with over 40 years experience in
painting, carpentr y, wallpaper,
sheetrock, acoustic and repairs.
Guaranteed work. Unbeatable prices. Pierre, 925-255-3352.
YARD MAINTENANCE: Clean-up,
landscaping, perennials, bulbs,
planting, pruning and weeding.
Personal attention to your garden
needs. Call Ed at 925-934-6487.
Thank you.
Handyman
Anyone performing construction
work in California that totals
$500 or more in labor or
materials must be licensed by the
Contractors State License Board.
“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.
PLUMBING- Experienced and reliable plumber to take care of all your
plumbing needs. Call Chris at 925852-5157. Reasonable rates and
fast service. Rossmoor references.
Have bar code.
EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN, call
for all your repair needs. Electrical, plumbing, painting, tile, drywall
and more. 18 years experience.
Rossmoor references, licensed.
Call Richard and Patty, 925-9322773, Walnut Creek.
PROFESSIONAL POWERWASHING
Cleans all exterior floor surfaces: patios, courtyards, “Trex” decks, sidewalks, stairs, tile, outdoor carpet,
carports, also expert window/mirror
cleaning. Serving Rossmoor over 15
years. Kevin James, 925-933-4403.
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.
Miscellaneous
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). 502-528-3512.
BOB & TERRY’S JUNK REMOVAL
Specializing in home and estate
cleanups, big and small. No minimum charge - free estimates price reduction for salvageable
items. Serving Rossmoor for over
30 years. 925-944-0606.
TONY’S HAULING SERVICE, find
us in the phone book. We haul
your junk. Furniture, appliances,
debris. We do trash outs. Save
this coupon for $ 30 off full load.
$20 off half load. $10 off quarter
load. $90 minimum. Call 925-3826544. Email through website at
www.tonyshaulingservice.com.
LEW’S HAULING Prompt service.
Starting at $ 22. Rossmoor references available. Call 925 - 639 7725.
N EED H ELP PACK I N G ? For an
hourly fee I will come to your home
with packing supplies for moving,
storage, etc. Rossmoor references. To schedule, call Nancy at
925-216-8975 and [email protected].
M OV I N G C O M PA N Y WO R K I N G
with seniors. Careful, patient and
friendly. Moving, storage, packing/
unpacking, clean-outs and more.
Caremore Moving & Storage. Licensed /Insured (PUC# 0190970)
Ph: 415-699-5176. Email: move@
caremoremoving.com. Mention ad
for 5 percent discount.
Paint/Wallpaper
ROSSMOOR PAINTING SERVICE
by Al Welsh. Five-year guarantee
on workmanship. Most Rossmoor
residents prefer our neatness,
dependable, personal attention,
because we care. Rossmoor references, bonded and insured.
License 507098. Free estimates.
Pacific Bay Painting, 925 -9325440.
INTERIOR PAINTING, All painting
services: wallpaper removal; wall
repairs and preparation; acoustic ceilings; cabinets. No job too
large or too small. You can rely
o n a n d w i l l e n j oy my p e r s o n al ser vice. Well- established in
Rossmoor, 24 years experience.
Fr e e e s t i m a t e s , c o n s u l t a t i o n .
License 677208. David M. Sale
925-945-1801.
TLC PAINTING: Spruce up and renovation specialists! Serving property
owners and managers since 1989.
Free estimates. Tender loving care,
neatness and attention to detail always. License 775019. References.
925-934-2383, cell 415-269-7095.
INTERIOR CUSTOM HOME Painting. Rossmoor references. We’re
local and experienced. Owner on
the job every day. Clean, quiet, reasonable (winter rates). Glen Stacey. Stacey’s Painting. 510-6584064. Free estimates.
Repairs
F I N E C LO C K R E PA I R - R e p a i ring Rossmoor’s fine antique and
modern clocks for over 15 years.
House calls. Free pickup and delivery. I stand behind my workmanship. Jonathan Goodwin, 925-3764668.
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.
Telephone & TV
TV, DIGITAL, REMOTE control support. Extensive Rossmoor references. DVR, DVD, VCR, digital
cable box, cell/Bose system/ ”Wii”
console set-up system set-up. Assist with “specific time recording”
of TV programs and remote control
problems. Call Tim, 925-837-6682.
Window Cleaning
WINDOWS carpet and upholster y
cleaning. Serving Rossmoor since
1988 with guaranteed results. You
will be 100 percent satisfied or your
money back. Call “Service First” for
appointments or estimate. Kevin,
925-689-4660.
Window Coverings
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 25 years. Call
925-827-0946.
Yard Services
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.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR! Highly experienced gardener, over 20 years
working in Rossmoor, will prune,
plant and rejuvenate your garden
beds and patio. Reliable vacation
watering too. Jane, 925-938-8256.
“PARADISE” ALL T YPES of fine
gardening. Yard shape-up and
maintenance. Trimming, pruning,
weeding, shrub removal, yard design, planting, patio containers.
Dependable, on time. Quality results! Call Les at 925-639-7725.
110 Professional
Services
ATTORNEY DOROTHY HENSON :
Living trusts, wills, estate planning and probate. No charge for
initial consultation. Will meet in
your manor at your convenience.
Notary. Rossmoor resident. Call
925-935-6494 or office 925-9431620.
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S.
and world coins and currency. 36year resident of Moraga will come
to your home upon request. Bruce
Berman, Moraga Numismatics.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. www.sf-bay-area-collectorcoins.com, [email protected].
LAFAYETTE TAX SERVICE Income
tax preparation. Individuals, trusts
and small businesses. Enrolled
agent with Rossmoor references.
Appointments available in your
home. My mother is a Rossmoor
resident. Tim McClintick 925-2842924. www.laftax.com.
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.
Home: 925-891-4231, Cell: 510459-5770, [email protected].
I NCOME TA X PREPAR AT ION in
your home by IRS-licensed enrolled agent (EA) tax practitioner.
Rossmoor resident, MBA , over
35 years tax experience, bonde d an d E an d O in sure d. Call
To m M e s e t z at 9 2 5 - 9 3 9 - 213 2
( R o s s m o o r) o r 9 2 5 - 2 8 3 - 013 0
(Lafayette office) or www.diablotaxservice.com.
ROSSMOOR RESIDENT with 15
year s of appraisal experience
available for Real Estate Valuation
Appraisals in Rossmoor. Retrospective appraisals can be performed. Call Richard Hildebrand at
510-772-4346 for information.
GOGETUM “I AM HERE TO HELP
you Gogetum” business assistance
various unlimited projects that can
include the following personal and
business letters party invitations.
Diaries or journals various greeting
cards. Personal projects business
services. Special mailing projects
data entr y, proofreading documents. Miscellaneous projects, beginning computer tutoring services,
basic email functions, basic understanding and document creation,
navigation of the internet, some
graphic design, general computer
data entry. I can be reached at 925216-2317. Gohgetum@sbcglobal.
net [email protected].
LEVEL-IN VILLA ROBLES
Over 1500 Sq. Ft. with 2 Beds, 2 Baths. Attached Garage
Plus Second Garage. Spacious Deck w/ Partial Views of
Mt. Diablo. An exceptional value at ................. $529,000
EXQUISITE HANSON REMODEL
Beautiful Sierra model with 1400 sq. ft., 2 bdrms, 2 baths,
vaulted ceilings, and skylights. Quiet and secluded setting
with view of western hills. Remodeled to perfection by
Ron Hanson. Listed at ........ $429,000
DAVE CARON
Commitment,
Trust & Integrity
Broker Associate
DRE #00427819
(925) 708-6034
DR. BETH MARX D.C., L.A.C. Gentle therapeuti c massag e, ac u puncture and gentle chiropractic
care. Licensed with 20 years experience. Insurance. Medicare
accepted. House calls. 510-8341557.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGES at your
home or my office in Walnut Creek.
I am currently offering 4 special
one hour massages to Rossmoor
residents for $55 each. I am a certified therapist and have 20 years
of experience in Walnut Creek. Call
Kristine at 925-878-9152.
120 Seeking
Employment
Caregivers
“QUALITY ELDER-CARE” Skilled
caregivers available. 20 + years
gerontology experience with: physically disabled, stroke, post-surgery, dementia, Alzheimer’s, hospice. Professional, cheerful and
affordable. Excellent references.
Bonded. No fee. Contra Costa
Careg iver s, Caro lyn 9 25 - 93 3 6475.
CNA FOR CAREGIVING 15 years experience with elderly care. Fluent
in English, excellent reference from
former employer. Drives, accompany to appointments, errands etc.
Call Charlotte 925-997-9606, leave
me a message.
HONEST AND RELIABLE Caregiver- Will do personal care, cook,
housekeeping, appointments and
grocery shop. Good references,
negotiable wages and friendly,
loving care. Part or full time. Lynn
925-458-3379 or Sonia 925-3678528.
SERVING ROSSMOOR FOR more
than 10 years. Honest and trusted
caregiver. Has a record of longterm client-caregiver relationship.
Also provides light housekeeping
and transpor tation to appointments. Licensed and bonded. Call
Elizabeth Sanchez of the Caring
Hand. 925-899-3976 or 510-3528041.
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.
ON- CALL , WEEKEND, overnight,
Live-in, Hourly. No minimums! Basic assist or higher level of care, errands, light housekeeping, respite
or long-term care, hospice. Whatever you need, I’ll be happy to help!
925-822-4022.
COMPASSION AND CARE services.
Live-in, live-out, hourly. For seniors
with special needs or care. We
have 18 years experience, good
references. We are honest and
trustworthy. Call Lyla or Marilyn at
925-818-2248.
BEST QUALITY CARE 29 years RN
experience. Excellent references.
20+ years Rossmoor experience.
Dependable, affordable, honest,
loving and kind. Hourly/live-in 24/7.
Do all daily needs from A to Z, you
name it. Licensed, insured. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mary, 925-4977738, anytime.
CAREGIVER LOOKING FOR client.
I can help with errands, cleaning,
cooking, companionship and bathing assistance. $15/hr. with 4-hour
minimum. I have references. Call
Leesa at 925-708-8508.
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 -325 6677.
ROOMS FOR RENT FOR SENIORS
2 big bedrooms, fully furnished with
complete meals in a residential
house. Call Elizabeth 719-3084 or
Henry 925-639-8116.
120 Seeking Employment
140 Wanted
Caregivers
Rossmoor Caregivers
Housecleaning
HIGHLY- SKILLED CAREGIVERS
with extensive physical and occupational therapy training. Dependable, conscientious, trustworthy.
Over 15 years experience coupled
with very good letters of recommendation. Full time. May and Ding
510-305-2371 or 510-329-0187.
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.
5 4 -Y E A R - O L D M A L E L i c e n s e d
C.N.A, Licensed masseuse (experienced massaging old and handicapped folks), with excellent communication abilities, available for
giving you a rejuvenating massage
at your own home. Call Jay at 925286-9914.
30 YEARS RN EXPERIENCE Affordable companionship, giving medications, bathing, driving to medical
appointments, light housekeeping,
cooking and pet care. Kimberly
925-518-0514.
FLOR’S HOUSE CLEANING: Residential and commercial service.
Houses, apartments and small offices. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly,
one-time. Move-in and move-out.
Rossmoor references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call Flor for free
estimates: Home, 925-609-8045
or cell, 925-395-6839.
WILL DO PERSONAL CARE, appointments and sho p ping and
driving. Over 20 years experience.
Licensed CNA and HHA. Please
call Nida or Ester. 925-286-3231 or
510-200-3051.
CAREGIVERS, 20 YEARS experience. Record of long-term client
caregiver relationship. Excellent
references, honest, trusted and
dependable. Live-in/live-out, short
hours. Cooking, housekeeping,
medication. Lina 510-827-5684.
SEEKING JOB AS HOME care provider. Will work 24 hours or part
time. Have 10 years experience,
references and California Drivers
License. Contact Saloni Mitchell,
925-497-0344.
CAREGIVERS WITH HEARTS of
gold. We offer a very affordable inhome, non-medical care to you or
to your loved ones. We are experienced, reliable, honest and very
dependable. Call Emma at 925325-6420 and ask for free 1 day of
caregiving service.
CAREGIVER AVAILABLE: Over 20
years experience, live-in, live-out.
Very good references and DMV
driving record. Experience with elderly care, Alzheimer’s, dementia.
Loving, friendly companionship.
Bathing, doctor appts., shopping
cooking, light housekeeping. No
agency fee. Call 510-776-3700.
EXCELLENT FILIPINO MALE /female caregiver, experienced, matured, 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 English well. References,
live-in, sleep-over, or hourly. Louie
Cell 925-818-9645.
GOOD SAMAR ITAN’S CARE* A
loving care from well-experienced
caregivers. Please. Call 925-3053579.
CNA/CARGIVER 4 years experience.
Total patient care. Honest, hardworking. Light housekeeping, medication reminder, meal preparation,
companionship. Up to 24 -hour
care. Not an agency. 415-525-6520
or [email protected].
CO M PAS S I O NATE CAREG I VER
available for day shifts, available
for other shift upon request. Several years of experience with local
agency, referrals available upon request. 925-948-6649
HONEST, RELIABLE, CARING caregiver in your home. Will do errands,
doctors appointments, cooking,
cleaning, bathing, grocery shopping, medicine reminders. Good
references. Experienced, 5 years
in Rossmoor. Affordable rates. Full
time, part time, live in/out or hourly. Call Lorna 925-381-4376 or Lyn
925-322-9524.
Rossmoor Caregivers
CARING CAREGIVERS - Over 10
years of vast experience providing total patient care. We are 3
professional native Californians.
4 -hour minimum. Call Priscilla
925 -330 - 0192, Susan 925 -7889605, Betty (not an agency) 925274-3866.
HOME CARE PROVIDER : Caring
companionship, light housekeeping, errands and transportation.
Alzheimer’s and dementia care.
Medication reminders. Meal
preparation. Up to 24-hr. care and
affordable rates. Please call 925285-2427 leave a message.
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.
SEEKING POSITION OFFERING you
support in maintaining your home,
your medical appointments, healthy
eating and social engagements.
Computer savvy. Happily living in
Rossmoor for 18 years and familiar with the East Bay. Very positive,
gregarious woman who will assist
and support the enjoyment of your
life. Call Pat 925-938-4388.
RELIABLE, LOVING Experienced
Rossmoor resident, companionship, caring, can help with daily
activities. Excellent cook, good references, No minimum hours/day.
Call Azar 925-876-5939. Also offer
threading hair removal and eyebrow-shaping.
Housecleaning
“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
[email protected].
“GRE AT HOUSECLE AN I NG” 15
years experience. We do all your
house needs: weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly or one time. Reasonable
rates. We’re honest and friendly.
Free estimates. Call Hilda, 925768-0370.
JUST FOR YOU: Need a hand, I’m
here for you. Housecleaning, errands, shopping, appointments.
Pet care. No job too small. Call
Pam. I’m a Rossmoor resident.
925-482-0607.
37A
JACQUELINE’S HOUSEKEEPING,
We don’t cut corners, we clean
them. Detail oriented, owner-operated with 23 years experience.
Licensed and insured. Please call
925-698-1073.
Miscellaneous
PERSONAL ASSISTANT Companion. Transportation to doctor appointments, grocery/clothes shopping, errands, etc. I am reliable,
honest and caring. Great references. I would love to help you! Great
Rates. Call Gail 925-356-1133.
130 Help Wanted
AUTO BODY TECHNICIAN wanted.
Must be highly skilled. I-Car training certification is preferred. Busy
East Bay shop with benefits. Email
[email protected]
or call 510-243-1414.
INTERIM HEALTHCARE STAFFING
“When it matters most, count on
us.” 1717 North California Blvd,
S u i te 2C. Wa l n u t Cr e e k , CA .
94596. Phone 925-482-9200 or
Fax 925-944-7011.
BLACKHAWK COUNTRY CLUB is
seeking mature, reliable, customer service orientated staff to work
in the O utsid e Ser vi c es Dept.
Please call Dan Braswell at 925736 - 6559 or email dbraswell@
blackhawkcc.org.
140 Wanted
I B U Y A N T I Q U E S A N D c o l l e c tibles. From pottery, lighting and
glass, thru silver, furniture, jewelr y and paintings. Estates are
welcome and conducted professionally. Free phone evaluations.
Call Mel at 925-229-2775 or 925228 - 8977 or Lydia Knapp 925 932-3499.
Over 80 happy customers in 2012!
Coming Soon!
A rare Whitney will be available soon!
This sought-after floorplan has over 1700
square feet and is single level with no one
above or below and only one attached
neighbor for ultimate privacy. Serene location in front and back of the home. Hard
to find attached garage and carport. This
is one you don’t want to miss!
We Are the #1 Realtor Team
Working in Rossmoor
How Can We Help You?
COINS GOLD, SILVER BOUGHTExperienced buyer of estates,
collections and accumulations of
American coins, foreign coins and
gold jewelry. Professional, courteous service. Rossmoor house calls
since 1978. Please call Joseph T.
Silva 925-372-8743.
WANTED: OLD AMERICAN INDIAN
baskets, rugs and blankets, pottery, beadwork or other artifacts;
also California and Southwest
paintings; highly qualified and professional. Personal and corporate
references available upon request.
707-996-1820.
ESTATE LIQUIDATION- Full-service
estate liquidation. Complete or partial household. Experts in antiques,
furniture and art. Trusted family
business for over 40 years. Call the
professionals at Hudson’s Estate
Liquidations. 510-645-5844. Free
assessment. Fully insured. License
2451174.
I BUY 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!
More Classified
Ads on page 38
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S.
and world coins and currency. 36year resident of Moraga will come
to your home upon request. Bruce
Berman, Moraga Numismatics.
PCGS and NGC Dealer. 925-2839205. www.sf-bay-area-collectorcoins.com, [email protected].
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.
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Information
THINKING OF BUYING OR selling
in Rossmoor? I would love to send
you a comprehensive informational
brochure, which includes amenities, floor plans, costs and answers
to many of your questions. Call
Patti Compton, Broker Associate,
Rossmoor Realty 925-287-3332, or
email [email protected].
PEGGY MARTINEZ, Broker Associate, Rossmoor Realty can provide
you with the answers to all your
Rossmoor real estate questions.
Thinking of buying? Selling? Just
have a question? Including current
values, marketing strategies, and
resources to ready your home for
sale or to update your new purchase. There is no substitute for
experience. Call Peggy, 925-3300260 or [email protected].
MOVING??? expect the best from
“ The 2 Golden Girls.” We love
Rossmoor and it shows You’ll be
sold on us. Call now! Better Homes
and Gardens. Yvonne 925-4577229 or Sheron 925-323-9966.
[email protected].
Upgraded “Sonoma”
Conveniently Located!
Upgraded 2-bedroom, 1-bath “Sonoma” model, located
close to the Gateway Clubhouse and its many amenities.
This private lower unit enjoys pretty views from ALL
of its dual pane windows, including the additional
slider installed in the Living Room. Additional features
include:
· Upgraded Kitchen & Bath
· Newer Kitchen Appliances (11/2009)
· Shower Stall with Hand Rails & Linen Closet
· Stacked Washer/Dryer (full capacity)
· Plantation Shutters & Mirrored Closets in Bedrooms
Offered at $159,500 Belvedere Beauty ~ Coming Soon! Single story level-in condo featuring two bedrooms, two
baths PLUS den. Other highlights include: Vaulted ceilings
and fireplace in Living Room; an enclosure adding over
200 sq ft of living space; four skylights generating lots of
natural light; newer dual panes; remodeled Kitchen and
Baths, along with lots of extra storage.
Watch for Price Sophisticated Yosemite ~ Coming Soon!
Single story level-in condo with two bedrooms and two
baths, overlooks tranquil grassy area through decorative
wrought iron fence. Other features include: Laminate
flooring throughout, low “E” dual pane windows
(creating privacy), and upgraded Kitchen and Baths.
Watch for Price
Cheryl Beach
Rossmoor Resident
1830 Tice Valley Blvd.
925.324.4599 Mobile
51 MORAGA WAY • ORINDA, CA 94563 • 925-254-0440
e-mail: [email protected]
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160 Real Estate
For Rent
170 Real Estate
Wanted
All Rossmoor leases and
room rentals are invalid
unless approved by the
appropriate Mutual Board.
1 OR 2 BEDROOM, furnished or unfurnished, by a professional woman
moving to area. Lots of natural light
needed. Nonsmoker, non-drinker,
has a quiet 8-lb. dog. Rossmoor
references. $1,500/mo. Please call
Kathy, 206-769-6160.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL 2 bedrooms,
2 baths with washer/dryer. Fully
furnished. Near Hillside pool. Available May 18 to 27, 10 days. $750.
Call 925-946-0442 or email [email protected].
APARTMENTS FOR RENT One and
two-bedrooms, large baths and
kitchens, one level. Near Lafayette,
BART, buses, S.M. College. Furnished /unfurnished. Remodeled,
sparkling clean. Includes utilities.
Quiet. 925-878-9248 (cell) or 2836001 (home or fax).
UPDATED, SUNNY, SOUGHT after
San Francisco model for rent. Furnished or unfurnished. Private end
unit with view, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2
baths. Large tiled patios in front
and back. Move-in ready. Minimum
12-month lease. Call Jone at 7883138 or email jonesapiro@gmail.
com.
FOR RENT WITH 6 MONTHS lease.
One bedroom, one bathroom level-in Cypress in Entry one on Tice
Creek. Fully or partially furnished.
Close to Creekside Grill Restaurant, laundr y, parking and golf
course. $1,200/mo. Available now.
Cynthia 650-465-8327 or email [email protected].
170 Real Estate
Wanted
I HAVE AN ALL CASH BUYER for
a 1br. /1ba. co-op. Please call or
email me if you are interested in
selling. Diane Reilly, Alain Pinel,
925-438-2056. diane@sold4sure.
com.
SEEKING FURNISHED RENTAL 1
or 2 bedroom from May 24 to June
2 for Ohio grandparents visiting
Lafayette family. Nonsmokers and
very neat. Please call 925-2855730 or [email protected].
Will pay cash. Thanks!
ENGLISH COUPLE VISITING
grandchildren looking to rent a
furnished, 2 bedroom apartment
for 4 months (April to July). Previous Rossmoor renters with excellent references. $1,30 0 / mo.
925-367-8734.
SEEKING 1- OR 2- BEDROOM rental
of at least 8 months for my single,
active, clean, responsible, partially-retired mom, beginning May
(very flexible). Will take great care
of your home. NikoleANeidlinger@
gmail.com or 510-917-6903.
QUIET BUT ACTIVE ROSSMOOR
resident needs furnished /unfurnished room or unit from March 20
to May 20 while remodeling. Fee
based on accommodations. Please
call 952-9040.
3-DAY RENTAL IN OCT. Five Brit
gals who lived together in Toronto
are planning a 55th reunion! I live
in Rossmoor, two in Ontario and
two in the UK. Would love for them
to experience Rossmoor! Looking
for condo accommodations for
five, a 3-night rental, for a price
less than a hotel stay. I want them
to see California-living at its best.
256-9546.
180 Pets
OVERNIGHT DOG SITTING in my
home with pickup and deliver y
provided ! Bonded and insured.
Enjoy your vacation without worrying about your darling dog. Auntie
Pat’s Pets. References available.
925-930-8871.
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.
TONY’S PET CARE: Rossmoor resident will walk your dog or feed your
cat, give pets loving care for a day
or overnight at very reasonable
rates. References available on request. 925-944-4877.
HAVE A PET YOU NEED pampered?
Call Robin at 925-407-5343 for dog
walking, light grooming and poop
scooping. Experienced pet care
with excellent references and reasonable rates.
KATHY’S PET CARE Mature, reliable, experienced, reasonable.
Small and large animals. Feed,
walk etc. References upon request.
9 2 5 - 2 8 6 - 6 0 47 o r k18 9 4 6 9 6 @
gmail.com.
PET SHUTTLE. I PROVIDE transportation to and from your pets grooming and veterinarian appointments.
I will stay with your pet during their
appointments. Call 925-817-0773.
BIB’S A MING CHU 4 yr. old neutered
male cat must find a new home due
to allergies. Well cared for, has all
shots. Can be outside on leash,
litter box trained. I will send you
photos at [email protected].
925-708-7526.
175 Vacation Rental
BE AUTIFUL BL ACK , cuddly cat
Bella is 3-years old, fixed, has her
shots. Needs a loving home where
there is no more than one other
male cat. Tiffany 925-457-7049.
MENDOCINO OCEAN FRONT
home ! Custom /dramatic. 3 bedro o m s, 2 bat hs. H ot tu b. O ne
level. All amenities. Special
Rossmoor resident rates. Owner
925 -947-3923 or 707-964-2605
leave message.
WENDY’S PET SIT TING and dog
walking. Animal lover will care for
your pet in your home while you are
away. Daily walks also provided. I
love cats too. References upon request. Wendy 681-2262, cell 925325-9476.
PRIME TIME ON KAUAI Timeshare
available June 16 through June 23
on exotic North Shore, Princeville.
Ocean views. Sleeps 6. A bargain at $1,800 for the week. Call
Christine 925-286-4772 or email
[email protected] for more
details.
180 Pets
TLC FOR CATS AND PLANTS Cats
are social animals; they miss you
when you are away. They need
TLC ser vice. Still only $15 per
visit. Grete and Bill Trulock, past
president of Friends of Animals. 14
years in Rossmoor. 925-937-2284.
