Tice Valley Gym is not affected by JCC closure

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA
VOLUME 45, NO. 41 • 50 CENTS
Policy manual revisions
discussed at First WC
Mutual town hall meeting
By Ken Anderson
District 4 director
A
t First Mutual’s town hall meeting Dec. 15, President
Mel Fredlund explained that the purpose of the meeting
was to hear residents’ reactions to the proposed revision
of the Mutual’s Policy Manual, last altered in 2008. Approximately 70 residents attended.
Many suggestions were offered and discussed, starting with
Alterations (Section 1.0) and ending with Fines and Enforcement (Section 23.0).
Much of the discussion centered on alterations, secondhand
smoke, carports and parking, with a debate over barbecues. The
current policy states that “No charcoal or gas barbecues, hibachis, outdoor fireplaces, or other open-flamed devices can be
used on balconies, porches or decks, or in manor patios.” This
policy also applies to verandas.
Some argued that barbecuing was an important part of their
lives, and this was, for all practical purposes, denied them in
Rossmoor. Others argued there was too much risk of a fire to
permit open flames next to dwellings. Some wanted electric
grills banned because of the strong odors from the cooking.
One resident said California’s fire code prohibited open
flames within 10 feet of a building. Another suggested that a
group barbecue be built in the entry.
First Mutual’s board of directors seeks to provide a written
policy that will provide useful and enforceable guidelines. The
board plans on voting on the new policy in January.
News photo by Mike DiCarlo
The building on Running Springs that was destroyed by a fire in July is well on its way to being
rebuilt by the projected period of 14 months, which should mean by the fall.
Construction is well under way on Running
Springs building destroyed by July fire
By Wilma Murray
Staff writer
Tice Valley Gym is not
affected by JCC closure
The Tice Valley Gymnasium and programs that occur at
the gym will not be affected by the closure of the adjacent
Jewish Community Center (JCC).
The city of Walnut Creek owns and operates the Tice Valley Gym and holds a 99-year lease for its site.
A Dec. 14 letter from Jewish Community Center President
Robert Rich announced the Jewish Community Center’s closure on Dec. 16.
The city said that it wants to assure the community members who use the Tice Valley Gymnasium for sports, classes
and rentals that these city services are not affected by the
JCC closure and will remain available to the public.
The Tice Valley Gymnasium is at 2055 Tice Valley Blvd.,
behind the JCC. To learn more about the programs offered at
the gym, along with rental information, visit www.WalnutCreekRec.org.
INSIDE THE NEWS
Arts and Leisure ............. 14-19
Arts and Leisure listings ..... 29
Bridge .............................. 31-32
Calendar.......................... 26-29
Classified ......................... 35-47
Channel 28 TV Guide ......... 20
Clubs ............................... 20-23
Health .............................. 33-34
In Memoriam....................... 22
Maintenance ........................ 45
Movies .................................. 16
Op/Ed Columns .............. 12-13
Religion ............................... 22
Residents Forum ............11, 13
Sports .............................. 30-31
W
ork is under way to
rebuild the eightunit co-op (G-11)
building in Entry 6, Running
Springs Road, that was destroyed by fire July 22. The
construction is on schedule
to be finished within the 14month projected rebuilding
period offered by Second Mutual Building Maintenance
Manager Mark Marlatte.
Completion should be sometime in the early fall, Marlatte
said.
Already, the framing for
the second story is being done,
which is ahead of schedule.
Marlatte credits city building
officials for their assistance in
moving the project forward
expeditiously.
City Building Official Robert Woods and Building Superintendent Frank Luna have
“been nothing but helpful,”
Marlatte said. They have al-
lowed the project to be fasttracked, which bypasses a
lot of the usual bureaucracy,
Marlatte said.
It also helped to expedite
matters that construction
teams were already in place,
Marlatte said. He said he
showed the insurance companies what it would cost to
use vendors already in use
in Rossmoor, explaining that
in the long run, not going to
bid would save the insurance
companies both time and
money; the insurance companies agreed.
No faulty
appliance or wiring
Fire officials determined
the fire originated in the
kitchen, around the stove in
unit 4, downstairs. Travelers
Property Casualty Company
of America completed a joint
investigation with all the concerned insurance companies
and it was established no defect was found in the stove
or the building wiring, etc.
and the insurance investigation concluded Second Walnut Creek Mutual and Golden
Rain Foundation are not at
fault for this fire loss.
There were no injuries
and all 13 residents who live
in the building got safely out
of their manors. Currently,
the residents of all but one
manor are housed elsewhere
in Rossmoor, with one manor’s residents in Arizona. At
this time, all intend to return
to their original unit after rebuilding.
When they return, they will
find some upgrades. Because
the building was nearly razed
(all that was salvaged was the
foundation and carports), it
will be constructed as a new
building, which means new
codes are in place. This will
mean there will be earthquake tie-downs/sheer walls,
double-paned windows in all
units and the building will be
fully fire-sprinkled, Marlatte
said.
Rossmoor’s annual Women’s Conference
will feature KRON movie critic Jan Wahl
Last chance to
give to Food Drive.
See page 6.
www.rossmoornews.com
Film critic Jan Wahl is coming to Rossmoor
for a return engagement, this time to the annual Women’s Conference to be held Tuesday, Jan. 31, in the Fireside Room.
In 2010, Wahl came to Rossmoor for a
special cinema celebration. Her presentation
this time is geared especially to women, “Female Archetypes in Film.”
Wahl is a familiar figure to many from
her long stint on KRON 4 TV, where she has
reviewed films for more than 20 years. She
is also known for her signature collection of
striking hats.
Wahl formerly worked for ABC in Los Angeles, first as a documentary producer, and
later as a stage manager and director of “Rona
Barrett’s Hollywood,” “The Lawrence Welk
Show,” “Match Game,” “Family Feud,” “Good
Morning, America” and various specials such
Continued on page 5
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ROSSMOOR NEWS • DECEMBER 28, 2011
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
A Veterans Day Memorial
By Susan Williamson, GRF Board president
N
ormally my President’s
Corner will concern some
faction of GRF business.
However, today I want to touch
on a part of U.S. history that I have
been interested for many years, as
I feel I have a family connection
to it. No doubt, many of you do
also.
Every year on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, the city of
Walnut Creek presents a Veterans Day program to
honor all our veterans of all our wars. This year, being the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil
War, the program focused on that war.
Residents of Walnut Creek were asked to submit
family histories of their families’ participation in
that war. I felt honored to be asked give my family’s
story.
A well-done video of Civil War era pictures, provided by residents, was compiled by city clerk, Patrice Olds. Mayor Cindy Silva narrated the video
at the program at Lesher Center. I hope some of you
were there.
Most people do not know that the heart of the conflict that fueled the onset of the Civil War was not
abolition, slavery or secession. It was cotton. The
southern states produced much of the world’s cotton.
Industrialization in the North allowed the cotton mills
larger production and a need for an ever-increasing
demand for cotton, as did the rest of the world.
Growing cotton was labor intensive. Industrialization in the South enhanced the planting and picking
of cotton. The large plantation owners planted everincreasing acres of cotton to meet the demand, but
needed fewer workers in the process. Since their
slaves were very low cost labor, they wanted to plant
cotton fields in states further west. Up until that time,
the northern states tolerated slavery in the South – as
long as they kept it in the South.
When the cotton growers wanted to increase their
fields, and the use of slaves, and plant in states to the
west, the United States government said no. Eleven
southern states seceded from the Union and the South
formed the Confederate States of America (CSA).
Thus began the bloodiest war in U.S. history. More
Americans died in the Civil War than in any other war
before or after.
At the beginning, it was thought that the war would
last only a few months. Instead, it lasted four long
Celebrate the New Year responsibly with a designated driver.
years. What army the U.S. had belonged to the
North. The South did not really have an army. Most
of the men fighting the war – on both sides – were
not soldiers. They were teenagers, college students,
farmers, teachers and merchants, and they did not
own cotton plantations. Most were untrained and
untested.
My great grandfather lost all four of his brothers,
many cousins and uncles and a brother-in-law in the
war. He was 11 and too young to go.
The war took a devastating toll on my family as
it did the entire South. My great, great grandmother
died in 1865, probably of a broken heart as due to
the war and illnesses she had lost seven of her 12
children in the preceding five years. The war left a
terrible aftermath, as do all wars.
Today we look at our modern wars and current
civil unrest throughout the world and know that now
it is oil, not cotton, which is at the heart of many of
the conflicts.
In some ways things haven’t changed much over
the last 150 years. If only everyone could cherish
what they do have we would be much better off, and
I imagine much happier.
Most of us love living here in Rossmoor and realize just what we have. We are safe here. I hope that
all of you realize just how much you do have here
and cherish it the way I do.
Community Club calls off meeting
due to guest speaker cancellation
The Community Club of
Rossmoor has cancelled its
Jan. 10 meeting. The scheduled speaker will not be able
to be at the meeting.
The Community Club meets
the second Tuesday of the
month. For information about
the meetings or the club, call
Andy Okumoto at 274-1904.
ROSSMOOR NEWS
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Contributing Writers: Doug Hergert, Ad Lib; Charles Jarrett, Entertainment Notes; Nancy Kaye, Tossing It Around; R.S. Korn,
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DEADLINES:
• Wednesday at noon – Religion notices and Club Trips
• Thursday at noon – press releases, club news and event announcements
• Friday at 10 a.m. – Display and classified ads, letters to the
Residents Forum and obituaries
The Rossmoor News is legally adjudicated to publish legal notices and
fictitious business name statements. The News reserves the right to
reject or discontinue advertisements or articles that the manager deems
unsuitable. All articles are subject to editing.
3
Republican
EPO will hear police chief on disasters in Rossmoor
Club to hear By Alan Cunningham
police chief in San Diego. He 2007, his task was to initiate tions.
served that department for 28 the evacuation of San Diego
Residents who wish to take
from election
years, a period when that city residents from the threatened part in the question-and-anWalnut Creek’s police and surrounding areas experi- areas. He and his officers swer session after his talk
law expert
chief, Joel Bryden, will spell enced two major wildfires.
were kept busy for five subse- are encouraged, but not reEPO correspondent
The Rossmoor Republican
Club will hear from attorney
Chuck Bell, who specializes
in campaign, election and
administrative law and litigation at all levels of government. Bell will be the guest
speaker at the Wednesday,
Jan. 11, meeting in the Fireside Room at Gateway.
Bell is the general counsel
to the California Republican
Party and has served in that
position from 1982 through
the present. He has provided
legal advice and representation to candidates and office
holders, including Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
former governors Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian.
A graduate of Stanford
University and Stanford law
school, Bell has practiced
political and election law
since 1980. He is the leading
expert on the California Political Reform Act and state
election laws.
The evening begins with a
hosted wine bar at 5:15 p.m.
Dinner will be served at 6.
Reservation forms are
in the Republican Journal,
which is mailed monthly to
all club members. The cost is
$25 for members and $27 for
guests. Make checks payable
to the Rossmoor Republican Club, 1708 Golden Rain
Road No. 6.
For information about this
event, call Tom Fryer at 9475878.
out what his department would
do if a disaster hit Rossmoor
when he addresses a community gathering at 9:30 a.m. on
Monday, Jan. 9, in the Fireside
Room. The meeting will be
sponsored by the Emergency
Preparedness Organization
(EPO).
Bryden, who took over the
job in June 2009, will describe
his experiences with major disasters when he was assistant
The first came as part of
a massive outbreak of more
than 5,000 fires that torched
Southern California in 2003,
and San Diego was once more
affected when a similar situation occurred in 2007.
In each case, lives were lost,
thousands of homes burned
and a half million or more
acres of land were blackened.
In both instances, Bryden
was directly involved and, in
quent nights.
In his talk here, Bryden
will explain what the Walnut
Creek Police Department’s
role would be in a major disaster, whether it be a wildfire
or an earthquake. He will also
describe the system by which
the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is able to notify residents
by telephone when any emergency requires them to leave
home or take other precau-
quired, to leave written copies of questions in the EPO
mailbox at Gateway. But all
will be free to ask questions
as time allows, whether they
have done this or not.
EPO usually meets on the
first Monday of each month,
but is doing so a week later in
January because of the New
Year holiday. The regular
schedule will resume in February.
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Help a gifted student in need – donate to the Scholarship Foundation
By Shirlee Cunnigham
Scholarship Foundation
correspondent
It is a given that the student
recipients of the Rossmoor
Scholarship are outstanding;
but the students also have a
unique point of view of the
world and an ability to deter-
ROSSMOOR SCHOLARSHIP
FOUNDATION ANNUAL FUND DRIVE
mine their own path. One such
student is Tyler Carroll.
Carroll, who received a
scholarship last year, is known
for his love of his Datsun
240Z, which he has been slowly building from the ground up
with the help of a professional
in auto repair. It’s no small
challenge. It might be said that
Please accept this donation to help the Rossmoor
Scholarship Foundation assist needy college-bound
students living in the area.
Name of donor as it will appear in the Rossmoor News
________________________________________________
(or in memory of):_________________________________
Amount donated:__________________________________
• Knowledgeable estate
planning for reasonable rates
• Living trusts and wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Probate/Medi-Cal
Randall and Emily
Thompson
Attorneys
Make checks payable to Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation
and mail to P.O. Box 2056, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
or leave at the Administration Office at Gateway.
Tyler Carroll
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“I live on Saklan Indian. I’ll see you at the gym and movies!”
the car reflects just a bit of his
personality.
Once questioned about his
choice to attend the University of Alabama, Carroll said
that the Honors College was
a prime consideration since it
provides top students with an
opportunity to have more challenging, smaller classes and,
as a result, closer relationships
with faculty.
Intent on the fast track, Carroll plans to attend law school
after graduation. But as is indicative of his hard-charging
personality, he is pursuing a
double major in marketing and
political science while having
taken on a student internship
on staff with the Alabama Supreme Court campaign for Justice Chuck Malone.
Prior to starting his first year
at the University of Alabama,
he worked at the General Nutrition Center in Pleasant Hill
and volunteered as a counselor
at a junior high camp.
Carroll is focused on his
goals and has a plan on how to
achieve them and is having an
outstanding year as a college
freshman.
Forest McMillan, another
Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation award recipient, has
taken a different path during
his first year at UC Santa Barbara, though he, too, is majoring in political science.
McMillan is a singer and
his second major is in musical performance. So while he
is exploring public policy and
political issues in class, and
pursuing international relations in the model U.N. in his
free time, McMillan is also in
two a cappella performance
groups. He loves to sing and
makes performance a significant part of his time on and off
campus.
In addition, McMillan
actively pursues public policy through his work on the
Environmental Awareness
Board at the university. The
current project is attempting
to get all plastic bags banned
from super markets in Santa
Barbara.
He has an interest in going into politics one day and
is already dipping a toe into
the pond by assuming an elective leadership role in his Hall
Council.
Both Carroll and McMillan
acknowledge the importance
of the Rossmoor Scholarship
Foundation in their personal
Continued on next page
ROSSMOOR MEETINGS
GOLDEN RAIN FOUNDATION AND MUTUALS
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 on 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.
Jan. 2:
Offices closed for New Year’s observance
2 p.m.
Jan. 3:
GRF Policy Committee
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 4:
Third Mutual Finance
9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
1 p.m.
Jan. 5:
Mutual 68 building committee
Multipurpose Room 3, Gateway
9 a.m.
Jan. 6:
Golf Advisory Committee
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 9:
Third Mutual board
9 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 10:
Mutual 59 board
1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 10:
First Mutual New Resident Orientation 7 p.m.
Delta Room, Del Valle
Jan. 11:
Fitness Center Advisory Committee 9:30 a.m
Jan. 11:
Mutual 30 board
9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
1:30 p.m.
Jan. 12:
Compensation Committee
Board Room, Gateway
1:30 p.m.
Jan. 12:
Aquatics Advisory Committee
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
Jan. 13:
GRF Trust Revision Committee
Board Room, Gateway
1:30 p.m.
Jan. 16:
Fourth Mutual board
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 17:
Mutual Eight board
1:30 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 18:
Mutual 56 board
9:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
9 a.m.
Jan. 19:
Second Mutual board
Peacock Hall, Gateway
Jan. 19:
Fifth Mutual board
2 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 23:
Mutual 68 board
1 p.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 24:
Mutual 65 board
9:30 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
Jan. 24:
GRF Finance Committee
Board Room, Gateway
9:30 a.m.
Jan. 25:
First Mutual safety committee
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 25:
Mutual 28 board
9:30 a.m.
Mutual Operations meeting room
Jan. 25:
First Mutual finance committee
10:30 a.m.
Board Room, Gateway
Jan. 26:
GRF Board
9 a.m.
Scholarship
Continued from page 4
ability to attend college. Often these awards make a critical difference for students in
their ability to attend school,
buy books or purchase a muchneeded laptop computer or other supplies.
Last year, the Rossmoor
Scholarship Foundation was
able to present 32 awards to outstanding students who went on
to attend many leading universities across the United States
as well as in the Bay Area.
Scholarship recipients are
accomplished, focused adults
with drive to achieve their
goals.
During this fund drive, foundation members hope residents
will help them help college students. Any donation during this
holiday season is welcome to
help a young person pursue his
path and create a useful life that
contributes to society in a positive way well into the future.
Rossmoor Women’s Conference
held in January at Fireside Room
as the Oscar and Grammy telecasts.
She also conducts celebrity interviews; offers interesting
background on show business; emcees community events;
presents lectures; and teaches the class, “Critical Thinking
of the Mass Media,” to corporations and schools.
In 1977, she won an Emmy Award for producing and
writing “They Still Say I Do,” a humorous documentary on
the palimony case of Lee and Michelle Triola Marvin. The
same year, she became a member of the prestigious Directors Guild of America. In 1999, she won a second Emmy
for “A Filmgoer’s Bill of Rights.”
Check-in time will be at 10:30 with the conference beginning at 11.
A box lunch will be served.
Tickets will go on sale Monday, Jan. 9, through Counseling Services.
More details will follow in the Jan. 11 issue of the News.
For information, call 988-7750.
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Phone book
delivery is
under way
The Rossmoor phone directory, published by American
Directory Company, will delivered to all Rossmoor homes
from Dec. 19 through the end
of the month. The books will
be delivered by the Rossmoor
News carriers.
Residents who do not receive the phone book by Dec.
31 should call the News at 9887800 and a book will be delivered.
American Directory contracts with the Rossmoor News
to deliver the books. The News
is not responsible for the content in the directory.
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Food Drive barrels will be in clubhouses through end of December
Food Drive barrels will be
stationed at three of Rossmoor’s clubhouses through the
end of December. Rossmoor
residents are encouraged to
continue to drop nonperishable food items in the barrels
for the Food Drive for the
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benefit of the Food Bank of
Contra Costa and Solano.
Food Drive barrels are
at Gateway, Dollar and
Creekside clubhouses and the
Pro Shop at Creekside until
the end of December.
All of the food and monetary contributions will benefit the Food Bank. The Food
Bank distributes food directly
to low-income people at community sites and makes food
available for other nonprofit
organizations serving the ill,
needy and infants.
Here is a list of the most
needed items:
• Iron-rich cereal
• 100-percent fruit juice in
plastic containers
• Canned fruit (in juice)
• Dry beans (any type)
• Canned vegetables
• Enriched rice
• Powdered milk
• Canned meat, poultry and
fish
• Peanut butter in a plastic
Muriel James drops off a bag of food at a Gateway Food Drive
barrel.
container
• Pre-packaged meals
Do not donate fresh food or
food in glass containers. Be
sure that the donated food does
not have an expired date.
Drop food in the barrels
through the end of the month
or make a financial donation
and send to the Food Bank
of Contra Costa and Solano,
P.O. Box 271966, Concord,
CA 94527.
Be
sure
to
write
“Rossmoor” on the outside of
the envelope.
For information about the
Rossmoor Food Drive, call
Eleanore McGrath at 9375261.
Our dogs want your old car.
Donate your running, non-running or
scrap car to help shelter animals
and receive a tax deduction.
1.925.427.GIVE (4483) or visit
www.cars4donation.net
Second Chance
Animal Rescue
SECURITY REPORTS
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 the case may indicate a lesser
or different incident description. If the incident warrants it,
the News will have a follow-up
article with more details. 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 and
click on Public Safety Services/
Daily Logs.
Dec. 16
Suspicion: Mutual Operations
reported that workers found a
broken window at a manor on
Stanley Dollar Drive, Entry 6.
It was believed that the window
could have been broken by a
news carrier.
Auto accident: A resident reported hitting a parked vehicle.
Suspicion: A guest attempted
to enter Rossmoor using a former
resident’s ID card. The ID card
was confiscated by Securitas.
Auto accident: A resident
drove over the curb and onto the
grass at a clubhouse.
Dial-a-Bus service New Year’s holiday
• New Year’s Eve: Buses
will be on a regular schedule
except they will operate all evening until 12:30 a.m. on New
Year’s Day for residents who
are going to the New Year’s
Eve parties in Rossmoor.
• New Year’s Day: Dial-a-
Bus will operate from 8:45 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m. On-request trips to
the downtown service area will
be made at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
and 1:30, 3 and 4:15 p.m.
For Dial-a-Bus service, call
988-7676 at lease one hour in
advance.
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Free tax preparation will be offered to
Rossmoor residents by AARP Tax-Aide
Free tax preparation for the
2012 tax season will again be
offered to Rossmoor residents
by Tax-Aide’s AARP-sponsored program. The service,
provided by IRS-certified tax
preparers, is available starting in February.
Tax-Aide does not specify
an income limit, but the service targets low- and moder-
ate-income taxpayers of any
age with special attention
given to seniors 60-plus.
To access the tax preparation service, Rossmoor residents can make an appointment on Thursday, Feb. 2,
between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in
the Vista Room at Hillside
Clubhouse. Bring a calendar
only; no returns will be pre-
pared on that date.
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Rossmoor Fund accepts year-end gifts to help residents
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under $29,424. Other assets
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What do grants cover?
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40 YEARS AGO TODAY
Unification in Second Mutual,
Rossmoor Decorated for Christmas
By John Nutley, Rossmoor historian
T
he Rossmoor voters overwhelmingly approved the unification with Second Walnut Creek Mutual in December
1971. Mutuals 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 5 16 and 17 all approved
unification with large majority – over 80 percent or larger.
The action brought the number of manors in Second Mutual
to 1,387.
Christmas decorating was in full swing in Rossmoor. The
Christmas Wonderland Contest was also in progress. The panels on the front door of Dollar Clubhouse were decorated with
colorful Christmas cards. Ida Davis donated the time and the
creativity to beautify the main entrance.
A notable feature in the Dec. 15 News was the design plans
for landscaping at the North Pole Home of Santa Claus. It
showed Peppermint Candy Cane Lane, Icicle Tree, Snowflake
Pavilion, the reindeer stables and the Elves Toy Factory. The
tall North Pole was at the center of the estate.
The noticeable contrast between the issues of 1971 and 2011
Rossmoor News is the use of the word, “Christmas.” Today we
are more apt to see “holiday” as a euphemism for Christmas.
We all know that “holiday” comes from “holy day,” which
is in almost every religion, a holiday for the people. We say
“Season’s Greetings.” What season?
How many residents know that Eugene O’Neill wrote his
prize-winning plays not far from Rossmoor? It was while he
was living near Danville at Tao House that he penned “Ah,
Wilderness!” At a special meeting of the Las Trampas Wilderness Committee, plans were made for the purchase of the land
to preserve the area in its natural state. The committee was
also opposed to the construction of freeways through the area.
The Democrats were in full force to welcome presidential
candidate, Senator George McGovern, in the packed Gateway
Clubhouse. There was a photo of the bantering and cheering
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ROSSMOOR N EWS • D ECEMBER 28 , 2011
R ESIDENTS FORUM
RESIDENTS FORUM GUIDELINES
Letters must be about 250 words.
Letters are subject to verification and editing
Letters are strictly the opinion of the letter writer.
The Rossmoor News accepts letters for publication
in complete or abridged form at the discretion of the
managing editor and in accordance with common editorial policies. Headings of letters are written by the
managing editor.
• Letters must be signed or emailed to
news@rossmoor.com. Emailed letters are preferred.
• Letters must be accompanied by full name, address
and phone number for verification.
• Letters must be germane to the activities and affairs
of Rossmoor.
• Letters should be about 250 words or less.
• Open letters addressed to anyone other than the
editor will not be published.
• Letters’ content cannot include phone numbers, full
addresses, email addresses or website addresses.
• Letters are edited for clarity at the discretion of the
editor.
• Letters announcing an event with a date, time and
location will not be printed.
• Letters sent by email are confirmed by an emailed
reply. If you have not received a confirmation,
contact the News by phone, 988-7800, or in person
to verify your submission.
DON’T WORK ON SITE UNTIL
FINAL DECISION IS MADE
In nearly every large architectural design project, with which I am familiar, there is required
an estimate of construction cost to be made at the
conclusion of each of the several phases of the
design, when the plans for that phase have been
developed. The owner then has the opportunity
to review the design and the estimated cost, and
make informed decisions as to any changes in
the scope of the work or details, based on that
estimate.
In the case of the proposed Event Center, there
is not only an architect but a project manager,
as well, involved in the preparation of plans and
specs, yet there is no requirement in either one’s
contract to prepare any cost estimate or to obtain
the services of a professional estimator to do so.
Thus, the owner, in this case the GRF Board, not
to mention the residents, will have no informed
opinion of what the ultimate cost of the project
will be until the plans and specs are finalized
and the construction bids are returned.
There is always a possibility that the entire
design will be discarded because of its cost or
a change of heart of the GRF Board. That being the case, it is of the utmost importance that
no “preliminary” work be done on the site, such
as the digging up of lawns or the cutting down
of trees, or that any other irreversible action be
taken prior to a final decision.
Philip Wesler
Canyonwood Court
Editor’s note: The design work for the Event
Center is being completed so that the GRF Board
can get hard construction bids, which will be used
by the project manager, Pound Management, to develop a comprehensive project budget (construction
cost plus all of the other ancillary project costs) for
the Board’s consideration. Site work will not be
done for the Event Center unless the Board gives
the go-ahead for the project. The project will be
presented to the GRF Board for its consideration
in late March 2012.
TAKING AWAY THE VIEW
A friend called me to meet her at Creekside Grill
for breakfast. My friend wasn’t in the dining area
so I entered the bar area where two women were
seated by one of the big glass windows.
I glanced out one of the windows and saw the
beautiful greenery and trees of the golf course – a
relaxing and nature-filled view. I thought how sad it
would be to look out and see mainly a big building.
Creekside Grill was deliberately made with all glass
windows to capitalize on our magnificent views of
nature including our wonderful golf course.
I wonder how the restaurant customers and owners will feel if their view is a big building?
Karen Perkins
Canyonwood Court
WHAT ABOUT THE RULE
OF THE MAJORITY?
I am happy to see that the Event Center is going
full speed ahead in today’s U.S. “democracy” interpretation. I was made to believe that democracy
meant the rule by the majority. But the word “majority” is not clearly defined. We always believed
that “the majority” referred to “the people.”
The U.S. Constitution opens with “We the people,” not “we the dollar” or “we the corporations.”
No, it says, “we the people”!
Recently, the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people! If that is the ruling, does that
now mean that the corporations with their financial
majority, which represents only 1 percent of “the
people,” are more powerful and have more say than
the 99 percent of “people”? Thus, does that mean
that the language of the Constitution is no longer applicable? The money of corporations, accumulation
of money and their CEOs take precedence over the
constitution, and have more power than the voices
and wishes of the people, who mean nothing?
Elayne Jones
Canyonwood Court
GET AN ID CARD
For residents who are no longer going to drive
and their driver’s license is expiring, it is imperative
that they obtain a senior ID card from the DMV.
A signature cannot be notarized without a current
government-issued ID card. It is very simple to obtain, but so necessary and so important. There may
be many times when a valid ID is required. So do
not procrastinate. Go get that senior ID card before
you need it.
Dorothy Henson
Running Springs Road
NO ACTION TAKEN
ON DEAD DEER
Shame on the Rossmoor Maintenance Department and the Contra Costa County Animal Control Unit for passing the buck on removing a dead
deer carcass that has graced the back lawn areas of
the 1557 Rockledge Lane cooperatives!
For several days we have watched a dead deer
be picked apart by predatory animals without anyone bothering to remove it. Some of my neighbors
and myself have called both Rossmoor Maintenance and Animal Control several times. Maintenance has refused to remove the carcass, saying,
it’s Animal Control’s responsibility. Maintenance
did cover the ugly mess with a tarpaulin, but it was
removed, leaving the carcass to be picked over by
more animals.
How long would it take one of our maintenance
staff to remove it? As for Animal Control, our
calls have ranged from “we have more important
things to do” to apologies. But, as of Dec. 16, no
action was taken.
This is an example of the kind of bureaucratic buck-passing that makes governments so despised today. When I moved to Rossmoor I loved
the beautiful landscaping. I still do, but viewing a
dead deer carcass from my bedroom and deck isn’t
why I moved here.
Robert Moon
Rockledge Lane
Editor’s note: Mutual Operations does not have
the trained staff, the proper equipment or a place
to dispose of dead animals. Animal Control is responsible for picking up and disposing of the dead
animals. However, due to budget cuts there is only
one person with Animal Control in the entire county responsible for this job.
DON’T PROHIBIT GAS
BARBECUES
I would like to bring an issue to the attention of
First Mutual residents. Many may not have read
the proposed revisions to the First Walnut Creek
Mutual policies that include the prohibition of gas
barbecues.
At the Dec. 5 meeting, the First Mutual board
indicated this was as a result of a fire regulation
that could not be verified by the board. A resident in
attendance who had contacted the authorities said,
“There was no such regulation.” Why doesn’t the
board have documentation if it makes a recommendation?
This change is not just a fire regulation, it is
a lifestyle issue. If I knew I would be prohibited
from barbecuing, I would have never purchased in
Rossmoor.
It was also stated by one resident that smoke and
smells were reasons that barbecuing should be prohibited, when those issues should be handled in the
same manner as if your neighbor cooked cabbage
every day. Most people respect others’ rights and if
not, refer to “Policies 11.0, offensive conduct, nuisances, noise.”
There have never been barbecue-related fires in
Rossmoor, according to the First Mutual board.
Our only fires have been kitchen related. A primary
difference between barbecuing and stove cooking
is that you are involved in the barbecuing process
and less likely to leave it unattended, as in stove
cooking.
Lastly, fellow barbecuing First Mutual residents
should help fight this prohibition before it is enacted
by our board.
John Stabli
Golden Rain Road
SOCIAL SAFETY NET VS.
SOCIAL DARWINISM
The Republican Perspective column published in
the Dec. 14 Rossmoor News suggests that the social
safety net should be eliminated to avoid making
our country into a European-style “entitlement”
society. The authors of the article say that entitlements are bad because people become accustomed
to state-supported wage scales, housing, education,
medical care and retirement. Such benefits become
addicting and will lead to civil unrest, demonstrations and riots if these benefits are threatened.
I do not think the millions of Americans who
are unable to find jobs would agree with this Republican view of what amounts to Social Darwinism – the notion that each of us are on our own in
a contest for survival. Safety nets were created to
catch Americans who fall downward through no
fault of their own. That is how we have been able
to build a middle class and makes us all better off.
Without such help, we would rapidly become like
third world poverty stricken countries and a land of
the hungry.
Clyde Rich
Terra Granada Drive
– More letters on page 13 –
To contact the GRF Board
Residents who would like to contact the GRF
Board can do so in the following ways:
• E-mail:grb@rossmoor.com
• 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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ROSSMOOR N EWS • D ECEMBER 28, 2011
COLUMNS & OPINIONS
REPUBLICAN
PERSPECTIVE
Obama’s “Affordable Care
Act” Is Not Affordable
By Bob Burnett, Kathy Poling and Jason Stewart
he “Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act” was passed in 2010 at a time when the
economic stability of the country and its ability to compete in world markets was and continues
to be hindered by the amount spent on health care.
Passed under the Obama administration, it has been
popularly named “ObamaCare.”
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that
this country spends 20 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health care, and expects
it to rise to 31 percent by 2035. Nations, with which
we compete in the world, spend less than half that
amount of GDP on health care, and Singapore
spends one-fifth of the amount per capita than the
United States.
The stated goal of ObamaCare is to “improve access to quality affordable health care and to control
costs,” according to the chairman of the principal
senate committee that considered the Obama Care
proposal.
Here are a few of the elements of the “affordable” care act that should convince the majority of
Americans that it is an unaffordable alternative:
1. ObamaCare increases the number of people
covered by health insurance largely by mandating
that all Americans enroll in a health insurance plan
(except for a favored few). Of the 30 million currently without insurance, nearly 11 million of them
would be added to the federally financed Medicaid system (called MediCal in California), adding
significantly to the cost the government pays for
health care.
T
PROGRESSIVE VIEW
The Corporation
Part 1
By Evalyn Segal
orporation is from Latin
“corpus/corpora,” meaning body (as in corpse,
body of evidence, student body).
Corporations first arose in ancient Rome and India. A body of
individuals formed a company to
do business, with specific legal rights granted by
the authorities.
Corporations were initially chartered for just one
or a few delimited functions. In the Middle Ages,
churches and local governments incorporated (the
city of London Corporation), thus gaining legal perpetuity. Today U.S. cities and towns are incorporated, though outlying areas may remain unincorporated.
Later, monarchs chartered corporations to exploit the resources, human and material, of the New
World and the Indies: the Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company, the Hudson’s
Bay Company, the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Corporations were chartered to carry on the slave
trade.
The Dutch invented the stock exchange: Investors
in the Dutch East India Company received paper
certificates as proof of share ownership, which they
could trade on the Amsterdam stock exchange for
cash or stock in another corporation.
“The President and Fellows of Harvard College”
is the oldest corporation in the western hemisphere,
incorporated in 1650 under a charter from the Massachusetts Bay Company, itself a corporation chartered by the king of England.
The first United States corporations were chartered by state legislatures to carry out a specific
C
2. ObamaCare proposes to increase the amount
of income that will qualify an individual for the
Medicaid (MediCal) system, increasing significantly the further cost government pays for health
care.
3. ObamaCare increases Medicare benefits to
cover some preventive care and to close the “doughnut hole” on prescription drug coverage. This further increases government costs, but there is no
offsetting proposal to increase Medicare’s income,
which is already $50 billion less than its yearly expenses.
From every perspective, expanding
“essential benefits” increases
costs to the government and
especially to middle-income
individuals who are not subsidized
by the government. Control of
cost in ObamaCare seems to be
far outweighed by the spending
increases built into it.
4. ObamaCare increases government costs by
increasing the required package for government
mandated “essential benefits” in private insurance.
5. ObamaCare intends government to subsidize
persons and give tax breaks to those with low incomes who purchase coverage.
6. ObamaCare prohibits the denial of coverage
for pre-existing conditions (underwriting), further
increasing government cost.
For purposes of unbiased reporting, we should
add that there are certain aspects of the ObamaCare
program that introduce laudable pilot programs.
Regrettably, their funding adds unsustainable expenses. Examples are programs to assess quality of
various plans and institutions, and risk-assessment
public purpose, like building roads or bridges or
canals, or founding educational institutions.
Although shareholders hoped to gain a profit,
in the early 19th century “corporate law was focused on protection of the public interest, and not
on the interests of corporate shareholders. Corporate charters were closely regulated by the states
(and) corporations were required to comply with the
purposes expressed in their charters.” In time, state
governments realized that they could gain more revenue by allowing corporations simply to register
with the state, rather than petition the legislature for
a charter. New Jersey was the first to allow registration; Delaware soon followed, and its laws being the
most lenient, most major public corporations in the
United States are set up under Delaware law.
