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Lamplighter News January 2026

Millennium Memo 2025 in Lamplighter was a bit bittersweet, given the passing of John Davis, who had Supervised Lamplighter since our acquisition. Katie Davis is doing a great job, but John will be truly missed.

January Dates to Remember New Year’s Day

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Full Moon

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Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day

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New Moon

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Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

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Did You Know?

The coldest day ever recorded in the U.S. was in January: –80°F in Prospect Creek, Alaska (1971).

Some happier highlights: •

Ally & the folks at SPARC had their usual good year, bringing several programs to the Park. I hope you got your FREE Smoke Detectors and had a chance to attend the Health Fair, Warm Coat Distribution, Holiday Party…

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Diego Martinez-Neri, Maria Rubalcava & Jennifer Santiago earned SPARC/Millennium Scholarships, ending a 3-year Lamplighter drought. Congratulations again, you three.

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The new-and-improved, $1M Pool re-opened to considerable fanfare, just one of the many projects completed during the year.

Those improvements are only possible because of the savings generated by your Income Certs. Thanks again for your cooperation.

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7 homes sold in 2025, one less than the year before.

Sales prices were up, especially during the last 6 months.

Your home remains a valuable asset!

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My personal highlight: we celebrated the birth of our 8th grandchild! That will probably be our last, however.

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Millennium Memo continued...

Of course, some residents drove too fast, abused the Parking Rules and didn’t pick up after their dogs, but those folks will do better in 2026, won’t they? Thanks to all of you, for making Lamplighter such a special place.

Speaking of SPARC SPARC--our resident services partner—sponsored a very successful Winter Warm Coat Distribution in November. 107 Lamplighter Children got new winter coats and SPARC Hot Chocolate Kits.

49 Seniors signed up for Warm Kits, 30 of whom picked theirs up in person. The Salinas Library shared valuable community resources and raffled off 3 STEM kits.

A great start to the Holiday Season, wouldn’t you say?

Good Advice Gyms get crowded after the New Year. Better to wait for it to die down, usually around Jan. 2. It will be less hectic then.

Have a great 2026!

George Turk

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Manager’s Corner Friendly Reminder of the rules: 6.4 (f) – When Vacationing or absent for any other reason, it is the responsibility of the Resident to arrange for someone to water and to maintain the homesite.

Events/Activities For the month of January, we will be having our Food Bank distribution on Tuesday the 13th and the 27th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 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 Elemental.

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, Viviana Garcia. Thank you and we will be waiting for next month!

G. Mayra Ramirez

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Did You Know?

You can view the monthly magazine digitally.

Here’s how you do it?

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Go to www.millenniumhousing.net

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Click on Communities

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Click on Lamplighter Salinas

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Under the “More Info” section—Click on Monthly Magazine

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Click on the picture of the magazine. This will bring you to the publisher’s website where you can enlarge the magazine by clicking on this symbol and enjoy.

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Useful Phone Numbers Animal Control

758-7285

BFI Waste Services

775-3840

Californian Newspaper 424-2222 Comcast Cable

800-945-2288 800-952-8356

2. ACBT OLENREI

Dept. of Housing / Registration & Titling

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Lamplighter Office

449-7215

4. YJRAUNA

Pacific Gas & Electric

800-743-5000

5. ISORUSELONT

Night Watch Security Enforcement

831-710-1273

1. WEN YEAR

6. ECESXRIE 7. TOONUNWCD 8. RIRESWOKF 9. BLAL PDOR

10. NCGPEAHMA 11. TSOTA 12. HMDNIIGT 13. SKSI 14. ERSHF TARST

Emergency Response / 9-1-1 Police, Fire, Ambulance Salinas Post Office

800-275-8777

SCHOOLS 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…

17. LKUC 18. EHPNSAPSI 19. MYLAIF

Celebration

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Good Luck and have fun.

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Annual Disaster Preparedness Issue Make a plan today. Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area. Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find.

Step 1: Put together a plan by discussing these 4 questions with your family, friends, or household to start your emergency plan.

1. How will I receive emergency alerts and warnings?

2. What is my shelter plan?

3. What is my evacuation route?

4. What is my family/household communication plan?

Step 2: Consider specific needs in your household.

