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THE VILLAGE NEWS

BELMONT VILLAGE OF MEMPHIS

MARCH 2018

Belmont Village Management Team

EGG-CEPTIONALSPRING TRADITIONS

With the arrival of spring onMarch 20 comes all the holidaysand traditions associated withthe end of winter: religioustraditions like Passover andEaster, and Nowruz, the PersianNew Year. All of thesecelebrations share an importantsymbol: the egg.

For millennia, the egg hasbeen an exalted symbol of birth,rebirth, and hope. AncientEgyptians told stories of the sungod hatching from an egg.Sometimes the sun wasconsidered an egg, laid each dayby Seb, a cosmic goose and godof the earth. In Hinduism, theegg represents the makeup ofthe universe. The shell is theheavens, the white is the air, andthe yolk is the earth. In thePersian story of creation, Goodand Evil are locked in an epicbattle. When Evil is hurled intoan abyss, Good lays an egg,

which represents the universe,with Earth suspended from theheavens as a halfway pointbetween Good above and Evilbelow. Eggs have always been asymbol of the beginnings of theuniverse and life itself. Nowonder that after the long darkof winter, with the return of thesun, eggs are revered asharbingers of life.

When Jews sit together forthe Passover Seder on March 30,an egg will adorn the Sederplate as a symbol of the ritualoffering to the Temple inJerusalem. Furthermore, the eggsymbolizes—you guessed it—lifeitself. For Christians, Easter is aholiday celebrating theresurrection of Jesus Christ, sousing an egg as a symbol ofrebirth was a natural choice. Thetraditional color to dye Eastereggs is red, symbolizing theblood Jesus shed on the cross.In Macedonia, congregants bringtheir red eggs to Easter churchservices, and when the priestproclaims, “Christ is risen,” it iscustomary to eat the egg as aritual breaking of the Lentenfast. All over the world, peoplewill be looking at eggs in adifferent light.

I wish all of you a wonderfulMarch and warmer weather, too!Enjoy this time with yourfamilies and friends.

MANAGEMENTTEAM

Stephanie CrumpExecutive Director

(901) 624-8820, Ext. [email protected]

Linda BelloDir. of Resident Care Services


Lisa AnyanCommunity Relations


Jill KeltonCommunity Relations


Anita GordonHuman Resources Generalist

[email protected] ShackelfordBuilding Engineer

(901) 624-8820, Ext. 105dshackelford@

belmontvillage.comVincent MorelliChef Manager


Jean NicolosiMemory Program Coordinator


Gena GarnerActivity Program Coordinator


BIRTHDAYLUNCHEON

Friday, March 30, at11 a.m. (JK)

MARCH RESIDENTBIRTHDAYS!March 8 Susan GookinMarch 10 Agnes FowlerMarch 12 Dennis HatleyMarch 13 Rosalie KriwackiMarch 17 Sharon BernsteinMarch 17 Anne DeanMarch 18 Heleen SchroffMarch 21 Dolores RiddickMarch 23 Catherine LequericaMarch 24 Ann BjorklundMarch 29 Nga Dang

MARCH EMPLOYEEBIRTHDAYS!!March 6 Johnny JonesMarch 6 Jessie HeidelbergMarch 8 Stephanie CrumpMarch 11 Stephanie ButlerMarch 12 Darrius ColemanMarch 13 Lisa AnyanMarch 26 Bobby WilliamsMarch 28 Bella LesterMarch 29 Dorris Walker

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Sabrina Mitchell, Dining RoomCaptain

CONGRATULATIONS,SABRINA MITCHELL!

This month’s Employee of theMonth is Josephine’s Kitchen’s,Dining Room Captain, SabrinaMitchell. Sabrina is a nativeMemphian and graduated from

Cordova High School. Shestudied at The University ofMemphis for two years and thenwent on to receive a Bachelor ofCriminal Justice from StrayerUniversity.

Sabrina is married and hasthree children: Xion and Rion,eight-year-old twin boys andXodrick, who is nine. Some ofSabrina’s hobbies includereading and spending time withher family. Her favorite sportsteam is the Lakers and herfavorite player is Kobe Bryant. Afew of her favorite places to visitinclude Miami, Las Vegas andPuerto Rico.

Sabrina describes her outlookon life by following the motto,treat others like you would wantto be treated, it’s her golden ruleto having a good life.

