October 2019

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In the fall or spring, if you take antihistamines to combat seasonal allergies, you may find yourself with anannoying side effect: Dry mouth. But, it isn't just antihistamines that can cause dry mouth. Hundreds ofmedications can cause your mouth to feel dry including pills for blood pressure, pain, muscle relaxants,anxiety, depression and simple decongestants. Health conditions including diabetes, or treatments such ascancer radiation therapy can cause the condition as well.

Symptoms of dry mouth include a severely painful dry tongue, choking, sore throat, and hoarseness. It canchange the taste of food, cause bad breath, and can even affect teeth and gums.

You can get relief through prescription medications; however, some simply home care can also help:

▪ Use a humidifier at night

▪ Chew sugar-free gum

▪ Sip water frequently

▪ Avoid sugar, acidic foods, caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco

▪ Try switching out medications with your doctor's help

There are also many dry mouth over-the-counter symptom relievers are available including special mouthwashthat does not contain alcohol. Dry mouth sprays can be helpful at night, but if they don't seem to have stayingpower, try the gels. Talk to your doctor about options that will work best for you.

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All things creepy and mystical abound in October, including things magical,and, as of late, tech magic. One of the wonderful things about magic is thatthe concept has always remained the same while the illusions have adaptedwith the culture and changing times.

According to illusionist and endurance artist David Blaine, the first card trickto be recorded in 1478 would likely still fool you today. It depends on theskill of the performer, of course, but it is also dependent on the willingnessof the audience to be amazed.

Believe it or not, magic has always involved technology. A 17th-century German priest secretlyused a lantern to create ghosts for his watchers, Blaine wrote in The Economist. It was very hightech then since no one really expected a lantern to project images but today we call it a slideprojector and it likely wouldn't fool too many.

Illusionist Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (Harry Houdini named himself after him) in 1856 usedelectromagnetism, then little known, to make it seem that, through his own will power, he couldprevent a strong man from picking up a small iron box. And today you'll see iPads pour beer orcell phones that magically text messages at the exact right time. Even phones that magically ringon cue. These days magicians can predict Tweets or pull a napkin clear through a cell phone.

At the heart of technology magic is the conviction that what appears to happen can't be possible.Can't be done. Meanwhile, the wily illusionist still shocks and amazes us with their time-testedskills. Today, if you want to be amazed there is a lot of magic out there, both old and new. And,really, who cares how it's done? It's still cool to be amazed.

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October Theme Days

10/10 Farmer Theme • National Farmers Day“Down on the Farm” Happy Hour

Dress like a Farmer

10/17 Country Folk Theme • Celebrating Oktoberfest“Beers & Brats” Happy HourWear Blue, Yellow or White

10/24 Armed Forces Theme • Birthday of the U.S. Navy“Salute to the U.S. Navy” Happy Hour

Wear Navy Blue

10/31 Halloween Theme • Happy Halloween!“Spooky Time” Happy Hour

Wear a Costume

October Outings

10/7 & 10/28 Bocce Ball Outing at Rogers-Smith Park

10/9 & 10/23 Kaiser Martinez Flu Shot Clinic Shuttle

10/13 Chef Choy Lunch Outing

10/14 Cache Creek Casino Outing

10/16 Clayton Pumpkin Patch & Gift Shop Outing

10/21 Claim Jumper Dinner Outing

10/26 Walk to End Alzheimer’s & Lunch Outing

in San Ramon at Bishop Ranch

10/27 Panera Bread Lunch Outing

10/30 Halloween Decoration Scenic Drive

Make Your Opinion Count!

Hillside and CreeksideResidents’ Activity &

Food Meeting

Community Meetings

Tuesday, October 1st

2:00 p.m. Hillside LR

Hillside and CreeksideResident Council Meeting

Attend the communitymeetings and make yourvoice heard. Notes fromprevious meetings are

available at the Hillside FrontDesk so you can stay up-to-date on what’s happeningthroughout the community.

