Fort Scott Community Matters October 2020

Pastor appreciation

Fort Scott Presbyterian Village

OCTOBER 2020

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As part of Fort Scott Presbyterian Village’s ongoing customer service initiative, residents and their representatives are randomly selected to participate in telephone satisfaction surveys conducted by Pinnacle Quality Insight.

The graphic below highlights some of the survey results. All scores are given on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest score and 1 the lowest score. Between July 2019 and June 2020, Fort Scott Presbyterian Village residents and their families gave the community high scores in dining services, demonstrating dignity and respect, and cleanliness. In addition, residents and families also reported a high willingness to recommend the community to others.

We greatly value the opinions of our residents and their representatives about the care and services we provide, and we encourage them to participate honestly when contacted by Pinnacle Quality Insight. All state and federal confidentiality laws are met in Pinnacle’s service. u

Pastor Appreciation Day formally began with the establishment of Clergy Appreciation Month in 1992.

The idea, however, has been around much longer.

In 1 Timothy (5:17), Paul introduced the concept of clergy appreciation when he stated that the elders of the church are worthy of double honor. He reiterated this idea in 1 Thessalonians (5:12-13) when he stated that those who work hard among you should be held in the highest regard for their work.

This idea became Clergy Appreciation Month in 1992, established by pastors and religious workers and celebrated every October. Eventually, Pastor Appreciation Day would develop out of this month to recognize and honor clergy.

Presbyterian Village would like to say thank you to all the pastors who help bring peace and comfort to our residents and to the larger community. We won’t be able to celebrate Pastor Appreciation Day as we have in the past, but please know you are in our thoughts and prayers. We are so thankful for you.

Please consider writing your pastor a letter to let him or her know how much you appreciate their work. Whether by mail or e-mail, let’s flood our pastors with love and appreciation. u

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School days foster lifelong love of learning As a student, Minnie Lou Allen so enjoyed learning that more often than not she had already done the work before the first school bell rang.

“Just before school would start, we’d shop for new material. Mother would make new outfits, we’d get new shoes and be all ready for school,” Minnie Lou said. “We’d get all the books ahead of time, and I’d read them all before school started. I could hardly wait to get them and start reading.”

Her one-room schoolhouse in Farlinville, Kan., was a place filled with everything a young mind needed to grow and develop, including older students who helped

the teacher work with younger students.

“They were fun to learn from,” Minnie Lou said. “I had an eighthgrade girl who was really good to me, and I really enjoyed her. Her sister was in first grade with me and we were best friends. She taught me, and she knew so much. I was totally impressed by her. She explained it, and I could understand it.”

Minnie Lou’s favorite subject was science.

“It just held such adventures,” she said. Her second favorite subject was art.

Her least favorite activity was playing red rover on the playground.

“Playtime could be a little dangerous,” Minnie Lou said.

“They’d come crashing through and knock you down. Nowadays, I hope they don’t play that game.”

Farlinville School where Minnie Lou Allen attended as a child.

Minnie Lou recalled moving to Centerville, Kan., for several

Minnie Lou Allen

years, before returning to Farlinville in the seventh grade. A new young teacher there was filled with ideas about how to engage students to learn.

“She was a breath of fresh air,” Minnie Lou said. “One of the things she let us do was build something out of balsa wood. I built a model of the high school. I got to go over and take measurements so I could build it to scale, and I got to see the high school during school hours.”

Eventually, she attended Mound City High School, a place that furthered her sense of adventure.

“We had a home economics teacher who was just out of college, and she SCHOOL DAYS – continued on page 4

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To submit or suggest articles: gnance@pmma.org Ginger Nance, executive director

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Three local artists among Art is Ageless® masterpiece level winners painting by Glenda Stevicks, will be featured on the Art is Ageless greeting cards.

Art is Ageless, open exclusively to people age 65 and older, is a copyrighted program of PMMA. For the competition, works must have been completed in the past five years.

“Druzy & Diamonds,” a mixed media/crafts entry by John Bartelsmeyer

Three winning artists in Fort Scott Presbyterian Village’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2021 Art is Ageless calendar produced by PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America).

Works by local winners are automatically entered into a masterpiece level competition with winning art from 15 other PMMA communities. More than 160 entries were received for this year’s masterpiece competition. The winners are featured in the Art is Ageless calendar with pull-out postcards and greeting cards.

“Druzy & Diamonds,” a mixed media/crafts entry by John Bartelsmeyer, “Gossip,” a painting

by Carolyn Munsell, and “Star of Bethlehem Shawl,” a fiber arts entry by Jean Strader, will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall.

In addition, “His Word,” a mixed media/crafts entry by Tony Fornelli and “The Cottage,” a

“Gossip,” a painting by Carolyn Munsell

“Star of Bethlehem Shawl,” a fiber arts entry by Jean Strader

“We have such incredibly talented and creative people in our community,” said Ginger Nance, executive director. “We’re all so very happy and honored that Fort Scott Presbyterian Village artists will be recognized in the upcoming calendar.”

PMMA’s Art is Ageless program encourages Fort Scott Presbyterian Village residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its annual competition, as well as art classes, musical and dramatic events, educational opportunities and current events discussions throughout the year.

Started in 1980, Art is Ageless is an extension of PMMA’s wellness programs, which focus on mental, physical, social and spiritual health.

Residents and friends of PMMA’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition. For more on Art is Ageless, visit ArtIsAgeless.org. u

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PMMA’s President and CEO Bruce Shogren’s latest letter to residents and families are posted to your community website, FortScottPresbyterianVillage.org/ covid-19. If there is a COVID-19

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SCHOOL DAYS – continued from page 2 was fun for all of us girls,” Minnie Lou said. “One of the things she had us do was a journal of a trip we’d like to take. We had to write down how we’d pack, the things we’d like to take and see, as well as the cost. That started an adventure to travel, and after I got out of school, I did travel a lot.”

After graduating in 1960 and living abroad for a time, she returned to school at Pittsburg State University. She graduated with a degree in business administration and built a career working on business computer networks.

“Computers were just starting out then,” she said. “I saw a lot of changes in computers. About every five years we saw something different.”

While Minnie Lou’s school days are behind her, she has somewhat taken on the role of teacher for her great nieces and nephews, as they navigate a school year that includes remote learning over computer networks.

“Nowadays they do the Zoom classes,” Minnie Lou said. “One boy gets through his work and wants something else to do. He calls me and we Zoom or FaceTime and he reads to me for his school lessons. I’m going to help until they go back to school full time. They learn so differently now. I don’t think they’d go back to the way we learned things.” u