GO-533 - Sanctuary at Maryhaven - Issue: 10/01/14
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October 2014
Maryhaven
Matters
Maryhaven Team
Interim Manager Melissa Dewyer
Sales Consultant
Patti Albert
Maintenance
Craig Nizyborski
Housekeeping
Cheryl Sammut
Housekeeping
Juanita Lezotte
Dining Manager
Aaron Ginyard
Dining Team
Jim Marshall
Ed Fulghum
Ricky Ford
Nina Balaiaz
Marion Kibler
Lynn Tola
Alesha Parm
Theresa Henseley
Driver
Jim Shuman
Volunteer
Sierra
Phone Numbers
Main Office
Fax
After-Hours
Maintenance
(734) 287-2111
(734) 287-6905
(313) 685-2525
Juice Boost
Dear Residents,
Please be thoughtful of your
neighbors; the walls here are
very thin and television sets can
be loud. Be so kind as to turn
down the sound on your
television sets or use ear plugs.
In accordance to the city of
Southgate handbook, there is a
low volume ordinance between
10 p.m.-7 a.m.
Thank you in advance.
**REMINDER**
We have a paper recycling box
in the front office.
-Maryhaven Team
Come Together
October is Intergeneration
Month, a time for generations to
connect through
communication, celebration and
education. Older adults can offer
wisdom that only comes from
life experience, while younger
people provide new ideas and
perspectives. Spend some time
with each other and see how
much you learn!
Fall’s Flavors
Immerse yourself in the
scents of the season, whether
you are picking a hand soap or
room spray, or enjoying a tasty
treat. Choose pumpkin or apple,
or spice things up with clove,
cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
or peppermint.
Happy Halloween
Add a squeeze of lemon, lime
or even an orange to a cup of
green or black tea. Citrus juices
have been found to boost the
tea’s natural antioxidants by
making them last longer, so your
body can take full advantage of
their health benefits.
Those cool October breezes
will soon be blowing all kinds of
apparitions our way. As
Halloween approaches, be on
the lookout for the little ghosts,
goblins, witches and ghouls
haunting our community. Have
a safe and happy holiday!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sweet Memories
What’s So Special
About Spiders?
With eight legs and multiple
sets of eyes, spiders are seen by
many people as creepy crawlies
to be feared. But these arachnids
are fascinating and useful
creatures, feeding on numerous
insects that are harmful to crops,
animals and people.
Here are more not-so-spooky
spider facts:
• There are about 40,000
known spider species
around the world, with
3,000 in North America.
• A spider’s silk is stronger
than steel and extremely
elastic. Produced in the
abdomen, the silk is used
to spin webs, line burrows,
trap prey and build egg
sacs, among other tasks.
• Spiders must rebuild their
webs often, as dust and
other particles easily stick
to them. The spider rolls
the old web into a ball
before eating it or
discarding it.
• Arachnophobia, the fear of
spiders, is one of the most
common fears in the world.
• Most spider species are not
able to bite humans
because their fangs are not
strong enough to pierce
our skin.
Candy trends come and go
with the decades. Here’s a look
at the backstory of some old
favorites that are still around.
Necco Wafers. New England
Confectionary Co. (NECCO) is
famous for its roll of chalky
lozenges in lemon, lime, orange,
clove, cinnamon, wintergreen,
licorice and chocolate. Created
in 1847, Necco Wafers were
carried by Civil War and World
War II soldiers and Arctic and
Antarctic explorers.
Nik-L-Nip. Packaged in wax
bottles and a rainbow of colors,
these unique candies originally
cost a nickel in the early
20th century, hence the “Nik-L.”
“Nip” the top off to get to the
Building Ships in Bottles
It’s an old maritime art that
produces meticulous creations.
Model ships in bottles have
been around for more than
200 years. These mini marvels
are celebrated on Oct. 4,
National Ships-in-Bottles Day.
This collectible form of folk
art began as a hobby for
19th century sailors, often at sea
for months or even years with
few sources of recreation and
little room for possessions.
sweet drink inside. What to do
with the empty wax bottle?
You chew it, of course, like
chewing gum.
Pixy Stix. These colorful straws
of sweet and tart powdery sugar
pack quite a rush. While the
modern-day version got its start
in the 1950s, it was originally
marketed in the 1930s as
Frutola, a concentrated
drink mix.
Using available materials, such
as wood, the teeth and bones of
marine life, and rope and yarn,
skilled and steady hands carved
and created the replicas of real
ships, many to an amazing
degree of detail.