Congratulations, Sabrina.Keep up the great work!

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“AS AMERICAN ASAPPLE PIE”

They’re simple and they’reAmerican. But the pies we knowtoday are a fairly recent additionto a history that goes back aslong as mankind has had doughto bake into a crust and stuff toput inside it.

In medieval England, theywere called pyes, and instead ofbeing predominantly sweet, theywere most often filled withmeat—beef, lamb, wild duck,magpie pigeon—spiced withpepper, currants or dates.Historians trace pie’s initialorigins to the Greeks, who arethought to be the originators ofthe pastry shell, which theymade by combining water andflour. The wealthy Romans usedmany different kinds of meats orseafood in their pies.

Contrary to grade schooltheater productions across theUnited States, there was nomodern-day pie—pumpkin,pecan or otherwise—at the firstThanksgiving celebration in 1621.Pilgrims brought English-style,meat-based recipes with themto the colonies. Historians don’tknow all the dishes the Pilgrimsserved in the first Thanksgivingfeast, but primary documentsindicate that pilgrims cooked

with fowl and venison—and it’snot unlikely that some of thatmeat found its way betweensheets of dough at some point.The colonists cooked many apie: because of their crusty tops,pies acted as a means topreserve food, and were oftenused to keep the filling freshduring the winter months.Further, as the colonies spreadout, the pie’s role as a means toshowcase local ingredients tookhold and with it came aproliferation of new, sweet pies.A cookbook from 1796 listedonly three types of sweet pies; acookbook written in the late1800s featured 8 sweet pievarieties; and by the 1947, theModern Encyclopedia ofCooking listed 65 differentvarieties of sweet pies.

There are few things asAmerican as apple pie, as thesaying goes, but like much ofAmerica’s pie tradition, theoriginal apple pie recipes camefrom England. Thesepre-Revolutionary prototypeswere made with unsweetenedapples and encased in aninedible shell. Yet the apple piedid develop a following, and wasfirst referenced in the year 1589,by poet R. Greene: “Thy breathis like the steeme of apple pies.”Pies today are world-spanningtreats, made with everythingfrom apples to avocados. TheLittle Pie Shop in New York Cityclaims that the classic apple pieis still their top holiday seller.

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TRANSPORTATIONFRIENDLY REMINDER!Our concierge is always happy

to assist you with yourtransportation needs. PLEASEGIVE AT LEAST A 24-HOURNOTICE. It helps with theplanning of the driver’s schedule.Thank you.

DOCTORS’APPOINTMENTS:

Please make all appointmentson Monday, Wednesday orFriday before 2:30 p.m.SHOULD ANY OF YOURAPPOINTMENTS BECANCELLED, PLEASEKINDLY INFORM THECONCIERGE STAFF.

SHOPPING DAYSWeekends at 1:30 p.m.Walgreens and KrogerMondays at 12:30 p.m.

Thrift Store1st Wednesday at 9:45 a.m.

MYSTERY DRIVESEvery Saturday

CHURCHTRANSPORTATIONAvailable every Sunday

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March 2018TH Town Hall GR Great RoomB Bistro MBA

CL Center for LearningCL MarketplaceJK Josephine's Kitchen

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

18:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B March in History1:30 CL The Story of Esther with

Rabbi Finklestein3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Comedy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 GR Music with Miriam1:30 CL Purim Program w/ Local

College Students3:00 TH Bingo4:00 B Happy Hour6:30 GR Checkers (Round Table)


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 AL Mystery Ride

1:00 COF Mystery Ride3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Movie Night (residents’

choice)


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 Kroger/ Walgreens Outing10:45 B Movie Quotes Puzzle1:00 NH Mystery Drive2:00 TH Bellevue Baptist3:00 TH Bingo6:00 GR 90th Academy Awards Show


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 CL GLASS FUSING12:30 Shopping- Walgreens/Kroger2:00 CL Dan the History Man2:30 B Fascinating Facts!4:00 B Happy Hour

68:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss9:30 TH First Evangelical

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Healthy Lifestyle: Heart

& Soul2:00 TH General Knowledge Trivia3:00 TH Bingo

78:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss9:45 Shopping- Thrift Store

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Word Puzzle Wednesday1:00 CL Marketplace1:45 B Brain Works3:00 JK Wine and Cheese: Jazz

