Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy BUGLE, JAN. & FEB., 2013 EDITION

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ST. LOUIS CARDINAL CARAVAN Eddie McClintock, Elmore 2, visits with St. Louis Cardinal Pitcher Trevor Rosenthal during a January 19th visit by the LL Cardinal Caravan. Current players Rosenthal, Pete Kozma, and Ryan Jackson were joined by former players Danny Cox, Andy Benes, and Joe Magrane, and broadcaster Mike Claiborne.

(See additional photos from the visit and other events starting on page #14.)

PAT QUINN ERICA J. BORGGREN BRUCE VACA Governor Director Administrator EE State of Illinois IL Dept. Veterans' Affairs Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy TABLE OF CONTENTS A FEW THINGS GOING ON 4 NEW ADMISSIONS 5-6 ADMINISTRATOR’S COLUMN 3 NEW EMPLOYEES 19 ANNIVERSARY DATES 7 PASTORAL REFLECTIONS 20-21 BIRTHDAYS 12-13 RETIREMENTS 9 CANDID SHOTS 14-16 SERVING IN HARM’S WAY 17 CHAPLAIN’S CORNER 8-9 TAPS 22-23 EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH 21 THE STRUM RECORD BOOK 6 LIBRARY NOTES 24 WISH LIST/CONTRIBUTIONS 25-27 HHHHHHHHHH

Population Report Age Range Chart

Men Women Men Women WWII 133 10 39 & Under 00 40-49 00 WWII & Korea 80 50-59 90 Korea 92 1 60-69 50 4 WWII, Korea & Vietnam 2070-79 58 9 Korea & Vietnam 4180-89 164 46 Vietnam 66 2 90-99 56 20 100 & Over 11 Gulf 20 Peace Time 30 2 Branch of Service Report Non-Veterans 0 64 Air Force 33 Total 338 80 Army 206 Total Population 418 Coast Guard 3 Marine 29 H These statistics were valid as of February 25, 2013. Navy 83

Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy BUGLE, JAN. & FEB., 2013 EDITION

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EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURES Business Office Rick Gengenbacher Activities Staff Joe Newkirk Personnel Office Ch. Don Blickhan Harry & Jerry Strum Keith Gerhardt PRINTING Dick Boyd David Katz IDVA Central Office Arnie Eichorst PROOFREADING Tane Temple LaVerne Franken Adjutant’s Office

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THE WEATHER AND INFECTION CONTROL As we close out this issue of the Bugle and prepare to send to the printer, the Quincy area was hit with over a foot of snow. A reminder that it may be the last full week of February but Old Man Winter isn’t ready to concede spring just yet. Up until this time it has been a relative- ly mild winter for us at the Illinois Veterans Home with little snowfall and no long periods of sustained cold temperatures. Let’s hope the snow flying and cold weather is gone before you read this! While the temperatures and snowfalls have been mild, protection against viral infections continue to be a concern. Please remain vigilant in regards to the infection control issues. Your steady commitment to safety precautions will benefit all of us. Now is not the time to let your guard down. Hand washing, via soap and water or by using one of the many hand cleansing stations, is our primary defense against the spread of the flu. Please I encourage anyone who has never visited the keep up the good work. Museum to take advantage of this wonderful asset located on the grounds of the Illinois Veterans Home (in the TWO NEW KEY STAFF west wing of the Administration Building). The All Wars I’d like to congratulate two employees who have Museum has military artifacts from the Revolutionary recently been promoted and respectfully request your War through the current War on Terrorism and every war cooperation as they begin their new duties. Cathy and conflict in between. It is a worthy tribute to the men Houston has been named our new Director of Nursing and women who have served this great country. May we and Kelvin Roberts is the new Director of Activities and never forget the sacrifices of so many; that’s what the All Volunteer Services. Both Cathy and Kelvin are long-time War Museum reminds us. employees; Cathy with 27 years of IVHQ service and The season for the Museum is March 1st through Kelvin with 18 years at IVHQ. Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th. The Museum is open Cathy started her employments as an registered Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 nurse before accepting the position of Nursing Supervisor p.m. and then 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. On Sundays, the at Markword, then Infection Control Nurse, and then Museum is open only in the afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to Assistant Director of Nursing. 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays. Kelvin started his employment in the Dietary Department as a Support Service Worker, then went to AVE THE ATE AY TH Social Services where he served as a Social Service S D - M 24 We may have snow on the ground in late February Program Planner, and then Social Worker II. but I assure you the grass will be a deep green and the Both bring a wealth of experience to their new posi- trees in full bloom come late May as we observe the tions but will require your patience and assistance as they Memorial Day Weekend! Please circle May 24th on your learn their new roles. This is especially true of Kelvin’s calendar; it is on that day that we will conduct our Annual position. All of Cathy’s experience comes within the nurs- Memorial Day Program and Family Picnic. We are plan- ing field but Activities and Volunteer Services is a whole ning a special day and hope to have as many family mem- new ball game for Kelvin. There is no doubt that both, bers as possible join us for this special event! (Invites will with your help, will do a great job for us. be mailed out near May 1st.) Congratulations, Cathy and Kelvin! Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the BUGLE. ALL WARS MUSEUM RE-OPENING The All Wars Museum, under the direction of Curator Bob Craig will open for the 2013 season on Friday, March 1st.

PAGE 3 A FEW THINGS GOING ON... Please take note of the following events to take place in the weeks and months ahead:

* Payson VFW BINGO - Saturday, February 23rd, 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. * Resident Advisory Group (RAG) Meeting - Friday, March 1st at 10:00 a.m. Location and Guest Speaker TBA. * Hamilton VFW BINGO - Saturday, March 2nd, 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Bingo and treats. * Wal-Mart Shopping Trip - Thursday, March 7th, load at 8:30 a.m. * FREE Senior Income Tax Preparation Assistance - Friday, March 8th. Representatives from the Quincy Senior Center will be here to assist IVHQ residents with filing their 2012 Income Tax Return. Residents must call Volunteer Services at ext. 312 to set up an appointment. * VFW District #8 BINGO - Saturday, March 9th, 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Bingo and treats. * Early Tin Dusters BINGO - Sunday, March 17th, 6:00 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Bingo and treats. * Terrible’s Mark Twain Casino Breakfast Trip - Thursday, March 21st, load at 8:15 a.m. * Canton Elks Dance - Saturday, March 23rd from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Smith Hall. Country Times Band. * AMVETS Division Three Good Friday Party - Friday, March 29th. 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Grilled hot dogs (first of the season), strawberry shortcake, and the Rocking Country Band. * Resident Advisory Group (RAG) Meeting - Friday, April 5th at 10:00 a.m. Location and Guest Speaker TBA. * Volunteer Voices Concert - Friday, April 5th. 2:00 p.m. in Fifer Infirmary. * Monmouth, Macomb, and Roseville American Legion BINGO - Saturday, April 6th, 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Bingo and treats. * Red Cross Blood Drive - Monday, April 8th. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. * Wal-Mart Shopping Trip - Thursday, April 11th, load at 8:30 a.m. * Veterans Advisory Council Meeting - Saturday, April 13th. 10:00 a.m. in Lippincott Hall * Macomb VFW Post & Auxiliary BINGO - Saturday, April 20th, 1:30 p.m. in Lippincott Hall. Bingo and treats. * Memorial Day Program & Family Picnic - Friday, May 24th. More details later. * Red Cross Blood Drive - Wednesday, July 24th. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Lippincott Hall.

