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Highlights in this issue:
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Scott Edwards, Facilities Director (913) 744-2468 sedwards@lakeviewvillage.org
We are pleased to announce we are again partnering with KCP&L MPower program. This program helps us save energy and gives Lakeview the potential of a rebate, as well as reducing the possibility of a black out due to the high temperatures of summer and the demand for electricity. How Does the Program Work? When the temperatures rise above a certain degree causing the demand for energy to rise, KCP&L will call an energy curtailment alert. The curtailment hours are usually from 1pm – 7pm. When the alert is called, we will be turning off some of the lighting in the highrise halls and turning off lighting in unused community rooms. We will reduce lighting in offices. The temperature to the chillers, which cool the buildings, will be raised a few degrees. This will raise the temperature in your apartment a few degrees. Do not adjust the temperature on your thermostat further as it may get too warm in your apartment. What can you do to help during the event? • Refrain from cooking or baking—instead make a sandwich. • Refrain from running your dishwasher. • Do your washing and ironing when the event has passed. • Turn off all unnecessary lights. Thank you for your help in assisting us meet the conditions of the MPower program.
Center of the Plate..................................Page 5 Marketing In Motion..............................Page 6 Health News You Can Use.....................Page 6 The Storm........................................... Page 8-9 Going Green/Volunteer Opportunities.Page 10 Honoring Ford Family......................... Page 10 In the Spotlight.................................... Page 11 Published by Sun Publications, Inc. 4370 W. 109th St. • Overland Park, KS 66211 913-381-1010 Fax: 913-381-9889 ©2011 Sun Publications, Inc. Art Director: Kelsey Wilkinson Advertising Account Executive: Carol Burrington
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Lisa Mullinger, Retail Food & Beverage Manager (913) 744-2473
“Bistro Recipe Contest” We are hosting the Bistro’s first ever recipe contest and we want YOUR favorite recipes! Show off your creative culinary skills by submitting your favorite sandwich or salad recipe! The best sandwich and salad recipes will run as the feature items for the month of September. The winners will receive a $40 gift card to bring in their family and friends to show off their winning dish at the Bistro! The only rule is that recipes can only contain 10 ingredients. Recipes must be submitted by August 5th to the “Bistro Contest Entry” box located on the Bistro counter. Winners must be current Lakeview Residents or Employees. “Catering at Lakeview” Did you know that Lakeview’s Catering department sold over $100,000 worth of events last year? We ran over 1,200 events with 3 full time staff and multiple part time and seasonal team members! Many Lakeview residents have become familiar with our work and take advantage of the convenient and impressive services that we offer. We do everything from large receptions, family dinners and association meetings to bridge group luncheons and at-home drop offs! If you haven’t heard about or seen one of our events, ask a neighbor or stop by the catering office and see our portfolio of the wide variety of events! We look forward to catering your next gathering to “Wow” your friends and family!
Community News Healthcare Seminar & Holiday Hours
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Do you have questions concerning this current law about healthcare and how it affects you? Resident Frank Neff has arranged for those who have become wellinformed about this law to bring their knowledge to Lakeview for a presentation on Monday, July 18 at 1:30 p.m. in Heritage Activity Center. Anna Lambertson, Executive Director of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition, will lead the presentation. Alice Kitchen, from the Affordable Care Act Education Group (a coalition of various health agency groups in the Kansas City metropolitan area) will assist. Holiday Closings and Hours All Lakeview offices will be closed for Independence Day, Monday, July 4. There will be no mail service. Bus service will only be available for the scheduled meal (which will follow the Sunday schedule), no shuttles. The Beauty Salons will be closed, as well the Heritage Reception Desk. The Eastside Terrace Reception Desk will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. The Eastside Terrace Fitness and Aquatic Centers will be closed. The What Not Shop, Library and Pantry will all be closed.
