4c new frontier

Mobile Home Park

325 Sylvan Ave, Mountain View, CA 94041

MANAGERS: JOE & TRICIA GRAY #4

Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 & 1 - 4 p.m.

Closed weekends & Holidays

Office Phone: (650) 967-1725

Hours of Operation:

-Clubhouse: Open Noon – 4pm Monday

-Clubhouse: 9am – 4pm – Tuesday - Friday

-Laundry Room: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. – daily

NEWS MAGAZINE EDITOR:

Van Shackelford #16 (408)-234-4486

eMail: vansedona@gmail.com

- Car Wash Area: Open

- Swimming Pool: Closed

Friendly Reminders...

No tree's may be planted without first obtaining management's written approval. When planting a tree consider where you are placing it and how big it gets. You don't want it growing into your neighbor's property.

Homeowners are permitted to keep one pet with written permission from Management. Please do not throw away your doggie poop bags in the laundry room trash can or behind the kitchen park garbage can.

“SPEED LIMIT” is 10 MPH... we are a senior park. Please advise guest, friends, delivery drivers to slow down.

Carwash is open for residents. When you are finished, please drain the water from the hose and roll it on the reel for the next person using it.

Want to check a license or a contractor, insurance or workman's comp. you can by going to cslb.ca gov.

If you have a tv or chemicals and don't know how to dispose of them, please call the park office and let the management know and we will be happy to take care of that for you. Please do not put them into the dumpster.

Enjoy the fall... Don't worry...be happy and smile!!!!

Joe and Tricia Gray

=================================================================

Police and Fire:

For Emergencies call: 911

For non-emergencies, please dial (650) 903-6344.

New HCD program to assist park owners and homeowners with infrastructure and individual mobilehome repairs

If you need financial assistance to make critical health and safety repairs to your park or your home, HCD may be able tohelp with those costs. The MORE Program will be accepting applications for financial assistance in 2023. Some repairs the MORE may be able to assist with include:

• Park utility improvements, upgrades. and replacement (e.g., water, sewer, septic, electricity, or gas).

• Other critical health and safety repairs cited or noted by an HCD or local enforcement agency inspector.

• Individual homeowner repairs such as roof repair or replacement, aging-in-place features, energy efficiency improvements, or replacement of a mobilehome when appropriate.

Contact MORE@HCD.CA.GOV for additional information about the MORE Program or to talk with a program specialist about your options.

APRIL 2024 BIRTHDAYS

1ST MONG THI NGO

1ST HIROYUKI MAKITA

2ND SHIRLEY KILEY

3RD DEBBIE PARSONS

5TH MICHAEL RINN

6TH KATHYRICCARDI

7TH HENRY KOEPPEL

14TH GARY BRUBAKER

16TH DION BENNETT

23RD REGINA PADILLA

24TH GLADYS ALBAKIAN

Correction: Young Jeon’s birthday is March 3rd . Happy Belated Birthday!!

Magazine Contributions

A thank you to those who contributed to this month’s magazine: Tricia, Joe, Jacquie, Steve, Maryam, Roy, Sunny, Biruta, Marcia, Lana, and Van!

And a SPECIAL Thank You to the magazine distributors: Jacquie #20 and Maryam #138

A “Shout Out” to all the walkers in the community!! Keep walking.

Jacquie’s

Inspirations

Club House and Activities

New Frontier Mobile Home Park Activities

Book Club: The book club meets on the 2nd Tuesday every other month. The next one is on May 14th at 2pm in the clubhouse. The book we will be discussing is: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.

Book Club Meeting

March 12, 2024

Mona, Marcia, Jacquie, Michael, Cat, Scott, Biruta

Future Activities: We welcome your participation in starting new activities that we can do in our clubhouse! If you would like to start something, like a needlepoint and knitting hour, colored pencil and crayon drawing group, exercise class (it can be one that you follow along on a DVD as there is a DVD player in the clubhouse), a monthly gardening talk or whatever your hobby or interest is, we would love for you to share it with us!! (Contact Tricia with any questions, and to get the go ahead.)

In our book club we want to hear what everyone has to say. So, please try to complete the book. Write down any questions you would like to explore. Underline and annotate passages you love, that puzzle you or that you would like to discuss. Contributed by Jacquie

The January Coffee Klatch, hosted by Sunny, held in the NFMHP Club House was a big success. Many of our neighbors and friends came to enjoy some faceto-face good conversation, fresh brewed coffee, tea, (thanks to management –Joe and Tricia) pastries, cookies and good community involvement. We are looking forward to more third Friday Coffee Klatch get-togethers in 2024.

