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The Hacienda

Hacienda Valley Estates 275 Burnett Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037

(408)779-4301 / (408) 779-2187 Fax

Email: office@haciendavalley.com On Site Managers: Nancy Redford & Scott Shores 611 Anton Blvd., Suite 890, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Property Management Company: Haven Management Services

3491 Concours St., Suite 204, Ontario, CA 91761

Katie Davis (909) 930-9750

Toll Free (877) 930-9750

kdavis@havenms.com

Phone: (949) 515-5100 / Fax: (949) 515-5101

http://www.millenniumhousing.com

President: George Turk

V.P. / Chief Operating Officer: Lori Carraway

Director of Asset Services: Diana Welsh

SPARC Program Coordinator: Ally Sage

The Hacienda

Millennium Memo

What’s the best way to kill weeds without spraying an herbicide? According to a horticulturalist from Colorado State, “pour boiling water over the weeds.” Bet you never thought of that.

Apparently, it’s even better if you use water in which you boiled pasta or potatoes, as the starch in the water kills weeds even faster. Given how weeds in Hacienda are flourishing after all that rain, this counts as News You Can Use, doesn’t it?

Consider this our annual Spring request that you take back control of your yards, removing what this professor calls “spontaneous urban vegetation.” The weather is warmer, you can use the exercise with a little effort, your yard will look great!

Did you Know?

On March 24, 1976, the first “smiley face” trademark was registered.

The creator earned just $45 and had no idea it would become a global symbol.

Boiling water sounds risky, however. Maybe try using a mixture of soap and vinegar, baking soda, rubbing alcohol, or you can go old school and just pull them by the root.

One resident showed me the new weed whacker he purchased. “It’ s cutting hedge technology,” he bragged. Whatever works, I guess.

Nancy is awarding a posthumous Kudo to George Wolfe (Sp. 122), one of HVME’s most beloved residents, who passed away last month.

George, along with his wife Geri, were original members of the Coffee & Chat group that meets Wednesday mornings. He made everyone feel welcome, made sure new attendees felt included, and was a great

SPARC, our resident services partner, is sponsoring another Scam Seminar on March 31, featurand

• Have you noticed all the weeding and brush clearance your Maintenance Staff has been doing? Nancy reports that they filled 8 green waste containers in just one day. Thank you for your hard work, team! The Park looks amazing.

With the College Basketball Playoffs About to Begin…

Q. People are named after April or May, why not March? A. Because that would be madness.

Have a great St. Patrick’s Day.

George Turk

Manager’s Corner

Are you wearing green? Well get it ready because St. Patrick’s Day is on the way! Also, this month we need to SPRING FORWARD Daylight saving is on the way! The official day is March 8th; Sunday. However, we all know that the best way to be on time for church, brunch or other outings on Sunday Morning the 8th, is to set our clocks FORWARD on Saturday night before we go to bed. And, speaking of the word spring Spring is on its way. On the 20th of March, Spring begins.

Last month, George reminded all of us that our carports are not storage areas. Nor are our porches. State laws tell us that we can have a storage shed that is 120 Sq. Ft.; which may be 1 shed 10’x 12’, or 2 or 3 smaller sheds that equal 120 sq. ft. This is quite a bit of room for storing all your not used often stuff. And of course, we have a dumpster once a month; and we have monthly recycle vouchers available all the time in the office for you to claim. All of this, help us keep the outside of our homes clutter free. Clutter is something Scott will certainly be looking at when he begins his May inspections. So now is your time to work on any clutter around your home and get it cleaned up.

Are you finding that every year you are getting more and more weeds in your yard? If this is the case, you or a professional probably need to remove the current ground cover like rocks, or wood chips from your yard and replace the weed guard under the ground cover. Your ground cover can then be spread again, but look to see it covers everything. You may need to add some new to freshen up your yard, especially if it is bark, which deteriorates over time.

I know a lot of home maintenance is very expensive, especially for people who live from month to month on a fixed income. There are programs for low income households available that assist in some things Rebuilding Together will often paint your home and do other things to bring your home back into good condition; PG&E offers CARE which saves you 20% on Gas & Electric; also, PG&E offers an Energy Savings Assistance Program that can not only give you new shower heads, smart power strips and door weatherstripping but also get free refrigerators if yours was manufactured before 2010, do wall repairs, caulking and run Natural Gas Safety Tests and even get a new water heater for you if yours is broken and you qualify. We have a food assistance program with fresh vegetables and fruits plus canned and packaged foods on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. Also remember that currently Rebuilding Together are administering loans for home improvement that do not need to be repaid in your lifetime and which diminish over time. I’ll have more next month about getting our homes ship shape for May Inspections.

