Resident Birthdays

Sept 1 Elsie Herrick Sept 1 Bernice Karstens Sept 1 Harriet Wilbert Sept 2 Dorothy Giberson Sept 8 Phyllis Green Sept 10 Cecilia Fox Sept 18 Helen Roulst Sept 19 Florence Rozenfeld Sept 24 Joan Stemwell Sept 26 Helen Tyler Sept 26 Marilyn Naranjo Sept 27 Walt Singer

Resident Anniversaries

2 Years Midori Kamimae

2 Years HJ Olson

3 Years George Benes

4 Years Irene Tilgner

4 Years Maryalice York

4 Years Van York

5 Years Jack Wiegard

7 Years Sharon Barry

9 Years Wally Wiemann

10 Years Charlene Kanahele

10 Years Wally Kanahele

New Residents

Barbara Elliott

Mary Burns Haley

Evelyne Mitchell

Orvetta Blana

Kenneth “Kenny”

Wong

New Employees

AL Caregiver

Margaret Kibinge

Culinary

Sinai Huerta

Maintenance Asst

Jeffery Flores

Night Security/Janitor

Raul Villordon

August Brain Teaser

What word in the English language uses all five vowels

plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

Facetiously, which means not seriously.

September Brain Teaser

What am I?

Employee Birthdays

Sept 2 Sheenal Kumar

Sept 16 Brooklyn Hollar

Sept 18 Satya Kumar

Sept 18 Paolo Tiamzon

Employee Anniversaries

1 YEAR

Sept 22 Harjeet Kaur

2 YEARS

Sept 2 Lena Fernandez Sept 3 Chudhamas “Mint” Pearyoo

7 YEARS

Sept 22 Tsega Maruf

Birthdays, Anniversaries & Welcomes...Oh my!

Brain Teasers

Welcome to September and Apple Month at Chateau. We have added or re-introduced a program or two, and are getting ready to settle into autumnal routines The Apple theme kicks off with speaker Julia Harrison on Wednesday, September 7th at 10:30 am in the Community Center. Julia will speak about apples and other perishable northwest agricultural products. This discussion includes a large cast of characters: pioneers, entrepreneurs, orchardists, labor activists, a horticultural prodigy and Cashmere's own "Cider King." Full of suspense, tragedy, triumph, heroism and even some romance, this presentation will reveal some of our state's juiciest stories.

The rest of the month includes apple treats, apple beer, and a celebration of Johnny Appleseed with apple pie ala mode. Monday, September 4th is Labor Day and the last picnic of the summer. Dorothy Giberson’s granddaughter Valerie is coordinating a concert that will include a

wind quintet, cello, violin and a soprano Labor Day evening at 7:00 pm in the Rainier Room. Most of the performers are members of the Seattle Festival Orchestra. Monday, September 12th at 10:30 am, join us in the Community Center as we kick-off the start of a new group, A Stitch in Time. This new group is for anyone that enjoys, knitting cross-stitch or other needle projects. Bible Study returns, Monday, September 12th at 2:00 pm in the Community Center. Thursday, September 15th, all of the men of the community are invited to a discussion group that will meet every other Thursday morning at 10:30 am in the Rainier Room. Monday, September 19th, Brain Fitness returns at 3:00 in the Community Center.

We hope we have full trips for all of the outings and Life Enrichment always welcomes suggestions.

The Gazette September 2016

The Legend of Johnny Appleseed One of America’s fondest legends is that of Johnny Appleseed, a folk hero and pioneer apple farmer in the 1800’s. There really was a Johnny Appleseed, and his real name was John Chapman. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1774. His dream was to produce so many apples that no one would ever go hungry. Although legend paints a picture of Johnny as a dreamy wanderer, planting apple seeds throughout the countryside, research reveals him to be a careful, organized businessman, who over a period of nearly fifty years, bought and sold tracts of land and developed thousands of productive apple trees. His adventures began in 1792, when John was eighteen years old. He and his eleven-year-old half brother, Nathaniel, headed west, following the steady stream of immigrants. In his early twenties, John began traveling alone, which is how he spent the rest of his life. Nathaniel stayed behind to farm with their father, who had also immigrated west. John continued moving west to Pennsylvania. From there he traveled into the Ohio Valley country and later, Indiana. He kept ahead of the settlements and each year planted apple seeds farther west. He always carried a leather bag filled with apple seeds he collected for free from cider mills. Legend says he was constantly planting them in open places in the forests, along the roadways and by the streams. However, research suggests he created numerous nurseries by carefully selecting the perfect planting spot, fencing it in with fallen trees and logs, bushes and vines, sowing the seeds and returning at regular intervals to repair the fence, tend the ground and sell the trees. He soon was known as the “apple seed man” and later he became known only as “Johnny Appleseed”. Frontier law allowed people to lay claim to land through development of a permanent homestead. Such a claim could be made by planting 50 apple trees. So in his travels through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, Chapman would plant swaths of seeds to begin an orchard, then sell them to settlers once the land had grown bountiful. This made him quite the land baron as he traversed 100,000 square miles of Midwestern wilderness and prairie. Over the years, his frequent visits to the settlements were looked forward to and no cabin door was ever closed to him. To the men and women he was a news carrier; to the children he was a friend. He was also very religious and preached to people along the way. His favorite book was his Bible. He made friends with many Indian tribes and was known to have learned many Indian languages well enough to converse. He lived on food provided by nature and he never killed animals. Though appearing poor, he was not a poor man. He accumulated more cash than he needed by selling his apple trees and tracts of land. He never used banks and relied instead on an elaborate system of burying his money. He preferred to barter

