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Volume 31, Number 3 A CANTERBURY-ON-THE-LAKE PUBLICATION March 2018

Happy100thBirthday!!ByElizabethCrosson,PavilionServicesSupport

Dorothy Gilbert is a beloved resident here at Canterbury-on-the-Lake. She is turning 100 years old on March 16th. When asked, “What’s your secret to a long happy life?” Dorothy kindly responded with a smile and said, “Just to be happy”. Dorothy did just that she lived a very happy life with her hus-band, Jack, and her two beautiful children Jon and Dottie.

Dorothy’s story started in Ontario, Canada. She remembered in detail the day she moved to Flint, Michigan. It was June, 2nd, 1923. Little Dorothy was an excited 5-year- old girl knowing she was about to embark on a new adventure. Her generous neighbor gave her a farewell gift of a sack of can-dies called maple buds to eat on the train ride. Little did she know that Flint, Michigan, would be such an important setting to her story!

Dorothy graduated in 1936 from Flint Central High School. The year 1936 was a very special year for Dorothy. She graduated and got her first job as a bookkeeper where she made $10 a week; but most importantly she met her lov-ing husband, Jack. Dorothy’s mother had a Sunday dinner party and she invited a new music teacher in town. Four years later she married Jack. They started their life together in Flint, MI; Jack worked as a music teacher and Dorothy stayed home to take care of their two beautiful children. In 1941 Jack had to change his career to contribute to the war efforts in WWII. He worked at Detroit Diesel Factory. They relocated their family to Pontiac, MI in their first car, a 1941 Chevrolet 5-passenger coupe which they purchased for $450.00. Dorothy pro-ceeded to say, they didn’t have car seats back then, and that she would have to hold her babies while Jack drove. Dorothy’s loving family has grown rapidly since then. She has five grandchildren and eleven great- grandchildren.

Previously, Dorothy enjoyed knitting, and the first thing Dorothy ever knitted was a two piece dress for her neighbor, in exchange for music lessons for her two children. Another of Dorothy’s favorite past-times is watching hockey games. Her favorite player is Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Dorothy was very involved in her church, The First Methodist Church in Pontiac where she was an active member for 58 years. She enjoyed cooking/baking for their Harvest Home Banquet they held each year. Dorothy also enjoyed tending to their plentiful garden that Jack had planted in their backyard. She would pick a variety of fruits and vegetables with her children.

When Dorothy was asked what she would tell her 20-year-old self, she had replied “to do everything the same; and that she had no regrets”. Dorothy’s love for life is truly inspiring. She exudes positivity and inspires others to live their best lives. Her daughter beautifully stated, “Mom’s beautiful smile has always endeared her to everyone who has crossed her path, and she has always had such a wonderful outlook on life. She is a treasure and I am so thankful that she is my mom”. Happy Birthday Dorothy! We are very blessed to have you a part of our Canterbury-on-the-Lake family.

Dorothy and husband, Jack

Pavilion resident,

Dorothy Gilbert at 100!

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You may reach Director of Residential Health Services Ronda Pype at 248-674-9292 during regular business hours, or e-mail her at rpype@cotl.net. Ronda’s office is located

in the Lower Level Community Center near Facility Services.

The Leas Assisted Living is often viewed as the best of both worlds at Canterbury-on-the-Lake. Residents have as much independence as they want with the knowledge that per-sonal care and support services are available if they need them. We are designed to provide residents with assistance with basic ADLs (activities of daily living) such as bath-ing, grooming, dressing, and more. We also offer medication assistance and/or remind-ers. The Leas Assisted Living differs from the Pavilion in that they do not offer complex medical services.

The Leas is a part of our CCRC (continuing care retirement community). It offers a home-like atmosphere with apartments that are either studio or one bedroom models. Kitchen-ettes are in the majority of the apartments and feature a small refrigerator and sink. A microwave and other small appliances can be brought in with Leas Manager approval.

The Leas offers their residents prepared meals three times a day and weekly house-keeping and laundry. Residents have access to the Wellness Center, Lochshire beauty salon, gift shop, and transportation. We also plan events, activities and trips that resi-dents can participate in that are anything from happy hour to concerts.

Our residents are made up of seniors who have had a slight decline in health in some way and need assistance performing one or more activities of daily living (ADLs). We offer the opportunity for our residents to live in a social environment with little responsi-bilities and a place where care is easily accessible whenever needed.

As a CCRC we do offer our residents an option to age in place as long as the care staff can safely meet the resident’s needs. If not, then the care must be contracted through Campus Care or another type of vendor, or the resident must move to The Pavilion or The Meadows. Any type of increased care provided by Canterbury-on-the-Lake is paid for on top of the monthly rent and varies depending on the amount of care needed. Out-side vendors will invoice a resident independently.

