Mobile Home Estates
Country Club Living
5761 Old Redwood Highway
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
A community for seniors 55 and older
Emergencies (landline): Fire – Police – Ambulance 911
Emergencies (cell phone): 707/576-1365
Sheriff 707/565-2121
Office Hours – The office will be open for rent collection during business hours from the 1st to the 5th day of the month
Monday thru Thursday 9 am - 4 pm*
Friday 9 am to 12 noon
* Closed 12 noon to 1:30 pm
Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
All other times and emergencies call 707/576-0377
Staff available and on call at all times
General Managers Dan and John Bocci
Sunshine Lady Position open. Please contact office.
News in the Park
Crafts in the Clubhouse
Crafting continues at the clubhouse on Sundays.
Any questions, text Suzanne Jensen at 707/486-0214.
Senior Jeopardy: Ad Slogans
Name the products/services with these advertising slogans –
1. The ultimate driving machine. a. BMW, b. Craftsman cordless drill, c. Volkswagen
2. What’ll you have …? a. Blue Ribbon Classics ice cream, b. Blue Ribbon cleaning service, c. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer
3. The world's greatest artists are on a. Hallmark Cards, b. Sistine Chapel, c. Victor Red Seal records.
4. ___ will clean your whole house and everything that’s in it. a. Luz House Cleaning, b. Mr Clean. c. Pine-Sol
April 2026 … by Kathie Morgan
Senior Jeopardy: Men in Song
1. In a poem by Edward Lear, who eloped with Pussycat in a beautiful pea-green boat?
2. Who fights to the finitch ‘cause he eats his spinach?
3. Who called the feather in his cap “macaroni”?
4. Where was the Mother Goose king counting out his money?
Necessity
A gun is like a parachute. If you need one and don't have one, you'll never need one again.
Write Your Story
Have you always wanted to write a memoir? Fortunately we have a memoirwriting group for seniors that meets in our clubhouse every Thursday from 10 am to noon. Please call to join.
Edna Fogarty, 707/303-5172
Nutrition Advice
If you’ve known me a long time, you’ll recall that I used to weigh far more than I do. From time to time I might share my secrets here. These are lighthearted but they really work Here’s a favorite:
The Al-You- Can-Eat Diet.
You need not starve yourself. Just pick a few categories and stick to them. In my case I allow myself as much candy as I want, as long as it’s See’s. And I eat as many cookies as I want, as long as they are home-made.
Try it and let me know how it works for you. I went from a size 18 plus to a 4. – Kathie Morgan
Now that I’m Older
… here’s what I’ve discovered:
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
My wild oats are mostly enjoyed with prunes and all-bran.
– From the files of Jim Van Lare
April Classic
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
George Orwell, 1984
Inspiration
Art is life seeking itself. It is our intractable expression of love for the beauties, ideas and epiphanies we regularly find.
– Vincent van Gogh
Who’ll Pay the Bill?
A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping. The store clerks called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor. The paramedics rushed the man to the nearest hospital where he had emergency open heart bypass surgery.
He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at the Catholic Hospital. A nun was seated next to his bed holding a clipboard loaded with several forms, and a pen. She asked him how he was going to pay for his treatment.
"Do you have health insurance?" she asked. He replied in a raspy voice, "No health insurance.”
The nun asked, "Do you have money in the bank?” He replied, "No money in the bank."
Do you have a relative who could help you with the payments?" asked the irritated nun. He said, "I only have a spinster sister,
and she is a nun.”
The nun became agitated and announced loudly, "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God.”
The patient replied, "Perfect. Send the bill to my brother-in-law.”
Random Thoughts
Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.
– Thomas Sowell
Quotable Quotes
"The idea is to die young as late as possible."
- Ashley Montagu
"People ask me what I’d most appreciate getting for my 87th birthday. I tell them: a paternity suit."
- George Burns
"I’m so old that my blood type is discontinued.”
- Bill Dane
"I’m at that age where my back goes out more than I do.”
- Phyllis Diller
Logic from an Uncluttered Mind
A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, “I'm drawing God.”
The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.”
Without missing a beat, the girl replied, “They will when I’m done.”
Word Play
Beauty Parlor - A place where women curl up and dye.
Committee - A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
Mosquito - An insect that makes you like flies better.
Raisin - A grape with a sunburn.
Toothache - The pain that drives you to extraction.
Solution to a Minor Problem
If you answer the phone with “Hello, you’re on the air,” most telemarketers will quickly hang up.
For six or seven years I was plagued with calls for an Yvonne Jacobs. At first I politely replied that the caller had the wrong number. That didn’t stop them in the least.
I began to book appointments for paver installation, new windows, and more. If they couldn’t take the time to update their call lists, maybe this would teach them the importance of doing so.
My most amusing exchange was with a young man who asked for Yvonne Jacobs.
“You mean LeBron James? He’s not here. He has a game tonight.”
