October 25, 2020

The Week at a Glance!

Sunday, October 25 12:30 Sunday Dinner Monday, October 26 Health Center starts the big MOVE! NO Blood Pressure Check today!! Tuesday, October 27 9:30 Tuesday Coffee via Zoom meeting Hosted by Atrium L-2’s Dan & Sherrie Vos, with Joe Traylor & Brent Pearce (Optional break-out rooms follow) 1:00 Bus to Fareway North Wednesday, October 28 Bring a decorated pumpkin to the Front Entry today! 3:30 BINGO today!! Thursday, October 29 10:30 DM Symphony Orchestra, “Live from the Temple: History & Folklore” NC TV Channel 116-3 or 992 Friday, October 30 8:30—10:30 1st Nat’l Bank, must sign up 10:30 Friday Chat, topic: your favor ite childhood story about yourself! 2-3:00 Wear your Halloween finery and have a picture taken for our website. 3:00 LaVone Newell on piano, GR 6:30 Campfire with vocalist if weather permits—Bring a chair and a flashlight! Saturday, October 31 Halloween!! Don’t eat too much chocolate!

DAILY EXERCISE Exercise is held in the Green Room, M-F mornings at 8:30 a.m. Group of 10 or less and keep your social distance, please. Holidays are optional! Check out the Exercise Videos on the NC Website, Resident Section!!

PODIATRY CLINICS

Appointments are being taken for Nov 5, 2-3:00 pm. Please sign up at the Front Desk. Location yet to be determined.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Northcrest News

Sunday Dinner October 25, 12:30 p.m.

Northcrest Community Over 50 years of service to older adults

in the Greater Ames Community

Pork Roast with Gravy Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

Rivera Blend Vegetables Homemade Bread

Fresh Fruit Apple Crisp

Birthday Wishes October 25, Phyllis Heffron October 27, Isabel Hendrickson October 29, Miriam Patterson October 31, Verna Weber

ISU Bands Cancelled The weather forecast doomed the visit by the ISU Bands this Friday, the 23rd. Instead tune into your NC TV Channel 116-3/992 for a concert from the DM Symphony!! Fri, Oct 23, 11:00 am (Will be aired again on 10/29).

Let’s ZOOM! Tuesday Coffees via Zoom start at 9:30 am every week. October 27 will be hosted by Atrium L-2’s Dan & Sherrie Vos. Infor-mation about the Employee Appreciation Event will be shared for our newest resi-dents. Joe Traylor will be in charge of the Zoom this week, since all staff will be in-volved in the Great Move of our Health Cen-ter residents. Watch for an invitation in your email on the Monday before, or use this:. Oct 27 only!! Meeting ID: 873 3576 7007 Passcode: 524976

Friday Chats There will be a Friday Chat on Oct 30. Wear a Halloween appropriate hat if you have it! Topic will be a favorite childhood story about YOU! 10:30 am via Zoom. Watch for an invitation on Thursday before.

United Way Campaign Northcresters continue to grow their strong support of United Way of Story County through our annual campaign. As of this week we have contributed $34,805 from 95 Northcrest donors (an average of $366 per donor)! Our goal of $40,000 is in sight Contact Doug Finnemore with questions.

Zoom Bingo! Bingo continues into November. The new meeting number is 816 9135 6968. As al-

ways, sign up and you will receive an email invitation. Wednesdays at 3:30 pm.

As inviting as the pathways in the woods/ravine are (and they are! thanks to the work of Larry Koehrsen and Dennis Smith) they are not yet ready for our use. For your own safety, PLEASE DO NOT WALK ON THE PATHS IN THE RAVINE. Looking for a place to dispose of your hang-ing baskets and other summer plants? The dead vegetation can be put in the black gar-bage can in the raised bed area or one di-rectly east of Garage #6, by the railroad. The dirt can be added to the growing dirt pile also by the railroad. Then your disposable pots can be tossed into the nearby dumpster. Thanks to Knut for making these arrange-ments for us. The Landscape Committee

LaVone Newell on piano Don’t miss the tunes LaVone makes on the piano in the GR. We are lucky to have a tal-ented in-house pianist! Please maintain 6 foot spacing! Fridays in October, 3:00 pm.

Rock on in Retirement Symposium Just a reminder that it’s not too late to regis-ter for the 8

th Annual Rock on in Retirement

Symposium; “One Health---Promoting the Health of People, Animals and the Environ-ment”, offered via Zoom. For further infor-mation and to register go to: https://www.isualum.org/rockon2020

Need your knives sharpened? Art Mann is willing to sharpen knives. Please mark with your name and take to Front Desk. Absentee Voting In-person absentee voting & drop off ballots. Ames Library. Saturdays, Oct 24 & 31, 9-4.

