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the PINECONEThe Magazine of Kirby Pines Retirement Community • February 2015 | V. 33 | I. 2 LOVE IS IN THE AIR VALENTINE’S DAY AT KIRBY PINES Everyone Exercise | Keep Playing... Don’t Quit | Resident Spotlight: Joyce Read | Social Scenes Love and New Beginnings Kirby Pines Retirement Community at Kirby Pines is managed by This year, February is the month age twenty-eight the Chinese are said to of love and new beginnings as both find their true calling in life and the best Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New part of a Sheep’s life is when they are Year fall in the same month. an elder. Other Sheep years are 1944, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1932, 1920 & 1908. Dr. James Latimer, Chairman Mr. Rudy Herzke, President February 19th, begins the year of the Mr. Berry Terry, Secretary/Treasurer Blue Sheep. Translations occasionally February 14th is, of course, Mr. Larry Braughton Rev. Richard Coons render Sheep as Ram or Goat. The Valentine’s Day, a day set aside to Mr. Jim Ethridge Dr. Fred Grogan New Year is one that takes off calmly, remember past and current loves. Do Ms. Mary Ann Hodges assured of where it is headed. The Year you remember making and receiving Mr. Boyd Rhodes, Jr. of the Blue Sheep is a time of good handmade Valentine’s Day cards, fortune and abundance, and a time or being able to go to the local Five RCA STAFF when the arts will flourish and creativity and Dime and buying a package of Charlie Trammell will flow. Ancient folklore tells us that Valentine’s Day cards for a quarter? President, RCA individuals born in the year of the Blue Today, I’m not sure you can even make KIRBY PINES STAFF Sheep (1956, 1897) are artistic, inspired, a handmade card for two bits. You Michael Escamilla empathic, and naturally creative. They certainly can’t mail one for that amount. Executive Director, Kirby Pines appreciate beauty in all forms and are Times have certainly changed, but Annette Marlar connoisseurs of the best that life has to acknowledging the love and friendship Director of Medical Services and HR offer. of those around you remains as easy as simply saying Happy Valentine’s Day! Lyle Bohlman, M.D. In China, eight is a number of good Medical Director fortune and Sheep is the eighth earthly Linda Huston branch. The earthly symbol for the Blue Michael Director of Accounting Sheep is wood. A strong and flexible Escamilla, Don Johnson material that can provide structure, float Executive Chaplain when over dams, and yet hold water Director, Kirby Pines Cheryl Grimes back from damaging life. This earthly Director of Activities/Social Events branch is stronger than it can appear. At Daniel Longstreth ON THE PINECONE COVER Director of Environmental Services Chuck Neeley Celebrating Valentine’s Day at Kirby Pines Director of Maintenance This month we decided to go with a Patrick O’Brien theme that is near and dear to everyone’s Director of Dining Services heart - Love Songs. Everyone knows Mike Rayder one, everyone has a favorite, and most Director of Grounds & Landscaping everyone has a fond memory associated Calvin Sims with it. Director of Security Residents at Kirby Pines were asked Faye Smith to share their favorites with us and Director of Transportation hopefully just thinking of their special This magazine is produced by R.C.A. song, thoughts of a loved one, present Marketing Department located at or past, brought smiles to their faces 6465 N. Quail Hollow Rd., Suite 400 and a warm feeling in their hearts. Memphis, TN 38120, 901-794-2598 [email protected] (See page 8). Electronic version of The Wagners & the Walls collaborate Warren Grant, Alma Crone, Carline The Pinecone is in life at Kirby and on our back cover! Pickler & Sylvia Statham share a light available at www.kirbypines.com moment while setting up the cover. • 2 • The Pinecone | February 2015 welcome to 3535 Kirby Road • Memphis, TN 38115 Sylvia Statham Shelton & Sydney Wagner Glenn & Janice Wall A retired Nurse born in McComb, Shelton and Sydney Wagner join us Married for 27 years, Glenn and Janice MS., Sylvia comes to Kirby Pines from from their prior residence in Memphis. have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. They her previous home in Germantown. She Married for 52+ years, they have a son come to Kirby Pines from their previous received her BS Degree in Nursing from and daughter and 6 grandchildren. home in Jackson, TN. Glenn tells us UT College of Nursing. She married her that his professions and/or academic childhood sweetheart, Paul Statham, and Shelton’s professional training titles included Engineer, with a Masters worked as a Registered Nurse to put him was as a structural steel draftsman, from UT; Supervisor of the TVA