Svs News February 2009

February 2009

Scottsdale Village Square

News

Featured Resident Fay Lara

Fay was born on March 24th, 1928 in the small town of Enterprise, West Virginia. She had seven brothers and is the oldest of six girls, all born within 20 years of each other. She went to a one room school house, and her brothers and sisters made up most of the class. Mom was a housewife and father was a coal miner. They also did farming along with raising all those children. They were poor but didn’t know it. They always had a vegetable garden and nice neighbors that gave them meat they had butchered but did not need. They ate a lot of beans, fried potatoes, eggs, biscuits and gravy and apple butter that they made themselves. Some of her favorite memories are of picking berries, holidays, and fishing with her brothers. When Fay was 10 she and three of her siblings were sent to California to live with a rich Aunt, because her father could not support the entire family at the time. These times

were hard, as her Aunt was not a nice person, and treated the four of them as if they were slaves. She was never allowed to play with other children and had to go straight home after school to do chores. She had to scrub the floors, laundry, ironing and help take care of the Aunt’s rental property. They lived in Hollywood and she went to Hollywood High School. She graduated from high school on June 20, 1946 and was married the very same day at the First Methodist Church in Hollywood Calif. That’s one way to get away from a mean Aunt. She met her future husband, Ernie C. Lara when she was 17 years old. He was in the navy. One day when she was baby-sitting, her girlfriend called and said that she had two sailors that wanted to go out with them to the ice cream parlor. After they came back from the ice cream parlor, Ernest realized that he did not have his sailor hat. The other sailor hid the hat and said that he would not return it until he kissed Fay. He was playing matchmaker and it worked! Eight months after they met they were married and the day after that, they spent their honeymoon in Tucson, Arizona. Ernest continued on next page...

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started working as a watchmaker there. Two years later, they started their family of four children, Charles, David, Debra and Brenda. In 1947, they were in a bad accident when she was pregnant with her first child. Her husband nearly lost his arm, and did not work for over a year while he recovered. Fay had to go to work and started working with Blue Cross – Blue Shield. That year was a very tough year for the both of them. Fay ended up working for them for the next 13 years. In January 1954 they decided to open their own business at 40th street and Indian School called Lara Jewelers. This was Fay’s favorite place to work. They had owned the store for thirty-five years when they sold the business. They worked for the new owners for three years and then decided to retire. Ernest and Fay also enjoyed their cabin in Heber, Arizona for rest and relaxation. About a year before they retired, Fay was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Her husband later fell ill with heart problems and passed away in May of 2000. Fay continued to live in their home until she moved to SVS in 2004. Fay enjoys living here and she is the biggest game player in the community. If you have a game you want to play, call her and she will be there in a heartbeat! Her favorite games at the moment are bingo, poker, dominos and she loves going to the casino.

Trivia Question If the telephone company added one more digit to all the phone numbers in one area code, how many new phone numbers could potentially be added? (*Yes, someone did the math for this question!) a) 1,000,000 b) 500,000,000 c) 90,000,000 d) 1,000,000,000 (Answer on Calendar page)

Fitness Corner Avoiding Falls

We all need to be aware of potential environmental risks within our own home to avoid falls: • Flooring - should be dry and not heavily waxed. Avoid slipperiness and high glare. Use rubber matting, rugs with non-skid backing, and tack down loose carpet • Lighting - avoid dim lighting, and reduce glare from sunlight in rooms. Movement sensitive lights should be installed near stairs and the bathroom • Stairs - need to be well lit with a light switch at the top and bottom of the staircase. Worn stair treads should be replaced and non-slip adhesive strips placed on the edge of all steps.

• Chairs - avoid chairs with wheels. Loose legs and arms should be fixed. Ideally chair height should allow for your feet to reach the floor and your legs to be bent at a 90 degree angle • Bathroom - use rubber mats on the floor, in the shower and in the bath. Avoid door locks. If unable to stand for long periods, place a seat in the shower or bath. Medicine cabinets should be well lit with drugs clearly marked • Bedroom - lock bed wheels. Avoid loose rugs. Ideal bed height is 45cm from the mattress to the floor • Kitchen - place a rubber mat near the sink, and wear rubber soled shoes. Frequently used objects should be stored at waist height. Avoid tripod or pedestal tables • Obstacles - beware of moving the furniture, children’s toys, shoes left on the floor, grandchildren or pets playing. Ensure the pathway to the toilet is unobstructed. *Information gathered from the National Ageing Research Institute

Village Birthdays “Happy Birthday to you...” Bertha C. Ernie Y. Roma Z. Ellen C. Margaret G. Robert O. Jeffrey K.

