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ManagementStaff

Staci TripolskyAdministrator

Ronnie Crump Jr.Resident Services Coordinator

Pamela HessLife Enrichment Coordinator

Jason YonkinCulinary Director

Lindsy MampCommunity Relations Manager

Garry InmanMaintenance Supervisor

Jaime DealResource Manager

650 Woodland Drive E., Saline, MI 48176 • Phone: 734-429-7600Email: lindensquare@heritageseniorcommunities.com

March 13th is National Good Samaritan Day

MARCH SPECIAL EVENTS

Monday 3/22PM ..................................Calendar Planning for April

Wednesday 3/42PM...................Balancing Earth Music Entertainment

Friday 3/62PM ..............................................Creations with Chef

Monday 3/92PM .........................................................Outing TBD

Wednesday 3/112PM ......................Kevin Devine Music Entertainment

Friday 3/132 PM .............................Movie and Popcorn Featuring:

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Monday 3/162PM ..................................................St. Patrick’s Trivia

Tuesday 3/17 ............................All Day St. Patrick’s Day!3:30PM.......................................St. Patrick’s Day Party

Wednesday 3/1812PM ................................Lunch in with Panera Bread

Thursday 3/193:30PM ...........................Baking with Life Enrichment

Friday 3/202PM ...................................................Craft with Kassie

Monday 3/232PM ........................................................Cookie Social

Wednesday 3/252PM .......................Games with David from Heartland

Friday 3/272PM..........................................................Men’s Group

Monday 3/302PM ..........Resident Council and Birthday Celebration

Tuesday 3/316PM .............................................Family GEMS Night

Joan G. is excitedly waiting for her friendDanielle to paint her nails on a Friday

Zelma made one beautiful model duringthe summer fashion show!

Mary Jane was all smiles after finding theperfect book at the Saline District Library

Elvis (Lee Piper) is always welcome toserenade the lovely ladies of Linden,

especially Mary and Norma!

Balancing Earth lifted our spirits with theirHawaiian Luau show in January!

Dale showing off his style during the fashion show!

Dean made a couple of new pint-sized friends when theHeritage School kiddos came over to present their

All About Me essays

Lysle and Jasmine were excited to bring in 2020 during ourChampagne Social!

Our cookie social in January was a huge hit! Friends, oldand new, came together for some freshly baked cookies

and great company

daughter named Diane. Lynford and Ar-lean raised their family on their farm inSaline Township. Arlean is also a grand-mother to two beautiful granddaughters;Rebecca and Brittany.

Arlean is very creative here at LindenSquare. You can almost always catch herworking on a puzzle in one of the Life En-richment Rooms or working on a hookrug in her room. She loves to socialize withher friends during our cookie socials! Oneof Arlean’s favorite meals is meat and po-tatoes with gravy. She absolutely loves icecream! She’ll eat ALMOST any kind of icecream but she does not like chocolate.When asked what her favorite thing about

living at Linden Squarewas, Arlean stated thatshe is happy she doesn’thave to worry about athing because every-thing is done for her.

We are so excited tohave Arlean as a residentat Linden Square andwe’re looking forward tomaking many morememories with her!

Arlean R.Linden Square Assisted Living is proud

to be the home of Arlean R! Arlean wasborn on February 14 in Saline, Michigan.She recalls her parents being very happy,loving, and taking care of their family of 6.Both of Arlean’s parents worked as farmersthroughout her childhood. She has 5brothers and sisters; Robert, Viola,Gilbert, Andrew, and Irene, Arlean beingthe second youngest. Arlean and her sib-lings grew up in Saline Township in a 1story farmhouse. One of her granddaugh-ters is currently living in Arlean’s child-hood home! She was very fortunate in thather family did not move around while shewas growing up and she was able to grad-uate from Saline HighSchool.

