Spanish Ranch #1 Information
RESIDENT MANAGERS/OFFICE
Manager: Teresa Cruz,
Rutherford Investment Co.
Office address: 28400 Granada Circle
Phone: 510-783-5535
Office hours: 9-12 and 1:30-4 Monday-Friday.
Rent may be dropped in mail slot in office door
(next to laundry room).
Jeffrey Stoops, Assistant Manager
On-call for emergencies Sat.-Sun.-Holidays
In an emergency, call 510-783-5535.
Call will be directed to a pager.
ORGANIZATIONS
The Spanish Ranch #1 Association and the Spanish
Ranch #1 Ladies Club are automatically comprised
of park residents. There are no dues.
MEETINGS of the residents Association are the FIRST
THURSDAY at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Clubhouse.
LADIES CLUB meets the SECOND THURSDAY of each
month at 12 NOON in the Main Clubhouse.
The LUNCH BUNCH meets the THIRD
SR-1 Association & Community Contacts
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President: Dawn Plaskon — 214-2199
Vice President: Jeanie Schultz — 784-1997
Secretary: Patty Little — 783-1534
Treasurer: Kevin Kelly‑—‑589-8119
ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD
Dave Abreu, Judy Allen-Rogers, Kathi Calvert,
June Christian, Marvin Daley, Jerry Higgins,
Ruth Horton, Darlene Richardson
Spanish Ranch I HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
meets the FIRST THURSDAY of the month
at 7:00 p.m. in the main clubhouse
unless otherwise announced.
The EXECUTIVE BOARD meets on a date announced
at the general meetings (or call one of the officers)
at 7:00 p.m. in the main clubhouse.
COMMITTEES
Dime Bingo . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Schmuck, 783-7294
HMOA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fran La Torre, 887-1509
Lunch Bunch. . . . . . . . . Judy Allen-Rodgers, 785-4894
THURSDAY of each month to go out to lunch at
various area restaurants.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH meets the
SECOND TUESDAY at 7:00 p.m. in the clubhouse
BINGO is the FIRST and LAST SATURDAY
of each month.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Clubhouses are available to residents for
private affairs. Contact the Office, 510-783-5535
SWIMMING POOL / HOT TUB
Pool open May-October. Hot Tub open year round.
The POOL ROOM inside Main Clubhouse is available
for residents to use. See the office for a key.
COMPLAINTS/SUGGESTIONS/REPORTS
are to be submitted to Park Management in
WRITING and must be SIGNED.
For any complaints or suggestions concerning
safety, maintenance, replace/repair, notify the
Executive Board as well. This may be done through
the website at www.spanishranch1.org,
RESIDENT SUGGESTION/COMPLAINT FORM ON PAGE 14.
Bus transportation information on page 15.
COMMUNITY CONTACTS
Bingo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Gomez, 782-5183
N.E.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Plaskon, 887-2199
N’borhood Watch. . . . Darlene Richardson, 785-8780
Spectrum Meals, Tuesdays. . . . Denise West, 264-1428
EL TORO — Jeanie Schultz — 784-1997
e-mail: eltoro.editor@comcast.net
OR eltoro@spanishranch1.org
Deadline for all submissions to the El Toro is the
10th of each month for the following month.
WEBMASTER
Rev. Charles Eldred
webmaster@spanishranch1.org
EL TORO MAGAZINE
is published monthly by Mobile Home Park Magazines
and distributed by volunteers around the first of the
month. Dates and times of activities are noted
on the calendar therein. Special activities will be
announced in the regular pages.
Extra copies of the magazine (or replacement copies
if you got missed) are available in the Main Clubhouse
after distribution is complete.
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 JOIN US  
at the meeting of the 
SR-1 Homeowners Association

THURSDAY,  
December 2,
2010 at 7:00 p.m. 
in the main clubhouse
Join us for

BINGO
EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE
is asked to attend  
(not just the homeowner).

