GAF Tax filing season begins Jan. 26 and ends April 15. Residents can get free help filing their taxes through the AARP Tax-Aide Program sponsored by the Golden Age Foundation. IRS-certified volunteers will help people file taxes from Feb. 2-April 8, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9 a.m.-noon in the Clubhouse 3 Learning Center. Appointments are required. To make an appointment,

GRF FACILITIES COMMITTEE by Mike Banfield GRF Director The GRF Board will hold a town hall on Feb. 9 in Clubhouse 4 from 2-4 p.m. to discuss plans to install various solar projects in Leisure World, including consideration of a solar farm, and rooftop solar for several clubhouses and the Administration building. The 2026 GRF budget line item for Trust property-related electricity

OBITUARY Former GRF Executive Director Randy Ankeny, who oversaw landmark projects such as the globe and pool renovations, and ensured Leisure World residents had top priority when COVID-19 vaccinations became available, has died. He died on Christmas Day of complications related to a brain aneurysm, according to his family. Ankeny began his eight-year tenure as the new executive director