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A thank you to those who contributed to this month’s magazine: Tricia, Joe, Jacquie, Nasser, Maryam, Roy, Linh and Lana! And a SPECIAL Thank You to the Magazine Distributors:

Nasser

Jacquie #20 and Nasser #138

Jacquie

The Red Sorghum Art Troupe … Chinese New Year Celebration

Was held on February 15th and it was an exciting and fun filled Lunar New Year celebration.

The Red Sorghum Art Troupe was led by Haiyan Song who is a masterful choreographer, excellent troupe leader and a graceful dancer herself. The troupe performed at least eight dances and songs, and was shown love and appreciation by the ample applause from the New Frontier residents and visitors. We look forward to seeing more of the Red Sorghum Art Troupe in the coming years. Our new Mayor, Ms. Emily Ramos made a personal appearance at the Red Sorghum Art Troupe performance and Chinese New Year celebration. We were pleased and surprised, as we always welcome our City leaders to our events. The Multicultural Engagement Program, Senior Coordinator Nancy Amalia Ducós Díaz from the City of Mountain View, sent a representative Ariana Menhenett, whom we welcomed and enjoyed having as well.

Mayor, Emily Ramos

Multicultural Engagement Program, Representative: Ariana Menhenett

There was a fundraiser raffle for this event to support the Sunshine Activities Committee. John won this cuddly bear and quickly proceeded to take good care of it. The whole event was full of fun, positive energy and engaging activity.

APRIL 2026 Coffee Klatch

Coffee Klatch will be held on April 17th at 10:30AM in the Clubhouse

February 2026 Coffee Klatch

The February 2026 Coffee Klatch was hosted by Steve and Rose. The theme was the Winter Olympics. Each resident received a Gold Medal and was required to participate in the curling competition where donuts were used on the table tops instead of a curling stone. There was no clear winner but many left a few pounds heavier than when they arrived.

Jacquie’s Inspirations

Get Rid of Garden Weeds Naturally

This time of year we see so many weeds popping up in our gardens. If you use chemical herbicides to kill weeds, it can really be detrimental to our health and the environment. They contain chemicals that have been linked to serious long term health conditions such as liver inflammation, metabolic disorders, cancer, kidney damage and neurological disorders.

There are other effective ways of killing weeds without harming your health or the environment. Why not give one of these a try?

1. White vinegar - Pour white vinegar directly on the weeds.

2. Salt - Pour some salt on weeds on a dry, sunny day.

3. Vodka - Mix three tablespoons of Vodka with two cups of water in a sixteenounce trigger-spray bottle. Spray it on the weeds, saturating them.

There is one more natural way that I particularly enjoy - and that is pulling them by hand! I find it very satisfying to pull a weed out, especially right after it rains and the soil is moist. They come out so easily. It’s also very meditative to work like that in the garden. I try to go out most afternoons to pull weeds, trim vines or cut off dead flowers.

So, whatever natural method you choose to use, just make sure you are not putting any of the above-mentioned mixtures on plants that you don’t want to kill. If the weeds are close to other plants, then I recommend pulling them by hand. If you can’t do it yourself, you can always hire someone to do it for you. If you pull them by hand, and get the whole root, then they won’t come up in that spot again. Let’s all work together to improve our health and the environment.

Contributed by Jacquie

Jacquie

The book club meets on the 2nd Tuesday every other month. Our next one will be on Tuesday, May 12th at 2pm in the Clubhouse. The book we will be discussing is: Swift Horses Racing by Victoria Kazarian. You are most welcome to join us! Contributed by Jacquie

Puzzle

Did you know that there is a table set up in the Club-house with a puzzle? You are invited to come in anytime and work on it. Once it is completed another one will be put out. We invite you to stop by and enjoy a pleasant conversation with the puzzle solvers.

Gamers Meet in the Clubhouse 1:30-3pm Every Wednesday!! See Linh

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide

Notice Changes for 2026

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free tax preparation and e-filing for low-to moderate-income taxpayers from: Feb. 5 to April 9.

Beginning in March:

Wednesday & Thursday appointments will be held at: The View Teen Center (263 Escuela Ave.) from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Pre-registration is required and can be booked by visiting or calling the Senior Center Front Desk at: 650-903-6330.

The Donation$ Bucket is in the Clubhouse. Please help us to keep the entertainment and activities flowing by donating.

Contributed by Lana ֍ Quote ֍

“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.”