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Colette Panchot, Director of Sales and Marketing 913-744-2449 | cpanchot@lakeviewvillage.org With summer in full bloom, it’s a good time to report on new “sprouts” at Lakeview Village. The Northpointe lobby and first floor hallways have been freshly painted; there are plans to remodel a few unoccupied two-bedroom apartments in Northpointe. A group of residents provided the Sales and Marketing Department their thoughts on how Lakeview could market our beautiful lakeside building most effectively. We are also re-developing several cottages around campus, including 8922 Cottonwood #4, which overlooks the lake, and the combination of two cottages at 14025 W. 91st Terrace into a large duplex. You may have seen a couple of news stories lately
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about Lakeview Village, including one in The Kansas City Star about the Catlett Scholarship Program, as well as a story in Nursing News about the award we recently received from the Kansas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. We are proud of our residents and coworkers and happy to trumpet their accomplishments. In addition, there will be hints of new growth on our Lakeview Village website in the coming months as we update its content and accessibility to all of our valued customers.
Jan Pearson, Director of Health Services (913) 744-2475 jpearson@lakeviewvillage.org
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Your body normally cools itself by sweating, but sweating may not be enough during hot and humid weather. When out in the heat too long, your body temperature can rise to dangerous levels. Exercising too much for your age and physical condition are also factors. Older adults, young children and those who are sick or overweight are most at risk. Drinking fluids, replenishing salt and minerals and limiting time in the heat can help. Heat-related illnesses include: • Heatstroke: a life-threatening illness in which body temperature may rise above 106° F in minutes; symptoms include dry skin, rapid, strong pulse and dizziness • Heat exhaustion: an illness that can precede heatstroke; symptoms include heavy sweating, rapid breathing and a fast, weak pulse
• Heat cramps: muscle pains or spasms that happen during heavy exercise • Heat rash: skin irritation from excessive sweating Medicines that can put you in danger of heatstroke because they affect the way your body reacts to heat include: • Allergy medicines • Some blood pressure and heart medicines • Diet pills • Laxatives • Some antidepressants and antipsychotics • Seizure medicines • Water pills Tell your doctor what medicines you are taking to find out if your medicine puts you in danger of heat-related illnesses.
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Happy Independence Day America!!! Community Days Parade
The annual Lenexa Community Days Parade is a hometown tradition that draws thousands of spectators to downtown Lenexa to celebrate Independence Day. Friends and family gather along the parade route to watch floats, bands, antique cars and more as they wind their way through the downtown area beginning at 10 a.m., July 4th. Entries are judged along the way, with awards presented in the front lawn of Bonjour School just after the parade.
Details about the 2011 Community Days Parade are available by phone at 913.477.7100. If you would like, you may bring your lawn chairs to the front area of Heritage Place and Eastside Terrace to watch the parade as it makes its way down Park Street. Don’t forget to take sunscreen or an umbrella to protect you from the sun! This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis
SOLD! By Debbie Jacobs-Karlstrom
The Annual Alzheimer’s Association Art Auction was held Thursday evening, May 5th, at the Hobbs Building in the West Bottoms of KCMO. The old warehouse had been miraculously transformed into an art exhibit extraordinaire. Outlining the large room were the 24 Silent Auction paintings from the Memories in the Making participants, which included Lakeview residents: Margaret Faris, Alice Schowalter and Fred Marr. Each watercolor had been professionally matted and framed for the occasion by Ward and Ward. The 13 works of art selected for the Live Auction were near the stage and again exquisitely framed. Alice Schowalter and Fred Marr both had paintings in this group. The atmosphere was filled with excitement as the Silent Auction paintings were admired and bid upon. Once the bidding came to a close, the big event of the evening began to unfold. All eyes turned toward the stage as guest Emcee,
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John Holt of Fox 4 News introduced the Nigro Brothers as auctioneer for the Live Auction. As each painting was presented, John Holt read a short biography of each artist, then the flurry of bidding commenced. When it was all said and done, the Alzheimer’s Chapter had raised $167,000 of which $3,000 was raised by Margaret, Alice and Fred! The Auction was a huge success thanks to all the artists and their participation in the Memories in the Making Art Program. The evening concluded on a high note and ended with this poem by Marilyn Kingsley Stearns: . My brush speaks. The vibrant language of Color and form Probes my memory, Captures my thoughts, Awakens my mind to the Beauty of life. Listen! Listen to my canvas! My words are absent But, ah! My brush speaks
