Fall SemesterSEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER

2017

Hello and thank you for your interest in Watermark University!

Your curiosity is to be commended and it may even be the key to better health. Studies show that satisfying curiosities and learning new things can keep the mind agile and sharp. That’s why we created Watermark University. We know that stimulating the mind and strengthening the body has enormous benefits at any age and may even slow the process of memory loss.

Besides being good for you, keeping your brain and the body active and engaged doesn’t just improve your life – it’s a whole lot of fun! Enroll in a class or two that pique your interest. I’m confident you’ll learn something new and make a few friends along the way. While you’re at it, why not suggest a class or even volunteer to teach a subject you’re passionate about?

Just give us a call to reserve a space in a class that intrigues you. Please keep in mind that class space is limited, priority is given to residents and most, but not all classes are free. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in a Watermark University course this semester!

Sincerely,

Jason Barrett Community Life Director

COURSES FACULTY DAY AND TIME LOCATIONAARP Driver's Safety Georgia Wilmarth Friday October 27th at 10:00am Theatre

Belly Dancing Tina Dietz Every Other Friday at 12:30pm Multi-Purpose Room

Book of Proverbs Jerry Rice Mondays at 3:00pm Second Floor Private Dining Room

Breast Cancer Awareness Victoria Carpenter Thursday October 19th at 1:30pm Multi-Purpose Room

Chess Basics Rod Crites Thursdays at 2:00pm Parlor (3rd Floor)

Cooking With Chef Darrin RossAlternating Fridays Once a Month at

2:00pm Multi-Purpose Room

Cribbage Rene Comtois Thursdays at 1:30pm Parlor (3rd Floor)

Diabetes Awareness Victoria Carpenter Thursday November 16th at 1:30pm Theatre

Dressing Up Your Greens Jill Hunt Tuesday September 26th at 2:00pm Theatre

Epistles Jerry Rice Fridays at 10:30am Second Floor Private Dining Room

Do you like games of strategy and wit? This is the game for you! Join volunteer and community friend Rod Crites as he teaches the basic rules and strategies to chess. This classical board game has a long tradition of being the game of great thinkers and is steeped in a long history. Take this opportunity to learn a fun game that never gets old. Try your best to out strategize Rod, he's a tough opponent, but every opponent has his weakness! Come test your chess skills against Rod, today!

Explore your culinary interests each month with our Chef De Cuisine, Darrin Ross. Every month you will learn a recipe from our chef's repertoire as he demonstrates and prepares a new recipe of some of his favorite things to eat! Take this opportunity to learn a few recipes and culinary tips and tricks so that you can wow your friends at your next dinner party!

Join A.A.R.P. Defensive Driving Coordinator Georgia Wilmarth as she comes to present about mental alertness and driving defensively. Come and get a refresher on the rules of the road and learn how to better stay safe with Driver's Safety!

Join Transportation Associate, Rene Comtois for a fun and fast-paced card game that is part card game, and part board game…Cribbage! Cribbage is a game played with a standard deck of 52 cards (minus the jokers) and hands are dealt and played to acquire points on your peg counter board, and the first player to make it to 121 points or supersede 121 points, wins! You will pick-up fast on this card game...it's easy to learn! Join Rene to this semester for some card slinging fun!

Join Victoria Carpenter and the nurse staff of Interim Healthcare for a monthly topical health presentation for Diabetes Awareness Month. You will learn such things as: the prudence of regular blood glucose monitoring, exercise, diet, annual testing, and healthy lifestyle practices that can help to contribute to your overall good health and diabetes management. Come learn about diabetes today!

If you are a fan of a tasty salad and you like to dress it up with a delicious vinagrette or dressing, then look no further! Join Jill Hunt this semester for a recipe demonstration class on the basics of dressing making. You will learn how to make vinagrettes, salad oils, and dressings that will add a little "zing" to your favorite veggies and salads. This is a great way to enjoy a healthy snack option and make it delicious too! Join Jill this semester for an opportunity to make your salads...super!

