Hi
Hope your week has been a good one!
As we head into Memorial Day weekend, it looks like we will have very pleasant low- to mid-70's temperatures, with a near perfect day Monday for Barbecuing and
enjoying the outdoors. I for one can't wait.
Yes, the Rossmoor Recycles Drive is on for this Saturday - so on your way out to enjoy your weekend, stop by Rush Park and drop off your recyclables (between 8 am and Noon of course) and give back a bit to Rossmoor.
Also, Orange County is offering free CPR training on Thursday June 1st. CPR can save a loved one if you just know what to do. The County's "Sidewalk CPR" program shows you how to do hands
only CPR in about 10 minutes. Check out the details below for more info.
LA Fitness Project Update It appears that the June 5th Seal Beach Planning Commission meeting will have the LA Fitness project on its agenda. This means a vote could be taken than evening. Now is the time to show up at a meeting. The
meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. but get to the Seal Beach City Hall early if you want a seat to cheer on your "side" of the issue, even if you don't want to speak to the Commission. More info below.
It's Back! The RHA Fiction Writing Contest Our
newest RHA Board member, Cathy Larson, has resurrected the RHA Fiction Writing Contest along with some really great prizes. Get your thinking caps on, review some of the past awarded stories and then get writing! More details below.
RHA SCholarship Awards The Rossmoor Homeowners Association presented its annual high school scholarship awards to the 2017 recipients: Lisa Teufel, and Alexa Gomberg, at its regular May meeting. As part of the presentation, Lisa and Alexa read the essay
they had submitted for the competition. Both are seniors at Los Alamitos High School and will be graduating this June. More details and photos on the RHA website
Upcoming Dates to Note
We have a number of events coming up that you will want to put on your calendar. Check them out: - Rossmoor Recycles - Saturday 5/27 - Rush Park, please bring your newspapers, mixed
paper, cans and plastic bottles.
- Sweeper Monday - Monday 6/5 - Remember to move your vehicles!
- RCSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 6/13 - 7:00 p.m. Rush Park Auditorium
- RHA Board Meeting - Tuesday 6/20 - 7:00 p.m. Rossmoor Park
And of course, the weekly Rossmoor Walk & Talk each Tuesday morning, that it is not raining, starting at 10:30 a.m. at Rush Park. A second walking group meets on Thursday afternoons at 4:00
p.m. also at Rush Park.
Thanks for reading the RHA eNews Blast
The RHA Communications Team
Rossmoor Recycles: Saturday
5/27 |
Our next monthly Rossmoor Recycles Drive is on Saturday, May 27th Please bring your recyclable newspapers, mixed paper waste, recyclable cans, and plastic
bottles to Rush Park.
You'll be helping the environment AND putting some much-needed funds back into the Rossmoor community!
Locally owned The File
Depot will be in the parking lot at Rush Park to take your boxes for a Rossmoor Special of just $6 per banker sized box or if you have other sized boxes, bags or containers, the cost is just 24 cents a pound.
We’ll see you there!
8:00 AM to 12 N00N – Rush Park Parking Lot
on Blume Drive
Please separate Newspaper materials from
other paper waste, e.g. cardboard and magazines and other paper materials waste. Thanks for your help!
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Writers - You're
Invited! |
For six consecutive years, Rossmoor residents captivated our imaginations with fictional stories about Rossmoor and Rossmoor characters who fell in love, returned
from war, discovered new friendships, uncovered Ross Cortese’s dead body, and recounted the backstory of our street names. The years 2009 to 2014 gave rise to budding writers, and creativity meandered our neighborhood boulevards. This year
the Rossmoor Homeowners Association is proud to resurrect our popular Fiction Writing Contest — the seventh in our almost-annual, yearly contest. You can check our some of the past winning essays here Time to dust off your typewriters, dig into your imagination, clear a space in your favorite writing corner, and put your stories to paper. The contest is open to any Rossmoor resident with a yarn to spin and a tale begging to be told. You don’t have to be a professional writer to enter. Entries should have a Rossmoor
theme of some type: either placed in Rossmoor or about characters who came from Rossmoor. Will this year’s winning story be about a crooked government official who approves a dangerous bridge serving Rossmoor residents in exchange for a
bribe? Or about the challenge of a big match to a Rossmoor youth on one of our parks’ soccer fields? Or perhaps about a soldier serving his country far from home and dreaming back to his days in Rossmoor? Or maybe even a thriller with a nod to The DaVinci Code, outlining the meaning behind Rossmoor’s quirks? The winner of the contest will receive a $200 VISA gift card from this year’s sponsor, Write Away U, and have their stories published on the RHA website. The runner-up will win a $100 gift certificate, and the author of the third-place story will get a $50 gift certificate — both gift certificates from a local eatery. Even if you don’t win, it’s bound to be challenging and fun, and all entrants will be invited to a RHA-sponsored picnic in the park sometime this summer.
