August 2017

AUGUST 2017

Forest Friends August Birthdays

Orangutans may be found In astrology, those born between August 1–22 in only two places in the are Leo’s Lions. Lions are the “kings” of the The Bentley Banner world, but the entire world zodiac: dramatic, ambitious, confident, and will celebrate International hard to resist. Leos are also generous and Bentley Commons at 197 Water Street Keene NH 03431 603-352-1282 Day on August loyal, putting both their family and friends first. 19. These large, gentle Those born between August 23–31 are Virgos.

are some of Detail-oriented Virgos have a deep sense humankind’s closest of humanity, a trait that makes them careful, relatives, sharing not just 97% of their DNA with tender, and practical. Since all that attention us, but also possessing the ability to reason and to detail is put into the service of others, think. It’s no wonder that the indigenous people of Virgos make perfect humanitarians. Indonesia and Malaysia named these magnificent creatures orang hutan, meaning “person of the Francis Scott Key (composer) – August 1, 1779 forest.” They were believed to be who Louis Armstrong (musician) – August 4, 1901 Celebrating August hid from slaveowners in the trees. Neil Armstrong (astronaut) – August 5, 1930 Allegra Kent (ballerina) – August 11, 1937 Of the four great apes—, , Mae West (actress) – August 17, 1893 8/1 - Westmoreland Town Band , and —orangutans are Robert De Niro (actor) – August 17, 1943 Concert in Marlborough unique in that they come from Asia, while all Connie Chung (journalist) – August 20, 1946 8/4 – Monadnock Blueberries Outing the others come from Africa. There are two Dorothy Parker (writer) – August 22, 1893 species of orangutan: the Leonard Bernstein (composer) – August 25, 1918 8/6 –Performance by Lester Hirsh from the jungles of the island of Borneo (shared Leo Tolstoy (writer) – August 28, 1828 Hilary Seifer by Malaysia and Indonesia), and the Sumatran Van Morrison (musician) – August 31, 1945 8/8 – Nelson Town Band Concert Executive Director In Marlborough orangutan from the island of Sumatra in It is hard to believe we are into our third month of summer already. Indonesia. Both of these subspecies distinguish 8/10 – Silver Tones Chorus The weather has been typical for New England, in that we are never themselves from the other great apes because Happy Birthday sure what we are going to get. they live primarily in the trees. They climb, travel, 8/11 – Hot Hogs Lunch Bunch and build sleeping nests high in the canopy. Their Residents & Staff 8/13 – Performance by Lenny Zarcone I wanted to take the time to remind everyone of a few things in our feet are designed like hands for climbing. Their 8/2 Paul Geddes (r) community. We do offer recycling. Housekeeping will pick up items if flexible hips allow them to swivel in any direction. 8/3 Don Carle (r) 8/5 Clara Stowell (r) 8/14 – Performance by Joshua Wein they are rinsed clean and sorted. We hope to expand on this in the Long, strong arms make it easy to grasp faraway 8/7 Joan Dalton (r) near future. branches. When on the ground, orangutans are 8/17 - Cruise Night at Stuart & Johns 8/7 Shelby McKane (s) clumsy and awkward. 8/11 Jane Bowry (r) & Ice Cream Our medical transport is offered Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8/13 George Kendall (s) 8//20 – Performance by Jim Barnes from 9am-5pm and on Wednesday’s Like most spectacular big animals, orangutans 8/13 Alyssa Patnaude (s) 8/16 Ruth Frechette (r) from 9am-12pm. are endandered, primarily due to the destruction 8/18 Shana Davis (s) 8/21 – Performance by Ethan Stone of their homes for lucrative palm oil plantations. 8/21 Meghan Cook (s) We now offer seamstress services twice a month; please watch the Currently 40,000 orangutans are believed to 8/23 David Barlow (r) 8/27 - Performance by William Ogmundson blog for dates. This is for very minor repairs and button inhabit the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. This 8/24 Lloyd Draper (r) replacements. may sound like a lot, but it takes many years to 8/25 Ken Swift (r) 8/26 Stephanie Gaiser (s) 8/30 – New London Barn Playhouse rear young orangutan. Babies stay with their 8/27 Holly Filiault (s) “On Golden Pond” We are now conducting service plan meetings, every resident and or mothers until six years of age and sometimes into 8/27 Emily Kennedy (s) family will have a chance to review their plan of care with Jen. These their teens. For this reason, female orangutans 8/28 Ben Staples (r) 8/28 Elaine Bocchino (r) For other Activities see our meetings will take place every 6 months and you will receive a written give birth only about once every eight years, the invitation. longest time between births of any animal on 8/28 Kelly Donohue (s) Monthly Calendar Insert 8/31 Armand Paquette (r) Earth. The time is now to celebrate and protect Happy Anniversary to: We look forward to celebrating National Assisted Living Week next this rare and beautiful creature. 8/20 Hank & Suzanne Bause month, keep your eye out for the schedule. AUGUST 2017

