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May 2021 The Manor Highlights Yorkshire & Stonebridge Manors | 3511-3515 Leonard St NW, Walker, MI | 616-791-9090 | Celebrating May Garden of Weedin’ Creative Beginnings Month Weeds. The bane of every carefully manicured lawn and garden. Once weeds take hold, their removal may require hours of backbreaking, frustrating, and never-ending Meditation Month work. Yet some gardeners actually encourage weeds to grow amongst their prize flowers and shrubs. After all, Physical Fitness & Sports what is considered a weed and what is considered a Month desirable plant all depends on your point of view. During May, Gifts from the Garden Month, consider the benefits that some weeds bestow upon your garden. Lemonade Day May 2 Weeds have been defined as “plants growing in the wrong place.” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously stated Teacher Day that a weed is a “plant whose virtues have not yet been May 4 discovered.” Others take a harsher tone, worrying that weeds are competitive superplants that outcompete and overwhelm the flowers or shrubs we prefer because they Cinco de Mayo grow so vigorously. The truth seems to lie somewhere in May 5 the middle. Yes, weeds are aggressive. But it also turns out that some savvy gardeners have uncovered their Mother’s Day (U.S.) Emersonian virtues. May 9 Dandelions are often the first weed we learn to recognize. It is one of many weeds that are edible. The plant’s leaves, Music with Bob Lacy flowers, and roots are not just edible; the root is also May 11 considered medicinal. Furthermore, dandelion roots loosen hard-packed soil while accumulating essential Ride a Unicycle Day nutrients like potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. May 16 White clover acts in a similar fashion, showing up wherever soil lacks nitrogen, a molecule necessary for plant growth. White clover transfers nitrogen from the air to the soil. NASCAR Day The flowers of clover also attract pollinators and other May 21 insects beneficial to the garden. The broadleaf plantain weed, once called the white man’s foot by Native Americans Music with Bob DeYoung because it seemed to grow wherever European colonists May 25 stepped, also accumulates nutrients in the soil. Of course, many of these weeds produce massive amounts of seeds, so while they do benefit the garden, they may Memorial Day (U.S.) soon overrun your more desirable flowers. Weeds have May 31 benefits, but they must be managed and cared for, just like any other garden flower. May 2021 The Hart of the West Outdoor Performance Billy the Kid. Jesse James. Wyatt Earp. America’s with Bob DeYoung Wild West has plenty of memorable names, but few of those names belong to women. History May 25th at 2:00pm has largely forgotten the name Pearl Hart, even though she staged the last stagecoach robbery in the parking lot of the Wild West on May 30, 1899. Plays music from the 40’s, 50’s, and Pearl Taylor was born in Ontario, 60’s. Including sing along, pop, country, Canada, to a respectable family jazz and big band. that provided her with a good education, but not good enough to keep her from falling in love with “I’ve played in many different types of bands since I was a teen. From 1980 to 1985, I traveled around a gambler named Frederick Hart. the US with a show band, playing 6 nights a week, She ran away to marry Hart at age 50 weeks a year. I’ve opened at concerts for Rare 17 and endured years of abuse. The couple’s Earth, Louise Mandrell, David Frizzell & Shelly drinking, gambling, and joblessness drew them West, Dave & Sugar, The Human Beinz, and Ohio to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 in search of Express. work. Instead, Hart found Buffalo Bill’s Wild West In 1987 I started doing a solo act, playing in Show and was enamored of the cowboy lifestyle. restaurants, lounges, private parties, weddings, etc. I performed at my first nursing home in the What we know of Hart’s life is spotty, but early ‘90s and in 2012 I began playing at a few sometime after her experience in Chicago, she more facilities. I like to talk some while performing ended up in the mining town of Globe, Arizona, and get some dialogue going with people.” where she met another drifter, named Joe Boot. Hart and Boot were both broke, so they decided to rob the Globe-to-Florence stagecoach. Armed with a .38 revolver and dressed like a man, she made off with $431, after returning one dollar to Fee Parking each traveler so they could buy something to eat once they reached Florence. Inventor Carl Magee filed the patent for the world’s first parking meter, After her capture, Hart regaled reporters with a which he called the Park-o-Meter, dramatic retelling of her exploits. Her fans begged on May 13, 1935. With automobile for autographs, and she obliged them, signing as ownership reaching all-time highs, the “Bandit Queen.” Hart was sent to Yuma, the many urban areas were suddenly nearest city with jailing