Next meeting:
THURSDAY, January 6, 2011 NOON TO 3:00 P.M.
Packet sales begin at 10 a.m.
Play starts promptly at 12:00 noon.
Missing NOVEMBER issue?
Our magazine was already more than a
week late when we picked it up and
Bingo Holiday Schedule
discovered it'd been printed with filler December 4. . . . . . . . . . 1st Saturday
pages instead of our editorial content.
Since not all the equipment problems at December 11. . . . . . . . 2nd Saturday
the publishers had been resolved,
Dec 25 & Jan 1. . . . . . . . . . . no bingo
we elected to go with an inserted
summary instead of a reprint. Happy Holidays
The complete November issue can be January 8, 2011 . . . . . 2nd Saturday
accessed from our website:   Welcome back!
www.spanishranch1.org.
Copies of the October minutes that were Snack bar open before play
approved at the November meeting will be available
at the December meeting. Material not summarized and during breaks
has been reprinted in the this issue. We regret any
inconvenience this may have caused. serving nachos, hot dogs, sodas, snacks.
Jeanie Schultz, Editor Ron Gomez, coordinator 782-5183
Volunteer help is appreciated, call Ron for info.
COFFEE is available
in the Clubhouse daily
during regular office hours
NOTICE
Per state law, no one under the age
for residents of Spanish of 18 is allowed in the clubhouse
Ranch I. during Bingo
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 Spanish Ranch 1
Holiday Brunch
All residents of Spanish Ranch 1 are invited
to our Holiday Brunch,
sponsored by Management and Community Volunteers.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Breakfast will be served and there will
be a raffle (with great prizes!).

For the children, Santa Claus is coming!

Return the attached slip below with the ages and gender
of your children. Please return the slip to the office ASAP
so that Mrs. Claus has time to shop.

Note: If you do not return the slip but would like to attend the brunch with your
child or children, we ask that you bring an age appropriate gift for your child(ren).
(That way no one gets left out when Santa comes.)

Have a happy and safe holiday season and we hope to see you there. ✂
Please detach here and return to the office by December 8:

Space #__________ How many people from your household will attend? _________

Please check applicable box and fill in age below for ALL CHILDREN attending.

c Boy age ____ c Boy age ____ c Girl age ____ c Girl age ____

More? _______________________________________________________________

I would like to volunteer to help with the party.

Name_________________________________________ phone #_______________
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MANAGERS’ The Thanksgiving holiday is
Spanish Ranch 1 past. We hope that each fam-
CORNER
Community would like ily within Spanish Ranch 1, had
to thank the City of a wonderful Thanksgiving with
Hayward for their help friends and/or family.
with one of our projects
of painting the perimeter
Christmas will be upon us
shortly and we wish everyone a
Food Bank
wall on Folsom. The City
Of Hayward painted the
Very Merry Christmas and Holiday
Season.
Donations
wall all one color, and
asked us to keep it graffiti Please continue to help for the Alameda
free. Residents of Spanish Management by cleaning the
street gutters of leaves and debris
County Food
Ranch 1 can help by
reporting anyone they see writing in front of your homes to pre- Bank Barrels,
graffiti on that wall, please report it vent the clogging of water drains,
to the Hayward PD. Management thank you. an ongoing community
checks the wall regularly. We here at Spanish Ranch 1 service project,
management are continuing to
We are currently working on
proposals for many different proj- make your community a place may be
ects to include in our 2011 budget you can be proud of. We look
forward to a great New Year and
dropped off
for our Community. So residents
may see Management and ven- a Great 2011. in the office.
dors looking around and walking Mr. Gs Corner (Due to scavenging and
into areas of the Park. Mr. G supervised the change theft, the barrels are kept
Management and Hayward of the new gate code and main- in the conference room, but
Police Department would like to tenance of back gate November staff will see that all
remind all resident and their guests 1st. He has been and will continue donations are collected
to be very aware of your surround- to trim trees, as time permits, and into them.)
ings and personal belongings this depending on size and location.
Holiday Season. If you see people Mr. G is still finding a lot of PLEASE DONATE!
in our community that you have garbage, car parts and cigarette Thank you!
not seen before and/or you feel butts in the common and car
they may be doing or planning on wash areas. Please report any
doing something wrong, please
call the Hayward PD non-emer-
dumping to management.
COMPLAINTS/
Mr. G, Teresa and Jeff
gency number @ 510-293-7000.
Suggestions or
Spanish Ranch Residents Association  Reports
Holiday Charity Drive must be submitted to Park
Management in WRITING
November 15 through December 20 and must be SIGNED.
The residents association is sponsoring Only the person with the problem
or concern may file the complaint.
the following charity drives for this holiday season:
None will be accepted from third
One Warm Coat - Please donate clean winter coats of any size parties on behalf of someone else.
and in good condition or a check to One Warm Coat Forms are available in a bin on the
wall next to the bulletin board in
Toys for Tots - Please donate new toys in the original packaging the main clubhouse AND in almost
or a check payable to Toys for Tots every issue of the El Toro.
Alameda County Food Bank - Please donate non-perishable To help us help you, please pro-
food items or a check to Alameda County Food Bank vide a copy to the Assn. Fill out
We have a food bank barrel on site and you can leave food form on website or leave copy
donations at the office.  Coats and toys can be left with Denise with Denise at clubhouse Tues
West at Spectrum on Tuesday afternoons between 3:30 and 3:30-5 or in editor’s papertube,
28408 Granada Circle (across
5:00, or call 510-274-1771 or email president@spanishranch1.org from clubhouse laundry room).
to arrange for pickup of your donation.
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 BEFORE Community
Helping
Community
On September 1, 2010 Spanish
Ranch experienced a small fire on the
west side of Murcia Street along the
flood control canal. As a result of this
incident, several sections of the perim-
eter fence were destroyed along with
some vegetation.
The good news in all of this was that
no usable Spanish Ranch property was
damaged and no personal property
suffered damage.
As management surveyed the af-
fected area, it was decided to attempt
to “reclaim” some of this area that had
been left fallow over the years with an
accumulation of debris.
With the decision to reclaim this area