Flood through medical school. Paul served in graduating from the William R. Plain Management; Colonel and Pilot in the Air Force as a Flight Surgeon and, Moore School of Technology in 1955. the U.S. Air Force; Senior Manager at for 35 years, was a Psychiatrist at the VA For the next 40 years, he was Owner FedEx; andPresident, FLRA Engineers Hospital. Married 42 years, Paul passed and President of Shelton A. Wagner & Planners, Inc. Janice received her away in 2000. They had 1 son and 3 Structural Steel Drafting; and for the Masters in Education from Harding U. grandsons. past 8 years, also worked for his son, Her portfolio included Teacher at the Allen, at Wagner General Contractors. W. Babylon Schools, N.Y.; Director This new resident has many and Sydney received her professional of Elementary Education at Harding varied interests and talents. In her early education at the Memphis School of Academy; and Senior Manager, FedEx. adult years, Sylvia’s interests included Commerce. She was employed for 6 The two also co-owned the Highland former private pilot and plane owner; years at the American Surety Company, Place Bed & Breakfast in Jackson, TN. scuba diving; riding Mo-Peds; and and 40 subsequent years as bookkeeper bungee jumping. She now knits with her for Shelton A. Wagner Structural Steel Widely traveled, Janice notes that church group, making hats for downtown Drafting. her grandfather flew around the world in missions for the homeless; lap robes 1941, and she followed his lead by flying They fondly recall trips to Disney for the Alzheimer Center; baby hats around the world 60 years later. For her World and ski trips in Utah with their and blankets; and shawls for Methodist 70th birthday, Janice sky-dived with her family. They also traveled to Alaska with Hospice patients. Her needlework interest granddaughter. As a pilot in the U.S. Air 3 other couples in 2 RV’s; and enjoyed is smocking heirloom wedding garters Force, Glenn has flown through Mach 2 a 3-week trip to Europe with another and baby bonnets. Special memorabilia (twice the speed of sound). He also has couple (with no advance reservations) include her grandmother’s pipe organ and and the fun they had finding lodging lived on 4 different continents. grandfather’s porch swing. Sylvia was before bedtime. Shelton enjoys In addition to travel, their interests a Church soloist, Garden Club member, model airplane engines, guns, knives, and Flower Show Judge. include reading, board games, good and Billy Vaughn music. Sydney’s movies, and meeting new people. Music To our Kirby Pines Community, interests include Emile Pandolfi music, preferences include Frank Sinatra, Glenn Sylvia Statham brings her professional reading, and cooking – she published a Miller, soft classical and symphonic credentials in the health care field, a host cookbook in 2010 that featured many of music. of varied talents, and expectations of her signature dishes. We are thrilled Glenn and Janice enjoying all that’s offered to our residents. Welcome to Kirby Pines, Shelton Wall chose Kirby Pines to continue their We are pleased that she has joined us and and Sydney. You have much to offer – adventurous life together! wish her all good things for the future. as do we. Enjoy yourselves! All New Resident bios are written by Jacqueline Besteman, Kirby Pines Resident The Pinecone | February 2015 • 3 • This is dedicated to The One I Love Remember that old love song from the 60’s. Taking care of yourself for the one you love may be just the motivation you need to begin a healthier you. Care giving for a loved one can be one of life’s most draining experiences: affecting mind, body and soul. To counter this, set personal health goals. For example, set a goal to find time to be physically active on most days of the week, or set a goal for getting a good night’s sleep. It’s also crucial to eat a healthy diet. When caregivers understand that, there can be a tremendous sense of relief that allows them to set more realistic goals. Remember these keys to keep depression at bay: 1) Maintain a life outside of care giving. Stay connected to friends. Don’t give up your daily routines. 2) Maintain your health. Get regular check-ups, eat a balanced diet, and exercise. 3) Exercise. It un-kinks tense muscles, revs up the cardiovascular system, and floods the brain with feel-good chemicals, such as endorphins. 4) Use simple de-stressing techniques: deep breathing, muscle relaxation, meditation, and self-massage. And laugh. “People don’t think of humor as a way to cope with stress, but they should”. 5) Join a support group. In support groups, you validate your role as caregiver, voice your fears, vent your frustrations, and learn coping strategies and techniques “Exercise is an antidote to aging,” says Barry A.