The VMS Recognition of Excellence awards are presented each year in spring and fall to outstanding employees who demonstrated excellent customer service, achieved great results on projects and went above and beyond their regular job duties. 

Recipients are nominated by their department directors, managers or supervisors.

The following employees were recognized in spring 2023:

• Makayla Schwietert – Corporate Secretary, CEO’s Office
• Paul Nguyen – Assistant Corporate Secretary, CEO’s Office
• Mandy Webb – Intermediate Account Clerk, Financial Services
• John Sanchez – Transportation Coordinator, General Services
• Gaby Espinoza – HR Generalist Benefits, Human Resources
• Nicole Sarmiento – Recruiter, Human Resources
• Marcie Viveros – HR Supervisor, Human Resources
• Timothy Osborn – PC Technician, Information Services
• Daniel Simoncelli – Network Administrator, Information Services
• Joshua Glass – Network Administrator, Information Services
• Grant Schultz – Software Analyst, Information Services
• Jose Vargas – Foreman, Landscaping
• Jorge Munoz – Small Equipment Foreman, Landscaping
• Laurie Chavarria – Senior Management Analyst, Maintenance and Construction
• Mark Weiss – Senior Production Coordinator, Media and Communications
• Gail Ford – Golf Shop Coordinator, Recreation and Special Events
• Renee Anderson – Recreation Coordinator, Recreation and Special Events
• Shoon Aung – Recreation Coordinator, Recreation and Special Events
• Kyle Belanger – Security Supervisor I, Security

Next time you see one of these employees, you may wish to thank them for their dedication to excellence and service. 

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If you have had a disabled person parking placard for six or more years, it will expire on June 30, 2023. SB 611 has changed the renewal process. Permanent placard holders will receive a renewal notice every six years. Instead of automatic renewal, placard holders who have had their placard for six or more years are required to sign their renewal form to receive their renewed placard. The deadline for renewal is Friday, June 30, 2023. Anyone with an expired placard after that date can be liable for a ticket.

點這裡 to renew your placard and sign electronically, or mail your signed renewal form to Department of Motor Vehicles, P.O. Box 942869, Sacramento, CA 94269-0001, or drop it off at a DMV office. 點這裡 了解更多。 

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CR&R will soon be exchanging existing organic carts with clean organic carts throughout the Laguna Woods Village community before it starts to heat up in the summer. The exchange is meant to help reduce insect-related problems within the carts during the summer months. The organic cart exchange will occur from Tuesday, May 30 to Thursday, June 1. Any remaining organics carts that are not exchanged will be replaced the week of June 5.   

During the exchange, please continue to use compostable bags when depositing your organics—it makes the organics recycling process much cleaner. Small compostable bags can be found on 亞馬遜, Walmart.com, HomeDepot.com, and similar sites.  

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To ensure you have as much information as possible about SCE and why your power might be out, visit sce.com to find answers.

If you are suddenly without power or wish to know when SCE may schedule an outage for maintenance call/visit:

• 客戶支援： 800-655-4555
• 停電資訊： 800-611-1911; sce.com/outagecenter

• For general resources, customer programs, emergency preparedness, maintenance/repair/rotating outages, wildfire mitigation plan and more, from the sce.com main page, click Menu at the top of the page.
• For customers with a heightened need for power to support medical devices, Southern California Edison (SCE) invites you to consider the following three steps:

• Visit the SCE Medical Baseline landing page at sce.com/residential/assistance/medical-baseline to find out whether you qualify for a medical baseline allowance that may translate into savings for you.
• Contact SCE to advise of your critical care/medical needs and to have your account designated as such. This will enable SCE to identify the potential need in your community and collaborate with local government during large-scale emergency events.
• Update your contact information so SCE may be able to deliver critical information, particularly during emergency events.