Join retired Christian Educator and Resident, Jerry Rice for a Bible Study class centered around the Apostle Paul's Letters to the early Church. You will learn about the foundation of the Christian faith through the lens of Paul's Christology and divinely inspired leadership of the early Apostles. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the foundation of Christianity through the guiding principles of love, humility, and faith. Come explore the beauty of the profoundly aweing grandeur of Yahweh.

Join Executive Director, Tina Dietz for a fun and educational class about Belly Dancing! You will learn the history of this peforming art and also learn how to perfect a few moves yourself! Enjoy this fun opportunity to learn something new while not taking yourself too seriously!

Join Resident, Jerry Rice, for a Bible study group discussion over the Book of Proverbs. This scripture will enlighten and encourage you through the word of the Living God! "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)

Join Victoria Carpenter and the nursing staff from Interim Healthcare for an educational health presentation about Breast Cancer Awareness. You will be informed of a plethora of information and resources to explore for your own use. In addition to this presentation there will be a Breast Cancer Survivor party to honor those who have overcome their encounter with cancer. Please join us to learn and honor our survivors!

COURSES FACULTY DAY AND TIME LOCATIONExploring Wii Gaming Quincy Davis Every Other Friday at 1:30pm Multi-Purpose Room

Express Yourself Angel Moreland Every Other Tuesday at 3:00pm Second Floor Private Dining Room

Film Club Quincy D. & Dyllan G. Wednesdays at 2:00pm Theatre

Hand Hygiene Victoria Carpenter Thursday December 21st at 1:30pm Theatre

Healthy Aging Victoria Carpenter Thurs. September 28th at 1:30pm Theatre

Microwave Baking Jennifer Riley Friday November 10th at 2:00pm Theatre

Movin' & Groovin' Myron Frye Fridays at 9:45am Multi-Purpose Room

Navigating Nature Jason Barrett/Karol Swain Tuesdays at 1:00pm Theatre

Pen Pal Club Traci WoodEvery Other Friday at 1:00pm Starting

in September Second Floor Private Dining Room

Join Jason and Karol this semester for a fun and adventurous class about appreciating the great outdoors! This class will be one part spent learning about different birds, animals, insects, flower identification, plant identification, and natural living paired with an actual hands on interaction with nature at the Burr Oaks Nature Reserve when we will make a monthly visit to put our classroom application to work on their mile and half paved nature trail. Take this opporunity to explore what lies beyond your own front door!

As mother use to tell us, "wash your hands before dinner", is still a best practice for keeping germs and bacteria at bay. As the flu season approaches us this fall and winter we will be offering a health presentation about the importance of washing your hands. Take this opportunity to learn from Victoria Carpenter and the nurse staff at Interim Healthcare. Stay well this flu season!

Join Associates Quincy Davis and Dyllan Graves for Film Club. This film appreciation class will explore a variety of elements of film making paired with movie critiquing. This is a fun opportunity for movie enthusiast, like Quincy, Dyllan, and you to artfully examine the interworkings of great cinema making. We'll see you in the movies!

Come and learn a few new games with Quincy Davis this semester as he instructs us on a few new games for the Nintendo Wii. You will learn a variety of games from darts, golf, tennis, baseball, and much more with this opportunity to discover the possibilities for fun with the Wii gaming console. Come check out a few games with Quincy today!

Are you a fan of music? How about expressive writing like poetry or short stories? Join Angel Moreland this semester to Express Yourself with creative writing and music appreciation. You will learn such things as expressive writing, free-flow thought writing, and narrative writing...all the while enjoying music that feeds your inner creativity. Take this opportunity to join Angel to delve into your true self and express those feelings, thoughts, and emotions with written word. Come get inspired by the music, but learn to write from your heart!