Johnny Appleseed

Sunday, September 11th Happy Grandparents

Day! Special Buffet

10:30 am to 1:00 pm

Special Events

All Resident Meeting Wednesday, September 21st

2:00 pm Community Center

Followed by Apple Pie Ala Mode

Rainier Room

Special Dinner Friday, September 30th 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm DR

White Bib Crab Boil

Friday, September 2nd

1:30 pm Banks and Post Office

Your Clothing Solution Wednesday, September 28th

11:00 am to 2:00 pm RR

Monday, September 5th Special Labor Day

Concert 7:00 pm RR Wind Quintet, Cello Violin and Soprano

Wednesday, September 7th

10:30 am Guest Speaker: Julia Harrison

“The Juicy History of Apples in Washington State."

September Shopping

1:00 Tuesday 6 Fred Meyer Tuesday 13 Safeway/ Bartell’s Tuesday 20 Fred Meyer Tuesday 27 Safeway/ Bartell’s

Friday, Sept 30th

1:30 pm Dollar Store

Muckleshoot Casino Friday, September 6th

10:00 am

Carpinito Farm Stand Carpinito Brothers is a family-owned and operated stand that sells nursey supplies and local farm fresh produce, including items from their own Green River Valley farm, They have many

varieties of apples. Minimum of six Residents. You must sign up by Tuesday, September 6th. Date: Wednesday, September 7th Time: 1:30 pm Cost: Your produce

Museum of Flight The Museum of Flight is the largest private, non profit museum in the United States. This is not a formal tour so you may wander on your own until time to re-board the bus.

Minimum of six Residents. You must sign up by Monday, September 12th. Date: Wednesday September 14th Time: 12:30 pm Cost: $19.00 for seniors

Morning Movie: Florence Foster Jenkins Set in 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins is the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite (Meryl Streep) who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously

awful. You will be dropped off and the bus will return for a pick up. Minimum of six Residents. You must sign up by Wednesday, September 7th. Date: Friday, September 9th Time: 10:00 am Cost: 10.00, buy your own ticket

Muckleshoot Casino The Chateau favorite. The bus will leave at 10:00 and you will be on your own for lunch. The return trip will be mid afternoon.

Minimum of six Residents. You must sign up by Wednesday, September 14th. Date: Friday, September 16th Time: 10:00 am Cost: Free (except your gambling losses)

Lunch Out: Apogee Everyone’s favorite local restaurant and Pub. Minimum of six Residents. You must sign up by Wednesday, September 21st. Date: Friday, September 23rd Time: 11:00 am Cost: Lunch on your own.

Trips and Outings

and trade food or clothing rather than collect money for his trees. It was more important a settler plant a tree than pay him for it. Johnny Appleseed is described as a man of medium height, blue eyes, light-brown hair, slender, wiry and alert. Folklore has also described him as “funny looking” because of the way he dressed. It is said he traded apple trees for settler’s cast-off clothing. He was known to give the better clothing to people he felt needed it more than he. This could be why legend says he wore only coffee sacks with holes cut out for his arms as clothing. He rarely wore shoes, even during the cold of winter. It is said he could walk over the ice and snow barefooted and that the skin was so thick on his feet that even a rattlesnake couldn’t bite through it. Another legend says he wore a mush pot on his head as a hat. This is unlikely since pots of the time were made of heavy copper or iron, but it is more likely he wore someone else’s castoff hat or made his own out of cardboard. He rarely sought shelter in a house, since he preferred to sleep on bare ground in the open forest with his feet to a small fire. In 1842, Johnny made his last trip back to Ohio after spending 50 years walking throughout the countryside. While there, he moved into the home of Nathaniel, the half brother with whom he began his remarkable journey. On March 18, 1845, he died of pneumonia at the age of seventy-one. He was visiting his friend, William Worth, in Indiana. Legend says it was the only time he was sick in his whole life. He is buried in an unmarked grave near Fort Wayne, Indiana. After his death, Chapman's image developed into the pioneer folk hero Johnny Appleseed. Johnny Appleseed festivals and statues dot the Northeastern and Midwestern United States to this day, and Appleseed is the official folk hero of Massachusetts. The character has served as the focus of countless children's books, movies and stories since the Civil War period. The legend of Johnny Appleseed differs from the life of the historical John Chapman in several key respects. While Chapman planted strategically, for profit, the Johnny Appleseed character sowed seeds at random and without commercial interest. The fact that Chapman's crops were typically used to make alcohol was also excluded from the Appleseed legend. Despite these discrepancies from the historical record, the Johnny Appleseed character reflects an interest in frontier settlement during a period of expansion in the far western portion of the continent.