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NEW ADMISSIONS (DECEMBER 28TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 24TH) WELCOME TO IVHQ

Dick Bennett Owen Carroll Gerald Crank Mike Creekmore Gary Cyphers Schapers B Fifer B Fifer C Fifer A Elmore East From Mattoon From Quincy From Quincy From Macomb From Lewistown Korean War Vietnam War WWII Vietnam War Korean War Army Veteran Navy Veteran Navy Veteran Army Veteran Air Force Veteran DOB is 4/5 DOB is 7/7 DOB is 12/27 DOB is 7/8 DOB is 1/20

Deek Deconcini Jack Duvall Bill Fischer Dave Frazier Ed Mosinski Markword 2 Elmore 2 Fifer C Schapers B Markword 2 From Glen Carbon From Quincy From Springfield From Cerro Gordo From Rosemont WWII Korean War Korean War Vietnam War WWII Army Veteran Army Veteran Army Veteran Army Veteran Army Veteran DOB is 5/27 DOB is 2/27 DOB is 6/3 DOB is 10/16 DOB is 5/9

Bill Mountain Mick O’Connor Roger Parris Mike Perino Joe Pinero Fifer A Markword 1 Schapers B Elmore East Schapers A From Perry From LaGrange Park From Highland From Deer Grove From Madison Vietnam War Peace Time Vietnam War KW & VW WWII & KW Army Veteran Marine Corps Veteran Army Veteran Air Force Veteran Army Veteran DOB is 4/12 DOB is 11/5 DOB is 2/4 DOB is 7/14 DOB is 3/23

PAGE 5 NEW ADMISSIONS CONTINUED WELCOME TO IVHQ

Lyle “Pool” Pool Jack Robinson Duke Stanley Elmore East Fifer A Elmore 2 From Griggsville From Springfield From Girard Korean War WWII WWII Army Veteran Army Veteran Navy Veteran DOB is 1/19 DOB is 9/13 DOB is 5/11

THE STRUM

Harry Strum RECORD BOOK Jerry Strum SPEED! Do we have speed today! Land speed record, and the first person to break The Blue Flame, piloted by Gary Gabelich, was the sound barrier on land. On 25 September the high-performing, ultra 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in high-speed, rocket-powered Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of vehicle which achieved the 714.144 miles per hour. On October 15, 1997, world land speed record on exactly 50 years and 1 day after the sound barri- Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah er was broken in aerial flight by Chuck Yeager, on October 28, 1970. The Andy Green reached 763.035 mile per hour, the Blue Flame's record speed of first supersonic record (Mach 1.016). 630.478 miles per hour lasted for 13 years. The Blue Flame used a combination Don’t Forget to Recycle! Save the natural of hydrogen peroxide and liquified natural gas, resources this planet has been blessed with; they pressurized by helium gas to eclipse previous won’t last forever. We will see you in the next speed records set with jet engine powered vehi- issue of the BUGLE and the record book! cles. The writers of the Strum Record Book wish to acknowledge the use of the Guinness World Records in all issues of the BUGLE Andy Green is the current holder of the World in which the column has appeared.

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ANNIVERSARY DATES (MARCH & APRIL) CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE!

NO 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES

15 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES: Jim Muldoon Social Services March 2nd Doug Campbell Facilities April 1st

Susie Clay Physical Therapy 27 years on 4/14 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES: John Bertoni Security April 14th Dale Hilgenbrinck Accounting April 14th Richard Tournear Housekeeping April 14th Jackie McMullen Nursing April 21st

5 YEAR ANNIVERSARIES: Ashley Campbell Nursing March 24th Byron Saathoff Ronda Downs Nursing March 24th Bank 25 years on 4/11

Anniversary dates are printed at the 5, 10, 15, and 20 year anniversaries. Starting at 25 years (and all those above) employees will have their photo published as well. Congratulations to all celebrating anniversaries during these two months! ONGRATULATIONS TCCHANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE!!!!

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PAGE 7 indeed high... too high for man to attain them in his own strength. But God does not expect us to conquer the problem of sin by Chaplain’s ourselves. The answer to man’s sin problem is Christ. He alone is “holy, harmless , undefiled, sepa- CornerBY EV OHN DAMS R . J A rate from sinners” (Hebrews 7:26). He “did no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth” (I Not every subject in the Bible Sin is a universal problem. Peter 2:22). He was “in all ways is pleasant. And one of the things There is not a man or woman tempted like we are, yet without that makes preaching the gospel alive who is not affected by the sin (Hebrews 4:15). such a challenging task is the problem of sin. Romans 3:23 That is the good news about responsibility in preaching the says, “For all have sinned, and sin! We can be freed from its evil complete Word of God to deal come short of the glory of God.” power, its guilt, its grip on our with those topics that are not That verse gives a very important lives. We can be redeemed from easy to preach about. And yet, insight into the nature of sin. Sin the servitude of sin. the glorious truth is that for is not, as some people think, only Another unpleasant subject every negative there is a positive. a heinous act, a vile thought, or a that is often avoided in sermons For every unpleasant subject specific infraction of God’s law. is death. Death is a fact of life. there is a victorious side... God Sin is missing the mark, falling We live with death every day, but has provided an answer to every short of God’s standards, coming do not like to recognize death. problem mankind faces. short of God’s holiness. The fear of death pervades our I would like to address with That means that even the entire society. Anthropologists you three very difficult topics. In “good things” we do can be sin in tell us that most adults never recent years they have been neg- the eyes of God. A surprising learn to face the fact of death lected in many pulpits, yet they verse in the Old Testament book honestly. As a result, millions die are vital in God’s overall revela- of Isaiah states; “But we are all as each year because they are afraid tion to man. I would like here to an unclean thing, and all our to see a doctor. examine what God’s Word has to righteousnesses are like filthy Death is all around us. The say about the subjects of sin, rags.” Do you see how God sees moment a man is born he begins death, and hell. even our “good things”? They to die. Billions of cells in the body Sin is virtually a forgotten miss the mark; they fall short of are dying each day. The process word in the vocabulary of modern His glory. of aging brings us ever closer to man. We talk about “personality The Lord Jesus, during His the inevitable time when we will disorders”, “a morality”, and earthly ministry, had more con- die. Statistics show that two peo- “alternative life styles”, in our flicts with the Pharisees, the reli- ple die every second. Newscasts attempts to redefine what God’s gious leaders of Israel, than with continually report deaths from Word calls sin. We treat certain any other group of people. One of natural disasters and then there sins as sicknesses, without much the reasons is that He exposed is the holocaust of war which is success at finding any cure. their hypocrisy for what it was... evident in just about every corner Biblical standards are widely sin. He taught that their tithing of the globe. In this time of viewed as archaic, pass’e and out- and constant praying were of no uncertainty, death is a sure dated. Modern man has his own value in obtaining God’s favor. thing. ideas, and they make no room for He called them whitewashed sep- The Bible puts it this way in such a narrow concept as sin. ulchers, “full of dead men’s bones, Hebrews 9:27; “It is appointed And yet there is no denying that and of all uncleanness.” unto man once to die”. It also the Bible teaches that sin is the (Matthew 23:27) tells us in James 4:14; “For what real root of all of this world’s Does that mean that God is is your life? It is even a vapor problems. Denying the existence cruel or unreasonable? Certainly that appears for a little time, and of the sin problem does not make not. The Bible reveals God as a then vanishes away”. it go away. Redefining moral val- long-suffering, kind, loving and But that was not God’s origi- ues does little to remove guilt. patient God. His standards are nal plan. When God created

