VPS News & Views October 2017

News & Views

IN THIS ISSUE ADVENTURES AT BLACK MOSHANNON STATE PARK

Page 2 In August, over 20 residents ventured out to Black Moshannon State Park with the
Birthdays fitness crew. They were treated to a passionate, informative tour guide who took the
Rainfall group through the Bog Trail, discussing the plant, wildlife, and general history of
Poetry Corner the area. They then enjoyed some concessions (including ice-cream!) by the “beach”
My Happy Place area. After lunch, everyone walked around and enjoyed the Park a little more until
we hopped back on the bus to come home!
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PSU vs. Akron
2nd Annual Harvest Festival
Genesis Therapy

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The “Flying Fortress”
Committee News

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Construction
Artisan Workshop
Dr. Ferro

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The Stoners
Tribute Gifts

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Hearing Aid Wearers
Flu Shots
New Interns

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Atrium News

Editors

Kim McGinnis
Heather Challenger

Photographers

Kim McGinnis
April Salinas
Dick Kustin
Dana Gregg
Ellen Corbin
Heather Challenger

OCTOBER 2017

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 2nd RAINFALL/
SNOWFALL
Virginia Robertson 3rd AT THE VILLAGE
Ann McCall 4th
JoAnne Miller 7th by Marion Deppen
Lloyd Warneka
Barbara Braley 8th
Jean Warneka
Chick King 8th
Hod Nichols
Bobbie Scott 10th RAINFALL .20
Carolyn Tothero .40
Cliff Wurster 10th August 22 .49
Jerry Richter 11th September 2 .40
Jean Gotolski 14th September 3 .10
Patti Magusiak 14th September 5-8
Kay Sengle 17th September 12
18th

24th

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TABLE NEW RESIDENT WELCOME TABLE

If you have lived at The Village for less than one year, you are invited to join
other “newbies” at the Round Table in the Dining Room on the last Monday of
the month…it will be October 30th this month. It is a fun way to meet other new
residents as well as the hosts for the evening. There is no agenda other than an
enjoyable evening. If you are interested, please sign up at the Front Desk before
October 29th. If you have any questions, please call Rosalie Dietz at 238-2757.

Poetry Corner WHAT IS YOUR
“HAPPY PLACE”?
*Everyone is welcome to the Poetry Group the 3rd
Wednesday of every month at 3pm in the Creamery* Tell us where, why
and even a photo if you want!
A WORD It will be fun to see where folks’
happy places are!
A word is dead
When it is said, Drop your submissions
Some say. at the front desk or to Kim.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

Emily Dickinson

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VILLAGERS ARRIVE AT BEAVER STADIUM 2ND ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL
TO CHEER ON THE PENN STATE
NITTANY LIONS VS AKRON! Residents celebrated the beginning of the fall season
at the 2nd Annual Harvest Festival at the Penn State
student farm. The Student Farm is a one-acre diversified
vegetable farm established in the spring of 2016.
Residents will also be helping to harvest the farm
throughout September and October!

THE ART AND CRAFT SALE AND INTRODUCING THE GENESIS THERAPY TEAM
EXTRAVAGANZA
Come meet your Genesis Therapy Rehab team at the Village
The Art and Craft Sale and Extravaganza is planned at Penn State! on October 23rd in the Lion’s Den for Your
for November 15, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. The Art Progress is our Passion.
Committee is going to start displaying sale items in the Team members: Front Row: Antoinette Munoz, ROC;
Show Case on the 3rd floor and on the Residents Art Sydney Brown, PT
Wall in the Commons Building in early October. There Second Row: Jennifer Hesketh, SLP/DOR; Lori Womer,
will be new items displayed as it gets closer to the sale. PTA; Sharon McChesney, COTA; Rachel Ellis, OT
The proceeds of the sale will go to buy new art work to
display in the Common areas of the Village. 3
The afternoon should be fun. There will be wine and
hors d’oeuvres. We hope you will come to enjoy the
talented artists, art and fellowship. There will also be a
Bake Sale, after all, “food is art”.
We are still eager to have more arts and crafts donated.
Our residents are talented and we hope to celebrate
that talent. Donations also include items for the Bake
Sale. There will be sign up sheets on the white board
in the Cove Room for jobs that will help the Sale to
be successful. These will include: greeters to welcome
visitors; residents to help with the food table; floaters
to help during the sale; and residents to man the raffle

TOURING THE “FLYING FORTRESS”

Residents visited University Park Airport to see one of the most iconic airplanes from
World War II, a B-17 “Flying Fortress.” The Classic warbird was restored to authentic
condition by Arizona Commemorative Air Force volunteers as part of its flying museum
tour programs. VPS resident, Mort Kimmel, flew 35 missions in a B-17. Bob Morrill, WWll
historian spoke to the residents about the history of the B-17.

REACHING OUT COMMITTEE NEWS

A partial update of The Village Phone Directory will be
distributed in November. If you have any changes in your phone
number or email address, please provide that information to
the front desk asap. A new collection of resident bios will

be distributed with the phone directories. All residents are
encouraged to have bios; revisions or new bios can be sent to
Dee Vogelsong. Please call Dee at 238-2354 for information.
Wi-Fi – The Village has two free wi-fi networks for all
residents. The “Village Guest” network has no password;
simply accept terms and conditions and anyone can access
it. When it is inactive for a period it will “time out” and the user
is redirected back to the “acceptance” page. The password for the “Village Residents”
network is nittanylions; that network won’t generally “time out” like the Village Guest network.
Otherwise they are basically the same.
Website — www.retireatpennstate.org is the Village website with information for the public. If you scroll down
to the bottom right you may select the “resident log-in.” Our username is VPS and our password is resident.
On the resident pages you may view brunch and dinner menus via the dining services link and start with “News
and Info” to read announcements, monthly event descriptions and the monthly newsletter.
Philip Winsor has collected resources for communicating with people who have hearing loss. Those resources
are now stored on the window sill in the cove room for residents to read; please do not remove them. Contact
Philip at 234-6943 for more information.
A Suggestion Box is also in the cove room for resident’s use. Your suggestions may be unsigned, but if you want

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CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO MAKE HEADWAY!

