Newton Presbyterian Manor
JUNE 2019
I remember where I was when …
Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Founder’s Day celebrates 70 years of service to seniors Employees and residents of Newton Presbyterian Manor observed the founding of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America in April as we celebrated 70 years of providing quality senior services guided by Christian values. Each Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America campus had its own celebration with residents and employees during April, acknowledging the importance each play in making life at Presbyterian Manor the way you want to live. “Many of our more than 2,000 employees view what they do as a calling, not just a job,” said Bruce Shogren, president and CEO. “Our dedicated employees make This year’s Promise Board. it possible for us to sustain PMMA’s mission, which directly impacts the wonderful care our 2,400 residents receive every day.” Newton Presbyterian Manor employees observed Founder’s Day with a lunch catered by Genova Italian Restaurant with a celebration cake, t-shirts and signatures on the 2019 Promise Board. Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s roots go back to 1947. Alice Kalb, a widow from central Kansas, appealed to a Presbyterian Church organization to establish a home for seniors. Her vision laid the foundation for the first Presbyterian Manor community in Newton, -Founder’s, continued on page 2
Kay Orr, Eleanore Myers, Carolyn Adams, Carol Schrag, June Thomsen and Betty Harder met at the morning coffee time to share their memories of significant historical events and where they were at the time. All remarked that they can remember the exact spot, the exact moment that they heard the news of these events.
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. “I Love Lucy” premiered on TV in 1951. September 11, 2001. We’ve all experienced significant historical events in our lifetime— some leave a lasting impression that allows us to recall exactly where we were when we first heard the news. The following memories are how campus neighbors remember historic events impacting their life. Carolyn Adams “The Columbine Shooting on April 20, 1999: I have a friend that I -Remember, continued on page 7
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and inspired others to do even more. Today PMMA remains true to the spirit of Alice’s vision, providing quality senior services guided by Christian values. Alice’s dream has turned into a network of 17 senior living communities across Kansas and Missouri. PMMA, with its more than 2,400 residents, remains true to its core and mission: to provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. ◆
Aubrey Wood and Ashley Schmidt proudly display their Founder’s Day T-shirts to mark the occasion.
Bravo of the Month: Sabrina Woodside, LPN in Haury Place Brittney Jaso writes, “Sabrina is always helping out by filling in on her nights off if we need a nurse. This is extremely helpful and very appreciated by all of us. Thank you for all of your help and hard work!” Gwendolyn Gould also shared her kudos, “Sabrina works very hard and is always willing to lend a hand for anyone who needs help. She’ll help vacuum the dining room when needed or provide any support when agency staff is here. She’s willing to come in early when there is a call in or will stay late to make sure all of her work is done. She’s thorough and has high standards for herself with her work ethic.”
Your coworkers notice your team spirit and hard work, Sabrina. Congratulations! ◆
Sabrina Woodside
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Community Matters
is published monthly for residents and friends of Newton Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizaton.
To submit or suggest articles: ndickinson@PMMA.org Marc Kessinger, executive director Noelle Dickinson, marketing director
OUR MISSION: To provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.
Home now available
If having that third bedroom for guests and a finished basement for grandkids sounds like something you need, please call Noelle Dickinson, marketing director, at 316-283-5400 or email her at ndickinson@pmma.org. She would love to show you this special home, completely remodeled with a brand-new kitchen, remodeled bathrooms, lovely dining room and bonus room. â—†
A trip to Hutchinson for the local theater group’s rendition of Beehive was a hit!
National Walk at Work Day brought a group of employees out for a few trips around the block. Some chose not to walk, but enjoyed the sunshine anyway. Newton Presbyterian Manor | A PMMA COMMUNITY
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2019
Apple Blossom Festival Thank you for another successful year!