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拉古納伍茲及全國各地的郵政檢查員都在努力保護您的郵件安全。但由於郵件投遞到超過1億個地址，郵政檢查局無法獨自完成這項工作。以下是您可以採取的一些措施，以幫助保護您的郵件免遭盜竊：

• 線上註冊美國郵政服務的免費 知情投遞 該程式可讓顧客預覽收到的郵件的灰階影像、追蹤包裹、留下遞送指示、重新安排遞送等。
• 使用郵局的信箱投遞口來郵寄信件，或交給郵差。
• 請在每個箱子上張貼的時間表上顯示的最後取件時間之前將郵件放入 USPS 藍色收集箱中。
• 郵件投遞後請立即從信箱中取出，尤其是當您期待收到支票、信用卡或其他敏感物品時。如果您在預計到貨時間不在家，請委託您信任的朋友或鄰居代為收取郵件。請勿將郵件留在信箱中過夜。
• 不要透過郵件發送現金。
• 要求您的銀行提供不可更改的「安全」支票。
• 如果您打算離家超過三天，請請郵局代為保管您的郵件。您可以在郵局或線上申請郵件代管服務： USPS.com.
• Call the Sherriff’s Department immediately at 949-770-6011 如果你發現有郵件竊賊在工作，請撥打郵政檢查員電話 877-876-2455 （按 3）。

如果您認為您的郵件被盜，請立即向拉古納伍茲村保全部門報告 949-580-1400. Personnel also will direct you to file a report with the Sherriff’s Department and postmaster/postal inspector. Postal inspectors may determine whether your incident is isolated or part of a larger mail-theft problem. Your report may help them locate and apprehend the thieves.

致電郵政檢查員提交郵件失竊報告 877-876-2455 或線上填寫報告 美國郵政檢查局網站. 

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步行對身心健康大有裨益。村莊內外大多數道路都設有人行道，但在其他區域，例如死胡同、私家車道和十字路口，行人必須時刻警惕駛近的機動車和/或自行車。

行人和活躍步行者在進入社區時應採取以下預防措施。 

• 走在人行道上，而不是馬路上。擋在迎面駛來的汽車或自行車前面可能會導致所有相關人員遭遇嚴重事故。 
• 穿過停車場時要格外小心。這些地方尤其危險，因為駕駛可能會快速轉彎或倒車出停車位。務必注意倒車燈，並留意引擎噪音。
• 和朋友一起散步。一位運動夥伴可以為您的旅行增添樂趣，並提高安全係數。邊走邊聊，但不要因此而分心，忽略道路和交通危險的觀察。 
• 注意路口轉彎的車輛。司機會專注於駕駛，避開對向車輛，所以他們可能看不到你。務必留意紅燈時右轉的車輛和左轉的車輛。 
• 穿過任何十字路口時，切勿發短信或低頭看手機。
• 如果可能的話，請與來往的駕駛員進行目光接觸，以確保他們看到您。
• 盡量與其他行人一起過馬路－人多力量大。
• 過馬路時，請等待“綠燈亮起”，以便有充足的時間安全過馬路。
• 在指定的人行橫道內行走，並留出足夠的時間過馬路。
• 穿著要顯眼。穿著輕便、顏色鮮豔或反光的衣服，尤其是在夜間行走時。如果在黑暗中行走，請攜帶手電筒。
• 穿著舒適、結實的鞋子，以提供適當的立足點並降低跌倒的風險。 
• 注意光照條件，尤其是在黎明、黃昏以及強光或低光源時段。日照減少、陰影和夜幕降臨會使駕駛員更難看到行人。 
• 走在人行道上。如果必須在街上行走，請面向車流行走。
• 規劃步行路線，避開危險的路口或交通繁忙的區域。尋找安全、有足夠人行道或步道的替代路線。
• 時刻注意周圍環境。做好防禦準備，隨時應付意外狀況。 
• 了解您的身體極限和整體健康狀況。如果您正在從傷勢中恢復，或正在服用可能引起頭暈的處方藥，請務必謹慎。保持水分充足。 

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拉古納山互助會第三屆董事會誠摯邀請各位會員及居民參加下次月度全體會議，會議將於5月24日（星期三）下午3點至4點30分在俱樂部會所2號紅杉宴會廳舉行。全體會議是針對第三屆會員及居民的公開會議，屆時他們將與董事會成員分享意見和建議。 

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