OPTUM HCC Optum HCC physical therapist Stacie Groat prioritizes a patient-centered approach by exploring the root causes of symptoms. She aims to seek alternative solutions for patients beyond surgery. A South Bay native and University of California Berkeley graduate, Groat was motivated to specialize in pelvic health due to her sister’s post-incontinence issues while running. Witnessing

CRIBBAGE CLUB The Cribbage Club meets every Tuesday at noon in Clubhouse 1. Refreshments are served from noon-12:15 p.m. and anyone arriving by 12:15 is assured a place to play. Announcements are shared at 12:25 and play begins at 12:30. Seven games are played each week. Julie Milburn provided cake and ice cream for a “Happy Cribbage Day,” and also in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day,

LW POOL CLUB On Dec. 4, the two pool leagues met to end the fall league season with an evening sweepstakes event. The American League that plays on Mondays played each team in the National League, which plays on Wednesdays. Each team played every other team one game and all three players rotated turns in a game of 8 ball. Before the sweepstakes started, there was pizza, salad and desserts,

HOLIDAY EVENTS This year’s Christmas tree lighting, hosted by the GRF Recreation Department, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 4:30 p.m. at Veterans Plaza. Come sing along to hymns by The Jolly Holidays Carolers of Los Angeles, who will lead the holiday merrymaking alongside Santa and LW’s elves (from the LW Theater Club). The fabulous tree lighting will be held after the performance.

Something’s always going on in Leisure World, and that’s never as true as in December, when clubs and musical groups gather to perform holiday songs and hold festive celebrations for the whole community to enjoy. Here are just a few events happening this week: • LW Community Church Christmas Bazaar, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Leisure World Community Church

SECURITY TSeal Beach Police Department has provided the Leisure World with Seal Beach’s first ever surveillance camera trailer. This pilot is the first of many deployments throughout all of Seal Beach. The surveillance camera trailer is fully self contained, and provides live, real time footage back to SBPD dispatch and its watch commander desk. “The City of Seal Beach is always

TRAFFIC SAFETY The first three speed display boards have been installed within Leisure World to warn drivers traveling over the communitywide 25 miles-per-hour speed limit to slow down. The signs are partly a response to chronic speeding within the community that endangers pedestrians and other vehicles along the speeder’s path. A large body of research has shown that display boards

HANUKKAH On Thursday, Dec. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Veterans Plaza, Rabbi Aron David Berkowitz of the Chabad of West Orange County will share the story of Hanukkah and its meaning for Jew and Gentile alike. Musical entertainment will help celebrate the Festival of Lights prior to lighting the menorah. It is an opportunity for the LW community, rich in culture and customs, to learn and share