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Elaine’s Column: Stories from Her Life LUNCH WITH A MONKEY Saturday morning and the sky was falling. Cats and dogs fell from above. Wet. Really wet. Toads weren’t drowning but they were looking for their life jackets. We were trying to be good tourists. at wasn’t easy in 1980 England. Open at 9, closed for lunch hour, bolted shut at 4. Saturdays limited and nothing on Sunday. Homework led us to a country estate. A small tasteful sign pointed the way. Missed it and had to turn around. No big boastful sign. Just eight letters on a white arrow. Without the glowing article and artistic photos in the tourist magazine we would not have been tempted. Longleat House was built in the sixteenth century by Sir John ynn. In 1949 it became the first stately home in Britain to be opened to the public. It is 9,000 acres and includes an Elizabethan country house, landscaped parklands, a safari park with over 500 animals and five hedge mazes. e road unwound like a spool of grey ribbon. Mist held distant views hostage. Lots of drippy foliage greeted us. One sharp turn and there it was in the distance. A tiny white dollhouse. en we saw the pickup in the garden. e house wasn’t tiny! e road followed the edge of a valley. Views erupted with each turn. e house finally became real as we pulled up to the bottom step. “e park is closed.” A dignified shout out the door informed us. We want to see the house. rough the rain drops we heard, “wait there and I’ll come get you.” A giant umbrella ran out the door to collect me then Gary into the house. Margaret’s regal attitude dripped on the floor as we signed the guest book from Indy USA. A scruffy looking man stood in the corner. A bright cap perched on frizzy hair that was trying to escape. A knitted multicolored sweater in a haphazard design used up dozens of yarn scraps, ill-fitting mustard corduroy pants and American Indian style moccasins completed the outfit. He looked clean but mismatched. Designers were not lining up to photograph his look for Gentleman’s Quarterly. Centre Avenue Health & Rehab Facility | April 2021 1 815 Centre Avenue Fort Collins, CO 970-494-2140 ADMINISTRATOR Blake Sims DIRECTOR OF NURSING Jessica Knight OFFICE MANAGER Nikki Brosh ACTIVITY DIRECTOR Shelby Bulfer SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR Michelle Burleson ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR Meloney West BUSINESS OFFICE COORDINATOR Lacey Gordiyenko REGISTERED DIETICIAN Tina Jones ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Robin Kelly RESIDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Elaine Turner OMBUDSMAN Shilo Christiansen (970) 498-7753 [email protected] Happenings H H H H appenings appenings Reha APRIL 2021 4 Centre Avenue Health & Rehab Facility | April 2021 Upcoming Events & Reminders Thursday April 1st: April Fool’s Day & Opening Day Creative Arts: Baseball Caps Friday April 2nd: Good Friday Sunday April 4th: Easter Sunday Candy Making 9:15 AM Sunday Service with Peter 10:30 AM Thursday April 8th: Scenic Drive Day Monday April 12th: Resident Council 10:30 AM Wednesday April 21st: Dine In: Chic-Fil-A Thursday April 22nd: Earth Day: Gardening 2:00 PM Education Series of the month: History Outdoor wheelchair walks “Call me Alec,” he said as he tells Margaret he is taking us on the house tour. To the library where the red velvet rope was removed. e oldest book was displayed on a music stand type holder. It was an early Bible that was hand printed by monks. Turn 3 or 4 pages and look at the writing and full colored drawings. What? Touch an old book with bare hands? What about dirt and oil on our hands? Turn, he says. We did. “Where’s the secret door Gary?” With a wiggle of the finger Margaret removed the red velvet ribbons and Alec and I sat on the forbidden furniture while Gary looked. “It’s between these cases . . . I can see light shining through the crack.” A twist on the head of a little cream colored statue and the bookcase swung inward. Alec led us into the narrow servant staircase. A short climb later we were in the dining room filled with a huge table and 18 ornate chairs. Eating here would have been confusing. Each place setting contained 7 glasses and cups, 10 plates and 17 pieces of gold utensils