The Heritage Inn News Years of Service

November 2014
The Heritage Inn News
The Heritage Inn * 220 South Pantops Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22911 * 434-977-0002
Celebrating
November
Historic Bridge Awareness
Month
World Sponge Month
Novel Writing Month
World Communication
Week
November 1–7
Years of Service
A big thank you to Kara Williams, Jamie Bell and
Margie Johnson. Kara has been a part of The
Heritage family for three years! Jamie and Margie
are celebrating their two year anniversary! Thank
you for your hard work and dedication to The
Heritage Inn!
Special Events
Special events and outings this month: Our
resident and family Thanksgiving Luncheon for
Assisted Living will be held on November 19th and
on November 20th for our Daybreak community.
Entertainment
Family Week
November 24–30
Extra Mile Day
November 1
Traffic Directors Day
November 3
Origami Day
November 11
World Architecture Day
November 12
Doctor Who Day
November 23
Thanksgiving Day
November 27
Every Monday Pet Therapy 9:30 (AL) 10:15 (DB)
Every Friday Praise Team 10:00 (AL) 10:45 (DB
November 2nd , 10th , 16th and the 24th Music with
Donnie (DB) 1:30 and (AL) 3:00
November 3rd Music with Blue
November 5th Out to lunch trip TIP TOP
November 6th Mount View Baptist
November 6Th Music with Blue
November 11th Music with Bob Bennetta (AL) 3:00
(DB) 3:30
November 12th Out to lunch Red Robin
November 13th Music with Fritz 2:00 (AL) 2:30 (DB)
November 19th Thanksgiving Dinner 12:00 (AL)
November 19th Crozet Crooners 10:45
November 20th Lulu & Friends 1:30 (AL)
November 20th Thanksgiving Dinner 12:00 (DB)
November 21st Community Birthday Party (AL) 3:00 &
(DB) 4:00
November 25th Resident Council Meeting 3:00 (AL),
2:30 (DB)
November 26th Out to Lunch Woodgrill
November 2014
Twice Yearly
Chores
In the United States,
Daylight Saving Time
(DST) ends November 2,
which means our clocks
will fall back an hour from
2:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. (and we will gain an
hour of sleep). Interestingly, Hawaii and Arizona
don’t participate in DST, so their residents won’t
get an extra hour of rest. In Europe, they do not
call it DST, but Summer Time, and it ends on
October 26 at 1:00 A.M.
Regardless of where you live, the twice-yearly
adjustment to DST offers an opportunity to take
care of some important twice-yearly chores. Many
fire departments advise us to change our smoke
alarm batteries on this day. And since scaling a
ladder to check all the smoke alarms isn’t enough,
here are some other chores to handle twice yearly.
For one, don’t forget to rotate your mattress! Take
a good look at your bed. You may have made a
lasting impression on it, or it may be starting to
sag. Rotating and flipping your mattress will help it
wear more evenly. Some new and improved
mattresses may not require flipping, but even they
should be rotated. If you have a vacuum handy,
it’s also a good idea to rid your mattress of dust.
Another chore is changing the furnace filter.
Because we spend most of the winter inside,
our heating systems usually work all day to heat
our homes. A new furnace filter will purify the
air in the house. If you have a pet or allow
smoking in your home, these filters also remove
pet dander and smoke from the air. While it
may be a good idea to check your filter every
three months, DST is the perfect reminder to
change it.
Still looking for more chores? Check your pantry,
refrigerator, and medicine cabinet for expired
products. Or, if you’re not a fan of DST, then this
may be the perfect reminder to write a letter to
Congress to abolish the practice.
November Birthdays
Those born between November 1–21 are
passionate Scorpios, considered the most
intense sign in the zodiac. While on the outside
Scorpios are calm and composed, inside they
are forceful, emotional, determined, and
ambitious. If you were born between November
22–30, you are Sagittarius, the Archer. Archers
are optimistic, energetic, generous, and
honest. They enjoy exploration and keep open
minds during new encounters.
