WHAT’S HAPPENING 2030 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 Ph: 765-962-6546 Fax: 765-962-9188

July

2015

Volume 31

Issue 7

Editor Ted Halsted

Inside this issue:

Pond Reflections 2

Recycle 3 New Residents 4-5 Birthdays 6 Anniversaries 7 Wellness News 9 Library News 10 Thank You to Our Supporters 10 Marketing News 11

Spotlight on Activities

Wednesday, July 1st: Independent Ladies Luncheon will be in the Community Room at 11:30 a.m. Please sign up to attend.

Thursday, July 2nd: We will be taking a shopping trip to Elder-Beerman at 10:00 a.m. Please sign up to attend.

Friday, July 3rd: Tom Walker will be playing patriotic songs and leading the group from FFC in a sing along. Please join the fun in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 4th: Residents are welcome to come to the Health Care Center patio at 2:00 p.m. for patriotic word games and trivia.

Sunday, July 5th: Worship Service will be held in the Assembly Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Keith Kendall.

Tuesday, July 7th: There will be a picnic on the patio for Health Care Center residents at 11:30 a.m.

Sunday, July 12th: Worship Service will be held in the Assembly Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Sandra Ward-Angell. Whitewater Valley Therapy dogs will be in the Community Room at 1:45 p.m.

Tuesday, July 14th: There will be a picnic on the patio for Assisted Residential residents at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, July 16th: Traci Lewis from Cope Environmental Center will be making a return appearance in the Assembly Room at 2:00 p.m. Come learn about butterflies.

Friday, July 17th: Join Bob Ford as we all celebrate with the residents who have birthdays in July. Bob is a singer and historian. All residents are welcome to attend this party.

Sunday, July 19th: Worship Service will be held in the Assembly Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Barry Cramer. Kendal and Lisa Davis will be back to share therapy dog, Rio. They will be in the Health Care Center lobby at 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 21st: We will be taking a bus trip to Paschal Farms to enjoy fishing, the secret garden and golf cart rides. Please sign up to attend.

Friday, July 24th: The children that attend the summer program at the YMCA will be in the Community Room to play games, work on crafts and visit with FFC residents. Join in the fun with the children at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 26th: Worship Service will be held in the Assembly Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Don Miller.

Monday, July 27th: Morrisson-Reeves readers will be in the Assembly Room at 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 28th: Aileen Githens will be the guest speaker for “Going Down Memory Lane.” Those interested in learning about our friends at FFC may join in this activity at 2:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room. We will be going out to eat at The Kitchen, a new restaurant in the Depot District. The bus will leave at 4:30 p.m. Please sign up to attend.

Wednesday, July 29th: Magician Tony Truitt will be our guest speaker at Men’s Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. in the Community Room. He will be talking about his interest in magic and how he got his start.

Thursday, July 30th: We will be taking a bus trip to Twin Creek Tea Room in West Alexandria, Ohio. Please look for more information on the bulletin board across from the Main Dining Room. You will need to sign up to attend.

Friday, July 31st: Share your collection with FFC residents in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m. Look for more information and a registration form on page 4 of this publication.

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Pond Reflections

Last February I spent an enjoyable week with a high school classmate, Dr. Jack Westman, at his bayside condo in Madiera Beach, Florida. Dr. Westman has had a long, distinguished career on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He has a vital, intelligently reflective Christian faith; so whether our conversation turned to health matters or soul issues, we had rewarding discussions. Dr. Westman shared with me a document he had prepared that expresses his personal wishes for end of life care. I found the document helpful and prepared a similar document, with minor adaptations, expressing my own wishes regarding end of life therapies. I have discussed this document with my family and with my physician. If you find it useful, you may wish to discuss aspects of it with your family and physician. —————————————————————————————————-

MY PARTICULAR WISHES FOR THERAPIES THAT COULD SUSTAIN MY LIFE In addition to the information on other Advance Directive forms I have completed, I wish to make my instructions known with respect to specific therapies that could save or prolong my life. This form is meant to inform my physician, nurse, or other care provider of my consent or refusal of certain specific therapies. It is also meant to guide my family or any other person I name to make health care decisions for me if I cannot make those decisions myself. I understand that it is impossible to know what a person would want in a particular circumstance, unless that person has previously stated his or her wishes. I hope this document helps those who must make difficult decisions to proceed with comfort and confidence. By following these instructions they will know they are acting in my best interests and are consenting or refusing certain therapies just as I would if I could hear, understand, and speak.

