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Rossmoor women forge needed connections through active club

Go to any event put on by The Connection, and it’s hard not to notice the hubbub created by happy chatter, bright smiles and cheerfulness. Discovering that “connection,” which women who belong to one of Rossmoor’s most enduring and successful clubs have found, is what it’s about. This club’s name fits. When casual conversation leads to finding comm...
Posted on December 3, 2024
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GRF may tee up new golf reservation system

Technical problems have plagued current system GRF is open to finding a new online golf tee-time reservation system, after the current system went down for three weeks in late October and early November, forcing reservations to be made manually and inconveniencing both players and Golf Shop staff. At the Golf Advisory Committee’s Nov. 22 meeting, G...
Posted on December 3, 2024
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Tice pool roof panel work progressing on schedule

Rossmoor’s only indoor pools should reopen in early January C athy Robinson-Walker said that, as a lap swimmer, she’s been missing her workouts at the Tice Creek Fitness Center pool. So, she was glad to hear that work to replace the roof panels there is on time. “It is a very big loss to many of us,” Robinson- Walker, a member of the GRF Aquatics a...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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71 and still conqueri

ng Rossmoor resident adds climbing to base camp of Mt. Everest to list of milestones The most recent of Dr. Janny Li’s worldwide travels – which have included treks to both the North and South poles, and lots of territory in-between – was a journey in early October to the base camp at Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, on the Nepal-China ...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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Breaking down alcohol licenses for clubs

R ecently, the News ran an article with information that clarified the requirement for clubs to have an alcohol license at events with money exchanged in the form of tickets or donations. That article prompted questions with additional scenarios in which the Bureau of Alcohol Beverage Control would require a club to have an alcohol license. This fo...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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Mix of residents are finding warmth in annual Thanksgiving gathering

Rossmoor event takes the hassle out of traveling and cleaning For residents like Julia Lam, being on her own for Thanksgiving is not a bad thing. Being on her own is also a misnomer. She’ll be in Rossmoor around friends, her fellow residents. Traveling for the holidays is difficult for Lam, especially considering jammed-packed airports and plane ri...
Posted on November 26, 2024
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Increased cost calls into question future of pickleball facility

Planning Committee wants feedback from residents The latest construction cost estimate for the Pickleball Courts project has risen considerably from previous figures, the Planning Committee learned at its Nov. 14 meeting. A pre-construction estimate delivered to GRF staff less than 24 hours before that meeting now pegs the project at nearly $4 mill...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Charting options for health

Over 30 vendors participated in Health Fair There are many reasons that residents come to the annual Health Fair put on by Rossmoor Counseling Services. Some are doing their homework, planning and seeing what is available as their health needs change. There may be one issue on someone’s radar, or they want to know what to do when a crisis does stri...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Task force aims to sell Walnut Creek as part of the marketing campaign

As Rossmoor leaders grapple with how this community should market itself to potential new residents and others, they realize it will be difficult, if not impossible, to play up both Rossmoor’s affordability and the qualities that make it so inviting – many of which come at a monetary cost. “We’re not going to be everything to everybody,” Marketing ...
Posted on November 19, 2024
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Policy Committee sours on return of political columns

Discussing the hot-button topic of whether political columns should resume in the Rossmoor News, Policy Committee members made one point clear at their Nov. 13 meeting: Their expressed preference is to not resume publishing that type of opinion, even with a modified approach. A draft of changes to Policy 601.2 that governs the newspaper’s editorial...
Posted on November 19, 2024