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Adam He intended for man to live mented on the fact that hell is sin as the cause of all the trouble forever. Life was to be an endless “going out of style for many con- we face. No, my friend, like the adventure. Death was unknown. temporary believers”. It gave sta- unpopular subjects of sin and But Adam sinned, and the Bible tistics to show that fewer than death, hell must be squarely con- says that because of Adam’s sin, one in three of that denomina- fronted and honestly faced. It is “death passed upon all men, for tion’s membership really believed real, or else the Lord Jesus is a that all have sinned”. (Romans in a literal place of eternal pun- liar. It is real, or else the Word of 5:12) Today death is inescapable. ishment. God is not true. It is real if any Scheme as you will, you cannot Hell today is a joking matter other spiritual truth is real. We avoid your appointment with with many people. It is not death. uncommon to hear someone dis- must admit that at the outset. The Bible is clear on the cer- miss the concept of hell lightly Those who refuse God’s love tainty of death, and it is also clear with a comment like, “I suppose and forgiveness here and now on the cause of death. The cause I’ll feel right at home there... it is must spend eternity cut off from of death is sin. “The wages of sin where many of my friends are Him. Hell is separation from is death”, says Romans 6:23. going”. But what a distorted and God. But there is good news Ezekiel 18:4 proclaims, “The soul unbiblical view of hell that is! about hell. God does not want to that sins, it shall die”. James What ignorance is revealed in send anyone to hell. Hell was not concluded that “sin, when it is fin- such a view! God warns us of hell created for man but for the devil ished, brings forth death”. (James primarily not to frighten us into and his demons (Matthew 25:41). 1:15) obedience, but because He loves God is not anxious to send men to People face death differently. us. If hell genuinely exists, we hell, but He is anxious to redeem One may die in confidence, anoth- would expect God to warn us of it. them from it. That is not to say er in despair. One may depart And He gives us abundant warn- that no one will go to hell. Jesus from this life in beautiful peace ing in His Word. The Lord Jesus taught that the road to destruc- while another is racked by pain. spoke more about hell than He One may die rejoicing while did about heaven! He lovingly tion is broad and that many will another is full of remorse. But, and tenderly, but graphically, travel that way. But the way to all die and face their maker. warned men and women of the heaven is open to all in Christ. The last unpopular topic is horrors of hell and so to dismiss Next issue of the Bugle we hell. A few years ago a major hell as an archaic and outdated will spend our time looking at denominational magazine com- concept is as foolish to rule out heaven and how to go there.

RETIREMENTS (OCTOBER 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 24TH) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO IVHQ! WE WISH YOU THE BEST!

Joyce Hiland Julie Markert Dale McMillan Marcia Sutter retired January retired December retired December retired November 31st from Nursing 19th from Nursing 19th from 5th from Nursing with over 12 years with over 30 years Housekeeping with with over 23 years of service. of service. over 16 years of of service. service.

PAGE 9 BLACK CIVIL WAR VETERANS AT THE ILLINOIS SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ HOME by Lynn Snyder In the admission a regiment of black troops within the state. The first records of the enlistees were signed at Quincy on November 1, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ 1863, as Company A of the First Regiment Illinois Home, as published Volunteers (Colored). Additional regiments were in the Biennial soon being recruited in other parts of Illinois, and Reports of the Home, these men would be mustered into the Union army the first colored sol- as members of the 29th United States Colored dier noted is Private Infantry. In February 1864 the Quincy Whig noted Libby Thompson. that 57 men had been recruited at the Provost Born in 1842, Marshal’s office in Quincy during the week ending Thompson first February 13. Of these, 26 men had been recruited served the Union as for “the Colored Regiment... and the number of col- a seaman on the U.S. ored soldiers now in camp and reported is 583, and Steamer Glide, and men are constantly arriving from different parts of later joined Grave of Private Libby the state.” Company E of the Thompson, 1st colored veteran Many of these men were either freed or escaped 29th United States of the Civil War to be admitted slaves, and a number of them had brought their Colored Infantry to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ wives and families with them. Because so called Home, April 27, 1887. (USCI). He was “slave marriages,” were not officially recognized by admitted to the Home on April 27, 1887 as the 241st governmental offices, many of the men and women veteran accepted, and was discharged again in who arrived as couples and families took the oppor- August of the same year. As with so many early res- tunity to remarry while in Quincy, prior to the men’s idents, this quick discharge may have been volun- departure for war duty. For the wives and children tary, as many men left the home during spring and who remained behind life was hard, and a number of summer to take jobs elsewhere, or to return to fami- charitable organizations, among them the Mission ly farms or businesses during the growing seasons. Institute started by Dr. David Nelson, soon turned He returned to the Home, likely for the last time, their attention to their care and support. Jan 26, 1898, and was buried there, in Sunset Cemetery, on December 23, 1899. The decision to officially recruit colored men into the Union forces was formalized as General Order No. 143 on May 22, 1863, which established the Bureau of Colored Troops. Prior to that time, with few exceptions, free blacks or those freed by the events of the war could be privately hired as atten- dants to white soldiers, or be hired by the govern- ment as laborers, and many had volunteered their services to the Union cause in these and other capac- ities. The Louisiana Native Guards were the first black soldiers to be officially mustered into the Union Army, and throughout the remainder of the war they were followed by between 178,000 and Black troops at the front at Petersburg, August 1864. The 200,000 black soldiers and non-commissioned offi- 29th USCI were among those who participated in the dig- cers, and commissioned white officers. ging of the tunnel which was used to plant explosives beneath the earthworks at Petersburg, resulting in the In Illinois, recruitment officers from eastern “Battle of the Crater”, July 30, 1864, in which they also states were actively signing free blacks to service in participated. the Union army, and by July 1863 Illinois governor Richard Yates was asking for the authority to raise For those black men who saw war service, post