Wed., October 9th

2:45 p.m. HS LR

*Held twice in HS andthen once in CS

Residents’ Birthdays for October

Musical PerformancesHappy HourHymn Sing

Songs From The Heart ChorusTuesday Performances

Location Key

Activity Locations

Each activity on the

calendar is marked with

either HS (Hillside) or CS

(Creekside). Below are

abbreviations for the room

in which to meet for that

activity:

DR = Dining Room

LIB = Library

LR = Living Room

PER = Personal

Expressions Room

Pvt DR = Private Dining

Room

SR = Sun Room

Betty O’Connell - Oct. 6th Tose Grier - Oct. 29th

Irene Fitzpatrick - Oct. 17th Maybelle Jolley - Oct. 29th

Joanie Stanton - Oct. 17th Denny Bohlke - Oct. 31st

Edith Behrend - Oct. 21st

Jacque Andrews - Oct. 22nd

Marilyn Norleen - Oct. 26th

Abby Faust - Oct. 29th Alfred Fink - Oct. 7th

Physical Activity

Balance FitnessBalloon VolleyballGentle Exercise

Live 2 B Healthy FitnessMorning or Afternoon WalksStretch & Balance (Yoga)

Wii BowlingZumba Fitness

Brain Fitness

“A New Life” Discussion GroupCurrent Event Discussions

Dakim Brain FitnessElder Wisdom Discussion Group

Group CrosswordsBrain Games & Word Games

Trivia

YEARS AND BEYOND!

You’re invited to Carlton Senior Living Pleasant Hill’s

Please have your guests checkin at the Gazebo upon arrival.

Contact the Front Desk with any questions: 925-935-1660.

AN ANNUAL FAMILY BARBECUE

Wednesday, October 2, 2019Carlton Senior Living Pleasant Hill

4 PM to 7 PM

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0- Jack Martens Trio (HS Patio)Buck Shot & Any Reason (HS LR)Paul Fontes Trio (CS LR)

5:00-6:00 PM Face Painting (HS Parking Lot)5:00-5:30 PM Donut on a String Challenge (CS LR)6:00-6:15 PM Harvest King & Queen Crowning “Pie Me” winner gets pied (HS Patio)

MEETPOPCORNTHE PONY

THE 2018 KING AND QUEENPASS ON THEIR TITLES

SUPPORT THE ALZHEIMER’S WALK:PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETSDONATE TO THE “PIE ME” CONTEST

SQUASH BOWLINGBEAN BAG TOSS

FACE PAINTING & CHALK ART

Friday, October 49:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Zumba Fitness with Jo (HS LR)10:00 Open Piano Hour (HS LR)10:00 Watch “The Price is Right” (CS LR)11:00 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Watch “Hunt for Red October” (CS LR)2:00 Elder Wisdom Discussion Group (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (HS PER)

Tuesday, October 1 Hug Day! Saturday, October 59:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)10:00 Play Bridge Resident Led (HS)10:15 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:45 Group Crossword (CS PER)2:00 Activity & Food Meeting (HS LR)3:30 Welcome Committee Meeting (HS LR)6:00 Todd Netland Performs (CS LR)

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Balloon Volleyball (CS PER)11:00 Trivia with Goldfish Crackers (HS LR)1:00 Watch “The Mask of Zorro” (CS LR)1:45 Knitting Group Resident Led (HS SR)2:30 Bingo (HS PER)4:00 Play Dominoes (HS LR)

Wednesday, October 2 • CPH Harvest Festival Sunday, October 69:00 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (CS LR)9:30 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (HS LR)10:00 David Blau Piano Performance (HS LR)11:00 Blood Pressure Clinic (HS LR)4:00 - 7:00 Annual “Harvest Fest” Family Barbecue4:00 - 7:00 Jack Martens Trio Perform (HS Patio)4:00 - 7:00 Buck Shot & Any Reason Perform (HS LR)4:00 - 7:00 Paul Fontes Trio Perform (CS LR)

