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SUNBEAMSTransitions Healthcare Sykesville, 7309 Second Avenue, Sykesville, MD 21784
On Your Mark
Perhaps the only “holiday” to originate in a comic strip,Sadie Hawkins Day was the creation of cartoonist AlCapp of Li’l Abner fame. Sadie herself was a minor Li’lAbner character, the daughter of Hekzebiah Hawkins,and a resident of the fictional village of Dogpatch in themountains of Arkansas.
Sadie was known as the “homliest gal in all them hills,”but she was also one of the fastest. Unmarried at 35years old, her father Hekzebiah worried that Sadie wouldlive with him forever. His solution was to devise a race.He declared race day Sadie Hawkins Day. Hekzebiahlined up the bachelors of Dogpatch to run first. As soonas the men took off, Sadie took her place to chase afterthem. The first man she caught would be her husband.
The public so enjoyed this Sadie Hawkins Day race thatAl Capp made it an annual event in the fictional world ofDogpatch. After the race’s debut in November 1937,Capp soon began receiving mail from colleges, churchgroups, and communities asking him when the exactrace date was so that they could hold their own SadieHawkins Days.
According to Capp, Sadie Hawkins Day falls onNovember 15, but it’s common for communities to holdSadie Hawkins dances, where girls ask the boys out, atany time of year. Certainly, in 1937 the idea of a girlasking a boy out on a date could have been consideredempowering for women. But what about today in 2013?It is no longer taboo for a woman to ask a man out.However, a study conducted in 2011 showed that93 percent of women still preferred a man ask them out.(It would be an equally interesting study to ask thosesame women whether they celebrate Men Make DinnerNight on November 7!)
CelebratingNovember
American Indian HeritageMonth
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
World Sponge Month(The ocean animal,
not the cleaning pad!)
Game and Puzzle WeekNovember 24–30
Jellyfish Jamboree DaysNovember 2-3
Use YourCommon Sense Day
November 4
Veterans DayNovember 11
Bundt Pan DayNovember 15
International AuraAwareness Day
November 23
You’re Welcomegiving DayNovember 29
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November 2013
Walk the World
If on November 17 someonetells you to “take a hike,” theywill mean it in good fun. Theonly question you should beasking yourself on Take aHike Day is “Where will I go?”Here is a list of some of themost spectacular hikes in theworld. After you read these, you’ll be happy to getlost, scram, take a long walk, or get outta’ here!
The Narrows, Zion National Park, UtahThe Virgin River has cut a 16-mile slot canyonthrough Zion where walls soar up to two thousandfeet. Over half of the hike is spent wading in theriver, and the other half is spent in awe of thesandstone grottos and hanging gardens.
Sentiero Azzurro, Cinque Terre, ItalyCinque Terre is known for its quaint seasidevillages cut into cliffs overhanging the ItalianRiviera, but its hidden gem is the “Blue Path.”This famous trail is an easy eight-mile walk. Itpasses through olive groves and vineyards,offering breathtaking views of the sea.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, AfricaThe famous snows tower 19,000 feet above theplains below, yet this mountain requires notechnical mountaineering skills. Ascend throughfive different climate zones, from tropical jungleto glaciated peak—the frozen ceiling of Africa.
Bibbulmun Track, AustraliaTake your own walkabout along 600 miles ofwestern Australia. The “Bibb” meanders throughforests, heathlands, lakes, and rivers on the wayto the south coast where hikers are likely to strollamidst kangaroos and emus.
Haute Route, Alps, France and SwitzerlandThis 110-mile trail is made all the morecomfortable by the huts, inns, and mountainvillages along the way. The stunning mountains,valleys, and pastures will have you singing tunesfrom The Sound of Music.
Local Ingredients
This Thanksgiving, try making a dessert thatNew England’s earliest settlers enjoyed. IndianPudding Day is on November 13, which givesyou plenty of time to practice and perfect therecipe before Turkey Day.
Indian Pudding is not a Native Americanrecipe at all, as the name implies. Englishcolonists were used to making hasty pudding, aporridge-like meal made of wheat flour boiled inwater. But when they arrived in North America,there was no wheat flour to be found. Instead,they used a Native American ingredient,cornmeal, which they called Indian meal. Theyalso added many other new ingredients foundin abundance, including molasses, maplesyrup, cinnamon, ginger, butter, eggs, raisins,and nuts. Instead of boiling this mixture, theybaked it in an oven, transforming it from aporridge to a delicious custard.