Decisions While I Am Capable

As long as I am able to understand my condition, the nature of any proposed therapy, and the consequences of accepting or refusing the therapy, I want to make these decisions myself. I will consult my doctor, family, and those close to me, spiritual advisors, and others as I choose. But the final decision is mine. If I am unable to make decisions only because I am being kept sedated, I would like the sedation lifted so I can rationally consider my situation and decide to accept or refuse a particular therapy.

Comfort Care

I want any and all therapies to maintain my comfort and dignity. If following my instructions in this document causes uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and breathlessness, I want those symptoms relieved. I desire vigorous treatment of my discomfort, even if the treatment unintentionally causes or hastens my death. continued on page 3...

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Decisions for Specific Therapies If my mental or physical state has deteriorated to the point that I lose my identity and am unable to make decisions for myself because I do not know who I am, where I am, and who other persons are, and there is little chance that I will ever regain mental or physical function, I do NOT want any of the following treatments: 1. Antibiotics, if I develop a life-threatening infection of any kind. 2. Dialysis, if my kidneys cease to function, either temporarily or permanently. 3. Artificial ventilation (if I stop breathing); tube feeding; or IVs. 4. Electroshock or CPR, if my heart stops beating. 5. Heart regulating drugs including electrolyte replacement, if my heartbeat becomes irregular. 6. Cortisone or other steroid therapy, if tissue swelling threatens vital centers in my brain. 7.Stimulants, diuretics, or any other treatment for heart failure, if the strength and function of my heart is impaired. 8. Blood, plasma, or replacement fluids, if I bleed or lose fluid circulating in my body. Signature:____________________ Date: _________ Witness:__________________ Date:________

———————————————————— I hope these instructions for my own end of life care will be helpful to you as you reflect upon your own desires and discuss them with your family and physician. —Ted Halsted, Editor

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Recycle Don’t send resources to the landfill. Your great grandchildren will need them.

With your help FFC will recycle: corrugated cardboard, newspapers, slick paper, magazines, catalogs, glass, metal, and plastic (No. 1 & 2), office paper, envelopes (without windows), and uncorrugated cardboard as well.

INDEPENDENT HOUSING RESIDENTS: Bag your recyclables and put them by the curb the evening before pick-up day. Phases 1 & 2 Pick-up: Tuesday 9:00 A.M. Phase 3 Pick-up: Thursday 9:00 A.M.

MAIN BUILDING RESIDENTS: Pick-up is Tuesday. Please place recyclables outside your door on Monday evening, or in the recycling bins in the H Wing 2nd and 3rd floor ironing rooms. Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, slick paper, metal, and plastic (No. 1 & 2) can be placed there as well as office paper, envelopes (without windows), and uncorrugated cardboard. Please do not put garbage, trash, food items, or Styrofoam in these containers.

OLD BATTERIES: A box for them is in the Main Office.

FLUORESCENT TUBES AND COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS: The Maintenance Department will recycle them.

OLD PRESCRIPTIONS: Please take old prescriptions, over the counter drugs, ointments, and other medical products to the Health Care Center for recycling.

PLASTIC BAGS: Put them in a recycle barrel at a supermarket.

PLASTICS (other than No. 1 & 2 which you can recycle at FFC): If you have a relationship with West Richmond Friends, Earlham College, or Cope Environmental Center, you can recycle these items there, as well as FFC recyclables.

