July 2017 Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 3

Fourth of July Fun Facts!!!

The first fact is the most important one; July 4, 1776, is the day the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776. There were 2.5 million people living in the United States in July of 1776. In 1777, Bristol, Rhode Island celebrated July 4th by firing 13 gunshots, once in the morning and once again in the evening. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commemorated our independence with an official Continental Congress dinner, parades, prayers, music, fireworks, speeches, 13 gun salutes, and more. 1778 saw General George Washington celebrating by giving his soldiers a double ration of rum and having an artillery salute. The first two Liberty Bells were defective, so the third Liberty Bell was rung every Fourth of July from 1778 on, until it cracked in 1835. It has been silent since then. In 1779, July 4th fell on a Sunday, so it was observed the following Monday. 1791 was the year that the name “Independence Day" was used for the first time. It may have been used before then, but that was the first time it was recorded. 1801 was the first time a July 4th party was held at the White House. There are 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence. They did not all sign at the same time because some were not present. Most historians agree that they all signed by August 2, 1776. The major reason for the U. S. to declare independence was taxation without representation. Symbols of Our Independence: Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national symbol, but most people voted for the bald eagle, chosen by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. The stars were arranged in a circle on the first flag to show that all the colonies were equal. 211 million dollars are spent on fireworks every year. Five locations have “America” in their name, the largest being American Fork, Utah.

New Residents Sandra L 2N

Jeffery R 2N

Duane K 2N

James L 3N

July Birthdays

July Activity Highlights July 7th—Donut Sale—9AM-11AM, Front Lobby

July 7th—Friday Party with Bill Cagley—2:30 PM

July 11th—Resident Council– 9:45AM

July 13th—Dollar Store Outing—Sign Up!

July 17th—Fishing Trip—Sign up!

July 18th—Food Committee—9:45 AM

July 18th—Subway Lunch Bunch—Sign Up!

June 21st– Donut Sale—9AM-11AM—Front Lobby

July 21st—Birthday Party Bash—2:30 PM

July 26th—Coffee with Chef Clinton—3:30PM

July 27th—Luau—2:30PM

7/1 Colleen S 2S

7/2 Owen E 2N

7/3 Mary W 3S

7/4 Fidelia M 2S

7/8 Mary K 2S

7/10 Tom D 2S

7/10 John A 2N

7/11 Frank C 3S

7/14 Virginia C 3N

7/15 Rhoda H 3S

7/19 MaryAnn C 3S

7/22 Delores M 3N

7/22 Charles W 3N

7/23 Darald W 3N

7/26 Wilbur H 2N

7/27 Michael C 2N

7/27 Felix G 3N

Chaplain’s Chat by Randy Somody

As I write this, I’m one day away from turning another year older. Another reminder that time is passing. Have you noticed—time just does not stand still! No matter how we might like it to slow down a little, it keeps moving forward. When our youngest daughter, Heidi, was about 8 years old, she looked in the mirror one day and got a very worried look on her face. She said, “I don’t want to grow up, I want to stay like I am!” When I took the time to listen to her, it became clear to me that she was afraid to think about growing up, and everything else that comes with that: Leaving home, going away to school, getting married, having a life of her own apart from her Mom and Dad, having children……you get the picture. Today, she is living in Georgia with her husband, Josh, and raising four children: two boys and two girls. Amazing! When my wife’s mother was a few years younger than we are right now, she said that she looked in the mirror one day and she said to herself: “When did it happen? When did I start looking older?” There it is again: the passage of time; a reminder that we’re not going to be here forever! From my own life experience, when I look back to my mid­-thirties, I remember those years between 30 and 40 as a time when I did a lot of thinking about my life and where it was going. And one day, as I thought deeply, (which I usually do—deeply I mean)—it occurred to me that one of the most important (if not the most important) things on most of our minds, as we get older, is—I want to know, at the end of my life, that it mattered that I was here. I think that what that translates into is a desire to know that someone is, some day, going to really miss me and be very thankful that I was in their life. Can you identify with that? Mark Twain said: “The two most important days in a person’s life are the day they were born and the day they found out why.” There it is—the “Why,” of life. The “Why” points to a few very important concepts. “Why?” speaks of purpose and meaning. It speaks of making a difference, making a contribution. It speaks of living for something bigger than myself. As a Chaplain, I think that one of the most important parts of what I do is to come alongside people and walk with them as a fellow traveler, on part of their journey toward finding answers to the “Whys” of life. Really, this is the essence of that mysterious word “Spirituality.” Regardless of your faith or religious background, Spirituality is a part of all of our lives on some level. And it is such a privilege when someone invites me into that part of their life experience. I never barge in. I wouldn’t want someone doing that to me, either. But, if you invite me in, it would be my great privi­lege to walk with you on the journey, as you discover some of the reasons why you are here—and that you matter. Mark time. Celebrate life! Take time to enjoy the journey. Breathe and live in the moment—It is good that you are here!