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February Special Events 2/4: 7:00 am, Pancake Breakfast – Vitality Village 2/6: 3:00 pm, Inspirational hour with Jim Comer, author of When Roles Reverse 2/7: 10:00 am, Tempe Marketplace w/lunch @ Red Robin 2/11: 9:30 am, Gospel Music with Greg Gaston – Dining Room 2/13: 2:00 pm, Special Valentine PARTY with Don Breault – Dining Room (We will be crowning a Mr. & Mrs. Valentine from each area in our community! Come and join us for an hour of music, fun & refreshments! 2/14: 2:00 pm, Valentine Music with William & Delite Hewes – Dining Room 2/16: 11:15 am, Debbie Lawrence on keyboard – Dining Room 2/18: 11:00 am, Hotdog & Hamburger Cookout – Poolside 2/19: 10:00 am, Audiologist to check your hearing – Private Dining Room 2/19: 1:00 pm, Jewish Service with Hannah Adelmann 2/21: 12:00 pm, Desert Botanical Gardens – Chihuly Glass Exhibit (Be sure to sign up for this special event to see the beautiful outdoor glass sculptures by the world renowned glass blower Dan Chihuly. $13.50 for seniors. Scooters available to rent for only $10.00. See Robyn, Pat or Sheila to sign up. 2/25: 1:00 pm, Bowling at Frontier Lanes – Sign up with Robyn 2/27: 2:00 pm, Happy Hour with Carl Block – Dining Room 2/28: 11:00 am, Pizza and a Movie – Vitality Village. You need to sign up with Robyn for this event!

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*ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE *

Scottsdale Village Square Goings On

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8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Teaching Bridge with Irving – Vitality Village 2:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Bridge Game – Vitality Village 2:30 Fry’s Shopping

8:30 Walking with Jennifer – Meet at Assisted Living Office 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village 2:30 Walgreen’s Shopping

7:00 – 9:30 PANCAKE BREAKFAST – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 10:45 Meditation & Massage – Family Dining Room 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:00 Apartments Poker Club – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:00 Trip to Scottsdale Library 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Wii Bowling – Vitality Village 1:30 Shopping at WAL-MART 2:30 Apartment Social Hour – Vitality Village 3:00 Inspirational hour with Jim Comer, author of When Roles Reverse

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 9:30 Bus Ride – Meet in Lobby 10:00 Trip to Tempe Market Place & Lunch at Red Robin 1:00 Shopping at Albertson’s & Well’s Fargo Bank 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village

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8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Teaching Bridge with Irving – Vitality Village 2:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Bridge Game – Vitality Village 2:30 Fry’s Shopping

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 11:30 DAVID SWAIM on Keyboards – Dining Room 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village 2:30 Walgreen’s Shopping

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 9:30 Gospel Music with GREG GASTON – Dining Room 10:15 Art Class with Sheila –Vitality Village 10:45 Meditation & Massage – Library 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:00 Apartments Poker Club – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:00 Trip to Scottsdale Library 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Wii Bowling – Vitality Village 2:00 VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY with DON BREAULT – Dining Room

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 9:30 Bus Trip – Meet in Lobby at 9:15 1:00 Shopping at Albertson’s & Osco Drug, Wells Fargo Bank 2:00 Valentine’s Day with William & Delite Hewes - Dining Room 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village

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10:00 Catholic Service – Dining Room 1:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Music & Service with Steve Prusinski – Dining Room 3:00 Independent Cards & Games – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Teaching Bridge with Irving – Vitality Village 11:30 DEBBIE LAWRENCE on Keyborad – Dining Room 2:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Bridge Game – Vitality Village 2:30 Fry’s Shopping

8:30 Walking with Jennifer – Meet at Assisted Living Office 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village 2:30 Walgreen’s Shopping

8:30 Walking with Jennifer – Meet at Assisted Living Office 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 11:00 – 12:30 HOTDOG/HAMBURGER COOKOUT – Poolside. Come and enjoy lunch by the pool! 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 3:00 Apartments Poker Club – V.V.

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 AUDIOLOGIST – Private Dining Room 10:00 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:00 Trip to Scottsdale Library 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Wii Bowling – Vitality Village 1:30 Shopping at the 99 Cent Store 2:30 Apartment Social Hour – Vitality Village

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10:00 Catholic Service – Dining Room 1:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Protestant Service with Tim & Deborah – Dining Room 3:00 Independent Cards & Games – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:00 Teaching Bridge with Irving – Vitality Village 2:00 Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Bridge Game – Vitality Village 2:30 Fry’s Shopping

8:30 Walking with Jennifer – Meet at Assisted Living Office 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:00 BOWLING at Frontier Lanes 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 3:00 Apartments Poker Club – Vitality Village

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village – Vitality Village 10:00 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 10:00 Wii Bowling – Vitality Village 1:00 Trip to Library 2:00 Happy Hour with CARL BLOCK 1:30 HARMONY HIGH (A Woman’s – Dining Room Barbershop Quartet) – Dining Room And Monthly Birthday Party 2:30 Bingo – Vitality Village

8 10:00 Catholic Service – Dining Room 1:00 Independent Dominos – Vitality Village 2:00 Protestant Services with Tim and Debbie – Dining Room 3:00 Independent Cards & Games – Vitality Village

8:30 Walking with Jennifer – Meet at Assisted Living Office 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 10:15 Art Class with Sheila – Vitality Village 1:00 RESIDENT COUNCIL – Dining Room 1:30 Chair Exercise Class – Vitality Village 2:15 Bingo – Vitality Village 2:30 Walgreen’s Shopping

Trivia Answer: c) 90,000,000



HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 9:30 Bus Trip – Meet in Lobby at 9:15 2:30 DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENS – Chihuly Glass Exhibit. Sign up for this event with Robyn or Sheila. $13.50 per person 1:00 Shopping at Albertson’s & Osco

Drug, Wells Fargo Bank 2:30 Bingo – Vitality Village

28 8:45 Crossword Puzzle & Trivia – Vitality Village 11:00 Pizza and a Movie – Vitality Village (Make Reservations for this event with Robyn) 1:00 Shopping at Albertson’s & Osco Drug, Wells Fargo Bank 2:30 Bingo – Vitality Village

$500 IS WAITING FOR YOU!

