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Our Mission Statement Westminster Village is committed to providing an environment that encourages and enables our residents to enjoy life to the maximum of their capabilities in a relaxed atmosphere of security, comfort and dignity.

Volume 08-09 August 2009

Flashback to Photos

Excitement at the Village

What a wonderful July we experienced at the Village. The Fourth of July party at the Ramey Center was a fun patriotic day of celebration. Tammy Swanson, our entertainment for the event, was fantastic with not only patriotic songs but a collection of oldies for everyone to enjoy. We even had our own Tina Turner diva dancers help out with Rolling on the River. The food, decorations and fellowship will be hard to top as you can see from the pictures on the back of the newsletter. A special thanks to all of our wonderful resident volunteers along with the staff who worked their holiday to make this event so special. Kendall is doing a great job of getting great entertainment and interesting programs for our Thursday coffee’s each week, please be sure to join us for all the fun. We want to say a special thanks to Extended Grace for performing at the Chapel in July, their gospel music is powerful. Angela Presnell, our Accounting Assistant, joined Extended Grace and performed several songs. Angela has a voice an angel would be envious of and we were so thankful she shared her talent with us. Our trips were well attended and fun along with our ice cream social sponsored by Cobb’s. First Presbyterian Church of Blytheville had a group of youth volunteer’s from First Presbyterian Church, Lansing, Michigan come to do some community volunteer work during July. During their stay Reverend Warren Wilkewitz told the youth group about Westminster Village. Before they returned to Michigan the children opened their hearts and their pockets and took up a donation of $26.00 to be donated to Westminster Village. It is with much appreciation we have now set up a benevolent fund with this donation and it is our hope to continue to grow this fund with additional donations, which will be used for assistance to residents who have financial needs in the future. We felt so blessed to have this youth group think of our seniors so fondly. Lavella McWilliams, Marketing Director and I graduated from Blytheville Leadership Institute (BLI) class of 2008-2009 in March. Jess O’Guin, Environmental Services Director, graduated from the 2007-2008 BLI class. Kendall Berry, Resident Services Director will be participating in BLI with the 2009-2010 class. Many of you may not know what BLI is and how important it is to the Bytheville community so I want to take this opportunity to give residents some insight into this wonderful program. BLI is sponsored by the Greater Blytheville Area Chamber of Commerce and supported by various companies who give generous donations. - Continued on next page...

The Village Voice The Village Voice

Linda’s Letter

Resident Referral Program The 2008-2009 Resident Referral Program ended in June with Merle Burnett spinning the wheel and walking away with $1,500.00. Merle has been a resident at Westminster Village for five years and speaks highly of the stress free life style he enjoys here and contributes that to a longer life. We had three move ins to Westminster from referrals Merle gave during the 2008-2009 Referral Program. The 2009-2010 Referral Program is off to a good start with two referral and two move ins from those referrals already scheduled. This year’s program is “Lets Make A Deal” so bring in your referral cards, come to coffee and choose from three different boxes that may contain cash and other prizes. Anyone can be a winner and win “Big Money” when the program ends next June.

Merle Burnett giving the wheel a spin for the money. Lavella pays out $1500.

The class of 2008-2009 BLI sign project on West Hwy 18.

2009 Resident Council Representatives and Alternates

Members Ed Hansen - President

Jerry Johnson - Vice President Chuck Skelton - Secretary / Treasurer

Diane Kennedy, Ann Martin, Janet Napier, Pat Schroader,

Shirley Shaw, Beverly Storey, Alternates

Linda Johnson, Linda Penn

Resident Council Meeting The Resident Council is meeting Wednesday, August 5th at 1:30PM in the Ramey Center. All residents are invited to attend. For more information concerning the Resident Council, contact a council member or the Resident Council President.

