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Lamplighter Salinas 255 E. Bolivar St., Salinas, CA 93906 (831) 449-7215 / (831) 449-8943 Fax Email: lamplightersalinasmhp@gmail.com Onsite Managers: Mayra Ramirez Night Watch Security Enforcement (831) 710-1273 DIRECT ALL BILLING QUESTIONS TO THE ONSITE MANAGER

611 Anton Blvd., Suite 890, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: (949) 515-5100 / Fax: (949) 515-5101

Property Management Company: Haven Management Services

http://www.millenniumhousing.com

3491 Concours St., Suite 204, Ontario, CA 91761 Katie Davis (909) 930-9750 Toll Free (877) 930-9750

President: George Turk V.P. / Chief Operating Officer: Lori Carraway Director of Asset Services: Diana Welsh SPARC Program Coordinator: Ally Sage

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July Dates to Remember Independence Day 4 Shark Awareness Day

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National Hot Dog Day

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Full Moon

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Did You Know?

July is one of the best months for fresh California peaches. Around here, that means dessert can feel healthy… at least until the whipped cream arrives.

Millennium Memo We’ve expanded and replaced the Pool, spent $400K on the Clubhouse and LOTS of money on the Streets and Electrical System, bought more security cameras, done unending landscaping work…is there anything left to upgrade?

Apparently so, as we’re budgeting another $390K for Improvements in the upcoming Fiscal Year. What’s in that $390K? A new Playground ($100K!), Fencing ($85K), more Street & Electrical work, Mailboxes, new Soccer Goals & Basketball Hoops…

When all this work is finished, we will have invested more than $2M on upgrades just in the past 4 years. Lamplighter has come a long way since our purchase 16 years ago, but I’m sure we’ll keep finding more projects.

Your Rent Dollars at Work!

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SPARC sponsored a Back-to-School Event on June 27, featuring the Museum on the Go, the Salinas Fire Dept (and a Fire Truck!), pizza, school supplies…that’s after the deadline for this Memo, but I’ll have a report for you next month.

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The price increase for the Laundry machines was a surprise to us also.

We don’t own the machines, so we didn’t know about the increase until a resident told us. It’s still a good deal, isn’t it?

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Millennium Memo Continued... know: nothing says Summer like chlorine-flavored potato chips, but we ask that you help keep the Pool Area clean by not eating poolside.

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The latest resident complaint: “kids playing with hard balls in the Playground Area, kicking so hard that they have hit residents’ homes and windows.” Balls are not allowed on the Playground. Please speak to your children about this.

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OK, one more reminder: NO plastic bags or trash bags should be put in the Recycling Cans. The trash company considers this a contamination, and a $10 fee could be added to your bill. Please don’t do it.

News You Can Use Q.

How do you know if you’ve bought good fireworks?

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The guy running the store gives you a high 4.

Keep your fireworks “safe & sane,” and have fun holiday.

George Turk

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’ Friendly Reminder: 4.5 – A guest is permitted to use the recreational facilities only while accompanied by a responsible Homeowner or Resident.

We have had lots of teenagers coming into the park and using our common areas, that don’t live in the park. They have been seen jumping fences and damaging park property. We ask residents to contact the office if you see any of these activities. If you are using our swimming pool, and have guests, please make sure to read our pool rules.

Events/Activities For the month of July, we will be having our Food Bank distribution on Tuesday July 14th and the 28th from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This food is provided by the local Monterey County Food Bank. You don’t need to bring your own bags, you only come, sign in and pick up a package of food. Sometimes we have vegetables, salads, fruit, and nuts. This may also change since we don’t get a list of the items we will be getting every month. We will be having our movie night on the 23rd and we will be watching Toy Story 4, from 5pm to 7pm.

Coloring Contest Winner We would like to thank all of those who took their time to participate in our monthly event. Though they are all doing an excellent job showing their art skills, there can only be one winner. We would like to Congratulations on our winner for this month, Bella Ortiz. Thank you and we will be waiting for next month!

G. Mayra Ramirez Office Manager

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WE WANT YOU… TO TURN IN YOUR 2026 INCOME FORM COMPLETION OF THE INCOME FORM ANNUALLY IS MANDATORY FOR ALL RESIDENTS .

I Can’t Find My Income Form!!

