MARCH 2015
UPCOMING EVENTS AT FINLANDIA VILLAGE
MAYFAIR 2015
A TASTE OF FINNISH CULTURE
ISSUE 04
F IN LA N D IA LI VING
M O N T H LY N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E F I N L A N D I A V I L L A G E C O M M U N I T Y
SISU AMRIC HIGH TEA FUNDRAISER
Porcelain teacups, cucumber sandwiches and various
other finger-foods made up quite the spread at the
first annual SISU Valentine’s High Tea Feb 8.
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Organized by Carol Cameletti and Kimberley
Wahamaa, Dr. McElhaney’s speech spoke beyond her
research and to the importance of focusing on healthy
ageing and medical care. McElhaney stressed that
The event brought together two organizations focused there was more to ageing than “lying in hospital beds
on the development and advancement of geriatric with the rails up”.
health; SISU Assisted Living for Sudbury’s Seniors
and the Advanced Medical Research Institute of “We really need to have an awareness of seniors’ issues,
Canada (AMRIC) to raise funds and awareness for health outcomes, health disparities in a Northern
elder care. Women and men of all ages joined in an context,” said event organizer Cameletti.
afternoon of tea and treats with a talk by Dr. Janet
McElhaney, the AMRIC HSN Volunteer Association
Chair in Geriatric Research.
POETRY
ALIVE INSIDE
CONTRIBUTED BY KRISTIINA SKOGBERG
AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY VIEWING
ENGLISH?
We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and there would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all
but one of them,
What do you call it?
If teachers taught, why don’t preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a
humanitarian
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking
English
Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally
insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and
play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship...
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the
same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
Let’s face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in England.
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
In which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out,
And in which an alarm goes off by going on.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its
paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings
are square,
And in closing..........
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing,
Grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but
not one amend?
If Father is Pop, how come Mother’s not Mop.???
On Thursday, April 2, 2015 we are hosting a special viewing of “Alive
Inside”, the award winning documentary that chronicles the astonishing
experiences of individuals who have been revitalized through the simple
experience of listening to music.
The film follows Dan Cohen, founder of the non-profit organization
Music & Memory, as he fights to demonstrate music’s ability to combat
memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.
As you may already know, we are in the midst of implementing the
Music & Memory program here at Finlandia Village and have great
success thus far with residents in the Nursing Home.
FINLANDIA CATERING
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join us in Voima Hall, Lepokoti for a viewing of Alive
Inside, an award winning documentary that chronicles
the astonishing experiences of individuals who have
been revitalized through the simple experience of
listening to music.
Show times April 2 will be 1:30pm-3:45pm or 6:00pm8:15pm
Refreshments will be served.
Information on the MUSIC & MEMORY© program
at Finlandia will also be presented. For additional
information and/or to RSVP, please contact Ty Cumming,
Director of Life Enrichment at 705-524-3137 ext. 260 or
Tessa Keaney, Life Enrichment Program Assistant at
[email protected].
How many memories does your iPod hold?
Every Tuesday from 2 to 4pm
in Voima A —Finlandia Café,
home baked treat and specialty
hot beverage for $3.00.
Every Saturday night come to
Voima A and watch Hockey
Night in Finlandia. We will
be showing the local CBC
broadcasted NHL game
starting at 7pm. Licensed by
the LLBO.
March 11—Movie Night “The
Hundred Foot Journey” with
Helen Mirren. Admission
is free. Snacks available.
Licensed by the LLBO. Doors
open at 6pm in Voima A
March 15 features Sunday
Brunch served in Voima A
from 10am to 2pm. $16.00
per person, $9.00 for children
under 12. Tickets can be
purchased from the Hoivakoti
Main Office or Kesti Tupa
Dining Room. Licensed by
the LLBO.
AROUND THE VILLAGE
STORIES AND PHOTOS FROM OUR COMMUITY
Photos taken by FK resident May Wilson at our Valentine’s Day party on February 14th.
It was a sold out event with lots of singing and some poetry . Reijo Viitala was our MC, Henry Laamanen delighted us with his beautiful songs (naturally accompanied on the piano by Diane). We heard
poetry in English by Iris Hakala, in Finnish by Anja Törmälä, and in English and French by Connie
Bennett. There was a toast to friendship (in Finland February 14th is known as Friendship Day and it
has been celebrated since 1987) as well as singing together in Finnish and English.
Door Prizes included two gift cards to the Finlandiakoti Store, a beautiful gift basket and two free visits
to the Beauty Salon donated by Donna Slobodian, a gift bag from the Ladies Auxiliary, a cffee table
book donated by iris Hakala as well as five pulla gift certificates. After the program, we enjoyed Leinala’s
delicious cake and a variety of tasty treats, coffee and tea served by Finlandia Catering.
On Saturday, February 28th we observed the Finnish Kalevala Day. This year Kalevala, Finland’s National Epic, is 180 years
old! In our program we had readings from Kalevala by FK resident Anja Törmälä, we sang traditional Kalevala based songs
with Diane Laamanen on the piano, had fun trying to guess the meaning of words from Kalevala and enjoyed coffee and
goodies after the program.
Finlandia Village residents attending the celebration
Anja and Raili wearing their colorful
national costumes.
AROUND THE VILLAGE
STORIES AND PHOTOS FROM OUR COMMUITY
High Tea photos courtesy of Kimberley Wahamaa