Westminster Village Directors Linda O’Guin Executive Director Lavella McWilliams Marketing Director Jess O’Guin Environmental Services Dir. Theresa Swann Accounting Director Kendall Berry Resident Services Director Peggy Kenner Wellness Nurse Lisa Green Dining Director Shelly Barley Admin/HR Director Board of Directors President Rev. Thad Grimstead Vice President Rev. Warren Wilkewitz Secretary /Treasurer Bruce Young Finance Chairman Bob Ramey

2009 Board Members John Alford, Cecil Brown

Doug Bush, Rev. Thad Grimstead, David King, Judge Steve McGuire, Helen Milam

Roger Oldham, Bob Ramey Janet Robertson, Hayes T. Sullivan

Shirley Tucker, Rev. Warren Wilkewitz Bruce Young

Management Company C.R.S.A. - Memphis Contact Person Mack Williamson

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(Continued from main cover) Companies, like ours, participate in BLI by sending their employees to learn about getting involved in the community, networking within the community, industry, the City and County government, local education, and health care. Participants in BLI are given tours of various industries, educational facilities; they are required to attend school board meetings, City Council and County Quorum Court meetings and attend classes every other Wednesday morning for half a day. BLI starts with a retreat in September and ends in March with a Chamber banquet. The Chamber and local volunteers who give so much of their time should be commended for their dedication to BLI. This is also a huge commitment from Companies to allow employees to take time from work to attend. Participants in BLI must make a commitment to attend and work with their fellow class members. Each graduating class works together to raise funds to pay for a community project. Our BLI class of 2008-2009 has elected to have two projects: to restore Nelson Park on Division and Chickasawba streets with new playground equipment, a pavilion, and parking area and a Welcome to Blytheville sign coming into Blytheville on Highway 18 (see picture front page). These two projects are a work in progress. Our class is very proud of our accomplishments but I want to remind you that there were many BLI classes before us and there are visible signs all over the community showing just how important BLI is to our City and County. If you get the opportunity, please tell the Chamber how proud you are of their dedication to your community. Kendall is keeping it exciting during the month of August. We are off to see the Redbirds play ball early in August and then we have an overnight trip to Little Rock to visit the Clinton Library and much more. We are very excited about the enthusiasm residents have shown about recent trips. This is why we are so happy we have contributions being made toward the purchase of a vehicle. The bus fund is beginning to grow and with everyone’s help, we hope to have our own Westminster Village bus in the near future. Besides the trips this month we have water aerobics, exercise class at the Ramey Center three times each week, the book club will meet, Dirty Bingo on two Saturday’s, Red Hatters will have a luncheon at the Café and many fun and interesting Thursday coffee’s. Happy hour will be at the pool this month as will Ladies Night Out. The Resident Council is sponsoring Monday Night Out at the Café on August 10th so be sure to get your tickets early. Our birthday/anniversary party for the month will be on Tuesday, August 25, please come out for cake and to celebrate or wish your neighbor Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary. This is always a fun time for fellowship. Healthy Partners Clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 532-6001 and Peggy Kenner with our Wellness Center is available on Monday’s and Thursday’s for your health needs. Our Marketing Department has been busy moving in new residents so please take the time to welcome your new neighbors. We want to say a fond farewell to Harrell and LaGene Hampton as they relocate.

Memphis Redbirds Baseball Game

Lets go to the ballgame. Tuesday, August 4th, we will leave WMV around 3 PM, have dinner before

the game at Blues City Café on Beale Street. And then the game starts at 7 PM. The cost of

$20.00 per person does not include meals.

Blues City Café has awesome BBQ Ribs, wonderful Homemade Hot Tamales, Southern Fried Catfish, Oven-Broiled Steaks by the pound and more! This is the restaurant Tom Cruise met with the FBI in the movie The Firm!

The Redbirds will be playing the Omaha Royals.

Register With Front Desk ASAP

Happy Hour Pool Party

Friday August 21st 5 PM If it rains we will meet in the

Ramey Center. We will meet at the pool for Happy Hour. For some

pizza, karaoke and more fun things to do around the pool.

A casual dress event. Bring a snack or desert.

No Glass in the Pool Area! See ya’ll there! Yee haw!

We are going to Little Rock in August. We will leave Monday August 17th at 9 AM and return on

Tuesday the 18th. Monday the 17th after lunch we could tour the Clinton Library and the Arkansas

Museum of Discovery. Then perhaps go over to the River Market to eat dinner. Tuesday the 18th we will have a leisurely start by going to see the Ole Mill, the last standing artifact used in

the movie “Gone With The Wind”. We will have lunch at the

Purple Cow and then head on home to WMV.

The approximate cost per person shared rooms will be about $100 which includes museums and

travel. Single occupancy room add $55 more. This is an estimated cost and does not include any meals; there will be three meals 2 lunches and 1 dinner.

The hotel has a continental breakfast.

Register with the Front Desk.

