SUNSHINE CLUB Detective Jon Ainley, SBPD, is the Sunshine Club’s speaker on Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. via Zoom. During his presentation Ainley will cover these areas: • Calling police vs. calling LW security • Situational awareness • Safety and security • Common scams • Computerhacksandphishing • Identity theft To join the Zoom meeting, follow the link

LW STAR VOLUNTEER Celeste Lowe from Mutual 5 is one of 55 volunteers from the Golden Age Foundation’s face mask project. When COVID-19 hit the nation in March, Lowe began making PPE for her sister’s dental office in Whittier. When she saw in the LW Weekly that Diana Harrison was looking for volunteers to help with the Golden Age Foundation’s community mask giveaway project, she decided

On Oct. 6, Don and Harriett Roswurm of Mutual 14 celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. They have lived in Leisure World for over 39 years. Harriett recently celebrated her 92nd birthday and Don will celebrate his 96th birthday in December. “Happy anniversary to my beautiful parents, love always Linda.”

Headers.indd 1 John Shields from Mutual 5 celebrated his 75th birthday with his wife, Debbie, and family and friends at the river jetty in Seal Beach on Oct. 3. Nick’s breakfast burritos were brought by the O’Tooles, along with a birthday cake to enjoy on the beach. Laurie O’Toole made sure to take pictures to preserve the memories from the special day. John’s friends Jim and

Grace Buster from Mutual 10 celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 2. After going to brunch with two of her daughters, Grace came home to a group of masked friends and neighbors waiting outside to celebrate her birthday socially distanced style. Grace’s friends brought cards, homemade cake, and other small gifts to show their love and appreciation of their friend. Her family also had

SUNSHINE CLUB Bob M. Dabic, a business and life coach, will be the speaker for the Sunshine Club’s next Zoom meeting on Friday, Oct. 9, at noon. He will speak about different ways to handle confrontation respectfully. Dabic will go over in detail how to understand, inquire about and confront another person’s point of view or behavior. He hopes this speech will help Leisure World residents

In this week’s puzzle, white moves first, and for any answer by black, the white’s next move is checkmate. The white Queen moves from G1 to H2. Any answer by black, the white’s next move is check mate. Unfortunately, the members of the chess club are unable to play together on Fridays because of the COVID-19 shutdowns. The chess puzzle will appear in the LW paper weekly to keep 1/25/17

By Tony Jin LW contributor Mt.Whitney is one of the most popular hiking trails in the United States. Despite its popularity, the trail is extremely tough. Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states at 14,505 feet. The trail starts at Whitney Portal, 13 miles west of Lone Pine, California. The hike is around 22 miles round-trip with an elevation gain of 6,100 feet. I decided to