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Welcome to Greenbrier Estates

Congratulations, you have chosen to live in a premier mobile home park in Santa Clarita. We hope you enjoy living here as much as we do. We are proud of our community and we welcome you to join us in continuing to maintain our park and its reputation. You are welcome to join the activities that we offer.

Greenbrier Community Information

A private Facebook site for Greenbrier. This site has information relating to or from Greenbrier residents. Admins: Marion Ostrom, Vicki Boisselle

Greenbrier Gazette Magazine

Current information that pertains to seniors, and our community. Delivered monthly. Writer/Editor: Tally Horn

Greenbrier HOA

The HOA also has a private Facebook site, and usually meets on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm. 2025 President: Vicki Boisselle

Recreational Club (Rec Club)

In charge of planning special events, such as our Christmas Holiday Dinner, and other events. 2025 President: Marion Ostrom

Senior Recyclers Group

Active residents meet to process ―CRV‖ recyclables. Pickup: 1st Wednesday of the month (Trash Day). OnlyBottles & Aluminum cans labeled ―CRV‖ on bottom Please, NO shampoo bottles, EGG/MILK cartons. (Revenue/funds are shared with our HOA & Rec Club. Call John & Sandy Agasse 661/ 678-0394 to join the crew!

Photo: Bill Horn

FUN THINGS TO DO

Bingo Every Wednesday 6pm – 7:30 @ the East Clubhouse

Bible Study Every Tue evening @ the Clubhouse Library 6 pm-7 p.m.

Birthday Lunch 2nd Wednesday monthly, 11:30 All welcomed. Restaurant suggestions? email Pamela: pamelasprague3434@live.com or call: 236-7585

Gazetteprintsbirthdays/anniversaries/passingsinfoprovidedbymainoffice &SherryGrossman(661)284-1565/grossmansherry@yahoo.com

Card/Game Day Every Monday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm @ the Clubhouse.

Chair Exercise Carly George leads a 30-minute exercise class at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Come join Carly and friends for mainly easy chair exercises with useful movements.

Crafting Join Carol Sherwood & friends, whether you quilt, knit, craft, etc. Call her for meet up times at (661) 478-8810.

Exercise Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. @ the Clubhouse

Rock Club Contact: Tina White (310) 713-4241

Welcome Committee Marion Ostrom, Patty Turner, Sue Owen, Judy DeBartolo, Joanne Thomas, Marguerite Nourian

C’mon

April, shower on us

Bingo Prizes, Bingo Bucks!

IF YOU WISH TO PLAY, PLEASE ARRIVE BY 5:30 PM AT THE CLUBHOUSE TO PURCHASE AND PICK OUT YOUR CARDS. WE PLAY 9 GAMES AND THERE IS A GAME THAT IS PLAYED AFTER INTERMISSION (AT .50 CENTS PER CARD); THIS GAME IS BLACK OUT & WHOEVER WINS THIS GAME WINS THE MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED PRIOR TO THAT GAME.

WE ALSO MAY CONDUCT A HORSE RACE DURING THIS GAME, WITH ENVELOPES NUMBERED: 1 - 15 = $1.00 PER LINE PER ENVELOPE.

GAME WILL BE EXPLAINED WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND PAY FOR YOUR CARDS.

Please note that we now use paper cards & daubers so Bingo players, please bring your own daubers. There will be daubers for sale. Also, we play nine games & paper sheets of:

3 cards for $ 5.00

6 cards for $10.00

9 cards for $15.00

12 cards for $20.00

We also have ―pull tabs‖ available for 1.00 each, with more chances to win!

You can win up to $100.00 on a pull tab ~ as well as various other amounts of money.

YOU MAY BRING YOUR OWN SNACKS & DRINKS (NO ALCOHOL PLEASE). CURRENTLY—WE CANNOT SERVE FOOD & DRINK.

Cecil (Kenny) and Norma Johnston

April 5

New Residents

(# 141 West side)

Hector Andrade & Adela Hernandez

Deadline for filing the 2024 tax return with the IRS

The official deadline for most people to file federal tax returns is Tuesday, April 15, 2025. L.A. fire victims can file an extension.

www.IRS.gov (FEDERAL TAX SITE) is a handy site for last-minute folks who may still need some help meeting the deadline. It offers good information and other options for quick payments.

Optional ways you can pay your taxes.

