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Millersville ManorA PARTMENT S

June 2015Millersville ManorActivities Committee

The Committee will start meeting again inSeptember. The meetings and luncheons arechanging to Tuesdays. The date of the nextmeeting will be posted at a later date.

Logic ProblemAndre, Vickie, Olivia and William ordered a

pizza to share. No one wanted the last slice, sothey left it in the kitchen and went to play cards.Throughout the evening, all of the friends werein and out of the kitchen at various times. Bythe end of the night, the last slice was gone. Ifonly one friend is telling the truth in thefollowing statements, then who finishedthe pizza?

1. Andre said, “Vickie ate it.”2. Vickie said, “Olivia ate it.”3. William said, “It wasn’t me!”4. Olivia said, “Vickie is lying. I didn’t eat it!”

BrainteaserQuestion: Johnny’s mother had three children. The

first child was named April; the second one was namedMay. What was the third child’s name?

Answer: Johnny.

Positive Thought“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” —

William Makepeace Thackeray

Age Doesn’t Matter“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are

a cheese.” —Billie Burke

Millersville Manor StaffProperty Manager Lynn KeiferJanitor Al Colon

Nature’s Best DadsAnimals don’t often get

nominated for father of the year,so let’s hear it for several whoshould. Happy Father’s Day to:

Emperor penguins. Femalesneed to feed and refuel afterlaying eggs, leaving males toincubate the eggs in the frigidAntarctic. For two months, thepenguin dads balance an egg ontheir feet, protecting it with theirbrooding pouches. After thechicks hatch, the fathers feedthem a milk-like substance untilthe mothers return.

Marmosets. Thesetree-dwelling primates often givebirth to twins or triplets. Whenthe babies are a few weeks old,the father steps in to help raisethe young—feeding, groomingand carrying them on his back.

Mourning doves. Thesemonogamous birds team up torear their broods. After workingtogether to build a nest, Dad sitson the eggs from morning toafternoon, then Mom takes overuntil dawn. Both take turnsfeeding their hatchlings.

Sea catfish. Unlike most fish,this bewhiskered father refusesto leave his offspring to fend forthemselves. In fact, he protectsthe fertilized eggs and thehatchlings in his mouth formonths, forgoing food thewhole time.

Wolves. While the she-wolfguards pups in the den, thefather—her mate for life—huntsfor the family. Later, he acts as aprotective mentor.

Thank a NursingAssistant

June 11–18 is NationalNursing Assistants Week,recognizing the professionalswho provide hands-on, directcare on a daily basis.

Nursing assistants work in avariety of settings, mainlyhospitals, nursing homes,assisted living facilities,rehabilitation centers, and inhome health and hospice care.Supervised by a licensed orregistered nurse, nursingassistants interact frequentlywith patients or residents,assisting them with tasks suchas feeding, bathing, dressingand grooming.

The role of a nursing assistantis a special one. Because theyspend the majority of their timeproviding hands-on care,nursing assistants often form aclose relationship with thepeople they serve. Their rolerequires compassion, patienceand dedication.

National Nursing AssistantsWeek is an opportunity to thanknursing assistants everywhere fortheir hard work and dedicationto their profession. The first dayof the commemorative week isalways observed as CareerNursing Assistants Day.

Doughnuts for a CausePowdered, glazed, iced or

filled, doughnuts come in manydelicious forms. So it’s nosurprise that they have their ownholiday—National DoughnutDay, held the first Friday ofJune. But there’s more to thisday than just doughnuts.

During World War I,Salvation Army workers—manyof them women—traveledoverseas to provide aid andcomfort to U.S. servicemen.In addition to writing letters,mending clothes and servinghome-cooked meals, thevolunteers prepared fresh, hotdoughnuts for soldiers on thefront lines.

Although the doughnuts werea welcome treat for hungrytroops on limited rations, theirmain purpose was to providecheer and a taste of home. Overtime, the doughnut became asymbol of the organization’sservice to the military.

In 1938, the SalvationArmy held its first NationalDoughnut Day in Chicago inorder to raise money for socialservice programs during theGreat Depression.

Today, the holiday is acelebration of both the delicioustreats and the volunteers whoserved them to soldiers in battle.

A Tribute to theAmerican Flag

For many of us, the memoryof reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance in school is acommon one. Fittingly,America’s classrooms were thereason for the pledge’s creation.

In 1892, Francis Bellamy wasa staff member of “The Youth’sCompanion,” a popularchildren’s magazine. He wastasked with creating a patrioticprogram for the nation’s publicschools to celebrate the400th anniversary ofChristopher Columbus’ arrivalin the New World. A keycomponent of the program wasa tribute to the American flagthat students would recite

together. Bellamy drafted theoriginal pledge: “I pledgeallegiance to my flag and therepublic for which it stands, onenation, indivisible, with libertyand justice for all.”

