GAF The Golden Age Foundation’s (GAF) quarterly battery recycling program will return on Tuesday, March 18, from 10 a.m.-noon in the parking lot of Clubhouse 2. GRF ID is required. The GAF will collect the following approved batteries for recycling: alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel cadmium, nickel metalhydride, lithium ion, lithium metal, silver oxide, button cell batteries and all other dry

MESSAGE FROM THE GRF TREASURER by Nick Massetti GRF Treasurer Last week the reserve fund and its associated reserve study were described. One measure of the health of a reserve fund is its “percent funded level.” That factor is simply the HOA’s current reserve fund balance divided by the current amount needed to fund replacement of all the components in the reserve study. A high percent

SALVATION ARMY The Salvation Army will return to the Amphitheater parking lot on Saturday, March 15, from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. to collect donations. The trucks will accept donations of clothing, furniture and various household items. Residents are encouraged to take this opportunity to free themselves from unwanted possessions and clutter and in turn support The Salvation Army’s work in

replacment, the funds have not been saved for that purpose. For example, the 10,000 feet of chain link fence lining the Golden Rain flood control channel was not in the GRF reserve study until a few years ago. When it was added, it immediately became the largest contributor to annual total funding requirement. That was an example of a component that for many years was considered a “lifetime component”

Editor: I would like to suggest that if you cannot print something more uplifting and reader worthy than the paranoid rantings of a sore election loser, this space would be better served left blank. Ed Murphy Mutual 5 Editor: I just read Lee Hoyt's letter (March 6). My advice: “Everything I don’t like is Hitler” is not a winning message. Speaking of messages, Donald Trump