 Same-day wire — Bank fees may apply

 Check or money order — Through U.S. mail

 Cash Through a retail partner & other methods

 Electronic funds withdrawal — During e-filing only

 Also you can apply for a payment plan if you can’t pay what you owe on time.

IR-2025-31, March 11, 2025 ― The Internal Revenue Service announced today that over 1.1 million people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2021. Taxpayers should act now to claim over $1 billion in refunds for tax year 2021 with the April 15 deadline.

Psst… check out these headlines

 Humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia - and it's all captured on camera

 Unusual “ghost particle” is spotted by deep-sea telescope in the Mediterranean

 Pennsylvania Flood Museum temporarily closes – due to flooding

 Man who had been banned from Walmart (for theft) arrested at Walmart -- for theft

 Donald Trump hangs mug shot outside oval office

 Woman accidentally declared dead by typo, must prove she's alive

 Drunk Connecticut man speeding at 130 mph was “in a hurry to see [his] cat”

 Man who helped design breathalyzer for drunk driving, banned -- for drunk driving

 A survey from Lending Tree, found that 78% of consumers now view "fast food" as a luxury due to cost.

 43% of Americans who were asked to tip on fast food orders refused

 Dominos Pizza sees low income customers avoid delivery to save on tips

 62% of fast food customers say they are eating less fast food due to price hikes

 Red Robin may close up to 70 restaurants, as fewer folks have the money for an expensive burger [no word on if our local Red Robin will close]

 Some Red Robins have teamed-up with a pizza restaurant to try to capture more of the market

Powerful one-liners you may say to yourself (when things go whacky)

 I’m enough, just as I am.

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 I’ve got this; I’m stronger than I think.

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 I trust myself to make the right decisions.

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 Today is another chance to be awesome.

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 I’m doing the best I can, and that’s enough.

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 It’s okay not to have everything figured out.

GRANNY’S OLD WORLD TIPS

Food is medicine, she says:

Kiwi is good for anxiety.

Orange is good for the skin.

Flaxseed is good for the eyes.

Spinach is good for your hair.

Lemon is good for the ovaries.

Broccoli is good for your bones.

Watercress is good for the heart.

Almonds are good for the uterus.

Watermelon is good for depression.

Dark Chocolate is good for the brain.

Will you ever stop procrastinating on Tax Day?

Soon there may not be a Tax Day…

I didn’t have the money long enough to make a record of it.

“Yer killin’ me, Smalls”! KRYPTONITE? No ,Just the Tax Code

I don’t know… he said something about finding every sneaky rat.

Hello Wadsworth, read any good tax loopholes lately?

Why can’t the government just write me off?

Puzzles and Word Games you can

Kitchen Gadgets

AIR FRYER

BLENDER

CAN OPENER

COFFEE MAKER

CUTTING BOARD

EGG COOKER

GRIDDLE

HAND MIXER

INSTANT POT

JUICER

KETTLE

MICROWAVE NINJA

PASTA MAKER

POPCORN MAKER

RICE COOKER

SCALE

SCISSORS

SLOW COOKER

TOASTER

Across

1.Not an orig.

Flying Helicopter Bug

4.Like some renewable energy

9.WWW address

10.Livid

11.Turkish title

12.Mutton or lamb leg

13.Lowers oneself

15.Northeasternmost st.

16.Drivel

18.Radio mode

20. Flowering plant with healing properties

23.Cousin of a raccoon

25.In support of

26.Moth-___

27.Freddy Krueger’s street

28.Cubic meter

29.Beam Down 1.Couple

2.Exhort

3.Kilt pattern

4.Italian unmarried woman

5.Prayer

6.Hang back

7.Proton’s place

8.Neural network

14.Kitchen gadget

17.Inmate who’s never getting out

18.Air force heroes

19.Castle defense

21.RC, e.g.

22.___ brat

24.Lunched

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

April 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 JUDGMENT. 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

Only 17

1.Which special space appears exactly 17 times on a Scrabble board? a-Double letter score, b-Double word score, cTriple letter score, d-Triple word score.

2.Which family lived at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in Mary Poppins? a-Banks, b-Mitchell, c-Lancaster, d-Shaw.

3.Which pitcher struck out 17 Detroit Tigers in game one of the 1968 World Series? a-Sandy Koufax, b-Bob Gibson, c-Jerry Koosman, d-Jim Palmer.

4.In which year did 17-year-old Boris Becker become the youngest-ever men's Grand Slam singles winner at Wimbledon? a-1985, b-1989, c-1991, d-1994.

