Commun ty Matters Emporia Presbyterian Manor
Join us for a staycation Sample the dining, meet friendly neighbors and staff, ask questions and join in the fun.You’re free to participate as much or as little as you like. At Presbyterian Manor, there are many benefits that can help you live happier and healthier — a maintenance-free residence and social atmosphere filled with activities like our Art is Ageless® and Just Ask Lifelong Learning programs. Plus, healthy dining, wellness options and convenient access to on-site health services. Ready to get away and start your Staycation? This is one trip that could change your life. For information, call Marketing Director Ken Hanson at 620-343-2613.
January 2016
Changing courses Presbyterian Manor’s new chef switched career paths after he discovered cooking in college. When Saiket “Johnny” Patwary was a student at Emporia State University, he worked on campus as a dishwasher. One day, he came into the kitchen to find a counter covered in bread scraps. Patwary started to throw them away, but the chef stopped him. Those weren’t scraps, he said. He was about to make bread pudding. Patwary watched the chef concoct the rich dessert, then tasted it for the first time. As a Bangladesh native raised in Bahrain, Patwary was unfamiliar with most Western food before coming to the U.S. at age 19. But the more he watched the campus chefs at work, the more his interest in cooking grew. “I was telling everyone about that day,” he said. “I said, ‘I’m going to be like that guy.’ And he’s still my mentor.” Patwary graduated in 2006 with a degree in computer information systems. But after a one-year internship at Sprint in Kansas City, he CHEF, continued on page 2