ELECTRONICS: Cope Environmental Center and Rosa’s Office Plus are cooperating to recycle electronic waste for free. Bing your electronics to Rosa’s parking lot at 20 S. 11th Street on every 3rd Saturday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. LIST OF ACCEPTED ITEMS:

Telecommunications equipment Telephones, cell phones Power cables Cameras, disposable cameras Computers Photocopiers Radios, VCRs, CD players Monitors (CRTs) complete Scanners, printers, monitors Speakers, electronic wiring Office paper, file folders Used ink & toner cartridges

I, _____________________________________, would like to display my collection of _____________________________________________________________. I will need: a card table a 6 foot table (circle a table size)

You may set up your display beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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Anna Stolle

We are glad to have Anna Stolle as a new member of Friends Fellowship Community. Last September Anna moved here from the Leland Legacy where she had lived for several years and now resides in Apartment 316. Anna was born in New Paris, Ohio and for many years lived on a farm a mile north of New Paris. She was a daughter of James and Mary (Heubler) Horigan. She was one of seven children, with four brothers and two sisters. She attended school in New Paris.

Following graduation from high school she worked at Belden for around three years, where she was a timekeeper in the machine shop. It was at Belden that she met her husband, Earl Stolle. Earl was a World War II veteran who had worked at Belden before entering the military and returned to Belden upon his discharge.

Anna and Earl have two sons, Thomas and Ronald. Thomas and his wife live in New Paris where Thomas has a machine shop. Ronald, who is also married, works in the machine shop with his brother. Anna’s husband, Earl Stolle, died three years ago.

Anna is a friendly, welcoming person and has an engaging smile. She loves being here at Friends Fellowship. “The food is good,” she says. Anna enjoys embroidering. The embroidered basket of flowers that hangs on her door and welcomes visitors is some of her handiwork. Here in Richmond she is a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church.

Anna is happy to be a member of Friends Fellowship Community, and we are happy to have her here.

—Interviewed by Ted Halsted

New Resident

Do You Have a Collection?

Do you collect something that you would like to display for the members of FFC to view and enjoy? Are you a collector of baseball cards, old typewriters, figurines, antiques, salt and pepper shakers, coins, etc.?

Please contact Terry Price in the Life Enhancement office to reserve a table for your collection. Items will be on display July 31 at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

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The Morrisons moved to IH # 7 on a nice sunny day in April. They are all settled in and enjoying life here at FFC. Sandy was born in New Castle in 1943. Her parents were Myron and Frances Sanford. Her father worked in Connersville. Sandy graduated from Lincoln High School (Cambridge City) in 1961. She worked for Dr. Ringenberg as a chairside assistant and then for Dr. Siebert. She then went to work for the Economy Elevator for ten years, then back to dentistry. She worked for Dr. Stults and then Dr. Miller for 10 years as the office manager.

Leon was born in Richmond in 1940 to William and Mary Morrison. His father was a furniture salesman. Leon went to Economy schools and graduated in 1958. He attended barber school in Louisville and barbered in Economy for 16 years. He then became a sales rep for a small pet supply distributor in Cincinnati. This company was purchased by McKesson/Robbins and it was later acquired by Hills Pet Nutrition which is a subsidy of Colgate. He worked for the sales department out of Topeka, Kansas. His territory was in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Leon retired in 2001 due to a stroke.

Leon met Sandy through their best friends and ended up dating her by the end of the summer. They were married in 1962. They have two children; daughter Lesa is married to Dave Wilson and they live in Logan, Utah with their two children and their son Michael and his wife Cathy live in Wilmington, North Carolina and they have three children.

Leon and Sandy love to travel. As of 1992, they had been to all 50 states. One of their highlights was when they were in Alaska and flew to Barrow, which is the most northern point in the United States. Their hobbies include golf, gardening and reading.

They are members of the Economy United Methodist Church. The built a house south of Economy on Sugar Grove Rd, and lived there until selling it in 2011. They have also owned a house in Florida for the past 16 years and will continue to be “snow birds” for as long as possible. They tell me that FFC has meant a lot to them. They appreciate how friendly all the staff has been and how helpful and willing everyone has been with whatever they need. They have enjoyed meeting new friends and already knew many of the residents.

Interviewed by Roger Grimm

Sandy and Leon Morrison

New Residents

Are You Game For A Game?

The Game Room on the 1st floor back corridor of the H-Wing has new game equipment. Do you want to play croquet or lawn darts? If so, croquet and lawn dart sets are available in the Game Room. Just take a set outside, set it up on the lawn, and have fun with friends. Do you want to play corn hole or indoor darts? Test your pitching and throwing skills in the Game Room.