Every Providence Place Newsletter is a way to mark time. It’s another indicator of the passage of time; a reminder that we’re “moving” into a new month. It is a chance to look back and to look forward.

COLOR ME FOR THERAPY!

My Hillbilly Relatives

My family lived in Eastern Kentucky. Some of my relatives, I'm sorry to say, are not very

smart. When a person goes only to the third grade in school, or to no school at all, they

don't attain much academic knowledge. Most of what they learn, they learn from experi­

ence. And some of them don't learn much of anything at all.

For instance: One of my cousins was walking down a road. He met a man carrying a sack.

He said, “What do you have in that sack?” The other fellow said “Chickens.” My cousin said,

“If I guess how many chickens you have in that sack, can I have one?” The other fellow re­

plied, “If you guess how many chickens I have in this sack, I'll give you both of them!” My

cousin said, “Ummmmmm, five?”

One time my uncle came home and found his house on fire! He ran down to the general

store, called the fire department and yelled, “Hurry over here. My house is on fire!” “OK,”

said the fireman. “How do I get there?” My uncle yelled, “Don't you still have those big, red

trucks?”

One of my uncles was an astronaut. He was the one who piloted the capsule in orbit while

his co-pilot made that historical space-walk. After the walk, the co-pilot went back to the

capsule and knocked on the hatch. My uncle asked, “Who is it?”

I was hitch-hiking into town and caught a ride with an old man who must have been eighty

years old. As we drove along, he saw a man in a field, sitting in a rowboat, paddling as

though the boat was in water. The old man stopped the car and yelled at the man, “It's

people like you that give Kentuckians a bad name. If I could swim, I'd come over there and

kick your butt!”

There are some good fishing places in Kentucky. I was down there one time and my Uncle

Elmer asked me if I wanted to go fishing. I never refuse a chance to go fishing! We went to

the lake and saw a sign there that said “LIVE BAIT.” My uncle asked, “How much is your

bait?” The man replied, “I can let you have all you want for a dollar.” My uncle said “Give

me two-dollars worth.”

A girl I was dating at the time was giving me a ride into town. A Kentucky state trooper

pulled her over on I-75 and asked her, “Do you have any i-dee?” She replied, “About what?”

Kentucky has a $3,000,000 State Lottery. The winner gets $3 a year for the next million

years!

Actually, the best thing to come out of Kentucky is Interstate I-75!

- Owen

Food Committee Meeting! Join us on Wednesday, July 19th,

at 3:30 P.M., to talk about food and the service!

The meeting will be held on 2 North.