In time, state governments realized
that they could gain more revenue
by allowing corporations simply to
register with the state, rather than
petition the legislature
for a charter.
Corporate Personhood
In 1819, the U.S. Supreme Court granted corporations an array of new rights. The corporation was
labeled an “artificial,” “fictional,” “legal” or “moral
person” (as opposed to a natural person). Corporations can own property and sign binding contracts,
just as real persons can, and they are obligated to
pay whatever taxes they cannot evade by, for example, keeping revenues offshore.
Legal personhood has two economic implications,
and a more recently invented political implication.
First, it grants creditors first call on corporate assets
if the corporation fails. Second, it prohibits shareholders or their personal creditors from drawing on
corporate assets.
programs wthat may compensate for the abolishment of underwriting.
From every perspective, expanding “essential
benefits” increases costs to the government and
especially to middle-income individuals who are
not subsidized by the government. Control of cost
in ObamaCare seems to be far outweighed by the
spending increases built into it.
There are some minimal efforts in the ObamaCare program intended to control costs. The stated intent is to promote competition by encouraging
the promotion of more HMOs (or HMO-like organizations) which, if effectively carried out, could
help to control costs. The vigorous pursuit of efforts to uncover misuses, which are necessary to
deter fraud and abuse, are, however, lacking. In
other words, the cost-saving proposals of ObamaCare will in no way compensate for the cost increases written into the program.
The name “Affordable Care Act” is a misnomer.
Nothing is affordable about ObamaCare.
It is undeniable that ObamaCare may increase
availability of health insurance and increase benefit
packages, but it will certainly increase costs and
intensify the nation’s fiscal problems. Nothing in
this program provides the revenue to absorb the additional financial burden on government spending.
Fixing the many problems of ObamaCare is not
an option. It should be repealed. Repeal, however,
won’t solve the spiraling costs and uneven delivery that characterize our health care system in this
country.
We must develop a plan that controls costs, but
provides Americans the opportunity to have affordable health care. America should be up to the
challenge. Our nation has faced and overcome huge
problems in the past. There is no reason why we
cannot do the same now.
Contributing authors of this column are Bob
Burnett, Kathy Poling, Jason Stewart and members of the Issues Committee of the Republican
Club of Rossmoor. Contact the authors through
www.rossmoor-republicans.us.
The third, political implication of corporate personhood was created by fiat by the U.S. Supreme
Court under Chief Justice John Roberts in Jan. 21,
2010. The infamous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision conferred on corporations
the same constitutional rights as natural persons. In
particular, the court declared that they have a First
Amendment right to free speech.
Because an earlier Supreme Court decision had
already pronounced that money is speech, Citizens
United gave corporations (including labor unions)
free rein to spend unlimited quantities of money
from their general treasury to inf luence political
elections and the votes and other actions of elected
officials. Citizens United overturned the McCainFeingold Act of 2002, which had prohibited corporations and trade unions from using their general
treasury funds to make “electioneering communications.” Under McCain-Feingold, corporations could
only spend funds that individual employees contributed, in strictly limited amounts, to the company
PAC (political action committee).
Bye-bye democratic elections. Now they are for
sale to the corporations with the most generous treasuries. True, Citizens United gave unions the same
free hand, but inasmuch as unions in the United
States have been enfeebled and impoverished by
corporate, legislative and gubernatorial conniving,
they may soon disappear. For now, corporations
need not worry about electioneering competition
from unions.
Next time I will discuss a new form of corporation, the benefit corporation. Benefit corporations
include among their fiduciary responsibilities employees, consumers, suppliers, the community, and
society, as well as shareholders. The world would be
better off by far if benefit corporations supplanted
corporations whose sole aim is to make money for
shareholders, no matter the cost to the rest of us.
Note: Unattributed quotations are taken from
Wikipedia articles. Part 2 of this article will be published next week. Evalyn Segal can be emailed at
evesegal@mac.com.
AS YOU WRITE IT
A COLUMN FOR CREATIVITY
New Career
By Margaret Peterson
I
recently saw a commercial on TV for a college
that trains people for careers in different fields. It
rang a bell for me. I need a new challenge, and the
idea of doing something different was appealing.
I am 82 years old, a retired teacher. My three grown
children all have more or less successful careers and
no longer need me. I live alone and spend my time
going out for lunch with friends, attending plays or
movies, taking piano lessons and other activities.
If I were to go into another field of work, I mused,
what would it be? Criminal justice sounded intriguing. I could just imagine. . . I am sitting beside my
partner in the patrol car. We are in a tough neighborhood. The radio crackles and my partner answers it.
“Yes,” he says. “Burglary in progress at Seven Eleven,
intersection of Fifth and Winston. All cars in area
proceed ASAP.’’
My partner puts on the brakes and slides into a
180-degree turn, muttering under his breath. As the
car streaks down the road, I pat the gun in the holster
at my side. This will be a bad one, but I am ready.
Then suddenly that familiar feeling comes.
“Stop,” I say.
“What?”
More letters
NO MAGIC WANDS WILL
SOLVE HOMELESS PROBLEM
In reference to the letter from Mr. Ostrowski (News,
Dec 15), the writer expresses heartfelt sympathy for
the homeless and urges the Rossmoor community to
provide succor and housing.
However, he neglects to remember that we are an
adult community with certain strictures applied to those
“Stop,” I say again, this time more urgently. “Pull
over to that McDonald’s.”
“Huh? Why stop now?”
“I have to go to the bathroom.”
This is not a good thing. I am holding up justice.
Maybe police work is not the field for me. What else
is there? Oh yes, I know. I have always been interested
in the medical field. I especially like watching “Gray’s
Anatomy.” I can see myself... We are in the operating
room, six of us gathered around the patient who has
been anesthetized. Dr. McKovach enters and takes
his place beside me. We are almost touching and my
heart beats faster. Then my head takes over warning
me that there is little chance of a romantic connection
since he is 50 years younger than I am and gay.
Just then Dr. Thor, the head surgeon, enters and
looks around. “This is an important and rare operation,” he says. “We don’t get many internoectomies
like this, so I advise you to watch closely and listen
carefully as I explain each step.” Then he pulls the
mask over his face and continues talking. Unfortunately I cannot understand his words. My darn hearing aid!
I put my finger up to my ear to adjust it, and, to my
horror, well, I don’t quite know what happened. Did
the plastic glove catch, did I jerk at the wrong moment?
Whatever it was, the hearing aid flipped into the open
abdominal cavity. Shocked, the others turned to stare
at me with unbelieving and accusing eyes.
I remember the doctors’ slogan: Do no harm. I must
not enter the medical field. I must find some occupation where it is impossible for me to do harm. And
then it dawns on me – something I’ve always wanted
who inhabit condos or co-ops. For instance, families
with children would not be allowed, nor anyone below
the age of 55. He also neglects to specify who would
pay the coupon, or provide for the general welfare.
I applaud the altruism expressed, especially given this
time of the year. It is so very unfortunate about the growing numbers of homeless but logically Rossmoor cannot
step into the breach. Given the GOP proposed cuts in social
services, and the dicey state of the economy, local, state and
federal, it is difficult to imagine solutions for this segment
of our population. Sadly, there are no magic wands.
Nancy Landfield
Pine Knoll Drive
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to do, and that I’d be good at, too – a weather person
on TV. I have a good speaking voice, I’m articulate.
Why not?
Now I’m seated on the other side of the news editor’s desk. I’ve submitted my resume, had my first
interview, and been invited back for a second one.
This looks good.
“We’ve considered your application,” he says, “and
we think we just might try you. It’s a bit unusual for us
to hire anyone as mature as you are, but we think the
change might appeal to our viewers. Are you ready to
start immediately?”
“Oh yes,” I assure him.
“Well, to begin with, I think we’ll have you on during the eleven o’clock news.”
“That’s eleven o’clock at night?”
“Yes, the weather segment comes on at 11:22.”
That’s awfully late, I’m thinking. I usually go to
bed at 10. This means that after I drive home, and after I get ready for bed, well, I may not get to bed until
one o’clock. And it wouldn’t be just a one-time thing.
I’d have to do it every night. It would really make a
change in my lifestyle. How badly do I really want to
be a weather person?
Reluctantly I tell the news editor that I will be unable to take the job after all.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that getting back into the work force is just not for me. I don’t
really need that much of a challenge. My life is not bad.
I can come and go as I please, and there are all kinds
of activities to take part in. Tomorrow one of my book
clubs meets, and I don’t want to miss the pool exercise
class in the morning. Yes, my life is just fine!
THANK YOU
Thank you, thank you to Kathy Andrada and
Sheila Kauppinen of It’s Your Move. I am an old
lady who approaches a hoarding mode with all my
“stuff.”
These women packed, moved, unpacked, arranged
furniture, decorated a seven-foot Christmas tree,
hung pictures – anything and everything – expertly.
And they are most pleasant to be with.
June Flowers
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A RTS & LEISURE
Comedic soprano Kate Offer sings for Fun Day Christmas music performed
Soprano Kate Offer will
present a comedic program
of classical music selections
at Fun Day on Thursday,
Dec. 29, at noon in the Sierra
Room at Del Valle.
Offer has performed her
unique and hilarious style of
classical selections with local
opera companies and choirs
such as the Piedmont Children’s Choir, Volti, Berkeley
Opera, Oakland Opera, Piedmont Light Opera Theater,
Goat Hall Theater, Alameda
Civic Light Opera, the Pacific
Mozart Ensemble and the International Orange Chorale.
She received her master’s
degree in music from Holy
Names University. She teach-
Kate Offer
es music at the Nueva School
in Hillsborough and serves as
choir director for the boys in
the Apprentice Division at the
San Francisco Boys Chorus.
Also performing will be piano accompanist Eric Howe.
As this is the last Fun Day
program for the month of
December, residents in attendance at the show celebrating
a birthday this month will receive a complimentary piece
of birthday cake.
There will be a wide variety of food items for sale prior to the show, such as sandwiches, doughnuts, chips,
cookies and more.
Stay after the show and
play bingo for the benefit of
Friends of Meals on Wheels
from 1 to 2:30 p.m. There
is a small fee to play bingo.
Fun Day is a free program
sponsored by the Recreation
Department and is open to all
residents and their guests.
in resident’s organ recital
John S. Stump, Rossmoor resident, will present an organ recital on Friday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
1924 Trinity Ave. Walnut Creek.
Stump, director of music at St. Paul’s and a graduate of the
Juilliard School of Music in New York, will present a program
of Christmas music as the closing event of St. Paul’s Christmas
celebrations.
Jan. 6, the 12th day of Christmas, is known by various names:
Twelfth Night, Epiphany, Three Kings Day. It is the traditional
end of the Christmas season and hence the reason for what might
appear to some as a rather late Christmas celebration.
The program will include works by J.S. Bach, Sowerby, Daquin, Estrada, Barber (Barber’s rather unique interpretation of
“Silent Night”), Tchaikovsky (a transcription for organ from the
“Nutcracker”) and Stump as well a jazz setting of the spiritual
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” for classical organ.
The recital is free and will be followed by a Mexican-style
Three Kings Party/reception.
More information is available by calling 934-2324 or at www.
stpaulswc.org.
Stanford Woodwind Quintet returns to
Drama Association will
Rossmoor to perform 20th century classics offer series of drama classes
The Stanford Woodwind Quintet will
perform the next concert, sponsored by the
Rossmoor Chamber Music Society, on Monday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room
at Gateway.
The performance will include “La Cheminee du Roi Rene,” Op. 205, by Darius Milhaud; Quintet, Op. 79, by August Klughardt;
Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
by Erwin Schulhoff; and “Danza de Mediodia”
by Arturo Marquez.
One of America’s most distinguished ensembles, the Stanford Woodwind Quintet unites
five virtuoso performers who are renowned for
solo as well as chamber music performances.
Their broad repertoire extends from the classics to 20th century music.
Reviewers have cited the palpable enthusiasm
of these versatile players and the warm audience rapport established by their informative
commentary. All five members are professors at
Stanford University. The quintet has performed
annually on the Avedis Chamber Music Series
in San Francisco for the last 23 seasons.
Alexandra Hawley, flute, was hailed by the
New York Times for her “ range of tone and
color” and her “musical sensitivity.” She made
her professional debut at the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam, followed by her New York debut
in Carnegie Recital Hall.
She has recorded for the Naxos label, including a CD of Robert Muczynski’s complete
flute works with the composer at the piano and
with guest artist Jean-Pierre Rampal. She is
the founder and artistic director of the Avedis
Chamber Music series in San Francisco and is
a founding member of the Stanford Woodwind
Quintet.
James Matheson, oboe, has held the position
of principal oboe with the San Francisco Opera
Orchestra since 1962 and was a member of the
San Francisco Symphony from 1962 through
1980. Previous to that, he was principal oboe
of the Portland Symphony and toured with the
Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler.
He performs frequently in chamber music
ensembles and is a founding member of the
Stanford Woodwind Quintet.
Mark Brandenburg, clarinet, received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard
School of Music, and includes Frealon Bibbins Jr., Bernard Portnoy and Rosario Mazzeo
among his teachers. A former member of the
San Francisco Symphony and the San Jose
Symphony, he is currently principal clarinet in
the Opera San Jose Orchestra and the Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra.
He has taught at San Jose State University
and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
and is currently on the faculty of both Stanford
University and UC Santa Cruz.
Lawrence Ragent, horn, received his musical training at the New England Conservatory.
He is a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the San Francisco Contemporary
Music Players. He has performed with the San
Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet
Orchestra and the Boston Symphony.
He has taught at Brown University and UC
Santa Cruz and has performed as soloist with
the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia San Francisco and the Pro Arte Chamber
Orchestra.
Rufus Olivier, bassoon, has held the principal bassoon position in the San Francisco
Opera Orchestra since 1980. At the age 18 he
was selected to perform a concerto with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic and later become
a member of that same orchestra. In 1977, he
joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra,
under Neville Mariner, and also took a position
with the San Francisco Symphony.
He performs frequently as a soloist and as
a member of the Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra and Sinfonia Concertante. He
teaches at both Stanford University and San
Francisco State University and is a founding
member of the Stanford Woodwind Quintet.
The final concert for this year’s Rossmoor
Chamber Music Society season will feature the
San Francisco Piano Trio on Feb. 27.
For concert information, call June Bechtel at
287-1378. Single tickets may be purchased at the
door for $15. Dial-a-Bus is available for those
who do not wish to drive (call 988-7676).
Sign up for winter classes at Acalanes Adult
It’s not too late to sign up
for Acalanes Adult Education
winter classes, which start
Tuesday, Jan. 3. The office will
be open on Thursday, Dec. 29,
starting at 8 a.m. for walk-in
registration.
To see a listing of all the
class offerings at the Adult
Education Center, go to www.
acalanes.k12.ca.us/adulted.
Download a registration
form from the website and
mail, fax or bring it to the
Adult Center Office (Room
C-11) or call 280-3980 ext.
8001.
The Acalanes Adult Education Center is next door to
Rossmoor at 1963 Tice Valley
Blvd.
The Drama Association
of Rossmoor’s (DAOR) basic/intermediate acting class
will be taught by Jean Wilcox for five weeks on Thursdays, Jan. 19 through Feb.
16, from 10 a.m. to noon in
Multipurpose Room 2.
This is a course for those
without experience or with
limited experience. No memorization will be required,
just a desire to have some fun
in a nonthreatening and supportive environment. Only
a few spots remain. Tuition
is $15 for members, $20 for
nonmembers.
Theater
Appreciation
taught by Wilcox is being offered in two sessions, a morning and an afternoon. The
two sessions begin on Jan.
17 and run through March 6.
The first group meets from
10 a.m. to noon; the second
group meets from 12:30 to
2:30 p.m., both in the Las
Trampas Room at Hillside.
Curriculum will include
an in-depth look at two local community productions
with attendance at each and
a presentation by a representative from each. They are
Diablo Actors Ensemble’s
“Frankie and Johnny at the
Claire de Lune” in Walnut
Creek and “Distracted” at
Town Hall in Lafayette. Tuition is $40 for members,
$55 for nonmembers. Cost
includes scripts of plays but
not admission to the shows.
As with the above, this class
is filling up fast.
DAOR’s January Salon will
be on Friday, Jan. 20, from 2
to 4 p.m. in the Las Trampas
Room at Hillside. This is a
chance to see DAOR students
strut their stuff. There is no
charge and refreshments will
be served.
As part of DAOR’s playwriting developmental reading series called Stage 2,
Jean Georgakopoulos will
present a staged reading of
two new works, “God’s in
His Heaven” and “All’s Right
With the World,” two one-act
comedies written by Wilcox.
The Stage 2 presentation will
take place in the Las Trampas Room at Hillside from
Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.
Gary Graves, Berkeley
Rep’s playwriting instructor,
will facilitate a talk-back after the readings. There is no
charge and refreshments will
be provided.
For those interested in details on any of these programs,
contact Wilcox at 937-6524 or
jdwilcox@sbcglobal.net.
Spotlighting DAOR
member Larry Crummer
Larry Crummer was born
in Gowrie, Iowa, and by the
age of four he was enrolled
in the Lee Dance School. His
first dance recital was “Season in Review” where he
danced as an Easter bunny
and was forever smitten with
the theater. Starting at age
five, he took piano lessons,
and by fifth grade was learning the flute.
During his elementary
school years, Crummer became involved in the music
program of the local Methodist Church. He joined two
handbell choirs and also sang
and accompanied the children’s choir on the piano.
He continued to use these
musical skills throughout
his Fort Dodge High School
years. He participated in
the musicals “Carnival” and
“Camelot” and was the lead
dancer in “Where’s Charlie?” “Charlie” was a favorite role for him.
He played flute with the
Iowa All-State Symphony Orchestra, and finished his high
school years as class salutatorian in 1967.
Penguin Dance Club will
hold Black and White Ball
A “Black and White Winter Ball” will be presented by
the Penguin Dance Club on Saturday, Jan. 14, in the Fireside
Room at Gateway.
The dinner-dance will begin at 6 p.m. with a social hour
featuring a hosted bar staffed by Ced Ferrett and his crew.
Appetizers will also be served and will include stuffed mushrooms, meatballs and bacon-cheese sourdough melts.
Dinner will be served at 7 by Simple Elegance Catering.
Entree choices are grilled petite filet mignon with roasted red
potatoes, grilled salmon with rice pilaf and vegetarian stuffed
Portobello mushroom.
Accompanying the entree will be a Caesar salad and broccoli. Dessert will be New York cheesecake with raspberry
sauce. Decaffeinated coffee and hot tea will be served. Red
and white wine will be on each table.
Entertainment for the evening will be by the Manny Gutierrez Quartet who will play a variety of music for listening
and dancing. Creative decorations by Barrie Elrod and her
assistants will be on display.
The cost is $60 per member couple, or $75 per guest couple. Reservation checks, payable to the Penguin Dance Club,
should be mailed to Diane McPhun, 4521 Terra Granada Drive
No. 3B. Note entree choice on the check.
Reservations must be received by Monday, Jan. 2. Couples
who want to sit together must submit their checks together.
Guests are welcome if space is available. Couples on the
membership waiting list are invited as guests, and member
couples may invite one guest couple per dance.
Dress for the evening is formal. The attire for women is a
long gown, cocktail dress or elegant pants ensemble. Men’s
attire is a tuxedo, dinner jacket or a dark suit with white shirt
and dark bow tie.
For information about this dance, call Diane McPhun at
280-2548.
The Penguin Dance Club is the only formal dance club in
Rossmoor. Members meet new friends, enjoy excellent food
and listen and dance to great music in a beautiful setting.
To obtain an application form and be placed on the membership waiting list, contact Len or Julie Desman at 934-5614.
Learn foxtrot, swing and
samba in January classes
A new series of ballroom
dance classes will be taught in
January.
Friday beginners classes
of foxtrot and swing will be
taught on Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27
from 3:30 to 4:40 p.m. This is
a chance to learn the basics of
these enjoyable dances that are
included in almost every ballroom dance program.
Wednesday classes for two
skill levels in foxtrot and samba
will be held on Jan. 4, 11, 18 and
25. The intermediate class will
begin at 3:45 p.m. and the more
advanced class for continuing
students will start at 4:45.
All classes on both Wednes-
days and Fridays will be held in
the Shasta Room at Del Valle.
Classes are taught by Gail
Enright, well-known Bay Area
ballroom dance teacher. New
students are welcome in any
class.
Cost for a single drop-in
class is $10 or save with two
consecutive classes for $15,
three consecutive classes $20,
and four consecutive classes for
$25. Couples are preferred but
some singles can be accommodated. Private lessons are also
available.
For information, call Enright at 284-1003 or email her at
gail@sfwaltzingsociety.org.
POETRY CORNER
FROM THE ROSSMOOR POETRY CIRCLE
“Poetry Corner” is a biweekly column with poems contributed by members of the Rossmoor Poetry Circle.
Now Ends Summer’s Day
By William Lu
Sit I by dim Autumn eve
and feel Summer gradually fade.
The evening wind does stir the wild blue wave
and rocks the little wood-bird all night long.
Summer joys are over, evergreen rarely seen.
The day will come again when I repose
and appraise the ripe fruit.
Try to be simple and brave
and enjoy life upon God’s blessing.
But now my heart is irretrievable
and my eyes in tears.
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DAOR spotlights member Larry Crummer
Crummer earned three degrees in organ performance
and literature, and bachelor’s
and master’s of music degrees,
with a performer’s certificate
in organ. He then received a
doctorate of organists from
Indiana University, Bloomington. He traveled with the Concert Choir and Concert Band
on tours of the Northwestern
United States as well at the
West Coast and Hawaii.
He was assistant professor of music at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland,
Ore., for six years. In 1981, he
moved to San Jose and became
a full-time professor at Evergreen Valley College where he
taught for nearly 30 years
His second career as an
organist/choir director/handbell choir director spanned 50
years. Throughout the 1990s,
this afforded Crummer opportunities to play on some of
the major cathedral organs in
Europe.
In 1992, he moved to
Rossmoor and now plays the organ part-time at St. Luke’s Epis-
Larry Crummer, organist, musician and active member of the
Drama Association of Rossmoor
copal Church in Rossmoor.
Seven years ago, Crummer returned to his great love
of the theater. He enrolled in
dance with Sheri Stockdale
at Diablo Valley College. She
cast him in the Tony-winning
musical, “Thoroughly Modern
Millie” for the Diablo Light
Opera Company. He held the
roles of Kenneth/stage manager/male ensemble in this
play. “Millie” went on to win
a Shellie Award for best musical that year.
Other productions he participated in with Diablo Theatre Company include “The
Will Rogers Follies,” “White
Christmas” and “The Drowsy
Chaperone.” At Diablo Valley
College, Crummer continues
to study musical theater with
Ray Stansbury, acting with
Gloria McBrien, and theater
history with James Kirkwood.
Auditions held for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Production is sponsored by the Drama Association
Auditions for the Drama Association of Rossmoor’s (DAOR) full-scale, May 2012 production
of “Alice in Wonderland” will be held Saturday,
Jan. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, Jan. 9, and
Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Peacock Hall.
For an audition appointment or to find out
more about the show, call play director Louaine
Elke. All auditions must be scheduled prior to
Friday, Jan. 6.
The “Alice in Wonderland” production calls
for 21 actors – men and women, large and small,
experienced and new to the stage. Some characters have many lines, some only a few and the
puppeteer does not speak at all. The production
boasts original music and bits of soft-shoe dance
routines.
Rehearsals begin mid-February, three days a
week and building up to five, until performances
on May 7, 8, 14 and 15.
Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” has
been loved by adults and children for over 100
years and has been performed in plays, puppet shows, operas, ballets, rock concerts, silent
films, and 21st century high-tech films. Rossmoor’s version promises to be innovative, creative and humorous.
Anyone wishing to become a member of
DAOR are invited to join at the annual fee of
$15, individual; and $25, a couple.
Ceramic Arts Club announces meeting,
upcoming classes and news for new year
The Ceramic Arts Club’s
(CAC) first general meeting of
the year will be held Saturday,
Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. in the Ceramic Arts Studio. All members
are encouraged to attend.
Following the meeting, local ceramic artist Lynn Wood
will provide a two-hour demonstration on image transfers
to raw clay using slip.
She will use her own hand
drawings, photos and other
collected images adapted for
the process. Wood will also
discuss different slips; styles
of application; advantages of
working with each and troubleshooting the processes. She
said that slip has both the advantage and appeal of working
directly on the raw clay surface.
Upcoming classes
Throwing classes: Both
beginning and intermediate
wheel-throwing classes are
scheduled for Thursday, Jan.
12, 19, 26 and Feb. 9. The intermediate class is from 9 a.m.
to noon and the beginning class
is from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost for
the four-week class is $40.
Bruno Kark, known for his
command of form and gesture,
is the instructor. Visit his website at www.brunokark.com.
Payment by check only,
made out to CAC, at the time
of sign-up ensures a seat in the
class. Sign-up sheets and check
drop are in the Ceramic Arts
Studio by the kitchen.
Classes are open to CAC
members only.
Image Transfer-Slip-Style
Workshop: Lynne Word will
teach this one-day workshop
on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 9
a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
It is for members only, and the
cost is $20. Payment by check
only, made out to CAC, at the
time of sign-up will ensure a
spot is held in the class. Signup sheets and check drop are
in the studio by the kitchen.
throwing classes or the workshop, call Nonette Swedberg,
947-1241.
New member
orientation class
Orientation classes are re-
quired for CAC membership.
Orientation is scheduled on
three Saturdays: Jan. 14, 21
and 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Attendance at all three classes
is required in order to receive
full participation.
The cost is $30. Payment by
check only, made out to CAC,
at the time of sign-up ensures
a spot in the class. Sign-up
sheets and check drop are in
the Ceramic Arts Studio by the
kitchen. For information, call
Nancy Meaden, 947-1869.
Other news
Bricks with a personal inscribed message or memory are
still available to be set around
the totems in the Ceramic Totem Garden. Information is
posted along the walkway leading to the totems, Or contact
Peggy Fryer at 947-5878.
CAC welcomes interested
parties into the studio, whether
it’s just browsing wares for sale
or exploring the possibilities
while viewing artists and potters at work.
For information, call Deb
Van Laak, 934-2842.
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MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES
EYE O N DVDS
‘Cowboys and Aliens’ shows Thursday, Friday
“The Sleeping Beauty”
The 2011 drama “Cowboys
and Aliens” will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway on
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 29
and 30, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The
showings at 1 will feature language captions.
Gunslinger Jake Lonergan
(Daniel Craig) stumbles into
the Wild West town of Absolution, where he’s confronted by
potent enemy Col. Dolarhyde
(Harrison Ford) and a terrifying
problem: invading aliens. Aided
by the lovely Ella (Olivia Wilde), Jake rallies a posse of the
townspeople and local Apache
warriors to fight off the extraterrestrial threat.
This film is 119 minutes long
and is rated PG-13. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to
all residents and their guests.
Saturday’s classic film feature stars Myrna
Loy and William Powell in ‘After the Thin Man’
The 1936 comedy “After the Thin Man” will
be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway on Saturday, Dec. 31, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The showings at
1 and 4 will feature language captions.
Domestic detectives Nick and Nora
Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) are
back for the second installment of their murder-mystery series, this time to help Nora’s
cousin Selma (Elissa Landi) find her missing
husband, Robert. With the help of Selma’s
lovesick friend David (Jimmy Stewart), the
Charleses track a trail of dead bodies that
reveals Robert’s secret life and leads to an
unlikely killer.
This film is 113 minutes long and is not rated.
This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all residents
and their guests.
Mel Brooks featured in Sunday’s ‘Silent Movie’
The 1976 comedy “Silent
Movie” will be shown in Peacock
Hall at Gateway on Sunday, Jan.
1, at 4 and 7 p.m. The showing at
4 will have language captions.
Mel Funn (Mel Brooks),
Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman)
and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise)
are aspiring filmmakers with
a million-dollar idea that goes
completely against the modern
grain: They want to make a silent film. To make the movie
more marketable, they try to
recruit several A-list stars to appear. At the same time, the stu-
dio’s creditors try to quash the
movie. The film itself contains
only one word of dialogue.
This film is 87 minutes long
and is rated PG. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to
all residents and their guests.
Tuesday’s Oscar winner is ‘The Apartment’
The 1960 classic comedy “The Apartment,”
starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine,
will be shown Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 1 p.m. at Peacock Hall at Gateway. The showing will feature
language captions.
C.C. “Bud” Baxter (Lemmon) decides that
the way to succeed in business is by providing a
hideaway for his philandering bosses. But when
C.C. lends the key to the big boss J.D. Sheldrake
(Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his ca-
reer, but his own love life as well. Sheldrake’s
mistress is Fran Kubelik (MacLaine) for whom
Bud is falling.
Writer and director Billy Wilder won three
Oscars for this film, for best film, best director
and best screenplay.
This film is 125 minutes long and is not rated. This free program is sponsored by the Recreation Department and is open to all Rossmoor
residents and their guests.
Opera/Ballet Club will present two
musicals set in California in January
The Opera/Ballet Club of
Rossmoor will begin the new
year with two musicals set in
California.
On Monday, Jan. 2, at 4 p.m.,
Puccini’s opera, “La Fanciulla
Del West,” will be shown in
Peacock Hall at Gateway. The
1992 Metropolitan Opera production takes place in part in
the great outdoors, with a forest of pine trees and a realistic
snowstorm. The indoor sets
are breathtaking.
Soprano Barbara Daniels as
Minnie, the owner of the wildwest saloon, is terrific both in
singing and in acting. The bandit Dick Johnson is performed
passionately by tenor Placido
Domingo. Sherrill Milnes is
a brooding Sheriff Rance –
rough, sinister, and menacing.
The producer and director is
Giancarlo del Monaco, the son of
the great tenor Mario del Monaco. Leonard Slatkin conducts the
Metropolitan Opera and Chorus.
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m.,
the film, “Girl of the Golden
West,” will be shown ion Peacock Hall. The 1938 film features
the very popular pair of Jeanette
MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
The story is essentially the same
as Puccini’s opera, both based on
a play by David Belasco.
The music, however, is entirely different. MacDonald
sings Liszt’s beautiful “Liebestraum” and Gounod’s “Ave
Maria.” There is an elaborate
mariachi number. A jolly Leo
Carrillo, a very funny Buddy
Ebsen, and Monty Wooley also
star. The nasty Sheriff Rance
is played by Walter Pidgeon.
All Rossmoor residents and
their guests are welcome. A
donation of $1 is requested and
a raffle will be held.
Presentation features the Islands of
New England trip for Railroad Club
All Rossmoor residents and their guests are
invited to a free presentation of the trip “Islands of New England” on Thursday, Jan. 5, at
1:15 p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse. The presentation will be led by Jay Fehan, Collette Vacation’s West Coast representative.
The trip runs from Sept. 27 through Oct. 5
and is co-sponsored by Rossmoor Excursion
Desk with the Railroad Club.
The trip will be customized to include three
scenic rail adventures, two of which include
elegant dinners on board. Via a colorful slide
show, “Islands of New England” goes on an
unforgettable journey from Providence, R.I.,
to Boston. See many historic and famous
places such as Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower,
the Kennedy compound at Hyannisport, Cape
Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and more.
Detailed itineraries are available at the Excursion Desk as well as at the presentation itself. Contact the Excursion Desk at 988-7731
for information.
(La Belle Endormie)
Excellent
By R.S. Korn
This film is a feminist re-telling of the fairy tale that treats
the original with loving care, while extending its meaning into
modern terms. The traditional story is implicitly a metaphor
for a woman’s journey from little girl to adult, but in this film
the journey is much more complicated than just her going to
sleep and being awakened by a kiss.
The early narrative written by Charles Perrault in 1697 tells
of a baby girl born to royalty. Three good fairies come to her
christening bringing good fortune, but the wicked fairy who
was overlooked, curses the child, saying she will prick her finger and die. One of the good fairies is able to limit the spell to
a sleep of 100 years. After that time has passed, a prince is able
to penetrate the forest of briars, which has grown up around the
castle, and, overcome by the beauty of the princess, kisses her.
She and all the court awaken and live happily ever after.
This version begins in a similar fashion, but the princess,
Anastasia, is a different little girl. At the age of six, she is
fearless. She wants to be a boy called Vladimir who is commander-in-chief of soldiers. Smart and sassy, she loves her
dictionary. Before going to sleep, she winds up her collection
of clocks, snuggles up with the dictionary, looks up words
such as hermaphrodite and drifts off puzzling out its definition. She climbs trees and ruins her pretty dress and when she
has to dress up and star in a Japanese ballet with other little
girls, it is just too distasteful for her to bear. Then she incurs a
wound and, fulfilling the curse, goes into a long sleep.
She dreams and those dreams take her on many adventures.
After overcoming some obstacles, she arrives in a totally different environment, the countryside where a warm, maternal peasant mother lives with her son Peter who is a bit older than Anastasia. She is delighted to wear Peter’s outgrown boy clothes.
The two of them as brother and sister explore the countryside
and he is protective of her. Then one day he sees a vision of the
beautiful Snow Queen, a seductive, cold woman. He changes,
now finding his own life boring and Anastasia ugly. His mother
can’t understand what has happened, but Anastasia does when
she looks up the word puberty in her dictionary.
Peter flees from home to follow the Snow Queen and Anastasia undertakes a quest to find him, reversing the usual pattern of the young man undertaking the pursuit. Once again,
she encounters challenges that test her courage. After riding a
ghost train, she makes her way into a castle and the royal bedchamber where she is decidedly unwelcome, but she manages
win over the annoyed couple. Both royals are reminiscent of
bizarre “Alice in Wonderland” figures, and the princess is a
white faced version of Anastasia herself.
Sympathetic to her search for her friend Peter, they send
her off in style, beautifully dressed, in a splendid coach with
two white horses, but on route, it is attacked by a fierce gang.
Anastasia survives by pluck, and even makes friends with
the fierce gypsy girl who threatens to kill her. She gives her
a prize doe, which Anastasia rides across a snowy landscape
because she is convinced that Peter has fled to Lapland. She
reaches a white tepee and another fearsome figure, who she
convinces to help her wrest Peter from the Snow Queen.
One-hundred years pass. Anastasia is now a young woman of 16, who is still dreaming, awakened to passion by the
prince. Then, in a transmigration from fairy tale to reality,
she and the young man are living in the contemporary world.
The story veers from a child’s fairy tale to a modern romance.
Anastasia faces the adult complexities of life and sexuality,
something the original tale left to the imagination.
The writer and director, Catherine Breillat, has evoked the
early period with scenes of ravishing beauty and has created
a clever and witty story as well as a thought provoking, ultimately unsettling, drama.
This is a 2010 film, not rated and is available from Netflix.
Singlaires host potluck
Will also discuss club’s future
The Singlaires Club invites
all single Rossmoor residents
to a potluck dinner on Sunday,
Jan. 1, at Dollar Clubhouse.
Registration starts at 5 p.m.
and dinner is at 6.
Come early and socialize
with old and new friends.
Attendees who do not bring
food must pay $6 for the din-
ner. The club will furnish coffee, tea, wine and soft drinks.
It is important to attend this
meeting as members will discuss
a possible new president or copresidents and supportive people
for the club to continue in 2012.
For information, call Merle
Wolfe at 938-3054 or Carmen
Osuna at 939-2489.
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Ballroom Dance Club will install new officers at January Gala Ball
The Ballroom Dance Club’s
annual installation dinner
dance and Gala Ball will be
held on Saturday, Jan. 21, in
the Sierra Room at Del Valle
Clubhouse. It is a black-andwhite-themed semi-formal
dinner dance.
Dinner begins at 4:30 p.m. with
champagne and hors d’oeuvres.