we enrolled the assistance of the City of Hayward Day Labor Pro-

AFTER
gram. This program came to management's attention as a result
of Teresa's attendance of a City of Hayward Leadership Seminar
earlier this spring.
The Day Labor Program is a pilot program, about three years
old, funded by private corporations, churches, civic organizations
as well as a grant from the Zellerbach Foundation. The aim of this
community outreach program is to target the underemployed,
that desire to work, but are unable to find suitable full time em-
ployment.
Two gentlemen, Micah Clatterbauch and Gabriel Hernandez,
help administer this program and were invaluable in discussions on
how to best use their services and manpower.
The cleanup was a huge success, and should the occasion arise,
it is management's intention to utilize this program again

SR-1 Helping Hand THE POOL IS CLOSED  

Are weeds, rubbish, or overgrown plants on your lot FOR THE WINTER!
a cause for concern? Is your home in need of sprucing
up with washing or painting?
La Picina esta cerrada
We’re here to help! durante el Invierno
Give Dave or Marvin a call,
and we’ll see what our team can
do to extend a helping hand. THE HOT TUB/SPA  
Call us, or park management, to
ENCLOSURE IS OPEN.
schedule a lot assessment.
510-274-1771 (Association EL SPA ESTA SIMPRE ABIERTO.
voicemail); Marvin 783-0360.

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Spectrum meals are available Tuesdays only at present.
Volunteers are greatly needed to continue this valuable resource. Denise West has
agreed to be in charge of Tuesdays so the need is for one or more people willing to commit a
couple hours (3-3:30pm to 5ish) on Thursday afternoon to restore our two meal schedule.
Food is fully prepared and delivered to SR-1 where the volunteer monitors the tem-
perature of the food as it arrives and is served and keeps a log as required by the govern-
ment. Mostly disposable table service is used so cleanup is minimal. Please call the Association
number 510-274-1771 to volunteer, or Denise, 264-1428. Some of our seniors depend on this
service so please come forward if you can help.

GUARANTEED!
Come and Eat!!
It’s a SNAP!
(Senior Nutrition and Activities Project)

All SR-1 seniors* are eligible and invited to participate in

SPECTRUM MEALS A government-sponsored program for seniors over 55.

Es un programa guvernamental para ancianos mas de 55 años.

Tuesdays in the main SR1 Clubhouse (except holidays)

Martes y Jueves en el Clubhouse (menos dias feriados)
NOTE! Signups are required. You must call before noon the day before.
Tiener que registrarse antes de doce un dia antes. Llamen a Denise West, 264-1428

Call Denise West, 264-1428

for reservations or information. (Help is invited, too.)

Meal served 4 - 4:30 p.m. Come early to chat.

Las comidas estaran servidas a las 4 - 4:30 p.m.
Illegue temprano para socialisar se lon ellos.
$3.25 at door • Non-seniors/Guests $4.75 • 10 Dinner Tickets: $30.00
$3.25 en la puerta. • Los invitados pueden atendes por $4.75.
Donations are always accepted.

*NON-SENIORS AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME WITH ADVANCE RESERVATIONS.

Family visiting? Bring ‘em! Don’t want to cook? Come on up!

