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March

2016

Tall Tower

Tales

March Birthdays:

February Birthday Party!

Pictured (from top left, clockwise): Bernie and Eve Silverman, Bob and Evelyn Hendrickson, Vicky Kasselheim and Kit Kulak, Bob and Shirley Ainley, David Olney and Steve Handelman, Dottie Nickens, Frances Fishman and Harriet Fillmore, Folmer and Mark Starr, Jacqueline Byron and Manuel Berman, Martin Sendrow and Lilo Sonnenberg, Virginia DiRocco and Guest, Laura Husak and Zyta

Grzywacz, Marian Schultz and Lilie Naness, Rosella and Bill Leasure, Theodosia and Apostolos Chryssogelos.

Name Date Name Date

Albert Levy 3-1 Sally Artig 3-15

Bernice Moss 3-1 Gary Damsker 3-16

Betty Bent 3-2 Janice Forsse 3-16

Joseph Heller 3-3 Violet Gati 3-19

Lois Niman 3-3 Eve Levy 3-19

Robert Yuan 3-4 Julie Davis 3-20

Susan Hansen 3-5 Tommy Hou 3-20

Al Marklin 3-7 Robert Barton 3-21

Betty Fox 3-7 Ann Mogel 3-21

Cecily Underwood 3-9 Erma Savage 3-21

Mary Lou Cohen 3-10 Susan Flechner 3-23

Delores Prudham 3-10 Sydney Aronson 3-25

Lillian Falk 3-11 Virginia Tucker 3-25

Young Synn 3-12 Beatrice Green 3-26

Marian Hoffman 3-13 Alice Whiting 3-29

Sunja Lim Koh 3-13 Babbete Wilmers 3-29

Jessie Valencia 3-13

A special thank you to Martin Sendrow for blowing out the candle!

Towers Bridge Club News

Monday Bridge Every Monday afternoon at noon

Duplicate Bridge Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Contract Bridge Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Pan Games Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the Rendezvous Room Poker Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the Key Club Gin Rummy Friday evenings at 7:00 p.m.

Congratulations Duplicate Winners!

1/6 N/S 1st Shirley Corey – Norma Koskoff E/W 1st Laura Husak – Zyta Grzywacz

2nd Gerry McIntosh – Florence Boggio 2nd Riva Morton – Mark Dimond

3rd Neil Diorio – Lynn Austin 3rd Kate Holgate – Laura Jones

1/13 N/S 1st Shirley Corey – Norma Koskoff E/W 1st Paul Karr – Sally Stevens

2nd Janet Sroff – Leonard Seroff 2nd Kate Holgate – Laura Jones

3rd Robert Horn – Sharon Tobin 3rd Louis Dubin – Leslie Adams

1/20 N/S 1st Shirley Corey – Norma Koskoff E/W 1st Riva Morton – Mark Dimond

2nd Janet Seroff – Leonard Seroff 2nd Paul Karr – Sally Stevens

3rd Robert Horn –Sharon 3rd Eve Silverman – Bernard Silverman

1/27 N/S 1st Shirley Corey – Norma Koskoff E/W 1st Larry Pooler – Joe Zeng

2nd Robert Horn – Sharon Tobin 2nd Sally Stevens – Paul Karr

3rd Lilo Sonnenberg – John Adams 3rd Joan Pharris – Louis Dubin

TOTALS FOR DUPLICATE: 26 TABLES – 104 PLAYERS

Contract Bridge Scores

February Scores

Date – Name – Score – 2/2 – Blanche Goldman 3030 2/9 – Julie Davis 4130 2/16 – Julie Davis 3480

22 Tables – 88 People

MARCH RESIDENT OF THE MONTH: FRANCES FISHMAN

Frances Fishman was born on February 12, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born to Arnold and Lina Fishman, who were both born in Poland. Frances had two siblings, her older sister Margaret and her older brother Martin. As a young girl, Frances would watch all of the movies that were coming out at her nearby drive-in theater. She also loved swimming, playing golf, and playing tennis. She began playing golf at the young age of twelve! All of the men in her family were golfers and they encouraged her to start young. However, the sports she truly loved were tennis and swimming.

As a teenager, Frances did not enjoy high school. She disliked it so much that she pushed herself to take more classes than the usual student. She finished high school at sixteen years old. In 1936, she enrolled at Kansas City Junior College. In 1938, she transferred to the University of Illinois and graduated in 1940. Later that same year, she attended graduate school at Washington University of St. Louis, studying Social Work. In 1939, she met her special someone, Leon Fishman, while he was pursuing his masters in chemistry.

Two years later in 1941, Leon and Frances Fishman decided to get married. Not too long after, Frances and Leon decided to grow their family. They had two children, a son, Hank, and a daughter, Lee Ann. Frances loved taking car trips or travelling together as a family. She also enjoyed watching movies with the family. During these years, Frances worked as a social worker as well as a teacher. Frances’ favorite part of working as a social worker was the feeling of helping people in her job. Her favorite part of being a school teacher was working with kindergartners. Although she taught a variety of ages, she loved working with the little kids because of all the raw material that expands their imagination.

