Newsletter - The Colony

Monthly Highlight Events Recurring Events
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Wednesday, August 3 - 2:00pm
Music with Jim Shaw CR
Friday, August 5 - 1:00pm Trip to the
World?s Largest Candy Store
Thursday, August 11 - Lunch at the
Arboretum
Wednesday August 10 - Pressure
Washing of Underground Garage
begins. (Weather permitting,
approximate duration - 3-4 days)
Wednesday, August 17 - Happy Hour
and Music with the High Hats CR
Friday, August 19 - Annual Colony vs
Eden Prairie High School Football
Game
Thursday, August 25 - Scenic Drive
through the Arboretum
Friday, August 26 - Lunch at Lions
Tap Friday, August 26 Birthday Party
and Music with Lori Ronchak
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Podiatrist, On-Site Care
Friday, August 5, 9:00am - 12:00pm
First Floor Whirlpool. Sign up for your
appointment at the concierge desk.
Wellness Clinic
Thursday, August 18, 10:30am-12:00pm
Community Room. Blood pressure, oxygen
saturation's and weight are checked as well
as pendant batteries. No need to sign up.
Free service.
Friendly Reminders
A few quick reminders to all:
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Please place your nominations for
"Team Member of the Month" at the
front desk. Voting takes place each
month so please stop by regularly to
place your ballet. Let's acknowledge
the good work our employees are
doing.
The Waters Restaurant Group offers
catering. If you would like any event
catered, please contact Tyler Bonine,
Dining Service Manager at
952-697-0616.
For Salon appointments, please call
952-697-0601.
August 2016
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Manicures and Pedicures are
available on Tuesdays in the Salon.
Please call Tami at 612-532-8934
for an appointment.
Please continue to check the daily
calendar board outside the dining
room or the elevator for daily
program schedules. The monthly
calendar is subject to change.
Newspaper Delivery to your apt. will
take place 7:30 - 8:10 a.m.
weekdays, and after 8:30 am on
the weekends. Special thanks to
Jean Hartman, volunteer of 1st
floor newspaper delivery.
News
From
Jennifer
Nate's
News
Notes
In the month of August we focus on
?relationships? and so it is fitting that we
have our annual, exciting, football game
against the Eden Prairie High School
Football Team on August 19 from 1 to 3
p.m. here at our Community. After the
football game, our team members will
have a hot dog eating competition against
the football players. This annual event is
a testament to both The Colony and the
Eden Prairie High School Football Team?s
strong commitment to this wonderful city.
Please plan to attend and cheer us on as
last year we won the football game and the
hot dog eating contest with the help of all
of you cheering
This great relationship between us and the
football team is one of many we have in the
community. To help improve your
relationships, I suggest the following tips.
First, engage in meaningful communication
with those you wish to foster meaningful
relationships. Indeed, without heartfelt
communication, relationships cannot thrive.
NEW
RESIDENT
WELCOME
Second, related to the first, be a good
listener. Being able to actively listen is
a hallmark of being able to effectively
communicate. Third, be honest.
Ultimately, if a relationship is going to
thrive, the foundation of it must be built
on honesty and trust.
As always I leave you with a quote:
" A smile is the light in your window that
tells others that there is a caring,
sharing person inside."
- Denis Waitley
Jennifer Kuhn
Director of Community Operations
We give a heartfelt Colony welcome to:
Jean Kimrey, Apt. 206
Terese Miller, Apt. 330
Grayce Newstrom, Apt. 227
Chef's Corner
Health & Wellbeing
How Do You Spell Love?
The Webster Dictionary definition for
relationships - ?The way in which two or
more people, groups, countries, etc.,
talk to, behave toward, and deal with
each other?.
us live fuller lives. Relationships aren?t
going to be perfect all the time, but for the
most part, a good relationship makes us
feel secure, happy, loved, respected and
free to be ourselves.
So how important are relationships to
our health and well-being? Do any of
you remember the movie ?Cast Away?
with Tom Hanks? He was stranded on
an island, completely alone, and drew a
face on a volleyball that he named
Wilson just so he would have ?someone?
to talk to. And even though it was just a
movie, it really does illustrate how
important relationships are to us and
that our brains are hardwired to form
them.
I think Winnie the Pooh says it best?