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Suzanne Hicks
11/26/1947-11/2/2010
Suzanne Hicks died Novem-
ber 2, 2010 at her home on
Miranda after a long pe-
riod of poor health. She was
soon to have been 63.
A familiar sight in her mo-
torized wheelchair, deliver-
ing flyers or walking her dog,
Tippy, she had been an SR-1
resident since 1996.
Suzanne served on the
Los Rancheros Association
board in several capacities,
most recently as treasurer
in 2009. She served on the
committee to revise the by-
laws as well as other respon-
sible positions.
A memorial service was
held at Starr King Unitarian
Church and her ashes and
those of Tippy are to be
placed in Yosemite National
Park.
She is survived by her
brother, John Hicks (Ginny)
of Richmond, VA, nephew
Paul Herndon (Connie) and
their son Lucas of San Juan
Baptista, as well as an older
sister Kathy, her husband, a
niece and two grand-neph-
ews in Columbia, South
Carolina.
PARK WEBSITE!
for
SPANISH RANCH I
RESIDENT INFO
www.spanishranch1.org
The El Toro and the Bylaws of the
Spanish Ranch 1 Association are posted here.
All the latest! Check it out!
Voicemail phone number for the association is:
510-274-1771 (or 510-274-1sr1).
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Attention All Residents took steps that were needed in
It is with great sadness we order to provide us with attention
announce our premiere Resident that was needed for health and
Advocate, Norma Moore, has safety issues. Many residents have
sold her home and will be mov- expressed their concern with your
ing. John and Norma have lived moving on, they aren't sure whom
her for over eight years and we they will reach out to for help.
wish to thank both of them for Although we ourselves are advo-
their contribution to our commu- cates, we find it hard to believe
nity. John gave Norma the time anyone could fill your shoes. We
and space to help all the resi- wish you and your family happi-
ness with your new adventures in
dents, at a sacrifice for their time
together. We will greatly miss you, life. Thanks again for all your great
Norma. Thank you for all the work work! You will be missed.
you have put in to help all park Sincerely, June Hart,
residents since 2005 while joining for all former board members
the board. We are thankful you
and Mary Dimsdale, who has also LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
sold her home, worked together
as a dynamic team. Letters to the Editor are wel-
come on any subject. Send to:
Your Presidency of the eltoro.editor@comcast.net.
Homeowners Association result-
ed in more positive changes for (You MUST sign
our community than has ever your name but
we won’t use it
been seen in the past or will most
if you don’t want
likely be seen in the future. You
us to.)
stood up for the residents and
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 Are you a new resident?
We’d like to  
welcome you
to our  
community!
Our newly reac-
tivated WELCOMING
COMMITTEE has gifts
and information that can help make your
introduction to mobile-home living easier and
friendlier.
And you’ll have some new friends!
Our friendly welcomers are anxious to hear
from you! Call Patty Little, 783-1534 or Judy
Allen-Rodgers, 785-4894.
If you’ve been here awhile and are say-
ing, “hey! nobody ever welcomed us when we
moved in”, give the welcomers a call because
we all want to meet you too!
Come to the Main clubhouse on
the Second Thursday, at noon!
DIME BINGO
Ladies! Bring your lunch and let’s get
together. Dessert provided.
Costs only a dime a game, winner take all!
+ .25 for the bank which gets raffled back to some-
body at the first gathering in January.
For more information call
Lorraine Schmuck 783-7294
Dime Bingo 2010 Dessert Schedule:
December: Party
LUNCH BUNCH SCHEDULE
The Lunch Bunch meets on the third
THURSDAY (unless otherwise announced) of
each month at 12 noon. All are welcome to
join us as we visit area restaurants.
2010 December, Christmas Party
Coordinator:
Judy Allen-Rodgers, 785-4894
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Grease is the #1 problem with our Park’s sewers.
Fat-Free Sewers:
How to prevent fats, oils, and greases from
damaging your home and the Environment.
Where does the grease come from?
A by-product of cooking, grease comes from
meat fats, lard, oil, shortening, butter, margarine,
food scraps, baking goods, sauces, and dairy prod-
ucts. When washed down the sink, grease sticks to
the insides of sewer pipes (both on your property and
in the streets). Over time, it can build up and block
the entire pipe.
Caution: Home garbage disposals do not keep
grease out of the plumbing system. Products, such as
detergents, that claim to dissolve grease may pass it
down the line and cause problems elsewhere.
The results can be:
• Raw sewage overflowing in your home or your
neighbor’s home;
• Raw sewage overflowing into parks, yards, and
streets;
• Potential contact with disease-causing organisms;
• An expensive and unpleasant cleanup that often
must be paid for by you, the home or business
owner; and
• An increase in operation and maintenance costs
for local sewer departments, which causes higher
sewer bills for customers.
What you can do to help;
Help prevent sewer overflows by
• Never pouring grease down sink drains or into toi-
lets;
• Scraping grease and food scraps into a can or
the trash for disposal (or recycling where avail-
able);
• Putting baskets/strainers in sink drains to catch
food scraps, and other solids, and emptying them
into the trash; and
• Speaking with your friends and neighbors about
how to keep grease out of sewers.
For more information, please contact:
City of Hayward Water Pollution Source Control,
510-881-7900.
 Please Report HMOA
Vandalism: Information about the
Please — call the police Hayward Mobilehome
and then the office if you
see anyone vandalizing Owners Association, a
property in the Park such coalition of residents of
as breaking street lights, Hayward's nine mobile-
signs and back gate key home parks is available
pad, etc. at www.HMOA.net.
NO MEETING IN Please report anything
suspicious. HMOA Representa­tive for
DECEMBER Spanish Ranch I:
Thank you, Teresa Cruz, Fran La Torre, 510-887-1509
Next meeting SR-1 Manager