Burt Lancaster (actor) – Nov. 2, 1913
Joni Mitchell (musician) – Nov. 7, 1943
Carl Sagan (scientist) – Nov. 9, 1934
Demi Moore (actress) – Nov. 11, 1962
Whoopi Goldberg (comedian) – Nov. 13, 1955
Rock Hudson (actor) – Nov. 17, 1925
Robert F. Kennedy (politician) – Nov. 20, 1925
Ken Griffey Jr. (athlete) – Nov. 21, 1969
Joe DiMaggio (ballplayer) – Nov. 25, 1914
C.S. Lewis (writer) – Nov. 29, 1898
The Heritage Inn Birthdays
Residents:
Gracie O’Brien -- November 4th
Martha Bibb – November 9th
Mary Jo Portman -- November 9th
Elizabeth Gallo -- November 12th
Anne Tooby -- November 15th
Rachel Pollard -- November 27th
Staff:
Patty Graves -- November 7th
Whitney Banks -- November 10th
Kaleigh Harris -- November 20th
Shirley Moon -- November 26th
Jamie Bell -- November 27th
Megan Wyland -- November 30th
November 2014
Resident “Spotlight”
Rhoda Ritter
Rhoda Applebaum was born in 1930. While a
student at Brooklyn College, Rhoda met fellow
student, Roy Schenburg, and the two were
married in 1948. Rhoda left school and took a
secretarial job while Roy finished his degree at
Brooklyn College. In the early 1950’s, Roy was
drafted to serve in the Korean War. A few years
after his return from overseas, the couple’s first
daughter, Cora, was born. A second daughter,
Kathy followed nearly four years later.
Rhoda was content to remain a housewife, like
the other women in the neighborhood, but
she’d always regretted not completing her
education, and when Cora was in kindergarten
and Kathy a toddler, Rhoda enrolled in night
courses at Paterson State University where she
completed her B.A., then later her Master’s
Degree. She became a speech therapist and
later as a teacher. In the early 1970’s, she fell
into a job that would change her life.
Educator Helen “Bobbie” Hansen and a small
team of colleagues created and piloted a
program for inner-city children at Dale Avenue
School in Paterson, New Jersey, a district
known for extreme poverty and poor
academics. Bobbie hired Rhoda as Reading
Specialist. The program proved a great
success. Children learned to read, write and do
math on or above grade-level and Dale Avenue
School was cited as a model school.
Bobbie and Rhoda travelled around the country
teaching other educators the Dale Avenue
methods. Rhoda’s daughters, then in middle
and high school, remember not seeing their
mother much in those days she travelled.
Rhoda remained a teacher in the Paterson
school system, even after the Dale Avenue
project lost its funding due to budget cuts. She
taught under Principal Joe Clark, who became
the basis for the main character in the 1989 film
Lean on Me.
At fifty, Rhoda was a widow. While taking courses
at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, she met
Arthur Ritter she remarried. But, in 1983, Rhoda
found herself widowed for the second time. Once
again, Rhoda rallied, plugging away at her
coursework until she became a successful
psychoanalyst. Rhoda counseled patients and
taught at the Psychoanalytic Institute where she
wrote and published both scholarly and popularthemed articles. Rhoda was delighted when she
became a grandmother.
Rhoda’s happiness became complete in 1999,
when she met Edmond Carley. They quickly
recognized each other as soul mates and began
travelling often, visiting their children and
grandchildren. Rhoda and Edmond also ventured
to France, Italy and Russia. At 80 years of age,
Rhoda decided to retire and live in Long Island,
New York with Edmond. She planned to spend
her retirement years writing papers, reading and
enjoying her new-found leisure time.
Rhoda came to live at the Heritage Inn in 2013.
Although Rhoda’s oldest brother passed away in
2013, her children feel blessed to be close to her
and her surviving siblings, Lila and David.
Rhoda’s children are thankful for the long,
productive life their mother led.
Postage
Information
The Heritage Inn
220 South Pantops Dr.
Charlottesville, Va 22911
More BANG! For Your Buck…..
What is this you ask? The Heritage Inn is
offering a referral program. If you refer a
resident to our community, you will receive a
$500 discount off of your rent, after they have
been here for 30 days. Please see Desiree
Bergman for more information about The
Heritage Inn Referral Program.
The Heritage Inn Welcomes:
We welcome Theresa Benjamin, LPN as our
new Resident Care Coordinator for our
Daybreak Community! We also would like to
recognize Desiree Bergman as our Resident
Care Coordinator for our Assisted Living
Community! Should you have any concerns
about your loved one, please do not hesitate to
stop by and see them. Their door is always
open!
Gotcha Award For November will go to Shaina
Morton. Shaina was nominated by several
employees and family members for her
helpfulness. Shaina is always willing to talk with
family members and is very educated when it
comes to her job. The heritage Inn would like to
express our thanks to Shaina for being someone
staff, families and residents can depend on. Good
job Shaina keep up the good work!!