ELI Z ABE TH’S PE T AN D HO M E
Care. Dog walks and cat sitting.
Experienced in veterinarian care.
I also can assist you with ap pointments, errands and chores.
Rossmoor resident. Call 925-9445603.
Legal Notices
TSG No.: 5896909 TS No.: CA1100235189
FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 140-012-027-3
Property Address: 484 FENWAY DRIVE
WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF T RUST, DAT ED
07/15/2005. 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
03/19/2013 at 01:30 P.M., First American
Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC, as duly
appointed Trustee under and pursuant
to Deed of Trust recorded 07/26/2005,
as Instrument No. 2005-0274538-00, in
book , page , , of Official Records in the
office of the County Recorder of CONTRA
COSTA County, State of California. Executed
by: MARK A. MELTON AND KIRSTEN T.
MELTON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER
FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK /CASH
Cell: 925.876-8422 Direct: 925-287-3348
Email: [email protected] Realtor® DRE #01916133
www.anitacox.net or visit www.rossmoorrealty.com
Legal Notices
EQUIVALENT or other form of payment
authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of
sale in lawful money of the United States)
At the Court Street entrance to the County
Courthouse at 725 Court Street, (corner of
Main and Court Streets), Martinez, 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# 140-012-027-3 The street
address and other common designation,
if any, of the real property described
above is purported to be: 484 FENWAY
DRIVE, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598 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,
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
$599,885.60. 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
Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/
propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file
number assigned to this case CA1100235189
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.
First American Title Insurance Company
First American Trustee Servicing Solutions,
LLC 3 FIRST AMERICAN WAY SANTA ANA,
CA 92707 Date: FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE
INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)9390772 First American Trustee Servicing
Solutions, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
N P P 0 2 14 1 0 7 R O S S M O O R N E W S
02/27/2013, 03/06/2013, 03/13/2013
Legal RN 5380
Publish Feb. 27, March 6 and 13, 2013
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Contra Costa
725 Court Street, Martinez, CA 94553
FILED: Feb. 21, 2013
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: N13-0263
PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
To all interested persons: Petitioner
John Byungky Park (aka John
Byung-ky Park) has filed a petition
with this court for a decree changing
names as follows: present name: John
Byungky Park (aka John Byungky Park) to proposed name: Byung
Ky Park.
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter shall
appear before this court at 9:00 a.m.
on April 18, 2013, in the courtroom in
Department 60, Room 102, located at
725 Court Street, Martinez, California
94553, to show cause, if any, why the
petition for change of name should not
be granted.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once a week
for four successive weeks prior to the
date set for hearing on the petition in
the Rossmoor News, a newspaper of
general circulation printed in the County
of Contra Costa.
Judith Sanders
Judge of the Superior Court
Date: June 11, 2007
Legal RN 5381
Publish Feb. 27, March 6, 13 and 20, 2013
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St., P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
B. Basch, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001146-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: Arcadia Cleaning, 201
Coggins Dr. Apt. B313 Pleasant Hill,
CA 94523, Contra Costa County.
Katarzyna Lewandowska
201 Coggins Dr. Apt. B313
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Business conducted by: an Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name listed above.
s/Katarzyna Lewandowska
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
Costa County, on date indicated by
file stamp.
Legal RN 5382
Publish Feb. 27, March 6, 13 and 20,
2013
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Teresa Guzman, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001190-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: CLOUD4TIER.COM,
5332 Cypress Hawk Ct. San Ramon,
Kawnandan Sangha
5332 Cypress Hawk Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94582
s/Kawnandan Sangha
file stamp.
Legal RN 5383
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L. Barajas, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001183-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: H20 Worldwide Adventures,
1209 Ptarmigan Dr. #4, Walnut Creek,
Janet R. Ahlman
1209 Ptarmigan Dr. #4
business name listed above on Feb. 20,
2013.
s/Janet R. Ahlman
file stamp.
Legal RN 5384
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EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH ROSSMOOR REALTY
SEQUOIA WRAP – 2 bed, 1 bath co-op. LIGHT & BRIGHT home features
new paint & carpet. Bathroom upgraded with stall shower, W/D, granite
counters. Enclosed deck with open side. Windows in both kitchen & bathroom
...................................................................................................$195,000
SOLD
CLAREMONT – ENJOY MORNING SUN FROM EXTENDED VERANDA.
Updated, white kitchen appliances incl micro & DW. Stack W/D. Upgraded
new carpet, designer paint , wainscoting accents, crown molding, larger
baseboards, upgraded interior doors & fixtures........................... $236,000
SOLD
SOLD
YOSEMITE – 2 beds, 1.5 bath co-op. CLEAN AS CAN BE! MOVE IN READY!............................................................................................................ $225,000
CURRENT MLS LISTINGS COOPERATIVES
CURRENT MLS LISTINGS CONDOMINIUMS
2 BEDs, 1 BATH
2 BEDs, 2 BATHs
GOLDEN GATE – SINGLE STORY, LEVEL-IN DOLLHOUSE! All spruced up with
new carpet, linoleum, paint, light fixtures, door hardware. Shutters & plantation
blinds. Beautifully tiled kitchen counters, full size stack W/D. Storage in carport.
.......................................................................................................$229,000
SAN FRANCISCAN – BEAUTIFUL LEVEL ACCESS, feels like single family
home. Spacious & open floor plan. Large patio at entry, large master bedroom,
family room with separate entrance. Carport & laundry steps away. Walk to
Gateway, etc....................................................................................$249,000
SEQUOIA – BEAUTIFUL LEVEL ACCESS, feels like single family home. Spacious
& open floor plan. Large patio at entry, large master bedroom, family room with
separate entrance. Carport & laundry steps away. Walk to Gateway, etc.
........................................................................................................$132,000
EXP KENTFIELD – MT DIABLO VIEW. 1420 sq ft,, New stainless steel
appliances in kitchen plus sklylight. New carpet & custom paint throughout.
Smooth ceilings................................................................................ $367,000
SOLD
Sue DiMaggio Adams
Nel Aguas
Jim Barry
Betty Case
Patti Compton
Earl Corder
Jimmie Lee Cropper
Meg Crosby
Kathryn Davi-Cardinale
Anita Cox
Christine Dastous
Tom Donovan
Linda Fernbach
Rose Fox
Kay Frost
Barbara Guandalini
Shanti Haydon
Karen Henson
Donna Hill
Mike Laurenson
Dee Littrell
Janet McCardle
Mary Jane Madden
Marty Martinez
Peggy Martinez
Shirley Nankin
Evelyn Nielsen
Nicole Nielsen
Richard Nielsen
Robert Parrish
Tina Parrish
Valerie Petersen
Drew Plaisted
Sally Roberts
Connie Rogers
G. Frank Rogers
John Saunders
Marilyn Van Story
Nancie Straub
Walt Straub
Sonja Weaver
Lori Young
Chuck Lamb
Manager
925-287-3342
John Russell, Jr.,
BROKER
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT HERITAGE OAKS
2 BEDs, 2 BATHs, DEN
COASTAL OAK – DISTINCTIVE ONE STORY, SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN
PRESTIGIOUS HERITAGE OAKS. Spacious den. Formal dining. 10’ ceilings. Marble
tile foyer. Decorative display niches. Family room with tile flooring & gas
fireplace. Gourmet kitchen with eat-in area. Master bedroom with bay window,
luxurious bathroom & large walk-in closet. Large balcony with panoramic views.
Attached double car garage.......................................................... $1,300,000
SOLD
FIRESTONE – ELEGANT HOME WITH SWEEPING VIEWS. 1540 s.f.
condominium has a master suite, guest quarters and second bath, a lovely den
and fireplace. Garage Parking. Vaulted ceilings in the living room and dining
area feature new recessed lighting. The large eat-in kitchen has granite counters
and new stainless appliances. New paint and carpet. This pristine home is movein ready!..........................................................................................$489,000
SOLD
SUMMIT – TOP FLOOR PENTHOUSE AT PINNACLE RIDGE WITH GREAT VIEWS.
Corner unit with nice exposure. Includes den, family room, two sunny decks, 10
ft ceilings & fireplace. All new carpet & paint. Two parking spaces. One right next
to elevator.......................................................................................$639,000
SOLD
VILLA BARCELONA – BEAUTIFUL HOME features new carpet in living,
dining, entry and bedrooms. Fresh paint. Large living room. Separate dining
area. Good size kitchen with ample cabinets. 2 decks. Staged by Janis. NEW
PRICE!!............................................................................................$350,000
WESTCHESTER – GOLF COURSE LOCATION!! New paint throughout. Tile
entry. Wood floors in living, dining, den & both bedrooms. Attached garage with
storage loft. Separate laundry room.................................................$550,000
Call us today (925) 932-1162
1-800-980-7653 (SOLD) • www.rossmoorrealty.com
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Legal Notices
Trustee Sale No. 258277CA Loan No.
3010513988 Title Order No. 1138269
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
DATED 9/15/2006. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
On 3/27/2013 at 01:30 PM, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly
appointed Trustee under and pursuant
to Deed of Trust Recorded 09/21/2006,
Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20060298872-00, of official records in the
Office of the Recorder of Contra Costa
County, California, executed by: MARILYN
BUTTERFIELD, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN,
as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,
FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction
sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s
check drawn by a state or national bank,
a cashier’s check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a cashier’s 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. Sale will be held by the
duly appointed trustee as shown below, of
all right, title, and interest conveyed to and
now held by the trustee in the hereinafter
described property under and pursuant to
the Deed of Trust. The 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 the
Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated
fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the time of the
initial publication of the Notice of Sale)
reasonably estimated to be set forth
below. The amount may be greater on the
day of sale. Place of Sale: At the Court St.
entrance to the County Courthouse 725
Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.)
Martinez, CA Legal Description: PARCEL
ONE: LOT 67, LOCATED IN WALNUT
GREEN UNIT 1, ALL AS SHOWN ON THAT
CERTAIN SUBDIVISION MAP ENTITLED
SUBDIVISION 4485, FILED IN THE OFFICE
OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ON THE 3RD DAY OF JANUARY 1974, IN
BOOK 166 OF MAPS, AT PAGE 6. PARCEL
TWO: A RESTRICTED COMMON AREA
EASEMENT KNOWN AS EA-4485-67 AS
SHOWN ON EXHIBIT C TO THE AMENDED
DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS DATED
OCTOBER 10, 1975, AND RECORDED IN
THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, ON NOVEMBER 7, 1975, IN
BOOK 7678, PAGES 55 AND FOLLOWING
(A MENDED DECL A R ATION), W HICH
PARCEL 2 SHALL BE APPURTENANT TO
PARCEL 1 AND MAY NOT BE SEVERED OR
SEPARATED THEREFROM IN THE EVENT
OF SUBSEQUENT SALE, TRANSFER OR
CONVEYANCE OF PARCEL 1. PARCEL 2 IS
FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE, ENJOYMENT AND
BENEFIT OF GRANTEES, SUBJECT TO THE
RIGHTS, LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS,
CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS AFFECTING
BOTH PARCELS 1 AND 2, AS SET FORTH
IN THE AMENDED DECLARATION. Amount
of unpaid balance and other charges:
$628,439.50 (estimated) Street address
and other common designation of the
real property: 640 MANHASSET COURT
WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598 APN Number:
135-210-023 The undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. The
property heretofore described is being sold
“as is”. In compliance with California Civil
Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee,
beneficiary, or authorized agent declares:
that it has contacted the borrower(s) to
assess their financial situation and to
explore options to avoid foreclosure; or
that it has made efforts to contact the
borrower(s) to assess their financial
situation and to explore options to avoid
foreclosure by one of the following
methods: by telephone; by United States
mail; either 1st class or certified; by
overnight delivery; by personal delivery;
by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE:
3/1/2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY, as Trustee BRENDA BATTEN,
A S SIS TA N T SECR E TA RY C a li for ni a
Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale
Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth,
CA 91311 800-892-6902 CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. For
Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or
1-714-730-2727 www.priorityposting.com
or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or
1-800-280-2832 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
responsible for paying off all liens senior
to the lien being auctioned off, before you
can receive clear title to the property. You
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, this information can be
obtained from one of the following three
companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting
at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet
Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registration
required to search for sale information)
or Priority Posting & Publishing at (714)
573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site
www.priorityposting.com (Click on the
link for “Advanced Search” to search
for sale information), or auction.com at
1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web
site www.auction.com, using the Trustee
Sale No. shown above. 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. P1021222 3/6,
3/13, 03/20/2013
Legal RN 5391
Publish March 6, 13 and 20, 2013
FILED: Feb. 8, 2013
J. Parangan, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0000917-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: 1) Del Norte Place, 2)
Del Norte Place Apartments, 3) Del
Norte Place Apartment Homes, 11720
San Pablo Ave., Ste. D, El Cerrito, CA
94530, Contra Costa County and 10505
Sorrento Valley Rd. Ste 300, San Diego,
CA, 92121, San Diego County.
Gleiberman Properties Inc.
10505 Sorrento Valley Rd. Ste 300,
San Diego, CA, 92121
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
s/Mark Gleiberman, President
file stamp.
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Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001376-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Cross 360 by Karin, 3741
Waterford Ln., Walnut Creek, CA 94598,
Contra Costa County.
Karin M. Heidrich
3741 Waterford Ln.
2013.
s/Karin Heidrich
file stamp.
Legal RN 5394
Publish March 13, 20, 27 and April 3, 2013
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T.S. No. 12-0315-11 LoanNo.0599126950
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
7/16/2004. 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. A public
auction sale to the highest bidder for
cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state
or national bank, check drawn by a state
or federal credit union, or a check drawn
by a state or federal savings and loan
association, or savings association, or
savings bank specified in Section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do
business in this state will be held by the
duly appointed trustee as shown below, of
all right, title, and interest conveyed to and
now held by the trustee in the hereinafter
described property under and pursuant
to a Deed of Trust described below. The
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 the Deed of Trust, with interest
and late charges thereon, as provided in
the note(s), advances, under the terms of
the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the time of the
initial publication of the Notice of Sale)
reasonably estimated to be set forth below.
The amount may be greater on the day of
sale. Trustor: KALLE PAJULUOMA AND
SALLI PAJULUOMA, HUSBAND AND WIFE
AND HANNU PAJULUOMA AND CHERI
PA JULUOMA, HUSBAND AND WIFE,
ALL AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed
Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation
Recorded 07/29/2004 as Instrument No.
2004-0292712-00 of Official Records
in the office of the Recorder of Contra
Costa County, California, Date of Sale:
3/27/2013 at 01:30 PM Place of Sale:
At the Court St. entrance to the County
Courthouse 725 Court St., (corner of
Main and Court St.) Martinez, CA 94553
Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges: $627,624.49, estimated Street
Address or other common designation of
real property: 9 SUNRISE HILL ROAD ,
ORINDA, CA 94563 A.P.N.: 273-130-004
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness of the street
address or other common designation, if
any, shown above. If no street address
or other common designation is shown,
directions to the location of the property
may be obtained by sending a written
request to the beneficiary within 10 days
of the date of first publication of this
Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
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,
either of these resources, you should be
aware that the same lender may hold more
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
and, if applicable, the rescheduled time
and date for the sale of this property,
you may call (714) 573-1965 or visit this
Internet Web site www.priorityposting.
com, using the file number assigned to
this case 12-0315-11. 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. Date: 2/25/2013
The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955
Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California
92614 Foreclosure Department (949)
720-9200 Sale Information Only: (714)
573-1965 www.priorityposting.com Frank
Escalera, Team Lead P1023272 3/6, 3/13,
03/20/2013
Legal RN 5392
FILED: Feb. 8, 2013
E. Gutierrez, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0000934-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: 1) Touch of Insanity Cycles
2) Touch of Insanity Customs 3)Touch of
Insanity Motorcycles 4) Touch of Insanity
Racing, PO Box 5625, Walnut Creek,
1) Dean Bastible
10 Joann Court
and
2) ) Jolene Bastible
10 Joann Court
Business conducted by: a Married
Couple.
s/Dean Bastible
file stamp.
Legal RN 5393
Publish March 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2013
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PENELOPE A. CHANGARIS (State
Bar #160283)
GUTH & CHANGARIS, A Professional
Law Corp.
474 Century Park Drive, Suite 300
Yuba City, CA 95991
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
725 Court Street
Martinez, CA 94553
FILED: MARCH 7, 2013
K. Torre, Clerk of the Superior Court
No. P13-00247
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO ADMINISTER ESTATE
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,
contingent creditors, and persons who
may be otherwise interested in the will
or estate, or both, of JEFFREY ALLEN
WILSON
A petition for probate has
been filed by KENNETH A. WILSON in
the Superior Court of California, Contra
Costa County.
The petition for probate
requests that KENNETH A. WILSON be
appointed as personal representative to
administer the estate of the decedent.
The petition requests authority
to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.
(This authority will allow the personal
representative to take many actions
without obtaining court approval. Before
taking certain very important actions,
however, the personal representative will
be required to give notice to interested
persons unless they have waived notice
or consented to the proposed action.) The
independent administration authority will
be granted unless an interested person
files an objection to the petition and
shows good cause why the court should
not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be
held on April 11, 2013, at 9 a.m. in Dept.
14, located at Court House, 725 Court
Street, Martinez, CA 94553.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of
the petition, you should appear at the
hearing and state your objections or file
written objections with the court before
the hearing. Your appearance may be in
person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a
contingent creditor of the deceased, you
must file your claim with the court and
mail a copy to the personal representative
appointed by the court within four months
from the date of first issuance of letters
as provided in Probate Code section
9100. The time for filing claims will not
expire before four months from the the
hearing date noticed above.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by
the court. If you are a person interested
in the estate, you may file with the court a
Request for Special Notice (form DE-154)
of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of
estate assets or of any petition or account
as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice form
is available from the court clerk.
/s/Penelope A. Changaris, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner
Guth & Gangaris, A Professional Law Corp.
747 Century Park Dr. Ste. 300
Yuba City, CA 95991
530-674-9841
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Trustee Sale No. : 20110187502323 Title
Order No.: 1028739 FHA/VA/PMI No.:
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT
DAFFIN FRAPPIER, TREDER & WEISS, as
duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant
to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/29/2007 as
Instrument No. 2007-0155681-00 of official
records in the office of the County Recorder
of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: TASOS L. GERON
AND DIANA MARIE GERON, 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). DATE OF SALE:
04/02/2013 TIME OF SALE: 1:30 PM PLACE
OF SALE: AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE
TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 725
COURT STREET, (CORNER OF MAIN AND
COURT STREETS), MARTINEZ, CA. STREET
ADDRESS and other common designation, if
any, of the real property described above is
purported to be: 154 CHANTICLEER LANE,
ALAMO, CALIFORNIA 94507 APN#: 193-710015 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, 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 $2,456,344.57. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust 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.
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
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
and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and
date for the sale of this property, you may
call 916-939-0772 for information regarding
the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web
site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property,
using the file number assigned to this case
20110187502323. 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.
FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE
CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE
INSURANCE COMPANY 5005 WINDPLAY
DRIVE, SUITE 1 EL DORADO HILLS, CA
95762-9334 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER
TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT
DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP
as Trustee Dated: 03/07/2013 NPP0214535
ROSSMOOR NEWS 03/13/2013, 03/20/2013,
03/27/2013
Legal RN 5399
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41A
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!
PRUDENTIAL NEWSBOARD
Median Price of Residential Homes:
Mary Beall
Broker Manager
• Walnut Creek, January 2013: $380,000
• Up 53.5% year to date compared to January 2012.
Please don’t miss this window of opportunity if you are considering selling your home!
This is an excerpt from Leslie AppletonYoung, the chief economist for the California
Association of Realtor’s economic forecast
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Cheryl Beach
324-4599
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408-9908
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640-8818
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708-1396
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322-3616
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285-3256
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478-7190
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42A
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No.
126991-11 Loan No. 0238376 Title Order No.
7484486 APN 144-340-061-7 TRA No.: YOU
ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On
04/03/2013 at 01:30PM, MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust
Recorded on 05/30/2007 as Document No.
2007-0156963-00 of official records in the
Office of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA
County, California, executed by: STEPHANIE
LO, as Trustor, 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). At the Court Street entrance to
the County Courthouse at 725 Court Street,
(corner of Main and Court Streets), Martinez,
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, California
describing the land therein: SEE EXHIBIT
“A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF EXHIBIT “A” A Condominium Comprised Of: Parcel One: Unit 1061, Consisting Of
Certain Air Space And Elements, As Described
In The Condominium Plan (“Plan”) For Tract
No. 8960, Phase 2 Which Plan Recorded As
Exhibit “A” To The Declaration Of Annexation
Club Villas Phase 2, Recorded On April 27,
2006 As Instrument No. 2006-131191, And
As Defined In The “Club Villas Amended And
Restated Enabling Declaration Establishing A
Plan For Condominium Ownership” (“Declaration”) On March 16, 2006, As Instrument
No. 2006-80548, Of The Official Records Of
Said County. Parcel Two: An Undivided 1/12th
Interest As Tenant-In-Common In Building 11,
(The “Building Common Area”),As Said Building Is Shown On That Certain Plan. Excepting
From Parcel Two: The Condominium Units As
Shown On The Plan. Excepting From Parcel
Two: 1. Exclusive Easements Appurtenant
To Each Unit For The Use, Occupancy, And
Possession Of The Exclusive Use Common
Areas Which Are Shown On The Plan, As
Said Easements Are Provided For In The
Declaration. 2. Nonexclusive Easements
Appurtenant To Each Unit For The Purposes
As Set Forth In The Declaration. Parcel
Three: Nonexclusive Easements Appurtenant
To Parcel One Above For Ingress, Egress,
Encroachment, Repair, Drainage, Support,
And Other Purposes As Said Easements
Are Provided For In The Declaration. Parcel
Four: Exclusive Easements Appurtenant To
Parcel One Above, For The Use, Occupancy,
And Possession Of The Carport No. CP-118
As Shown On The Plan, As Said Easement
Is Provided For In The Declaration. Parcel
Five: An Exclusive Easement Appurtenant To
Parcel One Above, For The Use, Occupancy,
And Possession Of The Patio And/Or Deck (If
Any) Adjacent To Parcel One Above, Which Is
Shown On The Plan, As Said Easements Are
Provided For In The Declaration. The property
heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The
street address and other common designation,
if any, of the real property described above
is purported to be: 201 MASTERS COURT
2, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598. 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: $171,874.94 (Estimated).
Accrued interest and additional advances, if
any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The
Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full
credit bid. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust 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
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 Web site www.nationwideposting.com using the file number assigned
to this case 126991-11. 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.
Date: 03/01/2013 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 81 BLUE RAVINE ROAD, SUITE
100, FOLSOM, CA 95630 (916) 962-3453
Sale Information Line: (916) 939-0772 or
www.nationwideposting.com. TARA CAMPBELL, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER. MORTGAGE
LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0214417
To: ROSSMOOR NEWS PUB: 03/13/2013,
03/20/2013, 03/27/2013
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T.S. No. 12-3373-11 Loan No. 0143139962
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
2/10/2005. 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. A public auction sale to
the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check
drawn on a state or national bank, check
drawn by a state or federal credit union, or
a check drawn by a state or federal savings
and loan association, or savings association,
or savings bank specified in Section 5102
of the Financial Code and authorized to do
business in this state will be held by the duly
appointed trustee as shown below, of all right,
title, and interest conveyed to and now held
by the trustee in the hereinafter described
property under and pursuant to a Deed of
Trust described below. The 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 the Deed of
Trust, with interest and late charges thereon,
as provided in the note(s), advances, under the
terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon,
fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at the time of the initial
publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably
estimated to be set forth below. The amount
may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor:
MATTHEW WASILIK AN UNMARRIED MAN
Duly Appointed Trustee: THE WOLF FIRM, A
LAW CORPORATION Recorded 2/16/2005
as Instrument No. 2005-0053560-00 of
Official Records in the office of the Recorder
of Contra Costa County, California, Date of
Sale: 4/4/2013 at 1:30 PM Place of Sale:
At the Court St. entrance to the County
Courthouse, 725 Court St., (corner of Main
and Court St.), Martinez, CA Amount of unpaid
balance and other charges: $376,343.33,
estimated Street Address or other common
designation of real property: 111 ASCOT
COURT #C MORAGA, CA 94556 A.P.N.: 255700-008 The undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of the street
address or other common designation, if any,
shown above. If no street address or other
common designation is shown, directions to
the location of the property may be obtained
by sending a written request to the beneficiary
within 10 days of the date of first publication
of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
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
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) 573-1965 or visit this Internet
Web site www.priorityposting.com, using the
file number assigned to this case 12-3373-11.
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. Date: 3/7/2013. THE
WOLF FIRM, A LAW CORPORATION 2955
Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614
Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale
Information Only: (714) 573-1965 www.
priorityposting.com Frank Escalera, Team
Lead P1025735 3/13, 3/20, 03/27/2013
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JULIE FIEDLER (State Bar #224855)
HORIZON ELDER LAW
& ESTATE PLANNING
4000 Executive Parkway, Suite 160
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-244-1185
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA,
725 Court Street
P.O. Box 911
Martinez, CA 94553
K. Torre, Clerk of the Superior Court
No. P13-00192
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE
Estate of BARRY ARTHUR MANIS
PETITIONER FRANKLIN R. MANIS
requests FRANKLIN R. MANIS be appointed adminstrator and Letters issue
upon qualification full authority be granted to administer under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act, bond not
be required.
