The Village News is a publication of The Village Retirement Center - 4501 W Powell Blvd - Gresham, Oregon 97030 (503) 665-3137

Our Village Community Gatherings are a time of fun and education! Please join us every Monday! GARDENING TALK: Our own, Master Gardener John White will discuss how to put our gardens to bed for the winter and more helpful tips! OREGON HISTORY: Returning back to us is Darrell Jabin. He has made many documentaries about Or-egon History! MEDICARE & NEW CHANGES:

Leslie Parker with Alkin Insurance will be here to discuss new changes in Medicare. EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM:

Barbara Crawford with LifeLine will be here to share the benefits of their alert system.

Blood Pressure Checks

every Monday at 2:00 pm in Resident Service Area

VILLAGE COMMUNITY GATHERING

MONDAY OCTOBER 5th

MASTER GARDENER JOHN WHITE

1:00 pm

MONDAY

OCTOBER 12th DARRELL JABIN

OREGON HISTORY 1:00 pm

MONDAY

OCTOBER 19th LESLIE PARKER

ALKIN INSURANCE 1:00 pm

MONDAY

OCTOBER 26th

BARBARA CRAWFORD LIFELINE 1:00 pm

The Village NewsThe Village NewsThe Village NewsThe Village News OCTOBER 2015

Published by The Village Retirement Center Gresham, Oregon

Happy October, Life is busy in our home! Football season for us is almost over, Parker has been play-ing on the JV team for Gresham and their season has been good this year. The emergency preparedness meetings were well attended; thank you for attending and listening! We are very fortunate to have Human Solutions returning and offering energy assis-tance. I can not stress enough, to please have your paperwork ready. If you need help please let me know early. Make your copies early, not the day of the outreach program. We have a new jewelry company coming, and she has many different styles of jewel-ry and well priced. We have a couple of road trips planned for October. Mt St Helens is a wonderful trip we are offering. It will be a fun informative day! The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island is a fun time to shop for produce. The drive to the island is one of my favorites. The colors can be gorgeous! We will have a Halloween special dinner planned. Our new chef, Sue will be offering a wonderful meal. Costume or no costume...it’s up to you! Have a good month! If you would like to share any trip ideas, please feel free to share it with me! Taunya

Thank you for prayers, cards and phone calls. I am happy to share God’s blessings with our Village

Family. Audrey Foss #324

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS

RICHARD & EVELYN McCONNELL APT #94

ENERGY ASSISTANCE

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14th

1:00pm TO 4:00 pm REC ROOM

PLEASE MAKE & BRING

COPIES OF THE FOLLOWNG:

1. Picture ID for EVERYONE in household. 2. Your CURRENT PGE bill (The bill must be in your name) 3. Proof of income for the last 30 days for everyone in your household. Examples: • Social Security Award Letter for 2014 • Any pension, retirement, and annuity;

bring proof of income, other than a

bank statement. 4. Provide your social security number and birthdates for everyone in household. The income limits for assistance are the following: MONTHLY GROSS AMOUNT:

Single: $1,827.75

Double: $2,390.08

There is a limit to 50 households for this

assistance. THE SIGN UP SHEET WILL BE AT

THE ACTIVITY TABLE.

PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EAR-

LY FOR YOUR

APPOINTMENT.

If you need to get a copy of your

electric bill please call

PGE 503-228-6322

To my friends and neighbors at The Village. Suggestion for speed control in The Village: Since moving to the Village in March, 2015, my wife and I have been pleased to become members of this fine community of retired citizens. We continue to enjoy the friendliness of neighbors and staff and quiet time after hours. We enjoy seeing and participating in walks anytime during the day and evening. We have very few limiting restrictions which further provides for a relaxed and friendly neighborhood at-mosphere. However, within a few short weeks of liv-ing here it appeared to me that one of the limiting re-strictions was severely violated on a business. That is the violation of the posted speed limit of 10 miles per hour. I could go on about the problems of not abiding by that restriction but for those of us who drive an au-tomobile I am sure we are all aware of them. Since most of us are retired speeding to get some place within the community is not necessary and could be dangerous to any of us whether we drive or not. In short, it boils down to one word, r-e-s-p-e-c-t. That’s right, a small word with a huge meaning and impact. It takes so little time out of our day and can have such a lasting influence on all of us. I hope all of us drivers can keep this in mind and observe the miniscule restriction and pass the same on to our friends, relatives, and businesses.

Thank-you, Bob Wells #61

THE VILLAGE FOUNDATION Thanks you for the Green & Clean

successful events! Green is for all your money donations!

Clean is for all the “Shred Event” and your financial support for the event!

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CAFE` MENU - OCTOBER 2015

OCTOBER 2015 ACTIVTIES

ROAD TRIP TO

MT ST HELENS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th 8:00 am

$40.00 includes bus, admission, and box lunch

We will travel to Johnston Ridge Observatory on Mt St Helens. We should return about 3:30 pm.

RESIDENTS MEETING

TUESDAY,

OCTOBER 13th 10:00 am

REC ROOM

We encourage all residents to attend this informative meeting.

