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,

LATE BREAKING The traffic light at St. Andrews Drive and Golden Rain Road that recently received a safety upgrade was working as intended for a few days last week. Then, without warning, the audible component of the system failed. This is the part that tells pedestrians when to go in a way that can be heard. The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) donated that part of the system to the GRF in

MEMBER COLUMN by Jon Michaels LW contributor I’m sorry but I’m just not into traveling anymore. Just give me my car, and I’ll go up to 45 miles any which way. There’s Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Dimas, the South Bay, and down to San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna, Disneyland in Anaheim and everything in between. How freakin’ lucky are we?

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FROM THE GRF Here are some questions to ask yourself and insurance professionals when deciding on which policies to purchase. The Golden Rain Foundation and the Mutual Boards continue to receive questions from GRF members regarding what specific adjustments should be made to their individual insurance policies as a result of the fairly new master policy deductibles that have taken effect.

Editor: The Seniors for Peace Club and the Democratic Club thank the GRF for its very critical decision to require federal law enforcement to have a legal warrant signed by a judge to enter Leisure World and to provide training to employees of this requirement. The significance of this decision is remarkable, that residents and employees no longer have to fear being descended upon by masked,

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Editor: When I walk in a neighborhood I prefer to walk on sidewalks, not the driving pavement. That’s why I was delighted to see the installation of the “scramble” lighting system installed on Leisure World’s main and only traffic signaled intersection. The City of Long Beach installed the system some 70 years ago. It seemed to work pretty well. It shortens, by about one-third, the