A Publication of Westminster Village North September 25, 2020

Mother Earth and the other species that inhabit our planet are God’s creations may help us protect rather than destroy God’s gift of life in all its diversity. Francis was a lover of animals and to remember him Chaplain Worth will bless the pets of our community and their owners. For many of us, loving and caring for our pets helps us realize God’s presence and goodness, embodied in creatures besides ourselves. One way we can honor God’s creatures is by blessing the pets that enrich our lives. We will do that here at Westminster Village North

Blessing of the Animals Service Thursday, October 1,

1:00 pm Tamarack, Front lawn. 1:30-3:30 pm Home Visits for

Blessing by arrangement If you and your pets can’t get to this

event at 1:00 pm let me know and I

will arrange to come to your

apartment or home between 1:30-3:30

pm or another time convenient for

you.

Sign up for the outdoor blessing event

on your tablet or call Laurie (ext.

1053) to sign you up via tablet. For

home visit, please call Chaplain

Worth, 317-823-6841, Ext. 1410 or

email:

whartman@westminstervillage.com

Vespers Service Link:

https://youtu.be/3wHFpMuZrQQ

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Flu Shots

We expect to receive our flu vaccines

sometime next week and will begin

providing shots to residents as soon

as we can. Be watching for additional

information in an upcoming

newsletter.

Words of Worth Chaplain Worth Hartman

“St. Francis and Blessing of the Animals”

October 4th is the feast day for my favorite saint, Francis of Assisi. He was buried on that date in 1226. There are many things I admire about Francis; his love and concern for the poor and outcasts, his efforts at peacemaking, his joyful embracing life and creation. Francis saw God in the entire world around him especially in God’s natural creation. Praises for animals, birds, sun, moon, flowers, rivers, forests, wind, weather and fire filled his lips. Francis wrote a well-known song of praise that begins, “All creatures of our God and king, lift up your voice and with us sing, Alleluia, Alleluia”. Francis is said to have preached to the birds, made nests for the doves, tamed the fierce wolf terrorizing the town of Gubbio and created the first manger scene with live animals intended to inspire Christmas devotion. We live in a time when we especially need this message of care for our planet and all of its creatures. We are rapidly destroying natural habitats, poisoning our air and water, altering our climate, wiping out entire species of plants and animals, even mistreating our own pets and farm animals. Realizing our

Lou grew up in Aurora, IN where he attended elementary school, and then went to St. Xavier in Cincinnati for high school. He was one of four high school buddies who enrolled at Purdue University were Lou pursued a degree in electrical engineering. One month from graduation the Selective Service advised him that he was needed by Uncle Sam. They did allow him to finish his degree. He chose a 3 year stint in the U.S. Army after completing extensive testing and was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training. The "powers that be" told Lou he had scored very well during his testing experience, and they suggested he go to a 47 week course at the Army Language Institute in Monterey, California. That suited this adventuresome fellow just fine. He chose Russian as his language to learn. After a short training period in Frankfort, Germany Lou was stationed near the East-West German border and began intercepting and translating Russian internal communication. Ok, so now we have Lou and Inge 10 miles apart, fixed up on a blind date, and beginning a relationship that would last 60 years. At first they double-dated, never realizing however, that it was against the rules for an American service man in intelligence to date a German lady. Things blossomed. Lou bought a 1949 Plymouth police car, painted it green, and put a wooden chair in the passenger's space.....so now he could finally date Inge one on one.

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Tamarack Dining Room Laura Roman

We are so excited to share that the Tama-rack Dining room will reopen on Mon-day, September 28 for dinner only Mon-day through Friday! There will be some restrictions as we work to meet the ISDH guidelines and keep everyone safe: • Tables have been set for two people

only—this allows us to practice so-cial distance. Chairs may not be moved.

• Married couples may sit at the small-er tables.

• There will be four 30-minute shifts for dinner meal. Residents have been assigned to a shift based on recent delivery requests.

• Residents may continue to have meals delivered to their room if they prefer.

• Residents will continue to complete the dinner order form, identifying if they will be eating in dining room or want delivered. There will not be last minute ordering in the Tamarack din-ing room.