Tuesday,
January 11, 2011 Words that ought to be in the dictionary
7:00 p.m.
Submitted by Anon

1. Bozone (n.): The substance 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degen-

in the Clubhouse
Be Aware – Notice
Call police – Call us
Notify the office
Reported Crime: Nothing
was reported to Neighborhood
Watch this month. Speeding is
still an issue so please help by
telling ever one you know to
slow down, even visitors
Management report: No
report from management
REPORT PROBLEMS IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD TO
Darlene Richardson 785-8780
(file a complaint, too, or call the
police, 293-7000.)
surrounding stupid people that
stops bright ideas from penetrat-
ing. The bozone layer, unfortu-
nately, shows little sign of breaking
down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepre-
sentation about yourself for the
purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of
buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an
indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-
painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf
between the author of sarcastic
wit and the person who doesn’t
get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee
intravenously when you are run-
ning late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal cool-
ness.
erate disease.
9. Decafalon (n.): The grueling
event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are
good for you.
10. Glibido (v): All talk and no
action.
11. Dopeler effect (n): The ten-
dency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you
rapidly.
12. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The
frantic dance performed just af-
ter you’ve accidentally walked
through a spider web.
13. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in
the form of a mosquito that gets
into your bedroom at three in the
morning and cannot be cast out.
14. Bandpulliphobia (n.): The
fear of pulling off a band-aid; Es-
pecially when counting down
from three.

Free Spay or Neuter, Gratis!

Vacunas y castradíon femenina
with vaccination, o macho para gatos salvaje/feral.
for feral cats living in the cities of
Para gatos que viven en Hayward,
Hayward, Union City, Castro Valley, San
Union City, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo
Lorenzo or San Leandro
o San Leandro
Phone: Hayward Friends of Llamar al teléfono:
Animals (510) 886-7546
(510) 886-7546 Hayward Friends of Animals
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 Candy
corn
winner

COLORING Helper
CONTEST Brandon

Pop the balloon (sometimes with help)

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 HALLOWEEN PARTY

Scary

JUDGES Laurie, Peter, Kathi

WE HAD 63 KIDS sign in

Helper
for the costume parade,
Heme and lots of participants
in games, coloring and
guessing the candy corn
count in the jar.
THANKS from organiz-
er Darlene Richardson
and the Association to
everyone who made our
Halloween Party a big suc-
Cutie cess! David, Dawn, Jeanie,
Jocelyn, Jerry & Pat, Kathi,
Kenny, Kevin, Lamerle,
Laurie & Peter, Nichole,
Patty S., Patty L, Robert,
Stacia, Andrea, Joe H,
Dina, Janelle & daughter,
Denise, Judy, Joe & Hazel,
Matthew, Lem, Hanah,
Heme, John & Nancy,
Jamie & Moreau students
HELPERS Hanah, Lamerle, AJ, Nichole Claire and Brandon.
Photos by Jeanie Schultz

