Letters to the Editor

Editor:

The benefits to living in Leisure World just keep coming. Thanks to Randy Ankeny, executive director, and Kathy Thayer, assistant recreation manager, who both worked with the Orange Country Health Care Agency to help residents receive COVID-19 vaccinations without leaving our community.

Appreciation also goes to the medical staff and volunteers who worked the vaccination center efficiently and graciously, even handling the larger groups necessitated by the weather delay.

Kay Hudnall Mutual 7 Editor:

After speaking with three owners in Mutual 3 and two in Mutual 9, I have found no one who relates to the figures sitting at the St. Andrews intersection.

The sculpture does not seem to represent Southern California, Seal Beach or the swimming pool location.

Some of us think the art would be better placed at the LW Library/Veterans Plaza.

We just felt the need to express an opinion.

Thank you.

Carl Reggiardo Mutual 3 Editor:

The Perrottis lovingly gave us a piece of art that is so special, particularly at this difficult time. Although art is always potentially controversial, when it is given through kindness and love, it has to be cherished, even if it’s not to your taste! In fact, it’s good to create dialogue especially during our virus isolation. Art causes conversation among people!

Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Perrotti for bringing this spark of joy and interest to us Leisure Worlders.

Joyce Basch Mutual 11 Editor:

We want to make a special effort to thank all those responsible for the wonderful gift and art installation in LW. It’s beautiful and puts a smile on our faces every time we pass by. It’s a little Rockwell-esque—well done!

As a pair of the “younger olders” here in LW (as some folks call us), we very much appreciate and are grateful for art of all types.

Like many people in LW, we have traveled to many countries and have seen and appreciated much. Art of all mediums is just that, art! We do not liken ourselves to the butterfly, fairy, whimsical little dancing girl or the sports statues we see throughout LW, nor do we even think we might slightly resemble our friend (Twiggy) outside of the Stock Transfer Office.

But we enjoy and look at them all, including our artistic globe and armillary sundial, and we appreciate the added beauty we see everywhere, even if some are not to “our taste”—just as we appreciate beautiful gardens and people’s interpretations of their homes.

We give a hearty thank you very much for a much-appreciated addition to LW.

T. Green Mutual 4 Editor:

I consider myself vibrant and active like the other people I know here. The statue donated by the Perrottis (March 4) is the opposite.

I’ve only heard bad comments about it, and it should be removed. Thank you.

Les Feller Mutual 15 Editor:

I realize the statue on the corner of St. Andrews and Golden Rain Road was a gift—and indeed is a generous one.

Also there is nothing wrong with the execution of the sculpture, and the artist has done a good job of depicting an elderly couple in their twilight years. However, this should be moved to Veterans Plaza near the LW Library. It is entirely contrary to the marketing of LW.

Ever since it debuted, LW was marketed toward new retirees who seek an active life, with golf, swimming, pickleball, exercise classes and more. Before the pandemic one could be as active as one chose to be.

The message of two sedentary individuals is not representative of LW and its mission. If we want to sustain LW, it must continue to attract new buyers who want to be vigorous participants engaged in the community and the beach life of Seal Beach.

Please rethink how inappropriate the sculpture is in its current placement, where all newcomers to LW will see a static and complacent couple who appear to be at the end of life’s spectrum.

A golfer would be much more appropriate in that setting or even a walker with a dog would better reflect the LW lifestyle that will attract potential buyers. Mitzi Winks Mutual 5 Letters to the Editor should include your name, Mutual number and phone number, and be emailed to rutho_news@lwsb.com or typed and delivered to the LW Weekly office in the Amphitheater Building.