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American House Cedarlake

14800 S Van Dyke Road | Plainfield | Illinois | 60544(815) 254-3564 | americanhouse.com

July 2016

Cedarlake’s Friendly StaffMark Miron, Executive Director

Lisa Choinski, Assistant Executive DirectorPatti Eulitz, Life Enrichment Director

Sam Bugarsky, Culinary DirectorCrystal Eichhorst, Sales & Marketing Director

Carol Malinoski, AL Wellness DirectorJuan Diaz, Maintenance Director

Ageless Grace!

Ageless Grace is fitness for physical and cognitivedevelopment based on movement, mindfulness,

music, and the science of brain plasticity.Ageless Grace is practiced sitting in a chair and canhelp healthy adults, seniors, and children as well as

challenged populations live a life of comfort and ease.The twenty-one “tools” of the program work the coremuscles, organs, and all systems of the body whileaddressing balance, breathing, the five functions of

the brain, and the twenty-one primary aging factors ofthe body. The exercises or tools are based on the

cutting edge Science of Neuroplasticity, designed tore-open the neural pathways in our brain and to

create NEW neural pathways....a perfect blend offitness for body and brain. Ageless Grace will help us

learn how to stay functionally youthful!See the calendar for days and times for the Ageless

Grace classes. You won’t want to miss them!

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Happy Birthday!

July 2 Jerry G.July 3 Dolores A.July 4 Roger H.July 5 Richard L.July 7 Jack E.July 8 Vera A.July 8 Carol K.July 10 Shirley Z.July 11 Janette S.July 12 Wayne B.July 15 Joan B.July 20 Shirley S.July 20 Zigmond J.July 23 Ingrid B.July 26 Marilyn B.July 30 John B.

Happy July!

Christopher Smith, D.C.The Plainfield Chiropractic office will be

presenting “Overall Wellbeing -Nutritional Health,” on Thursday, July28th at 2:30 p.m. in the Community

Room. Everyone will benefit from Dr.Smith’s talk on how food affects our

whole sense of wellbeing.

The Eastland DisasterFor an hour, while passengers wereboarding the steamship Eastland, on

this rainy but otherwise calm Saturday,the ship slowly rocked back and forthfrom starboard to port. The motion of

the boat, which was scheduled to takeemployees of the Western Electric Co.

on an excursion to Michigan City,Indiana, did not alarm the crew.

Please join John Boda on Friday, July22nd, at 10:30 a.m. in the Community

Room to learn more about thissignificant day in Chicago history.

Transportation NewsTom Coyle, aka, “our friendly

transportation guy,” will pick usup at the Renwick Building door

for all outings, medicalappointments, and Thursdayshopping trips. The Renwick

entrance has much more seatingavailable while waiting for our

departure time. If anythingchanges, we will keep you

informed! Thank you!

Open Dining ConceptWe are very excited to open our

new Wheatland dining roomstarting on Monday, June 27th.At that time we’ll discuss the

meal “reservation system,” andbegin our “Open Dining” programwhereby you can come down to

lunch daily anytime between11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Ahostess will seat you in the

dining room within a few minutesof arriving, and the dining roomservers will be ready to provide

great service. The new opendining program will give you

more flexibility to come down“anytime you want” for lunch,and not have to worry about ameal reservation. Overall, we

believe this open dining conceptwill give you more flexibility and

be a positive enhancement to ourCulinary program.

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The “Twilight Troubadour”July 14th at 2:30 p.m. will bring John Muhlenfield to our Community Room for

an hour of voice and guitar!

New to Cedarlake!

Resident TownHall Meeting

We are holding two Town Hallmeetings on Wednesday,

July 13th,at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

in the Community Room.We encourage everyone to attend

one of the meetings andlearn about all the new thingsgoing on in our community.Your questions are always

welcome.

Thank You

You Were so Patient!We appreciate your patience duringthe construction. You had to havemany “dusty” days and long walks

to and from your home. Theobstacles are behind you now!

Enjoy the new spaces.