Helper
Claire

Pin the nose on the pumpkin

Costume winners
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Stop getting junk e-mail and regular junk mail
By now, I suspect everyone is
familiar with snopes.com <http://
snopes.com/> and/or truthorfic-
tion.com <http://truthorfiction.
com/> for determining whether
information received via e-mail is
just that: true/false or fact/fiction.
Both are excellent sites.
Advice from snopes.com
VERY IMPORTANT!!
1) Any time you see an e-
mail that says “forward this on to
‘10’ (or however many) of your
friends”, “sign this petition”, or
“you’ll get bad luck” or “you’ll get
good luck” or “you’ll see some-
thing funny on your screen after
you send it” or whatever --- it al-
most always has an e-mail tracker
program attached that tracks the
cookies and e-mails of those folks
you forward to.
The host sender is getting a
copy each time it gets forward-
ed and then is able to get lists
of ‘active’ e-mail addresses to
use in SPAM e-mails or sell to other
Are they words or not? from Unword.com
“Junkword” means no, it’s not a word.
Anyways (adv.) Junkword.
Nonstandard. In any case. The
word does not have an “s” at the
end. Origins: A long standing term
used by illiterate people. Example:
I was going to tell them, but any-
ways, I decided not to.
Humph (interj.) A grunt; snort.
The sound one makes when flop-
ping down on a couch bored or
otherwise fatigued.
Note: As strange as it may be,
this is officially defined. Through
comic depiction and general in-
terjection, this word has recently
made it through the woodworks
and into common American
English.
Irregardless (adv.) Regard-
less. The blending of irrespective
and regardless. Although this is
not correct usage of the word, it
has been in widespread use as far
Spammers.
Even when you get e-mails that
demand you send the e-mail on if
you’re not ashamed of God/Jesus
--- that is e-mail tracking, and they
are playing on our conscience.
These people don’t care how they
get your e-mail addresses - just as
long as they get them. Also, e-
mails that talk about a missing
child or a child with an incurable
disease “how would you feel if
that was your child” --- e-mail
tracking. Ignore them and don’t
participate!
2) Almost all e-mails that ask
you to add your name and for-
ward on to others are similar to
that mass letter years ago that
asked people to send business
cards to the little kid in Florida
who wanted to break the Guin-
ness Book of Records for the most
cards. All it was, and all any of
this type of e-mail is, is a way to
get names and ‘cookie’ tracking
information for telemarketers and
back as 1927 when this American
speech was taken note of by us-
age commentators.
Although this word has only
been in circulation for under 100
years, we can’t give it the privilege
of being an unword because of its
acceptance into Webster’s and
American Heritage dictionaries.
Reiterate (v.in.) To restate, re-
inforce repeatedly. Although this
colloquialism has been widely ac-
cepted into American English, it is
in fact redundant. If you look at
the Oxford Dictionary, the defini-
tion of ‘iterate’ is ‘to say or per-
form again; repeat;’ thus, reiter-
ate effectively means re-repeat.
Note: To quote Webster’s dic-
tionary, “to state or do over again
or repeatedly sometimes with
wearying effect.” Reiterate is in-
tentionally redundant to suggest
repeating in excess, as a speak-
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Spammers -- to validate active e-
mail accounts for their own profit-
able purposes.
Do yourself a favor and STOP
adding your name(s) to those
types of listing regardless how in-
viting they might sound! Or make
you feel guilty if you don’t! It’s all
about getting e-mail addresses
and nothing more.
You may think you are support-
ing a GREAT cause, but you are
NOT! Instead, you will be getting
tons of junk mail later and very pos-
sibly a virus attached! Plus, we are
helping the Spammers get rich!
Let’s not make it easy for them!
ALSO: E-mail petitions are NOT
acceptable to Congress of any
other organization — I.e. Social
security, etc. To be acceptable,
petitions must have a “signed sig-