Dinner, prepared by Simple
Elegance at 5:15, will include
spinach salad with hot bacon
dressing, hardboiled egg and
red onion.
Entrée choices include filet
mignon with shiitake mushroom sauce or filet of sole with
herbed sherry sauce and bay
shrimp. The vegetarian choice
is ricotta, spinach cannelloni
with marinara sauce; spinach
and Parmesan rice; peas, pearl
onions and carrots; warmed
sourdough rolls with butter;
Tiramisu; and coffee and tea.
Each table will have a bottle
of red and a bottle of white
wine.
The cost is $65 per couple.
Checks should be made payable
to Rossmoor Ballroom Dance
Club and turned in to the club
box at Gateway. It may also be
mailed to club treasurer Pat
Duarte, 650 Terra California
Drive No. 6. Call her at 3003708 for information. Groups
must submit checks together to
be seated together.
The deadline for payment is
on or before Saturday, Jan. 14.
The installation dinner is restricted to members only and
their partners; nonmember guest
couples may attend the dance
following the dinner at 7 p.m.
The Manny Gutierrez Band
will provide live music for the
evening.
Ballroom dancers Sam and
Marty Lamonica will perform
a rumba exhibition during the
first intermission.
There is a $5 fee per couple
at the door for members not attending the dinner. For those
attending the dinner, the $5 fee
is already included in the $65.
Members are welcome to bring
their own libations or snacks.
2012 dues
Now is the time to renew
dues for 2012. Send a check
(no cash) for $40, made payable to Ballroom Dance Club,
to Pat Duarte. Dues may also
be turned in to the club box at
Gateway. Nonresident dues for
2012 are $45.
Even though this is a couples
club, single residents may join
and bring a guest. Nonmember
residents, as well as nonresidents (as guest of a member),
may attend these dances at a
cost of $20 per couple.
The club’s board meetings
are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m.
in the Ivy Room at Dollar
Clubhouse. The club welcomes
any comments, suggestions or
questions.
Ballroom Dance Club contacts are Brian Murphy, president, 937-8835; Ron and Renee
Jeannie Francis-Gomes and Peter Gomes at a recent ballroom dance
Grossman, co-vice presidents,
946-9572; Lynn Fry, secretary,
256-4245; and Pat Duarte,
treasurer, 300-3708.
The new board of directors
for 2012 includes Brian Murphy, president; Richard and
January Special Events sponsored by Recreation Department
The following are the January 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 of January on
the Rossmoor News website at www.rossmoornews.com.
Sunday Funnies
Jan. 1
“Silent Movie” 1976 comedy 87 min PG
4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Jan. 3
And the Oscar Goes To:
“Forrest Gump” 1994 drama 142 min PG-13
1 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Jan. 5
Fun Day-Entertainment and Bingo
Never 2 Late Band
Noon, Sierra Room, Del Valle
Jan. 5-6
Thursday and Friday Movie
“The Debt” 2010 drama 113 min R
1, 4, 7 p.m. (1/5); 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m. (1/6)
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Saturday Movie
“Bullitt” 1968 drama 114 min PG
1, 4 and 7 p.m. Peacock Hall, Gateway
Jan. 8
Sunday Funnies
“Best Friends” 1982 comedy 109 min PG
Jan. 12
Paul King and the Jump in Band
Jan. 12-14 Thursday, Friday and Saturday Movie
“Midnight in Paris” 2011 drama 94 min PG-13
1, 4 and 7 (1/12, 14) 10, 1, 4, 7, 9 p.m. (1/13)
Jan. 15
Sunday Funnies
“Shirley Valentine” 1989 comedy 108 min R
Jan. 17
Bonnie Weiss
Dazzling Dames of Broadway-Bernadette Peters
1:30 p.m. Vista Room, Hillside
Jan. 19
Richard Fey-vocalist
Jan. 19-20 Thursday and Friday Movie
“I Am” 2011 documentary 78 min
Not rated 1, 4, 7 p.m. (1/19)10 a.m.,
1, 4, 7, 9 p.m. (1/20) Peacock Hall, Gateway
Jan. 21
Saturday Movie
“The Hours” 2002 drama 114 min PG-13
Jan. 22
Sunday Funnies
“Bus Stop” 1956 comedy 96 min Not rated
Jan. 23
Musical Monday
“Bye Bye Birdie” 1963 musical 112 min Rated G
Jan. 25
Art House Movie
“In a Better World” 2010 Dutch
drama with English captions at both showings
118 min Rated R
Jan. 26
Harry Wong-vocalist
Noon-Sierra Room, Del Valle
Jan. 26-27 Thursday and Friday Movie
“The First Grader” 2010 drama 103 min PG-13
1, 4 and 7 p.m. (1/26) 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 and 9 p.m.
Jan. 28
Saturday Movie
“The Sea Hawk” 1940 drama 127 min Not rated
Sunday Funnies
Jan. 29
“To Die For” 1995 comedy 106 min Rated R
Language captions are offered at the 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. movies Thursday and Friday. Saturday showings have captions at
the 1 and 4 p.m. showings. Sunday’s films have captions at 4.
Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Have comments or
suggestions? Call Brian Pennebaker at 988-7732, or email at
bpennebaker@rossmoor.com.
Rosie Davis, co-vice presidents; Lynne Fry, secretary;
and Pat Duarte, treasurer.
Best-selling
author leads
Writers Club
workshop
California Writers Club
(CWC), Mt. Diablo Branch,
will present best-selling author Nick Mamatas leading
a workshop on Saturday,
Jan. 14, at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane,
Pleasant Hill.
Mamatas’ topic is “Beginnings and Endings for Fiction
and Nonfiction.” Workshop
attendees will learn how to
tantalize a reader, what editors look for in the first paragraph, and how to write an
unforgettable conclusion.
Mamatas is the awardwinning author of four novels, more than 80 short stories, and hundreds of articles
on writing and editing.
Check-in is from 8:30 to 9
a.m. A full breakfast will be
served from 9 to 9:30, followed by the workshop from
9:30 to noon.
The cost is $35 for CWC
members, $40 for guests.
Reservations are required,
and must be received no later than noon on Wednesday,
Jan. 11. Contact Betty Iverson at bjiverson@comcast.
net or phone 376-3631. Expect confirmation only if emailing.
The California Writers
Club Mt. Diablo Branch web
address is http://cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com/.
Congregation
B’nai Tikvah
holds minyans
Congregation B’nai Tikvah
and Rabbi Raphael Asher invite those who are interested
to come to Saturday minyans
on Dec. 24 and 31 at 10 a.m.
in the downstairs library at 25
Hillcroft Way, Walnut Creek.
Call 933-5397.
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First Friday Forum presents
Norman Weiner offers portrait and a lecture on technology
figure drawing classes at Art Studio
The Rossmoor Art Association (RAA) offers classes in portrait and figure drawing.
Both courses are taught by Norman Weiner,
a graduate of Chouinard Art Institute, Los
Angeles.
Weiner has studied with many world-renowned artists. His paintings, drawings, etchings, sculptures and prints are in hundreds of
collections and he has operated galleries and
studios in Los Angeles and Sausalito.
Portraits
The portrait-drawing class is a six-week
course where participants will learn how to
capture likenesses of both males and females
from live models.
At the beginning of each class, the instructor will give a demonstration, and then he will
help students individually. Beginners and advanced participants are welcomed. Everyone
will proceed at their own pace and ability.
The Tuesday classes will begin on Jan. 10
and end on Feb. 14. Classes are from 1 to 4
p.m. in Art Studio 2 at Gateway.
The initial suggested art supplies are: an 11inch by 14-inch sketchpad, 2B and 4B graphite
pencils and a kneaded eraser. Any additional
material will be announced during the class.
The fee is $50.
Figure drawing
Learn how to draw the human figure in
classes on Fridays, Jan. 13 through Feb. 17,
from 1 to 4 p.m. in Art Studio 2 at Gateway.
The human figure has always been revered
as symbol of perfection since the time of ancient Greeks. Students will enjoy learning to
draw the human body in its various shapes
and positions through the process of observation and training with emphasis on how to
draw what the eye sees.
Live professional female and male models
are used in the class. Everyone will work at
their own pace and ability. Beginners and advanced students are welcome.
The beginning art supplies are: a 12-inch
by 18-inch sketch pad, 2 and 4b graphite pencils and a kneaded eraser. Any additional
supplies will be announced during the class.
The nonrefundable fee is $95.
Registration
Each class is limited to 16 students, so early registration is recommended. The cutoff
date for registration is Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Registration checks, payable to RAA,
should be mailed to Weiner at 3108 Rossmoor
Parkway No. 3. There are no refunds.
Be sure to include a telephone number and
note the title of the class.
Nonmembers of the RAA must join to take
classes. Membership is $8 for an individual
and $10 for couples. Send a separate check,
payable to RAA, to RAA, P.O. Box 2070,
Walnut Creek 94595. Note on the check that
it is for membership.
For information, call Weiner at 933-5182.
Portrait models needed for drawing class
Men, women and/or
mature grandchildren are
sought to pose in Norman
Weiner’s portrait class. The
classes are held Tuesdays
from 1 to 4 p.m. in Art Stu-
dio 2 at Gateway.
Each segment of posing
is 20 minutes, with a rest in
between, during which the
model can view how each
artist is proceeding.
No exper ience is necessary and it’s fun. There
is a payment of $25 for
models.
To be considered, call
Gail Roman at 933-6262.
Oil and acrylic painting class hosted by RAA
Artist Anna George invites new, intermediate
and advanced painters to join her classes Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Art Studio at Gateway. The eight sessions are Jan. 10 through Feb.
28. The classes are sponsored by the Rossmoor
Art Association (RAA).
George encourages students to develop their
own style using the medium of choice, acrylics
or oils. Students will experiment with techniques
such as “wet on wet,” “alla prima,” palette knife
work, stippling and stand-apart strokes.
Color and composition will be stressed, with
interest in light, perspective, values and brushstrokes in representational and abstract work.
There will be concentrated attention to student
work and there will be demonstrations.
Experienced and intermediate painters are
welcome to enjoy a relaxed and cordial atmosphere in the company of other artists. All progress at their own level with as much or as little
structure as desired.
Class cost is $85. A materials list will be sent
to students who mail tuition by Wednesday, Jan.
4. Reservation checks, payable to Rossmoor Art
Association, may be sent to 2956 Tice Creek
Drive No. 3.
A Massachusetts native, George began selling her work in the 1990s. Her current work
on silk can be viewed at annageorgeonline.
com. Her goal is for all to have fun while developing skills.
Lapidary Club gets a head start on
Valentine’s Day with heart-pendant class
It’s time to be thinking of
finding that special gift for
loved ones for Valentine’s Day.
The Lapidary Club can help.
The club is offering a special three-day workshop on
Thursdays, Jan. 19 and 26, and
Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The classes will be taught by
Mariann Mortensen, a local
artist who teaches at the Civic
Arts Education program. The
cost for the entire workshop is
$45. Sign up early to guarantee
a spot.
Students will work with
copper and silver and create
a double or triple heart pendant. Mortensen will teach
the techniques of sawing, filing, drilling, roller printing
and soldering. This is a class
for beginners and all materials
and tools will be provided at
no additional cost.
Fees are due at the time
of signup. Create a one-ofa-kind piece of art for a special person. For information, email Mortensen at
bobrovitch@comcast.net or
stop by the Lapidary Shop at
Gateway.
Poetry Circle will meet Monday at Dollar
The Rossmoor Poetry Circle will meet
Monday, Jan. 2, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Ivy
Room of Dollar Clubhouse. Bring 20 copies
of a poem.
The Poetry Circle is for the discussion of poetry in a supportive, encouraging environment.
For information, contact Marc Hofstadter
at 300-6474 or mhofstad@ifn.net.
Its global impact is examined
“The Global Impact of Social and Mobile Technology”
is the topic of the First Friday Forum on Jan. 6 at 1:30
p.m. in the sanctuary of Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian
Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette.
The speaker is Marty Beard,
a software and mobile industry
veteran. He is president and
chief executive officer of LiveOps. He is a board member
for Harris Interactive, a global
leader in custom market research.
He has served as president
of Sybase 365, a global leader
in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, and
as vice president of Oracle Online. He also was on the board
of directors for CTIA – the
Wireless Association.
Beard’s talk will center on
the huge impact social and mobile technologies, like Twitter,
have on the business environment.
An Orinda resident, Beard
received bachelor’s degrees in
rhetoric and history from UC
Berkeley. He also has a master’s in business administration
from Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C.
This is an opportunity to
get information on the cutting
edge technologies that power today’s society, said Judy
Nielsen, chairwoman of the
First Friday Forum team.
Refreshments will be served
at 1 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.
For information, call 2838722 or click on lopc.org. In
the search the site box, enter
First Friday Forum.
Get in shape while having
fun by learning to line dance
Want to keep in shape and have fun doing it? Rossmoor’s line
dancing classes may meet the need. No partners and no experience are necessary. Both men and women are welcome.
Starting Tuesday, Jan. 10, a weekly class for beginners is from
12:45 to 2:15 p.m. in the Diablo Room at Hillside. Feel free to
come and visit, and join in.
An intermediate class is Thursdays, starting Jan. 5, from 2:30
to 4 p.m. in the Diablo Room. For advanced dancers, a class
meets Fridays, starting Jan. 6, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
Fitness Center.
The annual fee for a class is $25. The fee to take a second class
is an additional $20.
For information on the beginner class, call Joan Harris at
705-7880. For information on intermediate and advanced weekday classes, call Jackie Johnsen at 934-5432 or Beth Murphy at
988-9259.
Atheists and Agnostics to
celebrate Christopher Hitchens
The Atheists and Agnostics
Group will celebrate the life
and career of “Hitch,” Christopher Hitchens, at the next meeting Thursday, Jan. 5, at 2 p.m.
in the Las Trampas Room at
Hillside.
Hitchens died Dec. 15 at
the age of 62. He was the prolific journalist and essayist
whose bestselling book “God
Is Not Great: How Religion
Poisons Everything,” put him
high among the ranks of what
are called the “new atheists.”
His caustic tone and his keen
intelligence made him a for-
midable debater on matters of
religion.
Among his books are a biographies of Tom Paine and
Thomas Jefferson. His biting
wit and criticism will be reviewed and celebrated through
the showing of a collection of
video clips taken from various
debates and television appearances. Hitchen’s life and career will be reviewed as well
as his views on the life of Mother Teresa, the Golden Rule,
and freedom.
Visitors are welcome. For
information call 933-3133.
Lions hear about Hospice
Kathy Kavanaugh, community liaison for Hospice Foundation
of the East Bay, will be the featured guest speaker at the Lions
Club luncheon meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Kavanaugh joined Hospice of the East Bay over eight years
ago as assistant to the CEO, and has been community liaison for
the last six years. As the fundraising arm of Hospice of the East
Bay, the foundation raises money to enable it to continue offering
quality end-of-life services to everyone in the community, regardless of anyone’s insurance status or a family’s ability to pay.
Kavanaugh’s primary focus is to go out into the community
and educate people on what Hospice can do for them, their family
members or friends.
Guests are invited to join Lions Club members for lunch at
11:30 a.m. in the Diablo Room at Hillside Clubhouse or come
only for the presentation at approximately 12:30. For information, call Martha Ambrosini at 947-5935.
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TRAVEL BUZZ
Kauai 2011
By Stephen M. Shields
The Northern California
chapter of the American Society of Travel Agents has
been going to Hawaii every
year for 40 years. This year
it was Kauai’s turn and I
almost didn’t go. Though it
sounds nice to outsiders, the
trip is expensive and a lot of
work. Some days we will do
nothing but inspect hotels
from morning until night.
There were only three free
hours on the whole trip and
mostly I used them to catch
up on sleep.
The main reason not to go
was my thought that nothing
much changes on Kauai. On
this I was very wrong and I
thought I’d use this column
to tell what is either new or
changed. There was a lot.
The hotels
We stayed at the Kauai
Marriott for six nights. It is
basically unchanged: a big
convention hotel, about half
hotel rooms and half time
shares. It has a beautiful
pool and free transfers from
the airport, so in theory you
could stay without a rental car.
Shuttle buses to various stores
and shopping centers leave
from the hotel and are free.
But most people would rent
a car and pay a hefty parking
fee. Like most hotels visited
by the travel agents, there’s a
charge for the internet and no
Wi-Fi in the rooms so people
gather on the terrace where it
is available and free.
The St. Regis is the former Sheraton Princeville. It
is totally changed from the
new lobby to newly refurbished rooms. The rooms
are large and have great
views. But the popular mini
suites are $1,500 a night, so
clearly this is for the 1 percent as they say nowadays.
The $34 buffet breakfast
was the best meal we had.
(Many package rates would
include this breakfast. Ask
your travel agent.)
A totally new hotel is the
Westin Princeville. All the
units are time shares, super deluxe and available to
be rented. The grounds are
quite pretty though of course
it rains a lot in Princeville.
Not every property is deluxe, as we like to see moderate and budget properties
as well. One of the pleasant
moderate ones is the Aston
Islander on the Beach, offer-
ing plantation-style buildings
with small kitchenettes and
spacious grounds. This place
is family friendly. It sits next
to a shopping center so there
are many restaurant choices.
We also visited the Courtyard Kauai by Marriott. This
was a former Holiday Inn and
Marriott is putting a lot of
money into it but you might
want to wait a while for the
construction to be finished.
One of the nice features is that
they have free movies on the
beach every Thursday night
and everyone is invited. They
have popcorn and food that
can be delivered to your seat
or you can lay on the grass.
The Sheraton Kauai is one
of the longtime favorite deluxe
properties, also undergoing
renovation. It is basically two
resorts, one on the beach and
the other on the inland side of
the road, but both are deluxe
and you couldn’t ask for a better beach on the island.
We looked at two new resorts: Ko’a Kea Hotel was
the old Poipu Beach resort
but it has been rebuilt from
the ground up. It is also on a
great beach. The Koloa Landing is an all-condominium
project with units starting at
over a million dollars. About
six buildings are in and many
more are planned though
probably not before the economy picks up. I liked the units
very much but not the view of
parking lots and construction.
In long-established Poipu
Kai, we looked at a four-bedroom house that sleeps maybe
10 and rents for about $800
a night. There’s no pool or
beach but would work for a
large family gathering.
The Point at Poipu was originally called the Embassy. It is
now a Diamond resort. It is all
condos right next to the Hyatt
Regency on Poipu Beach. I
thought it needed some paint
because the winds and salt
spray are hard on buildings
but the pool was nice and there
were loads of families there.
There isn’t much new to
say about the Grand Hyatt
Kauai Resort except that this
is the most beautiful hotel in
the state of Hawaii and would
always be my first choice.
The Aqua Kauai Beach Resort has been a Hilton, Outrigger and Radisson and turned
out to be a pleasant surprise.
This resort is beautifully fixed
up, has great food, two pools,
Rossmoor Community Chorus
plans first rehearsal Wednesday
The Rossmoor Community Chorus is preparing for its spring
concert. New members are welcome; attend the first rehearsal
on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Las Trampas Room
at Hillside Clubhouse.
Auditions are not required to join the group, and members
do not need to know how to read music to belong.
For information, call director Frank Ryken at 937-9036.
The chef’s herb garden at the Hyatt Regency in Kauai
Lynn Haraguchi with a taro
plant
a long walking beach (not
safe to swim but OK to wade),
lovely rooms and affordable
with rooms starting at $119.
And unlike most hotels in
Kauai, there is no resort fee.
Tours and luaus
Also new is the Haraguchi taro farm and rice mill
tour. Anyone who has been to
Hanalei has seen the beautiful green fields of taro from
which poi is made, but the
land is private and you can’t
just park your car and explore
because it is also a bird sanctuary. Lyndsey Haraguchi is
a fifth-generation taro farmer
with two college degrees doing a thankless and unprofitable job and holding down
three others and mothering
two young daughters just to
carry on tradition. For this,
invasive apple snails destroy
40 percent of the crop, feral
pigs dig up the field, f lash
f loods wipe out weeks of
work (we had one while we
were there). It’s an interesting
tour that can be arranged at
www.HaraguchiRiceMill.org.
We had an abbreviated tour
but the regular ones include
poi tastings and lunch.
We toured three gardens
while we were in Kauai. The
one that most of us did not
know about is the Na ‘Aina
Kai botanical gardens and
sculpture park, started by a
mainland couple. I found the
hundreds of bronze statues
kitsch and corny but many
of our members loved them.
Tours can be arranged at
reservations@NaAinaKai.
Cleaning up driftwood at the Allerton Gardens
org. Guided tours only.
Smiths luau and botanical
gardens is a wonderful tour.
For full disclosure, I have
known and traveled worldwide with Freckles Smith and
his wife and son who run the
gardens and also the popular
Wailua River cruises. But this
is certainly the best luau food
you will eat anywhere and the
show is kept fresh and lively.
The Allerton Gardens
are a congressionally chartered member of the National
Tropical Botanical Gardens.
There are only five in the
United States, four in Hawaii
and one in Florida. James Allerton in his will stipulated
that no changes can be made
to the gardens so if you have
been there before they remain
unchanged. But there is a new
tour that sounded interesting.
It is a sunset tour that includes
access to the Allerton house, a
chance to swim on a beautiful
beach and enough appetizers
to make a dinner. The cost is
$75. It can be booked at www.
ntbg.org. We spent a morning volunteering and cleaning up a beach of driftwood
and sprouting coconuts and
if you’d like to do the same
thing they take volunteers every Monday.
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Eating tips
We had breakfast one day at
Dani’s in Lihue. The essence
of local, you will be the only
tourists here. Try the Kahlua
pig omelet. The Bull Shed is
in Kapaa next to a small time
share building and has unpretentious but excellent food.
Hamura’s is still the place to
go for saimen noodles. I’ve
been eating here forever and
you couldn’t spend $10 if you
tried. The Aloha Burger next
to the Marriott had excellent
breakfasts and lunches for
about $10. Of course, all the
hotels have restaurants but
these are some of the local
ones I like.
I sat next to a young couple
from San Francisco on my
Hawaii Airlines flight from
Honolulu to Oakland and
they had booked the flight
online and then the hotel.
This is never the way to buy
airfare to Hawaii as all tour
operators have special airline
rates. Even if you just need air
only, you can add on a “throw
away” car or hotel and save
money. As we like to say at
ASTA, without a travel agent,
you’re on your own.
Stephen Shields is a
Rossmoor resident and a
travel agent.
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Red Hatters
plan lunch
in January
The Red Hat luncheon is
Saturday, Jan. 14, at 11:30 a.m.
in the Fireside Room at Gateway Clubhouse.
There are two menu choices; chicken piccata or tortellini with Dream of Cream for
dessert. The cost is $14 for
members and $16 for guests.
Reservation checks, payable to
Rossmoor Red Hatters, may be
mailed to Joan Lockhart, 2001
Pine Knoll Drive No. 1, or
placed in the Red Hat mailbox
at Gateway. Be sure to note the
entrée choice. Checks must be
in by Friday, Jan. 6. Lockhart
can be reached at 939-0206.
Any Rossmoor woman willing to wear a red hat is welcome to join the Red Hat group.
Dues are $15 a year and may be
mailed to Joyce Towner, 2140
Cactus Court No. 3, or left in
the club mailbox.
Dues are due
Those who have not paid by
Jan. 14 will not be eligible for
the member luncheon price of
$14. One check can be used
to pay the luncheon cost and
dues.
New members will be contacted by Queen Ruth Koehler.
Call her at 930-9635 with news
of a Red Hatter who is ill or in
need.
Information about the
Rossmoor Red Hatters can be
found on the website, www.
rossmoorredhatters.net. Information is provided by Web
Mistress Priscilla Helmes.
Upcoming event
On Friday, Jan. 20, Red Hatters will go to Los Montana’s
Restaurant in the Park and
Shop center in Concord. Park
and Shop is home to Jo-Ann’s
arts and crafts, Burlington Coat
Factory, Market 99, The Avenue and several more shops.
Participants will meet at 11
a.m. in the Gateway parking lot
to car pool to the restaurant.
When signing up for events,
write on the front of the envelope or on the front of the check
the name of the event and luncheon entrée choice. To cancel,
notify the event coordinator,
Nancy Sealy, 933-3480.
Hotmail blocked
Residents who send email to Golden Rain Foundation and/or Mutual Operations departments with Hotmail accounts will find that
their e-mails are initially being blocked by spam applications. GRF was forced to
block Hotmail accounts due
to mass junk mail and viruses that flow through from
multiple e-mail addresses.
Residents who send emails to the News will always receive a response if
the e-mails come through.
Residents who do not receive a response from their
e-mails should call the News
at 988-7800.
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 Dec. 29 through Jan. 4
The following programs are all scheduled to be broadcast
this week. For information about programs on Channel 28,
please call 988-7820.
■ POST IT! is a community bulletin board that allows residents to
view activities within Rossmoor, including trips, movies and club
events. This program runs between other programs when possible.
■ CLASSIC Arts Showcase includes video samplings of animation, architectural art, ballet, chamber and choral music, dance,
folk art, museum art, musical theater, opera, orchestral, recital,
solo instrumental, solo vocal and theatrical performances, as well
as classic film and archival documentaries.
■ FITNESS Fun. Exercise. 30 minutes. This program is scheduled every day at 9 a.m. The program changes daily to vary the
exercises.
■ Intermediate PILATES. Exercise. 30 minutes.
Bob Huff has been a fitness instructor for over 16 years, teaching
eight years here in Rossmoor. He is a certified medical exercise specialist, personal trainer, athletic trainer and Pilates certified.
YOGA for All. Exercise. 30 minutes.
■ Barbara Bureker emphasis on flexibility is the theme of this program. She shows that a variety of body stretches can keep the participant active and limber.
■ NO Channel 28 TV Bingo in January
■ NAVIGATING the Path to Healthy Living. 90 minutes. This
program is introduced by resident Ellen Doerfer, president of Rossmoor’s Brain Boosters Club, and Samira Davi, LVN, and nurse liaison of Manor Care. Jaspreet Mundeir, board-certified in naturopathic medicine, lectures about aging concerns and natural ways
of achieving optimal health through nutrition, hydrotherapy, botanical medicine and homeopathy. This program also features Pam
Whitman, a Brain Gym instructor who has been teaching classes in
Rossmoor for two years.
■ Classic COUNTRY. Country music. One hour.
Country singer Denis Colleret presents a concert featuring vocal
and instrumental performances of classic country favorites, folk and
gospel music.
■ STRING of Pearls Band. Swing and Jazz music. 80 minutes.
This top swing/jazz band, known for big-band swing, cool jazz, upbeat
songs and dance music for all ages, features eight of the Bay Area’s finest
band musicians, led by Don Conway, alto sax, baritone sax and vocals;
Connie Anne, vocals and piano; John Quist, trumpet; Walter Cross,
tenor sax; Darrell Jefferson, trombone; plus a full rhythm section including Darryl Berk and Bob Navarra (alternating on guitar), Mickey
McPhillips, bass and George Ballantyne on the drums.
■ THREE Women: A Soft Glance Back. Drama. 50 minutes.
The Drama Association of Rossmoor’s special presentation is an original play written by club members Marci Davison, Karoline De Martini and Suzanne McCrady, whose concept originated from acting class
monologues, then transforming overtime, into this complete piece.
These women also perform roles in the play along with club veteran
Jim Gibney and guest actress Olivia Georgakopoulos, who is 10 years
old. This production was directed by Jean Georgakopoulos with technical direction and stage management by Patricia Zuker.
■ ARRANGING an Affordable Funeral. Lecture. 40 minutes.
Rossmoor’s club, End of Life Issues, hosts speaker Tracy Fritz of
the Bay Area Funeral Society, an affiliate of the Funeral Consumers
Alliance, a national nonprofit consumers’ organization. Fritz gives
information that makes it possible to honor a loved one in an affordable yet dignified manner.
■ CHINESE Pipa recital. Chinese and classical music. 50 minutes. Enjoy a program of Chinese music on the Pipa by Guan Zu
Li. The Pipa that Li uses is a rare 300-year-old instrument made of
teakwood with a beautiful carved ivory neck, and is considered in
standing with a “Stradivarius.”
■ PETER Lamson, Acoustic Guitar. 35 minutes.
Award-winning songwriter and recording artist Peter Lamson performs
a soothing blend of blues, swing, rhythm and blues and a little folk.
■ “EAT, Drink and Weigh Less.” Book discussion. 50 minutes.
Mollie Katzen, author of “Moosewood Cookbook” and “Vegetable
Heaven,” is one of the bestselling cookbook authors of all time. Dr.
Walter C. Willet is the author of “Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The
Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating,” as well as a professor of epidemiology and nutrition and professor of medicine at
Harvard Medical School. Together they present a new approach to
weight loss. “Eat, Drink and Weigh Less” offers a medically sound,
extremely effective program that shows people how they can lose
weight by adding delicious food to their diet and making simple
changes. They explain a simple chart of “body scoring.”
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Macintosh users can learn from RMUG Prime Time Couples hold
focus sessions, Acalanes Adult Ed classes January dinner at Dollar
By Jennifer Langan
Club correspondent
The year begins for Mac users on Monday,
Jan.16. There will be only one Rossmoor Macintosh Users Group (RMUG) focus session
planned for the month due to the New Year’s
holiday weekend.
Focus sessions are held on the first and
third Monday mornings of the month from
9:30 to 11:45 a.m. in the Delta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse, located in the same complex
as the Fitness Center.
There are no dues to belong to RMUG. Donations are accepted to cover the cost of the Delta
room set-up as well as for in-home visits.
The December mixer, a question and answer session, yielded many ideas for upcoming events with attendees offering their suggestions for future topics to be covered. The
consensus was that there are varied abilities
in the group, and different operating systems
are being used. RMUG presenters will aim to
help as many people with the use of Macs as
possible in the coming weeks.
Look for a basics session to start the year,
to help new users who may have received a
new iPad, iPod or Apple computer during the
holidays. Other focus sessions will be centered on communicating with loved ones using video chats via Face Time or Skype, as
well as discussing changes using the new Lion
Operating System.
These are the ideas planned by the chairwoman in charge, Phyllis O’Shea, who always
welcomes suggestions for topics from RMUG
members.
Classes
The Macintosh classes at the Acalanes
Adult Education Center start the winter term
the first week of January. John Gilmore is the
instructor for all Mac education. Classes take
place on the Del Valle campus, Tice Valley
Boulevard in Room D-9.
Pre-registration is required for all classes
except workshops, where students sign up
when they attend the first meeting.
The winter term includes the following;
Beginning Mac 1A, assuming no previous
experience with a MAC; Beginning Mac 1B,
designed for PC users who have switched to
Mac; Intermediate Mac Level I, and Intermediate Mac level II; and the Intro to Photography on a Mac. The fee for each class is $65.
The fee for the new Mac Lab, open 8 to
11 a.m. every Friday, is $25 for one hour a
week for the 10-week semester. The lab will
be available for anyone working on personal
projects as well as those working on their
“homework” from the beginning and intermediate Mac classes. This term the lab will
not be limited to class participants only.
Gilmore describes the theme of the coming workshops as “Get those projects done!”
The first workshop, Thursday, Jan. 5, 1:30 to
3:30 p.m., will be devoted to building a slide
show from personal photographs, burning to
a DVD and viewing it on TV.
The following week, Jan. 12, Gilmore will
demonstrate creating an iTunes library of music from a variety of sources and how to enjoy listening to it in a variety of ways. Other
topics include planning a dinner party with a
MAC, creating a home movie, and designing
a memory book for family and friends.
Workshops are $15 for the semester, payable at the first one attended.
The full description of Mac classes at the
Acalanes Adult Center can be found online
at www.acalanes.k12.ca.us or call 280-3980
ext. 8001.
For in-home assistance with problems or
for tutoring, call Dian Overly at 945-6055.
For questions about RMUG contact Jennifer
Langan, 280-0081, or email knit4all@mac.
com.
Computer Club honors volunteers
Residents keep Computer Center, club going
By Jim Bradley
Club correspondent
As the Computer Club of
Rossmoor begins its 19th
year, it would like to honor the
many volunteers responsible
for its success. Volunteers are
by definition unpaid helpers.
Their time spent helping others is indispensible to the club
and to the residents. Simply
put, there would be no Computer Club of Rossmoor without their dedicated service.
Every Computer Club worker, except instructors, is a volunteer. Instructors are employed
by the Acalanes Adult Education Center and the club reimburses the school district for
their cost. It’s important to also
note that teachers are selected
by the club, not only for their
expertise, but for their sensitivity to the needs of residents.
This is the time to remember how selfless and generous all volunteers are with
their knowledge and time.
The Computer Center at Gateway schedules 20 volunteers a
week. Many of them have honored their commitment to the
center since its opening.
Also, when a substitute is
necessary, because of a change
in a personal schedule, most
volunteers find a replacement
from a list of substitutes.
In addition, there are the
free house-call team, class assistants, office staff and various committees appointed by
the board of directors. The
number of people dedicated to
helping others is substantial.
These are responsible people
devoting their time with one
goal in mind: to help seniors
become computer literate.
Some may ask, “What do volunteers receive for their efforts?”
At a minimum they have the
satisfaction of helping someone
else learn how personal computers can enrich their world.
There is more, however.
They work with other pleasant
and interesting people willing to share their knowledge
with others; they turn idle time
into an opportunity to meet
new people with varied backgrounds; and they maintain an
active mind to the point where
some say they seem busier in
retirement than when working.
This is volunteering in its
purest form. There is no compensation or self-aggrandizement. It’s just one group of seniors generously helping others
– with both benefiting.
Finally, the club’s policy is
to permit active volunteers to
take club classes and seminars
free of charge. This encour-
ages them to continue with
the advancements in computer
technology.
Looking back over these 18
years is bittersweet. A number of former volunteers have
passed on or have stopped
volunteering because of illness. Many have become good
friends. None will be forgotten.
What those volunteers have
contributed during those years
is the foundation of what is
now a strong organization – an
organization that never strayed
from the original mission.
The Computer Club of
Rossmoor has been self-financed
from its inception. No part of
its operations is included in the
monthly coupon. Because virtually all activities are handled by
nonpaid volunteers, the club can
afford to purchase all personal
computers in the classrooms and
at the Computer Center as well
as all other expenses.
GRF does provide the space
for the Computer Center and
the Acalanes Adult Education
Department supplies the space
for the classrooms and office,
but the quid pro quo is a quality
of instruction fashioned toward
seniors that’s life enriching.
So, wouldn’t it be nice to
take a moment and thank those
volunteers? What they do, they
do for you.
The Prime Time Couples Dinner Club will hold its next dinner
on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Dollar Clubhouse.
Dinner will be served by Hamilton Catering and 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. on a BYOB
basis, during which members and guests will be able to partake of
a variety of hors d’oeuvres. Dinner will be served at 6:30.
Seating, as usual, will be determined by a random drawing to
mix couples and promote maximum acquaintanceship.
Dinner will be green salad with blue cheese, chicken piccata,
rice, roasted vegetables, rolls and butter and lemon meringue pie.
Wine, coffee and tea will also be served with the meal.
Reservation checks must be received by Thursday, Jan. 12.
These can be dropped off at the Prime Time Club box located
at Gateway Clubhouse. Checks may also be mailed to the club’s
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. There are membership openings.
For information, call Phil Blakeney at 933-6007. Couples are
invited to learn more about the club by coming as paying guests.
Nifty People’s dues are due
Membership dues for the
Nifty People’s Supper Club are
due in January. The cost is $10
a year per person.
This is a social club open to
both singles and couples. The
club meets for a catered buffet
dinner the second Friday of each
month at Dollar Clubhouse. The
next dinner is Jan. 13.
There is a no-host happy
hour before dinner. It is a good
time to meet new people and
greet old friends. Appetizers
are provided by members.
