April 2015
3955 E 12th St • Casper, WY 82609 • P: (307) 577-3045
Talk About It: Spring Fever
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHRIS MAHONEY
BUSINESS MANAGER
BRENDA KOEHN
CLINICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
TAMMY CORKILL
STAFFING COORDINATOR
RHONDA JONES
LIFE ENRICHMENT
PENNY FRANTZ
MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR
KC READY
FOOD SERVICE
SHELLY GRAY
HOUSEKEEPING DIRECTOR
TAMMY ST. ANGELO
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This newsletter is published
each month for the residents of
Meadow Wind. Please submit
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LESLIE TESKE
KABLE CASTLEMAN
SHARON HANCOCK
VALERIE DRYDEN
MEADOW WIND
GREENHOUSE
Please take the time to look on
the back page for Meadow
Wind’s new greenhouse. It should
arrive and be erected before the
end of April. A special thanks to
all who worked hard volunteering
their time and to all who donated
monetarily.
Use this discussion topic to
reminisce about your past. Talk
with your friends about your
memories and learn how
everyone’s experiences were
similar or different.
• What is your favorite
springtime memory?
• Did you or your family plant
a garden in the spring?
• Do you have a favorite
spring flower?
• How did your family spend
spring break from school?
Did you ever go on a spring
break trip?
• Do you enjoy rain? What
about thunderstorms?
• Is there anything you don’t
like about the return of
warmer weather?
Say What?
Doctiloquent
\doc-TI-loh-quint\ adjective
Definition: To speak learnedly
about something
Example sentence: Will was
very doctiloquent about
European history after spending
the summer abroad.
Green Ideas for Golden Years
Trivia Whiz
Major League
Milestones
As spring gets into
full swing, so does
Major League
Baseball. Hit a trivia
home run by learning
these fun facts:
Cincinnati Reds
catcher Johnny
Bench could hold
seven baseballs in
one hand.
Baltimore Orioles
shortstop Cal Ripken
Jr. didn’t miss a game
in 16 years. From 1982
to 1998, he played in
2,632 consecutive
games.
Deion Sanders is
the only man to play
in both a World Series
and a Super Bowl.
The longest
professional baseball
game lasted 8 hours
and 6 minutes. After
25 innings, the
Chicago White Sox
beat the Milwaukee
Brewers 7 to 6.
Since 1970, the world has
celebrated April 22 as Earth Day, a
time to bring environmental awareness
and protection into the spotlight. Many
communities honor the day with rallies
or festivals. If you’re looking to
contribute, there are plenty of ways to
get involved and leave the planet a
little better than you found it. Here
are a few:
Take an intergenerational nature
walk. Go for a nature walk with your
grandchildren or other youngsters and
share your favorite parts of nature.
Bring along a trash bag and pick up
any litter you see along the way.
Plant a legend. Arbor Day takes
place this month, too. Honor both days
by planting a tree with friends and
family. This act will leave a legend of
beauty for generations to come.
Paint the community green. Work
with your neighbors and community
managers to ensure that your home is
The Sweetest Bean
Chewy, sweet and colorful, jelly
beans are a favorite treat for people of
all ages.
Jelly beans are widely believed to
have originated from Turkish delight,
a candy made of cornstarch and
sugar that is similar to the soft, gel-like
center of a jelly bean. Jordan almonds,
a type of candied almond with a hard
outer shell, may also have been
an inspiration.
An unknown American candy
maker created the first jelly beans in
the mid-1800s, and in the 1860s, they
were marketed to soldiers serving in the
Civil War. The protective, non-sticky
outer shell and small size made them
easy to carry in pockets. Jelly beans
quickly became a popular penny
candy and were the first candy to be
operating as “green” as possible.
Brainstorm together for ideas to
reduce, reuse and recycle.
Lead a letter writing charge.
Contact your local or state
governments about ways to protect or
improve the environment where you
live. Encourage others to do the same.
sold by weight rather than by piece.
About 16 billion jelly beans are
produced every year. Depending on
the manufacturer, it can take seven to
21 days to make a jelly bean. Once
the gooey center is formed, the bean
undergoes a process called
“panning,” when colors, flavors and
several layers of sugar are applied,
creating the outer shell.
All About Easter
Playing With Marbles
So many toys these days are
electronic, with lots of fancy bells
and whistles. But one very simple toy
that has been around for centuries
still has millions of fans: marbles.
Played for millennia, marbles were
used in ancient Egypt and are
mentioned in Roman literature.
Marbles are made from all types
of materials: marble, alabaster,
agate, porcelain, clay, china, crystal,
glass, stone, ivory, pottery and
ceramic, and can either be made by
hand or machine. Currently the
world’s largest manufacturer of
playing marbles is Vacor de Mexico.
The company makes 90 percent of
the world’s marbles—more than 12
million of the little glass balls are
produced each day.
Many versions of marble games
are played all around the world. One
common version involves drawing a
circle in the dirt, with players taking
turns to knock other players’ marbles
out of the circle with their own
marble.
Once enjoyed all over
playgrounds and backyards, with
widespread press coverage of
national tournaments, the popularity
of playing marbles has dwindled in
the age of television. But marble
collecting is still practiced by more
than 400 million people around the
world, with many collector
conventions and websites dedicated
to live auctions of marbles.
Easter, one of the most important
holidays in Christianity, celebrates the
central event of the Christian faith: the
resurrection of Jesus Christ after his
crucifixion. This event is significant to
Christians because, through his death
and resurrection, Jesus suffered for the
sins of the world, yet was able to
overcome death.
Easter is observed on the first Sunday
after the full moon that occurs on or
after the vernal equinox (the first day of
spring). According to the Bible, the
events of the crucifixion and
resurrection occurred during the Jewish
Passover, a springtime celebration.
Easter is preceded by Lent, a 40-day
period of fasting and repentance that
begins on Ash Wednesday. The Sunday
before Easter is Palm Sunday, the day
that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. The
week before Easter is called Holy Week.
During Holy Week, Christians observe
Maundy Thursday, when the Last Supper
with Jesus and his disciples took place;
and Good Friday, the day of the
crucifixion. The resurrection is then
celebrated on Easter Sunday.
Children often participate in Easter
egg hunts and look forward to visits from
the Easter Bunny, who is said to deliver
candy and eggs during the night. Eggs
and rabbits were once used as fertility
symbols during ancient springtime
festivals, but now represent new life
when associated with the Easter
holiday.
Wit & Wisdom
“In this world, a good
time to laugh is any
time you can.”
—Linda Ellerbee
“All you need in the
world is love and
laughter. That’s all
anybody needs. To
have love in one
hand and laughter in
the other.”
—August Wilson
“Nothing shows a
man’s character
more than what he
laughs at.”
—Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
“There is little success
where there is
little laughter.”
—Andrew Carnegie
“You can’t deny
laughter; when it
comes, it plops down
in your favorite chair
and stays as long as
it wants.”
—Stephen King
“Against the assault of
laughter nothing
can stand.”
—Mark Twain
earth
day a green earth
is a happy earth!