WHAT’S HAPPENING 2030 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 Ph: 765-962-6546 Fax: 765-962-9188

February

2016

Volume 32

Issue 2

Editor

Inside this issue:

Pond Reflections 2

New Residents 3

What’s Happening In The Courtyards 4 Marketing News 5 Health & Wellness 6 Life Enhancement 7 Birthdays 8 Anniversaries 9 Library News 10 OMA Update 13 New Residents 13 Thank You to Our Supporters 14-15

Spotlight on Activities

Tuesday, February 2nd: Musician and historical story teller, Bob Ford, will perform in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m. Eva Mozes Kor, Holocaust survivor, will speak at I. U. East. The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium. Wednesday, February 3rd: Independent Ladies Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Community Room. The speaker and performer will be Tony Truitt. Sunday, February 7th: Worship Service will be held in the Community Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Bonita Porter. Let’s watch football! The television will be tuned to the Super Bowl at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Lounge. Wednesday, February 10th: It is time for the FFC Spelling Bee! Sign up to spell or come and join the audience. Everyone had a great time last year. The rules and sign up sheet for participants will be posted. The Spelling Bee will be in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 14th: Worship Service will be held in the Community Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Abbey Pratt-Harrington. Come join the fun bunch at 2:00 p.m. in the Garden Room and watch I Love Lucy. We will also celebrate Valentine’s Day with some party treats. Tuesday, February 16th: Please welcome all our new FFC friends at the New Resident Reception in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 18th: Nostalgia in Tap and the musical group, A Moments Notice, will perform in the Community Room at 7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 19th: Traci Lewis, from Cope Environmental Center, will educate us on wolves and coyotes. Please join her in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 21st: Worship Service will be held in the Community Room at 10:30 a.m. Leading the service will be Keith Kendall.

Tuesday, February 23rd: Men’s Breakfast will be held at 8:00 a.m. in the Community Room. Barbara and Phil Norman will be our speakers for Going Down Memory Lane which will be in the Community Room from now on. The Normans will speak at 2:00 p.m. We will go out to dinner to O’Charley's this month. Join the Out to Dinner Bunch by signing up across from the Main Dining Room. The bus will leave at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 24th: We will be celebrating with residents that have February birthdays. Tom Walker will lead a sing along at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room. Everyone is welcome to celebrate with their friends and neighbors. Angie Howard from HTS will demonstrate new exercises in the Recreation Room at 3:30 p.m. Join us to get fit and have fun doing it.

Thursday, February 25th: There will be a Gospel sing along in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m. led by Sandra Ward-Angell. Please come sing along us.

Sunday, February 28th: Worship Service will be held in the Community Room at 10:30a.m. Leading the service will be Deryk Bauer-Lee.

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Pond Reflections

Friends Fellowship Acquires a Seven Foot Yamaha Grand Piano

Friends Fellowship Community begins the New Year—2016—with two major acquisitions: a handsome entrance driveway that makes getting in and out of here easier and safer for residents, employees, and visitors; and the beautiful 7-foot Yamaha grand piano in the Community Room. The new entrance driveway opened to traffic on January 6. Pam Merchanthouse tells that story elsewhere in this February 2016 issue of WHAT’S HAPPENING.

The Yamaha grand piano arrived around two months ago, in time for the musical events of the Christmas season. Now, in 2016, we celebrate our previously-owned-but-like-new piano with thankfulness. Noteworthy is that it was purchased from general funds, and not by the generosity of one donor. All of us at FFC have had a part in acquiring the piano.

Keyboard instruments, including organs, clavichords, and harpsichords, have been around for centuries. A major step toward the invention of the modern piano was taken in 1722 when Bartolomeo Cristofori of Florence, Italy invented a “pianoforte” that could be played both softly (piano) or loudly (forte). A piano’s sound comes from striking a string that is under tension with a small hammer. What Cristofori did was invent a mechanism that utilized the striking of a key to project a small hammer against a string.

Later in the 18th century many pianos were made in Vienna. The Viennese pianos were valued for their light, clear tone and quick action. The great Viennese composers, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and others played on Viennese pianos.

