February

2020 3407 N. Windsong Drive

Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

Phone (928) 775-3563/Fax (928)775-3591

www.adultcareservices.org

The Susan J Rheem Adult Day Center

This month we will enjoy an extra day,

transforming 2020 into an

extraordinary year. Every four years, an

extra day, called leap day, is added at the

end of February. This extra day is built

into the year to ensure that our calendars

remain aligned with Earth’s movement

around the sun. Our modern calendars

have 365 days, but Earth

takes 365.2421 days to make it all the

way around the sun. The ancient

Egyptians were the first to calculate that

our cycle of days and nights did not

align pefectly with the calendar year,

but it wasn’t until Julius Caesar’s reign

during the Roman Empire that anything

was done about it For millennia,

calendars were loosely based on human

observations of the lunar cycle. Extra

days, weeks, and even months were

added at random to make up for seasonal

discrepancies. Julius Caesar was fed up

with the inadequacies of such calendars

based upon a 10-month solar year. In 46

BC, he enlisted astronomer Sosigenes

to modify the calendar to include 12

months and 365 days. January and

February were added as the final two

months of the calendar, with the leap day

added as the final day of the last month of

February once every four years. Julius

Caesar named this the Julian calendar

after himself.

The Julian calendar was hailed as

a tremendous improvement, but

it was still not perfect. The solar year is

only .2421 days longer than the calendar

year, not .25. Adding an entire day every

four years added 11 extra minutes to

each year! After hundreds of years, the

Julian calendar veered weeks from the

solar year. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII

created his Gregorian calendar. He

included a leap day but went further

and decreed that leap years would not

occur on years evenly divisible by 100,

excepting those divisible by 400. The

Gregorian calendar is still in use today, but

in another 10,000 years, someone will

have to create a new calendar once

Again.

Our Team

Laura Dreibelbis

Director

John Shippen

Wellness Nurse

Kerrie Petersen

Activity Director

Ed Moore

Transportation

Director

Malinda Brewton

Administrative

Assistant

Jim Holmes

Cook

Care Partner Team

Teresa

Cathye

Marty

Ken

Transportation Team

David

Bob

Peter

February Horoscopes and Birthdays

In astrology, those born between

February 1–18 are the Water Bearers

of Aquarius. As the water of life heals

the land, so Aquarians are the

humanitarians of the zodiac. Free-

spirited and compassionate, they

give “power to the people.” Those

born between February 19 and 29 are

the Fish of Pisces. Fish feel things

deeply. These intuitive, creative, and

intelligent people have strong feelings

of right and wrong

Sherman Hemsley – Feb. 1, 1938

Ayn Rand – Feb. 2, 1905

Gertrude Stein – Feb. 3, 1874

Rosa Parks – February 4, 1913

Laura Ingalls Wilder – Feb. 7, 1867

Thomas Edison – Feb. 11, 1847

Galileo – Feb. 15, 1564

Michael Jordan – Feb. 17, 1963

Sidney Poitier – Feb. 20, 1927

Nina Simone – Feb. 21, 1933

George Washington – Feb. 22, 1732

Elizabeth Taylor – Feb. 27, 1932

Dennis Farina – Feb. 29, 1944

February Birthdays Beverly A…….2nd Barbara Q….5th

Josefa R……..….14th Floyd W……….21st Paul M……….…..21st Dwight L…...23rd Henry H…....26th

”

Notable

Quotable

“Gold is good

in its place;

but loving,

brave, patri-

otic men

are better

than gold.”

~ Abraham

Lincoln, 16th

president of

the United

States

A Giant Leap for Humankind

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2020 3 Groundhog Day 10:00 Monday Morning Fitness 10:10 Well Grounded Story 10:30 Shuffleboard/ Spring or Snow Game Me & My Shadow Craft 11:30 B Fit 12:45Mixed Up Groundhog Day 1:15Sticky Ball/ Around the Horn Dice Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & The Furry Forecaster Mad Lib

4 10:00Simple Stretch 10:10 Remember When? 10:30 Bocce Ball/ Bible Study w/ Kerrie Walking Club 11:30 Yoga w/ Perry 12.45 Ground Hog Mining 1:15 Horse Shoes/ Marinetti Dice Operation Valentine Commences 2:15 Snack & Random Trivia

5 10:00 Wednesday Workout 10:10 Weekly Chronicles 10:30 Putt Putt Golf/ LCR Dice Easy Appetizer Cooking Class 11:30 Fittercise 12:45 February Trivia 1:15 Floor Yahtzee/ Nix the Six Operation Valentine 2:15 Snack & Outburst

6 Home Run Day 10:00 Stretch & Flex 10:10 Happy Birthday to the “Babe” 10:30Card Hat Toss/ Home Run Baseball Dollar Tree Shopping 11:30 Sittercise 12:45Hall of Fame Hangman 1:15 Balloon Base Ball/ Operation Valentine Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Babe Ruth Fun Facts

