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Hollenbeck Palms is a continuing-care retirement community serving the greater L.A. area.Residents enjoy a rewarding and comfortable lifestyle on a beautiful eight-acre campus.

573 S. BOYLE AVENUE • LOS ANGELES, CA 90033WWW.HOLLENBECKPALMS.COM

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a retirement oasis since 1890 ®

AUGUST — The Kuúipo,O Hula

Polynesian Dancers entertainedus after an authentic luau buffet

OCTOBER — The Open House gaveguests an up-close look at our

amenities and accommodations

SEPTEMBER — Our Annual Sunset SupperDance offers live music and dancing on

our refurbished Sundeck

We offer our residents a full and varied calendar with special events, activities andtrips arranged by our award-winning Activities team. Please see our website for upcoming invitational events.

NOVEMBER — Guests andMembers enjoyed a taste of

American hits from the1940's, 50's and 60's withperformer Dean RatzmanRecent Special Events

FeaturingMagnolia Court, our new 32-unit residential/recreational complex with full kitchens, balconies and walk-inclosets, situated on a stunning 8-acre garden terrace withspectacular panoramic views of Los Angeles,HollenbeckPalms offers the best of continuing care retirement livingwith easy access to Southland destinations. Enjoy deliciousmeals in our Grand Dining Room or Skyline Bistro, a moderngym, free transportation to events and shopping, and a widearray of daily activities. Wellness programs, Assisted Livingand Skilled Nursing 24/7 are provided on the same campus.

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Please be our guestat one of our

Special Events:

December Lunch &Holiday Campus Tour— Call to choose date

Tribute to Johnny Cashand June Carter

– Jan. 18 • 1:30 pm

Celebrate Valentine'sDay — Jordon Preston

– Feb. 14 • 1:30 pm

Taste of IrelandBuffet and Show

with Mrs. Murphy'sChowder Trio

– March 17 • 12:00 pm

Call (323) 263-6195today to reserve

your place!

Please be our guestat one of our

Special Events:

December Lunch &Holiday Campus Tour— Call to choose date

Tribute to Johnny Cashand June Carter

– Jan. 18 • 1:30 pm

Celebrate Valentine'sDay — Jordan Preston

– Feb. 14 • 1:30 pm

Taste of IrelandBuffet and Show

with Mrs. Murphy'sChowder Trio

– March 17 • 12:00 pm

Call (323) 263-6195today to reserve

your place!

W e are constantly planning improvements focused on making the Hollenbeck Palmsenvironment warmer and more homelike. This year, your gift to our Annual Appeal will

help enhance the quality of life for residents who spend most of their time in one setting:Hensel Hall, our 24-hour Skilled Nursing Health Center. Our interior beautification plansinclude makeovers of select rooms and public areas in Hensel Hall and refurbishment of

historic photos in the main hallway.

The changes will result in an updated, cheerfuland welcoming ambience that improves the day-to-day experience for residents, and offers a pleasantsetting for close friends and family to spendprecious time with their loved ones. Residentswho visit the Health Center for doctor, wellnessclinic, beauty and barbershop appointments willalso enjoy the improvements.

A portion ofyour gift will helpfund interior designenhancements forthe Assisted Resi-dential Living (ARL)

Nursing Office in "B" Building, an area 140 of our residentsvisit for health checks, immunizations and personal wellnessquestions. The ARL Nursing Office upgrade will include morecolorful wall décor, new window treatments, and a bulletinboard display area for the latest healthcare information.

Your gifts will also improve the quality of life for ouraward-winning nursing staff, who work in these surroundings24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Projects like these do more than enhance the vitality andappeal of The Palms. They also contribute to the peace of mind offered by our specializedcontinuum of care offered in one beautiful community. As we enter our 121st year of servingseniors, we hope you will help keep Hollenbeck’s ongoing tradition of beautification andpreservation strong. With your generous support, our best decades are yet to come!

All of us at Hollenbeck Palms send our warmest wishes for a wonderful Holiday Season.

ANNUAL APPEAL

Skilled Nursing & ARL Makeover

Invitation

William G. HeidemanPresident/CEO

As always, gifts of $2,500 or more to Hollenbeck will be permanentlyacknowledged on the Tree of Recognition in our Front Lobby.

Also, at this time of year we offer a special way to honor a loved one.Gifts of $50 or more received before December 24th can sponsor aChristmas ornament “in honor of” or “in memory of” the person youname, and hung on the Christmas trees in our two main lobbies.

Hollenbeck Residents will receive a holiday card telling them thatan ornament has been placed on the tree in his or her honor. Donorswill receive written acknowledgement for their tax-deductible gifts.

HONOR A LOVED ONE WITH A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

2 WINTER 2010

The cuisine at The Palmshas always gotten rave

reviews. Now, Food ServicesDirector Chuck Musser and histeam are aiming for standing ovations.