As you prepare your plan, tailor your plans and supplies to your specific daily living needs and responsibilities. Discuss your needs and responsibilities and how people in the network can assist each other with communication, care of children, business, pets, or specific needs like the operation of durable medical equipment. Create your own personal network for specific areas where you need assistance. Keep in mind some of these factors when developing your plan: •

Different ages of members • within your household

Medical needs including • prescriptions & equipment

Cultural & religious considerations

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Responsibilities for assisting others

Disabilities or access & functional needs including devices & equipment

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Pets or service animals

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Households with schoolaged children

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Locations frequented

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Dietary needs

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Languages spoken

Step 3: Fill out a Family Emergency Plan Download and fill out a family emergency plan or use them as a guide to create your own.

Plans can be found at www.ready.gov and www.fema.gov.

Step 4: Practice your plan with your family / household

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Coloring Contest: Children 12 years and under are eligible to participate. Color this page and bring it to the park office for a chance to win a prize.

Name: ______________________Age:_________ Space#:________ 14

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Mashed Potato Soup Ingredients: •

24 oz refrigerated premade mashed potatoes or 3 cups home-made

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2 cups chicken broth

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1 can sweet corn, drained

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2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken

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1/2 cup chopped onion

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2 tbsp butter

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3/4 cup whole milk

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5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

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1 tbsp reserved bacon grease

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2 tbsp chopped chives plus extra for topping

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Shredded cheese for topping

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Salt & pepper to taste

Directions:  In a large frying pan, cook bacon until crisp then add in the chopped chives and mix to combine.  Drain the bacon grease, reserving 1 tbsp for soup and place on a plate lined with a paper tow and set aside.  In a large pot over medium high heat, add butt and allow to melt. Add chopped onion and cook until just tender, about 33 minutes. Add in chicken broth, corn (drained), reserved bacon grease and chicken. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer.  Add in milk and mashed potatoes and stir until combined. Continue to simmer until heated through, season with salt and pepper to taste. Top with cooked bacon/ chive mixture and shredded cheese.  Serve and enjoy.

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Puzzles and Word Games you can use

Indian Food

Emotional Response Across 1. Gym set 5. Darling 8. “I, Claudius” role 9. Band member 11. Apple spray 12. Face-to-face exam 13. Buttonwood 15. In-flight info, for short 16. Close call 21. Halftime lead, e.g.

22. Wyle of “ER” 24. Horace volume 25. Coastal raptor 26. Balaam’s mount

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10. A pint, maybe 14. Store convenience, for short 16. “The Matrix” hero 17. Icelandic epic 18. Long, long time 19. Achy 20. All there 23. “For ___ a jolly ...”

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

January 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 medium.

TRIVIA TEASER

American history 1. Which U.S. President arranged the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803? a-John Quincy Adams, b-James Monroe, c-Thomas Jefferson, d-James Madison.

2. From what country did the United States purchase Alaska in 1867? a-Spain, b-Russia, c-Japan, d-Canada.

3. Which city served as the capital of the United States for ten years prior to the capital's move to Washington, D.C.? aNew York City, b-Nashville, c-Philadelphia, d-Boston.

4. The Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key during which war? a-American Revolution, b-The War of 1812, c-French-Indian War, d-U.S. Civil War. 5. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the President to serving no more than two terms? a-18th, b-19th, c-20th, d-22nd.

6. The word "gerrymander," meaning to fiddle with electoral boundaries, takes its name from Elbridge Gerry, a former governor of which U.S. state? a-Massachusetts, b-Maine, c-Illinois, dNew Hampshire.

7. Which politician created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto "Every Man a King," guaranteeing every family a basic household grant of $5,000? a-Herbert Hoover, b-Franklin D. Roosevelt, c-Andrew Mellon, d-Huey Long.

8. Which state capital was founded

by John Sutter in 1840? a-Providence, Rhode Island, b-Raleigh, North Carolina, c-Des Moines, Iowa, d-Sacramento, California.

9. Which U.S. President's image appeared on a dollar coin from 1971-78? a-Dwight Eisenhower, b-John F. Kennedy, c-George Washington, d-Jimmy Carter.

10. Who was the first president to appoint an African American to his Cabinet? a-Jimmy Carter, b-Theodore Roosevelt, c-Bill Clinton, d-Lyndon Johnson.

Quotes

The Lighter Side

There is no such thing as can't or won't.

If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward.

Whatever it takes! You can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible, we realize we are special people.

Jan Ashford

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love. It is the prerogative of the brave.

Mohandas Gandhi

On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

Aldous Huxley

If you pursue money and affluence to the exclusion of the values in life, you have lost, not won.

