August 2014 • Issue 552
REFLECTIONS — Daryl L. Martin, Executive Director This article marks my last contribution to the Village News. I received instructions to be reflective. So here are some thoughts… They say that time flies when you are having fun. That certainly seems
Daryl Martin, Executive Director will be retiring at the end of August after 36 years of dedicated service to Swiss Village.
to be confirmed during these past 36 years. I arrived in Berne in time to experience the after effects of the blizzard of 1978. The streets were plowed, but most were onelane and the snow was a mile-high. And it seems like there hasn’t been a dull time since. Without question, I have been fortunate to have worked with and learned from the best! Swiss Village’s Board of Directors have been visionary and imaginative in setting the aspirations for the organization. At the
same time I have been privileged to serve alongside a leadership team and core of supervisors who have given of their best to advance the purposes of Swiss Village. I have always felt that Swiss Village’s staff goes the extra mile and I am grateful for their compassionate competence that is demonstrated daily. And certainly I have been humbled by the unselfishness of countless donors and volunteers who have enabled Swiss Village to expand programs, Cont. on page 4
SWISS VILLAGE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BOARD MEMBERS Board of Directors:
Executive Team: Daryl L. Martin Executive Director Alma Ahmetovic Director of Healthcare Services
Kent Liechty, President Tom Muselman, Vice-President Linda Eicher, Secretary
Derick Bailey Director of Resident Services
Greg Meyer, Treasurer
Joe Burkhead Director of Information Services
Paul Zuercher, Immediate Past President
Margie Dougherty Director of Human Resources
Mark Settlemyre Sharon Sprunger Wulliman
Michelle McIntosh Director of Marketing
Nancy Subler
Roger Young Controller
Mary Fox Scott Bixler
Inside this issue: New Residents
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Active Aging Week
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NAP Grant
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Residential & Healthcare 9 Activities South Campus Wellness & Wellness Pavilion
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Kinder Haus
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Staff News
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Swiss Village Mission Statement: Swiss Village Retirement Community is a not-for-profit corporation, committed to providing quality and affordable retirement living facilities and services in a Christian environment that enhances life with dignity, meaning and appropriate care for the senior adults from the surrounding community without regard to race, religion, sex, or handicaps that can be accommodated within our delivery system.