July 2017 Monthly Holidays Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days

Alopecia Month for Women Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)

Eye Injury Prevention Month Get Ready For Kindergarten Month

National Black Family Month National Blueberries Month

National "Doghouse Repairs" Month National Grilling Month National Honey Month

National Ice Cream Month National Horseradish Month

National Hot Dog Month National Make A Difference

to Children Month National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

National Parks & Recreation Month National Vacation Rental Month

National Watermelon Month National Wheelchair Beautification Month

Sandwich Generation Month Social Wellness Month

Wheat Month Women's Motorcycle Month

July 2017 Weekly Holidays Beans and Bacon Days: 1-5

Freedom Week: 4-10 National Tom Sawyer Days: 7-9

Sports Cliché Week: 9-15 Rabbit Week: 15-21

Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 16-22 National Zoo Keeper Week: 16-22 Hemingway Look-alike Days: 20-23

National Moth Week: 22-30 National Scrabble Week: 22-27

Garlic Days: 28-30

July 2017 Daily Holidays

U.S. Postage Stamp Day: 1 Made In The USA Day: 2

Stay Out Of The Sun Day: 3 Fourth of July or Independence Day: 4

Bikini Day: 5 International Kissing Day/World Kiss Day: 6

Chocolate Day: 7 Bald Is In: 8

Coca Cola Day: 8 Martyrdom of The Bab: 9

Don't Step On A Bee Day: 10 World Population Day: 11

Simplicity Day: 12 National French Fries Day: 13

National Macaroni and Cheese Day: 14 National Motorcycle Day: 14

Robin Hood Day: 14-15 Shark Awareness Day: 14

Be A Dork Day: 15 Lake Superior Day: 16

National Ice Cream Day: 16 Disneyland Day: 17

National Caviar Day: 18 Flitch Day: 19 Moon Day: 20

Space Exploration Day: 20 Legal Drinking Age Day: 21

National Penuche Fudge Day: 22 Aunties Day: 23

Gorgeous Grandma Day: 23 Cousins Day: 24

Tell An Old Joke Day: 24 Carousel Day/Merry-Go-Round Day: 25

Americans With Disabilities Day: 26 Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day: 27

National Talk in An Elevator Day: 28 Lasagna Day: 29

Cheesecake Day: 30 Friendship Day: 30

Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day: 31

Donald B 3N (passed away in May)

Harriet S 3N

Rhoda H 2S

Tyler Donahue, Administrator, and Doug Schroeder, Maintenance Director, will be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs for the 2nd annual 4th of July BBQ, at 12:00PM

on the patio (weather permitting), for all residents and staff!

TV STATION GUIDE 2 TPT (PBS) 3 ESPN 2 4 WCCO (CBS) 5 KSTP (ABC) 6 TPT PBS—17 7 KMWB – 23 8 WFTC – 29 9 KMSP (FOX) 10 KSTC – 45 11 KARE – 11 (NBC) 12 CNN 14 Home Network Channel 15 Fox Sports 1 16 USA Network 17 TBS 18 TNT 22 Discovery Channel 23 Learning Channel (TLC) 24 AMA (American Movie Channel) 25 Family Channel (ABC Family) 26 Animal Planet 27 Lifetime 28 ESPN 29 History Channel 30 A&E Network 31 HGTV 32 Food Network 33 Trinity Broadcasting 34 FSN (FOX Sports North)

Patriotic Song Puzzles

Test your knowledge of patriotic songs and unscramble these song ti­tles! If you would like to hear some of these favorite songs, PBS will be tele­vising a fireworks display on July 4th at 7 pm with performances by The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, The National Symphony Orchestra, and the Unit­ed States Army Band to celebrate our country’s 241st birthday!

This folk song written and popularized by Woody Guthrie: stih dlan si uroy daln.

In the 1800’s, this was used as the national anthem: eamcira teh ulbeiatfu.

This song uses the same melody of the United Kingdom’s national anthem, “God Save the Queen”: ym oycunrt ist fo eeth.