The first pianos had strings attached to pegs in wooden frames. Then, in 1825, an American, Alpheus Babcock, developed the first iron frame for a piano, which enabled greater tension to be applied to the strings, thus producing a larger sound. Jonas Chickering took this design further and other manufacturers followed suit.

Steinway & Sons was founded in New York City in 1853 by Henry Engelhard Steinway, a German immigrant. He was a master cabinet maker and had already built 482 pianos before founding Steinway and Sons. Over the next 30 years the company made many advances in piano technology. In those years the manufacture of a Steinway piano became the most complex industrial manufacturing process in existence. In 1867 a Steinway grand piano gained international recognition at the Paris Exhibition by being awarded the Grand Gold Medal of Honor for excellence in manufacturing and engineering. This was the first time any American company had received that honor for any product. In a modern Steinway Grand Piano (Model D), almost 9 feet long, there are 12,000 parts, most of which are in the action.

In the 1700s the “pianoforte” was essentially a drawing room instrument. The sound wasn’t loud enough for a large concert hall. It was the going from a wood frame to an iron frame and then to cross-stringing that enabled the modern piano to fill a huge concert hall with sound.

Yamaha Corporation, the company that produced our grand piano, is now the world’s largest piano manufacturer. Yamaha pianos for the U.S. market are manufactured in four locations: Hamamatsu, Japan; Thomaston, Georgia; South Haven, Michigan; and Jakarta, Indonesia. Our Yamaha, a Model C7 instrument, was manufactured in Hamamatsu. The C7 is the one of the most popular semi-concert grand pianos in the USA for recording studios, schools and churches. We are fortunate to have one. Chris Rogan and Bill Laugheed, the piano technician who services our pianos, helped select it. It was purchased from BHA Pianos in Dayton.

—Ted Halsted, Editor

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George & Jean Simpson #360 IR

Some people at FFC get more walking exercise than others. The Simpsons live at the far end of the 3rd floor but have a beautiful view. Jean was born at Reid Hospital on May 25, 1940 to Russell & Mary Rutan. They lived on a farm in Preble Co. near Campbellstown. Jean attended Jackson Schools and graduated in 1958. She then attended Miami University graduating with a B.A. in Education in 1964. She started teaching at Monroe Schools which later became National Trails Schools. After six years she moved to Centerville, Ohio where she taught mostly 5th grade until she retired in 1995. She volunteered for the Centerville-Washington Twp. Historical Society and was hired as their first Education Coordinator. George was born in 1940 and raised in Indianapolis. He attended city schools #80 and #59. He graduated from Broad Ripple High School in 1958. After taking a special course at Purdue Extension he worked for the Indiana State Highway Dept. then later he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He joined the US Airforce in 1960 and after four years was discharged as airman first class. He then went back to school and received an Associate Degree in Electronic Tech Engineering. He accepted a job at NCR in Dayton in the Applied Research Dept. He worked several other positions including one at which he built heads up display for pilots night vision goggles used in Desert Storm. George met Jean at a singles group in Dayton. They were married June 26, 1982 in Campellstown, Ohio. His last job was with a division of Johnson & Johnson developing and promoting a simulator to teach new surgeons how to do laparoscopic surgery. He and a partner traveled throughout the U.S. and internationally. George retired in 1997. In 2008 they moved to Eaton, Ohio to support and care for Jean's mother. George has had his hobby of working with antique cars since high school. He owned a 1925 two door model T Ford. He was invited to drive his car in the 500 Festival Parade. After buying and selling over 50 antique cars & trucks he ended up with a beautiful 1950 red Ford pick up. This truck won one of the top awards at the Downtown Eaton Days show that had over 1,000 cars. Jean likes to study local history and is looking forward to learning about Richmond. Since 1973 she has been interested in her family's history and has done many interviews and a lot of research. She is presently working on documenting family treasures that date back to the early 1800's. They attend the Campbellstown U.C. church; that is where three generations of Jean's family have worshipped. They are enjoying the friendly way of life here at FFC. They are very happy they moved here. As they tell their friends, "FFC is a good fit."

