July Newsletter 2013 - Stone Gardens Assisted Living
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July Newsletter 2013 - Stone Gardens Assisted Living
July 2013 Volume 2, Issue 7 The Monthly Newsletter of Stone Gardens Assisted Living A Residence of Menorah Park Center for Senior Living Ask The Activities Directors Dear Activities Directors: It’s officially summer! I don’t want to sit around. What is there to do around here? I wanna go places! Ivana Goplaces — Dear Ivana: If you don’t want to “sit around” you certainly don’t have to. There are so many outings and activities planned (and being planned) for this summer, that you should have a hard time just sitting around. As for outings, we’ll be going to a Cleveland Indians game or two, a Lake County Captains game, free summer concerts at the Beachwood Family Aquatic Center, Blossom Music Center, Porthouse Theater, a production of the musical “Ragtime,” a picnic at Edgewater Park, and a cruise on the Goodtime III. In-house activities include BBQ lunches and din- ners in our Rose Garden, Ice Cream Socials with homemade ice cream, outdoor concerts in our Rose Garden, visits to our new Memory Garden, and outdoor campfires (real fire!), along with all of our regularly scheduled Distance Learning programs, Saturday afternoon and evening speakers, Sunday afternoon entertainers, and more! OK. Let’s get specific. Here’s a list of the concerts, plays, and sporting events for the summer: • 7/2—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “Nick Puin Quintet: the Great American Songbook.” • 7/3—Concert with Bert Stratton and Irwin Weinberger (of the Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band) in the Rose Garden. • 7/9—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “NorthCoast Jazz Collec- tive Quintet: Modern Jazz.” • • Straight-up 7/11—Cleveland Indians vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. 7/14—Mercury Summer Stock Theater production of the musical “Ragtime” at Notre Dame College. • 7/23—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “Musical Grand: Latest Music to the Classics.” • 7/28—Blossom Music Center: “Broadway’s Leading Men.” 7/30—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “Blue Lunch: Swing and Blues.” 8/4—”Fiddler on the Roof” at Porthouse Theater. 8/6—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “Old Kids: Classic Rock.” • • • Cont. on Page 6 Written In Stone is the monthly newsletter of Stone Gardens Assisted Living Residence at The Menorah Park Center for Senior Living. Please direct all inquiries or concerns to: Noah Budin, Editor, c/o Stone Gardens Assisted Living, 27090 Cedar Road, Beachwood, Ohio 44122-1156, 216-593-0484, [email protected] Stone Gardens Staff Directory Ross Wilkoff Administrator 216-896-1105 [email protected] Bianca Williams Office Manager 216-292-0070 Linda Holpuch Dir. of Resident Services 216-593-0476 [email protected] Marnie DeGuire Admissions Coordinator 216-593-0479 [email protected] Kelly Henderson Assoc. Dir. of Res. Services 216-593-0477 [email protected] David Walker Dietary General Manager 216-593-0482 [email protected] Sarah Taub Director of Activities 216-839-6674 [email protected] Noah Budin Asst. Director of Activities 216-593-0484 [email protected] Angie Holpuch Physical Therapist 216-593-0478 Larry Betlejewski John Kwasni Environmental Serv. 216-593-0480 [email protected] [email protected] Helen’s Place Nelly Gertsberg Marina Sanchez 216-360-8206 [email protected] [email protected] Joel Fox Foundation Director 216-839-6688 [email protected] Sous Chefs Margo Davitt Night Supervisor 216-593-0483 [email protected] Pantry 216-593-0487 Nurse On Duty 216-593-0483 Fax: 216-378-4004 Amy Kinstlinger Social Worker 216-831-6500 ex. 176 Anthony Folisi, Matthew Bauman 216-593-0488 [email protected] [email protected] Beauty Shop Cheryl Pietrondi 216-593-0486 [email protected] Kitchen 216-593-0481 [email protected] 2 July Resident Birthdays 3 5 7 9 11 Eleanor Weintraub Helen johnson Elaine Powell Micki Gilbert Eleanor newman 14 15 19 26 28 Sidney Rackoff Violet Spevack Harriet Prochaska Pauline Silverman Esther Lewis July Staff Birthdays 3 6 6 11 12 Constance Agee Daniel Calcote, Jr. Deana Parks Anthony Folisi Michael Winston 23 25 30 30 Nelly Gertsberg Brandi Heard Jason beck Charlene Edwards A Limerick By “The Resident Poet” Get you Indian’s hats ready! The all campus outing to Progressive field is coming. THURS., JULY 11 We thank those who knock themselves out Their entertainment’s like a prizefight bout We sit there so quietly In our high society But we should raise our voices and shout: BRAVO! 