Did you know... You can get a $500 room referral credit by referring someone to Scottsdale Village Square? We’d love to have your friends join our Scottsdale Village Square family! Ask how by contacting the marketing team! *Restrictions apply. Ask us for details.

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Employee Spotlight

Meet Don Doench-Assisted Living Director Where are you from? I was born in Detroit, Michigan, reared in Indiana and moved to Arizona after living in New Mexico for 30 years. What do you do in your pastime? I tend to be a home body. I love to read and watch old movies. I am an avid golfer – playing since I was 12 years old. I have played golf all over the world. What is one thing I would like residents to know about me? I am a very passionate person concerning life, marriage, family or work. I devote my whole self into what I am involved with. What’s your favorite vacation? After selling my business, I took my wife and another couple as my guests for a 6 week vacation in Mazatlan. We had a 2 bedroom suite on the ground floor with immediate access to the water, beach and night life. It was very hard to come home. What is your favorite life lesson? While I owned my own business I was asked to sell an item to the next person that entered my establishment. I went next door and asked a lady that was dressed poorly to help me out (really to get rid of the salesman). My initial impression was that she could not afford the merchandise. She returned to my office tried on the merchandise and left me with several nice compliments about the item. Twenty minutes later, she returned with a certified check and asked if she could place an order for the item. It was one of the largest sales I ever

had. The lesson I took away was: Never prejudge; be patient and assess as much as you can before you form an opinion. What is the best thing you have ever won? I won an all expenses trip for 7 days to The Royal and Ancient Golf Course in St. Andrews Scotland. I was living in Europe and won a golf tournament in Luxembourg and that was the wining prize. What is your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday as it affords me the time to be with my family (immediate and extended). Watching parades, going to the car show, playing golf with family members, eating and giving thanks for what we have in life. Most embarrassing moment? I was President of the Chamber of Commerce in New Mexico and had to give a welcoming speech to 600 Hopi Indians that were attending a conference in our city. I got in front of a huge crowd and extended my warmest welcome to the members of the Navajo Nation. (Talk about wanting to get away)

Back in My Day... This Month in History...

February 2, 1848 - The war between the U.S. and Mexico ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. For $15 million, the U.S. acquired the areas encompassing parts or all of present day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas. February 3, 1870 - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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February 3, 1894 - American artist Back and illustratorIn Norman Rockwell was born in New York City. February 4, 1861 - Apache Chief Chochise was arrested in Arizona by the U.S. Army for raiding a ranch. Chochise then escaped and declared war, beginning the period known as the Apache Wars, which lasted 25 years. February 6, 1895 - Legendary baseball player George Herman “Babe” Ruth (1895-1948) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. February 14, 1929 - The St. Valentine’s Day massacre occurred in Chicago as seven members of the Bugs Moran gang were gunned down by five of Al Capone’s mobsters posing as police. February 21, 1965 - Former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X (1925-1965) was shot and killed while delivering a speech in a ballroom in New York City. February 22, 1956 - In Montgomery, Alabama, 80 participants in the three month old bus boycott voluntarily gave themselves up for arrest after an ultimatum from white city leaders. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were among those arrested. Later in 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court mandated desegregation of the buses. February 22, 1732 - George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. February 26, 1848 - The Communist Manifesto pamphlet was published by two young socialists, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, advocating the

abolition of all private property and a system in which workers own all the means of production, land, factories and machinery. February 27, 1991 - In Desert Storm, the 100 hour ground war ended as Allied troops entered Kuwait just four days after launching their offensive against Iraqi forces. (Credit: Library of Congress and U.S. National Archives)

Society and Aging: We are all in this together...

A FREE seminar sponsored by Hospice of Arizona & Scottsdale Village Square Bridging the generational gap by opening up the lines of communication… What is YOUR role in aging? Professionally working in health care or personally as a caregiver of a loved one, we all have a responsibility to plan for the future. We all have a say in the outcome. The first step is acknowledging you are not alone… WHAT: Inspirational hour with Jim Comer, author of When Roles Reverse WHEN: February 6th, 2009 at 3:00pm WHERE: Scottsdale Village Square RSVP: 480.946.6571 or the front desk This community forum is open to the public; however, please RSVP due to limited space. Jim’s talk is filled with practical tips, hardwon insights, and humorous stories. His candid, upbeat talk will help you make the best decisions for your own family, or families that you work with professionally.

February 2009

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Fitness Corner: Avoiding Falls Meet Our Resident: Fay Lara FREE Seminar: Society and Aging

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