PAGE 10 JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2013 BUGLE war pensions were small, and because records for dress. the USCI were often less than complete, sometimes Private William J. hard to obtain. For these individuals, as for other Ashby, born January veterans of the Civil and Mexican wars, the opening 17, 1840, was a of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Quincy in 1886 miner by profession offered a home and comfort in their old age. who served twelve According to the records of the State of Illinois, months in Company sixty-one veterans of the 29th United States Colored G of the 29th USCI. Infantry eventually became residents of the Illinois William was one of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home at Quincy. One of these four Ashbys who soldiers was Private Markum McKeever, of enlisted at Pekin, Company K, who entered the Home at age 63 on Illinois on September January 15, 1901. Born in North Carolina, 21st, 1864 although M c K e e v e r the exact nature of had enlisted Private David Curtis, Company their family relation- A, 29th USCI, photograph taken from Hancock ca. 1883. ship is not clear from County in enlistment records. February of From army records it seems that William was ill for 1865, listing most of his time in service, suffering from measles, his occupa- lung disease and rheumatism. None the less, Ashby tion as did not enter the Home until May 19th, 1909 when farmer. The he was listed as a widower, receiving a pension of a d m i s s i o n $12 per month. He remained in the home until his records of the death on June 16, 1925 and is buried in Sunset Cemetery. Home indi- In February of 1900, the Quincy Daily Whig c a t e noted that, “Captain Thomas McDougal, the bright M c K e e v e r particular star of the colored troops at the Soldiers’ Grave of Markum and Mary E. served 10 Home, will lecture on the Progress of the Colored McKeever. Private McKeever was a months, mus- Race. Captain McDougal served thirty-seven member of the 29 USCI. tering out on months in the navy during the Civil war, and had as Nov. 6, 1865 at Brownsville, TX and that at the time his commanders Admiral Farragut, Admiral Porter of his admission in 1901 he was married, suffered and Admiral Dahlgren…” The records of the Home from rheumatism, and was receiving a federal pen- indicate that McDougal was a single man born in sion of $12 per month. The records also note that, as Kentucky on March 17, 1847, who entered the Home with many of the black soldiers as well as whites, on Aug 15, 1898, and was receiving a pension of $6 a McKeever could not read or write. McKeever’s pen- month. At his death in 1919 he was buried in Sunset sion files reveal that following his war service, he Cemetery. had been employed as a farm laborer near Hamilton, One of the more colorful members of the Home IL where he was attacked by a highwayman in 1882, was Private Cyrus Greenleaf of Company G, 51st US resulting in a fractured jaw and the loss of sight in Colored Infantry, who entered the Home on January one eye. McKeever died in 1925 and was buried in 1, 1889. According to Greenleaf’s own account, as Sunset Cemetery at the Illinois Veterans Home. His reported by the local Quincy papers, his parents wife Mary E., who had died in 1909, is interred were brought to the United States as slaves, and beside him. Greenleaf himself was “sold and resold a number of David Curtis, a private with Company A of the times.” He had been born near Morgan City, NC but 29th USCI, was admitted to the Home at the age of took the name of his second owner, a man from 56 on November 5th, 1896. A laborer following the Tennessee who, according to Greenleaf, bought him war living near Springfield, in Sangamon County, he when he was nearly 40 years old. When interviewed had been receiving a pension of a mere $6 per by the Quincy Whig in 1901, Private Greenleaf month. Curtis, who was listed as a widower at the claimed to have papers proving he was 123 years old, time of his admission, is one of the few soldiers of the although the officials of the Home recorded his age 29th of whom a known photograph exists. The pho- as unknown, but over 100. When he died in March tograph, taken around 1883, shows a distinguished of 1906, he left a wife in Springfield, and three chil- looking gentleman with full mustache, in civilian dren. He too is buried in Sunset cemetery.

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Elmer Steinkamp 3/2 Schapers B Rachael Dinklage 3/1 Nursing John Duner 3/2 Fletcher 1 Brandy Cottrell 3/3 Nursing Jeremy Hoelscher 3/4 Dietary Jerry Allen 3/3 Markword 2 Stacy Trautvetter 3/4 Nursing Jo Ann Ehlers 3/5 Somerville Lori Zimmerman 3/4 Nursing Stuart Gregg 3/6 Elmore East Lori Howell 3/5 Nursing Jim Thaxton 3/8 Fifer A Cody Sommer 3/5 Nursing Jim Mounce 3/8 Schapers B Julee Thurman 3/5 Nursing Helen Bennett 3/6 Nursing Bill Long 3/8 Fifer A Kelvin Roberts 3/6 Volunteer Services Thomas Anderson 3/8 Schapers A Cathy Shanks 3/6 Nursing Fred Schudel 3/8 Fletcher 2 Pat Gregory 3/7 Nursing Harold Carlock 3/10 Elmore East Kristen Sanders 3/7 Nursing Rebecca Wood 3/7 Nursing Tony Queiroli 3/12 Markword 2 Jackie Hendrix 3/9 Nursing Gary Wharton 3/12 Fletcher 2 Keitha Jo Stark 3/9 Personnel Dave Cole 3/17 Fletcher 1 Sarah Lindsay 3/10 Nursing Pat Roy 3/17 Fifer B Jenna Smith 3/11 Switchboard Don Lafferty 3/18 Markword 2 Dale Waterman 3/11 Power Plant Niki Aschemann 3/12 Laundry Greg Naas 3/18 Fletcher 1 Bill McDonald 3/14 Nursing Eva Adele 3/21 Fifer B Resty McDonald 3/15 Nursing Fred Miller 3/21 Markword 2 Brittany Hunolt 3/16 Nursing Wilma Taylor 3/21 Elmore East Janet Llewellyn 3/16 Dietary Helen Ulm 3/23 Markword 1 Doug Campbell 3/17 Carpenter Bridgette Randall 3/17 Health Information Mariellen Hermes 3/23 Somerville Michelle Albert 3/21 Nursing Joe Pinero 3/23 Schapers A Terri Clayton 3/21 Nursing Herb Schmedt 3/24 Schapers B Dan Reis 3/21 General Store Bob Wemhoener 3/24 Fletcher 2 Samantha Anderson 3/22 Nursing Marvin Bilderback 3/24 Markword 1 Dave Clifford 3/22 Facilities Deanna Marshall 3/22 Activities Sam Gass 3/24 Fifer C Evelyn Mustread 3/25 Nursing Mary Hamann 3/25 Somerville Whitley Bland 3/26 Nursing Marjorie Bisby 3/26 Somerville Amy Reichert 3/26 Nursing Alice Bauer 3/29 Fifer B Mandy Lewis 3/27 Medical Staff Mary Young 3/28 Dietary Harry Nordwall 3/29 Fifer D Kurt Rossiter 3/30 Dietary Sue Lowe 3/30 Markword 2 Cathy Houston 3/31 Nursing Bub Gaines 3/30 Fifer D Melissa Shaffer 3/31 Nursing Carol Jardine 3/30 Elmore 2 Wanda Taylor 3/31 Dietary Steve Douglas 3/30 Fletcher 2 Lisa Wand 3/31 Personnel

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Ray Wernstrum 4/1 Somerville Ronette Leonard 4/1 Nursing Ed Viar 4/1 Fifer C Bill Hendricks 4/4 Truck Garage Aaron Lubbert 4/5 Carpenter Dick Brannon 4/2 Fletcher 1 Cheryl Eckles 4/6 Nursing Roger Freeman 4/3 Elmore East Jackie Workman 4/6 Activities Triana Evanoff 4/7 Nursing Pat Beard 4/5 Markword 2 Karen March 4/7 Nursing Charles Martin 4/5 Elmore East John Romnes 4/7 Nursing Dick Bennett 4/5 Schapers B Teresa Mowen 4/8 Nursing Jamie Sigler 4/8 Nursing Mo Huddleston 4/6 Markword 2 Brooke Thomas 4/8 Nursing Bob Knisley 4/9 Markword 1 Adam Koetters 4/10 Nursing Kayla Baze 4/12 Nursing Ruth Bryan 4/10 Somerville Marsha Fry 4/12 Nursing Maury Hickman 4/10 Somerville Felicia Kindhart 4/12 Nursing Les Hamann 4/11 Schapers A Ginny Waterman 4/12 Nursing Leslie Alfred 4/14 Nursing Bo Brough 4/11 Markword 1 Dawn Alexander 4/15 Nursing Wally Krozel 4/11 Markword 2 Susan Archambo 4/15 Nursing Ruth Taylor 4/12 Somerville Marlee Davis 4/15 Nursing Jim Muldoon 4/15 Social Services Bob Halle 4/12 Markword 1 Angie VonHolt 4/16 Dietary Bill Mountain 4/12 Fifer A Jennifer Daggett 4/17 Nursing Chuck Taylor 4/17 Laundry Wylie Michael 4/13 Fletcher 1 Deanna Zbornak 4/17 Nursing Maurine Corbin 4/13 Somerville Carrie Veile 4/19 Housekeeping Bob Weedman 4/15 Elmore East Amy Allensworth 4/20 Dietary Barbara Kiefer 4/20 Nursing Lawrence Noland 4/16 Markword 2 Lindsey King 4/20 Nursing Bill Day 4/20 Fletcher 2 Brandan Volk 4/20 Security Charity Campbell 4/21 Dietary Vivian Henry 4/21 Somerville Darin Lefringhouse 4/22 Dietary David Endicott 4/21 Schapers B Michael Orrill 4/22 Nursing Roger Geers 4/23 Fifer D Deb Sparrow 4/22 Dietary Keela Fischer 4/24 Nursing Harvey Myers 4/24 Schapers A Dennis Gentry 4/25 Dietary Jim Ward 4/26 Fifer A Lori Swan 4/25 Nursing Ed Roche 4/27 Elmore East Pam Allen 4/26 Nursing Chris Rose 4/28 Social Services Don White 4/28 Fifer D Ron Secrest 4/28 Housekeeping Jim Magerl 4/28 Elmore West Byron Saathoff 4/29 Bank Dodie Washburn 4/29 Nursing Norma Vahlkamp 4/28 Elmore 2 Scott Alberts 4/30 Activities Lindo Fafoglia 4/30 Schapers B Brandy Gilbert 4/30 Nursing

