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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