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HappeningsJANUARY 2021 Torino Circle Fort Collins, CO 970-490-1000

RING IN THE NEW YEAR! become stronger than it has ever been, and I suspect that will pay dividends I think the question to ask when once we can hug and dance again. I it comes to 2020 is - WHAT THE hope that time is soon to come. HECK JUST HAPPENED?  at being said, we can give three As we say the cliché goodbyes to cheers for science, science, science! As the past year and lament on how the vaccine begins to be distributed tumultuous and crazy it has been, worldwide, we can be nothing but we may nd it di cult to nd any hopeful. Columbine’s own skilled positives. However, good things have nursing and assisted living sta indeed happened this year. Even and residents will be administered as we continue to grapple with the the vaccine as early as the end of forced isolation that the pandemic December. We are so grateful for has laid upon us, we have found new our sta and our Columbine family innovative ways to connect - we’ve and we are so grateful for you, our Zoomed, Facebooked, Facetimed, residents – thank you for sticking with Skyped and WhatsApped to our us through it all. hearts’ content. Personally, since the pandemic began, I’ve touched base with many friends I haven’t spoken to in years, rekindling old friendships.  e need for human connection has Columbine Patio Homes | January 2021 1 And nally, for some of you, just For all Book Club meetings and until August 23: and Stefanie from  e Winslow for the idea and knowing that my beloved New further notice, Andrew will email American Princess By Stephanie Marie  orton. putting it altogether. Also, we want to thank England Patriots are out of the everyone a link for the Zoom meeting Leader: Nancy Wilkins all the Residents that bundled up and came playo s may bring pleasure to your on the Sunday before each meeting. outside to watch the parade, we appreciate your September 20: football dreams. I will, however, cry On that Monday at 10am, you simply participation. Such a HUGE turn out from Torino Leadership In Turbulent Times By Dorsis Kearns Circle! Here’s to making it a tradition and doing it about this as I sip my eggnog. click the link in your email to accept Goodwin the invitation and it will take you to again in future years. In closing, I challenge you to look to Leader: To Be Determined (Email Bhagen6nt@ the meeting. Please contact Andrew this new year with optimism – even Gmail.com If Interested In Leading) Join the Columbine Patio Homes with any questions or for help with “cautious optimism,” a term used Info Email Group setting up Zoom. October 18: Help us all stay connected! Join the CPH quite o en these days, would su ce. Winter Garden By Kristin Hannah We are almost there, and we can Info Email Group in order to stay informed Leader: Bettie Wygant throughout the month. If you haven’t joined get through this together. Be safe, BOOK CLUB BOOKS the email group yet, contact Andrew for more Be well and have a wonderful New FOR 2021! November 15: information or to be added to the group. Year. I can’t wait to see the good  e Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane By Lisa See that this coming year has to o er. January 18: Leader: Dorsis Allen Don’t Forget – We have our own sharing Library!  e Giver Of Star By Jojo Moyes #columbinestrongER December: Located next to the mailboxes,  e Torino  e Book Woman Of Troublesome Holiday Party We Hope!!! Sharing Library, stewarded by Dorsis Allen, Your Manger, Creek By Kim Michelle Richardson A Big  ank You To Barbara Hagen For is kept fully stocked. Feel free to borrow two Andrew Leader: Mary Ellen Moyer Continuing To Facilitate Our Book Club! books at a time and return them to the drop February 15: box beneath the library when you have nished THE TORINO CIRCLE reading. Don’t worry, due to Covid-19, books One  ousand White Women By Jim NEW HAPPENINGS will be held for three days before returning to BOOK CLUB Furguson their shelves. If you would like to donate, we Leader: To Be Determined (Email Parade of Lights! We hope you enjoy your holiday accept paperback or hardback in all genres. [email protected] If Interested We hope that you enjoyed it! A BIG thank you and continue to remain safe and to all the families, employees and friends that Please no DVDs, VHS, Magazines or CDs. Worn In Leading) healthy. Since we did not meet in helped make the rst ever Parade of Lights a or damaged books will be discarded. Contact December, we will read two books for March 15: success. A special  ank You goes to Brittany Andrew or Dorsis for more information. our rst Zoom Book Club Meeting Tall Grass By Sandra Dallas of 2021 on Monday, January 18th. Leader: To Be Determined (Email  e discussion on both books will be [email protected] If Interested led by Mary Ellen Moyer.  e books In Leading) are both set in the Appalachian area of Kentucky - GIVER OF STARS April 19: by Jojo Moyes includes a murder Honolulu By Alan Bremerton trial and THE BOOK WOMAN OF Leader: Vera Kohl TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim Michelle Richardson includes a group May 17: of people with a genetic disease that  e Shack By William Paul Young causes them to have blue skin! Please Leader: Katie Fletcher read at least one book but reading June 21: both is ideal!  e Oregon Trail By Rinker Buck We need leaders for February, March Leader: Donna Mc Daniel and September! See the list of books July 19: below and please let Dorsis Allen Flight Behavior By Barbara Kingsolver know if you would like to lead the discussion. [email protected] Leader: Dawn Larmer