Saxophonist, Dr. OscarSueing


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Whole- Brain Fitness1:30 CL Communion with Deacon

David2:00 CL Giant Group Crossword

Puzzle3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Comedy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 GR Music with Miriam1:45 TH Bingo3:00 JK Lillian Langford4:00 B Happy Hour4:15 TH Shabbat with David6:30 GR Checkers (Round Table)




choice)

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS 118:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 Kroger/ Walgreens Outing

1:00 NH Mystery Drive2:00 TH Bellevue Baptist3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Sunday Movie


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 TH In Search of Ancient

Ireland12:30 Shopping- Walgreens/Kroger2:30 TH Arts & Crafts: Ribbon

Shamrock Pin4:00 B Happy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Healthy Lifestyle: Heart &

Soul2:00 TH General Knowledge Trivia3:00 TH Bingo4:30 JK Creative Jazz Piano: Tim

Stanek

148:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss9:30 TH Devotional with Becky

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Word Puzzle Wednesday1:00 CL Marketplace1:45 B Brain Works2:00 CL Healthy Living with Katie3:00 JK Wine and Cheese: Glenn

Malchow


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Debate Group... We’ve Got

Issues2:00 B Consumer Protection: 8

Basic Consumer Rights3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Comedy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 GR Music with Miriam1:45 TH Bingo3:00 JK St. Patrick’s Day Party-

Entertainment by DanielLund

6:30 GR Checkers (Round Table)

ST. PATRICK’S DAY 178:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss



choice)



1:00 NH Mystery Drive2:00 TH Bellevue Baptist3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Sunday Movie


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Mothers of Invention Monday12:30 Shopping- Walgreens/Kroger2:30 TH Guest Speaker: Shelby Co.

Political Newcomer CharlesBelenky

4:00 B Happy Hour

FIRST DAY OF SPRING 208:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss9:30 TH First Evangelical

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Healthy Lifestyle: Heart

& Soul2:00 TH General Knowledge Trivia3:00 TH Bingo


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Word Puzzle Wednesday

1:00 CL Marketplace1:45 B Brain Works3:00 JK Wine and Cheese:

Bobby Lawson


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Whole- Brain Fitness

2:00 JK First Generation Singers3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Comedy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:30 GR Music with Miriam1:00 GR Jewelry Booth with

Delores3:00 TH Bingo4:00 B Happy Hour6:30 GR Checkers (Round Table)



1:00 COF Mystery Ride3:00 TH Bingo3:00 GR Music with Paul6:30 TH Movie Night (residents’

choice)



1:00 NH Mystery Drive3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Sunday Movie


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Monopoly Deal:

Fast-Dealing, Card-StealingFun!

12:30 Shopping- Walgreens/Kroger2:30 GR Bean Bag Toss4:00 B Happy Hour


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Healthy Lifestyle: Heart &

Soul2:00 TH Resident Council Meeting3:00 TH Bingo

288:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss9:30 TH Devotional with Becky

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Word Puzzle Wednesday1:00 CL Marketplace1:45 B Brain Works3:00 JK Wine and Cheese: David

Virone


10:00 TH Get Going Exercise10:45 B Debate Group... We’ve

Got Issues1:45 JK The Littlest Big Band3:00 TH Bingo6:30 TH Comedy Hour

PASSOVER BEGINS AT SUNDOWN308:45 GR Trivia: Mental Floss

10:00 TH Get Going Exercise11:15 JK March Birthday Luncheon

& Entertainment!1:45 GR Music with Miriam3:00 TH Bingo4:00 B Happy Hour6:30 GR Checkers (Round Table)




choice)

CornerMaintenance

PROCEDURE FORWORK ORDERS

This is a friendly reminder aboutthe procedures for work orders.Should you need anything repairedor replaced in your apartment,please talk to our concierge staff,who will gladly put in the workorder for you through our workorder system. This will ensure thatthe work is done in a timelymanner. Should there be anemergency, then inform a memberof our staff immediately. Thank youfor your cooperation.

SPRING FORWARDDaylight saving time begins at

2 a.m. on the second Sunday inMarch. Remember to set your clocksahead one hour, and enjoy the extradaylight in the evening.

WISHING YOU AJOYOUS FESTIVAL.

WELCOME, NEWRESIDENTS!

