February
y2017
Volume2
22,Issue2
Maanorr Muusinngs
Februa
ary Even
nt Highllights
February
y is:
Sign-up she
eets for all events
e
are p osted
on the ma
ain bulletin board
b
1-2 w
weeks
before th
he event. Please check tthe
bulletin boa
ard for any schedule
s
cha
anges
or additio
ons!
• Library Lovers
L
Month
• Relationship
s Month
Wellness
• Internatio
onal
Boost Se
elfEsteem Month
Adult Coloring
C
take
es place eacch
We
ednesday at 6:30 PM
A Blood Presssure Clinic w
with Amos Ac
cree
w
will be held on Thursdayy, February 16th
at 11:45 AM
M.
A representa
ative from Fidelis will b e here
on Friday
y, February 3rd from 10:3
30 –
Noon. Ple
ease see her if you have any
questions
q
orr would like more inform
mation
p
on health plans.
W
We will be sh
howing “Sav
vings Mr. Ban
nks”
in
n the lounge
e on Friday, February 17
7th at
1:00 PM. Bring your sna
acks and enjo
oy a
movie!
On Wed
dnesday, Feb
bruary 8th th
he
“Southga
ate/Save A Lo
ot Express” w
will
In
n This Issue
e:
transport residents
r
bettween the M
Manor
w an addi tional
Resident Ne
ews
2 and Southgate Plaza, with
e A Lot. Rides will take place
stop at Save
Manager’s Message
M
3
between 10
0:00 AM and
d 2:00 PM an
nd the
Stay Fit Diniing
4
sugg
gested dona
ation is $3
A Bit of Hum
mor
We will cele
ebrate Valen
ntine’s Day on
o
Tuesday, Fe
ebruary, 14thh following the
t
E
Erie County M
Meal Progra
am’s Valentin
ne’s
Lu
unch. We wiill play Vale
entine Bingo and
give away a p
prize to the person wearing
ed!
the most re
4
Preventativ
ve BedBug Maintenance
M
e will
take place on Wednesd
day, Februarry 8th
February Ca
alendar 8 beginning
b
at
a 9:00 AM. Refreshmen
nts will
be available
e in the Com
mmunity Rooom for
those residents
r
afffected by thiis
maintenance.
Service Coo
ordinator 7
Stop by the lounge and
d learn how tto use
our DVD Player and Wii System on
Thursday
y, February 9th at 11:00 A
AM.
On Friday, February 10
0 a presenttation
from Victorria, a home health aide,, will
tak
ke place at 1:00
1
PM.
th
“A
Author P.L. Trravers reflectss on her child
dhood
a
after reluctantly meeting w
with Walt Disn
ney,
w
who seeks to a
adapt her Ma
ary Poppins bo
ooks
fo
or the big scre
een.”
Jo
oin us for an
n “all you ca
an eat” panc
cake
b
breakfast on
n Monday, F
February 20that
9:00 AM. T
The breakfasst will includ
de
pa
ancakes, sau
usage, juice,, coffee, and
d tea.
P
Please sign up by Febru
uary 15th so we
w
ca
an insure that we have e
enough food
d for
everyone!!
O
On Wednesda
ay, Februaryy 22nd a van will
ttransport ressidents betw
ween the Manor
a
and Walmarrt, Wegmanss, and Aldi’s on
Transit Road. Rides will take place
between 10:0
00 AM and 2
2:00 PM and the
sugge
ested donation is $3.
S
SAVE THE DA
ATE!
Th
he Manor will be holding
g an open house
nniversary ccelebration on
o
and 30th An
th
Saturday, Ma
arch 4 . Wa
atch the bulletin
board and
d your mailb
box for more
e
informatio
on in the com
ming weeks!
Man
nor Musiings
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e 2 of 8
Resiident N
News
U
United Chu
urch Manorr
50 Nortth Ave.
West Seneca
a, NY 14224
PHO
ONE:
(716) 66
68-5804
H
AFTER HOURS
MA
AINTENANCE EMERGENCY
Y:
(716) 23
38-0989
AIL:
E-MA
manormusings
[email protected]
Markk Woodm
man
Febrruary 2
21
Ethell Nuse
Febrruary 2
27
Hap
ppy Birrthday to our Servicee
Coorrdinator
or, Becky
ky and tto Kareen,
our prropertyy managger!
We’re on the Web!
See us
u at:
www.ucm
manor.org
Y
You can also
o “Like” us
s
on Face
ebook!
Rent Chan
nges
Churrch Serviices:
Protes
stant Service
A Protestant service
e with am
mos
b held on
o Sunda
ay,
acrree will be
th
F
February 19 at 1:30
1
PM..
P
Please watch
h your
mailbox for rent
cha
g effecct
angess taking
Ma
arch 1sst.
If yyou are
e unsu
ure what
or Marcch rent,
to pay fo
p
please
e ask b
before
wrriting yyour ch
heck o
or
money ord
der.
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Manor Musings
Karen’s Korner
Ebenezer UCC Youth Group… had a
great time here on Martin Luther King Day. I
know that our residents had a great time as
well. The youth group would like to return and
we will work with them in providing another
“play date.” It is hoped that more of our
residents will participate next time.
Construction…Will be coming to a close
