Chronicles
Logan Campbell Retirement Village • Autumn edition 2019
Residents, familiies and ch hildren gather for a sttart to the annual ce elebrattion
Meet Pat
Nutcracker party
Our two Evas
Greetings from Karyn... Hello and welcome to our first Campbell’s Chronicles for 2019.
We also made good use of the fine weather with some sizzling barbecues.
I hope you had a fantastic holiday break with your family and friends. This year we will be celebrating some important milestones at the village. We have achieved so much during the past 12 months and I am proud of the community that has been established. The village is full of laughter and has a fun, positive spirit.
I hope that you enjoy reading this edition of Campbell’s Chronicles. It’s full of great stories. I am looking forward to a fabulous year with you. Please remember that my door is always open if you have any queries. Kind regards,
Celebrating our first Christmas together was a wonderful experience and it was lovely to share a special meal together. The carol singing and even the performance by our ukulele group made it that more special.
Karyn Nobilo Village Manager Ph: 09 636 3888
Summer this year was also full of fun and exciting activities with the Children’s Party being a highlight.
A note from Lucy & Taryn ... It has been a great start to the year at our village. January and February have been extremely busy in the sales office with quite a few apartments being snapped up. We are selling the last of our twobedroom independent apartments and it’s lovely to finally be able to show people through our brandnew Palmyra apartment building.
Serviced apartments available now!
We had a very popular Enduring Power of Attorney presentation by Pearl Butler in January. It seems everyone has started the year with a plan to get organised and tidy up personal affairs. The following Sunday was the serviced apartment and care centre open afternoon. The village looks gorgeous and has a fantastic atmosphere. We are both well rested and look forward to a wonderful 2019. We hope to see you soon.
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Lucy Caldwell & Taryn Eagle Sales Advisors Ph: 09 636 3883
Our first Children’s Party This year is a year of firsts, and first out of the gate is our inaugural Children’s Party. We welcomed the residents, their families and the staff to join in on the day full of magic and fun. It was a quite spectacular day with awesome games, beautiful and popular face painting, cool balloon animals and a tasty sausage sizzle. Good old Mr Whippy came round for the Kiwi summer tradition of ice creams and finally a magician wowed the crowd to round out the day. We hope you had as much fun as us and we cannot wait to start planning our next Children’s Party. It’s going to be much bigger and better! Pictured: Resident Jan Beaumont with Lily and Luca Kieran. Pictured: A story always provides entertainment.
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Long Road Home brings team together Ryman supports veterans’ charity event A memorial service to celebrate the end of The Long Road Home charity trek brought a tear to the eye for many involved in the walk. The walk was organised to raise awareness for post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), and was sponsored by Ryman Healthcare. The early new year trek from St Arnaud along 110km of high-country station roads ended in Hanmer, on January 12, with a memorial service at Soldier’s Block in the South Island township. Dozens of onlookers gathered at the block to hear accounts from the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Charitable Trust (NZMRT) team that took part in the horse-ride and walk. They had followed the route taken by soldiers returning from World War 1, 100 years ago, but with the benefit of blue-sky days and a support team.
The event remembered that soldiers returning from WW1 were often left to make their own way home. Many felt abandoned, hopeless and segregated from their fellow Kiwis after witnessing the horrors of war. The walk was a success and Ryman has signed on to support the trek next year, and the plan is to make it an annual event. The trust was also in contact with overseas groups, to help spread the idea of supporting those with PTSI. PTSI continues to impact the lives of soldiers that have served in arenas such as Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Timor and Afghanistan. “I think 800 people a year are exiting our current armed forces … some of those will definitely be suffering from PTSI,” Mark said.
Organisers Bernard Shapiro, Murray Hill and Mark Appleton, president of the NZMRT, said the group was raising funds for people suffering from PTSI as a result of traumatic events.
The walk was a success and Ryman has signed on to support the trek next year, and the plan is to make it an annual event.