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Free "Hands Only" CPR Trainings |
Trainings Offered June 1st Throughout Orange County
Orange County residents are invited to take just ten minutes out of their day Thursday, June 1 and learn a skill
that can save a life: Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
“When an adult has a sudden cardiac arrest, the chances of survival are doubled – sometimes tripled – if he or she immediately receives CPR,” said Dr. Samuel Stratton, Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services (OCEMS).
“Unfortunately, less than 1/3 of those who suffer from a cardiac arrest at home, work or out in
the community receive this type of vital assistance. Many bystanders are worried that they might do something wrong or make things worse by attempting to intervene because they haven’t been empowered by appropriate training.”
Participants in “Sidewalk CPR” day can receive this training for free at more than 10 locations countywide thanks to a partnership between the County of Orange Health Care Agency’s OCEMS team and the American Heart Association. Attendees will learn how and when
to use Hands-Only CPR, which is different from conventional CPR because it focuses on chest compression without the need for mouth-to-mouth breathing. Click here for a full list of locations
OCEMS is responsible for coordinating the
County's emergency medical services system including Hospitals, Fire Departments, and Ambulance Companies. Staff works with both the private and public sectors to ensure basic and advanced life support coverage to our county's more than 3 million residents and visitors.
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OC Vector Control:
Mosquitoes |
"Over the last few years, Orange County has experienced an increase in cases of mosquito-borne illnesses such as the West Nile virus. Furthermore, the presence of the invasive Aedes mosquitoes
threatens the county with diseases such as Zika virus, dengue fever, and Chikungunya" said Mary-Joy Coburn, OCMVCD Public Affairs Coordinator. "To ensure the
protection of family, friends, and pets, it's extremely important to make sure that residents are taking the proper steps to eliminate standing water on their properties and to control the mosquito population." To kick off the mosquito season, OCMVCD has started participating in city events and presentations to educate the public about the mosquito sources found on their yards and what they can do to protect themselves. "Eliminating standing water is the most important thing to remember in order to control mosquitoes," added Coburn. "Conduct a property inspection every week and dump and drain all items that can potentially hold water." Orange County residents can do a variety of things to help protect themselves and the community, and to help reduce the risk from mosquitoes this season: - Eliminate any standing water around the home.
- Make sure all of the window and door screens on the property are in good repair.
- Wear a repellent containing DEET®, Picaridin, IR3535, or
Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus.
- Contact the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District to report dead birds or neglected swimming pools.
Residents are encouraged to sign-up for District email notification, follow OCMVCD on social media, and visit their website for the most current West Nile virus information: (714) 971-2421 or (949) 654-2421, or visit ocvector.org.
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LA Fitness Health Club @ The
Shops |
The Shops at Rossmoor and LA Fitness have resubmitted essentially the same proposal that was withdrawn last fall to build a 37,000 square foot facility in the parking lot behind Sprouts.
PLEASE SHOW UP at Seal Beach Planning Commission Meeting on
June 5th at the Seal Beach City Council chambers. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Arrive early if you want to have a seat. Please express your opinions on the project to the Commission.
The health club is expected to be operating from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on and Sunday.
There are noise and safety concerns for all in the surrounding area, and mostly the condominium residents who have bedroom windows less than 100 feet from the parking lot.
