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Villa Madeira News Corner June 2025

Villa Madeira Office Hours: 9 A.M. – 12 Noon, Monday–Friday

Business Manager: Elaine Owensby Phone: 760-743-5010

E-mail address: vmpoa955@gmail.com

Operations Manager: Ruben Perez

Maintenance email: vmpoa.maintenance@gmail.com

Emergency Office Phone - 760-705-8541

We Are So Sorry:

Last month’s Madeiran (May issue) was very late. An error was made and the issues we received at the normal time were actually the April Madeiran – with a May cover! The reprint had to wait until all their other printing was done. So you did not receive the May issue until May 9 or 10. Most likely this is just a one-time occurance. We do apologize! You can fire me as editor if you wish.

Betty Peterson

Please Keep These in Your Thoughts and Prayers:

Polly Hooyen (#15) has a spot on her lung that she is concerned about and will be having a CT for that.

Laurette Vandervelde (#74) is not feeling well and is dealing with issues regarding medication.

For Sale: #89 - $275,000 (in escrow)

Spring Property Inspections

The Spring inspections will be happening in early June. Please be sure your weeds are pulled and there is no excess trash, junk, or vehicles in your yard or carport.

Escondido Fire Department Offer

The Escondido Fire Department will install a lockbox on your home at NO COST to you. The box will store your home key, allowing firefighters to reach you in an emergency. It can be mounted by your door or shed or any convenient place.

Don’t let the front door stand between you and first responders in an emergency if you:

 Are 62 years of age or older

 Have a disability

 Need assistance with a Major Life Activity

Contact them today at www.fire.escondido.org or call 760-839-5400

Reprinted from December, 2021 Madeiran

Madeiran Online: www.mobilehomeparkmagazines.com/villa-madeira/

Madeiran Editor is Betty Peterson, space #10. Committee: Ruth Nichols #54, Polly Hooyen #15, and Laurette Vandervelde #74. If you have something you would like published you may put it in the mail tube at #10 or e-mail to donbettyp@yahoo.com or call her at 951-675-2948

Please remember the deadline for inclusion in the next month’s edition is the 13th of the previous month.

Around Villa Madeira

Good News!

Ruben Perez, our Operations Manager, assures us the Pool, Jacuzzi, and Sauna are all working beautifully! Enjoy the summer!

However, you will also notice the ducks are ready to enjoy it as well!!

Have you seen these beautiful creatures visiting our park lately? The first picture was taken on April 28 at Space #14. The picture on the right was taken at the pool by June Zoul (#4)

Have you driven down Auto Park Way by Citracado and tried to read the sign as you passed? It’s impossible, isn’t it? Don and Betty Peterson (#10) finally stopped long enough to take a picture to read later. It says:

“April is Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month – These pinwheels represent each survivor Palomar Health served last year.”

Thank you, Palomar Health!

Work Continues on Escondido Creek Trail Construction

Construction began in February 2025 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The purpose of the project is, according to the City of Escondido, “to encourage safe and healthy lifestyles through an improved sense of security, enhanced street crossings, fitness and play amenities, native and CA-friendly landscaping and further opportunities for walking and jogging in addition to improvements to the bike path.”

Cinco de Mayo Potluck

The Cinco de Mayo party Saturday noon, on May 3 was a blast! The food was extra special and very plentiful and the cake walk was a huge success. $214 was earned by the social club as each cake or dessert earned approximately $10 for the club. Pat Davis (#3) won the beautiful, delicious chocolate cake made by Kevin Kelly (#82), but she sliced it and shared it with everyone – thank you, Pat! Some people took “the walk” for others or walked it and then gifted it to someone else.

Sara Jones says: “Considering how much fun everyone had I’d call it a success and worth the effort to put it all together.” Be sure you don’t miss our next party.

What a beautiful setup by June Zoul #4)

The cake walk (right) and those that enjoyed watching (left)

Sara Jones (#94) selling tickets, some of the desserts and cakes, and Pat Davis (#3) with her win.

Library Corner

June List of “Books You Might Like to Read”

(These are not necessarily recommendations but are books that are new to our library and look interesting. Our library committee thought you might want to ‘check out’ one or more of them)

These books are on the shelf under the window so you can easily find them. The books are regularly added to and the ones that have been there for a few months are put in their proper places on the shelves, so keep your eye on the Madeiran each month to see which new ones you might be interested in reading.

