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PLACE
STAMP
HERE 11117 20th St. NE
Lake Stevens, WA 98258
Our mission is to create and
sustain comfortable, caring
environments for those
who depend on us.
Administrative Staff:
Loretta Kreeger Executive Director
Susan Frisbee Community Relations Director
Deanna Camerer Resident Care Coordinator
Maria Greene Business Office Manager
Hilda Cole Registered Nurse
Autumn Blizard Dietary Director
Jerry Songstad Maintenance Director
Diane Blas Activities Director
Contact us at:
425-397-7500
Ashley Pointe Newsletter Ashley Pointe Independent & Assisted Living Newsletter— September 2016
P2 Healthy Aging Month P3 Having Fun Photos P4 Activities Calendar P6 Grandparents Day
P7 Chaplains Corner P8 Mission & Team
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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10 Tips To Celebrate:
1.Don’t not act your age or at least what you think your current age should act like (Tip: Don’t keep looking in the mirror, just FEEL IT!) 2. Be positive in your conversations and your actions every day (Tip: Stop watching the police reports on local news.) 3.Ditch the downer friends. Surround yourself with energetic, happy, positive people of all ag-es. (Tip: Smile often. It’s contagious and wards off naysayers.) 4. Walk like a vibrant, healthy person. Analyze your gate. Do walk slowly because you have just become lazy or perhaps have a fear of falling? (Tip: Make a conscious effort to take big strides, walk with your heel first, wear comfortable shoes.) 5. Stand up Straight! (Tip: Your waist line will look great and feel trimmer if you follow this advise.) 6.How’s your smile? Researchers shows people who smile more often are happier. (Tip: Go to the dentist regularly and look into teeth whitening. Nothing says old more then yellowing teeth!) 7. Lonely? Stop brooding and complaining about having no friends or family. Do something about it. Pick up the phone, landline, or cell and make a call. Volunteer your time, take a class, invite someone to meet for lunch, Dinner or coffee. (Tip: Choose a new person every week for your dining out.) 8. Start walking (Tip: If you don’t have time for a dog, go to your local animal shelter and vol-unteer. You will be thrilled by the puppy love.) 9.Get physical. Make this month the time to set up your annual physical and health screening. (Tip: For a list of recommended annual health screenings, a great resource is the My Health Finders) 10. Find your inner artist. Who says taking music lessons is you young children? You may have an artist lurking inside you just waiting to be tapped. What about working with wood? (Tip: Sign up or come to our activity programs now for fall art, crafts, wood working with Dave or music programs.
SEPTEMBER IS HEALTHY AGING MONTH
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Chaplains Corner
God never promised that life would always be easy.
But He did promise to always be with us! This fall we
will be offering a special series for our Wednesday
morning Bible Study entitled STORIES OF FAITH.
Plan to join us at 9:45 am in the lobby. Here's the
schedule:
Wednesday, September 14
Charlie and Lucy Wedemeyer had it all, a happy
marriage, a beautiful family, a promising future, and
even popularity. But then came the diagnosis, Charlie
had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), and it all started to
crumble. One by one, everything that had once seemed
so important in life was taken away. But God had a
plan for Charlie and Lucy. What at first appearance
seemed so terrible, God turned into amazing joy. Theirs
is a great love story that is an inspiration to all. Hear the
incredible account of their struggle and survival as they
lived with this terrible disease.
Wednesday, September 21
How do you make it through each day when you suffer
the loss of a child, when there’s a pink slip on your
desk, or when you lose your health or your spouse?
How do you carry on with life when the ache inside for
what has been taken seems completely overwhelming?
Nathan and Connie Backstrom are people of deep
faith in God, but they lost three of their teenage sons to
a needless, brutal head-on collision with a drunk driver.
Nathan and Connie have learned what many of us al-
ready know: We live in a random, deeply disappoint-
ing, often dangerous world. Nathan and Connie also
struggled with the question: “How do you do life when
God takes what matters most?”
Wednesday, September 28
How do you make it through each day when you suffer
the loss of a child, when there’s a pink slip on your
desk, or when you lose your health or your spouse?
How do you carry on with life when the ache inside for
what has been taken seems completely overwhelming?
Joe and Debbie Mayer have exper ienced indescr iba-
ble pain, the kind that raises serious questions about
God and life. No one is exempt from disappointment
and pain. But few of us will feel the crushing grief that
comes with losing three daughters. Whatever level of
heartache you’ve been through, you’ll find hope and
inspiration in Joe and Debbie’s story.
Wednesday, October 4
Joni Eareckson Tada grew up in Baltimore, Mary-
land. She loved the ocean, and the power and freedom
of riding horses. But just after high school graduation, a
dive into unfamiliar water changed everything. She was
seriously injured and had no hope of ever walking
again. She desperately wanted to kill herself. Since that
day, Joni has authored 25 books, spoken in more than
35 countries, is heard daily on the radio across Ameri-
ca, had a movie made about her life, and now leads an
organization that seeks to help hundreds of thousands
of disabled people around the world. You will be chal-
lenged and encouraged as Joni tells her inspiring story.
Wednesday, October 11 As we face the challenges of life when our faith is
stretched to the max, we can't help but wonder what lies
beyond death's door. Is there another world, another
place? Is there life after this one? Is there a heaven?
How can we know? And if there is a heaven, what will
it be like? What will we be like? We all have many
questions about life after the grave, because death is a
destiny we all must face. Authors Randy Alcorn, Joni
Eareckson Tada, and Dr. Erwin Lutzer describe what
the Bible says is on the other side of death's door.
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Grandparents Day
Beginning in 1970, Marian McQuade, West Virginia housewife
and mother of 15 children and later a grandparent, initiated a
campaign to set aside a day to honor grandparents. In 1978,
the U.S Congress passed legislation proclaiming the Sunday
after Labor Day to be National Grandparents Day, and the
proclamation was signed by President Jimmy Carter. The
month of September was chosen to signify the “autumn years”
of life, and the forget-me-not was chosen as the official flower.
Please join us for Grandparents Day Brunch
Sunday, September 11th
11:00 am—1:00 pm
Music provided by Robbie E.
We will never Forget
September 11, 2001
National Day of Service and Remembrance
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Having Some Fun at Ashley Pointe!
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