PAGE 13 Candid Shots

“Candid Shots” from around IVHQ over the past several weeks. Enjoy. St. Louis Cardinal Caravan on 1/19

St. Louis Cardinal Caravan St. Louis Cardinal Caravan

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Red Cross USO Show on 2/9 Red Cross USO Show

Red Cross USO Show Valentine’s Day Treats

Valentine’s Day Treats Valentine’s Day Treats

Pillars of Honor on 2/2 Pillars of Honor

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SERVING IN HARM’S WAY

The BUGLE is recognizing the family members of IVHQ residents and employees who are currently serving In Harm’s Way. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. May we never forget the sacrifice of the service man or woman or that of their family anxiously awaiting their safe return. Serving In Harm’s Way:

MM3 Travis Allen US Navy Japan Travis is the son of Lisa Allen, Pharmacy

Airman Kaylee Ann Cole US Air Force Afghanistan Kaylee is the granddaughter of Marg Bisby, Somerville Barrack

Capt. Dana Cook US Army Afghanistan Dana is the daughter-in-law of Mary Cook, Medical Staff

SSGT. Donovan Eckles US Marine Corps Afghanistan Donovan is the son of Cheryl Eckles, Nursing

SSG Mark Houston US Army Afghanistan Mark is the son of Cathy Houston, Nursing

SGT Stephanie Nelson US Army Afghanistan Stephanie is the daughter of Michelle Daugherty, Nursing & Cliff Daugherty, Truck Garage

E5 Zachary Nelson US Navy Pacific Zachary is the son of Michelle Daugherty, Nursing & Cliff Daugherty, Truck Garage

SGT Cameron Peters US Air Force Saudi Arabia Cameron is the stepson of Susan Peters, Housekeeping

Capt. Bryan Powell US Air Force Afghanistan Bryan is the nephew of Dr. Jennifer Allen, Medical Staff

PO3 Robert Stanley US Navy Japan Robert is the nephew of Kathy Lear, Nursing

SSGT Nathan Wiley US Air Force Japan Nathan is the Godson of Deanna Marshall, Activities

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE Friday, May 24th - Memorial Day Program & Family Picnic (More details in the next issue of the BUGLE. Invites will be mailed to family members near May 1st)

PAGE 17 Station) and later put him in a hotel room and go over the rules for staying there. Later the recruit would be processed and Resident given a battery of tests. If he passed, he would enter the Army.” With only a brief break in at BYRandomOSEPH EWKIRK J N his service after the first four years, Staff Sergeant Steve Douglas’ military career ended in A FAMILY AFFAIR worked as an infantry and anti- 1992. As father and son career sol- tank soldier with a Nuclear, He then began an extensive diers in the U.S. Army, Stanley Biological and Chemical MOS civilian career. For the first four and Steve Douglas served togeth- storing protective masks and years he was a security guard in er at one time in Germany when equipment used in hazardous Omaha and then worked in a their military paths crossed. material handling. manufacturing job at Western Steve’s father was his childhood Although admittedly “with- Electric in this same city for four “hero,” and he knew from his ear- out a gift for gab,” the unassum- more years. Although he was laid liest life that one day he, too, ing Douglas was also a recruiter off from this last job, he had would join the Army. His father’s in Sioux City, IA, during the part learned in the Army “not to quit” 20 year career, including serving and spent the next three years two tours in Vietnam as part of looking for work before being Air Defense Artillery manning 40 hired by ConAgra Food Company millimeter “Duster” canons, had as a fork lift driver. After being made him aware of the Army’s diagnosed with kidney failure challenges. In 1975 at the age of and placed on dialysis in 2009, 18, right after high school, that his health worsened to a point dream came true. Steve’s basic where his brother and sister training was at Ft. Polk, LA, could no longer care for him, so he where the Quincy, IL native moved from Nebraska back to his believes his having played high earliest roots in Quincy and soon school football helped him get entered the Illinois Veterans through this training without too Home. He is #5 on the kidney much difficulty. Although he had transplant list and hopes to have never fired a gun before he the operation as early as May of became “decent with a rifle.” this year. First sent overseas to Berlin, Mr. Steve Douglas Born on March 30, 1957, where he spent four years, he Steven Howard Douglas was in rose in ranks to an E-5 staff ser- of his 16 year career. This was the 2nd grade when his mother geant and squad leader. “I was his least-liked part of the mili- and father divorced and Barbara up at 5 a.m. five days a week with tary: “I was up at 6:00 and went Douglas moved to Omaha with my troops and ran Physical to the office and began ‘Dialing her children and her father and Training with them before break- for Dollars’ - that’s the catch- mother and two of her uncles. fast. At nine we began drill train- phrase for ‘recruiting.’ At ten I Although he returned to Quincy ing until lunch at 11:30. At 1:00 headed out to an area, usually the for several summers, Steve grew we had regular formations until Winnebago Reservation, where I up in Nebraska’s largest city and getting off at 5:00.” At one point made contacts from references of graduated from high school there in his career, Sergeant Douglas young men given to us by local in the class of 1975. was also a squad leader at Ft. high school girls. I had lists to Reticent of talking about him- Hood, TX. make appointments from and if I self, Steve speaks of the places he After serving in Germany, he was lucky ‘made a sale’ - got has lived. “Omaha was the meat- was a recruiter for two years someone to sign up for the Army. packing capital of the world, but before being sent to Fairbanks, Then I would take him to the now they pack carcasses on the AK, where for four years he MEPS (Military Entry Processing farm and bring them in. Warren