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Storm By Lauren Nelson he impact of Joplin, Missouri has affected the entire nation in one way or another. The EF5 tornado shook the town of Joplin. Fortunately, Lakeview has, not only a storm spotter on board, but also an emergency responder and licensed homeland security emergency communicator. It all started when Doug Brown and his wife were getting bored with the same old routine; so they began training to become Emergency Responders for Wyandotte County. During training, the instructor mentioned upcoming weather seminars and the need for more storm spotters. It didn’t take long for them to get hooked on the weather seminars
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considering how much Doug likes bad weather. In their first class, Reed Timmer, a meteorologist and professional storm chaser, was the speaker. Doug described him as being “nuts”, especially when Timmer showed video footage of himself being chased by tornados. Timmer now has his own show on the Discovery Channel called “Storm Chasers.” One of the requirements to be an official
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The technical equipment used while spotting
Storm Spotter is you wall cloud—which is okay. If you see a wall must also be a licloud that stops, and look into the front of it censed HAM Radio and see a gray area and a white area, you Operator. It was a know this is a super cell; the white area complex class, but is cold and the gray is sucking heat up it was appealing. from the ground. This mixes up and gives Doug and his wife off hail—the inside of the cloud is very enjoy the Storm violent. It looks as if the white and gray Spotting more than areas are dancing. When the hot air goes anything, but they up, it mixes with the cold and that’s when it don’t like the weather gets violent. If it’s really hot and cold, The official damage that comes with you get more rotation and behind that Storm Spotter it. They take their car in once is the after affect, the tornado. That’s of Kansas a year to get it patched up. “It’s very important to why you always get warm air, then know your area and surrounding,” Doug stresses. cold air, hail and a tornado. Tornados He remembers a particular chase when they went usually run north to northeast. You always want to under a gas station on Leavenworth Road and 435 in stay parallel to it. Kansas City, Kansas for cover from hail, but then the Doug cannot stress the importance of being prewind picked up and blew a trash can into their wind- pared and paying attention. Joplin had 27 minutes shield, cracking it. “You have to get used to hail, notice, but people ignored it. Sedalia had a tornado dings and cracks,” Doug stated. It’s hard to escape the same week with the same amount of damage, the damage, but luckily for them they stay inside the but only one death because they were prepared. Its car for the most part. unfortunate that is takes a devastating act of God for Storm chasing is his specialty. One of the most people to realize the severance of Mother Nature. interesting aspects was learning how to watch storms It’s fascinating to listen to Doug’s exciting stories. build. When you look into the sky and see clouds Next time you see Doug “Storm” Brown, ask him to spread from horizon to horizon, you know that is a share one of his adventurous tales with you.
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Going Green
Resident’s attitude was “always on the sunny side”
By The Lakeview Village Foundation “He always looked on the sunny side.” That is the way resident Ann To share your “green” ideas or to join the Ford remembers her Living Green at Lakeview Committee, late husband, Don Ford. contact Shellie Sullivan at (913)744-2410 “Don always had a posissullivan@lakeviewvillage.org tive attitude about life, Green Facts of the Month: * About 80% of what Americans throw away even when it was handing him difficult chalis recyclable, yet our recycling rate is only 28% lenges. He just had a way of seeing the good in any NEW RECYCLING OPPORTUNITY – Home situation.” One of the things Don enjoyed most at Lakeview Depot is now collecting the CFL (compact flowas the carefree lifestyle. Don was able to engage rescent light) bulbs that contain mercury. Place in his favorite activities—reading fiction and playing them in a plastic bag and deposit them into one of the bright orange collection units in any Home bridge with good friends—as often as he desired. So when the time came to find a special way to rememDepot store. ber Don, their daughter (one of four children) said, “Mom, why don’t we do something at