BE DAZZLED JEWELRY

THURSDAY,

OCTOBER 15th 11 am to 2pm

Rec Room

Come check out the jewelry fashions.

PUMPKIN PATCH AT

SAUVIE’S ISLAND AND

LUNCH AT HOMETOWN

BUFFET

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd

9:30 am $10.00 Bus

We enjoy a beautiful drive to Sauvie Island, shop for produce

and enjoy lunch.

STEVE’S DINNER OUT

TO TRUFFLE HUNTER

RESTUARANT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th

4:30 pm $3.00 Bus

Steve will escort you to Gresham to a wonderful restaurant!

BREAKFAST OUT TO KING’S

OMELETE AND SHOPPING

AT PACS (Portland Adventist

Community Services)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th 9:00 am $3.00 Bus

We’ll have breakfast and shop for bargains!

AFTERNOON

BINGO

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27th

1:00 pm REC ROOM

We’ll play BINGO!

Administrator's Corner

Dear Residents, Welcome to October! I am looking for-ward to the wet fall we usually have. I hope it comes.

I want everyone to welcome our new Executive Chef - Sue Jensen. Sue has a passion for cooking good tasting, healthy meals, and you can tell it in the food she

prepares. She has had a background in ca-tering and we are already enjoying her deli-cious meals. We are glad she has joined us

here at The Village. Stop by and say 'Hi' and enjoy some of her great cooking! We also have a new cook's assistant/ Cashier. her name is Sam Folsom. Many of

you may know her already for she has helped with some of our activities as a vol-unteer. Please make her feel welcome.

Our remodels are progressing well. #94 has been completed. #98 will be completed this month and they are working on #30. We plan on starting #12 later this month

#312 will be renovated this month also. We have started roofing our last four-plex for this year. We are also hoping our contractor can do our sidewalk work by #89 soon and

also in front of the community center. Thank you for your patience as we make all of these improvements.

I want to remind everyone to be especially careful of scams and people wanting to get something from you. Remember, that if it seems too good to be

true then it probably isn't true. Do not give out any of your personal information to any-one who calls you to request it. Always be

cautious about someone who is asking you for something. Have a great October! Dennis

ART CLASS WITH

CAROLYNN WAGLER

AND JANET ALMY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20th 10:00 AM

REC ROOM

Bring your own art project to work on during this time. This is a great

time to share and visit while working!

CRAFT TIME

WITH LOIS

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 23rd 1:30 pm TO 3:00 pm

SMALL MEETING ROOM Come have fun enjoy a craft.

Please sign up at Activity

Table, space is limited!

THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN DINNER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th

NOON $11.00 per person

($1 discount if purchased before Wed 10/28 noon)

Come one, come all ghouls, ghosts and goblins to our not-so scary special dinner

The Café will be offering Fresh Green Salad, Homemade Cornbread, Beef Ribs or Riblets, Roasted Squash, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, and a “Ghoulishly” Great

Dessert. Costumes are optional!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! 10/1 LeRoy Finck

10/1 Jean Hart 10/2 Mary Phillips 10/2 Ken Iverson 10/2 Gayle Spulniak 10/3 Helen Rinearson 10/3 Laurie Early 10/4 Darlene Fike

10/5 Sue Jensen 10/5 James Johnson 10/5 Janet Splawn 10/6 Bettigene Reiswig 10/7 Javier Rodriguez 10/7 Joan Yu

10/11 Donna Rogers 10/12 Shirley Boyd 10/15 Melody Howden 10/23 Marge Wilson 10/28 Russ Sichley 10/28 Toni Pickelsimer 10/29 Bea Ameele

10/31 Carolynn Wagler HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

We ask that staff and residents limit their perfume and cologne

wearing. We have some requests due to sensitivities to strong smells. I am certain that

it is not the perfume wearers intent and that they would be willing to change the strength and amount of scents they put on. Thank you for your consideration

Missing: Two, One pound blue hand weights from the Rec Room.

Please return to the office if

you have them!

Thank you!

Dear Village Community,

Greetings! As we move into October and into the Autumn season we have a lot to look forward to and a lot of things to share in together.

Autumn in The Village is beautiful! As the poet said, “Autumn, the years last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant wrote that and he must have

been thinking of the various shades of red, yellow, purple, orange, pink, magenta and brown that grace us. God is so Good to us! Here are two

scriptures that can bless us in our meditations, prayers and in our lives: In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a

Throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the Temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with

Two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to Another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of host; The whole

Earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6: 1-3 You will keep in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You.

Because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26: 3

May God richly bless you in the Autumn season. Love in Christ, Pastor Bob

After receiving some confusion regarding dinner time, I need to clarify and clearly explain the dinner time

here at The Village.

A light dinner is served at 5 pm family style; which means that we sit together and do not go through a meal line. As well, it is very important to call the office and let them know that you are planning on coming to dinner. Calls must be made prior to 1 pm the day of. Office staff will communicate with necessary

departments. Kitchen staff wants to prepare enough for everyone; therefore they must know by 1 pm on the day

you plan to come down for dinner. Resident Service staff set the table and serve the meal that is already prepared.

Thank-you, Caroleana