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American House Grand Rapids2619 Kalamazoo Avenue SE | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49507
Office: (616) 248-3499 | grandrapids@americanhouse.com | americanhouse.com
October 2016Your Friendly American HouseGrand Rapids Staff
Executive Director Theresa BursleyAssistant Executive Director Belinda WernerLife Enrichment Director Stella BlissSupervising RN Heather WalkerHead Chef Teresa McCookHousekeeping Supervisor Karie BeaudinMaintenance Supervisor Bob HoornHairstylist Just ConnieOffice Support Katie RobertsonSocial Worker Jill Thymes
Important Phone NumbersMain Office (616) 248-3499The Medical Team (616) 916-7958Life Enrichment Office (616) 248-9889Dietary Services (616) 248-0283Ridelink (616) 774-1288GO! Bus (616) 456-6141Senior Meals (616) 459-3111Calder City Taxi (616) 454-8080Walgreens (616) 452-4870Meijer (616) 452-9651
We want to thank TheMedical Team for the great pigroast that turned out to be anawesome event for ourAmerican House residents,families and friends.
More great pictures from thepig roast.
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Come Join Us
Costume PartyYou are invited to
join us for a costumeparty on Monday,October 31st, at 2:00in the Bistro. You canbet we’ll take lots ofpictures to add to theNovember Patriot.Looking forward toseeing some of youin costume, so becreative and comedown for a good timewith friends andneighbors.
CentennialBirthday
CelebrationA centenarian is a
person who lives toor beyond the age of100 years. We arehappy to invite you tohelp us celebrate oneof our AH resident’s100th birthday. Cometo the dining room onFriday, October 28th,at 2:30pm.
In LovingMemory
The Chapel will beopen on Saturday,October 15th, at2:00-3:00pm inLoving Memory ofMichele Applebaum.
A day with mom
Mary Jane and her twin sister, Margaret.Thank you for the Burma Shave program.
I love spending time with my sister!
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Mark Your CalendarsOct 4th at 2:00pm HorrocksOct 5th at 2:00pm RobinettesOct 7th at 2:30pm Happy Hour with The SilvertonesOct 11th at 10:30am Grand Opening/American House StoreOct 12th at 10:45am Color Tour/Big Boy Oct 13th at 9:00amSonus Hearing Oct 14th Happy Hour w/Bob DeYoungOct 15th at 2:00pm In Loving Memory of Michele ApplebaumOct 19th at 10:45am Color Tour/Applebee’sOct 21st at 2:30 Happy Hour with BingOct 26th Gun Lake CasinoOct 28th at 2:30pm Birthday PartyOct 31st Costume Event
Having a great time at thepig roast!
Thank You!Thank you to all of The Medical
Team staff members for theawesome pig roast event.
Wit & Wisdom
“The real voyage ofdiscovery consistsnot in seeking newlandscapes, but inhaving new eyes.”—Marcel Proust
“We shall not ceasefrom exploration,
and the end of all ourexploring will be to
arrive where westarted and know
the place forthe first time.”
—T.S. Eliot
“All truths are easy tounderstand once they
are discovered;the point is to
discover them.”—Galileo Galilei
“You will enrich yourlife immeasurably ifyou approach it witha sense of wonder
and discovery,and always challenge
yourself totry new things.”—Nate Berkus
“What I really wantout of life is to
discover somethingnew: something
mankind didn’t knowwas possible to do.”—Elizabeth Holmes
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October 2016Grand Rapids
EntertainmentOutings
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
110:00 Coffee Hour
1:00 65 Game1:30 Saturday Movie
210:00 Coffee Hour
3:00 Worship Service4:00 Fellowship Hour
310:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class1:00 Cribbage2:00 Meijer3:00 Book Club
49:30 Balance Class
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Arts & Crafts11:30 Walmart/ Indian Trails
2:00 Horrocks3:45 Line Dance Class7:00 Bingo
510:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class10:30 BP & Weight Checks1:00 65 Game2:00 Robinettes3:00 Bible Study4:00 Fellowship Hour
69:30 YMCA Veggie Van
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Cascade Meijer
2:00 Bingo7:00 Bridge
710:00 Exercise Class10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Catholic Communion1:00 Euchre2:30 Happy Hour with The
Silvertones
810:00 Coffee Hour
1:00 65 Game1:30 Saturday Movie
910:00 Coffee Hour
3:00 Worship Service4:00 Fellowship Hour
Columbus Day 1010:00 Exercise Class10:00 Coffee Hour1:00 Cribbage2:00 Meijer
119:30 Balance Class
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Arts & Crafts10:30 AH Store/ Grand Opening11:30 Walmart/ Indian Trails
3:45 Line Dance Class7:00 Bingo
1210:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class10:30 BP & Weight Checks10:45 Color Tour/ Big Boy
1:00 65 Game3:00 Bible Study4:00 Fellowship Hour
139:00 Sonus Hearing9:30 YMCA Veggie Van
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Meijer
2:00 Bingo7:00 Bridge
1410:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class10:30 Catholic Communion1:00 Euchre2:00 Happy Hour with Bob
DeYoung
1510:00 Coffee Hour
1:00 65 Game2:00 Open Chapel/ In Loving
Memory of Michele Applebaulm
1610:00 Coffee Hour
3:00 Worship Service4:00 Fellowship Hour
1710:00 Exercise Class10:00 Coffee Hour1:00 Cribbage2:00 Meijer3:00 Book Club
189:30 Balance Class
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Arts & Crafts11:30 Walmart/ Indian Trails