Relationships, and the quality of our
relationships, have an enormous impact
on our physical health. Healthy
relationships build self-esteem, improve
mental and emotional health and help
May your hearts be filled with love and
light,
Holly Busse
Active Life Manager
August Birthdays
Terese Miller, August 1
Charles Doidge, August 12
Miyoko Kawanoue, August 22
Mary Westgard, August1
Dolores Oliver, August 12
Loretta Anderson, August 24
Charles Schwanke August 4
Audrey Addison, August 15 Marie Hitsley, August 24
Judy Gerszewski, August 8
Grace Noel, August 15
Stephanie Jakel, August 9
Walter Maher, August 18
Peter Steuerwald, August 10 Patricia Kirsch, August 19
Pauline Jorgenson, August 25
Martin Thiede, August 28
Ralph Johnson, August 31
If you think about life's different
occasions, food is most likely at the center
of each one. We use food to mark special
occasions, such as birthdays,
anniversaries, baby showers, graduations
and weddings. Food is prepared for the
special family members and friends in our
lives who need extra help while recovering
from an illness or after having a baby.
Food also plays a significant role in our
daily lives: having breakfast with the kids
before school, a lunch meeting with
co-workers, or dinner with our spouse.
No matter what our cultural background
is, the preparation and eating of food is
something we all have in common with
one another. But food is much more than
nourishment; it is the vehicle through
which we communicate sentiments,
express our creativity and create
memories. And it is in the sharing of food
with others that keeps us connected.
Food gets people talking; it facilitates
conversation and debates, prompts
people to ask each other questions and
acts as the medium by which we
strengthen and nurture our relationships.
Gathering around the table is also a way
we can show others hospitality, preserve
traditions, and create memories; it is one
of life's greatest joys.
Tyler Bonine
Dining Director
Team Member of the Month - Coleman Atchley
It is a great honor to be able to announce
Coleman Atchley as our August Employee
of the Month! Coleman has come a long
way from his first day almost a year ago,
and is now one of the most liked servers
we have on our staff. He is dedicated,
hardworking and very loyal ? three
qualities everyone should desire to
possess!
Coleman is originally from Seattle,
Washington and visits there often. He is
currently attending Hennepin Technical
College for Networking.
We?re proud of you Coleman, keep up the
great work!
Tyler Bonine
Dining Director
Out and About
by Bob Wilkins
Spiritually Speaking
"KEEPER of my SOUL"
Worship and ?Let Your Light Shine?in the
Month of August
8/7: with Pastor Chuck Humphrey-Luke
12:-32-40 ?Keep your Lamps Lit?
8/14: with Chaplain Rod Anderson-Luke
12:49-56 ?Keep your Weather-Eye on the
Sky?
8/21: with Pastor Chuck Humphrey-Luke
13:10-17 ?Keep the Sabbath? for your
Healing?
Did you know the word ?keep?, in one
form or another
(keeper/keeping/keeps/kept), appears in
the Bible 104 times? From ?keep the
commandments? to ?the Lord bless and
keep you?, it is God?s call to faithfulness
and a trust in God Who is faithful! In
these ?dog days?(or as I prefer ?God
Days?) of Summer, keep the Lord?s Day
holy and worship together every week
here at the Colony!
8/28: with Chaplain Rod-Luke 14:1, 7-14
?Keep Humble? Seats Assigned by the
Master?
Bible Study Every Friday 10:30 - 11:30am in the
Community Room
WISDOM/LEGACY CIRCLE
Tuesdays August 9 and 23? a
great opportunity for new residents
and others to make friends and
learn about one another with
Chaplain Rod
Celebration of Life
Keith Nelson - 7/27/16
Your life was a Blessing, Your memory a Treasure
You are Loved beyond words and missed beyond Measure!
Lost in an Urban Jungle ? Or, my first
visit to the Mall of America.
The largesse is simply overwhelming and
finding your way back to the car is a
stroke of luck.
Miss Johnson: ?Marvin, we need to see
more of you in recitation?.
Marvin: ?But Miss Johnson, that?s all
there is of me!?
