Talking Turkey
Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is just around the corner. Did you eat turkey
for Thanksgiving? Will you be having turkey for Christmas dinner? I decided to
do some research on ol’ Tom Turkey and share with you what I learned.
Turkey was the preferred choice for Christmas dinners way before Thanksgiving
was contrived. Before Christopher Columbus landed in the New World, the
Aztecs had domesticated a wild game bird that we call the turkey, but they called
it huezolotl. The turkey was so important to the Aztecs as a source of food that the
Indians regarded the bird as a god. There were two religious festivals a year in the
turkey’s honor.
There are two wild species of turkey, members of the pheasant family that
evolved in the New World about eleven million years ago. The Ocellated turkey—
Agriocharis ocellata—is native to the jungles of the Yucatan and Guatemala. The
other, more familiar species is the granddaddy of all present-day gobblers—
Meleagris gallopova—and ranged from southeastern Canada to Mexico. Like
pheasant and grouse, wild turkeys can burst into a short flight that clocks up to
fifty-five miles per hour. On the ground they are no slouches either, running at up
to thirty miles per hour. But turkeys are bred nowadays for brawn, not speed.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the biggest-ever turkey weighed
eighty-six pounds. With a payload like that, it would have a hard enough time
standing on its pins, let alone winging its way skyward.
Turkeys are also known for their stupidity. A turkey will stand in the rain and look
up into the sky while raindrops block their nostrils resulting in death by drowning.
When the Europeans discovered them as an easily obtainable meal as many as 100
birds were killed every day- day after day by hunters who were paid six cents for
hens and a quarter for twelve pound cocks. An estimated 11 million birds, wild
turkeys were nearly wiped out. In 1930 there were fewer than 30,000 birds. After
a major conservation effort the wild turkey population has increased and is now
about five million birds.
So where did the name turkey originate from? All across the European continent,
every different language had a different name. In America it is believed to have
been named Turkey after the noise it makes: tuka tuka, or firkee. Or it may have
been named by a Dr. Luis de Torres that sailed with Columbus. He reportedly
called it tukki, which in Hebrew means “big bird”.
So there is no real evidence of who named it or why we call it turkey or even if it
really was eaten on that first Thanksgiving. All I know is I indulged on it at
Thanksgiving and yes, at my house, it will also be roasted for Christmas.
The information in this article was found at:
http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Holiday06/turkeys.cfm
By Barbara Nolan Active Living Assistant
Bozeman Lodge Newsletter
1547 N Hunters Way Bozeman, MT 59718, 406-522-5452
Holiday Bazaar at the
Bozeman Lodge!
Department Head
Team
General Manager
Penelope Watkins
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Saturday, December 13
10:30am to 2pm
First Floor Common Areas
Community
Relations
Jacquie Budde
Come & enjoy some fun Christmas
shopping in your own home!
Nurse
Susan
Stockburger
Free Gift Wrapping
By local Girl Scouts!
Resident Care
Coordinator
Alex Libby
Resident Care
Coordinator
Mark Knox
Dining Services
Director
Marga
Business
Office/HR
Manager
Kristi Palmer
Activities
Director
Leah Weaver
Maintenance
Director
Jeff Gazy
December 2014
December Resident
Birthdays
Shirley Postlewait, 4th
Frank Adams, 7th
Lois Armstrong, 14th
Ellen Oliveros, 14th
David South, 17th
Isabella Rassley, 18th
Ruth Brawner, 18th
Lorry Koester, 25th
Hank Goldhahn, 27th
Frank #2 Augustine, 29th
Sally Black, 30th
Tuesday, December 16th
4:00pm in the Activity Room on
the second floor
No supplies needed just bring
your gifts to be wrapped!
Bozeman Lodge Christmas
Dance Party!
Wednesday, December 17th
4:30 to 7:00pm Christmas Dinner
5:30 to 7:00pm Live Music by
Sassafras
Dance Floor Provided
Guest Cost $10.00
Please sign up at the front desk if you
are bringing a guest by Friday the 12th
Jeff Gazy & Bo Maricich
putting up the Lodges new
flag on Veterans Day!!
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Color Guard
Presentation by
the American
Legion
Veterans Betty
Aboutok and Bo
Maricich
Celebrating
Veterans Day
Resident Highlight:
This month I interviewed Patricia “Pat” Enoch. Pat has lived at the lodge
approximately a year and a half. Pat grew up in Clarkston, Washington
which is across the river from Lewiston, Idaho. She met her husband while
in high school there and married him when she was 18 years old. His name
is Wendell, they were married 61 years before he passed away. Together
they had three children, one girl and two boys. Their daughter, Penny,
lives in southern California. Steven was a superintendent of schools in
both Washington and California and then retired and moved here to
Bozeman with his wife, Kris. He currently works as a career counselor at
MSU. Their other son, Chris, lives in Uniontown, Pennsylvania with his
wife, Suzie, and is a Presbyterian minister. Pat also has 7 grandchildren
and 5 great grandchildren.
After marriage Pat and Wendell moved to California where she worked as
a high school secretary for 20 years. She really enjoyed working with the
kids and remembers the day President Kennedy was shot as all the kids
kept coming to the office and they all cried together. In California Pat
enjoyed golfing and was fortunate enough to live on the edge of a small
golf course. She even won a trophy once for golfing. After living in
California for 40 years she decided to tag along with her son Steven and
move here to Bozeman. She still considers herself new to the area but
loves it very much. She especially enjoys it when Steven and Kris pick her
up and take her on rides.
Pat’s hobbies include painting, reading, singing and dancing. She doesn’t
dance anymore after she broke her hip but she used to do dance
performances and liked it very much. She says she likes living here at the
lodge, enjoys the art activities and Wednesday night Happy Hour. Pat is a
great lady and gets involved when she can. If you haven’t met her yet,
introduce yourself!
(Pat Enoch & Barbara Nolan, Right)
Featured Activities in December
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Sweet Adeline’s Holiday Chorus, 1st
Emerson Cultural Center Art Gallery Tour, 3rd
MSU Woman’s Basketball Game, 4th
Live Music by Tofordkroshus, 5th
Nutcracker Ballet & the Bozeman Symphony ($25), 6th
Dinner at Teds MT Grill & after dinner Christmas Lights Tour,12th
Bozeman Lodge Holiday Bazaar, 13th
MSU Women’s Basketball Game, 15th
Barber Shop Chorus, 18th
Sons of Norway Dinner at Senior Center, 19th
Christmas Light Bus Tour, 22nd
MSU Men’s Basketball Game, 23rd
Christmas Day Buffet, 25th
Lunch Bunch: Sante Fe Reds Mexican Grill, 29th
Activity Calendar Schedule Changes
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Employee of the
month
John Dyba!
Lutheran Worship will be on Wednesdays at 3:30pm in the Chapel
Circuit Exercise Class will be on Thursdays at 3:00pm in the
Exercise Room
Chair Yoga is Tuesdays at 11am & Intro to Chair Yoga is Thursdays
at 11am in the Exercise Room
Gentle Tia Chi Exercise will be on Wednesdays at 9:30am in the
Exercise Room
Cleo Playing Taps for the
Veterans Celebration!
Resident
Council
Meeting
Friday,
December
5th
10:30am
in the
living
room all
residents
are
welcome!
A BIG Thanks to
All of our Veterans!
Jean Kimble Playing
God Bless America