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SENIOR

MANAGEMENT

Cris Morreale

Executive Director

Heather Luke

Administrator

Annie Bartig Director of Lifestyle Activities

Christine Rulewicz Director of Accounting

Christopher Spears Director of Dining Services

Geoff Putman Dir. of Human Resources

Jacob Moffitt Dir. of Resident Services

Jenna Chmielewski Director of Marketing

Kellie Jo Johncox Director of Nursing

Kim Braun Dir. of Admin. Services

Kim Kampf Director of Campus Care

Marilyn Loomis Director of Trellis Gardens Nursing

Melinda Vollmer TG Director of Marketing

Thomas Salsbury Director of Plant Operations and

Environmental Services

January 3, 1959 - Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state with a land mass almost one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states together.

January 8, 1982 - The American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Company was broken up as a result of an antitrust suit. AT&T gave up 22 local Bell system companies, opening the U.S. telephone system to competition.

January 20, 1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated to an unprecedented fourth term as president of the United States. He had served since 1933.

January 21, 1976 - The Concorde supersonic jet began passenger service with flights cruising at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) at an altitude up to 60,000 feet.

January 25, 1961 - President John F. Kennedy conducted the first live televised presidential news conference, five days after taking office.

This Month in History

Main Office - 787-0222

Campus Care - 783-9054

Trellis Gardens - 783-9040

Health & Rehab - 787-0226

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News & Views

New Medical Partnership Many residents have been asking what will happen with the space that Campus Care previously resided in on the 3rd floor. Vista is proud to announce that the space will be occupied by Dr. Vlad Tudor Motoc.

Dr. Motoc is certified in geriatric medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He received his medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. He is currently affiliated with Henry Ford Allegiance Health and he has over 20 years of experience with in-hospital, post-acute, rehabilitation, long-term care, palliative care and hospice services. More information will be provided soon about how residents can obtain services from Dr. Motoc and his Nurse Practitioner Jeremy Curtis in this exciting new partnership with Vista Grande Villa!

Carroll Bush is originally from Northampton, Massachusetts. He attended Adams High School there and then he spent two years in the U. S. Army's Signal Corps, nine months of that time in Japan. Coming back to the States he went to Valparaiso Tech in Indiana. After graduating he was hired by Sparton Electronics here in Jackson as an electronics engineer. Thirty eight years later he retired to lawn mowing, home maintenance and volunteering at the Michigan Theater. Carroll has one daughter and son-in-law, one grandson and one great-grandson who he hopes will follow in the family engineering tradition.

Carroll moved to Vista Grande in September 2017.

New Resident Spotlight

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January Activity Highlights Monday, January 8th

Annual Resident Meeting

Grande Room @ 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 9th

Siberian Russia Presentation by Louis Smith

Grande Room @ 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 10th

Wii Bowling Kickoff Pizza Party

Grande Room @ 12:00 noon

Friday, January 12th

T.G.I.F.

Grande Room @ 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 16th

Michigan Crossroads to Freedom

Presentation by Linda Haas

Grande Room @ 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 17th

Resident Meeting

Grande Room @ 2:00 p.m.

Friday, January 19th

Hannah Holman Cello Concert

Grande Room @ 2:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 25th

Impacting Today with Mike Rogers

Rose Room @ 2:00 p.m.

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Quiet Reflections

Mike Rogers, Spiritual Wellness Coordinator mrogers@vgvilla.com 783-9013

“Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.” II Samuel 7:18, 27

David was a man after God’s own heart. That is what God said about him. In contrast, David’s own father Jesse said that he was the least of all his children when Samuel came to anoint one of his sons as king. In the eyes of his own father he was insignificant, yet in God’s eyes, he was a man after God’s own heart.

The prayer at the top of this article is a response to God’s grace,

mercy and abundant blessing upon King David. Often times we think of

prayer as a time to cry out to God to ask for His blessing, His watchful

care or His healing. Yet how often do we think of thanking Him for every

blessing He has bestowed upon us? As you begin the new year, begin by

counting the many blessings God has poured out on you and spend time

lifting up prayers of Thanksgiving. Know that even though others in the

world may see you as insignificant, that you have great value and worth to

the God of the universe.

Non-Denominational Service Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Grande Room

Methodist Service

Every Monday 10:00 a.m. TG Activity Room

Catholic Service

Every Wednesday 10:30 a.m. or 3:00 p.m.

Grande Room (Please check calendar for time)

Communion Sunday

Sunday, Jan. 28th @ 10:30 a.m. Grande Room

Bible Study with Mike Rogers

Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. 3rd Floor Game Room

Impacting

Today

Thursday

January 25th

2:00 p.m.

Rose Room

Prayers of Thankfulness