If you are walking through the Multi-Purpose Room on a Friday and you hear the sound of Michael Sembello's "Maniac" or Michael Jackson's "Beat It", then you know that Myron is in the house! Come and join physical trainer Myron Frye for his motivating and energizing chair aerobics exercises that are sure to keep you active and moving along to the beat of these energetic sounds!

Aging healthy is an important goal for many. Though genetics and heredity are contributing factors to how we age, there are still some important steps that we can take to help ensure that we are contributing as positively to our overall health as possible. In September join Victoria Carpenter and the nurse staff of Interim Healthcare for a topical health and aging conversation that will teach us some best practices for assisting us in staying the most fit, active, and healthy people we can be. Join in on the conversation and learn what might work best for your healthy aging! See you there!

Have you always been a baker,but don't want to bother with all of the heavy equipment and tools anymore? Join Jennifer Riley for a fun and simple baking class that uses nothing more than your microwave…that's it! You will learn a few microwave baking recipes that are sure to be family and friend favorites, but they will never believe that all you used was a microwave! Take this opportunity this semester to learn to simplify your sweet tooth!

Come for an opportunity to practice the art of the written letter in this class paired with the Independence School District's Elementary School, Korte Elementary. You will be practicing and learning some old reflxes about letter writing such as personal narrative writing, introductions, salutations, and most importantly connecting with grade school children who will get to practice letter writing as part of their classroom curriculum too! This is a great opportunity for an intergenerational exchange of thought and familial connection. Join Traci for this awesome opportunity this semester!

COURSES FACULTY DAY AND TIME LOCATIONPool: 9 Ball Don Eason Thursdays at 2:00pm Den (2nd Floor)

Stretch It Out Vanessa Barrett TBA October Multi-Purpose Room

Teachings of Jesus Jason Barrett Wednesdays at 10:30am Second Floor Private Dining Room

Tech Savvy Emily Cox First Fri. Each Month at 10:00am Theatre

Texas Hold'em Chuck Couch Wednesdays at 1:30pm Parlor (3rd Floor)

The Bible: What Is Its Message? Don Eason Wednesdays at 3:00pm Craft Room

Travelogue: Ireland Rene Comtois TBA October Multi-Purpose Room

Travelogue: Seoul, South Korea Kim Swain TBA November Multi-Purpose Room

Zumba Stretch Julie Clark Saturdays at 9:30am Multi-Purpose Room

Join volunteer Vanessa Barrett as she teaches us the Vinyasa style of yoga stretching. This fun exercise class is very low impact and great for increasing and maintaining range of motion, balance, and mobility. Take this opportunity to stretch it out with Vanessa and strengthen yourself today!

Join volunteer Kim Swain, daughter of Karol Swain in her Watermark University class, Travelogue: Seoul, South Korea. After her most recent mission trip to South Korea; Kim has an adventurous story to share about the people, culture, history, and sites of this small country jutting off of the Asianic peninsula. You will hear all of the stories and pictures that she has to share about her travels. Take this opportunity to emerse yourself into this armchair travelogue of kimchi, empirial palaces, and much more! Take a trip with Kim this semester!

Join Community Life Director, Jason Barrett for the third semester of the series, The Teachings of Jesus! In this class you will learn who Jesus is, who the people of His time said he was, and how he has change the course of humanity…forever! We will be looking into the personage of Jesus through Messianic prophecy, and after we understand the fullness of the personage of Jesus Christ we will be looking at His teachings and how He brought revolutionary understanding to the things of GOD, and ultimately what this truth meant for Humanity. We will also be studying scripture that clearly and concisely gives a deeper and richer understanding of the Messiah through His life, death, and ultimately His resurrection! Join us in discovering who Jesus is, and what He taught to the world!

Bring any and all technology questions! Emily from the Mid-Continent Public Library will be here to assist with e-books, Facebook and social media, using your smartphone and tablet, and more. What are you stuck on? What do you want to know more about? Whether you are new or experienced, there are always things to learn about technology. Bring your own questions or feel free to listen and learn from other participants.

