Arkansas City June 2017

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Seeking the inspiration of a fallow period

By Wayne Rector, resident Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor

In Mark 6:31, Jesus told his disciples to “come away by yourselves…and rest awhile.” In the plant world, the time of greatest productivity often follows a fallow period. Plants use the night time to assimilate food, and the winter time to rest. After both of these times, the plants come forth again. Farmers often let a field lay idle for a season to build the needed reserves.

Artists, poets and writers often tell of periods of being completely devoid of inspiration, where it seems that nothing will ever spring forth from them again. Later, the light dawns and inspiration comes again. Has some rain fallen in your life? Has some hindrance FALLOW, continued on page 2

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A Flight winners Ryan Turner, Pat O’Donnell, Justin O’Donnell and Corey Reece.

Golf tournament raises more than $17,000 Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor’s 23rd Annual Dick Metz Memorial Golf Classic raised more than $17,400 for our Good Samaritan Program.

“Our golf tournament continues to be a huge success from year to year,” said Sarah Griggs, executive director for Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor.

“We are so blessed to have a large group of businesses, organizations and individuals who support Presbyterian Manor and our mission, not only at the tournament, but throughout the year.”

The tournament was named for the late golf pro and Arkansas City native, Richard “Dick” C. Metz, who was a leading golf pro in the 1930s and 1940s.

In his career, he won 14 professional victories and was inducted into the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.

After Metz’ death, a golf tournament named for him was started to benefit the Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor Good Samaritan Program, which provides assistance for residents who have outlived their financial resources.

Fifty-five golfers participated in the four-person scramble tournament on May 6. The ball drop raised $2,000. In this popular event held before teeoff, 300 numbered golf balls are dropped from a bucket truck provided by GOLF, continued on page 2

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Westar Energy. The holders of the three numbers that land closest to the pin win cash prizes.

This year’s winners were: First: Larry and Joyce Creel, $500 Second: Jackie Shaffer, $300 Third: Alan Teufel, $200

contest, the winners were Jayson Cromley, first with a hole in one; Jeff Wood, second; and Rick Lewis, third.

Each received a golf package at Great Life Golf & Fitness, Spring Hill or Quail Ridge.

The A Flight tournament winners with a score of 59 were Ryan Turner, Pat O’Donnell, Justin O’Donnell and Corey Reece. The B Flight winners

were Steve Ross, Otis Morrow, Bob Foster and Mike Groves.

“We couldn’t do this tournament every year without the tremendous support we receive from the Cowley County community,” Sarah Griggs said. “The residents who receive help through the Good Samaritan program thank you.”

The ball drop was named in memory of longtime supporter Karl Faidley in 2016. Karl’s widow, Dorothy, attended the pre-tournament events and helped Sarah Griggs present the winnings.

In the pre-tournament putting

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is published monthly for residents and friends of Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org.

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B Flight winners were Steve Ross, Otis Morrow, Bob Foster and Mike Groves.

of our lives. Grant that we may prevented the light of God’s love from take a scheduled or an unscheduled shining through? Do not despair for “time out” now and then to rest and the light will shine again. meditate upon your Grace and Peace Let us have a word of prayer together, so that we may come back strong with renewed energy and an uncluttered Dear God, our Heavenly Father, we mind. thank you for the restorative power you have provided in the “rest breaks” In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

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Can you self-insure for long-term care?

The odds are worrisome. The typical 65-year-old can expect to live another two decades and has a 52 percent chance of needing some type of long-term care services and support at some point.

According to Melissa Favreault of the Urban Institute and Judith Dey of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average tab for long-term care is $138,000.

Medicare covers hardly any of that cost. Medicaid does, but only for the impoverished.

Insurance is the classic financial planning solution for handling an uncertain risk that comes with a potentially large price tag, yet only about 10 million Americans have long-term care insurance, according to the American Association for LongTerm Care Insurance.

Put somewhat differently, 3.2 million boomers celebrated their 65th birthday last year while the insurance industry sold only 100,000 long-term care insurance policies. Problem is, the relatively small number of insurers that write long-term care policies have been hiking premium prices and reducing benefits. The effect: long-term care insurance policies are too expensive for many modest and middle-income households.

What if you’re among the millions of boomers who find the cost of longterm care insurance too steep for your household budget? Are there viable alternative strategies—ways of creating your own DIY insurance plan? Yes, but it takes planning.

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Where to start? By starting What can you do on your own to protect yourself against potential long-term care expenses ?You can build a healthy margin of financial safety by focusing on savings and spending, especially by thinking through your living arrangements in your elder years.You’ll also want to carefully evaluate your support system of family and friends, as well as investigate the convenience and cost of long-term care services in your community.

“You need to proactively plan and not just wait,” says Robyn Stone, executive director of LeadingAge in Washington, D.C. Ross Levin, a Certified Financial Planner and founding principal of Accredited Investors in Edina, Minn., adds, “The key is to reduce risk.”

Savings help, of course. But if you’re

in your 50s or 60s, don’t worry too much if you’re not flush with savings yet.You still might have another two to three decades to increase your savings.

“Start thinking, ‘Can I put a little more money aside than I have been?’” says Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute, and an authority on long-term care costs.

Hold on to home equity The really rich lode of potential savings is on the spending side of the equation.

Years ago in an interview, Harry West, now chief executive officer of Frog Design, captured an insight about spending that belongs at the core of any DIY plan for financing long-term care: “When you talk to boomers, what you find is that freedom [from debt] is really, really important,” West said. “Freedom is a low overhead.”

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Happy Birthday!

Please wish these residents a celebratory birthday!

Velora Bradshaw

Joann Taylor

JoAnn Newman

Rena Hopkins

Elsie Tipton

Mary Davis

Gwen Spillman

Ed Gilliland

Mary June Lindly

Continuing education We will be featuring employees who have continued their education with Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s help in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. If you have a story to tell about an employee you know is continuing their education, or if you just want to tell the world what you love about living in your senior living community, we want to share your 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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