“Alon g the river`s summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod

Heritage Senior Communities
“Your Home for Today…and for Tomorrow”
July 2016 • Issue 7
Management
Staff
“Along the river’s summer walk,
Deb Nichols
Administrator
Denise John
The withered tufts of asters nod;
Resident Services Coordinator
Karen Bell
Life Enrichment Coordinator
And trembles on its arid stalk
Chef Matt Roush
Food Service Manager
Brett Busick
The hoar plum of the golden-rod.”
Maintenance Supervisor
Joe Kolka
Housekeeping Supervisor
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Tim Onderlinde
Office Manager
3825 Scenic Ridge Road, Traverse City, MI 49684 • Phone: 231-932-9757
Email: bayridge@heritageseniorcommunities.com
JULY
SPECIAL EVENTS
JULY
REGULAR EVENTS
Friday, July 1
Piano Concert by Elliott Tyson (General-Piano) ........................................1:30 PM
Thursday, July 2 - 9
NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL EVENTS
IN OUR AREA ..................................................................ALL DAY, EVERYDAY
Thursday, July 7
Food Forum with Chef Matt (General Dining Room) .............................12:00 PM
Monday, July 11
We are welcoming a new singer/musician to our fold of wonderful
entertainment, Fred Navarro will engage us for FAMILY HOUR
(General Dining Room).............................................................................6:00 PM
Tuesday, July 12
Women’s Club – We are going to have some fun trying to do silhouette
drawings of each other (C-Hall).................................................................2:00 PM
Friday, July 15
Find-A-Friend Meal (General Dining Room)...........................................12:00 PM
Find Another Friend at Happy Hour (C-Hall)...........................................2:00 PM
Wednesday, July 20
Men’s Club – Tiger’s Game (C-Hall) ..........................................................1:00 PM
Thursday, July 21
Food Forum with Chef Matt (General Dining Room) .............................12:00 PM
Bus Trip .....................................................................................................1:30 PM
Friday, July 22
Dulcimer music by Sharon O’Connell
(Gen. Din. Rm.)...........................BIRTHDAY PARTY ............................2:30 PM
Thursday, July 28
Ice Cream Truck – A big shout out to our friends from Comfort Keepers
for sponsoring this delightful, dairylicious, event
(meet at the Gen. Din. Rm.)......................................................................3:00 PM
Friday, July 29
C.H.A.T.S. - Come Here And Talk Sense (C-Hall) ...................................2:00 PM
GENERAL LOCATION:
Mondays – Bingo 10:15 AM (C-Hall), Walking Club 2:00 PM, Group Event 3:00 PM
Tuesdays – Sit Fit 9:30 AM (C-Hall) & Bingo 10:15 AM (C-Hall))
Wednesdays – Church 10:00 AM (Fireplace), Catholic Holy Communion 10:00 AM
(C-Hall) & When a Movie 2:00 PM (C-Hall)
Thursdays – Food Forum 12:00 July 7th & 21st
Fridays – Sit Fit 9:30 (C-Hall), Bingo 10:15 AM (C-Hall)
Saturdays – Piano Music 12:00 PM (Gen. Din. Rm.), Table Games 2:00 PM
(Gen. Din. Rm.) Movie 6:00 PM (C-Hall) as posted
TERRACE LOCATION:
Mondays – Bingo 1:30 PM (E-Hall) (if a caller is available)
Tuesdays – Reading 3:30 PM (TV Room)
Wednesdays – Drumming 2:30 (Sunroom)
Thursdays – Flex 10:00 AM (D-Hall), Bingo 1:30 PM (E-Hall), &
Reading 2:30 PM (E-Hall)
Fridays – Bingo 1:30 PM (E-Hall) (if a caller is available)
Saturdays – Bingo 1:30 PM (E-Hall) (if a caller is available)
Events subject to change – see calendar insert for updated schedule.
See table signs for event additions or modifications to calendar.