8:45 Church Shuttles9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)10:00 Play Kings in the Corner (CS LR)11:15 Brain Games (HS LR)2:00 Group Crossword (HS LR)2:30 Watch “Mystic Pizza” (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)4:15 Dakim Brain Fitness (CS PER)6:30 Hymn Sing: Jack Martens (HS LR)

Thursday, October 39:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)11:00 Play Sequence (HS LR)1:00 Word Games (CS LR)2:00 POKENO (HS PER)3:30 Bean Bag Baseball (HS LR)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (CS PER)

Are you looking for a volunteer opportunityor a way to improve our community?

Join the resident Welcome Committee!

Members of the committee will assist Haley inthe orientation of new residents. The meetingwill take place on Tuesday, October 1st in the

Hillside PER at 3:30 PM.

See Resident Liaison, Haley, for more details.

Podiatry Visit with Dr. Spurs, DPM

Monday, October 7th

Hillside Salon

Appointments start at 1:30 PM for HillsideResidents and 3:45 PM Creekside Residents.Please sign up in advance to reserve a slot.

Please bring your Medicare Card or Cash.

Monday, October 7 Friday, October 119:15 Play Kings in the Corner (CS PER)9:45 Bocce Ball Outing at Rodgers-Smith Park11:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)1:00 Afternoon Stretch (CS LR)1:30 Podiatry Visit for HS (HS Salon)2:00 Watch “The Munsters” Show (HS LR)2:15 POKENO (CS PER)3:30 Word Games (HS LR)3:45 Podiatry Visit for CS (HS Salon)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (HS LIB)

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Balance Fitness with Jo (HS LR)10:00 Open Piano Hour (HS LR)10:00 Watch “The Price is Right” (CS LR)11:00 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Watch “October Sky” (CS LR)2:30 Bingo (HS PER)4:00 Trivia (HS LR)

Tuesday, October 8 Hug Day! Saturday, October 129:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)10:00 Play Bridge Resident Led (HS)10:15 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Halloween Mask Craft (CS PER)2:00 Group Crossword (CS PER)3:30 Play Bean Bag Toss (HS LR)6:00 Jack Martens Performs (CS LR)

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)10:00 Play Bounce Off (CS LR)1:45 Knitting Group Resident Led (HS SR)2:00 Watch “Secondhand Lions” (CS LR)2:30 Bingo (HS PER)4:00 Brain Games (CS PER)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (HS LIB)

Wednesday, October 9 Sunday, October 139:00 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (CS LR)9:30 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (HS LR)10:00 Kaiser Martinez Flu Shot Clinic Shuttle10:30 Blood Pressure Clinic (CS LR)11:00 Play Cribbage (HS SR)1:00 Play Pictionary with Rice Crispy Treats (CS LR)2:45 HS & CS Resident Council Meeting (HS LR)3:30 Bingo (CS PER)

8:45 Church Shuttles9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)10:00 Kings in the Corner Resident Led (CS PER)11:30 Chef Choy Lunch Outing2:00 Group Crossword with Apple Chips (HS LR)2:30 Watch “Backdraft” (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)6:30 Hymn Sing: Jack Martens (HS LR)

Thursday, October 109:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)11:00 Play Sequence (HS LR)1:00 Word Games (CS PER)2:00 POKENO (HS PER)3:30 “Down on the Farm” Happy Hour with Alex & the Tradewinds (CS LR)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (HS LIB)

CSL Pleasant Hill Resident Council

Esther Pezzola, PresidentDonna Love, Vice President

Attend the Resident Council Meeting onWednesday, October 9th at 2:45 pm in the

Hillside Living Room.

