January 2019 www.Community-First.org 2019 Trips and Travel Kick Off Meeting!  Friday, February 1st at 1:00 pm  Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square  We have some great vacations and day trips planned for you and your travel friends! Come out to learn about these exciting travel opportunities! Upcoming Trip & Travel Happy Hour on the Road: Rusty Bucket at Liberty Center Saturday, January 29th Dayton Opera presents The Pirates of Penzance Sunday, March 3rd Cincinnati Reds Opening Day! Thursday, March 28th Cincinnati Reds Games June, July, August Broadway at The Aronoff Presents: Dear Evan Hansen Tuesday, May 7th Time Festival! 90th Anniversary Celebration in Holland, May 7th - 9th New Orleans Featuring Amtrak’s City of New Orleans Superliner Train October 2019

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Contact Information & Reservations

DIRECTOR OF BERKELEY SQUARE ACTIVITIES RESIDENT SERVICES CLIENT & RESIDENT WESTOVER ACTIVITIES Katelyn Benge Lorri Bellisario Berkeley Square SERVICES TRIPS & TRAVEL 785-2027 867-4023 Rica Heflin: 785-2020 Berkeley Square [email protected] [email protected] Nancy Fetters [email protected] 856-8600 867-4018 Sandy Ratliff Pat Bellman Westover Westover [email protected] Katie Crank: 867-4021 785-2014 867-4034 844-8004 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Indoor Shuffleboard Westover Berkeley Square January 2:00 pm Every Location: Elements Studio, Berkeley Square Join us for our winter session of indoor Weight Loss with Friends Thursday January shuffleboard. We will play for 8 weeks on 11:00 - 11:45 am Starting 1/3/19 Thursdays into March. We will take the top 6 Every Location: Haith Dining Room, Berkeley Square scores of the season to determine the winners. Wednesday This will be an informal meeting where we will For more information call Activities at 785-2027. meet each week to be weighed, share ideas, tips Starting 1/2/19 and recipes. Our Berkeley Square dietitian will be at each meeting to assist with in all areas. No sign up is needed. Any questions call 856-8600, Newcomer Performer, Patty Martin extension 4082. January 2:00 pm Location: Westover, Activity Center We have a new performer heading our way. Patty 07 Martin’s music will delight you with songs from Red Hat Lunch to House of Bangkok Monday the past and present. Have a song you want to 10:45 am January hear? Why not request it to Patty and she will be Location: Westover Lobby more than happy to bring back those wonderful The Red Hatters will be lunching at House of musical memories for you. Bangkok in Fairfield, Ohio. Every Thai dish at the 03 House of Bangkok is homemade and made in their Thursday kitchen. This family owned restaurant includes their most popular dish, Pad Thai Noodles. Berkeley Square Monthly Buffet Resident Cost: $5 • Non-Resident Cost: $10 January 5:00 pm - Dinner RSVP to Lorri Bellisario at 867-4023 Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square Join us for a monthly dinner buffet. We will have 07 House Salad, Baked Ziti, Chicken Marsala, Green Monday Beans, Rolls and Butter and Dessert. Resident Cost: $13 • Guest Cost: $16 (no alcoholic drinks included - beer & wine available to purchase for $1 each) RSVP by Monday, December 31st to Katie at 785-2027 or by email [email protected]

Music with Happy Hour Duo January 2:00 pm Location: Activity Center, Westover With song choices from multiple genres and 11 eras, The Happy Hour Duo plays with unbounded Friday energy. Whether your fancy is Jazz Standards or , this duo will satisfy every appetite.