Maintenance Emergency Calls… When
calling our maintenance emergency/afterhours phone number, please remember to
leave a message. If you fail to leave a
message, staff will be unable to return your
call and address your problem. On Call Staff
will respond to your message as soon as they
can.
sometime at the end of February. I am sure
that all will be glad to have our quiet and dustfree community back.
Please assist us by reporting maintenance
problems as they occur. Ignoring a small
problem could result in a bigger problem down
the road.
Group 3….. Buffalo Exterminating will be
Wii and DVD Player….residents
here on Wednesday, February 8 , to perform
your quarterly preventative bedbug
maintenance. Reminders will be placed in
mailboxes a few days in advance.
interested in learning how to use this
equipment should attend a “how to” training on
Thursday, February 9th at 11:00 AM.
th
Open House & Celebration… Mark your
calendars for Saturday, March 4, as we will
celebrate our 30th Anniversary and the official
end of construction. Festivities will begin at 1
p.m. Finger Foods and punch will be served
and Parkside Avenue Brass will provide festive
music for all to enjoy. The West Seneca
community is also being invited to tour our
community as we unveil our newly renovated
apartments. If you would be willing to show off
your apartment to visitors, please tell Jen to
add you to the tour.
Handicapped/Accessible Parking
spaces…please be reminded that these
spaces are for use by individuals displaying a
“handicapped parking permit” on their rear
view mirrors or having a wheelchair on their
state issued license plates. Use by others is
not permitted. Thank you for your cooperation.
Out of the Building… February 10th.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Karen
Man
nor Musiings
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e 4 of 8
Stay
S
Fit
F Dinin
ing
There will
w be no meal serrved on
M
Monday, February 20
2 th in ob
bservance
e
of the Presidentt’s Day ho
oliday.
ay Lunch will be
A Valenttine’s Da
se
erved on Tuesday
y, Februa
ary 14th.
Brreaded Boneless Chicken
C
Breast
B
w/
/
Gravy, Mashed
M
Squash,
S
Brussels
B
Sprouts, and Che
erry Pie will be
serve
ed.
On Tuesda
ay, Febru
uary 28thh a Mardi
G
Gras Lunc
ch will be
e served.. It will
iinclude Chicken & Sausage
e Gumbo
over Wh
hite Rice, Italian Green
Beans, Chef Sa
alad and a Fat
Tuesday Donut!
A Bit of Hum
mor
D
Driving thro
ough South
hern
C
California, I stopped at
a a
roaadside stand
d that sold fruit,
vegeetables and crafts. As I went
to pay, I notiiced the yo
oung
man behind
d the countter was
wom
painnting a sign
n. “Why th
he new
signn?” I asked
d. “My boy
yfriend
didnn’t approvee of the old
d one,”
shee said. Wh
hen I glanced at
whaat hung abo
ove the cou
unter,
I understood. It declarred:
Local Honeey Dates Nuts”
N
“L
Iff you have
en’t tried tthe meal p
program
late
ely, why no
ot stop dow
wn for lun
nch? New
meal items are being introduced regularly..
Thiss month trry the Turrkey Cobb
b Salad, or
r
a Sooup & Sand
dwich lunc
ch featurin
ng Hearty
y
M
Minestron
ne Soup an
nd an Egg Salad
Sand
dwich! Sttop by the
e office orr see Rich
to sign up!
Just a reminder...
 Diners arre not to remove any hot food
items fro
om the com
mmunity room. Any
leftover or unfinish
hed hot foo
ods must
be discarrded.
 We ask tthat you no
otify us wh
hen you are
e
unable to
o attend a meal you h
have
reserved
d.
 We some
etimes have
e a meal avvailable due
e
to a canccellation. I
Inquire abo
out
“EXTRAss” in the of
ffice or in the
Community Room, M
Monday thrrough
Friday, ffrom 11:30 until 1:00.
Vaalentine On
ne Liners
A Cub Sc
cout found
d a frog tha
at
said, “Kiss
“
me a
and I will
become a beautifull princess.”
The boy studied
s
the
e frog, the
en
e
put it in his
h pocket. “Hey,” the
frog croaked, “how
w come you
u
didn’t kiiss me?” ““I’d rather
have a talking fro
og than a
prin
ncess any day!”
What did the pap
per clip say
to the magnet? I find you
very a
attractive.
Do skunks celebrate
? Sure,
Valenttine's Day?
they're
e very scen
nt-imental!
all
What do you call a very sma
valenttine? A vale
entiny.
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Manor Musings
Maintenance News