Did You Know?By Brian Rosso, R.D.This month I wanted to share with

you some annual food totals on somepopular items purchased at AmericanHouse Senior Living.

Did you know that every yearAmerican House purchases ...

• 31,384 gallons of milk• 81,910 pounds of bananas• 3,262 watermelons• 30,125 pounds of tomatoes• 1,601,592 coffee creamers• 6,657 pineapples• 20,856 cucumbers• 29,040 pounds of cottage

cheese• 64,400 saltines• 18,306 pounds of red grapesI hope you found these facts

interesting, and we will continue topurchase the highest quality food.

Helpful Numbers

Front Desk(815) 254-3564

LunchReservations

Taken8 a.m.–8 p.m.

(815) 733-0078

CedarlakeCell Phone(815) 733-0078

Cedarlake BusTom’s Number:(815) 353-2874

Wellness Center(815) 267-3790

Comcast(800) 266-2278

AT & T(800) 244-4444

Hair SalonColleen

Thursdays 1–5 p.m.(815) 405-2717

VickiWednesdays 8 - 4 &

Fridays 8 - 4(815) 955-6991

PlainfieldLibrary

(815) 436-6639

Pace Bus(800) 244-4410

PlainfieldShuttle

(815) 436-1112

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July 2016Cedarlake

ActivitiesOutingsEntertainmentResident Run Activities

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayRoom Key

AC -Arts & Crafts Room (3rd Floor inWheatland Building)CD - Cedar RoomCR - Community RoomL - Loft (2nd Floor in Renwick Building)Ll - Library (Renwick Building)W - Wellness CenterRL - Renwick Lounge (2nd Floor)R3 - Renwick Lounge (3rd Floor)B - BistroND - New Dining Room

18:00 Beauty Salon (Vicki)

10:30 Men’s Club (CR)2:00 Movie: Mr. Holland’s

Opus (CR) Popcorn Day!3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Dominoes (AC)

210:30 Drumming Circle with

Mary Helen (CR)12:30 Mexican Train Dominoes

(AC)1:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Movie: The Italian Job

(CR)6:00 Happy Hour! (CD)

31:00 Bunco (AC)1:00 Nondenominational

Service (CR)2:00 Movie: Yankee Doodle

Dandy (CR)

Independence Day - No BMO HarrisBank Today

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4:00 Wii Bowling (L)6:30 Bingo (CR)

510:00 Plastic Mat Bag Cutting (AC)10:30 Ageless Grace (CR)1:00 Hand Bell Practice (AC)2:00 Movie Committee Meeting (B)3:30 Community Life Meeting (B)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)

68:00 Beauty Salon (Vicki)9:30 Architecture Boat Tour Outing (Sign-up

Necessary)10:30 “How To Protect Your Nest Egg,”

presentation by Pedro Alcantara, New YorkLife (CR)

1:30 Pinochle (AC)2:00 Wii Bowling (L)3:00 Scrabble (AC)3:30 Short Story Reading (RL)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Canasta (AC)

78:30 Bus Transportation9:00 Bus Transportation

10:30 Beanbag Baseball Practice (CR)12:00 Kohl’s Bus Trip1:00 Beauty Salon (Colleen)2:00 “Independence Day Show” with John

Trimmel (CR)3:00 Summer Ice Cream Social (New Dining Room)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)7:00 Wii Bowling (L)


10:30 Entertainment with TimWilsey (CR)

2:00 Movie: The King And I(CR) Popcorn Day!