The Eagles HaveLanded
It is known as the Valley ofthe Eagles for good reason.In 2010, experts countedover 7,000 bald eagles in theFraser River Valley in BritishColumbia, Canada, easily making it the largestgathering of bald eagles in the world. Join inthe counting this November 16–17.
The Fraser Valley has long been home tonative peoples and was once a settlement forgold rushers and frontier families. Perhapswhat first drew humans to this region is thesame thing that draws the eagles: salmon. TheFraser River is one of the most productivesalmon river ecosystems in the world. Millionsof fish provide an all-you-can-eat buffet for thehungry raptors. Visitors can also glimpseswans, ducks, seals, bears, coyotes, deer,and—if you’re really lucky—the elusive bigfootat the nearby Sasquatch Provincial Park.
November 2013
Get Vertical
On November 24, some of theworld’s elite runners will gatherat the Stamford hotel inSingapore to run a marathonwithout leaving the building!They will run a verticalmarathon, racing up 1,336stairs over 73 floors to a heightof over 740 feet. Last year’smen’s and women’s winnersreached the top in just over seven minutes.
Singapore’s skyscraper is just one stop on theVertical World Circuit. There are eight races indifferent skyscrapers all around the world: Empire State Building (U.S.): 1,050 feet; 86
floors; 1,576 steps Messeturm (Switzerland): 330 feet; 31 floors;
542 steps Taipei 101 (Taiwan): 1,300 feet; 91 floors;
2,046 steps China World Summit Wing (China): 1,080
feet; 82 floors; 2,041 steps Landmark 72 (Vietnam): 1,150 feet; 72
floors; 1,914 steps Torre Mapfre (Spain): 500 feet; 43 floors;
720 steps Novo Edificio Abril (Brazil): 460 feet; 30
floors; 672 steps
Anyone can enter. There are a variety of racesfor a wide range of runners. All rules andregulations are governed by the InternationalSkyrunning Federation. This federation originallyorganized races at high mountain altitudes, butas skyscraper running grew in popularity, so didthe need to make races official.
Vertical marathons highlight the benefits ofvertical fitness. Training uphill consumes tentimes more calories than the same exercise ona flat surface. No matter how fast (or slow) youclimb, vertical training gets you fit faster.Whether you climb a skyscraper or stairs at themall, both are better than a walk around a track.
Peace and Quiet
If you’re looking for a quiet vacation to getaway from it all, join the residents of OceanCity, New Jersey, on November 8–15 for theirannual Quiet Days. The hoards have departedthis beach community, and local residentscouldn’t be happier. Join in the Yawn-Along tothe music of a tinkling wind chime band. Foldand fly a silent paper airplane with thewhispered instruction of pilots. Enter yourhamster, mouse, or guinea pig in a challengedesigned to judge their lack of energy, sleepingposition, and general boredom. Or just recitethe official Quiet Festival Lament:
I do not hear your songI do not hear your wordsI never watch the moonOr listen to the birdsI’m lost in all the noiseThat saturates my spaceI’m weary of the clatterFind me a quiet place...
Going inCircles
November 2 mighthave you goingaround in circles. It is, after all, Look for CirclesDay. Why should circles get a holiday and notsquares or triangles? The ancient Greeksthought it the simplest and most perfect form.For some, it symbolizes eternity. For others,unity and wholeness.
Circles sometimes make strange appearancesin nature. During winter, if conditions areperfect, icy circles or discs form on the surfaceof frozen lakes and rivers. While many believecrop circles—the flattening of corn or wheat ina field into strange shapes or patterns—areman-made, others blame aliens, and still othersblame electromagneto-hydrodynamic plasmavortexes. Whatever the cause, the simple circlehas the power to both tickle and mesmerize us.
November 2013
Mars: Fact andFiction
Mars, our nearestplanetary neighbor in thecosmos, has longfascinated humans. TheRed Planet’s rust-colored surface gave ourancient ancestors the impression that it wascovered (quite gruesomely) in blood, so theybelieved it was ruled by Mars, the god of war.Writer H.G. Wells popularized the notion in his1898 novel The War of the Worlds that Mars wasnot just inhabited by aliens but that these Martianswanted to visit and invade Earth. The 1940s sawso many reports of UFOs that the U.S. Air Forcesaw fit to launch a secret study into flying saucersmanned by little green men.
Mars hoaxes continue to fascinate. In August of2003, a mass e-mail explained that Mars wasgoing to come so close to Earth that it wouldappear in the night sky to look as large as a fullmoon. While it was true that Mars came veryclose to Earth (56 million kilometers to beexact), NASA felt it necessary to make a publicstatement calling the email a hoax. DespiteNASA’s best efforts, this same hoax appearsalmost every August.