Decedent died on December 19, 2012
at Walnut Creek, CA, a resident of the
county named above. Street address,
city and county of decedent's residence
at time of death:
1449 Skycrest Drive, #2
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County.
A hearing on the petition will be
held on April 2, 2013, at 9 a.m. in Dept.
14, located at Court House, 725 Court
Street, Martinez, CA 94553.
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555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Feb. 8, 2013
C. Garcia, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0000918-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: THE LAST DETAIL, 256
Red Pine Ct,. Danville, CA 94506,
Donald John Halweg
256 Red Pine Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94506
2013.
s/Donald J. Halweg
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5386
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Due to Golden Rain
Foundation policy, the
News cannot print
classified ads for estate or
garage sales in which the
address and times of the
sale are listed in the ad.
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001315-00
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Jan. 29, 2013
H. Franklin, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0000664-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: RGM Exotics, 3431 Wren
Avenue,. Concord, CA 94519, Contra
Costa County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Nor Cal Hit Men Baseball
Club, 6064 Seneca Cir., Discovery Bay,
1) George Christopher Johnson
3431 Wren Avenue
Concord, CA 94519
and
2) Nicole Anne Johnson
3431 Wren Avenue
Concord, CA 94519
1) Donald Murphy
6064 Seneca Cir.
Discovery Bay, CA 94505
and
2) Jennifer Murphy
6064 Seneca Cir.
Discovery Bay, CA 94505
Business conducted by: a Husband
and Wife.
s/George Johnson, Nicole Johnson
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
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Business conducted by: a Husband
and Wife.
s/Jennifer Murphy
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5389
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555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
C. Garcia, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001276-00
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
J. Odegaard, County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO. F-0001231-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Subway 39581, 1556 Newell Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94596,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Melissa Crawford Communications, 3289 Helen Lane, Lafayette,
SNRP Inc.
43947 Boston Court
Fremont, CA 94539
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
s/Noor Panjwani
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5388
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Melissa F. Crawford
3289 Helen Lane,
Lafayette, CA 94549
s/Melissa Crawford
file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 5390
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Entertainment Notes: Vagabond
Players present Christie play
all of its art deco beauty. The
El Campanile Theater is located at 602 West Second Street,
in old downtown Antioch.
Call the theater at 757-9500
or visit the Vagabond website
at www.Vagabondplayersinc.
com or call the Vagabond
players direct at 689-3368 for
information. Tickets range in
price between $15 for general
admission and $12 for seniors.
Performances are at 8 p.m.
on Saturday, March 16, and 2
p.m. on Sunday, March 17. The
play will also be performed in
Rossmoor on Sunday, March
24, at 3 p.m. in the Fireside
Room at Gateway.
The El Campanil
On Nov. 1, 1928, the El
Campanil Theatre opened its
doors. At the time it was referred to in news as “the most
pretentious building in Contra
Costa County.” Built, owned
and operated by Ferdinand
Stamm and Ralph Beede, El
Campanil (the tower of bells)
is Spanish in both name and
architecture.
As with many theaters of
the era, El Campanil originally
offered an audience chamber
of approximately 1,100 seats,
as well as a limited stage and
“back of the house” areas to
support vaudeville entertainment. Folklore abounds to this
day about the famous celebrities who performed there, and
who left their autographs on
the dressing room walls.
El Campanil was also a single-screen cinema, with what
were state-of-the-art projection capabilities in 1928. Over
the years many renowned
entertainers including Edger Bergen, Donald O’Connor,
Mary Pickford and Gene Autry performed there.
It is located in the heart of
downtown Antioch, along the
waterfront in the Rivertown
Business District. The rehabilitated theater presents a wide
variety of entertainment opportunities including classic films,
live theater, concerts, symphony, ballet, comedy and is host to
numerous local dance and community based organizations.
43A
1950 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek
(925 ) 937-6050
Cooperatives
POPULAR MENDOCINO
One-bedroom, 1 bath. No steps.
Cozy and comfortable. Located
right next to Gateway. Walk to
everything. Carport and laundry
close. Gated patio.........$125,000.
PENDING
Hot Diggity Dog!
Green Friday
PERFECT AND SERENE
Yosemite level-in has private patio,
2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, Pergo flooring in entry, kitchen and hallway.
Close to carport and laundry.
................................. $299,000.
PENDING
Come celebrate
St Patrick’s Day with us
Friday, March 15,
FINE DETAIL – LEVEL-IN
This 2-bedroom, 1.5 bath Golden Gate
is a Toupin remodel. It has dual-pane
French doors and windows, stainless
appliances, stack washer and dryer,
mirrored closets, open tiled atrium and
is light and bright. ....... $324,000.
PENDING
Serving: Hot Dogs/
Chips/Drinks
SEQUOIA MODEL
Two bedrooms, one bath, with
washer/dryer, stall shower and plantation shutters. .......... $139,000.
SPECIAL
EXPANDED SAN
FRANCISCAN
Completely level-in
with enclosed atrium
topped by cupola.
Large living area full of
natural light, updates,
bamboo flooring
throughout, stack
washer/dryer, half bath
in guest bedroom.
....................$317,000.
SONOMA WRAP
MODEL
Open back veranda and
side enclosure. Parquet
entry, neutral carpet,
dishwasher, window in
kitchen and bath and
washer/dryer make this
home desirable. View of
the hills. ........ $159,000.
Condominiums
BEAUTIFUL WESTCHESTER
Renovated by Sattler’s Construction. Granite
counters, tile, crown moulding, beautiful
fireplace, double-pane windows, enclosed patio,
great views. Garage and carport. .......$529,000.
SANTA CLARA
Three bedrooms, 2 baths with new paint and
carpet. Park at the door. Lowest homeowner
dues in Rossmoor. .........................$398,000
BEAUTIFUL LEVEL-IN
VILLA ROBLES
First floor end unit with secluded setting.
Approx. 1520 sq. ft. with 2 bedrooms, 2
baths, high ceilings and fireplace. Large
patio with partial views of Mt. Diablo.
Two garages. Exceptional value.
............................................. $529,000.
RARE ASPEN MODEL
One large bedroom, 1.5 baths, enclosed balcony. Approx. 1,200 sq. ft. Upgraded kitchen and
bath. Built-in cabinets in dining room. Bright
and sunny. Very pleasant views.........$245,000.
RARE BELVEDERE—NO STEPS!
This 3-bedroom, 2-bath has plantation shutters,
a living room with vaulted ceilings and fireplace. Washer/dryer and two patios..$525,000.
Maureen
Dunbar
Manager 285-1962
Loc Barnes
639-9594
Debra Barth
788-2104
Dave Caron
708-6034
Vyana Chain
785-1266
Sue Choe
212-2605
Urcil Commons
708-2937
George Detre
360-7531
Bernadette Dugan
683-7957
Jeanette Evans
408-5172
Christine Folger
200-2032
Edwina Morgan-Forh
415-662-3674
Jackie & Michael Gerry
209-5140
Walt Hanson
938-5162
Kevin Herzog
548-8576
Yvonne Jakovleski
457-7229
Patrice Jensen
989-2010
Vito LoGrasso
360-9143
Lee Lyons
683-4374
Suzanne Masella
788-5693
Sheron McCormick
323-9966
Pam Roming
997-9981
Faye Ann Silva
457-9231
Mike Teifel
383-5900
Call Better Homes and Gardens/Mason McDuffie (925) 937-6050
44A
Security
Reports
F RO M S e c u r i ta s
Rossmoor’s newly appointed Ad Hoc 50th Anniversary Committee held its first meeting last Tuesday. Introductions were
made and members talked about the kind of events they would like for Rossmoor’s 50th anniversary party in September
2014. The committee has to present a budget for the party by this July. Members of the committee are, seated from left, John
Shaw, Charlotte Misner, S.Y. Huang, Jerry Priebat, Tracy Laughlin from Recreation, Chairwoman Sharon Birdsall, Ben Camins,
Communications Department Senior Manager Maureen O’Rourke (staff liaison), Vice Chairwoman Claire LeVine Wolfe, GRF
Board Director Melvin Wall and John Nutley. Standing are Sue Hoyt, Secretary Char Howard, Judy Whitney, Betsy Hocking
and Brian Pennebaker from Recreation and Ann Turner Peterson. The next meeting of the committee will be Tuesday, March
19, at 1 p.m. in the Board Room at Gateway.
Tell the News about random acts of kindness
A driver pulls up to the
bridge toll booth to pay the
toll and is told that the driver
in the car in front of him just
paid it for him.
A woman ordering coffee
in Starbucks is told there is no
charge because one of the regulars took care of it.
A stranger taps a man on
the shoulder on a busy street
and tells him he dropped his
wallet a few blocks back and
he picked it up and ran after
him to give it back.
Dan
Paul
We are the West Family. We have proudly served the Residents of Rossmoor
since its beginning. We are fourth generation Californians. Over the years, the
people we have served have changed, but our contract hasn’t. We offer the same
long list of items we always have. We are proud of our record, but even prouder
of our customers who think of us as family. Many of our customers have had our
contract for well over 25 years. We help you through life’s emergencies. We ONLY
work in Rossmoor. This allows us to offer fast and reliable service. We regard our
company as more than a job. We appreciate working for you.
Parts, Labor and Service Calls are included
Also Included: Helping Hand Services &
24-Hour Emergency Service – No monthly call limits
For $198.00 per year
• Fluorescent tubes SUPPLIED &
installed – all at no cost
• Lamp sockets, cords, switches
• Light fixtures repaired and installed
• Electrical repairs, towel bars
• Plumbing, drains and leaks
• Sinks, faucets, toilet, tub, shower
• Disposals, stoppers, doors
• Dishwashers, stoves, ovens
• Washer, dryer, refrigerator
• Furnace, air conditioning
• Sliding doors, drawers, rods
• Cabinet doors, water heaters
and a lot more
For $255.00 per year
All of the above services plus Preventive Maintenance
Every 4 months. A/C & furnace filters, oil motors,
Clean fridge coils and a lot more …
Call Julie 937-4600 for a copy of the Service Contract
Random acts of kindness
are great things. Most people
are startled and overwhelmed
by them, but then go on with
the day as if nothing happened.
It would be nice if more people knew about these random
acts; perhaps they would happen more often.
Rossmoor residents who
have experienced or have been
on the giving end of a random act of kindness are asked
to send in their stories to the
News and the News will print
the stories at a future date.
Email stories to [email protected] and put in the subject line: random act of kindness.
New pajamas
sought for
needy children
St. Anne’s Church is collecting new pajamas for homeless
and needy infants, children
and teens.
The pajama-rama drive is
Monday, March 18, through
Thursday, March 28. Bins will
be placed at the Gateway and
Creekside entrances for dropoff donations.
All donations will be distributed by the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul.
For information, call Anne
Sarazen at 949-8252.
Dogs are not
allowed in any
of Rossmoor’s
clubhouses unless
they are trained
special-needs pets,
such as guide dogs.
The following are the
major incidents reported to
Securitas, Rossmoor’s security service provider. They
appear here as they were
initially reported to Securitas. After investigation, details of a case may indicate
a lesser or different incident
description. If the case warrants it, the News will do a
follow-up story.
To see all of the incident
reports, go to the Rossmoor
website at www.rossmoor.
com. Hit the Resident Info
tab on the home page. Click
on Public Safety Services,
click on Daily Logs.
Friday, March 1
T heft: A P ta r m iga n
Drive, Entry 7, resident reported her unlocked mountain bike was taken.
Theft: An Autumnwood
Drive, Entry 3, resident reported the theft of a golf cart
charger from his carport.
Suspicion: A Ptarmigan
Drive, Entry 6, resident reported she found a window
screen on the ground. She
doesn’t think entry had been
made to her manor and there
was nothing missing.
Suspicion: A Ptarmigan
Drive, Entry 6, resident reported her window screen
was slightly bent and it appeared as if someone may
have tried to enter the manor through the window.
Theft: A Horsemans
Canyon, Entry 2, resident
reported a theft of his golf
cart charger from his carport.
Theft: A Singingwood
Court, Entry 8, resident reported the theft of a mountain bike from her carport.
Theft: A Tice Creek
Drive resident reported a
theft of an adult-size tricycle
from his carport.
Saturday, March 2
Theft: An Autumnwood
Drive, Entry 1, resident reported the theft of a golf
cart charger.
Tuesday, March 5
Theft: A landscape company employee reported
locking mechanisms on two
storage containers were cut
and power equipment was
stolen from a storage lot on
Rockledge Lane.
Suspicion: A Skycrest
Drive, Entry 8, resident reported she found the back
sliding door open and some
crystal and silverware missing. The resident hadn’t
been living in the manor
since mid-January.
Residents can call
1-800-449-7587
to schedule the
collection of hazardous
waste directly from
their homes.
SPORTS • Clubs • BRIDGE • CALENDAR • TRIPS • EVENTS • TV • RELIGION
Rossmoor News
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SPORTS
Section B • Page 1B
lawn bowlers named
Peggy Yamada makes hole-in-one on Top
in Fun Social competition
18ers’ opening day golf tournament
By Bob Lewis
The 18ers got off to a
rousing start of tournament
play for 2013 with Peggy Yamada making her first-ever
hole-in-one on the fourth
hole of the Dollar Ranch
Golf Course on March 7.
The Women’s 18ers first
tournament of 2013 was a
two best-ball low-net mixer
composed of foursomes determined by the tournament
committee. The members of
the foursome with the lowest
net score were Inger Bjornsson, Karin Romak, Teddi
Swanson and Gisela Hendrickson.
Coming in second was
the team composed of Jean
Carroll, Haija Kim, Lynda
Pritchett and Donna Rhodes.
Third place winners were
Nancy Groswird, Madeline
Deiro, Janet Choi and Marian King. The fourth place
team was composed of Pat
Deisem, Pil Choo and Carol
Geoghegen.
There was a bevy of birdies rarely seen this early in
the season: Robin Moreau
on hole 1, Pat Deisem on 4,
Diane Matoney on 13, Inger
Bjornsson and Grace Nitta on 15 and Britta Mackey
on 18. Flying above them
with a hole-in-one on hole 4
was eagle shooter Yamada.
This translates into a rather lengthy chip-in as well
for her. She was joined by
LaVerne Parrott who had a
chip-in on 10 .
After the tournament
there was a lunch and general meeting of the Women’s
18ers where the upcoming
Club correspondent
Peggy Yamada of the 18ers hit a hole-in-one on hole 4 of
the Dollar Ranch Golf Course during the season opener last
Thursday.
events for the year were discussed. In addition, new members of the club were introduced and warmly welcomed.
They are Jackie Hildreth,
Shin Kim, Sonee Kim, Teruko
LaPierre, Vanida Nalpmling
and Barbara Schurhoff.
The sign-up sheet for next
week’s Go for the Green tournament is in the club section of
the Pro Shop. Members who
would like to play should stop
in and place name on the sheet.
Try to sign up no later than
Wednesday morning, March
20.
Also, those members playing in the Women’s 18ers
Thursday tournaments this
spring should be at the course
by 8:30 a.m. to sign in with
the tournament committee
and the Pro Shop. This will
ensure that everyone will be
ready for the 9 a.m. shotgun
start.
Upcoming events
March 14: Charm Day –
low net
March 21: Go for the
Green
March 25: Rules Seminar
(see separate article in this
edition)
March 28: WGANC Pin
Day – low net
April 18 – Spring Fling
(see separate article in this
edition)
Happy Hackers tournament is Saturday
Golf clinics with the pros begin on March 27
The Happy Hackers’ first golf tournament
of the year will be on Saturday, March 16, with
a 3 p.m. shotgun start on the Creekside Golf
Course. Be sure to sign in by 2:30.
The sign-up sheet is in the Pro Shop. The $24
fee includes golf and dinner and must be paid
at the time of sign up. Those who want to play
golf only pay $7. Those who want dinner only
for themselves or guests pay $17. The green fees
are to be paid directly to the Pro Shop.
The popular golf clinics, specifically for
Happy Hackers, will begin on Wednesday,
March 27, at 3 p.m. The first lesson will focus
on putting.
There is a special rate of $5 with a maximum
of 20 players. The class should fill up quickly so
plan to sign up on March 16 in the Pro Shop at
the Happy Hackers’ desk.
For tournament and clinic information, call
Mary Lou Delpech, 932-67452.
The Happy Hackers had record-breaking attendance at its recent orientation meeting. Dozens of new members as well as longtime players
jammed the Creekside meeting room to hear
President Susan Williamson introduce board
officers and discuss the exciting clinics and
tournaments scheduled for the coming year.
Mark Heptig, director of golf, and Wayne
Weckerlin, golf professional, also shared grip
and alignment techniques. The pros also answered a series of queries about Happy Hackers’ procedures, handicapping and tournament
formats.
Players were urged to read the Rossmoor
News, to check the golf bulletin board and to
address other concerns with any golf professional.
Beginning golfers as well as more seasoned ones were encouraged to join this fun
loving co-ed golf group. It is not too late to
join. Weckerlin will arrange foursomes so new
members can sign up as single or with another
golfer.
Application forms are available at the Pro
Shop or from Muriel Wyro, membership chairwoman, at 256-4484.
The top three bowlers in the Rossmoor Lawn Bowling Club’s
Fun Social race, following Feb. 28 bowling, are: Frankie Napoli,
with an accumulated total of 47 points as well as Jackie Purdy
and Eppie Ying, each with 45 points.
The remainder of the top bowlers and their respective point
totals are: Virginia Carion, 40; Magdalen Pereira, 40; Merle
Smith, 38; Bob Lewis, 36; Horatio Carion, 34; Joe Masinas, 34;
Diana Wong, 34; Sue Yahng, 34; Rick Oliveira, 33; Chris Yahng,
33; David McBreen, 32; Mike Clancy, 31; Francis Carion, 29;
Chuck Fung, 29; Jody Allison, 28; Melina Carion, 28; Margaret
Leary, 28; Ozzie Ozorio, 27; Carlos D’Almeida, 26; Pauline de
Assis, 26; Lucy Guterres, 26; Carole Manderscheid, 26; Peter
Souza, 26; Sandy Souza, 26; Mike Weisenberg, 26; Ed de Assis,
25; Suzie Eriksen, 25; Lionel Guterres, 25; Bob Penman, 25; and
Mike Ying, 25.
At the brown-bag lunch on Feb. 28, Jackie Purdy and Tay
Wheeler were acknowledged and honored by President Mike
Clancy and social coordinator Diana Wong for their many years
of service to the club. Both are past club presidents, Wheeler in
1998 and 1999, and Purdy in 2002. Wheeler was the club correspondent for the News for several years.
With the opening of regular season tournaments, the bright,
golden daffodils have now sprung forth along the walkway south
of the greens.
Weather permitting, the first tournaments, both the women’s
and the men’s Handicap Triples, will be played this week. Preliminary results will be available next week.
Coming events
The Pacific Inter-Mountain Division opening day bowling
will be on the Rossmoor greens on Saturday, March 16. In event
of rain, the opening will be postponed until Saturday, March 23.
Sign-in is at 8:45 a.m., the draw at 9 and bowling starts at 9:30.
Dick Kramer reports that the tabulation of accumulated
scores for the daily draws in the running for the 2013 annual
prizes began March 2. The first monthly results will be available
Wednesday, April 10.
Bob Hanson now has enough bowlers signed up for his lawn
bowling trip to Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria in August.
Men’s Golf Club hosts
Mira Vista and Rio Vista
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf Club (RMGC) will host the senior golfers from Mira Vista and Rio Vista country clubs on
Wednesday, March 27.
Check-in will be at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30. To
pay the green fee, check in at the Pro Shop. Note that all score
cards must be turned in by 1:15 p.m.
Envelopes are available in the Pro Shop. The cost is $27,
which includes breakfast, lunch and prizes for winners. Reservation checks should be payable to RMGC. No cash is accepted.
Last sign-ups for this event will be taken on Saturday, March
23, at noon. A player roster will be posted on Sunday, March
24, in the Pro Shop. Checks of players not selected will be
destroyed.
Players who need to cancel after the close of sign-ups will
forfeit their payment unless an alternate can be found.
Membership in the men’s club is required to play in home
and home tournaments. Sign up for the club in the Pro Shop.
A reminder, priority for away tournaments is determined by
the number of home tournaments played.
Warm up with range balls provided by Rossmoor Realty.
Soft spikes are required.
There is no Rossmoor “bump” this season; play the ball
down. Pick up your ball if by doing so you do not affect the
score for that hole for your team. Players with a handicap of
30 and higher must play from the gold tees. Members should
remember to wear their men’s club shirt.
Rossmoor players must provide their own cart or rent one to
share with a guest player. Registration, breakfast and lunch are
at Creekside.
For information, contact Bob Montgomery, home and home
chairman, at 891-4464 or at [email protected]
2B
Niners throw out hole on opening day
The Niners could throw out one hole on
opening day of the 2013 season on March 7.
Dorothy Pierce and Carolyn Hensley were the
tournament chairwomen. Thirty-seven golfers
played in the tournament.
In the first flight, Elaine Matsui posted a net
score of 25 for first place. There was a threeway tie for second place for Pat Baker, Val Helenson and Gerda Peterson who each had 28.
The second flight had Bev Meinbress posting the low-net score of the day with 23. Vicki
Simpson came in second with a 27 and Sherry
Marks third with 28.
In the third flight, Mary Beth Hodge came in
first with a 26, followed by Susan Christoffersen in second place with 27 and Julia Kelly in
third place with 28.
Mary Federico had a chip-in on hole 2. There
were no birdies.
Rules seminar
During the tournament, one of the Niners
hit her drive from the fifth hole tee and landed
on the green of hole 9. From where should she
hit the ball? Penalty? Don’t know the answers?
Then put a $10 check in an 18ers envelope to reserve space at the Rules Seminar and breakfast,
Monday, March 25, at 8:30 a.m.
Looking ahead
Thursday, March 14, will be a golf scramble
with tee-off time of 9 a.m. Golf will be followed
by lunch and a general meeting in Creekside
meeting rooms 1 and 2. The guest speaker at
the meeting will be Masha Henzel, supervisor
at Rossmoor’s Fitness Center.
As a former medical research scientist,
Henzel offers 20 years of expertise in senior
fitness, sports performance, and in the techniques of both muscle activation and movement.
On Thursday, March 21, Niners will play the
Luck of the Irish event. Thursday, March 28,
will be an Egg Stravaganza.
Women announce Spring Fling golf tourney
The annual women’s Spring
Fling Golf Tournament is
Thursday, April 18, with an
8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
Members of the women’s
nine-hole and 18-hole golf
clubs will share friendships,
make new acquaintances and
enjoy golf, lunch and a fashion
show.
The Spring Fling is a four
woman scramble tournament,
similar in format to twilight
tournaments. Golfers will play
from the gold tees on the l8hole course.
Signup envelopes are available in the Pro Shop. Golfers
may sign up singly, in pairs or
in foursomes (with two Niners
and two 18ers). For those who
sign up as a single or a pair,
the Pro Shop will make up the
foursomes.
The entry fee is $26 for
golf, lunch, the fashion show
and prizes. The green fees for
everyone will be $11 (unless
the player has purchased a golf
card). Lunch only is $23.
In the unlikely event of rain,
the luncheon and fashion show
are still on but the tournament
will be held another day.
For information, call Donna
Rhodes at 934-3006.
Sign up for seminar on rules of golf
Envelopes in Pro Shop for March 25 event
A golf rules seminar will
be on Monday, March 25, in
the Fireside Room at Gateway. It starts at 8:30 a.m. with
a buffet breakfast followed by
the presentation at 9. The cost
is $10 a person.
Golf is not like most
sports, where the rules are
always easy to apply. No golf
course is exactly like another
course and so interpretation
of the rules becomes more
complex.
Many games have one
page to explain the rules of
play. Golf is not one of those
games.
Sign-up envelopes are in
the Pro Shop. Up to four people can sign-up with one envelope.
If there is a particular sticky
rules issue that a golfer thinks
should be covered in the seminar, write a short question and
put it in the envelope with the
check.
All the usual areas will be
covered, including dropping
and redropping the ball, obstructions (moveable and otherwise), provisional balls, unplayable lies and hazards.
Everyone who has an interest in playing the game of golf
is invited to attend.
For information, call Pat
Taylor at 934-8892.
Silver Bullets swim at Hillside next week
The Silver Bullets masters
swim team moves from Del
Valle pool to Hillside pool on
Monday, March 18. Workouts
will be Mondays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. until
mid-October when the team
moves back to Del Valle.
The Silver Bullets team is
part of the Walnut Creek masters swim team coached by
Lisa Ward. She is a national-
ly-ranked swimmer and United States masters coach who
also teaches triathlon classes
at Diablo Valley College in
Pleasant Hill.
Masters swimming is for
adults who swim for fitness,
fun and fellowship. Some
swimmers compete in swim
meets and some do not. There
is no test to join.
Those who want to improve
their strokes and have fun with
a group of like-minded positive people may join the team
for two free workouts to meet
the coach and other swimmers.
The Del Valle workouts are
Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and Thursdays at 10 a.m. until the move
to Hillside in mid-March.
For information, call Ann
Hirsch at 930-2914 or Maureen Huega at 296-6065.
Deep-water aerobics offered at Hillside
The deep-water aerobics
exercise class will resume
at Hillside pool on Monday,
March 18, at 8 a.m. The class
runs Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays from 8 to 8:45
a.m. The Del Valle pool class
runs on the same days from 9
to 9:45 a.m. The instructor is
Janet Braue.