including 3 tongs to hold your sugar cube, tea bag, and snails. A special fork is used to eat snails. Plates and cups were cream and brown with each plate displaying a different view of Longleat Estate. A dishwashing nightmare. Most great houses have rooms set aside in case the Queen decided to drop by. Longleat had a bedroom and a sitting room for royal use only. Silk wallpaper from China filled the walls with cream, pink and lime green cherry blossom trees. Everything in the room matched the paper. A beautiful brush, comb and hair receiver sat on the dressing table. A lovely tree with gold accents gleamed from the back of the brush. e room was very feminine. Fit for a queen! Back in the dining room: Gary found the secret door. Behind a table because the legs don’t touch the floor. Alec laughed. Gary was the first one ever to find the short legs. With a quarter turn of a paper weight on the table the wall opened. Alec stepped through the door and we followed him to another set of stairs. On the top floor servant quarters we entered a Plain Jane world. No fancy floors or light fixtures. Lighting was bare bulbs hung on a wire. No life size paintings of military men on horses. Just bare wood. Down a few halls and a door opened to a toy store! Filled with cars, trains, trucks and games of every description. Alec challenged Gary to a game of Skittles. Most are on a 12 inch square playing board with 10 pins with a string on a stick. Cheap construction is a must. Not this one. It was over 6 foot tall with telescoping mahogany legs, a playing field 24 inches square and a metal striker ball on a moveable wire. A trough with a crank-driven conveyor belt reset the pins. I looked around or sat on a giant rocking horse in front of a bay window. e horse was half the size of the owner’s childhood pony and had real horse hair mane and tail. Margaret sat outside. Almost noon and Alec says he needs to go to a meeting. “Call the kitchen and see if they can feed my friends, on me of course.” Down through the belly of the house we arrived in the old kitchen with a huge fireplace with a rotisserie big enough to hold an ox. Above the fire box huge copper platters rested on the wall, ox size of course. Coming out into the dining room we surprised the staff. We had the meal that was prepared for the staff: lamb stew served in a bread bowl. An 8 inch hollowed out whole wheat loaf had a little curly knot to provide a polite way to open the bowl. Of course we were polite. is was England! As we ate we discussed Alec. Wasn’t it nice to have the head tour guide or housekeeper show us around? He seemed to know everything. e sounds of a helicopter? It must be someone important coming in. Aſter our meal we heard screaming off in the distance. A lady in a tan safari outfit came in. “We’re trying to get a baby monkey used to people. If we succeed he will go into the Baby Animal Petting Pen. Could you please help us?” Two cups of Cheeto shaped monkey food appeared. e lady vanished. A few minutes later the screaming got louder. A baby Spider Monkey in diapers was stuck like glue to his trainer. It had a pink face and a very long tail wrapped around his trainer’s arm. We talked quietly to the poor little frightened animal. “I promise I have never bitten a monkey” did not do a thing to calm his fears. We offered food. at poor little animal could grab, eat and scream at the same time. e trainer was pleased. e monkey took food and ate it. He was making progress. A golf cart appeared and took us back to our rental car at the base of the front steps. Margaret brought out the keys. e sky had cleared and cars started to fill the parking lot. Years later a British magazine ran an article on Longleaf. Reading and enjoying the beautiful photos, I turned the page. ere is was. I threw the magazine at Gary. “Oh my gosh,” he says. “at’s our buddy Alec!” Alexander ynn, Seventh Marquis of Bath. He died 5 April 2020. at helicopter we heard took him to the House of Lords meeting in London. A house tour given by the Lord of the manor and lunch with a monkey. is one is going to be hard to beat! Easter Sunday Menu Honey Glazed Ham, with Pineapple Brow Sugar Glaze Or Roasted Leg of Lamb, with Rosemary, Red Wine Demi Glaze Potato au gratin Roasted Asparagus & Carrots Carrot Cake