Interviewed by Roger Grimm

New Residents

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What’s Happening in The Courtyards

Brrrr...baby it’s cold outside! We have been busy with many activities inside, so we are staying nice and warm. The Life Skills classroom 119 started off the fun with coloring pages, story time, and corn hole. Even Winnie got in on the action by grabbing the corn hole bags. Cope Environmental Center had an interesting program on bald eagles and everyone always enjoys attending Book Club with Esther. We had a very exciting visit from the Columbus Zoo. To round out our month we attended the resident birthday party with Tom Walker; were entertained by the Gospel sing; and were enthralled by the sweet and loving children of the Early Head Start program. Nothing warms your heart and soul more than a child, no matter how cold it is outside! We are excited to announce OMA is starting February 9, 2016. We will have two classes, Tuesdays 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. and Fridays 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. We had tremendous success last semester and are looking forward to another awesome turn out with almost 40 residents involved. For more information on OMA, please contact Melissa Baxter 765-962-6540 ext. 488 or mabaxter@ffcinc.org. We celebrated Activities Professionals Week January 18th – January 22nd. I would like to thank my staff for the AMAZING job they do. With their caring and compassionate personalities they connect with each and every resident making everyone’s day better. From the fun and energetic activities to the one-on-one attention they show, I can honestly say my staff is truly the BEST! Thank you Betty, Diana, Esther, Alexis, and Joyce (who recently moved to the main office)!

Shannon Burk Activity Director The Courtyards

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Free To Be

I value the end of the day, that hour or so before bed when the quiet reflects shalom, when all the chores are done-- all that can be done. And I'm free from the pressure of "Have To" and "Now". The morning's for that-- business in the active mode. This is different-- a time for reading a mentoring poet, for gladdening a yearning imagination, for scribbling a whispering of the heart. Free to be a friend to myself.

Ken Schomaker FFC Resident

News From the Marketing Department

SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, February 16, will be our next Welcome the New Residents reception. Please join us in the Community Room at 2:00 p.m. to meet our newest residents. We are working on new ads to be used in various publications throughout the year. Several are in the works but we will need more resident photos to use as we proceed. If you would like to volunteer, that would be fantastic. If not, MARKETING WILL BE CALLING YOU!!!!!! Health and wellness are so important to all of us. Several meetings took place in January to brainstorm about upcoming events. We are working with our therapy company, HTS, to utilize their knowledge and expertise as we move forward and broaden our wellness opportunities in 2016. We also want to focus on the benefits they have to offer as far as therapy services to our Community. Stay tuned! Most of you are probably aware we have several homes to market in the coming month. Wendy and I are always happy to tour those on our waiting list or really anyone just interested in seeing some of our Independent Homes. Give us a call.

Pam Merchanthouse Vice President of Customer Services

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Health and Wellness

Thank you to all who attended and/or participated in the 2016 wellness kickoff! A special thank you to Gary Ratliff for all of his help. The wellness schedule of events and classes were handed out at this event. If you were unable to make it to the kickoff, you will find the wellness schedule for IH, ILA, and IR below . The schedule will take effect the first week of March. Let’s make an achievable wellness goal and accomplish it by 2017.

We know you can do it!

R = Recreation Room: Strength and Balance 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. AR3 = AR3 South Dining Room: Exercise 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. WR = Wellness Room: Exercise 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. S = Solarium: Walking 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Tuesdays

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Fridays

“If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.”

Tabbatha Woolwine Wellness Coordinator

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

R S R WR AR3 S R

Our monthly old-fashioned Gospel sing along, led by Chaplain Sandra Ward-Angell, will be held in the Community Room on Thursday afternoon, February 25th at 2:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to

come and make a joyful noise or just listen!

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Life Enhancement

If you enjoy critters and enjoy learning about animals, FFC was the place to be in January. We had a variety of knowledgeable professionals to educate us about animals that live near and far.

Craig Hopkins spoke about rheas, pheasants and peacocks that he raises on his farm in the county. He shared pictures of a variety of birds and passed around their feathers. A big thanks to Craig for sharing with those that attended Ladies Luncheon this month.

Traci Lewis, from Cope Environmental Center, made her monthly appearance. As always, Traci shared a wealth of information about bald eagles. Did you know juvenile bald eagles do not develop a white head for five years?

The Columbus Zoo provided a wonderful show again this year in the Community Room. You never know what will show up to amaze you. I hope you did not miss this program. The Whitewater Valley Dogs and their masters came on January 18

th to give us a

dose of love from our furry friends. The dogs are so well behaved and provide comfort to many residents. The Life Enhancement team welcomes you to all activities. There is a wide variety of things to do.

