Good Times at GARDEN COURT

1116 De La Vina St. • Santa Barbara, CA 93101 • (805) 884-0095

December 2017

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RESIDENT BIRTHDAYS GARDEN COURT’S 17TH ANNUAL GARY ERICKSON 7 HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE & OPEN DEBORAH MURPHY 7 HOUSE. Tuesday, December 5th 2017, SALLY NAKASE 8 From 6:00-8:30pm STEVEN ROBINSON 8 Please invite your family and friends to our VIOLA CHOO 13 best event of the year! BARBARA QUINN 19 We will have Santa & Mrs. Claus, listen to the WILLIAM MYLES 20 Inner Light Gospel Choir, enjoy live Jazz music KEN HEDSTROM 21 with the Bazinets and friends, handmade JATINDER MEHTA 22 holiday crafts in our boutique, traditional CAROLE McHUGH 31 holiday food & drink and a silent auction. EMPLOYEE BIRTHDAY Employee YOLANDA MARTINEZ 17 of the Memory Boost If you’re trying to remember the name of M nth a person or place but keep coming up blank, recite the alphabet. Saying the letter that begins the forgotten word may jog your memory, allowing the name to pop into your head. ANGELA ONTIVEROS December 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday HOLIDAY TREE DECORATING 1 2 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! Meet in 9:00 Catholic Service in the library the front lobby 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 11:00 JW Bible Discussions in Charlene in the living room the library 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 2:00 Holiday Tree Decorating 6:00 Saturday Night Movie, “Holiday 2:30 Scenic Drive Club with Dan Movie” and popcorn

RON PARIS AND JULIE 3 VITAL SIGNS WITH CATHY 4 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE! 5 6 WASHINGTON SCHOOL HOLIDAY 7 HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR! 8 FREDRIK ON THE PIANO 9 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Charlene 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! SING! 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! Meet in the 9:00 Catholic Service in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Penina 11:00 Chi Quong with Laura in the 10:00 -11:15am Vitality Program. World 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! front lobby 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 10:30 Washington School Children Sing 2:00 Music Club with Ron Paris and 12:15 Accessible Yoga Club living room of Interest for Older Adults 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 11:00 My Special School preschool 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club in the Charlene in the living room Julie Carlson 2:00 Peer Support Club in the library 4:00 Fredrik on the piano! 1:15 Vital Signs Clinic with Cathy from kid’s activity living room 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 6:00 Sunday Night Movie “Holiday Cottage Parish Nursing 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 2:00 Vitality Program. Music of Our 6:00 Saturday Night Movie, “Holiday 2:30 Scenic Drive Club with Dan Movie” and popcorn in the 2:00 Soda Fountain Club 6:00 -8pm, 17th Annual Holiday 3:00 Sing-a-long Club with Gem in the Lives and Times for Older Adults Movie” and popcorn living room 2:00 Vitality Program. Mind and Body Boutique & Open House! living room 3:00 Book Club with Jayce from the SB 5:00 Join us on the van for our Awareness 6:00 Poker Game on the second floor! Library in the library Holiday Lights Tour tonight! PIANO CONCERT WITH KEITH 10 11 FREE EVENT AT THE RIVIERA 12 HANUKKAH 13 RESIDENT OF THE MONTH 14 EARLY DINNER 15 16 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! THEATER 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! DINNER 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! Meet in the 9:00 Catholic Service in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 10:30 SB Natural History Museum, 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! front lobby 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 11:00 Chi Quong with Laura in the living room 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Charlene 2:00 Piano Concert with Keith Penina Eyes in the Sky, Raptors visit! 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Charlene 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 11:00 My Special School preschool kid’s activity 11:00 Music club with Trudy and Oscar 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library in the living room 6:00 Sunday Night Movie “Holiday 12:15 Accessible Yoga Club 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 6:00 Saturday Night Movie, “Holiday 1:45 FREE Movie “Bombshell: The Hedy 2:00 Flower Empower Club with 12:00 Early Dinner. (Thank you in advance Movie” and popcorn in the 1:00 Bingo Club In the library Lemarr Story” (free refreshments and 2:00 Peer Support Club in the library as we celebrate our staff holiday) Movie” and popcorn Charlene in the courtyard living room 2:00 Soda Fountain Club popcorn inc!) 3:00 Book Club with Jayce from the SB 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 2:00 Resident Activities Committee in the 6:00 Poker Game on the second floor! Library in the library 2:30 Scenic Drive Club with Dan living room SING ALONG WITH GEM 17 MARY KAY GIFT GIVEAWAY/ SUZY18 TOWN HALL MEETING TODAY 19 ROLANDO/ MY CARE WORKSHOP 20 DECEMBER RESIDENT BIRTHDAY 21 HOLIDAY GIFT GIVEAWAY! 22 23 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club SINGS 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Charlene 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! PARTY 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! Meet in the 9:00 Catholic Service in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! 11:00 My Special School preschool 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club in the living room 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! front lobby 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Charlene 3:00 Sing Along Club with Gem in 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with Penina kid’s activity 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 11:00 Chi Quong with Laura in the 2:00 Rolando on the Wind Synthesizer 1:00 Bingo Club In the library the living room. 12:15 Accessible Yoga Club Charlene in the living room 6:00 Saturday Night Movie, “Holiday 1:00 Mary Kay, Gift Giveaway in the living room 3:00 My Care (formerly 5 Wishes) 2:00 Peer Support Club in the library 6:00 Sunday Night Movie “Holiday Community Workshop in the library 1:00 Holiday Gift Giveaway, in the Movie” and popcorn dining room 12:00 Town Hall Meeting in the living 3:00 Book Club with Jayce from the SB Movie” and popcorn in the 4:00 TED Talks Club with Chris in the Library in the library dining room 2:00 Soda Fountain Club room living room 1:00 Bingo Club in the library living room 6:00 December Resident Birthday 2:00 Bingo Club in the library 3:30 Suzy Sings with the Autoharp 6:00 Poker Game on the second floor! Party! with Rob Hoffman 2:30 Scenic Drive Club with Dan CHRISTMAS EVE 24 CHRISTMAS DAY 25 26 27 28 29 30 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! 9:00 Walk and Talk Club! Meet in 9:00 Catholic Service in the library 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 12:00 Christmas Holiday dinner. Charlene 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club in the 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with the front lobby 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club 6:00 Sunday Night Movie “Holiday Movie” 1:00 Bingo Club In the library 11:00 Chi Quong with Laura in the living room Charlene 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club with 1:00 Bingo Club in the library and popcorn in the living room 1:00 Bingo Club in the library 2:00 Holiday Movie and cookies in living room 1:00 Bingo Club In the library Charlene in the living room 6:00 Saturday Night Movie, “Holiday NEW YEAR'S EVE 31 2:00 Flower Empower Club with Charlene the living room. 11:00 My Special School preschool 2:00 Peer Support Club in the library 1:00 Bingo Club In the library Movie” and popcorn 10:30 Use it or Lose it Club in the courtyard 1:00 Bingo Club in the library kid’s activity 4:00 TED Talks Club with Chris in the 3:00 Book Club with Jayce from the 2:30 Scenic Drive Club with Dan 6:00 Sunday Night Movie “Holiday Movie” 1:00 Bingo Club in the library living room SB Library in the library and popcorn in the living room 6:00 Poker Game on the second floor! America’s Official Poets