Membership checks may be
sent to Adrienne Campbell at
1332 Singingwood Court No.
5. They may also be put in the
club’s mailbox at Gateway.
Campbell can be reached at
944-5123.
Members are asked to pay
before Wednesday, Jan. 11, so
the membership roster is available at the January dinner.
SIR to hear about the
Serengeti Plain Tuesday
The Rossmoor SIR (Sons in Retirement), Branch 81, will meet
Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the the Sierra Room at Del Valle Clubhouse.
The full service hosted bar opens at 11:15 a.m. with a full course
meal at noon. The cost is $12.
The speaker is Russ Aubry, a retired small businessman and
member of the Moraga chapter. Since his retirement, he has traveled extensively. He will give a presentation about his recent tour
of the Serengeti Plain of Kenya and Tanzania.
SIR is a retired men’s social organization with no membership
dues or assessments. The monthly meeting is an opportunity to
maintain and enhance old friendships and make new ones.
For information about the Rossmoor group, contact Stu
Bolinger at 937-7988 or C.H. Nixon at 933-6175.
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RELIGION
IN
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
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, Jan.
1, Rev. Joanne Peterson will lead a Wesleyan Covenant Renewal
Service and Holy Communion. 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 Friday, or visit the
website at tvumc.org.
CATHOLIC
St. Anne’s Catholic Church schedule of Masses for the weekend of Dec. 31 through Jan. 1: Fr. Alex Snyder will preside at
the 9 a.m. Mass on Saturday and the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Fr.
Andrews will preside at the 5 p.m. (Vigil) Mass on Saturday and
the 11:15 a.m. Mass on Sunday. The weekday Mass is celebrated
every morning at 8.
The Rosary is recited before each weekday Mass. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated every Saturday from 4 to
4:30 p.m.
PRESBYTERIAN
Grace Presbyterian Church invites all to worship on New
Year’s Eve and Day. Close out 2011 in worship on Saturday, Dec.
31, at 4 p.m. with a time of reflection and celebration. On Sunday,
Jan. 1, at 10 a.m., all are invited to kick off the New Year right
with worship and the celebration of Communion.
Come to Grace on Wednesdays for Exercise With El at 9 a.m.
in the Oak Room. Join the Bible Study in the Library at 10 a.m.
Learn to play bridge and make new friends in the Fellowship Hall
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
A T
R O S S M O O R
B’NAI ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Friday Evening Service 8 p.m.
Vista Room–Hillside Clubhouse
For information call
932-4592 or 274-0304
HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Worship: 10:30 a.m. each Sunday
Delta Room, Del Valle Clubhouse
For info, call the church office:
709-4673
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
SAINT JOHN’S ANGLICAN MISSION
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Santa Maria Church Chapel, Orinda 925-386-6393
info@saintjohnsanglican.org www.saintjohnsanglican.org http://anglicanchurch.net
at 1 p.m. Join the Bell Choir on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. or the
vocal Chancel Choir at 7:30 p.m.
JEWISH
Cantor Rachel Brott will conduct Sabbath services at B’nai
Israel Congregation on Friday, Dec. 30, at 8 p.m. in the Vista
Room, Hillside Clubhouse. The hostess, Betsy Rosenheimer,
will recite the blessing over the Sabbath candles. The greeters,
Theresa Burton and Sheldon Solloway, will recite the blessing
over the Sabbath bread. Mike and Betsy Rosenheimer will host
the oneg Shabbat after the service. All residents and guests are
welcome to participate.
CONGREGATIONAL
Rossmoor Pilgrim Congregational UCC Church’s Sunday
worship service will be held Jan. 1, at 10:30 a.m. in the Vista
Room at Hillside Clubhouse. The Rev. Dr. Daryl Clemens’ sermon will be based on Luke 2: 22-40. Holy Communion is served
the first Sunday of every month. A social time will be held after
the service. Bible study this week will be held Tuesday, Jan. 3, at
10 a.m. in Meeting Room 5 at Creekside Clubhouse. Lesson to
be studied is Mark 1:4-11. A cordial invitation is extended to all
to participate in the activities of the Rossmoor Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ. 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 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday, Jan 1. Pastor Jack Niemi will be leading worship and
speaking on Luke 2:22-40. Wayne Anderson will be the organist, and Don Gurley serves as cantor.
The people of Hope Church gather in the Delta Room at Del
Valle Clubhouse 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. Large-print 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, Jan.1, at 10 a.m. in the Diablo Room
at Hillside Clubhouse. On this Feast of the Holy Name, the Rev.
Anne Cox Bailey will offer a sermon titled “The Holy Name(s),”
based on Luke 2:15-21. The service will include Morning Prayer
and Holy Eucharist; all are welcome to participate fully, and to
stay for refreshments and fellowship at the 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.
Regular bus service is available on Sundays between
10 and 11 a.m. for residents who wish to attend church
services. Check bus schedules for times of pick-up.
Cecelia “Skippy” Miller
Cecelia “Skippy” Miller
passed away peacefully of natural causes on Friday, December 16, 2011 at the age of 98.
Skippy was born and raised in
Martinez on the Borba family
ranch and graduated from Alhambra High School.
In 1939 Skippy married
Robert J. Miller and moved
to Lafayette in 1947 where
she was active in Cub Scouts,
Brownies and Girl Scouts.
Skippy moved to Rossmoor in 1981 after the passing
of Bob and enjoyed line dancing, gardening, reading,
crocheting, dominos, her pets, as well as volunteer
work for the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Mt. Diablo
Therapy Center and St. Anne’s Library Guild.
Skippy is survived by son Gary, daughter Karen
Rossum (Dave) and one grandson.
Donations can be made to the Lindsay Wildlife
Museum.
PAID OBITUARY
MEMORIAM
CAROLE DOUGLAS
Carole Douglas, a Rossmoor
resident, died on Dec. 15. She
was active in many organizations and frequently served as
secretary or treasurer.
Residents are invited to join
in a celebration of her life Saturday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m. at Dollar Clubhouse.
Obituary policy
The Rossmoor News offers
free obituaries of up to 100
words. The format focuses on
educational and career background, organizational membership and Rossmoor membership. Immediate sur-vivors
are listed. All free obituaries
are edited to follow this format. A sample with instructions is available in the News
office or can be e-mailed.
Obituaries with photos and
with additional information
are charged at a rate of $9.50
per column inch. For information about placing an obituary, call 988-7800.
Bible Study
resumes first
Thursday in
January
Rossmoor Bible Study resumes on Thursday, Jan. 5, at
Dollar Clubhouse. This class
is the oldest of its kind available to the Rossmoor community. It has been meeting for
over 30 years.
The study is held from 9
to 10:40 a.m. and begins with
discussion groups until 9:40.
A general meeting, which includes a lecture on the material studied, is presented by
Pastor Earle Fries until 10:40.
Light refreshments and fellowship follow.
Those unable to make the
discussion group period are
welcome to come for the music and lecture period that begins at 9:50.
There is no charge for the
class, but there is a workbook
that covers discussion questions and a commentary on the
material. The published material is the work of Dr. Bob
Stevens and is available for
$13. This is the only charge
for a 10-week session.
Since this is a Bible study
class, people of all persuasions are welcome no matter
what their religion or lack
thereof. Questions are always
appropriate.
This is a continuation of the
just-completed fall study that
covered the first half of Mark’s
Gospel. This covers the rest of
the Gospel of Mark.
Questions may be addressed
to the Fries at 926-0307.
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Second Tuesday Lunch Grandparents for Peace and Justice will
Group gathers at Dollar hear about drone warfare in January
The Second Tuesday Lunch Group winter luncheon will be
Jan. 10 at Dollar Clubhouse. This winter luncheon of spinach
walnut salad and pork tenderloin will be served at noon. Libations and social hour begin at 11:30 a.m.
The Second Tuesday Luncheon Group meets every second
Tuesday of the month September through June. It is a continuation of the Gourmet Lunch Group of the Rossmoor Federated
Women’s Club. All Rossmoor women are invited to join this
group for friendship, fellowship and good food.
Co-Chairwomen for this event are Barbara Stewart and
Florence Misiti. The cost of $15 includes wine and sparkling
cider. For reservations, call Misiti at 932-2382. All reservations must be paid.
Grandparents for Peace
and Justice is focusing on the
issue of drone warfare at its
Monday, Jan. 9, meeting at 10
a.m. in the Delta Room of Del
Valle Clubhouse.
The guest speaker, Toby
Blome, a peace activist and
Code Pink member, will present information about drones,
U.S. unmanned planes, which
can target an individual or
attack civilian populations
from afar.
Blome has been interviewed on radio station KPFA
and has appeared with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan at
protests and marches.
Blome will give her opinions on the mental and emotional effects of these campaigns on U.S. soldiers who
perform these remote drone
attack missions. She will
describe the efforts and the
growing collaborative campaign to resist drones, including recent protests at Beale
Air Force Base in Marysville,
Calif., the control center for
the intelligence gathering
drone, the Global Hawk.
meeting, call Bobbie Rabinowitz at 939-7384.
Investigative journalist speaks to ORT
DAR’s meeting features Lee Kaplan will present program at Del Valle
Regent Leonora Branka
She will discuss Constitution
Mt. Diablo Daughters of the
American Revolution (DAR)
will meet Tuesday, Jan. 10, at
11:30 a.m. at Creekside Clubhouse in Meeting Room 2. The
first meeting of the year will
feature Honorary State Regent
Leonora Branka, who will
speak on “What’s So Good
About the US Constitution!”
The topic is one that will
resound with DAR members
whose interest centers on
American history and its founding fathers’ plans that were so
carefully written for the new
United States of America.
Branka’s presentation will
follow the light lunch provided
by members and the business
meeting.
The National Society
Daughters of the American Re-
volution was founded in1890.
There are 116 chapters in California with more than 8,500
members.
The Mt. Diablo chapter’s
regular monthly meetings are
on the second Tuesday of the
month, October through June,
at 11:30 a.m. in Meeting Room
2 at Creekside Clubhouse.
Prospective members are
welcome to attend the meetings. Anyone who has an ancestor who fought in or rendered aid in the American
Revolution may be eligible for
membership in DAR.
For information, contact Jennifer Langan at 2800081. To contact Regent Catherine Phillips-Olsen, call
254-7025 or email mt.diablo.
chapter@gmail.com.
30s/40s/50s Couples Club
hosts January game night
30s/40s/50s Couples Club members are invited to a night of
fun and games on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Oak Room at
Gateway Clubhouse.
The games are fun and easy to learn, so prior experience is
not needed. “Experts” are welcome too. Games include Mexican
Train, Apples to Apples, and Hand and Foot (a canasta game).
Cash prizes will be awarded to winners, and coffee and refreshments will be served.
Checks for the event in the amount of $5 per member and $6
for guests of members, made out to “30s/40s/50s Club,” should
be sent to Jack Morgan, 3206 Terra Granada Drive No. 2B. Payment is due no later than Sunday, Jan. 15.
Those who have a preference for which game they would like
to play first should note this on their check. Hosts will be available to teach beginners any of the games, as needed.
30s/40s/50s Couples is a married couples group for people
born in the decades of the 1930s, 1940s or 1950s. It is a social
group, whose purpose is for members to meet others in the same
age group with similar interests.
For information about other activities or to join the club, contact Membership Chairwoman Janie King at 932-0727.
Published writers form club
Rossmoor residents who
have published books, or
who aspire to publish books
– including fiction, poetr y, nonfiction, biography,
technical works, or other
subject categories – are invited to consider membership in a new Rossmoor club
now for m ing, tentatively
named Published Writers of
Rossmoor (PWR).
The club’s organizational
meeting will take place on
Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. in
Meeting Room 4 at Creekside.
To join them, receive a
copy of the proposed mission
statement and possibly attend
the Jan. 7 gathering, contact Jon Foyt, jonfoyt@mac.
com
(322-3064);
Doug
Hergert, dah@msn.com (3006329); or Duke Robinson,
dukenclaire@gmail.com (2871837).
ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through
Training) invites the community to its open
meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Delta Room
of Del Valle Clubhouse. Refreshments will be
available at 12:30 p.m. with the program at 1.
The speaker, investigative journalist Lee
Kaplan, has been a guest on Fox cable TV’s
“Dayside” with Linda Vesler and Bill O’Reilly’s
“The Factor.” Kaplan is a contributor to Front
Magazine, Israel National News and Canada
Free Press. He is also a senior intelligence
analyst and communications director for the
Northeast Intelligence Network.
He is working on a book about America’s
colleges in the War on Terror and the
international Solidarity Movement.
Visit the bargain jewelry table at the meeting.
Members donate their unneeded jewelry.
The funds raised benefit ORT’s global
network of schools in 58 countries.
To join ORT, contact Membership
Chairwoman Natalie Stein at 588-5890. Program
Chairwoman Selma Soss can be contacted at
939-8730.
RNA offers educational lecture with
live birds in the Sierra Room Jan. 11
The Rossmoor Nature Association (RNA) will offer
an educational lecture featuring live birds on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m. in the
Sier ra Room at Del Valle
Clubhouse.
Diana Granados, founder
and director of Native Bird
Connections, has put together
a program called “The Secret
Life of Raptors.” As part of
this presentation, Granados
will bring a number of live
raptors – possibly including
both hawks and owls.
Hawks captivate with their
ability to soar and plunge
through the sky. Buteo jamaicensis or red-tailed hawk is
the largest soaring hawk in
Rossmoor. The other slightly smaller Buteo that is also
commonly seen in Rossmoor
is the red-shouldered hawk.
Owls comprise one of the
most fascinating families of
birds. Rossmoor is home to at
least four species of owl: the
screech owl, the short-eared
owl, the barn owl and the
great horned owl. Since all
are nocturnal creatures, they
are seldom seen but occasionally heard.
Native Bird Connections
is a completely volunteer organization inspired by the efforts of other area naturalists
such as: Alexander Lindsay
and Gary Bogue. Their owls
and other raptors live captive
lives due to injuries sustained
in the wild.
Jenny Papka, curator and
co-founder of Native Bird
Connections, will join Granados for this program.
Visitors are always welcome to attend RNA’s educational and stimulating
programs. For information
Diana Granados with a red-shouldered hawk
about RNA’s spring program at 891-4980 or email her at
series, contact Penny Ittner pennyittner@comcast.net.
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Counseling Services offers
stress management support
Counseling Services is again offering a stress management
support group. The group examines dominant styles of reacting to stress and negative thinking patterns. The group will
meet for eight Thursday mornings starting Jan. 5.
Sessions focus on stress reduction and relaxation techniques
including meditation, deep abdominal breathing, progressive
muscle relaxation, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, stretching,
and lifestyle changes.
It is important that group members plan to attend all eight
sessions. Seating is limited and registration is required.
The group is facilitated by Ann Pagliaro, social worker.
Call her at 988-7753 for information or to register for the
group. There is no charge for the group.
Vegan Club to hold potluck Tuesday
The Vegan Club will meet
for a vegan potluck dinner
on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 6 p.m.
in Gateway Multipurpose
Room 3.
Visitors and new members
are welcome. Each person
should bring a vegan dish to
serve six to eight people and
their own plate, cup and silverware. Dishes should not contain meat or any animal prod-
Walnut Creek
BART station
Keep blood banks going with sells senior
Blood Donation Awards gifts BART tickets
Every year, every month, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, blood banks throughout the country must supply blood
to keep people alive. Everyone can help the blood bank, and
not just by donating blood.
Rossmoor residents can help their own local blood bank
by donating money to the Rossmoor Blood Donation Awards
Committee, which is now in its 40th year. Another way to
help is to join the committee.
The money raised through the committee is awarded to
high schools in Northern California for producing the most
units of blood during the year at blood drives held at the
schools under the supervision of the American Red Cross.
More than 7,000 units of blood are raised by the participating schools each year.
The award money is shared among the top producers and
may be used at the school’s discretion.
Rossmoor residents can send a donation to John Muir
Health Foundation c/o Gene Wilson, P.O. Box 2454, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. All donations are tax-deductible. For
information about the committee, call Chairman Ed King at
942-9511.
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Although senior BART
tickets will no longer be sold at
retail outlets, they can be purchased at selected stations. The
Walnut Creek BART station is
one of these stations and senior BART tickets can be purchased there Monday through
Friday from 2 to7 p.m.
The Connection will continue to collect BART tickets with
small, unusable amounts left on
them. The refund amounts received from BART for tickets
returned to them will be used
for The Connection’s Charity
Outreach Fund.
For information about
BART or BART tickets, go to
www.bart.gov (click on “Tickets”) or call 676-2278.
ucts, including dairy and eggs.
The Vegan Club meets on
the first Tuesday of each month
to share a meal. While many
members are not vegans on a
daily basis, all enjoy the food
and lively conversation.
Membership in the Vegan
Club is $10 a year and potluck
guests contribute $2 at each
meal. For information, call
932-1128.
FRIDAY LUNCH
I N
R O S S M O O R
Menu for Jan. 6
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’s lunch
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:
Carne asada garnished with salsa; mixed green salad with blue
cheese dressing; Spanish rice; and cherry gelatin with pears.
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 Jan. 6 features a corned beef sandwich on rye;
potato salad; grape juice; and apricots.
Miss the News? If your Rossmoor News was
not delivered on Wednesday, call 988-7800
between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday.
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T
he following calendar information is provided to the News by Room Reservations at the Recreation Department. Residents or groups that would like to make changes
to the listing should contact Room Reservations at 988-7780 or 988-7781.
2011/2012 FALL AND WINTER POOL HOURS
• Dollar and Hillside pools are closed from Nov. 1, 2011 through March
31, 2012. There is no family swim during these months.
• Del Valle pool complex (lap, exercise pool and spa) will be open Monday through
Friday (except Thursday) from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from
6 a.m. until 6 p.m. The pool closes for cleaning on Thursdays from 6 to 10 a.m.
• The Masters Swim winter schedule in the Del Valle lap pool is
Tuesdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
• The Fitness Center is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to
9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For information on pool and Fitness Center hours, call 988-7854
D=Dollar Clubhouse
G=Gateway Clubhouse
H=Hillside Clubhouse
MPR=Multipurpose Room
DV=Del Valle
C=Creekside
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 a.m.
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9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
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11 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
noon
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
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2:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
EVENT .............................LOCATION ..........................ORGANIZATION
Fitness Center Opens ...........Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
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/Strength .................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Low Impact Dance...............Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Medical Qigong - Inter. .........Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Open Tennis ......................Buckeye Grove Tennis Courts ............Tennis Club
Open Workshop ..................Art Studio & Back Rm., G ............ Art Association
Stitchers ..........................Sewing Rm., G .........................Sewing Arts Club
Watercolor ........................Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
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
Library Open .....................Library, G...............................Library Association
Osteoporosis Class ..............Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Piano by Serena .................Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Acrylic/Oil Painting .............Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
Beg. Players .....................Table Tennis, H .........................Table Tennis Club
Movie..............................Peacock Hall, G. ..................................Rec. Dept.
Open Draw ........................Lawn Bowling Greens, H .......Lawn Bowling Club
Oster/Balance ....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Pool Open ........................Pool, DV ..............................................Rec. Dept.
Bridge .............................Oak Rm. A, G .............................................Bridge
Parkinson Group .................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Inter. Tap ..........................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music/ Beg. ..........Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Aquacise ..........................Pool, DV ..............................................Rec. Dept.
Moving to Music .................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Strength Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Circuit Training ..................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
AA Open Discussion.............Garden Rm., D.................................... AA/Alanon
Duplicate Bridge .................Oak Rm. A, G .............................................Bridge
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30
TIME
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
noon
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
Fitness Center Opens ...........Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
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.
Men’s Exercise Class ...........MPR 1, 2, G .......................Men’s Exercise Group
Strength ...........................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Harmonica Practice .............MPR 3, G ....................................Harmonica Club
Keeping Fit Club .................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Rossmoor Quilters ..............Sewing Rm., G .........................Sewing Arts Club
Flexible Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Hoarders/Clutterers Mtg. .......Chess Rm., D .................................... Counseling
Water Exercise ...................Pool, DV ..............................................Rec. Dept.
Muscle Movers ..................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Men’s Cribbage ..................MPR 2, G .....................................Men’s Cribbage
Hanna Somatics .................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Line Dance .......................Fitness Center, DV ..................... Line Dance Club
Joint Efforts ......................Pool, DV ..............................................Rec. Dept.
Twinges in Hinges ...............Pool, DV ..............................................Rec. Dept.
Cardiac Rehab ...................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Chess Play ........................Chess Rm., D .................................... Chess Club
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
8 p.m.
Inter. Players .....................Table Tennis, H .........................Table Tennis Club
Life Drawing .....................Art Studio & Back Rm., G ............ Art Association
Int. Folk Dancing ................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Argentine Tango .................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Beg. Ballroom Dance ...........Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Singalong with Bob .............Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Int. Ballroom Dance.............Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Services...........................Vista Rm., H ...................................... B’nai Israel
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31
TIME
6 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
Trails Club Hike ..................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
Stamp Club .......................MPR 3, G .......................................Philatelic Club
Jam Session .....................Las Trampas Rm., H ...................Music Jammers
Dominoes .........................MPR 2, G ........................................ Domino Club
Power and Balance..............Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1
TIME
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
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
Movie..............................Peacock Hall, G. ........................Recreation Dept.
Singlaire Pot Luck ...............Main, D ........................................ Singlaires Club
MONDAY, JANUARY 2
TIME
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
noon
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Abs/Back ..........................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Functional Conditioning ........Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Exercise Group ...................Diablo Rm., H ........................... Yang 24 Exercise
Scouting Hike ....................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
Adv. Players ......................Table Tennis, H .........................Table Tennis Club
Bocce Team Play ................Bocce Courts, H ................................ Bocce Club
RMUG .............................Delta Rm. A, DV .............Macintosh Users Group
Trails Club Walk .................Court of Flags, G ................................ Trails Club
First and Third Monday Disc. ..Cardroom 1, D ..................................Great Books
Osteo Assessment ...............Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Parkinson’s Group ...............Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Piano with Joyce ................Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Poetry Reading ..................Ivy Rm., D .......................................Poetry Circle
Opera/Ballet Club ...............Peacock Hall, G. .......................Opera/Ballet Club
Flexible Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Dominoes .........................Oak Rm. A, G .................................. Domino Club
AA Meeting .......................Vista Rm., H ...................................... Counseling
Square Dance ....................Las Trampas Rm., H .............. Square Dance Club
Yiddish Meeting .................MPR 3, G ......................................... Yiddish Club
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3
TIME
6 a.m.
Strength Circuit ..................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:15 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.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Pinochle Play ....................MPR 2, G .......................... Men/Women Pinochle
Water Color A.M. ................Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
Women’s 4-Part Harmony ......MPR 1, G ............................. Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Zumba .............................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Ballet Club ........................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Gentle Yoga ......................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Gait/Balance .....................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Piano by Gloria ..................Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Acrylic Oil Painting..............Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
Beg. Players .....................Table Tennis, H .........................Table Tennis Club
Current Events ...................MPR 3, G ............................. Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Oscar Program ...................Peacock Hall, G. ........................Recreation Dept.
Portrait Drawing .................Art Studio & Back Rm., G ............ Art Association
Inter. Tap ..........................Shasta Rm., DV ............................... Hot Flashers
Vegan Potluck ....................MPR 3, G ........................................... Vegan Club
Tues. Night Partnership ........Oak Rm. A, G .............................................Bridge
Golf Fitness ......................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Opera/Ballet Club ...............Peacock Hall, G. .......................Opera/Ballet Club
Monthly Meeting ................Delta Rm. A, DV ......................... The Connection
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4
TIME
6 a.m.
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Abs/Back ..........................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Trails Club Hike ..................MPR 3, G ............................................ Trails Club
Drawing & Painting .............Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
Hoarders/Clutterers Mtg. .......Chess Rm., D .................................... Counseling
Gentle Yoga ......................Fitness Center, DV ...............................Rec. Dept.
Rotary Luncheon ................Diablo Rm., H ................................... Rotary Club
Guitar by Jim .....................Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Hula ...............................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Movie..............................Peacock Hall, G. .......................... Art Association
NCJW ..............................MPR 3, G ............Nat’l Council of Jewish Women
Community Chorus ..............Las Trampas Rm., H .................... Comm. Chorus
Spanish Conversation ..........Mtg. Rm. 4, C ....................................... La Charla
Ballroom Dance .................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Bible Study .......................MPR 1, G .....................Chinese-American Assoc.
Ballroom Dance .................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Alanon.............................MPR 1, G ............................................ AA/Alanon
Camera Competition ............Vista Rm., H ....................................Camera Club
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5
TIME
7 a.m.
7:15 a.m.
8 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9 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.
noon
noon
noon
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
Beg. Qigong ......................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Bible Study .......................Main, D ................................... Bible Study Group
Watercolor ........................Art Classroom & Gall., G ............. Art Association
Lions Luncheon ..................Diablo Rm., H ..................................... Lions Club
Beg. Osteo/Balance Rehab. ...Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Fun Day ...........................Sierra Rm., DV ..........................Recreation Dept.
Piano by Serena .................Redwood Rm., G .................................Rec. Dept.
Railroad Roundhouse ...........Main, D .................................... R.R. Roundhouse
Bingo ..............................Sierra Rm., DV ..........................Recreation Dept.
Int. Osteo/Balance Rehab. .....Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
1 p.m.
1 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.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
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Water Colors .....................Art Studio & Back Rm., G ............ Art Association
Writers Group ....................MPR 1, 2, G ...................................Writers Group
Atheists/Agnostics...............Las Trampas Rm., H ........ Atheists and Agnostics
Tap Rehearsal....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Inter. Tap ..........................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Line Dance .......................Diablo Rm., H ............................ Line Dance Club
QiGong/T’ai Chi ..................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Strength Yoga ....................Shasta Rm., DV ...................................Rec. Dept.
Sing-along ........................MPR 3, G ............................. Acalanes/Rec. Dept.
Open Discussion .................Garden Rm., D.................................... AA/Alanon
EXCURSIONS
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
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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 fifteen 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.
DAY TRIPS.
U.S. CHAMPIONS SKATING
SPECTACULAR
Sunday, Jan. 29
Minimal walking
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held annually since 1914, is the
nation’s most prestigious figure-skating
event and one of the most-watched annual sporting events in the country. The
2012 U.S. Championship will take place at
the beautiful HP Pavilion in San Jose. The
event will feature more than 250 senior,
junior and novice skaters competing for
12 U.S. champion titles in singles, pairs
and ice dancing. It all concludes with the
highly anticipated Skating Spectacular,
an exhibition of champions, who will represent the United States at ISU events
including, but not limited to, spring internationals, Junior Grand Prix, Senior
Grand Prix, Senior B internationals, ISU
championships (Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships,
World Championships, and World Team
Trophy). The bus will leave Gateway at
5:30 p.m. and returns at 11. The cost is
$97.
JOHN MUIR’S JOURNEY AT OAKLAND
MUSEUM
Friday, Jan. 20
Moderate to extensive walking
Explore the legacy of John Muir’s life
with the “A Walk in the Wild: Continuing
John Muir’s Journey” exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California. Told through
Oakland Museum’s collections of art, history and natural science, interactive digital technology and select loans-journals,
manuscripts and original drawings, the
exhibition is a tribute to Muir’s impact on
California and to the importance of continued environmental stewardship today.
Through interactive, multisensor y displays and digital mash-ups, this exhibit
simulates many of Muir’s explorations including his trek from Yosemite to Mount
Whitney, and even his night spent in a
hollow giant sequoia as the forest burned
around him. From history and nature buffs
to avid eco-explorers and casual weekend
outdoor enthusiasts, this exhibition will
encourage everyone to go out and take a
walk in the wild. There will be a docent-led
tour of the exhibit. Lunch, not included in
the tour, is available at the new Blue Oak
café that features seasonal and local ingredients that reflect the many cultures
of California. The bus will leave at 11 a.m.
and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. The
cost is $39.
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AND RICCARDO MUTI
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Minimal Walking
Continue to celebrate San Francisco
Symphony’s 100th season with one of
America’s most distinguished orchestras.
Established in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of the big five orchestras and one of the oldest orchestras in the
country. It was voted the best orchestra
in the United States and the fifth best orchestra in the world by editors of the British classical music magazine Gramophone
in 2008. Recordings by the orchestra have
earned 62 Grammy Awards. In 2010, the
music director Riccardo Muti began his
tenure with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Muti insisted on beautiful tone as well
as a disciplined ensemble, and capitalized
on his youthful Italian glamour. In 2010,
he was named 2010 Musician of the Year
by Musical America. The program includes
Anna Clyne’s new work and two pieces by
Schubert - Entr’acte No. 3 from inspiring
“Rosamunde” and Symphony No. 9, nicknamed “The Great” to indicate its majesty.
Seats are in rear orchestra. The bus will depart Gateway at 6:15 p.m. and return at 11.
The cost is $103.
NEW LISTING
DELTA BIRDING
Friday, Feb. 17
Minimal to moderate walking
Attention birders! After three years,
Excursions is going again into the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to view the wild
birds that winter there. On the Pacific Flyway birds fly south from Alaska and Canada to spend the winter in the Delta. About
10 million birds pass through the Delta every year, prime season being mid-October
to mid-February. See shore birds, raptors,
great-horned owls, sandhill cranes, many
kinds of geese, ducks, swans and white
pelicans. Travel onboard the River Dolphin
that has an open upper deck space and
a salon that has tables and benches that
can seat 40 and has wall-to-wall windows.
Captain Patterson will provide live commentary that is rich with historical facts
and information about the environment
and its inhabitants. Wear warm, layered
clothing and bring binoculars. Lunch is
available on board for an additional $14
(choice of croissant sandwich with turkey or roast beef or seafood salad, Caesar
salad, fruit, dessert and a drink) or bring a
lunch. The bus will leave Gateway at 8:30
a.m. and return at approximately 5 p.m.
The cost is $89. This cruise is the winter
highlight for birders and provides a specialized look at the richness and history of
the California Delta.
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Excursions
EXTENDED TRIPS
PALM SPRINGS
Jan. 23 through 27
Travel to Palm Springs for some fun and
sun. Accommodations for four nights will
be at the Spa Hotel Casino in the heart of
Palm Springs. Tour the Elvis Presley Estate,
where Elvis recorded nine songs in the living room of this historic home in 1973.
Enjoy a hosted lunch, watch a movie, and
maybe the “King” himself will make an appearance. Take a step-on guide tour of Palm
Springs, Las Palmas and the Old Movie
Colony. Visit the Palm Springs Air Museum, with the nation’s largest collection
of WWII flying aircrafts. The Buddy Rodgers Theater shows documentaries about
aviation in the military with an emphasis
on WWII. The museum hosts a library of
8,500 volumes primarily related to aviation
and American military history. Board the
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for a hosted
dinner at the top overlooking the lights of
the desert communities. Enjoy the performance by the fabulous Palm Spring Follies
featuring all the great music of the 1930s
and 1940s. This year’s show is “Hot, Hot,
Hot.” The tour includes four nights deluxe
lodging, seven meals, motorcoach transportation, touring per itinerary, taxes and
gratuities and luggage handling. A deposit
of $100 per person is due with application.
The cost per person double occupancy is
$950, $1,150 single. Stop by Excursions
for an itinerary.
LAS VEGAS
Feb. 13 through 18
Visit natural and man-made attractions
of Las Vegas. First-night accommodation
will be at the Ramada Inn in Barstow. After a hosted lunch at Primm restaurant,
drive through the Red Rock Canyon. This
preserve contains such outstanding geological formations as the Keystone thrust
Fault. In Las Vegas, check in at the Treasure Island Resort on the Strip for three
nights’ stay. Visit downtown Las Vegas to
see the Fremont Street Experience. Visit
the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The tour
includes the viewing of nine tracks, a visit
to a luxury suite and access to the infield
of the superspeedway. Visit the Shelby Museum and check out the collection of old
and new automobiles from this American
sports car maker and racing legend. Enjoy
a full day to explore Las Vegas. On the way
back to California, stop in Bakersfield for a
one- night stay at Four Points by Sheraton.
Enjoy a hosted dinner with entertainment at
the hotel. The tour includes five nights deluxe lodging, six meals, motorcoach transportation, touring per itinerary, taxes and
gratuities and luggage handling. A deposit
of $100 per person is due with application.
The cost per person double occupancy is
$795 per person, $1,045 single. Stop by
the Excursion Desk for an itinerary and reservation form.
THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND INCLUDING
OTAVALO, THE ANDES MOUNTAIN
TRAIN AND QUITO
March 3 through 13
Follow the footsteps of Darwin on a thrilling 11-day adventure that includes a fiveday cruise of the Galapagos Archipelago.
The Galapagos Islands offer a dramatic
geological history and one of the world’s
most remarkable collections of plant and
animal life. Travel to mainland Ecuador
and to Imbabura. Accommodations will be
at a 300-year-old Andean hacienda. Take a
train ride through the Andean landscapes to
community of Salinas where lunch features
regional specialties and traditional Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance. Tour Quito and
visit the Presidential Palace and 17th-century church of La Compañía, the Equatorial
Line Monument and Museum at the “Middle
of the World.” Fly to Baltra Island, gateway
to the Galapagos. Board the MV Galapagos
Legend for a five-day cruise. Spot colonies
of marine iguanas, lava lizards, tequila and
various cacti. Snorkel and see penguins, sea
turtles and white-tipped sharks. Sail on to
Fernandina Island to see oversized marine
iguanas mingling with Sally Lightfoot crabs
and sea lions sharing the beach with Galapagos penguins. At Santiago Island, look for
birds like the great blue herons, lava herons
and oyster catchers. Visit the island of Rabida and hike to the scenic salt water lagoon,
frequented by graceful flamingos. Visit the
Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa
Cruz Island. See the famous giant tortoises.
Leave the Galapagos and fly to Guayaquil,
Ecuador’s largest city. The cost per person,
double occupancy is $6,349. Price includes
round-trip air, hotel accommodations, MV
Legend Superior Cabin, comprehensive
sightseeing, 23 meals, taxes and fees (subject to increase until paid in full). A $250
deposit is due with application. Stop by the
Excursion Desk for an itinerary.
SHADES OF IRELAND
March 11 through 20
Experience all of the charms of Ireland
on this 10-day tour. This Irish adventure
begins in Dublin with a fun-filled Irish dinner complete with traditional entertainment. Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Dublin,
visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, O’Connell
Street, Grafton Street, Phoenix Park and
see the city’s trademark – magnificent rows
of stately Georgian town homes. Travel to
Kilkenny to explore this medieval gem. Visit
the new House of Waterford Crystal factory
and enjoy a walking tour of the historic city
of Waterford. Journey to historic Blarney
Castle and kiss the famous Blarney Stone.
A tour of the Muckross House and gardens
offers a glimpse into the elegant lifestyle of
the Victorian gentry. Travel along one of the
most beautiful coastal routes in the world,
the Ring of Kerry. Continue on through rugged mountain passes into “Ladies View” for
breathtaking views of the Lakes of Killarney. Continue to Limerick and enjoy a city
tour showcasing King John’s Castle and the
Treaty Stone. Visit the Molanna Dairy Farm.
Journey to the stunning 700-foot-high
Cliffs of Moher. Travel through the vast
limestone landscape of the Burren, known
for its stark beauty and Neolithic tombs.
Continue past scenic countryside into Galway, where a city tour introduces the City of
Tribes. Visit Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre
to learn how Irish whiskey is made. Stay on
the magnificent grounds of Cobra Castle in
Kingscourt. The cost per person, double
occupancy is $2,799 ($3,199 for single).
Price includes round-trip air, eight nights’
hotel accommodations, comprehensive
sightseeing, 13 meals, taxes and fees (subject to increase until paid in full). A $250
deposit is due with application. Stop by the
Excursion Desk for an itinerary.
