December 2019

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Activity Department November has sped by and December is here and soon Christmas! This month we are looking forward to decorating for Christmas. We have five trees to decorate and a wreath for each of the residents’ doors. Every year when we pull out the Christmas wreaths they need some sort of repair and we will spend an afternoon working on them before they are displayed. Other special activities this month are the SCS Kids coming to sing and the CBS Trio performing, the Village Northwest carolers, Kevin Anderson the Piano Man, a resident Christmas party and a New Year’s Eve day party to ring in the New Year! In November staff and residents participated in our special dress up day “PLAIDURDAY”! Residents enjoyed a large variety of activities; including a fun game of Pictionary with the members of the St. Joseph O’Brien County Parish, a birthday party provided by the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sanborn, where we had greatentertainment from the HMS middle school band, aVeterans’ program where we honored our veterans and had entertainment provided by the R&R LINE and St. Croix Hospice pinned our veterans. We also had a full house on the 19th during our Family Fall Festival, where family and friends were invited to Prairie View for great food and fellowship. Residents, staff and guests all took part in putting what they were thankful for on our Thankful Tree located in the activity room. Until next time, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Anna WallaceActivity Director

this quote about winter, snow and great company. “There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.” The Villaresidents are extraordinary company and will be incredible companions for these snowy days.

Sandy Schoof, Villa Activity Director

Kuiper Villa “BE GRATEFUL AND EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT!” Some inspiring words that sum up our month of Thanksgiving, also known as our “Thankful” month. As inspirational as these seven simple words are, theresidents of the Villa are even more inspiring. Whenever I mentioned the idea of being grateful during the month ofNovember, one of the residents always responded, “I’m grateful every month!” And to that, I replied that she is truly my inspiration. To coincide with gratitude, we made thankful trees that were used as centerpieces for a November Family Fall Festival, which combined family and a great meal. To celebrate Fast Food Day, we enjoyed chicken strips and french fries from Jay’s. Noodle Ball and Parachute Ball are activities that involve our blow up bouncy balls always get everyone moving and laughing. Card games, dice games, and Bingo are also favorite activities. Rounding off our month of great meals was our Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t sum up this month of thankfulness without mentioning how inspiring the Villa residents are and to thank them. I am very grateful for the opportunity to spend my days with them. “It’s December, and nobody asked if I was ready.” December is a busy month filled with many Villa birthdays and Jesus’s Christmas birthday. Our Christmas tree is up and decorated with homemade ornaments. The Hallmark Channel is showing Christmas movies which the residents enjoy. We plan to bake and decorate Christmas cookies. Everyone enjoys the smell of cookies baking as well as eating warm cookies. On December 19, we will have a Christmas party in the Villa. Along with games and presents, we will have special entertainment. The CBS Trio will entertain us with a selection of Christmas songs. Christmas carols will be common in the Villa during the month of December, especially during our Thursday sing-a-longs. Another event in December is the first day of winter. Snow has fallen and goes along with

From the Activities Departments

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Featured Resident of the Month: Junior Hohbach Junior came to Prairie View on July 8, 2019 from his home in Paullina, Iowa. Junior was born on February 10, 1935 toRichard and Bertha Hohbach on their farm near Paullina, Iowa. He had two brothers, Floyd and Donald, and three sisters, Loraine, Delores, and Adaline. He grew up on their farm near Granville, Iowa. He attended country school, the St. John Lutheran School in Germantown, Iowa and gradu-ated from Paullina High School in 1953. While attending Paullina High School, Junior met his future wife Corrine Fiddelke. Together they enjoyed going to movies and dances and playing cards. After graduating he worked for a local famer the following summer. He enlisted in the Army in the fall of 1953 and was stationed in Texas, New York, and spent the last year in Greenland until his discharge in October on 1955. Junior and Corrine were married in March of 1956 and moved to the farm northwest ofPaullina where they raised their family. In addition to farming the ground and taking care of the farm, Junior also raised cattle, pigs, and chickens. The couple have four children: Cheryl, from Plymouth, Minnesota; Linda, from St. Louis,