3 Helen Says The monthly Helens Place column By Nelly Gertsberg$ Helens Place Program manager As Helen’s Place continues to evolve and develop, our community has enjoyed welcoming new neighbors and new visitors. As new tenants move in, our welcoming committee meets to discuss gifts that would be helpful to someone in a new home, such as a map of the neighborhood. Volunteers sign-up to be a “buddy” for a day by introducing the new resident to their neighbors, and showing them around to the different activities and dining room. There have also been a number of wonderful volunteers that have been generously offering their time and ideas to benefit the Helen’s Place community. They share their talents in sing-alongs, card games, poetry readings, word games, reading groups, memory bingo, and art appreciation, to name a few. We are grateful for the spirit they bring and the variety they introduce to our daily routine. Helen’s Place is full of interesting people, and our volunteers say they love visiting and getting to know them. We look forward to seeing which face comes to visit next! If you would like to volunteer to do a program at Helen’s Place, contact me (Nelly Gertsberg) or Marina Sanchez at 216360-8206. You don’t have to be an “expert” or have a degree in public speaking. Just a desire to enrich the lives of our very appreciative residents. Something to Chew on So, a man walks into a butcher shop and says, “I’d like that meat up there, from off your highest shelf.” And the butcher says, “Sorry, I can’t do that.” The man asks, “Why not?” And the butcher says, “The steaks are too high.” Sorry, I couldn’t resist. But, our Dietary team is reaching new heights here. Your rave reviews have shown us how much you and your loved ones are enjoying the many new dining options available on our campus, including Signature, our chefs’ labor of love. It is now our pleasure to add two new mouthwatering favorites to our menu choices: bone-in ribeye steak and herbcrusted, aged prime rib. Beginning July 30th and twice each month, dinner will be transformed into a kosher steakhouse. Our team has worked diligently to ensure that you will have a first-class, genuine steakhouse experience. Our meat comes from an exclusive source only used by the finest kosher restaurants across the country. Your orders will be prepared as you 4 would like – rare, medium, or well. So every week night, there are several delicious and gourmet choices to tantalize the taste buds; whether it’s Signature, prime rib, ribeye steak or another favorite from our dinner menus. We know if you and your loved one are steak lovers, you are going to enjoy this indulgence just as much as we do. We are very proud of these new additions to our menu and hope you enjoy eating it as much as we do preparing it. 5 Ask The Activities Directors Cont. from page 1 • • 8/11—Lake County Captains minor league baseball game at Classic Park, Jewish Heritage Day. 8/13—Beachwood Summer Concert Series: “Prime Time Big Band: Big Band Music.” Those are just the concerts and other events not on our regular Wednesday outing schedule. Check out page 7 for the full list of outings for this month. ****** A note about the July 11th Indians game outing: This is an all campus outing and is a joint outing with the Menorah Park Board. Many board members—over 20!—will be attending along with residents and tenants from every building on campus. We know that Menorah Park will be the impetus the Tribe needs to surge past the Tigers and win the American League Central! ****** The new Memory Garden is now open! It’s in front of the building right next to our Rose garden and has a privacy fence around it. You may access it from the south side of the building through a gate. It’s brand new and the planting has only just begun. Be sure to watch for new blooms as the summer progresses, and through the years as more plantings are established. Also, look for the garden gnomes and other hidden treasures in and around the area. The garden was designed with Helen’s Place residents in mind, but everyone is invited to visit. ****** If you haven’t seen it, please read the article on page 4 about our new steak program. There’s another new dietary development at Stone Gardens as well. It may not be as glamorous as Prime Rib, but, for many, it may be an important improvement in an everyday necessity: Coffee! Stone Gardens is now serving fresh brewed coffee and the difference is noticeable. The flavor and body is far superior to our previous coffee, and both regular and decaf is available at breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Dining Room. Just ask your server! EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Every month the Stone Gardens Department Heads select an Employee of the Month. Department Heads nominate people based on the notes that residents and family members post on the Service With a Heart board located in our front lobby, and from their own observations. The Employee of the Month is publicly recognized at a staff meeting, gets their name on a plaque, and receives two movie tickets. In addition, the Employee of the Month gets to choose a “buddy” from the staff who will also receive two movie tickets. 6 April’s Employee of the Month was Nurse Maggie Reed. Maggie chose RA Sarah James as her buddy. Congr atulations to Maggie and Sarah, and to all of the employees who were nominated! Date Outing Tues., July 2 Beachwood Summer Concert Wed., July 3 Shopping / Walmart Wed., July 10 Lunch / Jack’s Sun., July 14 Mercury Summer Stock Theater / “Ragtime” Wed., July 17 Natural History Museum Thurs., July 18 Dinner / Olive Garden Tues., July 23 Beachwood Summer Concert Wed., July 24 Picnic at Edgewater Park Sun., July 28 Blossom Music Center / “Broadway’s Leading Men” Tues. July 30 Beachwood Summer Concert Wed., July 31 Cruise on the Goodtime III 7 Walking Ask Barbara By Barbara Drossin Dear Barbara: I have a friend who fishes at Punderson Lake. There are several kinds of fish. When he catches a Blue Gill he throws it back in the water because it’s too small to eat. This upsets me because I wonder if the Blue Gill’s feelings are hurt. ~ Fish Lover Dear Fish Lover: I would love to have an