LADIES NIGHT OUT Ladies Night Out Saturday August 22nd

at 6 PM at the Pool. Ladies bring snacks to share.

No Glass in the Pool Area! We will have fun. It is a secret.

Come find out what we will be doing. Ladies Only!

We will meet in the Ramey Center if it rains.

Hey let’s go to Little Rock to see the Clinton Library and see

more of the town.

All those who are interested in going on a Cruise in 2010 come to the Cruise Club Meeting August 11th at 11 AM in the Ramey Center. We already have a group of around 12 getting on board. The cost will be about $600 per person. This is an estimated cost which will vary depending on the type of cabin. Do not miss the boat!

Cruise Club

Their presence will be missed in the Village and the Community. Have a wonderful month, stay cool and enjoy the remainder of the summer. Sincerely, Linda O’Guin Executive Director

Bowen Travis = 12 years

Jan Atkin & Kathy Snearley = 8 years

Merle & Joy Burnett = 5 years

Barbara Anderson = 3 years Lorraine Hughes = 3 years

Paul & Veda Jenkins = 3 years

Jerry & Betty Brown = 2 years Larry Curtright = 2 years

Joan Horner = 2 years Lee & Michele Johnson = 2 years

Charles Sivits = 2 years Willie & Doris Thurman = 2 years

Carlos & Ines LeFebvre = 1 year

Dolores Stott = 1 year

James “Pat” Hoyt David & Rhonda Johnson

Brenda Pruett Michael Robinson

Carol Simms Moe Zendehnam

Faith in Action provides local transportation. If you need a ride you must have an application on file and give 24-hour notice. Please call 532-1501 for more information.

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AUGUST 3rd John Thompson 4th Peggy Chapman 7th Gailya Childress

7th Henry Napier 8th Trilbie Brown 9th Frank Baker

10th Ronald David 10th Ron Maple 12th Dave Sabin

13th James Ausburn 13th Patsy Morrison 14th Willie Thurman 17th Lavenia Jordan

18th Joe Amos 18th Pamela Thomas Weber

19th Janet Henry 20th Rhonda Johnson 22nd Kathy Snearley

26th Bob Jewell 29th Sandra Koonce 29th Doris Thurman

Employee

31st Billy Hogan

This sounds just like WMV. “A liveable community is one that has affordable and appropriate housing, supportive community features

and adequate mobility options, which together facilitate personal independence and engagement of

residents in civic and social life.”

“Liveable Communities”, AARP

Ceramics class in the craft hut. On Wednesdays at 1 PM

Scrapbooking will be on Monday the 3rd and 17th in the Crafthut 1:30 PM

In the Craft Hut

BINGO Birthday &

Move-In Anniversary Celebration

Tuesday August 25th

3:00 PM Ramey Center

Must be present to win prizes.

5215 Southside Drive Blytheville, AR 72315

(870) 532-4100

Red Hatters Will meet in the Café Thursday August 6th at 12 noon. The guest speaker is Clorinda Abbott, She will

be talking about how to make scrapbooks. Call 532-6162 if you have any questions.

Don’t forget about the 11/12 program earn more interest than you can get from the bank!

Call the accounting office for more information about this program.

Library News

August 9th is Book Lovers Day, Celebrate with a visit to the Village Library. We have received a lot of new movies that you may want to see such as:

Castaway, Terminator 3, Charlie's Angels,

Blood Work, Gods & Generals, The Generals Daughter, Showtime, Red Skelton,

Milton Berle’s Mad World of Comedy and many more.

So visit the Village Library soon, it just keeps getting better. The Library Committee

Book Club Meets August 12th 2 PM in the Ramey Center.

“American Dynasty”

By Kevin Phillips Lead by Thurman Rowlett

We Have A Dream! The Westminster Village Bus Fund

Well I just wanted to take the time to tell you about what is going on with the

bus fund. First of all, it was the Resident Council that helped get the fund going with $500. We did a nice little dog show that thankfully that almost broke even. First National Bank helped us out with $200 to pay for the Dog Show ribbons. Otherwise we would have been in the hole. I want to thank Jack Frizzell and Florence Romero they each gave $100 during the 4th of July celebration bringing the fund to 791.27. A few residents and I worked at the gate for the Sports Car Club of America the first weekend in June, so the SCCA gave a $200.00 donation to the WMV Bus Fund. Well now we had $991.27. Wow! At this past Thursday at Coffee, we had a push to make the fund go over $1000. Thanks to all the donations we made it to $1011.27. Then to make it even better, Jerry and Betty Brown gave $100.00 to the Bus Fund, bringing the bal-ance to 1,111.27. So remember, your donations to Westminster Village are tax deductible and you can help us grow the bus fund with your contributions. So lets all get on board! Kendall Berry Resident Services Director

Remember, you can always find the most current Village Voice in full color online at:

http://www.wmv.org/services.htm

Monday Night Out August 10th 6 PM

Ticketed event for residents $3.00 each. Register with the front desk.