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Team Trivial Pursuit Piano Concert with Rhonda Dickerscheid January 1:00 pm January 2:00 pm Location: Haith Dining Room, Berkeley Square Location: Activity Center, Westover Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which progress is Rhonda has been performing with the group 12 determined by a team’s ability to answer general 18 In-Harmony for many years. She has also been Saturday knowledge and popular culture questions. The Friday performing solo concerts as well. We are thrilled object of the game is to correctly answer trivia to have her perform her piano concert for all of us questions. The game will be played by TEAMS of to enjoy! people who can talk with each other to determine an answer. Pizza, pop and beer will be provided. RSVP to Katie at 785-2027 by Thursday, January 10th Dominoes January 1:00 pm Location: Haith Dining Room, Berkeley Square Happy Hour with John Kogge Every Third Saturday of the month we have January 5:00 pm 19 dominoes. Dominoes is a class of popular table Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square Saturday games for two to four players or even more, and Join us for a fun Happy Hour with John Kogge. We it’s played with a set of specially marked tiles. 14 will enjoy some great food along with beer for $1 Drinks and popcorn are provided. Come on out Monday and wine & mixed drinks for $2. Menu: garden for this fun game! salad, chicken parmesan, pasta with alfredo, veggies and dip, breadsticks and dessert Resident Cost: $8 • Guest Cost: $12 RSVP by Monday, January 7th to Katie at Koffee Klatch 758-2027 or by email [email protected] January 9:00 am Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square Come and enjoy coffee cakes and muffins, sweet 21 breads, and as always fresh fruit and orange juice. Monday Wheel of Fortune For questions contact Leslie Haid at 868-1488. January 7:00 pm Resident Cost: $2 if you call ahead, $3 day of Location: Haith Dining Room, Berkeley Square Please RSVP to Katie at 785-2027 or by email It’s back! Wheel of Fortune is a game where [email protected] by Friday, January 18th 16 the board automatically reveals letters one by Wednesday one until a team says the correct solution. The tossups tend to reward better puzzle solvers, not clever strategists. This is a fun game that you Happy Hour with Pete Papania won’t want to miss! Popcorn and drinks will be provided. January 2:00 pm Location: Activity Center, Westover You are invited to Westover’s Happy Hour! 21 The perfect combination of music, food and Monday Music with Melford T. Edwards friendship. Entertainment will be provided by January 3:00 pm Pete Papania. See you for a delightful afternoon Location: Activity Center, Westover of Happy Hour fun! 17 Enjoy the Music of Melford T. with friends. Thursday

Westover Evening Buffet January 4:30 pm Location: Williamsburg/Jamestown Room, Westover 17 Join us for our monthly dinner buffet. Thursday RSVP by calling Resident Services at 844-8004

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Butler County Historical Society Presents: January The History of Chocolate 2:00 pm BERKELEY SQUARE MOVIE MATINEE Location: Phillips Presentation Room, Berkeley Movies & Shows for January. Located in Berkeley 23 Square Square Phillips Presentation Room. Wednesday Chocolate has been woven through the fabric of American culture for centuries. With its origin in Tuesdays at 2:00 pm...... The Pyramid Code the rain forests of Central and South America at (no showing on the 1st or 8th) least 3,500 years ago, chocolate’s rich history is intertwined in the stories of our ancestors. Thanks to American Heritage Chocolate, the The Pyramid Code is a documentary series of 5 historic division of Mars Chocolate North America, you will have the episodes that explores the pyramid fields and opportunity to learn about the history of chocolate, and taste what ancient temples in Egypt as well as ancient this treat was like in the 1700s. megalithic sites around the world looking for clues.

Westover’s Memorial Service Fridays at 1:00 pm....The Great British Baking Show January 6:00 pm Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying Location: Westover, Activity Center to impress the judges enough to go through to the This meaningful service provides the opportunity 23 for residents and staff to honor our Westover next round and eventually are crowned Britain’s Wednesday residents who have passed away in 2018 and to best amateur baker. join with their families in remembering them. Join us Mondays for a Movie Matinee; we will have popcorn and soda with this fun afternoon movie. Stone Soup Monday, Jan. 7th at 2:00 pm..... Mamma Mia! Here January 5:00 pm We Go Again Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! Join us for our annual Stone Soup. We will be (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening 30 gathering ingredients and making multiple Wednesday delicious types of soup! We will have veggie of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about soups, creams soups, beef and chicken soups that her mother’s past (Starring: Lily James, Amanda will warm you up and fill you up. If you would like Seyfried, Meryl Streep) to donate an item or have any questions contact Bill Duersch at 863-2341. Pick up your donation card at resident meeting on Monday, Jan. 14th at 2:00 pm...... God Bless the January 17th. Resident Cost: Donation of an item or $5 Broken Road RSVP to Activities at 785-2027 or by email to kbenge@community- While grieving the loss of her husband, a first.org financially struggling widow meets a race car driver. (Starring: Lindsay Pulsipher, Jordin Sparks, LaDainian Tomlinson) Monday, Jan. 28th at 2:00 pm...... Meet the Parents Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend’s parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date’s worst nightmare. (Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo)