3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Dominoes (AC)

910:30 BINGO (CD)12:30 Mexican Train Dominoes

(AC)1:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Movie: Romancing the

Stone (CR)

101:00 Bunco (AC)1:00 Nondenominational

Service (CR)2:00 Movie: Inspector General

(CR)

1110:30 Greeting Card Making (AC)

2:00 Catholic Communion Service (CR)3:00 Spiritual Discussion Group (Pastor

Bill) (CR)3:00 Mind Benders (B)4:00 Wii Bowling (L)6:30 Bingo (CR)

1210:00 Plastic Mat Bag Cutting (AC)10:30 Ageless Grace (CR)1:00 Hand Bell Practice (AC)2:00 Entertainment with Frank

Rossi (CR)3:00 Birthday Party (ND)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)


10:30 Town Hall Meeting (CR)1:30 Pinochle (AC)2:00 Wii Bowling (L)3:00 Town Hall Meeting (CR)3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Resident Ambassador Meeting

(CD)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Canasta (AC)


10:30 Emergency Preparedness Meeting (CR)12:00 Aldi Bus Trip

1:00 Beauty Salon (Colleen)2:30 Entertainment by The Twilight

Troubadour (CR)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)7:00 Wii Bowling (L)


10:30 Mandala Coloring (AC)2:00 Movie: American Sniper

(CR) Popcorn Day!3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Dominoes (AC)

1612:30 Mexican Train Dominoes

(AC)1:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Movie: The Emperors

Club (CR)6:00 Happy Hour! (CD)

171:00 Nondenominational

Service (CR)1:00 Bunco (AC)2:00 Movie: Bull Durham (CR)

1810:30 Game: The Last Word (B)

2:00 Catholic Communion Service(CR)

3:00 Spiritual Discussion Group(Pastor Bill) (CR)

3:00 Game: Catch Phrase (B)4:00 Wii Bowling (L)6:30 Bingo (CR)

1910:00 Plastic Mat Bag Cutting (AC)10:30 Ageless Grace (CR)1:00 Hand Bell Practice (AC)1:30 Dr. Kovacik, Audiologist

(Wellness Center) Pleasemake an appointment.

4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)


10:30 Left-Center-Right Dice Game (AC)1:30 Pinochle (AC)2:00 Beanbag Baseball Game-

Home (CR)2:00 Wii Bowling (L)3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Canasta (AC)


10:30 Trivia (B)12:00 Caputo’s Bus Trip1:00 Beauty Salon (Colleen)3:00 Culinary Meeting (CD)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)7:00 Wii Bowling (L)


10:30 John Boda to present: TheEastland Disaster (CR)

2:00 Movie: Don’t Say a Word(CR) Popcorn Day!

3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Dominoes (AC)


(AC)1:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Movie: This is the End

(CR)

241:00 Nondenominational Service (CR)1:00 Bunco (AC)2:00 Movie: Guarding Tess (CR)

311:00 Bunco (AC)1:00 Nondenominational Service (CR)2:00 Movie: War Games (CR)

2510:30 TRIAD - “Medication Safety”

(CR)2:00 Catholic Communion Service (CR)3:00 Joyful Life Club (CR)3:00 Spiritual Discussion Group (Pastor

Bill) (CR)4:00 Wii Bowling (L)6:30 Bingo (CR)

2610:00 Health & Wellness Fair (Residents

& Prospects) (CR)10:00 Plastic Mat Bag Cutting (AC)10:30 Mary Helen Ekstam to present

“The Challenge of Change” - Part2 (AC)

1:00 Hand Bell Practice (AC)3:00 Jewelry Making (AC)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)


10:30 Horse Race Game (CR)1:30 Pinochle (AC)2:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Professor Gary Midkiff to present:

“Climate Geopolitics” (CR)3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Canasta (AC)


10:30 Red Hat Ladies Meeting (CR)12:00 Louis-Joliet Mall Bus Trip

1:00 Beauty Salon (Colleen)2:30 Dr. Christopher Smith, Chiropractor to

present: Overall Wellbeing - NutritionalHealth (CR)

4:30 Bingo (CR)6:00 Men’s Poker (CR)7:00 Wii Bowling (L)


10:30 Creative Writing (B)2:00 Movie: Georgia Rules

(CR) Popcorn Day!3:00 Scrabble (AC)4:00 Dominoes (AC)


(AC)1:00 Wii Bowling (L)2:00 Movie: 007 Quantum of

Solace (CR)5:30 Private Party (CR)6:00 Happy Hour! (CD)

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Fitness Corner

Please check withyour physician

beforestarting any

exercise program.Fitness programs are

all held in theCommunity Room.