This is our country’s national anthem: eht tsra sapgdeln nnbera. Kate Smith popularized this Irving Berlin tune: ogd bssel maacier. This song is from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones written by

George M. Cohan: kneaey ooddel ndayd. The opening line of this song is “Mine eyes have seen the glory”: het

lebtat mnyh fo eht pebrcliu. This is the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet

music: rou’ey a drgna dol gfla.

Written by Brett Collins, Director of Community Life, Music Therapist

Answers: 1) This Land is Your Land, 2) America the Beautiful, 3) My Country Tis of Thee,

4) The Star Spangled Banner, 5) God Bless America, 6) Yankee Doodle Dandy,

7) The Battle Hymn of the Republic, 8) You’re a Grand Old Flag

Poet’s Place

It Hurts to be Alone

It hurts to be alone

Feeling sad and blue and lonely

Wanting for someone to call you

And to love you

In a special way

It hurts to be alone.

Written by Zella O.

Lost Light

Shall we, shall we gather at the river, my mother and father laugh on the early evening, and I know the dream is nearly ended… at the

beautiful, beautiful river. They rise in line of kindly light skyward, toward the sun, at the

beautiful, beautiful river. I wake in lost light to hear door echo above the failed day, and wear the absence like an old ticket saved for home, though not returning, I wake and cannot find

the river, nor can I even remember the beautiful, beautiful river. I cannot find the river, the beautiful river, or the beautiful way home.

Written by Miss Vickie Sleep

Let me sleep for us all, further than our aging, to the elmed season, sun found and cradled, within the browning shell. We will sleep tonight, who have tightened nerves

into years with our faces of electricity. Let’s into a fresh, fall nearly innocent

warmth brought by skin and breath. We will wrap our hair into the, swirled white

of hill line and fur.

Written by Miss Vickie

“I’m never drawing the object itself; I’m only drawing a depiction of the object—a kind of crystallized

symbol of it.” ~ Roy Lichtenstein

You may not recognize his name, but chances are good you will recognize his art. Let’s learn more about the artist who used dots to turn comics into works of art.

Roy Lichtenstein was one of the America’s first pop artists to achieve widespread acclaim, and today his iconic images are synonymous with Pop Art. By 1961, he was teaching at Rutgers University and had honed his style to one inspired by comic strips. There was initially a very mixed reaction to his work from critics, and he was accused by some as having a lack of originality, even banality, and outright plagiarism. His images were created with hand-drawn pictures along with a stencil process to make dots. The stencils he used were comprised of perforated dot patterns. He would brush his paintbrush over the stencils, and the colors would drop to the canvas in perfect circles.

His best-known work from this period is titled Whaam! (1963). He used a comic book panel as inspiration from a 1962 issue of DC Comics’ All-American Men of War. Some of his other work from the ’60s featured the characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as well as ads for food and household products. Some of his favorite subjects were ladies in distress. His work was influenced by Monet and Picasso and Abstract Expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. However, his imagery was most extensively taken directly from comic books and advertising.

By the mid-1960s, he emerged as a leader of the Pop Art movement along with Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and James Rosenquist. Art collectors and dealers alike loved him. Lichtenstein was committed to his art until the end of his life. It was not unusual for him to spend 10 hours a day in his studio. He received numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the National Medal of Arts in 1995. His works can be found in major museum collections around the world.

Through this month of July, in our expressive arts group, we will give Roy Lichtenstein’s style of artwork

a try. So, come join us Thursday mornings, at 10:30 on 2 North, to turn polka dots and comic strips into

pop art.

Written By Chloe Tirebuck, Community Life Assistant

LET’S GO FISHING!!! WHEN: Monday, July 17th

WHAT TIME: 8:15 AM (Meet in the front lobby)

WHERE: Lake Johanna

COST: FREE!

If you are interested in going fishing, please let a CL

staff member know by Wednesday, July 12th.

SPACE IS LIMITED!!

You are invited to a Luau Party July 27th!!!

Party begins at

2:30PM on the patio!!!

