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Millersville ManorA PARTMENT S
June 2015Millersville ManorActivities Committee
The Committee will start meeting again inSeptember. The meetings and luncheons arechanging to Tuesdays. The date of the nextmeeting will be posted at a later date.
Logic ProblemAndre, Vickie, Olivia and William ordered a
pizza to share. No one wanted the last slice, sothey left it in the kitchen and went to play cards.Throughout the evening, all of the friends werein and out of the kitchen at various times. Bythe end of the night, the last slice was gone. Ifonly one friend is telling the truth in thefollowing statements, then who finishedthe pizza?
1. Andre said, “Vickie ate it.”2. Vickie said, “Olivia ate it.”3. William said, “It wasn’t me!”4. Olivia said, “Vickie is lying. I didn’t eat it!”
BrainteaserQuestion: Johnny’s mother had three children. The
first child was named April; the second one was namedMay. What was the third child’s name?
Answer: Johnny.
Positive Thought“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.” —
William Makepeace Thackeray
Age Doesn’t Matter“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are
a cheese.” —Billie Burke
Millersville Manor StaffProperty Manager Lynn KeiferJanitor Al Colon
Nature’s Best DadsAnimals don’t often get
nominated for father of the year,so let’s hear it for several whoshould. Happy Father’s Day to:
Emperor penguins. Femalesneed to feed and refuel afterlaying eggs, leaving males toincubate the eggs in the frigidAntarctic. For two months, thepenguin dads balance an egg ontheir feet, protecting it with theirbrooding pouches. After thechicks hatch, the fathers feedthem a milk-like substance untilthe mothers return.
Marmosets. Thesetree-dwelling primates often givebirth to twins or triplets. Whenthe babies are a few weeks old,the father steps in to help raisethe young—feeding, groomingand carrying them on his back.
Mourning doves. Thesemonogamous birds team up torear their broods. After workingtogether to build a nest, Dad sitson the eggs from morning toafternoon, then Mom takes overuntil dawn. Both take turnsfeeding their hatchlings.
Sea catfish. Unlike most fish,this bewhiskered father refusesto leave his offspring to fend forthemselves. In fact, he protectsthe fertilized eggs and thehatchlings in his mouth formonths, forgoing food thewhole time.
Wolves. While the she-wolfguards pups in the den, thefather—her mate for life—huntsfor the family. Later, he acts as aprotective mentor.
Thank a NursingAssistant
June 11–18 is NationalNursing Assistants Week,recognizing the professionalswho provide hands-on, directcare on a daily basis.
Nursing assistants work in avariety of settings, mainlyhospitals, nursing homes,assisted living facilities,rehabilitation centers, and inhome health and hospice care.Supervised by a licensed orregistered nurse, nursingassistants interact frequentlywith patients or residents,assisting them with tasks suchas feeding, bathing, dressingand grooming.
The role of a nursing assistantis a special one. Because theyspend the majority of their timeproviding hands-on care,nursing assistants often form aclose relationship with thepeople they serve. Their rolerequires compassion, patienceand dedication.
National Nursing AssistantsWeek is an opportunity to thanknursing assistants everywhere fortheir hard work and dedicationto their profession. The first dayof the commemorative week isalways observed as CareerNursing Assistants Day.
Doughnuts for a CausePowdered, glazed, iced or
filled, doughnuts come in manydelicious forms. So it’s nosurprise that they have their ownholiday—National DoughnutDay, held the first Friday ofJune. But there’s more to thisday than just doughnuts.
During World War I,Salvation Army workers—manyof them women—traveledoverseas to provide aid andcomfort to U.S. servicemen.In addition to writing letters,mending clothes and servinghome-cooked meals, thevolunteers prepared fresh, hotdoughnuts for soldiers on thefront lines.
Although the doughnuts werea welcome treat for hungrytroops on limited rations, theirmain purpose was to providecheer and a taste of home. Overtime, the doughnut became asymbol of the organization’sservice to the military.
In 1938, the SalvationArmy held its first NationalDoughnut Day in Chicago inorder to raise money for socialservice programs during theGreat Depression.
Today, the holiday is acelebration of both the delicioustreats and the volunteers whoserved them to soldiers in battle.
A Tribute to theAmerican Flag
For many of us, the memoryof reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance in school is acommon one. Fittingly,America’s classrooms were thereason for the pledge’s creation.
In 1892, Francis Bellamy wasa staff member of “The Youth’sCompanion,” a popularchildren’s magazine. He wastasked with creating a patrioticprogram for the nation’s publicschools to celebrate the400th anniversary ofChristopher Columbus’ arrivalin the New World. A keycomponent of the program wasa tribute to the American flagthat students would recite
together. Bellamy drafted theoriginal pledge: “I pledgeallegiance to my flag and therepublic for which it stands, onenation, indivisible, with libertyand justice for all.”
