Sterling Community Matters November 2015

Commun ty Matters Sterling Presbyterian Manor

Sending ‘Angels’ to the Good Samaritan Program Special angels will soon be adorning Christmas trees and holiday displays at every Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica (PMMA) senior living community.

The “angels” are paper ornaments that will arrive throughout the holiday season along with gifts to the annual Christmas Angel Appeal, which raises funds for the Good Samaritan Program for Benevolent Care. Donors who make gifts are asked to return paper Angel ornaments along with their gifts. The ornaments pay tribute to donors’ family members or friends and are displayed at PMMA communities designated by the donors.

November 2015

Golf Tournament a Success

Thank you to all who played and to all of our sponsors, and congratulations to the following winners of our annual golf tournament!

Putting Contest 1st- Michael Gellerman 2nd- Jeff Bennett 3rd- John Warren Tournament

Hole 1- John Knipp Hole 2- Jerry Gellerman Hole 3- Chad Stephenson Hole 4- Michael Gellerman Hole 5- Dustin Plett Hole 6- Matt Bennett Hole 7- Jerry Gellerman

Hole 8- Matt Bennett Hole 9- Kyle Wyant Hole 10- Sherry Bass Hole 11- Travis Surface Hole 12- Jacob Wyant Hole 13- Bryan Riggs Hole 14- Michael Gellerman Hole 15- Scott Walton Hole 16- Frank Cain Hole 17- John Knipp Hole 18- Bob Wilson

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During the past two years, donors to the angel appeals have given more than $90,000 to the Good Samaritan Program. The program assists PMMA residents who have out-lived their financial resources through no fault of their own. Since PMMA began 66 years ago, no residents have been asked to leave because they exhausted their financial resources.

If you would like to participate in the Angel Appeal, please email Development@pmma.org or call 800-336-8511.

Golfers stand at attention for the flag ceremony and prayer before the start of the tournament.

Meet the Team: Joyce Moore

These days you will not find Joyce Moore in Presbyterian Manor’s kitchen as often as when she was employed here as a cook for 3 years. Now serving in laundry, Joyce still enjoys giving the residents a treat by making some of her signature homemade dishes. Residents always are thrilled to have her chicken and noodles, but she has also been known to fry up some okra, green tomatoes or make her own strawberry pie.

“The pie shell recipe has been in my family for a very long time,” Joyce says, “That’s one I can’t give out.”

“I love to cook,” she reiterated several times throughout the conversation. “I

will often look at recipes and then alter them in a way I think people will like.”

Joyce had to learn to cook at a young age, “Mom was always busy with outside chores, and I had three brothers to feed.”

When it comes to Thanksgiving, the menu is typically as follows (and of course everything is homemade): stuffing, turkey, glazed ham, pumpkin pie, pecan pie and, “always cranberry sauce, can’t go without that.”

There is one thing she never could stand to do, “I never liked having to kill and pluck a chicken.”

Sterling Presbyterian Manor employee, Joyce Moore, has held positions in the kitchen and the laundry, but is best known for some of her signature dishes.

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Mike Rajewski, executive director Cindy Moore, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact cmoore@pmma.org.

Telephone: 620-278-3651 Fax: 620-278-3581 Address: 204 W. Washington, Sterling, KS 67579-1614 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

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Golf results continued from page 1 Championship Flight First place: Laird Noller Gerry Gellerman Jeff Bennett Michael Gellerman Matt Bennett 2nd Place: KMW/Alden State Bank John Plett Dustin Plett Jarrod Rowland Travis Surface

1st Flight First Place: First Bank Kim Witt Frank Cain Dale Rose Doug Risley 2nd place: Rice Count Builders Russell Stephenson Chad Stephenson Scott Walton

Congratulations to the Laird Noller team for a first place win in the Championship Flight.

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COMING UP IN COMMUNITY MATTERS:

Everyone has a story to tell

The January issue of Community Matters will focus on new beginnings.

Do you have a story about a time you decided to start anew? What happened? How did that alter the course of your life? Contact Cindy Moore and your story may be selected for inclusion an upcoming issue of Community Matters.

What changes have you made in your life?