There were wreaths laid at the memorial on behalf of Ryman, a sponsor of the trust and its work.
Above: NZMRT members, Ryan Haigh and Anna Keehan, with their horses.
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Book review
Dust to Gold The compelling story of Bendigo station, home of Shrek. Written by John Perriam and photographed by Stephen Jaquiery. This fascinating history of Central Otago’s iconic Bendigo Station is illustrated with stunning photographs of a wild and rugged landscape. It also showcases the farms owners, the Perriam Family as well as stockmen, animals, wildlife and memorable characters including the legendary Shrek, filling the pages with vibrant colour. Shrek was the woolly hermit merino, whose story captivated the world when he was discovered high in a mountain cave after avoiding muster for six years. Read about his famous discovery and his subsequent travels throughout the country as an ambassador for Cure Kids. Incidentally, all profits from the sale of Dust to Gold will also go to Cure Kids, a worthy charity for sick children. As you read, you begin to feel part of this resilient family, joining them in their struggles and setbacks as they nurture the land in their care while also promoting their merino breed of sheep from “fleece to fashion”. I felt their pain as they watched their family’s original farm, brimming with memories and dreams, sink below the waters of Lake Dunstan: the trigger
for the eventual purchase of Bendigo Station. From droughts, weeds, gorse and rabbits to indifferent bureaucrats and meddling politicians, many battles were fought and not always won. The Perriam family story is a compelling one. “For me it was a nostalgic reminder of my roots in the nearby North Otago high country.” This is a book for rural and urban dwellers alike. For me it was a nostalgic reminder of my roots in the nearby North Otago high country. It is also an insight into the lives of those who work with and care for our land and country, a blue print on diversifying and a connection with the past for us all. John Perriam’s prose is easy and uncluttered, with the pages full of accurately drawn high country characters and the sometimes cruel events impacting on the lives of his family. Reviewed by Phyllis Thorby Edmund Hillary Retirement Village.
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Melbourne bowls challenge Ryman supports trans-Tasman bowls excursion A group of Charles Upham village lawn bowls enthusiasts have made the most of a trip across the Tasman making friends and enjoying some Ryman hospitality in Melbourne. The group of bowlers and supporters from the Canterbury-based village took on some of the best from Australia at Melbourne greens located at the Glen Waverley Bowls Club, not too far from where Ryman’s Weary Dunlop and Nellie Melba villages are based. They won the right to represent Ryman having topped a South Island Ryman village competition held at Charles Upham village in November. The bowlers Barbara McJarrow, Bruce McCorkindale, Alan Pegley and Frances McDowell plus supporters Trevor McJarrow, Anna Armstrong and Gill Small flew out on Boxing Day and stayed in Australia until New Year’s Day. Ryman is a major sponsor of the Glen Waverley club and bowls carnival. Alan says the team competed on four of the five days in the open competition. “The calibre of competition was of a very high standard with many of the locals having represented Victoria and Australia,” Barbara says.
“We won a few and lost more than we won,” Alan adds. There was the hot weather, and the longer and slower bowls greens to contend with too, Bruce says. Two days saw temperatures in the mid-30s, with more than 150 players at the club to contend with the sweltering conditions. The thermometer reached 36.4 degrees on the first day. Between them the group members have been bowling for a considerable number of years and have watched changes in the game including more modern bowls running on a ‘tighter draw’, meaning they don’t have to be played so wide. Nowadays the events are social, colourful and regularly held at most Ryman villages.
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Gemma wins the Cashin Scholarship Gemma Ballantyne’s year has got off to the best start possible thanks to the 2019 Cashin Scholarship.
Gemma has opted for a pharmacy degree after her first year, which adds another four years at university followed by an internship.
Gemma, 18, will use the scholarship to fund her pharmacy studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin.
Gemma’s looking forward to starting back at university and says the scholarship will be a big help with a busy year of learning ahead.
She was thrilled to get the news.
“I’m thrilled to win and I’m honoured that the Cashin family selected me,” Gemma says.