Coalition Against LA Fitness Project The non-profit
Coalition Against LA Fitness (CALAF) is raising funds to help represent the Rossmoor and Seal Beach residents and shoppers who frequent the Shops to be heard. To find out how you can help support CALAF, please see their website, Facebook group and Go Fund Me page.
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Sargent Feely of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department recommends the following practices to keep Rossmoor residents and their property safe:
Knock, Knock Burglaries Recent reports have been received from residents about strangers knocking on their doors both during the day and well into the evening.
To protect your family and property, when an unexpected knock occurs at your door, do not open your door. Rather, keep the door closed and locked, ask who the person is, and what they want. Make note of what they say and decline their offer or service. Do not open your door to a stranger. Burglars use this “knock,
knock…who’s there?” technique to gain entry to homes, scope out home occupancy, or evaluate content value.
Remember, if you have a suspicious encounter, immediately contact OCSD at 714.647.7000 and provide the individual’s direction and mode of travel, individual’s physical description (from head to toe, clothing coloring and style is important), and time and location that the incident occurred.
Lock It, Hide It, Keep It Keep your car doors locked at all times when parked in your driveway or on the street. Many cars in Rossmoor that are broken into have been unlocked. Also, remove items from your car or place them out of view in your trunk for safe keeping. Thieves go down streets and check cars parked both on the street and in driveways to see if they are locked. If the car is locked, they will typically move on to an unlocked
car.
Catalytic Converter Theft Stolen catalytic converters, particularly from Toyota trucks and other models, have been increasing. Law enforcement recommends parking in your garage to prevent this type of theft. If you must park in your driveway or on the street, add motion detection lights
or continuous lights illuminating your property as a deterrent. If you have a vehicle with an easily accessible and highly desirable catalytic converter, get your catalytic converter etched with your vehicle license plate number by your vehicle service provider.
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Rossmoor residents Bernie Beskind & Herb Halling coordinates the weekly Rossmoor Walk &
Talk meeting at Rush Park on Tuesday mornings at 10:30. That is unless it's raining, then there's no walk.
NEW WALK ADDED! Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at Rush Park, there is a new group of
walkers. Plan to join them next Thursday to walk and talk
The program is simple enough, whoever attends forms groups of 2-4 people and walk around Rush Park and they talk. How long they walk, how fast they walk, and what they talk about is up to them. If you need a topic to talk about, Bernie will be happy to help you out. It's a real Win-Win Bernie's idea creates an informal way to meet your neighbors and get some exercise at the same time. It could save or at least extend your life, plus you'll get to meet some really
great people. And that is a huge win-win. Come join us! The Rossmoor Walk & Talk is open to all ages. The more the merrier - Invite your friends and please spread the word. Rossmoor Walk & Talk meets are held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Rush Park. If you have questions, please email Bernie
(BernieB_90720@yahoo.com), or come see him on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Rush Park. Bernie will be the energetic guy with glasses, short hair, long in years and walking slowly. |
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Coyote sightings in Rossmoor have decreased over the past couple of months. This decrease is typical for the time of year. Unfortunately, it does not indicate the coyotes are not in Rossmoor. They are still here.
For those of
you who have made reports, THANK YOU. You are helping us track coyote behavior which is critical to any future removal attempts.
Please continue to be careful with your pets (keep them indoors or within your sight, and NO NOT leave pet food outside after feeding time).
Our Rossmoor Wildlife Watch program is continuing to collect reports and monitoring coyote behavior and movement based on these reports. Please continue to report any coyote activity you see on the
Rossmoor Wildlife Watch website.
If you would like to find out more about our Rossmoor Wildlife Watch program and discover what we are doing, please sign up for more information.
The coyote challenge we face here in Rossmoor and throughout Southern California does not have a
magical "fix it" solution. It will take a community effort (that's you and me, not "them") to keep our pets safe and reduce the risks in our neighborhood. Please learn what you can do at your home and for everyone in Rossmoor.
RHA Membership Because Rossmoor Matters
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The Rossmoor Homeowners Association (RHA) is a membership funded, non-profit
organization and as such relies primarily on member dues and fund-raising to cover its annual costs.
What costs?
Great question, glad you asked. The Rossmoor Homeowners Association:
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