The caller began to chuckle. “She thinks I’m calling LeBron James,” he said to someone on his side of the line. That was a satisfying exchange all around.
– Kathie Morgan
Puns
I lost my girlfriend's audiobook, and now I'll never hear the end of it.
A commander walks into a bar and orders everyone around.
How much did the pirate pay to get his ears pierced? A buccaneer.
My friends and I have named our band ‘Duvet.’ It's a cover band.
Marital Advice
Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?
A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you're done, you will have a place to live.
Word Play
• Why is it unwise to share your secrets with a clock?
Well, time will tell.
• I’m trying to organize a hide and seek tournament, but good players are really hard to find.
• I got over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows, and nuts. I won't lie – it was a rocky road.
• What do you say to comfort a friend who's struggling with grammar? There, their, they're.
• What did the surgeon say to the patient who insisted on closing up his own incision? Suture self.
• I’ve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes. It's all about raisin awareness.
News Wanted
Anyone in the park with a birthday, vacation, visit by loved ones or any other news, or an announcement, a joke, a poem or a riddle, please get in touch with me, your park reporter Kathie Morgan.
Call me at 707/246-5332, drop it off at the office, or e-mail me at fishrap@sonic.net on or before the 10th of each month. Or drop me something when you drop off your rent check. I cannot do this without your contributions.
Ad Slogans: Answers
The products/services that used these advertising slogans –
1. The ultimate driving machine. a. BMW
2. What’ll you have …? c. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer
3. The world's greatest artists are on a. Hallmark Cards, b. Sistine Chapel, c. Victor Red Seal records
Men in Song : Answers
1. The Owl sailed away with Pussycat and wed her with a ring that he bought for a schilling from a pig’s nose.
2. “Popeye the Sailor Man” was written by Sammy Lerner in 1933.
3. The “macaroni” in the song “Yankee Doodle” referred not to pasta but was a term for dressing so fancy that a person looked silly.
4. In “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” the king counted out his money in the counting house.
Puzzles and Word Games you
Paul Revere Southern Flower
Adams Belfry
Boston
British
By land
By sea Church
Concord
Dawes
Firing
Grenadiers
Hancock
Horse Lantern Lexington March Midnight North end Patriot Paul Platoon Revere Revolution Ride Signal Silversmith Troops
Warren
Across
1.Computer memory units
5.High school class
8.Need for fishermen
9.Regrets
11.Jason’s ship
12.“Cogito, ___ sum”
13.It isn’t silver or gold
15.Long, long time
16.Some baby toys
21.Cosmetic additive
22.Hokkaido people
24.Poet Angelou
25.___ tide
26.Battle of Britain grp.
27.Opens a door
Down
1.CEO’s degree
2.Make, as money
3.Garbage in, garbage out
4.Unhearing
5.Largest island in the world
6.Circular domed
dwelling
7.Prefix with phone
10.Costa del ___
14.Jersey call
16.Battering device
17.Winged
18.Spanish painter
19.In ___ of
20.A breeze
23.Bull markets
How to solve sudoku puzzles
April Sudoku
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.
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
TRIVIA TEASER
I Feel Like a Number
1.What actor was offered the role of 007 for The Living Daylights, but lost out due to his contractual obligations for the TV series Remington Steele? a-Colin Firth, b-Tom Selleck, c-Pierce Brosnan, d-Stellan Skarsgard.
2.What number was assigned to the captive title character on TV's The Prisoner? a-2, b-3, c-5, d-6.
3.Zero, Plato and Killer are friends of the title character of what comic strip? a-"Beetle Bailey," b-"Betty Boop," c-"Little Iodine," d-"Zippy the Pinhead."
4.Who played the former Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager? a-Jeri Ryan, b-Roxann Dawson, c-Jennifer Lien, d-Suzie Plakson.
5.Who played Number Two, the head henchman of Dr. Evil, in the Austin Powers movies? a-Will Patton, b-Bill Campbell, c-Robert Wagner, d-Samuel L. Jackson.
6.What rock band had a 1980 hit with the song "Hey 19?" a-Blood, Sweat & Tears, b-Steely Dan, c-The Edgar Winter Group, d-ZZ Top.
7.In 1963, Charles Schulz added a new kid to the "Peanuts" neighborhood whose name consisted of what number? a-3, b-4, c-5, d-7.
8.Zero Mostel won a Tony Award for his performance as the title character in which Broadway musical? a-Jesus Christ: Superstar, b-The Music Man, c-Pal Joey, d-Fiddler on the Roof.
9.Which title TV character had a best friend named Six? a-Hannah Montana, bBlossom, c-Punky Brewster, d-Moesha.
10.Maxwell Smart was Agent 86 on TV's Get Smart. What was the number assigned to his partner-wife, played by Barbara Feldon? a-13, b-24, c-36, d-99.