Roy, Rex and Mona

Sunny, Steve and Rose

Robin, Kat and Mike

Marcia, Biruta and Sue

Participants: Sue, Rex, Sunny, Lana, Marcia, Mike, Kat, Lilian, Mona, Biruta, Van, Rose, Steve, Roy, Michelle, and Robin.

Roy, Michelle, Mona and Lana

Lilian

Steve and Rose

Van

Jacquie’s Inspirations

Natural Weed Killer

Jacquie’s Inspirations

It’s that time of year when the weeds in our yards are pushing through the rocks and cracks in the pavement. The best way to get rid of them is to pull them by hand or to use a weed trowel. However, it’s not easy for some people to do that, so they may revert to using chemicals that are harmful to the environment, people and pets. Is there a better solution? Yes indeed!

You can easily mix just 3 simple ingredients together in a one gallon garden sprayer to kill those pesky weeds! You will need 1 cup of salt (it can be regular table salt or epsom salt), 1 tablespoon of dish soap and 1 gallon of distilled white vinegar. After mixing these ingredients together, wait until it’s a warm sunny day with no chance of rain in the forecast. If you spray the weeds at the hottest time of the day, it will be more effective in quickly killing the weeds. Do it on a day that isn’t windy so that the spray doesn’t hit the plants you don’t want to destroy. It’s a good idea to wear long pants, a long sleeve shirt and garden gloves. You don’t want any of the spray to get on your skin.

In addition to using an environmentally safe weed killer, here are a couple other alternatives for you to consider. First of all, I personally enjoy doing a little bit of yard work each day, so I don’t mind hand pulling weeds. My mother used to weed every afternoon and she considered it her meditation time. I liked that idea so have incorporated it into one of my daily habits too.

Another idea is to ask a neighbor if they would be interested in doing this task togetherstarting in their yard, and then doing yours.

In whatever way you choose to tackle your weeds, I hope that you find some satisfaction in it and in making your garden area a pleasant place to enjoy. Contributed by Jacquie

Veterans, Gold Star Families Get Free Lifetime Pass to National Parks, Wildlife

Veterans and their families have free access to approximately 2,000 public locations spread out across more than 400 million acres of public lands, which host activities to fit any lifestyle from serene to high octane, including hiking, fishing, paddling, biking, hunting, stargazing, camping, and much more.

https://news.va.gov/110751/free-lifetime-pass-to-national-parks/

Disabled Veteran License Plates and Fees Exemption

21.095 Disabled Veteran License Plates, Chapter 21 Special License Plates, 21.095 Disabled Veteran License Plates and Fees Exemption (CVC §§5007 and 9105)

A qualified disabled veteran is exempt from the payment of all fees, except fees for duplicate certificates, license plates, and stickers for one passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, or commercial motor vehicle with an unladen weight of 8,000 pounds or less, that is not used for transportation for hire, compensation, or profit that is owned by the disabled veteran and displays Disabled Veteran (DV) License Plates. Vehicles assigned DV License Plates expire on 12/31/XX and must be renewed annually. Check with your local DMV office for more information.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/

Contributed by Van

I’ve often noticed tiny shards of broken glass on the streets. I always remove them because they are potentially dangerous for the paws of walking dogs. I recommend that residents regularly check in front of their homes (especially on "Trash Can Friday") to protect our park's animals.

Contributed by Steve

To improve on-time performance and schedule reliability, the Mountain View Community Shuttle will launch an updated schedule on Monday, May 1.

Be sure to check out your favorite stop at mvcommunityshuttle.com/may23-new-schedule to see how the schedule has changed. The routing of the service will not change.

For more information about the fare-free public shuttle, visit mvcommunityshuttle.com

Shuttles Run Seven Days a Week

Weekdays, every 30 minutes from 7AM to 7PM. Weekends & holidays, every hour from 10AM to 6PM. Download a PDF.