2 Columbine Patio Homes | January 2021 Columbine Patio Homes | January 2021 3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday New Years Day 

3 4 National Trivia Day, 5 6 7 8 Elvis Presley’s Birthday! 9 Trash & Recycling

10 11 12 13 14 15 National Hat Day 16 Trash Only

17 18 Martin Luther 19 20 Inauguration Day 21 22 23 King Jr. Day Trash & Recycling e Giver Of Star By Jojo Moyes e Book Woman Of Troublesome Creek By Kim Michelle Richardson Leader: Mary Ellen Moyer 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Trash Only

31 COLUMBINE PATIO HOMES Podiatrist 4. Put cash in your wallet – Enter the year with a MONTHLY MINDFULNESS TRASH & RECYCLING SCHEDULE: Just a reminder, Dr. Mike, podiatrist, is willing feeling of nancial prosperity. to make house calls to Torino Circle. If you are CHALLENGE Wednesday, January 6th Trash & Recycling 5. Don’t clean the house – is includes dishes interested in his home care, please feel free to Mindfulness involves being focused on the present Wednesday, January 13th Trash Only and laundry! call him directly and make arrangements for his moment and not worrying about the past or Wednesday, January 20th Trash & Recycling visit. Just remember payment is due at the time 6. Open the doors at midnight – Let the old year future. Mindfulness has been shown to be eective Wednesday, January 27th Trash Only of service. To contact Dr. Mike please call 970- out and the new year in at helping regulate emotions, manage stress, and 310-7635. live happier and healthier lives. Try to incorporate CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES 7. Don’t cry – Crying on New Years Day is this mindfulness practice this month! Community Bulletin Board thought to bring a year of sadness. Did you know that Columbine Health Systems Let Andrew know if you would like to post e mindfulness practices listed below are from provides Care Management Services? Care managers 8. Eat collard greens and black eyed peas – is your own announcements on our community “Tiny Buddha’s 365 Tiny Love Challenges” by Lori can help you to keep your independence by providing Southern tradition is thought to bring good luck bulletin board next to the mailboxes. Limited Deschene, 2015. assistance with insurance navigation, bill payments, space available. Call or email Andrew to have and prosperity. attending doctor’s appointments, nding resources • Do something to make your life easier. Ask your notice approved. Dorsis Allen was again 9. Carry an empty suitcase – In Colombia, regarding home health care and other in-home someone for help with something, cancel wonderful enough to decorate the board for the carrying an empty suitcase is seen to bring a year services, communication between you, your family something you don’t absolutely have to do, or Holiday season – ank you Dorsis! of adventure! and your providers and much, much more. ey decide to let something go instead of dwelling on advocate for YOU! Contact Anna Von Dreele (970) [email protected] 10. Eat herring – In German and Scotland, eating it. ank someone in your life for an intangible 619-0082 or Andrew at the Worthington front desk 970-490-1000 pickled or fresh herring at midnight is good luck. gi they have given you. For example, their time, (970) 490-1000 for more information. attention, understanding, or support. JANUARY HOLIDAYS & DATES 11. Skip eating lobster – In multiple cultures, eating lobster before midnight is bad luck If any residents are interested in submitting a • January 1st – New Year’s Day - Happy New Year! because they move backwards, therefore setting poem, short story, article, recipe, etc. for future you up for a year of setbacks. newsletters, please contact Andrew! • January 4th – National Trivia Day, Jeopardy anyone? 12. Skip the chicken – Similarly to lobster, eating • January 8th – Elvis Presley’s Birthday! chicken is thought to bring bad luck. Because • January 15th – National Hat Day chickens have wings, all your luck could y away! • January 18th – Martin Luther King Day 13. Make some noise – Did you know the tradition of using noise makers at midnight • January 20th – Inauguration Day originated from a superstition that making loud noise would scare away evil spirits and omens? 14 NEW YEARS SUPERSTITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO 14. Were you born on New Years Day? – is superstition says you’ll automatically be lucky BRING GOOD LUCK! throughout your entire life! 1. Fill the cupboards and pantry – It’s considered back luck to start the new year with bare cupboards. 2. Eat 12 grapes at midnight – A superstition originating in Spain, eat a grape for each month to bring good luck in the year ahead. 3. Kiss at Midnight – Kissing someone you love at midnight is thought to continue sentiments of love for the next year.

