Resident recalls brush with real ‘Marty Supreme’ When the movie “Marty Supreme” came out, Al Schwartz had to see it. It wasn’t just because of the drama’s table tennis theme. Schwartz, who’s played the sport since he was a kid, had encountered the real-life table tennis hustler behind the movie’s main character. The film centers on Marty Mauser, a ...

Planning and budgeting help with wear and tear Elevators can be an attractive lure for new residents. But like any facet of infrastructure, especially those involving transport, they age and often require service. Elevators issues have been a regular occurrence in the Security Reports in this newspaper in the past several months, often involving re...

Members also hear more from residents on Gateway proposal The Rossmoor Walnut Creek Board on Thursday seems poised to adopt a procedure for flying official flags, which includes adhering to either federal or state policy governing when flags are lowered to half-staff. These new procedures, which had their first reading before the Board last week, w...

As a young boy, Eric Howard would hike with his friends from behind Saint Mary’s College in Moraga up the hill and look out over the valley that, a few years later, would become Rossmoor. After that, he said, when Rossmoor ‒ then known as Leisure World ‒ had its big globe outside the front gates, he saw young miscreants put laundry soap in the pond...

With heat advisories in the West and tornados and blizzards in the East, many blood drives are being cancelled, yet the need for blood is going up. Help keep the supply available. Nothing replaces blood! Residents are urged to donate Tuesday, April 14 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room. Sign up for an appointment to make a vital differe...

The Echo Club at Rossmoor (TECAR) holds a quarterly forum to discuss a variety of topics of concern to the Mutuals. In addition, TECAR provides its members with access to important educational materials via Echo’s website, publications and events, including professional webinars. Rossmoor homeowners, especially board members, are invited to the nex...

The Landscape Department has recently removed its annual flowers and made them available to interested residents on a first-come, firstserved basis. The plantings are available against the big wall at the Recycling Yard off Rockview Drive. They can be picked up during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4...

The German Club’s next meeting will take place Tuesday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse. Members should bring their own utensils and drinks and some tasty bites. Attendance was excellent at the March meeting, as 31 members came. The club remembered and honored its founder, who worked hard to get the club started.

Efforts to balance out the timing of Fitness Center classes to alleviate parking lot congestion seem to be paying off. Time changes for some classes were announced in mid-February and implemented March 1, to improve safety and traffic flow in the parking lot, RWC Fitness and Aquatics Manager Adam Cleary said. Cleary said during the March 12 Fitness...

Just Friends considers a change so they can work with other Rossmoor musicians Walter Barr, Mark Rossi and Terry Miller know Rossmoor is full of accomplished people, including other top-flight musicians. But this trio, all members of the jazz band Just Friends, say it can be difficult to find places to rehearse and play in Rossmoor, even with the h...