To summarize, the Leas is made up of a wonderful array of services that can be used or not used, depending on each resident’s needs and desires. It truly is the best of both worlds. If you are interested in seeing an apartment please contact our Sales Depart-ment at (248) 674-9292. They would be happy to give you a tour and tell you about all the fabulous opportunities that the Leas can offer you or your loved one.

News from Residential Health Services ByRondaPype,DirectorofResidentialHealthServices

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CommunityLifeServicesinTheMeadowsByCyndiMaybee,MeadowsCommunityLifeServicesManager

A Look Back at February Fun in The Meadows!

As we are all getting settled in The Meadows, we are

having a blast! These are some pictures from our Winter Olympics, Our Color Me Calm Valentines Adult Coloring,

our Super Bowl Party, and our Valentines Day Celebration and our Creative Expressions Art Class!

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Let’s Dance and Dine, this Valentine

We had a very Happy Valentine’s Day in The Meadows! We sang, we ate and we danced the day away. We started our morning off with chocolate covered strawberries and ended it with a fun musical performance by Accordion Gary Kolody! He was a hit! The day was filled with love and laughter by all who joined us!

Even though temperatures are still very frigid in the “mitten”, we are

counting down the days until spring! Next up on our calendar of

events is St. Patrick’s Day and Easter! We hope you will join us as

we continue making memories in The Meadows.

AMemofromTheMeadows ByChristiePetiprin,MeadowsManager

You may reach Christie Petiprin at 248-674-9292 during regular business hours, or e-mail her at cpetiprin@cotl.net. Christie’s office is located across from the dining room in The Meadows.

You may reach Volunteer Coordinator, Liz Vachon at 248-674-5325 during regular business hours or e-mail her at lvachon@cotl.net. Liz’s office is located in the Lower Level Community Center between The

Pavilion entrance and the Wellness Clinic

VolunteerCornerByLizVachon,VolunteerCoordinator At the end of January, I was asked by one of our own Canterbury vol-unteers, Jim Powers, to join him on his radio show called the “Powers Pow Wow” with the Media Network of Waterford. The experience was fun and a little nerve wracking as I had to listen to my own voice through the headphones! Jim had me prepare questions for him to ask me about our volunteer program. Unfortunately, he didn’t get to ask all of the questions. We only talked for

about 10 minutes. I am hopeful I got the message across about how amazing our volunteer program is at Canterbury. We talked about what our volunteers do here, how many we have and I was able to sneak in a couple great stories about specific volunteers. I wish there had been more time with him because after we got to chatting, I had a lot to say! I have not listened to the program yet because I really don’t want to, but you are welcome to! If you go to mnowradio.org, you will be able to find the Powers Pow Wow show. Look for the date of January 24th, and you can click a link to listen to the show on your computer. My disclaimer is that I was quite nervous, and I know I stumbled on some words, but overall, I think it went well. It was an experience that I won’t forget! Director of Resident Services Jamie Martin went with me and was able to snap a few pictures. I am thankful to Jim for the opportunity to brag about our volunteer program. We do great things here, and it is nice for

the Waterford Community and sur-rounding areas to know!

Save the date! The Volunteer Appreciation is fast approaching!

Canterbury will be spoiling our volunteers on Thursday, April 19th

at 3pm in the St. Luke’s Chapel. Our theme this year is “April

Showers Bring Amazing Volunteers!” Formal invitations will be

arriving soon, so please look for that in the mail. National Volun-

teer week is April 15th through the 21st. We are looking forward to

recognizing all of our volunteers all week long.

Didyouknow?OnFebruary21stCanterbury’sExecutiveDirector,RochelleRothwell,gaveaspeechatWaterford

Township’s“StateoftheTownship”Breakfast?Rochelleenlightenedmanyinattendanceandthose

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community,howmanyresidentsliveatCanterbury(approx.300),how

manystaffweemploy(approx.350)andofcourse,shediscussedour

constructionandremodelprojects.Rochellealsothankedourlocal

communityleaders,emergencyservicepersonnelandbusinessesthat

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Canterbury volunteer Jim Powers and

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Liz preparing to talk about all the great

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Here we are, already into this year’s Lenten Season, and although many folks take that to mean that we are supposed to “give something up” for Lent, I would rather look at Lent as a time for reflection and a time to see how God is working in our lives, and how, with God’s help, we can make changes in our lives to make ourselves better. It is not so much about what we give up, rather, what we can change in ourselves.

