May 10, 2020

The Week at a Glance!

Sunday, May 10 Mother’s Day 12:30 Sunday Dinner pick up Monday, May 11 10:00 Blood Pressure Check, SR 2:30 Movie: The King’s Speech, GR

Tuesday, May 12 Have you visited the Bubbler Garden yet? Wednesday, May 13 National Receptionists’ Day National Apple Pie Day Thursday, May 14 National Dance Like a Chicken Day Friday, May 15 3:00 Car Parade —It is always the Right Season for a Parade!! Stand outside to wave at the passing Parade! Make Some Noise with your pots & pans!! Saturday, May 16 Think about picking an art piece, and mimicking like these residents have done: Thank You Barb and Rayma!

American Gothic Northcrest Style

DAILY EXERCISE Exercise is held in the Green Room, M-F mornings at 8:30 a.m. Group of 10 or less and keep your social distance, please. Holidays are optional!

PODIATRY CLINICS Appointments are suspended until further notice.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Northcrest News

Sunday Dinner May 10

12:30 p.m.

Northcrest Community Over 50 years of service to older adults

in the Greater Ames Community

Pot Roast

Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

Green Beans

Homemade Bread

Fresh Fruit

Cherry Tart

Movie Afternoons The Film Committee plans to show a film each week on Mondays, 2:30 pm, GR. View-ers are limited to 10. The movie will be shown again on Tue, 2:30, for anyone past the limit of 10 on Monday. The movie shown Mon, May 11, will be The King’s Speech. The usual precautions apply: masks, chairs 10' apart, chairs disinfected. Starts at 2:30 pm.

Birthday Wishes Diana Stumpf, May 10

Linda Woodworth, May 10

Paul Nelson, May 10

Roberta Ridley, May 11

Northcrest Outreach Gift We have the results of the voting for the Outreach gift. The winner, by a large margin, was the Emergency Residence Project. A box is located at the Front Desk for people to deposit their contribution envelopes, or drop in Dee Matthews’ mail slot. Contributions will be accepted until May 22nd.

Share your Thoughts Check out our “Message Board” in the Mail Room area. Write your thoughts on a small note that you can pin up, telling what you are looking forward to “Post Virus”.

Ames History Museum The History Museum will be collecting infor-mation on how Ames residents coped with daily life amid Covid-19. If you journal or take photos about our life at Northcrest, you may be able to add to the Museum’s record of this unprecedented time in history. Think about how generations from now, people will be marveling at our coping skills!

Websites to visit for entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/user/ISUMuseums May 13: Art Walk on Mythology (no walking needed!) May 14: Christian Petersen, Process & Materials May 17: Kimono and Origami

Do you miss your Reading Buddies? We have an offer by a parent who would love to have short phone calls or Zoom meetings with a resident and have her children read to them. Contact Ronnie if you are interested.

A Tip from a Resident: Check out the Hasfit.com exercises for sen-iors on the internet. They are free (youtube) and there are both seated and standing exer-cises from 20 minutes and more. ***Note: we are in the process of putting the regular 8:30 am exercise DVDs on our web-site so you can join in whenever you like in your own living room! Watch for it in the Resident Section of our website.

KHOI Radio live messages Want to send a shout out to family or friends? Listen in to KHOI for Heart2Heart Messages with Anna Banana to hear your message on air! This will follow the KHOI Local Talk show on Mon, Tue, Thu, and Fri at 7:45 am and again at 7:00 pm. The messages can ei-ther be sent by leaving a voice mail message or by text at 515-809-0077. Or email to: khoiradio@gmail.com and please put Heart2Heart in the subject line. The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house, and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors! You’re not stuck at home, you’re safe at home. One word can change your attitude! 2020 is a unique Leap Year. It has 29 days in February, 300 days in March and 5 years in April. May? Who knows?! If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Laughter is good for the soul….

Make a Loud Noise! Let’s move that noisy outburst from Wednesdays to join in during our Weekly Parade on Fridays at 3:00 pm. Please come out to the sidewalk to encourage the drivers with your best noise makers!

