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September 14, 2019 //Volume 28, Issue 37 MENOMONEE FALLS SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS - PAGE 10-11 (262) 238-6397 discoverhometown.com YOUR FIRST SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS & ADVERTISING Promoting a dementia friendly community BY THOMAS J. MCKILLEN tia, and a responding police officer or para- MANAGING EDITOR medic on a call will look in the refrigerator for The efforts at making Menomonee Falls a the purple tube. Dementia Friendly community are underway With the information in the purple tube, a with information booths at upcoming commu- first responder will have that information and nity events. be able to use to treat a person with demen- (262) 251-7774 • N91 W17194 Appleton Ave. The Menomonee Falls Village Board tia and provide necessary assistance. Mon. & Fri. 10-6; Tues, Wed, Thurs. 10-7; Sat. 10-3 approved a resolution at its Feb. 9 meeting Ruzinski was speaking at a booth inside % JEWELRY designating the village as a Dementia Friendly Holy Cross Lutheran Church, which was hold- OFF REPAIR Community. At the time, Menomonee Falls 10 ing a Senior Health Fair inside at the same WITH THIS AD was the third community in Waukesha County time the congregation’s block party was being to seek the designation. Previous steps as held in the south parking lot on Sept. 7. W156 N9664 Pilgrim Rd. part of that effort included events such as Ruzinski said the appearance at the Holy Germantown memory screenings at various locations and Cross Senior Health Fair was the first public 251-1555 “brain cafe” for caregivers of dementia resi- awareness display for the purple tube project. DINE IN • CARRYOUT LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! WE DELIVER dents. In addition, there was training with She added that a display about the purple TUESDAY – FRIDAY 11-2pm the representative from the Aging and tube project is planned for the Senior LUNCH Disability Resource Center of Waukesha Enrichment Fair at the Menomonee Falls BUFFET $ 50 County. Community Center on Oct. 18. DINE-IN ONLY 7 The next step involves the village piloting "We hope to get the word out right now the "purple tube project" for Waukesha and get people to sign up," Ruzinski said. She Pizza, Chicken, Garlic County. Menomonee Falls Police Chief Anna added that "we hope that if works well in Bread, Salad Bar Ruzinski explained the project involves filling Menomonee Falls to spread it to other Delivery Available during Lunch Hours a purple tube with information on people Dementia Friendly Communities in Waukesha We Offer Full Service Catering! with dementia. The information lists not only County and eventually the entire county.” the person's name, medical and caregiver Karen Nelson, a member of Holy Cross PHOTO BY THOMAS J. MCKILLEN information, but also information the per- Lutheran Church, explained how the church Oil Change Menomonee Falls Police Chief Anna son's behavior. The purple tube is kept in a became involved in the efforts to publicize Ruzinski holds a purple tube that is part refrigerator so it is less likely to be moved the purple tube project as part of the Senior $ * of pilot project to provide more informa- around by a person with dementia. Emergency Health Fair. According to Nelson, the church 19.99 tion to first responders during contact communications staff will then be notified has a ministry team called Care and *UP TO 5 QUARTS OF with dementia patients. that a person at a given residence has demen- See ‘DEMENTIA FRIENDLY’ PAGE 4 CONVENTIONAL OIL Football Contest PAGE 6 IN THIS Like us on Facebook! 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Your efforts will be rewarded with blooming perennials that were not thoroughly at planting and better looking and more floriferous gar- moved the previous fall. throughout the fall or subsequent dens. These are guidelines that increase growing season whenever the top Melinda Myers has written more than success, but most gardeners have found few inches of soil starts to dry. 20 gardening books, including Small that the best time to divide is when you Spread a layer of shredded leaves, Space Gardening. She hosts The Great have the time and can provide good, evergreen needles or other organ- Courses How to Grow Anything DVD proper post-transplanting care. ic mulch over the soil surface. Be series and the nationally syndicated Use a sharp-edged shovel to dig the careful not to bury the stems. Melinda’s Garden Moment TV and radio perennial, roots and all, out of the Mulch helps moderate soil temper- segments. Myers’ website, ground. Lift the clump out of the soil atures, conserves moisture, suppresses after transplanting. The transplant often www.MelindaMyers.com, features garden- and use a linoleum, garden knife or dry- weeds and improves the soil as it breaks spends the first year establishing a ing videos, podcasts, audio tips and wall saw to cut the plant into smaller down. healthy root system instead of flowering. monthly gardening checklists. sections. Regular dividing can also help elimi- Some gardeners prefer to use two gar- nate other garden tasks like deadhead- den forks placed back to back in the cen- ing, staking and replacement. Divide ter of the clump and then pry the peren- repeat blooming daylilies every few years nial apart into two pieces. Continue the to keep them blooming throughout the process until the desired size and num- season. Do the same for threadleaf core- ber of divisions is achieved. opsis. Discard and compost the dead center. Divide asters every year or two in the Divide the remaining plant into four, six spring to keep them vigorous and control or eight pieces. The smaller the divi- their spread as needed. Increase the sions, the longer it will take for the vigor and compactness of Shasta daisies plants to reach mature size. Larger divi- by dividing them every 2 to 3 years. sions may quickly grow, fill the space Peonies, on the other hand, seldom and need to be divided sooner. need dividing. They can remain in the You can plant one of the divisions ground undisturbed and blooming pro- back into its original location. Use the fusely for decades. Fall is the time to dig others to fill voids, expand existing gar- and divide peonies if you need to move dens or start a new bed or border. Just or want to divide them to make more make sure to match the plant with its plants (propagate). desired growing conditions. Don't be alarmed if your peony or No matter how you plan on using the other perennials fail to bloom the year Page 4 Visit discoverhometown.com for daily updates on Local News September 14, 2019 NEWS & EVENTS Memorabilia sought for Lannon celebration 262-532-8920 for titles. phplonline.org/suylc. The Lannon 90th Anniversary Planning Committee Participating businesses include: Ace Hardware is looking for items for a future exhibit celebration, to Falls Library to hold memory screening Sept. 18 Sussex; Anytime Fitness Sussex; Culver’s Frozen be held next year on Jan. 18, 2020 at Lannon The Falls Library will hold Memory Screenings with Custard Sussex; Family Tae Kwon Do Champions Sussex; Elementary School. Items selected would be cata- the Waukesha County Aging and Disability Resource Hamilton High School “Charger Corner”: Ichiban logued and displayed during the Lannon historical Center on Wednesday, Sept.18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Japanese Sushi & Steak House, Sussex; JT Chiropractic event. The items would be returned once the one day To make a 15-minute appointment, call 262-548-7650. Clinic; Main Moon Chinese Restaurant; Oriental exhibit is over. Selected paper items would be careful- For information on this and other Library programs, Wellness Center & Spa; Piggly Wiggly Sussex; Sussex ly photo copied, with originals then returned to their visit MenomoneeFallsLibrary.org or call 262-532-8920. Country Floral Shoppe; Thirsty Duck Sussex; Tony owner. All memorabilia, large or small, will be consid- Maronni’s; Uptown Art Sussex; and Waukesha State ered. For more information email: Amy Martin at Falls Patio Players staging ‘Glorious’ Bank, Sussex Branch. [email protected] or call 262-853-8370. Falls Patio Players will present the comedy Those who do not have a library card can visit “Glorious” Sept.