Terry Price

Director of Life Enhancement

We are so excited to have our new and long awaited entrance open at Chester Boulevard. This undertaking has created a greatly enhanced and aesthetically pleasing welcome to our Community. It is positioned closer to the center of our frontage. The new ingress enhances safety as it is wider with designated left and right exit lanes. Street lights have been extended along the entrance drive for safety and a lighted welcome. Landscaping will commence in the spring which will be the final touch to this exciting project.

The new entrance, including all of the enhancements, were a gift from our Board Chairman and longtime friend of the Community, Jim Quigg. We are honored and appreciative of this generous gift to Friends Fellowship Community.

Pam Merchanthouse

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Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 Mary Ellen Riley

2 Dortha Meredith

3 Lillian Hoff

4 5 6 Wilma Cox Ernie Mills

7 James Hardman Robert Zinkan

8 9 Betty Joyner

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12 13 Jim Joyner Betty Mills Chuck Shingledecker

14 Paula Gregory

15 16 Becky Wuertemberger

17 Doris Luellen

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21 Isabelle Reed

22 Dick Bohlander Ken Brown

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25 Betty Pouder

26 Audrey Burgess

27 Fran Engle William Starr

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Resident Anniversaries

Donna Hollenberg 22 Years

Deborah & Paul Higgs 18 Years

Margaret Black 14 Years

Judy & Jon Ford 11 Years

Lillian Hoff 11 Years

Alice Opel 11 Years

Gilbert Klose 6 Years

Paul Phillips 5 Years

Mary Elizabeth Barnette 3 Years

Mary Fran & Robert Caldwell 2 Years

Chuck Shingledecker 1 Year

Employee Anniversaries

Administration Lisa VanDevender 12 Years

Nursing Sandy Hunt 10 Years

Heather Martin 2 Years

Shauna Mullins 1 Year

The Courtyards Savanah Kinder 1 Year

Erin Meece 1 Year

Casey Stigleman 1 Year

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In Memoriam

December 29th, 2015 through January 20th, 2016

Resident Name Date of Death

Elizabeth “Betty” Park January 7

Estil Wright January 23

FRIENDS FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY

Sunday Worship has moved to the

Community Room. Please join us!

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Library News Large Print: The Crossing, by Michael Connelly (A Bosch Novel). Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a set-up. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The Garden of letters, by Alyson Richman. Written in dazzling prose and set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, this book captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery in Portofino, Italy 1943. A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village. Although she knows how to disappear in a crowd, Elodie is too terrified to slip by the German officers while carrying her poorly forged identity papers. She is frozen until a man she's never met before claims to know her. In desperate need of shelter, Elodie follows him back to his home on the cliffs of Portofino. The Guilty (Will Robie Series), by David Baldacci. Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores. But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is a man without a mission, and without a purpose. To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: his own past. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, by Mitch Albom. The author creates his most unforgettable fictional character --Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth -- in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. Here the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is touched by the gods, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscapes of the 20th century, from classical to jazz to rock and roll, with his stunning talent affecting numerous stars along the way.

MISSING BOOK --- Have you seen - KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O'Reilly?

This book has been hiding in someone's closet or on someone's book shelf or under the magazines/newspapers on the table for about 4 months. Could you please make a search to help us get our wandering new book back in the library. There are residents waiting to read this book. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Judy Kendall for the Library Committee

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Tips To Guard Against Scams Do not do business with incoming callers. Only do business when you initiate the call using

a number you have in your records for the company or organization. Do not use a number that was left on caller ID or given to you by someone else.

Indiana’s Do Not Call law should eliminate legitimate telemarketing calls to your home. If

you are receiving sales calls and are on the Do Not Call list, you should be suspicious and not provide any information. To register or confirm your phone number is on the Do Not Call list visit www.IndianaConsumer.com or call 888-834-9969.

Do not feel pressured to make quick decisions. Take time to research any offers or demands.

Ask trusted relatives and friends for their opinions before making a decision. Do not send money to claim a prize. A legitimate contest will never require you to send

money to claim a prize. Do not send money using a wire service, like Western Union or MoneyGram, or with pre-

paid cards, like GreenDot. When making purchases, use a credit card because this payment method offers insurance against fraud.

