Manor of the Plains Community Matters January 2017

Commun ty Matters Manor of the Plains

January 2017

Art is Ageless® call for entries Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition, whether you picked up a brush for the first time as a child or completed your first drawing after age 80.

Manor of the Plains is accepting entries for the 2017 Art is Ageless competition until Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.Art will be on display March 10-16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.There will be a reception with the artists from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on March 16.

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Mary Ford, Sandra Hastings and Joanne Clarke enjoy the Art is Ageless show.

Art is Ageless through the years Manor of the Plains Art Is Ageless still growing in popularity Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s annual art competition, better known as Art Is Ageless, is still thriving at all of their campuses since it began in 1980. That includes Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.

Each year the entries continue to grow, said Marketing Director Kurt Lampe, thanks in part to many seniors in Southwest Kansas getting involved with art in some way. Some seniors are discovering a new love for art and we encourage them to enter the competition. With divisions for amateurs and professionals, there is opportunity for everyone who enters.

When Kurt started at Manor of the Plains in 2011, he met a wonderful lady, Alma Duncan, who brought to the manor a new passion for art.

Alma moved here in 2011, setting up her own art studio in her onebedroom apartment. Anyone who visited Alma could immediately see what her passion was. She was proud to be featured in the Art is Ageless brochure.

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· Fiber Arts · Painting · Sculpture/3-D · Photography · Mixed Media/Crafts · Quilting: Machine-stitched or handstitched · Needlework For information, contact Kurt Lampe at 620-338-0240 or klampe@pmma. org, or visit ArtIsAgeless.org.

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

In 2007, British psychologist Richard Wiseman followed more than 3,000 people attempting to achieve NewYear’s resolutions including the top three: lose weight, quit smoking and exercise regularly. At the start of the study, most were confident of success. A year later, only 12 percent had achieved their goals.

To make meaningful NewYear’s resolutions that you’ll really keep, set long-range resolutions for your second act. This way, you can help reach the goals that matter to you in the context of your entire future, not just a single year.

Jerry Korbe, executive director Kurt Lampe, marketing director Lisa Montoya, activity director Jacque Soltero, health care activity director

To make holistic NewYear’s resolutions, look to the wisdom of Peter Drucker, the father of modern management who died in 2005 at 95. Drucker’s iconic 39 books and countless articles were always forward-focused.

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Try these five long-range resolutions for older adults.

To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact Kurt at klampe@pmma.org.

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To embrace uncertainty and support your second act, form a book club or discussion group dedicated to learning about the future. Explore advances and trends in business, technology, education, culture and work.You could also look at role models — people you know or ones in the public eye who seem adept at navigating uncertainty.

2. I resolve to seek opportunities in changing conditions.

We may not like change, but it’s natural, necessary, and something to celebrate. Drucker distinguished between being a change agent (good) and a change leader (better). “The most effective way to manage change successfully is to create it,” he said. To do that, you need to see change as an opportunity, not a threat.

So, rather than just reacting to 1. I resolve to embrace change, go out and look for it. Think uncertainty rather than avoid it. about Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. He played a mammoth, Don’t assume that tomorrow will be pioneering role in the growth of like today. It could be, but the future e-commerce.You don’t need to aspire is unknown. And while uncertainty to be another Bezos, but you should can be unsettling, remember this: we’re all in the same boat.

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to him and named the painting One day Alma brought a picture into “Because He Cares.”

Kurt’s office of a painting she did Alma died last year. The painting is shortly after her husband died. Kurt still hanging in Kurt’s office today, told her he couldn’t accept gifts, but and her legacy will live on for many that the painting could hang on the years. wall in the office.

Art is Ageless has had many Kurt asked her in 2013 if he could highlights through the years at enter the painting in the Art is Manor of the Plains, and we’ve Ageless competition, and she included many in pictures in this agreed. When he took it down, he issue. found she had written a dedication Kurt recalled traveling in 2012 to the Kansas City Art show, which to the seniors here in Southwest Kansas was equal to winning an Oscar. We had several winners who were able to come, and it was an experience none of them will soon forget.

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Sandra Hastings, pictured with two of her beaded bags during the Kansas City Corporate Show in 2012.

Dawn Habiger from Cimarron was in the running with her quilt, “Chocolate Bunny,” for Best in Show. Sandra Hastings from Jetmore was featured with her beaded bag, “Panda Bear.” Joanne Clarke entered her chalk drawing of Dirty Harry, and several others from the area were also featured.

What a treat it was for everyone involved!

It just goes to show how much PMMA appreciates our Art is Ageless competition.

Manor of the Plains will accept entries Dee Maurer’s work was named Best in Show in the Professional this year every day Category this year.

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Tina Kasselman, daughter of Dawn Habiger, admires the artwork.

Alma Duncan contributions will be missed, but her legacy and inspiration live on.

in February. The exhibition will be March 10-16. The reception will be from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, in our Community Room.

Anyone in the Dodge City area age 65 and older is encouraged to enter. Entries must have been completed within the last five years. Visit ArtIsAgeless.org for information and entry forms, or stop by Manor of the Plains.You can reach Kurt Lampe at 620-225-1928 or klampe@pmma.org.

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actively search for new possibilities inside and outside your field.

One suggestion: Interact with people in diverse groups and start reading unfamiliar newspapers, magazines, blogs and websites.

classic book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki (founder of the San Francisco Zen Center) wrote: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”

4. I resolve to remove and improve.

3. I resolve to stop and reflect on Your second act will unfold in part due to what you stop doing. my second act.

Drucker recommended something Every year, Drucker carved out called systematic abandonment — time to engage in deep, focused intentionally dropping activities introspection. He’d reflect on how the and relationships that are no longer past year had gone compared with his productive or useful. He suggested expectations and the adjustments he combining this with kaizen: steady needed to make going forward. and incremental improvement of what remains.

As you reflect on your second act, maximize your efforts by employing A good starting point for this practices such as journaling and resolution is to make a list of what and mindfulness.You can also adopt what’s who you can live without and then known as a “beginner’s mind.” In his gradually shed them from your life.

Then, use your newfound time to help create a winning second act.

5. I resolve to make friends with risk.

Drucker believed that it was risky to sit back and let the future happen to you. Accept the idea that almost everything carries some element of risk, and you can create a space for risk in your life.

Your second act may involve weighing the risks in going back to (and paying for) school, learning new technologies or creating an entrepreneurial venture.

At some point, though, you’ll simply need to take that first step. As the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said: “The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one’s feet.”

Social workers help residents We will focus on how our campus social workers help residents live life to the fullest in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. How has your campus social worker been an advocate for you? How have you benefited from your campus social worker’s efforts to assist you and your family?

If you’ve got a story to share, contact Marketing Director Kurt Lampe, and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.

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