Don’t worry—if you have misplaced or lost you income form a replacement form is easy to get.

1. The Park Office has extra forms.

2. Use the form on the following page.

3. Replacement Forms can be printed from Millennium Housing’s website. www.millenniumhousing.net •

Click on the Communities link

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Click on the name of your Community.

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Click on Resident Forms

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Click on 2026 Income Certification Form

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Print the Form

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO PUT YOUR NAME AND SPACE NUMBER ON THE FORM!!

Your community was financed with tax-exempt bonds and other governmental assistance. In return for this assistance, Millennium Housing agreed to restrictions on rent increases, use of the park’s income and other matters. We are required to recertify the income of all households each year to insure we are still meeting our bond requirements.

Summaries and analysis of income certifications are compiled and used to qualify for property tax exemptions each year, and improvements to your community are made possible by the savings we receive in property taxes.

Please do your part and return this important document today!!

Income Forms can be brought to the Park Office or mailed to Millennium Housing directly.

If you are receiving a Financial Assistance credit from Millennium Housing, failure to complete the annual income form will result in suspension of your credit.

To view some of the information on Millennium’s website you will need your Community’s I.D. and Password: User I.D.: LAMPLIGHTER Password: FAMILY The User I.D. and Password are “case sensitive” so be sure to type in all CAPS

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This all happened on July 4th  Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island on July 4, 1636.  Independence Day commemorates the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4.  July 4, 1802 marked the opening day of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY.  Construction of the Erie Canal began on July 4, 1817.  Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826.  Building of the first U.S. railway, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, began on July 4, 1828.  The fifth U.S. President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831.  The cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid on July 4, 1850.  President Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872.

 The Congregationalist magazine first published the poem, “America the Beautiful,” written by Katharine Lee Bates, on July 4, 1895. She penned it two years earlier on July 22, 1893, after a trip up Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs.  On July 4, 1960, the first American flag to bear 50 stars was raised. This celebrated Hawaii’s entrance into the Union as the 50th state.

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Useful Phone Numbers Animal Control

758-7285

BFI Waste Services

775-3840

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DUETI

Californian Newspaper

424-2222

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NTEHETRI

Comcast Cable

800-945-2288

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TSAEST

Dept. of Housing / Registration & Titling

800-952-8356

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SRTIHG

Lamplighter Office

449-7215

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SFKIRORWE

Pacific Gas & Electric

800-743-5000

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EARADP

Night Watch Security

831-710-1273

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NANTOI

9-1-1

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YLTIBRE

Emergency Response / Police, Fire, Ambulance

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YUJL

Salinas Post Office

800-275-8777

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SCHOOLS

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Santa Rita Elementary

443-7221

Gavalin View Middle

443-7212

North Salinas High

796-7511

Everett Alverez

796-7800

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Find A Word

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If you enjoy passing the time with word games, relax and try “Find a Word”. It’s easy—just make as many words as you can from the Word of the Month…

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INDEPENDENCE

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Good Luck and have fun.

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Children’s Coloring Contest: Children 12 years and under are eligible. Color this page & bring it the Park Office for a chance to win a prize

Name: _________________________________ Age: ________ Space #: ____________

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Peach and Blackberry Cobbler Ingredients 4 cups peeled and sliced fresh peaches 1 cup fresh blackberries 1 1/4 cups white sugar, divided 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk Directions 1. Preheat 350°F. 2. Mix peaches, blackberries, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a large bowl.

3. Pour melted butter into a 9x13-inch glass baking dish, tilting to coat the bottom and sides evenly.

4. Whisk flour, remaining 1 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in another large bowl; mix in milk, stirring until just moist. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish; distribute fruit mixture evenly over batter.

5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.

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Puzzles and Word Games you can use

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How to Swim Across 1. Let go of 5. Everyone 8. Days of ___ 9. Stare 11. Barely beat 12. Creche trio 13. Took gas out of a tank 15. ___ Solo of "Star Wars" 16. Opened, in a way 21. Window feature 22. Aroma 24. Chill 25. Lazily 26. "For ___ a jolly ..."