Join Don Eason as he uses a practical and relatable approach to understanding the message of The Bible and what it means for our lives. You will learn about the Hebrew Scriptures and Greek Scriptures and how combined they create and over-arching truth of who Jehovah is and how Jehovah has sought to rescue and bring His creation back to perfect restoration. Come learn how this reality is unfolding today, and how you can be a part of Jehovah's coming kingdom. Don't miss out on this opportunity to reconnect with our Creator.

Anty up! Join Resident Chuck Couch for his Watermark University class, Texas Hold'em. This card toting aficionado is going to teach us the fundamentals of card playing in this five card draw poker variety game. Leave it up to Chuck to teach you the basics of poker, but as far as perfecting your poker face...the bluff's on you!

Top o' the mornin' to ya me lads and lassies! How about taking a trip to Erie-land without ever having to leave your armchair? That would surely be a trip indeed…but a trip it is! Join Rene Comtois for a travelogue presentation about his most recent trip to Ireland to see the wonderful countryside, historic taverns, city life, and amazing history of this formidable island in the Northern Atlantic! You will see such amazing things as ancient castles, beautiful pastural scenes, and of course the infamous Blarney Stone! Get ready to grab your shillelagh and venture on a journey as we tip-toe and dance a jig across the magnificent green landscape of Ireland. Éirinn go Brách!

If you love to exercise and stay in shape then you will love Zumba Stretch! This exciting Latin Dance inspired aerobics class will keep you moving and energized. Come learn a few dancing techniques that are just as exciting for the dance floor as they are for a great workout! You will have so much fun with this class that you will have forgotten that you are working out at all! Join Julie this semester for some aerobic fun and light stretching in her class, Zumba Stretch!

If you've always wanted to learn how to play the game of 9 Ball, then here's your chance this semester! Join Director of Facilities Don Eason as he will show you the fundamentals of shooting and strategy. You will be learning several different pool games that you can play with your friends. I can't think of a better way to learn the game than with our own local pool shark! Don't forget to chalk!

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Jason Barrett is the Community Life Director at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Jason graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with an emphasis in commercial art. Jason loves to contribute to Watermark University by sharing some of his hobbies, interests, and the arts. He is a passionate student of The Bible and is excited to be facilitating a class this semester about the Teachings of Jesus from Scripture. You will explore whom Jesus is, and why He is important to everyone’s life. Also, don’t forget to catch Jason in Navigating Nature. Vanessa Barrett is a volunteer at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She works for the Fort Osage School District and has a Yoga Studio that she helps to manage too. She has a daughter in college that used to volunteer at our community with her, and in the summertime Vanessa helps her husband to run church summer camps in Minnesota. She has recently taught a variety of exercise classes at Greenbriar, but this semester she will be teaching us the fine art of stretching and breathing in her vinyasa yoga class called, “Stretch It Out”. You will learn all about the importance of stretching and deep breathing this semester with Vanessa! Come check it out!

Victoria Carpenter is the Community Liaison for Interim Healthcare. She is working with a team of nurses to create impactful opportunities for all of the Residents and Associates at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She will contribute to the Watermark University program with a monthly topical health presentation to educate everyone on some important health topics! These classes will include: Healthy Aging, Breast Cancer Awareness, Diabetes Awareness, and Hand Hygiene. Join Victoria this semester for some important health information! Julie Clark is a volunteer at The Fountains at Greenbriar. By day, Julie is a Correctional Officer for the Kansas City Department of Corrections, but by night Julie is an aerobics fanatic! Julie loves to spend her free time with her family and her friends. She has been teaching a Latin dance based aerobics class called Zumba for a few years now and has just recently been certified to teach senior adults! Join Julie this semester for her fourth Watermark University class called Zumba Stretch!