In October of that year,millions of schoolchildrenparticipated in the festivities,and in time, the pledge becamea part of classroom routine.Through the years, the pledgehas been slightly modified to thewords we know today. In June1942, it was included in theU.S. Flag Code, and in 1945, theofficial name, the Pledge ofAllegiance, was adopted.
The Origins ofWedding Traditions
Wedding bells ring for manycouples during the month ofJune. Take a look at thesewedding customs and howthey began.
The shower. The populargift-giving party has roots inHolland when, centuries ago, ayoung woman’s father refused togive her a dowry because hedidn’t approve of her fiancé.Friends stepped in and showeredthe couple with gifts to start
their new home.The ring. The circular shape
of the wedding ring hassymbolized everlasting love forthousands of years, but why is itworn on the third finger of theleft hand? Ancient Romansbelieved a vein in that finger randirectly to the heart.
The cake. During the RomanEmpire, wedding cakes werebaked with wheat or barley andcrumbled over the bride tosymbolize fertility. Guests wouldrush for pieces to take home forluck. Later in Europe, thetradition of tiered cakes startedwhen many small cakes wereplaced on top of each other withthe newlyweds exchanging a kissover the stack.
Wit & Wisdom“When the sun is shining I can
do anything; no mountain is toohigh, no trouble too difficult.”
—Wilma Rudolph
“Those who bring sunshine intothe lives of others cannot keep it
from themselves.”—James M. Barrie
“I don’t ask for the meaning ofthe song of a bird or the rising of
the sun on a misty morning.There they are, and they
are beautiful.”—Pete Hamill
“The sun does not shine for afew trees and flowers, but for the
wide world’s joy.”—Henry Ward Beecher
“The day of the sun is like theday of a king. It is a promenadein the morning, a sitting on the
throne at noon, a pageant inthe evening.”
—Wallace Stevens
“Is it so small a thing to haveenjoyed the sun, to have lived
light in the spring, to haveloved, to have thought, to
have done.”—Matthew Arnold
“The sun, the earth, love,friends, our very breath are parts
of the banquet.”—Rebecca Harding Davis
“My sun sets to rise again.”—Robert Browning
ACROSS
1. Make merry
6. Fat
10. Fairly good report card
14. Tie
15. Early Ron Howard role
16. Place
17. Robert and Elizabeth
18. Bullies
20. Su�x for computer
or Vietnam
21. Blessed femmes:
abbr.
23. Analyze ore
24. Beverages
25. Spunky
27. Cause to remember
30. Resembling wings
31. Su�x for elector
or compassion
34. Abbr. that occurs at
the end of a sentence
35. River in Europe
36. Kennedy or Koppel
37. Showing indecision
41. Billfold item
42. Let up
43. In a di�erent way
44. Nuns: abbr.
45. Australian birds
46. Virginia and others
48. Celtic language
49. Eye secretion
50. Peer
53. Raw minerals
54. Part of a wk.
57. Burrowing mammal
60. Animal with a snout
62. Untrue statements
63. Relish tray item
64. Steer clear of
65. Sound
66. Gem
67. Stupid
DOWN
1. Inconsiderate
2. Son of Seth
3. Wicked
4. Une saison
5. Reduce
6. Ear parts
7. Spring parts: abbr.
8. Hombre’s !shing spot
9. Morning condensation
10. Holy
11. Prejudice
12. Second letter
13. Working
19. Monkeys’ container?
22. Mite
24. Work the soil
25. Beg
26. British countess’ hubby
27. Relaxes
28. Old anesthetic
29. Principal conduits
30. Residue
31. Like Pisa’s tower
32. Present, for one
33. Works on the lawn
35. Take __; disagree
38. Had a sly look
39. Orange edibles
40. Period of time
46. Behold
47. Took a bite of
48. Get rid of
49. Folklore creature
50. Start of a state capital
51. The Bee Gees, for one
52. Sherman Hemsley sitcom
53. Earthenware jar
54. Stretch across
55. Helps
56. Pine or yew
58. Altar words
59. Facial feature
61. “__ Maria”
Crossword Puzzle
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June 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
*Happy Birthday
1 2 3*Betty Stevens
Game Day 1-3pm
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*Lorretta Burke
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*Jeanette OlsonFood Box
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Game Day 1-3pm
11Book Mobile 1-2pmFood BagCatholicCommunion3:30pm
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*Barb Latas
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*Mary Greiner
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Game Day 1-3pm
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Exterminator 2ndFloor
19*Bobbie Busswood
*John Whitton
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21Father’s Day
1st Day of Summer
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Game Day 1-3pm
25*Angeline St. Clair
CatholicCommunion3:30pm
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*Anne Krueger
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