27. After curfew

APRON BEANS BRATS CATSUP CHERRY COALS COLESLAW CORN EMBERS FIRE FISH GAS GRILL HAMBURGER HOT DOG INDIRECT KEBABS MOP

PACKET PEPPERS PIT PORK RACK RELISH RIBS ROTISSERIE RUB SAUCE SEAR SKEWERS SMOKER STEAKS THERMOMETER TONGS WINGS WOOD CHIPS

Down 1. Blonde's secret, maybe 2. Fishing equipment 3. Bacchanalia 4. Found in doors 5. Used by massage therapists 6. Student aid 7. Balcony section 10. Youngster

14. "2001" computer 16. ___ Today 17. Approaching 18. Chimney channel 19. Icelandic epic 20. Airhead 23."The Catcher in the ___" The title is a clue to the shaded word in the The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal. diagonal.

LIFEGUARD 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 LIFEGUARD. Similarly, each letter can only appear once in a column or row in

the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.

TRIVIA TEASER

Hold Still

1. Which actress won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s in the film Still Alice? a-Cate Blanchett, b-Julianne Moore, c-Meryl Streep, d-Sandra Bullock.

2. Which U.S. President’s dying words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives”? a-John Adams, b-John Quincy Adams, cJames Monroe, d-George Washington.

3. Which Biblical character commanded the sun to stand still in the sky? a-Moses, b-Job, c-Daniel, d-Joshua.

4. In which city does the spaceship land in the 1950s sci-fi movie The Day The Earth Stood Still? a-Orlando, Florida, bNewark, New Jersey, c-London, England, d-Washington, D.C. 5. Which singer produced four top 40 hits off his 1975 album “Still Crazy After All These Years”? a-James Taylor, b-Paul Simon, c-Neil Diamond, d-Neil Sedaka.

6. In which movie did John Wayne play Matt Matthews, an Ozark character who runs a moonshine still? a-The Fighting Kentuckian, b-The Quiet Man, c-They Were Expendable, d-The Shepherd of the Hills.

7. Which girl group had a No. 1 hit in 1961 with “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” a-The Marvelettes, b-The Honey Cone, c-The Shirelles, d-The Cookies.

8. Stillwater was the name of the fictional rock band in which movie? a-Almost Famous, b-Rock Star, c-The School of Rock, d-The Phantom of the Paradise.

9. Defensive end Art Still was the second overall player taken in the 1978 NFL Draft and became an immediate starter for which NFL team, making the NFL All-Rookie Team in 1978? a-Minnesota Vikings, b-Oakland Raiders, c-Kansas City Chiefs, d-Dallas Cowboys.

10. The painting “Still Life with Apples” fetched a record $28.6 million in 1993 for a work by which artist? a-Edgar Degas, b-Vincent Van Gogh, c-Mary Cassatt, dPaul Cezanne.

11. Which actress played Mark Addy’s mother on the sitcom Still Standing? a-Sally Struthers, b-Bonnie Franklin, cLoretta Swit, d-Raquel Welch.

QUOTES 4th of JULY quotes My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Thomas Jefferson Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed, else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

Dwight D. Eisenhower This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.

Lyndon B. Johnson All we have of freedom, all we use or know, This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.

Rudyard Kipling, "The Old Issue," 1899 America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.

Adlai Stevenson May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this, our own country!

Daniel Webster Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Benjamin Franklin It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

J. Horace McFarland Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Lighter Side Traffic Court A woman was found guilty in traffic court and when asked her occupation, she said she was a schoolteacher. The judge rose from the bench. "Madam, I have waited years for a schoolteacher to appear before this court."

He smiled with delight. "Now sit down at that table and write 'I will not run a red light' five hundred times."

Two Guys From Chicago Two guys die and wake up in hell. The next day, the devil stops to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and bomber hats, warming themselves around the fire.

The devil: "What are you doing? Isn't hell hot enough for you?"

The guys reply, "Well, you know, we're from Chicago, Illinois, the land of ice and snow and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a bit."

The devil is absolutely furious. He decides to turn off all the heat.

The next morning, it's below zero in hell. There are icicles everywhere and people are shivering so bad they are unable to wail and moan.

The devil smiles and heads for the room with the two Chicagoans. He finds them jumping up and down and cheering.

One exclaims, "When hell freezes over, that can mean just one thing: The Cubs won the World Series!"