Each year, the Library of Congress names a poet laureate of the United States to promote the reading and writing of poetry. Find inspiration in the works of these poets of the nation.

Year Appointed Poet Laureate 1937 Joseph Auslander 1944 1945 1958 1968 1976 1985 1993 2000 2015

1933: After scoring a touchdown 1982: Instead of naming its annual in the game’s final minutes, the Person of the Year, Time magazine Chicago Bears win the first NFL chooses the computer as the Machine Championship Game by defeating the of the Year. New York Giants 23–21 at Chicago’s 1995: Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends DECEMBER Wrigley Field. his “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip. 1945: Congress formally recognizes 1904: More than 200,000 revelers 2000: Montgomery Ward announces the Pledge of Allegiance, which was gather for the first New Year’s Eve it is going out of business after written in 1892. celebration in New York City’s 128 years. The retail giant created Times Square. 1951: The Marshall Plan ends. The the world’s first general merchandise 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald American aid program gave more than mail-order catalog. $13 billion in economic support to help Amundsen and his expedition team 2005: Astronomers reveal they have Europe recover from World War II. become the first people to reach the discovered two more rings encircling South Pole. 1969: Fresh from the Boeing factory, the planet Uranus. the first 747 is delivered to Pan Am. 1920: Celebrated opera tenor 2012: Johnny Manziel, star The international airline was the first Enrico Caruso gives his last public quarterback for Texas A&M University, to fly the jumbo jet. performance at the Metropolitan becomes the first freshman to win the Opera in New York City. 1977: Disco fever hits after the movie Heisman Trophy. “Saturday Night Fever” premieres.