DATE CORRECTION
CHINA FEATURING BEIJING, HANGZHOU
AND SHANGHAI
Mar. 20 through 28
Start this journey in Beijing, a fascinating capital with a treasure of beautifully preserved palaces, tombs and relics. Visit the
Temple of Heaven where the emperors prayed
for good harvest. See the famous Olympics
Birds Nest and Water Bubbles buildings.
With a local guide, tour the Summer Palace,
the ancient royal palace built by the Dragon
lady in the last dynasty. Visit the Forbidden
City, the inner sanctum where for centuries
Chinese emperors ruled, and the Tiananmen Square. Spend a full day at the Great
Wall of China, one of the greatest man-made
wonders of the world. Visit the Sacred Way
of the Ming Tomb with many ancient stone
carved animals. Fly to Shanghai and transfer to Hangzhou, well known for its beautiful
natural scenery. It is also the capital of Zhejiang Province, one of the wealthiest regions
in China. Enjoy a West Lake Boat Cruise for
some of the most beautiful scenery in China.
Explore Lingyin Temple, one of the10 most
famous Buddhist temples in China and a
leading center for research relative to Chinese Buddhist culture. Learn about famous
“Dragon Well” tea at the tea plantation. Tour
Shanghai, a paradise for adventure and excitement. Ride along the Bund, the riverside
boulevard that is Shanghai’s showpiece and
view the 1930s-era high-rise architecture.
Visit the Garden of the Mandarin Yu and a
Silk Weaving Workshop. The cost per per-
son double occupancy is $2,599. A deposit
of $500 per person is due with reservation
form to secure reservations. Final payment
is due Jan. 5, 2012. A valid passport is required for this tour. Detailed itinerary and
reservation form are available at the Excursion Desk.
MEXICAN RIVIERA
April 3 through 13, 2012
Experience the beauty of Mexico’s
golden Riviera on an 11-day cruise on Star
Princes, round trip from San Francisco.
Stops include Catalina Island; Puerto Vallarta, which is an international resort with
palm-lined beaches; Mazatlan, with superb
year-round climate and two distinct types
of coastlines – the rocky Pacific beaches
and the broad white-sand beaches; Cabo
San Lucas with its crystal-clear waters and
white-sand beaches; and San Diego, with
its endless sunshine. The Sea Princes is an
ideal sized ship. It has ccomfortable surroundings and relaxing venues such as the
Sanctuary, the Piazza-style atrium, Movies
Under the Stars, Wheelhouse Bar, Sabatini’s SM Italian restaurant. The price includes 10 nights aboard the Star Princess,
round-trip transfers from Rossmoor to 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 $1,735 per person depending on
stateroom choice. A deposit of $600 per
person is due to secure reservations. Visit
the Excursion Desk for an itinerary and
stateroom options. Final payment is due by
Jan. 12, 2012.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CRUISE
April 13 through 28
Enjoy the wonders of the Hawaiian Islands in style on board the Star Princess
sailing round trip from San Francisco. The
Sea Princes is an ideal sized ship with great
amount of amenities, and an itinerary that
is guaranteed to please. Days and nights
will be full of endless opportunities for fun.
The first landing destination will be Hilo,
the Big Island of Hawaii. Marvel at this paradise of black-sand beaches, tropical rainforest and volcanic mountains. Mauna Loa,
the largest mountain on the planet, soars
above the lava fields of Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park. Explore Honolulu, Waikiki
Beach and Diamond Head. The next destination is Nawiliwili, Kauai where nature
is truly the star, from the dramatic mountains of Kokee to the cool rain forests of
Haena. Maui boasts stunning landscapes
and superb beaches. Maui’s Iao Valley is a
tropical paradise dominated by the Needle,
a volcanic monolith towering over the valley floor. After leaving Hawaii, there will be
one more stop on the way back in Ensenada, Mexico. Included in the price are the
15-night cruise aboard the Star Princess,
round-trip transfers from Rossmoor to 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. The prices
start from $2,365 per person depending on
stateroom choice. A deposit of $760 per
person is due to secure reservations. Visit
the Excursion Desk for a detailed itinerary
and stateroom options. Final payment is
due by Jan. 10, 2012.
NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM AND PARIS
FLORIADE 2012
May 7 through 17
Enjoy the splendors of Netherlands,
Belgium and Paris featuring historic Bruges and Floriade 2012 on this spectacular
excursion. The journey begins in Amsterdam, the 800-year-old thriving capital of
Holland. Enjoy a welcome dinner followed
by a candlelight canal cruise. The next day
includes a sightseeing tour highlighting
Amsterdam’s historic city center, the Royal
Palace, and a visit to famous diamondcutting artisan workshops. The following
day will include a visit to the Floriade horticultural exhibition. Held just once every
10 years, Floriade is the ultimate global
cultural event featuring flora from around
the world, as well as more than 300 cul-
tural and green-tech presentations representing more than 30 countries. The next
destinations include Brussels, the capital of
Belgium, and Bruges, one of Europe’s most
perfectly preserved medieval cities, Paris
and Claude Monet’s home and gardens at
Giverny. Cap off an incredible trip with a
dinner in the Eiffel Tower. Afterwards, relax and soak up the atmosphere of the city
while on a romantic Seine River cruise. An
itinerary is available at the Excursion Desk.
The cost per person, double occupancy is
$4,099 ($5,099 single). A deposit of $250
is due with application. Sign up before Nov.
7 and save $100 per person.
BERMUDA
July 13 through 22
Discover the romance and relaxation of
the tropical isle of Bermuda. Start the journey in New York City with a two-night precruise stay at a first-class hotel in midtown
Manhattan near the Theater District. Enjoy
a tour of New York, including a hosted lunch
and plenty of free time to explore. Board
the Holland America’s MS Veendam for a
seven-night cruise. In Bermuda, discover
secluded coves with pink sand beaches and
take a romantic horse-drawn carriage ride
along cobblestone streets. Enjoy a game of
golf and explore the quaint shops and boutiques of picturesque Hamilton. In nearby
St. George’s, discover 400 years of British
colonial history. The price includes sevennight cruise, round-trip air to New York,
all transfers, two nights accommodations
in New York City, three meals in New York
City, half-day guided tour of New York City,
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 $2,995
per person depending on your stateroom
choice. A deposit of $600 per person is due
to secure reservations. Final payment is due
by April 20, 2012. Visit the Excursion Desk
for an itinerary and stateroom options.
SWITZERLAND AND THE ENCHANTED
RHINE RIVER CRUISE
Aug. 4 through 16
This trip offers two nights in Zurich,
two nights in Lucerne and seven nights on
the Rhine River. This four-country journey
starts in Switzerland with a walking tour
of the picturesque Zurich that will include
Grossmunster, St. Peter, Old Town, Town
Hall and Fraunmunster, offering an exceptional panoramic view of Zurich. Take a scenic drive around the lakes before reaching
Lucerne. Situated on Lake Lucerne, the city
is a medieval gem. Enjoy a cruise across the
tranquil waters of Lake Lucerne. Explore
some of the city’s famous cobblestone
streets, monuments, fountain-embellished
public squares, covered bridges and colorful frescoed buildings with a walking tour.
Visit the Lion Monument en route to Basel.
Board the MS Amacello for a cruise. Arrive in Breisach and choose between a city
tour of Colmar (France) or a tour through
the famous Black Forest region of Colmar.
Take a tour through the charming town of
Strasbourg, visit the La Petite France district. Arrive in Speyer, one of the Germany’s
oldest cities, and visit the Speyer Cathedral,
many churches and the Altportel. Choose
between a city tour of Speyer or an excursion to Heidelberg. In Rudesheim, visit
Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, explore the Drosselglasse.
Cruise through the Rhine Gorge, passing
castles and the legendary Loreilei Rock.
Arrive in Koblenz and enjoy a walk through
town. Arrive in Cologne, take a walking tour
of Old Town and Cathedral Square. Take
a bus to Venlo to visit the Floriade World
Horticultural Expo 2012. The cruise ends in
Amsterdam. Enjoy a scenic canal cruise; see
the beautiful homes that line the water, the
fabled skinny bridge, and the famous Anne
Frank House. The MS Amacello debuted in
the spring of 2008. These vessels set new
standards in European river cruising and
offer a number of features. Each vessel carries 148 passengers in luxury, with amenities of a fine hotel. Prices start from $6,925
per person and include roundtrip air, all
transfers, hotel accommodations in Zurich
Excursions
and Lucerne including daily breakfast buffet, deluxe cruise in an outside stateroom,
dining with all meals included while cruising, unlimited red and white wines from
Europe, beer and soft drinks with every
dinner on board the ship, all-inclusive
sightseeing programs, folklore dances,
lectures, theme dinners and music performances. Price also covers sightseeing in Zurich, Lucerne and Amsterdam,
port taxes, all local taxes, skycap and lo-
cal transfer gratuities, cancellation insurance. A $1,000 per person deposit is due
with application. Final payment is due by
April 10. Stop by the Excursion Desk for a
complete itinerary.
ISLANDS OF NEW ENGLAND
Sept. 27 through Oct. 5
Rossmoor Excursion Desk and Ralf
Parton, president of the Rossmoor Railroad Club, have teamed up and put together a trip to the Nor theast for nex t
fall. The “Islands of New England” is a
customized nine-day Collette Vacations
trip exploring the many famous and historic sites between Providence, R.I., and
Boston. The highlights of the tour include
Cape Cod and Hyannisport, home of the
Kennedy compound, with a visit to Provincetown, a lively artist colony, Plymouth,
where the Pilgrims landed in 1620, the
yachting capitol of Newpor t and a tour
of Vanderbilt Marble House, the beautiful
islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. The trip features three scenic train
rides, two of which will include elegant
dinners served on board. There will be a
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full day in Boston, sightseeing from Beacon Hill to Faneuil Hall Marketplace, and a
visit to its famous museum of Fine Arts.
Included in the low price of $2,749 are 13
meals, a real New England lobster feast,
round-trip air, pickup from Rossmoor
manor and transferred to SFO, four nights
each at just two four-star hotels, a deluxe
motorcoach with a full-time trip manager
and local guides. For information, call
Anna Pomazanova at 988-7731 or visit
the Rossmoor Excursion Desk at Gateway
to pick up a flyer that contains a day-byday itinerary and a registration form.
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
Thursday, Jan. 5
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 $10
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.
CACHE CREEK WITH ORT
Monday, Jan. 9
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
joycekearney@yahoo.com. ORT helps
train and rehabilitate people in 58 countries worldwide and is open to everyone
RENO SNOW TRAIN
Feb. 14 through 16, 2012
Sit back and relax and watch the wintertime scenery from a reserved seat on
the Snow Train to Reno trip sponsored by
FROM ROSSMOOR CLUBS
St. Anne’s Society. Ice and glasses are
provided, but travelers can bring snacks
and drinks. Depart from Gateway Clubhouse and travel to Martinez train station
for departure on Feb. 14. Stay two nights
at the El Dorado Hotel in Reno. The cost
is $255.50 per person double occupancy,
$301.50 for single and includes round trip
to Reno aboard the Snow Train. Aboard
the train, there is historical narration,
strolling minstrels, piano lounge car, cafe/
bar in the great dome, snack pack going
and a deli lunch on the return train, hotel,
including tax and 50 percent off show at
Harrah’s plus a winners’ book of coupons,
including meals, drinks and also baggage
handling. The full amount is now due.
Make check payable to Key Holidays and
mail to 1621 Ptarmigan Drive 1C. Payment
is due no later than Jan. 2. Special assistance forms are available. Payments are
accepted by credit cards. For information,
call Long at 939-5151.
SAP OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Sunday, Feb. 19
The Rossmoor Tennis Club is sponsoring an excursion to the HP Pavilion in San
Jose to attend the oldest ATP men’s tennis
tournament in Northern California. The SAP
OPEN always features many international
tennis stars as well as the best American
players. Already signed to play are last
year’s defending champion, 20-year-old
Canadian Milos Raonic; three-time past
champion Andy Roddick; another past SAP
champion Aussie Lleyton Hewitt; James
Blake, Sam Ouerrey, French star Gael Monfils and many more. For a view of the entire
court, the club has reserved 47 upper baseline seats for both the single and doubles
finals. The charted bus leaves Gateway at
11:45 a.m. The finals begin at 1 p.m. and
the bus returns by 6:30. The cost for the
afternoon finals is $75 per person and includes round trip deluxe motorcoach, the
tickets, bottled water and munches. Call
Ralf Parton at 256-7078.
WALKING TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND
March 10 through 29
19-day walking tour of New Zealand. Spend
two weeks in the South Island and five days
in the North island. Explore Christchurch,
Fox Glacier, Wanaka and spend a night on
a boat on the Milford Sound. There will
also be a hangi feast featuring the Maori
culture in Roturua where there are volcanic
attractions. A ferry trip to Waiheke Island
is included as well as free time in Aukland.
There will be both easy and more difficult
walks to suit all levels of activity. The longer trails will have shorter alternatives. The
land cost is $3,995 per person, double occupancy; single supplement $1,295, plus
approximately $1,500 for the airfare. Call
Dick Pierce at 933-8654 for details of the
trip, or email richard.pierce3@comcast.
net.
SPECIAL EVENTS & MOVIES
FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
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, Dec. 29
Comedic Soprano Kate Offer will perform at Fun Day in the Sierra Room at
Del Valle at noon. Play bingo for the benefit of Friends of Meals on Wheels. This
free program is open to all residents and
their guests.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MOVIE
Thursday and Friday Dec. 29 through 30
The 2011 drama “Cowboys and
Aliens” starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford will be shown in Peacock Hall
at Gateway on Thursday and Friday at 1,
4, 7 p.m. The showings at 1 p.m. will feature language captions. This film is 118
minutes long and is rated PG-13. This
free program is open to all residents and
The Rossmoor Trails Club is offering a
their guests.
SATURDAY MOVIE
Saturday, Dec. 31
The 1945 holiday drama “After the Thin
Man” starring William Powell and Myrna
Loy will be shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The showings at 1
and 4 will feature language captions. This
film is 113 minutes long and is not rated.
This free program is open to all residents
and their guests.
SUNDAY FUNNIES
Sunday, Jan. 1
The 1976 comedy “Silent Movie” starring Mel Brooks and Dom DeLuise will be
shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway at 4 and
7 p.m. The showing at 4 p.m. will feature
language captions. This film is 87 minutes
long and is rated PG. This free program is
open to all residents and their guests.
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…
Tuesday, Jan. 3
The 1960 Academy Award-winning
comedy “The Apartment” starring Jack
Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine will be
shown in Peacock Hall at Gateway at 1 p.m.
The showing will feature language captions. This film is 125 minutes long and is
not rated. This free program is sponsored
by the Recreation Department and is open
to all residents and their guests.
ARTS & LEISURE
AROUND THE BAY AREA
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE presents the
musical fairy tale “The Wild Bride,” based on the German
fairy tale titled “The Handless Maiden,” through Jan. 22
at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison Street, Berkeley. Call
510-647-2949 or visit the website at berkeleyrep.org.
CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY presents “Arms
and the Man,” a social comedy by George Bernard Shaw,
Jan. 27 through Feb. 25 at the Lesher Center for the Arts,
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. The play is a charming
tale of romance going awry with unexpected turns,
mistaken identities and the author’s surprising opinions.
Tickets are $38 to $43. Call 943-7469 or go to www.
centerrep.org.
DIABLO ACTORS ENSEMBLE presents “Frankie &
Johnnie in the Clair de Lune” by Terrance McNally from
Jan. 20 through Feb. 5. This bittersweet comedy combines
poignancy and laughter as it traces the unlikely romance
that begins to develop between two middle-aged “losers.”
For tickets, call 1-866-811-4111 or visit the website at
www.diabloactors.com.
GOLD COAST CHAMBER PLAYERS present
“Mozart Melodies,” to help celebrate Mozart’s birthday,
on Jan. 21 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Lafayette Library and
Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Senior tickets are
$25. Call 283-3728, go to www.gcplayers.org or email
gccp@comcast.net.
OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
presents UC Professor Michael Fox Jan. 19 from 1 to 3
p.m. at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491
Mt. Diablo Blvd. He will discuss documentary film and
film festivals. Free. Go to www.olli.berkeley.edu.
ROLE PLAYERS ENSEMBLE presents “Laura,”
a spellbinding murder mystery, Jan. 13 through Feb. 4
at the Village Theatre, 233 Front St., Danville. Tickets
are $18 to $26 at the Community Center, 420 Front St.,
Danville, or call 314-3400. Get a sneak-peek with the
artistic director, Eric Fraisher Hayes, on Jan. 5, from 7
to 8 p.m. at the Danville Library. For information, go to
www.danvilletheatre.com.
THE SHELLIE AWARDS, where local theater
companies are presented awards for best performances,
will be held at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut
Creek on Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lesher Center. For
Tickets, call 943-7469 or purchase them online at www.
lesherartscenter.com
STARS TO THE RESCUE XXI will be presented Jan.
7 at 7 p.m. at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic
Drive, Walnut Creek. This is a fundraiser for Tony La
Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF). Scheduled
to appear at this evening of music and entertainment is
five-time Grammy winning country music star Wynonna,
multi-talented entertainer George Lopez and vocalist Jeff
Scott Soto. Additional performers will be announced as
they confirm their participation. For tickets, call 943-7469
or go to the website at www.lesherartscenter.org.
TOWN HALL THEATRE presents “Petty Theft,” the
ultimate tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as part
of the Town Hall Music Series, on Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at Town
Hall Theatre, 3535 School Street, Lafayette. For tickets, call
283-1557 or visit the website at www.townhalltheatre.com.
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ROSSMOOR SPORTS
Resolve to hike more
in 2012 – Rossmoor
Trails Club can help
By Meg Fox
Club correspondent
It’s the time for New Year’s
resolutions and among the top
10 include: get more exercise;
go outdoors more often and
enjoy the beautiful surrounding; spend more time with
friends; meet new people; and
learn something new.
Success can be easily
achieved every week, yearround, with the Rossmoor
Trails Club, which offers interesting outings with friendly people three days a week.
Hikes range from a brisk
hour’s walk around the golf
course each Monday to a challenging, fast-paced eight- to
10-mile hike with the Scramblers every Wednesday and
Saturday.
For those who are somewhere in-between, the Amblers hike three to five miles
at a moderate pace on good
trails with up to 500-foot elevation gain. The Ramblers
hike five to seven miles on
more challenging trails and
with steeper climbs, but stop
a few times along the way to
appreciate the scenery and rehydrate.
Since January in the Bay
Area can have days of rain,
dress in warm layers with waterproof coverings, like other
Trails Club members who
don’t let wet weather spoil
their day. Some even hike
with an umbrella.
For any Trails Club hike,
be sure to wear comfortable
hiking boots and bring lots
of water, lunch, hiking poles,
and sun protection. It’s a good
idea to have a hat and a windbreaker. Be prepared for heat,
wind, rain, creek crossings,
muddy trails, and slippery
trails.
The Monday walkers meet
at 8:45 a.m. on the large patio between Peacock Hall and
Gateway Clubhouse.
The Amblers, Ramblers
and Scramblers meet at 8:45
a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays behind Multipurpose
Room 3 at Gateway to arrange carpools to the trail
head. Bring cash to share gas
costs with the driver.
Most trips are $2 to $4
based on the round-trip distance (and occasional park
fees). Lunch is on the trail.
Hikers are usually back by 2
to 3 p.m.; some hikes return
later and the leader will advise in advance. No pets are
allowed.
New members are warmly welcomed. Call Harriet
Schwartz at 934-7402 for
membership and new hiker
information and required
forms. Trail descriptions, the
monthly hike schedule, club
events, photos and more are
at www.rossmoortrailsclub.
weebly.com
During the winter months,
some hike leaders prefer to
decide their destination after they get a current weather report and will notify the
group by email or just before
heading out. All hike destinations are weather-dependent,
but the leader will be ready
to take a group somewhere.
Those who need to know the
destination may telephone the
leader.
Every Monday: Walk
around golf cours.e
Wednesday, Jan. 4: Amblers: Pat Trapani is starting
the New Year with a hike
in Burton Valley. Ramblers:
Jack Cassidy has plans to hike
along the Walnut Creek Canal
Trail, depending on weather.
Scramblers: Tony Smith is
taking hikers up the hills on
the Rossmoor campus.
Saturday, Jan. 7: Amblers:
Marian Herndon is leading
a group at San Pablo Dam.
Ramblers: Marty Nelson
has planned a hike to Lake
Chabot. Scramblers: Arlene
Pitman will lead a hike to
Lime Ridge.
Wednesday, Jan 11: Amblers: Brian Healy is heading to Mt. Diablo to hike.
Ramblers: Bill Dorman will
lead a hike in the Rossmoor
Hills, depending on the
weather. Scramblers will follow George Potter to the Shell
Ridge Peaks.
Saturday, Jan. 14: Amblers: Jim Hartnett is going
hiking with the Amblers in
Tilden Park. Ramblers: Richard Gerson, to be decided.
Scramblers: Ta-Hsia Kuo is
leading a Super Scramble in
the Mt. Diablo Hills.
Wednesday, Jan. 18: Amblers: With Tunette Steiner
in the lead, the Amblers will
hike at Shell Ridge. Ramblers:
Sumner Walters is waiting for
a timely weather report, but
plans to lead a hike in Briones from the north side if it’s
not muddy. Scramblers: Don
Geahry is taking hikers on
the Bay Farm Loop in Alameda, followed by dim sum
dining.
Saturday, Jan. 21: Amblers: If the trails in Briones
Park are dry, Earl Sawyer and
the Amblers will be hiking
there. Ramblers: Marvin and
Rochelle Schulman have an
interesting hike in mind and
will send an email. Scramblers: Diane Hinds plans a
hike to Inspiration Point.
Wednesday, Jan. 25: Amblers: Helene Riddle is leading a hike along the Canal
The RTC Board members are, from left, Christie Maxwell, Michael Ying, Gay White, Peter Sculley,
President Pauline Hanley, Barbara Blum, Dave Kern, Mary Kay McClure and Dick Normington.
RTC ends its year with a celebration
Gears up for
first Wild Card
By Mary Kay McClure
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Tennis Club
(RTC) held its annual holiday
party Dec. 17, hosted by Cynthia Robertson and her Bingo
Bombshells. Gloria McBeth
played piano as singers gathered around in the Fireside
Room during cocktail time.
Outgoing president, John
Lee, announced the winners
of the Service Awards for this
past year. Angie Dometrovich
was honored for her many
years of cheerful support
and assistance with countless events, tournaments and
lending a hand whenever it
was needed. She has helped
to create many an inventive
centerpiece for club events
held in the Fireside Room.
Dr. Arthur White was lauded for the numerous times he
has consulted with injured
players providing encouragement, suggested therapies
and other tips about how to
work around the pain during
recovery.
“I’d like to make everybody better,” White said.
After dinner, Bob and Jerry Sequeira provided dance
music and a wild and merry
Service Award winner Angie Dometrovich and Arthur White
time was had by all.
Wild Card and resolutions
Members are reminded to
sign up for 2012 first Wild
Card tournament to be held at
8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7,
at Buckeye.
Members continue to submit
their court resolutions for the
New Year. One player resolves
to make every effort to retrieve
errant balls prior to them hindering play on an adjacent
court. Another will remember
to donate old balls to the boxes
under the sign-in sheet for use
at nursing homes and for
children overseas.
Many members have resolved to keep their voices
down while watching tournament play between courts
2 and 3.
Nancy McConnell has
concluded the year with her
December decoration within
the box at Buckeye. She also
produces and places fresh
sign-in sheets at both Buckeye and Creekside, as well as
distributes the used balls to
worthy causes.
Lawn Bowling Club has successful year
By Bob Lewis
Club correspondent
The Rossmoor Lawn Bowling Club celebrated another successful and enjoyable year on the
greens with a holiday awards and recognition
banquet on Dec. 19.
Current Club president Lionel Guterres presided and passed the torch to 2012 president-elect
Rick Oliveira. Previous presidents Vera Belton,
Ed Guterres, Bob Harbeson, Elsie Napoli, Bob
Penman, Jackie Purdy, Sandy Souza, Harold
Tunnell and Tay Wheeler each hosted tables and
were acknowledged for their past service.
As Ray Xavier read the list, cash awards were
presented to the top 20 winners in the accumulated bowling scores of the monthly fun socials.
Then, trophies and plaques were awarded to the
winners and runners-up of the several tournaments held throughout the year.
Dinner and the awards presentations were
followed by a sing-along of holiday music and
dancing.
Sixteen contestants participated in the club’s
second annual Rummikub Tournament in the
Lawn bowlers honor year’s achievements
BRIDGE BITES
FROM THE AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
A Profitable Sacrifice
By Brian Gunnell
NORTH
♠Q43
♥A9754
♦—
♣QJ985
WEST
EAST
♠K95
♠AJ2
♥Q86
♥—
♦AJ85
♦KQ6432
♣AK7
♣ 10 4 3 2
SOUTH
♠ 10 8 7 6
♥ K J 10 3 2
♦ 10 9 7
♣6
Vulnerable: None
When this was dealt at a duplicate game, most E-W pairs
missed their slam and played
in 5♦, making 12 tricks and
scoring +420. At three tables,
South played in 5♥ doubled.
The object of the exercise here
was to make 9 tricks, which
would be down two and -300.
Could South escape for down
two, or would it be down three
and the dreaded -500?
At table 1, West led the
♦A, ruffed on the board. Now
a Heart to Declarer’s King,
East showing out. The bad
trump break meant that Declarer could not ruff three Diamonds in Dummy and also
pick up West’s trump holding. That being so, the only
way to avoid -500 was to set
up some Club tricks. So, after
winning the ♥K, Declarer led
a Club, which West won with
the King. The defense cashed
three Spades, and then a Diamond was ruffed on the board.
A Club was ruffed (low), followed by a Heart to the Nine,
another Club ruff (setting up
the suit), then back to Dummy’s ♥A to enjoy the Club
winners. Down only two, for
-300.
But West could have done
better. After Declarer has
taken the first Club ruff, the
trump situation is:
♥ A9
♥Q8 ♥ -♥JT3
At table 2, when Declarer
led the Heart Three, West was
a star, majestically rising with
the Queen! That blocks the
Heart suit and means that it’s
no longer possible later to win
the third round of trumps in
Dummy. Very nice defense,
indeed, and -500 for N-S.
At table 3, Declarer anticipated that blocking problem
and cleverly ruffed the first
Club with her Jack. Now the
trumps were:
♥ A9
♥ Q8 ♥ -♥ T32
No blockage in this layout,
so N-S escaped with -300 for
a profitable sacrifice.
mat house on Dec. 14. They
played three rounds, contesting for the lowest accumulated
score.
Winners were: first place,
Margaret Leary 52; second
place, Suzie Eriksen 134; third
place, Mary Kung 158; and a
tie for fourth place, Jody Allison and Pat Guterres 160.
Rummikub play was followed
by an early dinner.
New bowlers
Twenty-one new lawn bowlers were trained and certified
by Jeanne Lauritzen and Ed de
Assis during 2011.
Diana Gilbertson and her
partner Susan Haller were certified Oct. 20, but have been
living since then at their winter
home in southern California.
They will return to Rossmoor
for three weeks before returning to La Quinta until next
spring.
Gilbertson was born in Chicago. She attended colleges at
Northern Illinois University,
Northwestern and North Texas
State, and is a retired professor of business management at
CSU- Fresno.
Haller was born in Indiana.
She graduated and obtained
her master’s degree from
Southern Indiana University
and is retired after 35 years
as a licensed clinical social
worker.
The two met through work
in Chicago 40 years ago and
have lived in Chicago, Texas
and California. Gilbertson and
Haller are avid and long-time
Golfers are asked to repair divots
While golfi ng, look for opportunities to put
sand in a divot.
The golf course grass struggles in the winter because of the short daylight hours. A divot
is left on the grass when the club strikes the
ground when hitting the golf ball. This leaves
a small bare spot on the course, which is like a
little wound on the earth.
Golfers are asked to put a bandage on the
wound: Put sand in each divot. The sand can be
found in the green box next to the golf ball-dispensing machine at the practice range.
Grass seed is kept next to the big green
box in a small round box. Mix some sand
and seed together and take it on the course.
There are sand bottles available for purchase
to make the effort easier, but any container
can be used.
Sand and seed are all part of what the
well-equipped golfer takes on the course.
Refills are available from any of the black
sand containers at each of the tee-off areas.
It is permissible to refill a sand bottle/container from these black sand containers.
Now is the time to join Masters Swim Club
During the holidays, some
may think about weight control
and exercise. The Rossmoor
Masters Swim Club invites
residents to join the group,
also known as the Silver Bullets. Members swim, get fit and
have fun all at the same time.
All levels of swimmers are
welcome at club workouts with
national-level champion coach
Lisa Ward. Some residents
may be interested in improving
their strokes or in competing.
To see if the program is
right, tr y two workouts for
free.
The annual dues for 2012
a re $10 a person. There is
a sepa rate cha rge for the
workouts.
For those thinking about
making New Year’s resolutions, now is the time to join
the club.
For information, contact
Dale Reynolds, president, at
954-1196. To join or pay dues,
call Maureen Heuga, treasurer,
at 296-9276.
Trails Club encourages hikers to go for a walk
Trail. Both the Ramblers, led
by Carl Irving, and the Scramblers, led by Uri and Ruth Cohen, are planning “mud-free”
hikes on the Lafayette-Moraga Trail. If the weather is
nice, the hike may change.
Expecting guests? Call the
guest clearance system
— 988-7843.
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Saturday, Jan. 28: Amblers: Barbara Wackett is hiking with the Amblers along
the Quarry Trail. Ramblers:
Marion Herndon is leading a
hike in Briones. Scramblers:
Burt Rodgers has a surprise
hike.
New lawn bowlers, Susan Haller (left) and Diana Gilbertson
golfers. They enjoy traveling
and their new sport of lawn
bowling.
They moved to Rossmoor
about a year ago.
Upcoming events
Winter League bowling
starts Wednesday, Jan. 4. Entrants should meet at the mat
house, rain or shine, by 11:15
a.m. for the organization and
opening draw. Weather permitting, bowling will start at
noon and will continue for the
next six Wednesdays.
Next year’s dues statements
will be circulated, or it may
also be picked up in the mat
house. Checks should be submitted to Jody Allison by mail
(638 Terra California Drive
No. 1) or by placing an envelope in her locker (No. 95).
Dues are payable starting
Sunday, Jan. 1, and must be
received by Sunday, Jan. 15,
to be included in the 2012 club
directory.
Margaret Cross is organizing
and coordinating the fundraising project of helping with the
annual David M. Brian store
inventory on Sunday morning,
Jan. 29.
Because this project contributes necessary funds for the
club, the club is seeking more
members (and their family and
friends) to participate. There
are currently 46 persons signed
up; more would be great. Sign
up early.
CHESS FORUM
New members are sought
for the Rossmoor Chess
Club. The club offers a new
chess set to the new member
that plays the most games,
win or lose, during November and December.
Each week, the Chess
Club offers a chess problem
or a clever opening as well
as the answer for the previous week.
The answer for the Dec.
21 problem was 1 .Qxf7
check Kh7 2.Qh5 mate.
This week, another problem is offered to tease the
mind, white to mate in two.
The answer will be included
in next week’s column.
Players at all levels are
welcome at the Chess Room
on the first f loor of Dollar
Clubhouse on Fridays from
12:30 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays
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.
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Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday, Dec. 13
Section A
N/S 1. E. Beltran/D. Barker 2.
I. Darroch/H. Locey 3. R. Williams/J. Ellingsen 4. C. Franson/
E. Franson
E/W 1. C. Ip/R. Juo Cunha 2.G.
Karoly/R. Orloff 3. G. White/A.
Petersen 4. W.Y. Leong/M. Suchman
Section B
N/S 1. A. Eastman/D. Thompson 2. B.V. Smith/A. Sanders 3. B.
Owens/D. Watkin 4. E. Kautsi/S.
Teta
E/W 1. J. Anderson/S. Geraths
2. E. Matsui/F. Yoshida 3. J. Autrey/V.Mills 4. B. Sankary/M.L.
Armsby
Wednesday, Dec. 14
Section A
N/S 1. M. Suchman/W.Y. Leong 2. B. Felder/D. Grupenhoff 3.
P. Wimer/M. Newman 4. C. Franson/P. Berretta
E/W 1. D. Terris/R. Liu 2. G.
Cunha/R. Juo Cunha 3. I. Darroch/C. Warner 4. J. Lowe/E.
Reeve
Section B
N/S 1. B. Price/N. Wells 2. D.
Wolfe/A. Hogland 3. P. Williams/
V. Low 4. M. Stoops/B. LaCour
E/W 1. J. Erickson/C. Kearney
2. S. Teta/M.Duncan 3. M. Powell/E. Ying 4. E. Chiang/B. Chan
Thursday, Dec. 15
Section A
1. M. Suchman/W.Y. Leong 2.
R. Liu/C. Warner 3. G. Cunha/
R. Juo Cunha 4. A. Finkelstein/
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P. Wimer
Section B
N/S 1. D. Christiansen/D.
Thompson 2. J. Goodman/E.
Dayton 3. J. Zayac/K. Patric 4. K.
Hammond/S. Lim
E/W 1. M. Schubarth/D. Guilfoy 2. W. Miller/L. Hailey 3. B.
LeMaire/L. Farrell 4. K. Haley/
B. Blum
Saturday, Dec. 17
Section A
N/S 1.M. Newman/H. Schick
2.J. Lowe/E. Reeve 3. A. Murray/
J. Guillen 4. A. Mattox/N. Wells
E/W 1. D. Grupenhoff/C. Warner 2 M. Suchman/W.Y. Leong 3.
S. Burnett/C. Kearney 4. J. Zuckerberg/V. Low
Monday, Dec. 19
Section A
N/S 1. M. Suchman/C. Warner 2. P. Taylor/V. Petersen 3. B.
Felder/F. Howard 4. R. Herrick/J.
Francis
E/W 1. G. Cunha/R. Juo
Cunha 2. M. Livingston/M. Stuart 3. H. Schick/N. Rosenberg 4.
C. Nevin/P. Berretta
Section B
N/S 1. B. LaCour/R. Flink 2. J.
Taylor/S. Marks 3. J. Chenevey/J.
Chenevey 4. A. Donaldson/B.J.
Smith
E/W 1. D. Wolfe/A. Hogland
2. M. Stoops/C. Jennings 3. C.
Gould/E. Gould 4. L. Karr/C.
Daar
For additional information,
see posted results or go to http://
julialowe.bridgeforyou.com.
Partnership Bridge
On Dec. 20, 42 persons played
partnershipbridge in the Oak
Room at Gateway. Judy and Ted
Augustine topped the winners
with 4220 points, including a
small slam in hearts. Other winners were: Joan and Jim Chenevey, 4180; Bob and Alli Jornlin,
3750; Dorothy and Jed Crane,
3210; Brucie and Duncan Carter,
3190, including a small slam in
hearts; John Hyde/Dave Howell,2740, including a small slam
in diamonds; Sue Adams/Helen
Daily, 2700, including a small
slam in clubs; and Tunette Stein-
er/Sid Moss, 2590. Low score was
1100.
Directors John and Dolores
Clark managed the game. For information, call Dolores Clark at
947-1767.
On Dec. 16, partnership bridge
scores were: Elizabeth Moise/Lila
Kennedy 4310, Eva/Dick Bockius
tied with Dorothy/Jed Crane 3370,
Joan/Jim Chenevey 3130 and Pat
Guthrie/Carolyn Nelson 2980.
Low score was 520.