Jim Rohn

People who consider themselves victims of circumstances, will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.

Stedman Graham.

Your three best doctors are time, faith and patience.

From a fortune cookie

This is the time when we must firmly choose the course we will follow, or the relentless drift of events will make the decision for us.

Herbert Prochnow

Here is a test to determine whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

Richard Bach

One of the greatest discoveries people make is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

Henry Ford

Poor speller "Hello, 911? Please come right away. My wife was just attacked by a wart hog!"

"What is your address?"

"181 Eucalyptus Street."

"Could you spell that?" " ... I'll just drag her over to Oak Street."

Terrible phenomenon In one hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients in one bed always died at about 11 a.m. on Sunday morning. A worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate. On Sunday, they waited outside the ward to see what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some prayed or held holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.

As the clock struck 11 a.m., the part-time Sunday cleaner, entered the ward.

He unplugged the life support system so he could plug in the vacuum cleaner.

Grief and suffering A dietitian was addressing a large audience in Chicago: "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed us. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food has MSG. And vegetables can be disastrous.

"But one thing is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten it or will eat it. What food causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"

A 75-year-old in the front row stood up and said, "Wedding cake."

Answers to 'American history' 1-c, Thomas Jefferson 2-b, Russia 3-c, Philadelphia 4-b, The War of 1812 5-d, 22nd 6-a, Massachusetts 7-d, Huey Long 8-d, Sacramento, California 9-a, Dwight Eisenhower 10-d, Lyndon Johnson

January 2026 Calendar Awareness Months Cervical Health Awareness Month: Focuses on screening and prevention of cervical cancer through education and early detection.

Blood Donor Month: Encourages voluntary blood donations to support life-saving medical treatments and emergencies.

Glaucoma Awareness Month: Promotes eye health checks to detect and treat glaucoma, preventing vision loss.

Folic Acid Awareness Month: Raises awareness about the importance of folic acid intake for maternal and fetal health to prevent birth defects.

Special Days, and Events 1, NEW YEAR'S DAY, Federal holiday marking the start of the Gregorian calendar year with celebrations and resolutions.

1, ROSE BOWL GAME AND PARADE, Pasadena, CA. College football.

Big 10 versus PAC 12.

1, ORANGE BOWL, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL 1, SUGAR BOWL, Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

2, SCIENCE FICTION DAY, 3, ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS DAY. Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ according to the Julian calendar.

3, WOLF MOON. 4, WORLD BRAILLE DAY, Nationwide. Recognizes the Braille system for visually impaired.

5, BIRD DAY, Promotes birdwatching and conservation efforts to appreciate avian diversity.

(OBSERVED IN SOME STATES), Nationwide. Extended celebrations of service, marches, and educational programs.

6-FEB. 17, CARNIVAL SEASON NEW ORLEANS. The last day of festivities is Feb. 17 (Mardi Gras).

20, NFL WILD CARD PLAYOFF,

6, EPIPHANY, (Christian communities). Commemorates the visit of the Magi to baby Jesus, often with gift-giving traditions.

21, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, Park City, UT. Premier showcase of independent films with screenings, panels, and celebrity premieres.

7, ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS EVE, (Orthodox communities). Preparatory observances including fasting and family gatherings for the Nativity.

21, NBA LONDON GAME, London, England. Orlando Magic vs. Memphis Grizzlies in a global exhibition matchup at The O2 Arena.

11, GOLDEN GLOBES, 83rd annual, for best in film and television. Live on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

22, 23- Feb 1, SAINT PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL, St. Paul, MN Web: wintercarnival.com

12, SONY OPEN IN HAWAII, Honolulu, HI. PGA Tour event on the Waialae Country Club course, drawing top golfers for early-season competition.

25, NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP,

14, ORTHODOX NEW YEAR, Nationwide (Orthodox communities).

Observes the Julian calendar's start with reflections and traditional feasts.

15, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, Nationwide. Federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader's legacy of equality and nonviolent activism.

17, BALD EAGLE APPRECIATION DAYS, Keokuk Iowa.

17, DAKAR RALLY (FINAL STAGE), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Grueling off-road endurance race concluding with awards for top drivers.

18, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

20, PENGUIN AWARENESS DAY,

28-Feb 1, ZEHNDER'S SNOWFEST, Frankenmuth, MI. Web: zehnders. com 30-Feb 7, BLACK HILLS STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, Rapid City, SD. Web: blackhillsstockshow.com

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