Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
DECEMBER 2022
Arkansas City resident named masterpiecelevel winner in Art is Ageless® program Robert Armstrong was recently named a masterpiece-level winner in PMMA’s Art is Ageless juried art program for his drawing, “Country Santa.”
During the month of October, Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor hosted two Just Ask events as part of our ongoing education series covering topics of interest to seniors, their loved ones, caregivers and others in the community.
A relatively new member of the Arkansas City community, Robert only recently became aware of the competition and initially only viewed it as an opportunity to get acquainted with other artists in the area. “I didn’t know anything about it, but after hearing about it I entered a few pieces as a way to get to know people around here,” said Robert.
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Much to his surprise, he came away with more than just a few new friends.
Robert Armstrong with the Art is Ageless 2023 Calendar.
“When I heard I won, I thought, ‘Man, they must not have too many people who entered’… I was shocked,” said Robert. Robert began drawing when he was about 13 and is proud to say that he is completely selftaught. “I’ve had very little formal training,” said Robert. “I guess I’ve just been fortunate enough to pick it up.” “Country Santa” created by Robert Armstrong was a masterpiece-level winner in the Art is Ageless program.
“Country Santa,” like most of Robert’s work, is a portrait done entirely in pastel chalk.
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Sarah Long speaks about the differences between Medicare and Medicare advantage plans.
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And the winners are … Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor recently hosted its first pie contest with residents and staff competing for prettiest and best-tasting pie. Thank you to everyone who participated that helped make this such a fun event, and congratulations to our winners! Want to join us in our next competition? Contact Whitley Stokes at 620-506-0130 or wstokes@pmma.org. u
Angela Holland took first place for best-tasting pie
Dani Ibanez took second place for best-tasting pie
Cammy Boone took first place for prettiest pie
Sarah Standerfer earned second place for prettiest pie
Armstrong – continued from page 1 “I just enjoy that medium—I’ve been doing that my whole life,” said Robert.
Robert. “I told one girl to never stop drawing, she impressed me to no end.”
Recently, Robert has had some middle school-aged visitors to his gallery who have both impressed and inspired him.
As for whether he will enter the competition again next year, Robert doesn’t give any indication that the loss of eyesight in one of his eyes is going to hold him back.
“I’ve seen some of their art and my goodness I was so impressed,” said
“Yeah, I might,” said Robert. “I
continue to work on things that I like to do, and lately I’ve been doing some pieces for the church, and it’s become a big deal.” To find out how you can get a copy of the 2023 Art is Ageless calendar that features the work of Robert and countless other talented seniors, visit artisageless.org. u
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Just ask – continued from page 1 The first of these events was focused on understanding the differences between Medicare and Medicare advantage plans and was presented by Sarah Long of South-Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging. Our second presentation was hosted by Lacey Pool of Berkshire Hathaway Home services, PenFed Realty and taught those in attendance the steps needed to get ready to downsize in an efficient way. If you would like to know about future Just Ask events, contact Whitley Stokes at 620-506-0130 or wstokes@pmma.org. u
Lacey Pool provided tips for downsizing efficiently.
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member. “They’re compassionate, they’re very informative. I would tell (others) it’s by far the best choice in our area.”
We greatly value the September 2022, Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor residents and their opinions of our residents and their representatives about the care and families gave the community high services we provide, and we The graphic highlights some of the scores for safety and security, encourage them to participate cleanliness, and provide professional survey results. All scores are given honestly when contacted by on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the therapy in our healthcare. Pinnacle Quality Insight. All state highest score and 1 the lowest score. “They genuinely seem like they care and federal confidentiality laws are Between August 2021 and about the people,” said one family met in Pinnacle’s service. u
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