AY-476 - Treemont Retirement Community - Issue: 03/01/19 Viewed: 02/28/19 11:48 AM

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Upcoming Events March 2019 March 1 Mini Mall w/ Jonique March 2 Frank’s Magic Show March 4 Adven. Outing: Moody Mansion A Message From Your Activity Director March 5 Mardi Gras Bash Dear Treemonters, March 6 Speaker: HCC - ‘Nutrition’ There is an adage that March “comes in like a lion, March 6 Ash Wednesday but goes out like a lamb,” referring to the weather that March 9 Music Hour w/ Rodney Rasberry some parts of the regions experience throughout the March 10 Daylight Saving Time month. This saying refers to the unpredictable weather March 12 Ladies’ Breakfast which occurs as the season changes. That being said, March 15 Happy Hour w/ Curtis N. March 10th, the clocks will change 1 hour to spring March 17 St. Patrick’s Day forward. The first day of spring will be March 20th. To March 18 Paparazzi Jewelry Sale celebrate, we will be having a Spring Fling Marketplace. March 19 Birthday Dinner A variety of vendors will be on hand selling all kinds March 20 Spring Fling Marketplace of goodies. March 22 Happy Hour w/ The Ivory Touch Our Adventurous Outing will be on March 4th at March 26 Junior League Sing - Along 10:00 am. We will have lunch first at Willie G’s Seafood March 29 St. Francis Episcopal Choir & Steaks, then tour Moody Mansion on Galveston Island. Our Gardening Club will be starting back up every Monday at 10:00 am in the Back Patio. The first Monday, we will be pulling weeds and prepping the garden. You then can start planting your veggies and flowers for spring and summer. March 5th will be our Mardi Gras Bash. Residents and employees are invited to this outdoors event. There will be plenty of live entertainment and delicious Louisiana-style food to eat and let’s not forget the King Cake. Since it is also the month of St. Patrick’s Day, we will be touring Ireland for our History, Culture, and Tasting. Ash Wednesday is March 6th and Lent begins for those who celebrate. March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and being that it is on a Sunday, we will celebrate on Friday, March 15th, during our Happy Hour activity time of 3:00 pm. Mark your calendar. Don’t forget to move your clock one hour ahead on March 10 (Sunday). AY-476 - Treemont Retirement Community - Issue: 03/01/19 Viewed: 02/28/19 11:48 AM

Nutrition Chat With Kelli STAP Visit and Sign Up Join Kelli The Specialized Walleck, Telecommunications Assistance Treemont Health Program (STAP) helps people Center and who have a disability that Assisted Living interferes with their access to Mardi Gras Bash We’re bringing the French Quarter to Speaker Series Admissions telephone networks purchase Treemont on March 5th from 2:30 pm - with Treemont’s Director, for the basic specialized assistive 4:00 pm on the Back Patio. We hope you Health Care first of a Health equipment or services. join us for a fabulous Fat Tuesday Center Celebration. It will be complete with Speakers Series, STAP typically covers the cost of masks, beads and, of course, tasty with the first talk on nutrition. most phones. They will assist Louisiana dishes, along with King Cake for dessert. Entertainment will be performed Here, you will get a well- with sign-ups March 7th at by the Platinum Player Zydeco Band. rounded perspective on 10:00 am in the Green Room. Dress in your Mardi Gras colors: nutrition. This interactive class purple, gold and green. Let’s have us a good ol’ N’awlins time! will get you smart on whole foods and nutrition and how to incorporate them into your diet. There will be no shortage of nutritional advice. So join the talk on good carbs, bad carbs, March 4th will be our monthly Adventurous Outing. low carbs, healthy eating and First, we will be having lunch at Willie G’s crushing your sugar cravings. Seafood & Steaks, then take a self-guided Bring your questions for Kelli! tour to Moody Mansion on Galveston Fun Facts About Island. Sign-up sheet is at the front desk. Price is $12.00 per person to be paid to Mardi Gras Spring Fling Marketplace Activity Dept. beforehand for your ticket * The first New Orleans Mardi What better into the mansion. This price does not Gras Parade was 177 years ago. include your meal for lunch. way to celebrate Bus will begin loading at 10:00 am at the * The official colors of Mardi the first day of front entrance. Return time will be 4:00 Gras are Purple which signifies spring than to do pm, just in time for dinner. justice, Gold means power, and a little shopping for the latest Refer a Friend, Earn Green stands for Faith. fashions, crafts and more?! * Mardi Gras means “Fat There will be a variety of $1,000 Rent Credit Refer your friends to move to Tuesday” in French. vendors selling downstairs in Treemont. Once they move in, * With Ash Wednesday both the Front and Back you may earn a $1,000 rent marking the beginning of Lent, a Lobbies. March 20th, 10 am - credit. Please remember to call 40-day period of fasting right 2 pm. before Easter, Mardi Gras is Lupe or Linda in the Front known as the last big “hurrah” St. Patrick’s Day Office in advance of your with everyone indulging in their Happy Hour friend’s visit to make sure you favorite foods and drinks before We will be get credit for the referral. giving it up. serving green beer * Galveston, Texas, is home and Irish to one of the biggest appetizers in celebrations in the country! celebration of this day on Friday, March 15th, at 3:00 pm. AY-476 - Treemont Retirement Community - Issue: 03/01/19 Viewed: 02/28/19 11:48 AM