For information, call Helen
Dailey at 934-1902 or Carolyn
Nelson at 256-0144.
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.
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ost seniors want to stay in their
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Nancy Thompson, senior media relations
manager for AARP, said that older homes
can hold risks for seniors, including too many
stairs, poor lighting, problematic storage and
tripping, and slipping dangers. The fact that
seniors suffer from more health issues and become physically weaker makes a possible fall
more dangerous.
Prevention is key, and it starts with creating
a user-friendly home and staying up-to-date
with health issues and medications.
Falling at home is the most common cause
of traumatic death for seniors, according to
Dr. David Lipschitz, executive director of The
Longevity Center at St. Vincent and a syndicated columnist. Seniors should be extra careful when crossing the kitchen, bathroom and
bedroom, as well as when climbing the stairs.
When it comes to being outdoors, seniors
need to be cautious when walking on porches
with broken steps, uneven yards with rocks
and stones, or sidewalks with exposed plant
vines, according to Mary King, a caregiver
support writer for Suite101.com.
Falls in the home
Dangerous falls can happen at home because
seniors are more confident in familiar surroundings. King said that they may not pay as much
attention and will move too quickly. Other hazardous home situations include tripping over
small pets, slipping over items left in walkways,
slippery rugs with no-grip backing, wet floors,
broken stairs and floors needing repairs.
Old age leads to more health issues that
need to be addressed, such as poor eyesight,
arthritis, osteoporosis and decreased balance
and coordination. Lipschitz said medications
can make balance worse, especially when
they cause drowsiness, confusion and muscle
weakness. And not having enough space to
move with walkers or canes may result in a
fall, according to King.
Seniors should stay active and stick with
regular exercise routines, such as tai chi, water
workouts and walking. These types of exercises decrease the possibility of falls by improving balance, coordination, flexibility, muscle
strength and gait, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Make sure to wear appropriate shoes when
walking around the house. High heels, slippers, slick soles and stocking feet may cause a
senior to slip and fall. Thompson recommends
choosing shoes that fit properly and contain
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Visit the doctor
Go over prescriptions and over-the-counter
medications with a doctor. Many medications
cause drowsiness. King said that staying at
home until the effects of a new medicine have
been observed. A doctor can discuss the side
effects of certain medicines, as well as the
combination of medications.
Visit the eye doctor regularly. The wrong
glasses or a condition such as cataracts could
result in a fall, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention’s National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Fall-proof your home
In order to prevent fractures of the hip and
femur, a sprained or broken ankle, a broken
arm, bruises, lacerations or a head injury,
seniors need to fall-proof their homes. That
means removing items that could prove to be
obstacles, according to the Mayo Clinic. In
walkways, get rid of newspapers, electrical
cords, boxes, clothes and anything else that
someone could trip over. Avoid putting coffee
tables or magazine racks in high-traffic areas.
Remove loose scatter rugs, or use double-sided tape to keep them secured.
The CDC said to keep often-used items in
cabinets that are easy to reach. And when it
comes to a repair or a spill, take care of it immediately. Grab bars and handrails are important, especially for the stairs and in the
bathroom. Lipschitz said that bars should be
installed in the bathtub and near the toilet
area. It may help to have a rail on the outside
of the bed, too. And don’t forget the non-slip
mats for the bathtub and shower.
Seniors should also make sure their home
has proper lighting. Choose brighter lights or
lampshades and frosted bulbs that help to decrease glare. Contrasting colors on a home’s
surfaces help seniors to see more clearly, according to Lipschitz.
To keep adequate lighting, the Mayo Clinic
recommends putting night lights in the bedroom,
bathroom and hallways, placing a lamp near the
bed, turning on the lights while on the stairs and
remembering the location of flashlights.
Anyone who has fallen and are unable to
reach a phone, a medical alert system could
come to the rescue. Howard Feldman, president of Pioneer Emergency Medical Response
Services, said that if seniors can receive help
within the first hour of falling, there is a much
greater chance they will be able to recover. He
calls it the “golden hour.”
By wearing a wristband or necklace with
a medical alert system, a senior can press the
button and receive immediate medical assistance. Each Pioneer emergency call button
is waterproof and lightweight and contains
long-lasting batteries. Feldman’s company
also provides a 24-hour nurse help line; instant medical guidance and an assessment are
just a click away.
Aerobic dance and gentle
stretch offered by Cathy Steen
There are two classes currently being offered by Cathy
Steen at the Fitness Center.
Gentle stretching class:
meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8 to 8:30 a.m. in the
Exercise Room.
This year-round class emphasizes balance, flexibility,
range of motion and ease of
movement, while emulating everyday tasks.
Potential participants may attend the first class for free, which
afterward is $2.50 per class.
Aerobics dance class:
meets Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the
Exercise Room.
Participants will be rockin’
and rollin’ to the oldies in this
class. Steen incorporates Jackie Sorenson’s Jazzercise and
Richard Simmons’ “Sweatin’
to the Oldies” choreography
and music.
This is a low-impact dance
class consisting of a warm-up,
a lively and energetic dance
workout and a cool down.
Weights, mats, medicine
balls, tubes and bands are all
provided for a well-rounded
hour of stretching, aerobics
and strength training.
Potential participants may
attend the first class for free
and then pay $3 per class.
For information, call Steen,
827-2955.
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Keeping Fit
Medical Friends to learn
about plastic surgery for eyes asks members
Medical Friends of Rossmoor will meet Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 1
p.m. in Peacock Hall at Gateway. The speaker is ophthalmologist
Rona Silkiss. She will focus on plastic surgery for eyes, including
lumps, bumps and drooping eyelids – all common in seniors.
All Rossmoor residents are invited to the meeting.
Silkiss graduated from Northwestern Medical School. She
completed a pediatric residency at UCLA and New York Hospital. She also completed a residency in ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery at the Jules Stern Eye Institute in Los Angeles.
She is board certified in pediatrics and ophthalmology.
In addition to being a professor at UC Berkeley and UC San
Francisco Medical Center, she has held leadership positions on
16 medical boards and societies. Silkiss is a reviewer for four
medical journals. She is a medical advisor to two medical device
companies and has designed five surgical devices.
She has provided surgical care to medical mission projects in
Kenya, Pakistan, Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Lithuania and Tibet.
Silkiss maintains medical offices in Walnut Creek, Oakland,
Fremont, San Francisco and Palo Alto.
Medical Friends of Rossmoor is a club of 200-plus members
that sponsors talks six times a year. The goal is to present talks
by recognized medical experts regarding subjects of interest to
senior citizens. All Rossmoor residents are invited.
DVDs of past talks at meetings are available in the Rossmoor
Library, and are frequently rebroadcast over Rossmoor’s Channel
28.
For information or to suggest topics, contact Clair Weenig, a
medical doctor and club president, at csnjmweenig@comcast.
Power balance workshops
offered on Saturdays
Starting Jan. 7, power balance workshops are on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
in the Shasta Room, upstairs in
the Del Valle Clubhouse.
This is a balance and mobility training program. Falls
and their complications are the
fourth leading cause of death
in people over 65 and 95 percent of those falls occur at
home. The workshop goal is
to improve balance and body
movement.
Instructor Keith Thomas
has explored many aspects of
the healing profession. He is
a Chinese health practitioner
and an internal Kung Fu martial artist. He has practiced and
taught tai-chi, medical chigong healing and Bagua Zhang.
The power balance workshop
is a multi-dimensional customized program that keeps your
head up and your feet on the
ground.
Studies show that balance,
flexibility and strength training not only improve mobility, they also reduce the risk
of falling. Most older adults
do not exercise regularly. This
lack of movement and exercise
only makes it more difficult for
individuals to recover after a
fall. Many people are afraid of
falling again and reduce their
physical activity even more.
For rides
to medical
appointments,
call County
Connection Link
at 938-RIDE.
The first workshop on Jan.
7 is free. Cost is $10 per person per workshop afterward.
To register, contact Thomas
at thomaskth@msn.com or at
510-647-8165.
FORF to hold a Bingo
for 2012 dues Bonanza fundraiser
The Keeping Fit exercise
group dues are due for 2012
are $10 and may be paid in
class or sent to Keeping Fit c/
o Letecia Zelaya, 2717 Pine
Knoll Drive, No. 5.
Keeping Fit meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 to 10 a.m. in the
Shasta Room (second f loor)
at Del Valle Clubhouse. An
elevator is available.
The exercises will follow
one of several videos used by
the group, including the latest produced by Jane Fonda,
which are especially geared
towards seniors.
Videos include warm-up,
stretching, low-intensity aerobics, work with light weights
and a relaxation session.
Weights are available but
participants may wish to
bring their own.
It has been found that exercising in a group is far
more beneficial than exercising alone.
Join the class and become
stronger, more f lexible and
better able to handle daily
activities.
Potential members may attend the first class at no cost.
For information, call Marie
Harp at 274-1318.
The Friends of Rossmoor Fitness (FORF) will host a Bingo Bonanza event as a fundraiser for the Fitness Center and
pools. Bingo Bonanza will be held Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6
p.m. in the Sierra Room at Del Valle.
This event will include special bingo games, entertainment
and a snack bar. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available
for a donation.
The cost is $10 for FORF members, $12 to all others (prepurchased prior to the event) and $15 to all others at the door
the day of the event. The reservations are limited to 200 so
reserve now.
Mail checks to Judy French, 3401 Golden Rain Road No.
16, or to FORF, P.O. Box 2070, Walnut Creek 94595. For information, call French at 930-6482.
FORF is a club formed to have fun and raise money for
the Fitness Center and pools. Proceeds from donations and
fundraisers will support those needs of the Fitness Center
and pools not covered by the budget. Members are entitled
to attend all FORF events at a reduced rate and have the satisfaction of knowing they are helping the Fitness Center and
pools.
Membership is $12 per person per year. Membership forms
may be found at the Fitness Center or may be downloaded
from the website at rossmoorfitness.com. Mail membership
checks with the word “dues” written on the check to Bev
Louie, 4153 Terra Granada Drive No. 3A; or place them in
the FORF mailbox at Gateway.
Be sure to visit the Fitness Center website listed above to
learn about the many activities available. For information,
call Louie at 947-5428.
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Lions Center for the Blind rehabilitation
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John Liang, rehabilitation
director for Lions Center for
the Blind, will speak at the Beyond Eyes meeting on Sunday,
Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. at Del Valle
Clubhouse.
He will discuss the 12-hour
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topic. The program is for anyone who is currently blind or is
losing his or her eyesight; and
their family and friends.
The program is expected
to start in February, and there
will be sign-ups. If too many
people sign up, the program
will be offered again. For information, call Dorothy Henson at 935-6494.
At the meeting, Janyce
Gerber will conduct the singalong, while Wanda King plays
the piano.
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for the sight-impaired, their
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new year can
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science, psychology,
art, literature, music
– in all fields. Stimulate your mind in 2012, for
“if you don’t use it, you lose
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tea leaves. Don’t you love
heirloom tomatoes? They
are labor-intensive to grow.
They and cacao, honey, tea
and other health-promoting
foods from ancient traditions
will be lost, will morph into
newer chemicalized, geneticpatented entities unless they
are preserved. This fi lm has
a message about all food, not
just tea.
“How to Cook Your Life”
shows a Buddhist monk living his philosophy by cooking with love and offering
classes to students.
A
“The Future of
Food,” like “Food,
Inc.” is a fascinating
report on the genetics
and other engineering
that is affecting the
food supply.
“Forks
Over
Knives” shows how food
choice can prevent or improve diseases.
“Queen of the Sun” is
about the quality of honey
and bee colony collapse.
The art of living
“Avatar” is a beautiful film about transcending
violence and the terrestrial
world towards a spiritual
maturity, not unlike the way
one might study and master
the martial arts to feel strong
and secure, thus decreasing
aggression. “I see you,” one
lead character says to another. I see the whole, authentic
you with none of the veils of
delusion, deception or defensiveness. Arriving at mature
interactions is the goal of
psychotherapy.
“Rabbit Hole” is not
full of fantasy characters
like ‘Avatar.” It deals with
an ordinary couple mourning the death of their child.
It is a realistic portrayal of
stress dealt with differently
by each of three people in
the only ways they can, given their personalities and
defense mechanisms. They
fall through the same “hole
in the universe,” like the rabbit hole in “Alice in Wonderland,” the tragedy of a death.
Each strives to survive, one
through communicating, one
through acting out feelings
and one through fantasizing.
“The Tree of Life” also
shows a couple who lost a
child. It has several long sequences of imagery of powContinued on back page
New step
class offered,
first class free
A step class combined
with circuit strength training is offered Tuesdays,
beginning Jan. 3, from
12:45 to 1:45 p.m. in the
Aerobics Room at the Fitness Center at Del Valle.
The class is taught by
Cheryl Antrim, a certified
group exercise instructor
and personal trainer.
She has taught aerobics classes since 1982.
She has a degree in exercise physiology and keeps
current by attending continuing education courses
regularly.
Jan. 3 is a free demonstration class. Cost per
class is $7.50. For information, contact Antrim at
510-367-8525.
CLASSIFIED ADS
CLASSIFIED INDEX HOW TO PLACE A
CLASSIFICATION CODE
Personals .............................. 10
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
CLASSIFIED AD
Classified ads in the Rossmoor
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
2190, Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
Classified ads can be e-mailed
to newsdesk@rossmoor.com,
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
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 9887800.
10 PERSONALS
45 TRANSPORTATION
INCOME TAX ADVISORY and prior
return review 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 offi ce) or
www.diablotaxservice.com.
“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,
dependable. Call “Jonny” 925-3958181. Excellent Rossmoor references! TCP 25475.
NEEDED!! A SIAMESE CAT lover.
For a beautiful cat. Please call 925935-0117.
I AM A HUMOROUS DENTIST, wanting to meet a calm and collected,
pleasant man 60 to 70 yrs. Please
do not hesitate communicating with
me. Time spent will be worth-while.
You have to see me first. Thanks.
707-628-7227.
30 LOST
AQUAMARINE RING LOST: in the
Diablo Room at Hillside, Dec. 17
during Boomers Winter Solstice
party. Family heirloom. Reward.
Contact Rose Marie Kirkpatrick.
280-6041.
GOLD CROSS AND CHAIN: about
1-1/2” high. Family keepsake. Lost
Sunday, Dec. 18, in the Sierra Room
at Del Valle Clubhouse (or parking
lot). Please call 933-8444.
40 MISCELLANEOUS
HELPING HANDS / PERSONAL Assistant. Transportation to doctor
ap p oint ments, gro c er y / c lot hes
shopping, errands, etc. I am reliable, honest and caring. Rossmoor
references. I would love to help you!
Call Linda at 925-825-2181.
“MY BUTLER JOHN” Making life easier for you with these services: accompanying and transportation for
medical visits, shopping, errands,
airports. Wheelchair-accessible vehicle. Call John 925-989-7113.
REGUL AR TRASH PICKUP from
your front door to your entry dumpster. Kitty litter clean-up. Drive to
medical appointments, airport, etc.
in my business-insured vehicle.
Home care, organizing and cleaning. References. Leave message
for Perri 925-969-1839.
Expecting guests? Call the guest
clearance system – 988-7843.
50 AUTOS FOR SALE
20 03 PT CRUISER with 102,0 0 0
miles, sunroof, power windows,
remote entry, automatic, burgundy
color with new radiator and condenser, chrome wheels. Runs great.
$4,785. Call 510-406-2823.
60 AUTOS WANTED
AUTO WANTED BY CAREGIVER
to transport Rossmoor resident.
Good condition and reasonable.
Call M. Leboit 939-5819. Rossmoor
resident.
CADILLAC WANTED: Years 2002,
2003 or 2004. Please notify R.
Ehr h ar t at 9 37- 018 8 or e m ai l
Rehrh72822@aol.com.
Tell the merchants on this
page that you saw their ad in
the Rossmoor News.
Find More Classifieds
on page 36
65 AUTOS WANTED /
DEALERS
CARSTIGE MOTORS- Steve pays
through the nose for cars, running
or not. Local family dealer: 2551
Stanwell Dr., Suite C, Concord.
Call Steve 925-766-6205 or go to
CarstigeMotors.com.
66 AUTOS /
SERVICE /REPAIR
WWW.GOODBYEDENTS.COM We
come to you! Minor dents and those
annoying scratches on doors, fenders, hood, quarter panels and bumpers. We save you time and money!
Save the hassle of fi nding a body
shop and call 925-234-2336.
90 FOR SALE
MOVING SALE: COUCH, dining set,
game table, lamps, daybed, side
table. Fine china and crystal. Great
prices and available now! Call 925890-0250.
CORNUCOPIA CONSIGNMENT
1885 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill.
Wonderful Holiday gifts and furniture at great prices. We benefit the
Cancer Support community. Open
seven days a week. Call 925-2564486 for information.
ES TAT E / G AR AG E SALE : L arge
eclectic book collection, antique
glass door bookcase, chandeliers,
dining and patio tables, curio,
chairs, portable dishwasher, china
set, utensils, collectable miscellanea. Chris 925-200-2032.
ESTATE SALE: LIVING ROOM, dining room, bedroom furnishings, sewing machine, serger, kitchen wares,
china, European travel items, glassware, TVs, knick-knacks, clothes,
men’s and women’s. Christmas décor, art, mirrors, and misc. Friday,
Jan. 6, and Saturday, Jan. 7. From
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appt. 510-5061483 or 925-787-3498.
100 BUSINESS SERVICES
BEAUTY
HOME SERVICE; LICENSED Manicures, $12. Pedicures, $ 20. Call
Benita Ochoa for appointment in
your home, also Mary Kay consulting. I can also take you to doctor’s
appointments. 925-432-6383 or
cell 925-759-5594. Companionship
care day/night.
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Professional
service in your home. Manicure,
pedicure, shampoo set, haircut,
permanent. Companionship, personal care lady. Reasonable prices,
dependable, honest, experienced,
friendly Rossmoor resident. Mathilda 925-933-0979. Leave message
anytime. Thank you.
NEW CLIENTS SPECIAL! Receive a
free manicure with a paid pedicure!
Specializing in cleanliness and
care. Please call Shirlee 330-6614.
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BEAUTY
COMPUTERS
FREE HAIRCUT WITH blow dr y,
and shampoo set. New clients
only! Tice Valley Beauty Salon,
Rossmoor shopping center near
Safeway. Please call Doris Suzuki
943-1271. Try me!
T H E CO M PU TER N URS E is for
women by women tutoring for senior adults in all things computer
related… because we have mothers too. Call 925-899-5818. $30/hr.
www.yourcomputermonkey.com, a
Walnut Creek business.
CARPET CLEANING
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 925-689-4660.
NEED COMPUTER HELP? Call Harry, 788-8006, 926-1081, Rossmoor
resident. Certifi ed, 30+ years experience. Resurrect dead computers. Install hardware, software.
Problem resolution, upgrades.
Data backup, migration, recovery.
Networking, Internet connectivity,
DSL, Broadband, Wireless setups.
virrus, worm, spyware problems.
Sale of used computers from $195
and assorted cables from $ 5.95.
Free computer performance audit.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
CARPET REPAIR
CONTRACTORS
CARPET REPAIR: Patching, seams,
re-stretching. Small jobs welcome.
Repair by state-licensed owner,
C o n t r a c t o r # 70 4 3 2 3 . S e r v i n g
Rossmoor 25 years. John P. Jones,
925-676-2255.
LIMITED TIME ! $ 35 / PER HR. 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.
CARPET CLEANING; Fast and professional service. Same-day appointment available. Spot specialist.
Low, low price. Sell new carpet. Licensed. Call today 925-383-1253.
COMPUTERS
ROSSMOOR COMPUTER Services.
Hardware setup, repairs, upgrades,
software and application training.
New systems and software sales.
All windows and MAC OS. Data
Recovery! All service. No charge if
not fixed. Call 925-899-8211.
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, 925-676-5644.
COMPUTERS’ BEST FRIEND : All
computer services, trouble shooting and repair. Hardware, software,
networking. Tutoring available. Low
cost visits or telephone support/
remote desktop services. References. www.computersbestfriend.
com. Cell: 510-938-1881. Office:
925-682-3408.
LICENSED GENERAL Contractor
specializing in kitchens and baths.
Washer/dryer installation. Reasonable rates, no subcontractors. I
will do it all for you! Rossmoor approved. Local and Rossmoor references. Contact: Scott Rich 925216-5694.
CROWN MOLDING Specialist-Master carpenter with over 30 years
ex p er i e n c e. L i c e n s e d 7 70 526
and insured, with family and references in Rossmoor. Contact
Cal directly at 925-200-3132 or
calbuilt@comcast.net.
ELECTRICAL
L I C E N S E D E L EC 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.
Betty Case
Specializing in Rossmoor since 1983
• Committed to Your Satisfaction
• Reputation Second-to-None
• Buying or Selling, Call Me
www.YourRossmoorSpecialist.com
932-1162 or 287-3347
Cute Mendocino!
1 bedroom, I bath, across from Gateway.
New carpet & paint, sparkling clean.
Ready for new owner….$112,000
Coming Soon!!
Level-in San Franciscan on Pine Knoll.
2 Sequoias – The one located on Canyonwood
will be ready this week!
SUE DIMAGGIO ADAMS
BROKER ASSOC., ROSSMOOR RESIDENT
GRI, CRS, SRER, ePro DRE # 00820932
(925) 207-9212
www.sue-dimaggio-adams.com
SueRCal@aol.com
(925) 932-1162
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FURNITURE
MISCELLANEOUS
REPAIRS
YARD SERVICES
GEORGE’S FURNITURE REPAIR
ser vice. Antiques and high-end
furniture specialty. Refinishing and
caning. Formerly of Bonynge’s.
925-212-6149. No job too small.
FLAME SPIRIT PHOTOS and Vide o s . Pe t p h o t o s , d o c u m e n t a t io n, ho me inventor y re c or d s.
maryleeinfo@aol.com. Cell: 510260-6242, home: 925-891-4764.
FURNITURE AND CABINET Refinishing and repair in your home or at
my shop. Free pickup and delivery.
Call 925-706-8517, 925-779-1356
or also visit my website: www.furniturefinish.com. Doing business in
Rossmoor for 20 years.
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.
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.
MOVING /PACKING /HAULING
TELEPHONE & TV
LEW’S MOVING AND HAULING
Prompt service. Starting at $ 22.
Rossmoor references available.
Call 925-639-7725.
TV, DIGITAL, REMOTE Control support. Extensive Rossmoor references. DVR, DVD, VCR, Digital
Cable Box, new telephone and/or
Bose stereo system set-up. Assist
with “specific time recording” of TV
programs and remote control problems. Call Tim, “The Video-Assist
Guy.” 925-837-6682.
CRANE’S HANDYMAN SERVICES,
LLC. “Your small project expert”
serving Rossmoor for nearly 10
years! Electrical, plumbing, furniture assembly, baseboards, crownmolding and more! The only handyman you’ll need! Insured. Business
License 018239. Call David, 925899-7975.
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.
THE HANDYMAN CAN- Old fashioned pride in workmanship and
value for your dollar. Rossmoor
resident with many successful
years of maintenance and repair
in Rossmoor. Retired contractor, licensed, reliable, prompt, fast, neat
and courteous. Ask for John, 925330-3567.
H A N DY M A N A N D CA R PE N T RY
Fencing, painting, tile, linoleum, remodeling, bathrooms and kitchens,
landscaping, plumbing, electrical,
cabinet refinishing. Pressure washing for driveways and patios. Also
do window washing. Call Jaime,
925-639-0228, 925-671-2917.
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.
EUROPE AN -TR AINED old world
flavor and modern. Over 30 years
experience in carpentry, tile, brick,
stucco, flooring, home remodeling,
fencing and painting. Lic. 5005115.
Call Mihaly 680-2832.
HANDYMAN SERVICES AND remodeling. From small repairs and maintenance to whole house remodels.
14 years working in Rossmoor.
Quality work guaranteed. License
853221. Call Kris at 925-708-3717.
A FIXIT SERVICE: MANY years experience. No job too small. From
cleaning to painting, tiling, repairs,
doors, catches, faucets, blinds, etc.
Reliable, honest and courteous.
Call 925-451-8546 ask for Arthur.
WE HAVE FAMILY In Rossmoor!
Friendly, efficient and reasonable.
Many references, BBB, licensed
and insured. www.e-zmove.com or
call EZ Move Moving Services for
the easiest move ever. 925-3352222.
WILL HAUL AWAY Your throw-aways.
We will haul away your unwantables. No job too small, no job too
large. We have been serving the
Rossmoor area for over 25 years.
Call Bob: 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 925-382-6544. Email
through website at www.tonyshaulingservice.com.
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, 925-932-5440.
INTERIOR PAINTING, All painting
services: wallpaper removal; wall
repairs and preparation; acoustic
ceilings; cabinets. No job too large
or too small. You can rely on and
will enjoy my personal ser vice.
Well-established in Rossmoor - 24
years experience. Free estimates,
consultation. License 677208. David M. Sale 925-945-1801.
WINDOW CLEANING
EXPERT WINDOW AND MIRROR
cleaning. Ser ving Rossmoor for
14 years. Also, professional power
washing. Cleans all exterior floor
surfaces, patios, courtyards, “Trex
Decks,” sidewalks, tile, carports.
Painting, handyman work. Kevin
James 925-933-4403.
RELIABLE WINDOW CLEANING Window cleaning, gutter cleaning
and pressure washing ser vices.
Servicing Rossmoor and Lamorinda
since 1983. Excellent service and
outstanding results ! Please call
925-254-7622 for a free no-hassle
friendly estimate.
W I N D OWS , M I N I - B L I N D, c ar p et
and upholstery 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
R O N ’ S W I N D OW C OV E R I N G S blinds, drapes, valances, shutters
and shades. Free in-home consultation. Free personalized installation. Quick reliable service. Serving
Rossmoor for 25 years. Call 925827-0946.
YARD SERVICES
QUALITY PAINTING Affordable prices and reliable service. All qualified
craftsmen. Complete and thorough
preparation, drywall texture and repair, wallpaper removal, acoustic
ceilings removed and color matching. 3 5 years experience, LIC
500800. 925-687-2265.
YARD M A I N T E N A N CE ; pr uning,
hedging, weeding, shrub removal,
planting and general cleanup service. Let me help make your garden one to be proud of. Dave’s Yard
Maintenance service. Call 925-6828389 today.
TLC PAINTING: Spruce up for the
New Year! Serving property owners and managers since 1989.
Free estimates. Tender loving care,
neatness and attention to detail always. License 775019. References.
925-934-2383.
“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.
SINGLE STORY
NO ONE ABOVE OR BELOW
• 2 Bedrooms, Den, 2 Baths – End Unit
• 2,006 Square Ft, Spacious Rooms
• Living room w/vaulted ceiling, fireplace
• Den 10’ x 15’, Wet Bar, Closet
• Updated Kitchen with Eating Area
• Corian Counters, Sub Zero Refrigerator
• Master suite: walk-in closet
• Utility Room, includes
Washer, Dryer
• Built-in Vacuum System
• Garage w/ interior
access & carport
• Garden in front, lawn
& patio in back
• Popular WHITNEY
CONDO … $648,000!
1160 ALPINE RD., WALNUT CREEK
Office: 938-7090
Professional Independent Real Estate Brokers
MOTHER DAUGHTER TEAM
HANDYMAN
110 PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
AT TORNEY 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 925-9356494 or office 925-943-1620.
LAW OFFICE OF Philip P. Engler,
Phyllis A. Engler, Attorney at Law.
Probate, Wills, Trusts and Estate
Planning. Call 925-938-9909.
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S. and
world coins and currency. 36-year
resident of Moraga will come to your
home upon request. Bruce Berman,
Moraga Numismatics. PCGS and
NGC Dealer. 925-283-9205. www.
sf-bay-area-collector-coins.com,
kingfisher.94556@yahoo.com.
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.
N O TA RY P U B L I C D I C K H a r r ow
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: 510-4595770, basigningser vice@yahoo.
com.
HELPING HAND BILL PAYING Service in the comfort of your home,
I will help you pay your bills and
organize your paperwork. “A proud
suppor ter against Elder Abuse.”
Bonded; 56 years in the Valley. 925330-0953 Jan Huovinen.
115 HEALTH SERVICES
DR. BETH MARX D.C., L.A.C. Gentle
therapeutic massage, acupuncture, and gentle chiropractic care.
Licensed with 20 years experience.
Insurance. Medicare accepted.
House calls. 510-834-1557.
LYNN WHELAN, PT. physical therapy provided in your home. Licensed
and practicing 25+ years. Medicare
Part B and other insurance accepted. www.housecallspt.com. 925930-8749.
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING muscle
pains from injury? Not sleeping
well? Or feeling the winter blues?
Massage therapy may help alleviate these symptoms. In-home certified massage therapist Jennifer
Frost 415-272-2560.
120 SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT
CAREGIVERS
PHERNE SHREWSBURY
REALTOR
974-1157
“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 Caregivers,
Carolyn 925-933-6475.
CARING CAREGIVERS - Over 10
years of vast experience providing
total patient care. We are 3 professional native Californians. 4-hour
minimum. Call Priscilla 925-3300192, Susan 925-788-9605, Betty
(not an agency) 925-274-3866.
KAREN CARNEGIE-STOCHL
REALTOR
200-1184
HONEST AND RELIABLE CaregiverWill do personal care, cook, housekeeping, appointments and grocery
shop. Good references, negotiable
wages and friendly, loving care. Part
or full-time. Violet 925-458-3379 or
925-457-8448.
120 SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT
CAREGIVERS
SERVING ROSSMOOR FOR more
than 10 years. Honest and trusted
caregiver. Has a record of long-term
client-caregiver relationship. Also
provides light housekeeping and
transportation to appointments. Licensed and bonded. Call Elizabeth
Sanchez of the Caring Hand. 925899-3976 or 510-352-8041.
ELDERLY CARE WITH 20 years
experience. Excellent references,
care for strokes, 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.
LET ME HANDLE YOUR home-care
needs while you enjoy the holidays!
I can help restore your freedom and
peace of mind within budget limit.
No minimum hours. Weekends,
holidays, live-in, overnight, anytime! Experienced, Reliable. Call
925-822-4022.
BEST QUALITY CARE 27 years RN
experience. Excellent references.
20 years in Rossmoor. Dependable, affordable, honest, loving,
and kind. Hourly/live-in 24/7. Do
all daily needs. Licensed, insured.
Clean DMV record. No agency fee.
Mary 925-497-7738.
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.
INDEPENDENT ROSSMOOR experienced caregiver: full or part time.
Excellent Rossmoor references.
Efficient and can help with medication, diet, reasonable rates. Call
925-216-0757 or 925-325-6677.
SENIOR COMPANION/BEST friend.
Loving healthcare professional
(non-clinical) I recently moved into
your beautiful Rossmoor Community. Need assistance? I am
happy to help would love to meet
you. Your friend and neighbor. Judy
925-786-5950.
DEPENDABLE, COMPASSIONATE
and experienced caregiver that can
provide full supportive services for
seniors. I am CPR certified and
have excellent references. Please
call Jenifer at 925-594-2288.
A CAREGIVER FOR YOU: Bonded,
10 yrs. R.N. experience and 15 yrs.
experience as a caregiver. Clean
DMV records. Good references.
Live-in/or out. Honest and compassionate. Will assist with daily living,
shopping, errands and doctor’s appointments and more. Call Emma,
925-323-9051.
24/7 HEALTHCARE LLC Do you, or
someone you love, need care at
home? Free RN Assessment. All
Caregivers: Certified and experience, supervised by a registered
nurse. Hourly: 5-24 hours and Livein. Affordable rates. Insured and
bonded. 408-991-4564.
LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT
Helpful, honest, young boomer
looking to provide resident with
companionship; help with errands,
cooking, house/car repairs, housekeeping, gardening, etc. Compassionate, diligent. Live-in/out, part/
full time. Ernest: 510-837-9127.
TENDER LOVE: Loving care. Live-in.
Hourly. 3 hrs. to 24 hrs. daily. Also
night. 925-395-6913.
CARE FOR ELDERLY: par t time,
live-in or out. Full time. Companion,
meal preparation, Drive to appointments, church, shopping. Light
housekeeping. Reliable and honest. Excellent references. 15 years
experience. Please call Tupou 925826-8556 or Faye 925-826-9171.
SENIOR COMPANION ASSISTANT:
Rossmoor resident available to
help around the house or as a companion. 5 yrs. Experience, reliable,
friendly, honest and affordable.
CPR certification. Have references.
Available 4-5 days/week. $10/hr.
with a 2-hour minimum. Call Jim
Mallen at 530-210-3888.
120 SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT
CAREGIVERS
RELIABLE CAREGIVERS: We will
assist you in all your activities of
daily living. We are flexible and will
adjust to your individual needs.
Kindly call 925-451-4064 or 925759-3070. Joven or Mary Ann Rodriguez.
AM SURE YOU NEED ME: Clean,
caring attentive caregiver. Trustworthy, courteous Filipino-American.
Elderly home companion. Pleasant
personality, well experienced, excellent references. Live-in. Monthly
basis, negotiate stays. Call Wintry
925-826-4709. Thanks.
ALZHEIMER’S COMPANION: 30 yrs.
Experience, geriatric social work,
dementia specialist 15 yrs. Provide stimulation, companionship,
activities, routine meals. Available
Wednesday to Sunday. 925-7057304. Rossmoor resident.
HOUSE CLEANING
140 WANTED
ANTIQUES ; ALL OLDER ITEMS
Wanted. Single items to entire estates. Full estate liquidation services. Highest prices paid. Paintings,
silver, pottery, cameras, watches,
toys, jewelry, photos, glass, furniture, etc. Anything old. Hauling services available. 925-324-1522.
BUYING JEWELRY: Mexican / Indian silver, costume, rhinestone,
watches, sterling, purses. Monica
at Sundance Antiques, 2323 Boulevard Circle, Walnut Creek, 925930-6200. Anything old!
I BUY, SELL AND APPRAISE U.S. and
world coins and currency. 36-year
resident of Moraga will come to your
home upon request. Bruce Berman,
Moraga Numismatics. PCGS and
NGC Dealer. 925-283-9205. www.
sf-bay-area-collector-coins.com,
kingfisher.94556@yahoo.com.
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. 925-683-4010 or email
adreamcometrue@pacbell.net.
“ E L I S A’ S H O U S E C L E A N I N G ”
O ver 2 0 ye ar s ex p er i e n c e i n
Rossmoor with many repeat clients. We’ll clean your home back
to tip-top shape, from rooms to
inside oven and patio. Bonded,
insured. Call 212-6831 or email
lisazuniga@sbcglobal.net.
WE BUY FIREARMS AND firearm
estates. We will buy any/all new,
used, collectible and non-collectible firearms. We also will buy
any/all firearm accessories such
as reloading equipment, ammunition, holsters etc. that you have for
sale. Please call: DVGW at 925676-4117. Ask for Ken.
EDITH’S HOUSECLEANING : Reliable, organized, honest, good
references. Move in and out. One
time only or regular cleaning. I do
windows. I provide supplies. Most
clients are in Rossmoor. Call 925207-9683. Bonded and insured.
WE PAY CASH Gold and silver coins,
gold jewelry, US coin collection. Inhome appointment available. Please
call Lina Misenhimer. Flying Eagle
Coin Shop: 631 Ferry St. Downtown
Martinez. 925-335-9380.
JUST FOR YOU: Need a hand, I’m
here for you. Housecleaning, errands, shopping, appointments.
Pet care. No job to small. Call Pam.
I’m a Rossmoor resident. 925-4820607.
MISCELLANEOUS
VIDEOTAPE-TO -DVD conversion.
