2741 N Salisbury St. • West Lafayette, IN 47906 • (765) 463-7546

April 2018Westminster Village DirectorsExecutive Director Vicki GregoryAssociate ExecutiveDirector Ben BlankenshipHealth ServicesAdministrator Jordan MorrowDirector of Nursing Jenny ClarkAdministrative ServicesDirector Stacey JohnsonHuman Resources Director Todd PayneDining Services Director Rickey KerrPlant Operations Director Mick DaltonAccounting & FinanceDirector Rick Fraley

Important Phone NumbersConcierge Desk 463-7546Security/Emergency 337-4966Village Mart 464-5153Village Salon 464-8896Wellness Fitness Center 771-7200

Concierge Desk HoursEvery Day 8 a.m.–8 p.m.

Main Dining Room HoursLunch: 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m.Dinner: 4 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Village Pub HoursOpen: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

The Pavilion Cafe HoursBreakfast: 7 a.m.-11 a.m.

Open: 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.

Questions About This Newsletter?Contact Kelci Fox, IL Life Enrichment

Welcome!Kelci Fox joined Westminster in February as the new

Independent Living Life Enrichment Coordinator,replacing Jessica Bonnell who transferred into a newrole as the Scheduling Coordinator in the nursingdepartment. Kelci grew up in Peru, Indiana, and movedto Lafayette in 2016. She received her Bachelor’s Degreein Human Services in May 2017. She has 3 years ofexperience in customer service management. Kelci alsohas 3 years of experience in church leadership roles,coordinating and directing departments. Kelci and herhusband will celebrate their 3-year wedding anniversarythis June. In her free time, Kelci enjoys spending timewith her family and playing with her two dogs. Kelcialso enjoys reading, exercising, and babysitting for hertwo nieces.

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Geraldine HudsonFebruary 17

~Jean Day

February 20~

Dale BoughFebruary 24

~Anna Schrock

March 9~

Virginia KienlyMarch 14

Art StudioUpdate

This month thestudio will focus onwater-based projectsin celebration of AprilShowers! We have avariety of watercolorDVDs and books thatcan be checked. Comeby the display casesoutside Meraki Studioto learn more aboutwatercolortechniques, or betteryet, pick up a brushand see what kind ofbeauty you can create!

Art With a PunchUshio Shinohara is an 80 year old

Japanese artist. What makes Shinohara’sart so unique is his signature “boxingpaintings.” He dips his boxing gloves inpaint and punches the canvas in aperformance that results in beautifulworks of art now on display in manymuseums, including the Museum ofContemporary Art in Los Angeles. If yousearch the internet for Shinohara, youcan watch videos of his artisticperformances. You will witness the joyand enthusiasm in Shinohara as heworks, and that of the crowds who gatherto watch.

Rachel Witt, Art ProgrammingCoordinator, discovered his videos andwas inspired to recreate that feeling withWestminster’s Rock Steady Boxers. Sheshared, “There is apparent joy when youwatch him paint with boxing gloves.”

Rachel enlisted the help ofChloe Hough, Rock Steady BoxingCoach and Wellness CenterCoordinator. Boxers from each ofthe class levels were invited toparticipate in the programproperly named “Art with aPunch.” Just as Shinohara dippedhis gloves in paint, these boxersalso dipped boxing gloves intotheir choice of paint colors. Eachboxer stepped up to the canvas tothrow a variety of punches leavingbehind unique and beautiful paintsplatters. Chloe noted, “We try toget together as a group outside ofclass as often as we can. With anopportunity to create a piece ofreally cool, original art work likethis, it gave our boxers theopportunity to participate in anactivity they never thought theywould do.”

Rachel put the finishingtouches on the painting and itnow hangs proudly on the wallleading to the group exercise roomwhere the Rock Steady boxerswork to combat Parkinson’sdisease every day. The vibrantcolors and paint splatters ondisplay serve as a daily reminderof the energy and exuberance thatthese boxers bring to their fighteach and every day.