Monday, October 14 Friday, October 189:00 Cache Creek Casino Outing9:15 Balloon Volleyball (HS LR)10:00 Play Uno (CS PER)11:00 Morning Stretch (HS LR)1:00 Afternoon Stretch (CS LR)2:00 Watch “The Munsters” Show (HS LR)2:15 POKENO (CS PER)3:30 Brain Games (HS LR)

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)10:00 Watch “The Price is Right” (CS LR)10:00 Open Piano Hour (HS LR)11:00 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Watch “The Stranger” (CS LR)2:30 Bingo (HS PER)4:00 Trivia with Cheesecake Bites (HS LR)

Tuesday, October 15 Hug Day! Saturday, October 199:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)10:00 Play Bridge Resident Led (HS)10:15 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Songs From The Heart (CS LR)3:00 Housewarming (HS LR)6:00 Denis Colleret Performs (CS LR)

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)10:15 Walker Wipe Down with Carlos (HS LR)1:45 Knitting Group Resident Led (HS SR)2:00 Watch “The Shining” (CS LR)2:30 Bingo with Janine (HS PER)4:00 Play Dominoes (CS PER)

Wednesday, October 16 Sunday, October 209:00 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (CS LR)9:30 Clayton Pumpkin Patch and Gift Shop Outing9:30 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (HS LR)10:00 David Blau Piano Performance (HS LR)11:00 Play Bounce off (HS LR)1:00 Group Crossword (CS PER)2:00 Play Canasta (HS LR)2:00 Name That Food with Chef Jon (HS PER)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)

8:45 Church Shuttles9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)11:00 Balloon Volleyball (HS LR)2:30 Group Crossword (HS LR)3:00 Watch “The Munsters" Show (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)6:30 Hymn Sing: Jack Martens (HS LR)

Thursday, October 179:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)11:00 Play Sequence (HS LR)1:00 Word Games (CS PER)2:00 POKENO (HS PER)3:30 “Beers & Brats” Happy Hour with Buck Shot & Any Reason (CS LR)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (CS PER) Kaiser Martinez Flu Shot Clinic Shuttle

October 9th • Departs at 10:00amOctober 23th • Departs at 10:00am

Monday, October 21 Friday, October 259:30 Play Uno (HS LR)9:30 Watch “House on Haunted Hill” (CS LR)11:00 Morning Stretch (HS LR)1:00 Afternoon Stretch (CS LR)2:15 POKENO (CS LR)3:30 Brain Games with Fruit Cups (HS LR)4:15 Dakim Brain Fitness (HS LIB)4:30 Claim Jumper Dinner Outing

9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:15 Zumba Fitness with Jo (HS LR)10:00 Watch “The Price is Right” (CS LR)10:00 Open Piano Hour (HS LR)11:00 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Watch “Play Misty for Me” (CS LR)2:00 Activity with Jon McCraw (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (HS PER)

Tuesday, October 22 Hug Day! Saturday, October 26 • Walk to End Alzheimer’s9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)10:00 Play Bridge Resident Led (HS)10:15 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Songs from the Heart (HS LR)3:00 Halloween Mask Craft (HS PER)4:00 Word Games (HS LR)6:00 Dan Howard Performs (CS LR)

9:00 Walk to End Alzheimer’s & Lunch Outing in San Ramon at Bishop Ranch9:00 Kings in the Corner Resident Led (CS PER)9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)1:00 Afternoon Stretch (CS LR)1:30 Watch “Hocus Pocus” (CS LR)1:45 Knitting Group Resident Led (HS SR)2:00 Magic Performance by Danzo (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (HS PER)4:15 Bean Bag Baseball with Pumpkin Pie (HS LR)

Wednesday, October 23 Sunday, October 279:00 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (CS LR)9:30 Bible Study with Mr. Hayward (HS SR)9:30 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (HS LR)10:00 Kaiser Martinez Flu Shot Clinic Shuttle10:00 Brain Games (CS PER)11:00 Play Cribbage (HS SR)1:30 Rite Aid Flu Shot Clinic (CS LR)2:00 High Stakes Bingo (CS PER)2:15 Rite Aid Flu Shot Clinic (HS LR)4:00 Balloon Volleyball (HS LR)