Taking your old family videos on
camcorder cassette tapes or VHS
tapes and converting them to a customized DVD. They make a great
holiday gift for loved ones. Rate is
$20/per tape. Nate Winslow Cell:
925-683-1884.
RENT A HELPING HAND: College
student looking for work to pay off
tuition. Help take down holiday decorations or any general jobs inside
or out. $15/hour. Call Rico at 925864-9824.
140 WANTED
I BUY ANTIQUES AND collectibles.
From pottery, lighting and glass,
thru silver, furniture, jewelry and
paintings. Estates are welcome
and conducted professionally. Free
phone evaluations. Call Mel at 925229-2775 or 925-228-8977 or Lydia
Knapp 925-932-3499.
COINS GOLD, SILVER BOUGHTE xperienced 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.
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 1950’S 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.
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149 REAL ESTATE
INFORMATION
SELLING ROSSMOOR For 28 years.
I know Rossmoor well and can list,
market and sell your Rossmoor
home. I’ve lived here since 1983.
G i ve m e a c a l l. E a r l C o r d e r,
Rossmoor Realty 925-932-1162 x
3333 office. Email: ccloner@aol.
com.
THINKING OF BUYING OR leasing
in Rossmoor? Let me 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 rossmoorpatti@aol.com.
150 REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
DESIGNER DELIGHTFUL Plantation shutters, marble tile and mirrored backsplash in kitchen. Updated bath with rare gas hook-up
for w /d in closet. This Sonoma
2 bd /1ba. Unit is sparkling. Offered at $115,000. More pictures
at www.1233SingingwoodCt.com.
Call Susan Kingsley 925-381-4693
for more info.
YOSEMITE- SINGLE STORY, no
stairs. 2 beds /2 baths, end unit.
Fresh paint, new carpet/laminate.
W/ D. Fenced patio. Reduced to
$174,000. Betty Case, Rossmoor
R e a l t y, 2 8 7- 3 3 47, 9 3 2 -116 2 ,
bcase@rossmoorrealty.com.
THE GOOD LIFE - Affordable, located on Ptarmigan Dr. Only $69,000.
C u te 1- b e d r o o m , h a r d wo o d
floors, nice patio. Contact Susan
Fay- Keller Williams Realty 925766-3910 for info/showing. Email:
susan@susanfay.com.
STUNNING REMODELED Monterey.
With washer/dryer. Upper, corner
unit, 2 bedrooms/2 baths. Spacious
living room, breakfast bar. Granite
countertops, maple cabinets, all
electric stainless steel kitchen appliances. Panel doors and crown
molding throughout. Large mirrored
closets. Carport is nearby. Tranquil
and private location. Open balcony
w/wooded view. Not in MLS. Priced
to sell at $188,999. Call for a private showing: Loc Barnes, Better
Homes and Gardens RE, 925-6399594.
160 REAL ESTATE
FOR RENT
All Rossmoor leases are
invalid unless approved by
the appropriate Mutual Board.
2 BDR. /1 BA . CLAREMONT with
open deck and peek-a-boo view
of golf course. Nicely furnished,
clean, nice carpet, updated kitchen and bath. Laundry and parking
very close. 1-year lease, $1,400
per month. Call Peggy Martinez,
Rossmoor Realty, 925-330-0260.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL: from 1/19 to
4/30/2012. Fully furnished, beautiful views. Nicely decorated 2 bedrooms, den and 2 baths. Washer
and dr yer. Piedmont model. No
pets, no smoking. Cleaning service
included. Resident ID available.
Asking $1,800 /month + security
deposit. Agent, Loc Barnes, 925639-9594.
WATERFORD, 1 BEDROOM 920
sq. ft. Spacious living area, hillside views with eastern exposure,
freshly painted. $1,950 rent includes restaurant-style meal daily
and weekly housekeeping. Varied
activities within Water ford and
Rossmoor. One year lease. Security deposit $2,000. Available now.
Call Mary at 925-286-5755 or email
to mcmrgmca@gmail.com.
2 BED/1 BATH NICELY furnished and
available for short term rental. $450
per week. Call 925-286-6175.
S I X- M ON TH REN TAL : Fully furnished level-in condo; 2 bedroom,
2 bath, den, formal dining and eatin kitchen, enclosed patio, washer/
dryer, attached garage, and golf
cart space. Available January 9July 9, 2012. No pets, no smoking.
$2,000/month plus security deposit. Contact Hal at 925-487-1291 or
halkemp@gmail.com.
LARGER TAHOE Ground fl oor unit,
2 b e d / 2 bat h / 2 stu d ies, W / D,
view, fi replace. End of cul-de-sac
on Stanley Dollar Drive. One-year
lease preferred. No smoking/pets.
$2,475/month. Call 925-876-7431.
2 BED /1 BATH SONOMA with enclosed sundeck. Nicely furnished,
clean, nice carpet, Freshly painted.
Laundry and parking very close.
No pets. No smoking. Available immediately. $1,400/mo. Call to view.
925-286-8366.
WATERFORD 1 BED /1 BATH Expanded Brookgreen available immediately for 1 person. $1,850 /
month plus security deposit. 1 meal,
housekeeping and activities included. Call Paul Taybi 510-417-1893 or
email Paultaybi@juno.com.
37
180 PETS
LEGAL NOTICES
ELI Z ABE TH’S PE T AN D HOM 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.
Costa County, on date indicated by file
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4966
Publish Dec. 14, 21, 28, and Jan. 4,
2012
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.
LOCAL RETIRED TEACHER available to care for your home and
pets. References. Please call for
an interview. 925-395-0738.
NEED PET SITTER who is home 24/7
to take care of my little dog in their
house when I travel overnight on
business during the week. Contact
925-699-2203 or cnfgnn@gmail.
com.
2 PURE-BRED ( PAPERS) female
Siamese cats need loving home.
Resident of the Waterford unable
to care for her cherished Siamese
cats any longer. Phoebe is an elegant, slender, Blue-Point and
her sister, Claire, is a loving, shy,
equally elegant Seal-Point. Need
to be adopted together. Healthy
with current vaccinations. Please
call Peggy 510-375-6309 or email
Peggyon@gmail.com.
LEGAL NOTICES
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CLERK
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
Martinez, CA 94553-0135
FILED: Dec. 6, 2011
Joseph Barton, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007877-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing
business as: 1.) All Pro Baseball, 2.)
All Pro Baseball Group, 399 Fenway
Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94598; P.O. Box
3844, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, Contra
Costa County.
Get Up and Go Baseball, LLC
399 Fenway Dr.
State of California
Business conducted by: a Limited
Liability Co.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above on 12/6/11.
s/Ron Wotus, Managing Member
This statement was filed with Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Dec. 2, 2011
D. Acuff, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007823-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Sandalwood Health Center,
101 Gregory Lane, Suite 39, Pleasant
Hill, CA 94523, Contra Costa County.
Robert Schaefer
1568 Oakroyal Drive
Concord, CA 94521
Business conducted by: an Individual.
s/Robert Schaefer
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4967
2012
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Nov . 22, 2011
H. Franklin, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007671-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: RC Alexandra Creations,
12901 Alcosta Blvd., #2C, San Ramon,
CA 94583, Contra Costa County.
Sandra Ohlson
196 Linda Mesa
Danville, CA 94583
name listed above.
s/Sandra J. Ohlson
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,, County Clerk
Legal RN 4968
2012
GORGEOUS VIEW: 2 BDR/1 BA. bonus room, updated kitchen and bath.
Washer/dryer, new heating/cooling
unit, new carpet, freshly painted.
Carport and storage included. Call
to view. 925-804-6714. $1,575/mo.
6-month minimum lease required.
to our Rossmoor Friends & Neighbors
170 REAL ESTATE
WANTED
HOME WANTED: 2 or 3 bedrooms
w/ 2 baths. Including W/D. Needed from Dec. 1 to April 30, 2012.
Retired university offi cials couple.
No pets, no kids, nonsmokers. Will
consider option to buy. Moving from
Midwest to Calif. Call cell: 574-2202178 or 574-220-2216.
175 VACATION RENTAL
Two Parking Spaces!
This is a lovely two bedroom, two bathroom Mariposa
condo with golf course views from its open balcony. As it
is an upstairs unit, you get the added drama of a vaulted
ceiling in the living room. Kitchen and bathrooms are
updated. Hard-to-fi nd two carports! ...........Only $269,000
MENDOCINO OCEAN FRONT home!
Custom/dramatic. 3 bedrooms, 2
baths. Hot tub. One level. All amenities. Special Rossmoor resident
rates. Owner 925-947-3923 or 707964-2605 leave message.
ANN
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. 13
years in Rossmoor. 925-937-2284.
Elizabeth
899-5097
DRE 01494942
Cantrell
ELIZABETH
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Ann
639-7970
DRE 01058289
A Mother/Daughter Team
www.yourrossmoorrealtor.com
51 MORAGA WAY, • ORINDA, CA 94563 • 925-254-0440
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Rossmoor Realty
1641 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Rossmoor Realty is a division of Rossmoor Properties Inc.
OUR CURRENT MLS LISTINGS – CONDOMINIUMS
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS
SANTA CLARA – IMMACULATE LEVEL-IN
HOME w/new carpet, fresh paint, updated
kitchen, 3 skylights & private beautifully tiled
back patio. Located in Rossmoor’s lush SW
hills just minutes from Creekside & Dollar
Clubhouses. Carport just steps from front door.
...............................................$330,000
2 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS
BRIDGEWATER – LOVELY LEVEL-IN
OFFERS PEACEFUL VIEWS OF GOLF COURSE.
Spacious and handsomely detailed with
dramatic living areas. NEW PRICE!! SUPERB
VALUE!! .................................. $849,000
FUCHSIA – PRIVATE CUL-DE-SAC
LOCATION AT EAGLE RIDGE. Features den,
living dining combination plus family room
and patio. Kitchen includes breakfast bar and
nook, cherrywood cabinets, granite counters
and elegant tile flooring. Master suite has
large walk-in closet, spacious bathroom
featuring sunken tub, stall shower and
skylight. Living, dining and family room all
with fireplaces. TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGE
+ much more........................ $995,000
CASCADE – PERFECT LOCATION – CLOSE
TO EVERYTHING . Clean & sharp. New heating
& air system! Easy access garage close, then
6 steps down. Large eat in kitchen & outdoor
living with open patio ................ $335,000
CASCADE – PREMIUM LOT RIGHT ON
GOLF COURSE! Level-in. Designer colors &
staging. New granite counters in baths.
............................................ $600,000
PINEHURST – MOVE IN CONDITION
w/nice enclosure & beautiful view of Rossmoor.
New appls, full size W/D, new paint & carpet.
Jacuzzi tub in master bath. Mirrored DR.
Garage & carport. Beautifully staged. Pull
down ladder to loft storage in garage.
................................................. $310,000
PINEHURST – QUALITY REMODEL,
2 master bdrms plus enclosed sun room
overlooking valley. Dual pane windows,
smooth ceilings, crown molding & baseboards,
4 solar tubes, quartz kitchen counter &
custom cabinets, separate dining room with
wainscoting. Custom overhang at entry deck.
................................................. $349,500
ROSSLYN – BEAUTIFUL WITH VALLEY
VIEWS. All refreshed & ready to go! Newly
painted & carpeted. Sparkling clean, high
ceilings, gas fireplace, gas heat. New heating &
AC. Garage & Carport. .............. $445,000
SIERRA – BEAUTIFUL UPGRADED
PROPERTY! over top remodeled baths, 4 ceiling
fans, 4 skylites,dual pane windows, newer AC &
furnace. W/D, 2 yr old Acme Chairlift on stairs.
Walk in Jacuzzi tub in mstr. Solar screens in
encl. Plant. Shtrs. ......................$379,000
VILLA NUEVO – LOVELY LEVEL-IN,
PEACEFUL, SERENE views from almost every
window of Mt. Diablo. Tasteful updates.
Beautiful natural light filled. Designer pnt &
upscale carpeting. Elegance that flows from the
moment you walk in. Newer furnace. Garage &
Carport. NEW PRICE!! SUPERB VALUE!!
................................................ $439,000
VILLA NUEVO – SPECIAL HOME WITH
FANTASTIC VIEW. Elegant living & dining
rooms. Custom built-ion cabinets in master
bedroom. Den w/view of eastern hills. Garage &
carport. New carpet, new paint. NEW PRICE!!
................................................ $495,000
SOLD
SOLD
VILLA NUEVO – 2 bed, 2 bath plus den
condo. LOVELY WOODED SETTING WITH VIEW
OF HILLS & MT. DIABLO. Ground floor, level in,
light & bright. Garage & carport. Carpet/paint
allowance offered.......................$497,000
VILLA VALENCIA II - LEVEL-IN!
Tropical fountain greets you on short walk to
this cozy, comfortable home. Morning sun on
deck & in living/dining rm. Updated kitchen w/
tile counters, newer refrigerator & micro. W/D
& huge locked storage cupboard in carport.
................................................. $210,000
WESTCHESTER – BEAUTIFUL RE-DO!
Smooth ceilings, crwn mldg, new pnt & carprt.
New Kitchen: granite,cabs, drawers, appls,
wood flrs, ltg. New firplace mantel, new lt
fixtures, new vinyl in baths. 2 garden patios
w/hill views, private setting. Move in condition.
FURTHER REDUCTION!! .............$499,000
WOODBRIDGE - PRIVACY PLUS!
Hills & golf course views. Quiet stone patio
surrounded by private garden. New kitchen
w/SS appls, powered sunshades, dual pane
windows, finished garage & carport. FURTHER
REDUCTION!! .............................$750,000
OUR CURRENT MLS LISTINGS – COOPERATIVES (EQUITY PRICE)
........................................................................
3 BEDS, 2.5 BATH
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
2 BEDS, 1 BATH
PIEDMONT TH – WONDERFUL LOCATION
WITH BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE VIEW OF THE 17TH
GREEN AND FAIRWAY with lots of green grass right
off your garden patio. A lovely canopy of trees frame
the approach to this home and once you enter you
are greeted with lots of easy maintenance tile floor,
tile kitchen counters, remodeled master bathroom
and custom skylights for cheerful interiors. This
pleasing home also offers new paint in the dining
living area, new carpet in the guest bedroom, full
side-by-side washer & dryer plus lots of storage.
Quiet location in a peaceful setting – simply the
home you’ll want to call your own! NEW PRICE!!
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK!! .....................$225,000
PIEDMONT TH – WALK TO CREEKSIDE &
GOLF! Fresh paint, new carpets. New stove & hood.
Close to laundry & carport. Lovely private patio.
Everything is in excellent shape. NEW PRICE!!
........................................................$245,000
YOSEMITE – NO STAIRS, SINGLE STORY, LEVELIN, END UNIT! W/D, refrigerator. New carpet, freshly
painted. Charming fenced patio off LR. Kitchen
features skylight, stainless steel sink, white counters
& cabinets. New laminate entry & kitchen floor.
FURTHER REDUCTION!! SUPER VALUE!!..$174,000
SEQUOIA – SUPER CLEAN!! Furnished, shows
well. SS sink, newer appls, newer hardware in
kitchen. Updated bath & fixtures. Mirrored closet
drs in BRs w/full organizers. Close to laundry, easy
stroll from carport. Pleasant “sit down” balcony
setting. .............................................. $97,500
SEQUOIA – WOW! Panoramic View of
WC,Alamo, Danville, valley & rolling hills beyond!!
Neat & tidy waiting for your imagination.
Exceptional location. Extra close to carport and bus
stop! NEW PRICE!! ...........................$104,900
SEQUOIA – WALK TO HILLSIDE POOL! Very
clean, light, bright w/very good view of greenbelt &
Mt. Diablo. New paint, new carpet & linoleum. NEW
PRICE!!............................................ $105,000
SEQUOIA WRAP – EXQUISITELY
REMODELED NESTLED IN PINES. Peaceful & serene
hillside location. Custom pnt, textured ceilings, high
quality decorator cpt, new appls, partial enclosure,
coffered kit ceiling + Much More!......$231,700
SONOMA – LITE & BRITE!! Freshly painted &
staged. Bath has updated sink, shower stall & W/D.
Views of Mt. Diablo. Carport close by. PRICED TO
SELL!!! .............................................. $99,500
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
MONTEREY – BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF GOLF
COURSE & HILLS. Enclosed deck creating a den for
extra living space. Remodeled kitchen features:
granite counters, built-in microwave, self-cleaning
oven & large s/s sink, 3 skylites smooth ceiling,
custom blinds & W/D. .................... $169,000
SEQUOIA WRAP – LOVELY VIEW WITH
WRAP-AROUND DECK. Updated with new carpet,
vinyl and smooth ceilings. Light and bright. W/D
on wrap. Close to carport with extra storage and
bus stop at front door. ................... $150,000
SEQUOIA WRAP – BEAUTIFUL HOME,
SHOWS VERY LIGHT & BRIGHT. Crown molding,
baseboards, mirrored closet doors. Close to
carport. Top of the line partial enclosure with
washer hook up. Open deck with nice view. Gas
heat. PRICE REDUCED! ....................$159,000
2 BEDS, 1.5 BATH
YOSEMITE – ATTRACTIVE WITH FRESH
PAINT & CARPET. Skylights in kitchen and 2nd
bath. Handsome remodeled bath with large stall
shower. W/D. NEW PRICE!! .......... $169,000
2 BEDS, 1 BATH
MONTEREY - LIGHT, BRIGHT & CHEERFUL
‘FEEL GOOD PROPERTY’. View of large oak tree &
golf course from open balcony. Close to carport.
Walk to everything. NEW PRICE!! ...... $119,000
MONTEREY – DELIGHTFUL HOME with modern
kitchen featuring granite counters & new cabinets. Stall
shower, washer & dryer. Lovely view from open deck.
Staged and ready to show and sell. ..........$139,500
MONTEREY – SOOOOO CONVENIENT! Walk to
Gateway & Del Valle Clubhouses. A very nice upper end
home w/full enclosure, full size W/D, 1/2 bath in 2nd
BR. Granite kitchen counters, pendant lights, paneled
interior doors, crown molding & More!! .$148,000
SAN FRANCISCAN – VIEW!! VIEW!! VIEW!!
Fabulous 10+ View! Mt. Diablo & more. Close to laundry.
Original condition. Lovely front patio. ......$249,000
SEQUOIA – Sharp & bright Sequoia. New
carpet, new paint, new dishwasher & refrigerator.
Skylight in bath. NEW PRICE!! .............$92,500
SEQUOIA – VERY CUTE! New carpet & vinyl,
paint, countertops in kitchen & bath, new stove. 2
Skylights inside, 2 on veranda. Laundry & park like
setting in front. NEW PRICE!! .............$96,900
1 BED, 1 BATH
MENDOCINO – CLOSE TO GATEWAY. Fresh
paint, carpet & clean. READY FOR NEW OWNER.
..........................................................$112,000
MENDOCINO – DARLING PATIO FOR
GARDENERS. New paint, carpet & vinyl. Very close
to carport. Walk to Gateway. Very convenient.
Window in bath. Skylight in kitchen. .. $114,000
MENDOCINO – NICELY UPDATED. New
laminate flrg thruout, new pnt, smooth ceilings,
skylites in kit. & bath. Beautiful full size walk-in
shower w/seat. Gardening opportunities in patio.
......................................................... $119,000
Theres never been a better time...
2 BEDS, 2 BATH
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS
CONVERSION – IMMACULATE HOME w/new
carpet, fresh paint & new kitchen vinyl. Double
condo & one of Waterford’s largest homes. 3 BR,
2 full baths, 2 parking spaces, 2 storage rms,
laundry rm w/full size W/D. Very convenient to
transportation & Clbhs. HUGE REDUCTION EXCEPTIONAL VALUE!! ...................... $199,900
CYPRESS – IMMACULATE FIRST FLOOR
CORNER HOME with very pleasant view. Offers
fresh paint, full wrap around patio, laminate
flooring at entry & kit,& fully equipped kit
w/ beautiful oak cabs. HOA includes meals,
housekeeping, activties, exercise classes. NEW
PRICE!! ......................................... $159,900
CYPRESS – IMMACULATE CORNER HOME
WITH NUMEROUS UPGRADES. Lg walk-in tub.
Bright & cheery w/newer carpet & paint. Full
wrap around balcony for your outdoor enjoyment.
Convenient to parking, transportation &
clubhouses. NEW PRICE!! ...............$165,000
2 BED, 1.5 BATH
LONGWOOD – LOVELY LONGWOOD! Light &
airy living-dining area w/access to good sized deck.
Fully equipped kitchen w/ whirlpool appl & oak cab
& breakfast area.Lge Master bedroom suite w/walkin close. Den/bedroom adds space & charm.
....................................................... $295,000
LONGWOOD - RARELY AVAILABLE! Top floor,
great view, spacious living/dining room area. Great
view of Rossmoor Valley! Eat-in kitchen. End unit.
Visitor’s suite next door. NEW PRICE!!. $299,000
WESTBURY – NICE, LIGHT & BRIGHT END
UNIT. Close to parking space & guest parking. Newer
paint & carpet. Beautiful built-in desk & cabinets in
2nd BR. Seller will credit Buyer 3 mo. HOA dues in
escrow!! PRICED TO SELL!! ................$279,000
WESTBURY – LOCATION! LOCATION!! Wonderful
views from living area w/partial Mt. Diablo views. Top
floor, newly painted, carpets cleaned & stretched. Beautiful
property. Won’t last! Garage parking.............$355,000
1 BED, 1 BATH
BROOKGREEN – IMMACULATE CORNER
UNIT WITH SPECTACUALR VIEWS OF WESTERN
HILLS! Full wrap around balcony for your
outdoor enjoyment. Fully equipped kitchen
w/beautiful oak cabinets. NEW PRICE!!
.................................................... $77,500
SOLD
BROOKGREEN – BEAUTIFUL HOME IN PRIME
LOCATION. 1 of most convenient in Waterford, close
to DR & parking in a nice setting w/rooms filled
w/natural light. Newer paint, quality carpet, 9’
ceilings, dual pane windows, beautiful oak cabinets
in kitchen. ..........................................$78,500
... To make a move to the Waterford
Congregate Living at its Best
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
1/16/2004. 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. On 1/4/2012 at 1:30
PM At the Court St. entrance to the County
Courthouse, 725 Court St., (corner of Main
and Court St.), Martinez, CA, Old Republic
Title Company, a California Corporation, as
the duly appointed Trustee under Deed of
Trust recorded on 1/23/2004, as Instrument
No. 2004-0023582-00, of Official Records
in the office of the Recorder of Contra Costa
County, California, executed by: James W.
Bones and Angelina D. Bones, Trustees of
The Bones Family Trust dated April 17, 2001,
as Trustor, The Mechanics Bank, as Lender/
Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR (payable at
time of sale in lawful money of the United
States by 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 the
state) 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” The parcel of Land
described in the Deed from Oakland Title
Insurance and Guaranty Company to M.
Down, dated May 10, 1945, recorded July
5, 1945, in Book 817 of Official Records,
Page 383, as follows: “Portions of Lots 14,
15, 20 and 20-A, as said lots are delineated
and so designated on that certain Map
entitled ‘Map of Sectionization of part of
Rancho Laguna De Los Palos Colorados,
Contra Costa County, California’, which was
filed on August 8, 1916, in Book 15 of Maps,
Page 308, Contra Costa County Records,
St ate of California, and par ticularly
described as follows: Beginning at the point
in the center of a certain creek, said point
being on the westerly line of Lot 14 of Map
of Sectionization of part of Rancho Laguna
De Los Palos Colorados, distant thereon,
Nor th 0° 48’ West, 64 feet from the
Southwesterly corner of said Lot 14; thence
along the center of said Creek, North 77° 9’
East, 91.65 feet; South 38° 47’ East, 71.84
feet; South 3° 52’ East, 89.21 feet; South
36° 2’ East, 326.46 feet; South 16° 12’ West,
104.13 feet; South 2° 45’ East, 125.14 feet;
and South 19° 24’ West, 197.65 feet to the
center line of the County Road leading from
Moraga to Lafayette; thence North 79° 36’
30” West, along said center line, 571 feet,
more or less, to a point which is distant
South 10° 23’ 30” West, 25 feet from the
Northeasterly line of Lands of San Francisco
Sacramento Railroad; thence North 10° 23’
30” East, 25 feet to said Northeasterly line;
thence Nor thwesterly along said
Northeasterly line, 158 feet, more or less,
to the center of Las Trampas Creek; thence
along the center of Las Trampas Creek,
South 75° 55’ East, 112 feet, more or less,
North 40° East, 126.24 feet; North 8° 21’
30” West, 121.14 feet; North 82° 14’ East,
166.75 feet; North 13° 14’ West, 188.28
feet; North 33° 36’ West, 95.39 feet and
North 32° 16’ 25” East, 170.09 feet to the
center line of the first mentioned creek;
thence along the center of said first
mentioned creek, South 39° 38’ 30” East,
106.13 feet to the point of beginning”.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM: 1. The tract of
land designated on the Map entitled “Las
Trampas Manor, Contra Costa County,
California”, filed July 5, 1945, in Book 27
of Maps, Page 58, Contra Costa County
Records. 2. Any portion thereof lying South
of the extension South 80° 07’ 20” East of
the North line of the tract of land designated
on the Map entitled “Las Trampas Manor,
Contra Costa County, California”, filed July
5,1945, in Book 27 of Maps, Page 58, Contra
Costa County Records. ALSO EXCEPTING
THEREFROM that portion described in that
certain Partial Reconveyance recorded
April 12, 2005 under Recorder’s Serial
Number 2005-0126878, described as
follows: “A portion of the land described
in the Deed from Donald H. Maffly and
Alfred E. Maffly, as Trustee, to Joel E.
Peterson and Georgina S. Peterson, filed
October 18, 1991, in Book 16952 of Official
Records, at Page 25, and a portion of the
land described in the Deed from Richard
A. Harbaugh and Meredith A. Harbaugh to
Jonathan H. Wilson and Dana C. Wilson,
filed June 29, 2001 in Book 185 of Official
Records, at Page 460, more particularly
described as follows: Commencing at the
intersection of the centerline of Los Palos
Drive and the Northerly line of Las Trampas
Manor as shown on the Map of Las Trampas
Manor, filed July 5, 1945 in Book 27 of
Maps, at Page 58, Contra Costa County
Records, thence from said point of
commencement South 79° 49’ 53” East,
121.02 feet to the point of beginning; thence
leaving said point of beginning North 29°
13’ 27” East, 46.00 feet; thence North 9°
12’ 27” East, 16.22 feet; thence North 71°
13’ 57” East, 43.70 feet to a point on the
centerline of a 40 foot in width County
Road; thence along said centerline South
30° 52’ 30” East, 92.02 feet; thence
continuing along said centerline along the
arc of a tangent curve to the right having a
radius of 500 feet, the center of which bears
South 59° 07’ 30” west, through a central
angle of 19° 36’ 14”, an arc distance of
171.08 feet; thence North 79° 47’ 00” West,
10.61 feet; thence South 84° 05’ 42” West,
7.43 feet; thence North 10° 54’ 42” East,
22.03 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 24,009 square feet, more or
less.” ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that
portion described in that certain Partial
Reconveyance recorded November 30,
2006 under Recorder’s Serial Number
2006-0382382, described as follows:
“Parcel One: Parcel “B” as shown on the
Map entitled “MS 504-04”, filed April 25,
2006 in Book 196 of Parcel Maps, at Page
19, Contra Costa County Official Records,
and a portion of the Land described as
Parcel Two in the Deed from Michael R.
Forrest and Dubose G. Forrest to Michael
R. Forrest and Dubose G. Forrest Trustees
of the Forrest Family Trust, Document
Number 94-181455, Recorded July 14,
1994, Contra Costa County Records, more
particularly described as follows: Beginning
at the most Easterly corner of said Parcel
“B” (196 PM 19), thence from said point of
beginning South 66° 42’ 33” West along a
Southerly line of said Parcel “B”, 297.89
Feet to a Southerly corner of said Parcel
“B”; thence North 80° 07’ 20” West along
a Southerly line of said Parcel “B”, 46.26
Feet to an Easterly corner of said Parcel
“B”; thence North 12° 35’ 00” West along
a Westerly line of said Parcel “B”; thence
along Northwesterly lines of said Parcel
“B” the following courses; North 74° 42’
33” East, 99.00 Feet, along the arc of a
tangent curve to the left having a radius of
85.00 Feet, the center of which bears North
15° 17’ 27” West, through a central angle
of 85° 00’ 00”, an arc distance of 126.10
Feet; North 10° 17’ 27” West, 5.00 Feet,
and North 35° 42’ 33” East, 20.00 Feet;
thence North 64° 07’ 33” East along a
Northerly line of said Parcel “B”, 68.00 Feet
to a point on a Westerly line of said Parcel
Two (94-181455); thence South 25° 52’ 27”
East along said Westerly line of Parcel Two,
72.00 Feet to a Southwesterly corner of
said Parcel Two; thence North 83° 07’ 03”
East along the Southerly line of said Parcel
Two, 40.10 Feet to an Easterly corner of
said Parcel “B” (196 PM 19); thence along
Easterly lines of said Parcel “B” the
following courses; South 25° 46’ 57” East,
6.85 Feet and along the arc of a tangent
curve to the left having a radius of 1000.00
Feet, the center of which bears North 64°
13’ 03” East, through a central angle of 03°
36’ 48”, an arc distance of 63.07 Feet to
the point of beginning. Reserving therefrom:
A non-exclusive easement, as an
appurtenance to remaining lands of the
grantor, for access by vehicles of all kinds,
pedestrians and animals and for the
construction, maintenance and operation
of all utilities over that portion of Parcel
One, above, designated as “Private Access
and Utility Easement” on the filed map.
Parcel Two: A non-exclusive easement, as
an appurtenance to Parcel One above, for
access by vehicles of all kinds, pedestrians
and animals and for the construction,
maintenance and operation of all utilities
over that portion of Parcels A and C, of MS
504-04, filed April 24, 2006, in Book 196
of Parcel Maps, Page 19, designated as
“Private Access and Utility Easement”. AND
Parcel One: Parcel A as shown on the Map
entitled “MS 504-04”, filed April 25, 2006,
In Book 196 of Parcel Maps, at Page 19,
Contra Costa County Records. Reserving
therefrom: A non-exclusive easement, as
an appurtenance to remaining lands of the
grantor, for access by vehicles of all kinds,
pedestrians and animals and for the
construction, maintenance and operation
of all utilities over that portion of Parcel
One, above, designated as “Private Access
and Utility Easement” on the filed map.
Parcel Two: A non-exclusive easement, as
an appurtenance to Parcel One above, for
access by vehicles of all kinds, pedestrians
and animals and for the construction,
maintenance and operation of all utilities
over that portion of Parcels Band C, of MS
504-04, filed April 24, 2006, in Book 196
of Parcel Maps, Page 19, designated as
“Private Access and Utility Easement”.” The
street address or other common designation,
if any, of the real property described above
is purported to be: 790 Los Palos Manor
Lafayette, CA 94549 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 is an “AS IS”
condi tion, but wi thout covenant or
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding
title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay
the remaining principle sum of the 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:
$1,079,273.33 (Estimated). Accrued
interest and additional advances, if any,
will increase this figure prior to sale. It is
possible that at the time of sale the opening
bid may be less than the total indebtedness
due. This property which is subject to this
Notice of Sale does not fall within the
purview of California Civil Code Section
2923.5. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE
OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.
com or by calling the automated sales
information line at 714-573-1965. Date:
11/30/2011 Old Republic Title Company,
as Trustee 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite #400
Concord, California 94520 (866)248-9598
by: Melinda Theilen, Assistant Vice
P r e s i d e n t P 9 0 2 5 5 0 12 / 14, 12 / 2 1,
12/28/2011
Legal RN 4975
Publish Dec. 14, 21 and 28, 2011
DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT
ASSESSMENT DATED 06-23-2009. 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 01-04-2012 at 1:30 P.M.,
ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES (Trustee)
under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent
Assessment, recorded 06-25-2009 as
Instrument 2009-0149431-00 Book - - Page
- - of Official Records in the Office of the
Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, CA,
property owned by: JILL M. MEEUWSEN
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
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) at: AT THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE
TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 725 COURT
ST., (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT ST.)
MARTINEZ, CA all right, title and interest
under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment
in the property situated in said County,
describing the land therein: A.P.N.: 208521-074-4 The street address and other
common designation, if any, of the real
property described above is purported to
be: 131 WOODCREST DRIVE SAN RAMON,
C A 9 4 5 8 3 The under signed 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
title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay
the remaining principal sum due under
said Notice of Delinquent Assessment,
with interest thereon, as provided in said
notice, advances, if any, estimated fees,
charges, and expenses of the Trustee. The
estimated total amount of the unpaid balance
at the time of the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale is $2,515.16. PROPERTY
WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF
REDEMPTION. The claimant, DEERWOOD
OWNERS ASSOCIATION under said Notice of
Delinquent Assessment 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. DATE: November 16, 2011
ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES NICOLE
THORNSBERRY, Authorized Signature.
FOR SALES INFORMATION CALL: (714)
573-1965 ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES 990
RESERVE DRIVE, SUITE 208 ROSEVILLE,
CA 95678 (877) 282-4991 P904279 12/14,
12/21, 12/28/2011
Legal RN 4972
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST
DATED 04-05-2007. 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 01-06-2012 at 01:30 PM, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly
appointed Trustee under and pursuant to
Deed of Trust Recorded 04-16-2007, Book
N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 2007-011017600, of official records in the Office of the
Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County,
California, executed by: ELAINE YOUNG,
AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, DARRELL
CLOW AN UNMARRIED MAN AS TENANTS
IN COMMON, 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: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE
TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725
COURT ST. (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT
ST.), MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description:
As more fully described in said Deed of
Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges: $1,006,239.04 (estimated) Street
address and other common designation
of the real property: 602 CREEKMORE
COURT WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598 APN
Number: 142-292-007 The undersigned
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:
12-07-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE
COMPANY, as Trustee BRENDA BATTEN,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
California Reconveyance Company 9200
Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379
Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902
For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727
or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or
www.priorityposting.com P905385 12/14,
12/21, 12/28/2011
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555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Nov . 17, 2011
Elizabeth Gutierrez,
Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007671-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Kathlyn Stone Jewelry,
411 Hartz Avenue, Suite D, Danville,
CA 94526; 127 Briar Place, Danville,
Kathlyn Weis-McKnew
127 Briar Place
Danville, CA 94526
name listed above on 11-9-11.
s/Kathlyn Weis-McKnew
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4969
2012
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INFORMATION
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435-1919
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938-5162
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457-7229
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788-5693
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323-9966
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With spectacular views. Over 2,000 square
feet in pristine condition with remodeled
kitchen, updated baths, custom tile and
plantation shutters. Breathtaking views
from Alamo ridge to Delta waters.
............................................................$765,000.
GREAT LOCATION
Walk to Creekside. Updated Mariposa with
view of golf course and TWO carports.
........................................................... $269,000.
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Steps from golf course and Creekside dining.
White open kitchen, luxurious bathroom,
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SPECIAL TWO-BATH
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Bargain. ............................................. $134,000.
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This Sequoia is move-in ready. .......... $125,000.
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A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO START THE
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Spacious 2-bedroom, 2-bath plus an office/
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kitchen, newer hall shower, plantation shutters,
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CO-OPERATIVES
LOVE TO COOK?
Appreciate a gas stove? This updated 2-bath Sonoma Wrap is perfect for you. Partial enclosed
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Short sale, .......................................... $125,000.
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Two bedrooms and two baths upper corner unit.
Spacious livingroom, breakfast bar, granite countertops, maple cabinets, stainless kitchen appliances. Dome lighting with fan in the kitchen,
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Numerous updates in kitchen and bath, washer
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...................................$199,000.