The Winter Parking
Policy is in effect.
Please follow the
winter parking policy as
outlined on the bulletin
board.

Please remember…

to place all garbage in
plastic bags that are
securely tied before
putting into the garbage
chute.

Washers and Dryers
If a washer or dryer is
not working, please
notify staff immediately.
Please do not unplug
the machines.

Fire Doors Please keep
the fire doors at the end
of each hallway closed
during the winter
months to minimize heat
loss.

Please remember… to
bring ALL work order
requests to the office.

Emergency Pull
Cords…should be
untied and hanging to
the floor.
Emergency phone
number… for after
hours and weekend
maintenance
emergencies call
238-0989. These
calls are
automatically
forwarded to the
staff member on
call.
After hours
maintenance
emergencies only
238-0989
Please remember
to leave your
name, telephone
#, and a brief
description of the
problem you are
having.
Aging News
Sedentary lifestyle has measurable effect on cellular age: UCal study
Another study has confirmed what researchers have suspected for years: The best way to slow aging
is to get moving.
A new study by The University of California – San Diego explored the relationships between exercise
and telomeres, specific segments of chromosomal DNA that are known to shorten with age and
disease. The longer the telomeres, the healthier and “younger” the cells are believed to be. The
shorter the telomeres, the more susceptible the cells are to disease and cellular death.
What’s cutting your telomeres shorter? Poor lifestyle, including smoking, high alcohol consumption,
obesity and stress, all contribute to shortening the telomeres. But, the best advice from researchers is
to stop being a couch potato.
Activities that require little movement—including sitting at a work desk, commuting by public
transportation and watching TV—add up to a sedentary lifestyle, researchers found. The study’s
sample of nearly 1,500 women with an average age of 79.
The higher the amounts of sedentary time, the more likely the person was to have lower physical
performance scores and lower health status. Women who had high amounts of sedentary time also
tended to be white, obese and older, as well as having a higher incidence of chronic diseases.
Short exercise sessions aren’t as effective in slowing cell aging as longer exercise sessions,
especially for women, the study found. And although exercise is healthy, the time spent sitting inactive
is detrimental, the study found.
The full study was published is the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Source: www.iadvanceseniorcare.com
Manor Musings
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February is National Black History Month
Black History Month honors the contributions of
African Americans to United States history. Did you
know that Madam CJ Walker was America’s first selfmade woman to become a millionaire or that George
Washington Carver was able to derive nearly 300
products from peanuts? Get the story of the creation of
the NAACP, famous firsts in African American
history and other black history facts.




Black History Month began as “Negro History
Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter
G. Woodson, a noted African American
historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It
became a month-long celebration in 1976. The
month of February was chosen to coincide
with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and
Abraham Lincoln.
On February 12, 2009, the NAACP marked its
100th anniversary. Spurred by growing racial
violence in the early twentieth century, and
particularly by race riots in Springfield Illinois
in 1908, a group of African American leaders
joined together to form a new permanent civil
rights organization, the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP). February 12, 1909 was chosen
because it was the centennial anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Jack Johnson became the first AfricanAmerican man to hold the World Heavyweight
Champion boxing title in 1908. He held on to
the belt until 1915.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African
American ever appointed to the United States
Supreme Court. He was appointed by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, and served on
the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.

John Mercer Langston was the first black man
to become a lawyer in Ohio when he passed
the Bar in 1854. When he was elected to the
post of Town Clerk for Brownhelm, Ohio in
1855 Langston became one of the first African
Americans ever elected to public office in
America. John Mercer Langston was also the
great-uncle of Langston Hughes, famed poet
of the Harlem Renaissance.

George Washington Carver developed 300
derivative products from peanuts among them
cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics,
wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils
and cosmetics.

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African
American ever elected to the United States
Senate. He represented the state of Mississippi
from February 1870 to March 1871.

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first
African-American performer to win an
Academy Award (the film industry`s highest
honor) for her portrayal of a loyal slave
governess in Gone With the Wind.