These curiosities usually beg
the question, “How do they get
the ship inside the bottle?” It
demands patience and precision.
The ships must be assembled in
pieces small enough to fit
through the bottle’s opening,
and the intricate masts are
typically inserted in a collapsed
state. Pulling strategically placed
strings or threads raises the sails
and taller parts of the ship,
filling in the open area inside
the bottle.
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Wit & Wisdom
“Books are the bees which carry
the quickening pollen from one
to another mind.”
—James Russell Lowell
My Innerview Survey
Our goals here at Maryhaven
is to provide each resident with
100% customer satisfaction. Our
customers are more than just the
residents we serve. Our
customers include the parties
involved in caring for their loved
ones, which includes family
and friends.
To achieve these goals, we
need your input. Please tell the
staff, if at any time, you feel we
are not providing “Excellent”
service. In addition to informing
us about your concerns face to
face we also conduct an annual
survey called “My Innerview” to
assess the satisfaction of the
residents and their families.
We are judged on care and
concern of staff, being
respectful, responsiveness of
management, and quality of care
provided. This survey will be
coming soon. From this survey
plans are developed to address
the weaknesses and quality of
service provided. Your feedback
will tell us what we need to do
better to meet the current and
future needs of our residents.
How Times Have Changed
Some of your experiences
that were once part of everyday
life are now foreign concepts to
today’s generation. See if you
remember these things that
have faded away with the
changing times.
Party lines. Between 1930 and
1950, phone service for many
rural and suburban homes
consisted of a party line—a
telephone line shared among
several households. It was
possible for anyone on the party
line to pick up their phone
receiver and end up in the
middle of someone else’s call,
so conversations were not
always private.
S&H Green Stamps. Similar to
today’s rewards programs, many
retailers offered S&H Green
Stamps as bonuses to shoppers
based on the dollar amount of
their purchase. Shoppers could
save up stamps and exchange
them for merchandise from a
catalog. S&H and other stamp
programs were most popular in
the mid-1960s.
TV stations signing off. Before
the days of 24-hour
broadcasting, TV stations
would often end programming
in the early morning hours by
playing a recording of the
national anthem.
“You can’t get a cup of tea big
enough or a book long enough
to suit me.”
—C. S. Lewis
“I must say I find television very
educational. The minute
somebody turns it on, I go to the
library and read a good book.”
—Groucho Marx
“Books are the compasses and
telescopes and sextants and
charts which other men have
prepared to help us navigate the
dangerous seas of human life.”
—Jesse Lee Bennett
“Finishing a good book is like
leaving a good friend.”
—William Feather
“I don’t know what your
childhood was like, but we
didn’t have much money. We’d
go to a movie on a Saturday
night, then on Wednesday night,
my parents would walk us over
to the library. It was such a big
deal, to go in and get my
own book.”
—Robert Redford
“If we encounter a man of rare
intellect, we should ask him
what books he reads.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Popcorn Pick:
‘The Goonies’
Secret caves, a lost pirate ship, a
gang of kids who call themselves
“Goonies,” and a lovable creature
named Sloth. Those are just some
of the reasons the 1985
comedy-adventure “The Goonies”
remains a cult classic among
generations today. After
discovering an old map, the
Goonies go in search of a lost
treasure that could save their
Oregon neighborhood from
developers. But in order to claim
One-Eyed Willy’s pirate fortune,
they have to outwit a series of
booby traps, as well as a family of
fugitives trying to beat them to it.
The Year Was: 1915
• The first official
transcontinental telephone
call is made.
• Colorado’s Rocky Mountain
National Park is established.
• John Gruelle, a children’s
book illustrator, patents the
Raggedy Ann doll.
• The Boston Red Sox beat the
Philadelphia Phillies to win
the World Series.
• The 1 millionth Model T rolls
off the Ford assembly line
in Detroit.
• Showbiz greats Frank Sinatra,
Ingrid Bergman and Orson
Welles are born.
• A gallon of gasoline costs
25 cents.
Memorable Melody:
‘Stormy Weather’
The melancholy pop classic
“Stormy Weather” was originally
performed in 1933 by Ethel
Waters at Harlem’s famed Cotton
Club. However, the best-known
recording is Lena Horne’s version,
which was included in the 1943
film of the same name and would
go on to be her signature song.
Ironically, Horne was a chorus girl
in the same Cotton Club revue
that premiered the ballad.
‘Charm’ Is One
How many words can you
come up with using the letters
in “chrysanthemum”?