As their children got older, Hank and Lee Ann each pursued different interests. Hank graduated from UCLA and earned a masters in hospital administration. Hank has 2 children, one son named Michael and one daughter named Lisa. Lee Ann also went to UCLA, and earned her BS in Math. She went on to work for Hughes Aircraft. Lee Ann has one daughter named Juanita. Frances has 3 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

In their later years, Frances and Leon traveled the world. In fact, she has been to many, many places around the world, and when asked, one of the few countries she did not have a chance to visit was South Africa. Her favorite places were China and Italy. She loved China so much that she decided to go back for a second time in 1993. Frances has lived in Laguna Woods Village for 19 years, moving to The Towers after Leon passed away. Nowadays, you can find Frances swimming and walking at least a mile a day. Reading is also a passion of hers; she loves to read any kind of mystery novel. Frances has always been a very happy woman and continues to be so!

Friends we will dearly miss…

Kay Fitzpatrick, Trudy Farrington, Al Kulla, Sylvia Beitscher, Everett Hylton, David Scheirer

Published by The Towers Items of interest to Towers residents should Editor, Kristen Orr be submitted by the 15th of each month.

The Mutual No. Fifty Board of Directors held its open session meeting on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. The Board of Directors voted on several items, including:

New Lortscher Hall Seating Rules (which were postponed to meet the 30-day notification requirement, see rules on next page).

Approve payment for Air Conditioning Pipe Repairs.

Approve new content for the Laguna Woods Village Newsletter.

Approve the Mutual No. Fifty 2016 Board Election Schedule.

Approving a request from Laguna Woods Mutual No. Fifty to the Golden Rain Foundation to change the date and time of their monthly Security and Community Access Committee.

Ms. Karen Inman, President of PCM/Associa, Ms. Debra Roberts, VP/Controller of PCM/Associa, and Elise Trent, VP of Human Resources of PCM/Associa attended the meeting and described the services available with the transition from PCM in Laguna Woods Village to PCM/Associa based out of Foothill Ranch. They also answered the Board’s and residents’ questions. Ms. Katy Howe, General Manager, gave an update on the Golden Rain Foundation’s (GRF) February 2, 2016 meeting. During the General Manager’s report, Ms. Howe discussed the management transition in Laguna Woods Village and the upcoming Prospective Resident and Realtor Reception. Ms. Howe also answered questions from the Board and Members and presented a report from Guckenheimer and a report from the Maintenance Department. Financial Data – Due 2015 year-end accounting, no Treasurer’s Report was given.

ACCOUNT QUESTIONS? – Call Lydia! We definitely understand that with the association’s change of banks and this billing transition, you have questions about your assessments and your homeowner’s association account. We are pleased to inform you that Lydia Guzman, PCM/Associa’s Escrow & Homeowner Liaison Supervisor in Foothill Ranch, has been assigned to address billing issues for the next several months. Please feel free to contact Lydia Guzman at (949) 465-2282 with any of your Mutual No. Fifty billing questions.

The following resolution have received preliminary approval from the Board of Directors of Mutual No. Fifty. Owner members may submit comments on these resolutions between now and March 31, 2016.

RESOLUTION M50-16-XX

Lortscher Hall Seating Rules WHEREAS, The Towers uses its main community room, Lortscher Hall, for a variety of events; and WHEREAS, recent events have been attended at capacity for Lortcher Hall; and WHEREAS, residents have been observed by staff using their walkers as “chairs” in Lortscher Hall, sometimes in the aisles or near the exits; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, April 21, 2016, that the Board of Directors of this Corporation hereby authorizes the following rules for seating in Lortscher Hall;

Lortscher Hall Seating Rules

1. At major events in Lortscher Hall, Staff will indicate aisles and exits in Lortscher Hall. These areas must be kept clear and will not be allowed for sitting in chairs, walkers, and wheelchairs or other motorized devices.

2. If a resident is approached by Staff to move out of these areas, resident must move out of the area immediately.

3. Any resident found to be violating these rules will be brought forward to the

Board of Directors for disciplinary action. The Board may take disciplinary action authorized by the Mutual’s bylaws including, but not limited to: a) a fine; b) inability to attend events in Lortscher Hall; c) payment of the corporation’s attorney fees incurred in enforcing these rules; or d) termination of the occupancy of the resident in Mutual Fifty.

4. This applies to all forms of mobility in any venue in The Towers.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers and agents of this Corporation are hereby authorized on behalf of the Corporation to carry out the purpose of this resolution. To satisfy legislative requirements, this resolution must go out for 30-day review.

Upcoming Events From the

Activities Department…

When Time Event Location

Thursday, March 3rd

7:00p.m Game Night Bridge Room

Friday. March 4th

3:15pm Sabbath Service Lortscher Hall

Saturday, March 5th

7:00p.m. Tony Rogers Lortscher Hall

Thursday, March 10th

5:00p.m. Birthday Dinner Lortscher Hall

Thursday, March 10th

7:00p.m. Duffy Hudson Lortscher Hall

Saturday, March 12th

12:45p.m. Miracle Worker

Trip Meet in Lobby

Saturday, March 12th

7:00p.m. Family Feud Lortscher Hall

Saturday, March 17th

11:00a.m. St. Pats Strum & Sing Along

Lounge I

Thursday, March 17th

7:00p.m. St. Pats Day Celebration:

Cillian’s Bridge Lortscher Hall

Saturday, March 19th

7:00p.m Valentina Gottlieb

Lortscher Hall

Sunday, March 20th

11:00p.m Brunch Crystal Room

Thursday March 31st

7:00p.m Larry Maurer Lortscher Hall

DOUBLE THE FUN!!!

Join the Ukulele Group for a

strum & sing along and head on

out to our St. Patrick’s Day

Party in the evening on March

17!!! Or better yet, join us

for both!