Environmental News Provided by the Environmental Committee

Solar Employment “The solar industry has just hit a significant milestone. There are now more people employed in solar than in oil and gas industries. By the end of 2015 there were more than 209,000 people in the solar industry compared to 185,000 working in pool and gas delated jobs…..A key statistic is that the solar industry grew almost 12 times faster than the rest of the economy in 2015.” —The Solar Foundation

FFC Reycling Update FFC has a contract with RUMPKE, a recycling firm in Dayton, to meet our FFC recycling needs. RUMPKE accepts most of what FFC residents want to recycle, but there are some exceptions. RUMPKE accepts No. 1 & 2 plastics bottles and jugs but not other No. 1 & 2 containers. Also, RUMPKE does not accept plastics with other numbers. For a complete list of what RUMPKE accepts and does not accept, consult one of the FFC bulletin boards. Some of the items RUMPKE does not accept can be recycled at West Richmond Friends, Earlham College, or Cope Environmental Center, if you have a connection at any of these locations.

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Pensive Moment From my picture window gray-brown trees stand motionless, reaching for the sunlight. Shadows from other tree limbs cross the tree bark in black lines, as if an artist had painted them in place. Black shadows are on all the many tree trunks. In today’s quietness-there is absolutely no motion. But wait, there is action in the distance. I see a shadow of another tree limb with a squirrel rushing by. A dancing shadow. What lovely sunshine there is today. A pensive moment so delightfully broken by a lively shadow. Welcome, dancing squirrel.

Doris Phelps FFC Resident

A Magical Jar

A friend gave me a small jar of homemade black raspberry jelly as a Christmas gift. He did not know it was magical - but I knew.

The shiny, aromatic, memorable contents, captured in the jar, are released, once the lid is off. Ah ... out flows a sunny day in June, pushing this January day out of the picture. At the edge of the woods on Maple Hill Farm, I see Carl in old jeans, long-sleeved shirt and straw hat, moving among a tangle of pink wild roses, black raspberry bushes and other wild plants (watching out for poison ivy). Moist earth radiates summer warmth, as he reaches for clusters of berries, ripe for picking. The pan he carries fills rapidly.

In the meantime, I am in the cool kitchen, cleaning mounds of raspberries from the first picking, sorting out stickers and bugs (often the exact color of black raspberries), getting the berries ready for the freezer to become, throughout the year, pies or cobblers or deep purple jelly on warm breakfast toast.

Oh, early summer days, years ago - days of quiet companionship, of sharing the work, of storing a part of the earth's bountiful crop of black raspberries to be savored in January. Blessed memories that bring smiles and gratitude with a tinge of sweet sadness, all from opening the gift of a friend - a jar of homemade black raspberry jelly— a magical jar.

Lois Jordan FFC Resident

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Opening Minds through Art (OMA) News

We are still hearing wonderful comments about Opening Minds through Art! It has been a pleasure to work with OMA at Friends Fellowship Community. OMA begins again the second week of February. We know that there are even more people that we can serve. The greatest key to OMA is the relationship built between the resident artist and his/her partner. This past fall we had 25 partners serving 29 resident artists. This winter/spring session we will grow our outreach with 34 partners serving 37 resident artists! So instead of hearing our singing and camaraderie from the Garden Room, you will find us in the Assembly Room on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. You might be interested to know some interesting facts about OMA last fall: Residents served = 29 Artist partners = 25 Volunteers donated more than 1,088 hours to OMA over 3 months. Who were our partners? IU East = 11 Earlham School of Religion = 1 Ivy Tech College = 1 National Trail High School = 2 FFC Staff = 10 So far, we have 13 returning and 21 new partners! IU East is a very supportive partner bringing us 16. The others are from Earlham College, Richmond Community and Friends Fellowship Community. We hope you will join us on April 21, 2016 for our next Opening Minds through Art Show & Reception. You will not be disappointed! Melissa Baxter OMA Program Director

New Residents

Esther Williams from Lynn, IN to HCC 32 Carolyn Ahaus from Richmond to CYI 71L

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Thank You to Our Supporters

Friends Fellowship Community is grateful for the financial support given by the following during

the period of December 23, 2015 through January 21, 2016.

