Oak Terrace Tidbits
Activity Corner
3rd VFW Auxiliary women treat vets to
pumpkin pie & Music
4th
Voting at West
(Independent side)
4th
Fall Craft
6th Walmart –Shopping / Dollar Tree
11th Out for Lunch – Red Lobster
11th GSM Banquet- Jerry David’s
ministry
13th Entertainment- Duke Zecco
14th Afternoon Movie & Popcorn
17th
Joe Marcotte on Guitar
18th B-day Party –
Steve Szydel
20th Michael Nelson –
on Piano!
20th Catholic Church
21st Thanksgiving
Concert
Spelling Bee
24th Roberta Bartholdi on Piano
25th Beth Wilson’s Sing Along
27th
Happy Thanksgiving
Hope all of you are enjoying these beautiful
days of sunshine & some nice weather because,
do we dare say; it’s getting closer to those
winter months! We all had an enjoyable fall
with our trips to the Dam Store, fun trolley
rides, drives to see the fall leaves, dances in
St. Peter, eating at Whiskey River and a great
Halloween party!
We scheduled some fantastic activities
coming up for you in November, including a
special event planned for the Veterans (with
pumpkin pie and music) put on by the Auxiliary
Women! Unfortunately, we can’t have it on
Veteran’s Day, so watch those calendars! We
have some wonderful musicians this month
with Duke Zecco, Steve Szydel and Michael
Nelson entertaining us. Michael travels all over
the United States performing piano concerts, so
come check it out & I’m sure you’ll be amazed!
Our second graders are coming back starting
Nov. 14th but they can’t come in the mornings.
Instead they will be here at 1:30 pm. on Friday
afternoons! Maybe that’s a good thing…..
Every one will be more awake!! We will also be
going to Jerry David’s yearly fall banquet for
Gentle Shepherds Ministry. It’s a free will
offering & a huge turkey dinner. We’ll be
leaving at 6:00 pm. Let me know if you’d like
to be put on the list to attend. Gentle Shepherds
Ministry does the worship service here at Oak
Terrace every Sunday. We are blessed to have
them!
Just to let you know, a study is being
conducted through a psychologist at MSU here
at Oak Terrace. Twice a week classes on
cognitive training (like mind teasers) are being
given to a group of residents picked by the
professor. If you would like to participate we
will be starting a new group the first of the
year. Let me know….
*Also make sure you sign up quickly if you
plan on going to “Red Lobster” with us. It fills
up fast! Hope all of you have a wonderful
Thanksgiving month and stay warm!
From your activity turkeys…..
Happy Birthday
Linda’s Communique’
Thanksgiving tradition is a great
opportunity to open ourselves to a full
season of gratitude. I'm a big believer in
the power and benefits of being grateful.
I think it's a major cornerstone in
building your best life!! If you want to
start attracting positive things into your
life, there is one small thing you should
do every day—show your gratitude,
appreciation and love for the people and
things around you. On a daily basis, find
something you are appreciative of or find
something you are grateful for. Try
starting a journal. You might even want
to call it your appreciation journal or
gratitude journal and go to it and write
five minutes a day.
By acknowledging what you are
grateful for in your journal you'll become
a deliberate attractor of positive
vibrations. If you are noticing what you
appreciate and what you are grateful for,
you can't be noticing what you don't like.
As more of your thoughts and words
become positive, you'll start attracting
more positive people and circumstances.
Decide today that you are going to reduce
negativity in your life by getting rid of
the 'don'ts,' 'nots' and 'no's'— the negative
thoughts and get in the habit of
appreciating things!!! Let this
Thanksgiving forge an opening to a
bigger and better way of showing up in
the world.
Practice being thankful every day.
Then wait to be amazed!
to all our OT residents who have a
Birthday!!!
Robert Curran
Jean Lindberg
Lorena Peters
Maynard Larson
9th
15th
24th
25th
Another OT Guess Who????
**Last month’s Guess Who was:
Lois Berg !! Did you guess
correctly?
On Mondays this
month Lorrie will be discussing and
reading about Indian folklores and the
difficulties the first pioneers in America
faced. Oh, how easy we have it today!
A Native American grandfather talking to
his young grandson tells the boy he has two
wolves inside of him struggling with each
other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and
kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and
hatred. Which wolf will win, grandfather?
asks the young boy. Whichever one I feed, is
the reply.
Don’t Forget to
On November 4th at OTW
The most powerful thing we
own is our vote.
Bev Perdue
Spotlight on
Donna Hall
Donna was born right here at the
hospital in Mankato. Her parents lived in
town at the time but when she was five or
six they moved to a farm in St. Clair. Her
father farmed and her mother was a
housewife but also worked at a local
grocery store. Donna was the oldest of a
brother and a sister. Her brother passed
away several years ago & her sister lives
in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband.
Donna started school in Mankato,
then transferred to
St. Clair in the second grade and
graduated from St. Clair High School in
1948. She enjoyed school with her
favorite class being English. She
remembers the year that they had that
terrible snow storm…. the one where
duck hunters froze in their boats
and kids barely made it home from
school!!!
One of her good friends asked
Donna to be a bridesmaid in her wedding
while she was making plans for the
wedding at her house. This good friend’s
name was Donna Hall. (At the time
Donna’s maiden name was Pierce). Also
sitting at the kitchen table was a soft
spoken young man home from the war
named Jack. He had the nicest smile
she’d ever seen. They dated & of course
they were both in the wedding for his
cousin & her friend. When her friend was
on her honeymoon she wrote to Donna &
said “Just think if you marry Jack, you’ll
have the same name as I did.” Jack did
propose to her by slipping a ring on her
finger and eventually asking her! They
were married at the St. Clair Methodist
Church in 1948!
Their first son, Greg, was born in
1949 and is married to Mary Lou. They
live in rural Janesville. Penny, their
second child is married to Bruce Kirby
and they live in rural Courtland. Bradley
was born next and he’s married to Joyce.
They live in Bellingham, Washington
where he’s a commercial fisherman!
Brian, their youngest son, is married to
Shirley, and they reside in rural Good
Thunder…. and between the two of them
have raised five children.
Donna’s husband Jack worked for
forty years at “Archer Daniels”, a
soybean processing plant in Mankato.
After their kids were older she got a job
at J C Penny’s. They moved several
times, living for seventeen years just
three miles south of the Junction, but
eventually settled in Mankato. For the
last ten years of Jack’s life Donna took
care of him at home. He went into
Hillcrest Nursing Home for a few years
before he passed away. She said she
wouldn’t trade her life for anyone else’s;
she had a wonderful husband, good
children, grandchildren, great
grandchildren and a very wonderful life!
Donna is such a nice lady, make sure you
introduce yourself to her if you haven’t
already!