Historical Fiction

The Fighting Agents by W.E.B. Griffin

Biography/Autobiography

A Walk in the Park (True story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon) by Kevin Fedarko

The World is My Home, A Memoir by James Michener

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston

Captivity of the Oatman Girls by R.B. Stratton

Fantasy

Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (A Fun book to read for yourself or to a Grandchild) Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan (A Suspenseful Fantasy)

Romantic Suspense

Time and Again by Nora Roberts

Novels

The Morning Star by André Schwarz-Bart

Suspense

Blindsight (Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery Series Book 1) by Robin Cook

Janet Kelly and Betty Peterson, Your Villa Madeira Library Committee

GARDENING

I will never get the hang of gardening. Steak is beef, but beefsteak is tomato. And garden stakes hold plants up. Tomatoes are grown in cages, but eggs are cage free. Cabbages and lettuce have heads. Corn has ears.

Potatoes have eyes. Beanstalk.

Summer squashes, but Winter peas. Good gourd! It makes me want to wet my plants and soil myself!

Contributed by a VM Resident

Things to Ponder

Which letter is silent in the word Scent," the S or the C?

Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?

If a bottle of poison reaches its expiration date, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?

If people evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?

Villa Madeira

July 5

Fourth of July Luncheon

12:00 Noon

$10 for Residents / $15 for Guests

Barbecue Hot Dogs

Italian Sausages with Chili

Sauerkraut

Salads

Baked Beans

Chips Apple Pie

50/50 Raffle Plants for Sale

RSVP to Sara at 760-670-5019 by June 21

Coming in September

Fundraser Silent Auction of White

Elephant Items and Gift Baskets

Community involvement will be necessary in order for this event to work.

Please call Sara if you are interested in being involved.

25TH Annual Cruisin’ Grand Returns

June 13

Cruisin’ Grand begins at 4:00 PM on Grand between Escondido Boulevard and Juniper, with closures on Juniper, Kalmia, Broadway and Maple. The Grand Avenue street work is scheduled to be completed by then.

(Contributed by Elaine Owensby)

During the spring and early summer months, coyote sightings can increase due to “puprearing.” This season is common when newborn pups come out to play for the first time. Typically, coyotes are nocturnal, but it is not uncommon to see them during the day. Just seeing one is NOT a reason to call 911. Below are reasons you should call 911.

 Coyotes in hot air balloons dropping anvils

 Coyotes with giant magnets.

 Coyote pulling a giant catapult

 Coyote with rocket shoes

 Coyote with anything marked “TNT”

 Coyote setting out bags that say “free bird seed!”

Please call 911 immediately if you see any of the above behavior.

is a Father?

Paul Harvey – News Commentator

He is never quite the hero his daughter thinks – never quite the man his son believes him. This worries him sometimes, so he works too hard trying to smooth the rough places in the road for those who follow him.

A Father gets very angry when the first school grades aren’t as good as he thinks they should be. He scolds his son though he knows it’s the teacher’s fault.

A Father is a thing that goes away to war sometimes, and learns to swear and shoot and spit between his teeth and would rather run away except that honorable generations have left in him the unshakeable conviction that this is the way to make the world a better place for his child than it was for him. However dated that concept he cannot unpledge his allegiance – so Fathers grow old faster than other people. Then in unjust wars they have to stand at the train station and wave goodbye to the uniform that climbs aboard – their son. While mothers can cry where it shows, Fathers have to stand there and just beam outside – and die inside.

Fathers are what give daughters away to men who aren’t nearly good enough so they can have the smartest grandchildren of anybody.

Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table, off to the arena, which is sometimes called the office or the workshop. There with calloused, practiced hands they tackle the dragon with three heads weariness, work, monotony. They never give up but they never quite win the fight. Knights in shining armour – fathers in shiny trousers – there is little difference as they march away to each work day.

Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who’ll live the longest. Though they know the odds they keep right on betting and even as the odds get higher and higher they keep on betting – one day they lose. But Fathers enjoy an earthly immortality and the bet’s paid off to the part of him that he leaves behind.