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Golf Shop News
F R O M T H E g o l f p ro
Demo Days and Spring Clinics
By Terry Hall, golf professional
Spring is springing, which means it’s time to check out all
the new drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, irons and putters.
We have demonstrator clubs from Adams, Callaway, Cobra,
Ping, Nike and Titleist in the golf shop right now. You are
welcome to borrow them and hit some balls on the range or
even play a round of golf with them.
We will also help you figure out which clubs would be
right for you. Club loft, set configuration and shaft flex and
length are all important considerations when choosing golf
clubs. We can help you with all of these issues.
We have also scheduled Demo Days with a number of the
major manufacturers in the next couple of months. These
days will give you the chance to hit with the latest clubs and
get expert advice from the manufacturers’ representatives.
They usually have specialized equipment with them that
measures how fast you swing, the launch angle of your ball,
the speed of the ball off of the club head and how far the ball
goes in the air. This allows you to accurately compare the
actual performance of different clubs so you can see if new
clubs will really be a benefit to you.
We have scheduled a Cobra Demo Day for Friday, April
19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a Callaway Demo Day on Friday,
May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a Demo Day with Ping
on Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Put those dates on
your calendar and come have some fun.
Clinics
Now that you have your new clubs, you’ll need to polish your game to really get the most out of them. So, we’ve
scheduled a series of spring clinics just for you. We’ll start
taking reservations for the clinics on Thursday, March 14, in
the Pro Shop.
As always, you’ll need to pay $20 for each clinic when
you sign up in order to hold your position, as there will be a
maximum of six players in each clinic. The schedule for the
clinics is as follows:
Tuesday, April 9, 11 a.m. to noon ................... Chipping With Mark
Wednesday, April 10, 3 to 4 p.m. ......................Pitching With Terry
Thursday, April 11 a.m., 3 to 4 p.m. ...............Sand Shots With Rob
Tuesday, April 16, 11 a.m. to noon ................Chipping With Wayne
Wednesday, April 17, 3 to 4 p.m. ......................Pitching With Mark
Thursday, April 18, 3 to 4 p.m. .....................Chipping With Wayne
Friday, April 26, 11 a.m. to noon .................... Chipping With Terry
Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. to noon ..................Pitching With Mark
Sunday, April, 28, 11 a.m. to noon .............. Sand Shots With Terry
Tuesday, May 7, 11 a.m. to noon .............Full Swing Basics With Terry
Wednesday, May 8, 3 to 4 p.m. ............ Full Swing Basics With Wayne
Thursday, May 9, 3 to 4 p.m................ Full Swing Basics With Rob
Friday, May 24 p.m., 11 a.m. to noon.................Chipping With Rob
Saturday, May 25, 11 a.m. to noon...................Pitching With Wayne
Sunday, May 26, 11 a.m. to noon.....................Sand Shots With Rob
Tuesday, May 28, 11 a.m. to noon ..... Full Swing Basics With Mark
Trails Club to do trail
work off Terra Granada
The Rossmoor Trails Club continues to explore parks and
open spaces throughout the Bay Area twice weekly. This month,
in addition to the schedule of hikes, a trail maintenance day is
scheduled. It will be Tuesday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Meet in the regular place, behind Gateway, at the regular
time, 8:45 a.m., to carpool to Terra Granada Drive, Entry 14, as
parking there is limited.
A good turnout means less work for everybody. All are welcome, Amblers, Ramblers, Trekkers and Scramblers.
Club members will clear the trail tread of weeds and do some
minor tread damage repair. Working with the club will be a
group from the East Bay Trail Dogs, a volunteer trail maintenance and construction organization working on the Bill Kieffer
Trail.
Rich Perona, Rossmoor’s landscape manager, will send a crew
to help as he did last year. Tools will be provided, but members
may bring their own.
Wear sturdy shoes, long pants and a cap or hat. Bring gloves,
sunscreen, a snack and water.
The trail work day coordinator is Joe Stadum.
Call to find out if you may walk the golf course
Residents may walk Rossmoor’s
golf courses on days when they are
closed. They are closed on most
Mondays and on other days when
conditions are not appropriate for
golfing. To find out if the course is
closed, call the Pro Shop, 988-7861.
The shop is open daily at 7 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday and on Mondays
when tournaments are held.
RTC men split with Pleasanton
Three-way ties
in Wild Card
By Dave Kern
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Tennis Club’s
(RTC) Men’s Interclub League
team visited ClubSport Pleasanton’s indoor courts on Feb.
27 and played to a 2-2 tie. The
team’s first and second doubles
teams won and the third and
fourth lost.
At first doubles, Frank Haswell and Larry Barclay won
handily 6-2, 6-4. Winning by
the largest margin of the day,
the second doubles team of
Frank Danko and Bob Walgren downed their opponents
easily at 6-1, 6-3.
In the longest and closest
match of the day, Dave Kern
and Randy Kuhl lost 7-6, 6-4
playing at the third doubles position. At fourth doubles, Bill
Sederowitz and Jim Ellett lost
6-2, 6-3.
There are two more matches to be played in the league’s
winter season after which the
spring/summer season starts
in mid-April with matches being played weekly, rather than
bi-weekly.
The Greenbrook Tennis
Club team has decided to drop
out of the league. Greenbrook
will be replaced by the Moraga
Country Club, which will keep
the league team count to eight.
Wild Card
For the first time in Wild
Ca rd tour nament histor y,
th ree women tied for first
place, and so did the th ree
male winners.
Shin Kim, Pauline Hanley,
and Becky Reiss were the winners in the women’s draw, all
scoring 19 points. Also scoring 19 points each and sharing
The March Wild Card Tournament winners are, from left, Chris
Bang, Shin Kim, Chris Eddy, Pauline Hanley, Floyd Yearout and
Becky Reiss.
Playing in an intense mixed doubles match at the March Wild
Card Tournament are Paul Holland, foreground, and Gloria McBeth.
the men’s championship were
Chris Bang, Chris Eddy, and
Floyd Yearout.
Mike Ying ran the tournament and Joe Potozkin assisted
as scorekeeper.
General meeting
All RTC members are encouraged to attend the general
membership meeting that will
be held at Creekside Clubhouse, meeting rooms 1 and
2, at 1:30 p.m. on Monday,
March 18. Club President Pauline Hanley will preside at the
meeting.
Barbara Blum, the club’s
point person for the improvements planned for the Buckeye
tennis complex, including two
new courts, will give the membership an update on that project. As usual, refreshments
will be served.
Men’s Golf Club sets two-man scramble
The Rossmoor Men’s Golf
Club will have a two-man
scramble tournament on
Wednesday, April 3.
The tournament includes an
18-hole scramble on the Dollar
Ranch Golf Course and a ninehole scramble on the Creekside
Golf Course.
The 18-hole scramble will
have a shotgun start at 8:30
a.m. The nine-hole scramble will have a shotgun start
at 10:30. All play should be
completed by 12:45 p.m. Players in both events will meet at
Creekside for lunch and prizes
following play.
This year, golfers have two
choices for playing partners.
They can select their own
partner and indicate this on
the sign up envelope. If no
partner is indicated, the Pro
Shop will make up a balanced
twosome.
The field will be divided
into flights based on handicaps. This should give appropriate competition for all players. Prizes will be awarded for
all flights.
This new format is designed
to provide playing opportunities for all club members.
The entry fee is $18 for either course and includes lunch
and prizes. Cash and credit are
unacceptable. There will be no
refunds for cancellations after
the deadline at noon, Saturday,
March 30.
Green fees are charged at
the member rate and are pay-
able in the Pro Shop prior to
play. All players must register
at the Pro Shop the day of the
tournament.
Sign-up envelopes will be
available in the Pro Shop.
There will be separate prizes
for the nine- and the 18-hole
events.
For information, call Ron
Wolfman at 254-6443.
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Trails Club offers variety
of destinations in March
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
a 500-foot elevation gain.
Ramblers hike five to seven miles. Trekkers hike six
to eight miles. Scramblers
hike six to nine miles. Each
succeeding group may hike
areas with more elevations
gain or at a faster pace.
Those residents interested in joining should email
Harriet Schwartz at [email protected] or Christine Imrie at cgimrie@
yahoo.com. New members
must have an orientation
conversation before hiking.
For information, call Harriet at 9434-7402..
Monday walkers meet
at 8:45 a.m. on the large
patio in front of Peacock
Hall at Gateway Clubhouse.
Amblers, Ramblers, Trekkers and Scramblers meet
Wednesdays and Saturdays
at 8:45 a.m. behind Multipurpose Room 3 at Gateway
to arrange carpools 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 round trip 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.
March destinations
Saturday, March 16:
Amblers, Suzanne Eldridge,
Shell Ridge; Ramblers, Jack
Cassidy, Martinez hills;
Trekkers, Arlene Pitman,
Brushy Peak Regional Preserve; and Scramblers, Diane Hinds, Briones outlook
Wednesday, March 20:
Amblers, Charlotte Katz,
Briones; Ramblers, Bobbie Scharf, Lafayette Reservoir; Trekkers, Carolyn
Yandle, Mt. Diablo Olympia Peak; and Scramblers,
Larry Prudhomme, Shell
Ridge
Saturday, March 23:
Amblers, Earl Sawyer, Redwood Park; Ramblers, Sally Allen, Bay Farm Island;
Trekkers, Marty Nelson,
Shell Ridge; and Scramblers, Kay Nitta, Las Trampas
Wednesday,
March
27: Amblers, Betty Boege,
Briones Alhambra Creek;
Ramblers, Zev Luria,
Briones; Trekkers, Don
Geahry, Sunol – waterfalls and wild flowers; and
Scramblers, Adrienne Roth,
Briones Reservoir
Saturday, March 30:
Amblers, Marian Herndon,
Briones wildflowers John
Muir Trail; Ramblers, Dick
Pierce, Mt. Diablo balancing rock; Trekkers, Sumner
Walters, Black Diamond
Regional Park; and Scramblers, Ingrid Wood, Mt.
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Play bunco next Wednesday
Join the Bunco Club of
Rossmoor on Wednesday,
March 20, in the Oak Room at
Gateway. Check in between 6
and 6:30 p.m. with play starting at 6:30.
Haven’t heard of bunco? It
is a progressive game of dice,
luck and monetary prizes. It’s a
great way to make new friends
and have fun. It requires no
special skills or previous experience.
The February winners included Willie Sanderson, Diane Biasatti, Barbara McCauley, Charlene Torres and Vivian Dable.
The cost is $5 per person
and includes snacks and beverages.
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February bunco winners include, from left, Willie Sanderson,
Diane Biasatti, Barbara McCauley, Charlene Torres and Vivian
Dable.
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Play dominoes, whether experienced or not
The Domino Club meets
regularly twice a week.
Experienced players meet
on Monday evenings in the
Oak Room at Gateway Clubhouse. Participants should
plan to arrive at 6:30 as play
begins promptly at 6:45.
Beginners or rusty players
meet Saturdays at 10 a.m. in
Multipurpose Room 2 at Gateway. This is the opportunity to
learn and practice the rules and
etiquette of Five-Up, the domino game played at the club.
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.
Five games (with a 28-minute time limit per game) are
played each session. A player
is awarded one point every
time he makes a play that results in the open ends of the
tiles in play adding up to an
amount divisible by 5. (There
is 1 point for each multiple of
5. An example is 5 equals 1
point and 10 equals 2 points.)
A player also earns points
from the total dominos left
in the opponents hands when
“dominoing” or playing the
last domino in a player’s hand
before the other players. Multiple hands are played to reach
a game total of 60 points and
five games are played for a potential score of 300 or better.
Everyone is welcome to play
and learn about dominoes.
Winners
The domino winners for
March 4 were: Walter Roosli,
326; Sally Lowry, 305; Jim
Ford, 303; Kent Croswell,
298; Ann Shaddle, 293; and
Wint Mather, 292.
The domino winners for
March 2 were: Scott Grenfell,
322; Mike Flanagan, 316; Carol Thom, 311; Lee Barry, 316;
and Sally Lowry, 308.
Kent Croswell’s
tip of the week
Two-player game strategy.
If non-setter, and had to “draw
the pile,” attempt to force setter to play onto the number that
required the draw. This can be
accomplished by continually
playing so that the end tile is
one in which all seven tiles are
in the non-set hand, or already
played. In this manner, setter
should eventually be required
to pass, and then non-setter
can begin scoring.
Partnership Bridge
On Feb. 26, 26 people played
partnership bridge in the Oak
Room at Gateway. Bob and Alli
Jornlin topped the winners with
3440 points. Other winners were:
Vicki LaBatt/Mary Keeler 3120,
Dorothy and Jed Crane 3120, Nancy Kubacki/Anne Riley 2830 and
John and Dolores Clark 2770 with
a small slam in hearts and in diamonds. Low score was 1080.
Directors Dolores and John
Clark managed the game. For information, call Dolores Clark at
330-8612.
On March 5, 38 persons played
partnership bridge in the Oak
Room at Gateway. Vicki LaBatt/
Mary Keeler topped the winners
with 4900 points, including a small
slam in hearts.
Other winners were: Eva and
Dick Bockius 3110, John and Dolores Clark 2970, Bob and Alli
Jornlin 2760, Sam Raber/Joyce
Towner 2710, Dorothy Durr/Shirley Haag 2660 and Lynn Gross/
Shari Siegel 2500. Low score was
790.
Directors Dolores and John
Clark managed the game. For information, call Dolores Clark at
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 March
6 problem was 1.Qh8 checkKe7 2.Ng6 check fxg6 3.Qxg7
mate.
This week, another problem is offered to tease the
mind, white to mate in three.
The answer will be included
in next week’s column.
Players at all levels are
welcome at the Chess Room
on the first floor of Dollar
Clubhouse on Friday, Sat-
Bridge Bites
330-8612.
Partnership bridge on March 7
had these winners: Dee and Neal
Monasch 4760, Mike Harris/Peter
Grey 3550, Judy and Ted Augustine
3280, Jo Hazen/Anne Riley 2970,
Dorlene Dockus/Shari Siegel 2880,
Vicki LaBatt/Mary Keeler 2820
and Nicky Hoagland/Barbara Smith
2670.
Partnership bridge on March 6
had these winners: Carolyn Nelson/
Anne Riley 5240, Jerry Werner/
Lila Kennedy 5210, Gail Strack/
Shari Siegel 3380, Neal Monasch/
Edna Nebinger 3310 with a small
slam in no trump, Tillie Molho/Lillian Katzburg 3010, Lil Hara/Toshi
Tsuchitani 2980 and Jo Malanowski/Faye Nelson 2630.
For information, call Neal
Monasch at 933-9429.
New Friday
duplicate bridge
urday and Sunday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Come join the
fun.
Call Bob Dickson at 9341405 with the solution and
any questions or comments.
There will be duplicate
bridge games on Fridays, beginning April 12, from 9 to 11
a.m. in the Oak Room at Gateway. The game is for players
with less than 20 masterpoints.
The game is open to
Rossmoor Duplicate Bridge
Club members and invited
guests. The cost is $3 for club
members and $5 for guests.
Judy Lowe at 280-7277 or at
[email protected].
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Pass
Pass Pass
After that bold leap to 6♥,
West leads the ♠ K. Declar-
er can count 10 top tricks
(consisting of 5 trumps and
5 side-suit winners). Our
question to you is “Where
are the other two tricks coming from?”
Will it help Declarer’s
cause to ruff two Diamonds?
No, those ruffs are in the
“long hand.” Declarer’s five
trumps have already been
included in the trick total,
and using two of them for
ruffing does not create two
extra trump tricks. But get-
ting a couple of ruffs in the
“short hand,” well that is an
entirely different kettle of
fish. That’s right, Declarer
can make his contract by arranging two Spade ruffs in
Dummy.
Getting those ruffs must
be done early in the play. It
won’t do to draw two rounds
of trumps (hoping they
are 2-2) and then to lose a
Spade. In that case, East
will win the Spade and fire
back another trump, holding the Spade ruffs to just
one. It’s OK to draw just one
round of trumps, but then
the Spade trick must be conceded. Now, whatever the
defense does, Declarer gets
those two ruffs in the short
hand for a total of 12 tricks.
It was fortunate for Declarer that Dummy showed
up with the ♥ 8! If you were
to exchange Dummy’s ♥ 8
with East’s ♥7, then the slam
fails (East can over-ruff one
of the Spade tricks). When
East curses his rotten luck in
being dealt that inadequate
♥ 7, the customary retort is
“But we would never have
bid the slam without the ♥8.”
Visit www.acbl.org for
more about the fascinating
game of bridge or email [email protected].
Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday, Feb. 26
Section A
N/S 1. J. Dolgin/L. Grawoig
2. P. Taylor/D. Barker 3. J. Erickson/L. Chien 4. P. Tolins/J.
Granich
E/W 1. J. Lowe/E. Reeve 2.
L. Brewer/S. Adams 3. P. Elfland/B. LaCour 4. N. Rosenberg/T.
Szymczak
Section B
N/S 1. B. Atkins/N. Donaldson 2. N. Stein/A. Gorbach 3. J.
Autrey/N. Mills 4. J. Kadner/E.
Lang
E/W 1. B. Nitzberg/M. Nitzberg 2. B. Sankary/J. Mailman 3.
R. Long/A. Long 4. E. Matsui/F.
Yoshida
Wednesday, Feb. 27
Section A
N/S 1. B. Felder/D. Terris 2.
J. Dolgin/C. Warner 3. M. Suchman/A. Murray 4. F. Dietz/S.
Yahng
E/W 1. G. Cunha/R. Juo
Cunha 2. J. Bateman/J. Burnson
3. M. Powell/M. Sabol 4. R. Williams/R. Collins
Thursday, Feb. 28
Section A
N/S 1.L. Grawoig/J. Francis 2.
S. Eltringham/M. Russell 3. M.
Newman/S. Newman 4. M. Humphrey/L. Humphrey
E/W 1. M. Stuart/M. Krouse
2. M. Suchman/O. Edor 3. R.
Lemons/T. Lemons 4. C. Warner/I. Darroch
Section B
N/S 1. M. Creamer/J. Milano 2. L. Assoni/E. Lichtig 3. E.
Gould/C. Gould 4. F. Buchignani/Buchignani
E/W 1. B. Evans/C. Evans
2. F. Warner/H.A. Warner 3. J.
Johnston/M. Schubarth 4. R.
Hutton/M. Harris
Saturday, March 2
Section A
N/S 1. A. Murray/J. Guillen 2.
H. Schick/M. Koch 3. M. Suchman/G. Cunha 4. L. Grawoig/J.
Francis
E/W 1.R. Juo Cunha/M. Stuart 2 J. Erickson/C. Kearney
3. C. Warner/F. Howard 4. M.
Barnes/P. Elfland
Monday, March 4
Section A
N/S 1. B. Felder/L. Grawoig
2. A. Petersen/V. Petersen 3.
A. Finkelstein/A. Murray 4. F.
Lowe/R. Orloff
E/W 1. R. Juo Cunha/M. Mok
2. G. Cunha/M. Suchman 3. C.
Nevin/B. LaCour 4. C. Warner/F.
Howard
Section B
N/S 1. L. Davis/R.D. Goldsmith 2. J. Francis/F. Gomes 3.
J. Moreau/C. Ferrett 4. D. Christiansen/D. Thompson
E/W 1. T. Blankfeld/P. Reagan
2. M. Graddis/J. Johnston 3. R.
Conrad/F. Block 4. F. Sheng/G.
Sheng
Section C
N/S 1. P. Wimer/M. Kessler
2. T. Gunn/M.L. Armsby 3. K.
Hammond/S. Lim 4. J. Logan/J.
Nold
E/W 1. M. Schubarth/D. Guilfoy 2. M. Maglio/E. Lang 3. J.
Chenevey/J. Chenevey 4. S. Allen/J. Cohen
For additional information,
see posted results or go to
http://julialowe.bridgeforyou.
com.
Clubs & Organizations
5B
Cal Alumni Club announces
new officers, upcoming events Walnut Creek School superintendent to
discuss education with Progressive Views
Cal Alumni Club of Rossmoor has elected its new officers
and board of directors for 2013-14. The new officers are
Interactive get-together involves discussion
Cathy Nicole, recording secretary; Pete Parrish, director at
large; Pat Hines, executive vice president; Vickie Hipkiss,
technical communication; Rosemary Furlong, director of
reservations; Marty Todd, director of membership; and Dale
Smith, president.
After a busy, successful year, Kerin Baker is the outgoing
president.
The Cal Alumni Club sponsors four fundraisers every
year to support the achievement award program, the leadership award and the Cal Band at UC Berkeley. These include
this year’s remaining events – the annual spring dinner on
Wednesday, April 17; picnic barbecue at Sportmen’s Park on
Saturday, Aug.10; the Big Game Rally on Sunday, Nov. 17,
followed by the Big Game TV party Saturday, Nov. 23.
Members can check the Cal Alumni website (calalumniclubofrossmoor.org) for information about various events as
well as membership forms.
Cal Alumni and friends of the university who are not
members are invited to join the Rossmoor club. Dues are
$20 per household. Send a dues check along with a card
with name, class year, address and phone number to P.O.
Box 2342, Walnut Creek 94595. Members receive advanced
notice on events and parties, plus a membership roster.
Walnut Creek School Superintendent Patricia A.
Wool, Ed.D., will lead the
Progressive Voices discussion on the new core curriculum standards on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in
Creekside Clubhouse.
Wool has been superintendent of the Walnut Creek
School District since 2007.
She will present an overview
of the standards, which California is pursuing aggressively in collaboration with
existing federal government
educational guidelines and
requirements.
The goal of the core curriculum standards is to emphasize and improve specific key attributes deemed
critical for professional
Patricia Wool
work life success in the 21st
century: critical thinking,
problem solving, collaboration, adaptability, initiative
and entrepreneurship, effective oral and written skills,
accessing information, curiosity and imagination.
Rossmoor
residents
Jeanne Gelwicks, a retired
elementary school principal, and Jane Stalling, a local educational consultant,
will introduce Wool, who
will summarize the new
program to kick off the
group discussion.
The monthly Progressive
Voices discussion groups are
held on the third Wednesday
of the month at Creekside.
They are free interactive
get-togethers on subjects of
public interest and everyone
is invited and encouraged to
join in the discussions.
For information, call Jon
Foyt at 322-3064 or Marilyn Davin at 979-9887.
ORT to hear about property
rights and liberty at meeting Learn about technology in the classrooms
Speaker discusses U.N. agenda at Friends of WC Education meeting
The Rossmoor ORT meeting on Tuesday, March 19, in
the Delta Room at Del Valle
Clubhouse will feature Heath
Gass, who will talk about
“U.N. Agenda 21: Another
Threat to Our Freedom.” Refreshments will be served at
12:30 p.m. and the meeting
starts at 1. The community is
invited.
A resident of Danville, Gass
is a wife, mother, Realtor and
activist for property rights and
liberty. Prior to taking up this
work, she was a network engineer for over 17 years. She is
the author of three technical
books and dozens of information technology (IT) training
videos, which are currently
used by colleges and IT professionals worldwide.
During her high-tech career, she specialized in proto-
col analysis. She is an expert
on Agenda 21, a non-binding,
voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations
(UN) with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the UN Conference on
Environment and Development
(UNCED) held in Brazil in
1992, and it is an action agenda
for the UN, other multilateral
organizations and individual
governments around the world
that can be executed at local,
national and global levels.
She has been educating
and motivating conservative groups all over the state
to fight for private property
rights. Currently, she is with
Better Homes and Gardens
Real Estate.
For information on the program, call Selma Soss at 9398730.
The Friends of the Walnut Creek Education
Foundation invite Rossmoor residents to the
club’s meeting on Thursday, March 14, from 4
to 5 p.m. in meeting rooms 1 and 2 at Creekside
Clubhouse.
The speaker is Las Lomas High School science teacher and technology coordinator Peat
Sutherland. His talk will focus on technology
in the classroom.
The presentation will include a demonstration of how the iPad and Apple TV are used
in classrooms as well as technology equipment
used in science labs. Also on display will be
science fair projects from Murwood Elementary School.
Refreshments will be served.
The club allows residents to keep abreast of
current news and issues related to Rossmoor’s
two school districts: the Walnut Creek School
District (kindergarten through eighth grade)
and the Acalanes Union High School District.
All residents are invited to attend club meetings. There are no membership fees. For information, all April O’Dea at 210-1168.
Hadassah honors Sandie Lawrence
Luncheon will be held at Creekside Clubhouse
The Rossmoor group of beautiful Miriam’s Garden at Bergman at 1824A Camino
Diablo Valley Hadassah will Hadassah Hebrew University Verde, Walnut Creek, CA
honor Sandie Lawrence during Medical Center at Ein Kerem, 94597. Be sure to indicate the
a luncheon on Thursday, April Jerusalem.
entrée choice.
4, at noon in Meeting Room 3
The luncheon choices are
Hadassah, the Women’s Ziat Creekside Clubhouse.
salmon Caesar salad or tuna onist Organization of AmeriLawrence will be honored nicoise salad. The cost is $36 ca Inc., is the largest women’s
for her years of dedication to a person.
organization in the United
Hadassah and in the expansion
For information, call He- States with nearly 300,000
of the Hadassah community lene Casella at 693-0293.
members. Hadassah programs
in Rossmoor and throughout
Seating is limited and res- include health education, sothe Diablo Valley.
ervations are required. The cial action and advocacy on
In honor of her contribu- deadline is Thursday, March many issues.
