Commun ty Matters Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
July 2017
In harvest, some The Ark City Community Band performs at Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor. bounty is meant Strike up the band for higher service Community performance at residents’ doorstep By Wayne Rector, resident Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
As a boy, I remember the farmers bringing their grain to the elevator, which my father operated, to be ground for their Resident Wayne Rector livestock. Occasionally, a farmer would have a white flour sack filled with clean, handpicked corn, that he would ask my father to grind separately DEVOTION, continued on page 2
One of our favorite summer traditions takes place on July 10, when we welcome the Ark City Community Band back to our front lawn for their season finale. The band will close out its 146th season with the 7 p.m. performance at Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor, which will have free ice cream and drinks for everyone who attends. The Ark City Community Band is the oldest continuously operated band of its kind in Kansas. In recent years, the band’s board has worked to return an “old-time” atmosphere to the free public performances. For the earlier concerts staged this summer in Wilson Park, the crowd and band members have been treated to free hot dogs, chips and drinks, thanks to the support of multiple sponsors. Band Director Chris VanGilder recently told Ark City Daily Bytes news website: “We are really trying to give the public a little slice of a simpler time.” BAND, continued on page 2
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Sarah Griggs, executive director Tara Clawson, marketing director Lori Peters, activities director
According to the Kansas Historical Society, Salina had a whopping six bands in 1919 — more than any other Kansas town.
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In the 19th and 20th centuries, town bands were one of the major sources of public entertainment before phonographs and radios were in most people’s homes.
“Bands provided the citizens of the town with popular, light entertainment and band music was considered appropriate to almost any event. At first the city bands were usually affiliated with the military, but as the popularity of band music grew, more civilian ensembles came into being.” (Learn more on the Kansapedia website at www.kshs.org.) The Ark City band plays a wide variety of music to appeal to nearly everyone’s tastes. And they’re always looking for additional players. Even if it’s been a while since you picked up a wind or percussion instrument, think about striking up a tune with the band next season! Email band director Chris VanGilder at chris.vangilder@usd470.com for more information.You’ll be glad you did!
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with the burr mill. “Nothing makes better corn bread than meal from that burr mill of yours,” he would say.
some serious illness or other calamity, change noticeably in the direction of becoming a better Christian and an all-out worker for God.
That doesn’t mean that a person has to be run through the “burr mill” in order to be a good Christian. Often times a person will, following Often, in times of great stress, as The selected and treated grain had become fit for “higher service.” Like us on Facebook
the afflicted one turns to God for help, the deliverance is so mighty and positively forth coming, and the experience so uplifting, that the person is never quite the same again. The “grinding” experience and subsequent deliverance had, without a doubt, played a part in fitting that person for “higher service.” Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
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Happy Birthday! Please wish these residents a happy birthday! Doris Bazil
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Post Acute to Home® profiles We will be featuring people who have received therapy through our Post Acute to Home (PATH) program in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. If you have a story to tell about your experience in our PATH program or know someone who does, or if you just want to tell the world what you love about living in your senior living community, we want to share the story. If you’ve got a story to share, contact Marketing Director Tara Clawson and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.
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