Churches are adapting to pandemic Before the coronavirus pandemic, most Rossmoor residents of a religious persuasion would travel at most a few miles to attend worship services. Eileen Hultin’s faith journey covered 28 miles each way, taking her across the Bay Bridge to St. Thomas Anglican Church in San Francisco. Since moving from San Francisco to...

The sun was out, the temperature at Gateway was just right – not too hot and not too cold – and there was the delicious smell of cheeseburgers cooking on the barbecue. All was right with the world, at least during lunchtime on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The barbecue lunches are offered the second Tuesday of the month, July through October, from 11 a.m. to 1...

The GRF Planning Committee decided it might have put the cart before the horse when it looked at developing walking trails and three new parks along Rossmoor Parkway. The committee of four GRF Board members decided at Thursday’s meeting to get some ballpark estimates of what those plans could cost. It also appointed a subcommittee to look into ways...

Ralf Parton, who over nearly three decades in Rossmoor led hundreds of Rossmoorians on European art and African wildlife tours, died July 2 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Parton, a retired art professor, was known around Rossmoor for his buoyant personality and many passions, including trains, sculpting, tennis and politics. “Ralf knew ever...

Ralf Parton, who over nearly three decades in Rossmoor led hundreds of Rossmoorians on European art and African wildlife tours, died July 30 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Parton, a retired art professor, was known around Rossmoor for his buoyant personality and many passions, including trains, sculpting, tennis and politics. “Ralf knew eve...

Front door is locked, but staff there to help Mutual Operations (MOD) is closed to foot traffic, but staff are just as busy now as they were at this time last year. “Summertime is busy, and we’re busy just like any year,” said Sharon Fees, Mutual Services administrative manager. Working behind the scenes, business still gets done. Departments such ...

Clearing up some confusion about face masks In February, Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted that people needed to stop buying masks: “They are not effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” On June 5, the World Health Organization declared that there is no direct evidence that healthy people wearing masks is effective in ...

GRF protest, nondiscrimination proposed policies under review The GRF Policy Committee wants more time to mull over the hot button issues of protests and nondiscrimination before forwarding the matters on to the full GRF Board for consideration. After about an hour and a half of going line by line over the proposed policies for each on Aug. 4, the ...

The GRF Board of Directors met in executive session late on Thursday afternoon, July 30, following the regular Board meeting to discuss whether to continue paying staff who are not being utilized at 100% of their budgeted time. This meeting followed earlier decisions, most recently in May, to pay under-utilized employees through July 31. On March 1...

The Rossmoor Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold a training meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. on Zoom. The Rossmoor Area has more than 100 trained volunteers who can be deployed during a disaster and pandemic. After a meeting with a small group of CERTs, recommendations were presented to the Walnut Creek CERT Leadership Te...