Mid-November marks the debut of a new menuin the Grand Dining Room, with mouthwatering entrées like Sausage andGarden Vegetable Frittata, zesty Chinese Pepper Pork and Szechuan FlankSteak. Among the delectable desserts: Raspberry Chocolate Tart and RockyRoad Brownie.

Over at Magnolia Court, things are sizzling at the Skyline Bistro. In its firstyear, the breakfast crowd doubled, lunch business rose 50%, and dinnertraffic increased by 40%. One draw is the transformed patio, where newumbrellas, placemats, seat cushions and fresh flowers create an invitingplace to enjoy casual dining.

Another attraction is the temptinglineup of daily specials, from steak/mushroom/avocado wraps to crabcakes. Assistant Director of DiningServices Henry Lara created a sen-sation this summer with a salad of

heirloom tomatoes from his own garden. He’d planned to serve it only through growingseason, but when word got around, the huge response made him find a way to keep iton the menu longer.

In Skilled Nursing, food and nursing staffs have collaborated to create an enjoyable,homelike experience for each guest. Trays have been replaced by fine sit-down diningservice. Meals are served in three courses from steam tables, plated on colorfulFiestaware, which diners find more appetizing. Our resident sewing club even stitchedup dining scarves for everyone. There's just one word for news like this: Delicious!

Our Annual AugustLuau is just one of

many themed food events held in our GrandDining Room. Roast suckling pig is expertlycarved by Henry Lara, Assistant Director ofDining Services. Many new residents tell usthat our cuisine was the deciding factor forchoosing Hollenbeck as their new home.

The new quarterly sushi event isone of the most highly anticipatedand attended dining experiences atThe Palms. An expert guest cheffrom Kikka Sushi takes over thecold bar, turning out an array of upto a dozen different delicacies forHollenbeck fans and first-timers.

Edwina Talbott and Esther Jacobs met the Most Reverend Jose Gomez, co-adjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, at a special reception at St. Jerome’s in LaTierra Heights. Betts and Michael Hall attend the First Annual Garden Tea forthe Boyle Heights Historical Society. Allon Schoener tours the Outer Peristylegardens of the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu.

3WINTER 2010

Serving Up SmilesFOOD

AROUND TOWN

Heideman Hall's gardens.

Hensel Hall's Sunshine Lane, a pastproject, provides a refreshing retreat,thanks to your generous gifts! Thisyear's gifts will be used to beautifythe interior of our Health Center.

4 SUMMER 2010

MANUEL ALBA was born andraised a

stone’s throw from Hollenbeck Palms.Neighborhood kids played on a trail thatran past the property, and later took thesame path to get to Roosevelt High.After graduation, Manuel shipped out toPearl Harbor aboard a Navy cargo ship.He played a part in some of the mosthistoric battles of the war: Tarawa,

Peleliu, Saipan, Okinawa, Iwo Jima. He came home in styleon the aircraft carrier Saratoga.

Back in LA, he learned his girlfriend had moved to Tucsonfor her asthma. They began writing, and married in 1947. Afterattending Pepperdine University, where he was on the trackand field team, he joined the US Postal Service. He wasstunned to hear he’d be delivering mail in Boyle Heights, onthe streets where he grew up. The Albas bought a home inHacienda Heights, where they lived for 50 years. His wife diedin 2004, and their son passed away several months ago. Fromhis apartment at The Palms, Manual can see the street hegrew up on and the company where his dad worked. Hisbrother lives nearby. Having come full circle, he’s home again.

AURELIO & SANTOS CASTRO have beenmarried for

fifty years. They moved to Hollenbeck, only a few blocks awayfrom their home of many years, tofulfill their different care needs whileremaining together in one location.

Aurelio was born and raised inSoutheast Los Angeles. He servedin the Army during World War II,stationed in the Pacific theater. Onreturning to Los Angeles at war'send, he began to master the tradeof machined woodworking. This

was the start of a long career of fabricating pieces for furniturecompanies and other manufacturers of wood-based items —including industrial freezer doors, whose cores are wood.

The Castros are delighted by life at The Palms andespecially enjoy dining together.

PAUL & YO KAMACHI Paul was born inOlympia, Washington in

1934. His family moved to Glendale, California prior to WWII,and were relocated to the internment camp at Manzanar,California following Pearl Harbor. They later settled in the L. A.area, where Paul attended JohnFrancis Poly-technic High School.After graduation, he was drafted andserved in the Army in Korea. On hisreturn, he moved to Monterey Park,where he lived and worked as a realestate broker/agent for over fiftyyears.