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Buffet [the famed investor] still the Alcan - the Alaska Highway - movies, the History Channel, Bio, lives on 50th and Dodge in a mod- then the body of the state is 1,500 and sports on television. Also an est house, the same old place he miles further. avid poker player, he plays inherited. Bob Gibson [the St. The Douglas name is well- “Texas Hold’em” nearly every day Louis Cardinal Hall of Fame known and respected in Quincy. of the week at various locations pitcher] was born there and His cousin Bruce is perhaps the in town and has a season basket- everybody knows about “Boys most illustrious basketball player ball pass for Quincy University. Town.” In the movie made about in Quincy High sports history An intelligent and hard- it, Fr. Flannigan had to walk ten and another cousin is a basket- working but quiet and modest miles into Omaha; now the city ball coach at Liberty High School. man, Steve Douglas is most has grown to incorporate that Jerry Douglas - Bruce’s brother - emphatic talking about his fami- area.” is dean of Chaddock School. ly, and even his computer is used Alaska evokes the same Steve and his family have always extensively to stay in touch with enthusiasm: “Places in Alaska been close, and when they can’t relatives. Now having returned where you can still get a 160 acre visit in person keep in touch to the city of his birth and stake and if you improve it with- through “Skype” (a computer renewed ties to the people and in the first seven years, you can software program that allows places that meant so much to him have it for yourself. Trouble is, phone calls along with video from his earliest life, he mingles there are no roads to the images via a camera) and old memories with new activities. land…you have to hike or take an Facebook and email. His father At 56, he is one of the youngest ATV or canoe or fly a plane. is also retired from the Army and residents at the Home and feels Alaska only has one main road lives in Germany, but thanks to the same delight being again and one offshoot to the North this technology only a click away. with family and friends and Shore.The land is free but you Wistfully remembering grow- locales as he did growing up on first have to get to it.” ing up on Spruce Street and Spruce Street. Steve mentions sites like places like the A&W and Sandy’s Alaska’s “Hap Junction Gold Restaurants, Steve says that Field” where you can still pan for Quincy is much like Omaha Editor’s Note: gold - as people have for the past except for its size, and that 80 years - but there is not enough “older” people like himself don’t The dates and events noted in the left for prospectors to buy a great need the excitement of larger Resident at Random article are to deal of excavating equipment. cities. Now he spends his free the best recollection of the resident highlighted. The feature is for Many folks don’t realize how far time (he is on dialysis four hours entertainment purposes only. the state is from the U.S. main- a day, three times a week) using land: Seattle is 900 miles from his laptop computer or watching

NEW EMPLOYEES (DECEMBER 28TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 24TH) RESIDENTS AND FELLOW STAFF WELCOME YOU TO IVHQ!

Jauna Byrd Tessa Claussen Jenny Clendenny Rayna Morley Kourtney Spradlin Amanda Walker Nursing - 1/1 Nursing - 1/1 Nursing - 2/4 Nursing - 1/1 Nursing - 2/4 Nursing - 1/1

PAGE 19 what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no prom- ise that you will see all the sea- Pastoral sons of your life... So, live for today and say all the things you want your loved ones to remem- ReflectionsBY ON LICKHAN FR. D B ber... And hope they appreciate and love you for all the things you have done for them in all the THE WINTER OF MY LIFE! Each day now, I find that just years past! Life is a gift to you. You know... Time has a way getting a shower is a real target The way you live your life is of moving quickly and catching for the day! And taking a nap is your gift to those who come after. you unaware of the passing years. not a treat anymore... it's manda- Make it a fantastic one! It seems just yesterday that I was tory! 'Cause if I don't on my own May You always have Love to young, and I wonder where all the free will... I just fall asleep where Share, Health to Spare and years went. I know that I lived I sit! Friends that Care! them all... And I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all - Author unknown my hopes and dreams... But, here it is... The winter of my life and it catches me by surprise... How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well... Seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully And so, now I enter into this what it would be like... But, here new season of my life unprepared it is... My friends are retired and for all the aches and pains and getting grey... the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did! But, at least Psalm 71 I know, that though the winter A psalm for old age has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last... This I know, O God, you have taught me from that when it's over... Its over... my youth Yes, I have regrets. There are and I proclaim your wonders still. things I wish I hadn't done... Now that I am old and gray-head- Things I should have done, but ed, They move slower and I see indeed, there are many things I'm do not forsake me, God. an older person now. Some are in happy to have done. It's all in a Let me tell of your strength and better and some worse shape lifetime... So, if you're not in your justice to the skies, than me... But, I see the great winter yet... Let me remind you, tell of you who have worked such change... Not like the ones that I that it will be here faster than wonders. remember who were young and you think. O God, who is like you? vibrant... But, like me, their age Whatever you would like to is beginning to show and we are accomplish in your life, please do You have burdened me with bit- now those older folks that we it quickly! Don't put things off too ter troubles used to see and never thought long! but you will give me back my life. we'd be. Life goes by quickly. So, do You will raise me from the depths

PAGE 20 JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2013 BUGLE of the earth; you will exalt me and console me again. So I will give you thanks on the lyre MERICAN EGION for your faithful love, O God. A L To you will I sing with the harp, UXILIARY to you, the Holy One of Israel. A NEWS When I sing to you my lips shall rejoice and my soul, which you have redeemed. The American Legion Auxiliary room on the second floor of the Old And all the day long my tongue Administration Building is open for shall tell the tale of your justice: business each Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. for they are put to shame and disgraced, to 1:00 p.m. all those who seek to harm me. The new representative for the - Psalm 71: 17-24 American Legion Auxiliary is Sue (©Grail Translation) Reichert.

The Auxiliary ladies are most happy to serve all our residents at Illinois Veteran Home Quincy and we are very happy to be back!

A FEW OF OUR BEST! ILLINOIS VETERANS HOME 2013 EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

NOMINATIONS FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. SEND TO RICK GENGENBACHER, HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.

JANUARY FEBRUARY Tawnya Tenhouse, Housekeeping Deb Kennedy, Activities

PAGE 21 ALL WARS MUSEUM OPENS FOR SEASON MARCH 1ST

The All Wars Museum, located on the grounds of the Illinois Veterans Home, will open for the 2013 season on Friday, March 1st. Museum hours are: Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Tuesday through Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays. There is no admission fee. If you have never been to the museum or have not been recently, it is well worth the time and trip. Next time your family or friends visit, why not treat them to the wonderful experience that is the All Wars Museum? Mr. Bob Craig is the Museum Curator. He can be reached at (217) 222-8641, ext. 338. The museum season runs from March 1st through December 7th of each year. Monetary donations and artifacts are accepted year round.

HOMELIKE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT UPDATE

Melvin Turner, Markword Infirmary, and his wife, Betty, Anderson Barrack, enjoy an afternoon in the Markword 1 dayroom. Betty is sitting in one of the new chairs recently purchased for the unit as part of the Homelike Environment Project. Her chair, along with another chair, a love seat, and a couple end tables are all new and give the room a new feel. The love seat and the chairs are very comfortable and look great. These improvement as well as others throughout the grounds were made possible by the generous donations of many individuals, families, and organizations to the Homelike Environment Project. (Please see page #25 for more details on this project. Contributions of all size are appreciated and the best part of the program is that improvements are being made as fast as the donations come in.) Look for more updates about this exciting project in future Bugles!

TAPS (DECEMBER 28TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 24TH) GOD BLESS THESE SPECIAL MEN AND WOMEN, OUR COMRADES...

George Beasley, Albie Boone, 84, John Brewer, Jack Carncross, Ken Conroy, 85, Sam Digangi, 96, 84, died January died January 7th. 71, died February 87, died February died January died January 22nd. George was Albie was a 9th. John was a 20th. Jack was a 16th. Ken was a 13th. Sam was a a KW Army Korean War Army Vietnam War W W I I & K W Korean War Army W W I I A r m y Veteran and a res- Veteran and a res- Army Veteran and Marine Corps Veteran and a res- Veteran and a resident since ident since a resident since Veteran and a resi- ident since ident sice 4/29/08. 11/7/11. 3/25/10. 1/24/13. dent since 1/16/08. 2/11/09.