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Rene Comtois is a Driver at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Rene is also a retired teacher from the North Kansas City School District. As a teacher, Rene taught Physical Education, English, and Reading Programs. Rene also enjoys spending his free time traveling with his wife Nancy. He is an accomplished traveler and gifted travelogue presenter. He has given presentations about Holland, South America, A Mission to Mexico, and this semester he will be joining us for a travelogue on Ireland! Take this opportunity to travel with Rene this semester! You can also catch Rene teaching Cribbage!

Chuck Couch is a Resident at The Fountains at Greenbriar. He had lived at Greenbriar for a little over 4 years and is best known for his wonderful collection of Stetson cowboy hats! He is very active in the community and loves to go on outings to mystery dinner, pizza outing, New Theatre Restaurant, and any sports outing, especially the Kansas City Royals! In addition to Chuck’s many hobbies and interest the one that occupies much of his time is playing cards. Poker precisely is his card game of choice, but even more so would be a poker game called Texas Hold’em! This semester join Chuck for his Watermark University class and learn a new poker game!

Emily Cox is a Community Outreach Access Specialist at the Mid Continent Public Library- South Branch. She is responsible for community outreach at her location (South Independence Branch) of the Mid-Continent Public Library. She enjoys spending her free time with family and friends. Emily enjoys her job at the library and without a doubt being an avid reader; the books are a big part of what makes her job interesting, but she enjoys her role reaching out into the community and connecting with people through her media and technology classes too! She is a native Kansas Citian, and received her Bachelor's degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Join Emily this semester in Tech Savvy!

Rod Crites is a volunteer at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Rod is a longtime friend with one of our Residents. The majority of their relationship has been spent over a board game, specifically chess! This semester join Rod for a class called Chess Basics! He believes that learning to play chess is a great way for keeping the mind active and engaged by using your brain for problem solving strategies. Help to strengthen your mind and learn a fun game too this semester too! Don’t worry if you don’t win at first, the more you play, the better your strategy gets! Join in on some chess playing fun!

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Quincy Davis is a dishwasher in the kitchen at The Fountains at Greenbriar. He is has been with Greenbriar a little under a year, but he is all in for sharing some of his hobbies and interests with Watermark University. Quincy loves to spend his free time with his family and friends, and a lot of the time that leads him to his two favorite things…which are movies and video games! This semester you can join him in two classes Film Club and Exploring Wii Gaming where you will get to share the joys of movie watching and film critiquing as well as learn a few new video games too! Join in on some fun with Quincy!

Tina Dietz is the Executive Director at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She is our new Executive Director and after even just a short while with us she is jumping all in to Watermark University! This semester you can join Tina in her first class called Belly Dancing, where she will be brushing of some old skills and teaching us the art of expressive dancing using the torso which originates from Middle Eastern folk dance, and now is becoming more popular as an interpretive dancing exercise. Come get fit while dancing with Tina this semester!

Don Eason is the Director of Facilities at The Fountains at Greenbriar. He is a licensed Master Electrician and owned his own business for 15 year before coming to Greenbriar. He enjoys spending his free time with his family and friends and is an avid student and teacher of The Bible. Apart from his time devoted to scripture he enjoys recreationally playing pool and billiards. This semester you can join him in two Watermark University classes called The Bible: What Is Its Message and Pool: 9 Ball! Come learn with Don this semester!

Myron Frye is a professional fitness trainer who specializes in physical fitness programs for aging adults. Every semester Myron joins us for his fun and active fitness regimens. This semester, Myron will be keeping you moving and staying fit with his own style of chair aerobics. His philosophy on staying healthy is to keep moving and keep laughing. Come along every Friday for Movin’ & Groovin’! He’ll keep you moving to the beat of the music! Take this opportunity to try a new fitness program that can change your lifestyle for good!

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Dyllan Graves is a dishwasher at The Fountains at Greenbriar. He is anxiously awaiting to be joining us again for another semester of Watermark University. In his free time he loves to go to the movies and he also has an appreciation for the history of film and its use as a story telling medium. This semester you can join Dillon in his class called, Film Club. Where you will be visiting movies from the early 20th century to present day to learn about film as an art form and . Join in on the fun!

