DOOR-TO-DOOR In California, Proposition 50 is on the ballot for a special statewide election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and canvassers are in Leisure World to get out the vote. Even though Leisure World is a gated community, political canvassing is allowed by residents and non-residents. Non-residents entering the community for this purpose must be an authorized guest of a resident. Unless

Editor: I just came from the Fall Festival sign-ups in Clubhouse 2. I would like to thank the GRF Recreation Department for doing this event for its members every year. Also, a big thank you to the team from Recreation that signed us all up today. The team was efficient and kind, which is hard to be at that early hour! Mary Gaskins Mutual 1 Editor: Assembly Bill 1572 prohibits the use

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Tibor “Ted” Rubin, the Medal of Honor veteran featured in a story in the Oct. 2 LW Weekly, died in 2015 at the age of 86. His daughter and nephews will give a program about him at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Clubhouse 4 in an event sponsored by Congregation Sholom. Rubin, who was a Hungarian-American army corporal, survived the Holocaust and immigrated to the U.S. in 1948. He fought in the Korean War

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Editor: This letter is about financial statements and being audited to bring more clarity about the audit and discussion about not finding any malfeasance. The engagement letters that I have seen at clients from the CPA firms specifically stated that the purpose of audit was not to find fraud, the company would hire a forensic auditor if a client wanted the auditor to look for fraud. An audit

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At its last meeting, the GRF Board approved a proposal to reduce the annual Community Gardens plot fee from $150 to $75. The new price is not in effect yet, pending a 28-day notification to residents (see the Oct. 2 edition for specific information). The change is expected to be finalized at an upcoming board meeting. ••• The GRF Board Highlights story (Oct. 2) misstated the number of TPUF-related

An article in last week’s paper incorrectly stated that Terry Otte, who formed the band Abilene, died early this year. His date of death was Nov. 24, 2024. The story also omitted past band members, including Dutch Van Kerckhoven, Abilene’s original bassist who died Jan. 15, 2019; and Mike Simpson and Jim Long. Simpson, who succeeded bass player Harry Reichman, is a Leisure World resident singer,