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Courtyard Coordinators

Tina Overton Manager [email protected] Ashley Gilbert Assistant Manager [email protected] Shana Plambeck, LPN [email protected] Mary Essex Healthcare Coordinator [email protected] Dianna Webb Life Enrichment Coordinator (Bondy) [email protected] Sarah Lown Life Enrichment Coordinator (P.Hill) [email protected] Heather Johnson Culinary Coordinator [email protected] Alexis Morrow Marketing Coordinator [email protected] KourtneKourtney Jackson Maintenance Coordinator (Bondy) Mohammad Ghnem Maintenance Coordinator (P.Hill) Carmen Howard Housekeeping (Bondy) Saliha Ahmethsevc Housekeeping (P.Hill)

The Courtyard

August 2019 Edition Issue 32

Bondurant/Pleasant Hill Edition

Managers Message August is always a Busy month, a Great month, a Stupendous month! It’s full of sweet corn,

the Iowa State Fair, Back to School (always a happy time for parents). There is also the Tax

Free Weekend; this year the Tax Holiday (and a holiday it is!) goes from August 2 to August

3. Beware: If you show up for it on Sunday, you'll miss out. Consumers won't pay sales tax

on clothing and footwear items that cost $100 or less. It does work out to be a lot of savings

at a 6% reduction.

The Iowa State Fair dates are August 8 to August 18th. This is something new: coupons in

the August 5th Sunday Register and Wednesday August 8th full page Hy-Vee ad in the

Register will give FREE ADMISSION from 6am to 9am on opening day Thursday. Pretty

short window and probably people waiting in line from the night before waiting to get in free

to the fair.

Wow. I am beginning to sound like an advertisement. But I thought these dates all fell under

the Good to Know category.

So let us get back to sweet corn. You will see sweet corn on the menu in August and bags

of sweet corn in my car.

I would like to clarify and ensure residents they have the availability to reach my assistant or

me. Ashley Gilbert is my assistant manager in Bondurant and Pleasant Hill. If you need me,

she will be able to get me, or you can call me at 515-240-9013. Ask Ashley first; she might

know the answer. However, be assured I will always be available whenever possible if you

need me. There are times when I am gone, but in an emergency Ashley can find me.

We have a new nurse Mary Essex. She will be the Health Care Coordinator for both

buildings. Take time to introduce yourself and get to know her. Shana will remain as the

nurse for Bondurant. We also have many new RA faces, remember to be kind and to give

them a break while they learn the ropes of the job. They have many residents to get to know

and a lot to learn. If there is any help or suggestions you can offer, I know they will

appreciate it.

Let’s hope for a beautiful August; (so far, the weather has been pretty kind to us but we

haven’t been through the fair days yet), good sweet corn, lots of tomatoes and melons, and

a safe first week of school. - Tina Overton, Manager

Our mission is to provide an atmosphere of respect,

comfort and grace, where quality of life is of the

utmost importance.

Pleasant Hill

6132 NE 12th Avenue

Pleasant Hill, Iowa 50327

Phone: 515.285.9108

Bondurant

601 Hawthorne Crossing Drive SE

Bondurant, Iowa 50035

Phone: 515.957.8399

mailto:[email protected]


General News Culinary Corner

Iowa City Oatmeal Cookies Ingredients • 1/2 cup butter • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar • 1/2 cup white sugar • 1 egg • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 2 cups rolled oats • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts • 1/2 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (e.g.

Grape-Nuts(TM)) Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. 2. In a medium bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the egg, and vanilla. Sift together the flour, whole wheat flour, and baking soda; stir into the creamed mixture. Then stir in the oatmeal, chocolate chips, walnuts, and cereal. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes in the

preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.

Birthday’s

Donna Christy - August 7th

Judith Lee - August 21st

Shirley Clarke - August 24th

Lou Cory - August 26th

George Faux – August 30th

Carolyn Lindley - August 30th

Please make sure to say Hi to all of

our new staff members and

residents!

Live 2B Healthy

Bondurant and Pleasant Hill

Monday

Wednesday

Friday


General News

14 Incredible, Almost Unbelievable Facts About Iowa

1. There are around seven times more hogs than people in Iowa. As of 2013, the state’s hog population was 21.2 million, whereas the human population was just over three million.

2. That’s more hogs than there are people living in the entire state of New York. 3. At 2.4 billion bushels, Iowa produces the most corn of any state, and even more corn than some

countries, like Mexico. 4. Iowa has more golf courses per capita than any other state in the U.S. 5. There are around 67 million chickens living in Iowa. That means there are more chickens living in Iowa

than there are people living in California and Texas combined - and those are the two most populous states in the country.