Spring is on the way don’t forget to SPRING forward and check into the programs that save you money! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Blessings to you all! Nancy & Scott

HACIENDA VALLEY SOCIAL CLUB NEWSLETTER MARCH 2026

Good Day, as always, I hope that everyone is doing great. We, the Social Club had some technical difficulties at our “Soup Er Bowl” Party and got off to a bit of a rocky start. Just a slight hiccup in our giddy-up as some might say. We could not get the channel for the Super Bowl until the third quarter, for the 8 people that stayed, I thank you. However, for those that stayed, we were all gathered around Beverly’s iPad and another person’s Smart Phone, and continued to watch, and eat and have a great time. The party did start out with 30 plus people, 6 delicious soups and chili made by our committee, and lots and lots of other tasty food that residents brought to share, and of course, many super yummy desserts Thanks to everyone who made and brought food to the February event!

The New “Sunshine Club” got off to a great start and looks like they are going to be very successful in the things that want to accomplish for 2026. Please give this Club a chance, all they want to do is help and serve all our residents that may at times need assistance, or welcome new residents to this wonderful park. You may not need them personally, but maybe your neighbor(s) might.

We have such a giving community here, for the most part we truly care about each other. When we see people walking around the park , we ask how they are doing, if they have just had a medical procedure, we may ask if they need anything, maybe a ride for groceries or just a hand to move something heavy, etc. At our age, the body does not recover as it did when we were younger. Kind words, a smile shared, acknowledging a person means so much to all of us. There are times when our families’ visits are spread too far apart and we can pick up someone’s spirit by having the smallest chat and a few kind words. It might be the only contact someone has had in a long while. Kindness and smiles cost us nothing….friendship can be the richest gift that we can give to someone, because they come from the heart.

The members of the clubs here in the park are volunteers that wish to serve you, the residents. We are servers who give our time and energy to make our retirement days better. We have, and will make mistakes along the way and we will make mistakes in the future, but all the successful things we have done will always outweigh what went wrong.

Until our next event, MOVIE NIGHT & Corned Beef Sandwiches, I hope that you treat each other with respect and kindness.

Please consider joining us for Coffee and Chat on Wednesdays (10:30 am) in the clubhouse for coffee and delicious donuts that Scott brings us. This group is getting bigger and bigger all the time. We share stories and have lots of laughs.

SOCIAL

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, Richard Valdez

SUNSHINE CLUB MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

FOR MARCH 2026

DearNeighbors,

TheSunshineCommitteeisofftoagreatstart!Weputupabeautiful“HelloSunshine”boardintheClubhouse.Stopbyandtakealook.Wehavethenames,apictureandashortandsweetwrite-upofseveral communitymembersontheboard.Eventually,andONLYWITHYOURCONSENT,wouldwelovetohave thenames,apictureandabriefwrite-upofallourresidents.PleasefillouttheConsentformthatwe previouslyprovidedandturnitintotheOfficeASAP.

WehadgreatsuccesswiththefirstroundoftheSunshineLotteryFundraiser!TrishCostanzaandMaria KresswereourSTARticketsellers,greatjob,ladies!Wehadourfirstdrawingyesterday,Monday,February9thduringBingoNight.CongratulationstoNaidaKatz,forbeingthefirstluckywinner!Please notethatmostofthemoneythatwasraisedwentrightbackintoourcommunitytoaveryluckyneighbor.Thankyouallforyoursupport,andgoodluckonthenextround!

SoonwewillscheduleadatetoprovideassistanceforresidentsthatwanttodownloadtheSNUGSafety Appontheircellphone.Ifyoulivealone,thisisafreeandveryhelpfulAppfordailyautomatedcheckin.

OnSaturday,May2,2026,we(Sunshine&SocialCommittees)areholdingarummagesaletoraisemoneytohelpNancypurchasematerialsand/orequipmentforherScrapbooking&Cardmakingclass.We willalsobesellingadeliciouslunch(spaghetti,garlicbread,cookieandadrinkfor$5).Comeonoutand showyoursupport!Also,Ifyouhavegentlyuseditemsthatyouwouldliketodonateforthissale,please letusknow,andwewillgladlytakethem.

TheSunshineCommitteefocusesondoingthingsthatbenefitourcommunity.Istheresomethingthat youwouldlikeourcommitteetodo? Wewelcomeyoursuggestions,reachouttoourcommitteeandlet usknow.

Thankyoufortakingafewminutestoreadmymessage,takecare,andhaveabright,sun-shinyday!

Respectfully,

Maria Salinas

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Tasty

Tidbits

Baileys Brownies

Ingredients:

 Cooking spray

 1 box brownie mix, plus ingredients called for on box

 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

 1 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

 1/4 cup Bailey’s Irish Cream

 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

 Pinch of Kosher salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8"-x-8" baking pan with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray. Prepare brownie batter according to box instructions. Spread in pan and bake brownies according to box instructions.

2. In a medium bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, Baileys Irish cream, vanilla, and salt. Place bowl over a pot of barely simmering water to create a double boiler and stir constantly until the chocolate is melty.

3. Pour fudge mixture over cooled brownies. Refrigerate until set.

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FOUL GROSS GRUBBY HIDEOUS HURTING LAME LOATHSOME LOUSY MALEVOLENT MEAN

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4.Grave marker

9.Formal vote

10.Coil

11.Antiquity, in antiquity

12.Poets’ feet

13.Mrs. Butterworth’s and maple

15.Peruvian terrorist group in the 60s, for short

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20.Robin’s partner

23.Gain knowledge

25.U.N. workers’ grp.