In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first
African American woman to go into space
aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. During her
8-day mission she worked with U.S. and
Japanese researchers, and was a coinvestigator on a bone cell experiment.

The black population of the United States in
1870 was 4.8 million; in 2007, the number of
black residents of the United States, including
those of more than one race, was 40.7 million.
Source: History.com
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For Your
Y
Infformatio
on
LLifeline Teelephone discountt must bee
rrenewed every
e
yeaar. If you
u do not
ccomplete this, you will be
d
dis-enrollled from the
t progrram.
C
Check you
ur phone bill to make
m
sure
yyour Lifeline Discoount is stiill active.
Iff you havve receiveed a bill that is
h
higher thaan usual, your Lifeeline
D
Discount may havee been caancelled.
SSee Beckyy if you haave any questions.
q
.
Iff you receive Med
dical Assiistance
(Medicaid
d, Medicaare Saving
gs
PProgram) and/or Food
F
Stam
mps,
p
please be aware th
hat you arre
rrequired to
t recertify on an annual
oor bi-annu
ual basis..
PPlease do not ignorre any maail from
th
he Deparrtment off Social Seervices ass
d
doing so could
c
cau
use you too lose
yyour beneefits. It iss very imp
portant
th
hat the paperwork
k is comp
pleted and
d
m
mailed baack beforee the dead
dline. If
yyou need assistancce with fillling out
th
his paperrwork, please brin
ng it to mee
aas soon ass possiblee. Waiting
g until
th
he last minute
m
cou
uld causee a
d
disruption
n to, or a discontin
nuation
oof, your benefits.
b
C
CHANGEE IN OFFFICE HOURS:
I will nott be in th
he officee on
FFriday, Februaryy 3rd
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U
Upcomin
ng Eventts
FIDELIS CARE
Tara Kosscielski
Friiday, Febrruary 3rd
d
10
0:30 a.m.. to Noon
n
Infformation
n table w
will be set up in thee
Com
mmunityy Room foor you to stop by at
a
yoour convvenience.
Sign-up Sheet on
n bulletin board
HO
OME HEA
ALTH AID
DE PRESEN
NTATION
N
Victoria Bugaj
FFriday, Feebruary 1
10th at 1:0
00 p.m.
V
Victoria iis a certifiied Homee Health
A
Aide and provides services such as
perrsonal caare, light housekeeeping and
d
errrands. Alll are welccome to ccome meeet
Vicctoria in the Community R
Room and
d
diiscuss how
w she maay be of aassistance
to yoou.
Sign-up Sheet on bulletin board.
BLOO
OD PRESSSURE CLIN
NIC
R
Rev. amoos acree
THUR
RSDAY FEB
BRUARY 16TH
11:45 AM
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26
Meal Program
12:00 PM
Pancake Breakfast
Protestant Service
9:00 AM
w/ Rev
Rev. amos acree
-------1:30 PM
No Lunches Served
--------------Best Friends Day
Presidents Day
20
19
88:00
00 AM
-------Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Clean Out Your
Computer Day
Meal Program
"Mardi Gras Lunch"
12:00 PM
-------Paczki Day
Meal Program
12:00 PM
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21
Meal Program
g
"Valentine's Day
Lunch"
12:00 PM
-------Valentine's Day Bingo
12:45 PM
14
Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------National Periodic
Table Day
Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Girl Scout Cookie
Day
13 Library Reserved
7
Tuesday
6
Monday
12
5
Sunday
Transit Road
Shops Van
10AM - 2PM
-------Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Adult Coloring
6:30 PM
Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Adult Coloring
6 30 PM
6:30
Southgate/ Save
A Lot Van
10AM - 2PM
-------Meal Program
12 00 PM
12:00
-------Adult Coloring
6:30 PM
Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Adult Coloring
6:30 PM
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8
1
Wednesday
3
Friday
Meal Program
12:00 PM
Meal Program
g
12:00 PM
-------National Chili Day
12:00 PM
-------Movie Matinee
"Saving Mr. Banks"
1 00 PM
1:00
17 Meal Program
24
Library Reserved
8:30 AM
-------Blood Pressure w/
amos acree R.N.
11:45 AM
-------g
Meal Program
12:00 PM
Meal Program
12:00 PM
-------Aide Presentation
1:00 PM
23
16
DVD & Wii
11:00 AM
-------Meal Program
12:00 PM
9 Learn to use the 10
Fid li
Fidelis
Meall Program
M
P
10:30
AM
- 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
--------------Meal Program
Groundhogg Dayy
12:00 PM
2
Thursday
February 2017
25
18
National Shut-In
Visitation Day
11
4
Saturday
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