With that said I would like to present a question to everyone, mostly though to those residents living in Southminster: how can I better change the way in which I provide my skills as Chaplain to each and every one of you? To help you think about that question I want to provide what I see are some of the chief topics that I have to offer. If there is a better way to do these, I more than welcome your advice!

Pastoral Care Sunday Services Bible Studies Funeral Planning Being Available as needed!

These bullet points are not all the skills that I bring to Canterbury-on-the-Lake, and I know many of you could come up with some other great ideas of how I could better serve this community. So I welcome you to let me know; you can always call my office phone number 248-674-5395, or if you have email: gmorrison@cotl.net or request a time that you would just like to sit down with me to discuss this. I really do welcome all your opinions, I am here to be your Chaplain. I hold myself to a very high standard, so please do not hesitate to give me your ideas.

You may reach Glenn Morrison during regular business hours at 248-674-9292, or e-mail gmorrison@cotl.net or in his office located in St. Luke’s Chapel

Pastoral Care CornerPastoral Care CornerPastoral Care CornerPastoral Care Corner ByRev.DeaconGlennMorrison,PastoralCareCoordinator

Thinking of Warm Weather and GOLF! The Canterbury’s 10th Annual Golf Outing is in the planning stages. This year’s event will be on Thursday, June 7th at the Fountains Golf Course in Clarkston. The event’s GRAND finale is Canterbury’s very own Golf Ball Drop where participants can win prizes of $500, $250 and $150. The Golf Ball Drop tickets will be available for purchase soon. To reserve your spot on the field or for the Awards Dinner, contact Susan Hammersmith at 248-674-5390.

Crippling snow fall, critical rock salt shortage and dramatic price increases. This was our reality this year and I can’t think of another more costly endeavor than that given just a bit of time Mother Nature is able to resolve. We spend 10’s of thou-sands of dollars on melting snow. It is very necessary for our safety but sounds a little funny when you really think about it. What would an alien looking down to earth for the first time think about our putting salt and sand on the snow and then

sweeping up the mess after it is gone? Again, putting the clear and obvious safety issue aside for now, we get nothing for all of the labor pushing the snow around and spreading tons of salt about. Maybe the alien’s buddy who watched the goings on in Michigan during the summer months would not be all that surprised by our behavior. Like snow, the growing and maintain-ing of grass may befuddle the more logical of thinkers. We plant the grass spend money water-ing and fertilizing it so it grows green, tall, and strong and then pay considerable sums of mon-ey to career lawn jockeys to undo what we were able to achieve. If dandelions were hard to grow, everyone would want them. Most of us are ready for a change in season. Unlike most years when we have witnessed the earth springing back to life against the backdrop of our beautiful community, our unfinished con-struction and disrupted landscape scheme may challenge our ability to appreciate all that Can-terbury-on-the-Lake has offered in the past as winter turns to spring. What we will have this year is potential. Potential well beyond what we have had in recent years. I am looking forward to the wild grasses and flowers that were planted last fall, the new color the plants will bring to the new open air lanai, not to mention the first spring growth of the Meadows courtyard garden and the new landscape adorning the rehab gym build-out. Surely there will be some mud and scars revealed as Mother Nature melts the snow but I urge you to look beyond the mud and see the potential. It is a great time to be living and working at Canterbury-on-the-Lake and I ap-preciate the opportunity to work with a fantastic team of employees and residents in achieving our mission. I hope to see you on the “outside” soon.

You may reach Facility Services at 248-674-5349 during regular business hours, or email us at mderaud@cotl.net. Mark DeRaud may be reached directly at 248-674-5375.

FromtheWorkBenchByMarkDeRaud,DirectorofFacilityServices

NewsfromtheTherapyDepartmentByKristieBack,OTR

The therapy department at Canterbury-on-the-Lake will be putting on a Wellness Seminar on

Wednesday, March 28th at 1:00 pm in the Wellness Center for Leas and Southminister

residents. Residents will gain an understanding of the role of a speech language pathologist,

areas of treatment including cognition and voice disorders, and individuals who may benefit

from these services. This event will be hosted by Megan Felisky, SLP (speech therapist) and

Veronica Hanrahan, SLP (speech therapist). Feel free to make your way to the therapy gym

with any questions, or call at 248-599-4079.

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TheLivelyLeasByTiffanyGregart,LeasManager

March can be a long month as it holds the promise of spring but most of the time we feel like we are still in a winter won-derland. Each year I am reminded of the saying I learned as a young girl: that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. I am hopeful that we will see the signs of spring as this March comes to an end. I think we have all lived in Michigan long enough to know that snow in April is not impossible. I recall one year when I was a little girl building a snow bunny on Easter morning to greet our guests coming for Easter dinner. Let’s hope we have a sunny Easter Sunday this year.