The ping pong table gets a workout every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. with eight or more regulars. You are invited to play either with them or any other time during the week. Paddles and balls are available in the Game Room.

Robo-pong invites residents and guests to develop their table tennis skills. The robot isn’t sociable but fires ping pong balls to your end of the table at whatever speed and in whatever direction you desire, either with or without spin, with the help of three motors. To get started you need instruction. Lincoln Blake, Ted Halsted, Jim Johnson, Dick Miller, and Don Miller, any one of them will be glad to help you get started. By the way, Robo-pong is excellent exercise. Half of your time is retrieving balls and picking them off the floor.

~Ted Halsted

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 John Burgess Barbara Norman

2 Judy Ford Gilbert Klose Mary Siebert

3 Donovan Clark

4 June Moorman

5 6 7 Jon Ford William Moorman

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9 Margaret Lacey

10 Emerson Bennett Nancy Tyndall

11 Sarah Grohsmeyer

12 Nancy Bishea

13 Martha Freer

14 15 Leon Morrison

16 Donald Michel

17 Lois Jordan

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19 Barbara Buckmaster

20 21 Alice Fulle Cay Harris

22 Anna Lou Arnett

23 Marjorie Haisley

24 Lois Gesell

25 Mary (Becky) Niersbach

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28 29 30 31

Resident Anniversaries

Ted Halsted 14 Years

Rodrick Gerrard 13 Years

Don Ashbaugh 12 Years

Patricia & Donovan Clark 9 Years

Lois Jordan 8 Years

Larry Coblentz 7 Years

June & William Moorman 7 Years

Sarah Pokorny 7 Years

Ada & Ken Brown 4 Years

Mary Chappell 3 Years

Dortha & Richard Meredith 3 Years

Erma Plasterer 3 Years

Carl (Barney) Thompson 3 Years

Doris & Jack Phelps 2 Years

Imogene & John Snarr 2 Years

Employee Anniversaries

Administration Pam Merchanthouse 16 Years

Corliss Brokamp 14 Years

Environmental Services Reba Hudson 9 Years

Jessica Gellinger 3 Years

Life Enhancement Kem Rodefeld-Geier 3 Years

Maintenance Frank Frioli 7 Years

Nursing Katrina Wilson 17 Years

Tracie Taylor 9 Years

Rachel Bond 4 Years

Macel Kaufman 3 Years

Cherish Belt 2 Years

Aurelia Martin 2 Years

Courtney Kovach 1 Year

The Courtyards

Lakeyah Carpenter 7 Years

Teresa Hardwick 5 Years

Christina Craig 2 Years

Karen Seal 2 Years

Brooke Kirk 2 Years

Ashlie Bowling 1 Year

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In Memoriam

May 26th through June 24th, 2015

Resident Name Date of Death

Carter Lanning June 5

Marcella Carter June 11

Bill Heuing June 22

Blessing We Take for Granted

“A pound of clover honey, ecologist Bernd Heinrich has estimated, ‘represents the food rewards from approximately 8.7 million flowers.’” Think of that the next time you spread honey on a slice of toast. How incredibly blessed we are every day by amazing blessings that escape our awareness. Thank you, hosts of flowers! Thank you, thousands of honey bees! Thank you, God!

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Support Group at First Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian Church will be hosting a GriefShare support group starting on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Parlor at First Presbyterian. The group will meet on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the 13-week session. The sessions will conclude on Thursday, October 29. First Presbyterian Church is located at 100 North 10

th Street in Richmond.

GriefShare is a video seminar series that features some of the nation's foremost Christian experts on grief and recovery topics as seen from a biblical perspective. Some of the topics for sessions include, “The Journey of Grief,” “The Effects of Grief,” “Loss of a Spouse,” and “Stuck in Grief.” The video seminars are combined with support group discussion of the materials presented during the video. The group facilitators include Bette Davenport, Becky Harper, Barbara Taylor, and Bill Carter. If

you would like additional information regarding this worthwhile program, please feel free to contact

Bette Davenport at (765)939-1510 or bdavenpo@Indiana.edu; Bill Carter at

wdcarter70@hotmail.com; Barbara Taylor at barbtay1@frontier.com or the office of First

Presbyterian at (765)966-2234.