Election Day We will offer a bus to Bethesda Lutheran to vote in person on Election Day, Nov 3, 10:00—11:30 am. Only 5 passengers at a time may ride. Sign up with the receptionist to ensure a seat. Please VOTE!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE

https://www.isualum.org/rockon2020https://www.isualum.org/rockon2020

A note from Rashell: As we make our move into our new building & start the next phase of our construction, we have to make some adjustments. The kitchen will be working out of our beautiful but a lot smaller kitchen. During the time of remodeling, our main kitchen will only be offering Lunches to inde-pendent Living Residents. No Dinner ser-vices will be available. Lunches will be at our normal times: 12:15pm pick up in the lobby & Sundays at 12:30pm Pick up in the Lobby. This will Start Monday October 26th. Please note that we will not be offering meals on Thanksgiving & Christmas this year. With the limited oven space that we will have we will be making sure our Health Center, Heartwood house & Assisted Living have a great holiday meal. We truly hope you all understand. Please do not hesitate to call Rashell with any questions. The new delivery entrance off 24th St has begun. Work will take approximately two weeks to get back to normal, if the weather cooperates. The drive will remain open, but may be blocked for short periods when pouring concrete. The farthest north parking stalls will be available for parking if need-ed. There is a temporary rock walking path where the sidewalk was removed to access Heartwood House. You are welcome to use the new western entrance off 24th St. Other news - Work is scheduled to start this week on sealing cracks in the streets throughout campus. This will help prevent any damage to the road from moisture that seeps into the cracks and freezes this winter.

NC TV Channel 116-3 or 992. DM Art Center Programs are taking a hiatus until the next session starts on Nov 5. BUT

keep Thursdays at 10:30 am on your calen-dar—We will air a DM Symphony concert on Thu, Oct 29, 10:30 am!

Want more music? ISU Music Dept: Go to music.iastate.edu/video/recital-hall-webcast Fri, Oct 23, 7:30 pm, Voice Recital Sat, Oct 24, 4:30 pm, Voice Sun, Oct 25, 4:30 pm, Saxophone Sun, Oct 25, 7:30 pm, Flute

One More Campfire! And this one with a guitarist to serenade, and lead us in some songs! Jesse Gutierres of the Medicine Men will join us on the west side of the Main Bldg, east of the Parkway Bldg, for singing around the campfire! Dress warm, bring your chair and a flashlight! Weather dependent. Fri, Oct 30, 6:30 pm.

ISU Lecture Series Take advantage of virtual lectures from ISU that cover a huge range of topics. Log in to lectures.iastate.edu to see the choices and plan to tune in! Free!

Pumpkin Carving Contest Residents and staff are invited to bring a decorated pumpkin to show off your skills! Carved, painted, adorned, funny, beautiful, scary, you name it! Provide your own, or sign up to have Ronnie supply one. Bring on Wed, Oct 28 to Front Entry of Main Bldg. There will be prizes! Here is a great resource: housebeauti-ful.com/entertaining/holidays-celebrations/g2530/pumpkin-carving-ideas/

Halloween and Costumes Our staff will be encouraged to dress up for Halloween on Fri, Oct 30. If you would like to, dress as your favorite Halloween charac-ter, or a “punny” costume that makes us guess the meaning. We will take photos to post on our Resident Section of the web-site. Come to the Front Desk between 2:00 & 3:00 pm, Fri, Oct 30.

KNUT’S KNOTES

KITCHEN KORNER

Pick up times for Regular Daily Meals in the Front Entry:

Lunch, Monday- Saturday: Sign up by 10:00am Lunch Ready For Pick Up 12:15pm Sunday Lunch: Sign up by 6:30pm Saturday. Lunch Ready For Pick Up 12:30pm

Sunday, October 25 12:30 pm, Lunch: Pork Roast with Gravy, Roasted Rosemary Potatoes, Rivera Blend Vegetables, Homemade Bread, Fresh Fruit, Apple Crisp Monday, October 26 Lunch: Szechwan Chicken over Rice, Stir Fr ied Vegetables, Mini Egg Roll, Watermelon, Chocolate Pie Tuesday, October 27 Lunch: Bacon Cheddar Burger, BBQ Potato Chips, Celery & Carrot Sticks with Ranch, Citrus Fruit Salad, Cookie Wednesday, October 28 Lunch: Salami, Turkey & Roast Beef Sandwich with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Provolone Cheese & Italian Mayo, Pickle Spear, Sun Chips, Cantaloupe, Dreamland Bar Thursday, October 29 Lunch: Chicken Salad on Leaf Lettuce, Crostini, Orange Slices, Cucumber, Tomato & Onion Salad, Mini Vanilla Swirl Cone Friday, October 30 Lunch: Ham & Cheese Quiche, Apple Slice, Honey Oat Bran Muffin, Cottage Cheese, Coffee Cake Saturday, October 31 Lunch: White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese, Broccoli, Pineapple & Grapes, Rocky Road Brownie