Benjamin Franklin

“Age Well Drive Smart Seminar”

The “Age Well Drive Smart Seminar” Drive Safer Drive Longer curriculum was created for drivers aged 65 and over, will be held at New Frontier. Your participation is highly recommended. Please sign-up below for this seminar. Participants will receive a “Certificate of Completion” which might reduce the cost of your car insurance.

Date: APRIL 6th, 2026

Time: 5:00PM to 8:00PM

Where: New Frontier Clubhouse

Our Mission

To implement a statewide grant project to address the need for established safety and mobility programs for older drivers to prevent injuries and fatalities.

Cut on Dotted Line and Return to Office

We need your full name for the “Certificate of Completion” given at the end of the seminar.

MUST BE RETURNED TO OFFICE BY APRIL 1ST

Sponsored by the California Highway Patrol, New Frontier Management and the Sunshine Activities Committee by Lana

Bit O’Humor

Emergency and Contact Information

Emergency Requests

From time to time there are emergency requests that cannot wait for regular business hours. The type of requests that are considered an emergency are utility issues, fire, flood, or life threatening. Remember, please only use the afterhour’s maintenance phone number for these types of emergencies only.

810-3097

https://www.recology.com/recology-mountain-view/collection-calendar/

Your Neighbor is Hosting a Piano Recital

Your neighbor, Erna Gulabyan (Center), is having a piano recital in Palo Alto with many of her students. Erna is a world-renowned piano teacher and her students have won numerous awards for excellence. Erna’s (as she is affectionately known here at New Frontier) students as young as 11 years old, have won local, national, and international piano competitions.

Saturday, April 18

from 2:30PM to 5:30PM at

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto, 94306

The recital is FREE of charge

Bring your family and friends to this spectacular musical event and enjoy an afternoon of beautiful music. Contributed by Van ֍

Quote

The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

Sir Harold George Nicolson

Future Events and Entertainment

Sunshine Activities Committee Events 2026 and New Frontier Mobile Home Park Events

Come out, play again and have some fun!

Mark Your Calendar

CHP “Age Well Drive Smart Seminar” 5:00PM

Clubhouse hosted by Lana & Officer Sophie Lu

CRAFT Workshop by Sharvi & Lana 5:00PM

ArtSEE Expression: Salt & Glue Watercolor Painting

New Frontier FLEA MARKET

Mother’s Day Event & Celebration

Father’s Day, Michael Bee’s Jazz Ensemble (Door Prize)

4th of July 2026

April 6, 2026 FREE -RSVP

April 23, 2026 FREE - RSVP

May 2, 2026

May 15, 2026

June 21st, 2026

July 2026

Brought to you by the: ❖ Sunshine Activities Committee and New Frontier Management

Bit ‘O Humor

Our Community Cooks!!

A few mouth-watering selections from just a couple of our community cooks. Send pictures of your dishes and we’ll publish them in our magazine. We have some very good cooks in our community, let’s show their creations…

Suggested by Lana

Orange Cake by Linh

Charcuterie Boards by Steve

Our New Welcome Wagon

Hostess at New Frontier

Our “Welcome Wagon” team is retiring at the end of April 2026 and they have done a spectacular job of welcoming new neighbors into our community. We can’t thank them enough for their warm and friendly service to the New Frontier community. THANK YOU!

CONGRATULATIONS! We have a new Welcome Wagon volunteer:

We welcome Linh as our new Welcome Wagon hostess and look forward to her welcoming our new residents with a small gift, enthusiasm and the friendly, delightful smile she exhibits all year around in our community. Thank YOU Linh, for you’ve stepped into some really big shoes to fill and we know you can fill those shoes with ease.

Joe, Tricia, Lana and Van

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Linh Gaddis

Come to the Clubhouse and join Sharvi and Lana for a fun and invigorating good time being creative while learning a new art form!

ArtSEE Expression presents:

Salt & Glue Watercolor Painting

In this creative hands-on workshop you will explore the beautiful effects of salt and glue in watercolor painting. We’ll experiment with texture, absorption, and layering techniques to create vibrant, unique artwork. No prior experience needed!

FREE materials will be provided for this workshop!

WHEN: April 23rd, 2026 (Thursday)

WHERE: New Frontier Clubhouse

TIME: 5:00PM

Watercolor painting with salt and glue is a fun and "magical" process art activity, often called raised salt painting, where colors spread along a textured, salted-glue design through capillary action.