Rain

There were a few sprinkles on this overcast day then raindrops fell that were bigger and bigger. A cloudburst followed. It was an unpredictable April day. Windshield wipers moved back and forth, —back and forth, to form an arc of visibility. Water ran down sides of the car like rivers. Streams of water ran down roadsides. Ditches grew wider and deeper.

It was secure and warm inside with a torrent of cold water outside. Pausing at the trip’s destination, a sheet of liquid slid down the windshield. Large drops of water penetrated the sheet making a design of clear liquid polka dots. It gave the appearance of intense motion in the swirling and then pelting wetness. Rain fell cleansing the car, cleansing the countryside, watering the soil for later crop planting. Tomorrow will be sunny and warm, but today, it was exciting to be caught in the rapid downfall of a sudden rain.

By Doris Phelps FFC resident

Relaxing With Friends Outside on this mild and pleasant June evening I relax in the comfort of moderating temperatures, observing animals, birds, and trees. The trees are flirting with each other, egged on by smiling breezes. The birds are chattering away to one another, eagerly sharing the latest news. And the animals, wary of any strange other, are hiding out, texting their kind for a midnight prowl. As the descending sun, turning orange, beautifies the sky, I feel the hope and well being of this time and place and tell my fellow creatures I am grateful for their company. “You make my day.”

By Ken Schomaker FFC resident

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Love Triumphs

James M. Barrie, well known "Peter Pan" author and playwright, on giving a rectorial address at the St. Andrew's University in Canada on May 3, 1922, the year our mother was born, mentioned that someone once said "God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

Our mother has seen her roses fade as the Alzheimer's disease has taken those memories away one by one. Each day and each time we see her, we try to water those roses just a bit, so for a very short moment, she might remember again about the people she loved and the experiences she had. We all have a beginning and an end, but Alzheimer's disease is a tragedy for so many individuals and their families. It robs the joy from those later years in life. No roses in December for far too many, far too soon. Our mother lives this stage of her life as she has all the others with a sense of style and grace, a surety and sweetness, and a gentleness and serenity about herself and her surroundings. We are so fortunate that she still remembers her daughters and grandchildren. She may not always be able to put a name to our faces, but when she sees us a smile widens on her face for she knows that this is someone she loves and someone who loves her. For that one last rose she still retains we are profoundly grateful. Life inevitably has its joys and sorrows, but without the sorrows we wouldn't appreciate the joys. And life's joys mean everything. It gives the meaning to everything we do and every relationship we have. Our mother has given us a lifetime of caring and memories. Now we will be her memory-for Mommy you are everything to us. Your loving daughters

Health and Wellness

Thank you to everyone who attended the Wellness Health Assessments with Angie Howard in June. Each and every one of you did an excellent job. We look forward to seeing you back in October for another Wellness Health Assessment. Have a great day and get outside and move!

“If you don’t use it, you lose it.”

Tabbatha Woolwine Wellness Coordinator

New Residents

Marjorie Haisley from Richmond to IR 213-214

Bernice Crawford from Richmond to CYII 86R

Rita Bruck from

Richmond to AR 324

Vera King from New Paris, OH to

CY1 72R

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Library News In Regular Print: The Blue Bottle Club, by Penelope J. Stokes. Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas Day 1929. They made a solemn pact, and put their dreams for the future into a blue bottle. Decades later a local news reporter stumbles upon that bottle . . . and into the most meaningful story of her career. The reporter's search will uncover the secrets of that Blue Bottle Club, and her own life will never be the same. The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. This first-time novelist - and real life foster-mother - writes a primer for the language of love. She deftly gathers themes of maternal love, forgiveness and redemption into an unforgettable literary bouquet. The protagonist, Victoria, realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them.

In Large Print: Echoes of Mercy, by Kim Vogel Sawyer. This book is a work of historical Christian fiction. It takes place in a chocolate factory in the early 1900s in Sinclair, Kansas, and deals with some pressing issues of that time. Child labor, the discrepancy in pay for women and children compared to men, workplace safety, and the differences that existed between the classes in society are all explored. The book has such a wide variety of characters that an interesting read is assured.