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Earth Day CookiesCelebrate our planet in the sweetest way possible. Simply split a batch of sugar

cookie dough (either store-bought or homemade), then use food coloring to dyeone half blue and the other green. For each cookie, combine a bit of each coloreddough and roll it into a ball, then bake as normal. The finished cookies willresemble miniature Earths.

Annual Wellness FairWestminster Village will host its

annual Wellness Fair on Monday,April 23, from 1-4 p.m. in WhitselHall. The theme is successful aging.Our goal is to inform residents aboutresources located within Westminsterand in the surrounding community.

About forty vendors fromWestminster Village and the GreaterLafayette community will participate.Booths will be set up to educateresidents about ways to fuel thebody, mind, and spirit.

Some of the vendors that will bepresent include: Fleet Feet, HaanMansion Museum, Wolf Park, RockSteady Boxing, Purdue UniversityCenter on Aging and the Life Course,Village Salon, Village Chaplain, andLive Well Fitness and Rehab Center.

SpiritualDawn Bodi, Chaplain

~~~Joy in the Morning Bible Study

Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-Courtyard ChapelResident Prayer and Share

Thurs. 4/5 10 a.m.-Courtyard ChapelChaplain Chats

Thurs. 4/12 and 4/26, at 1:00 p.m.Catholic Services

Mass, Saturdays, 4 p.m.Communion, Wed., 4/4, at 10 a.m.

Episcopal CommunionTuesday, 4/17, 1:30 p.m.Protestant Communion

Wednesday, 4/18, 2:30 p.m.Vespers - Sundays, 4 p.m.-Firefly

4/1 - Pastor Darleen DeHaai, AtticaUnited Methodist Church

4/8 - Rev. Rob Eyman, CovenantChurch

4/15 - TBD4/22 - Pastor Allen Weldy, Rossville

Church of the Brethren4/29 - Pastor Rick Marcus, Rossville

Bible Fellowship

Wellness

Dr. DodtWed., April 4

1:30 p.m.~~~

Lafayette HearingThurs., April 5

9 a.m.Make appt.: 448-6226

~~~Dementia Support

Mon., April 91:30 p.m.

~~~Medication Drop-Off

Wed., April 118 a.m. - 4 p.m.

~~~St. E Nursing

StudentsTues., April 17

9 a.m.~~~

PodiatryThurs., April 19

8:30 a.m.~~~

Ambul. Aid Tune UpThurs., April 19

9 - 11 a.m.~~~

Grieving LossesThurs., April 19

1 p.m.~~~

Wellness FairMon., April 23

1 - 4 p.m.~~~

Well InformedWed., April 25

7 p.m.

April 2018

01 Donald Racheter04 Leo Shipman05 Faye Fields05 Susan Nesbitt06 Gerald Goetsch08 Shirley Klinker09 Joanne Fortune10 Frances Bottomley10 Phyllis Bryant10 Elizabeth Shiffman11 Joann Bonner12 William Asher13 Janet Thompson14 Ernestine Lewis15 Phyllis Sexton16 Margaret Brender16 Pansy Clayton16 Thelma Smith17 William Baitinger17 Patricia Baugh17 Barbara Schlinkert17 Margaret

Williamson18 Charles McKee18 Irene Stephens19 Susan Auckley19 Janet Strubel21 Harold Woodman22 Thomas Hull26 Patricia Truitt28 Mary Brown28 Oleta Sanders28 Alice Bartholomew29 Richard Jaeger30 Ruth Oliver

Sunday Monday TuesdayName Tag Week 1

Easter4:00 Vespers-FFPastor Darleen DeHaai, AtticaUnited Methodist Church7:00 Sunday Night Movie ‘Hop’Tune in to Channel 91

Name Tag Week 2

9:30 Cottage ‘D’ Meeting-C10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT12:00 Popcorn-VS1:00 Monday Movie ‘The ManWho Invented Christmas’-FF

Name Tag Week 3

11:00 ‘Joy in the Morning’ BibleStudy-CYC1:00 Movie ‘Hop’ Tune in toChannel 911:30 Writing Interest Group-C7:00 ‘Brick by Brick’-JohnSautter-WH

