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July
“I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity
to make those dreams come true.” – Wendell L.
Celebrating
July!
Independence Day July 4
Tell an Old Joke Day July 24 July 4th: Independence Day: The Declaration of Independence from Great Britain was passed by the Lipstick Day Continental Congress in Philadelphia on this day in July 29 1776. We will celebrate this day together with a delicious 4th of July lunch, games and music!
Celebrating July July 11th: Scooping Up Smiles Ice Cream Party!- “You can’t Birthdays! buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream and that’s kind of the same thing.” We’ll celebrate Ice Cream Month by having an ice cream party complete with funny ice cream jokes, puns, one-liners and tons of laughs!
July 19th: Travis Fenton’s 100th Birthday Celebration!!!
Betty Norcom July 14th
Travis Fenton July 19th
On this day we’ll celebrate Travis in a big way! Come out and help us celebrate his special day! July 2019
Three Manly Games Stay Fit at New Haven!
Mongolia has a rich nomadic history, with many people today still living off the land of Asia’s vast steppe. Out of this nomadic culture comes Naadam, a three-day festival
celebrated every July 11–13, where contestants compete in the traditional Music & Fitness with Courtney games of archery, horse racing, and wrestling. AL: Every Wednesday @ 10:45am These three sports hearken back to the days of MC: Every Monday @ 2:00pm the Mongol empire under Ghengis Khan, when such skills were necessary to excel in the emperor’s army. Balloon Volleyball
Today, Naadam is a proud celebration of Mongol AL: Every Thursday @ 10:00am culture. The festival’s full name is eriin gurvan MC: Every Tuesday @ 1:45pm naadam, or “the three games of men,” but everyone is encouraged to participate—men and Exercise with Damien women, young and old. Archers use bows similar to those used under the reign of Ghengis Khan, July 5th @ 1:45pm fashioned out of wood, horn, bamboo, and bull July 19th @ 1:45pm tendon. Arrows are made of willow branches and feathered from Griffon vultures. It is customary for groups to stand alongside the targets singing folk songs to cheer on the archers. The Pipes Are Calling
The nomadic herders of Mongolia look forward There is no sound quite like the to the horse racing competition as a time to show mournful drone of the bagpipe, off the best of their stock. Races do not take place and no time to celebrate this on a track; rather, they cross up to 20 miles of unique instrument like July 27, the open, windblown steppe. Winning is not just Bagpipe Appreciation Day. The dependent upon speed, but a test of endurance bagpipe may be the national for both the horse and its rider. instrument of Scotland, but its roots began in faraway Egypt. Archery and horse racing may be exciting tests It took centuries for the of skill and endurance, but wrestling is the pride of instrument to cross Mongolia. Hundreds of wrestlers arrive each year the Mediterranean and make its way through to compete in a single-elimination tournament. Europe to Scotland, but no one will deny that There are no weight classes, so wrestlers must the Scots embraced the bagpipes like no other be ready to grapple with any and every opponent. culture. In the 14th century, every Scottish court Wearing nothing but traditional boots, arm had a piper, and taxes were levied to pay for coverings, and briefs, the massive men clash pipers in local churches and festivals. Bagpipes on the grassy hills. The ultimate winner is given have had a heralded place on the battlefield, the prestigious title of “Lion” and is revered like too; they have been used to both rally troops a folk hero in song and story. and salute the brave. The stirring sound of the bagpipes has become associated with honor, Naadam’s colorful pageantry celebrates the best courage, and strength—qualities that make the of Mongolia’s past and present, a performance bagpipes one of the most important symbols that would make Ghengis Khan proud. of Scottish heritage.
July 2019
Monthly Activities… This Month Look Out For…
Scooping Up Smiles Bible Study Ice Cream Party! Bible study takes place every Wednesday starting at 9:30am with Kinney. Join us every Sunday for Worshop with Jim & Lori starting at 10:30am.
Join us in celebration of Ice cream Month during our Scooping Up Smiles Ice Cream Party! July 11th, 2019 Outings But Is It Art? July 2nd: Trip to Walmart On July 9, 1962, artist Andy Warhol unveiled his July 8th: Lunch outing exhibit of 32 Campbell’s soup cans at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, California. Each painting depicted a different flavor of the ubiquitous soup. This was Warhol’s first solo exhibition of pop art, but the question remained: Keeping it Social! was it art? Warhol had often used familiar images from American consumer Every month we gather together for delicious culture as his subject. treats and companionship and discuss topics His soup cans, unlike the mass-produced that range from local news to reminiscing soup produced at the Campbell’s factory, were about our pasts. individually painted to look exactly alike, albeit with mechanical precision. The only difference between each canvas was the flavor of the th soup. What drew Warhol to Campbell’s? He July4 : Holiday Lunch & Games spoke about how often he used to eat it; he had the same Campbell’s soup for lunch for July11th: Ice Cream Social 20 years. The exhibit caused a mild stir, more due to the novelty of the subject matter than July 15th: Reminiscing & Snacks the art itself. Yet over the years, Andy Warhol and Campbell’s Soup have become strange Social bedfellows, more famous together than alone.
July 2019
Sky-High Ambition Live Performances By…
Before becoming a pilot of world renown, Amelia Earhart was a rough and tumble girl who sought adventure wherever she could
find it in her small hometown of Atchison, Kansas. She was born Queenie & Turner!
on July 24, 1897, to Sam and Amy Earhart. Amy did not believe in molding July 4th @ 3:00pm her daughters into “good little girls,” but instead July 18th @ 3:00pm dressed them in pants and allowed them to roam the neighborhood with rifles, hunting rats. It was out of this adventurous youth that the aviation Arland- The Riverboat hero Amelia Earhart was born. Piano Player! Earhart’s first encounter with an airplane did not occur until around 1918, when she visited July 16th @ 1:45pm the Canadian National Expedition in Toronto. A World War I flying ace was demonstrating death- Ed & Beverly! defying maneuvers when he spotted Earhart on the ground. In an attempt to fluster her, he dove July 10th @ 2:30pm close overhead, but Earhart stood her ground. It July 24th @ 2:30pm was at this moment that Earhart reported thinking “that the little red airplane said something to me as it swished by.” Two years later, U.S. Army Air Service pilot Frank Hawks gave Earhart a plane Searching for July ride and rekindled her desire to take up flying. Word Search! She worked multiple jobs to scrape together enough money for flying lessons. Just two years after her introduction to flying from Hawks, Earhart flew to 14,000 feet, setting a world record for female pilots. It was the first of many records she would set.
After Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927, the stage was set for a woman to complete the same feat. At first, pilot Amy Guest expressed interest, but she ultimately declined, deeming the trip too perilous. It was Earhart who was chosen for the honor, and upon completion of the trans-Atlantic flight with a small team, she was hailed as a national hero. But the allure of crossing the Atlantic solo loomed large, and in 1932, she completed her famous solo Atlantic flight. Five years later, in 1937, Earhart July Summer disappeared on her attempted flight around the Independene Day Crab world, a sad and tragic loss. But Earhart’s legacy Sunshine Water Lily continues to inspire adventurers to this day.