6. And to bring that into perspective, those hens produce close to 15 billion eggs a year. That’s enough eggs to feed everyone in the WORLD an egg a day for two days, or enough eggs to feed everyone in America an egg a day for 47 days.

7. To bring that to an even larger scale, that's enough eggs to circle the PLANET 21 times. 8. Wright County has the highest percentage of grade-A topsoil in the nation. 9. Cornell College is the only school in the nation to have its entire campus listed on the National Register

of Historic Places. 10. The first winner of the Heisman Trophy, Jay Berwanger, was born in Dubuque in 1914. 11. The town of Fort Atkinson was the only fort ever built by the U.S. government to protect one Indian tribe

from another. 12. Iowa State University is the oldest land grant college in the country. 13. Contrary to popular belief, Iowa’s population is actually more urban than rural, at 61.1 percent urban vs.

38.9 percent rural. 14. One Iowa family farm grows enough food and fiber to feed 279 people. With around 75,000 family

farms in Iowa, that equals about 21 million people fed. That means we could feed everyone in Beijing, the seventh largest city on Earth, for one day.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/iowa/14-fun-facts-about-ia/


General News

Just Ask Sue ...

QUESTION: 6 kids decided to ride their bikes down the bike trail that is 5 miles long. Let’s call them Colton, Carter, Isaac, Elijah, Bailey and Annabelle. Colton took off first and rode to the end of the trail. Carter, Isaac and Bailey went half as far as Colton. Annabelle took off and went half as far as Carter, Isaac and Bailey. Elijah was left behind and was unhappy. Isaac told him to just go. Elijah wouldn’t because he didn’t have anyone to ride with. Bailey, who is very kind rode back to get Elijah, stopped to get Annabelle and together they rode their bikes past Isaac and Carter and went 3/4ths as far as Colton. Not to be undone, Carter and Isaac rode their bikes past Bailey, Annabelle, and Elijah and joined Colton at the end of the trail. Bailey, Annabelle, and Elijah decided to go back to the beginning of the trail. The rest of the boys joined them and they began to argue who drove the most miles.

ANSWER: Who cares? I hate word problems. Maybe someone else can answer this and settle the argu-ment.

2. QUESTION: What is the biggest fair in the country, the most renowned in the world and serves more food on a stick than fresh squeezed lemonade and root beer?

ANSWER: Let me think about that one…..Iowa State Fair and I think everything is on a stick.

3. QUESTION: What is big, red and eats rocks and has the biggest pencil in the world?

ANSWER: A Big Red Rock Eater carrying Pennsylvania.

That’s it for this month. I will answer any and all questions! All you have to do is give your questions to Di-anna and Just Ask Sue


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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH (PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FACTS)

Only one in three children are physically active every day.

Less than 5% of adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each day;2 only one in three adults receive the recommended amount of physical activity each week.

Only 35 – 44% of adults 75 years or older are physically active, and 28-34% of adults ages 65-74 are physically active.

More than 80% of adults do not meet the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, and more than 80% of adolescents do not do enough aerobic physical activity to meet the guidelines for youth.

In 2013, research found adults in the following states to be most likely to report exercising 3 or more days a week for at least 30 minutes: Vermont (65.3%), Hawaii (62.2%), Montana (60.1%), Alaska (60.1%). The least likely were Delaware (46.5%), West Virginia (47.1%) and Alabama (47.5%). The national average for regular exercise is 51.6%.

Children now spend more than seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen (e.g., TV, videogames, computer).

Nationwide, 25.6% of persons with a disability reported being physically inactive during a usual week, compared to 12.8% of those without a disability.

Only about one in five homes have parks within a half-mile, and about the same number have a fitness or recreation center within that distance.

Only 6 states (Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York and Vermont) require physical education in every grade, K-12.

28.0% of Americans, or 80.2 million people, aged six and older are physically inactive.

Nearly one-third of high school students play video or computer games for 3 or more hours on an average school day

ACTS ABOUT FITNESS

Maintaining physical fitness can help ward off a number of diseases.

Different types of muscle fiber develop depending on the type of activity completed.

Body composition can change drastically without an associated change in weight.

Athletes’ hearts show different changes dependent on their chosen sport.

Muscle strength increases by fiber hypertrophy and neural changes.

Body composition can be ascertained in a number of ways.

Stretching to increase flexibility can ease a number of medical complaints

Nurse’s Station

Health And Wellness Month

https://bikinipoppinggirls.com/did-you-know-facts-about-health-and-fitness/


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