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4:00 Vespers-FFRev. Rob Eyman, CovenantChurch7:00 Sunday Night Movie‘Murder on the OrientExpress’ Tune in to Channel 91

Floor Meetings 9

10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT10:30 Vespers Comm.-C12:00 Popcorn-VS1:00 Monday Movie ‘Masterand Commander: The FarSide of the World’-FF1:30 Dementia SupportGroup-C

Floor Meetings 10

10:00 Cottage ‘B’ Meeting-C11:00 ‘Joy in the Morning’ BibleStudy-CYC1:00 Movie ‘Murder on theOrient Express’ Tune in toChannel 912:30 Cookies & Milk-CYAR7:00 Tech Team StudentTechnology Support-MH

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4:00 Vespers-FF7:00 Sunday Night Movie‘Robin Hood’ Tune in toChannel 91

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10:00 Hybrid 3 Meeting-TT10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT11:00 Depart: PurdueUniversity Tour & Lunch atApplebee’s12:00 Popcorn-VS1:00 Monday Movie ‘The Bookof Henry’-FF

179:00 St. E NursingStudents-VS10:00 Resident Council-C11:00 ‘Joy in the Morning’ BibleStudy-CYC1:00 Movie ‘Robin Hood’ Tunein to Channel 911:30 Episcopal Comm.-CYC1:30 Writing InterestGroup-C45:00 Volunteer Banquet-WH

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4:00 Vespers-FFPastor Allen Weldy, RossvilleChurch of the Brethren7:00 Sunday Night Movie ‘TheShack’ Tune in to Channel 91

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10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT12:00 Popcorn-VS1:00 Monday Movie ‘The HurtLocker’-FF1-4 Wellness Fair-WH/MH

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10:00 All ResidentMeeting-WH11:00 ‘Joy in the Morning’ BibleStudy-CYC1:00 Movie 'The Shack' Tunein to Channel 912:30 Cookies & Milk-CYAR

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4:00 Vespers-FFPastor Rick Marcus, TheRossville Bible FellowshipChurch7:00 Sunday Night Movie‘Lincoln’ Tune in to Channel 91

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10:00 Hosting Group-C10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT12:00 Popcorn-VS1:00 Monday Movie ‘So B.It’-FF7:00 Tippi Choral Club-WH

Westminster Village Event Calendar!

Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayName Tag Week 4

9-11 WL Public Library-VS10:00 Brain Boot Camp-C10:00 Catholic Comm.-CYC1:00 Poker Games-VS1:30 IT Class-FF1:30 Dr. Dodt-WC4:30 March/April BirthdayDinner-C

Name Tag Week 5

9:00 Lafayette Hearing-WC9:00 Backpacking-VS9:00 Depart Grocery Shopping10:00 A History of Britain DVDSeries-FF10:00 Resident Prayer-CYC2:00 Open Bridge-VS3:00 Knit & Crochet-MH7:00 Depart: Purdue Convo

Name Tag Week 6

9-12 Flea Market-LL9:00 Coffee & Donuts-VS9:30 Sing-a-long-CY10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT3:00 Meet the Conductor-C6:30 Euchre-VS7:30 Depart: Purdue Convo

Name Tag Week 7

4:00 Catholic Mass-FF7:00 Depart: LafayetteSymphony Orchestra

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8-4 Medicine Drop-Off-WC10:00 Brain Boot Camp-C1:00 Poker Games-VS1:00 Depart: Walmart/Meijer

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9:00 Backpacking-VS9:00 Depart Grocery Shopping9:30 Hybrid 2 Meeting-C10:00 A History of Britain DVDSeries-FF1:00 Chaplain Chats-ALAR2:00 Open Bridge-VS4-5 OMA Art Show-MH7:00 Depart: Purdue Convo

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9-12 Flea Market-LL9:00 Coffee & Donuts-VS9:30 Sing-a-long-CY10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT6:30 Euchre-VS7:30 Depart: Purdue Convo

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4:00 Catholic Mass-FF

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9-11 WL Public Library-VS10:00 Brain Boot Camp-C1:00 Poker Games-VS2:30 Protestant Comm.-FF