History in Music By Larry Barnes

A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece about songs inspired by wars. I since realized that other events other than wars can inspire song writers. Not too long ago, one of our entertainers in the Bistro came up with “It’s Only a Shanty in Old Shanty Town,” a product of the Great Depression: Resident Spotlight: Irene Harris “It’s only a shanty in old Shanty Town Its roof is so slanty it touches the by: Larry Barnes ground. But my tumbledown shack, by an old railroad track. Like a millionaire’s mansion is calling me back”. Our featured resident this month will hit an impressive

target in October: She will become one hundred one Young people today have no concept of how pervasive the Great years old. And she has packed about three hundred years Depression really was, and I sincerely hope they never find out. A of life experiences and adventure into that century. She particularly poignant song of the era was: “ Once I built a railroad, made it has done so with remarkable poise and grace and with Greetings from Your Community run, Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it’s done. mind and body in exceptional condition. She has a Brother, can you spare a dime?” subscription to the New Yorker, and you know you have to Relations Team

be brilliant to read that. Not all the songs of the era were filled with hopelessness. There was:

It’s time to start thinking about this year’s “I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store.” That was Irene was born in Illinois and received much of her early Alzheimer’s Walk! when you could still buy something for five or ten cents. Now even penny education in the mid-west, earning a degree in nutrition candy costs a quarter, but we have the Dollar Store. How long will it take from the University of Iowa. A short time later she found for that to become redundant? Maybe they will bring back Woolworths. Call herself in New York City as a student at Columbia The annual Western New Hampshire Walk to it the Five and Ten Dollar Store. University pursuing a Master’s degree in her field. There End Alzheimer’s will be held on Saturday, she met a fellow student who was working on his Ph.D. in September 16th at Keene State College, 229 As I sit here at my keyboard, I can still remember the taste of Woolworth’s secondary education. She and Raymond were married Main Street, Keene at 10 am. chocolate. You’d buy a nickel’s worth of it and the clerk would break off a

generous chunk from the slab. You’d be in heaven for the rest of the day, Their careers took them to several venues including North and never worry about gaining a pound because you’d work off the extra Dakota State College and Michigan State where Irene Affiliated with the New Hampshire - calories playing baseball and climbing trees. You can’t stay in shape taught nutrition. By this time she had earned her Master’s Massachusetts Chapter of the Alzheimer’s pushing buttons and staring at a video screen. What did the old folks do degree and was highly qualified. Association, Keene is honored to be the site for recreation? Well, just ask us.

sponsor for this signature fundraising event. They settled in Westchester County and while Ray “Come Josephine in my flying machine, Going up she goes, up she goes continued his career, Irene grasped the opportunity to Balance yourself like a bird on a beam, In the air she goes, there she travel, eventually visiting 39 states. As is the case with so First held in 1989, the walk is the Alzheimer’s goes.” many of our friends and neighbors, the war interrupted Association’s major fundraiser. It takes place in

their lives and Ray became a member of the Air Force, over 600 communities nationwide each fall and Or, if we weren’t quite up with rapidly developing technology: “ Come away eventually flying, as a crew member, a total of 60 has raised more than 347 million dollars. The with me, Lucille, In my Merry Oldsmobile. Down the road of life we fly, missions over Europe. Automo-bubbling, you and I. Yeah, some of the things in the old days Walk to End Alzheimer’s gives walkers the were good and some were pretty bad. Just like today. Irene was able to expand her love of travel and adventure opportunity to join a national movement to put

and see the rest of the world, including a stint of living in an end to this disease. The proceeds are used Tibet, but also South America, eventually returning to New to support a wide range of Alzheimer’s related York where they started building a family which grew up to programs for hundreds of local families and include six sons, who are now scattered over much of the country. It ultimately grew to total seven grandchildren caregivers. plus two great-grands. If you would like to join our Bentley Brigade Time does move on, and the big house in New York team to walk in September or would like to make became somewhat too much of a burden for an aging a donation (100% Charitable Tax Deduction) widow to handle and one of her sons, who was located in Massachusetts but had friends at Bentley, suggested that please contact in the marketing office. this might be the answer. She looked us over, liked what she saw, and moved in a short time ago. We can all claim to have come out ahead in the situation. Bentley Summer Party June 2017 August 2017

