GRF SERVICE MAINTENANCE LW residents can recycle Christmas trees at the green waste bin at the 1.8 lot/Mini Farm area. People who need assistance can contact the GRF Service Maintenance Department at (562) 431-6586, ext. 363, and place an order for tree pickup at a rate of $47.20 per hour. The rate is charged in 15-minute increments.

ANNUAL INVENTORY The Leisure World Library will be closed from Tuesday, Jan. 11, to Friday, Jan. 14, for its annual inventory. The library will reopen Saturday, Jan. 15, for regular business hours from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the GRF Stock Transfer Office was closed Jan. 3. The office is expected to reopen on Monday, Jan. 10, at 9 a.m. For urgent matters, call the GRF main line at (562) 431-6586 and issues will be handled accordingly. The mail room will remain open for Mutual Directors. The GRF appreciates everyone’s patience during this time.

GAF/ROLLIN’ THUNDER Come get a complimentary safety flag for your scooter, bike or trike on Jan. 8 from 9 a.m-noon at the parking lot in front of Clubhouse 6, courtesy of the Golden Age Foundation (GAF) and the Rollin’ Thunder Golf Cart Club. Those neon orange pennants flying from the tops and backs of golf carts and mobility devices add an extra layer of safety to people on carts, scooters,

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) increased the risk level for cruise ship travel to its highest level and said it should be avoided by everyone, even those who are vaccinated and boosted. The agency bumped up the travel risk level for cruise travel from Level 3 to Level 4 on Dec. 30, indicating the risk for COVID- 19 is “very high.” The move

Register for NOCE’s spring semester classes on Jan. 14 in Clubhouse 2 from 9 a.m.-noon or until classes are full. Classes are held in LW and include health and wellness, arts and crafts and driver education among other topics. ( For the class list, was published on page 21 of the Dec. 2 issue of the LW Weekly.) New students can fill out a NOCE application at www.tinyurl. com/NOCEapply; paper

The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) is calling upon all LW residents who have reached the age of 100 or will achieve that fantastic milestone in 2022 to sign up for a special day to honor them. The GAF, along with GRF, wants to recognize LW’s long-lived residents who have been witness to world events since 1922. Help is needed in identifying and contacting LW centenarians in time for the April

A memorial service for Ronde Winkler, a past GRF president and Mutual 10 resident, will be held on Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. in Clubhouse 4. The family requests that all who attend wear protective masks. Winkler died Nov. 30 after a brief and sudden illness. She served on the her Mutual and GRF boards starting in August 2006, when she moved to Leisure World. She was a planning commissioner for the City