Karina Walker Is New Administrator/Director of Wit & Wisdom Senior Allegiance Nurses. We are fortunate to have “No winter lasts forever; Administrator someone with Karina’s talent, no spring skips its turn.” Congratulations tenure and dedication at the —Hal Borland to Karina Walker helm of Senior Allegiance. for being named Karina earned her Bachelor of “Spring, when the Earth tilts Senior Allegiance Science in Nursing from Saint closer to the sun, runs a strict Administrator! Louis University in 2010. She timetable of flowers.” Most residents received the Martin Luther King —Alice Oswald know Karina Jr. Scholarship to aid with because she has served Treemont 4 years of schooling and was “In winter, I plot and plan. residents since 2010. As one of part of various organizations, In spring, I move.” Senior Allegiance’s longest including Alpha Phi Omega —Henry Rollins tenured employees, Karina (Service Fraternity) and Student started as a Care Coordinator in Nurses Association. Karina “One swallow does not make charge of overseeing resident enjoys spending time with her a summer, but one skein of care. In 2011, Karina was two girls and husband during geese, cleaving the murk of promoted to alternate Director her spare time. Her daughters March thaw, is the spring.” of Nurses, and soon became remind her daily of how —Aldo Leopold Director of Nurses in June 2013. precious life is and to cherish Now she holds the dual title of every moment. “Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” —Lilly Pulitzer

Get Your Walker Adjusted Veterans Benefits — “With the coming of spring, at the Walk and Roll on Do You Qualify? I am calm again.” March 8th If you have —Gustav Mahler Join the Walk served in the and Roll event on military during a “Springtime is the land Friday, March 8th, war time, call awakening. The March winds from 2pm to 3pm Cindy (713.975.1519) at Senior are the morning yawn.” in the Green Allegiance, to see if you qualify —Lewis Grizzard Room. This is a for VA Aid & Attendance wonderful Benefits. As a veteran or “I am going to try to pay opportunity to get surviving spouse, you could attention to the spring. a free inspection of your walker qualify for up to $2,200/month I am going to look around at or wheelchair by the Senior that can be used for extra care all the flowers, and look up at Allegiance and Treemont Health services provided by Senior the hectic trees. I am going to Care Nursing/Rehab Teams! Allegiance. close my eyes and listen.” Make sure your walker is being —Anne Lamott used correctly. Improper use of a walker can increase the risk of “The deep roots never doubt fall and/or injury. Let our physical spring will come.” therapists adjust the walker because —Marty Rubin they’re experts. AY-476 - Treemont Retirement Community - Issue: 03/01/19 Viewed: 02/28/19 11:48 AM

Signature Signoffs TV and radio broadcasters often end their programs by signing off with a short phrase, and sometimes their words become memorable catchphrases. See if these signature signoffs sound familiar.

Decade Broadcaster Signoff 1930s Lowell Thomas “So long, until tomorrow.” 1940s Edward R. Murrow “Good night, and good luck.” 1950s Paul Harvey “Good day!” 1960s Walter Cronkite “And that’s the way it is.” 1980s Linda Ellerbee “And so it goes.” 1980s Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters “We’re in touch, so you be in touch.” 1990s Charles Osgood “See you on the radio.”

Happy Birthday, Treemonters

2nd ARVIL BANKSTON 3rd LIN LO 4th PAULA JAGEMAN 5th LINDA SCHAEFER 8th SHIRLEY O’BRIEN 11th CHARLENE PUTNAM & JEANNETTE STONE 15th LILLIAN LEE 16th MARY PUTCH, SAM PUTCH, & TOM WHEAT 17th ROBERT PRICE & PATTIE McBRIDE 18th JANE TURNER 19th FAN TOU 21st PAGE REESE & BARBARA SCHAEFER 22nd CARLTON BROOKS & BETTE ATKINS 27th LILLIAN DOUGLAS, JOY HUCKABAY, & VIRGINIA MARKANTONIS 29th FRANK LEVY If you have any questions or concerns, contact Activity Dept. at: [email protected]