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Villa Teresa Mobilehome Community
Schedule and Contact Information
• OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
• PHONE: Non-Emergency: 408-226-1900
For emergencies such as utility outages, etc. 24/7 ….call Art @ 408-390-7312
WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS: Call 408-226-1900: leave a message and person on duty will call you back right away.
Please remember, emergencies are emergencies. If you need anything else (nonemergency), please call me during the week, during business hours.
Thank you.
Art Carson Villa Teresa Community Manager
For questions regarding your rent statement, call YES Energy at 800-947-2233.
For questions or info on trash, recycle, or yard waste, call Art at 408-226-1900. PG&E – Account # 801622340-3 800-743-5000 Comcast Cable or Internet Service: 800-934-6489 Direct
IF YOU HAVE DEBRIS OR LARGE FURITURE ITEMS TO BE PICKED UP, YOU CAN CALL CALIFORNIA WASTE SOLUTIONS: 408-213-7800 or www.calwaste.com
IF YOU NEED OTHER INFORMATION, CALL THE OFFICE AND WE WILL HELP THE BEST WE CAN.
GUEST AND AFTER-HOURS PARKING
(Effective March 2021)
Guest Parking is for Guests ONLY. Resident parking is NOT ALLOWED in Guest Parking areas.
Parking Passes will ONLY be issued during office hours (8:00 am – 4:00 p Monday thru Friday) and must be obtained at the VTMH Community office (ONLY needed when guest will be parking overnight). Call me with details and I will drop the pass in your mail tube.
Handwritten notes left on the dash will no longer be acceptable.
• If there is room in your driveway for the guest to park their vehicle along with yours, they will not need a parking pass.
• If there is not room for an extra car in your driveway, or if they show up unexpectedly to stay overnight, and you have not obtained a Parking Pass, Visitor will need to park off-property:
o They can park along Santa Teresa in front of the “Y” or behind the park along Alan Street and walk into the park. (If you have the padlock code for the back gate, you can meet them there and let them in that way.)
o The other option is for YOU to park off-property, letting them park in your driveway.
• Vehicles parked in Guest Parking areas between midnight and 6:00 am without a proper Parking Pass WILL BE TOWED.
• PARKING ON VILLA TERESA WAY (IN FRONT OF HOMES) IS NOT ALLOWED: ALL COMMUNITY STREETS ARE FIRE LANES AND MUST BE KEPT CLEAR AT ALL TIMES. Violators are subject to be towed – 24/7.
HOMEOWNERS, NOTE: There will be NO EXEPTIONS to the above, so make sure to get the Parking Pass in advance to avoid your guest’s vehicle being towed at the vehicle owner’s expense.
Manager’s Corner – August 2025
Thanks everyone for coming to the Independence Day BBQ. It was loads of fun and all had a good time, good food, good prizes, and wonderful camaraderie.
On Tuesday, August 5, we will have our first annual “National Night Out’ from 6:00 ‘til 9:00 pm. We will meet outside behind the clubhouse and I will be providing hot dogs and all the fixings, chips and drinks.
Music is being provided by Michael Hendrix and friends. Come join us for a good time out and to greet all your neighbors.
I would like to address fire danger. If you have dried weeds and/or dead and dried shrubbery in your yards, that all needs to be cleaned up and removed IMMEDIATELY because of the fire risk! Further on that note, if anyone knows of an insurance company still insuring homes (for fire) please contact me at the office so I can share that information with others.
And, once again -- PLEASE WATCH YOUR SPEED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY and keep it to 10mph; I am having to seriously consider installing speedbumps if things don’t change. Please contact me with your feedback.
Thank you for reading.
Art Carson, Park Manager
If you know of someone in the park needing a bit of Sunshine due to an illness, death in the family, etc.,
Please let our Sunshine Lady, Eleanor Cullen, know and they will get a card from the Residents’ Club.
Eleanor at 408-476-2398
Hey, Neighbors –
Wow!! Can you believe it?? Summer is HALF OVER!!
If you missed the BBQ on the fifth, it enjoyed quite a turnout. Over 130 people showed up. Thank you, Art; Again –GREAT JOB by you and your team. The decorations were fantastic, too!
In other news, the Community Garden is Blooming. Many are already harvesting their bounty, sharing with others, and anxiously awaiting more veggies, etc., to become ripe and ready. It looks like next year we may need to extend the planting area.
I August we will be having a night out on the green, sponsored solely by Art in his generosity. (See Mgr.’s page for details).
August is also Board election time. There will be a General Meeting on Thursday, 8/21, at 6:30 where we will vote for the Board Members who preside over the upcoming year (Sept 1 – August 31). Please plan to attend if you are interested in the future of your Residents’ Club.
In closing, thank you, Art, for another spectacular Independence Day BBQ.
To or Villa Teresa Gardeners, keep us the good work.
See you all at the events in August.
‘Bye for now,
Gary
2023-24 OFFICERS:
• President: Gary Frost (Sp 877)
• V-President: Shelley Neves-Frost (Sp 877)
• Secretary: Andrea Voss (Sp 820)
• Treasurer: Linda Hennessey (Sp 825)
Community Bulletin Board
Neighbor-to-Neighbor postings; freebies; for sale items; etc. *
FOR SALE Pet Door: fits in sliding (patio) door.