Miracle at Augusta, by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge. A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption arrives in a teenage outcast with troubles of his own and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching. Still Life and Bread Crumbs, by Anna Quindlen. A superb love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen. The book begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her bank balance shaky and she has fled the city for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all there is to life.

Thank You to Our Supporters

Friends Fellowship Community is grateful for the financial support given by the following

during the period of May 28, 2015 through June 17, 2015.

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND* In Memory of All Residents who Passed Away During the Month of June:

Dick & Jan Bohlander In Memory of Marcella Carter: Dick & Jan Bohlander Ed & Mona McCrory In Memory of Esther Clingenpeel: Verne & Ruth Ann Clingenpeel

FRIENDS MINISTERS’ FUND* Gifts: John Norris

Spiceland Friends Church

*Endowment Fund income is used to support residents whose personal funds are diminished.

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News From the Marketing Department

Busy, busy, busy—and that is how we like it! IH #17 has been sold and there has been LOTS of interest in #6 and #47. We are currently working our way down the waiting list. I am in the process of rescheduling our Samaritan Alliance Marketing meeting in Ft. Wayne. I hope to get our group together in July. REMINDER—If you would like to have a friend join you for lunch or dinner, please let us know. We would be happy to make reservations for you. It is a great way for someone to experience FFC! Word of mouth is absolutely our best form of advertising. Thank you in advance!

Pam Merchanthouse Vice President of Customer Services

Stirring Up Some June Memories

In the spring, just after the ducklings are born and the fawns dash off with their mothers into the woods, the weather becomes warm. The sunshine seems to change our attitude in a positive way. We have more energy and look for reasons to be outside. This is what many residents have done in June. Residents are walking regu-larly and enjoying the porch and patio. The nice weather has freed us to do some things not possible in the cold winter months. The activity calendar provided many opportunities to be outside as well as to go on trips in June.

Two patio picnics were planned in June for residents of the Health Care Center and those living in the Assisted Residential areas. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate for the first picnic. Hopefully, Mother Nature will be kind to us in July and we will have lovely weather for our picnics.

Many residents sat out on the patio in the hats they made at Handmade to ward off the sun. Ice cream bars and games were part of the entertainment during the month. Many residents enjoyed visit-ing and reminiscing as they enjoyed the weather.

A few residents ventured off campus in the bus for long distance field trips. A group went to Min-netrista Museum and Gardens in Muncie. Another group headed west to Indianapolis to enjoy Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Garden. A few residents enjoyed the local Shakespeare Festival by attending one or both of their shows.

Two new entertainers performed at FFC in June. Gene Sherfy sang gospel, country and oldie music. John Koggie did an outstanding job with his guitar and vocals at his first appearance at FFC.

Another special event that occurred in June was the opportunity to hear the Nigerian Women’s Choir. This was a wonderful opportunity for Friends Fellowship.

As the last of June fades and July begins, look for the many activities that are provided in this What’s Happening Issue. Don’t miss out on the fun. Terry Price, Director of Life Enhancement

“Happiness is a butterfly,

which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,

but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Brain Waves is a one-to-one brain

stimulation session. Residents have a

weekly scheduled time.

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

2 10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Corn Hole 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Tom Walker CR 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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9:30 Coffee & Conversation 10:00 In The Kitchen 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Patriotic Fun 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

Happy 4th of July

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10:30 Church 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Sun Tea Sunday 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Monday Night Movie

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Trivia Tuesday 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Sensory Box 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: State Fair

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Painting 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Let’s Take A Walk 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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9:30 Coffee & Conversation 10:00 In The Kitchen 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Are you Blue? 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:30 Church 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Sunday Stroll 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:15 Out For A Drive 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Did You Know? 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Cope Center AR 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: Pool Parties

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Bob Ford B-Day Party CR 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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9:30 Coffee & Conversation 10:00 In The Kitchen 1:00 Exercise 2:00 La Ti Da Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:30 Church 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Crosswords 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: Summer Vacation

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Family Feud 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:0 Let’s Take A Walk 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: Cars

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Flower Arrangements 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Exercise 2:00 YMCA Children CR 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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9:30 Coffee & Conversation 10:00 In the Kitchen 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Summer Fun 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:30 Church 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Sunday Stroll 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:15 Out For A Drive 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 States and Capitals 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Book Club 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Which Word Fits? 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Let’s Take A Walk 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:00 Coffee & Conversation 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Exercise 2:00 Bingo 3:00 Snack 4:00 Daily Chronicles

Brain Waves is a one-to-one brain

stimulation session. Residents have a weekly scheduled

time.

