1815 Bacons Bridge Road • Summerville, SC 29485

Sawbranch Apartments

March 2018

Your StaffProperty Manager Jessica MeadorAssistant Robin LacheneyMaint. Supervisor Michael JonesMaint. Tech Duane Bense

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When Everyone’s IrishYou don’t need to be Irish to

celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Cook upsome corned beef and cabbage, lookfor a four-leaf clover, and make sureyou wear green on March 17.

Happy Spring!Thank you to all our Residents for

brightening our days!Sincerely, Jessica, Robin, Michael,

and Duane

Cabbage Can Feed Your BrainCabbage serves as the traditional

side dish in the St. Patrick’s Day mealof corned beef and cabbage, but itdeserves top billing for its nutritionalvalue. Both green and purple varietiesof this cruciferous veggie are rich invitamin K, which can boost mentalfunction and help defend againstAlzheimer’s disease and dementia.Cabbage is also loaded with vitamin Cand several cancer-fightingcompounds.

Twice in a Blue MoonA rare occurrence happens on

March 31. The night sky will host thesecond full moon of the month, calleda blue moon. Even more unusual isthat January also had a blue moon,making two in one year.

Bowlful of MemoriesSometimes, getting prints of your

favorite photos is effort enough. Don’tworry about framing your favoriteshots; instead, place them in a prettybowl on your coffee table, whereeveryone can look through them.Change the selection periodically bytaking out old snapshots and addingnew ones.

Happy Spring!

Go Green on March 17St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 is a

time when many people claim kinshipwith the Emerald Isle and hope for theluck of the Irish. No matter yourancestry, you may be interested in thefollowing facts and figures.

• The first New York CitySt. Patrick’s Day paradeoccurred in 1762. The currentparade lasts five to six hours andis attended by nearly 2 millionspectators every year.

• In addition to a parade, Chicagocelebrates St. Paddy’s Dayby turning the Chicago Rivergreen. It takes 45 pounds ofpowdered dye to accomplish thefestive feat.

• About 55 percent of people in theU.S. celebrate St. Patrick’s Dayin some way, spending a total of$5 billion on the holiday.

• An estimated 34 millionAmericans have Irish ancestry.That’s more than seven times thepopulation of Ireland.

• Towns that seem especiallysuited to celebrate the holidayinclude Shamrock, Texas;St. Patrick, Mo.; Dublin, Ohio;Ireland, W.Va.; Emerald Isle,N.C.; and Irishtown, Ill.

• Over 650,000 babies born in theU.S. in the last century havebeen named Patrick. The namemeans “nobleman.”

• Your odds of finding a four-leafclover are about 1 in 10,000.

• According to legend, when theyaren’t guarding their pots of gold,leprechauns spend their daysmaking and mending shoes.

True TreasureQ. How is a best friend like a

four-leaf clover?A. They are hard to find and lucky

to have.

Tips and Tricks for TravelingBedbugs are far more common

than people realize, and the hotel andtravel industry has been hit thehardest. This is why people who travela lot are at a higher risk of having abedbug problem. Although bedbugsare common, try the following steps tohelp you avoid bedbugs whileyou travel.

Pull back linens to check for signsof bedbugs, exoskeletons andspotting.

Always look behind the headboardif possible.

Always check the dust ruffle onthe bed.

Try not to use the dresserssupplied by the hotel.

Leave all clothing in your luggageat all times.

If you can, put your luggage in thebathroom at night.

When you return home, run any

clothing through a clothes dryer for30 minutes.

Leave luggage outside the home(i.e., garage, storage building, etc.).

Inspect all belongings for any signsof bedbugs.

Meatless MealsThere are many reasons to

prepare a meal without meat. Whetheryou want to save money, improveyour health, help the environment orjust try something new, the options forusing meat alternatives are many, andso are the benefits.

Meat is one of the most expensivesources of protein. Many people savemoney by focusing on otherprotein-rich foods, such as wholegrains, beans, nuts, eggs and cheese.

Eating less meat can alsoincrease longevity. A diet rich invegetables, fruits and whole grainshas been shown to decrease the riskof diabetes and several types ofcancers and to protect againstheart disease.

If weight loss is a goal, keep inmind that research shows people onplant-based diets tend to have lowerbody weight. Experts think this is

because they consume more fiber andfewer calories.

Buying less meat can also reduceyour carbon footprint and save fueland water, since raising animalsfor food takes large amounts ofnatural resources.

Trying a new ingredient or using itin a different way will add variety toyour meals, and you just mightdiscover some new favorites.

Here are a few ideas for meatlessmeals to get you started: broccolicheddar brown rice casserole, blackbean and quinoa burritos, and spinachartichoke lasagna.

Wit & Wisdom“Are you looking for gold, friend?

Look around you; anything useful toyou is pure gold, pure silver!”

—Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The man who treasures his friends isusually solid gold himself.”

—Marjorie Holmes

“Fire is the test of gold; adversity,of strong men.”

—Seneca

“If more of us valued food and cheerand song above hoarded gold,

it would be a merrier world.”—J.R.R. Tolkien

“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained notby its growth, but by washing away

from it all that is not gold.”—Leo Tolstoy

“Gold is good in its place;but living, brave, patriotic men are

better than gold.”—Abraham Lincoln

“Wealth stays with us a little moment ifat all; only our characters are

steadfast, not our gold.”—Euripides

“Gold may shine;but it has no true light.”

—Kristian Goldmund Aumann

“The finest compliment you canpay a man is that his word was

as good as gold.”—Evel Knievel

“Every man has within himself a goldmine whose riches are limited only

by his own industry.”—Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1852: The first illustration of

Uncle Sam appears in a political

cartoon in the New York Lantern, a

weekly newspaper.

1904: Author Theodor Geisel, known

to the world as Dr. Seuss, is born in

Springfield, Mass. Each year near his

birth anniversary, Read Across

America Day is observed to celebrate

Seuss’ work and encourage children

to read.

1910: As part of the growing scouting

movement, the Camp Fire organization

is founded as a national program for

girls. In 1975, it became a coed group.

1922: Converted from a cargo ship,

the USS Langley is commissioned as

the Navy’s first aircraft carrier.

1933: “King Kong” premieres in New

York City with record-breaking ticket

sales. The movie’s groundbreaking

special effects garnered rave reviews.

1942: The first five Tuskegee Airmen

graduate from the flying school in

Alabama and earn their wings as

U.S. Army Air Corps pilots.

1961: After an appeal in his

inauguration address to “ask not what

your country can do for you, ask what

you can do for your country,”

President John F. Kennedy establishes

the Peace Corps volunteer program.

1970: Conway Twitty releases

“Hello Darlin’.” The No. 1 hit

became the country music legend’s

signature song.

1980: In one of the biggest cliffhangers

in TV history, America was left

wondering “Who shot J.R.?” after the

season-ending episode of the

prime-time soap opera “Dallas.”

1993: Janet Reno is sworn in as the

first female U.S. attorney general.

2012: Encyclopaedia Britannica

announces it will no longer publish

printed versions of its iconic

reference books.

2016: Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to

Earth after a record 340-day mission

aboard the International Space Station.

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