This is the time of the year when it can be easy to be bitten by the winter blues and it helps to stay busy. We are so lucky here in the Leas because the Life Enrichment team plans so many amazing things for us to do each week. Make sure you are coming to the Leas Lounge to enjoy gentle stretch class on Mondays, Tues-days, Thursdays and Fridays. This is a great mid-morning activity to get your body mov-ing and your day off to a great start. If we are lucky we may see some signs of spring on our weekly dream cruises. Join your neighbors on Thursdays at 2:30pm for a bus ride, that we call the Leas Dream Cruise, and an afternoon treat. I am looking forward to cele-brating St Patrick’s Day this month and all the fun activities the team has planned as we prepare for Easter. I hope you will make time to participate in some or all of these great opportunities.

On the second Monday of every month we hold a Resident Association Meeting at

10:30am in The Leas. The meeting is started by a visit from our culinary team where we

can talk about any dining issues, bring ideas of foods we would like to see in the Leas

and hear some of the exciting things that are planned for the upcoming month. We follow

that up with a meeting about the activities from the month before and all things that we

are getting ready for the present month. This is a great time to come together with your

neighbors and talk about what you would like to see in the Leas. Our goal as a team is to

keep residents as busy as they would like to be and doing things that they like to do. The

Resident Association Meeting is your chance to be heard and I am looking forward to

seeing more and more residents attend. I am also looking forward to the first warm spring

day so that we can hold the meeting out on our beautiful patio.

You may reach Tiffany Gregart during regular business hours at 248-674-9292, or e-mail tgregart@cotl.net

or in his office located in The Leas near Main Street in the Lower Level Community Center

The Detroit Tigers will open the 2018 season on Opening Day which will take place on Thursday, March 29th at 1:15pm. It has become tradition around Canterbury to hold “Opening Day Parties” so be sure to check your activities calendar for times and locations as the Community Life Services and Life Enrichment Departments will host a viewing party in The Pavilion, The Mead-ows, The Leas and in Southminster. Play ball and GO TIGERS!

Canterbury Tales is the monthly newsletter of Canterbury-on-the-Lake and can be accessed on our website at canterburyonthelake.com We welcome your comments about Canterbury Tales as we strive to improve our publication. Articles of interest may be submitted to Jamie Martin, Director of Resident Services by e-mail at jmartin@cotl.net.

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Executive Board

Cheryl Drutchas, Chair

William Ahlstrom, Vice Chair

Donald Loerch, Vice Chair

Judith Windeler, Secretary

Phil Hough, Treasurer

Margaret Birch, Director

Navneet Anand, Director

Kathleen Korneli-Gradowski,

Director

Jon Huegli, Director

Jennifer Kirkland, Director

A Message from Executive Director

Rochelle Rothwell

Renee Mirovsky, Director

Cindy Maxwell-Philips, Director

Dr. Diane Pick, Director

Ed Reap, Director

Hilary Renno, Director

Ralph Windeler, Director

There is so much history in our stained glass windows in St. Luke’s Chapel. The love, faith, hope windows on the east wall have a special meaning for those who come and visit the Chapel.

When designing these windows the artist was moved by the im-portance they play as a screen which separates those of us who are living from the deceased of the Canterbury Community. Un-like any other art form, stained glass lives only when penetrated by light. When one stands in the chapel Nave facing this set of windows the light streams through from skylights above the Col-

umbarium, bathing the space and the viewer with colored light. Therefore, these windows symbolize a passage way of light leading to the Promised Land.

One of the primary images is of grapes which border each window. In the Old Testament one sym-bol of the Israelite’s entry into Canaan is a large cluster of grapes hung on a staff. Also, in the New Testament Jesus explains his relationship to us with “I am the vine and you are the branches”. Along with the fruit is portrayed a strong vine which sprouts branches to remind us of our Judaic heritage as well as Christ’s words in the parable. Additionally, Christ said that true Christians will be known by the fruits of their labor. The St. Luke’s Memorial Chapel is itself a fruitful product brought into reality by the toil of many people of faith both living and dead.

The Love window is located in the center representing that Love is the greatest. The red roses are both ancient and contemporary symbols of love. The grapes, also being red, remind us of Christ’s love for us and the shedding of His blood on the cross.

The Faith window includes white lilies symbolizing purity and the belief in Resurrection. The royal purple grapes symbolize the Kingship of Christ.

The hope window includes the iris which was used by early Flemish masters when the Virgin Mary was portrayed. This lovely flower symbolized the Hope the Messiah brought into the world and the green grapes are a color associated with spring and new birth.