8:45 Church Shuttles9:00 Morning Stretch (CS LR)9:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)11:00 Balloon Volleyball (HS LR)11:30 Panera Bread Lunch Outing2:30 Group Crossword (HS LR)3:00 Watch “Psycho" (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)6:30 Hymn Sing: Jack Martens (HS LR)

Thursday, October 249:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)11:00 Play Sequence (HS LR)1:00 Coloring Corner (CS PER)2:00 POKENO (HS PER)3:30 “Salute to the U.S. Navy” Happy Hour with Rhonda Kenney (CS LR)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (CS PER)

Support Alzheimer’s Association duringthe Walk to End Alzheimer’s outing

Saturday, October 26th • 9:00 AMBishop Ranch, San Ramon

Walk or simply cheer on the walkers.Wearing purple or Carlton attire is

suggested. After, we will stop for Lunch.

Monday, October 289:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)9:30 Watch “The Munsters” Show (CS LR)9:45 Bocce Ball Outing at Rodgers-Smith Park10:00 Play Apples to Apples (HS LR)11:30 Morning Stretch (HS LR)1:00 Afternoon Stretch (CS LR)2:15 POKENO (CS LR)3:30 Brain Games (HS LR)4:15 Dakim Brain Fitness (HS LIB)

Tuesday, October 29 Hug Day!9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)10:00 Play Bridge Resident Led (HS)10:15 Wii Bowling (HS LR)1:00 Balloon Volleyball (CS LR)1:45 Group Crossword (CS LR)1:45 Songs from the Heart (HS LR)3:30 Word Games with Candy Corn (HS LR)6:00 Paul Fontes Performs (CS LR)

Wednesday, October 309:00 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (CS LR)9:30 Bible Study with Mr. Hayward (HS SR)9:30 Stretch & Balance with Sherry (HS LR)10:00 David Blau Piano Performance (HS LR)10:00 Play Bounce Off (CS PER)2:00 Play Canasta Resident Led (HS LR)3:00 Bingo (CS PER)7:00 Halloween Decoration Scenic Drive

Thursday, October 31 Happy Halloween9:15 Live 2 B Healthy Fitness Class (HS LR)9:30 Doctor Shuttles9:30 Morning Stretch (CS LR)11:00 Monster Mash Costume Parade (HS LR)1:00 Word Games (CS PER)2:00 POKENO (HS PER)3:30 “Spooky Time” Happy Hour with Jack Martens & Tom Lucia (CS LR)4:30 Dakim Brain Fitness (CS PER)

Staff BirthdaysMonna Gasalatan - October 3rd

Elybelle Shramek- October 16th

Olivia Query - October 26th

COSTUME PARADE

Thursday, October 31st - Halloweenthe parade starts at 11:00 am in the

Hillside Living Room.

Every guy and ghoul is welcome.Costumes are recommended but not required.

Bocce Ball at Rodgers-Smith Park in

Pleasant Hill on October 7th and 28thFamily and friends are welcome to meet

us at the park for a friendlygame bocce ball.

Please congratulateCarlton Senior Living Pleasant Hill’s

winner!

“Best of the Best” award nominationforms are available at the Front Desk.

Ana FloresOctober Winner

October’s EntertainersCPH Annual Family Barbecue

Buck Shot & Any Reason

Jack Martens Trio

Paul Fontes Trio

Happy Hour

10/10 Alex Eugenio & the Tradewinds

10/17 Buck Shot & Any Reason

10/24 Rhonda Kenney

10/31 Jack Martens & Tom Lucia

Hymn Sing

10/6, 10/13, 10/20 & 10/27 Jack Martens

Songs From The Heart

10/8, 10/15, 10/22 & 10/29 Jack & Rose

Tuesday Performances

10/1 Todd Netland

10/8 Jack Martens

10/15 Denis Colleret

10/22 Dan Howard

10/29 Paul Fontes

Guest Performances

10/2, 10/6 & 10/30 David Blau

10/26 Danzo the Magician

ManicuristTuesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm

Hair StylistWednesday - Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The salon is located on the first floor of theHillside Building. (925) 930-0568

Church ShuttleSundays from 8:45 am - 12:00 pm

We provide transportation to services at Christ the King Church, Church of theResurrection, Faith Lutheran Church, First Christian Church, Oasis Church and St. An-

drew’s Presbyterian Church.