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Elaine’s Column: Stories from Her LifeLUNCH WITH A MONKEYSaturday morning and the sky was falling. Cats and dogs fell from above. Wet. Really wet. Toads weren’t drowning but they were looking for their life jackets. We were trying to be good tourists. � at wasn’t easy in 1980 England. Open at 9, closed for lunch hour, bolted shut at 4. Saturdays limited and nothing on Sunday. Homework led us to a country estate. A small tasteful sign pointed the way. Missed it and had to turn around. No big boastful sign. Just eight letters on a white arrow. Without the glowing article and artistic photos in the tourist magazine we would not have been tempted. Longleat House was built in the sixteenth century by Sir John � ynn. In 1949 it became the � rst stately home in Britain to be opened to the public. It is 9,000 acres and includes an Elizabethan country house, landscaped parklands, a safari park with over 500 animals and � ve hedge mazes.

� e road unwound like a spool of grey ribbon. Mist held distant views hostage. Lots of drippy foliage greeted us. One sharp turn and there it was in the distance. A tiny white dollhouse. � en we saw the pickup in the garden. � e house wasn’t tiny! � e road followed the edge of a valley. Views erupted with each turn. � e house � nally became real as we pulled up to the bottom step. “� e park is closed.” A digni� ed shout out the door informed us. We want to see the house. � rough the rain drops we heard, “wait there and I’ll come get you.” A giant umbrella ran out the door to collect me then Gary into the house. Margaret’s regal attitude dripped on the � oor as we signed the guest book from Indy USA.

A scru� y looking man stood in the corner. A bright cap perched on frizzy hair that was trying to escape. A knitted multicolored sweater in a haphazard design used up dozens of yarn scraps, ill-� tting mustard corduroy pants and American Indian style moccasins completed the out� t. He looked clean but mismatched. Designers were not lining up to photograph his look for Gentleman’s Quarterly.

Centre Avenue Health & Rehab Facility | April 2021 1

815 Centre AvenueFort Collins, CO970-494-2140

ADMINISTRATORBlake Sims

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Jessica Knight

OFFICE MANAGER Nikki Brosh

ACTIVITY DIRECTORShelby Bulfer

SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR

Michelle Burleson

ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR

Meloney West

BUSINESS OFFICE COORDINATOR

Lacey Gordiyenko

REGISTERED DIETICIAN Tina Jones

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Robin Kelly

RESIDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENTElaine Turner

OMBUDSMANShilo Christiansen

(970) [email protected]

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APRIL 2021

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Upcoming Events & Reminders

Thursday April 1st:April Fool’s Day & Opening Day Creative Arts: Baseball Caps

Friday April 2nd: Good Friday

Sunday April 4th: Easter Sunday Candy Making 9:15 AM Sunday Service with Peter 10:30 AM

Thursday April 8th: Scenic Drive Day

Monday April 12th:Resident Council 10:30 AM

Wednesday April 21st: Dine In: Chic-Fil-A

Thursday April 22nd: Earth Day: Gardening 2:00 PM

Education Series of the month:History

Outdoor wheelchair walks

“Call me Alec,” he said as he tells Margaret he is taking us on the house tour. To the library where the red velvet rope was removed. � e oldest book was displayed on a music stand type holder. It was an early Bible that was hand printed by monks. Turn 3 or 4 pages and look at the writing and full colored drawings. What? Touch an old

book with bare hands? What about dirt and oil on our hands? Turn, he says. We did.

“Where’s the secret door Gary?” With a wiggle of the � nger Margaret removed the red velvet ribbons and Alec and I sat on the forbidden furniture while Gary looked. “It’s between these cases . . . I can see light shining through the crack.” A twist on the head of a little cream colored statue and the bookcase swung inward. Alec led us into the narrow servant staircase. A short climb later we were in the dining room � lled with a huge table and 18 ornate chairs. Eating here would have been confusing. Each place setting contained 7 glasses and cups, 10 plates and 17 pieces of gold utensils including 3 tongs to hold your sugar cube, tea bag, and snails. A special fork is used to eat snails. Plates and cups were cream and brown with each plate displaying a di� erent view of Longleat Estate. A dishwashing nightmare.

