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Letter from the Administrator

Hello everyone and welcome to the August edition of the ViewPoint.

July has been a fabulous month for outside activities and it was highlighted by our band concert with Steve Caddick and Avalon.  We had a perfect evening and the residents and families really enjoyed the music and the ice cream sundaes.

I have to mention the great response we have had to our exercise programs on each floor.  The residents are enjoying the sessions and the staff is excited at the level of participation.  Keep up the good work.

We have identified four major areas that we will be focusing on in the next 12 months for our quality improvement program.  Resident and Family Satisfaction will work on the comments and results of the last survey, Staff Satisfaction in the same fashion as the Resident and Family Survey.  The new dining program on each residential neighborhood, which will bring steam tables to each floor and eliminate our food trucks.  The last area is securtiy of possessions.  We will work on personal clothing returns and the use of the locked drawers each resident has available to them.

Our August schedule looks busy and filled with many fun events.  We will be having the Hummingbird Trio entertaining on the 18th.  They performed last year and were a huge success.  This month is our cookout so bring your lawn chairs and your appetite.

I want to congratulate our July Whatever it Takes winner Jennifer Hall.  Jennifer has recently been promoted in our housekeeping department and has done an exceptional job blending her talents in her job with great customer service towards our residents.  She is a real asset to West View.

We have been notified that the 2010 Resident and Family Satisfaction survey is coming in September so I wanted to give you advance notice to be looking for the survey and to please complete and return promptly.  We will talk more about that next month.

Please enjoy this newsletter and I hope to see you around our home.

Best wishes to each of you.

Hugh J. Hall

RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT

Lena Palazzo

On May 9th, 1925 a bouncing baby girl came into this world.  Her parents Frank and Glorinda Lautieri named her Adeline Dorothy.

Lena was born at home surrounded by many brothers and sisters.  Lena was 3rd to the youngest out of 9 children.

Lena was only able to attend school through the 9th grade, leaving to help her mother.

She eventually went to work for Davison Brother's and went on to take a job as a dietary aid at the State Hospital in Cranston.

One of Lena's brothers friends asked her out on date, his name was Paul Palazzo.  They were eventually married on September 10, 1949 at Sacred Heart Church in West Warwick, and honeymooned in Canada and New Hampshire.

Lena and Paul were never blessed with children; but had many, many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Both Lena and Paul enjoyed traveling.  Lena never enjoyed flying so their travels were always by car.

Today Lena enjoys doing word search puzzles, playing bingo, and loves to do housework!

Spending time with her family is especially precious to Lena.

TRIVIA

1.  What is the official state dog of North Carolina?

2.  How many dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic?

3.  Name the only dog breed that does not have a pink togue?

4.  What is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks Box?

5.  In Latin, what does Fido mean?

6.  What dog breed makes a yodeling sound instead of barking?

7.  Why do dogs or wolves yawn?

8.  What is the tallest dog breed recognized by the American Kennel Club?

9.  What color are Dalmatians when they are born?

10. A dog named Blato is honored with a statue in NY City's Central Park.  Why?

11. What did Helen Keller, Adolf Hitler, and Jack LaLanne have in common?

12. Paul McCartney wrote a Beatles tune titled "Martha My Dear".  Who was   Martha?

13. What is the name of "The Grinch's" dog?

14. What is the fastest dog breed?

15. Name the cartoon dog whose alter-ego is a mild-mannered shoeshine "boy."

16. Who wrote the novel, "The Call of the Wild", featuring a dog named Buck?

Answers:  1. Plott Hound 2.  Two (A Pomeranian and Pekingese escaped with their owners on early lifeboats that carried so few people, no one objected.) 3.  Chow  4.  Bingo  5.  I am faithful (technically, fidelity) 6.  Baseni  7.  To show contentment  8.  Irish Wolfhound  9.  White (black spots form later)  10. He was the lead dog on the final leg of the 1925 journey to Nome carrying serum to fight a diphtheria outbreak  11.  They each owned a German Shepherd  12. His Sheepdog  13. Max  14.  Greyhound  15.  Underdog  16.  Jack London

THIS WAS THE YEAR ...1960

US President & Vice President:  John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson

HEADLINES:  John F. Kennedy inauguarted as youngest and first Catholic US President, German border closes between East and West Berlin, Peace Corps established, Bay of Pigs invasion by US fails - Diplomatic ties broken with Cuba

TIME MAGAZINE MAN OF THE YEAR:  President John F. Kennedy

COST OF LINVING:  New House $12,550 -New Car $2,849 -Gasoline .26- Average Income $3,315 per year -Average Rent $110 per month -Postage Stamp .04

FIRSTS:  Man in space (Soviet Yuri Gagarin) - Presidential news conference on TV - In flight movie shown by TWA

SONGS:  Big Bad John, Hit the Road Jack, Moon River, Runaround Sue, Runaway, Stand By Me, Tossin and Turnin'

NEW FOOD PRODUCTS:   Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup, Sprite, Green Giant frozen peas, Coffee-Mate non-dairy creamer

SPORTS:  Champions include the New York Yankees (baseball), Chicago Blackhawks (hockey), University of Cincinnati (NCAA basketball) and A.J. Foyt (Indianapolis 500), Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's home run record by one (61), The entire US Figure Skating Team, coaches, and officials are killed in an airplane crash near Brussels, Belgium.  The 72 member group was on route to the World Championship competition in Prague that is cancelled out of respect for this tragedy.  Associated Press Athletes of the Year are Roger Maris (baseball) and Wilma Rudolph (track and field)

Participation

Bingo

Here's how it works...each time you attend an activity you cross it off your Bingo Card.

If you get a Bingo bring that card to the Friday Bingo each week for a prize!

So start attending as many activities as you can....and get BINGO!

GOOD LUCK