To reserve your place on the shuttles,please sign up on the sign up sheet table.

TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

Doctor ShuttleTuesdays & Thursdays: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

We now provide transportation on both Doctor Shuttle days to the following locations;Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Rossmoor & Walnut Creek. The shuttle

begins transportation at 8:30 am and returns to the community by 4:30 pm. Transpor-tation on the Doctor shuttle must be requested at least 48 hours (2 days) in ad-vance. Transportation is subject to availability for appointments scheduled less than48 hours in advanced. Please provide the Front Desk with the following information:

• Appointment time • Doctor’s name • Doctor’s exact address• Doctor’s phone number • If an escort is needed

Appointments outside of the locations above and/or outside of the 9:00 am to 3:00 pmwindow will be accommodated if possible. These appointments have a service chargeof $15.00 per half hour of driving time (one half hour minimum, and $7.50 per quarterhour thereafter. If an escort is required, please complete a Valet Transportation

form which is available at the Front Desk.

Concierge Shuttle7 Days a week 9:45 am - 2:00 pm

The Concierge Shuttle offers transportation services 7-days a week to anywherewithin a 5-mile radius of the community. Check-in with the Front Desk or with a

member of the Personal Expressions team for service options.

Full-service is available Tuesday through Saturday with shuttle service available onSunday and Monday depending on scheduled activities and outings. This service is

available in addition to our regularly scheduled outings and shuttle services.

Resident Profile: Harriett Burt

Harriett Burt — Harriett was born in 1940 in East Oakland, Californiato Harold and Jean Burt. Her father attended Chico State Universityand was a school teacher and principal in San Lorenzo, California buthe felt he could not raise his family well on such a low income. He de-cided to enlist in the U.S. Navy during WWII but was denied due tocolorblindness and instead became a welder for the shipyards in Oak-land. In 1947, the Burts welcomed a son and both children wereraised in El Cerrito. Harriett was considered to be very bright in heryouth but chose to focus on school activities other than her studies. At El Cerrito HighSchool, she was a student body officer and editor of the school newspaper. After gradu-ating high school, Harriett attended Cal Berkeley as was tradition in her family for threegenerations. After deciding to become a teacher, she transferred to Fresno State Uni-versity and graduated in 1961 with a degree in Social Sciences and earning a Californiasecondary teaching credential in 1962.

Harriett was hired as a teacher at Martinez Junior High to replace Mary Gillespie, an es-tablished teacher of 42 years and “an icon” in the district. She enjoyed the challenge andrewards of teaching. Harriett taught in Martinez from 1962 to 1980 and became presi-dent of the teacher’s association during the time period when Carlton resident JohnSearles was Superintendent of the district. Harriett also began writing for the MartinezNews-Gazette in 1969 and continued to write during the holidays and summers throughthe 1970s. During her final two years at the junior high school she was hired as VicePrincipal and, by her second year in the role, she was able to successfully teach class-room control after attending an Assertive Discipline workshop.