Most great houses have rooms set aside in case the Queen decided to drop by. Longleat had a bedroom and a sitting room for royal use only. Silk wallpaper from China � lled the walls with cream, pink and lime green cherry blossom trees. Everything in the room matched the paper. A beautiful brush, comb and hair receiver sat on the dressing table. A lovely tree with gold accents gleamed from the back of the brush. � e room was very feminine. Fit for a queen!

Back in the dining room: Gary found the secret door. Behind a table because the legs don’t touch the � oor. Alec laughed. Gary was the � rst one ever to � nd the short legs. With a quarter turn of a paper weight on the table the wall opened. Alec stepped through the door and we followed him to another set of stairs. On the top � oor servant quarters we entered a Plain Jane world. No fancy � oors or light � xtures. Lighting was bare bulbs hung on a wire. No life size paintings of military men on horses. Just bare wood.

Down a few halls and a door opened to a toy store! Filled with cars, trains, trucks and games of every description. Alec challenged Gary to a game of Skittles. Most are on a 12 inch square playing board with 10 pins with a string on a stick. Cheap construction is a must. Not this one. It was over 6 foot tall with telescoping mahogany legs, a playing � eld 24 inches square and a metal striker ball on a moveable wire. A trough with a crank-driven conveyor belt reset the pins. I looked around or sat on a giant rocking horse in front of a bay window. � e horse was half the size of the owner’s childhood pony and had real horse hair mane and tail. Margaret sat outside.

Almost noon and Alec says he needs to go to a meeting. “Call the kitchen and see if they can feed my friends, on me of course.” Down through the belly of the house we arrived in the old kitchen with a huge � replace with a rotisserie big enough to hold an ox. Above the � re box huge copper platters rested on the wall, ox size of course. Coming out into the dining room we surprised the sta� . We had the meal that was prepared for the sta� : lamb stew served in a bread bowl. An 8 inch hollowed out whole wheat loaf had a little curly knot to provide a polite way to open the bowl. Of course we were polite. � is was England!

As we ate we discussed Alec. Wasn’t it nice to have the head tour guide or housekeeper show us around? He seemed to know everything. � e sounds of a helicopter? It must be someone important coming in.

A� er our meal we heard screaming o� in the distance. A lady in a tan safari out� t came in. “We’re trying to get a baby monkey used to people. If we succeed he will go into the Baby Animal Petting Pen. Could you please help us?” Two cups of Cheeto shaped monkey food appeared. � e lady vanished.

A few minutes later the screaming got louder. A baby Spider Monkey in diapers was stuck like glue to his trainer. It had a pink face and a very long tail wrapped around his trainer’s arm. We talked quietly to the poor little frightened animal. “I promise I have never bitten a monkey” did not do a thing to calm his fears. We o� ered food. � at poor little animal could grab, eat and scream at the same time. � e trainer was pleased. � e monkey took food and ate it. He was making progress.

A golf cart appeared and took us back to our rental car at the base of the front steps. Margaret brought out the keys. � e sky had cleared and cars started to � ll the parking lot.

Years later a British magazine ran an article on Longleaf. Reading and enjoying the beautiful photos, I turned the page. � ere is was. I threw the magazine at Gary. “Oh my gosh,” he says. “� at’s our buddy Alec!” Alexander � ynn, Seventh Marquis of Bath. He died 5 April 2020. � at helicopter we heard took him to the House of Lords meeting in London. A house tour given by the Lord of the manor and lunch with a monkey. � is one is going to be hard to beat!

Easter Sunday Menu Honey Glazed Ham, with

Pineapple Brow Sugar Glaze Or

Roasted Leg of Lamb, with Rosemary, Red Wine

Demi Glaze

Potato au gratinRoasted Asparagus & Carrots

Carrot Cake

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 April Fool’s Day &

Opening Day9:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Creative Arts:

Baseball Caps2:00 PM 1st Floor Creative Arts2:00 PM Manicures

2 Good Friday9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Music Group with Kimberly 1:30 PM Matinee Movie 2:00 PM 2nd Floor - Easter Baskets 6:00 PM 1st Floor Brain Games