Endowment Tree of Lights

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND* Gifts:

Jeffrey L. Baxter Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter Paul & Romaine DeLucio DeLucio Family Dick Lehman Ernie & Betty Mills Patrick & Paula Ripberger John & Jenny Robinson Gary & Joan Woodruff

In Memory of All Residents who Passed Away During the Month of January: Dick & Jan Bohlander In Memory of Helen Cope: Paul & Shanron Rider In Memory of Ed Dintaman. Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter In Memory of Virginia Esch: Ruth Hoover In Memory of Marcia Grimm: Dick & Jan Bohalnder Don & Pat Clark Webster & Dorothie Hall Don & Nancy Michel Clarice Warrick In Memory of Elizabeth “Betty” Park: Molly & Tony Bado Karen Baier Dick & Jan Bohlander Frieda Brandenburg John & Audrey Burgess Centerville Stamp Club John & Bette Culver A.J. Daggy & Carol Pennock Lois Gesell Webster & Dorothie Hall Paul & Deborah Higgs

GENERAL ENDOWMENT-Cont.* In Memory of Elizabeth “Betty” Park:

Ruth Hoover Tom & Diane Luken

Doris Miller & Family Rick & Karen Niersbach Erma Plasterer Joe & Terry Price Paul & Shanron Rider Judy Robinson Dick & Mary Siebert Ron & Carol Stolle Dorothea Tesch Marge Weller Vicki Wilson Marilyn Young In Memory of Mike Rodich: Ben & Suzi Armstrong Berneil Baxter Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter Dick & Jan Bohlander Tom & Nancy Cox Greg & Pam Merchanthouse Ann Mumford Janet Packard Clarice Warrick Marge Weller In Memory of Margaret Sherrow: Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter Dick & Jan Bohlander In Memory of Walter Van Etten: Tom & Nancy Cox In Memory of Garnet Vance: Dick & Jan Bohlander In Honor of Yerevan Peterson: Stacey Peterson In Honor of Phil Stafford: Clarice Warrick

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Thank You to Our Supporters-Endowment Tree of Lights-continued

Endowment Tree of Lights

FRIENDS MINISTERS’ FUND* Gift: Paul & Winnie Enyart In Memory of Virginia Esch: Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter Porter & Priscilla Miller

THE COURTYARDS NURSING FUND In Memory of Marcia Grimm: Tom & Nancy Cox

OPENING MINDS THROUGH ART Gifts: Jeffrey L. & Melissa Baxter

Ernie & Betty Mills William Starr

*Endowment Fund income is used to support residents whose personal funds are diminished.

A Planned Gift can leave a lasting Legacy

Many of us support our favorite charitable organizations and causes through annual donations.

Friends Fellowship Community (FFC) is very fortunate to have many donors who contribute

annually to our General Endowment. The net income from the Endowment as directed by the

Board of Trustees is used to provide financial assistance to life care residents whose personal

resources have become diminished. It provides the peace of mind that a life care resident will not

be asked to leave FFC if their financial resources become insufficient. It is a continuing goal to increase the size of this Fund in order to have the financial ability to

provide assistance to a larger percentage of our residents. Annual contributions play an important

role in helping to achieve this goal. The use of a planned gift can enable an annual donor to

“endow” or leave a lasting legacy that can provide that same annual gift each year through

perpetuity simply by the income it generates. There are a many planned giving vehicles available for a donor to choose from, such as:

Charitable Gift Annuity,

Life Insurance,

Charitable Remainder Trust or Charitable Lead Trust,

or the traditional bequest in a will. Most planned gifts can provide a tax savings. Gift annuities and trusts can actually increase the

donor’s income and even provide a larger gift to the charitable organization. All of this can be

done while still making sure family members are provided for in the manner desired by the donor. The use of a planned gift can ensure your annual gift will be there year-after-year providing

the necessary resources to help those residents in our Community with a financial need for many

years to come. If you would like to learn more about planned giving options, please contact John

Robinson, V.P. of Finance & Development at 765-962-6546.

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of

another person is essential to your own.”