Paul met his wife, YoshikoTakayama ("Yo") in a ballroom danceclass in 1976. They married in 1981. The couple enjoyed dancingand being members of the Gardena Valley Nisei Club, a socialclub with monthly dances. Yo later developed health problemsand is now in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Paul endured thestress of caring for her until they moved to The Palms. It’s ashort, beautiful walk from Paul’s apartment at Rush-Allen to hiswife’s side at Hensel Hall, where she is receiving skilled nursingcare.

“I can’t begin to express my gratitude to our doctor, ThomasH. Kanegae, for introducing us to this wonderful place,” Paul says.“We’re making many new friends, getting three square meals aday, and being offered many activities. The best part of all, for me,is knowing that Yo is cared for and happy.”

Members Annual BarbecueGrilled hamburgers, baked beans and corn on

the cob were enjoyed al fresco on a balmyAugust evening on the Palm Plaza.

Tony Bartell, “Band of One,” provided music.

HowDo You Spell “indomitable”?Betts Hall drills our team in practicespelling sessions. Next October wehave the challenge to win back the

Regional Spelling Bee Traveling Trophythat we had held for three years.

We will return!

Family Night Hits a Home RunBaseball was our Family Night theme.

Our Food Services staff, in DodgerBlue, scored with ball park fare;entertainment by Peter Hubner

topped off the evening fun.

HAROLD SCHATZ was born in Rochester, NewYork, in 1915. The youngest of

seven children of Russian immigrants, he was the only one tobe born in America or to graduate from college. His oldestbrother, Harry, a child violin prodigy, was an original memberof the Rochester Philharmonic.

Harold graduated from the Eastman School of Music,where he majored in viola, and holds a master’s degree inmusic education from the University of Buffalo. His first jobafter college was as a music professor at Baylor University inWaco, Texas. There, he conducted an all-girl orchestra andplayed in the San Antonio Symphony. Harold spent the rest ofhis career as a music teacher in Niagara Falls, New York.

Harold was active in music organiza-tions throughout the Niagara Frontier,including the St. Catharines SymphonyOrchestra in Ontario, Canada; theLewiston, New York summer musicfestival orchestra (where he performeduntil age 80); and the famed MelodyFair concert venue in North Tonawanda,New York. At Melody Fair, Haroldrubbed elbows with a galaxy of leg-endary entertainers, breakfasting with Jerry Lewisand turning down an invitation to join Liberace on the roadbecause he had a young family. He also conducted anorchestra at the Buffalo Jewish Center and played incountless local chamber concerts, trios and quartets.

Harold was married to his late wife, Judy, for 63 years.For the last ten years of her life, when she lost her hearingand was often in frail health, he was her devoted caregiver.In 2007, he moved to California to live with his daughter,Claudia, and son-in-law, Garry. He now plays in an orchestra

at the Westside Jewish CommunityCenter. He is a favorite uncle, greatuncle and great, great uncle, and is es-pecially fond of his “grand-dog,” Rocky.

Harold considers the food at ThePalms very good and says the groundsare beautiful. He enjoys the musicalentertainment, and is impressed withElivier Sanchez who leads theexercise and walking groups.

TOMI MASUNAKA the fifth of six children, wasborn in Stockton, California,

but grew up in Boyle Heights. She remembers skating atHollenbeck Park and her brothers fishing in the lake there.

Shortly after graduating from Roosevelt High School,she and her family were evacuated to “the Americanconcentration camp” as she called it, at Manzanar, California.After the war, she lived in Chicago for a time, then returnedto California. She worked for Northrop, Aerospace and TRW,serving as a budget analyst at the latter two.

Tomi has two daughters and one son, as well as six grand-children and one great-grandson.

When first touring Hollenbeck, Tomi was happy toreunite with Helen and Jesse Proctor, former co-workers atAerospace. She was also glad to be moving in just down thehall from her sister-in-law, Mitsuko Masunaka.

She says “it’s good to be social” and she has manyopportunities to meet new folks at a variety of Hollenbeckactivity programs that she now attends.

OPAL SINATRA was born in Enfield, Illinois, andattended school in the southern

part of the state. She moved to Los Angeles in 1939 andmarried Vincent Sinatra, an attorney and Los Angeles nativefrom the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in 1941.

Music Recital by Students of Martha RileyHollenbeck hosts the annual recital for thistalented group each year. It is a pleasure forthe parents of students and our Membersto hear these young people perform their

own original songs and music.

Halloween Brings Out the ChildrenLittle superheroes and princesses

from PUENTE Learning Center begintheir annual party with a costumeparade. After greeting Members,they perform songs and dances,

then feast on treats.

Chinese BrushWatercolor ClassResidents learn the techniques of Chinesebrush watercolor painting during a seriesof classes taught by volunteer artist Carm

Fogt. Volunteers enrich the weekly artsessions held by our own resident artists.

