Volume 10 Number 11 November 2014 - National Church...

Volume 10 Number 11 November 2014

THE LEGACY VILLAGE VOICE News and Information from Legacy Village Retirement Community

Thanksgiving Tree

We are accustomed to seeing decorated

Christmas trees, but the Assisted Living residents have decorated a Thanksgiving Tree with leaves

on which they have wr i t ten

things for which they are thankful. Activities Director

Maggie Gapinski says, “I feel

Thanksgiving al$ways gets forgotten

in the holidays and this is one way we

can be reminded to be thankful for

something eve$

ryday.”

The tree adorns the sit$

ting area that connects the AL

with the new rehabilitation

wing.

INSIDE:

Obituary and Funeral Notice

for Aletha Stover for Monday

VETERAN’S DAY DEDICATION

On Tuesday, November 11 at 11 a.m., Mike DeWine, the Ohio Attorney General, will be the keynote speaker for the dedication of the restored cemetery behind Coll ier Chapel and the monument honor-ing the Home chil-

dren who died while living on this campus. It also honors the veterans groups who supported the Home throughout its history and the Home boys who died while fighting in

one of the wars of the 20th Century. One day before it was covered in anticipation of the formal unveiling, the editor took the photo above showing just one side of the beautifully crafted monu-

ment. The brick pavers surrounding the monument include the one pictured which is dedicated to the last World War I child.

The Ex-Pupils Association has also restored all of the grave markers. The one here honors a volunteer nurse who died of diphtheria contracted while serv-ing the children during an epidemic in 1885.

You are encouraged to attend the ded-ication, which is to be held outdoors be-hind the chapel. We have been prom-ised there will be chairs to accommodate attendees.

The Museum will also be open that day. If you’ve never toured it, you are missing knowing a lot about this place where you live.

Legacy Village Voice November 2014

Block Party Welcomes New Nightingale Neighbors

Bob Stavick’s camera caught these photos of everyone enjoying

the block party on a too$cold$to$be$outside October day.

Clockwise from upper le�: New residents Jay and Donna

Heinz; Shirley Stavick, Sue Hunt, new resident Bonnie Par-

sons, Joyce Stacy, Marge Fuhrer, Be'y Van Horn; Hosts Steve

Throop, Sue Hunt, Margery Jones, Maggie Gapinski, and two

ladies from a local elder-service agency who served root bear

floats! ; Be'y, Marge, Shirley, Margery, Kay and Nancy in line

for burgers, hot dogs and chips; and Ivabelle Barton, new

resident Mark Temple, Mark’s sister (visi2ng), and their

mother Esther Stanonis, new resident.


In Memory of Aletha May Stover

November 18, 1916 – November 6, 2014

Aletha May Stover, a

few days shy of 98 years

old and mother of Larry

Stover of Legacy Village,

passed away Thursday

morning, November 6,

2014 at the Legacy Village

Assisted Living in Xenia

where she had resided the

past few years.

She was born November

18, 1916, in Caesarscreek

Twp., the daughter of Fos-

ter and Addie (DeVoe)

Lewis.

She was a member of the Faith Community Unit-

ed Methodist Church, a 70+ year member of the

Ross Grange, the Rebekah Lodge, and a member of

the Greene County Farm Bureau Forum. Aletha and

her husband, John, were farmers in the Cedarville

area for 35 years before retiring in 1982.

She was preceded in death on March 13, 2010,

by her husband of 75 years, John D. Stover, whom

she married June 22, 1934; a son, Dale Stover in

1990, a daughter, Sue Ann Kirk in 2002, and a son-

in-law Howard Dale Kirk in 2014.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Larry

and Pat Stover, five grandchildren, and five great

grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Mon-

day, November 10, 2014, at McColaugh Funeral

Home, Inc., 826 N. Detroit St., Xenia. Interment to

follow in Valley View Memorial Gardens.

A gathering of friends and family will be held

from 11 AM Monday until the time of service at the

funeral home. Online condolences may be made to

the family at www.mccolaughfuneralhome.com

Bellagio�Conservatory�Gardens�

On a recent trip to Nevada, Carol Lynne Usher enjoyed walking

through the Bellagio Conservatory and viewing their seasonal

display. Everything in Las Vegas is extravagant, so it is no sur-

prise that eve-

rything in the

garden is super

-s ized . The

three white

pumpkins were

humongous. The

one pictured

weighed over

1200 lbs! In the

background, the

“apples” are

covered in red

mums.