Appleseed (cont)

HAPPY SEPTEMBER EVERYONE!! The time REALLY FLYS when you’re having fun!!! I just finished 2-months and, thank goodness, I am starting to feel like at least one foot is on the ground. Every day I have residents come up to me and either compliment or express concerns regarding services and individual Departments. Rest assure, I DO listen and address the individual topics with the parties involved but it is also important that I make the determination if the concern is a “personal preference” or if it is a “systems failure or breakdown”. Though we make every effort to accommodate personal preferences, it is imperative that flawed/broken systems and treads are addressed so as we can ensure our standards are being met and YOU are receiving the best possible services. With that said, beginning the end of September, I will be sending out Monthly Satisfaction Surveys to all residents with different questions regarding individual Departments and Services we offer. The survey will be only 3-4 questions and be quick and easy. They will also be confidential so you will not be required to write your name or apartment number. We will have a box set up so you can drop them off easily. I want to ask all of you to participate as much as possible because it will assist me in getting a clear understanding of how we are doing and where I need to focus for improvements. These WILL NOT be used in any way to discipline or place blame on any staff member or Department. Instead, your input will provide me a measure so that I can properly prioritize and address those items important to you. Something else I would like to have your assistance with has to do with space usage downstairs in the game room. When I first arrived I was informed that there had been discussion about putting a Wood Working Shop in that area but it was still in question as to how many residents would actually use the space. With this in mind, I would like to find out from everyone what you would like to see the space used for. In the next couple of weeks, I will put together a Questionnaire and pass it out to everyone asking just that. On the form will be a variety of possibilities for you to say “Yes” or “No” to in conjunction with a space for you to write in your suggestion(s). The forms will then be tallied and we will have an idea of what the majority of the Community would like to see. From this, I will be able to move forward with plans, etc. Thank you all in advance for your insight and assistance. And, as always, please stop in and see me anytime. Suzanne

Notes from Suzanne

Use It or Lose It: Dancing Makes You Smarter

Richard Powers

For centuries, dance manuals and other writings have lauded the health benefits of dancing, usually as physical exercise. More recently we've seen research on further health benefits of dancing, such as stress reduction and increased serotonin level, with its sense of well-being. Most recently we've heard of another benefit: Frequent dancing apparently makes us smarter. A major study added to the growing evidence that stimulating one's mind by dancing can ward off Alzheimer's disease and other dementia, much as physical exercise can keep the body fit. Dancing also increases cognitive acuity at all ages. You may have heard about the New England Journal of Medicine report on the effects of recreational activities on mental acuity in aging. Here it is in a nutshell. The 21-year study of senior citizens, 75 and older, was led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, funded by the National Institute on Aging, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Their method for objectively measuring mental acuity in aging was to monitor rates of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. The study wanted to see if any physical or cognitive recreational activities influenced mental acuity. They discovered that some activities had a significant beneficial effect. Other activities had none. They studied cognitive activities such as reading books, writing for pleasure, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards and playing musical instruments. And they studied physical activities like playing tennis or golf, swimming, bicycling, dancing, walking for exercise and doing housework. One of the surprises of the study was that almost none of the physical activities appeared to offer any protection against dementia. There can be cardiovascular benefits of course, but the focus of this study was the mind. There was one important exception: the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia was frequent dancing.

Reading - 35% reduced risk of dementia

Bicycling and swimming - 0%

Doing crossword puzzles at least four days a week - 47%

Playing golf - 0%

Dancing frequently - 76%. That was the greatest risk reduction of any activity studied, cognitive or physical.

July 30, 2010 Copyright © 2010, 2015 Richard Powers

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