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2017 Buena Vista News March into Spring in Unity March Events U nity is a great thing Pavilion Activities to share with one another! I love to have unity in my fam- ily and home. Unity at the Tuesday Teas @ 2pm work place is wonderful and 7th—Karen Sears makes work very productive 14th—Larry Taylor and exciting! 21st—Helen Kiesel “Ephesians 4:3 En- 28th—Dwight Whitfield Judy George, Spiritual Care Coordinator deavoring to keep the unity 812-429-0700 Ext. 2257 of the Spirit in the bond of Friday Entertainment peace.” “Endeavoring” refers to the effort to keep peace between ourselves and 3rd—Terese others. Peace is worth the effort every time! Let us make the month of March a 10th—Cliff the Drifter time to work together in unity! To be great in the Kingdom of God is to be a ser- 17th—DM Karaoke vant of all. “Matthew 20:28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, 24th—Bob Golden 50’s & 60’s but to serve.” We also should also serve one another which will bring us into unity and then to the 31st—Ken Goans blessing of God. Psalms 133:3b “For the Lord BINGO commanded the bless- Mondays @ 6:30pm ing—Life forevermore.” There is a children’s Thursdays & Saturdays song that I would teach @ 2pm during children’s church years ago, which I now Church Services sing with my grandchil- dren—When We All Pull 2pm every Sunday Together. Below is the chorus to this song: Prayer & Share Together we can do great things—like completing a When we all pull to- jigsaw puzzle. We now have a Puzzle-Table setup in gether, together, to- Every Wednesday 6:30pm the Pavilion, and all are invited to help complete it. gether We are currently working on a 500-piece puzzle of a When we all pull to- blue jay. Lorene T. and Ginny S. are pictured working Resident Council gether, how happy we’ll on the latest puzzle conquest—a 300-piece picture of be. March 27th @ 2pm a kitten. If you help work the puzzle, we are asking residents, family, and staff to put your name on the For your work is my “Signature Page” so we know all who contributed to work and our work is the completion of the puzzle. God’s work See Calendar for More Details Page 2 February 2017 Volunteer of Month Staff HOORAY! Resident of Month! Anna Grace… Sherry K.... Dixie P.... ...Is a faithful volunteer, since her …One of our outstanding Re- ...Retired from Crescent Plas- first visit was at age 6-weeks with storative Aids that makes tics. Her favorite thing to do her grandmother—Sandy T. Her mornings at Heritage fun, was bowl, and for many years favorite time is doing one-on-one reading the newspaper, trying she and 5 of her friends bowled visits with residents and assisting to win radio contests, and ask- as a team at Willow or Franklin on the Back Porch, interacting ing trivia. A few quotes Lanes. A proud moment— and listening to the resident’s sto- straight from the residents: when she received a score of ries. She enjoys playing her uku- “We love Sherry!” “She makes 297 (300 is perfect) for one lele, sharing her sweet spirit with our mornings bright.” “She is game. Dixie recalls the back all she encounters! Thank You, the best!” Thank you, Sherry, corner pin defiantly swaying Anna Grace!!! for shining!!! without falling on her last ball! Have you ever gone into a McDonalds or Donut Bank early in the morning on a weekday? It is refreshing to see a table full of men (usually re- tired) sitting around and “shooting the breeze.” We invite all our men to join the Heritage Men’s Group that meets twice each month—March 6th and 20th at 3:30 PM. Come share ideas about interests you have, make new friends, or reunite with those you haven’t seen in a while. According to Wikipedia—clabber, which is also known as Clob, Klob, or Clobber is a four player trick-taking card game that is played in Southwestern Indiana near Evansville. Clabber is a a member of the Jack- Nine family of card games that are popular in Europe. The game is a four player variation of Klaberiass, which was brought to the area by 19th-century German immigrants. The game differs form