We Welcome . . . New Residents

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6 WINTER 2010

Hollenbeck’s OperaSpeakers Series

Nov. 11 — RigolettoJan. 13 — Opera Goes to the Movies

Feb. 10 — II Turco in ItaliaMar. 10 — The Turn of the ScrewApr. 14 — L'Allego, il Penseroso

ed il ModeratoMay 12 — Gilbert and Sullivan:More from “off the beaten track”

June 9 — LA Opera: the first 25 years

We Welcome . . . New Residents

Exercising should be fun; that’s what keeps you coming back.” Thisis the firm belief of Anne Haschka, Hollenbeck’s Certified Personal

Trainer. It has worked for her and her enthusiastic students, who keepreturning for more.

Anne, who joined us last January, has found her students value strength,flexibility and endurance over muscles. Many have reported noticeableresults from her challenging-but-fun classes.

When it comes to getting and staying in shape, The Palms is the placeto be. It’s first in fitness among area retirement communities, with morestaff, programs, classes, hands-on help and participants.

Elivier Sanchez, CNA, RNA, leads weekly line dancing classes and Tai Chisessions in the Palm Plaza. She recently added walking and exerciseclasses for Members in Assisted Living, and she also works with them onthe equipment in the gym.

“Anne and Elivier treat each class like asocial event,” says Activity Coordinator,Dennis Hiebert. “They make exercising funwith music, humor, and enthusiasm.”

Anne Haschka leads her aerobics class in leg-strengthening movements.

AROUND TOWN

Members of the Walking Club, with Activity Director Loretta Haro, pause atthe floating bridge and try out the new fitness equipment at Hollenbeck Park.Friendly rivalry among residents of three retirement communities ruled theday at ADO’s First Annual Summer Games at scenic Legg Lake in Whittier.

7WINTER 2010

Shaping Up atThe Palms

WELLNESS

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Hollenbeck’s expanded Fitness Centerfeatures a variety of state-of-the-artequipment and convenient hours.

“The fitness program is well-rounded.A lot is offered. What you put in

you get out.”– Daniel Mitchell

“I like the variety of exercises andhow the instructors respond

to each of us.”– Liz Johnson

“I like the convenience of time and place.”– Susan Mancuso

Hollenbeck residents attendedMetropolitan Opera’s HD presentationof “Das Rheingold” at USC’s School ofCinematic Arts. Above, from backto front: Father Hernandez,Denise Zoolalian and Edwina Talbott;Sadako and Joe Gardner.

Resident Esther Jacobs says, “WhenI decided to move to Hollenbeck,

I thought I was leaving opera behind,but I’ve been very pleasantly surprised.

Now I’m involved with opera morethan ever before. I’ve made a group of

friends here who love it as much as Ido and we go to performances when-

ever possible. It’s very rewarding.”

Sumiko Niwayamaand Iola Kapuza

Mary Oi &Rosemary Jewell

AADVENTURESIN OPERA

Lohengrin

Presented in Hollenbeck’s Learning Centerby distinguished speakers from LA Opera

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Opal worked for the AutomobileClub of Southern California and theGlendale Unified School District. Herprofessional career was interruptedfor many years while she served asstay-at-home mom and aunt for herson, daughter, niece and nephew.During that time she was active inthe PTA, and was the official neigh-borhood chauffeur for school func-tions and athletic events.

Four years after Vincent’s death in 1984, Opal moved toMidland, Texas. In 1992, she married George (Kenny) Stahl. Sheremained In Texas until his death in 2006, when she returnedto California. Her daughter, Jowanna Granados, and son, FrankSinatra, still live in Glendale. Opal has four grandchildren andfive (soon to be six!) great-grandchildren. She moved into Hol-lenbeck Palms in June, and enjoys the beautiful grounds andthe friendly, courteous and dedicated staff members.

Opal enjoys the campus atmosphere, bingo and outings tothe various race tracks. She has also invited several friendsfor lunch and a tour of Hollenbeck.

Opal Sinatra

TOSHIKO SUGURO was bornin Belle-

vue, Washington, the fourth of sevenchildren of Japanese immigrant farmers.“Toshi” lived in Bellevue through highschool except for a three-and-a-half yearperiod in Tule Lake Internment Campduring World War II. After high school,she moved to Seattle and attended business college. Sheworked for a public stenographic and mail advertising servicethere until 1958, when she joined her sister in Los Angeles.

In LA, Toshi worked for the State of California for 35 yearsas a secretary in a number of departments. Her last assign-ment was secretary to the Chief Counsel of the Departmentof Savings and Loan. She retired in 1993 and lived in MontereyPark for seven years before moving to Hollenbeck in June.

Toshi enjoys aerobics, line dancing, outings and movies atHollenbeck. She also appreciates the friendly, helpful Mem-bers and staff.

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