Missouri; Michael, from Paullina, Iowa and Su-san, from Boone, North Carolina. They have ten grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Junior and Corrine enjoyed visiting many places in the United States on

family vacations with their young family including Florida and California. When their children had grown and had families of their own, Junior and Corrine continued to travel to visit their children and grandchildren. In November of 1995 Junior and

Corrine moved into Paullina. Junior was an active member of the St. John

Church in Germantown, Iowa and the Paullina, Iowa Lions Club for many years.

He enjoys playing cards and daily coffee time with friends.

PHOTO BY JON’S GALLERY OF PRIMGHAR, IOWA • PHONE 712-757-3492

DecemberBirthday Party

Monday, December 9th at 2 p.m., in the Activity Room. Please RSVP the number of guests coming for the birthday party, to Anna at 930-3228. SEE YOU THERE!

Residents’ BirthdaysLes Richter .......................December 9Alicia Johnson ................December 11Eugene Egdorf ................December 21Irene Massman ...............December 28Betty Simm .....................December 28Matilda Fisher ................December 30Garrold Bootsma ............December 30

Resident AnniversaryDelores and Norm ..........December 27Prairie View staff participated in our special dress

up day “PLAIDURDAY”!

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2:00 Church 9:30 Fitness Fun10:00 Word Game2:00 Arts & Crafts

9:30 Happenings2:00 ChristmasSing-A-Long

8:00-9:00 Men’s Fellowship2:00 Ladies Chit Chat

9:30 Bible Study10:00 Small Group2:00 Cards & Games

9:30 Morning Stretches10:00 Word Game2:00 Bingo

2:00 Church 9:30 Fitness Fun10:00 Word Game2:00 Birthday &Anniversary Party

9:30 Happenings2:00 Cards & Games

9:30 Manicures2:00 Christmas Carolers from Village N.W.

9:30 Bible Study2:00 Small Group2:00 Wheel of Fortune

9:30 Morning Stretches10:00 WordGame2:00 Bingo

2:00 Church 9:30 Fitness Fun10:00 Word Game2:00 Piano Man

9:30 Happenings2:00 Cards with Community Friends

9:30 Dominos2:00 Food Fun

9:30 Bible Study10:00 Small Group2:00 Christmas Party

9:30 Morning Stretches10:00 WordGame2:00 Bingo

2:00 Church 9:30 Fitness Fun10:00 Word Game2:00 HappyHour

9:30 Happenings2:00 Christmas Matinee

MerryChristmas

9:30 Bible Study10:00 SmallGroup2:00-3:00Manicures3:00 SocialHour

9:30 Morning Stretches10:00 Word Game2:00 Bingo7:00 DennyNelson

2:00 Church 9:30 Fitness Fun10:00 Word Game2:00 Cards & Games

9:30 Happenings2:00 New Year’s Party

DAILY:11:25 Devotions3:00 SocialHour

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SPECIAL NOTICEIt is the policy of Prairie View campus to admit, assign within the facil-ity, treat and provide all services of the facility to all residents without regard to race, disability, color, national origin, age, sex or religion.

DecemberStaff Birthdays

Please help us wishthese staff members a

Happy Birthday!Taya Quail......................Dec. 7Tiffany Schimmer ...........Dec. 8Crystal Webster .............Dec. 8Allyson Wallinga ..........Dec. 10

Kell Fiedler...................Dec. 10Debra Heiller................Dec. 14Mercedes Babb ...........Dec. 20Sandra Schoof .............Dec. 24Cassondra Lenz ..........Dec. 24Megan Van Oort ..........Dec. 27

Happy Birthday

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Kuiper Villa staff and residents participated in our special dress up day “PLAIDURDAY”!

Thankful Tree located in the activity room.