nature” and full address of the
person signing the petition, so this
is a waste of time and you are just
helping the e-mail trackers.
Submitted by Jerry Higgins
er would come back on a point
multiple times in order to nail his/
her point across in a fashion that
would keep listeners from forget-
ting.
Smidge (n.) Junkword. The di-
rect measurement between the
thumb and forefinger when told to
provide “this much”. Origins: From
smidgen, a very small amount.
“Newspaper Tubes” 
currently fashioned from large
PVC pipe if your newspaper
doesn’t supply one, are used to
notify residents of events
via flyers and the
monthly park magazine.
Please call the office and
let them know if you need a
tube installed at your home.
783-5535
 Spanish Ranch I Association meeting, 11/4/2010
The meeting was called to or-
der at 7:01pm and Patty Little led
the pledge of allegiance. Board
members in attendance were:
Dawn Plaskon, Jeanie Schultz,
Kevin Kelly, Patty Little, Kathi Cal-
vert, Marvin Daley, Jerry Higgins,
and Ruth Horton.
June Christian, Darlene Rich-
ardson and Dave Abreu were ab-
sent, and Judy Allen-Rodgers was
out of town.
The minutes of the October
meeting were approved.
The treasurer reports a current
balance of $599.15. An expendi-
ture of $50.00 was made to fund
the Halloween party and $10.00
was paid to Judy Allen-Rodgers
to offset printing costs for the Wel-
come packets.
No report was made by the
Helping Hand committee, al-
though Marvin Daley authorized
the publication of his telephone
number as a contact. Dave Abreu
has stepped back due to work
and school commitments.
The Disaster committee is still
waiting for management to pres-
ent their plan to the board. There
was no report from the Welcom-
ing or Improvement committees.
HMOA will be holding their next
meeting at New England Village
on November 20 at 10:00am.
Neighborhood Watch reported
that material was received from
Teresa for inclusion in the next
newsletter. The El Toro Editor re-
ports that the publication is late
again, and new routes have been
prepared for delivery.
Old Business
The letter drafted by Dawn was
approved. Since November 1 has
passed, Dawn will modify the let-
ter to request an earlier opening
in the spring.
The Halloween party was a
great success. Sixty-three chil-
dren attended, we had volunteer
help from Moreau Catholic High
School, Hayward High School and
Impact Academy. A meeting to
review what worked and what
did not was proposed. Dawn will
contact Darlene to ask that she
propose a couple of dates for a
post-mortem meeting to plan for
improvements for next year.
As of the meeting, there were
22 commitments for the Thanks-
giving dinner. We will be doing
direct outreach with residents,
and distribute another flyer in the
next week. No word has been re-
ceived from the grocery stores
that we contacted for donations.
A donation request will be made
to Bingo, Advantage and Alliance
in the next week.
New Business
Denise proposed that the as-
sociation purchase an ad in the
Moreau High School yearbook to
thank Hannah for her help with
Spectrum. Hannah has commit-
ted to work the Tuesday evening
Spectrum dinners through her
graduation in 2012. We will also
provide her with a thank you let-
ter should she meet this commit-
ment.
A creek cleanup is scheduled
for November 20 at 1:00pm if
the weather is good. Dawn will
provide Denise with a flyer to be
given to the counselor at Moreau.
Dawn will send e-mail to the Boy
Scout troop leader asking if their
troop would be interested.
Kevin suggests that the board
should provide residents who
have complaints or are told of
property violations with the spe-
cific clauses of the mobilehome
residency law or park regulations
if these will help the resident to
interact with management over
the issue. After further discussion, it
was proposed that management
be asked to add a note to the
complaint form suggesting that a
copy of complaints be provided
to the association. Jeanie will add
a note that complaint copies can
be left in her newspaper tube.
The meeting adjourned at
8:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Patty Little, Secretary