Car Parade Join your car in a parade through North-crest on Fridays at 3:00 pm. Add a sign, balloons, or just wave to all residents who would like to come out to the street to wave back. Form in the NC Court at 2:50 pm, May 8. This week’s guest will be the Ames Police Department. Show we appreciate them by cheering them on! There will be a few signs available at the Front Desk to hold that they can see. (Wonder what next week’s theme will be??!!)

Hallway Art See examples of classic artwork being re-created with household items and props. It is a Quarantine Challenge offered from the Getty Museum—Northcrest challenges YOU to pick a piece of well known art, and see how close you can mimic it. We’ve started getting a few to exhibit already!! Where is yours?

Important Reminders 1.Please remember, if family members sit on your patio to visit with you, please have the screen door closed between you, stay 6 ft. apart at all times, and have all parties wear masks. You may also have the glass door closed and converse via phone. 2.For now, the new apartment building residents are in the same category as the townhome residents--they are considered visitors to the main building and may not enter at this time. Residents from other ar-eas of the campus are also not allowed to enter the new apartment building.

Silver Linings None of us are enjoying the limited social life we are experiencing due to the virus concerns. And when one member experi-ences particular sadness such as a death of a dear friend it is particularly hard. But these are the times when living in a com-munity has benefits. The atriums on Locust Hill, the 2100’s & 2200’s have been gather-ing for our Wednesday Noise sessions and to watch the parades. According to Karen Klaiber: “I encouraged our group to meet and make noise but mostly to hang out with [a resident who recently suffered two loss-es]. Nine residents showed up. I think our two atriums are closer than we have ever been.” Isn’t it great to live at Northcrest?

A Haiku

by Judy Brooks

The Bubbler Garden Water plays, splashing, dancing Music to my ears

Last week’s parade with Cyclone Corvettes, Inc. joining for fun!

Serving times for Regular Daily Meals : Lunch, Monday- Saturday: Sign up by 10:00am Lunch Ready For Pick Up 12:15pm Dinner, Monday–Saturday: Sign up by 3:30pm Dinner Is Ready For Pick Up 5:30pm

Sunday Lunch: Sign up by 6:30pm Saturday. Lunch Ready For Pick Up 12:30pm

Sunday, May 10 12:30 pm, Lunch: Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Green Beans, Homemade Bread, Fresh Fruit, Cherry Tart HC Supper: Tomato Soup, Gr illed Cheese Sandwich, Pears, Brownie Monday, May 11 Lunch: Pulled Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans, Orange Slices, Fresh Cut Vegetable Salad, Root Beer Float Dinner: Chicken & Shr imp Jambalaya with Rice, Stir -Fried Vegetables, Straw-berries & Blueberries, Russian Cream Tuesday, May 12 Lunch: Taco Salad with Lettuce, Tomato & Onion, Sour Cream & Salsa on the side, Cornbread Muffin, Watermelon, Monster Cookie Dinner: BBQ Chicken Drumsticks, Baked Potato, Corn, Pineapple & Grapes, Strawberry Short Cake Wednesday, May 13 Lunch: Szechwan Chicken over Rice, Whole Green Beans, Egg Roll, Strawberr ies & Bananas, Dreamland Bar Dinner: Veal Parmesan, Ditalini Pasta with Pesto, Bacon & Minced Onion, Car -rots, Peaches, Apple Cheesecake Bar Thursday, May 14 Lunch: Cold Salmon Club on Croissant with Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato, Fresh Fr ied Chips, Sweet Gherkin, Fresh Fruit, Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting Dinner: Swedish Meatballs, Hash Brown Casserole, Key West Blend Vegetables, Mandarin Oranges, Cookie Friday, May 15 Lunch: Cheese Tor tellini with a Mar inara Sauce, Breadstick, Grapes, Caesar Salad, Oreo Pie Dinner: Pork Loin with a Demi Glaze, Long Grain & Wild Rice, Peas, Fruit Salad, Blueberry Crisp Saturday, May 16 Lunch: Tuna Melt, Sun Chips, Apple Slices, Broccoli Salad, Maple Nut Ice Cream Dinner: Turkey Ala King with a Savory Biscuit, Normandy Blend Vegetables, Honey Dew & Cantaloupe, Lemon Cake