The copy in

flower petals

of a Georgia

O’Keefe paint-

ing was stun-

ning, and the 27 foot high

chocolate fountain circulat-

ing 2 tons of white, dark and

milk chocolate through a

maze of 25 glass vessels is,

well...indulgent. The only

problem—no dipping al-

lowed!


Halloween memory

By Jay Strayer

My memory of Halloweens past includes this story. One of my

high school classmates’ father

had just purchased a new de-

signed 1949 Ford…… what a car.

A"er a night Future Farmers of

America mee#ng, Roger took us

for a ride ….there were four in

front and four of us in the back…

a bit #ght, but comfortable

enough for the teenagers I re-

member. We did nothing de-

struc#ve, but did come up with an idea that suited us very

well. We li"ed a small, maybe 10” X 12” sign reading

“Rabbits” from a front yard and we found another sign sta#ng

“For Sale” and mounted them on the small village boundary

sign thus sta#ng “Rabbits for Sale Bloomington.” We thought

we were pre2y smart un#l Roger pulled up at the side street

stop sign in Bloomington’s crossroads. While stopped, another

car pulled in from the opposite direc#on. His bright lights

beamed onto us and the driver rolled down his window yelling

“I’ve got you….stop right there!” Well, let me tell you Roger

peeled a whole bunch of rubber and in a cloud of blue smoke

we streaked out onto the main thoroughfare via our escape

route home. Forge4ng about a good sized rise down a ways

in the road, the Ford became airborne, completely leaving the

pavement. It thumped back down with Roger s#ll well in con-

trol as he con#nued, speed unabated, on our escape route. It

was at that very moment I decided I wanted to fly. That’s how

I came to join The Ohio State University’s Air Force ROTC pro-

gram and entered flight training four years later.

P.S. The next eve, Roger’s Dad knocked on our door and my

father told me that I should

accompany him. That scared

me for I knew the jig was up.

Soon the eight of us were lined

up before the same headlights

we had encountered the night

before with a deputy sheriff in

a2endance as well as the own-

er of the Rabbit sign. The fel-

low told the sheriff he recog-

nized every one of us which had

to be a lie for there was no way

he could iden#fy all of us

stuffed in Roger’s car a"er dark. He demanded we replace his

rabbit sign with one he told the deputy was sized 2 " by 3 ".

(He had found and removed his original). Instead of shame,

we were filled with anger because of his exaggera#on. What-

ever our feelings, we replaced it, making it in our school shop.

Guess what, therea"er every #me he put his sign in place,

“somebody” would tear it down, even a"er being cemented

into the ground. There must be a moral to this story some

place. As it turned out, it was a good Air Force recrui#ng tool,

for Roger joined the Air Force right a"er I did.

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DEER�SIGHTED�

Bud Ash captured this deer as it

passed between the Spurgeon Road

houses and Union Road on a mid-

October morning.


MYSTERY TRIPS ARE FUN!!!

The October Mystery Trip to The Secret Garden near Waynesboro was on a

lovely fall day which brought smiles to those who stopped scuffing through the

leaves long enough to pose under the lovely wrought iron gazebo for a photo.

Carol Lynne Usher, Ivabelle Barton, Becky and Jay Strayer and Rene Panosian

joined Maggie Gapinski and her husband for a relaxing afternoon. And they found

Bob the Moose’s little brothers along one of the paths! The Secret Garden sells

lots of original garden art in multiple

structures: a barn, potting shed, and gift

shops. It also has a quaint wedding chapel

that faces a pond and there is an area for

an outdoor reception.

Next month the tour is not a Mys-

tery: Maggie has arranged a trip to Jungle

Jims, for which you need to sign up as

soon as you see this. The deadline for

reservations is Nov. 7, and the cost is $5

plus lunch—though you will get $2 of that back in a gift card to spend on some of

the exotic foods at this fun international market. Time is 9:30—5:00.