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Berkeley Square Westover Monthly Gatherings Monthly Gatherings Trinity Episcopal – Tuesday, January 1st at 11:00 am in Chapel Bible Study – Every Wednesday at 10:00 am in Jamestown Room Bible Study with Chuck – Every Monday at 3:30 pm in Movie – Every Wednesday at 3:30 pm in Activity Center Butterfield Hall Church Service – Every Thursday & Sunday at 2:00 pm in Activity Pastor Finfrock – Every Wednesday at 10:30 am in Phillips Center Presentation Room Resident Meeting – Wednesday, Jan. 16th at 2:00 pm in Activity Chapel Service – Every Wednesday at 3:10 pm in Chapel Center Catholic Communion – Every Thursday 1:15 pm in Chapel Evening Buffet– Thursday, Jan. 17th at 4:30 pm in Williamsburg & Social Events Jamestown Room • RSVP required, call 844-8004 Grocery – Every Monday and Wednesday at 12:30 pm Social Events Coffee with Rica – Wednesday, January 9th at 10:00 am in Grocery Shopping – Every Monday & Wednesday at 12:00 pm Haith Dining Room Lorri’s Exercise Class – Every Monday & Wednesday at 11:00 am, Veterans Group – Tuesday, January 8th at 1:00 pm in Phillips Friday at 10:15 am in Activity Center Presentation Room Koffee Klatch with Katie – Tuesday, January 8th at 10:00 am in MS Society Meeting – Tuesday, January 8th at 7:00 pm in Haith Jamestown Room Dining Room Arthritis Land Class– Every Tuesday & Thursday at 11:00 am in Book Club – Monday, January 21st at 1:30 pm in Library Activity Center Alzheimer’s Support Group – Tuesday, January 15th at 7:00 pm Chair Volleyball – Every Thursday at 1:00 pm in Rotunda area in Haith Dining Room Knitting Club– Every Sunday at 3:00 pm in Cleaver Game Room Resident Meeting – Thursday, January 17that 1:30 pm in Book Club – Monday, Jan. 14th at 3:30 pm in the Cleaver Game Theobald Hall Room - Book to be announced! Games & Crafts Games & Crafts Craft Corner – Every Thursday at 1:00 pm. Location changes, Bingo – Every Monday & Tuesday at 3:15 pm in Jamestown Room check with front desk Adult Coloring Class – Every Thursday at 3:00 pm in Cleaver Game Flower Arranging – Tuesday, January 29th at 1:00 pm. Location changes, check with front desk. Room Dominoes – Saturday, January 19th at 1:00 pm in Haith Dining Room Westover Healthcare Bingo – Monday, January 21st at 7:00 pm in Theobald Hall Monthly Gatherings Wheel of Fortune – Third Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 pm Bible Study with Gene Hickman – Every Thursday at 10:15 am in HC in Haith Dining Room Communion with Pastor Finfrock – Thursday, Jan. 3rd at 10:30 am Social Bridge – Fourth Monday of the Month at 5:30 pm in in Activity Room Haith Dining Room Music with Molly – Monday, Jan. 7th & 21st in HC Indoor Shuffleboard – Every Thursday except the 17th at 2:00 Music with Gospel Travelers – Thursday Jan 3rd at 3:00 in Activity pm in Elements Room Trivial Pursuit – Second Saturday of the month at 2:00 pm in Music with Coke Otto – Friday Jan. 4th at 2:00 in Activity Room Haith Dining Room Gospel Music with Johnny and Gang –Thursday, Jan. 10th & 24th Berkeley Square Healthcare at 3:00 in Activity Room Social, Games & Crafts Events Bingo – Every Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Exercise with Pat – Monday, Wednesday, & Friday the 25th in HC Assisted Living/Healthcare Activity Room Shuffleboard – Tuesday Jan 15th, 22nd, 29that 3:00 in HC Ice Cream Social – Every Tuesday at 2:00 pm in the Assisted Living/Healthcare Activity Room Bingo – Every Wednesday & Friday, Jan the 11th & 18th in HC Happy Hour – Every Friday at 2:00 pm in the Assisted Living/ Art to be Fun – Monday, Jan. 14th at 3:00 in HC Healthcare Activity Room Afternoon Tea Party – Monday, Jan. 21st at 3:00 in HC Dining Room Happy Hour with Bill Peace – January 4th at 2:00 pm Cookie of the Month Baking with Pat – Monday Jan. 28th at 3:00 Music of Ivory Doghouse – January 10th at 3:00 pm in Fitton Happy Hour with Melford T. – January 11th at 2:00 pm Special Events Musical Moms – January 14th at 6:00 pm Hot Chocolate Party with Pre-School – Tuesday, Jan. 8th at 3:00 pm in HC Music of Tammi Powell – January 16th at 3:30 pm Coloring with Pre-School – Friday, Jan. 11th at 10:00 am in HC Happy Hour with B. Caged – January 18th at 2:00 pm Parachuting with Pre-School – Friday, Jan. 18th at 10:00 am in HC Happy Hour with John Simpson – January 25th at 2:00 pm Coloring with Pre-School – Wednesday, Jan. 23rd at 10:00 am in HC Music of Jim Brown – January 30th at 3:30 pm