7 10:00 Friday Fitness 10:10 Leap Year Laughs 10:30 Ladderball/ Chicago Dice Group Crossword 11:30 Light & Lively 12:45Pictionary 1:15 Karaoke/ Face Off Dice Operation Valentine Concludes 2:15Snack & Finish the Phrase

10 10:00 Gentle Stretch 10:10 Weekly Chronicles 10:30 Pool Golf/ Dice Roulette Lunch @ Lucky’s BBQ 11:30 Light & Lively 12:45 Name That Tale 1:15 Umbrella Toss/ Chicago Dice/ Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Scattergories

11 10:00 Warm up Stretch 10:10 The Laughter Exercise 10:30Corn Hole/ Bible Study w/ Kerrie Walking Club 11:30 Sittercise 12:45 Pictionary 1:15 Dancing w/ Phil & Mary / Juka Crafts w/Cathye 2:15 Snack & Jeopardy Trivia

12 10:00 Wake Up Wednesday 10:10 Monthly Gazette 10:30 Spring Ball /Dominoes Through the Window 11:30 Be Fit 12:45 Spelling Bee 1:15 Singing and Dancing w/ The Sidekicks Marinetti Dice / Life Long Learning 2:15 Snack & Famous Fictional Couples

13 10:00 Stretch & Flex 10:10 Romances To Remember 10:30 Family Feud/ Penny Ante Valentine Making w/ North Point 11:30 Fittercise 12:45 Country Cousins 1:15 Dancing w/ the Country Cousins Juka/ Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Romance Movie Game

14 Valentines Day Celebration Roses are Red, Violets are Blue..here at SJRC we are so very Blessed because all of you. Join us today as we celebrate a day of LOVE We will be playing Cupid inspired games. Making a Sweet Love Potion and Dancing the afternoon away with Chuck B. Wear your pink and red and get ready for……….. SWEET HEART OF A DAY

17 Presidents Day 10:00 7 Min Stretch 10:10 Presidential Firsts Trivia 10:30Horse Shoes/ Flag Down Cards Presidential Pets Coffee Hour 11:30 Fittercise 12:45 Which President per Walter Cronkite 1:15 Music w/ Greg / Nix the Six Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Dignity Truman Style

18 10:00 Morning Warm Up 10:10 Weekly Chronicles 10:30 Horse Shoes/ Bible Study w/ Kerrie Walking Club 11:30 Yoga w/ Perry 12.45 Spelling Bee 1:15 Piano w/ David Touchdown Dice Adult Coloring 2:15 Snack & Outburst

19 10:00 Warm Up Stretch 10:10 You Be The Judge 10:30 Bowling / LCR Dice Dollar Tree Shopping 11:30 B fit 12:45 Pictionary 1:15 February Love Songs Karaoke Bunco Challenge 2:15 Snack & Music Time

20 Birthday Celebration 10:00 Morning Warm Up 10:10 Happy Birthday February 10:30 Pop the Tail / Birthday Baking Blow Out the Candles Game 11:30 Sittercise 12:45 Recipe Builder 1:15 Ladderball/ Bday Bingo Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Birthday Party

21 10:00 Friday Fitness 10:10 Name That Movie 10:30 Family Feud/ Ship Captain Crew Group Crossword 11:30 Light & Lively 12:45 Name 10 1:15 Dancing w/ Kevin and Trish Farkle Rematch 2:15Snack & Scattergories

24 10:00 Monday Moving 10:10 Weekly Chronicles 10:30 Who Wants to be a Millionaire Uno/ Painting w/ Teresa 11:30 Light & Lively 12:45 1:15 Guitar w/ Tim A/ All Boxed In Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Jeopardy Trivia

25 10:00 7 Min Stretch 10:10 Mystery Person of the Week 10:30Can Shoot Out/ Bible Study w/ Kerrie Walking Club 11:30 Sittercise 12.45 Word Link 1:15 Penny Pitching/ Dice Roulette Group Crossword 2:15 Snack & Mind Joggers

26 Ash Wednesday 10:00 Gentle Stretch 10:10 A Lenten Reflection 10:30 Umbrella Toss/ Dominoes Glamour 11:30 Zumba 12:45 Hangman 1:15 Umbrella Toss/ Dominoes Jewelry Making 2:15 Snack & Finish the Phrase

27 10:00 Warm Up Stretch 10:10 Remember When 10:30 Floor Yahtzee/ Farkle Lunch @ Mod Pizza 11:30 Light & Lively 12:45 Country Cousins 1:15 Dancing w/ The Country Cousins All Boxed In /Green Thumbs 2:15 Snack & Fill In The Leaping Word

28 Mardi Gras Party

Wear your green, purple & Gold and get ready to Party like your on the Bayou. We will try our hand at a Fat Tuesday pancake race, Play a game of Throw Me Something Mister, and rock out the afternoon with a Surprise Guest. See you There!!! “Beads & Bling it’s a Mardi Gras Thing”