CHILI COOK OFF

The end of October brought cool weather and a great evening of listen-ing to the Hospitality Cho-rus and sampling chili

cooked by various Independent Living residents.

And the winners were…. (drum roll):

Becky Strayer—1st Place

Nancy Henderson—2nd Place

Pat Stover—3rd Place


HUGE RECYCLING NEWS

Remember our paper recycling bin that benefitted Xenia Christian

Schools? It is no longer there.

In its place is a bin which is exclusively for the use of the school. When

it was first spotted, and it was noted that it was for recycling everything—

not just paper—we were set to announce that we could recycle right here

on campus. But alas, the school is having to PAY to have their recycled

materials taken away, and they have asked that IL residents NOT use it.

Sigh ….

So, now when we take our plastics, glass, and other recyclables to the Greene County Recycling

Center near Kroger, we also need to take our paper to their bins. The aluminum can recycling gar-

bage can is still in place at the basement entrance to the Community Center.

Thanks to Cheryl Ash for researching these changes and passing the information to the editor.

Many eyes and ears, many contributors, make this a better paper.

ContrailsatSunsetwithaSliverofMoon

PhotobyBud/CherylAsh


WESTERN HOOTENANY IN SEPTEMBER

Looks like these folks got into the spirit for the Western dinner in September. Larry & Pat Stover, Jay

& Becky Strayer, Marge Fuhrer, Betty Van Horn, Bonnie Phillips, Walter and Susan White, Joyce Stacy,

and Phyllis & Tim Shumaker sport their bandanas proudly.

The only information I have is what is on this yard sign, several of which are posted on campus and around town. Note that admission to the Schindler Center is a donation of 2 canned goods or $2.

Proceeds go to local food pantry. It’s happening right here on campus, so let’s check it out!


NOVEMBER 3, 2014 ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES

The Legacy Village Advisory Council met at 2:00 PM November 3, 2014 at the Community Center. Members present were: Carolyn Armstrong, Ivabelle Bar-ton, Paul Miller, Bonnie Phillips, and Tim Shumaker. Mar-gery Jones, Maggie Gapinski, Chris Britt, Bonnie Parsons, and Walter White also attended the meeting. Tim Shumak-er opened the meeting with prayer. REPORT: The Treasurer's report was presented by Bonnie Phillips. No activity during the month of October. Advisory Council Fund Balance 11/1/14 $163.01 Council Flower Fund Balance 11/1/14 $260.00 OLD BUSINESS: 1. Carol Lynne Usher was not able to attend the meeting, so will now present the proposed revision of the Legacy Village Advisory Council By-Laws at the December meet-ing. 2. Cleaning of the glass in the outside porch lights of Villag-es homes is still scheduled to be done by Thanksgiving. 3. Fall trimming of bushes is now in the process of being done by Ziehler Lawn and Tree Service. 4. The need for scheduled resident meetings with National Church Residences Corporate Officers was discussed. It was felt at the present time that Steve Throop and Margery Jones are keeping us well informed of items or issues that impact our local community. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Council President, Carolyn Armstrong, introduced and welcomed the 3 new Council members who have agreed to serve for the next 2 years: Chris Britt, Bonnie Parsons, and Walter White. 2. Decorating of the Community Center Christmas Tree and surrounding areas is scheduled for Monday, December 1, 2014 at 1 PM. 3. The annual Cookie Exchange and White Elephant Gift Exchange will take place following the Birthday/Anniversary luncheon on Thursday, December 11, 2014. 4. Margery Jones distributed copies of the form used to reserve the Legacy Village Community Center. Council members are to review and discuss this at the December

meeting. 5. It was suggested that quarterly checks be done of the Village emergency call systems. 6. Concern was voiced about the monthly fee increases exceeding the cost of living adjustment, in the light of fixed incomes. 7. Following the November Birthday/Anniversary lunch-eon, Maggie Gapinski will meet with Village residents who are interested in helping to plan the monthly dinner themes and activities for the next year. Next Meeting: December 1, 2014 at 3 PM. Motion to adjourn at 3:10 PM. Respectfully submitted: Ivabelle Barton

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THANKSGIVING WEEK

Count Our Blessings

OPEN HOUSE

In The Skilled Nursing Facility

Monday, November 24

10:0014:00

Come On In!

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