Answers to 'Hold Still' 1-b, Julianne Moore 2-a, John Adams 3-d, Joshua 4-d, Washington, D.C. 5-b, Paul Simon 6-d, The Shepherd of the Hills 7-c, The Shirelles 8-a, Almost Famous 9-c, Kansas City Chiefs 10-d, Paul Cezanne 11-a, Sally Struthers

July 2026 Calendar NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH. DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH. NATIONAL HOT DOG MONTH. NATIONAL WATERMELON MONTH. NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION MONTH. NATIONAL GRILLING MONTH. NATIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING MONTH, IDFA.ORG.

Events 1, Canada Day. 1, International Joke Day. 2, World UFO Day. Recognizes the fascination with extraterrestrial life, often tied to the 1947 Roswell incident; encourages sky-watching and discussions on alien existence.

3, Battle of Gettysburg ended, 1863. The Civil War's turning point, a 163-year milestone significant for its lasting impact on U.S. history; Union victory halted Confederate advances.

3-8, Sail4th 250 — New York Harbor. The largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from more than 20 nations gathers in the Port of New York and New Jersey for America's 250th, with a parade of sail, an International Naval Review, and a Blue Angels flyover.

3-11, Dog Days of Summer.

3, Times Square Ball Drop. For the first time outside New Year's Eve, the Times Square Ball drops at midnight to count down to America's 250th Independence Day. 4, Independence Day. America's 250th birthday. Celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, with a year-long Semiquincentennial commemoration coordinated by America250.

4, Salute to America 250 — Washington, D.C. A daylong gathering on the National Mall featuring keynote remarks, military

and cultural ceremonies, and what organizers call the largest pyrotechnics display in U.S. history.

day honoring Mandela's legacy of peace and equality, encouraging 67 minutes of community service.

4, Tour de France begins, 2026. The 113th edition starts with a team time trial in Barcelona and finishes in Paris on July 26.

19, First Women's Rights Convention, 1848. Seneca Falls Convention, a 178-year milestone.

4-5, America's Block Party. Communities nationwide host coordinated neighborhood gatherings and live music as part of the America250 celebrations.

20, Moon Landing, 1969. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon 57 years ago.

5, Bikini debuted, 1946.

22, World Brain Day. Promotes awareness of neurological disorders and brain health.

7, World Chocolate Day. Commemorates the introduction of chocolate to Europe in 1550; celebrated with chocolate-themed events and indulgence globally.

22, Pi Approximation Day. Celebrates the mathematical constant (22/7 in date format); marked by math enthusiasts with puzzles and educational events.

10-14, MLB All-Star Week — Philadelphia.

The 96th Midsummer Classic returns to Philadelphia for America's 250th, echoing the 1976 All-Star Game played in the city during the bicentennial. Events run from the HBCU Swingman Classic on July 10 to the All-Star Game on July 14 at Citizens Bank Park.

22-26, San Diego Comic-Con. Preview Night July 22, with the main event July 23-26 at the San Diego Convention Center.

11-16, Sail250 Boston. Tall ships from more than 25 countries dock along Boston Harbor with public ship tours, a Parade of Sail, and waterfront celebrations.

24, Pioneer Day (Utah). Commemorates Mormon pioneers' arrival in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.

25, Korean War began, 1950. North Korea's invasion of South Korea started the conflict, a 76-year milestone shaping Cold War geopolitics.

13, T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.

26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed, 1990. U.S. legislation prohibiting disability discrimination, a 36-year milestone.

14, Bastille Day, 1789. French Revolution's storming of the Bastille, a 237-year milestone.

26, Tour de France ends. The 113th edition concludes on the Champs-Élysées in Paris with a route through Montmartre.

14, MLB All-Star Game. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.

28, World Hepatitis Day.

15, World Youth Skills Day. 16, Apollo 11 launched, 1969. NASA's mission to the moon began, a 57-year milestone; led to the first human moon landing, a landmark in space exploration.

16, National Hot Dog Day. 17, World Emoji Day. Emojis were first popularized in the late 1990s.

18, Nelson Mandela International Day. UN

28, World Nature Conservation Day. 29, July full moon. Buck Moon.

29, International Tiger Day. 30, International Day of Friendship.

31, National Mutt Day, Web: nationalmuttday.com. Also celebrated Dec. 2.

31, World Ranger Day. Honors park rangers' role in protecting natural and cultural heritage.

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