by Jim Greer LW contributor “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude,” stated Oprah Winfrey. For everyone, there is a daily battle between cynicism and optimism. Cynicism is part of a defensive posture we assume to protect ourselves. It’s typically triggered when we feel hurt or angry at something. Instead of dealing with

Editor: The members of the Leisure World Baptist Church send their gratitude and great appreciation to the GRF Board, members and administration—with special thanks to the Recreation Department— for the diligence, hard work and compassion with which they have operated to reopen the Amphitheater for religious services. The road can be difficult, but the results can be blessed. Phil Hood

Letters to the Editor should include your name, Mutual number and phone number, and be emailed to rutho_news@lwsb.com. Letters must be of general interest to the community and may contain opinions, suggestions, compliments and complaints without being scurrilous, libelous, defamatory, repetitive or otherwise inappropriate.

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 Weekly or Golden Rain Foundation. Mutual 1 resident Debbi Fudge would like to thank the Leisure World Library staff for supplying information on its portable scanner (manufacturer and model) so she could purchase it and

Editor: As of Oct. 21, someone discarded an 8-foot-long carpet near the Mutual 8 trash dumpster beside carport 101. Garbage should not be left around the community trash bins. It is the individual resident’s responsibility to dispose of garbage appropriately. For example, five months ago, a small TV was left near the same trash bins, and the Mutual 8 president had to use residents’ funds

A fire safety article in the Oct. 22 edition incorrectly stated that a 2009 fire in Mutual 8 was caused by smoking. In fact, the fire was caused by faulty wiring in a heating pad that didn’t have an automatic shut-off.

Editor: The LW Weekly should be saluted by all fair-minded people for at least three of its policies, all of which others might well emulate. While other media outlets politicize the COVID19 pandemic turning Democrats against Republicans and vice versa, this paper has repeatedly, every week, called on all of us to come together as a community to fight this plague with a unity of purpose.

A political ad placed by the Republican Club in the Oct. 22 edition did not include the disclaimer “paid political ad” as is called for by GRF policy. Any public communication made by a political group must display a disclaimer stating who paid for the advertisement.

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 Weekly or Golden Rain Foundation. • Martha Warner of Mutual 2 would like to give a shout out to the LW Maintenance Department. “Recently, a new refrigerator was delivered to my unit. I needed it after the power outage