198:30 Podiatrist-WC9-11 Amb. Aid Tune Up-WC9:00 Backpacking & Soap-VS9:00 Depart Grocery Shopping10:00 A History of Britain DVDSeries-FF1:00 Food Committee-C1:00 Grieving Losses-MH2:00 Open Bridge-VS3:00 Knit & Crochet-MH7:00 Archaeology in YourCommunity Presentation-WH

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9-12 Flea Market-LL9:00 Coffee & Donuts-VS9:30 Sing-a-long-CY9:30 Catholic Fellowship-C10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT1:00 BINGO-VS5:00 Hybrid 1 Meeting-HH16:30 Euchre & BoardGames-VS

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9:30 Saturday Morning atWestminster-TT/FF4:00 Catholic Mass-FF

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10:00 Brain Boot Camp-TT10:30 Hospitality Comm.-C1:00 Poker Games-VS1:00 Depart: Tippecanoe Mall7:00 Well Informed-WH

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9:00 Backpacking-VS9:00 Depart Grocery Shopping10-2 Early Voting-C10:00 A History of Britain DVDSeries-FF1:00 Chaplain Chats-ALAR2:00 Open Bridge-VS7:00 Scott Greeson Duo-WH

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9-12 Flea Market-LL9:00 Coffee & Donuts-VS9:30 Sing-a-long-CY10:00 Stretchercise-FF/TT11:00 Depart Lunch Bunch:Texas Roadhouse6:30 Euchre-VS

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7-11 Kiwanis PancakeFlip-WH2:30 Ruth Oliver BirthdayReception-C/TT4:00 Catholic Mass-FF6:30 Depart: Purdue Convo

Check for changes orcancellations posted onChannel 91, the kiosk, eventflyers, weekly highlights,and/or on the dailyannouncements.

C Cardinal RoomCYC Courtyard ChapelFF Firefly RoomLL Lower LevelMH Mendelsohn HallTT Tulip Tree RoomVS Village SquareWC Wellness ClinicWH Whitsel HallWGE Wellness Group ExerciseALAR Assisted Living ActivityRoom

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You’re Special!

Thank You

~Purdue Glee Club

Pastor James FosterBill James Trio

West Lafayette PublicLibrary

Chip GoldsberryDanny RusselWil ReinowskiCarol Mutter

John A. RandallTippecanoe Chamber

Music SocietySt. E Nursing Students

CALC’s Tech TeamLynn NelsonBetsy Weber

Eat for AllergyRelief

Do seasonal allergieshave you sniffling and

sneezing? Certainfoods may provide

some relief byreducing

inflammation andstrengthening the

immune system. Trybroccoli, onions,garlic, pineapple,

oranges, watermelonand tomatoes.

Haan Museum OutingFor our monthly outing in March,

we attended the Quilt Exhibition atthe Haan Museum and learned aboutquilts from the 1800s and 1900s, aswell as the history behind theHaan home.

One highlight of the trip was seeinga quilt that JoAnn Lehe had helped tostitch. It was great to see one of ourown resident’s work at the museum!

Franklin Moore took a lot of photoswhile we toured the Museum. Afterour tour was complete, he enjoyedsitting in all of the different chairs inthe museum, especially one thatresembled a throne.

Meet Your New IT CoordinatorI recently graduated from Depauw University with a

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. I amoriginally from Dillsboro, Indiana.

I am here to assist you with all of your IT needs inyour homes, as well as on your personal devices. Thismonth I will begin hosting an IT class for residents tolearn how to effectively use technology. Topics willvary from month to month, but will be relevant forresidents. You may learn about social media, Skype orFacetime, sending emails, creating documents, or othervarious topics that may be useful in your daily life.

-Chris Federmann

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Winged Wartime HeroesAs part of the U.S. Army Pigeon

Service, homing pigeons provided avital service during World War I andWorld War II. These specially trainedmessengers took on lofty missions andsaved thousands of lives.

