The Oak Leaf - Trinity Oaks

August 2015
Trinity Oaks
A Senior
Living Community
Salisbury, North Carolina
The Oak Leaf
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704-603-9202
“I’m Not Ready Yet.”
Lifestyle considerations for Prospective Residents
By Ann Pressly, Director of Marketing & Sales
M
y job at Trinity Oaks puts me in contact
with everyone thinking of moving to the
Trinity Oaks community. After hearing what we have
to offer, prospective residents seem to have one of two
reactions:
“I should have done this sooner.”
“I’m not ready yet.”
Those not ready yet seem to burden themselves with
other thoughts such as, “I’ll be moving into a place for
old people.” They think that their working lives have
been spent moving to a new city or town and moving for
a new job. They don’t like moving into something. They
also think, “I am afraid moving to a retirement community means I am giving up all the things I (we) hold
dear.”
Want to know the truth? Our residents—some in their
60s—still eat out, shop for groceries, play golf and
tennis, do yard work if they choose, go for walks, and
invite family over for the holidays. They do all the
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things they did when they lived elsewhere.
What they don’t do is housework, prepare meals (unless
they want to) or worry about property taxes, home
repairs, transportation, security issues and the housing
market.
Moving to Trinity Oaks is an important decision that
involves more than just choosing the right floor plan
— it's also about lifestyle. Life here at Trinity Oaks is
for people who want to maintain their independence
and make their own decisions and free themselves from
the daily concerns of meal planning, home repairs, yard
work and maintenance.
Moving to Trinity Oaks means exploring new interests
and meeting new friends. It means taking advantage of
a variety of social, cultural and recreational opportunities that come with living in a community.
If you feel you are not ready, then ask yourself: “Am I
living or just alive? Am I alone or lonely?” Don’t wait
until you or your children have to make a decision. As
one resident said, “I’d rather move in than roll in.”
Come for lunch. Stay for a program.
August 27
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Lunch 11:45 a.m. in the Magnolia Room
This is an opportunity to experience our fine
dining and ask questions in a group setting.
Following lunch, stick around for a
discussion on preventing falls.
Reservations are required:
Call 704-603-9204
Seating
is
limited
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Trinity Oaks Staff
Linda Agner
Move-in Coordinator
Patricia Andrews
Director of Catering
Maggi Blizzard
Director of Resident Services
Deana Burris
Director of Life Enrichment
The Rev. Brenda Bynum
Campus Chaplain
Gerti Davis
Business Office Manager
Bill Johnson
Trinity Oaks Campus
Executive Director
Michael Kalins
Campus Director of Dining
Services
JoAnn Martin
Director of Community
Relations
The Oak Leaf
August Activities at Trinity Oaks!
August 1: The big Dragon Boat Race begins at 9 a.m.
at The Shrine Club on High Rock Lake. Food and
drinks are available from vendors. No coolers or pets,
please. Come cheer on Lutheran Services Carolinas’
three teams! See more on page 3.
August 4: The Kannapolis Intimidators take on the
Asheville Tourists at Intimidators Stadium
August 7: Summer Sip Pub Crawl through
Downtown Salisbury: Sample craft beers from all over
North Carolina
August 10: Concert by Missy Brown and Georgia
Kimbell (See page 3)
August 11: Mall Run to Steinmart in Concord Mills
August 13: Students from First United Methodist
Church join residents in packing up all the school tools
we donated for the new school year. Students will first
go door-to-door with handmade flowers for residents.
Ann Pressly
August 14: Play it Again, Pat with popular High Point
pianist and vocalist, Pat Wade.
Deborah (Debbie) Snyder
Diane Torrence
August 16: Multi-talented Matthew Weaver performs
in concert at Grace Lutheran Church. There are few
instruments that this young artist can’t play!
Mike Walsh
August 21: Lunch at the popular restaurant,
Showmars
Director of Marketing and Sales
Life Enrichment
Director of Environmental
Services
Executive Director,
Retirement Services
Bob Yost
Director of Maintenance & Security
August 25: Take me out to the ball game to see the
Intimidators play the Delmarva Shorebirds at
Intimidator Stadium.
August 28: Cabaret! A community musical treat offered
as a fund raiser for the Salisbury Symphony Music
Education program. Rowan Museum at 7:30 p.m.
August 29: Music at the Mural in downtown Salisbury at
7 p.m.
All Trinity Oaks Future Residents are invited to Trinity Oaks events. Call Linda Agner at 704-603-9202 for reservations.
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Russie Hattaway, a retired school teacher from Salisbury, is
the newest apartment resident at Trinity Oaks. Her husband, Arthur,
resides in a local nursing home. The Hattaway children are Arthur Jr. of
Salisbury, Deborah O’Neail of Concord and son Alex also of
Concord. Russie likes to knit, bake and decorate cakes. The Hattaways
have been members of Trinity Wesleyan Church—Salisbury for over 50
years.
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David Kaufmann is the second person
from the left on the back row.
t has taken nine and a half years for NASA’s New Horizon
spacecraft to reach Pluto, but it is there now and sending
home spectacular photos of America’s favorite dwarf planet. The
4.5 billion mile journey took hundreds of NASA engineers and
scientists, including the son of a Trinity Oaks resident. Sara
Kaufmann’s son, David, is a member of the New Horizon’s Hazard
Team, a group tasked with insuring that the spacecraft survived its
encounter with Pluto. “I saw him last weekend,” said Mrs.
Kaufmann. “They are all excited about it. He has been in the
business for a long time and loves his work. It is unbelievable.” Is
she proud? “Oh, yes!”
Dragon Boat Competition Draws Three Teams from LSC
L
Ann Pressly and a Dragon Boat
utheran Services Carolinas (LSC) has enlarged
the field of teams competing in
the Rowan County Chamber of
Commerce Dragon Boat race on
August 1. The parent organization of Trinity Oaks has recruited
Trinity Place in Albemarle and
Trinity Elms in Clemmons to
join Trinity Oaks in the big race.
That brings the team total to 22. The public is invited to watch the race at
the Shrine Club on High Rock Lake, 6480 Long Ferry Road. Lutheran Services Carolinas and Novant Heath Rowan Medical Center are title sponsors of the event and will have a tent at the race for residents and team
members. Trinity Oaks Director of Marketing and Sales Ann Pressly chairs
the Dragon Boat Festival Committee.
Georgia Kimbell & Missy Brown
A
dd a special concert to your
“To Do” list for August.
Resident pianist Missy Brown will
accompany her niece, violinist
Georgia Kimball, in a special concert
at Trinity Oaks on August 10 at 2
p.m. in the Special Events Room.
We remember . . . .
 Rev. David Lee: November 27, 1930—June 27, 2015
 Guy Parker Hachett, Jr.: September 9, 1923—July 16, 2015
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Woodworking: Woodworkers
Russell See (left) and Marvin Weant
built dice for Casino Night and
soon, new benches and gazebos!
Gardening: Floyd DuBois’ flower
and shrub garden extends around
his cottage to the street. It is complete with its own watering system.
Hiking at Horizons Unlimited
Salisbury
Traveling to Isle of Palms, S.C.
Beach Trip and staying at the
Lutheran Retreat Center. September
1-3. Call Maggi Blizzard at 704-603- Playing on the Trinity Oaks play9206 for details.
ground with the grandkids!
Learning: Partnership with Catawba
College, Salisbury
Veggie Gardening: Jimmie
Moomaw harvests zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes and Japanese eggplant on her area– rug size garden.