The Courtyards July

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

*Peter Marshall

Friends Fellowship Community Ju

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

AR-Assembly Room LL-Library Lounge

CR-Community Room MG-Memorial Garden

S-Solarium FR-Family Room

FDR-Founders’ Room RR-Recreation Room

AS-Art Studio

1 10:30 Exercise AR

11:30 Ladies Luncheon CR 2:00 Bingo AR

3:30 Wellness CR 6:30 After Dinner LL

2 10:00 Bus trip to the Richmond

Elder-Beerman 10:30 Bible Study GR

2:00 Patriotic Crafts GR 2:00 Current Events LL

7:00 Hand Massages

3 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Tom Walker Patriotic

Sing Along CR 3:30 Wellness AR

4 10:00 Manicures

2:00 Patriotic Word Game and Trivia on the

Patio

5 10:30 FFC Church Keith Kendall AR

2:00 Watermelon on the Patio

6 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Gourmet Club GR 3:30 Wellness AR

7 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 11:30 Picnic on the Patio HCC

7:00 Silent Meeting S 7:00 Let’s Go Outside

8 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo AR 3:30 Wellness AR

6:30 After Dinner LL

9 10:30 Bible Study GR

2:00 Current Events LL 2:00 Handmade GR

2:30 Catholic Communion FR 3:15 Bible Study-Bob Hall AR

6:30 Let’s Play Cards AR

10 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 1:45 Movie GR

3:30 Wellness AR

11 9:30 Residents’ Association

Meeting CR 2:00 Rummy GR

12 10:30 FFC Church

Sandra Ward-Angell AR 1:45 Whitewater Valley

Therapy Dogs CR

13 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Orange Floats on the Patio 3:30 Wellness AR

3:30 Painting with Anita AS

14 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 11:30 Picnic on the Patio for

Assisted Residential 7:00 Silent Meeting S

7:00 Let’s Go Outside GR

15 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo AR 3:30 Wellness AR

6:30 After Dinner LL

16 10:30 Bible Study GR 2:00 Cope Center AR

2:00 Current Events LL 6:30 Hand Massages

17 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 July Birthday Party with

Bob Ford CR 3:30 Wellness AR

18 10:00 Manicures 2:00 Movie GR

19 10:30 FFC Church Barry Cramer AR

2:00 Sundae Sunday GR

20 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Gourmet Club GR 3:30 Wellness AR

21 9:30 Trip to Paschal Farms to

fish, enjoy the secret garden and golf cart rides.

10:00 Great Courses LL 3:15 Reid Presbyterian

AR 1 N Dining

7:00 Silent Meeting S 7:00 Red Skelton GR

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10:30 Exercise GR 2:00 Bingo AR

3:30 Wellness AR 6:30 After Dinner LL

23 10:30 Bible Study GR 2:00 Handmade GR

6:30 Let’s Play Cards AR

24 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 YMCA Children CR

3:30 Wellness AR

25 10:00 Hand Massages 2:00 Let’s Go Outside

26 10:30 FFC Church

Don Miller AR 12:30 Therapy Dog

HCC Lobby Lisa and Kendal Davis

27 2:00 Morrisson-Reeves Library

Readers 3:30 Wellness AR

3:30 Painting with Anita AS

28 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Going Down Memory

Lane-Aileen Githens AR 3:00 W. Richmond Friends

AR N Dining Room 4:30 Out to Dinner-

The Kitchen 7:00 Silent Meeting S

29 8:00 Men’s Breakfast

Speaker—Tony Truitt CR 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo AR 3:30 Wellness AR

6:30 After Dinner LL

30 10:30 Bible Study GR

11:30 Bus Trip to Twin Creek Tea Room in W. Alexandria 2:00 Lemonade on the Patio

2:30 Catholic Mass AR 7:00 Manicures

31 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Share Your Collection CR

3:30 Wellness AR

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