Tickets are allotted to the first 100 residents. Ticket sales begin Monday August 3rd

thru Friday the 7th.

The first 3 days of ticket sales is for residents only. Tickets that are left after the first 3 days of sales,

guests, staff and residents may purchase tickets on August 6th and 7th. Guests and Staff tickets are $6.00 each.

Serving from 6 to 7 pm.

Menu : Grilled/Baked Chicken Or Spaghetti Sponsored by the Resident Council

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

1 Breakfast 8 - 11 AM

2 Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

310 AM Exercise Class RC Wellness Clinic 9am-12PM

1:30 Scrapbooking CH

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

4 10 AM Bible Study

1 PM Bridge RC 3 PM Memphis - Beale St. Blues City Café Redbirds Baseball See Pg. 7

6 PM - Men's Pool Night

5 10 AM Exercise Class RC

10:30 AM Activity Meeting - RC 1:30 PM Resident Council Meeting - RC

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

6 10 AM Coffee University of Arkansas Archeology - RC Red Hatters Noon - Cafe Wellness Clinic 1-3PM

6 PM - Pool For All

7 10 AM Exercise Class RC 1 PM Bridge RC 5:30 PM Line Dancing RC

8 Breakfast 8 - 11 AM

Dirty Bingo 2 PM - RC

9 Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

1010 AM Exercise Class RC Wellness Clinic 9AM-12PM 1:30 PM Alzheimer’s Support Group RC

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM Monday Night Out

11 10 AM Bible Study

11 AM Cruise Club Meeting - RC Pg. 7

1 PM Bridge RC

6 PM - Men's Pool Night

12 10 AM Exercise Class RC Book Club 2 PM—RC

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

13 10 AM Coffee Chuck Wilder, Dale Cook Entertainment- RC Wellness Clinic 1-3PM

6 PM - Pool For All

14 10 AM Exercise Class RC 1 PM Bridge RC 5:30 PM Line Dancing RC

15 Breakfast 8 - 11 AM

16 Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

17 Little Rock Pg. 7 10 AM Exercise Class RC Wellness Clinic CLOSED

1:30 Scrapbooking CH

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

18 Little Rock Pg. 7 10 AM Bible Study

1 PM Bridge RC

6 PM - Men's Pool Night

19 10 AM Exercise Class RC

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

20 10 AM Coffee Tammy Swanson, Entertainment - RC Wellness Clinic CLOSED

6 PM - Pool For All

21 10 AM Exercise Class RC 1 PM Bridge RC 5 PM Happy Hour- Pool Party No Glass in Pool Area! Pg. 7 Line Dancing Cancelled.

22 Breakfast 8 - 11 AM

Dirty Bingo 2 PM - RC

Ladies Night 6 PM At the Pool pg. 7

23 Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

24 10 AM Exercise Class RC Wellness Clinic 9am-12PM

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

25 10 AM Bible Study

1 PM Bridge RC Birthday & Move-in Party 3 PM RC - Everyone Invited to have cake and play Bingo Pg. 3

6 PM - Men's Pool Night

26 10 AM Exercise Class RC 10:30 AM Activity Meeting - RC

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

27 10 AM Coffee Healthy Partners - RC Pg. ** Wellness Clinic 1-3PM

6 PM - Pool For All

28 10 AM Exercise Class RC 1 PM Bridge RC 5:30 PM Line Dancing RC

29 Breakfast 8 - 11 AM

30 Café 11 AM - 2:30 PM

31 10 AM Exercise Class RC Wellness Clinic 9am-12PM

Water Aerobics - Pool 3 PM

RC - Ramey Center CH - Craft Hut ANC - Arkansas Northeastern College

WMV Help Line 532-4357

AUGUST