The Caledonian Society of Rossmoor will meet on Mon- tions, a brick has been in- 28. Reservation checks, payTo learn more about the projday, March 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the Dollar Clubhouse.
scribed with her name on able to Diablo Valley Hadas- ects of Hadassah, go to www.
Prior to the meeting, there may be some singing of a few the Centennial Path in the sah, should be mailed to Pat diablovalley.hadassah.org.
Scottish songs around the piano. After a short business meeting and welcome to new members, an interesting Congressional Record from 1998 will be read explaining the celebrating
of National Tartan Day, which is April 6 each year. Tartans
may be bought for sharing and celebrating.
The National Council of Jewish Women
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Scottish ancestry is not a requirement for membership in
the Caledonian Society. The society strives to maintain Scots (NCJW) will meet on Wednesday, March is celebrating its 10th anniversary in their
tradition and culture. The only membership requirement is an 27, in the Delta Room at Del Valle Club- present location. It is one of the largest muhouse. The meeting will start with refresh- seums in the Western world dedicated exinterest in Scottish legend and lore.
Many people joined after the very successful Burns Supper ments at 9:30 a.m. followed by a short busi- clusively to Asian art. The collection in the
in January. It’s hoped that they will participate in the club’s ness meeting at 10. The program will com- three floors contains more than 2,500 treamany activities throughout the year, including regular meet- mence approximately 10:30. The meeting is sures many donated by Avery Brundage.
open to all.
Many objects are rotated frequently between
ings and the annual July picnic.
Docent Laura Beth Nelson from the Asian storage and display, giving fresh material to
New members and guests are always welcome.
Art Museum will present a slide show titled view with each visit.
Yearly dues are $10 per individual or $15 per couple. Ap- “Art of the Silk Road.” She will talk about
NCJW is a volunteer organization that
plication forms may be picked up from the society’s mailbox trade and exchanges along the Silk Road, works to improve the quality of life for womat Gateway or by contacting Irene Malchaski, membership merchants and pilgrim goods, ideas and re- en, children and families through its various
chairwoman, at 932-6415.
ligions across the huge Eurasian land mass.
programs supported by its membership.
Caledonian Society will
meet at Dollar on Monday
NCJW to hear about Asian Art Museum
Docent to talk about ‘Art of the Silk Road’
6B
Computer Club has a blog
that anyone can access
By Jim Bradley
Club correspondent
The Computer Club of
Rossmoor has had a blog for
more than a year and it has
largely gone unnoticed. The
club wonders why and looks to
readers (and, of course, to itself)
for some answers.
Anyone can access this
blog by going to www.rossmoorcomputerclub.blogspot.
com. Easy access is available by
placing an icon on the desktop
in the following manner: Go
to the desktop and right click;
place the cursor on ‘New” >
move it to “Shortcut” and left
click > type in the Internet address appearing above > left
click “Next” > type in “Computer Club Blog” and left click
“Close.”
One look at this blog will
provide a visual description of
what it is. This is a site where
opinions can be expressed by
anyone. The blog is available
for freewheeling discussions,
the posing of questions, readers’
comments and more.
A list of the topics already
posted include: “Let’s Talk
EBooks”; “Shopping Online”;
”Winter Class Schedule”;
“Honoring Our Volunteers”;
“Computer Club Discusses Cookies”; and “Operating
Room of the Future.” The latter
topic is a fascinating short video
of the future of medicine with
the help of technology as described by an Israeli firm.
Future postings will include
a list of helpful websites. For
example, wouldn’t it be helpful
to everyone to post the location
of the lowest gasoline prices in
various areas? Expect, too, to
find the club’s article on personal computers found weekly in
the Rossmoor News. There is
one coming soon discussing a
person’s “digital estate.”
Jan Barnes created the blog
and also manages it. Barnes
wants people to feel welcome to
offer any suggestions by email
at [email protected].
The club looks at its blog as
a special place to discuss and
even present information. Have
a question? Ask it on the blog.
Found a site that could be of
particular interest? Post it on
the blog.
Be proactive in a club working hard to help everyone, member or not, enjoy the journey of
computer literacy.
Tip of the week
• Here are some suggestions
to help limit the damage caused
by the theft of credit cards:
• Keep the toll free numbers,
as well as the credit card numbers, handy in order to make the
calls.
• File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where
cards were stolen.
• Photocopy the contents
of a wallet and keep them in
a safe place. Knowing exactly
what was in the wallet allows a
prompt call to the DMV, credit card companies, friends and
family.
• Don’t sign the back of a
credit card. Instead, put “photo
ID required.”
Other matters of interest
• The club continues to accept volunteers to serve at the
Computer Center at Gateway.
Computer literacy is an essential prerequisite. Volunteers
can work a regular schedule or
on-call as a substitute. Call the
Computer Center at 947-4527
or 947-4528 or call the office at
280-3984.
The Computer Center’s
email address is [email protected].
The club’s website is www.
carossmoorcomputerclub.com
(click on “Our Services” for
class schedules).
The club seeks volunteers
for its house call team, which
is on hiatus. Volunteers should
be willing to share their time
and expertise with others in
Rossmoor. Bill Hammond
heads this team and can be
reached at 953-8871 or leave a
message for Hammond at 9474527. The club reimburses the
housecall team for gasoline.
Volunteering is a nice way to
give something back to a community that since its inception
has been built on the support of
volunteers.
Lions Club to hear CEO
of Lions Blind Center
The Lions Club will meet on Thursday, March 21, in the
Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse. The speaker will be Michelle Lagunas, chief executive officer of the Lions Center for
the Blind in Oakland.
Lagunas has more than 14 years of experience in the aging
and disabled community.
Her experience includes serving as director of Oakland’s only
multiethnic and multilingual senior center. She also worked in
elder abuse prevention and as a trainer for San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital.
She grew up with a totally blind father and step-mother and
values the need for services and adaptive technology for the
visually impaired.
Lagunas holds a degree in human development with minors in
gerontology and women’s studies.
Guests are welcome to join club members for the luncheon at
11:30 a.m. or to come for the presentation afterward.
For membership information, call Chuck Shaddle, membership chairman, at 256-0664.
RMUG focus session on Monday looks at
Address Book and Calendar applications
The Rossmoor Mac Users Group (RMUG)
will have a focus session on Monday, March 18,
in the Delta Room at Del Valle Clubhouse.
At the first session, at 9:30 a.m., Jennifer
Langan will demonstrate helpful features of the
Address Book and Calendar Mac applications.
Address Book allows the user to enter all sorts
of information about a person, including his or
her email addresses, phone numbers, addresses,
websites, chat names, names of the important
people in his or her life (including spouse, partner, mom, dad, siblings and assistant) and more.
The second hour will feature RMUG board
members, George Huega and Julie Eastwood,
extolling the uses of favorite, fun, and useful
apps on the iPad. Attendees will have a chance
to suggest favorite apps that they use and enjoy.
Acalanes Adult Education Center will begin
the spring term with much the same line-up of
Mac classes as the winter term. The term begins March 25, and recesses for the first week
of April, then resumes until the first week of
June.
John Gilmore is the instructor, with classes
in Room 110. Classes include the following:
Beginning Mac, Tuesday, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
($72)
Introduction to Digital Photography, Thurs-
day, 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. ($72)
Introduction to Apple iPhone, Tuesday, 9 to
11 a.m. ($81)
Introduction to Apple iPad, Thursday, 9 to
11 a.m. ($81)
Intermediate Mac Class, Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.
to 1:15 p.m. ($72)
Mac lab, Friday, 9 to 11 a.m. This class is a
hands-on learning experience for students to
practice what they have learned. ($27)
There is another iPad class, given by instructor Amin, on Thursday, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in
Room 106. ($81)
The popular Mac workshops, with a new topic discussed each week, will resume Thursday,
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $27 for the
term. Sign up in class.
For more details, call the school at 280-3981
ext. 8001, or go to the website: www.acalanes.
k12.ca.us/adulted.
RMUG does not collect dues but accepts donations at the focus sessions in order to cover
costs of the room set-up, as well as for home
visits. To keep up to date on RMUG activities,
visit the rossmoormacusers.org website.
Call Dian Overly to arrange for home visits
at 945-6055, or Jennifer Langan at 280-0081,
for information.
Computer Club will hold lab, independent
projects at Acalanes Adult Ed Center
Currently offered by the
Computer Club of Rossmoor
and taught by Monica Olson,
the Computer Lab/Independent Projects workshop will
be held Wednesdays, March
6, 13 and 20, from 10 a.m. to
noon in building D-7 at the
Acalanes Adult Education
Center located immediately
behind the Del Valle Clubhouse.
The cost is $5 per session.
This is a new opportunity for current students to increase computer knowledge
on a one-on-one basis with
a teacher. Those who work
on projects or have ideas for
projects may take this class
for hands-on assistance. This
lab may be repeated several
times.
The purpose in using this
lab is to enhance what has
been learned in the classes
like Beginners to Excel or
Photoshop Elements, or just
to practice using a computer
and its programs with a teacher nearby to help.
Students are encouraged to
bring a list of questions with
them to the lab.
Jim Bradley at 944-8748.
Rotary Club to hear about Panama Canal
At its Wednesday, March
20, meeting, Rossmoor Rotary Club will learn about the
Panama Canal from Dr. Lelio
H. Mejia, vice president and
principal engineer with URS
Corp. in Oakland.
Mejia’s work concerns dam
engineering, earthquake ge-
otechnical engineering and
foundation engineering. He
has directed a variety of engineering projects, including
bridge foundations and power
plants.
Rotary meets in the Diablo
Room at Hillside at 11:30 a.m.
for the social hour. Lunch and
the business meeting begin at
noon. (Lunch is $15.) The program will begin at 1 p.m.
Rossmoor residents and
potential new members are
invited to attend the luncheon.
For information, call Nancy Flautt at 943-1522.
AAUW hears about POW camp during WWII
The Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek Chapter of the American Association of University
Women (AAUW) will present the program,
“Victims of Circumstance: Life in a Philippines POW Camp During World War II,” on
Thursday, March 28, at 3 p.m. at Southside
Sycamore Clubhouse, 1101 Greenbrook Drive,
Danville.
The bombing of the Philippines started
hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on
Dec. 7, 1941.
Allied civilian families residing in the islands were put into Japanese POW camps
within that month.
Sue DeVoe, POW camp survivor and former president of the Danville-Alamo chapter
of AAUW, will be the guest speaker. DeVoe
was born in Manila.
She will relate her personal story as well as
the experiences of others in the camps.
Light refreshments will be served.
For information, call Mary Granzotto, 8768862.
AAUW advances equity for women and
girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek AAUW offers scholarships and
supports women for personal and professional growth, community leadership and
friendship. Website: www.aauw-daw.org.
AAUW membership is open to all
graduates of accredited four-year colleges or universities and those holding an associate degree or equivalent.
Prospective members can contact Tena at 8370826 or [email protected].
Clutter Support Group meets next week
The Clutter Support Group
will meet Wednesday, March
20, at 10 a.m. in the Chess
Room at Dollar Clubhouse.
The discussion will focus on
the book “Stuff” by Randy O.
Frost and Gail Steketee.
The group offers a place
where people can meet, share
experiences and support one
another with the goal of reducing clutter.
Meetings on the first and
third Wednesday of each
month at 10 a.m. in in the
Chess Room.
Geri Stokes at 943-1981.
7B
Prime Time Couples to dine next week
The Prime Time Couples Dinner Club will
hold its next dinner on Tuesday, March 19, at
Dollar Clubhouse.
Dinner will be served by Hamilton Catering.
The cost is $20 per person for members and $22
per person for nonmembers.
There will be a social hour from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. during which members and guests will be
served a variety of hors d’oeuvres. All should
bring their own beverages. Dinner is served at
6:30.
Seating, as usual, will be determined by a
random drawing to mix couples and promote
maximum acquaintanceship.
Dinner will be spinach salad with strawberries; corned beef and cabbage with potatoes,
onions and carrots; and grasshopper pie. A fish
or vegetarian option is available on request.
Wine, coffee and tea will also be served with
the meal.
Reservation checks must be received by
Thursday, March 14.
These can be dropped off at the Prime Time
Club message box located at Gateway, or, they
may be mailed to Club Treasurer Tom Mesetz
at 2132 Golden Rain Road No. 1.
Prime Time Couples Club is a social club for
couples that meets the third Tuesday of every
month for a catered dinner and conversation.
For information, call club President Phil
Blakeney at 933-6007.
Couples are invited to learn more about
the club by coming as paying guests on a
space-available basis.
A tight-knit group of birders. The Nature Association sponsors
a bird walk once a month.
Bird walk sponsored by
Association is Monday
International Club to hold Indian dinner Nature
The Rossmoor Nature Association’s next monthly bird walk is on
The International Cub will celebrate India
on Saturday, March 23, in the Sierra Room
at Del Valle.
The entertainment will feature the dancer Asavari V. Devadiga from India. She was
trained for more than 20 years by Dr. Smt.
Suchete Bhide Chapekara in a form of dance
ballet called bharatnatyam.
She has performed in India and the United
States and has been awarded prizes for her
performances.
The social hour starts at 5 p.m. There will
be a full bar and passed hors d’oeuvres of
vegetable samosas and pumpkin and courgettes kofta.
The evening meal, catered by Simple Elegance, will begin at 6.
The entrees choices are chicken korma,
lamb with cardamom and a vegetarian option of chana masala (braised chick peas
with sauce).
All entrees will be accompanied by rai-
ta (grated cucumber, grated carrot and mint
with yogurt on green salad), pea pilau (rice
with peas and dill), mixed vegetables with
coconut milk, warm nan and mango mousse
for dessert. Decaffeinated coffee will also
be served.
Entertainment will begin at 7.
The cost is $27 for members and $32 for
others. Nonmembers are encouraged to join
the club and come to the party at the member’s price.
Reservations checks, payable to the International Club, should be sent to Lydia
Bernhardt, reservation chairwoman, at 2116
Golden Rain Road No. 5 or left in the club’s
mailbox at Gateway.
Indicate on the check the choice of entrée.
The deadline is Tuesday, March 19.
Dues are $12 per year. Application forms
may be found in the club mailbox.
For information, contact Dorie Gallinatti,
president, at 465-2451.
New Kids March party has cabaret theme
The New Kids on the Block (NKOTB)
Club’s Cabaret party will be held on Friday,
March 22, at 5:30 p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse.
Happy Hour will begin at 5:30 with wine,
beer, vodka and gin and sodas along with hors
d’oeuvres and socializing with members and
new residents.
At 6:30, a Smorgasbord buffet of hearty
foods will be put out. The film “Cabaret” will
be silently showing and there will be music
playing in the background. Each table will have
topics for discussion and fun conversation.
After dinner at 7:30, games of Mexican Train
and Bunco will be set up to keep the party going. Someone will teach the games, if needed.
NKOTB is a social dinner club designed to
welcome newcomers to Rossmoor, but is open
to all Rossmoor residents.
There are six parties a year, each featuring different themes of movies, countries or
events. Music, good food and a chance to meet
new residents makes the party fun. Future
themes include Casino Night, Cuba, Take Me
Out to the Ball Game and a surprise theme.
Reservations are due by Tuesday, March
19. The cost is $17 for members and $22 for
guests. Make the check payable to NKOTB
and put it in the club’s box at Gateway (or mail
it to Agnes van Boeschoten, 1653 Skycrest
Drive No. 14).
For information, contact Shanti Haydon at
954-8218.
Sunday Salon to eat at Salvatore Ristoranti
Once a month, Sunday Salon members meet
at a local restaurant for an evening of good
food, fine wine and great company.
Members and guests will meet on Thursday, March 14, at Salvatore Ristoranti, located
at 1627 N. Broadway, across from the Walnut
Creek Library. Salvatore’s is very popular with
a convivial bar setting and delicious and authentic Italian food.
The cost is $35 per person and that includes
tax and tip. Reservation checks should be sent
to Jim Woollett. Call him at 287-0468 for information about this event and future outings.
On the first Sunday of each month, the Sunday Matinee group goes to the movies to see the
latest films. Show time is between 2 and 4 p.m.
For more details and to find out what movie is
scheduled for April, call Debra Deitch at 9541624.
On Saturday, March 23, the very popular
private, in-home hosted dinner parties will be
held. A designated host and cook will welcome
members for an evening of delicious food, fine
wine and lively conversation. Each party features a theme menu and is attended by six to
eight members. Call Marilyn Mason at 9343516 for information.
Sunday Salon was organized exclusively for
single residents of Rossmoor and invited outside guests to meet socially and participate in
various events and activities throughout the
year.
For more details about the group, call Dione
Williams at 933-9077.
Friends of Hospice learn about Tax Relief Act
Learn about the new American Tax Relief Act and its
impact on income and estate
taxes.
Rossmoor Friends of Hospice of the East Bay will
sponsor a symposium on the
act on Friday, March 15, from
9 to 10:30 a.m. in meeting
rooms 1 and 2 at Creekside
Clubhouse.
The speakers will be Gary
Gardner, certified financial
planner, and Kirsten Howe, attorney.
To register, contact Mitch
Ashley at 887-5678 ext.1006 or
[email protected].
Monday, March 18, at 9 a.m. starting from the Creekside parking
lot (at the corner of Rossmoor Parkway and Stanley Dollar Drive).
Visitors are always welcome to attend these casual walks, which
are only canceled in the event of rain or heavy fog.
These guided bird walks have been a popular activity for
Rossmoor birders for more than 20 years.
A typical walk is along the level cart paths of the Creekside Golf
Course (which is normally open for walking on Mondays). On an
average outing, birders can expect to see approximately 20 species
during the 1½- to 2-hour walk.
Birders will also find that the presence of Tice Creek, the golf
course pond, the heavy undergrowth and wide variety of mature trees, provide many desirable habitats in the environs of the
golf course. A complete record of all the club’s past documented
bird-sightings (including dates and locations) can be perused on the
club’s official website at http://www.jardine-electronics.com/rna/
rnahome.html.
For information about the Nature Association or its monthly activities, contact Bob Carlton at 280-8129 or at [email protected].
PT Cruiser Club celebrates
St. Patrick’s Day with dinner
The Rossmoor PT Cruiser Club will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Thursday, March 21, at 5 p.m. at Tose Grier’s home.
Corned beef and cabbage will be provided as well as sparkling cider. Members are asked to bring side dishes. They may
also bring their own beverages.
Reservations are due to Grier by Monday, March 18. Note
what dish will be brought.
Grier’s home is at 2887 Ptarmigan Drive No. 2, Entry. 18. Her
telephone number is 287-0817.
Two people joined the club at its February dinner meeting at
El Charro in Lafayette.
The club welcomes new members. For information, contact
Grier or Rich Nicholes, 937-5469.
Greta Christina will speak
to Atheists and Agnostics
The next meeting of the
Atheists and Agnostics
Group will be held Thursday,
March 21, at 2 p.m. in the
Las Trampas Room at Hillside Clubhouse.
Greta Christina, author
and professional writer on
atheism, LGBT issues, politics and culture will be the
speaker. Her topic is titled
“Resistance Is Not Futile:
Is Arguing About Religion
Worth It?”
Christina runs a widely read blog and is a correspondent for AlterNet, the
Internet news site. Her book
“Why Are You Atheists So
Angry?” discusses 99 things
that upset atheists. Her talk
will address questions such
as, does it makes sense to
debate about religion? How
should atheists go about it?
And what should the expec-
Greta Christina
tations be for what these debates can accomplish?
As usual, visitors are
welcome. Warm drinks and
cookies are available before
the meeting. For information
call 933-3133.
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T
he following 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.
pool And Fitness Center hours
• Dollar and Hillside pools are open March 15 through 31 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. On
April 1, Dollar and Hillside pools open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hillside pool is closed
for cleaning Tuesdays until 1 p.m. and Dollar pool is closed Wednesdays until 1 p.m.
• Del Valle pool is open 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Thursday
when it opens at 1 p.m. after cleaning; and 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
• Fitness Center is open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For information on pool hours, call 988-7854.
D=Dollar Clubhouse
G=Gateway Clubhouse
H=Hillside Clubhouse
MPR=Multipurpose Room
DV=Del Valle
C=Creekside
Table Tennis Play
Table tennis play has been moved to the Sierra Room at Del Valle during construction
of the new facility and no play times are listed in the calendar below. Play time varies
during the week, but there is no play on Tuesdays and Sundays. Check the schedule
in the hallway by the elevator at Del Valle.
Thursday, March 14
TIME
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
EVENT............................LOCATION....................... ORGANIZATION
Strength Circuit.................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Pilates Mat Int/Adv............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise.......Diablo Rm., H.............................Luk Tung Kuen
Stretch/Strengthen............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Tax Aid...........................Vista Rm., H...................................... Rec. Dept.
Aerobic Dance..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Open Draw.......................Lawn Bowling Greens, H.....Lawn Bowling Club
Bible Study......................Main, D................................. Bible Study Group
Stitchers.........................Sewing Rm., G.......................Sewing Arts Club
T’ai Chi...........................Shasta Rm., DV........ Chinese-American Assoc.
Watercolor......................Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
Zumba............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
DVC: Schoenbrunn Concerts.Delta Rm. A, DV................................ Rec. Dept.
Masters Swim..................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Open Swim......................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Qi Gong..........................Shasta Rm., DV........ Chinese-American Assoc.
Light Stretch....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Mat Science.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Fun Day..........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Italian Conversation...........MPR 3, G...............................Ital. Convs. Group
Osteo Assessment.............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................MPR 1, 2, G.................................Writers Group
Movie.............................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Osteo/Balance..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Partnership Bridge.............Oak Rm. A, G.......................................... Bridge
Parkinson’s Group.............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Beg. Tap Rehearsal............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Line Dance......................Diablo Rm., H...........................Line Dance Club
Rehearsal.......................MPR 3, G.............................................Harmony
Ballet.............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Rehearsal.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................Meeting Rm.5...................... Registered Nurses
Chair Yoga.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Aquacise.........................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Strength Yoga...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Circuit Training.................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
AA Open Meeting...............Garden Rm., D....................... Counseling Dept.
Duplicate Bridge...............Oak Rm. A, G.......................................... Bridge
Meeting..........................Main, D............................. Shakespeare Society
Sing-along.......................MPR 3, G........................... Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Friday, March 15
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
Group Cycle.....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
ABS Back........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Luk Tung Kuen Exercise.......Las Trampas Rm., H..................Luk Tung Kuen
Rhythmrobics...................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water......................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Strength..........................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Collage Class...................Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
Dominoes........................Garden Rm., D.......................... Brown Baggers
Keeping Fit......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Quilters..........................Sewing Rm., G.......................Sewing Arts Club
Chess Play.......................Chess Rm., D...................................Chess Club
Flexible Yoga...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
noon
noon
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
9 p.m.
Water Exercise.................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Muscle Movers.................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Cribbage.........................MPR 2, G...................................Men’s Cribbage
Friday Lunch....................Diablo Rm., H.................................... Rec. Dept.
Line Dance......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Joint Efforts.....................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
AARP Driver Safety Class....MPR 3, G................................ Rec. Dept./AARP
Gentle Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Twinges in Hinges..............Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Cardiac Rehab..................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Music with Fil and Mildred...Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
Open Workshop.................Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
Int. Folk Dancing...............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Beg. Ballroom..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Chair Challenge................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Sing Along with Bob Sequeira.. Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
Int. Ballroom....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Specialty Clinic.................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................MPR 1, G............................Cercle Francophone
Services.........................Vista Rm., H.....................................B’nai Israel
Saturday, March 16
TIME
6 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Open Swim......................Pool, D, DV, H................................... Rec. Dept.
Trails Club Hike.................MPR 3, G...........................................Trails Club
Adv. Italian Class..............MPR 1, G........................... Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Ballroom with Style............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Sports Clinic....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Domino Play....................MPR 2, G.......................................Domino Club
Jam Session....................Las Trampas Rm., H................ Music Jammers
Cardio Mix.......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Kid Swim........................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Ballroom Dance................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................Shasta Rm., DV.............. Massage & Bodywork
Ballroom Dance................Sierra Rm., DV......................... Ballroom Dance
Sunday, March 17
TIME
6 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
Church Service.................MPR 3, G........................Siloam Comm. Church
Religious Service..............Diablo Rm., H........................ St. Luke’s Church
Pilgrim Sunday Service.......Vista Rm., H.................... Pilgrim Cong. Church
Sunday Service.................Delta Rm. A, DV............ Hope Lutheran Church
TV Methodist Service.........Peacock Hall, G............... Tice Valley Methodist
Rummy Play.....................MPR 2, G..................... Prog. Rummy/Shanghai
Round Dance....................Shasta Rm., DV................... Square Dance Club
St. Patrick’s Day party........Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Monday, March 18
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 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.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
Functional Fitness.............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Deep Water......................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Masters Swim..................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................Delta Rm. A, DV...........Macintosh Users Group
Monday Walk...................Court of Flags, G...............................Trails Club
Oils...............................Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
Water Media....................Art Studio & Back Rm., G.........Art Association
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
noon
noon
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Meeting..........................Cardroom 1, D................................ Great Books
Needleworkers.................Sewing Rm., G.......................Sewing Arts Club
DVC: Western Civ.: Greece...Vista Rm., H...................................... Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................Garden Rm., D..............................Poetry Circle
Meeting..........................Meeting Rm. 1, C............................ Tennis Club
Study Group.....................MPR 3, G..........Nat’l Council of Jewish Women
Meeting..........................Main, D................................Caledonian Society
Beginning Tap...................Shasta Rm., DV................... Happy Hoofers Tap
Piano with Joyce...............Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
Foreign Film....................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Weight Watchers...............Meeting Rm. 2, C.............................. Rec. Dept.