$75 (Orig. $150) Jan Ewers – Sp# 861
This page is for you to use to post to your neighbors: if you have something to sell or give away, or are looking to find/buy, contact Jan at 972-8102 (sp 861) or Art at 226-1900. Deadline is the 10th of the month for the following month’s publication.
NOTE: Check the bulletinboard in thehallway bythe restrooms for otherpostings (services, etc.)
The History of Women’s Equality Day
The Woman Suffrage Amendment was first introduced on January 10, 1878. It was resubmitted numerous times until it was finally approved by both the House and Senate in June 1919. The bill needed to be approved by two-thirds of the states, so suffragists spent the next year lobbying state legislatures to gain support for the bill. On August 24, 1920, Tennessee became 36th and final state to ratify the amendment, which passed by only one vote. That one vote belonged to Harry Burn, who heeded the words of his mother when she urged him to vote for suffrage. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed the amendment into law on August 26, 1920.
Fifty years later on August 26, 1970, Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized a nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality. Women across the political spectrum joined together to demand equal opportunities in employment and education, as well as 24-hour childcare centers. This was the largest protest for gender equality in United States history. There were demonstrations and rallies in more than 90 major cities and small towns across the country and over 100,000 women participated, including 50,000 who marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City.
In addition to the marches, groups of women participated in publicity stunts aimed at garnering more recognition of gender inequality. Women in New York City took over the Statue of Liberty, hanging two 40 foot banners from the crown reading “March on August 26 for Equality” and “Women of the World Unite.” An organized group stopped the ticker tape at the American Stock Exchange, and held signs such as, “We won’t bear any more bull.” Female teachers also filed a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Education in which they demanded gender equality in appointing educational administration positions. The case lasted about 10 years and finally resulted in an increase in female principals.
While the strike did not halt the activities of the nation, it drew national attention to the Women’s Movement. The New York Times, for example, published their first major article on the Feminist Movement by covering the events of the day. It even included a map of the route the marchers took through the city.
In 1971, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) introduced a successful bill designating August 26th of each year as Women’s Equality Day. Part of the bill reads that Women’s Equality Day is a symbol of women’s continued fight for equal rights and that the United States commends and supports them. It decreed that the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of woman suffrage and the 1970 Strike for Equality. Women today continue to draw on the history of these brave and determined women.
Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971 Designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States; and WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex; and WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights; and WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26th of each year is designated as Women’s Equality Day, and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place.
French Sites
BASTILLE CATACOMBS
CHAMBORD
CASTLE
DDAY BEACHES
EIFFEL TOWER
LASCAUX CAVES
LES INVALIDS
LOUVRE
NIMES ARENA
NOTRE DAME
OMAHA BEACH
PONT DU GARD
SACRE COEUR
SAINT MALO
SAINTE CHAPELLE
VERSAILLES
Across
1.“What ___ is new?”
5.Any doctrine
Expecting an answer
8. Greek earth goddess: Var.
9.On the ocean
10.Jobs
11.Responded in court
12.Con man
14.Souvenir
20.Wise one
21.Eagle’s nest
23.Early video game
24.Flower holder
25.“A Chorus Line” number
26.Greek god of love
Down
1.Breakfast fare
2.Secular
3.Sound of relief
4.Facilitate
5.Part of an archipelago
6.Soothsayer
7.“Spy vs. Spy” magazine
9.Likely
13.“___ we there yet?”
14.Atomic particle
15.Sea eagle
16.Coffee holder
17.Church section
18.Eye drop
19.About
20. U.S. document publisher
22.“I agree”
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
August 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
Sunny Side Up
1. Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs were cops on what TV series? a-Miami Vice, b-Hill Street Blues, c-NYPD Blue, d-The Streets of San Francisco.
2.Who defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the world heavyweight boxing champion? a-George Foreman, b-Muhammad Ali, c-Ingemar Johanssen, d-Rocky Graziano.
3. What TV show's theme song includes the lyrics "Sunny day, chasing the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet?" a-The Jeffersons, b-Good Times, c-Sesame Street, d-The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
4.Singer Sonny Bono served as the mayor of what California city? a-Oakland, b-Beverly Hills, c-Palm Springs, d-Pasadena.
5.Sonny Jurgensen played most of his NFL career as a quarterback for what team? a-Dallas Cowboys, b-San Francisco 49ers, c-St. Louis Cardinals, d-Washington Redskins.
6.In TV commercials, Sonny the bird is "cuckoo" about what breakfast cereal? a-Cocoa Puffs, b-Froot Loops, c-Corn Flakes, d-Honeycomb.
7.What mystery writer's creations included a fashion-conscious private eye named Sunny Randall? a-John D. MacDonald, b-Janet Evanovich, c-Robert B.Parker, d-Martin Cruz Smith.
8.What singer won a 1997 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home"? a-Alison Krauss, b-Alanis Morissette, c-Shawn Colvin, d-Paula Cole.