“I’m thrilled to win and I’m honoured that the Cashin family selected me.” “It’s awesome to win. It means that it will ease the financial stress this year and allow me to focus on my studies so that I can be the best that I can be.” Gemma has been part of the Ryman family since 2016, when she was a part-time receptionist at Anthony Wilding Retirement Village in Christchurch. She says she loved the job from the very start. “I was 16 and it was my first job and I couldn’t have had a better place to work. I loved talking to the residents, they were always interested in what I was studying and it was like having 200 grandparents.” In 2018 she began her first year at university, studying health sciences at Otago University. She worked at Yvette Williams Retirement Village in Dunedin part-time to support herself.
“I’m really grateful.” Blair Cashin, Mike Cashin’s son, said the family wished Gemma all the best with her studies. There were 100 applicants this year, a record for the scholarship.
The Cashin Scholarship The Cashin Scholarship was established to honour the memory of former Ryman director Mike Cashin. Mike was a strong believer in the power of education to change lives and was a great advocate for Ryman Healthcare and its staff. The scholarship is designed to provide a helping hand to members of the Ryman family who are taking on tertiary study. Each year the Cashin family help select the winner of the $5,000 grant, which is intended to help with study costs.
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Independent Resident Profile
Meet Pat
me so I have always been a person on my own. “I knew nothing about my mother at all; my father being a farmer he was too busy, and when I was old enough I went off to boarding school.” It was only in 2012 when Pat went back to the UK that she discovered some journals written by her late sister describing their early life on the farm in Derbyshire. “We lived about 1.5 miles away from the nearest village and being 1932, dad didn’t have a car. “My sister had written that my mother walked down to the village every Wednesday to play bridge. I nearly broke down in tears when I read that, to think that here am I today playing bridge!”
I’m really pleased, I feel like it’s the right thing for me. Bridge is more than just a card game to resident Pat Milliner. After she was widowed in 2004, it became a lifeline. “Bridge has been brilliant for me. It gets you out of the house and meeting people and when you’re left on your own that’s really important,” says Pat, whose husband Douglas was 15 years older than her. The couple had moved out to New Zealand from England in search of sunnier climes after Douglas retired from a 35-year career in the Royal Navy. They settled in Auckland’s Westmere in 1963 with their young son Howard. Pat and her husband played tennis and had played bridge socially in the Navy so she signed them up for the tennis club and bridge club in Herne Bay and has been playing there ever since. While she is very busy, with bridge three times a week and regular meetings with the Ponsonby Probus club, Pat is content in her own company, a fact that she philosophically puts down to her unusual start in life. “My mother died when I was two years old from septicemia and my sister was nine years older than
Being so active, Pat had been against the idea of moving into a retirement village. However, Pat had a pivotal conversation with a friend who works as a home help to a lady in Whangaparaoa. Another person would then visit to cook dinner. “In between times this lady had nobody and I thought that could happen to me,” says Pat, 89, who realised then that neither her beloved birds nor bridge could solve that problem. “My son lives in St John’s and if something happened to me and they have to come and keep visiting that’s not fair on them. So that’s why I’m here. “Whatever happens, here I’ve got help.” Now, in her spare time, Pat is getting to know her new neighbours, particularly the bridge fans amongst them! The rest of the time she is enjoying all the mod cons of her brand new apartment overlooking the village bowling green. “I’m really pleased, I feel like it’s the right thing for me and even though I have gone from three bedrooms to one, my apartment doesn’t feel small at all, it’s so spacious.” The best part though? Her feathered friends still come to visit on the balcony. “I just find them so interesting to watch, they bring me so much pleasure.”
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News from our Care Centre Residents
Carols for Christmas
Nutcracker party!
December is a wonderful time to celebrate and last year the local church performed a great Christmas carol concert for our residents. A joyful performance spread the Christmas cheer throughout the village. It was a great way to enjoy the holidays and the residents and their families spent some quality time together.