Now I don’t know where Fathers go when they die, but I’ve an idea that after a good rest, wherever it is, he won’t be happy unless there is work to do. I mean he won’t just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he loved and the children she bore. He’ll be busy there too, repairing the stairs, oiling the gates, improving the streets – smoothing the way.

THE DEPTH OF THE LOVE OF PARENTS

Every month Martín’s parents took a trip to see Grandma and came home on the same train the next day.

One day the child said to his parents: “I'm already grown up. Can I go to my grandma's alone?"

After a brief discussion, his parents accepted. They stood with him as he waited for the train to exit. They said goodbye to their son and gave him some tips through the window.

Martin repeated to them: “I know. I've been told this more than a thousand times."

As the train was about to leave, his father murmured in his ear: “Son if you feel bad or insecure, this is for you!" And he put something in his pocket.

Now Martin was alone, sitting on the train as he had wanted, without his parents for the first time. He was admiring the landscape out the window. Around him some unknowns pushed themselves in. They made a lot of noise. They got in and out of the train car. The conductor made some comments about him being alone. One person looked at him with eyes of sadness.

Martin was feeling more uneasy with every minute that passed. And now he was scared. He felt cornered and alone. He put his head down, and with tears in his eyes, he remembered his dad had put something in his pocket. Trembling, he searched for what his father had given him.

Upon finding the piece of paper he read it: “Son, I'm in the last train car!"

That's how life is, we must let our kids go. We must let them try new things. But we always like to be in the last car, watching, in case they are afraid or in case they find obstacles and don’t know what to do. We want to be close to them as long as we are still alive.

Senior Travel

Escondido Senior Center – 210 Park Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025 (760-294-1851)

Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 AM-12 PM Day trips - Payment due 4-6 weeks in advance / Overnight trips – due 6-8 weeks in advance. Senior Travel accepts cash, checks or credit cards Credit cards are charged a 3 1/2 % non-refundable fee.

June 24, 2025 – Viejas Casino and Outlet Mall……………………………………………….…$20 Join us for a trip to Viejas Casino in Alpine. Bus will pick us up at 9:00 AM at the Senior Center and will leave Viejas 5 hours after we arrive. All guests must get a Viejas Players Club Card and spend at least $20 with your card in the machine. Please bring a picture ID to obtain your club card. Viejas has bingo daily at 10:30 and 12:30. Bingo is in a separate building but there is a golf cart to transport you there if needed. There is also a Mall across the street with about 22 stores for shopping and for lunch, if you don’t want to eat at the casino.

July 17, 2025 – The Night the Music Died……..…$160

Experience this tribute to Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper after a lunch of Roast Chicken with rice pilaf, mixed vegetables or vegetarian pasta or vegan tartare. All meals include garden salad, dinner rolls, ice crème sundae, coffee/tea and wine. Songs include: “American Pie,” Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be the Day,” “La Bamba,” ”Maybe Baby.” Venue for the show is the Almansor Court in Alhambra, CA. Bargain shopping open 11:30 – Great Raffle Prizes.

October 11-18, 2025 – Seven Day Classic California Coast…………..$Call Holland America

Seven day round trip from San Diego on Holland America. Make reservations through our personal cruise consultant: Joann Spring 800-355-3017, ext 29444. Tell her you are with Escondido Senior Travel. She has all the information to get you the best room and price. Use your AARP card and get an additional $100 cabin credit. We will all meet at the ship down in San Diego for this trip.

December 16, 2025 – Motown Christmas at the Grand in Long Beach…………………...$155

We are going to The Grand in Long Beach for a Very Merry Christmas with Al Boyd’s tribute to the Temptations and the Supremes. Lunch is included but the menu is not available at this time.

Get to Know Your NeighborInterview by Ruth Nichols October 2021

Dawn Thompson - Space #90

Dawn is no stranger to Villa Madeira as she has been visiting her best friend, Rhonda Cagle in Space #79 for the past 12 years. All the neighbors already have met her and know what a great person she is. She was born and grew up in Salinas, California. She lived on a small farm away from the city and has two sisters and two brothers. They had cows, chickens, goats, and all the animals you would find on a farm. Her dad grew vegetables and fruit and Mom picked and canned, along with all the kids helping out. This kept them busy! Dawn had two horses and spent her spare time riding the countryside. When there was a parade in town she would ride her horse and she won third place in the competition. The neighbors all lived too far away so Dawn and her brothers and sisters had each other to play with. They all get along and to this day are all good friends.