We did it! Thanks to many heroes in our community and a beautiful Kansas spring evening, Apple Blossom Festival 2019 was a great success and the perfect way to celebrate Presbyterian Manor’s 70th year in Newton! Our Good Samaritan Program will benefit from more than $19,000 raised in sponsorships, meal tickets, baked goods, basket auction income and kidfest tickets. Please help us thank these great folks:
Premier Sponsors
General Sponsors
First Presbyterian Church
Adrian & Pankratz
Heart & Soul Hospice
Brady Nursery
Lippert Components
Central Power Systems & Services
St. Luke Evangelical Church Sutherland Builders Major Sponsors Good Shepherd Hospice Heritage Fire Sprinkler Prairie View Taco Bell/Fugate Enterprises
Vogts Parga Construction LLC
Culligan Dick & Jean Alumbaugh Newton Medical Center
Interstate Batteries
Remax Associates
Knudsen, Monroe & Co, LLC
Steve & Jan Seidl
Mahaney Roofing
USD 373
Master Plumbing Midland National Bank Entertainers
TrueCare Nursing Services LLC Tropical Shores by Brad Shores Vogts Construction Co. and
Others who have made the festival possible
Bethel College Academy of Performing Arts Apple-a-Day Preschool Newton Community Children’s Choir Newton Performing Arts Center Great Plains Jazz Orchestra
Basket/Auction Donors Abby Anderson Photography Academy Sports Ace Hardware ActiLab by Valerie Robbins Aegis Therapies All Star Sports Chuck E Cheese Eastgate Lanes Exploration Place Freddy’s Harvey Drug HomeGrown Il Vicino Wood Fired Pizza Laser-Quest Mel & Donna McAnulty Mitchell Theater Moxie Grill & Brew Pub No Coast Creatures Red Lobster Sand Creek Station Golf Course Sedgwick County Zoo Shelby Faris at Cutting Edge Salon The Alley
See you next year!
Chaplain’s Corner by Jerroll Martens “God said to Jonah, is it right for you to be angry …?” Jonah 4:9 Is it ever right for one to be angry? Jonah was angry at God because God was showing mercy to a people Jonah did not like—clearly wrong on Jonah’s part. The first murder took place when Cain was angry with God and his brother Abel. The Bible speaks of anger as being evil and carries many warnings. Anger against one’s brother is associated with murder. But there is a righteous anger. Psalm 7:11, “… God is angry with
the wicked every day.” In Mark 3:5, Jesus looked at the opposing religious leaders “with anger” because they had such hard hearts. Jesus had some direct and scathing words for these self-righteous religious leaders. It is interesting that those considered as “sinners” found in Jesus a real friend. Eph. 4:26 speaks of being “angry but not sinning.” Every action of man against a Holy and Righteous God and every injustice of man should be upsetting to a Christian.
William Wilberforce of England was moved by the slave trade in his country, and is largely credited with the abolishment of slavery in England in the 1830s. Most of us have the problem of being upset and angry over small and personal matters which we should let go. At the same time we are not moved against the evil which flies in the face of Almighty God and evil acts of mankind. Let’s be moved in favor of righteousness and against evil. ◆
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worked with in the Denver area whose stepdaughter was one of the 13 killed. I was in Phoenix when this happened. We were glued to the TV, awaiting information on this horrific tragedy. I was in touch with people at work, who said my friend had gone to the school where students were being bused for pick up by parents. Her father was out of town on business and her mother was home waiting for information. Sadly, Lauren never got off the bus. I was so stunned and so shocked that something like this could happen in our schools, and someone I knew was a victim. I went to visit my friend, and it was one of the hardest visits I have ever made. It had a major impact on people at work. The loss was overwhelming to all the families, plus there was the media to deal with. With the 20th anniversary of the school shooting recently and seeing Lauren’s father and her mother interviewed on TV, it brought back a lot of memories and special times with my friend. Life is very precious. Value time with family and friends.” Reitha Klaassen “The assassination of JFK: We were in Newton, Kan., on furlough from Colombia, South America. We were living in a small house south of First Mennonite Church. That site now is parking for the church. I was home with my little ones. I turned on the TV, which was a luxury, and heard the sad news. It was significant that our President was shot. That was shocking to me. These things do not happen in the States! It diminished the security which was a part of our life. Perhaps the USA was not as secure as we had envisioned. And I could
not be so condemning of Colombia, or any other country.” Sue Ice “I was in 5th grade and I remember very vividly when Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his fourth term as president, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. FDR had been a hero to me, and it was a terrible shock to me. I have a scrapbook in which I have several pages of newspaper clippings about the death, about the transporting of FDR’s body by train to lie in state at the Capital and about the funeral service. I was very saddened by it all. I remember a photo of a black man with an accordion, playing it while the train passed, with tears rolling down his cheeks. The story said that he was playing and singing, ‘Going home, going home, I’m just going home ….” That photo became immortalized, signifying Roosevelt’s death. It was reprinted worldwide. FDR died in April 1945, just a few weeks before the war ended in Europe. I have always been sorry that he did not live to experience the surrender of Germany and the end of Hitler’s horrible regime.” Eleanore Myers “On the day that our President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, along with my co-worker and fellow nurse, Jean Pulkin, I was in a village in southern Honduras working in the clinic we had established, and at the same time helping supervise the building of a beautiful church there. Two little neighbor boys came running to our house, which was on the town square, excited with tears in their eyes, telling us how sorry they were that our President had died just three hours earlier.