facilities for women, but it battling a new scourge—the lack of took just a few days for her to sweet-talk some parking! When the first meters were accomplices into helping her escape. Hart was installed in downtown Oklahoma later found in New Mexico and returned to the City, drivers were not too keen Yuma prison. When she became pregnant a year on their installation. Some outraged citizens later, Hart was released with a pardon from the found them un-American and likened the Arizona governor, who hoped to avoid a scandal. nickel-an-hour fee to an unlawful tax. The rest of Hart’s life is a mystery. Some say she Businesses, however, loved the meters, as may have joined the vaudeville circuit. Others they encouraged the turnover of motorists, say she settled down with a rancher and lived which meant a steady stream of new customers. out her days as a law-abiding citizen. Either way, By 1940, more than 140,000 parking meters Hart’s wild life story has earned her a place in lined American streets. the fabled history of America’s West. May 2021 Testing and Visiting Update Staff Birthdays As of Monday, May 3, 2021 we will no longer be testing visitors. We will continue to have tests on hand, should Aliya Carpentier- 11th visitors wish to be tested prior to visitation. Although Grace Pointe- 15th we are stepping back from testing, this can change Deasia Purnell-White- 18th according to what the state and licensing agencies say Sherry Czarnopys- 19th we have to do in any new orders. Susan Spicy- 20th Saying this, please understand, all visits still have to be Bretton Eardley- 25th scheduled ahead of time. You may not walk up to our doors and expect to visit. If there is a special circumstance, please call to talk with Rebecca, Ally, Epiphany or Beth. Visits can be in your loved ones room or outside, but either way they need to be scheduled. We are required to make sure we do not have too many visitors in our buildings at one time so the scheduling must take place. Please call to schedule your visits between Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Fridays 8am- 12pm. Visiting hours will be 9:00am-8:00pm seven days a Staff Anniversaries week. Even if you are not sure of the exact time you will be here, you can schedule a visit so that your name Randall Bourassa- 1st is on the list we post. Cicily Lewis-1st Ways that you can schedule your visit are: th 1) Call or email Rebecca, Life Enrichment Director, to Hilary Ortiz- 18 th schedule your visit. Her email is Tawni Owens- 10 [email protected] or call the facility at 616-791-9090. 2) Call or email Ally Deuel, Business Office Assistance, to schedule you visit. Her email is Honoring Mother Ocean [email protected] or call the facility at 616-791- Good sons and daughters 9090. will remember that May 9 3) Go to our Facebook Page. Yorkshire & Stonebridge is Mother’s Day, a day to Manors to make your appointments online. shower mom with love and appreciation. But will we also remember that May 10 is We would like to thank you for your continued support Mother Ocean Day? Just as our mothers gave as we continue to work towards a new normal, one us life and nurtured us, so too do our oceans step at a time. It has been great seeing so many of you sustain life on planet Earth. Oceans produce again. Our goal is to get you all back and keep our half of all the world’s oxygen and absorb residents and staff safe! We also have to do it massive amounts of carbon dioxide. Covering according to the rules and guidelines we have been 70% of Earth’s surface, our oceans are also given by the health department and our licensing responsible for regulating climate and weather agencies. The most current one called: “Residential patterns. Preserving the health of our oceans Care Facilities Visitation Guidance” dated March 17, is our first line of defense against a rapidly warming planet. On this day, perhaps you can 2021 can be found in an internet search. visit the beach for a local cleanup or watch a Beth Strait, Administrator documentary about undersea life. May 2021 Happy Birthday! Leadership Team Administrator th Beth Strait, [email protected] David Mohrhardt- 24 Associate Administrator Kathleen Priest- 24th Epiphany Donat, [email protected] Director of Resident Care th Margaret Sebunia- 30 Jennifer Marckini, [email protected] Business Office Assistant Ally Deuel, [email protected] Maintenance Director Ken Kuchnicki, [email protected] Food Services Director Skye Wiltse, [email protected] Life Enrichment Director Welcome! Rebecca VanDeWege, [email protected] Marjory Tenbrink Resident Care Managers Phyllissa Neeley, [email protected] Patricia Burmania Samantha Wilson, [email protected] Spiritual Care Staff Chaplain Ryan Hoekstra & Chaplain Val Wykstra A Revelation in Publishing On May 8, 1373, the great pain that had long afflicted the hermit Julian of Norwich, an affliction so great she believed she would die from it, suddenly left her.

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