~ Robert A. Heinlein,

Stranger in a Strange Land

SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

10:00 Music: Frank Sinatra 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Rhythm With Ribbons 2:00 Super Science 4:00 Daily Chronicles: On this Date in 1898

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10:00 Music: Dean Martin 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Noodle Exercise 2:00 Groundhog Day: 130 yrs. Of Punxsutawney Phil 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Meaning Of Groundhog Day

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9:00 Life Skills with Room 119 From RCS 1:00 Shake It Up Exercise 2:00 Bird Feeders 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Heads or Tail...facts about the penny

4 10:00 Music 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Lower Core Exercise 2:00 Painting 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: Sledding and Snowmen

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10:00 Music: 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Upper Body Core 2:00 Crosswords 4:00 Daily Chronicles:

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9:30 Music: Paul Anka 10:00 In The Kitchen 2:00 Queen’s Day Tea Party 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Humor of the Day

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10:30 Church 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Super Bowl Sunday Party 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Happy Birthday Zsa Zsa Gabor

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10:00 Music: Dean Martin 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Dance Exercise 2:00 Chinese New Year Begins Year of the Monkey 4:00 Daily Chronicle: Who Said So??

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10:00 Music 11:00 Pampering 1:00 OMA 2:00 Mardi Gras: Fat Tuesday 4:00 Daily Chronicles: On This Date

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10:00 Music: Otis Redding 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Lower Body Core 2:00 Creative Writing 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Did You Know?

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10:00 Music: Chuck Berry 11:00 Love Notes 1:00 Upper Body Core 2:00 Painting 4:00 Daily Chronicles 6:30 Reminisce: Be My Valentine

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10:00 Music: Stevie Wonder 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 Yoga 2:00 OMA 4:00 Daily Chronicles: On This Date

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10:00 Music: The Drifters 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Happy Birthday Betty Mills and Charles Shingledecker 4:00 Daily Chronicles

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10:30 Church 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Valentine’s Day Party 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Happy Birthday Jack Benny

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10:00 Music: Gene Autry 11:00 Sensory: Smell 1:00 Rhythm with Ribbons 2:00 Super Science 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Humor of the Day

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10:00 Music 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 OMA 2:00 You and Me Time 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Did You Know?

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10:00 Music: The Temptations 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Noodle Exercise 2:00 Bingo 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Daily Trivia

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10:30 Richmond Friends School 11:00 Brain Waves 1:15 Out For A Drive 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Daily Quiz

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10:00 Music: Bobby Helms 11:00 Chaplain Service 1:00 OMA 2:00 Cope Environmental Center CR 4:00 Daily Chronicles: On This Date

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9:30 Music: Darlene Love 10:00 In The Kitchen 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 La Ti Da Club 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Quote of the Day

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10:30 Church 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Men’s Club: Making a Bird House 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Daily Riddles

22

10:00 Music: Nat King Cole 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Noodle Exercise 2:00 Happy Birthday Ken Brown 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Happy Birthday George Washington

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10:00 Music: Perry Como 11:00 Pampering 1:00 OMA 2:00 Yoga 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Humor of the Day

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10:00 Music: Frank Sinatra 11:00 Brain Waves 1:00 Upper Core Exercise 2:00 February Birthday Party w/ Tom Walker CR 4:00 Daily Chronicle: On this Date

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10:00 Music: Burl Ives 11:00 Poetry 1:00 Lower Core Exercise 2:00 Gospel Sing CR 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Did You Know?

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10:00 Music: 11:00 Sensory: Taste 1:00 Early Head Start Classroom Visit 2:00 OMA 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Daily Quiz

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9:30 Music: Johnny Mathis 10:00 In the Kitchen 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Happy Birthday Fran Engle 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Quote of the Day

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10:30 Church 1:00 Fun & Fitness 2:00 Let’s Take a Walk 4:00 Daily Chronicles: On this Date

29

10:00 Music: Andy Williams 11:00 Pampering 1:00 Noodle Exercise 2:00 Creative Writing 4:00 Daily Chronicles: Leap Day Trivia

Brain Waves is a one-to-one brain

stimulation session. Residents have a weekly scheduled

time.