The family built a cabin in the Carmel Mountains and they spend a lot of summers there swimming. fishing, and loving the peace and quiet. The cabin was sold but her sister purchased a cabin next door and the family still enjoys time there. She met Rhonda though mutual friends, after graduating from high school. Even though they lived in the same area they attended different schools. That was 45 years ago and they have had a long-lasting friendship.

When Dawn was married Rhonda was her maid of honor. She and her husband moved to the L.A. area and settled in Rosemead for 40 years. Her husband passed away a year ago. They have a son, a daughter and three grandchildren. Her son Josh is disabled and lives with her as she is his caregiver. She also has two older cats named Kylo and Terra.

Dawn works from home as an administrative assistant for a CPA firm. She plans on retiring next year and looks forward to traveling to all the National Parks. Every year all members of the church she attends gather together and this year they will be going to Germany, with an additional stop in Spain.

Her hobbies are playing in the garden and all kinds of crafts. The picture on the left is her grandson making a decorative wood magnet for the refrigerator. During the pandemic the city stopped having parades. So she got her family and friends together and they had a parade in their own neighborhood The picture on the right is her two grandchildren on a remote control car in the parade. Max, then four years old and Lana at one year old are her pride and joy!

Dawn Thompson continued

Dawn is a friendly, caring person with a positive attitude and a good sense of humor! When Rhonda’s mom, Betty, was living she liked to collect gnomes (the little bearded men with pointy hats that protect your treasures) and put them in her garden. Dawn would visit and move them around in weird places. It kept Betty wondering who would do such a thing. When it came out that it was Dawn, they all had a good laugh!

She has always liked Villa Madeira and is happy to be retiring here and we are happy too! WELCOME!

These pictures show Dawn’s living area, entry and office – a beautiful home!

Pets

There have been some questions and concerns recently regarding pets in our community. The following is taken from the VM Rules and Regulations, Article VI, Section M:

2. Members shall obey the following rules and regulations regarding pets and animals:

a. All animals are to be leashed at all times while walking on VMPOA property and while outside the Member’s mobile home or when leaving the Member’s Residential Space or fenced yard. (Escondido Municipal Code 33-881) Note: No animal may be tethered for a period longer than three (3) hours within any 24-hour period per California Health and Safety Code Sec 122335 (4).

b. Dogs, cats or other domesticated pets shall not be outside the Residential Space or fenced yard at any time without the owner present.

c. Animals shall be carefully controlled at all times when in or on any area designated as Common Area.

d. Each Member shall be liable for any damages to persons, foliage or property caused by any pet or animal brought or kept on the premises by said Member or any Non-Member residing with or visiting the Member.

e. Each Member is responsible for the immediate removal and cleanup of the waste of the Member’s pet/animal, wherever it occurs. The Member is also responsible for the removal and cleanup of waste from a pet/animal of any Non-Member residing with or visiting the Member.

f. Each Member shall make provisions to ensure that the Member’s pet/animal does not create a nuisance or excessive noise.

g. Animals kept within the property are subject to the same vaccination and licensing requirements as those dictated by the applicable animal control ordinance.

h. No more than one (1) domesticated bird, dog, or cat, shall be kept per Member unless otherwise pre-approved by the Board.

i. Service animals (defined as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability, per ADA, titles II and III) must be registered at the VMPOA Office in order to be allowed in Common Area facilities.

Puzzles and Word Games you can

COMMON MEDS SMALL INCREASES

ADDERALL AMLODIPINE ATIVAN

BENZONATATE BIKTARVY CYMBALTA DUPIXENT

EMTESA FARXIGA GABAPENTIN

HUMIRA

KEYTRUDA

LEXPRO

LYRICA MELATONIN METFORMIN NALTREXONE NAPROXEN NARCAN OPDIVO

OZEMPIC PREDNISONE TRAMADOL

VIAGRA XANAX

Across 1.Carbonium, e.g.