Euchre in that you are not awarded the number of tricks you take, but the actual point value of cards in those tricks. Additional points can also be scored for a combination in your hand. Join our regular scheduled clabber games on Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM, Friday at 10:45 AM or on Saturday at 3:15 PM, following Satur- day Bingo. We will setup Resident Council—Raffle & Bake Sale a learning table if there is interest, so don’t let the for JDRF fact that you have never played before stop you Raffle tickets for a Juiceman—extractor and juicer are from coming out. There being sold through this month. $1 for 1 Ticket. On are cards and score March 31 at 8AM Resident Council will be sponsoring sheets in the Pavilion for a bake sale with all proceeds going to Juvenile Diabe- anyone that would like to tes Research Foundation (JDRF). The winning ticket have a pickup game of will be selected at the end of the bake sale and an- clabber!! nounced at 2:30 PM. Page 3 February 2017 Maewyn Succat is St. Patrick’s real name, which means “well-born” in Latin. Irish folklore says that Leprechauns are ac- tually fairies and shoe-makers. The Shamrock’s 3 leaves represent the Trin- ity, which Saint Patrick used to teach chil- dren about the Trinity. Even if you are not Irish, you can still know some The Irish native, Hugh Beaver, established the history and trivia relating to the “Holiday that re- Guinness Book of World Records when he and his volves around wearing green.” The following 10 buddies began arguing over which bird was the fun bits of St. Patrick’s Day Trivia is from the web- fastest in Ireland. When Beaver realized there site HELLOGIGGLES: was no reference, he had the idea to make a 1. St. Patrick was born in what country? “book of records.” 2. Where was the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade? 36 million Americans claim Irish origin. 3. What US city dyes it’s main river green to cele- There are 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every 4- brate the holiday? leaf clover. 4. What is St. Patrick’s real name? 5. According to Irish folklore, what is a Lepre- chaun’s job? Administrative Staff 6. What do the shamrock’s 3 leaves represent? Administrator: Britt Fehrenbacher 7. Which Irish native established the Guinness Director of Admissions: Theresa Anderson Book of World Records? Director of Staff Development: Marina Tieken 8. What year was divorce legally permitted in Ire- Director of Nursing: Courtney Dile land? MDS Coordinator: Michelle Williams 9. How many Americans claim Irish origin? Social Services: Emily Vaughn Business Office: Rhonda Tate 10. What is the ratio of 4-leaf clovers to 3-leaf clo- Nutrition Services Manager: Mary Casteel vers? Environmental Services: Brandi Burch St. Patrick was actually born in Great Britain. Ru- Maintenance Director: David Bretz mor has it that when he was 16-years-old, he was Bridges Director: Sally Albin kidnapped by pirates and held in captivity for 6 years. During this time he found a faith that gave Your Unit Directors him a hope to survive and eventually escape. Gwynna Lockhart: Horizons Mary Fowler: Harbor The first parade was in Boston, where everyone Jessica Carr: Reflections & Hearthside will claim they are part Irish, even if they’re not. Chicago uses a mixture of vegetable dye and other compounds to turn the main river green. Page 4 Page 4 OctoberMarch 2016 2017 1st Florabelle J. 4th Mary B. 4th Gary M. 7th Mary B. 13th Betty W. 15th Dorothy B. 18th Veneta A. 19th Frederick E. 20th Helen W. 23rd Theda M. March 6th @ 10:30 AM in Atrium March 20th @ 11 AM on Reflections 24th Loraine R. 1st Rnd. 2nd Rnd. Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4 National Championship Final 4 Elite 8 Sweet 16 2nd Rnd. 1st Rnd. 3/16-17 3/18-19 3/23-24 3/25-26 4/1 4/3 4/1 3/25-26 3/23-24 3/18-19 3/16-17 Join us as we follow March Mad- ness! Selection Sunday is March 12. On Monday, March 13th help a resident fill out a bracket to fol- low along. More details and blank brackets will be at front desk. There will be prizes for highest points! .