26.TV, radio, etc.

27.Mary’s boss on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”

28.Cheers

29.Dusk, to Donne

Down

1.Salon supplies

2.Hard to grasp

3.Close-knit group

4.Suez, for one

5.Afternoon service

6.“A Nightmare on __

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14.Central Italian region

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18.Charity

19.Docile

21.Balm ingredient

22.It may be proper

24.Big fuss

The title is a clue to the

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

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TRIVIA TEASER

Midnights and Noons

1."Round About Midnight" is widely recognized as one of the greatest jazz albums of all time.The album was released in 1957 by what jazz trumpeter? a-Miles Davis, b-Johnny Parker, c-Neal Hefti, dArturo Sandoval.

2.What comedian often joked about his failed film career, especially belittling his work in the movie The Horn Blows at Midnight? a-Bob Hope, b-George Burns, c-Johnny Carson, d-Jack Benny.

3.Which U.S. state is nicknamed "Land of the Midnight Sun"? a-Hawaii, b-Montana, c-Maine, d-Alaska.

4.Which poet wrote the famous lines "Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"? a-Emily Dickinson, b-Walt Whitman, cJames Russell Lowell, d-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

5. The 1977 book and 1978 film Midnight Express told of the experiences of Billy Hayes while he was imprisoned for drug smuggling in which country? a-Thailand, b-Venezuela, c-Turkey, d-Mexico.

6. Who played Amy, the new Quaker wife of Marshall Will Kane, in the 1952 movie western High Noon? a-Jean Simmons, b-Grace Kelly, c-Barbara Rush, d-Janet Leigh.

7.Strikes of a ship's bell are used to indicate the hour aboard a ship and regulate the sailors' duty watches. How many bells are sounded at noon? a-3, b-6, c-8, d-12.

8. Which U.S. state was opened to white settlement at noon on April 22, 1889 by the Land Run of 1889? a-Oklahoma, b-Nebraska, c-Kentucky, d-Kansas.

9.Midnight blue has been an official Crayola color since 1958. Prior to 1958, the same color went by what other name? a-Persian blue, b-Prussian blue, c-Powder blue, d-Columbia blue.

10. Midnight Cowboy won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1970 and a Best Director Oscar for whom? a-John Schlesinger, bStanley Kubrick, c-John Frankenheimer, d-Robert Altman.

QUOTES

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put yourself into, your future will be unlimited.

Brian Tracy

Living consciously involves being genuine. It involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly. It involves being in the moment.

Sidney Poitier

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

It's been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Henry Ford

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Coco Chanel

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of the deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

David Suzuki

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.

Zig Ziglar

Everyone is a genius in a bull market. Mark Cuban

The Lighter Side 25 Gallons of Milk

An attractive blonde heard that milk baths would make her beautiful. She went to the grocery store and asked the manager to find 25 gallons of whole milk.

The manager felt there must be a mistake, "You mean 2.5 gallons of whole milk?"

The blonde replied, "No, I want 25 gallons. I'm going to fill my bathtub and take a milk bath so I can look young and beautiful again."

"OK," he said, "But do you want it pasteurized?"

"No, just up to my neck. I can splash it on my eyes."

The Sign

A boss was complaining in a staff meeting the other day that he wasn't getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, "I'm the Boss". He then taped it to his office door.

Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had taped a note to the sign that said. "Your wife called, she wants her sign back!"

High Blood Pressure

When a physician remarked on a new patient's extraordinarily ruddy complexion, he said, "High blood pressure, Doc. It comes from my family."

"Your mother's side or your father's?" the doctor asked.

"Neither, it's from my wife's family."

"Oh, come now," the doctor said. "How could high blood pressure come from your wife's family?"

The man sighed. "You oughta meet 'em sometime, Doc!"

Trivia answers

1-a, Miles Davis

2-d, Jack Benny

3-d, Alaska

4-d, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

5-c, Turkey

6-b, Grace Kelly

7-c, 8

8-a, Oklahoma

9-b, Prussian blue

10-a, John Schlesinger

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Millennium Memo

Did you Know?

Manager’s Corner

HACIENDA VALLEY SOCIAL CLUB NEWSLETTER MARCH 2026

SOCIAL

SUNSHINE CLUB MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

FOR MARCH 2026

What You Need To Protect: Sensitive Personal Information

Top Types Of Documents You Should Shred

Can you throw away your decades old tax returns?

FreeFile Home ~ Your Link To Free Federal Online Filing

FREE FILE SOFTWARE

FREE FILE FILLABLE FORMS

IRS e-file ~ Filing Your Taxes Was Never Easier

Individual e-file Checklist

Tasty

Tidbits

Baileys Brownies

Ingredients:

Directions:

Mean Words Tax Reducers

March Sudoku

How to solve sudoku puzzles

TRIVIA TEASER

Midnights and Noons

QUOTES

The Lighter Side 25 Gallons of Milk

The Sign

High Blood Pressure

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