In October of that year,millions of schoolchildrenparticipated in the festivities,and in time, the pledge becamea part of classroom routine.Through the years, the pledgehas been slightly modified to thewords we know today. In June1942, it was included in theU.S. Flag Code, and in 1945, theofficial name, the Pledge ofAllegiance, was adopted.

The Origins ofWedding Traditions

Wedding bells ring for manycouples during the month ofJune. Take a look at thesewedding customs and howthey began.

The shower. The populargift-giving party has roots inHolland when, centuries ago, ayoung woman’s father refused togive her a dowry because hedidn’t approve of her fiancé.Friends stepped in and showeredthe couple with gifts to start

their new home.The ring. The circular shape

of the wedding ring hassymbolized everlasting love forthousands of years, but why is itworn on the third finger of theleft hand? Ancient Romansbelieved a vein in that finger randirectly to the heart.

The cake. During the RomanEmpire, wedding cakes werebaked with wheat or barley andcrumbled over the bride tosymbolize fertility. Guests wouldrush for pieces to take home forluck. Later in Europe, thetradition of tiered cakes startedwhen many small cakes wereplaced on top of each other withthe newlyweds exchanging a kissover the stack.

Wit & Wisdom“When the sun is shining I can

do anything; no mountain is toohigh, no trouble too difficult.”

—Wilma Rudolph

“Those who bring sunshine intothe lives of others cannot keep it

from themselves.”—James M. Barrie

“I don’t ask for the meaning ofthe song of a bird or the rising of

the sun on a misty morning.There they are, and they

are beautiful.”—Pete Hamill

“The sun does not shine for afew trees and flowers, but for the

wide world’s joy.”—Henry Ward Beecher

“The day of the sun is like theday of a king. It is a promenadein the morning, a sitting on the

throne at noon, a pageant inthe evening.”

—Wallace Stevens

“Is it so small a thing to haveenjoyed the sun, to have lived

light in the spring, to haveloved, to have thought, to

have done.”—Matthew Arnold

“The sun, the earth, love,friends, our very breath are parts

of the banquet.”—Rebecca Harding Davis

“My sun sets to rise again.”—Robert Browning

ACROSS

1. Make merry

6. Fat

10. Fairly good report card

14. Tie

15. Early Ron Howard role

16. Place

17. Robert and Elizabeth

18. Bullies

20. Su�x for computer

or Vietnam

21. Blessed femmes:

abbr.

23. Analyze ore

24. Beverages

25. Spunky

27. Cause to remember

30. Resembling wings

31. Su�x for elector

or compassion

34. Abbr. that occurs at

the end of a sentence

35. River in Europe

36. Kennedy or Koppel

37. Showing indecision

41. Billfold item

42. Let up

43. In a di�erent way

44. Nuns: abbr.

45. Australian birds

46. Virginia and others

48. Celtic language

49. Eye secretion

50. Peer

53. Raw minerals

54. Part of a wk.

57. Burrowing mammal

60. Animal with a snout

62. Untrue statements

63. Relish tray item

64. Steer clear of

65. Sound

66. Gem

67. Stupid

DOWN

1. Inconsiderate

2. Son of Seth

3. Wicked

4. Une saison

5. Reduce

6. Ear parts

7. Spring parts: abbr.

8. Hombre’s !shing spot

9. Morning condensation

10. Holy

11. Prejudice

12. Second letter

13. Working

19. Monkeys’ container?

22. Mite

24. Work the soil

25. Beg

26. British countess’ hubby

27. Relaxes

28. Old anesthetic

29. Principal conduits

30. Residue

31. Like Pisa’s tower

32. Present, for one

33. Works on the lawn

35. Take __; disagree

38. Had a sly look

39. Orange edibles

40. Period of time

46. Behold

47. Took a bite of

48. Get rid of

49. Folklore creature

50. Start of a state capital

51. The Bee Gees, for one

52. Sherman Hemsley sitcom

53. Earthenware jar

54. Stretch across

55. Helps

56. Pine or yew

58. Altar words

59. Facial feature

61. “__ Maria”

Crossword Puzzle

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June 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

*Happy Birthday

1 2 3*Betty Stevens

Game Day 1-3pm

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*Lorretta Burke

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*Jeanette OlsonFood Box

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Game Day 1-3pm

11Book Mobile 1-2pmFood BagCatholicCommunion3:30pm

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*Barb Latas

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*Mary Greiner

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Game Day 1-3pm

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Exterminator 2ndFloor

19*Bobbie Busswood

*John Whitton

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21Father’s Day

1st Day of Summer

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Game Day 1-3pm

25*Angeline St. Clair

CatholicCommunion3:30pm

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*Anne Krueger

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