5 January 2019 Your Time Trips & Travel Walking Guide RSVP to Nancy Fetters Easy Medium Challenge (513) 867-4018 • [email protected]

Mystery Local Lunch 2019 Trips and Travel Kick Off Meeting Friday, January 4th Friday, February 1st Pick up: BSQ 11:15 am/WRC 11:30 am Time: 1:00 pm Cost: $5 Location: Theobald Hall, Berkeley Square Hop on the bus for a mystery local lunch location. We have some great vacations and day trips planned Limited seating on bus! for you and your travel friends! Come out to learn about RSVP by January 2nd these exciting travel opportunities! RSVP by January 20th to Nancy at 867-4018 Happy Hour on the Road at The Rusty Bucket at Liberty Center Dayton Opera presents The Pirates of Thursday, January 17th Penzance Pick up: BSQ 3:15 pm/WRC 3:30 pm Sunday, March 3rd Resident Cost: $2 • Non-Resident Cost: $10 Pick up: BSQ 1:15 pm/WRC 1:30 pm/WCAC 1:45 pm Great food. Great Drinks. Great People. That’s the Bucket Cost: $102 Life. Come and see Hamilton, Ohio Native Olivia Yokers star RSVP by January 11th in this performance! Gilbert and Sullivan’s rollicking comedy centers on the romantic misadventures of Mabel Miami University Girls Basketball Game and Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to a band Saturday, January 19th of “reluctant” pirates. Add to that a very model of a Pick up: BSQ 12:00 pm/WRC 12:15 pm modern Major-General, his bevy of beautiful daughters, Cost: $14 and a bungling bunch of Keystone Cops–style police, Come out and cheer on the Miami Girls Basketball Team and you have the delightfully wacky operetta that has as they take on Ball State. There will be a lot of fun amused audiences since its 1879 debut. experience for everyone to be involved in. RSVP by February 2nd RSVP by January 11th Cincinnati Pops presents Wonderful Music of Oz Volunteer Opportunity: Matthew 25 Sunday, April 7th Thursday, January 31st Pick up: BSQ 12:15 pm/WRC 12:30 pm/WCAC 12:45 pm Pick up: BSQ 8:30 am/WRC 8:45 am/WCAC 9:00 am Cost: $73 We will volunteer at this amazing organization for 2 Fans of Wicked, The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz, this one’s hours and have lunch at McAlister’s Deli. for you! With hits spanning Broadway, Hollywood and RSVP by January 25th pop, The Wonderful Music of Oz features bewitching vocalists and the Cincinnati Pops bringing all-things-Oz to life in this unique concert experience. It’s perfect for the family (but leave Toto at home! Sold Out RSVP by January 2nd Elvis Lives at The Aronoff Broadway at The Aronoff Presents: Dear Evan Saturday, January 12th Hansen Tuesday, May 7th Fiddler on the Roof Pick up: BSQ 5:30 pm/WRC 5:45 pm/WCAC 6:00 pm Tuesday, January 22nd Cost: $125 Dear Evan Hansen is The Tony Awarding-Winning Best Cincinnati Pops Presents: Music of Musical!! One of the most remarkable shows in musical Whitney Houston theater history! Tuesday, April 23rd RSVP by January 22nd