QUOTES
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
Martin Buber
No idea is final.
Taika Waititi
I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.
Frederick Douglass
I feel that we're all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.
Jim Carrey
Happiness is a simple, frugal heart.
Nikos Kazantzakis
In a dark time, the eye begins to see.
Theodore Roethke
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier.
Sri Chinmoy
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
George Harrison
The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
Julia Alvarez
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Carl Sagan
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach
The lighter side
Psychiatry seminar
Psychiatry students were attending their first seminar. It was on emotional extremes. The professor wanted to establish some parameters, so he asked what they would say was the opposite of joy.
"Sadness," replied Mr. Nichols.
Ms. Biggs defined the opposite of depression as elation.
"And Mr. Martin, what is the opposite of woe?"
Bubba replied, "I believe that would be giddyup!"
The speeder
A man is stopped by police for speeding and the officer asks him for his license.
"I don't have one," the man says. "It was taken away for drunk driving."
So the officer asks for the man's vehicle registration.
"I don't have one," the man says. "This car is stolen and I've murdered the owner and stuck him in the trunk."
At this point, the officer calls for backup and in no time 10 police cars surround the stopped speeder.
The sergeant on the scene approaches the car and orders the man to open his trunk. He does and it is empty. The sergeant then asks for the man's driver's license. The man pulls out a valid license and vehicle registration.
"I don't get it," the sergeant says, "My officer here says you told him you had no license or registration and that you stole this car."
The man shakes his head and says, "I bet that liar told you I was speeding too."
Answer to 'I Feel Like a Number'
1-c, Pierce Brosnan 2-d, 6
3-a, "Beetle Bailey" 4-a, Jeri Ryan
5-c, Robert Wagner
6-b, Steely Dan 7-c, 5 8-d, Fiddler on the Roof 9-b, Blossom 10-d, 99
April 2026 Calendar
Awareness Months
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.
Events
1, April Fool’s Day.
1, PASSOVER begins before sundown on Wednesday, April 1 and ends after nightfall on April 9.
3, GOOD FRIDAY.
5, EASTER.
5, GOLD STAR SPOUSES DAY. Since 2010, honoring surviving spouses of armed forces members.
5-11, MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL AND HULA COMPETITION. Hilo HI. Honors King David Kalakauna.
6-12, NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.
6-12, THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT. Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA. Web: masters.com
7, INTERNATIONAL BEAVER DAY.
10-12 and 17-19, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA. Music and arts festival. Web: coachella.com.
11, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 62nd anniversary.
11, NATIONAL PET DAY.
12, DOGWOOD FESTIVAL. Camdenton, MO. Spring carnival.
15, INCOME TAX PAY DAY.
16, NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAY.
16-26, FIESTA SAN ANTONIO. Since 1891.
17, BAT APPRECIATION DAY.
19, OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING REMEMBRANCE, 1995.
19-26, NATIONAL PARK WEEK.
20, BOSTON MARATHON, 130th RUNNING.
21, AGGIE MUSTER. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Current and former students gather to honor fellow Aggies. Web: aggienetwork.com.
22, EARTH DAY
23, FIRST MOVIE THEATER OPENS. Apr 23, 1896, New York City at Koster and Bials Mustic Hall.
23, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY.
25, ARBOR DAY. Since 1872. Web: arborday.org.
25, WORLD PENGUIN DAY.
25, FIDDLER’S FROLICS. Hallettsville, TX. Since 1971.
25, WASHMO BBQ & BLUESFEST. Wash-
ington, MO. Web: downtownwashmo.org.
26-May 3, HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK IN VIRGINIA. 92nd annual. Web: vagardenweek.org.
26, WORLD VETERINARY DAY.
30, INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY. Web: jazzday.com
30, FALL OF SAIGON, 1975. Fall of Saigon: North Vietnamese tanks entered the city, and the communist flag was raised over the presidential palace, marking the end of the war.
30, NATIONAL RAISIN DAY.
International
2, Argentina: Malvinas Day. Public holiday honoring fallen soldiers of the 1982 war to regain the Falkland Islands.
4, Senegal: Independence Day. Marks independence from France in 1960.
6, Thailand: Chakri Day. Marks founding of the dynasty by King Rama I.
8, Japan: Flower Festival. Commemorates Buddha's birthday.
14, India: Vaisakhi. Sikh holiday commemorates the founding of the brotherhood of the Khalsa in 1699.
18, Zimbabwe: Independence Day. Holiday celebrating independence in 1980.
19, Eswatini: King's Birthday. Marks the birth of King Mswati III in 1968.
21, Italy: Birthday of Rome. Traditionally thought to be in 753 B.C.
25, Egypt: Sinai Day. Holiday celebrates the return of Sinai to Egypt in 1982.
26, Tanzania: Union Day. Marks the union of mainland Tanzania and the islands of Zanzibar in 1964.
