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August 2020Avidor TeamCommunity DirectorGabrielle Anderson

Assistant Community DirectorPolly Marell-Speranza

Resident Experience DirectorAmy Egan

Lead Leasing AdvisorDeena CarlsonLeasing Advisor

Gina LarsenMaintenance Director

Otis MaysMaintenance Assistants

Andre BronsonConcierge

Kristin OlsonFrank Toft

Positive Thought“Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be

happy with the beautiful things that make you,you.” —Beyoncé

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Community Director’s CornerHappy August!

I hope that you have enjoyed summer so far! We havecontinued to be busy with tours and move-ins – thankyou to those who have graciously referred friends toAvidor, to fill our community. You all are sowelcoming and open. Next month the newsletter willstart looking a little different but will still contain thecalendar, the Community Director’s corner, and otherinteresting tidbits to read. Please continue to give yourgreat ideas for lifestyle events and activities to Amy sothe month can be customized to what you all like todo. We look forward to a fun event in September withfood trucks since the state fair is cancelled this year. Asalways, I am available by phone or e-mail, or you canstop by when my office door is open. Enjoy thesummer and sun! -Gabrielle Anderson

BrainteaserQuestion: A pitcher in a baseball game faced only

27 batters, and he struck out every batter. He allowedno hits and no runs, yet his team lost by a score of 3–0.Can you explain how this could happen?

Answer: The pitcher came in as a relief pitcher.

August 2020GR Great Room Health RelatedMT Movie Theater Musical PerformanceCR Club RoomYS Yoga StudioP Pool Area

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayInternational Mahjong Day 1

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day 2 310:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

Chocolate Chip Cookie Day 410:00 P Coffee Klatch11:00 YS SilverSneakers

1:00 GR Mahjong - Using shields

510:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

1:30 P Water Aerobics with Katie2:15 P Water Aerobics with Katie5:00 P Happy Hour

Root Beer Float Day 611:00 YS SilverSneakers1:00 GR Bridge Club2:30 CR Root Beer Floats

710:30 YS Yoga with Nicki5:00 P Happy Hour

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9 National S’MORES Day 1010:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

1:00 GR Writers Group

1110:00 P Coffee Klatch11:00 YS SilverSneakers

1:00 GR Mahjong - Using shields

1210:30 YS Yoga with Nicki1:30 P Water Aerobics with Katie2:15 P Water Aerobics with Katie5:00 P Happy Hour

National Prosecco Day 1311:00 YS SilverSneakers1:00 GR Bridge Club1:00 GR Writers Group

1410:30 YS Yoga with Nicki4:00 P Happy Hour / Birthday

Celebration

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16 1710:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

1810:00 P Coffee Klatch11:00 YS SilverSneakers

1:00 GR Mahjong - Using shields6:00 P BYOB Live

Entertainment

1910:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

1:30 P Water Aerobics with Katie2:15 P Water Aerobics with Katie5:00 P Happy Hour

2011:00 YS SilverSneakers1:00 GR Bridge Club3:15 MT Chronicles in Health

Class

National Spumoni Day 2110:30 YS Yoga with Nicki11:00 Ladies who Lunch

5:00 P Happy Hour

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National Waffle Day 2410:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

1:00 GR Writers Group

3110:30 YS Yoga with Nicki

2510:00 P Coffee Klatch11:00 YS SilverSneakers

1:00 GR Mahjong - Using shields

2610:30 YS Yoga with Nicki1:30 P Water Aerobics with Katie2:15 P Water Aerobics with Katie4:30 GR Town Hall Mtg with

Gabrielle5:00 P Happy Hour

2711:00 YS SilverSneakers1:00 GR Bridge Club1:00 GR Writers Group

2810:30 YS Yoga with Nicki5:00 P Happy Hour

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Summer Blockbusters

Ever since “Jaws” splashed onto the big screen in 1975, summer

blockbusters have become a Hollywood tradition. Rewind through the

decades’ megahit movies.

Decade Blockbuster Movies

1970s “Jaws,” “Star Wars,” “Grease”

1980s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,”

“Ghostbusters,” “Back to the Future,” “Top Gun,” “Batman”

1990s “Ghost,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Lion King,” “Independence Day,”

“Armageddon,” “Men in Black”

2000s “Mission: Impossible 2,” “Shrek,” “Spider-Man,” “Finding Nemo,”

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

2010s “Toy Story 3,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,”

“The Avengers,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Wonder Woman,”

“Incredibles 2”

1902: Pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer opens a cooking school in Boston, Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery.

1938: Hollywood dance duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are featured on the cover of Life magazine.

1948: As part of the Berlin airlift operation, American and British planes fly in a record 5,000 tons of supplies in one day to parts of the city cut off by a Soviet blockade.

1962: Little Eva travels to the top of the pop music chart with the hit song “Loco-Motion” and inspires a dance craze.

1975: The first nighttime match is played under lights at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City.

1990: The largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found is discovered in South Dakota. The65 million-year-old dinosaur specimen is on display at Chicago’s Field Museum.

2015: Facebook hits a milestone, reporting that 1 billion people logged on to the social networking website in a single day.

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