The Courtyards February

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

SR—Sewing Room AR— Assembly Room LL—Library Lounge

CR—Community Room MG—Memorial Garden

S—Solarium FR– Family Room

FDR- Founders’ Room RR—Recreation Room

AS—Art Studio GR—Garden Room

FP—Front Porch AR1 N Dining—AR 1 North Dining Room

1 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo CR 3:30 Strength and Balance RR 3:30 Painting with Anita AS

4:30 Folk Dance CR

2 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 11:10 Short Story Group S

2:00 Bob Ford CR 5:45 Eva Mozes Kor-Holocaust

survivor at IU East 7:00 Silent Meeting S

3 10:30 Exercise AR

11:30 Ladies Luncheon—CR 2:00 Gourmet Club GR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR 4:30 Bob Patton on the Guitar

HHC Lounge 6:30 After Dinner LL

4 10:30 Bible Study GR

2:00 Current Events LL 2:00 Handmade GR

3:15 Central Methodist with Ted Halsted

AR 1 North Dining Room 6:45 A Slice of Life HCC Lounge Topic—What chores did you do?

5 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Movie GR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR

6 10:00 Hand Massages

2:00 Junk Drawer Detective GR

7:30 Richmond Symphony Orchestra

7 10:30 FFC Church Bonita Porter CR

2:00 Football Trivia and Snacks GR

6:30 Super Bowl -Snacks LL

8 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo CR 3:30 Strength and Balance RR

4:30 Folk Dance CR

9 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 11:10 Short Story Group S

1:00 OMA 2:00 Morrisson-Reeves Library

Reader GR 7:00 Silent Meeting S

10 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 FFC Spelling Bee CR 3:30 Strength and Balance RR

6:30 After Dinner LL

11 10:30 Bible Study GR

2:00 Current Events LL 2:00 Catholic Mass AR

2:00 Handmade GR 6:30 Let’s Play Cards AR

12 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Movie GR

2:00 OMA 3:30 Strength and Balance RR

13 10:00 Manicures

2:00 Play Cards GR

14 10:30 FFC Church

Abbey Pratt-Harrington CR 2:00 Valentine’s Day Party

and I Love Lucy GR

15 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo CR 3:30 Strength and Balance RR 3:30 Painting with Anita AS

4:30 Folk Dance CR

16 10:00 Great Courses LL

10:30 Exercise AR 11:10 Short Story Group S

1:00 OMA 2:00 New Resident Reception CR 3:15 Reid Presbyterian Church FR

7:00 Silent Meeting S 7:00 Reminiscing HCC Lounge

17 10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Gourmet GR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR 6:30 After Dinner LL

18 10:30 Richmond Friends

School Children CY 2:00 Handmade GR

2:00 Current Events LL 7:00 Nostalgia in Tap and

Musical Group A Moments Notice CR

19 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 OMA

2:00 Cope Environmental Center coyotes and wolves CR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR

20 10:00 Hand Massages

2:00 Ice Cream Floats GR

21 10:30 FFC Church Keith Kendall CR

2:00 Guess Who? HCC Lounge

22 10:30 Exercise AR

2:00 Bingo CR 3:30 Strength and Balance RR

4:30 Folk Dance CR

23 8:00 Men’s Breakfast CR

10:00 Great Courses LL 10:30 Exercise AR

11:10 Short Story Group S 1:00 OMA

2:00 Going Down Memory Lane—Barbara and Phil Norman CR 3:30 West Richmond Friends

AR 1 N. Dining Rm 4:30 Out to Dinner at O’Charley’s

7:00 Silent Meeting S

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10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 February Birthday Party

Sing along with Tom Walker CR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR 6:30 After Dinner LL

25 10:30 Puzzles GR

2:00 Gospel Sing CR 2:00 Current Events LL

2:30 Catholic Communion FR 6:30 Let’s Play Cards AR

26 10:00 Writer’s Group S

10:30 Exercise AR 1:45 Movie GR

2:00 OMA 3:30 Strength and Balance RR

27 10:00 Manicures

2:00 Nicknames GR

28 10:30 FFC Church

Deryk Bauer-Lee CR 2:00 Sundae Sunday GR

29 10:30 Exercise AR 2:00 Bingo CR

3:30 Strength and Balance RR 3:30 Painting with Anita AS

4:30 Folk Dance CR

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