6 Columbine Patio Homes | January 2021 Columbine Patio Homes | January 2021 7 MAINTENANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS FRIENDLY REMINDER! Maintenance can assist with hanging personal Please remember to wear your masks when items as time allows and will provide basic you are out walking around the circle and e hardware. Any hardware beyond what we consider Worthington. We thank you for your cooperation! basic (shelves, nuts, bolts, hangers, TV mount, etc.) Columbine Patio Homes is dedicated to for personal use should be supplied by the tenant. preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus Grab bars are supplied and installed free of charge. (COVID-19). e primary source of information Reminder: Maintenance is available on-call for for prevention and management is found on emergent needs on weekends and aer hours. the Centers for Disease Control and Colorado Some examples of a maintenance emergency Department of Public Health and Environment include: Air conditioning or heat not working, websites. Please note we encourage wearing no hot water, water leaks or ooding, and egress masks and maintaining social distancing in a related issues. Note: If your smoke detector is community space to help prevent the spread of alarming and saying “ re” or “carbon monoxide”, the illness. Please wear your mask securely over please contact 911, do not contact the front desk. your nose and mouth when in a community space. Social distancing means keeping a physical Please do not put nails in any of the doors, distance between yourself and others. e CDC woodwork or cupboards. You may nd recommends a distance of at least 6 feet to prevent which hooks are acceptable by checking with the spread of germs. ank you for helping to keep maintenance rst. Maintenance is not allowed our community healthy and safe. Please call e to work on personal appliances, move tenants’ Worthington front desk if you are experiencing furniture, ip mattresses or work on residents’ symptoms of Covid-19. automobiles or electric scooters. MAINTENANCE REMINDERS AND NOTICES: • Remember, Pest control from EnviroPest occurs once a month on the 28th of each month. is continues throughout the Winter months. • Snow removal – as Winter nears, just a brief reminder that we will take care of clearing your driveways, sidewalks, walkways and front patios of snow and ice. You may remove owers pots and other items from your sidewalks and patios if you wish to ensure maximum snow cleaning. • We are waiting to hear from Western States Fire on the status of sprinkler testing. We apologize for any inconveniences For a maintenance request or any further questions, call e Worthington front desk at (970) 490-1000.

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