Lakeview? Glass Recycling Pickup: The glass recycling collection bins will be avail- Dad loved Lakeview.” Ann’s family chose to sponsor a bench near the able July 1, 2 & 3. The glass is picked up by statue in front of Heritage Place because it is some8:00a.m. the first Monday of every month. thing practical that Don would have used. Shortly Please remember to rinse your glass containers and take off all caps and lids before putting them before moving from Mullen Road to Southridge, Ann remembers how Don had enjoyed sitting on in the bin. Thank you. the recently installed memorial bench (for another resident) near their driveway, waiting for the bus. He had told his wife that he wished that bench would have been there sooner because it was much more comfortable than the years he spent standing up against their cottage waiting for rides. Before deciding which direction the bench should face, Ann consulted with her good friend of more Shellie Sullivan, Community Life Manager than 50 years, resident Dorothy Muck. Dorothy (913)744-2410 ssullivan@lakeviewvillage.org remembers Don as having “always looked on the sunny side.” So like his “sunny” attitude, the bench, Pantry in memory of Don, has been placed in a sunny spot. We would love to have some more people Shade trees have been planted around the bench area to train for cashiering in the Pantry. Trainto keep it cool. ing will be provided by Lisa Mullinger. It’s To discuss the many ways you can give in honor or a great way to meet residents and staff! Call in memory of a loved one to benefit residents, stop by Shellie if you are interested. or call the Foundation at 744-2430.
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Resident Jim Owens By Maggie Weed Jim Owens can be described with two words: whirling dervish. That means he has been taught to love everything and does many things in quick succession. Born in the Virginia Mountain, Jim and his seven siblings were expected to spend an hour every night in study and reading. All pursued higher education. Jim attended Berea College in Kentucky, spending his Jr/Sr years at a Jamaica Mission project. Then he went to Oklahoma State, studying public school administration. The army called in 1956, and he was in Korea for 16 months. He married Deborah in 1958, and they both later graduated from the University of Virginia—the first couple to receive Masters of Education there. They have a daughter in Merriam, another in California and a son in JoCo, Ks. And now added are five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Jim taught at KU for 3 years in the School of Education, followed by 31 years in the Shawnee Mission school district. He finally retired in 1992, and a year later Jim and Deborah moved to Lakeview…the first residents on the 4th floor of Northpointe. Life has not slowed down for the “retired” Owens. They continue to travel the world extensively and find time to volunteer. At Lakeview, Jim devotes many hours to the What Not Shop (twice as general manager) and spent eight years on the Resident Council. He is active in church, including the Bell Choir. They belong to the German American club where they folk dance. Jim is a Mason in Lenexa. His current “dear to my heart” list includes: President of JoCo Christmas Bureau and Board of Directors for the KS Masonic Foundation, which has raised $17 million over the past 5 years for KU Cancer Research. He also likes to cook (chili and sour dough bread) and gardens (flowers and vegetables). Talk about whirling dervish???
Employee Paula Davis By Lauren Nelson Paula Davis is her name and entertaining Centerpointe residents is her game. Paula has been the Life Enrichment Coordinator at Centerpointe since January. She is thrilled to be here with such wonderful residents. “Every day is a different day here,’’ she stated. Paula has lived in Kansas for half of her life; she’s managed to cover all four corners of the state, but has made Olathe her home for the past 12 years. She has a daughter named Samantha, an 11 year old corgi and two kittens. She keeps herself busy by gardening, going to the dog park, hiking, cheering on the Chiefs and Royals, volunteering at Animal Haven and canoeing. She particularly enjoys flowers and gardening. “Gotta love the Kansas dirt,” she jokes. Paula’s background is in Arts and Design, but she naturally gravitated toward seniors. She enjoys what she does because of the residents at Lakeview. Getting to Know Paula: 1. What is your favorite time of the year? Fall 2. What chore do you absolutely hate doing? Dusting furniture 3. When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? Read 4. What sounds do you love? Oceans or thunderstorms 5. What do you miss about being and a kid? Innocence and not having to pay bills 6. If you could paint a picture of any scenery you’ve seen before, what would you paint? The Pyramids 7. What is your favorite form of exercise? Biking or swimming 8. What was your favorite food when you were a child? Anything sweet
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