Event locations are available and encouraged for all residents and families to attend.
Our staff is willing to obtain the following resources available to you:
✓ books, books on tape, magazines (fireplace library)
✓ books, magazines (D-Hall)
✓ games (C-Hall, D-Hall, E-Hall, & Gen. Din. Rm. Buffet)
✓ movies (C-Hall, Terrace TV room or mobile TV cart for watching in your room)
✓ radio, music CD’s (C-Hall, D-Hall, E-Hall, & Gen. Din. Rm.)
✓ puzzles (fireplace, C-Hall, D-Hall & E-Hall)
Administrator Notes
Cherry Festival time!!!
In 1925 the first-ever Cherry Queen was
crowned. Her name was Gertrude Brown. This
was the beginning of a widely celebrated local
tradition that still happens every year. The
“Blessing of the Blossoms Festival” began on
May 22, 1925 when Traverse City businesses
partnered with the local cherry farmers to promote the growing industry.
In 1926, Hawkins Bakery in Traverse City
baked a huge cherry pie and presented it to U.S.
President Calvin Coolidge. The pie, being three
feet in diameter and containing more than 5,000
cherries, had to be loaded into a car through the
windshield and into the back seat.
In 1931 the Michigan state legislature passed
a resolution making the cherry Festival a national
Staff Anniversaries...
Welcome to...
George S.
Verna H.
Mary D.
Marion W.
Wanda G.
Barbara O.
Ena M.
7-15
7-16
7-21
7-23
Goodbye to...
Ruth L.
Elza N.
Sally R.
Gloria S.
Happy
Independence Day!
celebration. To celebrate, seven ships of the US
Navy Great Lakes training fleet arrived in Traverse City and three companies of US Navy
sailors paraded through the streets.
The National Cherry Festival was suspended
during World War II, but it has been held continuously every year since. 1946 was considered
too soon after the War, and in 1947 Traverse
City celebrated its Centennial; so the National
Cherry festival was postponed until 1948.
The Cherry Royale Parade broke the all-time
record in 1975, boasting 180 entries and attended by over 300,000 people. President Gerald Ford, a Michigan native and former U.S.
Senator, led the parade as Grand Marshall.
The National Cherry Festival is more than a
festival, it is a tradition. Have a great summer!
Brooke F.
(Med. Tech./Resident Aide)
Tina H.
(Resident Aide)
Vicky S.
(Resident Aide)
Linda S.
(Community Director)
Lisa S.
(Med. Tech./Resident Aide)
Tracy Y.
(Shift Supervisor/Med.
Tech./Resident Aide)
Sara Z.
(Shift Supervisor/Med.
Tech./Resident Aide)
8 yrs.
2 yrs.
2 yrs.
13 yrs.
1 yr.
9 yrs.
2 yrs.
Verna H.
Verna H. was born in Fairmead, California and was one of 9 children. She has an amazing
Spanish family history. She grew up in West Los Angeles and moved when she was in the 4th grade
to Cherry Bend Road in Leelanau County. Verna grew up in T.C. and ended up marrying Larry
H. She was married for 62 years. Verna and Larry started a farm market about 55 years ago by placing 6 quarts of sweet cherries on a card table on their front porch. It grew through the years and
Verna dedicated herself to the market, her children (3 sons Denny, Buck and Ted and daughter Jennie) and her aging parents as well as other older people who needed her help.
When Verna finally finished working at the farm market, she and Larry retired to their beautiful home that Verna designed on East Grand Traverse bay, 7 miles North of Elk Rapids. They built
it so that they could entertain friends and were known for having breakfast on the beach for 40+
people! Verna was an avid fisherwoman in the bay out front of her home and would catch up to
1200 bass per summer! She filleted them and took plates full of beautiful fish to friends and family. Verna had a flair for decorating and for making others feel at home. She was always the ultimate hostess. Verna traveled at “high speed” wherever she went, working circles around those half
her age!