answer for you, but unfortunately, I don’t speak “Blue Gill.” If this fish is multilingual, let me know. Dear Barbara: There are beautiful flowers planted around Stone Gardens. I really would like to pick one to have in my apartment, but residents are not supposed to do this. Is there a way to enjoy a flower just for myself? ~ Enjoys Beauty few minutes to smell it and tell it how much you admire it every day. Watch it bloom with the joy of your love. ***** If you have a question for Barbara, please write it down and give it to the Noah or drop it off at the Front Desk. Dear Enjoys: Find a flower you really like and take a Enjoy Fine Gourmet Dining Right here at Menorah Park The Menorah Cafe The Menorah Café serves a delicious, upscale menu on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Dinner begins at 5:00 P.M. and is only $5.00 for residents of the Menorah Park Campus. Guests may dine for $13.00. Past menus have included House Smoked Salmon with Sweet and Sour Spinach and Apples, BBQ Short Ribs with Napa Cabbage Cole Slaw and Beer Battered Onion Rings. Call Vicki Snyder at 216-839-6654 for reservations. 8 9 The Heart of a Poet Jill Bialosky is an author and a poet and has published six books. She is also the daughter of Stone Gardens resident Iris Bialosky. You can learn more about Jill at http://www.jillbialosky.com/ . Her poem The Dugout was published in The New Yorker on June 24th. The Dugout By Jill Bialosky They like it here, shaded from the sun, drinking Gatorade in the dugout among the solitude of brothers After one strikes out or misses a ball, angry fathers climb the gated fence that separates the spectators from the players and the curse All night only the male crickets chirp. They are nocturnal and cold blooded. They take on the temperature of their surroundings. They run the top of one wing along the teeth at the bottom of the other. Their wings up and open like acoustical sails, the sound relentless and unending. Sid Rackoff, a Stone Gardens resident, is an artist and a poet, and was recently voted Stone Gardens Poet Laureate by the other residents. He wrote Everyone’s a Poet in 1968. Everyone’s a Poet By Sid Rackoff Everyone’s a poet Struggling oh so hard Lines and stanzas flow From every unknown bard. Oh for eyes to see All poets upon this land Oh for ears to hear Man’s symphonic band. Severe are labor’s pains Bringing forth each child. Yet infants find the route To land upon this Isle. Oh for hearts to thrill To life’s eternal song Whose cadence warms the heart And helps life flow along. Mother’s cry is verse, Child sputters couplets fort, Announcing its arrival From Hopeland to this earth. Unlettered, unschooled, unlanguaged It writes its unwritten song It babbles in rhythms unnumbered Till childhood and youth are gone. Some utter odes of joy, Some bemoan life with a dirge. With melodies gloomy or bright Expressing each life’s urge. Welcome to our new column The Heart of a Poet! If you have written, or still write poems, or have a favorite published poem that you would like to see here, submit them to Noah for publication consideration in this newsletter. Information about the poet and the poem will be highlighted briefly, and the poem reprinted. Tisha BAv Tisha B’av (the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av) is Tuesday, July 16. It is considered a day of mourning and, for many Jews, it is a fast day. Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and other Jewish tragedies. It is customary to refrain from “joyful” and musical activi- ties in the weeks and days leading up to the day itself. At Stone Gardens, most musical programming will continue, and residents are free to choose whether to attend, as would be in keeping with their personal observance. There will be no musical programming on Tuesday, July 16. As with any fast, please use caution. According to Jewish law, it is better to break a fast than to cause possible harm or 10 injury to oneself. Please consult a doctor, nurse and/or Rabbi if you have any concerns about fasting. All meals will be served at their regular times. If you are fasting for all or part of the day, and you do not plan to break your fast at your regular meal time, please let Dietary Manager David Walker know, and he will arrange for a light dairy meal to be sent to your apartment. 11 12 The David P. Miller Computer and Technology Center at Menorah Park For New Computer Users we offer the following classes For Residents of the Menorah Park Campus, offers Individual Computer Classes by Appointment, Customized to the individual student’s needs and capabilities Monday - Friday Between 1:00 PM—3:00 PM (Half Hour Classes) To schedule a class Call Sylvia at 216-831-5452 x209 13 • Laptop Basics • How to use the Mouse • Intro to Computers • Creating Greeting Cards • Internet • e-Mail (See Monthly Flyers for Class Description) 14 15 16 17 18 If you are reading this in black and white, we probably do not have your email address. If you are seeing this in fabulous color, you are most likely reading the email version of this newsletter. Please supply your email address to Bianca at the Front Desk so you can receive important announcements and this publication. 19 Stone Gardens Assisted Living 27090 Cedar Road Beachwood, OH 44122 Mailing Label Written in Stone The Monthly Newsletter of Stone Gardens Assisted Living 20
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