I’M BACK!!

I arrived back in Kansas on Saturday,

March 31st just in time to attend my fam-

ily’s Easter dinner. It was great to get

back home!! I would be remiss if I did

not thank everyone for their thoughts

and prayers for my 1200 mile bicycle

journey from Los Angeles, California to

Houston, Texas. As many of you might

recall, I rode my bike a couple years ago

from Portland, Oregon to Portland,

Maine. That was a 3500 mile journey

which I did with my friend, David Sav-

ing. We raised money for his organiza-

tion which is called Leadachild. We had

such a great time that we decided to go

across the southern United States but

this time we are doing it in two seg-

ments. We were also joined on this trip

with friend and high school classmate,

Greg Loveless. The three of us again

raised money for Leadachild. Next year

we plan to resume the trip around the

first of March. As an incentive to re-

sume the trip, we actually left our bicy-

cles in Houston at a friend’s house!!

(Fortunately each of us own another bi-

cycle so we will be able to do some train-

ing between now and then.)

FOLLOWING ON FACEBOOK

I am NOT a facebooker…………….I say

this quite often because I do not look at

Facebook everyday even though I do

have an account. Despite my claim to be

a non-facebooker, I must confess that it

was quite enjoyable to follow the activi-

ties at WRC on Facebook during my trip.

Activities: Life at WRC

Spotlight #1

Mallori Bell

Spotlight #2

Rusty Rierson

www.wellsvillerc.com volume 10, issue 4

The activities we provide and the great

entertainment we bring to WRC on a

regular basis make for some great pic-

tures and I really enjoyed seeing all the

smiling faces along with many video’s of

staff members dancing with residents.

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION

An event that I look forward to every

year is coming up on Friday, May 4th.

This is when we will recognize and

acknowledge our incredible group of

volunteers. Everyone who volunteers

their time and energy at WRC is wel-

come to attend. We could NOT provide

the level of service AND fun that we do

EVERY day at WRC without our fabu-

lous group of volunteers. Details will

be provided later this month and in our

May newsletter for our Volunteer Event

on May 4th!

CARDS, LETTERS, TEXT MES-

SAGES & EMAILS

Please keep your cards, letters, text

messages and emails coming in. We

love to hear from people on how we are

doing – even when we fall short of your

expectations!! Our mission is to be a

GREAT place to work, live and visit.

And we constantly remind ourselves

that there is no “top to the mountain”.

We are either improving or NOT!! YOU

help us stay on the track of continuous

improvement by giving us feedback.

THANK YOU!!!!

‘til next month,

Scott

APRIL

Scott Averill Owner

Jill McCoy Administrator

Ashley Washington

Business Office Manager

Kim Bogle Reception/Human

Resources

Dorothy Adams Social Services

Tim Sullivan Food Services

Paul Surber

Environmental Services

Jennifer Carpenter

Lifestyle Coordinator

Kristine Martinez Director of Nursing/

MDS Coordinator

Jenn Blaine Therapy Director

Holly Manny Assistant DON/MDS

Coordinator

Arlene Tomlinson Housekeeping/Laundry

Jerry, our resident of the month resides in our

Meadowlark Neighborhood. She was born and

raised in Stanley, KS. She graduated from Stanley

Rural High School and met her husband in Olathe.

Jerry always said she would never marry a farmer,

but after they were married, they became dairy

farmers for many years. They lived on the farm for

over twenty years before moving to Lenexa.

Jerry and her husband loved to travel. They spent

many years travelling and visited all but three

states in the northeast. She especially enjoyed

beautiful Hawaii.

As a three year old, Jerry’s father taught her to

dance by putting her on top of his feet dancing to

everything. Jerry still loves to sing and dance.

Jerry has three daughters, two grandchildren and

two beautiful great-grandchildren.

Jerry says, “WRC is a wonderful place to live and

the people are marvelous, and all these “kids” are

so willing to help you”.

Our Employee of the Month for April is Isaac Wil-

liams III. Isaac is a C.N.A. in our Meadowlark

Neighborhood. Isaac was born in Chicago, IL and

lived there until he was twelve years old. He moved

to Emporia with his family and graduated from

Emporia High School in 1999. Isaac attended Flint

Hills Technical College and graduated with a

graphics arts degree.

Isaac and his wife Sherri live in Wellsville. Sherri is

an RN and they have seven children and six grand-

children. All six grandchildren keep them very

busy.

His many hobbies include smoking meat, printing

designs, and camping with his family. College bas-

ketball and football are his favorite sports.

Isaac enjoys working here at Wellsville Retirement

Community and loves the family setting. He says,

“We make sure we give the residents a family set-

ting and we take care of our residents like they are

our family.”