Not comfortable in administration, Harriett contacted Lee Canter, creator of the AssertiveDiscipline program because she felt she could present and promote the program. Start-ing in 1980, Harriett spent the next 14 years traveling the country and throughout Cana-da promoting and teaching Assertive Discipline. She also worked as a reporter for theMartinez News-Gazette until 1990 and in state government from 1994-2005.Harriett or "Ms. Martinez" as she has affectionately been called for years, is certainly afixture in the community. Whether she was emceeing a local parade or events like Marti-nez Art Association's "Art in the Park," Harriett continues to give back to the community.Taking on many different roles over time, she has also served on the City Council, was amember of the Parking Place Planning Commission, was the first female president ofthe Martinez Boys and Girls Club, and has been president of Martinez AAUW, MartinezSoroptimist Club, Martinez Lioness Club and the Martinez Education Association.What's more, Harriett has also volunteered with the Martinez Historical Society and theContra Costa County History Center. We are very pleased to have such an esteemedmember of the community as a resident of Carlton Senior Living Pleasant Hill

— Patrick Coleman

Please show a warm welcome to ournew residents:

Diane Ransford Jacqueline Andrews

Mireille Grovier Richard Young

Meet your new neighbors as well as theirfamily and friends at our monthly House-

warming party.Tuesday, October 15th at 3:00 pm

Hillside Living Room

Carlton Senior Living Pleasant Hill

Jon McCrawExecutive Director

Terry BarrettAssociate Director

Jon PlatzChef

Janine SmithDining Room Manager

Sandra BowmanDirector of Resident

Services

Elvie JohnsonPersonal Care

Manager

Maricella CamposMed Room Supervisor

Haley WatsonResident Liaison

Rhodesia WrightAssociate Retirement

Counselor

Patrick ColemanPersonal Expressions

Manager

Mary GrafiloRetirement Counselor

Carlos CarrenoPlant Operations

Manager

Tables are Turned on Our Dakim AmbassadorWhile doing a presentation for the residents of Bartley Healthcare, one of our

Dakim Ambassadors, Maureen Rossi, was surprised she had a thing or two to learnherself. When she asked what they do to challenge themselves with numbers and

logic, the residents said they played Rummikub, a strategy game featuringnumbered tiles. It holds the attention of people playing, stimulates the imagination,challenges their wits and all while having fun. The Director of the community askedMaureen to play the game with one of the residents who is living with Alzheimer’s

and another gentleman who had suffered a stroke and needed to communicate viaa white board. Even so, the residents handily beat the ambassador who promptly

went out and contacted the game’smanufacturer and persuaded them to donate

fifteen Rummikub games to lower incomecommunities. As Maureen said, “I will never

again have preconceived notions about whatpeople can or cannot do.”

Stop Us if We’ve Told You This BeforeThe experiments of Nigel Gople of the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and

Colin MacLeod of the University of Waterloo indicate that there’s a differencebetween our destination memory (remembering to whom we’ve told something)

and our memory for information in general. Participants in their study were brokeninto two groups, each of which looked at the faces of famous people paired with

random facts on a computer screen. However, one group, the destination memorygroup, was asked to actually ‘tell’ the fact to the face on the screen. While both

groups correctly remembered both facts and faces, the destination memory groupscored 15% lower on pairing the facts with the faces they told the facts to.

The scientists speculate that this is due to some kind of ‘brain drain.’ When givingout information, our brain is focused not only on the facts, but upon ourselves.

Leaving less immediate resources in our brain for remembering to whom we toldthe information. Gopie goes on to say that he’d expect to find in an experiment

“that people who are self-focused would have worse destination memory.”So, narcissists be aware. Be very aware.

Where Are the Car Keys?Science Daily Says to Ask a Woman.

A woman is more likely to remember everyday things likewhere she left her car keys than a man. At least that’s what

an article printed in Science Daily indicated. PsychologistsAgneta Herlitz and Jenny Rehnman in Stockholm found that

women excelled in verbal episodic memory tasks likeremembering events, faces, pictures and words as well as tasks that required bothverbal and visuospatial processing like remembering where a particular object had

been last seen. On the other hand, men performed better for remembering non-linguistic (visuospatial) information. So, a man is more likely to remember his way

out of the woods. Which may be the answer to why men don’t feel the need to askfor directions. (Even if they can’t always find the car keys.)

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