Weight Watchers...............Meeting Rm. 1, C.............................. Rec. Dept.
Flexible Yoga...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Round Dance....................Las Trampas Rm., H........... Square Dance Club
Dominoes........................Oak Rm. A, G................................Domino Club
Open Ladies Poker.............Pine Rm., H............................. Angeline Murray
Meeting..........................Vista Rm., H.....................................Counseling
Movie.............................Peacock Hall, G....................... Italian American
Square Dance...................Las Trampas Rm., H........... Square Dance Club
Tuesday, March 19
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
noon
12:30 p.m.
12:45 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Open Swim......................Pool, D, DV........................................ Rec. Dept.
Meeting..........................Fireside Rm., G......................Activities Council
Pinochle Play...................MPR 2, G......................................Pinochle Club
Women’s Cribbage.............Garden Rm., D.....................Women’s Cribbage
Great Decisions................Peacock Hall, G................. Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Women’s 4-Part Harmony....MPR 1, G........................... Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Beg. Tai Chi Chih...............Diablo Rm., H.........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
Ballet Club.......................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Gentle Yoga.....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
T’ai Chi Chih....................Diablo Rm., H.........................T’ai Chi Chih Club
Power and Balance............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Power Balance Clinic..........Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Piano by Gloria.................Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
Beginning Line Dance.........Diablo Rm., H...........................Line Dance Club
Acrylic Oil Painting............Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
Medical Guest Speaker.......Peacock Hall, G........................ Medical Friends
Open Swim......................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Party Bridge.....................Cardroom 1, 2, D........................... Party Bridge
Portrait Drawing................Art Studio & Back Rm., G.........Art Association
Bodies in Motion...............Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Performance....................Main, D.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Inter. Tap........................Shasta Rm., DV............................. Hot Flashers
Meeting..........................MPR 3, G....................................... Yiddish Club
Foreign Film....................Peacock Hall, G................................. Rec. Dept.
Social Dance....................Diablo Rm., H........................Social Dance Club
Stretch Yoga....................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Supervised Bridge.............MPR 1, 2 G...................................... Bridge Club
Wednesday, March 20
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
Open Swim......................Pool, DV, H........................................ Rec. Dept.
Deep Water......................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Trails Club Hike.................MPR 3, G...........................................Trails Club
Drawing & Painting............Art Classroom & Gall., G...........Art Association
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
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Luk Tung Kuen..................Las Trampas Rm., H..................Luk Tung Kuen
Open Workshop.................Art Studio & Back Rm., G.........Art Association
Knitters Group..................Sewing Rm., G.......................Sewing Arts Club
Meeting..........................Chess Rm., D....................Counseling Services
Gentle Yoga.....................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Luncheon Meeting.............Diablo Rm., H..................................Rotary Club
Guitar with Jim.................Redwood Rm., G............................... Rec. Dept.
DVC: Shakespeare.............Vista Rm., H...................................... Rec. Dept.
Keeping Balance...............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Movie.............................Peacock Hall, G......................End of Life Group
Pool Open........................Pool, D.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Ballroom Dance................Pool, DV............................................ Rec. Dept.
Community Chorus.............Las Trampas Rm., H..................Comm. Chorus
Beg. Folk Dancing..............Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Hula...............................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Chair Challenge Class.........Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Reading to Low Vision........Conference Room, G......................... Rec. Dept.
Spanish Conversation.........Mtg. Rm. 4, C..................................... La Charla
Ballroom Dance................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Film...............................Peacock Hall, G..............................Republicans
T’ai Chi...........................Diablo Rm., H........... Chinese-American Assoc.
Ballroom Dance................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Boomers Schmooze............Redwood Rm., G.................... Boomers Forever
Bunco Club......................Oak Rm. A, G.................................. Bunco Club
Alanon............................MPR 1, G................................ Counseling Dept.
Meeting..........................Vista Rm., H.................................. Camera Club
Movie.............................Peacock Hall, G........ Chinese-American Assoc.
Thursday, March 21
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Open Swim......................Pool, D, H.......................................... Rec. Dept.
Bible Study......................Main, D................................. Bible Study Group
Masters Swim..................Pool, H.............................................. Rec. Dept.
Stitchers.........................Sewing Rm., G.......................Sewing Arts Club
Luncheon........................Diablo Rm., H....................................Lions Club
Fun Day..........................Sierra Rm., DV.................................. Rec. Dept.
Italian Conversation...........MPR 3, G...............................Ital. Convs. Group
Meeting..........................MPR 1, 2, G.................................Writers Group
Osteo/Balance..................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Beg. Tap Rehearsal............Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Line Dance......................Diablo Rm., H...........................Line Dance Club
Meeting..........................Las Trampas Rm., H.....Atheists and Agnostics
Meeting..........................Ivy Rm., D......................................Republicans
Rehearsal.......................MPR 3, G.............................................Harmony
Ballet.............................Fitness Center, DV............................. Rec. Dept.
Rehearsal.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Chair Yoga.......................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
Strength Yoga...................Shasta Rm., DV................................. Rec. Dept.
AA Open Meeting...............Garden Rm., D....................... Counseling Dept.
Sing-along.......................MPR 3, G........................... Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
See following pages for Excursions,
Club Trips, Special Events and Arts
and Leisure listings.
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Excursions
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
E
xcursion tickets are on sale in the Administration Office at Gateway, Monday
through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cash, check, MasterCard or Visa payments
can be made in person. MasterCard or Visa
payments can be taken over the phone.
Excursion participants are assumed to be
able to manage independently. Neither the
Excursion Desk nor the trip escort can accept
responsibility for residents who cannot do so.
The Excursion Desk has the right to
cancel a trip in advance for any reason.
A full refund will be given for all day-trips
canceled by the Excursion Desk. If residents
cancel their personal reservations, they are
guaranteed a refund if cancelled at least 15
days before the day-trip departure. Refunds
will only be available after that time if a ticket is able to be resold.
Times listed in the News and on the ticket are the actual time of departure. Names
will be called to board the bus 15 minutes
prior to this time. For information, call 9887731.
DAY TRIPS.
BOUQUETS TO ART AT THE DE YOUNG
Wednesday, March 20; Thursday, March 21
Extensive walking
Celebrate spring at the de Young Museum in San Francisco with Bouquets to
Art, the glorious annual floral exhibition
and fundraiser. Once again, the de Young
Museum will be transformed with a magnificent mashup of art and flowers when
more than 100 of the Bay Area’s most innovative floral designers come together to
produce Bouquets to Art 2013. In creating their spectacular floral arrangements,
these designers pay tribute to and draw
inspiration from the art in the de Young’s
permanent collections. For once, cameras are allowed in to capture the fleeting
beauty of the floral artwork. Lunch is nohost, so bring cash to take advantage of
the “grab and go” lunch cart option at the
museum’s cafe. The bus will leave Gateway
at 9:15 a.m. and return at approximately 3
p.m. Cost is $33 for members of FAMSF
and $49 for non-members.
SHEN YUN SHOW
Saturday, March 23; Sunday, March 24
Minimal walking
Shen Yun Performing Arts Company
returns to the Orpheum Theatre in San
Francisco with an all-new show. A performance by Shen Yun is traditional Chinese
culture as it was meant to be: a study in
grace, wisdom and all the virtues distilled
from millennia of Chinese civilization. The
classically trained dancers, musicians and
singers of Shen Yun Performing Arts share
a vision: to revive and restore Chinese culture to its former, glorious state. Each year,
they debut a spectacular new production.
Shen Yun features the distinctive colors
and styles of ethnic and folk dance. Choreographers draw upon over 20 dynasties
and 50 ethnic groups to create pieces that
range from the northern steppes of Mongolia to the lush forests of Yunnan. Among
the most impressive elements of any Shen
Yun show are the large-scale ensemble
pieces in which dozens of dancers appear
to move as one body across the stage.
Shen Yun is more than just the world’s
premier classical Chinese performing arts
company. Months of training and preparation culminate each winter when Shen Yun
debuts its new show. In just a few short
years, Shen Yun has expanded from a single troupe of dancers and musicians to
multiple companies that tour the globe simultaneously. The bus will depart Gateway
at 12:15 p.m. and return at approximately
6. The cost is $145.
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Tuesday, March 26
Extensive walking
Visit the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco and find out where money comes
from and how the financial system works.
This permanent installation is designed
to teach the public about the function of
the U.S. central bank through a series of
hands-on and visually engaging experiences. Whimsical and thought-provoking elements in the exhibit include giant iconic
representation of financial concepts, such
as a free-floating sphere, a suspended safe,
and a 14-foot tilting chair. The center also
features one of the most comprehensive
collections of U.S. currency in the country.
After the tour, enjoy some free time at the
Ferry Building. The Ferry Building Marketplace has many shops large and small offering everything from artisan cheeses to
the freshest of local fish, restaurants and
cafes for any taste. Lunch is on your own.
Later, visit the Wells Fargo Museum. Located on the site where Wells Fargo first
opened for business, the Wells Fargo History Museum features a stagecoach that
carried passengers and gold across the
western plains, an impressive display of
gold dust and ore from California’s Gold
Country, and a special collection of Gold
Rush letters carried by hundreds of express
companies.The trip is limited to 30 participants only. For security reasons, each participant must bring a government-issued
photo ID (e.g. passport, driver’s license, or
state-issued ID card) and be prepared to
go through security checkpoints. The bus
will leave Rossmoor at 8 a.m. and return at
approximately 4:30 p.m. The cost is $39.
THE 39 STEPS
Sunday, March 31, at 2 p.m.
Minimal walking
Center Repertory Company presents “The 39 Steps” at the Lesher Center
in Walnut Creek. Tony and Drama Desk
Award-winner, “The 39 Steps” is a fastpaced whodunit for anyone who loves the
magic of theatre. Adapted from Hitchcock’s
celebrated 1935 film, “The 39 Steps” is
the story of the dashing Richard Hannay
and his heroic efforts to solve the riddle
of the 39 steps while staying a step ahead
of desperate Nazi spies. This entertaining
thriller is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the
spy thriller genre and all things Hitchcock.
With four actors playing 150 zany characters, train chases, missing fingers, onstage
plane crashes and some old-fashioned romance, “The 39 Steps” is, in the end, a celebration of the power of theatrical imagination. Rossmoor Transportation Department
will provide free transportation for the first
16 participants. Cost is $30.
FILOLI MANSION AND GARDENS
Thursday, April 4
Extensive walking
Visit the beautiful gardens and mansion
at Filoli. This remarkable 654-acre property in San Mateo County is recognized
as one of the finest remaining country
estates of the early 20th century. Explore
Filoli with a docent-led tour that includes
the 36,000-square-foot Georgian country
house and spectacular 16-acre English
Renaissance garden. Designed by Willis
Polk and noted for its elegant interiors, the
house is an interpretive museum exhibit
for an extensive collection of 17th and 18th
century English antiques. Learn about the
estate’s fascinating history including the
families who founded and maintained the
Filoli vision and the architects and designers who made it a reality. Enjoy a no-host
lunch at the café. After lunch, enjoy free
time at Filoli to explore and visit the garden
shop. The bus will depart Gateway at 8:45
a.m. and return around 3 p.m. The cost is
$49.
the Musical” will play at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore. Inspired by a hot flash
and a bottle of wine, writer and producer
Jeanie Linders created the show as a celebration of women who are on the brink
of, in the middle of or have survived “The
Change.” The story involves four women
at a lingerie sale with nothing in common
but a black lace bra and memory loss. The
all-female cast makes fun of their woeful
hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood swings,
wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges. A sisterhood is created between these
diverse women as they realize that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage.”
It is a stage in every woman’s life that is
perfectly normal. This hilarious musical
is a parody set to classic tunes from the
1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The bus leaves
Gateway at 12:45 p.m. and will return
around 5. Cost is $69.
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: DUTCH
PAINTINGS FROM THE MAURISHUIS
Tuesday, April 16; Wednesday, May 1
Extensive walking
The de Young Museum in San Francisco
hosts one of the most beautiful and artistically important paintings in the world, Girl
with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.
The painting will be showcased along with
34 additional masterpieces from the collection of the famed Royal Picture Gallery
Mauritshuis, including the The Goldfinch
by Carel Fabritius, and four works by Rembrandt van Rijn. This exhibition sheds
light on a fascinating roster of artistic
personalities, both famous and forgotten,
of the late mannerist and Baroque eras.
Highlighting the artistic achievements of
the Dutch Golden Age, these works reflect the culture of artistic, economic and
technological innovation that allowed the
Netherlands to prosper in the 17th century.
Housed in a 17th-century city palace in the
Hague, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis has not lent a large body of works
from its holdings in nearly 30 years. The
museum is undergoing an extensive twoyear renovation and expansion that offers
a rare opportunity to see these remarkable
works. Join this private docent-led tour of
the exhibit. The bus leaves Gateway at 7:45
a.m. and will return around 2 p.m. Cost
is $37 for museum members and $53 for
non-members.
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC”
Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April
21, at 2 p.m.
Minimal walking
Contra Costa Musical Theatre Company presents “The Sound of Music” at the
Lesher Center in Walnut Creek. One of the
most popular musicals of all time, “The
Sound of Music” is based on the true story
of the young nun, Maria, and the singing
Von Trapp family during WWII. On April 21,
Rossmoor Transportation Department will
provide free transportation for the first 16
participants. Tickets for Friday night are
$40. Tickets for Sunday matinee are $44.
SUISUN MARSH NATURAL HISTORY
CRUISE
Wednesday, April 24
Moderate walking
Cruise the edge of the Delta and learn
about flora and fauna in this brackish wetland habitat. Suisun Marsh is the largest
and most important contiguous brackish
marsh in California. It is a miniature delta
providing essential habitat for 80 percent
of the states’ wild salmon, more than 200
species of birds, 45 animals, 16 different
amphibians and reptiles, and over 40 species of fish. It also provides glimpses of
what wild California was like before reclamation as well as its transformation into
its current managed state. The location at
the western end of the confluence of the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and
the eastern edge of the San Francisco/San
Pablo estuaries makes it a critical transitional link in the overall San Francisco
“MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL”
Estuary and California Delta. From Vallejo
Saturday, April 13
Marina voyage under five bridges, pass the
Minimal walking
through the historic Carquinez Straits and
The international hit show “Menopause cruise past the historic mothball fleet be-
fore entering the marsh proper. Enjoy free
time for lunch in Suisun City. Later, visit the
Suisun Marsh Wildlife Center.The bus will
depart Gateway at 8:15 a.m. and return at
4:30 p.m. The cost is $79.
“JERSEY BOYS”
Friday, April 26
Minimal walking
Winner of the 2006 Tony Award for Best
Musical, “Jersey Boys” returns to the Curran Theater in San Francisco. The musical
is based on the life story of Frankie Valli and
the Four Seasons. The musical chronicles
the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from
the wrong side of the tracks who became
one of the biggest American pop music
sensations of all time. They wrote their own
songs, invented their own sounds and sold
175 million records worldwide, all before
they were 30. “Jersey Boys” features their
hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,”
“Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night” and “Can’t
Take My Eyes Off You,” among others. The
bus leaves Gateway at 6:15 p.m. and will
return around 11:15. Cost is $115.
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Tuesday, April 30
Moderate to extensive walking
Carmel is one of the most endearing
seaside towns of the West Coast. It offers a
slice of almost English country refinement,
carefully nurtured artistic ambience, a
tasteful collection of landscaped cottages,
elegant lodging and upscale restaurants.
The community covers one square mile, but
most visitors mainly stay in its center, the
stretch of Ocean Avenue that inches downward from Junipero Avenue to the whitesand beach, and the colorful side streets.
Rossmoor’s Excursion Desk is offering the
opportunity to spend a leisure day in Carmel. The bus will depart Gateway at 8 a.m.
and return around 6 p.m. The cost is $47.
LES 7 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN CANADIAN
CIRCUS
Saturday, May 4
Minimal walking
Canada’s phenomenal nouveau cirque
troupe Les 7 Doigts de la Main presents
a dazzling show “PSY” at the Zellerbach
Hall in Berkeley. Founded in Montreal in
2002, Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The Seven Fingers of the Hand) blends diverse
forms as acrobatics, avant-garde dance,
physical comedy, music, song and video
projections, resulting in a brand-new type
of circus entertainment. Each of the young,
talented performers puts it all on the line,
employing everything from music, dance
and illustration to skateboarding, basketball and high-risk acrobatics in an effort to
make a lasting impression. It is circus on a
human scale with no safety net, no strings
attached and no limits. For their fourth creation, Les 7 Doigts delves into the rich and
surreal underworld of the human psyche.
“PSY” travels through a shifting landscape
of wildly entertaining distorted visions,
fading dreams and fractured memories.
The bus leaves Gateway at 12:30 p.m. and
will return around 5. The cost is $67.
PACIFICA AND MYSTERY CASTLE
Sunday, May 5
Extensive walking
Located just minutes south of San
Francisco, Pacifica has the natural beauty
and serenity that attracts travelers to this
coastal gem for more than 100 years. Tour
Pacifica’s very own castle. This unique
building is certainly part of the Bay Area’s
colorful history. It was built in the wake
of the 1906 earthquake as a family refuge
away from San Francisco. In 1959, Sam
Mazza, a theater painter/decorator for 20th
Century Fox, purchased the castle and created a museum of theater décor with artwork and decorative items that had been
used in films and on stage. Enjoy a hosted lunch at the Nick’s Restaurant on the
Rockaway Beach. Later visit the Sanchez
Adobe and learn about this living history
site. It was an Indian village, a mission
farm, a cattle ranch, the home of Francisco
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Sanchez, a residence of General Kirkpatrick, the hotel San Pedro, and an artichoke
storage facility. The old adobe home on the
site, a fine example of authentic Monastery
architecture, is the oldest building in San
Mateo County. The bus will depart Gateway
at 8:45 a.m. and return around 4 p.m. The
cost is $89.
NEW LISTING
SANTA ROSA AND PETALUMA
Wednesday, May 8
Extensive walking
Visit the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa. The park contains the
Greek revival house, where Burbank lived
from 1884 to 1906, greenhouse and gardens. Learn about Luther Burbank’s life and
his best-known plant developments, visit
Carriage House museum, look inside the
greenhouse and walk through the garden
with a docent-led tour. The gardens include
many of Burbank’s horticultural introductions, with collections of cactus, fruit trees,
ornamental grasses, medicinal herbs, roses, and walnuts. Enjoy a hosted lunch at
the Willie Bird’s Restaurant located nearby.
Later, explore a downtown Petaluma full
of beauty, historic architecture, and lots
of ways to be entertained. Petaluma is one
of the few cities in Northern California to
have been spared the ravages of the 1906
earthquake. Petaluma has an aggressive
program of preserving older homes and
commercial buildings as well as the historic riverfront. In addition to a number
of boutiques and cafes, there are approximately 20 antique shops and a dozen art
galleries in the downtown area. The bus
will depart Gateway at 8:15 a.m. and return
around 4:30 p.m. The cost is $59.
NEW LISTING
MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH ON SIERRA
TRAIN
Sunday, May 12
Minimal walking
Celebrate Mother’s Day aboard the historic Sierra Railroad. Enjoy a champagne brunch
and relax as the train travels on a scenic ride
from Oakdale through Sierra foothills to-
Special Events
T
he following are the current special events sponsored by the Rossmoor
Recreation Department. For more information on any of these events during
the month, check the Special Events listing on the calendar page each week,
look for the article in the Arts and Leisure section of the News, or call the Recreation
Department at 988-7732. Events are free unless otherwise noted. This information is
posted throughout the month on the Rossmoor News website at www.rossmoornews.
com.
FUN DAY
Thursday, March 14
Trio Brillante will perform a program
of classical music in the Sierra Room at
Del Valle at noon. This free event is open
to all residents and their guests.
CELTIC HEART IN CONCERT
Sunday, March 17
The Irish band Celtic Heart will perform a special St. Patrick’s Day concert
at 3 p.m. in the Sierra Room at Del Valle.
Tickets are $10 in advance at the Excursion Desk or at the door. This is an Esses
Production. This event is open to all residents and their guests.
BONNIE WEISS
Tuesday, March 19
Bonnie Weiss continues her series on
the “Song and Dance Men of the Silver
Screen” in the Dollar Clubhouse at 1:30
p.m. Note the alternate location for this
event. This free program is open to all
SOLO OPERA “OPERA OBSESSION”
Saturday, March 23
Solo Opera presents a live opera program featuring favorite arias, duets and
ensembles featuring 10 talented opera
performers. Tickets are $10 in advance
at the Excursion Desk or at the door. This
event is open to all residents and their
guests.
VAGABOND PLAYERS
Sunday, March 24
The Vagabond Players will present
a live dramatic production of Agatha
Christie’s “The Unexpected Guest” at 3
p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
This free program is open to all residents
and their guests.
Movies
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MOVIE
Thursday, Friday, March 14 and 15
SUNDAY FUNNIES
Sunday, March 17
The 2012 drama “The Master” starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin
Phoenix 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.
The showings at 1 and 7 p.m. on Thursday
and at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday will
feature language captions. This film is 2
hours and 24 minutes long and is rated
R for sexual content. This free program
is open to all residents and their guests.
The 2007 comedy “I Could Never Be
Your Woman” starring Michelle Pfeiffer
and Paul Rudd will be shown in Peacock
Hall at Gateway at 4 and 7 p.m. (The release date for “This is 40,” which was
originally scheduled for this date, has
been delayed.) The showing at 4 p.m.
will feature language captions. This film
is 1 hour and 37 minutes long and is not
rated. This free program is open to all
SATURDAY MOVIE
Saturday, March 16
FOREIGN FILM
Monday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 19
The 2006 drama “The Prestige” starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale
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 2 hours and 10 minutes long and is
rated PG-13. This free program is open to
all residents and their guests.
The 1995 Dutch drama “Antonia’s
Line” will be shown in Peacock Hall at
Gateway at 4 p.m. on both days. Both
showings will feature English language
captions. This film is 1 hour and 42
minutes long and is rated R for sexual
content. This free program is open to all
ward Yosemite National Park. The beautiful
landscape adds a wonderful backdrop to a
setting. During this scenic trip, explore the
train and spend time in the dining coaches or
lounge car. The cars are fully enclosed with
heating and air conditioning with the exception of the open-air car, which allows for a
truly unique experience. The trip begins with
priority boarding and premium seating. The
gold ticket includes a three-course brunch
with a choice of French toast, breakfast bowl
or quiche. Enjoy unlimited champagne, soda,
juice and coffee during the trip. Every woman
receives a rose. The bus will leave Gateway at
8:45 a.m. and return at approximately 4 p.m.
The cost is $105.
EXTENDED TRIPS.
SPRINGTIME IN YOSEMITE
April 14 through 17
Enjoy the beauty of the Yosemite Valley
on this four-day, three-night tour. The majestic sights of Yosemite National Park delight and inspire visitors of all generations.
Its spectacular granite cliffs, abundance of
waterfalls, clear streams and giant sequoia
groves make a lasting impression. Accommodations for three nights are at the Yosemite Lodge in the heart of the Yosemite Valley.
Visit the historic town of Mariposa. Enjoy a
hosted lunch and free time to explore this
quaint town. Take a guided tour of the Yosemite’s most picturesque spots: Yosemite Falls, El Capitan, Valley View, Bridal Veil
Falls, the Three Brothers, Sentinel Rock,
Happy Isles and Half Dome, while hearing
fascinating stories of the valley, its formation and history. Enjoy a hosted lunch at the
historic Ahwahnee Hotel. There will be time
to explore Yosemite on your and visit the
Valley Visitor Center and Yosemite Museum,
and capture its unique beauty with cameras.
On the way home, visit Hilmar Cheese Company for a hosted lunch followed by a tour of
the factory. The tour includes three nights
deluxe lodging, three meals, motorcoach
transportation, touring per itinerary, taxes
and gratuities and luggage handling. The
cost is $860 per person for double occupancy, $1,295 for single. A deposit of $200 is
due with application. Balance is due Feb. 16.
Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete
itinerary and reservation form.
BERLIN AND PRAGUE
May 2 through 9
Join this eight-day tour to Eastern Europe,
featuring Berlin, Dresden and four nights
in Prague. In Berlin, enjoy a panoramic city
tour and take a Spree River Cruise across
the former border between West and East
Berlin. Explore Berlin with a guided tour that
includes the Unter den Linden Boulevard,
Checkpoint Charlie, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Berlin Dom, and the Reichstag. Visit the Pergamon Museum. Travel to
Dresden and explore the city on a tour that
includes Zwinger Palace, the Cathedral and
the Neustadt Quarter. Next stop is Prague,
largely undamaged by WWII and one of the
Europe’s most charming large cities. The city
tour includes the State Opera, National Museum and Wenceslas Square, a world heritage
site with its statue of St. Wenceslas. Continue to the banks of the River Vltava to Charles
Bridge, the Rudolfinum and across the river
to Prague Castle. See the best of this massive
complex and hear the folklore and scandal
behind its history. Visit the St. Vitus Cathedral, the Royal Palace and the Basilica of St.