• You must arrive at your appointed time, as you will be given 30 minutes to eat your meal. If you arrive late, you cannot stay into the next shift, as we must sanitize tables in between.

• Residents are asked to wear their ID and bring their meal cards to the din-ing room. We have all new staff who will not recognize you. Please be kind with them.

• Our goal is to serve the meal all at one time. Desserts will be served in to go containers.

• The shifts will be at 4:30, 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00pm

• You must wear your mask as you enter and exit the dining room.

We have done the very best we can in developing this plan and ask you to be patient. We understand that there may be need to change, and we will be working to make the process more smooth as we learn from each day. Thanks to Dan and his staff for all they’ve done!

Welcome to WVN! Nancy Russell

Ingeborg and Louis Lachenmann moved to 6246 Whitewater Drive after living in a lovely home here in Indianapolis for over 50 yeas. As we all have experienced, relocating is a major challenge, but this delightful couple is methodically rising to the occasion. Ingeborg was born in East Germany during the war to a pediatric nurse mother and a father who was a lawyer. As a youngster she witnessed horror and destruction. Finally they were able to get into Marbug, West Germany, a beautiful city on the Rahn River. It was there that this courageous lady was trained to be a physical therapist after completing the prerequisites in Bieteseld. Her father at age 50 was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Inge (as she likes to be called) went to Berlin to further her education, and then moved to Kassel to be near her mother. Kassel, as luck would have it was close to where Lou was stationed near the border of East-West Germany. Friends fixed them up on a blind date. They went bowling, and after a night of "mishaps and gutter balls," Inge thought that would be the end of that. However, Lou showed up again with a gorgeous bouquet of roses.

Welcome to WVN Ingebord & Louis Lachenmann

Continued When Lou was discharged, Inge followed. They were married in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lou was hired by Kroger to be an engineer in their company that provided baked goods for their stores. They lived in a furnished apartment and had virtually nothing to call their own. Inge could not work as a physical therapist because her training had been in Germany; however, she did work at a hospital for the poor in Cincinnati as well as for a podiatrist as a physical therapy assistant. When Kroger transferred Lou to Cleveland Inge passed an exam that allowed her to practice physical therapy in Indiana and Ohio. Their final destination with Kroger was Indianapolis where a 500 employee bakery company put Lou in charge of a 50 person maintenance group. He retired there. Inge worked in home health, earned another degree from Indiana University in management and personnel, and developed her skill as an artist. She uses water color, oil, and acrylic to create her masterpieces. And, oh, by the way, our Dr. Hibner bought one of her paintings! This talented, resourceful lady loves all kinds of music - classical, folk, and country. She reads, she walks, and she can't wait until our world opens up so she can enjoy all of these things to the fullest. Lou is a wood-worker. He has made furniture and even grandfather clocks! This amazing man is also into stained glass. He made one piece that was 2 feet off the floor and extended upward to 2 feet from the ceiling at heir former home. Now we are the ones who can't wait until we can meet this extraordinary couple in person.

In Memoriam

Heather Edgerton Jean Harrison

(Jean was incorrectly listed as Jean Harris in a previous newsletter)

Rosemary Tanner

Please keep their families and friends in your thoughts and prayers. _______________________

Grant Donation Fulfilled Laurie Wilson

You might remember several months ago we applied for a grant from the CMP Reinvestment Program. A CMP is a “monetary penalty the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may impose against nursing homes for either the number of days or for each instance a nursing home is not in substantial compliance with one or more Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements for long-term care facilities. A portion of CMPs collected from nursing homes are returned to the states in which CMPs are imposed. State CMP funds may be reinvested to support activities that benefit nursing home residents and that protect or improve their quality of care or quality of life.” WVN’s application for a grant was approved and enabled us to purchase ten HP tablets and ten adjustable stands to hold the tablets. These devices have now been distributed to the Health Center and Assisted Living activities departments to enable those residents access to online programs, such as our Vespers service on YouTube, and other internet-based programming. The stands enable residents with limited mobility to view programs on the tablets from their beds, hands-free, since the tablet attaches directly to the stand. This can be a huge difference in the quality of life for some of our residents.