5.Eliza McCardle was only 17 years old when she married which future U.S. President? a-Grover Cleveland, b-Andrew Johnson, c-Herbert Hoover, d-Andrew Jackson.

6.Which group scored a pop hit in 1983 with (She's) Sexy + 17? a-Culture Club, b-Adam and the Ants, c-Georgia Satellites, d-Stray Cats.

7.A photo on the cover of Seventeen magazine is one of the prizes on which reality TV series? a-America's Next Top Model, b-Hell's Kitchen, c-Project Runway, d-Shear Genius.

8.Colonel Aureliano Buendia was the father of 17 sons, all named Aureliano, with 17 different women in which novel? a-Mona Lisa Smile, b-One Hundred Years of Solitude, c-Dirt Music, d-The Satanic Verses.

9.Which of the actors in the movie Stalag 17 served as the narrator of the events in the film? a-Gil Stratton, bWilliam Holden, c-Don Taylor, d-Harvey Lembeck.

10.Which female singer-songwriter had hits with "Society's Child" and "At Seventeen"? a-Kate Bush, b-Janis Ian, c-Suzanne Vega, d- Michelle Shocked.

QUOTES

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore M. Hesburgh

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein

Learning is about more than acquiring new knowledge. It is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Forgetting can be as important as learning.

Gary Ryan Blair

Progress involves taking risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Frederick Wilcox

The more you seek security, the less of it you will have and the more you pursue opportunity, the more security you will achieve.

Brian Tracy

It is difficult to know what counts in the world. Most of us count credits, honors, dollars. But at the bulging center of mid-life, I am beginning to see that the things that really matter take place not in the boardrooms, but in the kitchens of the world.

Allen Sledge

A great attitude does more than turn on the lights in our worlds. It seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

Earl Nightingale

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.

Harold J. Smith

When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out.

David L. Weatherford

Answers to 'Only 17'

1-b,Double word score

2-a, Banks

3-b, Bob Gibson

4-a, 1985

5-b, Andrew Johnson

The Lighter Side

Inner Strength

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• If you are always cheerful,

If you wake up without caffeine,

6-d, Stray Cats

7-a, "America's Next Top Model"

8-b, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

9-a, Gil Stratton

10-b, Janis Ian

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• boring people with your troubles,

If you can resist complaining and

• ones don't have time for you,

If you understand when your loved

• without resentment,

If you can take criticism and blame

• friend better than a poor friend,

If you can resist treating a rich

• medical help,

If you can conquer tension without

• pill,

If you can go to sleep without a

Then you are the family dog.

Communication Problem

A farmer went to the attorney's office and said he wanted to get a divorce. The attorney asked if he had any grounds.

"Yeah, I got about 240 acres," the farmer said. The attorney replied, "But, I mean do you have a case?"

"No, I have a John Deere."

"Well, do you have a grudge?"

The farmer said, "Yea, I got a grudge. That's where I park my John Deere."

"No, I mean do you have a suit?"

"Yes, sir, I got a suit. I wear it to church on Sundays."

Next, the exasperated lawyer asked, "Well, sir, does your wife beat you up or anything?"

"No, we both get up about 4:30."

The attorney finally asked, "OK, so why do you want a divorce?"

"Well," said the farmer, "I can't have a meaningful conversation with her!"

APRIL 2025 Calendar

ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH.

AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.

BEAVER AWARENESS MONTH.

DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH.

GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH.

NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL MONTH.

NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH.

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONTH.

STRESS AWARENESS MONTH.

1, April Fool's Day.

4, ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 56th ANNIVERSARY. In 1968, the racial justice advocate was shot and killed in Memphis, TN. Assassin James Early Ray died in prison in 1998 while serving a 99year sentence.

5, GOLD STAR SPOUSES DAY. Since 2010, honoring surviving spouses of armed forces members.

6-12, NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.

7, INTERNATIONAL BEAVER DAY.

7-13, THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT. Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA. Web: masters.com

10-13, FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL. New Orleans, LA. 40th annual. Concerts, food.

11, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 56th anniversary.

11, NATIONAL PET DAY.

11-13, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. Also 18-20. Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA. Music and arts festival. Web:

coachella.com.

12, DOGWOOD FESTIVAL. Camdenton, MO. Spring carnival.

12-20, PASSOVER begins before sundown on Monday, April 12 and ends after nightfall on April 20.

13, PALM SUNDAY.