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This Piedmont has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, with
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............................................................ $410,900.
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Updated eat-in kitchen, view from garden window, shutters in the bedroom. Garage, gas heat
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Stunning Spanish-style Villa Cerro with over
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This Piedmont townhouse has a lovely golf
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$2,000 a month, 12 months. No pets. Also for
sale.
BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
Updated Piedmont with 2 bedrooms, plus den
with Murphy bed, 3 baths. Unobstructed views
of golf courses. Jan. 19 through April 30, 2012.
$2,000 a month. No pets, no smoking.
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TSG No.:
5896930 TS No.: CA1100235195 FHA/VA/
PMI No.: APN:144-340-142-5 YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED 07/13/07. UNLESS YOU TAKE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST
On January 10, 2012 at 01:30 PM, First
American Trustee Servicing Solutions,
LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/18/07,
as Instrument No. 2007-0207239-00, in
book , page , of Official Records in the Office
of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA
County, State of California. Executed by:
VICTORIA STONEBRIDGE, A SINGLE PERSON,. 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) At the Court Street entrance to the
County Courthouse at 725 Court Street,
(corner of Main & 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# 144-340-142-5.
The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 205
MASTERS COURT #3, 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
title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal sum of the
note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust,
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 $270,548.92. 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
said Notice of Default and Election to Sell
to be recorded in the County where the
real property is located. 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 against the Mortgagor,
the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s Trustee.
The beneficiary or servicing agent declares
that it has obtained from the Commissioner
of Corporations a final or temporary order
of exemption pursuant to California Civil
Code Section 2923.53 that is current and
valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed
and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of
Sale specified in subdivision (s) of California
Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has
been provided or the loan is exempt from
the requirements. Date: 12/17/11, First
American Title Insurance Company First
American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC
3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707
Original document signed by Authorized
Agent, Chet Sconyers -- FOR TRUSTEE’S
SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)
939-0772. 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. NPP0193047 12/21/11, 12/28/11,
01/04/12
Legal RN 4976
Publish Dec. 21 and 28, 2011 and Jan.
4, 2012
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Dec. 8, 2011
P. Cornelius, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007926-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: Spaces in Place, 1392 Danville
Blvd., #103, Alamo, CA 94507; 1966
Tice Valley Blvd., #252, Walnut Creek,
Christine Dodier-Hagiwara
1392 Danville Blvd., #103
Alamo, CA 94507
name listed above on 1-21-10.
s/Christine Dodier-Hagiwara
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4970
2012
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Dec. 1, 2011
Elizabeth Gutierrez,
Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007819-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons are doing business as: Neptune Society of Northern
California, 1855 Olympic Boulevard, Ste.
1101, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, Contra
Costa County.
S. E. Combined Services of
California, Inc.
1952 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90806
California
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
name listed above.
s/Michael G. Hymel, Vice President
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4971
2012
555 Escobar St.
Martinez, CA 94553
FILED: Nov. 28, 2011
S.L. Weir, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT
OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business
name: Elk Antennas, 2680 Cherry Lane,
Walnut Creek, CA 94597-2161.
Raymond W. Gaschk
2680 Cherry Lane
Walnut Creek, CA 94597-2161
and
Peter Perata
50 Cora Ct.
The ficticious business name referred
to above was filed in Contra Costa County
on 5-19-2011 under file number 00360300.
This business was conducted by a
general partnership.
/s/Raymond W. Gaschk
This statement was filed with Stephen
L. Weir, County Clerk of Contra Costa
County, on date indicated by file stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4974
2012
DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELIQUENT
ASSESSMEN TS. UNLESS YOU TA K E
On 1/17/2012 at 1:30 PM, Pro Solutions,
as the duly appointed Trustee pursuant
to the Notice of Lien Assessment, filed by
Oak Road Villas I, recorded on 4/2/2010,
as Instrument No. 2010-0064697-00, of
Official Records in the Office of the Recorder
of Contra Costa, California, property owned
by: Mr. Matthew R. Sansoe. 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,
business in this state). At: the Court
Street entrance to the County Courthouse
(corner of Main and Court Street), 725
Court Street, Martinez, CA 94553, all right,
title and interest under said Notice of Lien
Assessment in the property situated in said
county, describing the land therein: as per
Grant Deed, Unit 2, Lot 1, as shown on that
Map entitled “Subdivision 6470 Oak Road
Villas I”, filed August 14, 1984, in Book
284 of Maps, Pages 14 and 15, Contra
Costa County Records. Assessor’s Parcel
Number: 172-260-002-8 Said sale shall
be subject to a 90 day right of redemption
period per the requirements of the California
Civil Code section 1367.4(c)(4). The street
address and other common designation,
if any, of the real property described
above is purported to be: 2701 Oak Road
Unit B, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 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
principal sum due under said Notice of
Lien Assessmetn, with interest thereon, as
provided in said notice, advances, in any,
estimated fees, charges and expenses of
the Trustee, to-wit: $22,840.14 Estimated
Accrued interest, and additional advances,
if any, will increase this figure prior to
sale. The claimant under said Notice of
Lien Assessment 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 property
is located and more than three months have
elapsed since such recordation. For sale
information, please contact (714) 573-1965
or go to www.priorityposting.com. Dated:
11/21/2011 PRO SOLUTIONS P.O. Box 311
Pittsburg, CA 94565 (925) 432-8884 J.
Koller Association Agent Trustee Sale No.:
613255 P902791
Legal RN 4977
4, 2012
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER. On 1/10/2012 at 1:30
PM, Old Republic Default Management
Ser vices, a Division of Old Republic
National Title Insurance Company as duly
appointed Trustee pursuant to the Deed of
Trust, Recorded 5/13/2005 as Instrument
No. 2005-0171706 in book --, page -- and
Modified by Recorded Loan Modification
Agreement dated 9/10/10 as Instrument
2010-0192934-00 of Official Records in
the office of the Recorder of Contra Costa
County, California, executed by: DOMINIC
VINCENT SPALLIERO A MARRIED MAN
AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY
, as Trustor, DOWNEY SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION F.A. as Beneficiary.
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full
at time of sale 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
business in this state). At the Court St.
entrance to the County Courthouse, 725
Court St., (corner of Main and Court St.),
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, and as more fully
described in the above referenced Deed of
Trust. The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property
described above is purported to be: 720
QUINCY COURT, SAN RAMON, CA 94583
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 in
an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant
or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding
note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust,
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: $631,650.35 (Estimated). Accrued
interest and additional advances, if any,
will increase this figure prior to sale. It is
possible that at the time of sale the opening
bid may be less than the total indebtedness
due. The Declaration pursuant to California
Civil Code, Section 2923.5(a) was fulfilled
when the Notice of Default was recorded
on 7/18/2011 Date: 12/9/2011 Old Republic
Default Management Services, A Division
of Old Republic National Title Insurance
Company, as Trustee 500 City Parkway
West, Suite 200, Orange, CA 92868-2913
(866) 263-5802 For Sale Information
Contact: Priority Posting and Publishing
(714) 573-1965 Tony Delgado, Trustee Sale
Officer “We are attempting to collect a debt,
and any information we obtain will be used
for that purpose.” P906743
Legal RN 4978
4, 2012
DATED 2/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE
On 1/11/2012, at 01:30 PM, At the Court
St. entrance to the County Courthouse
725 Court St., (corner of Main and Court
St.) Martinez, CA, Power Default Services,
Inc., as the duly appointed Trustee,
under and pursuant to the power of sale
contained in that certain Deed of Trust
Recorded on 02/27/2007, as Instrument
No. 2007-0057765-00 of Official Records
in the office of the Recorder of Contra
Costa County, CA, executed by: AARON
HORN AND KARI HORN, HUSBAND AND
WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH
RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, as Trustor,
in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGIS T R AT IO N SYS T EMS IN C., A S
NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS
CONDUIT as Beneficiar y, WILL SELL
AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER, in lawful money of the United
States, all payable at the time of sale, that
certain property situated in said County,
California describing the land therein as:
AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID
DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore
described is being sold “as is” The street
any, of the real property described above
is purported to be: 21 FOREST HILLS
COURT, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94597
any, shown herein. Said sale will be made
without covenant or warranty, express or
implied, regarding title, possession, or
encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid
balance of the obligations secured by and
pursuant to the power of sale contained in
that certain Deed of Trust (together with any
modifications thereto). The total amount
of the unpaid balance of the obligations
secured by the property to be sold and
reasonable estimated costs, expenses and
advances at the time of the initial publication
of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated
to be $759,099.95 (Estimated), provided,
however, prepayment premiums, accrued
interest and advances will increase this
figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said
sale may include all or part of said amount.
In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a
cashier’s check drawn on 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 California
Financial Code and authorized to do business
in California, or other such funds as may be
acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender
other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may
withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed
Upon Sale until funds become available to
the payee or endorsee as a matter of right.
The property offered for sale excludes all
funds held on account by the property
receiver, if applicable. DATE 12/16/2011
POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., Trustee
By: Fidelity National Title Company, its
agent 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101, Rancho
Cordova , CA 95670, 916-636-0114 By:
John Catching, Authorized Signature SALE
INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE
AT www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED
SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714573-1965 P907937
Legal RN 4979
4, 2012
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Dec. 19, 2011
Karla Ruiz, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0008088-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: Rossmoor Realty Referral Group, 1641 Tice Valley Blvd.,
Walnut Creek, CA 94595, Contra Costa
County.
John Russell
6 Tice Valley Lane
s/John H. Russell
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir,
County Clerk
Legal RN 4981
Publish Dec. 28, 2011 and Jan. 4, 11
and 18, 2012
Trustee Sale No. 454068CA Loan No.
1063272336 Title Order No. 972059
On 01-18-2012 at 01:30 PM, CALIFORNIA
RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly
appointed Trustee under and pursuant to
Deed of Trust Recorded 01-02-2008, Book
NA, Page NA, Instrument 2008-000031100, of official records in the Office of the
Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County,
California, executed by: GHASSAN JIRJIS
AND VIRGINIA JIRJIS, HUSBAND AND
WIFE, as Trustor, JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N. A., as Beneficiary, will sell at
public auction sale to the highest bidder for
cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or
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
the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made,
but without covenant or warranty, expressed
may be greater on the day of sale. Place of
Sale: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT
ST. (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT ST.) ,
MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: As more
fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount
of unpaid balance and other charges:
$853,230.22 (estimated) Street address
and other common designation of the real
property: 126 LONDON CT SAN RAMON,
CA 94582 APN Number: 223-680-040
any, shown herein. The property heretofore
described is being sold “as is”. In compliance
COMPANY, as Trustee KATHY HARDING,
Chatswor th, CA 91311 800-892-6902
For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or
www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.
priorityposting.com P906937 12/28, 1/4,
01/11/2012
Legal RN 4982
Publish Dec. 28, 2011 and Jan. 4 and
11, 2012
To submit Talk
of Rossmoor
items
The News accepts announcements of residents’
birthdays, anniversaries,
special events and happenings. Residents or
their families can submit items via e-mail at
news@rossmoor.com or
at the office located at the
Creekside complex. For
information, call the News
at 988-7800.
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The Winter Nights Program
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!
Providing shelter for homeless families with children and
homeless seniors, the Winter Nights Program is the charity that Prudential California Realty is supporting this
year. The Winter Nights Program provides a clean, safe
and warm facility at night and a daytime services center
during the winter months, typically from mid-October
through April. Winter Nights needs BART tickets to help
people get to work; $25 gas cards; Target gift cards; and
diapers. Cash donations are also accepted.
We will gladly accept your contributions for
the Winter Nights Program at our office during
the holiday season. We appreciate your support of
this organization!
NEW LISTINGS
Mary Beall
Office Manager
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model with lovely
views, w/d, newer
kitchen appliances,
well-maintained Skycrest 2/1 condo
in Mutual 4 - low HOA dues and easy
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BEAUTIFUL CEDAR
Tucked away in the hills overlooking a canyon with lots of privacy.
This home has 2 bedroom, 2 bath,
eat-in kitchen, formal dining room,
laundry room, garage and beautiful views out every window.
..................................... $ 385,000.
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Gorgeous 2-bedroom, 2-bath PLUS den,
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and more! ..............................$459,000.
Diane Wilson
963-2278
CURRENT LISTINGS
Cheryl Beach
324-4599
Gina Bethel
408-9908
James Collins
640-8818
Cal Darrow
285-3256
Virginia Dempsey
708-5855
Nancy Deverel
949-9499
Maria Eberle
478-7190
MENDOCINO – CLOSE TO GATEWAY CLUBHOUSE
Location, location, location. Large one-bedroom, one-bathroom. Level access. Convenient to everything. .......$117,000.
LOWER MARIPOSA WITH A
FEW GENTLE STEPS
New to market. new carpet, vinyl and
paint. Light and bright and priced to
sell. ........................................$235,000.
SPECTACULAR SHERWOOD MODEL
Located in Devonshire. Coveted home on
Comstock with unobstructed Mt. Diablo
views, expansive decking and level access,
with 1992 sq. ft., fireplace, 2 large bedrooms, plus study, full laundry room and
spacious 2-car garage. Ideally located near Del Valle Clubhouse,
with enclosed pool and fitness center. .... New price $850,000.
RARE LOWER VILLA ENCANTO
Fully updated with over 1850 s.f. Three
large bedrooms, 2 baths, huge living
room, formal dining room, large bright
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storage loft and interior access. .......... Reduced to $549,500.
BRIGHT AND LOVELY SONOMA
Updated kitchen and bathroom in
this 2-bedroom. Cozy enclosure with
built-ins, all new doors, crown moulding throughout. Walking distance to
Creekside Grill. ........................$109,900.
ELEGANT SONOMA WRAP
Two bedrooms, 2 bath. Complete
remodel has left no stone unturned.
This elegant property has everything
for you. Granite counters, stainless
steel appliances, crown moulding,
plank floors. The enclosed wrap has a full-size washer
and dryer. And there is so much more. ............ $249,000.
PERFECT YOSEMITE – REDUCED
Need level-in and a little garden? Nice private patio garden adjoining the living areas is perfect for your green
thumb and even a small pet. Lots of light from garden
windows/door and skylights too. Park at the curb to bring
in the groceries. Bring your personal touches and make it
your own. .............................................................. $139,950.
Rex Fraser
325-6826
Jackie Giffin
951-7021
Nancy Granberg
200-3374
Lynne Keefer
330-3356
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE GOLDEN GATE
Breathtaking views of hills and trees bring serenity
to this single level, level- in 2 bedroom,2 full bath
home. Master bedroom equipped with ceiling lift
and tracking to the adjacent reconfigured bath with
“wheel up” sink and large jetted tub. Remodeled
kitchen with granite counters, stainless appliances.
Affinity washer and dryer. Must be seen to appreciate. This accessible unit is ready for a new owner. All
of this for only ................................................... $269,500.
EXPANDED VILLA NUEVO MODEL
Amazing panoramic views from this
level-in unit located on top floor of
an elevator building. Located in “The
Heights,” this three-bedroom, 2-bath
has approximately 1,640 square feet
and includes two enclosed balconies, adding more indoor usable space. Garage and carport. ........... $460,000.
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2 bedroom, 2 full baths, washer/
dryer, kitchen with upgraded appliances, including glass cooktop,
and self-clean oven. Built-in book
shelves in living room, windows in
kitchen and bath and balcony in the trees. Beautiful.
Reduced to ...................................................... $135,000.
WATERFORD TOWNHOUSE
One bedroom, 1 bath on the top floor. Great location
for meals and activities! Steps from the elevator. Great
storage. HOA includes meals, housekeeping and activities. ..........................................................................$68,000.
WELL-LOCATED CONVERSION
1600+ square-foot Waterford conversion unit with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths
on first floor with nice outlook. Two
patios. Parking for two cars.
......................REDUCED TO $265,000.
WELL-LOCATED MENDOCINO MODEL
A bright and sunny 1-bedroom, 1-bath
with laminate floors, new carpets and
Bosch washer/dryer. The patio is tiled with
a designer arbor and is a perfect place to
enjoy the great outdoors. Close to carport
and walking distance to Creekside Grill! ................ $120,000.
Alex Kokes
788-7000
Kim Kokes
787-0351
Virginia Lahey Mary Beth MacLennan
283-3191
324-6246
Marsha Wehrenberg
787-7625
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642-0415
Ellen Osmundson
890-4276
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788-2143
George Naeger
260-0723
Joanne Mendoza
510-409-7914
Cindy Maddux
285-7903
Debi Mackey
681-3324
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LEGAL NOTICES
Trustee Sale No. 749836CA Loan No.
3010123622 Title Order No. 110283024CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 06-20-2006. UNLESS
A LAWYER. On 01-18-2012 at 01:30 PM,
CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY
as the duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 0627-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument
2006-0202376-00, of official records in the
Office of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA
County, California, executed by: LOURDES
VALENCIA, 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
the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made,
but without covenant or warranty, expressed
Sale: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT
ST. (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT ST.) ,
MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: As more
fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount
$1,180,427.62 (estimated) Street address
property: 9 LOMA LINDA COURT ORINDA,
CA 94563 APN Number: 270-272-003-4
any, shown herein. The property heretofore
described is being sold “as is”. In compliance
COMPANY, as Trustee DEREK WEAR-RENEE,
Chatswor th, CA 91311 800-892-6902
For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or
www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.
priorityposting.com P908129 12/28, 1/4,
01/11/2012
Legal RN 4983
11, 2012
Trustee Sale No.: 20110169806471 Title
Order No.: 110452567 FHA/VA/PMI No.:
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED
AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as
duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant
to Deed of Trust Recorded on 08/01/2007
as Instrument No. 2007-0221453-00 of
official records in the office of the County
Recorder of CONTRA COSTA Count y,
State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY:
OLGA KUSKOVA, 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: 1/18/2012 TIME OF SALE: 09:00
AM PLACE OF SALE: HILTON CONCORD
HOTEL, 1970 DIAMOND BOULEVARD
CONCORD, CA 94520 STREET ADDRESS
of the real property described above is
purported to be: 360 NORTH CIVIC DRIVE
#308 WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 APN#:
173-210-391-4 FKA 173-210-391 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the street address
shown herein. Said sale will be made, but
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
$284,344.66. 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
said Notice of Default and Election to sell
to be recorded in the County where the real
property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE
INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.
COM, LLC ONE MAUCHLY IRVINE, CA 92618
800-280-2832 Auction.com, LLC NDEX
West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 12/19/2011
NDEX West, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P904525
12/28, 1/4, 01/11/2012
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11, 2012
Trustee Sale No. 805D-061036 Loan No.
0004002827 Title Order No. 110350897
On 01-17-2012 at 01:30 PM, PLM LENDER
SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of
Trust Recorded 02-27-2007, Instrument
2007-0057898-00 of official records in the
Office of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA
County, California, executed by: OLIVER
P THONET AN UNMARRIED MAN, as
Trustor, ‘’MERS’’ MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING
SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FLAGSTAR
BANK, FSB AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, will sell at public
auction the trustor’s interest in the property
described below, to the highest bidder for
of the Financial Code and authorized to
do business in this state. The 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
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
COUNT Y COURTHOUSE 725 COURT
ST., (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT
ST.), MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA Amount
$653,195.77(estimated) Street address
property purported as: 1053 PLEASANT
HILL ROAD , LAFAYETTE, CA 94549 APN
Number: 233-131-008-2 The undersigned
is being sold “as is”. DATE: 12-19-2011 FOR
TRUSTEE’S SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE
CALL (714) 573-1965, OR VISIT WEBSITE:
www.priorityposting.com PLM LENDER
SERVICES, INC., AS TRUSTEE PLM Lender
Services, Inc. 46 N. Second Street Campbell,
CA 95008 (408)-370-4030 ELIZABETH
GODBEY, VICE PRESIDENT PLM LENDER
SERVICES, INC. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. P909021 12/28,
1/4, 01/11/2012
Legal RN 4985
11, 2012
Trustee Sale No. 20305CA Title Order No.
110338831-CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 04-25-2007. UNLESS
A LAWYER. On 1/17/2012 at 01:30 PM
MERIDIAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE f/k/a
MTDS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
DBA MERIDIAN TRUST DEED SERVICE
as the duly appointed Trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 0501-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 20070128426-00 of official records in the Office
of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County,
California, executed by: JUDSON A SWAN
A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC., AS NOMINEE FOR INDYMAC BANK,
F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS
BANK, as Beneficiary, will sell at public
auction sale to the highest bidder for
national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by
a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s
described property under and pursuant the
Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but
fees, charges and expenses of the trustee
for the amount (at the time of the initial
Sale: AT THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 725 COURT
ST., (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT ST.)
MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: AS
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF
TRUST Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges: $374,508.34 The Street address
property purported as: 2511 OVERLOOK
DRIVE , WALNUT CREEK, CA 94597 APN
Number: 174-080-033-7 The undersigned
is being sold “as is”. Date: 12-19-2011
MERIDIAN FORECLOSURE SERVICE f/k/a
MTDS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
DBA MERIDIAN TRUST DEED SERVICE,
As Trustee Sales Line: (714) 573-1965
(702) 586-4500 PRIORITYPOSTING.COM
STEPHANIE GARCIA , FORECLOSURE
OFFICER Meridian Foreclosure Service
3 SA N JOAQUIN PL A Z A SUIT E 215
NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 MERIDIAN
FORECLOSURE SERVICE IS ASSISTING
THE BENEFICIARY TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P909094
12/28, 1/4, 01/11/2012
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11, 2012
Rossmoor News not delivered?
The Rossmoor News is delivered every Wednesday evening. If you have not received your
copy of the News by Thursday morning or if your paper was mis-thrown or wet, call the News
office at 988-7800 before noon on Thursday. The missed or wet papers are delivered Thursday
afternoon only. Carrier staff is not available to deliver papers after that time. If the News is not
informed about carriers’ mistakes, we cannot get them corrected.
HOW TO CONTACT
ELECTED OFFICIALS
The following are federal, state and local elected
officials and how to contact
them by phone, mail and email.
President of the United
States
Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Phone: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
E-mail:
president@whitehouse.gov
Website: www.whitehouse.
gov
United States Senator
Barbara Boxer (Democrat)
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-3553
Fax: 202-228-1338
California office:
1700 Montgomery St. Suite
240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-403-0100
Fax: 415-956-6701
E-mail through the website:
boxer.senate.gov
United States Senator
Dianne Feinstein
(Democrat)
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-3841
Fax: 202-228-3954
California office:
One Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-393-0707
Fax: 415-393-0710
E-mail through the website:
Feinstein.senate.gov
House of Representatives
Congressman John Garamendi
Democrat 10th District
2459 Rayburn HOB
Phone: 202-225-1880
Fax: 202-225-5914
District office:
1981 N. Broadway, St. 220
Phone: 925-932-8899
Fax: 925-932-8159
E-mail: garamendi.house.
gov
Governor
Jerry Brown
State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-558-3160
e-mail through the website: http://gov.ca.gov
State Senate
Mark DeSaulnier
State Capitol Room 2054
Phone: 916-651-4007
District office:
1350 Treat Blvd. Ste. 240
Phone: 925-942-6082
Website: http://dist07.casen.
govoffice.com/
State Assembly
Joan Buchanan
P. O. Box 942849
Phone: 916-319-2015
Fax: 916-319-2115
Website: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a15/
Contra Costa Board of Supervisors
Gayle B. Uilkema
651 Pine Street, Room 108-A
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: 925-335-1046
Fax: 925-335-1076
E-mail: gayle@bos.cccounty.
us
City of Walnut Creek
Mayor Bob Simmons
City of Walnut Creek
1666 North Main Street
Phone 925-943-5899, ext.
504
E-mail: mayor@ci.walnutcreek.ca.us
Public Safety in Rossmoor
Securitas is Rossmoor’s security service provider.
Securitas provides 24-hour service, seven days a week inside
Rossmoor’s gate. The service includes entrance control at the
main gate, motorized patrol of the community, assistance by
emergency medical technicians, response to nonemergency
requests, protection from solicitors and traffic control.
In addition, the Securitas staff handles the bar code and
identification card operation at the offices in the trailer behind
Gateway. Residents and their families can obtain bar codes
at the Securitas office Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to
noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Be sure to bring driver’s license, car
registration and a Rossmoor ID.
ID cards can be obtained in the Securitas office Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contact information:
Guest clearance: ..................................... 988-7843
Office: .................................................... 988-7840
Front gate emergency: ........................... 939-0693
Bar codes: .............................................. 988-7846
Nonemergency requests for assistance: ... 988-7899
To find out more about Securitas,
go to www.securitasinc.com.
MUTUAL MAINTENANCE
LEGAL NOTICES
555 Escobar St.,
P.O. Box 350
FILED: Dec. 14, 2011
C. Garcia, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0008032-00
555 Escobar St.,
P.O. Box 350
J. Odegaard, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007477-00
555 Escobar St.
P.O. Box 350
J. Odegaard, Deputy County Clerk
Contra Costa County
FILE NO: F-0007558-00
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: A Man's World Barber
Shop, 1815 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Ste. A,
County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: FBC Associates, LLLP,
2175 N. California Blvd., Suite 620,
County.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
business as: 1.) Simon Systemz, Inc.,
2.) Simon Systemz, 134 Pebble Place,
San Ramon, CA 94583-3643.
Darrell Aldo Pizzagoni.
700 Suntree Lane #711
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
California
Sunil Chowdry
2931 Hurlstone Ct.
name listed above on Aug. 4, 2007.
s/Darrell A. Pizzagoni
stamp.
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
Legal RN 4980
Publish Dec. 21, 28, and Jan. 4 and 11,
2012
Business conducted by: a Limited
Partnership.
The registrant(s) commenced
to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on
9/30/2010.
s/Sunil Chowdry
stamp.
Legal RN 4957
Publish Dec. 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011
Simon Systemz
134 Pebble Place
San Ramon, CA 94583-3643
CA Corporation, Simon Systemz
Business conducted by: a Corporation.
s/James Simon, President
stamp.
Legal RN 4958
Publish Dec. 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011
FROM THE MUTUAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
FOR SERVICE, CALL 988-7650
Order Desk e-mail: workorder@rossmoor.com
up beside you while your eyes
are on the road ahead.
You may see clearly and still
not be able to judge distances
so you know how far you are
from other cars. Many people
who may see clearly in the
daytime have trouble at night.
Schedule through Jan. 4
LANDSCAPE ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
Mutuals 1-4: Winter maintenance, pre-emergent weed control,
leaf and V-ditch cleanup.
LANDSCAPE ENTRY MAINTENANCE:
INDEPENDENT MUTUALS:
Monday: Mutuals 22, 28, 30 and 61
Tuesday: Mutuals 5, 8, 29, 48, 59, 65 and 68
Wednesday: Mutuals 5, 8
Thursday: Mutuals 5, 28, 30 and 65
Friday: Mutuals 8, 29, 48, 56 and 59
TREE MAINTENANCE: Bldg. clearance by Waraner Bros.
December: TWCM’s Projects 53, 54, 55 and 64
PEST CONTROL: Call 988-7640 for service order.
LAWN MAINTENANCE: Mow weekly, fertilize with sulphur coated urea.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING: To report exterior walkway carport
lighting problems, call Mutual Operations at 988-7650.
TRASH AND RECYCLING PROBLEMS: 988-7640.
Drivers need good vision for road safety
A driver needs good vision
to drive safely. If you cannot
see clearly, you cannot judge
distances or spot trouble, so you
won’t be able to do something
about it. You also need to see peripherally or “out of the corner
of your eye” to spot cars coming
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Some see poorly in dim light.
Others may have trouble with
the glare of headlights.
Have your eyes checked every
year or two. You may never know
about poor peripheral vision or
poor distance judgment unless
you have your eyes checked.
FOR ASSISTANCE, 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
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Since
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935-3836
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LOCKSMITH
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HANDYMAN
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Handyman Service
30 Years in Rossmoor
Painting
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Baseboards
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Carpentry
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Caulking
• Garbage Disposal
Grab Bars
• Smoke Detectors
Ceiling Fans
• Sliding Doors
Crown Moulding
• Drywall Repair
Deck Painting
• Weather Stripping
Flooring: Hardwood, Carpet, Vinyl, Tile
Hanging Mirrors & Pictures, etc.
Toilet Installation & Repair
No job too small
Please recycle this newspaper
934-0877
LOC #11713
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
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BUSINESS SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION
Del Mar Electric Co., Inc.
Heating & Air Conditioning
REPLACEMENT & SERVICE
50 Years of Dependable Service
Rossmoor Approved Electrical Contractor
• No Job too Small • Free Estimates
• Rewiring Specialists
HVAC
Steve 925-212-4018 or 925-937-4404
Guaranteed to reduce
your monthly energy costs!
Lic.# 193014
Lafayette, CA
steve@delmarelectricinc.com
WHOLE HOUSE COMFORT
VITALE
CONSTRUCTION
Clean Air provides expert service
on all brands and styles of Heating,
Air Conditioning and Ventilation Equipment.
20 years in the service industry,
8 years in Rossmoor
Hire our company for all your construction
needs from start to finish
925-886-6115
INTERIOR TRIM • ACOUSTIC • KITCHENS
BATHROOMS • LAUNDRY ROOMS
SUN ROOMS • REMODELS
JOE VITALE
Free Estimates
925-595-6887
Rossmoor Realty recommended, GRF approved
Locally owned and operated
Roy Branda Lic #829011 www.cahvac.com
LIC. #725451
RMW
GRF Approved
925-487-8978
GENERAL BUILDING &
PAINTING CONTRACTOR
ASK FOR YOUR EXCLUSIVE ROSSMOOR DISCOUNT
• Remodels
• Renovations
• Repair • Painting
• Rossmoor References
• Very Competitive
BOCEK-COMPAGLIA
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Over 30 Years Experience
Kevin Comerford
Founder,
Chief Client Officer
1 (888) 651-1847
Rob Wilson - Call Me!
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Rossmoor References • Estimates are Always Free
Fully Insured – Bonded – CA State License B963104
Call Jeff or Chris (925)286-8603 OR (925)286-8386
WE ONLY PERFORM ONE PROJECT AT A TIME,
PROVIDING YOU BETTER SERVICE
CARPET CLEANING
ONE CALL CLEANS IT ALL!
CARPET CLEANING & WINDOW CARE
• Windows • Tile and Grout
• Carpet
Cleaning
• Mini-blinds
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SAVE 15% ON CARPET CLEANING
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Serving the Rossmoor community for 21 years!
689-4660
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• Fair Pricing • Free Estimates
BRUCE’S
CARPET CARE
925-705-1262
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cell:
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CARPET CLEANING
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COMBINATION, WITH
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We Repair Carpet, Install and
Clean Area and Oriental Rugs
Clean Cleaner Carpet 925-383-1253
Rossmoor
Approved
Richard Beil, Owner
Cal Lic. #890083
SHOWROOM HOURS:
Mon.-Fri. 10 am-5 pm • Saturdays by appt.
925-681-1776
2170 Commerce Ave., Ste. A, Concord, CA
www.westcoastwindowsanddoors.com
Advertisements support the newspaper. When you patronize businesses, tell them you saw their ad
in the Rossmoor News.
PAINTING
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Serving Rossmoor Since 1995
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
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Installation, Conversion, Repair • Drip Irrigation • Pressure Washing
Rossmoor References
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following:
· Office phone numbers
· Rossmoor bus schedule
· GRF Board directors
· Mutual directors
· Medical Center
· Special Events · Club contacts
· Public Safety
To get this information,
click on the “Resident Info
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KITCHEN & BATH
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Get healthy for the new year – take a yoga class, or two
The Rossmoor Fitness Center offers a variety of yoga
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 informa-
tion, 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
Del Valle Clubhouse.
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.
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.
Fees: $8 per class or $30 per
month for four classes.
Drop-ins welcome.
Stretch Yoga
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 9347857.
Fees: $7 for drop-ins or $6 for
weekly commitment.
THURSDAY
Strength Yoga
Valle Clubhouse
Style: Stretch to relax and build
up strength to be prepared
for the holiday season. All
are welcomed.
Instructor: Barbara Bureker.
For information, call 9347857.
Rossmoor operates recycling facility at Rockview
The recycling facility on
Rockview Drive at the corporation yard is open Monday
through Saturday, from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.; closed Sundays
and holidays.
The waste-handling facility
is for GRF vendors and residents only; no resident contractors may use the Dumpsters,
nor may anyone without a valid resident ID. Those who wish
to use the site must be ready to
show their IDs to employees
staffing the site.
Residents may use the site
during its operating hours
only, and should not leave
items outside the Dumpsters.
Mattresses are not accepted at
this facility.
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
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 934-7857.
Hanna Somatic Movement
Time and place: 11 a.m. to
noon in the Shasta Room at
Del Valle
Style: Based on the discoveries
of the late Thomas Hanna,
participants learn how to
release stiffness and tightness anywhere int he 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.
Fees: $10 per class or $55 for a
series of seven 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.
Instructor: Endy Stark. For information, call 938-4681.
Fees: $10 per class.
Shrink’s Rap
erful natural events representing the beginning or end of the life
of the planet and of humans. We think we are in control of our
lives, of parenting, of getting ahead, but then a good child, for
no good reason, dies. Why? Who understands this cycle of birth,
life and death of a universe, or of a human being? The movie
recounts the history of the family, with the “father” like God and
“The Way of Nature” and the “mother” like Mary, “The Way of
Grace.”
The imagery is Christian but the questions cross boundaries of
all life paths to examine our dilemma as tiny atoms in the great
universes of forces. Do honesty, purity, rudeness, greed, aggression or passivity matter? Are we all just part of a big bang of explosions that accidentally results in life? The film is not for those
who like a clear story line with answers supplied. The film is a
Rorschach inkblot. You must exercise your mind, find your own
meaning from the chaos or just accept the chaos, the unanswerable life questions.
Excellent foreign films
“Summer Hours,” in French, is about an elderly woman who
dies, leaving a collection of art. Her three adult children must
divide her belongings. This film is a direct and poignant slice of
life.
“I Have Loved You So Long” and comedies, “Eight Women”
and “Heartbreakers” are also in French.
In Spanish, but with few words, is “The Limits of Control.”
Are we humans like art, or drama, figments of the imagination?
What is real? Who is good? Who is bad? Who is leading or following? What is art, beauty, reality? We all want control. Watching (life or this film) without answers can be frustrating. Don’t we
all speak the same language?
As an observer of the mind, I love films with complex, human
interactions, simple, realistic plots or philosophical questions that
tax the mind. They are not satisfying in the “all-ending-happily”
way, but satisfying reminders of the question: Is any one way
more “right” than the next?
All these films are full of beauty and also death, just like real
life.
Marsha Young, Ph.D., is a Rossmoor resident and retired psychologist. She can be emailed at dr.myoung@yahoo.com.
Forty Years Ago Today
crowd honoring the senator.
Governor Ronald Reagan signed tax-relief bill SB569, which
gave residents in cooperative housing the same benefits as individual homeowners. The bill gave residents $750 tax credit and
saved Rossmoor $360,000 annually. A full-page in the Dec. 22
issued discussed the benefits.
The Rossmoor News carried many articles in 1971 that do not
appear in 2011, including Lou Webster’s gardening in Rossmoor.
He discussed the care and feeding of plants in our minor climate
and pointed out successes among our neighbors. Many residents
related their adventures in foreign lands. A series by Dr. Leonard
Gittingds recounted his adventures in darkest Africa. And Jim
Kincaid told of his many difficulties traveling the back roads of
Spain and Portugal. Even crossing a river can be an adventure.
He did report that he saved his golf clubs

Tice Valley Gym is not affected by JCC closure

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