3 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 2:00 PM Saturday Sweets3:00 PM 2nd Floor Brain Games

4 Easter Sunday9:00 AM Morning News 9:15 AM Candy Making 10:30 AM Easter Sunday Service

with Peter

5 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:15 AM Aromatherapy/Relaxation1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM 2nd Floor Book Cart3:00 PM Happy Hour

6 9:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 1:30 PM 1st Floor 1:1s 2:00 PM Bible Readings 3:00 PM Ice Cream Social with

Music by Gabby

7 World Health Day 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Real Talk with Catherine 1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks1:30 PM 1st Floor Creative Arts 2:00 PM Educational Series: History:

World Health Day

8 Scenic Drive Day9:00 AM Men’s Coffee9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 9:30 - 11:30 AM Scenic Drive10:30 AM Creative Arts12:30 - 2:00 PM Scenic Drive 2:30 - 4:00 PM Scenic Drive

9 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Music Group with Kimberly 1:30 PM Matinee Movie 2:00 PM 2nd Floor

Inspirational Readings 6:00 PM 1st Floor Brain Games

10 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 2:00 PM Saturday Sweets 3:00 PM 2nd Floor Brain Games

119:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:00 AM 1st Floor Sunday Service10:30 AM 2nd Floor Sunday Service 1:30 PM The Crown Series 2:00 PM 1st Book Cart

12 Resident Council9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:30 AM Resident Council 1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM 2nd Floor Book Cart3:00 PM Happy Hour

13 � omas Je� erson’s Birthday

9:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 1:30 PM 1st Floor 1:1s 2:00 PM Bible Readings 3:00 PM Ice Cream Social with

Music by Gabby

149:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Real Talk with Catherine 1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM Bowling 3:00 PM Educational Series: History

159:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Creative Arts 2:00 PM 1st Floor Creative Arts 2:00 PM Manicures

169:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Music Group with Kimberly 1:30 PM Matinee Movie 2:00 PM 2nd Floor

Inspirational Readings6:00 PM 1st Floor Brain Games

17 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 2:00 PM Saturday Sweets3:00 PM 2nd Floor Brain Games

18 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:00 AM 1st Floor Sunday Service10:30 AM 2nd Floor Sunday Service 1:30 PM The Crown Series 2:00 PM 1st Book Cart

199:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:15 AM Aromatherapy/Relaxation1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM 2nd Floor Book Cart3:00 PM Happy Hour

209:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 1:30 PM 1st Floor 1:1s 2:00 PM Bible Readings 3:00 PM Ice Cream Social with

Music by Gabby

21 Dine In: Chic-Fil-A9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Real Talk with Catherine 1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM Educational Series: History4:00 PM Dine In: Chic-Fil-A

22 Earth Day9:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Creative Arts 2:00 PM 1st Floor Creative Arts 2:00 PM Earth Day: Gardening

239:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Music Group with Kimberly 1:30 PM Matinee Movie 2:00 PM 2nd Floor

Inspirational Readings6:00 PM 1st Floor Brain Games

249:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 2:00 PM Saturday Sweets3:00 PM 2nd Floor Brain Games

25 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:00 AM 1st Floor Sunday Service10:30 AM 2nd Floor Sunday Service 1:30 PM The Crown Series 2:00 PM 1st Book Cart

269:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise 10:15 AM Aromatherapy/Relaxation1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM 2nd Floor Book Cart3:00 PM Happy Hour

279:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Bingo 1:30 PM 1st Floor 1:1s 2:00 PM Bible Readings 3:00 PM Ice Cream Social with

Music by Gabby

289:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Real Talk with Catherine 1:00 PM Outdoor Wheelchair Walks2:00 PM Educational Series: History

29 9:00 AM Men’s Coffee 9:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Creative Arts 2:00 PM 1st Floor Creative Arts 2:00 PM Manicures

309:00 AM Morning News 9:30 AM Morning Exercise10:30 AM Music Group with Kimberly 1:30 PM Matinee Movie 2:00 PM 2nd Floor

Inspirational Readings6:00 PM 1st Floor Brain Games

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