Arlean met the loveof her life in highschool,Lynford R. He was afarmer just like Arlean’sparents. They were mar-ried at St. John’s churchin Saline, MI. After theywere wed, Lynford wasa farmer and Arleanspent her time as ahome maker. Together,they had one lovely

Resident Spotlight

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In his free time, Alex enjoys reading books,watching movies, and cooking. He loves the HarryPotter Books, Twilight Series movies, and Titanic!He enjoys cooking and even volunteers at a localsoup kitchen helping to feed people. His favoritefoods to cook and eat are Chili with deer meat andChicken Noodle Soup. Sometimes, Alex is very for-tunate to go on vacation with his family! They’vebeen to Mackinac City, Sault Ste. Marie, and theSoo Locks. Ultimately, Alex would really love to visitAlaska because he’d like to see the North Pole! Whentheir schedules allow, Alex also really loves to spendtime with his family watching movies, cooking, andworking around the house. Alex also volunteers withThe Boy Scouts in Tecumseh. Some of Alex’s otherhobbies include hiking the trails in Tecumseh, goingto plays, and going to choir concerts at local schools.Alex has one dog named Taffy. She is a very laid-back 12-year-old, until she sees a squirrel! She lovesto play with her ball, take baths, and sleep with her

best friend Alex at night.Alex’s favorite dessert is

ice cream! He eats ice creamall year round and especiallyadores chocolate ice cream!Alex’s personal motto in life is“Why fit in when you wereborn to stand out” by Dr.Seuss. Alex states he enjoysworking at Linden Square be-cause people are friendly andalways helpful, and it’s mov-ing all the time so it keepshim busy. We couldn’t behappier to have such a hard-working, team player in ourbuilding and we are lookingforward to many more mem-ories with Alex T.!

Alexander Roy T.Linden Square is very proud to announce

March’s Linden Leader, Alexander Roy T.! He is oneof the very hardworking members that makes up theHousekeeping team!

Alex was born at St. Joe’s Hospital in Ann Arbor,MI on July 4th to parents Matt and Lynn. Alex isone of three boys; Joe and Chris are his brothers.Alex’s mother, Lynn, works for Goodwill Industriesas a Life Skills Coach and Alex’s father works forGerdau in a steel mill. One of the things Alex reallyloves about his parents is that they’re there for himwhen he needs help and they love to spend timewith him. Alex and his siblings grew up in Salinebut currently live in Tecumseh, MI.

Growing up, Alex attended Tecumseh AcresSchool where his favorite subjects were science andhistory. Later on, Alex attended Tecumseh PublicSchools where he won academic awards and a KeyClub award for the most volunteer hours in theschool! A favorite memory from high school is whenAlex and his entire choir classwent to Festival. He reallyloved science in high schoolbecause of the experiments hegot to conduct in his class.Alex graduated from highschool in 2015. After highschool, Alex attended Michi-gan Career and Technical In-stitute (MCTI) for hiscertificate in the CustodialProgram. He graduated fromthis program in 2016, and hisfirst job was as a Custodianfor the Tecumseh schools!Alex enjoys the cleaningprocess, but especially enjoysthe results!

Linden Leader

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Day –March 17

Dear Residents, Family and Friends of Linden Square:I am pleased to let you know that Robert Boyd is

joining us to serve in the position of Administrator.Robert comes to Linden Square with a vast back-

ground in leadership, development and customer serv-ice in the Healthcare industry. As a licensed NursingHome Administrator including experience as the Re-gional Operations Director over the past nine years hehas developed, implemented, supervised and managedseveral skilled nursing facilities, a long term care acutehospital (LTACH) and an assisted living facility. Hecontinues to maintain valuable relationships with hun-dreds of businesses, physicians, Assisted Livings, andSkilled Nursing Facilities. He is a firm believer of work-ing as one team, with a positive and enthusiastic atti-tude. Robert has three adult daughters and is excited inbeing a part of the Linden Family.

Lauren GowmanDirector of OperationsHeritage Property Management

With Deepest Sympathies...Our thoughts and prayers are extended to the

families of Herman W., Andrew H., Lorraine R.,Janet V., Joan F., and Marvin M.

Thank you for sharing their lives with us.

Administrator Notes BirthdaysBirthdaysRESIDENTS

Dale A. 3/3John G. 3/8Joyce S. 3/28Catherine K. 3/31

STAFFHannah R. 3/5Keisha W. 3/6Timisha W. 3/7Kim H. 3/9Mark H. 3/13Jami M. 3/14Courtney S. 3/19Liz B. 3/27Jenny C. 3/27Denise G. 3/29

Welcome to...Ann K.