Late last year we celebrated the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Nutcracker performance with a party. There was a table full of sweets and a fantastic chocolate fountain. We invited the Mount Eden Ballet Academy for a performance. It was such a great event.
Pictured: Care residents are wowed by a group of Santa hat-wearing choristers.
Pictured: Visiting ballerinas helped put on a show for residents.
Staff Profile
Introducing Gerlie
Village Lifestyle Coordinator Gerlie Navaja couldn’t be happier in her job. The former nurse from the Philippines said she had thoughts of becoming a doctor, a lawyer and even began studying for a Master of Business Administration in marketing before finally finding happiness at Ryman. “I just love organising events,” she says.
I love that feeling of making people happy.
“I didn’t find my passion and I kept chopping and changing for
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so long but now this is the job I have stayed in the longest. “I love that feeling of making people happy.” Her first Ryman role was at Evelyn Page in the special care unit but when the commuting became too much so she applied for the activities coordinator job at Logan Campbell. “I don’t feel like I am going to work, I feel like I’m going to see my family. It’s really nice, I love it here.”
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Savoury or sweet profiteroles fi Ingredients ¾ cup water 125g butter 1 cup high grade flour
Pinch of salt 4 eggs
Savoury filling 150g middle rindless bacon
Sweet filling 200g fresh or frozen raspberries 3 tbsp icing sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice 200ml double cream 150g white chocolate 50g shelled pistachio
(diced)
500g smoked chicken breast (diced)
125g sour cream 125g mayonnaise ½ cup spring onions
A note from Ryman chef,
Timothy Garlick This makes a delicious finger food as it’s small and easy to eat. It’s always a big hit with everyone and you can change it up and serve it as an entrée or dessert. This is on the menu at Jane Mander Retirement Village and the residents absolutely love it!
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Sweet filling
Profiterole method • Preheat oven to 180˚C. • Bring water to the boil in saucepan, add butter and stir until melted. Sift in flour and salt, and mix with a wooden spoon over a low heat until the paste starts to dry out. Allow to cool. • Place paste in a bowl and beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing really well after each egg is added. • Place tablespoonfuls of mixture onto a tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool profiteroles on a wire rack.
Savoury filling • Fry the diced bacon and place in a bowl to cool. Add the diced chicken with the sour cream, mayonnaise and spring onions. Slice the top off the puff, add the filling and put the lid back on top. • Serve with your favourite chutney.
Put the raspberries, icing sugar and lemon juice into a food processor or mini blender and blitz until smooth. Press through a sieve into a bowl. • Whip the cream until stiff, then fold in 4tbsp of the raspberry sauce. Spoon the filling into a piping bag and make a hole in each profiterole. Make sure the profiteroles are cool before piping in the filling. • Break up the chocolate into a small bowl and melt in the microwave on low for 1½-2 mins. Leave to cool briefly until slightly thickened. • Carefully spoon the melted chocolate over each filled profiterole and sprinkle with pistachios. Leave to set. To serve, drizzle the remaining raspberry sauce over the profiteroles.
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Village news
A tale of our two Evas At Logan Campbell, we are blessed with two great Evas. Resident Eva Moses, aged 94, immigrated to New Zealand from Germany in 1938 by boat on her own as a 14-year-old to live with her aunt in Auckland. She attended Epsom Girls Grammar School. Receptionist Eva de Jong lives right next door to Logan Campbell and is one of our evening receptionists. Eva also went to Epsom Girls Grammar and graduated 80 years later in 2018 with two scholarships and the poetry prize! Both our Evas have a May birthday too!
Karyn Nobilo Village Manager Ph: 09 636 3888 Call Karyn for general enquiries, or information about resthome, hospital and dementia care.
Pictured: Eva Moses and Eva de Jong enjoy recollections.
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Lucy Caldwell & Taryn Eagle Sales Advisors Ph: 09 636 3883 Talk to Lucy or Taryn for information about independent apartments or serviced apartments.