Rossmoor’s Woodshop Club at Gateway will offer its knife-sharpening service on Friday, Feb. 16. Sharpening brothers Al Kaufman and John Kaufman will be there from opening time at 9 a.m. until noon as usual. Knives can be dropped off in the morning when the shop opens, and should be picked up by 4 p.m. when the shop closes. Sharpening is skillfully ...

Deliveryofthe2024Rossmoor phone books has begun. Delivery to manors will take place during the next three weeks. Any manor that is not vacant or that doesn’t have a vacation hold on its newspaper will receive the phone book by Friday, Feb. 23. Any resident who has not received a phone book by 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, can call the News office at 1-92...

A celebration of life will be held for former Rossmoor resident and social justice activist Bob Hanson on Friday, Feb. 23, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Diablo Universalist Unitarian Church, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek. There also will be a reception for family and friends. Those planning to attend should RSVP with Rick Sterling at rsterling1@gma...

Residents are reminded not to walk close to the trucks from Republic Services and Recycle Smart and not to engage the drivers while they are operating the vehicle. Drivers have reported that multiple residents have walked behind, in front of or next to trucks while they are moving or backing up, said Republic Service Municipal Manager Kimberly Lam....

Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD) membership dues for 2024 are now payable. To be included as a member, all dues must be paid by Feb. 29. Anyone who has joined the club since Oct. 1, 2023, or has paid their dues since then is current for the whole of 2024. Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity’s vision is to create a more diverse and welcoming comm...

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETING DATES In-person and virtual meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change. For virtual meetings, Mutual members can click on the Zoom link available below or call in by phone: 1-669-900-­ 6833, unless otherwise indicated. Feb. 1 Second Mutual board of directors............. 4 p.m. Club Room, Creekside Link...

GRF AND MUTUAL NEWS The GRF Board last week postponed a decision on whether to raise the Membership Transfer Fee from the current $13,000 per Rossmoor home sale to $15,000 starting in July, instead referring the issue back to the GRF Finance Committee for more discussion. That same committee voted Jan. 23, two days before the GRF Board meeting, to ...

A front-page story in the Jan. 24 News on theft and trespassing statistics should have said that the pedestrian gate project was deferred by the GRF Board to the 2024 Capital Budget project list.

Gate arms accounted for most of the 21 gate accidents reported in 2023, two more than in 2022. Cashion also has a proposal for a traffic study, which also would be funded out of the capital budget, not through the coupon, he said. A study would be part of continued efforts to curb vehicle accidents, which were slightly up in 2023. Injury accidents ...

The ManKind Project, a nonprofit training and education organization offering personal development programs for men, is looking to start a club in Rossmoor. Completion of The New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) is not required, but some knowledge of ManKind Project tenets is helpful, and uninitiated men are welcome to attend. Residents are invite...