Verna was/is one of the most selfless women you could ever meet and always, always grateful.
She came from a very humble beginning, worked unbelievably hard and never asked for a thing
for herself. She and husband Larry collected antiques from the age of 23 and then had a 3 day auction, auctioning off their years of collecting. They then bought a 5th wheel and traveled west to
Mesa Arizona where they spent winters at Valle Del Oro resort. Her son Buck now lives in her park
model there.
Verna has ten grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Welcome to Bay Ridge, Verna!
Owen, the Great-Horned
Owl from Wings of Wonder
helped us learn about raptors
Rita Mae, a Peregrine Falcon
from Wings of Wonder was
very vocal & sassy
It took Ida 4 days to make
this dress & coat for Mary
Ann’s (daughter) prom
in 1971
Susan & her sister, Jan
beautify the planter on
the Courtyard.
Phil helped us with a track
system so Marion could golf
from her chair. Wes, 1st –
Marion 2nd – Wilma 3rd
John enjoys Poker with a couple of
volunteers from the West Middle School
The annual Heritage Senior Communities Fashion Show was another success!
16 dedicated residents keeping it
limber at Flex
Barbara, Pat, Mary, & Ruth did a
beautiful job planting our flower pots.
George sits with his good friend Ida &
meets some new friends like Wilma &
Susan at Happy Hour
The “West Gals” reunite for lunch Marion W., Ruth, Beryl, Carol, Josie,
Edna, Mae, Ellie, Dottie, & Pauline
Rock n’ Roll after supper continues to be
a favorite card game for Pat, Wes,
Wanda, Nellie, & Jean
Karen, Denise, & Deb at the 2016 “Ideas
for Life” Expo. The theme was “America
the Beautiful”, so we were Route 66.
Many folks shared their Route 66 stories.
Marge B, Ena, & Ginny have a talk at
the Ladies Social
What a delightful afternoon at the
Ladies Social
Ena relaxes after a very nice tub bath
Wilma & Frances share the same birthdate as well as shared their cake!
Marion T.’s brother, Owen and his wife
surprised her with a visit
Chef Matt R.
That kid with the sticking up hair is Chef Matt. Chef Matt R. was born in 1988, right
here in Traverse City at the old Osteopathic Hospital. His grandpa was one of 15 children.
So, he has a lot of relatives in the area. Matt graduated high school in 2006. He then attended
our local Great Lakes Culinary Institute at Northwestern Michigan College and graduated
in 2014 as a Certified Executive Chef. He interned at the Frankfort restaurant “Coho”
working his way up from prep to grill to the guy that is the last one to handle your dinner
before it comes out to you (they call it “expo”). An intern usually stays only one year, but
Coho asked him to stay for two. Matt is no stranger to hard work. He held down two full
time jobs while going to school.
From September 2014 to October 2015, Matt worked on the Bay Ridge campus, but
mostly at the East & West buildings. So when the opportunity arose for a Campus Chef, it
was a perfect fit for him because he had already established great relationships with our
clientele. You can tell that he enjoys what he does and cherishes the folks that he is working
for.
Matt lives in town with his girlfriend, Cheryl and their 14 month old daughter, Madelyn.
Matt enjoys astronomy and likes to follow NASA.
We are thankful that Matt has joined our team and we know that he will make every
effort to keep your tummies happy.
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The Story of the Fourth of July
The Declaration of Independence
We celebrate American Independence Day
on the Fourth of July every year. We think of
July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the
United States of America as an independent nation.
But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the
Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776).
It wasn’t the day we started the American
Revolution either (that had happened back in
April 1775).
And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson
wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date
on which the Declaration was delivered to Great
Britain (that didn't happen until November
1776). Or the date it was signed (that was August 2, 1776).
So what did happen on July 4, 1776?
The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence
on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for
a couple of days after the draft was submitted on
July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and
changes.