Jill Hunt is the Business Office Assistant at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Jill loves spending her free time with her husband and two sons who are 21 and 14 years old. Jill has an Associate’s degree in Architectural Photography from Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City. She also enjoys cooking and hosting parties for friends. She travels a bit in her free time and has been to Cozumel, Jamaica, and Cancun. This semester she will be exploring a salad dressing making class called Dressing Up Your Greens! Try a healthy dish today!

Angel Moreland is a Dining Room Associate at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She has just been with us for a short while here at Greenbriar, but she is fully embracing this opportunity to learn and grow through Watermark University. Angel is interested in self-expression through art and writing, so this semester she will be pairing her two favorite things together in a Watermark University class called Express Yourself where you will be learning about creative writing through inspiration from music. Join in on an opportunity to be creative!

Jerry Rice is a Resident at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Jerry and his wife Winnie are accustomed to taking on teaching opportunities, especially since Jerry has been a Christian educator for more than 30 years! After his retirement from the Air Force he has dedicated his life to his Lord and teaching others. This semester he will be joining us for Watermark University teaching some Bible study classes called Epistles and The Book of Proverbs! Join Jerry for a Bible study class and make some friends and enjoy the fellowship.

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Jennifer Riley is a driver at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She loves spending her free time with her husband, Kevin and her youngest son, Kale. She also has two older children as well! Family is definitely an important part to Jennifer’s life and when family is around that usually means that food is present too! This semester you can join her in a quick and simple dessert baking class called, Microwave Baking. This is a simple and tasty treat for making with limited baking equipment and is a great party food to share with friends and family. Join in on a simple and easy baking demonstration class this semester!

Darrin Ross is the Chef De Cuisine at The Fountains at Greenbriar. He has just recently joined the Greenbriar family and is enthused to be doing what he loves…cooking and creating wonderfully delicious meals! Prior to joining us Darrin comes with a plethora of experience in the culinary arts. He likes to create amazing meals, but he especially loves opportunities to throw in a little bit of his Cajun roots into a dish. This semester you can join him in his first monthly cooking demo called Cooking with Chef! Learn some recipes with Darrin! Karol Swain is the Community Life Assistant at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She enjoys spending her time with her husband, Jerry, and three children: Joel, Josh, and Kim! Being a grandma helps to keep Karol’s time a little occupied with her three grandchildren: Giana, Zander, and Oliver-a third one on the way! In her free time Karol enjoy spending time outdoors in nature with wildlife, plants, and trees. It is a spiritual opportunity to connect with the natural world and you can do the same this semester in her class called Navigating Nature! Come explore the great outdoors through education and experience! Kim Swain is a volunteer at The Fountains at Greenbriar. She is also the daughter of Community Life Assistant, Karol Swain! She has been a faithful volunteer at our community and has taught a variety of travelogues from her most recent travels such as England, California, and this semester an armchair travel to Seoul, South Korea. She will be sharing all of her exciting adventures from her mission trip to Korea, and what she learned about culture, cuisine, and history! Take a tour of South Korea with Kim this semester!

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Georgia Wilmarth is a coordinator for AARP Driving Courses. Georgia has been coordinating driving programs for over 20 years through AARP. Ensuring that people are educated and informed about best driving practices and new road regulations is a topic that lies deep at the heart of Georgia’s classes. Join Georgia this semester as she gives a rejuvenating lecture about safe driving practices in her class called AARP Driver’s Safety! Learn some useful tips on how to navigate the road safely and more securely.

Traci Wood is the HR / Business Office Director at The Fountains at Greenbriar. Traci is originally from Kansas, but has been living in Utah for a while. Traci is happy to have returned to her home state and to be working at our wonderful community! She enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends. Connecting and communicating with people is a very important art, especially the written letter, and this semester you can join Traci in connecting with area Independence children at Korte Elementary with the Pen Pal Project! Come write a letter and make a new friend this semester!

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