A Week at a Glance…

Health Center Debbi Johnson

Please check with your activities staff for information on daily activities at this time.

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Health & Fitness Tip Kenzie England

A great and easy way to get in some daily exercise, is to participate in active hobbies. This could be something such as when you go golfing, walk nine holes instead of riding on the golf cart. Another great way to be consistently active is dedicating one day a week to cleaning your living space, this includes vacuuming, dusting, folding laundry and doing dishes. Any type of physical activity you can do is beneficial to your body and can make living a healthy lifestyle much easier.

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Social Hall Update Marty Krug

Thank you, Bill Voiles for the latest pictures of the social hall construction. I’m not sure what that gray thing is, but I sure am glad to see it going in place!

A Week at a Glance…

Assisted Living Jill Armantrout

Saturday, September 26 Daily chronicles delivered with lunch Outdoor visitation (must be pre-scheduled) Sunday, September 27 1-3:00 You Tube Vespers available See TV listing for spiritual guidance/Devotions distributed Popcorn to your door Monday, September 28 1-4:00: Daily chronicles /mail deliv-ery Grocery delivery Tuesday, September 29 1-4:00: Door to door: Daily chronicles, mail, crafts/art pro-ject, bingo #’s given 5:30 Well-check calls Wednesday, September 30 1-4:00: Door to door: Daily chronicles, mail, cook’s corner snack, reminisce, bingo numbers dis-tributed

A Week at a Glance…

Independent Living Laurie Wilson

Tuesday, September 29 1:30 Aromatherapy: Guess the scent (tc) Wednesday, September 30 Guardian Hospice Singers—cancelled Thursday, October 1 1:00 Blessing of the Animals (tfl) Location Key Jp—Juniper parking lot Sc—Sycamore Courtyard Tc—Tamarack Courtyard Tfl—Tamarack Front Lawn

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Mauvis Ray gives her sincere thanks and appreciation to Jami Blanton and Tammy Rogers for their “special assistance” recently. Anne Zukel is also very appreciative of the rapid response Jami Blanton has recently provided, knowing her very busy schedule.

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Do You Know?

Many are wondering what this is or what type of tree from which it came! Our Touchtown connected people can look under Campus Maps for the answer.

Brain Teaser In my hand I have two coins that are newly minted. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What are the coins? Last week’s answer: Stop imagining

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VOTING Rhoda Milstein

Applications for an Absentee Ballot are now available. Independent Living, As-sisted Living and the Health Center res-idents can call Rhoda 317-823-9388 or Laurie at Extension 1053 and one will be delivered to you. The application should be mailed to:

Marion County Election Board

3737 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46201

PLEASE exercise your right to vote!

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Be Counted! Rhoda Milstein

Precinct Committeewoman, Pct 41 For many years a precinct existed at WVN which made it convenient and safe to vote. We now have mail-in vot-ing, another safe way to vote. It may require a little work but it still gives you the opportunity to exercise your right. Your vote DOES count and do-ing so is what this country is all about. We, the elderly, should not give up but see to it our country will be there for our children and grandchil-dren. ASK for a ballot, fill it out, mail it - stand up and be counted! Early voting near us will be located at: MSD Lawrence Admin Bldg. 6501 Sunnyside Rd. Weekdays: Oct 26 - Oct 30 11 am - 7 pm Weekends: Oct 24 - Oct 25 10 am - 5 pm Oct 31 - Nov 1 10 am - 5 pm Note: You are required to use black ink when filling in your ballot.

Independent Living Notes

Laurie Wilson Look for an October calendar in your mailboxes by Monday. There are several concerts scheduled, as well as other outdoor gatherings, weather permitting. Please remember to sign up for events through your Touchtown Community app. Simply click on Leisure Services, then look for the activity you would like to attend and click on it. Click on Register. Enter your name and submit. You will be registered. If you do not have access to Touchtown, please call me and I can add your name to the list. It is important to get a fairly accurate count so that we have enough re-freshments and seating for everyone.