Silver SneakersBasic Chair ClassMonday through

Friday9:15 a.m. to 9:45

a.m.Fifteen minutesoptional cardio

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

New WorkoutRoom Is Open!

Please utilize the newequipment after you

have been shown theproper way to enterand exit each piece

of trainingequipment. Staffmembers will be

happy to guide youto safely use the

machines and talkabout proper shoes

when training.American HouseCedarlake wants

everyone to be wellinformed prior to

trying out the newroom’s featured

equipment. Thankyou for being safe!

July ActivitiesMen’s Club Meeting

Friday, July 1, at 10:30 a.m.Ageless Grace

Tuesday, July 5, at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, July 12, at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m.

Movie Committee MeetingTuesday, July 5, at 2:00 p.m.

Community Life MeetingTuesday, July 5, at 3:30 p.m.

Short Story ReadingWednesday, July 6 at 3:30 p.m.

Greeting Card MakingMonday, July 11, at 10:30 a.m.

Mind BendersMonday, July 11, at 3:00 p.m.

Mandala ColoringFriday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m.

Game: The Last WordMonday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m.

Game: Catch PhraseMonday, July 18, at 3:00 p.m.

Game: Left-Center-RightWednesday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m.

July ActivitiesTrivia

Thursday, July 21, at 10:30 a.m.Culinary Meeting

Thursday, July 21, at 3:00 p.m.Joyful Life Club Meeting

Monday, July 25, at 3:00 p.m.Jewelry Making

Tuesday, July 26, at 3:00 p.m.Horse Race Game

Wednesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m.Red Hat Ladies Meeting

Thursday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m.Creative Writing

Friday, July 29, at 10:30 a.m.

Come and Enjoyan Activity!

Challenge of Change - Part TwoOn Tuesday, July 26th, at 10:30 a.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room, Mary Helenwill be here with her presentation. Change is a constant in today’s world. Joinher and explore how change can affect one’s quality of life and learn healthy

living tips that can help you continue finding joy and peace in your everyday life.

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KindnessAct of

Some “Sparkling” Residents!Carol ChearoCarol Asklund

Shirley Reardon“Everybody deserves somebody who

makes them look forward totomorrow.”

Drumming CircleSaturday, July 2, 2016

Community Room @ 10:30 a.m.The reason rhythm is such a powerful

tool is that it permeates the entirebrain. Vision, for example, is in one

part of the brain, speech another, butdrumming accesses the whole brain.The sound of drumming generateddynamic neuronal connections in all

parts of the brain. Rhythmic drumminginduces altered states, which have a

wide range of therapeuticapplications. Drumming creates asense of connectedness with self

and others.If you have never experienced a

drumming session with Mary Helen,Music Therapist, please give it a try!

Look at Us!

July 2016

Nancy NeibauerNancy was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She received her Master’sDegree in Special Education. She taught in Wisconsin Rapids for about twenty

years in the Special Education field. Nancy married her husband, Frank, and theyhad two children, a daughter and a son. Her son served in the Marines. She hasthree grandchildren and two great-grandchildren! Nancy has lived in quite a few

places including Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Illinois, where she lives nowat American House Cedarlake with her trusty companion, Brandy. In years past,

Nancy volunteered for presidential elections, and has personally met President Fordand President Bush. Nancy’s faith is a big part of who she is. She enjoys helpingout in her church whenever she can, enjoys many hobbies and various activities.Golf, bowling, and a variety of crafts are some, to name a few! As of today, Nancy

has taken some time off from crafting since she has run out of space to display new“works of art”! Her kids have also told her, “Enough already with the zebra striped

crafts!” Lately, Nancy has been reading, working Sudoku, and putting puzzlestogether. You will also find her enjoying Bingo twice a week. She would like to leaveyou with a quote she tries to live by, “I’ve been handed many lemons in my life and

have tried to make lemonade!” You will see Nancy out and around Cedarlakeactivities with a smile!

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