November 28, Red Planet Day, is a good time tobone up on the truth about Mars. This datecommemorates the launch of Mariner 4 onNovember 28, 1964. It was the first spacecraft tojourney to Mars and send back images of theplanet. Today there are two robotic roversexploring Mars’ surface. Much of their workfocuses on exploring how water might haveonce existed on the planet. Indeed, the poles ofMars are covered in ice caps much like Earth.However, the ice is not frozen water but frozencarbon dioxide, or dry ice. The famous andfictional Martian canals once gave life to the ideathat Martians could survive on a desert planetthanks to the canals that brought water from theicy poles. Today, thanks to technological marvels,we’re learning the truth about Mars.
November BirthdaysThose born from November 1–21 are Scorpios.Scorpios are curious investigators anddetermined executives. They are passionateand rarely lose endeavors they set their heartto. If you were born from November 22–30, youare a Sagittarius, the Archer. Archers are notonly confident but also lucky, so they often findsuccess. Their enthusiasm is infectious, sopeople often help them achieve their ambitiousand lofty goals.
Concetta Affayroux ……… Nov. 11Nadine Brown …………….. Nov. 21Idella Edmondson ……….. Nov. 12Dorothy Franklin …………. Nov. 20Albert Hierstetter …………..Nov. 12Sherri Hovermale ………….Nov. 3
George Keller ………………Nov. 27Patricia Litvin ……………....Nov. 5Nora Madden …………….....Nov. 9Robert Richardson ………..Nov. 23Larry Rothstein ……………Nov. 3Rebecca Snyder …………..Nov. 13Vestal Yelton …………….....Nov. 9Genevieve Hohenstein……Nov. 28
Monkey Business
Lopburi, Thailand, is home to amajestic temple and thousandsof resident macaque monkeys.While these monkeys are mostoften seen eating crabs on thebeach, once a year onNovember 25 they are offered a feast known asthe Monkey Buffet on the temple grounds.
In Thailand, it is considered good luck to treatmonkeys with kindness, even if theseparticular monkeys are known to steal fromand terrorize temple visitors. One local hotelowner thought he could both boost tourismand rescue unsuspecting tourists in one fellswoop. His idea was to lay out long redtablecloths and cover them with four tons offood. The monkeys gorge themselves on fruit,nuts, vegetables, rice, even soda and a localcustard dessert called thong yod. Thanks tohis efforts, the local hotel owner’s wallet hasgrown as fat as the monkeys’ bellies.
November 2013
Thanksgiving
Dinner
November 28th
11:30 amAll Dining Room Areas
Family members are welcome tomake a reservation to have
Thanksgiving dinner with their lovedones. This is a delicious homemademeal prepared by our own kitchen
staff.
Cost: $5.00
Please give your reservation and money toRichard Coleman, Food Service Manager
By November 15th
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BUS RIDE for ICE CREAMNovember 19th
1:00 – 3:30 pmCome take an Autumn Ride
Remind family members to bringWarm winter coats, hats & gloves!
Welcome New Friends!
Mary Jo DilworthSharon HarrisWilliam Spence
Edda SpenceRodney WulffDale Barnes
Donna MontgomeryElizabeth ParkerMary Monahan
Betty PapeGenevieve Hohenstein
Attilia MarasaDoyle BarnesSharon TurnerBetty Miller
Life Enrichment
Wish List
CEREAL BOX – CARDBOARDEGG CARTONS
NEWSPAPER COUPONS – DO NOTCUT THEM OUT
CIGAR BOXES – ANY SIZE
November 2013
November 2013
Friends, Staff, and Volunteers ofTransitions Healthcare Sykesville
Extend their SympathyTo The Families of:
Shirley HawkinsJoseph BriscoeJohn LetmateRobert DorsDoris Lee
Nancy Robinson
Not by the Years We LiveBy Helen Steiner Rice
From one day to anotherGod will gladly give
To everyone who seeks HimAnd tries each day to live
A little bit more closelyTo God and to each other,
Seeing everyone who passesAs a neighbor, friend, or brother,
Not only joy and happinessBut the faith to meet each trialNot with fear and trepidation
But with an innter smile,For we know life’s never measured
By how many years we liveBut by the kindly things we doAnd the happiness we give.