GET YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING

The Makery is offering classes for the Village
residents on the Second Tuesday of each month. It
will be a make and take for the monthly craft or you
can use the studio time to do another project of your
choosing or of something you bring to work on.
Transportation will be provided as long as there are 4
folks signed up. See Kim with any questions!

THANK YOU DR. FERRO!

Greg Ferro, local historian/teacher, lectures 2 times a month
at The Village. The Villagers enjoyed Dr. Ferro’s presentation
at the Grange celebrating the 230th year anniversary of the
signing of the constitution.

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THE STONERS REPRESENT THE VILLAGE AT THE FLOURTOWN COUNTRY CLUB

Max and Marge Stoner attended the 2017 Liberty Lutheran
Annual Meeting at the Flourtown Country Club and shared
their experience in making the “More Golden Moments of the
Silver Screen” calendar.

TRIBUTE GIFTS The Village at Penn State
Gratefully Acknowledges
A gift to The Village at Penn State allows us to celebrate the lives of all the Following Tribute Gifts
those we have the privilege to enrich and impact. You can make a gift to:
•
• Honor a loved one’s memory
• Honor loved ones who are celebrating a special milestone or In Memory of:
accomplishment
• Recognize a special staff member or loved one Their Name
• Thank a special staff member By Your Name
I’d you’d like to make a gift, visit http://retireatpennstate.org/ and click on
the “Donate” tab in the top right corner. You can also give cash or checks In Honor of:
made payable to The Village at Penn State. Be sure to indicate the name
of the tribute person(s), what type of tribute (in memory of, birthday, Their Name
anniversary, etc.), and to whom an acknowledgement of your gift should By Your Name
be sent. Be sure to indicate the address where the acknowledgement
should be sent. Example of Tribute Gift Listing

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OPEN LETTER TO ALL Flu vaccines will be given
RESIDENTS WHO WEAR the week of 10/16. watch for
postings with dates and times.
HEARING AIDS Residents can stop in or call
the Wellness office to make an
We have received information about appointment.
how to talk with folks who are hearing
impaired. We very much appreciate A WARM VPS WELCOME TO OUR NEW INTERNS
having this, but it is difficult talking to a
hearing impaired person who does not “My name is Samiyah Williams.
regularly wear their assistive devices. I’m a senior at Penn State
The devices do take some getting used studying Kinesiology. My career
to, but they only help if they are worn goal is to become a Physical
all day, every day-both inside and Therapist for sports teams. I enjoy
outside your living quarters. Please playing basketball, singing and
make it a habit to put them in as soon dancing. I’m excited to interact
as you are dressed in the morning and with the community and learn
remove them when you get ready for new fitness techniques to get the
bed (before the shower, of course). You experience needed for my future
are missing a lot of information when goals. Thank you to The Village,
the hearing aids are not in your ears! for giving me this opportunity.”
Hi, my name is Nicole and I’m
a senior Kinesiology student in
the Applied Exercise and Health
option at Penn State. I’m from
Harrisburg PA. In my spare time
I volunteer at Centre County
Paws playing with dogs. After
graduation I plan on being a
personal trainer or a fitness coach
preferably in a hospital setting.

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RESIDENTS GATHER TO MAKE PENN STATE-THEMED DECORATIONS

THE ATRIUM WELCOMES NEW INTERNS

My name is Alexis is where I started at. After graduating high school, I began to
(aka Lexi) Yingling. teach gymnastics lessons whenever I am home and available.
I am a senior I also love watching football, especially when it’s one of
kinesiology student at my 3 brothers playing. We have a little sister as well who is
Penn State University. only 1 1/2 years old and an older sister. I have an adorable
I study a lot of goldendoodle puppy named Sadie. My family is very close,
anatomy, physiology, so I like to get home as often as I can for games, holidays,
and biomechanics in birthdays, etc., especially because I am only a 40-minute
regards to exercise drive. I grew up in Hollidaysburg, PA until moving here for
and being healthy. I school. I plan to use my bachelor degree in kinesiology to get
love to stay moving into an accelerated diagnostic medical sonography program
and involved in sports, just down the street at South Hills. I love working with and
particularly cheerleading and gymnastics. I cheered my first meeting new people and can’t wait to spend my semester
three years at Penn State, two at the Altoona campus which here at the Atrium!

My name is Simone and 1 younger) and 1 younger brother. I have my amazing
Person. I am a boyfriend and we just got a new puppy Lea. We are hoping
senior at Penn State as she grows she settles down a bit. This summer I enjoyed
studying Kinesiology. time working with adults who acquired brain injuries at
I am graduating this a young age. It was such an interesting experience. I also
December so I’m super traveled to the Dominican Republic for 2 weeks to shadow
excited. My goal is surgeons and emergency room. Doctors at a trauma hospital.
to attend physician It was the highlight of my medical career. I know from my
assistant school after experiences that the Atrium is the perfect way for me to
graduation. While end my undergraduate patient care experience. I’m looking
at home, I am in the forward to not only what it has to offer me, but mainly what
company of my lovely I have to offer all of the wonderful residents. I know it will be
family which includes my parents, three sisters, (2 older a marvelous experience and I’m so happy to be joining the
team. Thank you for having me.
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