Made it, but glad to get back to the loving
I skipped two half grades in Elementary
arms of the Arboretum. August is a
School that they said was scholastic, not
month of personal celebrations. Mary Lou
behavior. That doesn?t take social
and I were married on the 13th, and we
adjustment
into account,
Worship and 'Let Your Light Shine'
in the Month
of July so as a senior at
had nearly 60 happy years together. I
16, I liked freshman girls better,
was inducted into the Armed Forces on
especially Phyllis LeMaster.
August 7th, 1944 at 18. Better yet, I
returned safely from Europe and was
discharged at age 20 on July 3, 1946.
For a kid who had never shot anything
bigger than a BB- gun, it was quite an
awakening to handle the firepower of all
the weapons in the arsenal of the US
Infantry, but fortunately we did not have
to use them against the Germans, who
surrendered in early May 1945.
The Great Minnesota State Fair has been
a joyful tradition for all but 4 years of my
life. Hard to believe that a 10 year old
could enjoy a day of hot dogs ? (5 cents)
or a Coke and an ice cream cone for a
quarter and two street car tokens. Our
family could drive to a high point south
of the fairgrounds to enjoy the nightly
fireworks, adding our own ?ooh?s &
ahh?s?. School started after Labor Day
and we didn?t get our first long holiday
until the end of November for the
teacher?s convention.
The Arboretum is ?in between? right
now. It will climax in October with it?s
unbelievable variety of fall colors, but
will quickly offer the benefit of low
humidity and scarce mosquitoes.
Fall will come soon enough. Meanwhile
enjoy the beauty of summer.
The Colony Happenings
It was another perfect day for a boat ride
and some fishing on Lake Riley. We were
fortunate to get another opportunity to enjoy
an afternoon on the lake. Jean Hartman not
only caught the largest sunfish of the day,
but also the smallest? not much larger than
a minnow. It was a fantastic day with ?Let?s
Go Fishing? and we are already looking
forward to another chance to fish next year.
Let's Go Fishing!
Pauline & her younger brother, Kenneth
grew up on the family farm near St. James
MN. She said the school was a country
school, and at times the entire population
was as small as 10 students for all grades.
She sometimes rode her white pony
?Prince? to school. She participated in the
Church choir, and played tenor saxophone
in the high school band.
After high school graduation, Pauline was
employed by Scherr Micrometer
Manufacturing Company. Her husband,
Ervin, also, from St. James, was stationed
in the Aleutian Islands during his service in
World War II, and they married in 1946.
After the war Ervin went to college on the
GI Bill where he studied air conditioning
and refrigerator maintenance.
Linda Divinski
Active Life Manager
EXCITING NEWS: FAMILY PROGRAMMING
The Colony is excited to announce a new
program available to our families. We have
partnered with the Alzheimer's Association
as well as St. Croix Hospice to bring in
content experts to present on a variety of
caregiving issues, grief, advanced care
planning, and fall prevention.
Resident Spotlight - Pauline Jorgenson
Our first program will be held Monday,
August 29th at 6:30 pm in the Community
Room.
Please watch for additional information and
sign up details which will be sent out and
posted soon.
He worked for IDS properties where one of
his many duties was to ensure a cool room
temperature for the many large heat
producing IBM computers in the new IDS
Center. Pauline worked as a teller at First
Federal Savings and Loan, and also in the
accounting office at Daytons until she
retired. They had two sons, Wayne and
Warren. The family enjoyed summer
activities at their cabin. Ervin loved the
lake and wildlife, and the boys especially
liked to water ski.
After retirement they traded the cabin for
an RV and traveled all over the country ?
sometimes in the east, and sometimes
California and the southwest states.
Eventually, they purchased a winter home
in Arizona and a condo in Bloomington.
Pauline was very active with her high
school alumni association, and planned
many reunions over the years. She still
enjoys researching her family genealogy
and history. Pauline?s brother, Kenneth
lives in Burnsville. Son, Warren lives in
New Jersey with his wife, Pat. Son,
Wayne, and his wife, Carol, live in Eden
Prairie. Wayne is a Civil War History expert
and wrote a book called, ?Every Man Did
His Duty?. Wayne and Carol's son, Michael,
resides in Tokyo, Japan. Their daughter,
Lindsay, resides in Eden Prairie with her
husband Mark and their children, Kai, (3)
and twin 1-1/2 year daughters Anabella
and Arianna.
Vicky Willcox
Manager of Community
Relations