NOVEMBER 2013 RECOGNITION
National Hospice
Month
Sponsor:
National Association forHome Care & Hospice
(www.nahc.org)
The purpose of this month is toincrease public awareness of
hospice care to persons in thefinal phases of terminal illness.
November 2013
Resident CouncilOfficers
Matt TiffanyPresident
Ron MatternVice President
Carole KlugeSocial Secretary
Robert RichardsonChaplain
The Resident Council Board welcomeseveryone who calls Transitions HealthcareSykesville “home” to be actively involved inthe Resident Council meetings each month. Ifyou have questions, contact Matt Tiffany(room 109 B) – this President has answers! Joinus as we share ideas, concerns, and plan ouractivity schedule.
You can make a difference! We do!
RESIDENT COUNCILMEETING
October 24th
2:30 PM1st floor GAME ROOM
Congratulations to Ruthann McFadden(Transitions Healthcare Regional Social Worker)And Judy Goffi, Dietitian (Transitions HealthcareGettysburg) for completing the Seagull CenturyBike Ride. Ruthann and Judy completed the 100mile bike ride in 9 hours in 95 degree heat! Wayto go Team Transitions!
GOTeam
Transitions!
RESIDENT COUNCILMEETING
November 21st
2:30 PM1st floor GAME ROOM
November 2013
MANAGEMENT TEAM
SENIOR ADMINISTRATORJohn White, NHA
DIRECTOR OF NURSINGNancy Casañas, RN, DON
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING / 2ND FLOOR UNIT MANAGERLinda Karmala, RN, ADON
REGIONAL MARKETING DIRECTOR/CLINICAL LIASONSandy Soyke
ADMISSIONS COORDINATORKristen Allen
1st FLOOR UNIT MANAGERTom Houser, LPN
3rd FLOOR UNIT MANAGERDebbie Grigsby, LPN
WEEKEND SUPERVISORRose Kelley, RN
TRANISTIONS HEALTHCARE REHABILITATION DEPARTMENTGreg Lorch, DH-LPTA, MHA, CST
HUMAN RESOURCESLisa Timmons
REGIONAL SOCIAL WORKERRuthann McFadden, MSW, LCSW-C
TRANSITIONS HEALTHCARE SYKESVILLE SOCIAL WORKERVeronica Murphy, MSW and Jerri Vincent, BSW
DIETITIAN – Marian Moormann, LD, RDFOOD SERVICES MANAGER – Richard Coleman
DIRECTOR OF FACILITY SERVICES – John Swagger
HOUSEKEEPING& LAUNDRY SUPERVISOR – Carlos Sharp
BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER – Doris MillsAssistant Manager – Kevin Smith
LIFE ENRICHMENT DIRECTORDonna Barnett, ADC/MC, CDP, AC-BC, Editor “Sunbeams”
November 2013
Sandy’s Corner
Tired Old Dog
An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of. He calmly came over to me, Igave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walkeddown the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep. An hour later, he went to thedoor, and I let him out.
The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spotin the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for a few weeks.Curious I pinned a note to his collar: “I would like to find out who the owner of t hiswonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dogcomes to my house for a nap.”
The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: “He livesin a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3…he’s trying to catch up on his sleep.Can I come with him tomorrow?”
November 2013
RESIDENT BANKING NEEDS
Business Office is located on the 3rd FloorMonday – Friday Hours
9:00 am – 4:00 pm~
Saturday – SundaySee Front Desk Receptionist
10:00 am – 4:00 pmA limited amount of cash is kept with the receptionist to accommodate residents’ monetary needs on the weekend.
Residents must have an active Resident Account to request money on weekends.
If you do not have an account, or need further information,Please see:
Doris Mills, Business Office ManagerKevin Smith, Assistant Manager
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY CLUB
NOVEMBER 20TH
4:30 pm1st Floor dining room
Entertainment by:Janice Connolly
November 2013
“ Cowboy Joe” the Magician
Only the brave help with the Pinata! Thank you Nolan, Housekeeping
Thanks to Richard Coleman and the dietary staff for preparing food andsnacks for the Halloween Party!
November 2013
Thank you Nadine and MiMi for stuffing the pinatas with good candy!
Thanks to Kevin Gailey, GNA Restorative, for helping and yes he did steal a fewpieces of candy!
Thanks to Volunteers Carole Carlson and Jim Edmondson for assisting with the party!
November 2013
CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO:
The Best Halloween Costume Winner!
“Ronetta” Mattern
MiMi Brooks – Dorothy Franklin – Nancy Rupert
A special “Thank You” to judges of the Best Halloween Costume