People who are having difficulty hearing or seeing their smartphones are invited to attend a free workshop on how to make them work better for you. Training covers making smartphone volume louder and easier to hear; sending text messages, connecting Bluetooth devices, using basic functions and more. This is a two-part online training. To participate, you need a computer. iPhone training

GRF projects are underway around the community despite slowdowns attributed to the COVID-19 repercussions. This column will update residents on the progress of various construction projects. The information is provided by GRF Facilities Director Mark Weaver and Physical Property Manager David Rudge. LW POOL Progress on the pool project continues despite challenges posed by COVID-19, which

The Healthy Brain Expo will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 24, on the Seal Beach Leisure World local channel. The expo includes free memory screenings, presentations on brain health and memory loss and caregiver resources. Topics include Super Foods and the Brain, Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, DrPH, RDN; Brain Health, Teryn Clarke, MD; Oral Health and the Brain, Michael Cooley,

Mutual by Mutual Flu Clinic Oct. 1 The following are appointment times for all Mutuals: Mutuals 4 and 11 8-8:45 a.m. Mutuals 1 and 17 8:45-9:30 a.m. Mutuals 10 and 14 9:30-10:15 a.m. Mutuals 2 and 16 10:15-11 a.m. Mutuals 12 and 15 11-11:45 a.m. Mutuals 3 and 5 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mutuals 6 and 7 12:30-1:15 p.m. Mutuals 8 and 9 1:15-2 p.m. For people who miss appointments, shots will

Credits & Kudos must include the writer’s name and mutual, and will be edited for brevity. Mention of a business or service is not an endorsement or recommendation by the LW News or Golden Rain Foundation. Joan Palango of Mutual 14 writes: I needed to borrow a wheelchair to help a friend get to an urgent care center. It was a week- end, of course, which made it a bit more difficult. After

Editor: The LW Weekly (Sept.10) stated the new LW pool depth has been adjusted from five feet to four feet deep. It also states the adjustment carries into the volleyball area four feet at one end, three-and-a-half feet at the other end. With a pool that shallow, there will be no floating without your feet hitting the bottom of the pool and no treading water for exercise. To me that sounds

Editor: I was reading the GRF project update on page 2 (Sept. 10) and came across a most curious statement: the first bullet in the update where it discusses the adjusted pool depth says, “The pool depth has been adjusted from five feet deep to four feet deep, an NCAA Rule 1 Short-Course Swimming race course standard...” First of all, why are they referring to a competitve pool standard

Editor: What does Prop 15 mean for you as residents here in Leisure World? The so-called split commercial/ residential tax roll on the November ballot is being advertised as solely a commercial property tax. But could it unravel Proposition 13 property tax protections even for residential properties or for us here in LW? The biggest take away if this proposition passes is that small businesses

Editor: Going on seven months we’ve been reading and hearing about people disrespecting each other, making threats and false reports, graffiti, destruction of personal property and more. Do you know that all of these actions and reactions happened here in Leisure World. All of these examples were over a “flag.” We live in a retirement community and we see in the news destruction of private