It is one of the unsure thingsyou will be doing in your life andthat is moving to a place thathasn’t been your home, your lifeor comfort zone for many, manyyears. It is never easy regardless,but Belmont Village wants towelcome you with big openarms. We have such a wonderfulcircle of friends within ourresidents at Belmont Memphis,with so many different andinteresting lives and stories totell. If you have been here for awhile, don’t forget you were anew kid on the block, too; so,make our new residents feel

right at home, their new home.We are re-establishing variouscommittees within ourcommunity to help with thistransition. Looking for residentsinterested in meeting monthlyfor the following committees:

• Welcoming Committee• Ambassador’s Club• Holiday and Event

CommitteePlease don’t hesitate to

contact Gena Garner, (APC), forfurther information. No oneneeds to be strangers here; weare all wanting to know eachand every one of you.

OPTIMISM MONTHMarch is Optimism Month,

and studies show that lookingon the bright side is good foryour health. Optimists are betterat problem-solving, havestronger immune systems, andrecover faster from illness andinjury than pessimists.

WHY YOUR PET ISGOOD FOR YOURHEALTH

If you have a pet you knowthe joy and comfort it can bringto your life: A pet helps you stayactive and providescompanionship. And pets doanother act of good: Researchshows they may boost yourmental and physical health.

Scientific evidence suggeststhat pets play a unique role inhumans’ lives, especially thoseof older adults. “Not only dopets provide companionshipthat may benefit those whohave lost loved ones, but theyalso may help reduce the stressof these losses,” says Erin Rice,director of the People-AnimalConnection (PAC) at the RonaldReagan UCLA Medical Center.“Pet owners benefit fromfrequent physical activity andsocial connections from chatswith fellow pet owners. Pets alsocontribute to a sense of purposethat comes from caring foranother.”

Pets enhance emotional andpsychological well-being,according to various studies.Animal companionship has beenassociated with decreases indepression, fatigue, loneliness,and social isolation.

Physical benefits also havebeen tied to pets, especiallydogs. Older adults with petsreport fewer doctor visits andincreased physical activity. Agrowing body of research hasattributed pet companionship tolower blood pressure, a lowerresting heart rate and lowercholesterol levels.

The evidence supporting theheart-health benefits has provedstrong enough that theAmerican Heart Associationissued a Scientific Statementthat concluded that owning apet, is associated withdecreased cardiovascular riskfactors.

Animals as therapySome animals, notably dogs,

can be trained to assist peoplewith disabilities, including visualor hearing impairments, limitedmobility, seizures, and mentalillness. Many nursing homes andhospitals arrange for pet visitsbecause of the calming effectpets have. Several studies haveshown that people withdementia show less agitationand aggression when theyinteract with a dog.

Pet therapy is a term thatencompasses both animalassisted therapy (programsthrough which individualsinteract with service animalswith the goal of improvingsocial, emotional or cognitivefunction) and animal assistedactivities, which use animals toprovide comfort and enjoyment.

NewsHealth

DR. SHAINBERG-PODIATRIST

On-site visits 1st Wed. ofevery month. Dr. Shainberg’s feeis $40 (cash or check) at time ofservice. Please turn in yourpayment to Linda Bello, DRCS.

INTERNAL MEDICINE OFTHE MIDSOUTH

Dr. Randy Villanueva will behere every Thursday.

-Wellness Center(2nd floor)

Appointments and questions,please see Linda Bello, DRCS.

EXERCISE TOPROTECT YOUREYES

Researchers have found thatphysical exercise, such as running,walking and dancing, not only keepsyour heart and muscles healthy, butprotects your vision, too. Studiesindicate that people who engage inregular moderate exercise are lesslikely to develop glaucoma orage-related macular degeneration.Furthermore, doctors say those whoalready have glaucoma can bettermanage their condition withphysical activity, which can lowerintraocular pressure and improveblood flow to the eyes.

BELMONT VILLAGE SCENE

Preparations for the Super Bowl Party The Boyds enjoying the Super Bowl Beverly, Gert, and her daughterattended the JCC luncheon

Our Great Gatsby performance

The Great Gatsby is a story of thwartedlove during the decline of the AmericanDream in the 1920s. Lunch Bunch Crew at Forest Hill Grill

6605 N Quail Hollow RoadMemphis, TN 38120

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