Their intelligence, speed and homingability made carrier pigeons a provencommunication tool. In 1917, at therequest of Gen. John J. Pershing, apigeon unit of the Army Signal Corpswas created. During World War I,600 of the birds were used, and over90 percent of the messages sent bypigeons were received.

World War II saw the peak of thewinged force, with 56,000 pigeonsmanaged by 150 officers and3,000 enlisted men. The birds werebred and trained to travel far and fast,flying up to 600 miles at about40 mph, even under fire, at night andover open water. They courieredmessages encased in small tubes ontheir legs or pouches looped overtheir backs. They also parachutedwith troops.

With colorful names such as GI Joe,Cher Ami and Thunderbird, severalpigeons became famous for theirheroics and were awarded medalsfor valor.

After advances in technology, thePigeon Service ended in 1957, and theveteran birds found homes in zoos orwere sold to the public.

VolunteerCorner

Volunteer Banquet 2018:Making a World of Difference

National Volunteer Week is cause forcelebration! This week is designed tosalute and say thank you to millions ofpeople around the world thatgenerously give of their time, talent,voice and resources to help strengthencommunities.

National Volunteer Week wasestablished in 1974, and has growneach year, with thousands of volunteerprojects and special events scheduledthroughout the week. Westminster willhonor this nationally celebrated weekby hosting its annual VolunteerBanquet.

The Volunteer Banquet will be heldon Tuesday, April 17, at 5 p.m. inWhitsel Hall. The evening ofcelebration will include dinner guestspeaker, Amy Woods, Director ofVolunteer Engagement at United Way,and music by Noteworthy Quartet.

Thank you to the volunteers ofWestminster Village for Making a Worldof Difference in our community.

“We can find meaning and rewardby serving some higher purpose thanourselves, a shining purpose, theillumination of a thousand points oflight.”– President George H. W. Bush

Transportation

Purdue Tour &Applebee’s Lunch

Mon., April 16Depart 11 a.m.

~~~Lunch Bunch

Texas RoadhouseFri., April 27

Depart 11 a.m.~~~

Laf. SymphonyOrchestra

Sat., April 7Depart 7 p.m.

~~~Purdue Convos

April 5,6,12,13,28~~~

PaylessEvery Thurs. 9 a.m.

~~~Walmart or Meijer

Wed., April 11Depart 1 p.m.

~~~Tippecanoe MallWed., April 25Depart 1 p.m.

Welc meHome

Darlene AdkinsPaul & Betty Bien

Thomas & IngeborbBittles

Don & Ellen RacheterJoseph Schutter

John & Janet StrubelJim Turley

April 2018

Assisted Living Activities

Jana tapping into her musicalside. From L to R: Lorene Wesleyand Jana Forman

Springtime Greetings to All!No April Fools here; we have an exciting month planned in Assisted

Living! We will start off the month by welcoming back Jason Wells fora musical performance. It has been some time since we have hostedhim, and we are excited to see what new music he brings! We will alsoenjoy a mix of performers old and new throughout the month, so besure to come down and have a listen!

We will extend our celebration of Easter past April 1, with a lot offun crafts. They can be displayed throughout the spring, and are sure tobring lots of smiles to all of those who see them. If cooking is moreyour forte, we will bake delicious sweet lemon bread toward the end ofthe month!

Hope you will join in on the fun!

Health Center Happenings

Health Center residents, Erne Lewis, DorthaOsmun, and Thyra Keiser, make balloonanimals during Friendship Circle.

April Showers Bring May Flowers!Last month we enjoyed National Girl Scout Day with

Thin Mints and Shortbread Girl Scout cookies. We alsohad a St. Patrick’s Day Party with “Stan the Banjo Man”who played us some Irish tunes.

The month of April always brings lots of rain, so cometo the Courtyard Activity Room and enjoy inside activities.This month we have Denise Wilson, Patrick Loro, ShirleyRobertson, and Paula Dillard entertaining in the HealthCenter for Friday Showcase. We have cookies and milkevery other Tuesday and popcorn every Friday. Also wehave donuts and singing every Friday morning. Come joinus for lemonade socials on Thursday afternoons.

Hope to see you in the Health Center!