Editor: I would like to thank Maria Giegerich, a longtime member of our community who provided a service to my husband and me this week. Maria, whose ad is regularly in the LW Weekly, came to our home and provided tennis ball cushions for two of my husband’s walkers. She did this as a service, refusing all payment. All of LW can be reminded of the goodness of people, by her unselfish act of

Submissions in each of the following categories may be published at the discretion of the Communications and Technical Director. Letters to the Editor: Maximum number of words: 250. Letters should be typed and delivered to LW Weekly by email preferred), regular mail, deposited in a white GRF drop box, or hand-delivered. Letters must be of general interest to the community and may contain opinions,

A June 18 article about free audiobooks through the Orange County Library System had an incorrect email address. The correct address is ocpl.org.

Editor: Astronaut Frank Borman wrote this December 1968: “Give us, O God, the vision to see thy love in the world, in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust the goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts , and show us what each us can do to set forth the coming of the day of universal peace. Amen.”

Editor: With the recent upsurge in cases and the fact the LW is filled with high-risk occupants, I highly recommend that we ensure the safety of our residents with one simple step: Since all guests have to stop at the gate for entry, it takes two seconds to shoot a temperature gun and if they have a temperature, access would be denied. Residents and people with passes, of course, would not be

Credits & Kudos must include the writer’s name and mutual, and will be edited for brevity. Mention of a business or service is not an endorsement or recommendation by the LW News or Golden Rain Foundation. Laura Arnold of Mutual 14 writes: I very much enjoyed the free art class, Relaxation through Art offered by OptumCare June 9. Artist Megan Warren taught the virtual class, which was sponsored

Editor: On a hot June 10 at 5 p.m., a small group of us gathered at the Leisure World Globe for a hastily organized demonstration to support the causes of Black Lives Matter and the actions for reform of police practices. We were met with enthusiastic support from many of the commuters on Seal Beach Boulevard with lots of waves, thumbs up, big smiles from some not wearing masks in their cars.

by Jim Greer LW contributor In the 2014 film, “The Imitation Game,” Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Alan Turing, the English cryptanalyst whose codebreaking solutions enabled the Allies to crack Germany’s Enigma codes and eventually win World War II. Turing was regarded as a genius by teachers at Cambridge and colleagues at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC& CS). His extraordinary