The Legends of Drinking the Stars Rest and Relaxation Trina’s Kitchen Corner Since 1992, believers It was on August 4, 1693, August 15th is the day to take it easy and chill in the preternatural have With the warmer weather here we are excited that a young Benedictine out! It’s Relaxation Day. Stress management gathered during the last to be able to purchase more local fresh monk named Dom Pierre is an important skill to have in this day and weekend in August in Carson, produce and use our fresh herbs in recipes Pérignon discovered that age. Often, before you can relax your body, you must quiet your mind. Slow, deep breaths Washington, for Bigfoot Daze, from the new raised garden beds. We will be his batch of wine was filled and meditation are a very good way to start. a celebration of the legend of purchasing corn on the cob, tomatoes, with bubbles. This was the Soothing music and even a warm bath can Bigfoot. Washington state cucumbers, and squash from Monadnock undesired byproduct of refermentation. As the make this easier. For some, writing or is an appropriate venue, for menus. I generally choose items sold by weather cooled in the fall, fermentable sugars in journaling can be relaxing. Still others benefit stories of “wild men” living in Pete’s Farm Stand in Walpole. the bottles would go dormant, only to awake in the warming weather and begin to referment. It from guided imagery, where a person suggests the woods have long been part of Native American and describes a calming setting to imagine. lore in the Pacific Northwest. Curiously, the George and I are in discussions about putting was Pérignon’s job as cellar master of his abbey in the Champagne region of France, to mind the Relaxing the body, ironically, sometimes indigenous stories of a massive, hairy, -like together a resident cookbook. Please let me requires exercise and movement. A walk, hike, man, known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch, are set in know if you have any interest in submitting a wine cellars and rid the wine of bubbles. Often, the pressure would grow so great inside a bottle or yoga can work your muscles into a state the very same locales as contemporary sightings. favorite recipe. This is still a new concept and where they are more ready to rest. Alcohol and Is it merely a coincidence that modern sightings it will take some time to plan out but, I think it that one would explode, leading to a chain reaction of exploding bottles, which could ruin caffeine counteract rest. Warm milk or herbal overlap with historical record? Or is there really will be fun. The plan is to make a cookbook, tea are a better bet. When both the mind and a Bigfoot? serve the recipes in the dining room and an entire cellar. The wine in these explosive bottles was dubbed “le vin du diable,” or “the body are relaxed, it’s far easier to take that eventually sell the cookbooks to raise money precious afternoon nap in the hammock. While most people agree that Bigfoot sightings devil’s wine.” But after tasting the ruined wine, for a charity. Please let me know your are hoaxes, some researchers have looked for thoughts. Pérignon exclaimed to his fellow monks, “Come plausible explanations to the many sightings and quickly! I am drinking the stars!” On that day, stories. Bigfoot, they speculate, may be the last As a reminder the food panel meets the first legend has it, French champagne was born. News from exisiting specimen of a prehistoric giant ape, Wednesday of the month and if you have Leave it to the English to try and steal the Gigantopithecus, which could have crossed the anything to be discussed please leave me or the Wellness Center Bering land bridge from Asia into North America. French’s thunder. Some contend that in the 17th one of the other panel members a note. If you century, 20 years before Pérignon, an English Other experts suggest that Bigfoot is the last have feedback from one of your meals please living Neanderthal or other crude -like doctor named Christopher Merret recorded the Take care of your Mental Health needs! leave me a note. You can bring it to the recipe for a champagne-like beverage in a paper Tips to think about: creature such as Paranthropus robustus. All concierge desk and they will make sure I of these explanantions, however, lack sufficient presented to the Royal Society. Apparently, receive it. English cider makers had been purposefully  Drink Alcohol Only in Moderation – ask scientific evidence and proof. adding sugar to their wine, simulating the your doctor how much is enough And yet, despite the lack of hard evidence, If anyone has any silverware or dishes from refermentation process, to create sparkling, crisp  Get Enough Sleep – 8 hours many cultures across the world have claimed to the dining room in your apartments please drinks almost identical to the French champagne. recommended! return those items as we are always in need see similar creatures. The Sasquatch has been  Get Support If You Are a Caregiver – sighted in the Pacific Northwest. The , also of them. Regardless of history, French champagne and find caregiver support groups known as the Abominable Snowman, has been the name Dom Pérignon dominate the market.  Manage Stress – yoga, walk, meditate Remember to call the concierge desk before part of the legend in the Himalayas. has Yet many other countries continue to produce  Quit Smoking – programs are available 11am if you would like to order plain chicken, its own version of a large ape-like human, called their own sparkling wines. Italy has Prosecco. at local hospitals to quit successfully a Yowie, stalking the . In Mongolia, the plain fish or an omelet for you dinner. Spain has Cava. Germany has Sekt. Even  Talk with Your Doctor about Depression creature is called an Almas. In China, it is called America has its own sparkling wines. But no – there is help – do not delay. Thank you for your patience with our new a one is likely to pop a bottle of English Merret the . The tribes of the jungles of South  Get enough exercise – 150 minutes staff members. on New Year’s Eve. The French have made America spin tales of the Mapinguari. Perhaps the a week sure to protect the name champagne, even reason people still want to believe in this fantastic  Eat fresh fruits and vegetables – follow signing treaties with neighboring countries to creature despite hard evidence is because so American Heart Association assure that true champagne can only some many separate cultures around the world claim to recommendations for a healthy diet. from the Champagne region of France. So the have sighted it. Are all these humans suffering the same delusion? Or are there really Bigfoot-like next time you take a sip of the bubbly, think of creatures scattered across the globe? young Dom Pérignon “drinking the stars.”