September 2018
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Program Ponderings September Brad Ray - Director of Programs 2018 Oh Autumn, how your auburn Autumn is a lovely time to go hues and crisp breezes remind us of the “Walkin’ After Midnight”, unless maybe you changing of the seasons. September in are “Crazy!” Whatever the Minnesota means, of course, back to case, after Full Bloom does school for the kids. To many, it means their highly anticipated hunting season has begun. And of course, Fall means football! But whatev- presentation on the legend- er it is that Fall means to ary Patsy Cline, our residents you, we can all agree that will be sure to enjoy their it is a magical time of the “Sweet Dreams” after they year. Here at Village go to bed. This quintessential Shores, the excitement country crooner from the late 50’s and ear- crackles like an Autumn bonfire! Let’s ly 60’s was enormously popular and still see what September has in store as far as beloved today! Make sure not to miss this special events, guest speakers, group one. The second Full Bloom session focus- outings, and in-house activities. es on big band leader Harry James. This September starts out with one of will be a great opportunity to expand your our favorite presenters, David Jones, lec- knowledge of this little turing on an unforgettable time in histo- known genius of a band ry; the 1936 Summer Olympics which leader. Bavaria, Germany. This was during the early Our birthday party for phase of Nazi power and September will feature Hitler was eager to show the hometown sounds of off his new “Aryan Race” athletes, to “The Minneapolis which he was convinced of their genetic Southside Singers!” Wow, these gals can superiority. This lecture is sure to be en- really belt it out! They have worked up a gaging, entertaining, and educational. theme for a new program called “Music Through the Decades” which will feature Sometimes, to see the songs from the 1900’s all way to 2000! most beautiful things there are to see, What a great way to celebrate our Septem- look no further than your own back door. ber birthday babies! Make sure to Taking that into account, join us on a get a rose and your picture taken! driving tour of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes! We will start out The history buff in all of us following Minnehaha will be excited to hear about the Creek all the way to Lake narrated bus tour of Fort Snelling Harriet with a quick stop that we are offering! The area for ice cream at the band around Fort Snelling is considered shell! We’ll continue the “Birthplace of Minnesota” not only by around Bde Maka Ska the soldiers and civilians in and around the (formerly known as Lake fort, but by the Mdewakanton Sioux people Calhoun), and then take in the sights of that inhabited the area long before the ap- Cedar Lake! On our way home, the resi- pearance of anyone with white skin in the dents have an option to enjoy lunch at area. nearby Pizza Luce! (Continued on page 7) In The Spotlight September Birthdays Get to Know Stan and Joanne Cyr HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (Last month, we featured Stan. This month, we feature Joanne) Joanne was born in West Virginia. 2 Laura Kuldanek-Jacobsen – Staff – SCDS She has a twin sister Diane whom she was, and still is, very close to. Joan- 2 George Ware (415A) ne’s father was an engineer while her 8 Nancy Gripp (1016A) mother stayed home. She also had an older sister. Joanne felt very secure and they had a wonderful 8 Albert Sisler (704) home. According to Joanne, her sister was very organized, while she was much more scatterbrained. Joanne was outgoing, while 9 Ann Huseby- Campus Director Diane was quite shy. These differences complimented each other 17 Esther Eaton (718) and led to the closeness that we still feel today. The town she grew up in was Clarksburg, VW, which was a university town. 19 Liz Deike - Beauty Salon Clarksburg was also known for glass manufacturing. After high school, Joanne went to Marshall University in Huntington, West 21 Jean Girardot (806) Virginia. She studied education to become a French and English teacher. Post-graduation, she received a full scholarship to study 22 Arlene (Bunny) Simones (606) in France. She then travelled to Rennes, which is the capital of 25 Sherry Partlow-Staff-VS-SCDS Brittany. The second year overseas, she went to Besacon, near the border of France and Switzerland. While there, she studied pho- 25 Nkole Chola – Staff LifeSprk netics, morphology, literature, and many other subjects. She then returned to the U.S. to New York where she taught high school 26 Carol Clemmons (601B) French in Mahopac. After two years of teaching, Joanne went to the University of Texas for two years where she received her mas- 27 Darlene Rue (1017) ter’s Degree. While walking to class, a tall and lanky man jumped 30 Virginia Solomonson (1019) from behind a bush and said “Hello, my name is Stan Cyr.” He walked Joanne home, and being a man never short on courage, asked her on a date. The rest is history. After the Cyrs were mar- ried, they both taught in the same at the same school, Tyler Junior Welcome to College. They then came to Minnesota for further graduate work. In Minnesota, Joanne taught ESL (English as a Second Language) to Village Shores! the waves of immigrants arriving. She first taught Vietnamese, Marcia Rose Peterson Apt. 507 then Laotian, then Cambodian, then Iranian, then El Salvadorian, wherever there was trouble in the world, she taught the waves of Eleanor Hagen Apt. 415B refugees. Joanne was later hired by Control Data to supervise French lessons on computer. From that experience, she learned Richard Fritz Apt. 1007 to be an instructional designer and design computer French les- sons. Joanne was eventually hired by Lawson’s Software where Kathleen DeMars Apt. 401B she later retired. The Cyrs moved to Village Shores in March. Jo- Phil & Bonnie Bemis Apt. 808 anne says that she loves how friendly everyone is and that the food is excellent! She also notes that the staff at Village Shores is Jean Swenson Apt. 225 very helpful and supportive. In her own words, “We enjoy living on the 7th floor. It’s like being in heaven!” Bradley Van Gorder Apt. 412 Page 2 From the Executive Director SilverAdvantage Happy September! This month I will be Silver Crest is committed to creating senior communities of excellence having another “Table Talk with Ann” in through vibrant and engaging lifestyles the Richfield room. We have left it an of wellness, independence, dignity, and care. We want input from you about open forum to discuss anything you feel how we are doing at achieving our we may need here at Village or ideas R.E.S.P.E.C.T. goals. Please visit our Silver Advantage Board on 1st floor that you have come up with that may and fill out a slip for our hard working make our community a better home for staff. This is an incentive for them to be recognized by management. Here are a everyone. Please consider coming to few kudos that were posted recently. this, you can just sit and listen to the ide- as or bring your own. We are still work- ing on completing some of the ideas that were brought forward at the last Table Talk. I will look forward to seeing you there. ~Ann Village Shores Welcomes our new LifeSprk Nurse Practitioner Cathy Lauring Cathy has over 25 years of nurse practitioner experience in the senior care industry. Prior to joining Lifesprk, Cathy was the Director, Inte- grated Care by Medica Clinic where she devel- oped and led a virtual primary care delivery model for adult, senior and vulnerable popula- tions within a health insurance framework, partnered with nursing facilities to provide coordinated onsite care. Throughout her ca- reer, Cathy has implemented several innova- tive clinical programs and collaborate with leaders to improve health, experience, and quality of care. Cathy holds a master’s and Mike bachelor’s degree in nursing from the Univer- I cannot thank you enough for sity of Wisconsin-Madison and College of St. Scholastica, respectively, and is certified Adult- changing out my “dead” refrig- Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. erator. That was a difficult task for you to do yourself! - Lorraine #719 Page 3 SEPTEMBER 20 18 Maintenance Salon News Lani McConnell, Shop Owner Transportation News: We would like to say hello to all of the new people and long time friends, that As you may have heard, we plan on making have recently decided to make Village some changes to our shopping bus schedule. Shores their home. Everyone we have Wednesdays will be the day that we make the met, has been very exceptional people rounds to many of the requested shopping lo- and great fun! So, I decided we should reintroduce cations. However, the second Wednesday of ourselves. At the Shores Hair Design, we have 4 ter- the month will only be in the morning. The rific hairstylists, Liz, Anne', Linda and Lani. We all bus will then bring residents who signed up to have worked in the Edina/Richfield area for over 35 go to Mystic Lake to their desired destination. years and have a great deal of experience in the The bus for this trip will leave around 11:00 most popular hair styles and hair color. The stylists the second Wednesday of each month.