George. Travel on to the Golden Lane with its
picturesque houses and stories of alchemists
transforming metals into gold. Enjoy two
days for further exploration of this city. The
tour concludes with a farewell dinner at a baroque farmstead with traditional homemade
Czech cuisine and local entertainment. Included in the trip are all transfers, round trip
air, first-class hotel accommodations, touring
per itinerary, nine meals, taxes and fees. A
deposit of $500 is due with application. The
cost per person, double occupancy is $2,875
($500 single supplement). Detailed itinerary
is available at the Excursion Desk.
ALASKA CRUISE
ROUNDTRIP FROM SAN FRANCISCO
May 20 through 30 and Sept. 7 through 17
Breathtaking Alaska is one of the most
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popular vacation destinations. Spectacular
wildlife, jaw-dropping glaciers, untouched
wilderness and the state’s undisputed star
attractions are just some of the wonders
to be experienced on this 11-day/10-night
cruise aboard the Grand Princes. Alaska’s
Inside Passage is one of the most scenic
sea-lanes in the world, home to bald eagles, whales, sea lions, otters, brown
bears, mountain goats and flocks of seabirds. Visit a variety of flavorful ports of
call full of rich history and native culture.
Visit Butchart Garden in Victoria, experience the totem poles of Ketchikan, and the
Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. Enjoy Tracy
Arm and the unbelievable calving icebergs
in their jade-colored majesty or cruise
through the Glacier Bay National Park with
massive glaciers that stretch 3.3 million
acres. The Grand Princes offers great
amount of amenities, and an itinerary that
is guaranteed to please. Prices vary based
on the cabin category. Prices include: Tennight cruise, all meals and entertainment
aboard (excluding specialty restaurants
and optional shore excursions), group
medical insurance, port charges, government fees, transfers to and from pier, driver
and stevedore tips, luggage handling, and a
bottle of wine per cabin. A $600 deposit is
due with application. Stop by the Excursion
Desk for a complete itinerary and prices.
PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL
June 3 through 10
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Oregon Coast highlighted by the Portland
Rose Festival. On the way to Oregon, stop
in Redding for a hosted lunch at C. R. Gibbs
Restaurant and then in Klamath Falls for an
overnight stay. Continue to travel north to
Crater Lake for sightseeing and a hosted
lunch at Crater Lake Lodge. Accommodations for the night will be at Shilo Inn in
Bend. After a hosted breakfast, visit the
High Desert Museum with a variety of indoor and outdoor exhibits exploring the
culture, history, art and wildlife of the
Columbia River Plateau and Great Basin.
Visit the museum at Warm Springs, which
features exhibits from the Warm Springs,
Wasco and Paiute Indian tribes. Accommodations for the night will be at the Warms
Springs Hotel Casino. Next morning, depart for Timberline Lodge at the base of
Mt. Hood. Enjoy a hosted lunch followed
by a guided tour of this historic lodge.
Visit the Grotto, an outdoor cathedral at
the base of a 10-story cliff. Accommodations for the next three nights will be at
the Double Tree Hotel Lloyd Center, Portland. Travel east along the Columbia River
to the Mount Hood Railroad. Sit back and
enjoy the views while traveling along the
river, through forests, meadows and fruit
orchards to the town of Parkdale and back.
Stop at the Multnomah Falls and hike to the
top of the falls. Next day is the big event
-- the Grand Floral Parade at Memorial
Coliseum. Enjoy a hosted dinner cruise on
the Willamette River. Travel to the Oregon
Gardens for guided tram tour of their 20
specialty gardens and features. Accommodations for the night will be at the Holiday Inn Express in Central Point. Enjoy a
hosted dinner at the Original Roadhouse.
There will be a stop at Harry and David’s
for shopping time. Enjoy a hosted lunch at
Lumberjack’s in Redding. The tour includes
seven nights deluxe lodging, 13 meals, motorcoach transportation, touring per itinerary, luggage handling, taxes and gratuities
on all hosted meals. The cost per person,
double occupancy is $1,495 ($1,955 for
single). A deposit of $200 is due with application. Final payment is due April 5.
NEW LISTING
FOURTH OF JULY IN RENO
July 3 through 5
Celebrate America’s birthday on this
three-day trip to Reno. There will be plenty
of time to play and win with stops at Silver Legacy and Red Hawk Indian Casino
with cash and food vouchers included. In
Reno, the group will stay at John Ascuaga’s Nugget. On July 4, visit Virginia City
and experience going back 150 years. The
19th-century mining boom turned Virginia City into the most important settlement
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between Denver and San Francisco. Enjoy
the old-fashioned Fourth of July parade.
The evening is free to watch the fireworks
at the Nugget. The cost per person is $265
for double occupancy ($345 for a single)
and includes two nights deluxe lodging,
casino packages, motorcoach transportation and luggage handling. A deposit of
$50 is due with application. A detailed itinerary is available at the Excursion Desk.
Scandinavian Highlights
July 18 through 29
Enjoy the spectacular sights and sounds
of Scandinavia on this adventure-filled excursion. The trip begins with an overnight
flight to Stockholm. Enjoy a tour featuring
City Hall, historic Old Town, the Royal Palace and the Stock Exchange. Continue to
the Southern Island. Visit the Vasa Ship
Museum. Continue through the province
of Hallandia and stop in the scenic city of
Malmo. Cross the Oresund Bridge from
Sweden to Denmark before arriving in
the Danish Capital of Copenhagen for two
nights. See the National Museum, Royal
Theater, Christiansborg Palace, Old Stock
Exchange, Naval Church, Nyhavn and the
famous Little Mermaid Statue. Enjoy a
Danish dinner at Tivoli Gardens. The following day, board a Scandinavian Seaway
cruise ship for a one-night cruise to Oslo.
Cruise up the Oslo Fjord past charming
small towns. Arrive in the lively city of Oslo
and visit the Viking Ship Museum. See the
medieval Akershus Fortress, the Royal Palace and Town Hall. Visit the Torpo Stave
Church and drive along the Bjoreia River
and view the Voeringfoss Waterfall. Continue onto Ulvik for a two-night stay. Experience an Ulvik Area Tour with its rich cultural landscape. Stop at the Ulvik Wooden
Church, visit the Husifidsnovae Norwegian
Craft Center and the Brakanestunet Center
for Art. Enjoy an evening Norwegian barbecue dinner. The next day, depart for Voss
and see the 13th-century Voss Church with
its massive stone walls before heading to
Gudvangen. Embark on an Aurlands Fjord
Cruise passing cascading waterfalls, isolated hamlets and steep mountainsides.
Arrive in the small fjord village of Flam to
board the famous Flam Railway, ascending
more than 2,900 feet in less than one hour.
Take a train journey to Bergen for a twonight stay featuring the Haakonshallen,
St. Mary’s Church and Bryggen. Visit Troldhaugen, the home of composer Edvard
Grieg. This trip includes roundtrip airfare,
airport transfers, 10 nights first-class hotel
accommodations, 16 meals, professional
tour director, motorcoach transportation,
comprehensive sightseeing per itinerary,
baggage handling. The cost is $5,399 per
person double occupancy, $1,050 single
supplement. Cancellation waiver and post
departure plan is available for $290 per
person. A deposit of $500 per person is
due with reservation form to secure reservations. Final payment is May 4. Visit the
Excursion Desk at Gateway for details.
MEXICAN RIVIERA
September 17 through 27
Experience the beauty of Mexico’s golden Riviera and never set foot in an airport.
This 11-day cruise aboard the newly renovated Grand Princess is a roundtrip from
San Francisco. The Mexican Riviera is filled
with rich culture, bright flavors, scenic vistas and fun in the sun. Stops include Cabo
San Lucas with its crystal-clear waters
and white-sand beaches; and the peaceful
seaside community of Loreto with cobbled
plaza to the Mission Nuestra Señora de
Loreto, burnished with years of devotion
where guests can snorkel in the lagoons of
Isla Coronados. Visit La Paz, a provincial
Mexican town reminiscent of Los Cabos.
It has wonderful beach spots and an easygoing, slow-paced atmosphere. Stop in
Puerto Vallarta, an international resort with
excellent shopping and mile after mile of
palm-lined beaches. Newly enhanced with
the latest innovations, Grand Princess continues to offer signature services. Included in the price: 10-night cruise aboard the
Grand Princess, round-trip transfers from
Rossmoor to and from the 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 $1,595 per person double occupancy
and vary depending on stateroom choice. A
deposit of $800 per person is due to secure
reservations. Final payment is due by June
26. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete itinerary and reservation form.
THE BEST OF EASTERN CANADA Featuring Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa,
Niagara Falls and Toronto
Sept. 22 through 30
From the European-styled, old world
elegance of Quebec City to the thundering
magnificence of Niagara Falls, enjoy every
moment of this nine-day tour of eastern
Canada with Collette Vacations. Enjoy twonight stays in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto and city tours of each of
them. In Montreal, take a sightseeing tour
of Montreal highlighting Jacques Cartier
Square and McGill University plus enjoy
views of Notre Dame Cathedral and St.
Joseph’s Oratory. Experience the beauty
and history of both Old and New Quebec
City with a sightseeing tour. See the stately
Chateau Frontenac, the Parliament, the St.
Louis Arch, and Place Royale, the site of
the original settlement of the city of Quebec. Visit Ottawa and stroll through the
Byward Market, and see the city from a
breakfast cruise on the Ottawa River. Travel to Toronto aboard VIA Rail train. Take a
sightseeing tour including the harbor front
and Queens Park. Travel to the thundering
and awe-inspiring Niagara Falls. Experience the Maid of the Mist cruise. Included
in the packet are all transfers, round-trip
air, hotel accommodations, touring per itinerary, 12 meals, taxes and fees. The cost
per person, double occupancy is $3,009
($3,799 single). A deposit of $250 is due
with application. Book until March 22 and
save $100 per person. Visit the Excursion
Desk for detailed itinerary and reservation
form.
COLOR COUNTRY OF THE SOUTHWEST
Sept. 22 through Oct. 8
Enjoy this 17-day scenic tour of northern
Arizona and southern Utah. Visit many national parks, see gigantic rock formations
and experience the sheer vastness of deep
canyons. Visit the Wupatki National Monument, where the ancestors of the Hopi Indians lived. Travel to the magnificent Grand
Canyon. Visit the Petrified Forest National
Monument. Enjoy a guided tour of Canyon
De Chelley National Monument. Visit the
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park for
a guided tour. Visit the Natural Bridges
National Monument. Enjoy a guided tour
of Hole in the Rock. Visit the Arches National Park. Along with more than 2,000
arches, there are many redrock canyons,
spires, fins and balancing rocks. Enjoy a
hosted Dutch oven dinner on the banks of
the Colorado River. Board the Moab Queen
for Canyonlands by Night cruise up the
Colorado River. Visit the Canyonlands National Park. Travel to Goblin Valley State
Park, which contains thousands of colorful rock formations that resemble gnomes.
Arrive at Capitol Reef National Park. The
park contains a spectacular section of the
Waterpocket Fold and graphically illustrates the way the earth’s surface was built,
folded and eroded. Visit the Anasazi Indian
Village State Park. Explore the Bryce Canyon with a step-on guide. Travel through
Red Canyon on the way to Zion National Park. Desert terrain and huge sculpted
rock formations coexist with waterfalls and
hanging gardens to make up Zion National Park. Visit the Valley of the Fire State
Park. Then it’s off to the neon-lit spectacle of Las Vegas for a two-night stay at the
Luxor. Travel back north through the Death
Valley National Monument. Enjoy a hosted
barbecue-under-the-stars dinner. Visit the
High Hill Ranch in the Apple Hill Country
for a hosted lunch and time to shop for ap-
ples. Approximate arrival time back to the
Bay Area will be 6 p.m. The tour includes:
16 nights deluxe lodging, 26 meals, motorcoach transportation, touring per itinerary, taxes and gratuities and luggage handling. A deposit of $500 per person is due
with application. The cost is $3,795 per
person double occupancy, $4,950 single.
Stop by the Excursion Desk for a complete
itinerary and reservation form.
FALL SPLENDORS CRUISE: New York
to Montreal aboard the CRYSTAL
SYMPHONY
Oct. 13 through 23
Take a 10-night cruise from New York
to Montreal, Canada, and enjoy fall’s vibrant colors against dramatic coastlines
adorned with gilded mansions, historic
lighthouses and world-class cities while
aboard the Crystal Symphony. The journey starts in New York, with an overnight
stay on board the ship. The next stop is
Newport, R.I., a stylish, world-famous
yachting center. Enjoy listening to the legends and stories of families such as the
Morgans, Astors, Fishers and Vanderbilts,
all of whom had “cottages” here. Sail on
to Boston, Mass., a city with nearly 400
years of history. Explore the Freedom
Trail, the old North Church and the Boston Common. Next stop is the charming
seaport town of Bar Harbor. Take a drive
through some of Maine’s most spectacular scenery, stroll along the picturesque
main street and enjoy fresh seafood. Visit Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia. Fall
in love with Halifax’s architectural blend
of old and new. Cruise the Gulf of Lawrence, St. Lawrence River and Saguenay
River. Stop at Quebec City. Its cuisine,
language and traditions combine to make
this a unique cradle of French heritage in
North America. Within the fortress walls
of the old city are magnificent churches,
cobbled streets, fragrant gardens and
chic boutiques. Discover fall colors, picturesque villages and impressive waterfall
just outside the city. Enjoy an overnight
stay in cosmopolitan Montreal, Canada’s
second-largest city and cultural capital.
From the Palace d’Armes and beautiful
18th-century buildings to the ultra-modern downtown area, this is a city of great
charm. Reserve a cabin by Sept. 20 and
save $250 per person. Included in the
price: 10 nights cruise aboard the Crystal
Symphony, airfare to New York and return from Montreal, all transfers, meals
and entertainment aboard ship, complimentary wine, beer and choice of spirits,
luggage handling, gratuities on board the
ship, port taxes and government fees,
Travel Guard Group Protection Plan. Visit
the Excursion Desk for a detailed itinerary
and stateroom options.
Club Trips
T
he trips listed below are sponsored by Rossmoor clubs and organizations and not by the
Recreation Department. The trips are open
to all Rossmoor residents, not just members of
the specific club. For information, contact the
person listed with each trip. Do not contact the
Recreation Department.
Rossmoor clubs and organizations wishing
to be included in this column must submit a
typewritten article to the News by Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Due to space restrictions, the
News reserves the right to edit or delete the
articles.
THUNDER VALLEY CASINO WITH THE
CITY OF HOPE – Five-hour Trip
Monday, April 1
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. Send
checks for $30, made payable to the City of
Hope, to Keefer at 1830 Tice Valley Blvd.,
Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
FROM ROSSMOOR CLUBS
CACHE CREEK WITH ORT
Monday, April 8
Travel with ORT to Cache Creek Casino
for five hours of fun and games. The bus
departs Gateway at 9:30 a.m. and returns
to Gateway at 5:30 p.m. Casino bonus includes $10 to play at table or machines and
$5 food coupon. The cost is $28 inclusive
and is open to all Rossmoor residents.
Friends are welcome. Make checks out to
ORT and mail to Joyce Kearney, 2909 Ptarmigan Drive No. 2. For information call
935-5716 or 947-0984 or email [email protected]. ORT helps train and rehabilitate people in 58 countries worldwide
and is open to everyone.
ART AND THEATER TOUR WASHINGTON,
D.C., PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK
May 18 through 27
Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated,
attendance at two Broadway plays, visits to
three private art collections – the Phillips,
the Barnes and the Frick, tours of two of the
best art museums in America – the National Art Gallery in D.C. and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York. Visit the National Monuments on the D.C. Mall, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, the 9/11 Monument and Ground
Zero in New York. The price includes stays
in three hotels and 13 meals, all admissions and much more. The per-person
price for double occupancy is $4,159 and
includes round-trip non-stop air from SFO
and round-trip transfers from manors and
all ground transportation by deluxe motor
coach. The single supplement is $1,100.
Payments may be made by credit card. Trip
cancellation insurance is $165. For a color
brochure and itinerary, call Parton at 2567078, or email him at [email protected].
Put “art and theater” in the subject.
Ralf Parton, a native New Yorker and
emeritus professor of art, will personally
escort a Rossmoor group to Washington, AN ALASKAN ADVENTURE
D.C., Philadelphia and New York City. High- June 20 through 28
lights include tickets to performances of a
Join Fr. Joseph Parekkatt and the St.
ballet at Kennedy Center, a tour of Ford’s
Anne’s Society on a seven-night cruise
aboard the deluxe Holland America MS Amsterdam sailing round-trip from Vancouver,
Canada. Port stops include Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan, Alaska. Enjoy scenic
cruising of Glacier Bay National Park and
the beautiful Inside Passage. Tour includes
the cruise, one night in a deluxe hotel in
Vancouver, round-trip air on United, transfers in Vancouver, and transportation from
Rossmoor to the San Francisco Airport.
Also included are baggage handling, a private cocktail party on the ship, and lunch
in the Pinnacle Grill. Act now for special
early-bird rates beginning at $1,745 per
person based on double occupancy. Call
Gale Lydecker at 937-7748. All are welcome
to join this trip.
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
Sept. 12 through 24
This 12-day Holland America cruise,
departing from and returning to Venice, Italy, is sponsored by the Rossmoor
Travel Club. Depart from San Francisco.
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Arts & Leisure
AROUND THE BAY AREA
BEDFORD GALLERY presents “Peaceable Kingdom:
Animals, Real and Imagined” through May 19 at the
gallery, located in the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601
Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. The exhibit has works by 58
artists from around the United States and explores the
presence of animals in the visual arts. General admission
is $5. Call 295-1417 or go to www.bedfordgallery.org.
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE presents
“Fallaci” by Lawrence Wright through April 21 in the
Roda Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. Legendary
Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci gained fame from her
interviews of public figures such as Kissinger, Castro,
Khomeini and Quaddafi. In this production, a young
woman interviews the fiery author at the end of her life.
For information and tickets, call 510-647-2949 or go to
www.berkeleyrep.org.
BUTTERFIELD 8 THEATRE COMPANY presents
“Othello” by William Shakespeare Thursdays through
Sundays, through March 23, at Cue Productions Live,
1835 Colfax St., Concord. Senior tickets are $15. Call
800-838-3006.
CANTARE CHORALE and Chamber Ensemble present
“Vespers” by Sergei Rachmaninoff and “Agnus Dei” by
Samuel Barber on March 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the LafayetteOrinda Presbyterian Church in Lafayette. Senior tickets
are $30. For information, call 510-836-0789 or go to
[email protected].
CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY presents Alfred
Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit,
March 29 through April 27 at the Lesher Center for the
Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Call 943-7469 or
go to www.lesherartscenter.org.
CIVIC ARTS EDUCATION presents the Artists’
Market and Clay Arts Guild warehouse sales. More than
50 artists will exhibit a wide variety of artwork. The
Artists’ Market is March 22 from 5 to 9 p.m., March 23
from 10 a.m. to7 p.m. and March 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
at the Shadelands Art Center, 111 N. Wiget Lane, Walnut
Creek. The warehouse sale is March 23 from 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. and March 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Clay
Arts Studio in Walnut Creek Civic Park. For information
on both sales, call 943-5846 or go to www.arts-ed.org or
www.clayartsguild.org.
COMMONWEALTH CLUB will present an evening
commemorating Michael Krasny’s 20 years as the host
Club Trips
lowing embarkation. The ports-of-call
are: Katakolon (Olympia) Greece; Athens,
Greece; Istanbul, Turkey (two days); Mitilini, Greece; Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey;
Santorini, Greece; and Argostoli, Greece.
A number of optional tours are available.
The price for interior staterooms ranges
from $2,099 to $2,319, ocean view costs
range from $2,659 to $2,699, verandas
are $2,999 to $3,499. Taxes and government fees are approximately $118 per person. A deposit of $600 per person is due
at the time of booking and final payment is
due by June 11. Travel insurance is available through Frosch Travel. The cost of air
travel is $1,349 (all taxes are included).
This is a special rate with Lufthansa Airlines. A minimum of 10 travelers is needed
to obtain this fare. A round-trip transfer in
Venice is offered at $95 per person. This
is only available to those taking the group
flight arranged by Frosch. Exclusive amenities include: round-trip transfers from
Rossmoor to SFO and back for those on the
group flight; champagne and strawberries
in stateroom upon boarding and one free
on-board photo per stateroom; a private
on-board party for the Rossmoor group;
a $100 per person shipboard credit; one
free dinner per person in the renowned
Pinnacle Restaurant. Also, following the
completion of the trip, there may be a refund from Holland America, which will be
shared with the travelers on this trip. This
is dependent upon the quantity of Travel
Club members who make this trip. For details, contact Jack Morgan at 938-3549.
To make reservations, call Tom Baker or
Peter Vallas at Frosch Travel, 1-800-2346433, ext. 3155 for Baker or ext. 3130
for Vallas. Mention code HAL 2013 when
making reservation. For information about
the Rossmoor Travel Club, contact Judy
Nixon at 933-6175.
of KQED public radio’s “Forum.” The event is March 21
at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in
Lafayette. Check-in is at 5:45 p.m. with the program at
6:30. Hear stories about Krasny’s favorite interviews and
most memorable moments. Cost is $12 for members and
$22 for general admission.
CONTRA COSTA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
presents “A River Runs through It” with music by
Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann on March 24 at the
Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut
Creek. Senior tickets are $20. Call 943-7469 or go to
www.lesherartscenter.org.
CONTRA COSTA MUSICAL THEATRE presents
“The Sound of Music” March 22 through April 21 at the
Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut
Creek. Call 943-7469 or go to www.lesherartscenter.org.
CONTRA COSTA PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY
presents a free classical music concert March 22 at 10:30
a.m. at nearby Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice
Valley Blvd. The concert opens with a trio for clarinet,
cello and piano composed by Nino Rota, followed by
Ravel and Faure songs for soprano and piano. Members
on violin, cello and piano will play a trio in E minor
by Shostakovich. The concert concludes with a piano
ensemble playing Scott Joplin’s rags and a jazz portrait of
Old New Orleans. For information, go to www.ccpas.org.
DEVIL MOUNTAIN COFFEE HOUSE at Mt. Diablo
Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek presents
a songwriter showcase March 15 from 8 to 11 p.m. The
performers include Claudia Russell, folk music; Steve
Coyle, finger style guitarist; Rachel Gerlin, singersongwriter; Teresa Tudury, singer-guitarist; and Steve
Meckfessel, singer-songwriter. General admission is $15.
The church is located at 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek.
EAST BAY SENIOR RESOURCE EXPO, a free trade
show for seniors, is March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glen Drive, Concord.
Family members are welcome. The day will feature
educators, service providers and retailers.There will also
be a fashion show, craft fair and AAA travel movies.
The event is sponsored by the Greater Concord Chamber
of Commerce. For information, call 685-1181 or email
[email protected].
FANTASY FORUM Actors Ensemble presents “Jack
and the Beanstalk,” directed by Scott Denison, March
New listing - 2014
DALMATIAN COAST AND GREECE
June 3 through 18, 2014
Hidden gems of the Dalmatian Coast
and Greece trip promoted by Grand Circle
Travel and sponsored by the Rossmoor
Travel Club departs from San Francisco
in 2014. The trip star ts in Zagreb, Croatia, for three nights at the Best Western Astoria Hotel. Board Grand Circle’s
private small ship the M/ V Athena, of 50
passengers, in Split and cruise to Athens,
Greece. Por ts of call are Hvar, Korcula, Dubrovnik, all in Croatia then Kotor,
Montenegro; Saranda, Albania; Cor fu,
Itea, and Athens. Limited single cabins
are available. Cabin prices range from
main deck D of $4,495 to upper deck A
of $5,395 plus add-on air available from
SFO of $1,950. Reserve and pay in full by
June 1, 2013 and save 10 percent. There
is a pre-trip option three nights in Bled,
Slovenia, $795; post-trip option five
nights in Olympia, Nafplion and Athens,
Greece, $1,145. For information, contact
Joe Tracy at 954-7801. For information
about membership in the Rossmoor Travel Club, contact Judy Nixon at 933-6175.
All travel events and other activities promoted by the club are for the convenience
and pleasure of the members and their
guest who desire to participate. The club
does not assume any responsibilit y for
the well-being and safety of the participants or passengers, or their property, or
any damages whatsoever, in any manner
pertaining to said travel activities. These
are the responsibilities of the vendors
who provide the service. Any other “disclosures” or non-responsibilit y provisions issued by vendors in or providing
services the travel industr y shall not in
any way incur any liability attached to the
club or any of its officers, board members or trip facilitators.
14 through 17 at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601
Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Call 943-7469 or go to www.
lesherartscenter.org.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of Berkeley
presents a Palm Sunday concert, Requiem in D Minor by
Maurice Durufle, on March 24 in the church sanctuary,
2407 Dana St. at Channing Way, Berkeley. The church’s
Chancel Choir will join the church organist John Walko,
the Pro Sonus Symphony Orchestra and soloists Michelle
Rice, mezzo soprano, and Chad Runyon, baritone. A
preconcert lecture is at 7 p.m. with the concert at 7:30.
A free-will offering will be requested. For information,
contact the church office at 510-848-6242 or info@
fpcberkeley.org.
INTERNATIONAL FILM SHOWCASE presents
the French film, “Three Worlds,” a crime drama
with a conscious. It will air for one week, beginning
March 15, at the Orinda Theater, 4 Orinda Square. For
information, call the theater at 254-9060 or go to www.
internationalshowcase.org.