Notes from Board meeting October 21, 2010 Sh-h-h. Quiet please.
• Mgmt requested to leave the pool open for an additional few weeks Please keep in mind that
to compensate for time heater was out, weather permitting. [Pool was in a mobile home, sound car-
not left open the extra time. Will request earlier opening in spring.] ries more so than in a regular
house. Please keep bass on
• All are encouraged to show up for November 19 court date for small stereo as well as volume turned
claims action against previous president to recover assn treasury. down, in your house AND car.
• Assn will send mgmt a thank you for the new map and street signs. Be courteous to your neigh-
• Halloween party on track for the 30th. Committee has been meeting bors. Keep your driveway
regularly. Volunteers are still being sought to help with the games. plates aligned so they don’t
clatter when you drive in, and
• Thanksgiving: Flyers have been distributed, about 30 are signed up. don’t run over those in other
Donations for Thanksgiving dinner are being requested from various driveways.
supermarkets. [Donations have been received from several.] We appreciate your efforts
• Graffiti and garbage have been reported in the newly-dredged in this area and I’m sure your
creek. An interim cleanup will be attempted the afternoon of 11/20. neighbors will too.

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From the Editor
Articles that appear in the El Toro are presented
as an informational service to the residents. Contents
are the option of the editor but do not necessarily
represent the opinion of the editor, the homeowners
association or management.
Reader response is welcome. Your article must
be in my paper tube at 28408 Granada Circle, or
posted to my e-mail address, no later than the 10th
of the month. All submissions must be signed with
your name/phone number included, as any article
must be verified. Your name will not appear, if you so
request.
Editor has the right to edit for space or libel.
Articles considered in bad taste will not be printed.
Submissions must meet the Editorial Guidelines as set
forth by Mobile Home Park Magazines.
If you are submitting an item someone e-mailed to
you, COPY IT and PASTE it into a NEW e-mail window
to send to us: eltoro.editor@comcast.net.
Thanks, Jeanie Schultz, editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the Editor are welcome
on any subject. Send to:
eltoro.editor@comcast.net.
(You MUST sign your name but we
won’t use it if you don’t want us to.)
BUS SCHEDULE INFORMATION
Route number 68 (which replaced line 77), a 2-
directional circular route, services both the South
Hayward BART station, as well as the Union Landing
Shopping Center.
Weekdays, going to South Hayward BART, board
the bus across the street at Tampa / Folsom (where
the park is) hourly from 6:32am until 8:32pm, arriving
at BART at 6:46am until 8:46pm. Weekends / Holidays,
service is from 6:32am until 6:32pm.
Weekdays, returning from South Hayward BART,
board the “counter-clockwise”, Tampa directional
bus hourly from 6:30am until 8:30pm, arriving Spanish
Ranch at 6:42am until 8:42pm. Weekends and Holidays,
service is from 6:00am until 6:00pm.
Weekdays, going to Union Landing, board the
bus at the corner in front of the 2 houses at Tampa
/ Folsom hourly from 6:37am until 8:37pm, arriving at
Union Landing at 6:54am until 8:54pm. On Weekends/
Holidays, service is from 6:37am until 6:37pm
Weekdays, returning from Union Landing, Board
the “clockwise”, Tampa directional bus hourly from
6:22am until 8:22PM, arriving Spanish Ranch at 6:39am
until 8:39pm. Weekends / Holidays, service is from
6:22am until 6:22pm.
Additional frequency (now every 45 minutes, as
opposed to every 1-2 hours) has been added to the
“Tuesday & Friday” shopper’s shuttle (Spanish Ranch
to Southland – Route 391).
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Clubhouses available for your events!
Both the main clubhouse and the small clubhouse
may be reserved by residents for private events.
Call the office, 783-5535, for information.
Plumbing
issues:
Please do not flush:
• baby wipes • disposable diapers
• feminine supplies • Depends®
or large amounts of rice, potatoes or GREASE!
Come Get a Book!
Bookshelves in the Main Clubhouse are avail-
able for the free exchange of books by park
residents. Stop by and browse any time the
clubhouse is open.
Busses now leave the Spanish Ranch Clubhouse
at 10:10, 10:55, 11:40am, 12:25, 1:10, and 1:55pm and
arrive at Southland Mall at 10:35, 11:20am, 12:05,
12:50, 1:35, and 2:20pm. NOTE – The last trip leaving
Spanish Ranch at 1:55pm which arrives at Southland
Mall at 2:20pm has no direct return trip back to
Spanish Ranch.
Return trips leave Southland Mall at 10:42, 11:27am,
12:12, 12:57 and 1:42pm, arriving back at Spanish
Ranch at 10:55, 11:40am, 12:25, 1:10, and 1:55pm.
Route 22: For those who wish to walk to/from
Tennyson Ave, on weekdays route 22 will go to the
South Hayward BART station every 30 minutes from
6:22am until 11:22pm weekdays, and hourly on week-
ends and holidays from 6:22am until 11:22pm. From the
South Hayward BART station going down Tennyson
will leave every 30 minutes from 6:04am until 11:04pm
weekdays, and hourly on weekends and holidays
from 6:17am until 11:17pm.
Route 22 is a circular route, serving Tennyson,
Hesperian (both Chabot College and Southland
Mall), Winton, and both Hayward and South Hayward
BART stations along Mission Blvd. Visit AC Transit’s web
site at www.actransit.org for more information.
AC TRANSIT FARES — $2.00 ages 18-64, ages 5-17
and 65+ are $1.00. Transfer good for 1.5 hours is an
additional 25¢.
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HOLIDAY
BUS PARTY BUS
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