9.What TV series was set in fictional Sunnydale, California? a-Gilmore Girls, b-Buffy the Vampire Slayer, c-One Tree Hill, d-Gossip Girl.
10. Which songwriter earned a total of 37 cents in royalties from his first published effort, "Marie From Sunny Italy"? a-Cole Porter, b-Irving Berlin, c-Woody Guthrie, d-Pete Seeger.
QUOTES
A salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams.
Kevin O'Leary
I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That's the thing. You can't just visualize and go eat a sandwich."
Jim Carrey
When we forget to use visualization and imagination, it is like not using our minds.
Jose Silva
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma Gandhi
The start is what stops most people. Don Shula
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.
Harrison Ford
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong, these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Winston Churchill
The difference between try and triumph is a little "umph."
Author Unknown
The pessimist worries about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
Progress equals happiness.
Tony Robbins
The Lighter Side
Careful
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter.
Oh my gosh! They're going to STICK! Careful. I said CAREFUL!
You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving!"
GI Insurance
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center to sell recruits GI insurance benefits.
Captain Smith noticed that Jones had a 100% record for insurance sales. It had never happened before.
The Captain then sat in the room and listened to Jones's sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the insurance.
"If you have GI Insurance and get killed in battle, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and get killed in battle, the government only has to pay $6,000. Now, who do you think they send into battle first?"
Answers to 'Sunny Side Up'
1-a, Miami Vice
2-b, Muhammad Ali
3-c, Sesame Street
4-c, Palm Springs
5-d, Washington Redskins
6-a, Cocoa Puffs
7-c, Robert B. Parker
8-c, Shawn Colvin
9-b, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
10-b, Irving Berlin
August 2025 Calendar
1-17, Indiana State Fair at Indianapolis, IN. Livestock exhibition, top entertainment, giant midway, more, 900,000 attend.
1-7, International Clown Week. Recognizing clowns for entertaining and supporting good causes worldwide.
1-10, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at Sturgis, SD. World’s largest motorcycle rally with races, concerts, and street food, 500,000+ attend.
1-31, National Immunization Awareness Month. Promoting vaccinations to prevent life-threatening diseases for all ages.
1, National Girlfriends Day. Celebrating the bond of friendship among women with shared activities.
2, National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Enjoying the sweet treat of ice cream between two cookies.
2-3, Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire at Bonney Lake, WA. Also August 9-10, and August 16-17.
3, National Watermelon Day. Savoring the juicy, refreshing fruit popular in summer.
4, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Baking or eating the classic American cookie favorite.
5, National Oyster Day. Indulging in fresh or cooked oysters, a coastal delicacy.
6, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony at Hiroshima, Japan. Commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing with calls for peace (80th anniversary).
7, National Lighthouse Day. Honoring lighthouses and their role in maritime safety.
7-17, Iowa State Fair at Des Moines, IA. Agriculture, entertainment, and food on a stick draw over 1 million annually.
8, International Cat Day. Celebrating feline companions and promoting their welfare.
9, August Full Moon reaches peak illumination. Viewing the Sturgeon Moon, named for abundant fish in North America.
10, National S’mores Day. Toasting marshmallows and chocolate between graham crackers by a campfire.
11, National Son and Daughter Day. Appreciating the joy and love of children in families.
12-13, Perseids Meteor Shower peaks. Observing up to 100 meteors per hour in clear night skies.
13, International Left-Handers Day. Recognizing the unique experiences of lefthanded individuals.
14, National Navajo Code Talkers Day. Honoring Navajo servicemen’s WWII contributions using their language as code.
15, Assumption of Mary. Observing the Christian feast of Mary’s ascent into heaven, a holy day in some communities.
16, National Rum Day. Sipping or mixing cocktails with the versatile spirit.
17, National Nonprofit Day. Recognizing the impact of nonprofit organizations on communities.
18, National Fajita Day. Grilling and enjoying sizzling fajitas with peppers and onions.
19, National Aviation Day. Celebrating the history and innovation of flight, established for Orville Wright’s birthday.
20, National Radio Day. Honoring the invention and impact of radio broadcasting (100 years since first U.S. radio network, 1925).
21-Sept. 1, Minnesota State Fair at St. Paul, MN. Massive fair with food, rides, and entertainment, attracts over 2 million.
21, National Senior Citizens Day. Recognizing the contributions and wisdom of older adults.
21-31, Wisconsin State Fair at West Allis, WI. Agriculture, music, and cream puffs draw over 1 million annually.
22, National Tooth Fairy Day. Celebrating the mythical figure who rewards kids for lost teeth.
23, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Reflecting on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
24, National Waffle Day. Enjoying crispy waffles with sweet or savory toppings.
25, National Park Service Founders Day at Yellowstone, WY. Managing parks for 109 years.
26, Women’s Equality Day. Commemorating the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment granting women’s suffrage (105th anniversary).
27, National Just Because Day. Doing something spontaneous or kind for no particular reason.
28, National Red Wine Day.
29, National Lemon Juice Day.
30, National Grief Awareness Day. Raising awareness about coping with loss and supporting others.
31, International Overdose Awareness Day. Honoring those lost to drug overdoses and promoting prevention.
August 2025
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