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Jonathon Frost, Health Promotion Coordinator elements [email protected] Highlights for January THE BEVER THE SQUARE Westover: 820-5047 Berkeley Square: 896-8087

Weekly Leagues at Elements Pitch Paraffin Hand Wax Special Tuesdays at 9:00 am - The Square Monday, January 7th & 21st • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Elements at The Bever Wii Bowling Tuesdays at 11:30 am - The Square Monday, January 14th & 28th • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Elements at The Square Water Volleyball Throughout the months of January through March we will Tuesdays at 11:30 am - The Bever Tuesdays at 1:30 pm - The Square be offering a $5 Paraffin hand wax special on specific dates. Thursdays at 11:30 am - The Bever Originally $15, Paraffin wax is a heat therapy treatment Fridays at 3:00 pm - The Square that includes dipping your hands in a warm wax bath. There are many benefits to paraffin wax treatment. For more Chair Volleyball information, please see us at either Elements location. No Mondays at 12:00 pm - The Square sign up is needed. Wednesdays at 10:45 am - The Bever Wednesdays at 12:00 pm - The Square Fridays at 11:00 am - The Bever Fridays at 12:00 pm - The Square Elements Presents: Health Management Program Tuesday, January 15th • 1:00 pm Theobald Hall at Berkeley Square Please join Health Promotion Specialist, Hillary, Pat, and A salute to our 100th Birthday! Josie as they explain how food and exercise play a key role 100 Times Over: Doris Halcomb, Berkeley Square in your health goals. Do you know how much you should resident, aims to read the entire Bible her 100th time be eating? Do you know what foods and exercises are the same year of Community First Solutions’ 100th year health-promoting? We are here to help you reach your new of service. year’s goal! Bring in 2019 with health! You will also have Theologian Charles Spurgeon once said, “A Bible that the opportunity to learn about our Health Management is tattered and worn, is usually owned by someone Program. This is a free presentation. Please sign up at the who isn’t.” After almost 99 times reading the Bible, front desk or call 513-896-8087. Doris Halcomb’s Bible is certainly worn, and her spirit is rock solid. “Even after reading it so many times, I still find things I felt like I haven’t read before,” says Doris. Whenever Community Health Screenings you pass Doris by in the hallway, she always has her Thursday, January 17th • 8:30 am - 10:30 am Bible open on her mobile reading stand. She made it an absolute priority to read it every day after hearing about Elements at The Square a minister who read his cover-to-cover 100 times. She Free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings are decided to take on that challenge, too. provided along with refreshments for community members “I think it’s really neat that my 100th time reading it 50 and older. This is hosted by Bridges Rehab at Home. might be the same year of Community First’s 100th Anniversary,” says Doris. “Reading my Bible it gives me comfort and a higher sense of purpose. I can’t imagine my life without it.” Please join us in cheering on Doris while she works to achieve her goal. 7 January 2019