Submitted by Lana

We would like to establish a SYLVAN Mobile Home Park COMMUNITY EVENTS COMMITTEE and are in need of a secretary and treasurer to collect the monies and help keep things on track for the events. If you would like to participate in Sylvan Mobile Home Park Community events, feel free to plan an event and contact the managers, Joe or Tricia to schedule the Club House: 650-967-1725 Events such as: Luncheons (onsite or at a restaurant), Birthday parties, Anniversary parties, Holiday events, 4th of July get together, Halloween events, Christmas parties, etc.

Private in home parties are the responsibility of the home owner.

Pictures of events and private home parties for the newsletter magazine are welcomed

Our community has a new email list called "Sylvan MHP Neighbors", for alerting and informing park residents of important matters in between newsletter publishings. Messages will be sent only occasionally, and the list does not allow discussions. To join the list, send an email to sylvanneighbors@gmail.com, and clearly identify yourself as a resident of the park. Your identity will be verified before you are subscribed to the list.

NOTICE

NFMHP MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE

IS THE 10TH OF EACH MONTH

❖ Send submissions, articles, information, pictures, fun and funny stuff to: vansedona@gmail.com

❖ Submissions will be edited for content and space

❖ No discussion of politics or religion shall be printed

❖ If you would like to receive the NFMHP magazine via e-mail send a note to: vansedona@gmail.com

Community Notice

Clean your gutters and down spouts, this will help to eliminate damage to your roof from water getting under your roof tiles. If you’d like to have your gutters and down spouts cleaned, call:

Steve Wozniak at 650-229-2009 FREE

There is a book shelf in the Club House for our community to share books. Take one and if you’d like, leave one. Feel free to consume as many books as you like.

Suggested

by Joe

Private in home parties are the responsibility of the home owner.

Pictures of events and private home parties for the newsletter magazine are welcomed!

Contributed by Sunny

AARP tax aide certified volunteers will return to provide free assistance and e-filing for low-to-moderate income taxpayers, especially for those over 60. Inperson appointments will take place until April 11, 2024. To schedule an appointment, please call the Senior Center at 650-903-6330 or stop by the Front Desk

Contributed by Lana

What's the best way to force a man to do sit-ups? Put the remote control between his toes.

What does a Man consider a seven-course meal? A hot dog and a six-pack.

Why is it good that there are female astronauts? When the crew gets lost in space, at least the women will ask for directions.

Contributed by Biruta

SCAMALERT

Watchout!Scammers target everyone.

Recognizescammers.Theymay:

• PRETEND to be from an agency or organization you know.

• Say there’s a PROBLEM or promise a prize.

• PRESSURE you to act immediately.

• Tell you to PAY in a specific way.

How toavoida scam:

• Remain calm. Talk to someone you trust.

• Hang up or ignore the message. DO NOT click on links or attachments.

• Protect your money. Criminals will insist that you pay in a hard-totrace manner, such as with a gift card, prepaid debit card, cryptocurrency, wire transfer, money transfer, or by mailing cash.

• Protect your personal information. Be skeptical of a contact you didn’t initiate.

• Spread the word. Share your knowledge of Social Securityrelated scams. Post on social media using the hashtag #SlamtheScam to share your experience and warn others. Visit ssa.gov/scam for more information. Please also share with your friends and family.

Contributed by Marcia

GARDENING DAY GOLF CLUB'S TARGET

ARBORETUM BOTANICAL BUTTERFLY CACTUS COMMUNITY COTTAGE ENGLISH FLOWER BOX

HANGING HERB JAPANESE KITCHEN MAZE

MEMORIAL MOSS

ORANGERY ROCK ROOF ROSE SCULPTURE SENSORY SHADE TERRACE TROPICAL VERTICAL VICTORY WATER WINTER ZEN

Across

1.Econ. statistic

4.Humidor item

9.London lav

10.Dangerous bacteria

11.Wildcatter’s find

12.Abate

13.Loss’s opposite

15.Northeasternmost st.

16.Sensible

18.Indefinite article

20.Sheep talk

23.Question

25.Fish story

26.Concur

27."A Nightmare on ___ Street"

28.Works with clay

29.Thumbs-up Down

1.Hardly haute cuisine

2.Roulette bet

3.Some shirts

4.Sexual abstainers

5.Summer cooler

6.Understood

7.Reunion attendee

8.Ready to be picked

14.___ off (got rid of)

17.Life of ___

18.Sandler of "Big Daddy"

19.Canceled

21.Cairo’s waterway

22.Precious stones

24.WWW address

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

April Sudoku

How to solve sudoku puzzles

No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.

Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only

appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.

TRIVIA TEASER

X MARKS THE SPOT

1.X-rays were discovered in 1895 by what German scientist? a-Werner Siemens, b-Wilhelm Roentgen, c-Wernher von Braun, d-Nikola Tesla

2.Malcolm X's autobiography, published posthumously, was written by what author based on interviews he had with the black leader? a-Richard Wright, b-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., c-Alex Haley, dClaude Brown

3. What alcoholic beverage sometimes carries the designation "XO" for "extra old?" a-Rye whiskey, b-Champagne, cSake, d-Cognac

4.Who was the pilot aboard the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound? a-Chuck Yeager, b-Hunter S. Thompson, c-John Glenn, d-Glenn Martin

5. What actress played the title character on TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess?" a-Cindy Crawford, b-Lucy Lawless, cPamela Anderson, d-Laura Bertram

6.What pop singer starred as one of the nine Muses in the movie musical "Xanadu?" a-Bette Midler, b-Kiki Dee, c-Olivia Newton-John, d-Helen Reddy

7.What automobile company manufactures the XTerra sports utility vehicle? a-Nissan, b-Mitsubishi, c-Ford, d-Hummer

8.The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic fiasco in 1797 between the U.S. and what country? a-Russia, b-France, c-Spain, d-Japan

9.The Xhosa are a Bantu-speaking group that number more than 7 million people in what African nation? a-Swaziland, b-Uganda, c-Mozambique, d-South Africa

10.Who was the commander of the World Space Patrol on the marionette TV show "Fireball XL-5?" a-Buzz Corey, b-Steve Zodiac, c-Ken Bones, d-Boomer Thrace

QUOTES

Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day!

William Hamilton Gibson

Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.

Gerald Barzan

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

Steve Martin

It's pain that changes our lives.

Steve Martin

Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.

Rick Patino

When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams, pick up the smallest pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.

Anon.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

Samuel L. Jackson

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society. No sensible decision can be made with taking into account not only the world as it is but the world as it will be.

Isaac Asimov

Don't over-analyze your marriage. It's like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.

Bill Ballance

The only person who can cause you more harm than a thief with a dagger is a journalist with a pen.

Bill Ackman

Happiness is the grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life. It impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Charles Caleb Colton

The Lighter Side

Church bulletin:

*Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

* This afternoon services will be held at the north and south ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

*The Little Mothers Club will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday. All wishing to become Little Mothers, please see the minister in his private study.

*This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.

*Next week we will take a collection to defray the cost of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the new carpet should come forward and get a piece of paper.

* The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in the church basement today.

* A bean supper will be held on Thursday evening. Music will follow.

* The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.

Answers to 'X Marks the Spot'

1-b, Wilhelm Roentgen

2-c, Alex Haley

3-d, Cognac

4-a, Chuck Yeager

5-b, Lucy Lawless

6-c, Olivia Newton-John

7-a, Nissan

8-b, France

9-d, South Africa

10-b, Steve Zodiac

Mobile Home Repair Specialist

♦ Complete Re-leveling

♦ Earthquake Bracing

♦ Skylights & Sun Tunnels

♦ Roofing Leak Repairs

♦ Sub-Floors

♦

♦ M.H. Water Heaters

♦ Complete Re-pipeing

mobilehomecraftsman@gmail.com

corr ect. Please indicate any changes, sign below and fax back (408) 744-0870 or return promptly.

�rtwork is correct, print it!

□ Make indicated changes and re-proof

SIGNATURE: ill �

DATE: d /� / &, o 19 .

Glenn

Lan

*VIETNAMESE

Ricardo

23 years

(408) 215-0099

*SPANISH

45

(408)

Grant

15

Candy Bruno

18

Rita

Marilee Cabrera HCD# SP1248760

11 YEARS

Todd Su

Over 27 Years Experience In Real Estate & MH Industry

Ranked one of California's top 10 realtors 8 out of the last 10 years

Mobile Home & Real Estate Specialist

Top Producer In The Bay Area / 200+ Transactions closed yearly

Believes In Spending To Advertise Your Home

Real Estate Board Member

MLS Member

SCCAOR Member

Upfront Straight Forward Selling

Born In San Jose & Bilingual In Vietnamese Let’s Work Together To Get Your Home Sold!