Jerry Boehm Isaac Williams

Jerry and Isaac share

April honors.

Welcome to WRC And We Will Miss…... Eldon Felix

Eula Spencer

Jane McCarthy

Gladys Clark

Richard Magee

Meadowlark CountryView

Betty Mower June Hettler

Sunrise

Edna Gay

Evelyn Levens has a birthday, April 27th and turns the big

Greetings from the activities department. We had a

very busy March with our St. Patrick’s Day celebra-

tion and our Annual Easter Egg Hunt Event. A spe-

cial thank you goes out to all of our wonderful staff,

family, and volunteers as we had a fabulous breakfast

with the Easter Bunny as well as our Easter egg hunt.

The Sassy Seniors provided over 400 plastic eggs

stuffed with candy as well as gifts after the hunt for

all the kids. Again, thank you all.

April again, will bring great entertainment and activi-

ties that we invite our family and friends to attend.

Tuesday, April 3 we are excited that Rusty Rierson is

back in town he is performing at 3 o’clock. Speaking

of “EXCITEMENT” Scott is back from his bike

trip. On Friday the 6th at 2:30, Scott will present vid-

eos, stories, and an overview of his trip. Refresh-

ments will be served, so come out and enjoy his ad-

ventures.

Here is a just a few of our activities:

7th at 3:00 - Johnny and Adams;

9th at 3:00 - The Man and his dog;

10th at 3:00 - Odds and Ends

12th at 3 :00 - Jana Johnson

13th at 3:00 - Shirley McDonald

14th at 3:00 - Wicked Strings

16th at 3:00 - Terry Boldridge

17th at 3:00 - Music with Andrew and Julia.

21st at 3:00- Yackety Sax

24th at 3:00 -newcomer David Rooter 26th at 3:00 -

James Rojas. Saturday

28th at 3:00 - The Cully Show

Join us Friday, the 16th beginning at 7:00am for our

special omelets made by Scott and Jenn Blaine and

go with us at 10:30 for the casino.

Again, thank you to all of our volunteers who help

make WRC a great place to live and work!!

VOLUNTEERS of WRC—Please mark your calendars

for May 4th@ 5:30pm for our annual volunteer

recognition night.

100!!

Happy Birthday to all of our April birthday’s!!

6th-Renate Watts 9th-Bob Kleier

11th-Evelyn Burkhart 29th-Louise Burgoon

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Wellsville Retirement Community

304 W. 7th

Wellsville, Kansas 66092

Celebration of Life

will take place

Thursday,

April 19th at 2:30pm

in the Community Room

Mallori Bell

Spotlight #1 is on Mallori Bell who works in

our CountryView Neighborhood on the day shift

during the week. She is a graduate of Ottawa High

School and serves our residents as a Certified Nurse

Aide. In 2016 she moved to Colorado Springs, Col-

orado and then returned to Kansas in 2017. She

plans to become a registered nurse in the near fu-

ture.

FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: Getting up at 3:30 on

Saturday mornings and going to wrestling matches. I was their man-

ager for 6 years!

3 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE ME: short, sassy and creative.

IF I COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN TIME: I’d go to the 2nd

grade and tell myself to put the Nintendo away.

A PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO INSPIRED ME: My great grand-

ma. She raised a huge family!

IF I COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER: I’d like to fly!

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX: Reading.

MY GREATEST FEAR: Being alone.

A WEBSITE I VISIT EVERYDAY: Ifunny.

IN 5 YEARS I WANT TO BE: Married, in nursing school and living

in my own house.

SPOTLIGHT #2 is on Rusty Rierson. He is a sing-

er/songwriter of traditional country western music and

hails from Leon, Kansas. He has an undergraduate de-

gree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Animal Sci-

ence from Kansas State University. He is single and look-

ing! Rusty entertains our residents on the 1st Tuesday of

the month with humor, great stories and fabulous music!!

FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: Being on the cross country

team and having great fun with the guys. “We once tipped over an out-

house at a cross country meet thinking one of our buddies was in it only to

discover a girl was inside.”

3 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE ME: artistic, original and funny.

A PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO HAS INSPIRED ME: Don Willliams.

IF I COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER: The ability to change into

any person!

MY BIGGEST FEAR: Being mediocre.

IF I COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN TIME: The old west.

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX: 4 wheeling in the flint hills.

A WEBSITE I VISIT EVERYDAY: Facebook.

IF I COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND CHANGE ONE THING

ABOUT THE WORLD: Make the world a more peaceful place.

Rusty Rierson