Commun ty Matters May 2016
Sterling Presbyterian Manor
COMING UP IN COMMUNITY MATTERS:
Everyone has a story to tell
Independence Day marks the middle of summer and holds many fond and patriotic memories. Do you have a memorable Fourth of July story to tell? For seniors, maintaining independence is important to quality of life. How do you maintain your independence while living on a senior living campus? What did you gain by moving to the campus? What surprised you about campus life? If you’ve got a story to share about independence, contact Cindy Moore and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.
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Celebrate Nursing Home Week National Nursing Home Week, which takes place May 8-14, is a time when care communities nationwide showcase their many benefits and advancements. Join us as we celebrate Sterling Presbyterian Manor!
Monday, May 9: Favorite Sports Team Shirt Day and staff recognition of Beth, Cheryl, Cindy, Donna and Kari
Tuesday, May 10: Tropical Paradise Attire and staff recognition of nursing department. Wednesday, May 11: Western Attire, and staff reecognition of maintenance/housekeeping departments. Thursday, May 12: Hat Day and campus-wide cookout.
Friday, May 13: Any Color Goes Day and staff recognition of kitchen department.
Celebrating Art is Ageless® By Morgan Coslor, Intern
With more than 20 entries in our Art is Ageless® display and juried competition, the chapel was full of many colorful and exquisite projects. The entries included quilts, sculptures, paintings, drawings and other hand crafted clothing. Kansas born artist, JoAnna Trezise, used her artistic background to help set up the exhibit this year. JoAnna is a former employee of Presbyterian Manor, having served in multiple positions including medication aide, activity
Robert Enders, drawing, “Thomas Jefferson,” was a winner,
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director and most recently social services director. She graduated from Sterling College with an art degree.
The exhibit was set up with a “People’s Choice” voting table and Resident Council President, Charlie Seidl, voted for the “pretty, cozy looking quilts.” My personal favorite was the drawing of Thomas Edison by Robert Enders because it is drawn beautifully and has a sense of sophistication. All of the pieces were amazing. The following pieces took home winning prizes. Congratulations! Winners in the Sterling Presbyterian Manor Art is Ageless juried competition were:
Best of Show: Shirley Fair, “Dashing Through the Snow”
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Christmas (amateur): Shirley Fair, “Dashing Through the Snow”
Fiber Arts (amateur): Rocky Gaines, “Storm Pattern”
Mixed Media/Crafts (amateur): Shirley Fair, “Loralie”
Painting (amateur): Pat Flickinger, “Green Forrest”
Quilting (amateur): Shirley Fair, “Prairie Quilt”
Sculpture/3-D (amateur): Steve McClellan, “Easter Island”
Sculpture/3-D (professional): Robert Enders, “Young Bull Bear Cheyenne”
Drawing (professional): Robert Enders, “Thomas Jefferson”
Needlework (professional): Pat Flickinger, “Your Team”
Painting (professional): Don Caviness, “Harvest”
Furry, Feathered and Finned Friends By McKenna Tauer, Intern
2 parakeets find their home near the east side of the dining hall.
Many different animals surround the residents living at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. A fish tank, which contains around eight assorted fish, is located in the main lobby. The lobby is a great place for this tank since many of the residents like to sit and enjoy watching the fish swim around. The residents have all named each fish something different. However most residents agree on the name of the biggest fish in the tank, a goldfish, named, “Moby Dick.”
When walking into the dining hall from the east side of the building, the residents pass a cage that holds two parakeets, a blue and a green one. Where the cage is placed is perfect for the residents; they can be seen and heard all hours of the day. Similar to the fish, the birds have a different name depending on who you are speaking to. The two common names for the blue bird are “Blue” and “Sky.” The common two name for the green one are “Goldie” and “Forest.” Residents love to wander outside to
enjoy the fresh air and the animals that live out there. From the butterflies and the ladybugs, to the wild birds, even the squirrels. The squirrels bring tremendous joy to the residents as they get to sit outside and watch them frolic around the lawn. Corn and peanuts are bought by the barrel to feed these squirrels, along with barrels of bird seed since some residents request to have a squirrel and/or bird feeder placed outside their window so they can watch them up close. Resident, and selfdesignated squirrel watchman, Charlie Seidl said he loves all the animals
The fish tank in the main lobby contains many different kinds of fish.
Residents enjoy the squirrels that live on the grounds of Sterling Presbyterian Manor.
that surround him. His job is to place peanuts around the patio for the squirrels to eat, as well as to feed the fish daily.
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Sweet Memories of Easter By Morgan Coslor, Intern
Easter Sunday comes every year, falling on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the official vernal
equinox. Here at the Presbyterian Manor we have some Easter traditions that we live by, and this year was no different. Every year we hold an annual Easter egg hunt for our staff and residents. More than 500 eggs were spaced out and hidden around the building for the residents, staff and their families to find! Also, a couple weeks before Easter, we spent a few hours decorating the Manor EASTER continued below
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with all things Easter. Baskets were filled with colorful bunnies, flowers and eggs adding pastel colors to (almost) every inch of the interior décor. The residents and staff have some memories and traditions of their own they’ve shared with us. One of our residents, Maurice Reed said, “I didn’t have many traditions during Easter, but Mom always said we had to dress in our nicest clothes to go to church for the 4 COMMUNITY MATTERS MAY 2016
Easter service. When I got older with kids of my own, my wife had our kids go to the Sterling College community egg hunt each year. Oh, and we would always eat a real good ham.”
Kari Wheeler, our administrative services accounting assistant, had many traditions and memories from when she was growing up. “My mom always made hot-cross buns for Easter, which was the only time she ever made them and they were delicious!”
Hot cross buns were a tradition for Kari Wheeler.