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
August 2025 … by Kathie Morgan
Thoughts on Aging
I don’t plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet - Rita Rudner
Old people shouldn’t eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get. - Robert Orben
You know you’re getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead. - John Mendoza
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks. - Joel Plaskett
Nobody expects to trust his body much after the age of 50. - Alexander Hamilton
You know you’re getting old when you
Contributed by Mike Burnett
stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.George Burns – Contributed by Jim Royal
Senior Jeopardy: Ad Slogans
Name the products/services with these advertising slogans–
1. Betcha can’t eat just one. a. Jack in the Box tacos, b. Lay’s, c. Sees Chocolates
2. Just do it. a. Anchor Rose Tattoos, b. Nike, c. Skateboards for Beginners
3. The pause that refreshes. a. Coca-Cola, b. Folgers coffee, c. Traditional Medicinals Smooth Move tea.
4. Head for the border. a. Borders Bookstore, b. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, c. Taco Bell
Senior Jeopardy: Places in Song
1. In the Marines’ song, they chorus to fight our country’s battles from what halls to some other shores?
2. The musical “Pajama Game” features a tango - tempo song sung by Carol Haney about a “dark secluded place where … no one knows your face.” What is that place?
3. In Chuck Berry’s 1955 hit record, where did the narrator catch Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville?
4. Where does the lady live who was once a “true love of mine,” in the 1966 song by Paul Simon?
Puns
She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, the nurse said, “No change yet.”
A rubber band pistol was con fi scated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: “Keep off the Grass.”
Idiot Sightings
• Michigan A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, 'Nobody move!' When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
• Arkansas : Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
• Wisconsin: A new neighbor recently callled the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road.
His reason: “Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.”
– From the files of Norm Nance
More Idiots
• As a woman exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the crook. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken
out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID.
To which he replied, “Yes, officer, that’s her. That’s the lady I stole the purse from.”
• When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a side street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for.
Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home’s sewage tank by mistake.
The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he’d ever had and the perp had been punished enough!
• A teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an on - coming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
– From the files of Jim Fitch
Railroad Crossing
Train approaching Whistle squealing Pause! Avoid that Rundown feeling. Burma Shave
– From the files of Jim Van Lare
Random Thoughts
The things that we love tell us what we are.
– Thomas Aquinas
Death of Cleopatra
Cleopatra is said to have been the last pharaoh of Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty and ruled first with her
father Ptolemy XII. When she was 18, he died and left her the kingdom along with her 10-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII, whom she married according to Egyptian custom. At age 21 she began an affair with 52-year-old Julius Caesar, and nine months later she gave birth to Caesareon, or “Little Caesar.”
Young Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile, and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne. Her even younger brother, Ptolemy XIV, was co-ruler with her until his death, allegedly by poison at the hands of his sister.
When she was 28, Cleo began an affair with Mark Anthony, one of Julius Caesar’s successors, and soon gave birth to his twins Alexander and Cleopatra.
She died at age 39, committing suicide by holding an asp to her bosom. While historians agree on this, it is not generally known that her death on Aug. 12, 30 BC, was her second suicide attempt.
The first time she did it asp-backward.
Where Were You … when
the earth shook?
On Sunday, June 29, a 2.3 earthquake shook things up at Mobile Home Estates. Occurring at 12 noon, it had a very shallow depth of 2.9 miles and was felt by many, 20 of whom reported it. In many churches, preachers were just wrapping up their sermons.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake may have been felt as very weak shaking include Fulton (pop. 540) located 2 miles from the epicenter, Larkfield-Wikiup (pop. 8,900) 3 miles away, Santa Rosa (pop. 175,000) 4 miles away, and Windsor (pop. 27,500) 6 miles away.
–Kathie Morgan
What Did You Mean?
“Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 2025 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.”
Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it.”
A congressional candidate in Texas
“We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.”
Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor
'Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,'
Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal antismoking campaign .
All Rise
The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were
Contributed by Jim Royal
expecting for repairs to the church building. So he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. “Here’s a copy of the service,” the minister said impatiently. “You'll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.”
During the service, the minister paused and said, “Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty. The roof repairs cost twice as much as expected and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up.”
At that moment, the substitute organist played The Star Spangled Banner. And that is how the substitute became the regular organist.
August Birthdays
2 Kathy Downey
8 Pam Lloyd
11 Barbara Freeman
13 Dolores Clark
16 Sheri Sullivan
20 Margaret Hoffman
24 Barbara Viera
August Anniversaries
25 Ric & Connie De La Torre
August Classic
Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air. - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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.
Senior Jeopardy Places: Answers
1. During the Mexican American War in the Battle of Chapultepec, the Americans captured Chapultepec Castle, a historic site also known as the Halls of Montezuma. This phrase starts the Marines Hymn, symbolizing the Marines' courage and historical achievements.
2.That fictional nightclub was Hernando’s Hideaway.
3. Fickle Maybellene lost the road race when she was caught at the top of the hill.
4. Simon’s lost love lives at Scarborough Faire.
Senior Jeopardy Slogans: Answers
The products that used these advertising slogans–
1. Betcha can’t eat just one. b. Lay’s 2. Just do it. b. Nike
3. The pause that refreshes. a. Coca-Cola 4. Head for the border. c. Taco Bell
Feds Adopt New Food Giveaway Policy
Food distribution to Mobile Home Estates residents have ended. No more t hird - party distributions are allowed presently.
Food distributors are now required to document in detail who/what, when/where of every household receiving assistance. They must verify citizenship and can serve only people directly, with no third party distribution for anyone receiving Federally funded food.
People wanting free food must now show up in person, provide proof of citizenship and proof of a valid address to receive assistance.
– Kathie Morgan
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.
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