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TAPS CONTINUED GOD BLESS THESE SPECIAL MEN AND WOMEN, OUR COMRADES...

Andy Divine, 76, John Haushahn, Dale Leenerts, Cal Loy, 87, died Frank Oltman, Ray Pettit, 91, died February 85, died February 80, died January February 8th. Cal 91, died February died January 5th. 11th. Andy was a 11th. John was a 22nd. Dale was a was a Korean War 11th. Frank was Ray was a WWII Peace Time Air W W I I N a v y Korean War Navy Veteran and a WWII Army Army Veteran Force Veteran and Veteran and a res- Marine Corps a resident since Veteran and a res- and a resident a resident since ident since 1/3/12. Veteran and a res- 7/20/10. ident since since 8/29/12. 10/14/09. ident since 10/22/12. 9/21/12.

Norm Rotter, 89, Don Schmidt, Jim Schnellbecker, Don Schofield, Rita Schulte, 85, Scotty Scott, 89, died January 83, died January 79, died January 86, died December died January died January 17th. 26th. Norm was a 17th. Don was a 25th. Jim was a 31st. Don was a 17th. Rita was a Scotty was a WWII W W I I A r m y Korean War Army Korean War Army W W I I N a v y Non-Veteran and and Korean War Veteran and a res- Veteran and a res- Veteran and a res- Veteran and a res- a resident since Army Veteran and ident since ident since ident since ident since 2/20/08. a resident since 9/27/12. 5/14/09. 10/4/12. 10/5/10. 12/12/12.

Paul Selvaggio, Wilma Veach, Leroy Wallace, George Werner, Lou Woerman, 88, died January 82, died January 76, died December 86, died February 91, died December 5th. Paul was a 21st. Wilma was 29th. Leroy was a 19th. George was 30th. Lou was a W W I I N a v y a Non-Veteran Korean War Air a WWII Army W W I I N a v y Veteran and a resi- and a resident Force Veteran and Veteran and a res- Veteran and a res- dent since 10/23/12. since 3/3/08. a resident since ident since ident since 8/20/1979. 11/28/12. 3/17/09.

PAGE 23 Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and Gen. George Patton. Music CDs The recent Library Survey Library called out the need for the Library to expand its selection in its Blues, Jazz and Pop collection. I am BYNotesKEITH GERHARDT pleased to announce that we have. Now available are Blues CDs by such artists as Chuck Berry, Albert Collins, Bo Diddley, Buddy E-BOOKS Marigold Hotel”, “Tinker, Taylor, A number of residents and Solder, Spy”, “Hope Springs”, “The Guy, Etta James, Robert Johnson staff received an E-Reader for Bourne Legacy”, “Trouble With and Muddy Waters. In Jazz, CD’s their Christmas present this year. the Curve”, “Skyfall”, “Argo”, and by Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, This has raised the question if several others John Coltrane, Cannonball your library supports E-Readers. Adderly, Louis Armstrong and Unfortunately, the IVHQ Library Books others are available. In addition does not support E-Readers there- Some of the new books that we several CDs are also being added fore; you are unable to check out e- have recently added to the collec- in the following genres: Country books through the IVHQ Library. tion include several titles by Clive & Western, Soul/R&B, Male This option is available through Cussler, J.A. Jance, John Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Pop, the Quincy Public Library. They Sandford, Stuart Woods and many Rock, Gospel, and Classical. can assist you in getting set up others. Specific Large Print Titles Please keep an eye out for the with their system so that you may include “Nortorious Nineteen” by Flyers listing the CDs as well as check out an e-book. I will contin- Janet Evanovich, “The Racketeer” continue to watch Channel 2 for ue to explore the option of your by John Grisham, “Merry new releases. IVHQ Library being able to pro- Christmas Alex Cross” by James vide this service in the future. Patterson, just to mention a few. I am constantly looking to In Non-Fiction, we have added expand the library’s reading, listing and viewing selections for your YOUR LIBRARY’S COLLECTION “No Easy Day” by Mark Owen, DVDs “The Emperor of All Maladies” by enjoyment. If you have any sug- Per the last issue of the Bugle, Siddhartha Mukherjee, gestions/requests for any books, it was noted that Family Video “Moonwalking with Einstein, The movies, CDs, etc. that you would very generously donated several Art and Science of Remembering like to find in your library, now is hundred DVDs to the IVHQ Everything” by, Joshua Foer, In the time to let your library staff Library as part of Family Video’s Biographies, we have added Large know. For the next few months nations “Movies for Troops” pro- Print selections on Dwight D. the library will be making deci- gram. These movies are in the Eisenhower, Arnold sions on such purchases and your process of being integrated into Schwarzenegger, James Garner, input is requested. Of course, not our collection. The DVDs titles Steve McQueen, and Rin Tin Tin everything can be acquired, but cover a wide spectrum of Genres. to just mention a few. unless you speak up, it may never The movies range from some be in the library. recent releases to older selections. CD-Books So whatever your taste in Movies, We have added “Cruisin’ IVHQ-TV (CHANNEL 2) we should have you covered. Route 66” in CD-Books. This is a Please keep an eye on IVHQ- In addition, your library has nostalgia filled story of America’s TV (Channel 2) for announcement acquired numerous new titles Main Street. For those who trav- of newly added items (All such as “Abraham Lincoln – eled Route 66 or for those who Formats)! In addition, flyers are Vampire Hunter”, “The Magic of have only heard of it, it is a great still sent out listing new CDs and Belle Isle”, “Salmon Fishing in the listen! We have also added CD- DVDs. Yemen”, “The Best Exotic Book Biographies on Abraham

“The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.” - Bern Williams

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ILLINOIS VETERANS HOME AT QUINCY WISH LIST These items currently cannot be funded through the regular budget process but are nonetheless worthy proj- ects. If you or your organization are interested in funding a portion or an entire project, simply contact Administrator Bruce Vaca at (217) 222-8641, ext. #202 or Director of Marketing Rick Gengenbacher at ext. #380. All contributions, no matter the size, will be noted in the Bugle with the Wish List. These items will remain on the list until we have received enough funds to purchase them. New items will be added from time to time. (Checks should be made payable to the Illinois Veterans Home . Please write the name of the project you wish to adopt in the memo note.) THIS LIST IS IN PRIORITY ORDER. As always, thank you for your time and consideration.

REQUESTED: HOMELIKE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT - ADOPT-A-CHAIR PROGRAM REASON: Living environments influence quality of life and many studies have been done regarding the impact the environment around us has on our health; physical, and emotional well-being. Such things as wall coverings/color, window coverings, lighting, and wall art influence us whether we realize it or not. These things help humanize healthcare environments and can make a setting more reminiscent of home; that’s our goal with this endeavor, to create a more homelike environment for our residents starting with the dining room chairs. PRICE: $325 to Adopt-a-Chair

REQUESTED: AMERICAN VETERANS’ MEMORIAL GARDEN REASON: We would like to create a beautiful perennial garden between the Stone Building and Smith Hall for our residents, their families, and all other visitors to enjoy. Thanks to Bergman Nursery, we have a breathtaking design that has high curb appeal and is low in maintenance. Some of the design features are a paver patio with stone benches, special lighting, retaining walls, walkways for wheelchairs, a dry creek bed, and berms with annuals and flowering trees. This special garden would honor all military veterans and its many walkways would tell the story of America’s pathway to freedom. PRICE: $35,000 total

REQUESTED: DONATIONS TO COVER PRINTING & MAILING EXPENSE FOR THE BUGLE REASON: Donations are requested to help offset a portion of the annual expenses for the bi-monthly publi- cation which, between printing and postage will exceed $20,000.00 per year. PRICE: ONGOING FUND -- Donations of all sizes are appreciated.