July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence,
and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed
in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also
the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new
nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the
date they remembered.
In contrast, we celebrate Constitution Day
on September 17th of each year, the anniversary
of the date the Constitution was signed, not the
anniversary of the date it was approved. If we’d
followed this same approach for the Declaration
of Independence we’d being celebrating Independence Day on August 2nd of each year, the
day the Declaration of Independence was
signed!
How did the Fourth of July
become a national holiday?
For the first 15 or 20 years after the Declaration was written, people didn’t celebrate it
much on any date. It was too new and too much
else was happening in the young nation. By the
1790s, a time of bitter partisan conflicts, the
Declaration had become controversial. One
party, the Democratic-Republicans, admired
Jefferson and the Declaration. But the other
party, the Federalists, thought the Declaration
was too French and too anti-British, which went
against their current policies.
By 1817, John Adams complained in a letter
that America seemed uninterested in its past.
But that would soon change.
After the War of 1812, the Federalist party
began to come apart and the new parties of the
1820s and 1830s all considered themselves inheritors of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans. Printed copies of the Declaration began to circulate again, all with the date July 4,
1776, listed at the top. The deaths of Thomas
Jefferson and John Adams on July 4, 1826, may
even have helped to promote the idea of July 4
as an important date to be celebrated.
Celebrations of the Fourth of July became
more common as the years went on and in
1870, almost a hundred years after the Declaration was written, Congress first declared July
4 to be a national holiday as part of a bill to officially recognize several holidays, including
Christmas. Further legislation about national
holidays, including July 4, was passed in 1939
and 1941.
Did You Know?
• Babe Ruth once devoured a dozen hot dogs and eight bottles
of soda between games of a doubleheader.
• Americans put away 7 billion hot dogs during peak season
(between Memorial Day and Labor Day).
• 10 percent of annual retail hot dog sales occur during July, also
known as National Hot Dog Month.
• In 2008, Los Angeles and New York spent more on hot dogs than
any other cities in the United States ($90,473,016 and $108,250,224,
respectively).
• A regular hot dog has 250 calories, including the bun (but not ketchup, mustard,
relish, sauerkraut or any other common toppings).
• Peanuts aren’t really nuts at all—they’re actually part of
the legume family. That means they’re more closely
related to peas and lentils than cashews and pecans.
• Peanut butter was invented in 1890 by a St. Louis doctor,
who prescribed it for patients with digestive problems.
• Americans eat more than 600 million pounds of peanuts
and about 700 million pounds of peanut butter each year,
according to the National Peanut Board.
• Some Major League parks now designate special “peanut-free”
games to accommodate fans with severe peanut allergies, who
may have reactions to peanut dust in the air.
• March is National Peanut Month.
• In 2009, Boston’s Fenway Park sold roughly 1,000 bags of Cracker Jack
per game.
• During World War II, the Cracker Jack company produced thousands
of non-perishable, ready-to-eat meals known as K-rations that troops
could easily carry and store. High-calorie foods were crammed into wax
paper containers about the size of a regular Cracker Jack box.
• The first Cracker Jack box with a “toy surprise” inside appeared in 1912.
Since then, more than 23 billion trinkets, cards and other prizes have
been given out.
• Some vintage Cracker Jack prizes are valued at more than $7,000.
• July 5 is Cracker Jack day.
Bay Ridge Living Center
3825 Scenic Ridge Road
Traverse City, MI 49684
Heritage Senior Communities
“Your Home for today…and for Tomorrow”
SAVE THESE DATES FOR
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!!!
JULY 1ST @ 1:30 PM - SINGER, SONGWRITER,
MUSICIAN, ELLIOTT TYSON
JULY 11TH @ 6:00 PM – SINGER, MUSICIAN,
FRED NAVARRO
JULY 22ND @ 2:30 – DULCIMER MUSICIAN &
ENGAGER, SHARON O’CONNELL