4.Charm

9.“Gimme ___!” (start of an Iowa State cheer)

10.Trowel wielder

11.Flexible mineral

13.Believed

14.African conflict of 1899-1902

16.Not out

17.Big Apple attraction, with “the”

18.In attendance

20.Shiver from fear

22.Chill

24.Big time?

25.Wuss

27.Chemical ending

28.“The Republic” writer

29.Darling Down

1.Poets’ feet

2.Part of “the works”

3.“Good one!”

4.Morning, for short

5.Gandhi’s title

6.Conniver

7.Fa follower

8.Terminate

12.Chair part 15.___ bit 18.Companionless 19.C.I.A. director under Clinton and Bush 20.Charlie, for one 21.Page 22.Software program, briefly 23.“For Me and My ___”

26.Rocky’s greeting

The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.

Heliport Wordoku

How to solve wordoku puzzles

You only need logic and patience to solve a wordoku.

Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one letter from the word HELIPORT. Similarly, each letter can only appear once in a column or row

in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is medium.

TRIVIA TEASER

Looking Glass

1.What weekly radio program has been hosted by Ira Glass since 1995? a"Car Talk," b-"This American Life," c-"All Things Considered," d-"A Prairie Home Companion."

2. What broken crystal animal is offered to Jim by Laura at the end of the Tennessee Williams play "The Glass Menagerie"? a-Unicorn, b-Swan, c-Deer, d-Alligator.

3.What architect designed the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris? a-William Burgess, b-I.M. Pei, c- Eliel Saarinen, d- Benjamin Latrobe.

4.What New Wave band had a #1 hit with the song "Heart of Glass" in 1979? a-The Happenings, b-The Dolls, c-Blondie, d-Wang Chung.

5.Father Time carries an hourglass in one hand, and what object in the other hand? a-Football, b-Flute, c-Beaker, dScythe.

6.What actress is accused of being a Soviet spy in the comedy film "The GlassBottom Boat"? a-Doris Day, b-Eleanor Powell, c-Judy Garland, d-Brigitte Bardot.

7.Which of the dwarves in Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" wore glasses? a-Happy, b-Bashful, c-Doc, d-Grumpy.

8. What was the last name of the police detective played by Ron Glass on "Barney Miller"? a-Meyers, b-OíHara, c-Harris, dRiley.

9. Who recorded the 1974 top 10 song "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)"? a-John Denver, b-Engelbert Humperdinck, c-Carl Douglas, d-Leo Sayer.

10.Selenium is used in glassmaking to create glass of what color? a-Red, b-Yellow, c-Violet, d-Green.

QUOTES

Less ego, more wealth. Saving money is the gap between your ego and your income, and wealth is what you don't see. So wealth is created by suppressing what you could buy today in order to have more stuff or more options in the future.

Morgan Housel

More people can be greater leaders than they think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.

William J. Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Frequently attributed to Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United State

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, "Press on," has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States, from a sign on his desk.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the United States

Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.

Aubrey Drake Graham (Drake), Recording artist, songwriter

If Trivial Pursuit had been designed by economists, it would have had 100 questions and 3,000 answers.

Ronald Reagan

The Lighter Side

Rice Preference

The young woman really thought she'd been very patient through a protracted period of dating with no talk of marriage.

One night her steady boyfriend took her to a Chinese restaurant. As he perused the menu, he casually asked her, "So . . . how do you like your rice? Boiled? Steamed? Or fried?"

Without missing a beat, she looked over her menu at him and replied clearly, "Thrown."

Talking Clock

While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends late one night, one wag led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong.

"What's that big brass gong for?" one of the guests asked.

"Why, that's the talking clock," the man replied. "Watch", the man said, giving the gong an ear-shattering pound with a hammer.

Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, "F'gosh sakes, you idiot, it's 2 a.m. in the morning!"

Apples

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:

"Take only ONE. God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.

A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."

Answers to Looking Glass

1-b, "This American Life" 2-a, Unicorn 3-b, I.M. Pei 4-c, Blondie 5-d, Scythe 6-a, Doris Day 7-c, Doc 8-c, Harris 9-d, Leo ayer 10-a, Red