REQUESTED: DONATIONS TO THE RESIDENTS BENEFIT (ACTIVITIES) FUND REASON: Daily activities for residents and all special events (such as the Family Picnic and the Christmas Party) are funded out of the Residents Benefit Fund. Donations of all sizes are always welcome as our Activities Department continues to provide first-class events and reaches out to all residents through a variety of activities. PRICE: ONGOING FUND -- Donations of all sizes are appreciated.

Thank You For Your Consideration!!!

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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED (since last issue) American Legion Peoria Vostral donated $500.00 Fund Denver Reische donated Post #2 donated to the Schapers Home- $50.00 to the Activities $2,052.98 to the Like Environment Fund Jerry & Jane Fund Activities Fund and for Korsmeyer donated personal items Daughters of Union $100.00 for Library Myrel & Cheryl Allen Veterans donated items donated $25.00 to the American Legion, $50.00 to the Resident / Activities Fund Peoria County Council, Family Christmas Party Kathy Bailey donated donated $200.00 to the $30.00 to the American Mike Haschemeyer Activities Fund and for The Quincy Women's Veterans Memorial donated $30.00 to the personal items Bowling Association Garden Fund Activities Fund donated $565.00 to the George Iler donated Activities Fund Alpha Damma Mamma Randy Haschemeyer $5.00 to the Resident / Group ADM Corporate donated $25.00 to the Family Christmas Party Gene & Helen De Runtz Office in Decatur donat- Activities Fund donated $30.00 to the ed $325.00 to the Home- Lain & Marie Johnson Activities Fund Like Environment Maurice Ross donated donated $25.00 to the "Adopt a Chair" $25.00 to the Activities Resident / Family Darrel Mink donated Program Fund Christmas Party $20.00 to the Bugle Fund Polish Legion of Tom & Judy Munson The James Boone American Veterans donated $100.00 to the Memorial donated DAV Chapter #90, Jack donated $100.00 to the Activities Fund $390.00 to the Elmore Graichen Memorial, Resident / Family Activity Fund donated $300.00 to the Christmas Party Sharon Goldsborough Activities Fund donated $50.00 to the Bybee Family donated Homer & Eva Adele Activities Fund $50.00 to the Resident / The Leo Swift Memorial donated $200.00 to the Family Christmas Party donated $50.00 to the Bugle Fund, Activities, Clause & Joanne Miller Activity Fund Bottorff & Espe donated $30.00 to the Jacksonville Emblem Memorials Activities Fund Club 467 donated VFW Ladies Auxiliary $100.00 for Comfort gift shop proceeds Reserve Officers Bob & Shirley Phillips Items donated $110.00 to the Association Springfield donated $10.00 to the Activities Fund Illinois Chapter #39 Activities Fund The Dale Richmond donated $100.00 to the Memorial donated June Nobis donated Resident Christmas Korean War Veterans $120.00 to the Activity $25.00 to the Activities Gift Fund Association South Fund Fund Suburban Chapter #23 The Britten Gray donated $100.00 to the The Paul Espe The American Legion Memorial donated Resident / Family Memorial donated Harold A. Taylor Post $610.00 to the Activity Christmas Party & New $900.00 to the Activity No. 47 donated $100.00 Fund Years Eve Party Fund / Julian Landson - to the Activities Fund IVH paperboy's grand- Mari Clement donated Veterans of Foreign father Navy Club of Peoria $30.00 to the Activities Wars Mercer County Ship 34 donated Fund Post #1571 donated Dr. Henry & Lois $300.00 to the Activities $100.00 to the Activities

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Fund Memorial donated February 2013 Bingo Fund $80.00 to the Activity Keith & Joan Dowling Fund AMVETS Post #104 Linda Schneider donat- donated $100.00 to the donated $20.00 to the ed $25.00 to the Bugle Resident / Family The Eldon Vahle Markword February Fund Christmas Party Memorial donated 2013 Bingo $50.00 to the Activity William & Judy Karen Layten donated Fund The 44th Infantry Schoonover donated $25.00 to the Resident / Division Veterans $25.00 to the Bugle Family Christmas Party Bowlers to Veterans Association donated Fund Link donated $500.00 $1,904.52 to the The American Legion for a Projector for Activities Fund Doris Langenbahn Windsor Post #725 Activities donated $30.00 to the donated $300.00 to the Canton Lodge #626 Bugle Fund Activities. Plus comfort Floyd & Diane BPO Elks donated items & clothing Alexander donated $1,000.00 to the Dance Georgia Richter donat- $100.00 to the Activities band fund ed $25.00 to the Bugle The American Legion Fund Fund Central Park Post Norma Buffington #1028 donated $100.00 Ricky & Margaret donated $25.00 to the Merle & Judy Sims to the Activities Fund Hamann donated Bugle Fund donated $100.00 to the $50.00 to the Bugle Bugle Fund & Home- Sam Gass donated Fund Cleta Riggins donated Like Environment $50.00 to the Activities $25.00 to the Bugle Project Fund Korean War Veterans Fund Association Lester Constance Wilson Schapers Units family Hammond Chapter Wanda Boyle donated donated $10.00 to the Christmas dinner donated $200.00 to the $25.00 to the Bugle Bugle Fund donated $73.00 to the Activities Fund Fund Resident / Family Disabled American Christmas Party American Veterans The Frank Paul Veterans Auxiliary Unit Motorcycle Riders Selvaggio Memorial #17 donated $325.00 to AMVETS Ladies Association Chapter X donated $125.00 to the the Home-Like Auxiliary, Department donated $1,500.00 to Activity Fund Environment "Adopt-A- of Illinois, donated the Activities Fund Chair Program" $150.00 for Store Cards The Robert Lee Stock The Roland Long Estate Memorial donated Schapers Cookbook Greater Peoria Amvets donated $564.09 to the $125.00 to the Activity sales donated $20.00 to Ladies Auxiliary Post Activities Fund Fund the Home-Like #64 donated $25.00 to Environment Project the Activities Fund Raymond & Maria The Donald Schmidt Knowles donated $25.00 Memorial donated Elk's National Veterans Louise Seaver donated to the Activities Fund $445.00 to the Activity Service Commission $50.00 to the Bugle Fund Macomb Elks Lodge Fund The American Legion #1009 donated $500.00 Auxiliary #1236 donat- Anonymous donation of for Postage stamps & The Family of Fritz ed $200.00 to the $25.00 to the Activities Phone cards Osinski donated Activities Fund Fund $100.00 to the Activity The George Beasley Fund Catholic War Veterans The Charles Scott Memorial donated Post #1933 donated Memorial donated $250.00 to the Activity The Wilbur Dillon $20.00 to the Markword $50.00 to the Activity Fund THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!!!

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Pillars of Honor Visits IVHQ

The Pillars of Honor, a traveling original-scale model of the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., visited IVHQ on February 2nd. WWII Veterans from IVHQ and the Quincy community were recognized during the visit. The memorial was designed by world renowned architect Fredrick St. Florian and brought to IVHQ by The Pillars of Honor, Inc. located in Des Plaines IL.

1,500 copies printed by IDVA Printed by authority of the State of Illinois