GRF PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Marsha Gerber GRF President As your GRF president, I’ll tell you the straight news first. Come Jan. 1, get ready for higher assessments from both your Mutual and GRF. If you’ve listened to the past year’s news, you probably knew it was coming. Think about shopping at businesses that can immediately charge you a price reflecting their cost. Food costs

The Long Run— Experience the Eagles Sept. 8 | 7:30 p.m. Amphitheater Stage Sponsors: MemorialCare Optum and United Healthcare The Long Run—Experience The Eagles will be featured at the Amphitheater tonight at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Guests must be accompanied by a LW resident. Minibus service is available before and after the show. The Long Run (TLR) has earned its place

The Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Classical Series opens Oct. 1 with Beethoven’s Fifth. Round-trip bus transportation is available to and from the classic concerts. Page 16

WELCOME ABOARD In a carefully orchestrated transfer of leadership, Finance Director Carolyn Miller has handed over the reins of the department to corporate accounting executive Mallorie Hall, whose first day with the GRF was Sept. 5. Hall brings to Leisure World a decade of experience in corporate accounting and operations. Miller, who will retire from the GRF on Sept. 26, will spend her final

The Seal Beach Animal Care Center (SBACC) will have three tables to collect donations at the Amphitheater show tonight, Sept. 8, featuring a tribute to the Eagles (see page 1 for more information). Volunteers from both SBACC and Leisure World’s Paws, Claws and Beaks club will be at Amphitheater entrances from 6-8 p.m. to receive residents’ contributions. All those who contribute will be

The LW Weekly is producing a 2023 wall calendar featuring the work of Leisure World photographers. Editors are looking for scenic vistas of Leisure World and Seal Beach. Photos of people are not eligible. Holiday or seasonal shots are welcome. Potential contributors should submit large, high-resolution, 300 dpi images in landscape format. Cell phone photos should be emailed in the “actual”

GRF EVENT After a two-year absence, the 2022 GRF Fall Festival will be held at Clubhouse 6 on Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The LW Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Club, in conjunction with the GRF Security Department and several safety groups and vendors, will be there to demonstrate what is new in emergency preparedness. Stone Soul, an eight-piece, horn-blowing, foot-stomping classic