JEWISH FEDERATION of the East Bay presents its
East Bay Film Festival through March 17 at CineArts,
2314 Monument Blvd., Pleasant Hill and the Orinda
Theatre, 4 Orinda Square. Forty films will be screened.
For a schedule and to purchase tickets, go to www.
eastbayjewishfilm.org or call 510-318-6484.
MASQUERS PLAYHOUSE presents “The Life of
Galileo,” the epic masterpiece by Bertolt Brecht, March
22 through April 27 at the playhouse, 105 Park Place, Pt.
Richmond. Tickets are all general admission and cost
$22. A dinner benefit performance will be on April 21 at
2 p.m. with dinner at the Hotel Mac and will cost $50. For
tickets, go to www.masquers.org or call 510-232-4031.
SLAVYANKA CHORUS presents “Sacred Music of East
and West” March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of Santa
Maria, 40 Santa Maria Way, Orinda. Irina Shachneva will
conduct the chorus in performances of Theodore DuBois’
sacred cantata “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” Tickets are
available online at www.slavyanka.org, or call 415-332-3255.
WOODMINSTER SUMMER MUSICALS’ expanded
season starts with “Little Shop of Horrors,” a spoof of
1950’s sci-fi thrillers. It will be presented March 14
through 24 in the Holy Names College Regent’s Theatre
in Oakland. Tickets start at $30 and are available at 510339-0241 or at www.woodminster.com.
Travel Club’s Solo Travelers
event will be held in April
The Rossmoor Travel Club is sponsoring a Solo Travelers event on
Wednesday, April 3, at noon at Dollar
Clubhouse.
This is a lunch consisting of finger
sandwiches, salad, cookies and lemonade. Each attendee is to bring one finger
sandwich with the crust removed and
cut into fourths.
The Solo Travel events are meant to
promote and provide further opportunities for solo travelers to get acquainted
and perhaps find a travel mate or just
a good friend. Reservations are to be
made by Friday, March 29, by calling
Murphy Nieman at 932-4775 or email
[email protected].
The quarterly potluck held Feb. 18
had 67 in attendance and the food was
highly rated as usual. Holland America
and Frosch Travel representatives presented information about the upcoming September eastern Mediterranean
cruise. For details regarding this trip,
contact Jack Morgan at 938-3549.
The following trips for 2014 were
presented: May 6 to 20, Hal and Roberta Davis (597-3372) will facilitate
a Springtime in the Southland trip by
Frosch Travel featuring Ashville, NC;
Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC; May
21 to June 2, Barbara Crane (300-3358)
will facilitate a Grand Circle Riverboat
trip, Eastern Europe to the Black Sea,
Bucharest to Budapest; June 3 to 18,
Joe and Joann Tracy (954-7801) will facilitate a Grand Circle Small Ship trip,
Hidden Gems of the Dalmation Coast
and Greece; Sept. 6 to 20, Dawn Ming
(926-0899) will facilitate a Vantage
Travel Small Ship Grand Norwegian
Coastal Voyage; and in September, date
TBA, Judy and Clarence Nixon (9336175) will facilitate a Grand Circle trip
to China and a Yangtze River cruise.
A fall trip to Cuba is in the planning
stage.
The next potluck and meeting will
be held Monday, May 20, at 5:30 p.m.
in the Fireside Room at Gateway. A
representative from Grand Circle Travel will be presenting information on
the Bucharest to Budapest trip and the
Hidden Gems of the Dalmation Coast
trip.
For questions about the Travel Club,
contact Membership Chairwoman Judy
Nixon at 933-6175. A membership application may be obtained in the Gateway Administration lobby in the Travel
Club mailbox.
Members who have not paid the
2013 dues by Thursday, April 4, will be
dropped from the roster.
Flight Attendant Club meets Wednesday
The next Flight Attendant Club
meeting will be held Wednesday,
March 20, at 3 p.m. in Multipurpose
Room 2 at Gateway.
For information, contact Nancy
Kallus, 389-1129.
METHODIST
Tice Valley United Methodist Church invites all
Rossmoor residents and guests to the weekly Sunday
worship service at 11 a.m. in Peacock Hall. Sunday
worship is wheelchair accessible with large-print
bulletins and aids for hearing. On Sunday, March
17, Rev. Joanne Peterson’s sermon title will be “The
Inconsistency of Love,” based on John 12:1-8. After
worship, worshipers are invited to stay for fellowship
and light refreshments in the Fireside Room. Everyone who comes is greeted with “open hearts, open
minds and open doors.” For information, call the
church office at 937-4535, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday
through Thursday, or visit the website at tvumc.org.
CATHOLIC
St. Anne’s Catholic Church schedule of Masses
for the weekend of March 16 and 17 are as follows:
Fr. George DaRoza will preside at the 9 a.m. Mass on
Saturday and the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Fr. Joseph
will preside at the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass on Saturday
and the 11:15 a.m. Mass on Sunday. The Rosary is
recited every weekday before the 8 a.m. Mass. The
Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturday from 4 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment.
PRESBYTERIAN
Grace Presbyterian Church invites all to worship on Sunday, March 17, at 10 a.m. Throughout the
season of Lent, the Rev. Roger Reaber will explore
phrases from the Lord’s Prayer. This week’s focus
is “Forgive Us Our Sins/Trespasses/Debts” (Psalm
51, Matt. 18:21-35). After worship all are invited to
socialize in the Fireside Room at Grace Church. At
11:20 a.m. the Adult Sunday School will gather in the
library and continue the study “Pausing on the Road
to Jerusalem.”
Join the party, Saturday, March 16, from 2 to 5
p.m., in celebration of the Rev. Charie Reid and her
42 years of faithful ministry at Grace Church. There
will be a brief program at 3 p.m. highlighting her life
as preschool director, pastor, mission worker, counselor, and friend.
JEWISH
B’nai Israel Congregation Cantor Rachael Brott
will conduct Sabbath services on Friday, March 15,
at 8 p.m. in the Vista Room, Hillside Clubhouse.
Greeters Barry and Marcia Grossberg will say the
blessing over the challah. Susan Hochschild will
provide the oneg and will say the blessing over the
Shabbat candles. After the service, Past President
Lillian Waxman will speak to the congregation on
the history and activities of Rossmoor’s Interfaith
Council, an organization actively seeking ways in
which the varied religious and spiritually based organizations in Rossmoor can cooperate for the benefit of the Rossmoor community. B’nai Israel invites
all members and guests to come, enjoy the service
and the program and the social hour.
CONGREGATIONAL UCC
Rossmoor Pilgrim Congregational Christian
United Church of Christ Sunday worship service
will be held on March 17, the Fifth Sunday in Lent
and also St. Patrick’s Day at 10:30 a.m. in the Vista Room at Hillside Clubhouse. The Rev. Dr. Daryl
Clemens’ sermon will be based on Isaiah 43:16-21,
“Something New.” A social time will be held after
the service. Holy Communion is served the first Sunday of every month. Bible study will be held on Tuesday, March 19, in Room 5 at Creekside, from 10 a.m.
to noon; the Bible study will be of Luke 19:28-40,
Religious Services
A T
R O S S M O O R
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2100 Tice Valley Blvd. at Rossmoor Prkwy.
935-2100
Sundays: Worship 10 a.m.,
Pastors: Roger Reaber, Charie B. Reid
ROSSMOOR PILGRIM
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. Dr. Daryl J. Clemens
10:30 a.m. each Sunday
The Vista Room, Hillside
287-1500
ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Masses 9:00 & 11:15 a.m.
Sat. 5 p.m., Weekdays 8 a.m.
Confessions Sat. 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Father Joseph Parekkatt
1600 Rossmoor Prkwy. 932-2324
TICE VALLEY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 11 a.m.
in Peacock Hall at Gateway
Rev. Joanne Peterson • 937-4535
New Office: 1944 Tice Valley Blvd.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Service 10 a.m.,
Diablo Room, Hillside,
Rector: the Rev. Anne Cox Bailey
937-4820 (Office)
To Advertise Your
Religious Services,
call Darlene at 988-7809
N E A R B Y
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
#2 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek (corner of Eckley Lane and Walnut Blvd.)
Sunday 9:30 and 11 a.m. • Wednesday Evening 7:30 p.m. 934-4527
The Rossmoor Bible Study to continue its study of the New “Tale of Two Cities” – Antioch, a
Group will meet Thursday, Testament Book of Acts.
city in modern day Syria and TarMarch 14, at Dollar Clubhouse
The study this week is a sort of sus, modern day southeast Turkey. The second part of the lesson deals with the attitude King
Herod had toward the church in
“A Father’s Love Will Never Die”
Jerusalem, which led to the imIn Loving Memory of
prisonment of Peter, followed by
Seymour “Sey” Bloomfield
his miraculous release.
The Rossmoor Bible Study
(1916-2013)
Group meets every Thursday
Our father passed peacefully
morning. Sessions begin at 9
on February 27, 2013. Sey was a
with small group discussions. At
consummate career waiter at the Cape
9:45, the entire class meets for a
Cod House restaurant, Lafayette,
period of hymn singing followed
serving his loyal customers with
by a lecture at 10 by Earle Fries,
genuine fondness for 37 years.
He is survived by daughters,
teacher of the class.
Madeline Reigh, Virginia Gengler
The emphasis is on the text
and Barbara Guandalini, and
of Scripture from the historical,
grandchildren, Sheila Reigh, Diana Watson, Kathy Frye,
evangelical Christian perspecDavid and Paul Lohr and Linda Guandalini-Gibboney,
tive.Visitors and/or new students
all of whom were blessed with the lasting treasure of his
are always welcome. There is no
generous love and guidance. His spirit will live joyfully in
charge other than for study mateour hearts.
rials developed by Dr. Bob Ste Any donations to the Rossmoor Fund, P.O. Box 2070,
vens, one of the founders of the
Walnut Creek, 94595, which benefits many of our Rossmoor
class.
neighbors in need, will be appreicated. Thank you.
For information, phone Fries
PA I D O B I T U A RY
at 926-0307.
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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Worship: 10:30 a.m. each Sunday
Delta Room, Del Valle Clubhouse
For info, call the church office:
709-4673
Bible Study to discuss Acts tomorrow
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B’NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Friday Evening Service 8 p.m.
Vista Room–Hillside Clubhouse
For information call
287-9997
“Palm Sunday: Into Jerusalem.” 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 liturgical worship service in the Delta
Room at Del Valle Clubhouse at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday,
March 17. Pastor Jack Niemi will be speaking on John
12:1-8. Bob Lindahl will be the organist, and Don Gurley serves as cantor. Immediately following worship, all
are invited for refreshments and great fellowship.
The people of Hope Church gather in the Delta
Room to be transformed by a warm and friendly time
of liturgical worship and high-spirited fellowship.
Rossmoor Dial-a-Bus delivers attendees to the Del
Valle drop-off loop outside the Delta Room. Largeprint bulletins and hearing aid T-coil complement
the accessibility of worship at Hope. Arrive early for
a time of fellowship and stay for coffee and conversation after the service. For information or pastoral
concerns, contact Pastor Niemi at 349-5111.
EPISCOPAL
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church invites all Rossmoor
residents to a service of “caring and sharing through
inspirational worship and fellowship” on Sunday,
March 17, at 10 a.m. in the Diablo Room at Hillside
Clubhouse. On this fifth Sunday in Lent, the Rev.
Anne Cox Bailey will offer a sermon titled “Grace to
Love,” based on John 12:1-8. The service will include
Healing 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 church office
in the Rossmoor Shopping Center. Call the church
office for more details: 937-4820.
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Religious Services
RELIGION
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Food For Thought
Passover, the Festival of Freedom
By Myrtle Nieder
B’nai Israel Congregation
Passover, the Festival of Freedom, commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and their deliverance
to freedom. Passover is a reminder of the significance of freedom of all people.
This year, 5773 in the Hebrew calendar, Passover begins after
sundown on March 25, when the first Seder is held. The next
evening, March 26, there is a second Seder. The holiday is celebrated for eight days.
Passover is also known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread
to commemorate the Israelites leaving Egypt in such haste that
there was no time to let the bread rise. The matzoh, or unleavened bread eaten during this holiday, is a reminder of the bread of
affliction that our ancestors ate when they were slaves in Egypt.
The story of Passover is in the “Haggadah,” which means “to
tell” in Hebrew. The “Haggadah” is read at the Passover Seder,
which takes place the first two nights of the holiday. The Seder
is a ritual service that recounts the events that lead to the exodus.
Author to talk
at B’nai
Israel services
Following Friday night Shabbat services on March 22, Dr.
Elaine Safer will speak to B’nai
Israel Congregation. The title of
her presentation is “The American Dream and Its Loss in Phillip Roth’s ‘American Pastoral’.”
Safer is professor emerita of
the University of Delaware and
the author of “Mocking the Age:
the Later Novels of Philip Roth”
and the “Contemporary American Comic Epic: the Novels
of Barth, Pynchon, Gaddis and
Kesey,” as well as many articles
in scholarly journals. Currently she is teaching at the Fromm
Institute of Lifelong Learning,
University of San Francisco,
and at California State University East Bay.
Her next book will be “The
In
Good Friday service to be held in Fireside Room
An ecumenical Good Friday
service will be held on Friday,
March 29, at 4 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Gateway Clubhouse. Representatives from
each of the Rossmoor Christian
congregations will participate
in special readings, prayers and
hymns depicting Jesus’ crucifixion. The Dancers Circle, an
interfaith liturgical dance company, has presented dance as a
religious art form for over 30
years and will join in the service. This dedicated group of
women has danced as part of
religious festivals, worship services, workshops and conferences throughout the Bay Area.
The participating congregations are Tice Valley United
Methodist Church, Grace Presbyterian Church, Hope Lutheran
Church, Pilgrim Congregational Church, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Margie Romania Wilkins Herman
Margie Romania Wilkins
Herman passed peacefully on
February 27, 2013. She was born on
January 5, 1926 in North Little Rock,
Arkansas, the daughter of Hoyt
James Wilkins and Isabelle Abbott.
She is survived by two of her
four children. Mary Shepard Brooks
(Walnut Creek CA) and Chuck
Martin Herman (Atlanta GA). She
was predeceased by her husband of
45 years, Ralph Harrison Herman,
and two of her sons, Ralph Edward
Herman and David Harrison
Herman. She was also predeceased
by her four siblings, James Wilkins,
Aubrey Wilkins, Irene Wilkins, and Emojean Wilkins Dunlap.
Margie is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren, and lots of nieces and nephews.
Margie was a mother, a wife, an artist, an author, a poet, a real
estate agent and a friend. She was an inspiration to her family
and everyone she met. Her faith, love of family, sense of humor,
and fortitude were her abiding strengths. She lived in Rossmoor
for 10 years at the Waterford.
Services were held in her honor on March 9, 2013 at RollerOwens Funeral Home on JFK Blvd. in NLR. A graveside service
was held at Sumner Cemetery in Cabot immediately following.
Send condolences to her daughter Mary Brooks at 925-5886988.
Memoriam
DR. WILLIAM KIEFFER
Dr. William (Bill) Kieffer,
97, a 30-year Rossmoor resident, died on Dec. 26 in the
Cayman Islands where he was
living with his daughter and
her family.
He earned his doctorate in
chemistry from Brown University. For most of his career, he
taught at Wooster College in
Ohio. He also taught at Stanford, UC Santa Cruz and the
United States Naval Academy.
He was a National Science
Foundation faculty fellow at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He was a visiting
researcher at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. He authored two chemistry textbooks and was editor of the
Journal of Chemical Education for 12 years.
While at Rossmoor, he was a
docent at the Lawrence Hall of
Science in Berkeley and a volunteer with the Cancer Society.
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PAID OBITUARY
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt, 72, died
suddenly January 27,
2013. She was born in
Hong Kong and emigrated to the U.S. in
1966. She retired as a
Credit Analyst from
Wells Fargo Bank after 24 years of service
in 1998. She moved to
Rossmoor from Walnut Creek in 1999. She
is survived by her husband Thomas, daughters Michelle De Rade, Natasha Hughes, step sons Gregory and David Hunt,
granddaughters Ashley and Haeley.
Helen was a member of the Rossmoor Art Association, the Walnut Creek Seniors Club, and the Penguin Club.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday,
March 30th at 11:00 a.m. in the Diablo Room at the
Hillside Club House. Please call 933-6416 if you plan
to attend.
PAID OBITUARY
Church and Sufism Reoriented.
All of Rossmoor is invited
to attend this Good Friday service and to attend Easter Sunday services in the congrega-
tion of their choice.
For information, call Rev.
Joanne Peterson, Tice Valley
United Methodist Church, at
937-4535.
Mirjam Michaelis
Mirjam, 84, died on March 3 at
her son’s home surrounded by her
beloved family. Born in Germany
in 1928, with two sisters survived
the Saint Louis ship and holocaust. Settled in America, married,
worked and raised two children in
New York City Was a resident of
Rossmoor, CA for 16 years. Her
last words were appropriately, “It’s
all good.” She leaves four children:
Linda & Bill Lennett of Alamo,
CA and Jeffrey & Ellyn Michaelis of Danbury, CT
and six grandchildren: Melissa & Sam Michaelis,
Jackie & Maddie Lennett and Jason & Michael
Mix. Our world was truly a better place with her
and she will be sorely missed.
Donations may be made to ORT America at
ortamerica.org.
PAID OBITUARY
Helen Weiss Siegel
December 11, 1919 – March 1, 2013
Resident of Rossmoor
Helen Siegel was born in
Brooklyn, NY, one of six
children born to Sadie and
Samuel Weiss. She was married
to the late Abe Siegel who died
in 1968. Together, they owned
and operated Siegel’s Dept.
Store in Amory, MS for many
years. Helen lived in Amory for
over 50 years before moving to
Rossmoor in Walnut Creek,
CA in 2002.
Helen is the beloved mother of Sherry Siegel Smith
and mother-in-law of David Smith, of Walnut
Creek, CA. She is the adored grandmother of Adam
Edlavitch of Redmond, WA and of Seth Edlavitch
and wife Melissa Segal of Kensington, MD. She is
the cherished great grandmother of Noah and Joshua
Edlavitch of Kensington, MD. She is also survived
by a dear sister Florence Zimmerman of Del Rey
Beach, FL, and a loving step sister Claire Goldstein
(husband Jay) of San Leandro, CA. Additionally, she
leaves nieces, nephews, extended family, and many
friends to remember her.
Helen graduated from Traphagen School of Design in
New York, NY, after which she worked as a children’s
clothing designer in Tupelo, MS. She always referred
to herself as “a northerner by birth, a southerner by
choice”. She was a proud veteran, having served as
an officer in the Women’s Army Corps in WWII. A
Girl Scout since 1931, she earned the Golden Eaglet
Award, the highest award for Girl Scouts at the time.
Until the day she suffered a stroke on Feb. 14, 2013,
Helen was actively participating in life. She exercised
regularly, volunteered at John Muir Medical Center,
was socially engaged, and was still a good driver.
She never forgot a birthday, was prepared for any
situation, and always had a piece of chocolate ready
for everyone. She leaves behind a legacy of love for
her family, her friends, and the Jewish faith; incredible
energy and determination; and a warmth that made
her loved by all who knew her.
Her funeral was in Memphis, TN on March 7.
There will be a memorial at the Fireside Room in
Rossmoor at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 17. In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
Temple B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall St., Tupelo, MS
38804; Congregation B’nai Israel of Rossmoor, P.O.
Box 2070, Walnut Creek, CA 94595; or to Rossmoor
Fund, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
PAID OBITUARY
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Food for
Thought:
Passover
At the Seder ceremonies,
the youngest child asks the four
questions about the reasons for
celebrating this Festival of Freedom: Why do we eat only unleavened bread during the holiday? Why do we eat only bitter herbs? Why is food dipped
twice at the Seder ceremony?
Why is the Seder meal eaten in
a reclining position?
The Seder ritual reenacts the
drama of the liberation, with the
symbols and ceremonies acting
as reminders of the bitter experiences of oppression. The Seder table has a ceremonial plate
containing specified foods that
are symbolic of Passover. The
roasted shank bone is a reminder of the Pascal lamb sacrifice
that our ancestors brought to the
ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
The Seder table has a special
wine goblet for the prophet Eliyah. We express hope that Eliyah will enter to announce the
coming of the Messiah. During
the Seder ceremony, 10 drops of
wine are spilled, representing
the 10 plagues with which God
punished the Egyptians when
Pharaoh refused to let the Israelite slaves leave.
After the reading of the
“Haggadah,” all present at the
Seder join in the festive Passover meal. After the meal, we
chant blessings giving thanks
to God for his bounty and for
our deliverance from slavery to
freedom. Then all join in singing the beautiful and meaningful songs of the holiday.
At this Passover season, let
all people who love liberty and
democracy strive together to
achieve an end to war, bloodshed and terrorism in our country as well as in the state of Israel.
As we read the dramatic story of the exodus of the Israelites
from slavery to freedom, which
is contained in the “Haggadah,”
we are reminded that we must
never take freedom for granted.
On this festival of liberty we realize that we must never forget
the tremendous price that generations before us have paid to
win and preserve for us the basic
human rights that we are privileged to enjoy, especially in this
blessed land of America and in
all countries of the world.
A happy Passover of Shalom, peace to all.
B’nai Israel
Comic Imagination in Contemporary Jewish American Fiction.” She has recently moved
to Rossmoor and is a member of
B’nai Israel.
All members and guests are
invited to attend services, Safer’s
presentation and the social hour
afterwards. It is suggested that
participants read or review the
book “American Pastoral” prior
to the lecture.
For information, call Fritzie
Davis Noble, 943-6207.
TV Guide for Channel 28
R O S S M O O R C O M M U N I T Y C H A N N E L 28
Programs running from March 14 through 20
The following programs are all scheduled to be broadcast presents this program. The specialty of hospitalist is one of the
this week. For information about programs on Channel 28, newest in the field of medicine and has grown to an organizaplease call 988-7820.
tion of 20,000 physicians nationwide. Hospitalists are physi■ Post It! is a community bulletin board that allows residents cians who assume the overall care for patients referred to them
to view activities within Rossmoor, including trips, movies and club by their primary care physicians.
events. This program runs between other programs when possible. ■ IMAGES of Scotland. Travel slide show. 30 minutes.
■ Classic Arts Showcase includes video samplings of an- Irene Malchaski, a Rossmoor resident representing the Caleimation, architectural art, ballet, chamber and choral music, donian Society, presents this slide show of her trip to Scotland,
dance, folk art, museum art, musical theater, opera and orches- dating back to 2009. Each slide show is clearly labeled and has
tral performances, as well as classic film and archival docu- a musical backdrop. Her daughter-in-law, Leah Pels, helped in
the editing of this production.
mentaries.
■ BAY AREA Youth Ensemble. Irish harp music. One
■ Fitness Fun. Exercise. 30 minutes.
This program is scheduled every day at 9 a.m. The program hour. The talented Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble performs
beautiful original and ancient Celtic compositions. The first innochanges daily to vary the exercises.
vated harp to feature a hollowed sound box that amplified the in■ MOLLY’S Revenge.Irish music. One hour, 10 minutes.
Internationally acclaimed acoustic Celtic band, Molly’s Re- strument’s sound dates back to Ireland in the 14th century. Enjoy
venge, is known for its unique and infectious on-stage en- the incredible sounds accomplished by these students of all ages.
thusiasm. Band members are Peter Haworth, bouzouki and ■ INVESTOR Fraud (part two). Information. Two hours.
mandola; Mora Smiley, vocals; David Brewer, bagpipes and This program was presented in Rossmoor recently by the Unitwhistles; John Weed, fiddle, and Stuart Mason, guitar. This ed States Department of Justice to make citizens aware of the
program consists of assortment of jigs and reels with an ar- types and levels of fraud that are faced daily. Seventeen U.S.
attorneys from around the nation present facts and share tips on
rangement of folk songs and traditional tunes.
how to avoid being the victim of fraud. This program can also
■ DEAN’s Celtic Guitar. Guitar music. One hour.
Christopher Dean is an internationally acclaimed Celtic gui- be checked out from the Rossmoor Library.
tarist. He’s not only a gifted musician, but he tells engaging and ■ FREDERICK Moyer, pianist. Classical music. 50 minhumorous stories and weaves Celtic lore and history with his utes.With more than 25 years as a recording artist and concert
music. All three of his Celtic albums have sold worldwide and pianist, Frederick Moyer has established a vital musical career, allowing him to perform in 43 countries, from the Sydney
have rave reviews.
■ SHAMELESS Family Singers. Musical variety. 55 min- Opera House to the Carnegie Recital Hall. In this program he
utes. Brothers, Andy Edlin and Steve Edlin, accomplished includes music from Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt.
guitarists, also sing in this program. Having lived in the Virgin ■ The OPERATIC Voice. Opera lecture. 50 minutes.
Islands, they bring authenticity to their calypso music and also Resident and opera expert/enthusiast, Diane Mauch, outlines
perform traditional Irish music. Kimberly Lang, vocalist, has the characteristics of the operatic voice. Mauch is a nationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano. She was administrator of the
done light opera.
Florida Grand Opera, and a professor of voice at the University
■ Hospitalist Medicine. Health. One hour.
Dr. Peter Rowe, who is the founding physician, chief executive of Miami. In this program she uses recordings of great opera
officer and president of the board of the East Bay Hospitalist, singers to explain this interesting topic.
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