SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM The Seal Beach Lunch Program is provided by Meals on Wheels OC at the North Seal Beach Center, 3333 St. Cloud Drive, Seal Beach. A dine-in Lunch Café is now open Thursdays from 11 a.m.-noon. Starting Monday, Dec. 5, the program will be offered five days a week, from 11 a.m.-noon, Monday-Friday. The lunch program is open to all adults age 60 years and older. Suggested donation

Editor: I read last week’s letter to the editor (Oct. 27) about Medicare Advantage plans claiming coverage for treatment was denied that Original Medicare covers. Since Medicare was signed in law in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, all Medicare Advantage plans (which include Medicare HMOs, PPOs, Special Needs Plans, Private-Fee-For-Service Plans and Medical Savings Accounts) must at least

An illustration accompanying a story about Athens Services’ new food scrap collection program in Oct. 20 LW Weekly incorrectly showed a tea bag going in to the organics cart; tea bags are not acceptable organics waste and cannot be disposed of in organics carts.

Approved Consent Agenda: MOVED and approved the consent agenda including the following minutes of the Special GRF Board of Directors Minutes, Budget Review September 29 - GRF Board of Directors Minutes, September 27 - Approve Capital Funds Investment Purchase - Approve Reserve Funds Investment Purchase - Acceptance of the Interim Financial Statements, September for Audit. Heat Pump Replacement

Golden Rain Foundation committee and board meetings are open to Leisure World residents. The following is a tentative schedule. Thurs., Nov. 3 GRF Executive Board Meeting Conf. Rm A ....................................... 1 p.m. Mon., Nov. 7 Recreation Committee Conf. Rm B/virtual........................... 1 p.m. Wed., Nov. 9 Security Bus and Traffic Committee Conf. Rm A/virtual .........................1

Mutual residents are invited to attend the open meetings of their mutual boards. The following is a tentative schedule. Thurs., Nov. 3 Presidents’ Council Clubhouse 4/Virtual ........................ 9 a.m. Tues., Nov. 8 Mutual 16 Conf. Rm A/Zoom ..........................1 p.m. Wed., Nov. 9 Mutual 4 (open forum 8:30) Conf. Rm A/Zoom .....................8:45 a.m. Thurs., Nov. 10 Mutual 12

Staring in 2023, all people with Medicare will benefit from the following changes: • Medicare beneficiaries will have a $0 cost share for adult vaccines and covered under Medicare Part D, including shingles. • All Medicare beneficiaries regardless of income will pay a maximum of $35 for a one-month supply of covered insulin products with no deductible. • Medicare premiums,