(weather permitting)

Dollar Store Outing!

When: Thursday, July 13th

Time: 9:30am

If you are interested in this outing, please let a

Community Life Staff person know by

Monday, July 10th, at noon.

Final list will be posted Wednesday morning.

SPACE IS LIMITED!!!

Word Scramble Answers: 1. States 2. Independence 3. Parade 4. Blue 5. United 6. White

7. Equality 8. Fireworks 9. Declaration 10. Freedom 11. Red 12. Liberty

Secret Message: All Men Are Created Equal

Hi everyone! My name is Halle Pszeniczny and I am the Administrative Intern here. I am a student at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and will be a Senior this coming fall. I grew up in the small town of Thorp with my parents, my brother, and two sisters on our dairy farm. I have volunteered at local nursing homes during high school, where I had the privilege of spending time with some amazing residents. It was this experience that brought me to the realization that this is my passion and Healthcare Administration is my future. In my free time I love spending time with my family, playing cards, reading, and doing fun outdoor activities. I love traveling to new places and experiencing their different cultures. If you see me in the hallway and have any good stories or advice for me, feel free to stop and chat with me. I am really excited about this wonderful opportunity and I can’t wait to get to know all of the residents and staff.

Please Welcome a New Volunteer to Providence Place!

Moses Waiswa is a globe-trotting foodie originally from Uganda and Kenya, though he has adopted Minnesota as his home here in the US. Family is important to Moses. He has three siblings and comes from a large family; and, in his culture, elders are held in high regard and given the utmost respect. Moses just received his Masters in International Development and plans to continue working in the development field, with an emphasis on refugees and other marginalized communities like women and children. Moses has worked in a nursing home before and finds building relationships with residents the most rewarding part of the job. He takes the time to listen to everybody and isn’t shy to engage in long conversations. In his free time Moses likes to play and watch sports; particularly soccer and rugby. He also enjoys listening to music. Moses will be volunteering at Providence Place this summer and assisting with activities. When you see him, be sure to say ‘hello’!

Subway Lunch Bunch

When: Tuesday, July 18th

Where: Courtyard (weather permitting)

COST: $6.00

Drink and dessert will be provided.

Please sign up with a Community Life Staff person

member by Friday, July 14th at noon.

Administrator

Tyler Donahue (612) 238-2566

Director of Nursing

Darci Fiala (612) 238-2504

Assistant Director of Nursing

Nnenna Orjinta (612) 238-2574

Social Services Director

Noel Lovas (612) 238-2524

Maintenance Director

Doug Schroeder (612) 238-2539

Community Life Director

Brett Collins (612) 238-2538

Rehab Director

Rochelle Udovich (612) 238-2519

Nutritional Services

Paitti Tintes (612) 238-2542

Admissions

Anne Seguin (612) 238-2545

Staff Development/Infection Control/ADON

Wendy Miron (612) 238-2502

Housekeeping

Abdi Abdiqani (612) 238-2514

Spiritual Care

Chaplain Randy Somody (612) 238-2538

Human Resources Director

Kristy Larsen (612) 238-2508

Business Office Manager

Katrina Condon (612) 729-6271

Directory Staffing Coordinator

Meri Santo (612) 238-2572

Newsletter Committee

Miss Vickie M, Janice N, and Owen E

Office of Ombudsman

Local number (651) 431– 2555

Regional Ombudsman

Kristen Rice (651) 425-0858

Certified Volunteer Ombudsman

Larry (651) 431-2555

The Resident Council will be meeting on July 11th, at 9:45 AM, on 2N.

Please come to discuss two Resident Rights and two Quality of Life issues, as well as the Community Life

Budget Report.

The Resident Council is a comfortable, safe place to raise any questions or concerns you may have regarding the building, staff, programs, etc.

Resident Council

Join us for a night of fun and games for family and residents on 2S

Tuesday, July 4th or 11th, at 7:00