2:00 Banks & D&W3:45 Line Dance Class7:00 Bingo
1910:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class10:30 BP & Weight Checks10:45 Color Tour/ Applebee’s1:00 65 Game3:00 Bible Study4:00 Fellowship Hour
209:30 YMCA Veggie Van
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Cascade Meijer
2:00 Bingo7:00 Bridge
2110:00 Exercise Class10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Catholic Communion1:00 Euchre2:00 Happy Hour with Bing
Higbee
2210:00 Coffee Hour
1:00 65 Game1:30 Saturday Movie
2310:00 Coffee Hour
3:00 Worship Service4:00 Fellowship Hour
3010:00 Coffee Hour
3:00 Worship Service4:00 Fellowship Hour
2410:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class1:00 Cribbage2:00 Meijer
3110:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class1:00 Cribbage2:00 Meijer2:00 Halloween & Costume Event
259:30 Balance Class
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Arts & Crafts11:30 Walmart/ Indian Trails
3:45 Line Dance Class7:00 Bingo
2610:00 Coffee Hour10:00 Exercise Class10:30 BP & Weight Checks11:00 Gun Lake Casino1:00 65 Game3:00 Bible Study4:00 Fellowship Hour
279:30 YMCA Veggie Van
10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Cascade Meijer
2:00 Bingo7:00 Bridge
2810:00 Exercise Class10:00 Coffee Hour10:30 Catholic Communion1:00 Euchre2:30 Birthday Party
2910:00 Coffee Hour
1:00 65 Game1:30 Saturday Movie
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Talk About It
Bus TripSign-up
ProcedurePlease be
informed that whensigning up for bustrips, you can onlysign for yourself. Ifyou’re not able tosign for yourself,come to the officeand have a staffassist you.
Grand OpeningEveryone’s invited
to join us for thegrand opening of theAmerican HouseStore on Tuesday,October 11th, at10:30am.-2:00pm.
It will be locatedon the 1st floor in theroom where you arecurrently havingweight and bloodpressure clinic. Comedown to see whatyour American Housestore has to offer.
October Birthdays10-9 Kathryn Campbell..Apt 35510-11 Antoinette Wassen.Apt 11410-13 Alma Deurloo........Apt 25010-14 Vivian Guadalupe..Apt 12710-14 Thelma Ford.........Apt 31110-16 Barbara Diephuis..Apt 14410-20 Jim Darnicola........Apt 14610-21 Joan Moir..............Apt 34610-22 Helen Falk............Apt 12810-26 David Manheimer..Apt 14310-27 Ina Castillo..........Apt 30010-29 Orren Clark.........Apt 327
Fall Color ToursWe have scheduled two color tours, the first for October 12th and the second
for the 19th.Please note you can only sign up for one of the tours so everyone wanting to
go will have the opportunity. On the 12th we will drive to Greenville and stop atBig Boys for lunch then take a different route home.
On the 19th we will also go to Greenville. On this trip we’ll be stopping atApplebee’s for lunch then taking a different route home.
Both bus trips will leave at 10:45am and return between 2:00 and 2:30.
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Grandparents Day EventWe are so pleased with the turnout
of friends and families that attendedthe Grandparents Day Event. We havelots of great family pictures to share inboth October and November Patriots.
Remember Me?
Mention thecharacter CountDracula, and moviefans will likely pictureBela Lugosi.
He was bornBela Blasko onOct. 20, 1882, inLugos, Hungary(now Romania).
As a teen, hestudied at an actingacademy inBudapest, thenjoined the HungarianNational Theatre.
He immigrated tothe U.S. in 1921.
He made hisU.S. stage debut in1922, but because hedidn’t speak Englishwell, he learned hislines phonetically.
Lugosi gainednational acclaim forhis portrayal ofnovelist BramStoker’s vampirecount in “Dracula.”He starred inthe Broadwayproduction, thenthe 1931 film. Bothhandsome andsinister, with hisfitting accent,his performancehas become thetimeless standard forthe character.
October 2016
Congratulations to all of the lucky winners!
1792: In the nation’s new capital city,
Washington, D.C., the cornerstone
of the White House is laid.
1903: The Boston Americans defeat
the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to
three to win the first World Series.
1931: Comic strip crime fighter
“Dick Tracy” debuts.
1949: At a ceremony in Beijing,
revolutionary leader Mao Zedong
formally announces the creation of
the People’s Republic of China.
1955: Children’s TV shows “Captain
Kangaroo” and “The Mickey Mouse
Club” air their first episodes.
1957: The Space Age begins
when the Soviet Union launches
Sputnik 1, the first man-made
satellite, into orbit.
1962: “Dr. No,” the first in the
popular James Bond spy film
franchise, premieres in London.
1979: Mother Teresa wins the Nobel
Peace Prize for her work with the
poor in India.
1982: The musical “Cats” opens on
Broadway, beginning a record run of
more than 7,000 performances.
1995: Rallying for unity and family
values, hundreds of thousands gather
in Washington, D.C., for the Million
Man March.
2000: An American astronaut and
two Russian cosmonauts arrive for
a four-month stay as the first
residents of the International
Space Station.
2003: Supersonic jet travel comes to
an end when the final flights of three
Concorde passenger jets land at
London’s Heathrow Airport.
2011: The Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial is formally dedicated in
Washington, D.C.
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