This was a little town at the end of a road that was not maintained and only traveled once a week by a truck. We were confused and in shock as we listened to the radio in Spanish as they reported that John F. Kennedy, our President, had been assassinated. We were in disbelief and grief, but what amazed us was how the people of that village grieved with us. They told us how they loved America because we had come to bring hope to them, medical help where there was none, and they hoped that we would not have to leave.” June Thomsen “I remember the first walk on the moon in the summer of 1968. I watched on my parent’s screenedin porch with my new friend, Ib Thomsen. A year and a half later we married one another. We didn’t think of it at the time, but we should have included ‘Love you to the moon and back’ somewhere in that service!” Carol Schrag “For me it was the assassination of JFK in 1963. Our basketball team from Elbing Grade School was playing for the championship against Golden Plains. Both teams were undefeated that year. As we left Elbing, our President had been shot, but when we got to Golden Plains, President Kennedy was already dead. How could we play this game? How it directly affected us was that time seemed to stand still. As we started playing, I couldn’t hit ANYTHING! Even simple lay-ups weren’t falling my way. Our coach called time out. He looked straight at me and said: ‘Keep playing; keep focused; something will begin to fall.’ And -Remember, continued on page 8
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so, I started to continue to shoot and work as a team player. This event changed my life in that it instilled in me courage when up against difficult obstacles. And that, in light of other things, there are always bigger events than what is involved in my world. A basketball championship was important, but the state of a country after a horrible event was much more important. In the middle of both events, we had to display courage, resolve, perspective and just be there for each other. What great lessons I learned that day.” Duane Graham “Even though I was only 10 years old, I remember the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. My father had been so interested in radio most of his life, so we always
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had big powerful radios around the house and they were always playing. On December 7, 1941, we were all just sitting down for our big Sunday lunch. I remember a radio announcer breaking into the program that was playing saying that there was an important announcement he needed to make. After he said that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese, my father went to the radio and began tuning into short wave radio stations transmitting from the Pacific. My father could read Morse Code and he made notes on a tablet all afternoon.
we would beat the Japanese easily because we had the most powerful Navy in the world. Little did we know that most of that Navy lay on the bottom of the harbor.
“My habit in those days was to go to the movies on Sunday afternoons with my cousin. My mother said to go ahead and go, just to get me out of the house I suppose. My cousin and I talked about the bombing and came to the conclusion that
“We saw our neighbors suffer with the loss of a son or father. We witnessed war and all its suffering. We learned about the atom bomb. But it was a time when almost everyone worked together and of great national pride.” ◆
“Most of you know how that affected all of us. Brothers, cousins, uncles and friends went to war. Many never to come back. We at home had rationing, new jobs to go to and much anxiety to live with. War news came over the radio and at the movie News Reels. Many of us saw German and Italian prisoners of war come to our towns to work on farms and other places.